Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1871-188?, September 04, 1874, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextO THE EfitEBPR! OREG05 CITY, OBEGO.N, SEfT. 4, 1S74 Manufacturing Interests. Our citizens appear to realize the importance of encouraging the estTb lislimont of manufacturing institu tions in this place. Last Monday evening a meeting was held at the Library rooms to take this matter under consideration. A. Xoltner was called to the chair, and Hon. W. C. Johnson was appointed. Secretary. Short speeches woi e made by several of our our citizens, and a motion was made and passed instructing the Secretary to correspond with the parties. who own the water power on each side of the river and ascertain what the right to use such power can be obtained for, and also to cor respond with the v&rious parties who are proposing. to engage in manufac turing enterprises, as to what they desire from our people as an induce ment. The expression of all present seemed to be of the most liberal character, and all seemed to realize the fact that we ninst put our shoul ders to the wheel if we desired to (benefit ourselves by the establish ment of such institations in our city. There is nothing in our opinion, calculated to do so lauch for the pros vance of a place A the successful establishment of manufacturing in stitutions. That Oregon City is by nature designed at no distant future to become an active manufacturing town, no one can dey. It has every inducement which such establish ments can ask. Tho water power is unsurpassed by any place on the face of the earth; timber is to be had a Tery short distance .from town, of every kind needed; iron is melted out in our own iumediate neigh borhood, and coal is to be found in abundance in our county. The fa facilitics for transportation to mar ket are not equaled by any other town in the State. The railroad is conveniently located; and the river is navigable from this place to Tort land the entire year! while we have stearnbeat connection with that rich and populous country lying on the Yamhill ifver the entire year. We are no, overestimating the advantages of this place for man ufacturing purposes, and any disin terested or unprejudiced person will readily agree with us that Oregon City is the place for the permenant success of manufacturing enterprises. "We would urge on our people to use their best endeavors in securing 5 these establishments. We can afford to be liberal in our encouragements for such institution as they will bring population atfd wealth in our midst. Property to-day is of but little value; owing to the act that there is no prospect in sight for a greater demand in the iirjinediato future. Let there bo a move made to put in operation a large manufacturing in stitution that would employ hun dreds of experienced mechanics, and. our town would fill up immediately and property would- advance a hun dredfold. There is nothing liberal in a man giving a portion of what he has, if the object for which he 2 gives tuat portion will ennance trie re--l maindcr of his possessions more than four or ten times :as much as lie gives. It is a" business matter, and " we trust that our citizens will look at these matters in business view, and not allow the golden opportuni ty escape, and judging from the expressions made at the meeting last Monday, we are of the opinion that our people fully realize the impor tance of doing something which will make Oregon City the Lowell of the Pacific Coast. Let; the good work be pushed on until it bo brought to a success. Reohets Ir. An English paper ppeaks as follows oi our State: "Eng land lost a beautiful country when bo relinquished : Oregon, a State nearly as large as Great Britain and Ireland cambined. The State has unlimited resources, and a climate well adapted to Britons, it being rather humid, though not the rain sodden country we supposed.- It 1 possesses manj' attractions for the aborer, as well as farmer, and there fore is worthy the attention, of those who wish to leavo their motherland to woo fortune abroad." Editok. Rov. J. H. Babcock, of Salem, was appointed editor of the Oregon Churchman by Bishop Mor ris, at the recent Convocation. "We welcome Mr. Baboock to the field of journalism, and feel assured that iinder his management the Church man will be an interesting and in structive iournal. The Statesman congratulates the Diocese on the se lection q feeling assured that as a religious writer Mr. Babcock has no superior in the State. Editorial Change. I he last is sn of the Mountain Sentinel comes to ns with the valedictory of Mr. Bull and the announcement that Messrs. E- S. Mcpomas and J. II. Stevens, Jr., had Jought the paper, Mr. McComas becoming editor. . We wish the new firm; the best of pros perity, and extend to the ney editor the courtesies of the profession. The Alhrf.. A report was recent ly published that the Aldine had failed, which, we ; are happy to an nounce is incorrect. ' The SeptemWr Timber an our .table is as full of irr ro;t as any "of-ill predecessors. Railroad Resolutions. A meeting of the citizens of East Portland was held last week for the purpose of giving expression in re gard to the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Kail road. The following pre amble and resolutions were unani monsly adopted, with a request that the press of the State publish the same: " Waekeas, The people of Oregon have watched with the deepest inter est the progress being made .in the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Rail road, and note with pleasure the efforts of our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress, and the plain and earnest statements of the Presi dent of the road in his address to the people," of date August 1st, 1874, showing the strict and unprecedent ed economy of the measure before Congress, the thorough and affectual guards of the public interest in re spect to unjust discrimination, ex cessive charges, extortion, combina tions, and the entire submission to legislative control in matters pertain ing to the public welfare; and ntREAS. It is plain to the most casual observer that this most im portant enterprise has been pros ecuted to its commanding posi tion against great odds, and through' obstacles of an extraordinary charac ter; and . Whereas, In the opinion of this meeting the time has come when Oregon should demonstrate to Con gress and to the world the earnest ness with which this enterprise is prosecuted, and. that our own State is willing to bear a portion of the burdens necessary to accomplish this great work; therefore Resolved, lhat the Legislature, as a measure ot tue nrst importance, should so modify the act granting the Swamp Lands and Five per Cent. Fund, in aid of the construction of certain sections of said road, as that the consideration for the work to be performed by said company may be available as the work made progress not exceeding in the aggregate, after the work in completed the sum of 850,000 per annum. Resolred, That in tho opinion of this meeting the State should appro priate a sufficient sum of money to defray the preliminary expense of prosecuting this all-important enter prise. Resolved, That we commend to other sections of the State, and es Xecially to our sister, the city of Portland, a favorable consideration of these resolutions. Terrible llctributioii. John Brown was hanged on the ground of the State, remarks the St. Louis Rejmbtfcan , whore he struck the first blow for freedom. Mr. Lin coln, the first anti-slavery Pres ident, died by an assassin's bullet, which, yet, was scarcely more piti less than the biography that after wards tore his good name to tatters. Preston King, it "is said, committed suicide. Gerritt Smith is said to have lost his reason. Jim Lane died by his own hand, the victim of re morse which even his fierce, iron nature could not endure. Horace Greeley died in defeat and delirium, amid the execrations of the party which ho had builded. Mr. Beecher still lives, but only to look upon the ghastly fragments of a reputation which was the greatest of all torn to pieces by his own friend, whom, in turn, he has ground to dust under his heavy heel. Mr. Sumner died under the condemnation of his own party, having lived the last two years of his life under - the condemnation of his own State. Fremont lives un der the ban of outlawry of a French court before which ho refuses to ap pear to answer to charges of fraud. So much for the tragic fate of the anti-slavery leaders. Turning to the South to look after their great antag onists on the other side, we find that Mason, Slidell, Soule, Brooks, Wig fall, and Keitt have died peacefully on their bods. Stephens has lived to return to Congress; and Toombs, Hunter, "Wise, and Davis live to see the wreck and ruin of so many of their old antagonists. Slavery came out of the contest defeated, and anti shivery came out of it triumphant; yet the smitten South contains few or no graves of self-slain or dishon ored leaders, while the victorious North is marked with many a dark spot where an anti-slavery champion has falleu. Sound Resolution. The Democ racy of Berks Co., (ra) recently in convention assembled, passed the fol lowing resolution, which is to the point, and shows that they have a just appreciation of the vital polieal questions of the dav. "Beause it has not only retained in office those convicted of incapaci ty, imbecility, and actual complicity with fraud, but has rewarded them by their appointment to places of still graver trust and higher respon sibility, and has endeavored to shield them from just criticism and animad version of an Independent Press by the passage of an infamous law in tended to intimidate and if possible to muzzle it." Sensation A.L. The Olympia Stan dard of the 29th tilt., says: A report was brought down by the last Alaska steamer that portions of the wreck of the ill-fated steamer, George S. Wright, and an improvised cabin built of the same, had been found by j.uuuuo vu jx mo islands near the place-where it is supposed she was lost. This would appear to . dicate that some of the. passengers or crew had escaped the immediate enecis oi me iummit. me rumor is, however, sensational. generally regarded as Comi'limentabt. A complinien tarv reception was given at the resi- ' dence of J. W. Virtue, Esq., recently in honor of Hon. A. H. Brown and j family, on the -occasion of.tneirre ! moval from. Baker City to Salem, i which wrs a very pleasant affair. Negroes in Council. No tongue or pen, remarks the Selma, Ala., Argus, can describe the scenes of the Radical county conven tion which assembled in that city on the 6th inst., and was in session until the 8th. A report of its proceedings which should be too wild for credu lity itself to credit, would fall so far short of a proper description of its riot and turbulence, its noise and confusion, its oaths and exclamations and shouts, its mutual crimination and denunciation, its trickery and outrage and corruption, ns to convey no adequate idea of its doings, un precedented even in such assem blages. Of the nearly two hundred delegates composing it, there were not probably a dozen whites; and so raanynegroe8 gathered from Abys sinian deserts or Ethiopian jungles, and maddened by bad liquor and stimulated by the hope of rewards, could not have been less orderly under Jere Haralson's iron rule or less intelligent in the discharge of their duties. The following ticket is nominated: Probate Judge, Jos. Gothard; Judge of Criminal Court, R. B. Thomas; Sheriff, Hamilton White; vClerk of the Circuit Court. TJtomas Walker j Clerk of the Crimial Court, W. J. Stevens; Collector, E. I. Morgan; Assessor, Albert Boyd; Treasurer, B. S. Turner; Coroner, A. Foman; Legislature, C. J2. Har ris, D. E. Coon, R. L. Johnson, R. C. Goodrich, and IF". II Bier ins. Ne groes in Unites. 1 he True Secret of the Matter. From Xew Hampshire and Connec ticut, from Oregon, Kentucky, Ten nessee, Mississippi and North Caro lina, says an exchrnge, we have the suggestive record of Radical defeats and ojjposition successes, or of oppo sition gains and Radical losses. Disturbing local divisions and fac tious are still pleaded as the expla nation of these Radical reverses; but if these disturbing forces exist from New Hampshire to Oregon, and from Oregon to North Carolina, is not the general outlook for the year to the Radical party unusually dark and diseoirragiug. The New York Herald thinks that the truth is that that spirit of unity, harmony and ac tive co-operation which has hereto fore existed between the party and the National Administration exist no longer. The objects of the party are no longer the objects of the Admin istration. The compact between the President and the party entered into in 18GS, has expired. The engage ments of the party were ful filed in his election for a second term, and tho reciprocal duties of Gen. Grant have been discharged in the eomple- tion of tho Radical prorrramme of Southern reconstruction and resto ration. Grant is no longer bound as an agent of the party, and the par ty is no longer bound to his Admin istration. Wants to Know. Thus far only two or three Radical Congressmen who have shown any disgust at tho sins of their party have been re-nominated. Tho Chicago Tribune in commenting upon this fact, says: Credulous constituencies are re-nominating tho Congressmen wlo have been caught in various sorts of job bery, apparently under a profound conviction that some process had been going on inside each one of them by which knavery has been changed into honesty, and stupidity into intellectual brilliancy. Under these circumstances it wants to know "if a fervid popular indignation and earnest promises of reform inside the party havo both proved so" utter ly unable to effect anything, what has the conntry to expect if that par ty is kept in power?" The English Wheat dispateh of tho 20th ult. Ci:oi A says that a careful review of the English wheat crop by tho New York Times, based on the annual report of James San derson to the London Times, comes to the following conclusions: Eng land has had three successivo short crops prior to the present year, which though better, is still seven per cent, below the average of thirty bushels per acre. It is nothing like the crop of 18G8, when, according to Sander son, grains of wheat average over sixty bushels against under forty this year. The crop of 186S was 30 per cent, above the average. The total yield this year is 100,000,000 bushels. England's annual con sumption is 190,000,000 bushels, leaving a deficit of 90,000,000, to be drawn chiefly from the United States, which must supply at least half this amount, as Russia has no larger surplus this year than last. Prices af wheat will- undoubtedly be leaver thi3 year than since 1870, though the increase consumption always attend ing cheap bread in Europe may later have a reflex influence on values, so that a market will bo found at remu nerative prices for all the wheat we can spare seems equally certain. Anniversary. On Tuesday, the 18th ult., was the 14th anniversary of Jacksonville Lodge, No. 10, and the I. O. O. F. flag was raised in commemoration thereof; Fourteen years ago, August ISth, this Lodge was instituted, with only five charter members, and under the not most flat tering circumstances. Not one of the charter members remain, but in their places may now be found up ward of sixty members. The Lodge owns the two-story brick in which it holds its meetincs- has a snrolus in j the treasury, and is one of the most successful organizations in the State. .".Long Primer" Hall is in a news paper,oSce in Santa Rosa." ' "-" 1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, 1 TTVTirTTDQTTV nt? PAT TVinii'T Political News. Lansing, August 26. The Repub lican State convention assembled here to-day, and nominated the fol lowing ticket: For Governor, J. J. Bagley; for Lientenant Governor, W. II. nolt; for Secretary of State, G. D. H olden: for Treasurer, W B: McCreery of Getiesee county; for Attorney General, Ralph Ely, of Gratiot county; for Commissioner o State Land office, j. A. Ciapp re nominated) ; for Superintendent of l'ublic Instruction, JJ. M. unggs re noniinated). Uolumbcs, August 20. me Jjem. ocratic State convention met here to day, and nominated the following ticket: For Secretary of State, Wm. Bell, of Licking county; for 'School Commissioner, C. S. Smart, of Peck away county; for Judge of the Su preme Court, M. G. Gilmore, of Pre ble county; for Clerk of Supreme Court, A. Green, of Cuyahoga coun ty; for Member of the Board of Pub lic Works, Martin Schiller, of Ross. The resolutions adopted declare that the Democratic party of Ohio ad heres to the ancient principles of securing equal rights and exact jus tice to "all men and all States and communities 'of America, resisting every attempt to usurp any of the powers conferred by the Constitution to the States respectively, and to the people thereof; that a sound curren cy is indispensable to the welfare of a country; that its volume should be regulated by necessities of business, and all laws that interfere with such natural regulation are vicious in principle and detrimental in their effects; in favor of such an increase of the circulating medium as the business interests of the country may from time to time require. St. Louis, August 27. The Dem ocratic State convention met at Jeff erson City this morning and adopted a platform. It reviews the Demo cratic administration of the State during tho last two years; the reso lutions arraign the Republican party for having passed the Poland Libel law, for Credit Mobilise and revenue moiety frauds; denounces the salary grab, oppose the passage of the Civil Rights bill; demand the payment of the public debt in exact accoi-danco with the terms by which it was crea ted; assert that5 .20 bonds are pay able in legal tenders, according to the act of February 1862, and that the subsequent act of March lSG'J, pledging their coin redemption was usurpation; favor the repeal of 4;he National Banking law and the substi tution of greenbacks; favor a recall of all paper money at tho earliest practicable dav; denounce the pres ent tariff and revenue laws as unjust to ron-producers, and pledge the party to nominate only men of tried honestv. .No, nominations have yet been made. Pittsbi:rg. August 27. The Dem ocratic convention reassembled this morning and continued nominations. For Judge of the Supreme Court, W. J. Woodward, of Berks county was nominated on the sixth ballot. The convention nominated John Latta fo'f Lieutenant Governor on the fifth ballot. Justice F. Temple, of Green county, received the nomination for Auditor. IiiCHMOXD, Vft., August 27. Ex Govcrnor E. C. Walker was nomin ated for Governor yesterday by the Conservative convention. ToiTKA,' August 27. The Kansas Republican convention has renomin ated. T. A. Osborn for Governor. Sr Loris, August 27. The follow ing Democratic State ticket Mas nominated by the convention at Jeff erson City: For Governor, Charles II. Hastin; Lieutenant Governor, N. J. Coleman; Secretarv of State, M. K. MeGrath; Auditor, Thomas Hal laday; Treasurer, J. W. Mercer; Reg ister of Lands, Oscar Kochlitzky. The remainder of tho ticket is not yet reported. Trenton, August 27. The Repub lican State convention met here at noon. George A. Hahsey, of Essex, was nominsted unanimously for Gov ernor. Resolutions were adopted re affirming the principles and eulogiz ing the achievements of the Republi can party, expressing unabated con fidence in President Grant, favoring such legislation as will maintain the faith of the Government with its creditors and a speedy resumption of specie payments, approving such a tariff and such equal internal taxa tion as will afford protection to do mestic manufactures. Topeka, August 27. On reassem bling this" morning the Republican State convention completed its nom inations as follows: Secretary of State, J. II. -Cavanaugh: Treasurer, Samuel lapham; Auditor, D. W. Wilder; Attorney General, A. M. T. Randolph; Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, John Frazer; Associ ate Justice of Supreme Court, D. M. Valentine. Wilmington, Aug. 28. The Dem ocratic State convention met at Mid dleton yesterday and nominated John P. Cochrane for Governor and James Williams for Congress. Resolutions are vigorous in denouncing the Ad ministration and Civil Rights b 11. They censure the course of Represen tative Lofland and extol the Demo cratic policy of the State. LoGANSPoiiT, Aug. 27. The Dem ocrats of the Eleventh Congressional district nominated Jonathan D. Cox. Davenport, Iowa, August 20. -The Anti-Monopoly convention of the Se cond Congressional district atMaqu oketa, to-day, nominated J. L. Shean. Salem, Mass., August 27. It is announced that Gen. Butler will run for Congress in the Sixth district. Convocation. The Anuual Con vocation of the Episcopal Church for Oregon and Washington Territory was held at Portland last week, com mencing on Thursday evening, and adjourned on Saturday afternoon. A full delegation of tho Clergy was present, and delegates from several of the parishes. The various reports show the church to be in a most ex cellent condition and' the increase during the year very encouraging. In Oregon City there were confirmed 18 for the past year. Taken Possession. Mr. Thomas Smith, formerly of the Empire hotel at the Dalles, took possession of the Chemeketa hotel, in Salem, on the 1st inst. Mr. Smith is. one of the best hotel keepers on the coast, and there can be . no, question but what he ill receive a liberal support. Territorial News ' Items. - There are now 1G ' Granges in Ida ho Territory. The Owyhee Arala?iche is to be a daily hereafter. ' New Tacoma will soon have a Post Office of its own. . , : . I Colorado call for more women. It has scarcely a single one. The Montana papers are filled with reports of Indian difficulties. The Grand Lodge' of Masons conr yened In Olympia this week. , , . Melons by the wagon load sell at 4 cents apiece in Salt Lake city. The Creed & Butler mine in Colo rado was recently sold to a Holland company for $3,000,000. An important law suit is in prog ress at Steilacoom affecting the land lines oi nan ine county. Some of the maple trees in Olym pia nave grown, in eighteen years, to be five feet in circumference. The crops along the southern bor der of Colorado have been nearly ruined by drouth and grasshoppers. The' trial of young Seybert, at Se attle, for the murder of his father, was postponed until next term of Court. One hundred and seventy-seven thousand feet of lumber .in eleven hours is the way they load ships at Port Gamble. Colorado Springs has G.000 shade trees, which cost, including painting, 8,000, but which are worth to the town $50,000. Capt. B. B. Tattle- has been ap pointed Assistant Collector of Inter nal Revenue for Walla Walla vice Wolner, removed. The people at Washoe Ferry, Snake river, and vicinity, have held a meeting and resolved in favor of organizing a Grange. Bishop John Lamy, Catholic bish op of New Mexico, has secured a Government patent to 1G,000 acres in Santa Fe county. The dead body of a white man was found lying on the beach below White Salmon in Washington Ter ritory, on Thursday of last week. A Grange has been organized at Sharon, Chehalis county, with thirty charter member. A. J. Gibson, Master: Robert Musrnsh, Secretary. The Walla Walla Statesman says that $1,000 has been raised in Lewis ton to start a now paper, and that Judge Whitson has been offered the editorial control. A. J. Boyakin has sent for the nec essary material and will commence the publication of a Democratic newspaper at Boise City, about the middle September. McKay, of tho Tacoma Brewery, was found guilty, at Steilacoom, of selling beer from packages to which internal revenue stamps had not been affixed, and was sent the county jail to serve out an imprisonment of four months. Report has it that II. G. Struve 1ms secured a pardow from, the Pres ident for his desertion from the army twenty years ago. He is still at the National Capital, working for hi; reinstatement to tho office of Ter ritorial Secretary. There is on exhibition, at the Olympia 7'ranscriff office, a cabbage head raised on the place of Tyrus Himes, a few miles from Objmpia, which weighs sixty-five pounds. The seed was sown on the 27th of April last, and the head was cut on the 25th of August. The Tacoma Tribune says: "A few days ago the eldest son of C.tpt. J. C. Ainsworth, with suitable instru ments, examined tho position of American and Gravelly Lakes, and arrived at results that will surprise inauy. He found the former seven teen feet higher than the latter, and current where none was supposed to exist." Capt. George D. Hill, of Olympia, has information from Washington that the immediate survey of the Skagit river has been ordered by the Engineer Bureau of the Government under an act passed at the last ses sion appropriating $10,000 for the improvement of the navigation of that river. . The Walla Walla Stat ;srn in of last Saturday says. The farmers are offer ing considerable wheat, but the deal ers evince but little desire to pur chase. We hear of a sale of 10,000 bushels at 'do and 40 cents, which, we believe, is the largest transaction this season. At these figures the purchaser furnishes the sacks. From a private letter from San Francisco, dated August 19th, which may be relied upon, the Olympia Courier learns the following: "The Colter bubble has burst. Nothing in it. A sensational fraud, invented by Colter and an accomplice, for what reason has not yet been deter mined. There is no such person as W. W. Knowlton, who, as an attor ney started tho advertisement to learn tho whereabouts of Henry. Col ter. The Douvcr Xeics says: " A band of Sioux about ten days ago com mitted an outrage near the eastern line of Colorado Territory, that has rarely been equaled in barbarity. They caught four unfortunate labor ing men that were going from town to town in searcTl of work, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo Rail road, and. after butchering them, scalped and otherwise mutilated two, aud burned the hearts out of the others. They then burned the rail way bridge near Aubrey station. The bodies of 7, a few days after ward, were brought into Dodge City, supposed to havo been murdered by the the same band." Not One Word of Pitt. -Amongst all discussion of Plymouth Churdh affairs, not one word of pity for editors, even from the moist-hearted Bergh. ; Yet they have to read,- and read carefully, all that is published anywhere on both sides of the ques tion. Instead of spending their days with Addison and their nights with Steels, to improve their style, they thoir nichts with Beecher. their days with Tilton. and the twilight wilu iViouuuu. wuuci diiu i,ria.is, exclaims the Worcester Gazette t life becomes indeed a burden.". .- Telerraphlc News. Nashville, Tenn., August 26. A special to the Union and American says: Armed men are pouring in from the country to find : all quiet. Scouts say they cannot find an arm ed negro. Two of the six negroes found shot last night are still alive. RiCKETSvir,i.E. August 2G, 6 p. m. Men are resting on their arms. All reports of armed negro bands and fighting in the country are believed to be false. - Memphis, August 2G.--Dispatches from Humboldt and other offices along the line of the Memphis and Louisville Railroad, in Gibson coun ty, near the scene of the disturbance on Saturday,' states that a perfect reign of terror exists in consequence of the excitement growing out of the mob taking six negroes out of the Trenton jail last night and killing them. Blacks and whites are armed, and there is a dread of a conflict. New York, August 27. Henry C. Bowen to-day instituted a libel suit against the Brooklyn Eagle, claiming damages in the sum of $100,000, the offence being the publication of an alleged interview between an Eagle reporter and Bowen, which the latter claims never occurred, and the writ ing of editorial comments thereon. He also instituted a civil suit against the reporter, claiming damage to the amount of $50,000. D. Barnes, proprietor of the Argus was arrested to day, at the instance of Bowen and his sons, for the pub lication of an alleged interview with Henry M. Smith. The defendant was released on his own recognizance to - appear tp-rnorrow morning and make arrangements for bail. Nashville, August 2v. Parties who have been scouring the country around Humboldt report that no armed negroes are to be found and no fears of an uprise entertained. New Orleans, August 27. The Kiowas and Comanches attacked General Davidson on the 23d inst., at Wickett Agency, near Fort Sill, but were twice repulsed, and are attempting to return to the agency. Washington, August 28. Rumors were circulated shortly after Bris tow.'s appointment that ho would shortly resign in order to devote his time and attention to the care of the estate of a recently deceased uncle of Mrs. Bristow, who left to that la dy an estate worth half a million dol lars, aud named General Bristow as executor. They are again renewed, and it is stated that Hugh McCul- loch will be called again to the Treasury Department. Memphis, August 29. A large meeting was held hero last night to express the indignation of the com munity at the barbarous murderers of the colored prisoners taken from Trenton jail. B. M. Estes presided, with ex-Governor Harris, Judge Archibald Wright and Charles Clat ivech, as Vice Presidents. Speeches were madftV bv ex-Governor Harris, Jefferson Davis.' Colonel Duncan Mc- Kee, Gen. Forrest and others, de nouncing the cowardly assassins of of the prisoners, and calling for a prompt and most energetic enforce ment of the law against the perpe trators of the deed. Gen. Fo rr s in stated that ho stood reiulv to start to-morrow to assist the officers of the law in bringing the assassins to jmn ishment. Resolutions were adopted expressing the horror and indigna tion of tue community at the foul crimo, and demanding of tho State Government prompt and energetic measures in bringing the murderers to justice, and relieving the State, as far as possible from the disgrace of such horrible crimes; asking the Government to employ the police experts of Memphis to assist in capturing the assassius and to em ploy the best legal talent in the State to assist the Attorney General in prosecuting them. .New Iork, August 20. I he Jour nal of Commerce says: In " spring grades of wheat a very good business is noted, mainly on export aecouut, with a tnlle stronger prices. current. The prime stock at the close was of fered with some reserve, and held at better prices. Winter wheat mocts with fair shipping demand, realizing rather better pi ices. New Orlevns, August 29. A dis patch from Shreveport says the cour ier from Conshatta, just in, reports that the troubles are ended, and the town is quiet. The negroes being left without a leader, dispersed. One white and two bl..cks were killed. Topexa, August 20. Governor Osborne has called an extra session of the Legislature for tho 15th of September, to devise means for the relief of those settlers whose crops have been destroyed by grasshoppers. New York, August 31. Ex-Governor Herbert, of Louisiana, has be gun a libel suit against the Vorld Company for $50,000. Twin Mountain, . II., August 30. Beecher preached here to-dav to an aurlienco of over 1,000. His text was the 4th and 5th verses of the 12th chapter of Romans, and the ser mon is pronounced to bo one of his most successful efforts. New , York, August 30. Services were held at Plymouth Church this Drning and evening. No reference was made to the scandal. At the evening service Mrs. Beecher had an attack of tho heart disease, to which she is subject, and had to be carried to her home. Jefersonville, August 30. A horrible outrage, resulting in the death of the victim, was committed near Henry ville last night. Augus tus Gamier, while walking along the railroad track, was assaulted by threo men, who robbed him of $5, then bound him across the track and left him. He succeeded in -freeing his body from the ropes, but beforo he could get his legs loose the train came along and, though ho managed to throw his body off the track, his left leg was cut off. He lay beside the track all night and was picked up by a train in the. morning and brought here. He died soon after. .Shreveport, August 31: It is reported here that the prisoners. including the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff ana two lax Collectors, captured by the citizens at Conshatta on Saturday night, were, taken from the escort who were bringing them here, by fifty armed men, supposed to bo Tex- -l i -ii -. aus, ana Kiiiea. Later. Shreveport reports just received tend to confirm the previous rumors, and leave little room for doubt that the Conshatta prisoners were murdered at McFarland's plan tation, 35 miles below here, on the east side of Red River. - - - I ' - Q . j w. - IK iteu-a ! Students crowding into Moninonti. , smilllw letting his Lo. into training. uo rsos Nearly all the bad bridges ia Polv county are being repaired. An Alden-Process Fruit drvincr p is talked of at Corvallis. S S Co- The Pendleton Tribune has bP appointed litigant organ for Ematip11 V. - It. A-A I J ' Quite a number of counterfeit fi TO uoiuir oiecea are in circulation Coos Co. o in Gen. O. O. Howard is now Com. mander of tho Department of tha Columbia. The State Grange will commenee its first annual session in Salem r the 15th inst. Judge B. F. Bonham assumed iV robes' of Chief Justice of Oregon oa the 1st inst. The county offices in the Polk Co Court House are being fitted tip iu new furniture. WTheat is rapidly pouring into Cor vallis from all quarters, and the ela yators are kept busy. The Indians on the Grand Rondo agency have raised about 20,000 bushels of grain this season. A man named Phil Johnson waa severely stabbed at an Indian ranch below Portland. He had no business there. ' We understand Wm. Thompson, formerly of tho Mercury, will go into the sheepraising business the ensuing spring. Dave Burns, of Bridgeport, Las invented a new thresher. It only requires one man to work it. Patent applied for. On last Thursday morning Mrs. Ramsdell, of Yaquina, shot and kill ed a fine large buck, and she didn't scream either. The gross valuation of property in Lane county is $1.2G2,442, of which $2,873, GG7 is taxable. Total number of polls, 1,300. A special session of tho Oregon State Woman Suffrage Association will convene in Salem on Tuesday, September 22J. Y'oung Mr. Miers, who was report ed as having shot and been hhot ia Baker county recently, arrived at home and ain't hurt a bit. A distemper of a very serious form has broken out amorrg the horse of Union county and many have already Succumbed to the disease. The Reporter says the dead lock in the wheat market at MuMinnvills i broken. Six bushel and a half hav been sold at 75 cents a bushel. The Gazette says there is a erj man sloshiu about in the woods jvronnd Corvallis. who says he i "fleeing from the wrath to corn-'." Madame Fanny Phelps has en pair ed Reed's Opera house for a lengthy theatrical season, commencing about the time the Legislature convenes. A little daughter of R. G. Howl, of Corvallis, fell a distance of twenty-three feet, a few days ago, and strange to say, was not ba lly hurt. Mr. Jacob Conser is putting eleva ting machinery in the Lcmou ware house at Junction City. It will ho ready to receivo grain in two weeks. The stockholders in tho Alhfttv Farmer's warehouse, last reason, cleared over o2,5G0 a profit of twei -ty-one per cent, on the capital ir vested. A bar of pure gold, weighing .312 ounces, was the result of an cigLt days run of and 8-s'amp mill n quartz from the Cabell ledge in BiA er county. A field of six acres of wheat on new oak grub land on Jerome Por ter's farm near the Grove wasiu. vested last week and yielded i0 In. to the acre. Since Dr. Bailey, of Hillsboro, hung the clothes on tho barn that he had on when ho visited those small pox cases at Cornelius, he doe not miss any more of his oats. On tho 22d irlt, at Looking G'.as?, Douglas county, a young man by the name of George Cox wa-i shot by William Mans. A woman ws tbo cause. Cox was shot in threo places. On Wednesday Zach. Moore, of Eugene City was arrested on a charge of supplying Indians with whikey, and on examination was bound over for his appearance in tho sum of 100.. E. L. Bristow, the new editor if the .Mercury, has moved to Salem, having sold out his interest in the merchantile business at Eugene, in which he has been engaged for fifteen years. On Saturday, last, Douglas Bailey and Millard White, two nimrods of Pendleton, went up to Cayuse station bagged one hundred and two prairie chickens and returned the same evening. o ' Wm. H Riddle, an old settler ia Douglas county, was thrown from his horso last Saturday and seriously injured. 'His thigh was broken, and it is learned that he was injured in ternally. Forty-five acres of oats and thirty of wheat have been cut this week on the Penitentiary farm. Superinten dent Watkins estimates that the totol yield of both 'crops will ba about 1,200 bushels. Last week, on returning from Vilnnlf liprrvincr excursion on the North Yamhill, the team containing the excursionists ran away and threw Mrs. A. Tyler out, breaking her arm and'bruising her badly. The Grangers of Chehalem vMleJ "have incorporated for the purp? oi building a warehonse on the W Ul ette river, near Rodgers In.tllD The name of the corporation is w Winooski AVarehouso company. Q Tho Salem Record gives the ing: We receive information oi w results of the harvest in this vicimtr wnicn are very ouu.. show that the average yi eld is u"1" if any behind that of last year. largest yield wo hear of is on tue i Durbin place, where thirteen ac of fall wheat threshed out 6 o Dusu els, or 52 bushels to the acre.Q 3j i.rwl-"T,rsT'-"