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o o r ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE o 0 o j 3 N OREGM m 0!!i;M. JlE II. 1-7). Democratic Static Central Cora mitbee .Meeting. A meeting oi" the Democratic State CVntral Committee hereby called, to o hel J in the city ot Portland, on Thursday, the 21th day of June, 175. J I EN It Y KL.IPPEL, Chairman. Jacksonville, May ID, lS7o. Democratic paj.rs please copy. Are tin Cases Similar? The Qregoman seems to be perfectly horrified at the conduct of the New Hampshire authorities in throwing out illegal Radical "votes and thus electing two Democrats, and giving the latter control of the Senate. "We do not know the grounds upon which these Radical votes vj-ere thrown out, but from what we c.tu gather, it ap pears that the autli'rities did but their duty in protecAig the rights of the people.- The CM Vonian assumes a great amount eof I jtue and indig nation over the actSrs of the State officials of New Hampshirs, and seems to forget all its own past dark record in Oregon, and while the editor of that sheet was training in ' the Radical camp. It charges that the Democracy of New Hampshire so districted the State that they could hold the Senate. This is a mistake. The process of re-districting is purely a Radical invention. How is itcthat the Democracy of the Union have- been deprived of their just proportion of Senators in the United States Senate? Simply by the re-districting process of the closely-contested districts in soveral of tlie States. The Radicals carried this iuto the national legislature, and no sooner were they in power than they reconstructed the judiciary of the country, and thus legislated several honest, competent and faithful judges out of office and created new districts for their own partisans. But while our friend of the Oregonian is going iuto .spasms over New Hampshire, let us see what Radicalism did in Oregon to hold its power. In 1804 (when tho editor of the Oregonian was Judge of Grant county) the cer tificates of election to the Legislature were given by a County Clerk w'.io was himself a candidate for the Leg islature and who took their seats in the Lower House, aud held them until Williams was elected, which ho never would have been had this fraud not been perpetrated. InlSGG Woods ws made Governor by fraudulent Radical votes, and Corbett waselected Senator by the same fraud. In 1872 the Radicals of this county so manip ulated tho returns as to give tho cer tificates of election to the Radical candidates who wero defeated by the voice of the people, atid resu the election of J. II. Mfcchcll, would not have occulted ha fraud not been perpevjtted. voice of the people, atid resulted in which had this Thus we have three Senators elected with in the last twelve years by pure and open fraud, and Geo. L. Woods, the biggest fraud that hasB ever been im posed on any peo2le as Governor, not excepting Kellogg. And this was afl done while the virtuous editor of 'he Oregonian was one of its prin cipal leaders. Theso facts have gone on the pages of tho political history of Oregon, and will ever re main there to damn the party which perpetrated the outrage upon our young State. Tho, case of New Hamp shire may be similar to this, and if it is, we blush for the Democracy of that State, and can but regret that j they should follow the example of the Radical party which has been placed beforo them for the past fif teen years throughout the Union. lint" we feel confident that the at tempt at fraud is on tho side of the Radicals and that tho Democracy of that State have but maintained their rights in this matter. The caso has already gone outside of political in fluences, and now awaits the action of tho Judiciary of that State, and in their virdict tho people may render their judgment, and until then, we see no grounds to charge the Democ racy of that State with following the infamous examples of Radicalism. Let the Oregonian look at its record at home, and see whether the Democ raey throughout tho country would not be justified in resorting to every means known to political trickery to sustain themselves against the cor ruptions, frauds and rascalities of a most dangerous and r scrupulous opponent. We are prepared .to de nounce wrong wherever we find it, and trust that while tie virtuous spell is on the Orrooniankit will re fleet ou its own past histlry in aiding to defraud the people I I Oregon in their rights while RaJilisni held its power. Secretary Chad wick. A fellow by the name of James McDonald has been making some serio"3 charges against the official conduct of Mr. Chadwick, through the .-olumns of the Oregonian. A card, from Mr. Chadwick in this issue wjill give the reader an idea as to the Character of his assailant, aud an artiA from the Record will give the pliculars in regard to Secretary Cha-Svick in the premises. We do not propose to enter in defence of Mr. Chadwick; for if he has done a wron:-., he must be accountable for it to the people. But we apprehend the facts will t'uow that McDonald is a vile slan derer, and unworthy of any notice. I 1 ' Clackamas County. AORICtXTTRAIi AND HORTICTLTt'RAI. Clackamas county, Oregon, lying on both sides of the Willamette river embraces an are of more than a half millions of acres, The greater por tion of the county lies on the east side of the Willamette river, extend ing on the cast to the summit of the Cascade Range of mountains. Oregon City, the county seat sit uated at the falls of the Willamette river is healthful and has a water power unsurpassed in the known world. The land of this county may be denominated timbered, there being but a small portion of what would be called by a western man prairie. Some portions heavily tim bered vet large tracts where the tim ber is not thick or dense, The land may properly be called hilly, some portions quite broken. Tho timber most common is fir, of the several varieties, red, white and yellow. Along the streams, cedar, ash and maple abound. In the mountains spruoe, hemlock and larch are found. As will be seen from the above list the prevailing forest trees are resin ous and evergreen, some ef which grow to tho heigh th of 300 or 400 feet and from eight to twelve feet in diameter. Tho streams of water in this county several of which rise to the magnitude of rivers are in what may be denominated canyons. The conntry between constituting an ele vated plateau or rolling table-land. These streams afford almost unlimit ed water power. On almost every quarter section of land living water of pure limpid quality is found. It niay be taken as approximately correct that there are within the limits of this county one million acres of land susceptible of cultivation; most of the remain der near three quarters of a million of acres affords luxuriant and abund ant summer pasturage. The hill lands of this county aro of a reddish clayey soil with a clay sub-soil and are readily and permanently improved by tho application of tho various manures used in agriculture. Owing to tho rolling position of tho lands tho water cannot stand on them and hence may be plowed at any time during the winter or rainy season, within forty-eight hours after the heaviest rainfall; a very important advantage over the level lands where tho water stands for weeks. Another redeeming quality of these hill lands is that they do not bake during the dry season of tho year as do the flat lands. Theso lands by thorough cultivation are wonderfully produc tive yielding from fifteen to forty five bushels of wheat per acre ac cording to the cultivation and the wheat is of tho very best quality. These lands are noted for their adaptability to the growth of fall sown or winter wheat. The yield of oats is from twenty to eighty bush els per acre. Rye, barley and flax grow well though not much cultivat ed. Theso lands are also well adapt ed to red clover yielding from two to four tons per aero and by the cul tivation of which the farmer may prevent tho exhaustion of his lands sown to grain, keeping up a regular rotation of crops. Theso red hill lands though not tho natural home of timothy will, by good cultivation, and tho use of manure produce fair crops of timothy and other tame grasses. Most kinds of vegetables grow on theso hills; potatoes yield ing from two to four hundred bush els per acre.,. As to fruit for the production of ttliich Oregon is so noted, tho apple, pear, and plum grow to great perfec tion on theso hills. Some varieties of tho cherry and the grapo grow well, also strawberry, gooseberry, raspberry, currant and blackberry. The above remarks as to tho crops apply io the hill lands because they predominate in this county. Though there is considerable extent of bottom lands with black alluvial soil in the county well adapted to the growth of such crops as are pe culiar to such 1 ands. There are sparse settlements spread over say two-tnirds of the arable lands of this county and in every settlement there are lands for sale at from three to forty dollars per acre owing to ex tent of improvement, nature of soil and location. The remaining third of arable land is yet unoccupied, the odd numbered sections embraced in the grant to the Rail Road Company which are offered for sale at graded prices. The even numbered sections still belong to the government which are subject to homestead and pre emption entries; these together with the school lands and swamp or over flowed lands belonging to the State embrace a vast area of land some of which are as good as any that have been taken thus affording ample op portunity to hundreds, even thou sands who have the wish to make homes for themselves by the labor of their own hands. As the lands of this county are timbered, it requires labor to pre pare them for the plow. When the land is cleared of the timber and this has to be done once for all time. The nearness of these lands to ship navigation saves an annual ex pense which must bo incurred in transportation of the products of land more remote from the marts of trade. Portland, the metropolis of j Oregon, which is a port of entry ' where steam ships or sailing vessels arrive and depart almost daily, and with which Oregon City, the county seat of this county, is in daily com munication both by rail road and steamboat affords facility and cheap ness of transportation which amounts yearly to a considerable item worthy of consideration in selecting a home hv the farmer. The distance from Oregon City to Portland is fourteen miles. While we do not wish to make in vidious comparisons between this and other counties of our young and growing State, we do not think for variety and beauty of landscape, sa lubrity of climate, and abundance and purity of living water, our conn ty is unsurpassed in this or any other State. THE WATER POWER AND OTHER ADVAN TAGES OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY. The water power facilities in Clackamas county aro probably greater and more varied than all the other counties in the State combin ed. A number of streams flow into the Willamette on either hand which would furnish, if necessity called it into existence, an abundance of power to found the nucleus of man ufacturing towns; while at the Wil lamette Falla in Oregon City there is at least twenty thousand of unused horse power which might be utiliz ed: (not over five hundred horse power now in use) besides the above. the following streams within the county give opportunity to be, or aro in part utilized: Tho Tualatin, Clackamas, Molalla and Pudding rivers, Milwaukie'and Beale creeks and Sucker Lake, and a great many lateral streams tributary to these named, near the foot hills; and al together was beforo remarked, pre sent an array of possibilities for manufacturing that will aggregate more than the entire water power of the balance of the State. There are three first class flouring mills in Clackamas county, two at Oregon City and one at Milwaukie; they are mostly occupied in grind ing wheat raised farther up the val ley, and thus naturally assert our claim that this county is the manu facturing center for the State; there are besides, three or four' custom mills, five or six saw mills, one large first class woolen mill, tub and buck et factory, paper mill, and iron ore are reduction works in the county, and altogether crives token of its greatness, in leading in the several productions and manufactures nam ed, and presages still greater things for its futuro. There are many trades still unrepresented in the manufacturing line that ought to bo in operation here, where water power could be employed as an aid thereto Clackamas county with its varied re sources of soil, topography, timber and water power, presents a combi nation which within itself contains the essential elements of empire; its development although slow, is sure; year by year the statistician notes an increase of the cereal, fruit and vege table productions, acre by acre, is being redeemed from tho timber or brush, and tho samo indomitable qualities of character, that sustained our ancestors, to how out an empire of the wildernesses of New York and Pennsylvania, are at work to reclaim the wooded and inhospitable parts of our countv: what our success will be, we instance what theirs has been and thoso who study intelligently tho possibilitcs, and wish to locate with a view of being at the center of a vast commercial and manufacturing nucleus, when the demand of tho country shall, (as it will) call it into existence, cannot be persuaded to believe otherwise than that Clacka mas county is tho only one that offors such an opportunity. The lands of Clackamas connty on account of its greater proportions of timber aro cheaper than in any other county in the Willamette valley; this is an anomaly not easily under stood; but should be availed of by thoso seeking homes, while such a state of things yet exist, for it can not long remain so. Clackamas county wheat is nnexceptionably bet ter than any other produced in the valley. The rolling lands on which it is raised seemingly gives a plump ness and color not to be had from that of tho flat lands of the upper valley, and produces quite as much to the acre as the average of the said lands where properly cultivated. Its fruits are also preeminently in advance of those raised in any other county; the rolling lands give fre quent opportunity for planting or chards in unexposed places, and are less liable to be injured by frosts; some of the oldest and most pros perous orchards in the State are lo cated within the county. . As one acre of Clackamas county land yields as much' of any cereal, as any vbere else within the valley, we hold, on account of its greater prox imity to market, (Portland) that its lands are therefore relatively of greater value, than of districts far ther away from th emporium in the ratio of the difference of freight rates on each acreage of freight; for instance of general productions it is safe to compute that one acre of , land will produce one ton of freight, which if transported from Albany to Portland costs S3, if from Oregon COURTESY CF UNIVERSITY City to Portland, 75 cents; the dif ference $2 25 being twelve per cent interest on 18 50. From this it is easy to deduce that cultivable lands in Linn county should be worth $18 50 less per acre than land of a similar character in Clackamas coun ty; therefore, whoever buys a farm in the last named county enjoys an advantage of $2 25 per aero of his cultivable lands per annum over the Linn county landholder; the same comparison holds good as regards to other agricultural counties within the valley, tho freight rato given being about an average for the val ley. With a diversity of climate rang ing through various gradations untiH the top of Mount Hood is reached; with gold, silver, plumbago "and iron ore beneath her surface; with granite quarries not elsewhere found in the State; her salmon fisheries not open to any other agricultural county; her vast forests cf cedar, pine, white aud red fir and maple; her celebrated Soil a springs, whoso curative prop erties have made it famous; her in exhaustible water powers, her hills, valleys, agricultural and fruit grow ing and besides all theso, those other favorable qualities common to the balance of the State, present a bewildering array of natural advan tages, and combine all the essential requisites to make the motto intend ed to summarize for the whole State, a prototype for Clackamas county alone, viz: "Alt's rolat profriis" "She flies with her own wings." Exquisite Drollery. Landaulet -Williams is not much given to jokiDg, and 3et, it appears, he has a keen sense of the humorous In a Western newspaper we find a dispatch from Washington in whi the following statement is made "Judge Williams explains his resig nation as Attorney-General by the heavy expenses attending the life o a Cabinet Minister in Washington and says he found his salary entirely inadequate to meet his outlay, anc that ho was constantly getting be hindhand." To appreciate the ex quisite drollery of this, remarks tho New York Sun, it is necessary to know that when Williams first wen to Washington he was as poor as j church mouse, and for economy! sake occupied narrow apartments near the roof of a public hotol, while now ho resi.les in an edifice which nearly approaches Little Emma Stew art's pagoda in the pretentiousness of its appearanco, tho ownership of the house being vested in his wife, while his style of living for several years has been proportionately osten tatious. That ho has been able to creato real estate in his family which cost great sums of money while liv ing at the rate ho has, all on a salary of $8,000 for tho most of tho time he has been in office, indicates that he is either overflowing with fun, or elso that he has peculiar ideas of the significance of words when he talks about getting behindhand. If ever thero M-as what is called a forehanded man in office in Washington. Wil liams is theindividual. The Republican and Independent papers of the iast and of San Iran Cisco, so lar ns wo nave seen, unani mously denounce the action of tho Democratic canvassing council of New Hampshire in attempting to get control of the State Senate through a fraud as shameless as any that was ever perpetrated by tho infamous Louisiana returning board. We are curious to seo what tho Democratic organs havo to offer on the subject. -Oregonian. An answer to the above will bo found on our first page this week, from the ,xannner, from which it will be seen that the cases aro not similar, and should the facts prove that they are, tlie Oregonian will find the Democratic press condemning usurpation and wrong in their own ranks as if they had bcon porpotratod by Radicals. We do not propose to endorse usurpation and corruption in any party, and should the facts justify the accusation mide by the Oregonian, it may count on the En terprise as ono of tho democratic papers that will not uphold tho New Hampshire Democracy in wrong doing. Absurd. The Radical party com pelled the Louisiana Conservatives to agree not to interfere with tho government set up by tho Federal bayonets in 1872, as a condition to the partial reparation of the grievous wrong perpetrated upon tnem in 1874-5. And now they claim credit for this compromise. The pretense is the most absurd thing in the world. The interference with the Legislature was for the express purpose of saving Kellogg; that accomplished, they cared for nothing else not even Pinchback. And hence the contest of Louisiana is complete; the Legis- ture being only liberated on its pa role, and a pledge not to exercise its constitutional functions. A just par ty, truly! exclaims the Albany Argus. The "Itemizer." The Dallas Item- izer comes to us as an eight-page pa per, six printed on the patent plan, and two at home. It presents a much better appearance than before, and will be regarded as quite an improve ment on its predecessors. The grand jury of Jackson county have found indictments against Bar- den for murder in the first desrree. and acainst Barden and Carev for arceny of sheep. BANCROFT LIBRARY, CF CALIFORNIA, The Doctors Differ. If Grant has done anything during the time he has occupied tho Presi dential chair which has bewildered his followers more than his recent letter, we have failed to notice it. In our own State one-half the Radi cal press declares that he emphatic ally repudiates the third term, and does not propose to accept it if ten dered him, while one-fourth of the rest declaro that he is a candidate and wants the nomination again, and the other fourth aro silent on the subject and have no desire to express their disgust at his impudence. Grant deserves the credit of writing a letter which has emphatically con fused his supporters, and while they hoped to be relieved of defending him on this score, he has left them to differ even among themselves. The Salem Statesman, which is work ing hard for the success of the Radical party, and willing to throw off all dead timber and swallow anything for success, calls on the Radical State Central Committee to repudiate Grant's aspirations for the third term, as it holds that his letter plain ly shows him to be a candidate for re-election. The Albany Register, on the other hand, declares the letter to be a positive and emphatic disavow al on Grant's part to be a candidate. The Bulletin has maintained a re markable silence on the subject, probably from the fact that the son of the Surveyor General is editing the paper, and the bread-and-butter brigade have no inclination to let go of the offices by opposing their chief in his aspirations. Grant has placed the Radical press in a very sad di lemma, and it devolves upon him to write another letter which they can interpret. The Eastern Radical press has generally taken the view that Grant means what he says in his let ter, and that is, that ho is no more a candidate for the next nomination than he was for the frst or second, and hav ing used every means in his power to secure these nominatations, he pro poses to do so next time, and we ap prehend that our Radical friends will learn in due time what his letter means, and Grant, their great doctor will givo them a proper understand ing after while. But it is somewhat strange to us that any sensible man can read this letter and place any other meaning to it than that he is a candidate for tho third term, and if the people propose to prevent him or any other President from allowing his name to be submitted for re-election the third time, they must put in tho constitution a prohibition to that effect, and he plainly says that such a prohibition might bo danger ous to the -country in tlie future, thereby meaning that it may bo dan gerous at this time to disregard his desires for another term. Let our Radical friends read this letter again and wo are of the opinion that they will conclude that Grant has given out his edict and they must come to the front in his behalf and sustain his ambition to bo President for an other term. Tho letter has complete ly confounded the intellects of Radi cal editors, aud for their sake we aro rather sorry that Grant has spoken, but at the same timo we are pleased that ho has come out o emphatically lor tho third term. It has made the issue plain which before was a doubt ed question. -- Rents for the State Ollices. From the Salem Record. We went to the Secretary of State this morning for information on the important matter, now so much ar gued, as to what rents the State is paying for the use of offices, and Ave acquired the following: On taking possession of his office Secretary Chadwick found that his predecessor, S. E. May, was paying $2,000 annual rent for the upper rooms in Holman's block. This he continued to pay, and as the wants of the State iflcreased he also rented the upper rooms of the brick block owned by Grover & Miller, on tho opposite corner, for $1,300 per an num, making a total of S3.300 nor annum for both. After tho action nf the last Legislature ho considered the cost of removal and found that adding this expense to the rpnt tn be procured elsewhere, there would be no economy in makincr the vpm riv al, as he had seenrpd mnMi v.ctf terms for the premises now nccnnrV,! than had been paid before. lie now pays Hoi man SI. 300 per annum instead of $2,000, and for the Grover & Miller block 800 instead of $1,300, and for the two buildings he now pays $2,100 instead of $3,300, as before, a saving of $1,200. To re move the heavv safes to other rooms and fit them up in all respects as now arranged, would cost a larger sum, more than could be saved to the State before next sprintr. at which time the capitol commissioners say the new offices will bo ready in the new build ing. He was offered rooms in. Reed's opera house, but not sufficient to ac commodate the offices that must be provided for. It is not easy to see that a removal would be economv. and we e-ive these facts as we cot them from the Secretarv. in our own language, for which he is not respon- siDie. Unfortunately. A Western lun atic has been skulking around the White House lately with a loaded pistol, and recently, remarks a con temporary, the detectives unfortun ately captured him. Fine Crops. The editor of the Mercury took a trip into Polk county asc ween, and he reports that the crops in that county look splendid The same report comes to us from all parts of our State. SUMMAR V F STATU NEWS. The circuit court of Wasco coun ty will convene on Monday, the 21st inst. The stage for Canyon City, carry ing the U. S. mail, now leaves twice a M eek. Mrs. Billings, tho woman implicat ed in the fight of Knott & Burrows, has been acquitted by the circuit court of Polk county. B. Goldsmith received, Thursday evening, a telegram summoning him to San Francisco on account of the dangerous illness of one of his chil dren. He started yesterday morning overland. It is but a short time since he buried a beautiful boy. Oregon ian. A Masonic Lodge has been formed at Linkville, Lake county, Oregon, on Tuesday evening, May 20th. It is under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Oregon. ' The officers of the new Lode are: Cranson, W. M.; Alex. Miller, S. W.; J. Free, J. W. Farmers were delivering wheat, wool and other produce at the depot at Roseburg last week. Considerable grain was held over last fall, which is now bein hauled in. Tho Record says a druggist in Sil verton. while in a state of intoxica tion, Thursday, 3d inst., knocked his wife down with his fist and continued beating her in a shocking manner. Ice formed half an inch thick at Baker City on the night of tho 2Gth ultimo. J. C. Franklin, of Lena, in this State, has lately been awarded a pat. ent for mail-bag fastenings. Mrs. Win. Nelson and J. J. Hem bree, of Yamhill county, challenge any twp persons in Oregon to play croquet for the championship of the State. Mr. Hobson, living in Rock Creek precinct, Clackamas comnty, who had a limb amputated Wednesday, June 3d, died on the following day at 8 p. m. McMinnville has be jun prepara- tions for celebrating the Fourth of July. A good building is being erected used for an at Brownsville to bo academy. In the circuit court at Jackson ville, last week, Albert Johnson, hav ing been convicted of larceny in a dwelling house, was sentenced, by His Honor Judge Prim, to seven years in the penitentiary. Harris, who pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny of a horse, was, at the same time, given six years in the same in stitution. From Mr. Marks, tho Roseburg Plaindealer learns, that the shaft has been sunk forty feet on thoNonperiel ledge. A tunnel will be run in from the foot of the hill. The company is satisfied of the richness of tlie ledge, and havo ordered their machinery from below. They expect to be op erating this fall. "Mr. A. Marks was offered $10,000 for his one-fourth in terest one day last week ly Mr. A. J. Burnett, but rt fused to sell. These mines most assuredly are very rich. Doty, of Jackson connty, who kill ed one of the Johnson boys in Jack son connty, wounded another, and r i t i ii i. . coinmuicu a nruiai assault on their mother, has been indicted for mur der in the first degree. aiuan jvnoii wno not long since assaulted a man named Burrows, in Polk county, on Salt creek, has been tried and sentenced for the same at a special term. He goes up for one year, virdict assault with intent to kill. A fire destroyed the old peniten ii.ii i.iMi A-rmay, ai rjaiem. 1 he loss to the Stats is estimated at $15,000 and of other Parties about tli Kamo oi which the hhoe Manufacturing Co lost $5,000 and the Williams Bros $2,000. Ihe grain crop throughout Jack son county seems to bo in a line con dition, and an abundant harvest will be reaped. A little warmer weather would bo of considerable benefit however. Tho Jacksonville Tim ex is respon sible for tho following: A daughter was Dorn to the wife of William Williams of this place, recentlv, which possessed two teeth at its Dirth. 'lhi.s is one of tho first in stances of the kind that has come to our knowledge, and of such a strange nature that many seem to doubt it as being a fact. Mr. Williams, howev er, invites those doubting it to call and seo for themselves. Matthow Harris, who escaped from the Jackson county jail, was captured on the evening of tho 27th ult. by two boys named McKee and Chap man. The boys were secreted near tho road passing by Louis Herling's old stand, when the negro came along, who quietly submitted to be ing capture"JllQ; "was forthwith taken to .tfV tnlf. lodged in jail. Harris aVtrtmbtless on his way to Jacksonville after something to eat, and we learn, says the Times, that he had been in town a few nights previous. The captors received $20 apiece for their trouble. The Christian 3f-'sse7iger, published at Monmouth, Polk county, says: Thero is on exhibition, at Doc. Wat erhouse's machine shop, some long fine wool, which any one would say, upon examination, is not wonderful as plenty of just such grows on many a sheen in our vicinitv. But wlin one learns that Doc. clipped it from a hog which was in town last week, it at once becomes a curiosity, and he examines more closely with the accustomed expressions of wonder. Tho hog from which this wool was taken has a large supply of the same material, it having taken the place of hair on his body. You will, perhaps see it at the Fair, next fall. ' Dor,r.r is Dead. The California Dollies, or Independents, appear to be dead. The Examiner speaks of them in this wise: In Sacramento, the source of Dolly Varden, so to speak, the Radicals field a primary last week, in which nearly all the old "Independents" participated. Dolly is dead and d cayed in Sacramento as elsewhere. New York, June 7. James M. Sweeney, brother of Peter B. Swee ney, died in Paris yesterday. The deceased was recently indicted joint ly with his brother in suits growing out of the affidavit made by Inger soll, the pardoned ring convict. ti:li:cuaiiiic nisw.s. Boston, cTune G. -Tho 2.3 annual national TV. ' session in uiu Auiernatinreil 'r ' r xi. Ti i.:l TT;, l. i . AJl-'0- Sins here to-iV row. Chicago, June G. The Tril,,, Sioux City special says Wingent i Chapman's pony express brought L some of the finest specimens of fola -. n r. t vnsfprdnv ever Mm country. The pieces of rock foun,i contain one eighth to one half r0, Miners from California and Colorado say they never saw specimens 0f equal value in these countries. Tho quartz was obtained from a party of five Avho had been in the hills sine0 March last, but were obliged to conio out as tho Indians were so trouble some they couldn't safely remain They say there are miles of ledge liko the specimens they brought. New York, June 5. Captain W II. Brown, 5th U. S. Cavalry, com mitted suicide at his residence this city yesterday. in Advices from Neuces county Texas report that Adjutant General Steel is on a tour of observation through the country making examination with regard to past troubles, with a view to reporting to the State authorities. It is stated an enrollment is made cf all males liable to military duty be tween Gaudaloupe and Rio Grande in the southern countries. A Brownsville special savs Gen Tuero, recently at Monterey, was on his way to this frontier of which he is to have command. His force in cludes two regiments of cavalry with order to check the raids on Texas. Gen. Cortina refuses to obey the or der directing him to report in person to the city of Mexico. His friends are circulating a petition to the gov ernment to let him remain in author ity on the Rio Grande. The appear ance of Texas State troops on the Rio Grande produced great excitement among tho people on the Mexican side. Residents of the ranches above Matamoras have organized to resist invasion. Cincinnati, June 5. By the ex plosion of an engine boiler last night on the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland railroad, Thos. Larkin, engineer, was killed, and Joseph Ies, fireman, was mortally wound ed. Machias, Me., June 5. An incen diary fire this morning destroyed the Catholic church and parsonage, and the residence of Nathan Longfellow and Dr. Peabody, with several ad joining buildings, and a hundred and fiftv thousand feet of lumber. Loss, 55,000. Mippi-etown, N. Y., June 5. Mark Brown convicted of the mur der of Gloster Carr, in Sullivan county, October last, is sentenced to be hanged July 31st, at Monticello. Baltimore, June 7. On Saturday near Ogdenton, a negro outraged Miss Jackson, a young lady of Is, most respectably connected and greatly beloved in the neighborhood. Her parents were absent, iind sin; went to the spring a fchort distance fsom the house for wafer. While re turning she was met by the r.ero. who seized her by the throat and dragged her to tho bushes, holding a loaded gun in his hand and threat ening to kill her if she resisted. Ihr clothing was torn in shreds, and her face and neck was terribly cut and bruised. Tho negro was c;iptnred this morning in a swamp and con fessed tlie crime. Several athmj.i were made to Ivneh him, but his cajtors got him on the truiu for An napolis. Lawrence, Mass., June 7. Tho Atlantic Cotton Mills of this eitj, employing 1,200 operatives will shut down on account of a dull market, on July 10th, and remained closed until September 1st. Concord, N. II., Juno 7. A hear ing was had before the supreme court this afternoon in relation to the senatorial question. The court reserved its decision pending the election by the legislature of a gov ernor. It is claimed now there is ro governor of New Hampshire, and it is proposed to swear in the presi dent of the senate as governor ;o tern. This would, however, leave the senate without a quorum, and perhaps further complicate in:-. tiers. Chicago, June 7. Twenty-two al dermen, brought before Judge Wil liams for contempt of court in hav ing violated an injunction restrainirg them from counting votes cast at tie last election, were this morning fined $100 each, and their counsel fined $300. Louisville June-T. The Courier Journal's letter from Fort Sill, In dian Territory, says the Quahada tribe of the wild Comanches are ex pected at Fort Sill to surrender, agreeing to turn over to the military authorities all their arms and about six hundred horses and mules. This band has been raiding on the Texas frontier for the last five years, and the authoriteis have always failed to induce them to come on the reserva tion. Concord. N. n.. June 8 G. H. Stowell. president of the seceding Republican senate, received this orning a copy of the opinion of the supreme court on the Senatorial question, accompanied by a letter from Chief Justice Cushing stating the court could not recognize any body claiming to be the senate other than that organized by the selection oi iion. ALr. ban born as president. The Republicans are not wholly sat isfied, claiming that the opinion does not touch tho main points at issue, the alleged assumption of du ties Dyne executive not being pre scribed by precedent or the funda mental law. They held a caucus on the subject of this new phase. The policy they adopted has not trans pired. It is thought the seceding senators will return this afternoon and that tho business of electing governor in joint convention will be proceeded with. The Democrats claim that there can be no legal election now as the time prescribed by constitutional limit has passed. Concord, June S The seceainp'V publican senators returned to tueir seats this afternoon, and the senate concurred with the house m notn -in? the rrovernor that both branches had organized and were ready f business. The house passed A reso lution fixing to-morrow for the elec tion of governor, but as the senate will not pass such a resolution, it s believed the question as to the possi bility of legally electing the execu tive will be raised. Hon. A. C Barstow, U. S. Indian commissioner, is inspecting the age11" cies in this State.