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THE ENTER
OKEGOX CITV, ORKfiOX, OCT. 16, 1574.
Should Ik; Parsed.
Mr. Myers, of this comity, intro
duced a bill in the Senate to amend
the present asse lament law. The
bill provides tha no indebtedness
shall bo allowed to bo exempt from
taxation, but that all property found
in possession of t person must be
given to the Assessor. There is not
a man in this Stat) but what knows
that the present mode of assessing is
radically and crinnally unjust. A
few persons pay Aes according to
the value of. theifistates, but, as a
rule, those who ai most able to pay
their proportion of our public ex
peases, find a ready way of defrauding
the public treasury under our pres
ent law. It is true, that injustice
will bo done to an occasional person
who is actually and honestly in debt.
But this does not eomo on ono in
fifty where thero is now many who
get rid of paying any taxes whatever.
We have the example in our own
town. The assessed value, inclusive j
of indebtedness in this place, is near j
a million dollars; yet, when the in-:
debtedness is taken out, we have on- J
ly half this sum to collect our reve- j
nue from. And who is it that escapes j
being taxed ? It is not the poor or j
middling classes, but the rich. We j
will instance one case. The Oregon
City Manufacturing Company, known
to bo ono of the most wealthy and
prosperous institutions in our State,
we are told, pay not a single dollar
this year of county taxes. It is well
known that they have property over
and above their liabilities not less
than 8150,000, and we doubt very
much- if the concern can be bought
for double that suij. How do they
manage to get rid of paying their
taxes? Simply by the infamous pro
vision in the law lihich gives them
a technical pretem" to escape the
taxes. They are generally taxed for
less than half what ilieir property is
actually worth (as 'all others are),
and in order to carry on their busi
ness, they are geni rally indebted,
and the amount of t;ir indebtedness
wipes out the aVessment made
against them. Yet 'his same com
pany has thousands f dollars worth
of manufactured goods in Portland
and, San Francisco, but they do not
give it in here, and while they de
duct their entire indebtedness against
their property hero, they hive proba
blv an euun.1 amount lsnvlierp.
This is unjust, and wo see no better
way to reach the ujuvtter than to al
low no inlebtedness! jto be deducted.
"VVe are informed that the Mann fac
toring Company has a way to borrow
money just at tlo time the assess
ment is made and ; distributing it
among tho wool buyers, and hence,
the Company is not in reality in debt
the sum given in, as jhey have either
tne money or wool
lying at other !
places that offsets the
indebtedness, i
But technically the
are indebted.
and hence pay no t:
out no indebtednes
This taking
lean harm no
one that gives in hi
property hon-
estly. The majority
of the people
do this. Now suppose that instead i
of tho property valuation of this
county being less th a two million
dollars, with the imV jtedness taken
out, if the indebtedness is not allow
ed, it sums up to four, is it any hard
to pay nine or ten mills than it is on
tho two million to pay eighteen or
twenty? Not at all. Xo man who
has in the past paid Ihis taxes hon
estly can object to tl3 provision of
the law, and while our Legislature
is trying to reduce; expenses and
taxation on tho laboring "classes,
they should study w 111 before thoy
reject a bill that is caljulated to ben
efit them more than any measure
that has yet been brought before the
Legislature. Wo know the capital
ists and speculators are down on this
bill, but the masses of our taxpayers
demand relief from paving the bur-
Jens of our State, county and muni
cipal government. IVo trust that
tho bill may vet be pi-ed
--.
Time Ytill Tell.
We have heard members of our
present Legislature ddaro that they
would not vote a cer for the com
pletion of tho State- Capitol, but
would let it rot down 'and remain as
a monument of the extravagance of
tho present administration. This
kind of talk may do f( A fools, but he
can tell them that ilwill stand in
the future as a living Msgrace to tho
Legislature of 1S74 ' .they fail to
pass sufficient appropriation to finish
tho building so that it can be occu
pied. As Ir Should Be. The proposi
tion to abolish tho office of State
Printer was voted down by the Sen
ate. Ia tho course of some remarks
in that body, one of tho Senators
fltated that the public printing might
bo done in California' cheaper than
here. This was certainly a brilliant
idea, and we have no doubt the prin
ters of Oregon feel vjry grateful to
tho Senator for the sltive part he
takes in the interest Af our State.
We regret to say thl this Senator
ia a Democrat. OregVf had' better
Bent to Californio for a State Senator
or for a State Printer. That kind of
argument ia a credit to a State Sender
The Peuitentiarj' Scramble.
Thero appears at present to be
quits a contest before the Legislature
as to who shall be the Superintendent
of the Penitentiary. A bill has been
introduced in the House to provide
for the election by that body and to
take the power away from the Gov
ernor. This measure can be regard
ed in no other light than pure malig
nity against the Governor and a de
sire to gobble up the office for some
vagabond who has no energy to labor j
for a living. No one can deny but
what this institution has been kept
in a very creditable manner under
Mr Watfknds, and the press, Radical
and Independent, has been general
in its eulogies of Mr. Watkinds' ad
ministration. But this all does not
seem to bo sufficient for tho Legisla
ture, because some of them have a
friend to put in his place. The Gov
ernor, under our present law, is
made responsible for the good gov-
j ernment of the Penitentiary, and as
such, should have the appointing
power. This attempted action of tho
Legislature is nothing but an outrage
and disgrace to tho body which
would allow its amnions to go so far
as to violate decency in order to de
prive the Governor of an appoint
ment, simply for tho reason that
some hanger-on of this or that party
wants the place. If the Legislature
has any desire to change the manner
of creating the Superintendent, let
them pass a law by which the people
can elect that officer, and not create
an office on their own action for them
to fill. We consider that it were
better that all the subordinate State
officers, which are now elected by
the Legislature, and some apxointed
by tho Governor, should be elected
by tho people, and thus save time
and useless contest for position be
fore that body every two years. The
Legislature should ertainly be satis
fied with being entrusted to make
the laws, and give the. people power
to elect their own officers and to en
force them. We trust that the sober
and better judgement of both houses
will defeat this bill. It can be term
ed by no milder language than an
unwarranted assumption and out
rage. The Smelling Committee.
The Legislature created a smelling
committee to investigate the accounts
of the Penitentiary Superintendent,
and placed on that committee Hon.
J. X. Dolph, and the committee ap
pointed that excellent personal friend
ami political laborer of the Superin
tendent, T. McF Patton, Clerk. We
learn that the committee tried hard
to find something wrong in the ac
counts but thus far have failed, It
is a well known fact that Mr. Dolph
has made many extravagant and un
warranted charges again
t Mr. Wat- '
kinds, and Patton has
been unspar-
ing in his assrtions that there was
"stealing done" in the management
of tuo Penitentiary. To show how
thorough this investigation is being
made we will state a case that has
come to our knowledge: It was
charged that Bill Watkinds had
bought a bottle of wino and had it
charged to tho Penitentiary account,
,K,t appropriated it to his own use.
After the committee labored to find
evidence to prove this charge for
two or three days, and failed to make
good the accusation, Bill brought
up the evedenee that ho not only
bought tho wine for tho use of the
convicts, but that it was bought for
a client of said J. X. Dolph, and on
the recommendation of the physician
who declared it to be necessary for
his health. Wo. are also informed
that a majority of tho committee are
becoming disgusted with the manner
the investigation is being conducted,
and that it is regarded more as an
investigation to substantiate tho
false charges which Dolph from time
to tima has mode against Watkinds. I
Jiut tho sequal will bo, that Dolph I
and Patton both will havo to sign a j
report that they have been telling !
that which is not truo and which has
had no reality in fact, to term it in j
no strange language. ' !
CI.jkc lTp on Infection Way.
It is conceded by all parties that
the generally satisfactory result of
the election in tho city of Portland,
was largely owing to the fact, that
the business houses were generally
closed on election day, and the em
ployees and owners were then left
free to overawe, and keep in subjec
tion the repeaters and fraudulent
voters that heretofore have had al
most entire controll of the polls, in
tho Metropolis. With the entire
element of any community giving
their attention to watching the ballot
on election day, repeating and fraud
ulent voting will cease. Therefore
let the Legislature in addition to a
registry law, give us a law closing
up all places of business on election
day, in all incorporated towns, and
make the transaction of any business
on said day penal, and let such a pen
alty be affixed that no -man can afford
to violate its provisions.
We call particular attention to the
dispatches in this issue in regard to
the Ohio election. Two vears ago
the State went Democratic by a ma
jority of 817. To-day the majority
is over 5,000.
Who savs tho Democ-
rtcv is 2s2 ?
As Was lixpectetl.
The Bulletin has taken its stand
against the Winnemucca Railroad,
and dare it do so, would oppose the
Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake bill.
But this would deprive it of its oc
cupation at Portland, and the fur
thest it dare go is to organize a sham
company to oust the present ener
getic parties who have brought this
PTitpmri'sp to ft noint where success
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is certain, and when the managers
found that this organization of a new
company was too thin for the people
not to see through, they were forced
nlm,lnn the enterprise. In the
Unllptui of last Moudav we find a
very ungenerous editorial, which at
tempts to humbug tho West-Side
counties into tho idea that if the
Winnemucca bill is not mssed, the
West-Side road will bo extended. to
Junction, mis is also too turn, as
the people have been waiting pa
tiently for the past four of five years
for the extension of that lino, and if
any member of tho Legislature is
fool enough to believe this assertion,
he ought to be sent to tho Insane
Asylum. The people of the West-
Side will have no railroad any fur
ther than at present until that road
passes into other hands, or till the
great through line from Winnemucca
to Portland passes down that rich
part of our State. Tho object of the
Bulletin is to defeat this measure,
and keep the transportation in the
hands of its owner, Mr. Holladay.
The question is being asked by all
persons outside the Legislature, has
Mr. Holladay captured tho Repre
sentatives and will they defeat the
only project that is offered them for
railroad transportion? Time can only
tell, and those who are instrumental
in defeating this measure, will find
that the people have no further use
for them in a public capacity. It
mav be well to state that Mr. Gas
ton, the President and Manager of
the West-Side Road is tho present
editor of tho Bulletin.
Another $cti-e:ichl:ir Move.
We see that a bill has been intro
duced to retrench on tho Supreme
Clerk Reporter. This office, as the
law now stands, is worth 1,000. It
requires tho services of a competent
attorney, or some ono competent to
write up the reports aud decisions of
the Court. His whole time is occu
pied in the discharge of the duty.
j The salary at present paid is ifKOO
j per annum. To repeal the salary
part of the bill, will make the office
worth about 800 per year. Xow,
will any man of common senso say
that a person who is qualified for the
position cannot earn more money
than is there o tiered to the Clerk,
who is expected to fill one of the
most responsible positions in the
State? It is not the salary of a conn-
tTJ ly-goods clerk. We are not
tlie advocate of extravagant salaries,
bat wo believe that it is ecouomv to
Vi'jait n,l'l reisonable salaries for
public servants, so that good anil
competent men will accept the posi
tions. We apprehend that this
move to cut down tho salary of this
office is with no idea for economy,
but is done for the purpose of throw
ing the office into tho hands of some
Salem aspirant, who is not ablo to
earn any more, and is fearful that if
the present salary is undisturbed,
.some one who is qualified for the
placo will get the position. Low
priced officials are generally tho
most expensive in tho end, and wo
trust that the bill will not pass.
Hills Signed by the Governor.
The following is a complete list of
the bill which have been signed by
tho Governor thus far:
An act to repeal an act to protect
litigants.
An act to repeal an act creating
the office of Assistant Treasurer.
10 repeal an act to provide
for a State Board of Equalization.
An act fixing times of holding
County Courts in Union county.
An act to pay mileage and per
diem of members of tho Legislature.
An act to amend tho charter of
Eugene Citv.
Rather Small. The House has
adopted the report of tho committeo
to cut down the salary of
the Governor's Private Secre
tary to S0O0 per year. This
may be regarded economy by our
Retrenchment Legislature, but the
verdict of a liberal minded public
will be that it is a little spite work
aud very small for such a body as
the Legislature to take stock in.
Parsimony is a more proper word
than economy. Better abolish the
office.
Another Radical. A dispatch
from St. Paul, Minn., under date of
the Cth inst., says that the Grand
Jury of the Common Pleas Court,
which has been in session since the
1st of September, to-day appeared
before Judge Hall at his house, he
being too ill to appear in the Court
room, and presented twenty three
indictments against Chas. Mcllrath,
late State Auditor, it is supposed for
malfeasance in office, though the te
nor of the indictments has not yet
transpired. Mcllrath was arrested
and gave bail.
Mr. Weed, father of George Weed,
who was murdered at Sparta, Baker
county, offers a reward of $500 for
the apprehension of Mc Waters, the
murderer.
Kditorial Correspondence.
- Salem, Oct. 13, 1874.
Tho great excitement this week is
the Fair. A large number of camp
ers were on the grounds on Monday
morning, and early on that day they
came pouring in from all directions,
and to-day the camp ground near
the Fair presents the appearance of
a large town. In fact, the atten
dance for Tuesday is far larger than
it has ever been before. Tho indi
cations, at this writing, are that it
will be a greater success than any
fair ever given in the State.
The Pavilion is will filled and pre
sents a very creditable display of
works of art, and I am pleased to say
that the ladies of our State havo on
exhibition a very fino lot of needle
work, which does them credit. I
cannot detail, as my letter on this
subject would be entirely too long.
The display of fruit and vegetables
is certainly beyond anything I have
ever witnessed in our State before.
Clackamas county, I think, will car
ry oif tho prize on fruits, as our citi
zens, Messrs. A. It. Shipley and Seth
Leuellen have certainly some of the
finest fruits on exhibition I havo
ever seen. The manufacturing im
plements are also well represented.
The stock on exhibition is far ahead
of anything ever on the fair grounds
in Oregon. Gen. Xesmith has his
imported stock on the grounds, and
a gentleman from Victoria has a fino
Morgan stallion, recently im
ported from Canada, here. Be
sides, there are any number of fine
horses, among them my old friends
J. G. Basket, of Polk, and G. W.
Scoggin, of Washington county,
have their fine horses here. I regret
to say that thero appears to be a dis
position on the part of horse owners
not to try the speed of their ani
mals, owing, as I am informed, to
tho fact the society has not offered
them sufficient inducements. I trust
that this matter may be arranged sat
isfactorily. I have not had time to
make a critical examination of the
horned stock on the grounds. But
there is a fine selection. Mr. Wm.
Dalby, of Victoria, has two of the
finest thorough-hred bulls on the
ground I ever saw, one a two year
old and the other IS months. They
were recently iuqiorted from Canada.
The grounds are filled up with all
kinds of shows and inventions to
captivate the people and take their
money. This part of the Fair I re-
w(i.v t.j jiuioani,v, (tint jl nut nvi i
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sure mu it would no a ijeneat to
have them excluded from the Fair
grounds.
The weather is splendid, and the
only complaint is, " the dust;" yet
the managers sire doing their best
to meet this inconvenience by keep
ing tho roads and grounds wull
sprinkled. I must leave this subject
and give the details of the Fair of
1871 to the readers of tho Exu.u-
piusk next week.
thi: u;gisl,atui:i;.
This body is grinding along very
slowly, and virtually doing nothing.
They came here with loud m-ofes-
sions and showed jrreat determina-
tion on the start to reform and re- '
trench, and started in after the liti- I
gant act and devoured it so suddenly i
that everything else was standing j
ready to meet the same fate. Rut
when they got this net repealed, and
the State Treasurer's salary cut
down, they sat down and were satis
fied, and now twenty-eight days are
gone, and nothing is yet done, and
there is not time enough tc i-i ach
one-tenth of the business before
either house, and if they attempt to
rush through legislation on tlie heels
of the session, I shall be very much
mistaken if there aro not some huge
jobs passed. The indications are
now, tnat the Legislature of 1874
will prove a huge failure. I hope I
shall be mistaken in my opinion, but
the indications in that direction are
very strong just now.
Tlie Lower House received the re
port of the committee to-day to al
low the Stuto Treasurer an Assistant
at a salary of 815,000 per annum. It
is but just that that officer should
have a reasonable compensation for
his services, and this wo regard as
ainply low enough, if not too low.
The railroad bills aro no further
advanced than they were last week,
and I find that certain influences are
hard at work to defeat the Winne
mucca bill. Should this bill and
the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake
bills fail to pass, I think the people
will regret it. Neither house has
passed a single bill to-day, and how
they expect to get through tho enor
mous amount of business on their
tables, is a question easier asked
than answered.
MlSl'KLLANEOrS,
On last Monday, Capt. L. S. Scott,
of the Statesman, slapped Sam.
Clarke's face, for having called him
a liar in the issue of the Record of
last Sunday. They were separated
by persons who rushed to the rescue
on hearing the yells of Samuel. Tho
general verdict is, that Scott served
him right, but I am not prepared to
render judgment in the case.
The two convicts who wero arrest
ed on suspicion of having robbel
Well's, Fargo & Co.'s safe at this j
place last July, had their examina- !
tion last Monday, but there being
insufficient evidence, they were dis
charged, just in time to ply their av
ccaticn en the people at tboTcir.
Mrs. Phelps opened the Opera
House for a short theatrical season
last Monday, with Mrs. Stone as the
leading star. The house was well
filled and tlie entertainment excel
lent. Cigarette was tho opening
piece. It is a splendid play, and the
various characters were well sus
tained. Mrs. Stone is one of the
finest actresses I have witnessed in
the State. I am pleased to note that
Mrs. Phelps is receiving the support
her energy and talent merits.
The hotels and private houses are
all full to tho utmost capacity, and
Salem is reaping a rich harvest.
The Home manufacturing Compa
ny held a mooting yesterday and ad
journed until to-day. A large ma
jority of the capital stock of tho
Company has been taken in Linn
county, and I have no doubt but
what that desirable institution will
be located in Albany.
As yet the Legislature has done
nothing with the matter of the In
sane Asylum. There appears to be a
disposition on the part of the mem
bers to hold this matter back. What
the object is, I cannot say. But at
present I hear a great deal of talk
about other propositions than that
of Dr. Hawthorne, while none have
been submitted to the Legislative
committee but from Dr. H. There
is one thing sure, that no one but the
Doctor is at present prepared to keep
those unfortunate beings, and I ap
prehend that the Legislature will
find itself compelled to uward him
the contract. Tlie Doctor can cer
tainly keep them as cheap as any one
else, and the people of Oregon know
that he has done his duty honestly
and faithfully in behalf of the afflict
ed. Whatever may be the result of
the question, we hope these public
charges may not be deprived of a
comfortable home. Let it never be
said that Oregon retrenches on her
unfortunate lunatics.
Legislature Proceedings.
Tho following bills have been j
passed by the House since our last I
issue: j
S. J. 11, Creating, organizing and
locating the State University at Eu
gene City, the building and furnish
ing to be worth not less than 850,000.
A bill in relation to railroads. The
bill has been shorn of most of its
sections on second reading, and as
now reported provides that engineers
shall ring their bells and blow their
whistles on approaching within 300 j
vards of anv point where the railroad !
crosses a county road.
r -m (k rp l i i
S. 1. -1", I o enable married women
0
control and dispose of their sepa
rate properties.
S. B. o.S, To protect buoys and
beacons, making it a misduiueauor
to move vessels to the same.
H. 1. 4-. Incorporating Silverton.
H. B., To provide for the construc
tion of ditches and flumes for agri
cultural an 1 stock purposes in cer
tain cases.
A bill to define and punish the
crimo of conspiracy. Tlie bill pro
vides tnat when two or more persons
aro convicled of conspiracy they
shall be punished as follows: 1, when
the crime attempted is punishable by
deatli the punishment shall be im
pri.jonment for not less than ten nor
more than twenty years; '2, if the
crime attempted is punishable by j
fine, the punishment shall be bv line !
in not more than half tlie amount of I
i ne largest nne preserioed as a pun
ishment for such crime; if the
crime attempted is punishable by
imprisonment, the punishment shall
be by imprisonment for a term not
more than half the longest period
prescribed as a punishment for such
crime.
I The following bills havo been
' passed in the Senate:
j A bill for the protection of buoys
; and beacons. Considered engrossed,
i read a third time and passed.
! A bill to amend an act in relation
j to proceedings in Justices' Courts so
j as to allow costs to prevailing party.
j A bill to allow married women to
j controll their separate property, pro
j viding that she may execute deeds
I therefor without being joined therein
j by her husband.
j A bill to incorporate the town of
Jdarsliiield, in Coos county.
A bill to incorporate the town of
Gervias.
A bill to authorized the State
Treasures to convert currency into
coin, and making provisions for the
redemption of Lock bonds.
Mr. Myers, from the Committee
on Engrossed Bills, reported the
bill to prevent the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors on election dav correctly
engrossed. The bill was read a third
time and passed by the following
vote: ayes, 21; noes,' 0.
Since there is a strong probability
that Hen. Owen's peritentiary bill
will fail to get through the Legisla
ture, he is reported to have given
way and is now in favor of Jim Corn
stock, Ilallett, Holladay & Co.'s
manipulator, or J. M. Johns, Mitch
ell's tool, to get into it. This is con
siderate in Hen, and the people
would certainly feel under obliga
tions to him if ho will get both these
worthies positions in this coveted
institution.
A dispatch to the Xew York Tribune
from Xew Orleans says that on the
Gth another book of Kellogg's was
found in the hands of a private citi
zen. It seems to havo been issued
only a few weeks immediately pre
ceding the first date covered by the
other. The second entry is as fol
lows: "April 28, 1873, myself sent
Williain E. Chandler, 'Washington,
D. C, for C. Cushing and Matt
Car
penter, as counsel fees, 63,000." The
correspondent says the two check
books show that the Governor made
appropriations of 25,000 in nine
irivEthf for warlike experiments.
Letter l'rom Salem.
Salem, Oct. 12, 1S74.
A. Xoltner Esq. Dear Sir: Fol
lowing are the No. and Title of Bills
that have passed both houses to date:
S. B. Xo. 1. Litigant bill.
S. B. Xo. 2. Repealing the act cre
ating the office of Assistant Treas
urer. S. B. Xo. 41. A bill appropriating
money for the payment of mileago
and per diem of the Legislative As
sembly. S. B. Xo. 17. A bill repealing tho
act creating tho State Board of Equal
ization. S. B. Xo. 36. A bill for an act
fixing the times of holding County
Courts in Union Co.
S. B. Xo, 23. Incorporationg tho
town of Ashland, Jackson Co.
S. B. Xo. 30. Incorporating Baker
City, Baker Co., Oregon.
S. B. Xo.45. Incorporating Eu
gene City.
II. B. ' Xo. 14. A bill to amend
Sees. 1, 2, 3. 4 and 5, of an act enti
tled "An act for the protection of
game and fish."
The House has passed the follow
ing H. bills: Xos. 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 18,
20, 31, 30, 41, 50, 14, 45, 40, 51, 02,
12, 15, 34, 43, 51, 74, and awaiting
the action of the Senate.
Senate bills now in the House,
awaiting its action: Xos. 3, 20, 14, 18,
55, 43, 57, (57, G8, 54, 92, 37, 04, and
40.
The Senate refused to pass H. B.
Xo. 3, and returned tho same to the
House.
A bill repealing the act allowing
compensation to Judges, Sic.
103 bill have been introduced in
the House, or rather 100, as three of
that number are substitutes for H.
Bs. Xo. 0, 27 and 33.
Out of the one hundred introduc
ed, Xos. 0, 21 and 35 were indefinite
ly postponed; Xo.s 10, 24, 32, 50, 55,
57. 01 and 07 failed to pass; Xos. 17,
22, 23 and 05, were laid on tlie table.
And may, as you know, be taken from
the table by a majority vote at any
time. I think II. B. Xo. 57, a bill for an
act to require parties to give an un
dertaking for costs and disburse
ments in suits and actions in Courts
of record, which failed to pass. Be
ing 30 for it and 23 against, will be
reconsidered when Bradshaw returns,
as tlie bill doubtless 1ms. merit. You
see by the vote 7 were absent.
H. B. Xo. 01. A bill for an act
to conform the election laws of Ore
gon to the Constitution of the Unit
ed States, being the Woman Suffrage
bill introduced by Mr. Reid of Mari
on, and one of the bills here indicat
ed as having failed, met with a hard
fate for Woman Suffragists, receiving
only 13 votes against 40 one mem
ber absent.
You will observe but little has as
yet been done, and the session over
half gone. I will say before rlosinjr,
however, that II. B. Xo. 37, a bill
providing ior ine evns resulting ii om i
the sale of intoxicating liquors, was j
!. j1 -1 1 . - n
discussed in Committee of the whole
Oct. 2d, still hangs fire; tlie commit-
lee reported progress and asked leave
to sit aain, but no further action
was taken in relation to it.
Pardon this hurried epistle, as
you know my time is precious arid
limited. Yours, io..
W. L. White.
TIZRIUTOItlAI, xmvs ITKJIS.
The Steilaeoom J-Jx tress comes out
m a 1 rank,
Jacobs.
manly way m favor of
Messrs. Smith it Sheets contrac
tors, have finished the survey of Or
eas, and commenced on Shaw's Is
land.
Com pan v C.
Capt. Burton com
incouver last Thnrs-
! manding, left Y
j dav for their
new post of dutv at
j Fort Townseud.
I The Olympia Transcript says the
i noble si washes across the bay about
j fifty in number were all on a
drunk Sunday night.
The Thurston county Democratic
convention will meet" in Olympia,
October 17th, and that of Pierce
comes off the same day at Steilaeoom.
Washington lerritory is not ad-
dieted to small vices.
Tlie re
are
seven prisoners in jail at Olympia,
and five of them are
murder.
charged
with
A letter from Placervillc, Idaho,
dated October 1st says: The city is
nearly rebuilt, and in another week,
except by the air of newness, no one
would think a fire had recently de
stroyed it.
The house, barn and many tons of
hay, the property of Dave Conrad of
Plaeerville, I. T., was totally de
stroyed by fire on the 30th nit. The
only property saved was an old wag
ou and a span of horses. Estimated
loss, $2,500.
The Dayton, W. T. Xecs says th.-t
unless they have rain soon the pas
turage for the 1 :rge amount of stock
in that part of the country, at large,
will be short. The farmers, howev
er, are unusually well provided with
hay this season.
The Olympia Transcript of last Sat
urday says: "The party who left
here a few days ago to prospect the
Marshell river returned on Thurs
day evening, after having a very
ro igh trip. They went up the river
about twenty-two miles, which
brought them near the foot and due
south of Mt. Rainier. For tho hisf.
ten miles the banks were almost per- i
peiioicuiiir, me neignt varying from
150 to r,00 feet. The bed of the river
is filled with large boulders. At
about nineteen miles up the river
there is a fall of sixtv or seventy
feet in height. Xot'the slightest
particle of gold could be found on
the river. They found the' ledge
that had been so long reported as be
ing very rich with silver, that Mc
Alister discovered twenty years ago,
but in their opinion it is of no value.
Plumbago and iron were discovered,
neither of which is considered very
valuable is such a mountainous
country. Xear the mouth of tho
river there is considerable good bot
tom land, probably about two miles
in width.
Indepeudence, in Polk county, is j
putting on citv airs. A man named
Thomas Henry was rolled and rob
bed there a few nights ago.
TKLHCllAPHic XEUs.
Commodore M. D. Woolsev Com
mandant of the Penescola Navy Yi
died on the second inst.
Plymouth Church was crowd i
beyond its capacity on the occasion
of Beechers hrst sermon after
summer vacation. Xo allusion m
made to the scandal, and the enthu
siasm from his congregation was in"
tense.
Tluodore Tilton and Francis J)
Moulton have both been indicted on
a charge of slandering Beecher.
The Democratic aud Independent
Convention for the First, Second and
Third Illinois Districts, embracing
Chicago and Cook county, nominate-
for Congress, Bernard G. Field ia
the First, H. Harrison in the Second
and John V. Lehmoyre in the Third!
At the instance of Senator Mitcheli
tho Postmaster General has increased
the mail service on the Columbia
river from Kalama to Astoria from a
tri-weekly to six times a week, giving
the Oregon Steam Navigation Com
pany a contract for prorata increased
Mitchell left Washington
to day to deliver an address at his
former home in Pennsylvania, by in
vitation of the President and
Trustees of the AVeathersport Insti
tute, on the 5th inst.
Gen. Sheridan has been requested
if he can spare it from the forces un
der his command, to send a regiment
of soldiers down South.
The Republicans of Massachusetts
have nominated the following Stat
ticket: Geo. Talbot, (renominated);
Lieutenant Governor, Horatio 1.
Knight was nominated by acclama
tion, Oliver Warner was nominated
by acclamation for Secretary of State;
Charles' R. Wain for Attorney Gen
eral; Charles Endicott for Auditor;
Charles Adams, Jr., of Xorth Brook
field, for Treasurer, all by acclama
tion. A committee of Republican color
ed men have issued an address to
the people of Louisiana foreshadow
ing their political action. They say
they cherish no animosities toward
anybody, and are laboring for tho
union of the races, in which their
rights will be mutually respected.
They say they are Republicans by
instinct and conviction, but depreci
ate and disown tho election frauds;
that, though much encouraged by
the National Administration, 3 they
cannot ignore the fact that the Re
publican party has been manipula
ted and controlled by white men to
the e?:clusion of the colored people
in a large degree.
The Conservative State Convention
passed resolutions accepting the can
didates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor nominated hy the Liberal
Republicans, adopting as a platform,
"Honesty and economy in State ad
ministration." The Independents
are gaining ground everywhere, and
will doubtless elect their Governor
and Lieutenant Governor.
The Herald's New Orleans special
of the 11th, says the situation is very
critiral. Kellogg is still guarded at
the State house by poliee and mili
tary. The White Leaguers are defi
ant ami continue demonstrations
nightlv. Fifteen
hve entered the
thousand negroes
upper pari.shes of
j.jouisiana Irom lennesee. .Mississip
pi and Alabama to register rs voteTS.
Madison parish, which was formerly
equally divided, is now said to regis
ter 10U whites against 2.3(Mi blacks.
It is explained that much of the em
igration from Tennessee is owing t
the terror created by the reeent mas
sacre. A correspondent Wlieves
that this large influx of Republican
voters will carry the State for Kelloirg
at the next election.
A
itch from Fort Worth, T.-x-
as, says that General McKenzie. :tf
ter repeliiiijx two attacks by in.JiAiis
on tlie 20t!i and 27th of SepteniU-r,
marched all the tiiht of the 27th.
surprised at sunrise the following
morning live camps of Cheyenes and
their allies, situated on the Canyon
Sitio Blanco, on Jute Creek, near
the fork of the Red river. The troops
dostro-ed over 100 lodges and theen
tire outfit, captured 1.424 horses and
mules, of which 1.048 were at once
killed. The bodies of four Indians
were brought in. Our loss was on
soldier slightly wounded. General
McKenzie is in pursuit, with thirty
days" supplies.
CoLVLnrs, Ohio, Oct. 14. Suffi
cient returns have been received to
show beyond all doubt that the State
has gone Democratic from 7,000 to
10,000. If the Democratic claims
are sustained by oflicial returns, the
Democrats have gained seven Con
gressmen from Ohio. The result
exceeds the most sanguine Demo
cratic expectations.
A Sensible View of the
lum.
I n fa nc Ay-
The Commercial Reporter of lait
Saturday contains the following sen
sible remarks in relation to the let
ting of the insane, which we com
mend to the Legislature for their
consideration:
The question of who shall provide
for the insane of the State is again
being warmly discussed by the hon
orable members of our Legislature,
and speculators are on the watch to
make a bargain. It is not the prov
ince of a comercial paper to discuss
politics to - any great extent, or to
give much attention the manage
ment of State institutions. But on
this question of the insane, and their
keeping, we wish to say just a few
words." The idea of an asylum for
the poor unfortunates who unhappily
are the inmates of the institution,
owes its origin to warm, loving hearts.
The whole design is to provide as
many of the comforts and pleasures
of life as can be thrown round those
deprived of the light of reason. Are
they to be restored, what but kind
ness and the fullest enjoyment or
comfort can aid in that restoration.
The State is under obligation to do
all in its power for those suffering
people. It is not a question of who
will supply the meanest food anrt
the most scanty raiment for the least
money, but on the contrary, who is
the best prepared to give tbem the
most cheerful and happy surround
ings, and in. consequence the greater
chances of ultimate recovery and re
turn to their friends. Will the sav
ing of a few paltry dollars compen
sate for the sending oi one poor soui
out of tho world in darkness, when
the light of reason might have been
mrflnv fipntlAnien of the Legis4'
ture, please consider this qffi
in iuo ngui uvC u.- - r
per your
rr.erov.
actions with kindness Da