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THE ENTERPRISE.
The Cause of the Resignation.
The American people have become
neen-torned to startling develop
ments of corruption in high places,
but seMom liave they had as clearly
developed case as tLe one which has
recently called for the resignation of
Secretary Delano. Instead of any
combination being made to cause his
removal for the reacon that he w ould
ut become a party to jobs and ras
calities, it appears that through his
son John, he was the tool of every
kind of rascality and dishonesty.
From an Eeastern paper we learn
that the President and Secretary
Relano's friends have been busy de
nying the reports that the latter'.s
resignation was to be compulsory,
lint their assertions, though made
in vigorous language and ingonious-
Iv evasive, will mislead only those
who d not know what the truth is.
It is a fact, as Gen. Grant says, that
he had no recent conversation with
Secret try Delano in regard to the
'Tatter's resignation. It was a part of
the plan by which the Administra
tion was to be saved from scandal
that no mention of the real cause of
the resignation should bo made, and
the intimation wind he President
authorized to be conveyed to the
Secretary was so arranged as to ob
viate 1 12 necessity for! any direct de
mand by the President, and to make
the change possible without an ex
posure that would bo alike unpleas
ant to the President. Mr. Delano
and the party. The course the Pros- J
M.-nt took was bv far the best for the
Secretary that could be adopted.
"The accusations that had been made
-against John Delano, and the proofs
uf bis guilt, as well as of the Secre
tary's knowledge of die irregular
nu-tjet's of his son, were of such an
..ve-rw helming character that they
needed no investigation. On their
very face they made Mr. Delano's re
tirement necessary. TJm President
seemed to see this, ar.;d subsequent
arguments that the b;ire fact that
dishonest practices were going on
under Ids very nose, and with his
knowledge, was sufficient to make
tin; continuance of a Cabinet Minis
ter in-' office improper, only seemed
to confirm him in the determination
O that he had already formed. A gen
tleman well acquainted with busi
ness in the Interior Department said
that the chief subject for investiga
fioti was not what jobs John Delano
is in, but what ones he is not in.
This seems to be true. lie received
within a year 5,000 and 2,000 or
;?,N0 shares of stock in a quicksilver
mine in California, simply to pre
vent him from interfering with the
issue of a patent for land to the legal
owner, ami it is reported. that he was
placed in ?ommunieation with the
man by w hose .aid ho obtained this
blackmail by a telegram from his
father. At another time a patent for
a large tract of land stuck in tho de
partment, nobody having timo to
give it attention. Finally, when the
claimant or his agent had been refer
red by Secretary Delano to his son,
the latter proposed tlipt the patent
might be obtained in sjite of the
pressure of business, if he were to
Jiave conveyed to him the title to six
.sections of the canal. Business of
all kinds has been blocked in the ele
partment for months, until John
Delano has obtained an interest in it,
and then it has gone through in a
week, and as smoothly as though the
way had been greased for it. There
i no longer any doubt that tho Pres
ident, in view of tho pubiicity that
has been given lo this scandal, will
allow Mr. Delano to remain in the
Cabinet in the hope that the whole
thing will blow over, and tho Secre
tary be allowed to retire, while not
under lire. The matter has however,
gone tM far for retreat, and the
longer the dela- the worse will the
oa-se appear. Already people from
all parts of tho West are preparing
to contribute their portion to the ev
idence that is daily accumulating
against the Secretary, and the im
mense mass of it, if time enough is
jilhfwod for it to gather, will surprise
everybody. Great efforts are mak
ing with tho White House Tung to
liuh the matter up, but thus far
Vr.r.Y Av.vr.icions.-Our Radical ex
changes, ever since the death of Mr.
LaDow, and some in indecent haste,
havo been busying themselves in
manufacturing Democratic candi
dates for the position made vacant
by this sad event. They are devis
ing all kinds of senseless stories to
create animosities among aspirants
for this position, in the hope to get
up strife and bad feeling. They
might as well give up this job. The
wemoo ratio convention
will make
tlie candidate, and
everv t;-ue demo-
crat will cheerfully submit to the
choice of the people. They are sim
ply wasting time and sp&ce in this
endeavor, as there is no man so blind
but what he can htv ilwV a,' .t
purpose. It would bo as w-ll for i
them to devote their time to the de- !
fense of their own acts and allow the i
Democracy to attend to th busi-
ness which i pmelv a matter of I
their own. The Bulh-tlu, ia particu-
I-.- : i- ... '. .
uwuj,' lLseu very omeious in
this line of electioneering.
I IT" la W .-t!.. .'I T f rsr
The Special Election.
The Governor has designated Mon
day, the 25th day of October as the
time for holding the special election
for Congressman, in place of Hon.
Geo. A. LaDow. The Governor has
selecteel a most appropriate time for
this election, as that time of the year
will find our farmers generally as
much disengaged as any time that
could have been selected. It will
give the people ample time to look
around and select from the number
of aspirants the man of their choice,
and give them sufficient time for car
rying on the campaign.
This election is one of great im
portance to our State. It involves a
! recognition or rejection of the record
! which the ltadical Administration
has made, and virtually, as far as
Oregon is concerned, opens the cam
! paign of 170. Our Democratic
! friends cannot fail to see the impor
i tance of this election, and that they
I shouhl bo cautious in their selection
of a candidate w ho will poll the en
tire vote of the party, besides bo ac
ceptable to all who are opposed to tho
infamous policy of the National Ael
ministration. In this campaign the
people will be called upon to give
their decision on national questions,
and hence its importance cannot be
overestimated. A ltadical success,
means an cmlorsement of Grant and
all his inieiuitous schemes, and we
are satisfied that a largo majority of
the people of Oregon are opposed to
the corruption and venality of the
Administration. OurEaelical friends
will try to fix up a platform to catch
votes. Already one of tho organs of
tho party has suggested the passive
policy on platform; but they will be
very careful to place upon tho ticket
a man who will carry out aivd. endorse
the vilest schemes of Radicalism.
But, on the other hand one of their
organs has demaneleel an emphatic
and positive position on platform,
and should they dare to go so far as
to openly and emphatically endorse
the outrages in tho South and the
thirel term, an casv victorv lies bo
fore the Democracy. But the ltad
ical enemy is a deceptive creature,
and backed by the Federal patronage
and a large corruption fraud, the De
mocracy must carry the day upon
tho justice of their cause, and the
ability and character eif their candi
date will have much to elo in tho
contest. There are many men, who
have been true to tho party, of un
blemished public and privato char
acter within the Democratic party
who tho people aro ready and anx
ious to trust ami elevate to the high
position, None other need to seek
the place on the ticket, and we
would caution the party at this time
not to be too sanguine of success,
and rest on the opinion that any per
son can be elected. This is not the
oase. While the Democracy are in
the majority, the special election will
fail to bring out the full vote unless
it be for a man who tho people are
interested in. We want the best
man, and an emphatic platform in
opposition to all the usurpations of
tho ltadical party. No matter what
man our ltadical friends may place
in the field; for him to defend and
uphold tho Administration will be
his defeat. Should they dare to re
pudiate the Federal Executive and
his known policy in tho past, they
will loose the influence which is
keeping that rotten hulk cf Radical
ism together Feelcral patronage-1.
With this loss, they are defeated,
ami all the Democracy need do for
success, is to place a gooel Democrat
before tho people, on a good plat
form, and with a pure charetor and
honest heart, ho will bo elected by a
larger majority than any candidate
ever run before tho people of this
State. Let Democrats but elo their
duty, and victory will crown their
banner; a failure to elo their eluty
will loose them tho State. Let us
beware and not barter away the vory
llattering prospects ol a glorious and
overwhelming victory. Democrats,
you have a eluty to perform; see to
it that you do that eluty well, and
the blessings of unborn generations
will bo your reward hereafter.
Hints ex Wool. Mr. Jos. Hoyt,
superintendent of the Salem woolen
mills, says in the n":orrf that when
ho first came to Oregon, about 00
years ago, the wool of tho country
was clean and in nice order, much
more so than at the present time.
The presence of the scab in sheep
deteriorates tho value and is a great
elamage to the wool. He expresses
the opinion that sheep should be
sheared as early as possible in the
spring, and before the first of May.
During tho winter the wool stops
grow ing, and when the spring weath
er commences it commences to grow
again, and where the old growth
stopped and the new commenced the
wool is always weak and rotton, and
it is a damage to it to have any of
tho new growth clipped. It is his
opinion that leaving sheep to carry
their old lleeces too long has a ton
deney to cause skin dise.i-sos, and
that scab is eithe r caused or made
worse in that wav.
May Lr.r to Defeat. It is said
that the Democrats are so sure of
siuvpss iu 1S7C, that they aro com
mencing to divide up the offices in
advance. .This too great assurance,
remarks a contemporary, may lead
? le
their
feat, as thev mav be ree-kless in
nominations. As Josh Billings
says, it is avoII to be
never caekla until von
like th& hen;
lay your egg.
! tmio T?fo:sf ruction.
It is impossible to reflect upon the
scries of Centenuial celebrations,
savs the Kcaml.-ttr, in commemora
tion of the prominent events of that
momentous era, which dawned upon
America a century ago, ami of the
palpable influence they are exerting
in reviving a spirit of true fraternity
and nationality in all sections of our
country, without coming to tho con
clusion that we are on the eve of a
true reconstruction.
At the late celebration at Lexington
Gen. W. F. Bartlett, a native of Pitts
field, Mass.', and now an honored
and popular citizen of Virginia,
spoke words to bo compared to "ap
ples of golel in 2ictures of silver."
He commanded a Federal brigade
during the war; lost a leg at York
town, and an arm at Gettysburg;
was shot through tho body twice in
the Wilderness, and taken prisoner,
before Petersburg. Reael the viows
of a patriot-hero:
"Of the relations of tho North to
the South I am not an unprejudiced
observer. On the contrary, 1 have a
prejudice, which is shared by all sol
diers in favor of peace, and i think I
may safely say that between the sol
eliers of the two great sections or our
great cemntry fraternal relations were
established long ago. I have also a
strong prejudice against any man or
men who would prevent or retard the
prosperity and progress of the na
tion whose corner-stone was laid
in the blood of our fathers one hun
dred years ago today. Moved by
this prejudice, fou eon years ago I
opposed the men who prefercd dis
union to death. True to this preju
dice I to-day despise, tho men who
would for the sake of self or party
stand in the way of reconciliation
and a muted, country.
The only really belligerent people
in tho country today, North and
South, are those who, whilo tho war
lasted, followed carefully tho paths
of peace. Do not believe that the
light and dirty froth which is blown
northward and scattered over the
land oftentimes for malicious pur
poses represents the true current of
public opinion at the South. Look
to their heroes, their leaders, their
Gordons, their Lees, their Johnstons
their Lamar, Hansom and Ripley,
and tell mo if you find any thing in
their '.iterances but renew ed loyalty
and devotion to a united country.
These are the men as our great ami
good Governeu told you at the elese
of the war these are the men, by
whom and through whom you must
restore tho South, instead of the
meaner men for whom power is emly
a synonym for plunder. As I beg
ged you last summer, I entreat you
again, do not repeal the returning
love of these men by suspicion or
indifference. If you cannot in for
giveness "kill the fattoel calf -do not
with coldr.es "kill the prodigal."
As an American I am as proud of
the men Avho chargoel so biavely
with Pickett's elivision on our lines
at Ge ttysburg as I am ef tho men
who bravely met and repulsed jhem
there. Men cannot always c),ooso
tho right cause, but when having
chosen that which conscience dic
tates, they are ready to die for it, if
they justify not their cause, they at
least enoblc themselves, and the men
who for conscience-sake fought
against their government at Gettys
burg ought easily to be forgiven by
the sons of the men who for con
science fought against the govern
ment at Lexington and Bunkerhill."
We rejoice at the spirit manifested
in tho inauguration of these festivals.
We havo everything to hope fer in
tho restoration of harmony and con
fidence. That consummation will
destroy tho spells and snatch the
wands from the hands of the section
al party which invokes tho late
bloody past. Tho black flag of a
war-party cannot ily in the same air
with the venerable battle-lings be
neath which the laggeet continentals
rallied. The period, then, is auspi
cious; and tho year will especially
bo eluly honored, if it witnesses, as
we are confident it will, the defeat
of tho sectional party which aims to
keep sectional bitterness and war
alive, and tho accession to power of
a truly national party whoso stanel
arels bear the inscription of the Con
stitution and the Union of tho States.
Important Humor.
We have it from a reliable source
that tho lamb and lion are about lo
lay down together and peace is to be
restored between the two organs of
the great Radical and Independent
parties, and they are soon to bo one
in mind
the r.l
ml oho hi
'in and Ou
riirit. In
short
cyou'taii are soen
Uiuler whose
to be Ave know
not state. Rut
, avo apprehend
many Radicals
anA tf the oti-
to be conso
tdated.
control the paper i
not, as rumor docs
which ever it will be
that there will be
who will not wa it
springs ef this union and also many
Independents who will spurn to OAvn
the child from .vuch an unAvholly
and unrighteous rv.arriage. But one
or the other sid. will be sold and
we are not satisfied but both Aill be.
The enly question which renains un
settled in our m'nd is, Avhether the
proprietors of t' two organs Avill
not find themst-lv.-get
through with
monstrosity. Br
Ave presume eitL-
sold before they
this matrimonial
such is life, an el
r party will haA-e
a divorce after the
-'ed, pleading in
!"7r.pera,!i"nt. A
I we shall hear the
marriage.
. as been ia typo,
-.- to us with the
a em tho 2'hh it
just :rrou:ius b
union is cijp.sni!
eomp. liability c
few days more a
ot
iu;.i str
the ub
'.-tin, ce
Since
the Uul
-announcement :h
would appear :'
It seems then th.
give two births, b
in evening paper.
the marriage is to
M, dailv.
During th past f -w months Kar-
nsbui
lias .sliu .. it
.nusual life.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY'
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
I. 0. 0. F.
The Grand Encampment of Oregon
met at Portland last Tuesday even
ing and adopted a constitution for
the government of that body ami a
uniform constitution for the subor
dinates uneler its jurisdiction. There
were representatives present irom
every encampment in the State, and
tho procccelings were charaeterixcel
by unusual harmony and good feel
ing. After electing the Representa
tive to the Grand Lodge of tho Unit
ed States, which resulted in tho
choice of B. F. Dorris, Esq., of Eu
gene City, tho Encampment adjourn
ed to meet again on Thursday morn
ing to close up its business. Mr.
Dorris is a live Odd Fellow, and we
are satisfied will make an efficient
and able Representative. This
branch of tho Order is now in full
operation, and from ail parts of the
State we hear cheering reports of
the progress which has been engen
dered into it -by having its own
Grand oGicers. The Grand Encamp
ment is to meet annually hereafter,
at Portland, on tho third Monday in
May, preceding tho thirel Tuesday.
Tho Grind Lodge met on Tuesday
morning with all its officers present.
Grand Master Struvc presented a
most interesting and able report in
regard to the workings of i'he Order
for the past year, and tho other ofii
cers reports showed that Odd Fellow
ship was. in a most prosperous and
healthy conelition. We shall make
a summary of these reports for our
next issue. On Tuesday afternoon
the election of ofiicers for the ensu
ing year took place, which resulted
as follows: Prof. M. Gatch, of Sa
lem, M. W. G. M. ; J. N. Dolph, of
Portland, I). G. M.; O. X. Deuuy of
Portland, G. W. ; J. M. Bacon, of
Oregon City, G. S. ; I. It. Moores of
Salem, G. T. ; S. Ellsworth, of Eu
gene City, Granel Representative to
the Grand Lodge of tho United
States. We certainly have reason to
congratulate the brethern on the
choice the-y have made for Grand Of
ficers, as they aro all ellicient .and
competent gentlemen ami will faith
fully discharge the eluties. The
Grand Lodge is the largest ever as
sembled in this State, and every ev
idence i.s presenter 1 that Odd Fellow
ship is marching on to a glorious fu
ture.
A lre:iisi.
In conversation with a gentleman a
few days since, says the Portland
Jiidlftin, Avho was an intimate friend
of Mr. J. D. Locey Avhilo in life, we
Avere told of a strange el ream, fore
running and a presentment of sudden
death. It occurred about a year ago.
Ho said he dreamed that he had died
suddenly and Avas placed in a coilin,
looking as young as lie did at that
time, which led him to believe that
the end was not far o'T. In accord
ance with this ho arranged all his af
fairs in shape, with a view ef a sud
den taking away. A short timo after
this premonition ho Avreto tho fol
lowing, Avhich avo aro requcsteel to
publish:
So fides the Summer, balmy hours,
Willi song of birds and breath of llow'rs,
I bu- ro! es of lieiinty, jeweled erow n,
Tho cruel Autumn castctli down.
Homos in tier goblen leaf 11:0 hung,
l-'roni airy arches lightly swung,
Whose nestlings grew bread -winged
and licet, '
Departing with the Summer sweet.
eaves have their timo to fall, and we
Kead everywhere a like; decree ;
That Life, with itssvrect graeeem! worn,
Return lo feed a race uniiorn.
But forests fading brown ami sere,
Renewed shall bloom another year.
Renewed shall wi-ar sis fair a crown,
As that which Autumn casteth elown.
biffc- in the dust l;iid silent, low,
In coursing springs shall bloom and
glow,
Shall glow and bloom again as fair.
For home and nestlings gathered there.
Anel so tho inner sense perceives
A likeness in tho falling leaves,
II iding its mode of hope and trust,
Whe n wc, like them, lado back to dust.
Since Life, Avith her sweet grace out
vern, Shall throb in races ye t unbo- n,
Herein we see Immortal Rowers,
To buil.l again her leafy towers.
Knowing in slumbers sweet and deep,
"Jle giveth His beloved shep,"
S'Tfc-ne we leave tic grand event
With One Avho is Omnipotent.
Dn.vTii of John- C. BivcrxiN-ruiKii:.
-The telegraph this Aveek announ-
ces
ride
io death of Hon. J. C. Breckin-
h
is home in Kcntuekv.
Mr. Breckinridge's history is
too
laminar to ueeel repetition. He lias
held many honorable positions as a
statesman, ami in 1800 Avas tho Dem
ocratic candidate for President. Ho
Avas a man of unimpeachable honor,
and an able statesman.
Gooo Piio.sPEe. x. Letters received
in this city from the grasshopper
districts state that these destructive
insects are already appearing by the
millions, and that the prospects aro
good for a much larger crop of these
agents of elistructiou than last rear.
Comin-o. There Avere about three
hundred and fifty immigrants on the
steamer which arrived at Portland
last Aveek. Oregon is
be appreciated.
beginning te
Tho B -'icoii, a paper in the town of
Akron, Ohio, flies the following from
j its mast-head: "For President, Benj.
II. Bristow, of Kentucky; for Vice
President, Marshall Jewel, of Con
necticut." The Post Office at Marshfiold
Coos Ray, has been desi 'n-ita.l 1...
, the Postmaster General as" a money
orelcr office.
"Tiitirely too Thin'
Some of our Radical friends in
this place are talking of Hon. Henry
Warren as their candidate for Con
gress. Our friend Warren is a man
of excellent judgment, good sense.
cf unblemished personal character,
and entirely too honest for a ltadical
candidate for Congress. The party
rcmoved him from the position he
had lillcel to the entire satisfaction
of the people, and hoav for them to
suppose that he is going to make
himself a pack-horse for the sins of
the party, and Avith certain defeat
staring him in the face, not o:any
account of his own, but in conse
quence of tho Radical paity's cor
ruption, dishonesty and venality, he
is offered up by the party as a lamb
for slaughter. It would be a shame
for such a human sacrifice. It Avould
be worse than Avhen, iu the early
historj- of this Avorld, young and un
blemished lambs Avere offeree! up for
a sacrifice to an offended eleity. Here
they Avaut to offer a lamb (not young,
however, but spotless) to be a sacri
fice for one of the most venal and
corrupt Executives Avhich has ever
disgraced this or any other nation.
We apprehend that Mr. Warren, at
his present ago and experience in
Radical camps, has no inclination to
give up w hat he has accumulated of
this world's goods, by strict economy
and industry to grafifv the ambition
of tho tricksters Avho run the Federal
olU'ces iu Oregon and the party for
Grant. Could tho Radicals elect a
man, our friend Warren Avould hao
ne) move show for a nomination than
ho had to retain his position in the
Oregon City Land Ofiieo. The bate
offered to him is entirely "loo thin"
to catch him nipping at tho barren
hook.
. a - r
Vhnt Iho :?o;in!ol' h-iDR-niiio:!
1...
in a recent issue ot tne Jven:ng
J.jTiil, of Portland, avo find tho fol
lowing concerning what the State
Board e;f Immigration arc doing:
A visit to the office of the State
Board of Immigration this morning
gave us considerable information as
to the doings of that body. All the
immigrants that arrived on the last
steamer from San Francisco have
been sent to the interior of the State
those traveling on tho railroad
being f-.irni-.hed Avith half-fare tick
ets. They Avere given all possible
information as to the attractions of
dillerent localities, and directions
furnished as to Avhere they would
most likely hind friends. Employ
ment Avas secured for about twenty
ef the last arrivals at fair wages and
there are now applications unlillod
at the ofiieo for six more men to da
farm wank, and two
to ,1,
oral house work. Hon. J. W. Cor
bett received a letter from Messrs.
Wahlroii Bros., at the Dalles, an
nouncing t heir Avillingjicss to act as
agent for the Board at that place,
and also one fia.ni Mr. David Xrw
some, of ?dario!i county, informing
him that he had found work for eight
men, and that his efforts Avere being
directed to find something to do for
more of them. One gentleman called
at. the educe and informed the Board
that ho had about, 1,0'ld acres of
timbered land to clear up, and that
he Avas anxious to give employment
to immigrants at good wages, and
others havo put in cn appearance
and signified at willingness to rent
farms and land that cannot j'ove
otherAviso than satisfactory. With
this encouragement tho Board are
sanguine of being able to provide fer
tho immigrants expected on the next
steamer, and are making preparations
for their arrival. Hon. I. E. Moores,
one of the commissioners ef the hind
department of tho Oregon and Cali
fornia Railroad Company, and Mr.
Paul Shuli.e deserve special mention
for tho aid they have rondo: ed fn
the premises. They have issued 172
half-fare tickets, besides "performing
much other A'aluablo labor. Tho
Board of Immigaation deserve the
thanks of the people of tho entire
State for the manner in Avhich thev
have labored, and tho service they
have reiulercd, as from tho outset
their actions haA-c proven them to bo
tho right men in tho right place.
t-
Adven-t or tiif. Gkassiioitis. A
telegram from Chicago of the 1 1th
inst., says that reports from portions
of 3Iissouri, Minnesota, Kansas and
Nebraska, state that grasshoppers
aro already devastating tho country
of mvjry green thing, and that farm
ers aro greatly discouraged. The
pests seem to bo young; at least they
aro very small, ranging irom the
size of a fiea to that of tho common
house-fly, but their destructive pow
ers appear quite as great as those of
the full grown insect. Gentlemen
who have recently been a four
throughout soutliAvest Missouri says
the grasshoppers are devouring c wrv
thing green in that section. The
people are panic-stricken. (Tittle
and horses aro dying by the hun
elreds of starvation. They can find
nothing to eat, not even in the avoo.Is
as tho grasshoppers have eaten the
leaves of tho trees. In Minnesota
the investigation by the reporter of
the St. Paul ''Vo.--, sent eut special I v
for the purpose, shows so far, only a
portion of four counties are troubled
with the perds, but tho deposit- of
eggs aro found in other sections, ami
serious damage to crop.- is feared.
Hi.vtko. It i.i hinted 0:1 oiu
streets that our Mrycjynvould not ob
ject to becoming the Radical candi
date for Congro. Wo always sun
posed that our friend had some high
aspirations, but never supposed that
ho -wanted to become the Radical
party's Moses and try to leal that
blind and disorganized conglomc-ra-tion
of degeneracy out of the desert.
It is probably but an idle rumor.
Eu-XTED.Our old friend J. R.
Ralston, has been selected as one of
the toAvn Trustees of Tacoma. The
people of that place could not have
made a bettor selection.
:ws.
Wheat :t Salem is worth 75 cents
ler uu-.iiel.
The city indebtedness of Corvallis
April 12, Avas $K1
Their- is not an empty house in
Astoria, and barns aro being convert-
ed into resnu-ncc-
The Ronton J -:in-ra! has ehau
its publication day to Friday, to suit
tuo laquiua mails.
Th
law vi
doctors and
.SU.MM.'.HY (IK ST.!'!""".
chants of Yamhill county have ac-j ToLr.no, May 13. The UhuU puh
eepfed the challenge of the. grangers lishes an elaborate wheat report com
for a general spelli
ig m
ateh.
The Albany firemen are going to
haA-o a grand picnic en the "21st. In
vitation has been extended to all lire
men to attend iu uniform and partic-
-
A detachment of U. S. depart-
ment surveyors have gone to Clatsop
1 r ! i t
county for the purpose of surveying
vaevuic lands 111 tnab
1 1 1 1 1
Aiciniry, aviucu
are well ada;;teei iosetlh
.:it.
Postal Agent Underwood has
caused a change to be made in the
time of elelivering the mail at Spen
cer creek Siuslaw, Long Tom and
Cartwright's, from Wednesday to
Monelay.
The Rock Point, Marion county,
Farmers club Avill send to the Cen
tennial Exhibition a completo fire
place, cut out of the lava re)ck Avhich
is found in tho Waldo Hills.
The steamer Ohio reached Eugene
Sunday morning
t Avee
k.
with
about 00 tons of in-rehandi.se. Dur
ing tho day she went up to Spring
field and ioadeel 20 tons of liour, and
on her return took on hero 120 tons
of Aht-at, making
largest load
ever taken by boat from Eugeme.
Jos. Walt is introducing the llax
culture in Washington county- He
lias elistributed secel among some 20
o:; o0 farmers.
About 50 immigrants Avho reached
Albany recently, found no empty
houses, and went into camp in the
suburbs ef the town.
G. W. Bothers, (or rather his wife)
has recently sold R'O acres of land
twe and half miles southwest of Cer
valiis, at S-30 per acre.
Tho Independence CUii:'i- will not
be issued until June, owing to ina
bility to get material sooner. Tho
paper
will
sppear at that date
Tho Ceos Ray Xjn:-i says: West
ward the star of empire takes its
iiight. There is something sublime
in the : to ;dy, onward march ef civil
ization from tho rising; to tho setting
sun. Every steamer to Coos Bay
brings from 75 to 100 passengers.
The Hillsboro Iiih'i"':iJr.nt says:
"The ease e;f the State of Oregon a s
Ed Chamberlain, accuse. 1 by J. Sto
Aenson of killing his son. Avas
brought before Mr. Cave, J. P.,
Monday, and the dcfoUelaiit was held
to answer at the next term of erircuil
court. In default of bail ho was sent
to jail."
Mr. Thomas McTntire informs the
Furmi-r that the-re is no Hessian i'.y
at work in Oregon, ho thinks, for
wheat represented as similarly ahoet
ed to that described bv Mr. Bobbins
around
:the-l, when examines! bv
him on the farm of Mr.
the river from Sa'.e-.i,
1 farrit t , over
orove-d to be
sound, and. the supposed injury to
grain was mi -rely the effect of a few
miusualiy hot days in April, from
w hich it has entirely recovered.
F. E
Rubfll, formerly of the
proposes .starting a paper in
Harrisburg about the oth ed' June.
acant dwelling houses aro scarce
and rents high at Albany.
Mr. Trullinger, late of Washing
ton county, is about to begin the
erection 01 a grist mill on the" Willa
mina. J. Duffy, so-called, who so c-Iever-ly
and roguishly bilked a hotel pro
prietor at Salem out of about So0, a
short time since, has been arrested
at Eugene and will be taken to Sa'om
for trial.
Information is Avantrd of the where
abouts of James P. Johnson, who left
Jacksonville n fow mouth::, ago. Ad-
uross L l.abcth Johnson
viile, Oregon. '
on-
T. B. llandlov of Yamhill, is 7rao-
iicoig law in iiillobore),
county.
W
-hnigion
Th
Albany fire comnanv p.ssnmr.d
the cost of all nocc-ssry supplies for
a sick and indigent immigrant fam
ily of eight persons. This sort of
generosity carries Avith it the true
ring.
A new comer in Albany is reported
as having deserted his Avifo and
child.
Mr. MoCoiuas, of the LaGrande
S,'-i,'l was recently traveling some
dis'anee from his homo on a Aery
dark night, loading his horse, when
he stumbled and fell breaking one
finger and dislocating two others, in
the attempt to break his fall by
throwing out his hand.
The Cesrvaliis G'nz-!n sees indica
tions of a better time coining in that
county, as many eu the largo land
holders are disposing of their surplus
acre s to immigrants who are eui the
work ami moan business.
At a recent meeting of citizens of
Washington county, to assist in at
tracting immigrants to their county
in connection with the Central Hoard
of Immigration, the following mimed
gentlemen were appointed a commit
tee to secure aid and ca operate in
the good Avork of aiding immigrants
to tind suitable locations: Juefge T
1). Humphreys. T. H. Tongue, C. w"
Tozier, E. 11. Warren, and D.'m! C
Gault.
A letter to the llrpr
11 1 CI
savs mi
prove
Davt .
;ne
nt is tne order of tho day at
n.
A company e-omposed of
n with amnio means b-i-n
genth-iue
a-ociaied themselves together
in
Luyiou, lor t ie purpose of manu
facturing tho e-elebrated "Dov.,11
Iron Wheel-
lor Avagons and
car
riages. Tho Avhec-1 is Avholly of iron
except the felloes, Avhich aro wood,
and the whole affair is ingeniously
gotten up and persons who have ex
amined it say that it Avill do all tho
company claim of it. The Avheels
can be attached to any common wag
on anel are very light ami not the j
least awkwarel. in appearance. The
gentlemen forming the company aro
-Messrs. JJan. Johnson, It. Duvall
anel Irwin Sanburn.
from
have
' rnfVO -od fl'ii?.-v Vo . T x
" . :; "V that
10 .'icen
sations against Indian Superb,.,
dent Hoag, by Gov. Osborne .,,,,
decided to re-meue mm. it is fnr.
I ther stated that the Governor, on his
, return from California, Avill n.akead-'C-.
ditional charges against Hoa--- nf
i ofheial and personal dishonesty b
j distributing Indian annuities in Kan-mer-
sas Territory.
piled lrou statements Irom fifteen
points in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, indicating
that there has been a quarter to a
third of the Avinter wheat crop killed
but, which is nearly offset by the in-
1 1
i creasen number 01 acres sown, and
J that the quantity of spring wheat pnt
; in if everything keeps favorable
j brings the Avhoie production up to
: an a en -age crop, vvne lourtn of l.isf-
I year's ere; remains in farmers' hands
The amount of corn put in this year
greatlv e xceeds that of last year."
Dr.s Moixes, Iowa, May 13. In
the U. S. Circuit Court to-day, Jmlge
Dillon gave a decision in the Union
Pacific Raihvay terminus case, which
was argued before him last fall. He
holds that the legal and stipulated
terminus of the road is on the IoAva
shore ef the Missouri river. As to
the bridge ho decides thatthe owners
have an undoubted right to charge
reasonable tolls. A supersedeas was
issued in the ease, ami the right of
appeal Avill bo argued before the Su
preme Court in October.
Lkxixgton. Ivy., May Bkjn tho
races to-day, the first race, mile heat,
Avas Avon by Scrateher Avho distanced
the other two entries, Light Coin
anel Lost Fortune, in first mile, mak
ing it in L-ll.W tho fastest time on
record. Last year Gray Planet ran
a mile at Saratoga against time in
1:11;,.
May 1G. General Breckinridge's
condition remains unchanged. His
pulse is very weak, and ho is liable
to bo eadle-d away at any moment.
Washington-, May 10. The Secre
tary of tho Treasury is still engaged
in prosecuting the raid against all
patties engage.1, in illicit whiske-v
distillation. Treasury agents are re
el nested, in cases where U. S. attor
neys and re ve nue officials fail to give
their full support to the investiga
tions in progress, to report their
names to the department.
Tho agent at Milw.utkie felegraps
that he has discovered a subterranean
tank of tho capacity of 2, odd gallons,
belonging to e.-uo of tho Miiwaukio
distilleries.
C:i.u:r.7:sTov, May 11. Josh Fra
.or, colored, was hange-d at Camden
to-day for tho murder of Benj. Cooper
in December last lie was convicted
on cireuui.-dan: ial evidence and after
ward confessed tho crime. On the
scaiiold to-
1-.
he confessed he had
murdered his wi:
unl e-iiih! and a
burned many
negro woman, and
barns ami houses.
Ciiiv.MH), May 11
Judge Blalcld'ord. uf
so oiVer en
th
ie s . . dis-
trh
the
t court for the
r,e at auction ( f
ie R. 01 road, Aias
b.v Cooke and
: Norti
ilTll X
P
on tiio or.
CharJemage
or ot
To we;
hold
ors
of th,
sale' o,
first mortgage bonds. Tin
lands, laud grants, and other
ci ty in the :-ev. r.a ;;;;,;es and Terri
tories in which they are heated, u ill
be; held em the ib'.-L Monda in Air--
ust at the custom J
e here.
Poroai
the engin
-.on:, X. 1, May 11. As
attached to a freight train
going to X
iolk citv was tia.s.iiiir
threnigtho arch ;d Sir." S:n X C
prison tins morning, ur couAicfs
jumped on tho engine, presuming
revolvers at the engineer and f re
man, compelling them to get off.
They then cut the engine loose
from the train and started southward
abandoning tho engine three miles
north of Tarrytown, Avhere it Avas
found Avith both cylinder heads bro
ken. Th
been
e-ithe
Yamhill Jl-:jrt, r rf lare has
anything but satisfied with
the Radical party e.f Oregon
or the National Administration. In
fact, it has repeatedly shoAvn strong
signs of kicking out of the parly
altogether. Hero is one of its last
accusations Avhich contains only teo
much truth. It says:
Frauds ! rrt;;uls ! ! FnAms ! ! I
More of them and Averse than ever.
A gigantc swindling nest has just
been ferretted out, which has defratnl
eel tho Government of millions of
dollars. It was composed of distillers
in the cities of Chicago, St. Louis
aud Miiwaukio,' iu collusion with
revenue ofiicers. The "whisky bovs"
bought off the inspectors and had
things to suit them. All they had
to do Avas to till up old Avhi.sky bar
rels that had been stamped for a for
mer duty, er by sonic other thieving
device, in connivance Avith those
truste-d scoundrels, they managed to
escape taxation, and SAvindlo the pub
lic treasury out of sufficient to line
their own pockets magnificently. Of
course there is an audible tremor at
head-quarters in Washington, and a
general stepping down and out is
imminent, among the small lick-spittles.
This looks all Tight enough;
yet aw don't knoAv as there is much
use of it. Of all tho heavy taxes that
are levied and collected for the Gov
ernment, comparatively little of it
ever seiwes its ostensible purpose.
It may as well be stolen first as last.
A Morn eu Takes Ilia: Own Lin:
and that ol' I1i:i: Ciiit.p. A dispatch
from Jacksonville of tho 11th says
that to-day the body of 3Trs. Rucli,
the w idow of Frederick Rueh, Avho
committed suicide a short timo since
together Avith that of her youngest
child, a boy about four years of age,
were di -covered in a mining reser
voir on Apnlegato creek. It is sup
posed that she deliberately commit
ted suicide, having been very de
spondent since her husband's eleath.
She leaves four children the oldest
of whom is about sixteen.
Tho Eagle Woolen mills, of
Brownsville, were sold at auction
the other dav, by the Sheritf, for
something over S7.000. J. M. Mover
aud a lew other Brownsville gentle
men Avero tlm uni-elmsei-s The fac
tory will bo run as heretofore, and
the people gel the benefit of a market
for their wool.
-St. Lotts, Mav PS. Advice