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0 "TV o c o o o . .. ir . OiilTfTO.X L1TV, OREGON, .NOV. G, 1871. OUK KOOEER IS UP! TUB HE3I0CUA0Y MAKE CLEAR SWEEP! A HSilHCSSETT ELECTS 1 DESOCEA TIG GOVERNOR! m:x utm:u di.it.atld by 1,500 MAJOK1TY ! Ncr York 40,000 Democratic M ASS AC11USSETTS, 7,000! Three Democratic Cmzrcswe" Two Independents i:iecteI from SOUTH CAUOLIVA OEMOJ-RATICi ToraoornHc fiovrrnnrm FAei trA in NVw York, :Var Jerry, yitfncUnpttn, l)loTure mid TcnntMcf 1 In Teias, Kentucky, Maryland and Georgia. Hip Deaiorrats Make a Clean Sweep I "oLOIIiThTs'nEWS! The election rehires are far better than we could have expected. It is i most glorious triumph, and the "Democrats have carried everything, nd tho Had ical par ty has at last met it doom. In Xow York the most popular m;in tho Iladicals had for Governor, has been defeated by 40,000, and tho Legislature is Democratic. In Mas- ; pachusotts we elect the Governor , :.nd three Congressmen. Ben. Butler defeated by 1,500 majority. In Pennsylvania the Democrats gain -even Congressmen. Michigan, legislature ia reported a probably Democratic. All tho Democratic Congressmen from Alabama are elect ed, and tho Legislature. Two Dem ocrats are elected to Congress from Minnesota. The Democrats claim It out of 13 Congressmen from Mis souri. New Jersey elects a Demo cratic Goveiner, and four of the six Congressmen. Vermont leaves Po land at homo and elects Denison. feoreria elects t,o enure congres- j:'onal delegatioi ADemocratic. Tlli- j ;. u'i elects eigli ? Democratic Con- gressmen, and tjC gain seven Con- j tect society, and to force nnnec-ossa- j to thofienatc for the President's sig rrressmen from Tennrdy vania. The ; ry punishment upon a criminal ho-j nature, but that functionary,' who, result should malie every Democrat J yond the safety of society, becomes j appears, was opposed to the. bill, "otoe. '" """ watioli. S "I,,r,R-j j Thankr-giving Day being a Nation- .- holiday we publish the following ; proclamation issued by President : Grant, on Thursday last. . By the Piiesidf.nt of tiir United j Status of Amekioa A PicocEvw-i Ms' Tiomiiuleil li v t"w elifiiirriiic . asons that it is time to Dause in i ''ir daily avocation9 and oiler thanks ; t- Almighty tiod lor the mercies ami 'undanco of the year which is draw ing to a close; the blessings of a free gTernmcnt continue to be vouchsaf ed to us, tho earth has responded to t'.e labor of tho husbandman, tho i tir.d lias been free from pest lenoe, , i i x1 n tr,-, 1 - , l n i ..r - - -i i i . , ; ! were made, and the following lull , defeat the law. Ie could easily internal order is maintained and j . ! J p -aco with other Powers has prevail- j w'as unanimously adopted, which has j have signed the bill, had he de ed. It is fitting at stated periods to received the signatures of the proper sired to do to. but he exercised a .- sa from our accustomed pursuits officers and is a law, so far as the I riece of authority and responsibility ill from, the turmoil of our aailv ti . i tt , , . T. . .... ,. , . ii.-:s, and unite in thankfulness foV ! Jl - "a.it it. It is an which is a disgrace to him as a pre- blessintrs of the past and the cul- I t:vation of kindly feelings toward j focti other. ow, thereiore, recog- : n:. ing theso considerations, I, TJ. S. I tiiant, 1 resident oi the L nited btates i , . n ,. . , i. reeommena to an citizens io as- t -ruble in their respective places of ; worship on Thursday, the litJth day : of November next, and express thanks ' f r the mercy an.l favor of tho Al mighty God, and, laying aside all laying aside "all 1 pil wnlor ; i a.i .uuiar oc- : p Mich day as a ; and praise." political contests am -e.iiations, to observe i it ot thanksgiving ana praisf U. S. ( V it ant, President iIamii.ton Fisii, Sec. of State. r , ii- . f .o n sx N a . The election returns; 1 m Louisiana is all that any Demo- ; - ..it could desire. They indicate! t '-.at we have carried the State bv a I . . , , A , :, i I i i dsome majority and &elected the I utiro Congressional delegation six i: number. This his delegation in the ?ss is all Radical. If 4. 0i A ;--sent Congre 1 1 1 1 11 i1 0 Legislature, as tnat is also jjemo- er..tic, and then the people of that uuhappy and down-trodden State will have peace, as all other States have that are controlled by the white ji;.j)le. We say, Good for Loui-i-;i!iu, .which has pronounced in un mistakable terms its disgust for the Federal Administration. .v. suoui'i loseun uif utuei oiaxes mg to wait the constitutional ninetv vhich have held elections this week, i days for this act to take eHeet, the this result would be sufficient to ' ?arao slial 1,0 in frce from and'after mike Democrats rejoice, as it shows ltsJ passage byjhe ThinUIouse. ,iS . re plainly than ever that Grant- A good deal of" qulbblin-Ms being K dlogg administration is a fraud i done by the telegraph and the Padi nnd cheat upon the people of that ; cal papers in regard to the third S.1 lie, amf is a thorough condomna- ' term question. The Radicals pre ti. n of the Administration. Wo may , tend that he does not want a third u .- expect to see Kellogg impeached : term, yet none of them dare sav th?t av.d renxoved froi office by the next they are opposed to Grant in case he Every act p::-sed by th. recent' 1 1112 Laws. We shall publisli all lloy- 11 - Babcoek, General Superin r , .- ;s!tinr ha been :ign. 1 bv the Lv-vs passed bv the last I f.rq,v.lr(1 ! tandent, and Miss Nellie Simpson, . r"' iarart" ""'- 1 LT'ibi- iMsrs ry et State. 1 public interest. Blind Tn,.m.,t v K n,ia i . 7 " 'rrlW?! Narrow Policy. j The Legislature appropriated the j sum of $25,000 per "annum for the ensuing two years for the keeping of ; have not a copy oi mo jaw, u the convicts, and provided that no ; can only speak of it from informa f urtber indebtedness shall be incurr- I tion. The bill passed cuts down the ed. This sum is not sufficient to ; fees on an average of about forty per allow the Superintendent to work ' cent from the bill enacted in 1.2 and ; the prisoners to any advantage, as j ; he cannot afford to employ the nec- ! essary guards. In consequence of : to pay the county officers, tne lormti this narrow policy, ha has locked j foes must have given them exorbit up the prisoners until such time as j ant fees. But we hear considerable they can be leased out as provided j complaint in regard to the reduction by law, and then tho parties leasing I in some of the counties. Insuch them will have to be responsible for j counties as Linn, Marion and Mult their keeping, i nomah, the present feo bill is proba- There are at present, wo believe, ; 120 convicts in the penitentiary. This girea to eeh convict for board and olothing th mm of $200 pr annum, or i3 80 per week for thir board. No nin can claim that this Bum of money will mora than keep them in board and clothing. Here ,,f,ivo th prisoners were made to CiW.W . x ! work, and the report of tho Snper ; intendent shows that while they cost j nearly STS.OUO the past two years, there was an off-set to ibis expen.u- . - ,v. , vfor,od by the con- L Ui U X ' i wiu X viets in making unci-., t .1. : on the penitentiary and on the Capitol. Had the bill provided that the Su perintendent could use nny portion of the funds the convicts might earn, then ho might probably get along with this meagre- appropriation, but as it is, the only thing ho can do is to close them up and discharge the guards around the premise. Tho Superintendent notified tho Legislature that if lie was allowed to lease the convicts and appropriate their earnings to tho support of the institution, that ho could make it nearly self-sustaining. There arc not enough brick on hand now to finish tho Capitol building. The appropriation will not allow the Su perintendent to buy wood, sand and other material to make brick with, and if the Commissioners want more brick or use the convict labor, thov will nave to employ guards and bny their materials out of the Capi tol appropriation fund. "While the enemies of Mr. 'Watkinds have suc ceeded in crippling his heretofore efficient administration of that insti tution, they will find that they have at the same time crippled the revenue of that establishment, and that the prisoners will not have near as good treatment as they have heretofore. "We look upon this as a matter of criminality. There is no justice in locking up so much labor that might have been beneficial to our State, and certainly would have been ranch better for the convicts. Punishment is not inllicled upon criminals for the sake of punishment, but to pro-'j j cruelty, and is unbecoming civaizct society. We are confident that the I people will be the loser by this vin- dietivcuess of Messrs. ilirseh, Dolph ! and other enemies of the Supcrin- i ten-lent, and they will have to be re- ! sponsible for their conduct in this ; matter. m The Third Hotise. i At tho close of tho late Legislative i session, tho Third House was called j to order in tbn Assemblv Chamber. ! and Al. Zeibor, Esq., elected speak er and Geo. E. Strong, Chief Clerk. The hour boing quits lata, but little business was done: pome Hneeehes i important document to j introduced by a San Francisco sharp: T. 11. P. No. 1. A bill for an :ct to I give everybody everything. I , . Jc it t 'HJ . r,f ),, o w, .. ,7 ' Thir.l Ih-.mn rouvear, : i Dufur, of "Wasco, providing for a Sr.-. 1. Whoever has rinvthiug ; commission to be appointed to re which another fellow wants, and shall ' ceivo and vroperlv arrancro articles fnse to give it up when the said otner lellow ilemands it, shall for- ! , . . . - e.-ta.e l.otli real and ier- sonal to the State. This act shall j suffragists. Sue. 2. In other -.voids: hoewr lias jilentv f spondrdix And wilUie !dstuJghb'Vn'!ue, 'iai1 t n tve iiny of liis neighbor's spon - When his spondulix is gone. T i , , ,t-c- In as much as there are many impecuneous people wauder- j lnS np and down the length and I !'rea'lth i'f the State without any vis- ! tli snW,ort! alul :v!10 7m ! )L seriously mconvonienced bv hav- 1 . . ' suouui want it. X it would be a very eis-- c r u-t iuc-iiii, ;il iuu iiiuimio umuu for want just to say ! ia Salem. 'The following appoint tnat he kuI or,:. tljo .10j:1iP.u;0U meuts were made: For Deaf Mute again. Tlut woni, s-ft'fi,., i School, llev. P. S. Kniirht. Princi- ' "Ui lir't eome out until he reads the eetiomvtunis f lt Tuesday. The,e results may cause him to make up his mind 0:1 fe sub- !:it . ...Ml er. I'lie 1'ce Hill. I The last Legislature tossed a new fee bill which is now a law. e about lo less than the one pueu n 1S70. If the fees are now sufficient biy mgn enougu, out ior our .luy and others of -similar size, we appre hend that retrenchment wa rather too great. Ia our opinion, it i al most impossible to pass a general fee bill that would have been just to all the counties, and hence are of the opinion that a salary fixed by law for the different counties would have been mure just. Bat ihij could not be done. Tha lawyers in the Legis lature argued that low fees would increase the business of all the Clerks and Sheriffs, and at tho same time it would increase their own business. The attorneys in the Legislature were the greatest "retrenehers" on this subject, and wo presume, they have a correct idea as to what the offices arw worth. Take ths present fee bill and tlie old one, and there i.i a great sav ing to the people, far greater than any other measwie parsed by that body. It will be: a direct saving to this county of at least 32,f!K) per year, while it will be fully that much to the litigants. This is a .snug little sum and supposing that it will oper ate in the same rntio in all the coun ties effected by tlie bill, it will be a gain to the people and tax payers of at least ?? 50,000 per year. "We trust that the test of this bill will show the wisdom of the Legislature, and that there will be no further necessi ty to meddle -with this question in tho futuro. The Jo,t nil! At a very late hour of the session, a bill relating to the general inc-or-poration act passed by th- Leg islatnre. The bill is regarded as of general importance io th two rail road eornpanifs, and i los is to be regretted. The bill was reported back to the Senate as correctly en rolled at 20 minute to the tim of adjournment by the Senate clock, and was immediately transmitted to the Lower nous? for the signature of the Speaker, which was announced as affixed at twenty minutes to 2 o'clock by tho Tlour-e time, and 10 mirr.drs to 2 bv the Senate time. The bill was immediately returned aid ; not sign it, and tlie bill was lost for want of his signature. Aft er thi:i biil bcon rctnrned to the Senate, llcpr-esentative Heed, of Ma- rion, got the iqeaker's signature to the bill to -prohibit public executions, an;i this bill the President of the t Senate had ample time to sign. T j II. Cornelius -vras tho President o the Senate, and his high-handed as sumition in tlius defeating the will of tho two houses cannot be regarded e?ilr m nn onfraco. Tfe .idionrnrd the Senate before - the House wm de clared adjourned at l?at ten minutes and the friends of this important bill tlifta th .t h did so in order to siding officer. '."neti!d Ilae 2'assc On tha eve of tlie session, a bill was sougni to ue imrouuceu nv .tir. for exhibition at the Centennial Cel- i iw-e rn t , eb ration m lNt. Tliis was certaml v lin important measure to Oregon, and had the bill passed, would have paid ten-fold on the cost of tlie en terprise. No better place could have been selected to advertise Oregon and her products, and wo much regret that the bill was not passed. Mr. Dufur deserves great credit for his energy in trying to get the bill before the House, but, of course, there are always persons ready to object even before they know what the import of the law is. The duty to properly display Oregon products will devolve upon the Commission ers, and knowing the energy of Mr. Dufur, Sr., we feel confident that he will do the very best he can under the circumstances. lioAi:i of Eori ATiox. The State Doard of Education, consisting of Governor Grover, Hon. S. F. Chad wick and Lev. L. L. Ilowlaud, Su- t i i. x--.. i..- ti;...-. pal; Prof. William Smith, Head Mute Teacher. John 11. Larne, As sistant Mute Teacher. The school, we learn, is to be organized upon an improved plan f r t he coming two years' work. Tlie Appointments made for the Bli:: 1 Institute were lihnd Institute are vet to be made, COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY, irVTUDQTTV nv niTT'vim.T. TliLKCJKAPHIC MVS. ; New Oi:l::.vn. Oct. 20. This af i terr.oon Gov. Kellogg, with Judge : Atocha. was going home in a cab, j w hen Major Ira Burke stopped the I cab near tho corner of llampart and i ';iti-.! afreets :i.?ld WIS WaliilUGr Ul to it, when Kellogg extended his hand, which Burke took, and at the same time seized the Govmuor by tho wrist with the other hand uud at tempted to pull him out of the eab; but the Governor being strong, quickly released it, and drawing a pistol, fired at Burke, the ball graz ing him. Burke then drew a revolv er and fired three or four shots with out effect the eab driving oil. Burke was arrested and taken to a station, but was released afterward at the request of Judge Atocha, who was sent for that purpose by the Governor. The difficulty grew from a correspondence in pper about aatur&liKd oitiaen. Wasujs.MoS, Oct. All ihm oh&rges again? Svcretsiry Strura of "Washington Territory were dismiss ed to-day, and that officer wns direct ed to return to his post of duty. Ac cording to the findings of the De partment of th Interior th princi pal charge against him, being mis management of the public printing, was clearly shown to havo ben with out foundation, whatever ia faet. W.vsiJi;Tox. Oei. 30. Sc-cret.iry Bristow ha hail under consideration for some time the question whether Federal office-holders should bo al lowed to become candidate for elec tion for offices whi!e they hold their positions. Tho President and Secre tary have held several consultations with regard to this question, and the President has fully approved the views of the Secretary, which are that Federal office-holders should under no eircunistaueos during thoir terms of ollice become candidate-ti for elective positions. Ovaua. Oct. 31. The itolief So cieties are receiving larg supplies for the grasshopper sufferers, which they have takn measures to distrib ute judiciously. New Iukiua, La., Oct. 30. Tho Deputy Marshal to-day arrested in St. Martin's parish eight persons. At the examination one was discharg ed, two held under bonds of '..Of.'0 each, and the others in sl.OOO each. T wo men were arrested in Iberia par ish to-day. A number of rich plant ers oiler to make affidavit that Com missioner lliddell refused to accept them as bondsmen for the arrested men. New Oklkans, Oet 30. Five per sons are reported to ?Iarshal Packard to-day as lining been arrest ?d in Camp Merrill, October 22-1, for eom plieity in the Con.hatta aifair. Yif'AsniNiiTdS, Nov. 2. The Secre tary of the Treasury has issued a call for 50i,0 of coupon bonds, five twenties, to be redeemed February 3d, at which data tho interest will cease. TV -a- "Ou V 1 1 v U J t Ml. I ill' ill mad e a contract bv t eiegrapn wit it?! H. Starr to continue the Puiret Sound mail service between Olympia and Victoria, twice weekly nntilnext January, when the contract awarded on Saturday commences. New Yoi:k, Inov. 3. A report has reached down town that Coroner Croker and .fames O'Brien t!e; for mer the leader of Tammany in the Twenty-first Ward, and the latter outside candidate for Congress, in dorsed by the Bepublicans, had come in conflict, when their respective ad herents interfered, and one of O'Bri en's men shot a Croker man dead. John McKonna, who was shot in the row thin morning between Croker (Tammanyiie) and J;m;es O'Brien (Independent, Democrat's and lie publican candidate for Congress), is reported dead.. Another man was wounded in the arm by a pistol shot. Croker and three of his partisans were arrested. O'Brien was also ar rested but afterwards released. County ).T: ers ofi.ake County. On Wednesday, the Governor com missioned the following named per sons to fill tho various offices in the new county of Lake, crented out of that portion of Jackon eaunty lying east of the Cascade Mountains and south of township 22, south of the baso line, by an act of the Legisla ture, approved Oct. 2lth, 1874. enti tled "an act to create tho county of Iiake, and fix the salaries of County Judge and Trersurer:" Eli C. Mason, county J udge; Wm. Roberts, County Clerk; Thos. Mnlhollaud, Sheriff; Henry Fuller and A. J. Snelling, County Commissioners; J. J. P. Smith, County Assessor; Win. It. Jones, School Superintendent; Geo. Nourse, Treasurer; Oliver Apjdogaie Surveyor. These officers hold the positions to which they have been appointed until tho general election in June. 176. IsTlIEUK NO IIONOK AJJOXT, TlirF.VF..S? When Mr. Cochran was called home, says the Eugene Guard, it be came necessary to elect a President of the Senate and the candidates were Tom Cornelius, Ilolladay Republi can, and Mr. Van Cleave, Independ ent. When the vote was taken three Independents voted for Cornelius and he was elected. Had they voted for their par ty man thev would have elected him, would have had abettor officer, and above all, would have sustained a principle. The Jacksonville Sentinel pitches into the Jackson county delegation in the Legislature for voting against the bill by which the salaries of the Judges was to be reduced. Had that bill become a law, none of the present incumbents of the Bench would have desired re-election; and that would have left the field open to just such inferior lawyers and mercenary schemers as the editor of the Sentinel. Their kind of judges would be dear at any price. Coos Bay J. B. Roberts, a day or two since, sold a fraction over 17 acres of land situated about 11 miles south of Al bany, at 30 per acre, the larger por tion being prairie, and the balance timber. ELECTION KETUKXS. Nf.w Okleans. Nov. 2. The indi cations are that the citv goes Con servative by from 12,000 to 13,000; The conservatives claim 13,000. It is generally believed that Gibson, (Conservative) has defeated Sypher, (Rep.) for Congress in the first dis trict. The Conservatives claim the election of Ellis in tlie second district though the race will be very close. The Democrats claim the State bv from 3,000 to 5.000. lhe Republi cans estimate their majority at 10,000 or less. The vote for Congressman in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth, districts will be very close, from present indications. 'Gov. Kellogg thinks the Republicans carry the State by u good majority, and that they elect probably five, and possibly six, Congressmen Gov. McEncry thinks the Conservatives carry the State by a small majority, and elect three Congressmen. MiDjtioux. There are no returns of the city vote, but it is thought that the Conservatives have probably 15,000 majority. Reports from the parishes are meagre, but show a Con servative gain. Tlie indications are that the State vote is close. The Conservatives claim four Congress men, but tho Republicans do not ad mit the loss of but one. No disturb ance is reported from any quarter. Nf.w Onr.F.ANs, Nov. 3. Returns this morning indicate 13,000 Conser vative majority in the city. Gibson in the first and Ellis in the second Congressional districts, both Conser vative, each go out of tho city with over 0,000 majority. Their election is regarded as certain by the Conser vatives. The latter also claim t o election of Levy in the fourth, Spen cer in tlie fifth, and Mooro in the sixth Congressional districts, conced ing the election of D.irrell in the third distiict. The Conservative State Central Committee regard the election of Moncure, State Treasurer, as certain. Seven heard from (in chiding Orleans), give Moncure over lt,000 majority. The Conservatives claim 10 of tha 18 State Senators, and at least 00 members of the House. They elect 23 Representatives in the city. Siiuuvin'ouT, Nov. 3. Nearly com plete returns from all the boxes in this parisli show a Democratic ma jority of 620. Levy is eh-cted Con gressman from this district. There is a he;vy colored vote for the Con servatives. Throe Democrats are elected to tho Legislature. Two precincts of liosier parish give a Democratic majority. Tho others are not heard fn;m. Nkw Yomc, N07. 3. The Demo cratic State Committee received the following dispatch to-day: New Oi.lf.ans Nov. 3d. We have carried the State by a large majority. The colored people in large numbers voted openly and freely for the Democratic Conserva tive ticket. Gibson, Ellis, Moore, Spencer and Levy are certainly elect ed Congressmen, and probably Breans (Breaux?) The election was most quiet and peaceable. (Signed) Join M E.Ni:i:Y. Ml( IirOAN. Dr.rnorr, Nov. 1. Tin; result for Congressmen in fee eighth district is in doubt, and the fnl' vote may be necessary to decide it. In Wayne county, which includes Detroit and comprises tlie First Congressional district-, the Democrats elect tin- en tire county ticket except Cleric. Their majority on Governor is N5(. and on Congressmen ,0.s7. The Democrats wiil have a largo repre sentation in the Legislature, possibly a majority. T F. N N S V T. V A N r . V . Pfi i LADi.Li'ii 1 v . Nov. 4. Complete returns from the city of Philadelphia give Oimsb-ad, (Rep) forIfient.Gov. 12.716 majority; Shepherd, (!)em.) for District Attorney, and Goddard, (Dem.) for Coroner, were elected. All the rest of tho Republican city ticket has about 12,000 majority. Tho Prt?ss (Kep.) concedes the election of 12 Democratic Congress men in the State to 15 Republican a loss of 7 but claims tho State by 15.1KH) A dispatch from Towanda this morning claims tho election of Pow ell (Dem.) in the fifteenth district an additional Republican loss. Kelly and G'Neil( Reps) and Ran dall (Dem.) are elected to Congress. ALABAMA. Montgomf.by, Nov. -1. Enough gains are reported to insure tho elec tion of tho Democratic State ticket by 6,000 to 10.000 majority. Five Democratic Congressmen are cer tainly elected, and probably to oth ers. There is a Democratic majority in tho Legislature. Most of tho ne groes voted the Democratic ticket. IIASSACIirSF.TTS. Boston, Nov. 4. Gaston (Dem.) is elected Governor by a plurality of 7,187. Tho Republican State ticket, except Governor, is elected. NKW YDKK. Ann a ny, Nov. 4. Adams (Rep.) is elected to Congress for the six teenth district. Baker (Rep.) is elec ted from the twenty-fourth district. Hathern (Rep.) is elected to the twentieth. Nkw York, Nov. 3. Returns as far as received to this hour indieato that Tilden's (Dem.) majority for Governor in this State will be 40,000 and the Assembly , will bo Demo cratic. WISCONSIN. Mrr.wAtKEE, Nov. 4. Results as stilted in last night's dispatches are general I3- confirmed by later returns. The Republicans elected to Congress are: Williams, Caswell, Magoon, Kimball, Rusk and McDill. The Democrats elected are: Burehard and Lyndo and the Democrats here claim Buock over Kimball. The Democrats concede a Republican majority on joint ballot in the Leg islature. A dispatch from the Chair man of tiie Republican State Central Committee claims six Congressmen and ten to twenty majority in the Legislature. AKXANSAK. Little Rock, Nov. 3. The vote i:. closed between Wilshire and Hynes, Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress in the Third District. Tho chances are that Hynes will carry Pulaski county. Saline county shows the Wilshire ticket far ahead, and Democrats claim his election by a good majority. DEMOCRATIC GAINS. Democratic Governors are elected in Mississippi, New Jersey and Del aware. There is a clean sweep of Congressional delegations in Dela ware, Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, land, Texas, Virginia and Tennessee, and five out of six Democratic Con gressmen gained in Louisiana. Wickham, Tammany candidate for Muvor of New York City is elected by b,500 over botli other candidates. TENNESSEE. Nashville, Nov. 3. The State has gone Democratic by from 25.000 to 30.000 majority. All the Congres sional delegation is Democratic ex cept the First and Second Districts, which are doubtful. Both houses of tlie Legislature are largely Demo cratic. TEXAS. New Orleans, Nov. 3. Returns from the Texas election indicate the election of Democrats in all of tier six districts. I,0 CIS I A 2i A. New Orleans, Nov. 3. Addition al returns favor tho Conservative. The indications are that they elect five Congressmen and the State Treasurer. The Democrats now claims the election of 08 members of the Legislature, 55 being a majority. KENTUCKY. Lkxinoton, Nov. 3. The Demo cratic Congressional vote shows 211 gain. Louisville, Nov. 3. Returns come in slowly from the State, but dispatches to the Courier-Journal show Democratic gains all through Kentucky. It is probable that the Democrats have made a clean sweep, electing all ten Congressmen. VERMONT. Rutlvnd, Nov. 3. Denison is elected to Congress over Poland by a largo majority. V1ROINIA. EiciiMONi), Nov. 3. Returns indi cate the election of "Walker (Conser vative 111 the Third District, Tucker in the Sixth, Harris in the Seventh, Hunter in the Eighth and Terry in Ninth all (Conservatives) to Con gress. Sener (Rep.) in the First, Stowell (Rep.) in the Fourth, Thom as (Rep.) in the Fifth are all prob ably re-elected. The Second Dis trict is doubtful, with chances in favor of Good (Conservative). MISSOURI. Sr. Louis, Nov, 3. Not a precinct in the city and county has returned full vote.' Returns fro in the State are very meagre, and do not indicate any result. The Democrats, howev er, claim all the Congressional Dis tricts except the Sixth and Tenth, but the Republicans concede to them but four. MINNI.SOTA. Sr. Paul, Nov. 4. A few addition al returns have been received. D1111 nell (Rep.) is undoubtedly elected to Congress in the first district. It now looks as if Cox (Dem.) was elected in the second district, and in the third district the chances are in favor of Wilson (Dem.) Tlie con test on tho State ticket for Supseme Court Judges will be closer than was thought last night. Tho Legislature is doubtful . GEORGIA. Nov. 3. Alexander elected to Comrress AUCUSTA, Stephens is II. in tlie eighth district, almost unoppos ed. Chandler (Dem.) in the fifth, McMillan (Dem.) in the ninth, are elected to congress i ties. Blount in the y large majori sixth district. and Cooke in the third, Felt 011 in the fourth, (all Democrats) are elected to Congress. There appears no doubt that tlie Georgia delegation i:; Congress will be entirely Demo cratic. Savannah, Nov. :. Partridge (D. ) is elected to Congress in the iir-i district, by 3,000 majority. ILLINOIS. Chicago, Nov. 3. Returns from the city of Chicago and Cook county are still incomplete. Enough is known to secure the election of the Opposition county ticket by a major ity, probably, of 5,000; l,ut the Re publicans, it is conceded, re-elect Farwell in the third district and probably eh"-r Smith in the iir.-t Congressional district. NL.W JERSEY. Jersey City, Nov. 3. Bedle (Dem.) is no doubt elected Governor by 8.0(d) majority. Teeso (Dem.) is elected to Congress in the Sixth Dis trict over Ward by 208 majority. Hardenbergh (Dcrn.) is elected to Congress in tho Seventh District Appearances indicate that the New Jersey Congressional delegation will stand four Democrats to three Re publicans. Tho State Senate re mains the same; but the House is overwhelmingly Democratic. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, Nov. 3. GastoTT's election is conceded on all sides, with a prob able majority of from 5,000 to 8,000. Frost's election in the Fourth Dis trict is claimed, but it will bo very close. Butler is badly beaten, Thompson having a majority- of 1,051 with only a small town to hear from. Banks made a clean sweep of the Fiftli Dis trict, Gooch not carrying a single town except his own. "Williams and Alexander are also defeated by small majorities. Aver is defeated in the Seventh District. Some small towns are yet unheard from, but it is con considered that they cannot possibly afi'ect Gaston's majority, which wiil be at least 3,000. Retrenchment. The Legislature "Retrenched" with a vengeance when they reduced the salary- of tho State Treasurer to 600 per annum not even the salary commanded by a sec ond rate Clerk. No man of ordinary business capacity would qualify for the office for such a paltry sum. Guard. Glad to Know. If the time ever comes for the explanation of the mysteries of this world, we shall be glad to know why the young man who remarks on leaving 'church, "I can preach a better sermon than that myself," is content to wear out his life over a counter at 50 a month. A New Commandment for Domes tic Service. "Thou shalt not en tice away thy neighbor's cook, nor his man servant, nor his maid ser vant, by tho offer of higher wages." Corvallis has a man who wonts to invest S7,000 permanently. Let him bUrt a newspaper. SUMMARY OI'' STATE NEWs; The Mountaineer learns bv lt that stock of all kinds are doinfi never was better at this season of to The farmers on Fifteen Mile creek Vaseo county, are requested to u-l at Beezley's school house, on Sutu day, tlie 7th day of November ut U o'clock, for the purpose of or'gauiz ing a joint stock company to build and operate a grist mill. A deserted California wife four, 1 her hwf h.is1.;ln.l it, T,U1- . ,Dl1 .... . ... viIV uiuutv last weeK living 011 a SlU.UOO f;irm with No. 1 mad. another woman "old man" give her half the farm and S4.000 in money, an.l No. 2 took the fellow and what was left, and left. Seven divorce cases are to bo tried at tiie term of the Circuit Court t Eugene City beiag held tbis Snow covered tha ground at Jfefc City on the 20th ult., and ice formei an eighth of an inch in thickness. James Morre.l, sent to tho peniten ti ry from Jackson county in 1871 for a term of four years, Lai 1 pardoned by the Governor. eea Aeneas Antz. of Corvallis, is desir ous to know the whereabouts of hij son, John Antz, who left CorvallU in 1862, and has not been heard from by his father since. Five children of the family of Mr. Matthews, of Salem, are sick with tlie typhoid fever. This disease is quite prevalent in the State now. There are a number of cases of ty phoid fever of a "malignant type at and near Amity. There has alredv been a number of deaths from tlu disease. The Home Manufacturing Compa ny has authorized its Secretary to ask proposals from the people of Salem, Albany and other towns, looking to tho erection of the compa ny's works. The College Base Ball Club recep tion last Tuesday evening, jt Slein, was a grand affair. A man named D. "W. Brown ai drowned in ihe Willamette at Port land last Thursday. A party in honor of Chas. B. Moores, who is about departing from tho State, was given'at the residence of Mr. J. II. Moores at Salem, oa Wednesday evening. Miss Dora Jlernandez has been r appoiute.l music teacher for hr Institute for tho Blind at the Capibvl for the ensuing year. Intelligence is received of tho death of Rev. E? Fisher, at th? Dalles. Ho was stricken with ma lignant fever u few weeks ago. Nothing has been discovered of tlie whereabouts of the body r.f the man D. W. Brown, drowned on Thursday afternoon in the Willam ette. We understand that the de ceased has a brother residing n.r Ma' ion Station. On Tuesday evening of la-t week, a little three-year old child of Go. Ward, living on the farm of X7. Beeson, on Wagner creek. Jack-on county, fell into aditch near the re--idenceof Mr. Beeson and was drosva ed before assistance could reach it. The case of tlieSta eof Oregon vs. Oscar Clark, for in-'st, wa- tried t I 'end let on last week, and tie- .Ta.-y returned a verdict of " no?:gui!t." At no time during the p-l t:. years, says the Se-'tinr'. r.a Lft Grande, been making such 1. :-: i i-.il permanent improvcm .-al.-. j. marked her bistort r. irz the ;r few tr.' ths. Corvallis is trout-.! thieves and tiie unfos groaning inward ly at buff chickens. Samnel Owens, of over by a fire engii.t day, and severelr ir.p !": em, w- ? on lat tl Tl tnr- rrk r.ek th Ben Hollad iv h:!S order" to be built ut Corr,c!:u-. '1 is to bo a privaif- cone?;--) training of Mr. HolhKliv'.- lor hh. hors-e., nd tho a- of a few perCB. f'r.eod. Mr. W,-s1t Gni'M, of th Cl meketa hotel, at Su'em. is si bout opening trie oid hotel in the Opf-r.i house building. Apples sell at 25 cent a biih! t Albany. The post-office at Silem ii to h moved into more commodious apart ments. . 0 A buggy in which Mrs. J. J. Brown of Scio was riding, was npset lat Monday and she was very seriously if not fatally injured. Logan Thompson, an-employe of the Jfercun office at Salem, i qnite ill. Lot Livermore is lying very low of typhoid fever at his residence at Pendleton. The Independent, heretofore pub lished at Fosest Grove, ba. been moved to Hillsboro. from which place it comes to us this week. Tho Villaraette Chief is being re paired. a Last Saturday, one of Mr Trullin ger's sons while hauling a load of lumber near Centerville, fell under tho wagon and one of tho wheels passed immediately over his abdo men. Notwithstanding the wagon was loaded with 600 feet of fir lum ber, the boy came off with only some slight bruises. Tin: 1'arker (Jun. We take pleas ure in calling attention of our allc friends to the w onderful merits ot tne double-barreled breech loading fhot guns manufactured by Parker Jiroin ers. West Meriden, Conn. . , The hiuhest testimonial receive' from all sections of the country, ana the thorough test given it in the heM bv our friend f apt. (ireen 1?. Samuel, warrant us in asserting that it is ui best bi-ecch-lo.-ulinir shot gun m tne world. The simplicity of construction, tlie ease with which, it can be loaded or unloaded, tho facility with which tho load can be changed from small to large shot enabling the sportsman, in an instant, to adapt his change to any sized game that may present itself tne ease with which it may bo kept clean its availability to a country where notn in" but muzzle-loading ammunition can le procured, all combine to recom mend it to every sportsman who can appreciate a perfect fowling pieoor--"Warren Sentinel ;" (Front Koyal, Geo. F. Edmunds has been re elected U. S. Senator from Vermont for a full term, commencing cn tfca 4th of'March, next. 3