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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." ' "-"
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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. - - -
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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
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