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o 'THEHTEnPniSL QREMX IITV, OIlEliO.W SEPT. 10, lS7i. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Congress, LAFAYETTE LANE, Of Duolat County. PUIILI2 SPEAKING. lion. Ii. F. Iane, Democratic candi date for Congress, will address his fel low citizens, at the following times and places, to-wit : Itosebiirer September 16th KunoneCity " 18th Albanv " 21st Corvallis ' 22d Dallas " 23d Jafavctte " 25th llillshoro 27th Oregon City " 29th Salem " 30th Portland . October 2d Astoria.,, " 4th The Dalles " 7th Pendleton " 11th Weston " 12th L.airande " loth Union " 16th lUkerCitv " ISth Canyon City " 21st. Opposing candidates are invited to join him. State Rights. The Radical press has a hobby for the campaign with which it expects to frighten sensible people. For the past twelve years the cry of Union has kept the party in power. And while this cry was being used, the "union" ment by the leaders was un doubtedly, that they must bo united in robbing the people. Rut this cry is about "played out," and yet we find that Radical editors aro so fool ish as to think it will serve them for another election. At present they are fighting the State Right's theory as hell by the Democrats, and falsely assert that if ill l,mninA n I- i . , H ll.s will reinstate slavery. Now there is not an ignorant negro in the south that believes any such a thing, much less a whito man in Oregon. If there is he deserves to be put into the insane asylum. The question of slavery is settled, and though it was settled in a .manner unbecomiug a civilized people, the Democracy as well as all other parties accept the issue, and it has passed from the stage cf political discussion. The next heresy these lunatics ad vance is, that the Democracy will pay the Confederate debt. If they proposed to pay for the slaves it is not reasonable to suppose that thoy would return the nigger to servitude again. Rut both of these assertions are false and only show that the Rad ical party has no principles on which -to maintain its organization. The national debt is abundantly large, "and pcoplo are not generally foolish enough to assume debts that they had no interest in contracting. The amendments to the Constitu tion, though fraudulently adopted, settle that issue for all time to come. These are issues created in the imag ination of Radical editors and politi cians, and have no existence in fact. "What the Democracy propose to regain for the people under the doc trine of State Rights is, the free ex ercise of the elective franchise in the various States. They propose that the general Govern mt shall exercise just such powers as are del egated to it by the Constitution, and that all other rights not delegated to tne general government shill be re served and exercised by tjV people of the several States. Ths one of the grand principles of our Govern ment, and is one upon w iich the Democracy will gain a glo 'ous vic tory in l.S7(. By States Rights they mean that the people shall eilect their own representatives and Ahat the General Government shall liot, as it his done, interfere inreserved rights of States, override them with Federal troops and coerce them with elect tools of the Administration to office to enable them to rob aud plunder. They mean that when the people elect a Legislature, that U. S. Grant and his minions shall have no power to enter a sovereign State and march out of the Legislative Halls their chosen Representatives, as they have done in several of the Southern States. They mean that the people of ft State, who are the best judges of their wauts and necessities, shall bo free to pass such laws and be gov erned in such a manner as suits them best, without the interference of thosejwho have no interest in their local affairs. They mean jusf what the Declaration of Independ ence says, that they are "free and independent States" subject only to such restrictions as have Wen grant Wl to the general Government, and nothing more. They mean that the people of Oregon, through their Leg islature and State officers, are better calculated to administer the local State affairs than the President and his Cabinet, or Congress, where we have but one Representative out of two hundred and ninety-two, and where this one member would be powerless to prevent any unjust and oppressive Legislation against Ore gon. They mean that the general Government shall exereise ihe pow ers delegated to it, and the States those which are reserved, ami that our system of government shall not be perverted into a grand centralized despotism. This is what State Rights means, and if it is treason, the caore the people of thi United States Lave, the happier and better govern ed they will be in the future. If they shall endorse the position of the Radicals and favor centraliza tion at Washington, the days of Con stitutional government are numbered and our free institutions are a delu sion and frand. "We-are Coming, Father Abra ham, Five Hundred Thou sand Strong !" If it be true that little drops of water and little grains of sand per form the wonderful miracles of crea tion ascribed by the poet, what are we to conclude from the mighty Democratic shock just given to Rad ical nature in California? Straws, they say, tell which way the wind blows, but hurricanes, which sweep everything before them, are in their effect too apparent to make necessary such gratuitious information. In po litical simoons, statistical weather vanes and theoretical straws are knocked into cocked hats, the effects being manifest without them, as are the cause and direction of the storm. The American voters are "wearied nigh unto death" with the bare-faced robberies of the party in office, and are determined, by their individual and collective suffrages, to oppose and end them. This is the whole trouble. "With indifference and in capacity in the Executive, with mal feasance and itching palms in the Cabinet, with brazen fraud and high handed usurpation in the subordin ate offices, is it any wonder that our people have awakened from their lethargy and have begun so substan tially to assert their sovereign rights? One after another the States fall into lire aud form, for the re-establishment of simplicity and strength, honesty and capacity; girding on their armor for the errand charore on the imbecility, extravaganco and in iquity of the Radical party. To us in Oregon, on the eve of a Congressional election, the cheering voice of the California Democracy will be of incalculable value. The Radical snail will draw in tis horns in fear aud trembling; delinquent and 1 tike-warm supporters of the Jeffersonian principles will awaken to a sense of their party's power, and will rally round the polls with an enthusiasm that assured victory can alone inspire; once more its ranks will be swelled to the Buchanan ma jorities; once again its waning power shall receive its old force, and the government once more shall be man aged with honesty, ability and econ omy. . A Disorganized Rand. The Prussian hero, General Von Moltke, is credited with saying that his country owed its victory over France, in a great measure, to the enthusiasm inspired among his troops by the martial, soul-stirring music of the German bands. If such doctrine would also hold good in political warfare, we dread to contemplate the slaughter in store for the Republican party. The Radical press, which plays the role of band in the cam paigns of principle trying to create eclat- among the voters now lies as dormant and useless to its party as an Egyptian mummy. Its heavy bass, its shrill clarion- ettes, its nervous altos, are either burst, out of tune, or hung up like that instrument which once perform ed such wonders in the halls of Tara. For ten long years this band has tooted but one air, ("down with our conquered brothers") until its very monotony aside from its inhuman ity has driven those whom it wished to arouse o?er into the camp of the Democrats. The Ku Klnx galop, and other mare-nest music, is no longer under the baton of Landaulet Williams, no longer excites the mob, nor, in fact, has it listeners to its hackneyed bosh. This last strain, like the last blast of tho fat Teuton trombone player in Fundi, has burst the band and scat tered its auditors. Take the press hero in Oregon, and what paper is giving Mr. "Warren a vigorous, unqualified support? "What journal is trying to create enthusiasm among the Republican voters? What Radical slieet, in fact, manifests tho slightest interest in the campaign now before the people ? If there be one (and we do not mean to speak ironically) we have undoubtedly fail ed to receive it among our exchanges. The party is dead; the press inert, and the morale of the Republican voters destroyed beyond redemption. "Sauce tor the Goose, &c." Al though the inflation movement is en dorsed by the Democratic platform of Ohio, it is no more the sentiment of the mass of the Democratic voters than the more money scheme is a Radical principle, because it is sup ported by their leaders.Butler, Matt. Carpenter, Judge Kelly and Wen dell Philips. Sat Nothixo but Good of the Dead. A week or so ago the United States Custom House Inspector was in Portland. Could his visit have so impoverished or frightened the Ring that it would let the Bulletin die for want of nourishment? Or, was it "anything to beat Warren' that caus ed the .sudden demise of the Ring sheet? - The Dallas Itrmizrr ba5 closed its first volume. His Record as a Legislator. A correspondent writes to ns as follows: A. Noltneb Dear Sir: If you will take the trouble to examine the House Journal for 1SG4, when Henry Warren was a membea of the Oregon Legislature, you will find that he favored, if he did not introduce the bill changing the old mode of paying taxes direct to the County Treasurer. This bill made the Sheriffs ex officio tax collectors, and gave them three per cent, of the taxes collected, if paid before becoming delinquent; if paid after, the Sheriff got mileage &c, and the three per cent. also. If you will employ a little arithmatic, you will find that this very pure man, H. Warren, by this job put up by him, saddled upon the people of Oregon an unjust burden; and that it has cost more than $25,000. Twenty-five thousand dollars of the people's money taken to render Sheriffs rich. Think you that Inde pendents will take vry kindly to such a man? Yours, &c, As a. Legislator Mr. Warren was not a success, and we do not think that he would be of any particular benefit to the State in tho Halls of Congress. In his advocacy and sup port of the bill which provides for the present mode of collecting taxes, he has cost the people oi the State many thousand dollars, and put just that muoh into the pockets of the officials. Before tho present law was passed, the people were required to pay their taxes directly to the Treas urer, and he received an annual sal ary, about the same as is now paid. It therefore added no expenses to tho collection. Under the law as passed by the Radical Legislature of 1864, and when every Sheriff in the State was a Radical with the excep tion of Umatilla and Josephine coun ties, this new bill was passed. Un der it, the cost of collecting the taxes of this county was increased from nothing tu $1,000, or $1,200, and that for the sole benefit of Radical Sheriffs. Tho last Legislature reduc ed this to two per cent., which makes it now cost from six to seven hun dred dollars annually. Take for the past ten years, and it has averaged in Clackamas county alone, $1,000 per annum, making a neat little sum of $10,000 the county has paid for the luxury of Mr. Warren's, bill to "aid Radical Sheriffs." WTe will take this for the entire State, and in the twenty counties it has not been less than twenty-two or twenty-three thousand dollars annually. Now multiply this by ten years, and we have tho snug little sum of, say $200,000, which has been taken out of the people' pockets and put into those of Sheriffs, and all thoso offi cials being Radicals, with two excep tions, at that time, it seems that Henry Warren was actuated by par tisan feelings to put money into the pockets of a set of Radical officials. But he is not now running as a State officer, and can do no such damage even if he should go, to Congress, (which he never will) is it not fair to presume that, if he could so far forget the interests of the people in 18G4 and labor for a set of county officials, he would be equally ready in Congress to aid another clique of office-holders of his party ? It is rea sonable to suspect that he would, and unless the people aro ready to endorse useless and reckless extrava gance, they will let Mr. Warren re main in Old Yamhill, where he has recently been retired by the Federal crew which has brought him out for Congress. The Vihy and .the Wherefore. J "If the Lane Democracy is oppos ed to the anti-public school policy of the Ohio Democracy, why was it not expressed in tho lastplatform? Let Mr. Lane answer. Statesman.-' - (The Oregon Oracle.) The reply to such a question is very short: because it would have been superfluous. Ours is not a Stato but a Congressional election, and the issues before the people have no more to do with the school ques tion than a man's politics have with his religion. We think the Radical press had better drop this subject and concentrate its talent on some thing bearing on the election or it will find it has been running after the golden apples of Atalanta to the entire forgetf ulness of the race. There in California last week where a State as well as Congres sional election was held, the Demo cratic platform expressly denounced sectarian appropriations. In the case of our sister State there was some sense in having the school plank in their platform, because the very nature of the election required it; but for us to have denounced a thing upon which our Congressman would never be called upon to act, would have been as absurdly un necessary as having some New York City ordinance wedged into the plat form. A citizen of Portland, Me., has a valuable relic in the shape of a ring once worn by the wife of President Madison. It is of vi Idtt rmA f with a bloodstone-, under which is a little braid of hair fr-m the heads of j AN ashington and Jackson. Sunday j l elvome. xnere is no nees-ity of going so far away. There i a young man in this city who has n ring contain:ng a little of Washington' and Jackson's hair. "The Proof of the Pudding fcc, Mr. Lane is a property holder in this State, and bis children aro now attending the publie schools. COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION The Democracy Triumphant! Th TCntlre State Ticket Elected. ' BOTH BRANCHES0F THE LEGISLA TURE DEMOCRATIC! The Radicals "Scooped Up!" Carry the News to lllram at I-ong IlranchX The result in our sister State has far exceeded the most sanguine ex pectations of the friends of free gov ernment everywhere, and should be the occasion of general rejoicing. Our friends in California did well, yes, most nobly, and to-day, for the first time in many years, that State has selected to every branch Demo crats to manage ;their public affairs. The entire State ticket is elected, composed of great aud good men, in whose integrity, honesty and ability the people have the most implicit confidence. Both branches of the Legislature are Democratic, by a handsome majority, whigh will give the newly elected State officials that aid they so much need to inaugurate the desired reforms and correct the abuses which have been committed by dishonest and corrupt Radicals. In San Francisco, where tho Dem ocrats have not been successful for many years, they, bavo elected nearly all their regular ticket, notwithstand ing some disorganizes ran what was termed an Independent Democratic ticket. Tho party was strong enough to defeat its enemies within the party and without. The Democrats have elected three out of the four Congressmen, and probably the entire delegation. In the last Congress, the Radicals had three and tho Democrats one. This is but another link in the long chain of successes which were inaugurated last fall in the East, and the good work is destined to go on until every department of our State and National administration is placed in the hands of the Democracy. The hand writing is upon the wall in un mistakable words, and Radicalism, incompetency, dishonesty and cor ruption will bo doomed by the people of this country, who are not yet ready to surrender tho inhcritenco left them by their fathers. All honor ho to the noble freemen of California! Let the good work continue, and Oregon roll up such a i majority for the side of good govern ment, honesty and justice, as will make her voico heard even in the dark and rotten places in Washington City, and strike terror to the ruble which has held high carnival while the nation's very life-blood was be ing sucked out by a set of scoundrels who had by mere accident got con trol of the Government, and who have proved themselves tho worst enemies of our free institutions. Three hearty cheers for tho noble people of California, and then three cheers for Lafayetto Lane and the freemen of Oregon! Nut Much. The Oregonian regards the victory in California as barren, arguing that the Democracy did not get a majori ty of the votes over both the Radicals and Independents, and that next year tho latter wonld vote for the Radical candidate for President. Since the Oregonian. sold out to the Radicals and its managers have gone back to their former allies, it thinks that all the Independents have as little po litical virtue as tho Oregonian crowd. This it will find to be a mistake not only in 187G, but next month, when it will be demonstrated that but a few of tho Independents will be found to vote with the Radicals, and when the Oregonian imagines that its influence is so great, it will learn that instead of being tho oracle of tho In dependents, it is nothing, and that the people, irrespective of party, will look upon its treachery with contempt. - Should there be but two tickets in the field in 187G, the mass of Independent voters will support the Democratic candidate whether the Oregonian likes it or not. Men are not slaves, and a little clique like that which controls the Oregon ian cannot lead them back to the party they have left for its very rot tenness. Mark this prediction Mr. Oregonian. Shades of Murray, "Since Mr. Whitney has withdrew, kc -States man. Heavens! Send the new editor some grammars immediately. Amotillado. "Ah" said an Ore gon City connoisseur smacking his lips "this wine sir, is of 1842." "1842 Broadway?" inquired his friend. Sigxs of Weakening. The Ore gonian does not look upon the elec tion of Mr. Lane as "entirely im probable." Ab! indeed!. Theatrical. At last accounts Phil. Sheridan and a skater were the chief Attractions at New Market The ater in Portland.' - ; - r BANCROFT LIBRARY, OF CALIFORNIA, The Public Schools. A casual reader of the papers j would conclude that the Radical party - is the sole advocate and pro tector of our public school system. A more bare-faced and absurd claim was never set up by a yarty. It looks very much like the devil assuming a religious attitude and rebuking sin. Friends and protectors of an institu tion do not generally rob that which they desire to-foster. During the reign of the Radical party in . this State it is well known that not one cent of the irreducible school fund interest was distributed among the various counties. Since the Democ racy have had the management of that fund, Clackamas county has an nually received near two thousand dollars of the interest on that fund for the benefit of the children, and under the samo party the principal of this fund has been augmented abont a quarter of a million dollars in the past five years, besides the distribution of near one hundred thousand dollars interest. This in itself should be better evidence as to who aro the friends of public schools than any mere assertions of Radical scriblers. Since the Democracy has been in power, the Board has loaned no money that was not amply secur ed and the fund now is in a healthy and safe condition.- But how was it under Radical rule? AVe find that the principal of the fund was diminished rather than increased, and no interest was dis tributed as was provided by law. The natural question is where did the money go to? This is an easy question answered. The Radical Stato officials robbed the children of the money due them. The interest was stolen where there was any col lected. But the main reason why this fund did not increase during Radical rule is, that the State offi cials used it as a fund for the bene fit of its bankrupt partisans. They loaned thousands of dollars of this fund to party favorites on the most flimsy security and being partisans, the interest was never collected, and in several cases the notes were al lowed to become outlawed and the security entirely worthless. Thus thousands of our public school fund were lost. These are the facts that are beyond contradiction. Does this look as though the Radicals are the friends of our schools, and that they deserve again to bo trusted to manage this sacred fund for fn tnro generations? Certainly not. But this school question is not one for settlement at this time. Mr. Lane will be in no way connected with the school interests. If our Radical friends desire to make the comparison, however, at this time, we are prejiared to do so, and when their hypocrisy and rascality is ex posed to the public, they will regret that they ever made that an issue. The Democratic State Administra tion has shown its devotion to the public schools by fostering and car ing for the funds belonging to them. The Radicals while they professed to be friends, robbed that fund and the children never received a dollar's benefit from it until the Democratic party came into power. No teacher in this State will deny tho fact that the Democrats have done all they could to improve our rmblic school system since they camo into power, and to-day JVC find the general work ing of our public schools is much improved compared to what it was six years ago. This cry of Democ racy being opposed to our public school is a false and hypocritical cry of a lot of thieves who stole the mo ney when they had a chance, aud if the people will trust them, will do so again if placed in power. The Penn Monthly, speaking of the f n.-.cU of the Department of the Inferior, boldly says: "It might have been a national disgrace if, as has bien usual in previous administra tions, public sentiment hadi.nything to do with their appointment; for a Secretary of the Interior convicted of fraud is worse than an Attorney General suspected, or a Secretary of the Treasury laughed out of office for incompetency. President Grant, however, is alone responsible for the members of his Cabinet. No public sentiment suggested their names, for until the appointment of the majority it had never heard them. His, there fore, is the responsibility, if thev prove unworthy, and, when any one of them is acquitted of incapacity or dishonesty, his be the glory too. The Last Pitch. With gross dis regard for truth, and with low chi canery, the Salem Statesman says that Dimick and WThitney have with drawn from the contest. And this is the sheet that ha3 tho audacity to announce itself as the leading Re publican journal of the State. As a man said to the waiter at a Salem hotel, "If this is bread you have put before me, bring me a brick. I want something I can make an impression on." Notable Death. The Bulletin is ! no more. It died at Portland on the J 4th inst. Cause, Radicalism and its baneful consequences. Its mission, like the party it aimed to serve, is ended, and there are no mourners. Died. Judge O. Hnmason died at the Dalles on the '7th inst. He was well-known throughout the State and leaves many, friends to -mourn his deaths Peace bo to bis remains. . ... LETTER FROM NEW YORK. From Our Regular Correspondent. New York, Aug. 24," 1875. Nothing indicates to us city folks with more unfailing regularity the near close of summer and tho ap proach of autumn than the announce ments and manifestoes of the mana gers of dramatic companies, and the opening of the theatres. Two weeks ago the garden concerts of Gilmoro and of Thomas monopolized the field. Gilmore drawing by far the larger houses, indeed so far did he cut into the profits of the Central Park Gar den that there was danger that the organization performing there might have to disband for want of support. Fortunately that reproach to the taste and discrimination of N--w York was spared us. To-day's paper con tains the announcement of no less than eleven theatres. At the Acade my of Music we are to have "Around the World' a 'Romantic Comedy Spectacle' fouuded on Jules Verne's book of the same name; the samo piece has been played . for tho last week or twe at the Grand Opera House. Two other theatres are about to produce- one play, Rote Michel, which has proved the latest Pa risian sensation. At Robinson Hall we have French opera Bouffe given in an English dress, and at Wallacks the same thing. So it would seem that France though whipped on the battle field, yet sets the fashion on the stage at last. That the legiti mate drama is not quite forgotten and neglected is shown, however, by one or two announcements. At Booth's, Barry Sullivan, the eminent Irish tragedian will appear as Ham let, and Davenport will soon assume the same role at the Grand Opera House. Booth was to have played tho same part at the Fifth Avenue, but it is feared his severe accident, (ho was thrown from his carriage) may pi event his fulfilling his en gagement. Finally Rossi, the only rival, (and in that character it is said the superior) of Salvini will als'i personate the "Melancholly Dane' and other roles. The event of the week has been the return of tho victorious rille team from England, champions of tho world, for as they signally defeated at Dollymount the victors of Wim bledon, it is generally regarded as a fair conclusion that they would, if they had been allowed to shoot, have been successful there also. As it is they return pretty well laden with tho trophies of their victories. On Saturday a boat load of enthusiastic friends met the "City of Berlin" at the town bay, and the team received an informal though hearty welcome then. Yesterday the inevitable pro cession and speeches of welcome by the Mayor tc, took . placse in the (this summer) equally inevitable rain storm. In tho evening a con cert in their honor was given at Gil more's garden with more speeches, and sixteen thousand people as aud itors. The trip of the team has been conducive of much good feeling on the other side, for it made manifest that modesty, courtesy and skill were not exclusively European pro duets. It is pleasant to think the sentiment true, -expressed after sev eral victories of the Americans "how much more kindly we can take a de feat from America than we could from any other nation on earth." Sunday in New York always brings forth confirmation of the saying about Fatan and idle hands, last Sun day was horribly prolific in that re gard. The circumstances in the at tack on Mr. Noe are essentially dra matic. Locking himself up in his warehouse, to look over his accounts all alone, he herd a burglar forcing his way through the scuttle in the roof. Rushing up, a fierce strug gle took place on the roof. The burglar well knowing that a contest in a placo as conspicuous as that meant certain capture, pretended willingness to accompany Noo to the street. On the way down he drew his "jimmy" from his sleeve and struck Mr. Noe a murderous blow on tho head, fracturing his skull, left him bound ragged and bleeding. Not the least curious feature of this case is the cold "blooded apprecTa-" tion of his own danger and deliber ate measures for his escapo on tho part of the thief who had evidently not included murder in his original plan. Next most nearly allied to this as sault in some of its characteristics and yet widely differing from it, was the robbery of Mr. Peter Smith who was attacked in the street by ruffians. The thieves succeeded in their object in this case also and likewise added a possible murder by shooting a by stander. The third case is likewise one of attempted theft, but the per son shot and killed is suspected of having been the robber. The mur derous attack upon Ventura Ortiz, the Spanish sailor, was also proba bly the work of thieves. There aro two instances of death at the hands of policemen. Philip Koch, a re spectable citizen of Union Hill, N. J. was killed by clubbing and a des perado in Tenth Avenue in this city was shot while interfering with an attempted arrest. The rest of this frightful record ' includes ,tho vio lence of drunken brawls in which McMurray has probably killed a wo man by throwing her. down stairs and then finished his work by stab- bincr a man in the nrMr .. i i ... ,. , lultje time, deeply with a dirk; and the case f Frank McGoey who was mortally jured in a pot house brawl, but ,n not" suspect his condition till short! ! before his death in a hospital ! There "is also a case of' where shocking wounds were iafiict ed on a man and woman wit'i . ,. Some of the "big dailies" which ar,; never lacking in a theorv for any thing, try to explain this "holoc-inVt by the bad weather wo have had One of them says - "it is a fact Ion, since observed ami recently verified by statistics that an extended period of wet and gloomy .weather is apt to include an extra number of deaths by violence, and among these th November suicides of London l av,, almost become proverbial " ni i "Probs" l.asa resi)0asi resting on him if tins is so. jr J SUSlMAItV OK Si'ATi; Mys. The State Journal says: We under stand that the body of young Wat kinds, who was so fearfully outraged by Whiteman, near Jefferson, soma time since, has been found buried with a bullet iahis head. The school inarms and "Profs" of this State have - been holding a con vention at Salem. From what we can fflean, it must have beeu a kind of "Mutual Admiration Society." A gentleman from Pennsylvania U traveling in the Willamette valley and will visit Eastern Oregon, seek ing a locality suitable for the settle ment of a colony of two hundred families. lie is much pleased with this country. The Hillsbaro Independent hoists the name of Geo. M. Whitney, of Lane, as its candidate, for Congress. The second annual session of the Oregon State Grange will be held in the city of Portland, commencing on the 28th of tho present month. Tho Lafaj ette Academy , under tho management of Prof. Hewitt, com mojcod last Monday. Good news for beer drinkers Lano county has 2G0 acres in hops. A ludge lias been discovered r.eur the Coqnille, which averages 'Y-j sil ver to tho ton. The Pacific Steamship Company havt; decided to put on a line of pow erful steamers, to run from San Fran cisco to Astoria, that will make tho round trip in seven days, and chire about $15 fare in the cabin, and $10 in the steerage, and freights in pro portion. These sle .iniers will con nect with boats on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Albany's population is now esti mated at 3,UU0. Mr. Hess, lately of Dresden, In decided to open a banking hour-e ia Astoria, principally for the pr.rpoM; of making advances on cargoes nf wheat. lie will command for this purpose a capital of 3,000 ,000. The Astorian ways: Our adviVo would be to sell w heat whenever you can Jit 1 per LmimIic-I. The Secmtary of the Stab Agricul tural Society, says the Sfuft'.-ounn, tV sires u.s to .say that a premium .f 100 is offered for Oregon-hred run ning horses, mile heats, '2 in .", $"') entrance, to go with the purse. Three or more to enter th-! trial t be had on Monday afternoon, of Fa:r week. This trial is to till the pro gramme of Monday. It is estimated that Oregon will have live million bushels of grain hr export this year, and a Deinocrali-t Congressman besides. Itewon-citlc Tim:'s. The next regular session of tL Oregon School for Deaf Mutts will begin on Monday, October the 4th. The teachers, officers and general regulations will be the same as last year. It i's desired that all the pu pils be present at the opening of tho term. The Pendleton Trihitnc says that Judge Talliafero, w ho has for many years been a citizen of Wasco county, has been appointed' Indian Agent at the Umatilla reservation, vice Major Coinoyer, resigned. The Judge ar rived in Pendleton last Sunday even ing, and has entered upon the dis charge of his official duties. The rendlofon Trihtme has tempo rarily suspended. It will resume publication at tho Dalles about tho last of October. J)allas is to have a Young Men's Christian Association. Large quantities of grain are being received daily at the Koseburg ware house. A dry-honse belonging to E. P? Lashmutt, near Dallas, was burned last week. The stages bound south from Rose burg are crowded every night, and passengers are obliged to lay over. Several immigrant teams passed through Pendleton in the fore part of last week, looking for a place in which to locate. Fred. Waymiro and George Scott have been held to answer before tho grand jury of Tolk county for a ma licious assault on an old man named Caw. On Monday evening the. Portland Exempt Firemen's Association held its annual meeting for tho election cf officers. Sometime during Sunday night the store of Judge Archibald, at llillsboro, was entered by burglars, and the sum of $22G 25 in coin ab stracted. The thieves effected an en trance to tho building, through the rear. No clue has been obtained as to who are the perpetrators. Judge O. Humason's many friends will be pained to learn of the severe illness of that gentleman at his house in tho Dalles. Last Friday evening the residence of John Tipton, near Roseburg, was completely consumed by fire, tne inmates barely escaping with their lives. The fire is supposed to be tne work of tho horse-thieves who have infested the country around the base of Mount Scott for some time The flames were first seen i the smokediouse where ro fire has been used for months. . .Phil.. Sheridan's team broke down on the way io Vancouver. -