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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.