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THE ENTERPRISE. OREGDX CITV, OREliOX, SEPT. 17, 1875. , I ,, T T I I M DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Congiv?, LAFAYETTEULANE, Of Vangla. County. ri'HMC SPEAK I xc; lion. L. F. Lane, Democratic cnndi date for Congress, will address his fel l3W citizens at tho follovjng limes ami nlaces. to-wit Ttoseburg. .......... ptemberl6th 18th KneneC'ity Albany rorvalli-4 21st 22d Balla Lafayette Hill-ilxiro Oregon City. S ilem. . :v Portland'.'. 'Astoria The Dalles Pendleton Weston Jja(rande Union Baker City Canyon City Opposing candidates join him. 23d 25th 27th 29th 30th October 2d 4th 7th 11th 12th loth Kith lth ' . 21st. ure invited to Official Incapacity a Crime. i The patience and forbearance of the American people i. indeed of a most elastic nature. A blundering President, stumbling into new dif ficulties, with drunken indifference as to results, if not actually applaud ed, is by the great bulk of the Re publican party pointed out as a model. "Well I believj) Ue is per sonally honest," says tho New York Tribune. As if we ever had a Presi dent who was not; or as though per sonal honesty is so rare a quality among us, as to entitle it? possessor to immunity for all otlir failings and faults, and to tho most conspic uous plaos in tho Government. A man receiving an appointment, or the majority of votes for an office which he cannot competently fill, commits a fraud upon the nation by accepting it, just as much! as the man who does not understand typogra phy imposes upon anlLeditor by drawing an expert's wage 1 In such a stale of thin J it is easy to see how the public service natu rally and inevitably becomes cor rupt. Nothing but uttci demorali zation can come from sue . low esti mates of duty and responsibility. It is not strange that with suqh a "nerve less grap" of the true coliception of what belongs to faithful .7ld honora ble service, loose and ilsponsible method, and careless and orrnpt ad ministration should be largely in vogue. Now, if it ha only on the ground Warren's right to go to Congress. If ho lias a conscience it must tell him that he is incapable (f fulfilling a high .trust; that he laiks, in fact flvprr tliinrf tlinf. in 11 rtnfrtr . J II w helps to make a CongrVuuan, and that ho will bo perpetratirg a theft on tho national treasury by receiving pay for work undone. Strangely enough, the Oregonian which is sup posed to be ono of Mr. Warren's most ardent supporters,! inconsist ently says "the subject ofiofficial re sponsibility should bedilctly agita ted until the neededlJeform is brought about." If this subject be squarely brought beforo the people, what will become of tho "Republican nominee? If he is to 1e made re sponsible for even his own acts, much less those of his subprdinates, such a reform will end oiily in the collapse vf the gentlemamf rom Yam hill, ft Tho present is a good VJie to make a new departure, to settle beyond controversy this question of official accountability and capnv.ty. and It it bo done at the ballot box in Octo ber. Tho man, let us repeat, who accepts an office for which he is un fit and knows he is unfix commits a crime against tho State, and draws nnearued money from its treasury. Sinecures are robberies; and in competent public officers through whose inefficiency or negligence the State sutlers. are as much criminals as they who take advantage of their remissness to plunder the tax payers .And rob tho State. The impulse iu favor of administrative reform will have accomplished little of perma nent advantage unless it establishes as a rule of political actioa the prin ciple hero laid down, that official in capacity is a crime; not a mere weakness but a positive pronounced crime. Bettei: Late -Than Never. Al ready tho fruit of the Democratic victory in California is manifesting itself in Oregon. The E ening Jour nal, a heretofore Independent paper, not to be behind hand in the general rejoicing that is to take place next month among the Democrats, has alLwcV itself to thlt party and lias uow become one of the warmest sup porters of Mr. Lane and the time bonored Jeffersonian principles. Welcome. A force of men left Sacramento last week, headed by Cbas. Cadwal lader, resident engineer of the Cali fornia and Oregon railroad, with the necessary outfit to survey the line of that road from Reading to the Ore gon line. The Record Union hays it w understood to be the-intention of the railroad company to connect the California and Oregon riilrcad with n.e Oregon Central railroad as soon as possible. That "Barren Victory." The Oregonian argues that the De mocraey of California have Avon a "barren victory," from the fact that tho vote cast was not a majority over both tho other candidates, and says that that State will give her electoral vote to the Radical party. If Dr. Hawthorne has lost one of his patients, he must bo the editor of the Oregonian. Even were it a fact that the Democracy did not have a ma jority over both the other parties, no logical argument can bo produced why the Independents would go back unitedly to the Radicals next fall. But let us see this '-barren victory." By the latest returns re ceived, we find that Gov. Irwin has received 52.SG3, Phelps, Radical, 27 G33; Bidwell, Independent 23,8G5; total vote for tho Independent and Radical candidates, 51,498; Irwin's majority over both, 1,465. We like this kind of "barren victories." Now let us see what else did the Democ racy get by this "barren victory." They have carried nearly almost every county in the State, the excep tions being so rare that they are not worth mentioning. The "barren victory" elects State Senators, Dem ocrats, 12; Republicans 3; Independ ents 1 and Independent Democrats 5; giving the Democrats a majority of 3 over all the others. In tiio Assem bly the Democrats have 51; Repub licans 11; Independents 3; Inde pendent Democrat 1; giving the De mocracy a majority of 30 over all others. This is a rich barren victo ry, in fact a regular bonanza, and nothing but a subject of the asylum could see it otherwise. Wo don't want any but "barren victories" if they count up liko this. Tho bull com mitted by tho Oregonian would not be so ridiculous had not all the small fish Radical organs copied the article and consoled themselves that the great Mogul was sane on tho re turns and that the California election simply argued a grand victory for the Radicals in 187G in that State. In fact that it was a kind Providence that showed them that iu the saddest affliction there is rejoicing and even a triumph. How does the Oregonian and its dupes liko the "barren victo ry" by this time. Give us another chapter. Do. lather Thin. Our friend Warren is making claims to the laboring voters of our State on the ground that he is a laborer and farmer. Well, so are many others, who aro able to own farms and collect tho rents thereupon. He regards Mr. Lane ss a politician. Well, let us see. Mr. Lane has served one term as a member of the Legislature, a position which was money out of his pocket. Mr. War ren, in the last twenty years, (he has been hero twenty three) has had two terms of Sheriff ; wasa member of tho Legislature and eight years in the U. S. Land. Office, making eighteen years he has been in office out of twenty-three. Ho is not sat isfied with this, but now asks again to be mt in public position. If there is a chronic office-seeker in this State, Henry Warren will be pointed out as the individual. Wo have no objections to Mr. Warren's aspirations, but it is rather "thin" for him to say that any other candi date is a politician when he will view y ears his past record of eighteen office holding. If that does not entitle a man to bo designated as a chronic-office seeker, as well as holder, we do not know tho meaning of tho words and cannot understand the plain English language. Don't try to play farmer any longer, but come right out and say that you are a chronic-office seeker and can't do without the public teat. The .Most Chcefcj-. The Salem Statesman, since it pass ed into the hands of the carpet-bagger from Nebraska, has shown more brazen impudence than all tho other Radical papers put together. Jn fact, it has no regard for tho truth whatever. Last week it announced most positively that Dimick and Whitney had withdrawn from tho canvass- A day or two afterwards it reads a lectnro to tho Independents that they should disband, from the fact that their leaders did not make a respectable fight in California. It had better counsel the Radical party to disband. In California, like every where else, the Federal patronage is used to carry Radicals through, and Ave all know that in a State like California, it has an im mense influence. Now let us see which of the parties did the better. The Radicals backed by tho San Francisco mint, Custom houses, post offices, TJ. S. Marshals, &c, re ceived (as per our latest reports) 27.G33, Independents 23.8G5; Radi cal majority .over the Independents, 3,703, or scarcely the number who hold Federal offices in that State. If any one should disbaud, taking California as a bau, it certainly looks as if it should be the Radicals. Tiiat Nebraska carpet-beg ;rer will learn after he has lieen in Oregon a few months that the people are not a set of f'ols. and that they are as capable to judge of matters as he is. Sagacity or "Piegax Phil." When he went to the Grand Rondo reservation L left Mrs. S. No. 2 at Salem. Itathor Crooked. It is an old saying and rather true, that if a man has any crooked spots in his history, all he has to do is to run for office, and they will be made public. We should never have sus pected that Mr. Warren, whom we know to bo so bitterly opposed to secret societies, could have ever been "one of 'em." Mr. Warren was born a British subject, ard came to the United States about the year 1847. He resided in New York and Missouri, and in 1S52 came to Oregon. He was appointed and acted as Deputy Sheriff of Yamhill county before he was naturalized. So it appears he has had a hankering after office ever since he has been in Oregon. Well, to be popular, in 1855, when the dark-lantern organization known as the Know-Nothing party was started, Hon. Henry Warren sought and gained admission, to its fold. He took the oath that was required by that organization. We do not know what it is, but those who have taken it say that it requires a native-born American to be qualified for mem bership. Mr. Warren being of Brit ish birth, we cannot see how ho could take this oath. But ho did take it and became a member of an organiz ation whose only object was that no foreigners should hold office in this country, and that they shouhl not be naturalized until they had lived here tweuty-ono years. This was Mr. Warren's idea of free government in 1855, and we have no reason to sup pose that he has any greater respect or sympathy now for foreigners (he being ono himself) than he had then. We ask our foreign-born citizens to stop and consider this matter a little. Are they willing to vote for a man who once took the oath that none but native-born citizens be allowed to hold office, and that they should be required to live in this country twenty-one years before they be al lowed to vote? Do they propose to endorse this doctrine? By voting for Mr. Warren they do so. Respect for their intelligence and manhood should dictato to them to cast their votes against him. Ilcartl l"rom. Old Hammond, the clown that burlesqued religion by his ridiculous proceedings on our streets a short time ago, has returned to San Fran cisco. In a report of his trip, before tho Young Men's Christian Associa tion of that place, ho said that "Ore gon City Avas by all means the hard est placo he had visited ; the press there was particularly low Avay down." Whero the reputation of Oregon City is knoAvn, this monte bank cannot effect it; but in order to show how hard a place Oregon City is, wo Avill state, for the benefit of thoso abroad, that there is not a more peaceable, quiet and orderly people on the face of the earth. It is true, they did not take after Ham mond. They have too much sense and respect for religion to bo taken in by such ridiculous show and clownishness as was exhibited by him. The place has a population of 1,300; it supports four regular churches, and ono tAvice each month. There is not an arrest made for city offenses once in six months, and our city jail has not contained a half dozen white men for misconduct in that many years. If this is a hard place, it Avonld be a good thing for this blasphemous slanderer to show us some of the moral places he has christianized. As to the press being low, Ave need not take any issue with him. Tho public is a better judge between us and our accuser. One thing Ave can tell this hypocrite, that the people of Oregon City Avill bear comparison with him or any of his kind. Farewell, dear Christian friend. May wo never see your like again. On Dear! A short timo since, the Oregonian which of late has no political sense Avhatever, said that all a Radical has to remark to a Demo crat when he mentions the result of the California election, 'North Caro lina.' We had supposed that there Avas a point to this reply, but since the meeting of' the Constitutional Convention of that State, we are at a loss to see it. It was triamphantly claimed that the Radicals had 'scoop ed up' the Democrats and carried that State. But the glorious visions of Radicalism of late vanish as they aro approached. This is tho case with North Carolina. Tho conven tion Avas organized by Democrats being elected as its officers- Has the Oregon tan heard from North Car olina? The result in North Caro lina Avas eA-idently one of those "Bar ren Radical Victories." Chance for a Bkt. A correspon dent to the Willamette Farmer speaks in this complimentary strain about Oregon: "I have not seen 'a lean and hungry looking Cassius' that I would not dare to trust since I have been here." Wo are prepared to lay a small wagr that his visual organs have not rest.-d upon the new editor of the "Oregon Oracle." i T 11 il IT l riniiA4 n . . who is coming Granger, writes to Oregon to edit i mac ne expects tart from JJes Moines for this e - i -t, with two car loads of Iowa imu:..-rants, by- the 15th inst. He says part of the immi grants may stop in California, but e i . . I 4 1 . inusi oi tnem tieMgn Oregon. ouurwTl UF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. "A Christ Killer." In this goodly toAvn, says an ex change, a little girl of Hebrew pa rentage, on returning home from school, said: "Father, Avhat is the meaning of Christ killer?" "Why do you ask, my daughter?' said tho parent. "Because while one of the girls Avas angry at me to-day, she called mo a little Christ killer." It is needless to say to the reader that volumes are embraced in this incident. It illustrates in tones un mistakable, the impudence and in justice of thousands in this land of civil and religious liberty. It illus trates the blindness of that ignorance which fails to realize the true history of tho Hebrew people. It ignores the light of history. Omitting all allusion to the grand tenets of Chris tianity in which wo are humble but sincere believers, it sinks into the oblivion of prejudiced ignorance the grand truths of Hebrew history for 1S75 years. It fails to grapple Avith the sublime truth that to the Jewish race, more than to any- other source, we are indebted for the preserA-ation of historical archives, learning and letters, during the centuries of dark ness; that to that raeo in Spain through hundreds of years, civiliza tion owes its preservation, and other countries in Europe debts of grati tude mountain high, in the long road from barbarism to wealth, elegance and refinement. It spits upon the fact that Jewish beggars and drunk ards are as rare as lepers. It refuses to know that the Jewish poor never in any country on earth become a charge to the public. It forgets that for 1S75 years the Jcavs have, Avith a feAV exceptions, been a persecuted race. It refuses to acknowledge that the Jew s have all this timo bpen the friends of humanity, the patrons of science, of learning, of commerce and of liberty. It ignores the fact that tho Isrealites are tho merchant princes of the Avorld, Avhether we take them in Paris, Berlin, London or Ncav York. Despite the gibes and flings of unthinking men, women and chil dren, no Hebrew has any cause to hang his head in sliamo when com pared Avith tho best of any other race. A people who have introduced to tho Avorld a Heine, a Rothchild and a Disraeli, have no causo to blush. "A nation Avithout a country," they have done as much and aro now doing as much the world over as any other nation to break down the bat tlements of hate, and spread over the Avorld peacef d intercourse and and genuine humanity. The Ameri can Mason of to-day may go to any Masonic Lodge at the uttermost part of tho earth, and enter the portals of that great embodiment of benevo lence, and there, as a friend and brother, tried and true, he Avill be heartily Avelcomed by the Hebrew. These thoughts rushed upon us while reading tho above incident. It is sad to realize, in this age, that thoughtless prejudice is allowed to sway the judgment of our children in matters so sternly appealing to our sense of justice and our knowl edge. How much tho beam from our better to pluck own eye before worrying about tho moat in the ey es of others. "A Max for the Fr:oimi." The Oregonian- well says: "Mr. Warren makes no pretentious to oratory". 1 an h il I Reporter. Agreeing thoroughly with tho Or egonian and Reporter Ave modestly ask, merely for the sake of informa tion, has Mr. Warren any preten sions of any kind, and if he has, is ho justified in entertaining them? To admit that a man Avho aspires to a seat in our National Legislatve Hall "is no orator as Brutus is," sounds like recommending a man as a blacksmith because he has no mus cle. If avo want merely a stuffed coat as the Oregon Represcntatvo in Congress, we see no reason Avhy Mr. Warren should not receive a plurali ty of the votes, or at least run as well on that issuo as any- man in the State. But if it be the desire of the majority of the voters in Oregon to have a man who Avill conscientiously look after their best interests, avIio Avill be at all times ready to take up the gauntlet of debate in her be half, who is a ready and forcible talker, and a man of whom no voter in either party need be ashamed, there can be but one result, and that is that Lafayette Lane be allowed to Avrite "M. C." after his name at the close of our coming election. Important Decision. Judge Fields of the U. S. Supreme Court, has decided that legal adver tisements published in a patent out side, or a paper printed part at home and the balance abroad, is not a le gal notice; holding that the patent part being printed first, it is issued from that office and not the place Avhere it purports to be printed and issued. This is an important decis ion to litigants, as several of our State papers are printed on the pat ent outside plan, and may lead to trouble in the future should the mat ter ever be tested. Ask asd You Shail Receive. It Avas his first appearance in a saloon, and wishing to appear like an old "rounder" he marched up to the bar i with a pompous air, and in stentori J an voice inquired "What have you?" LETTER FROM XEW YORK. From Our Regular Corresromlont. New York, Aug. 31, 1875. Affairs are too pressing, business too engrossing and life to earnest in this oar country, to allow us to in dulge in landmarks, historical sou venirs or places associated Avith or suggesting traditions. The "March of Progress" is too rapid to bo stayed by considerations merely- sentimen tal. . These highly philoso2)hical re flections bubbled from the eloquent lips of your correspondent, much to the edification of an appreciatiA-o au dience consisting of a boot-black and a cheffon'er, ts ho stood in front of what Avas the old Fulton Street Church, now a pile of bricks and mortar dust. Hero for years Avas held that world celebrated prayer meeting. Here, as in the lamp OAer the altar, the sacred flame of prayer was never extinguished, and at all times of day, men of business, avo men going or returning from market, clerks, in fact all kinds and condi tions and men Avould drop in Avith their parcels and bundles, and there would unwrap the thick and heavy folds of their every day nature and take a peep inward to see if their souls had been smothered or not. But the lot on which stood the old Church, bounded as it is by Fultonf William and Ann streets became too valuable, and the sacred pile had to come doAvn. This it did A-cry easily till the iconoclasts came to tho stee ple, but that was a different matter. Broad, deep and strong, it Avas built in good old Burgher fashion and de fied the efforts of picks and hammer, though backed by good Irish muscle. So they called in science to their aid and science put its foot in it. A "scientific" young German architect suggested that tho foundations be re moved and choked up Avith lumber and a lire built under the timber, "that" he reasoned "must inevitably bring about tho decadence of that steeple." It did. He reasoned not wisely but too well. It tumbled and ono end of the old structure defiant even in death, went through the brick Avail of the southern boundary of a neighboring store, and a avoiso smashed lot of furniture hasn't been seen in this ton since Sing-Sing Jake got on his last spree. But the immediate benefits of this progress and improvement are some times rather difficult to bo appreci ated; for instance during the rule of Il'ng in this city a large "constitu ency" Avere employed in building tho boulevards. Streets built in tho most expensive and solid man ner but leading no Avhere in par ticular, and some of them having hardly a houso their whole length on either side. At the SHine time t!;c streets and avenues in the busy part of the city were being paved with an experimental Avooden pavement Avhich in tho case of some of the ave nues, began to wear out at the lower end before the upper was finished. For the past year or two, Seventh AA'enne, one t.-f the main approaches from down town to Central Park, and designed for light carriage travel has been nearly impassible, having come to a condition worse than a bad corduroy road in Virginia. The present Board of Public Works, at whose head is that able Engineer Gen. Fitz John Porter, have made most of the limited means at their disposal, and have filled up the pits witli broken stone, sand and pebbles. The result is an even roadway, but I think a stranger driving over it for tho first time Avould be puzzled in trying to guess tho object of tho city in building a street like that. It is in fact unique. "Progress and improvement" are also to lie reported concerning Gov. Tildeu's crusade against the Canal Ring. Tho once all-powerful, ex Assemblyman "Jarve" Lord has been put under arrest for bribery of leg islators. He, however, received himself tho greater part of the bribe money, as Avas to bo expected. Pub lic opinion is unanimous in support of the Governor's course, and Avith tho numerous suits, investigations and Avhat not, it is getting hot for the ring. On Saturday- tho new Post Office was taken possscssion of by the De partment. The building, although it has been the object of much se vere hostile criticism, is a large and rather imposing structure, and af fords accommodations as well for tho United States Courts, U. S. Dis trict Attorney kc. The boxes are 5,7'.5 in number, having a metallic doors Avith locks and keys, besides a large number of (".rawers arranged under them. Peculiar and con venient aro the arrangements for the newspaper exchange delivery, con sisting of two alcoves with 38U large boxes, the bottom of each box being in an inclined position, so that the papers Avithin Avill fall directly into any receptacle placed at tho door, when opened. There is also one let ter drop for each State in the Union, and below it is one for tho metropo lis of each State. By means of tnis arrangement ono half tho time of mailing is saved, and letters Avill now be receiA-ed at this office half an hour later than heretofore. The business of the money- order department last year in the New York post office alone amounted to thirty-four mil lions of dollars, and it is steadily in creasing. Barry Sullivan reappeared last evening after an absence of several years, at Booth's Theater in Hamlet, and E. S. Davenport assumed the same role at the Grand Opera House. An immense crowd of Emerald Is landers gathered in front of Booth's to greet the former actor as he passed along; and the GOth (Irish) Regi ment attended the theatre iu uni form. This together with the deco rated boxes, the spirited national music, and the Celtic animation of the whole vast assemblage, gave it j an uncommonly Dniiiant appearance H. SU3IMAKV OF STATE SHIVS.' The stage-driver, Dan Smith alias Armstrong, Avho eloped with another man's Avife and who is supposed to have robbed the U. S. mail beyond Rosebnrg, Avas. lately arrested in Tex as, and is now being brought to this State for trial. Lafayette Lane is knocking spots out of Warren on the stump. There is a prospect of tho flouring mills being reopened at Milwaukie. The Itemizer appears as a half sheet this week. Trout, grouse, grain and fruit are abundant. Dr. C. C. Strong, Visiting Physi cian of the Oregon Insane Asylum, in his report for the quarter ending May 31st, submits the following facts: Number of patients received since March 1st, males, 13; females 5. Males discharged, 2; females, 8. Leaving in the Asylum, Juno 10th, 1875, males, 143; females, 54. Total, 197. The Astoriaa says Hans Anderson, of Nehalem valle3-, has prepared a stalk of timothy for transmission to Connecticut, in answer to a challenge from an editor in that State for some one to beat a stalk grown there meas uring three feet. The stalk prepared by Mr. Anderson measures eight feet 'four inches. Mrs. Walker, the mother of two bright children is making it a prac tice to get boiling drunk in the streets of Portlaud. On Sunday afternoon a boy named Thorpe, living in Portland, was icci dentally shot in the arm Avhilst hunt ing near Milwaukie. Tho moral is apparent. An Oregonian offers to furnish fir boards one hundred feet long and twelve feet Avido for the Centennial Exhibition. What other country can "plank down" such wonders as this? Church sociables appear to be monopolizing the time of the relig ious Port landers. The total tax, exclusive of poll tax, for Multnomah county this year is 143a mills on tho dollar. The Democrat says: Mr. McCrav.-, of Silverton, called yesterday, and informs us that he has just completed a tour of tho prominent agricultural counties of the valley, ami observed that harvesting Avas generally later than that of previous years. He says fall grain is better than usual, but spring sown grain is generally a-cry-light. Notwithstanding the lateness of tho harvest, he thinks at least two thirds of the grain has already been harvested. Dr. J. II. Thessing, of Milwaukie, calied ono day this Aveek, Avhile in this city on important business. Dr. Thessing i.s agent for a firm in Eng land which lias decided upon invest ing in the salmon canning business of the Columbia liver near Astoria. Theso parties propose to bring Aith them men and families in numbers sufficient to carry the business along without having to resort to Chinese for help. Asturian . Albany is boasting of its Avaier power and future manufacturing cel-t-britv. What chance has Oregon City g't ? Flour is firm in San Francisco, at ;?5 25 to 75 per barrel. Wheat, nominal, range of .2 10(?,2 15 per 1O0 lbs. Hurst, Gray iv Co. have just com pleted their large and substantial grist mill ot Corvallis. Juvenile burglars haAC been ply ing their profession in Portland. A correspondent of the Baker City Ieniocrat, Avriting from the Cornuco pia mining district, says: They Iuiac struck it rich in the Hussey and the stock is selling at $5 per share, and not any to be bought at that price. If you Avan t to live in a canvas house, buy Avater at 83 50 a Aveek, pay Sloa cord for Avood in the summer and from 25 to $10 in the winter, and make from 8 15 to 8100 a day. come to Cornueopr'a. Lumber is selling at 8150 per thousand feet. Everything is dear, but there is money hero to buy Avith. It seems from tho following from Baker City that there has been a small bank suspension at that place. The Democrat of September 8th savs: We regret that tho recent panic, caused by the failure of the Rank of California, has made it necessary for the temporary suspension of business by J. W. Virtue, banker of this city. Wo publish elsewhere a notice "of assignment for the benefit of credit ors, and for a meeting on or before Monday, Sept. 20, 187."), of said cred itors, at the office or C. M. Foster, to accept said assignment. We are in formed that the assets are 8113,000 over and above all liabilities, 'and that as soon as sufficient of the same can be realized, creditors will receive the same; and there is every reason to believe they will bo paid in full, and that our esteemed friend, J. W. Vir- will resume business at eaily Peter Labour, of Io.va, who came to take a" look at Oregon la&t spring, has returned to that State for the purpose of closing up his affairs there, and Avill return to Clatsop county- to reside in future, bringing Avith him, perhaps, several other families from that inhospitable re gion. The Depot for Forest Grove will be built on A. T. Smith's farm, Mr. Smith having donated a piece of land 300 by- 1,200 feet for the use of the company for railroad purposes only. Tho agreement contains the Grove liquor clause, prohibiting the sale of liquor on tho premises, and other restrictions. The company Avill ex pend about 810,000 for " improve ments. A cinnabar mine is reported to have been discovered on one of the tributaries of the Santiam, Avhich turns out metal "superior to thcNew Almaden," of California. From a private letter dated Klam ath Agency, Sept. 1st, Ave glean the following items: Health of the place very good. Things in general running along the old beaten tracks. The authorities that be at Washing ton are cutting down expenses, sal aries, etc., and several employees are making their arrangements to leave. The largest piece of sawed timber ever manufactured Avas discharged at San Francisco lately. It Avas cut and planed by Benton k Holmes, of Port Blakely, and measures 150 feet in length, and 10 by 18 inches in thickness. Through its entire length there is not a single knot visible. tf.i.i:c; R A Kill C N r.fcvs. Postoffiee discontinued Snl v ity, Marion county, Orvon vY masters appointed Louis F jt , man, Milton, Umatilla counK- A Marcus W. Walkers, Warm Si? Wasco county, Oregon. " San Fkancisco," Sept. H.-pi of Nevada by tne 1 t proximo an l ilia Avnoft:itinn nf ' . expectation of early resumption the Bank of California l. by- tended tto increase a confident feelinfT in business circles, and large trails' fers of coin from the treasury anV receipts from the mini Lave'ki favorable effect. a The action of tho National Ool,l Bank and Trust Company iu accou plishing a gradual resumption in" stead of hoarding coin against a for mal openingf have been of niateri tl assistance to tho money market This institution is now doing a en oral business, Avith no signs 0oAnv run upon its resources. The syndicate of the Bank of Cali fornia is continuing preparations for resumption, Ailh no special new de velopements to report. Greenbacks S5 buying, SGj; sell iug. Washington, D. C, Sept. 11. strange Indian story comes from Montana. It is charged that tho Government has paid 8500, Q00 in ten years to support Indians who do not exist on Amorieon soil, and Avholonr since removed to Canada. The story" Avhich is claimed to be authentic, is that before gold was found in Mon tana, that country was inhabited bv Blackfi et Indians. This nation is divided into three tribes Blackfeet Bloods and Piegans. It avtis the cus tom for the agent of these Indians to visit the country- once a year, distrib ute his supplies, and return to tho States the same season. As gold seekers began filling up the country, the Indians moved north across the British line. For ten years not a Blackfoot Indian and not OAer live lodges of Blood Indians have been on American soil, save in the form of parties visiting this side to steal stock. These Indians do their trad ing at British posts, and are supplied by the Canadian government. There are still about 1T0 lodges of Piegmi Indians, Avho spend part of their t'ir.e this side of the l'ne draAving supplies from the United States, and they mainly live on British ground with the Bloods and Blackfeet. The rea son they have not lived oxclusivelv north of the line is that they hae been r.t war with the Assinabuin In dians. But a treaty has been made, and Avithin a .year t he Piegans will bo off American soil. During tlio ten years past. Congress has annually appropriated 850.000 for the Black feet, Bloods and Piegan Indians, and agents have been sent to these In dians at a salary of 81, ""JO a a-ear each. In the office of the cWii-i-sioner of Indian affairs may bo found returns of there agents for ten Aears for 850,000 per annum. With thfs- returns will be found endorsed ah- slracts of issues in which are the names of the Blackfeet and Uleod chiefs, signed to Avhat purports to ho recviits for immense ouantitirs ef I supplies and inventories of tooths x - - whil e not a solitary Blackfoot and not over five or six lodges of Bloods have been on ti.is side the Jh;e. for ten years, and during that tinar. ) U. S. Indian agent tvor saw a Black foot Indian. These names have lcea put then.' by the agents and cleik. An inspector visits this agency onco a year. He sees a few I'iegans ahor.t and is told the Bhiekfeet arid Bleeds are hunting buffdV es, RaI.I.KWI, N.C.i-Vpt. 11: Follerr- ing aro tho principal ordinances in- trodueed in the convention to day: Abolition of the office of Lieutenant j Governor; p;-epaym nt of poll tax m a qualification lor suh'rage; aho'jt;on r of the township svsttm. and restoia- tion of the courts ot Common pleas to prohibit in and quart o r ses s i o n : termarriage of races, and fixing civil rights and social equality before tiio law, from the Democratic standpoint. Tho Republican side of the house introduced an ordinance that no con vention should hereafter be called unless tho question be submitted to the people. Poktlano, Me., Sept. 13.-rort-land gives Conner (Rep.) 2.41!. Roberts (Dem4 2,-"51; Democratic majority, 115. against last year's Republican majority of If 53. Twenty towns give Conner 5,020, and Roberts 4.000; forty towns give Conner 12, 170, and Roberts 11.381. Last year the same towns gave a Republican vote of 10,5X51 and a Democratic vote of 8,7(50, showing a Republican ma jority of 180 in 1875 against 2,105ja 18(4. Sixtv towns give Conner 15, 102, and Roberts 13,730; last year the Republican vote avos 13,357, and the Democratic vote 10,185. PoiiTSAiorTir, N. II., Sept. 13. The Democrats elected Moses H Goodrich Mayor of this city to-day. by about a hundred majority, and six of the ten Aldermen. Washington, Sept. 13. The Uma tilla Indian agent being in doubt, has inquired of Commissioner Smith as to his power to permit the Nevada and Northern Telegr.qdi Company to build their line across the reser vation on.llio Meacham creek roail. The commissioner has notified him that there is no objection Avhatever to the building cf the line on the reservation. Salt Lakk, Sept. 13. Tho rail road is completed to Alfa, near the Emma, Flagstaff and other promi nent mines, and a train ran in there to-day. San Fr.Axcisro, Sept. 13. It seems probable now that tie reopening of the Bank of California will be delay ed beyond tho 15th, probably until tho opening of the Bank of Nevada, about the 1st. pros. E. J. Baldwin was to-day unani mously elected director of the Bank ! of California, to fill a vacancy, m consideiation of the fact that ia.u win is one of the largest creditors oi the bank, his election is consider significant of the favorable progress cf the efforts of the syndicate toward resumption. s . , Augusta. Me., Sept. ll.-OIhcval returns from 20 towns give Conner 3.000 majority. The Democrats have elected 13, and perhaps 15 Senators, the Republicans probably 12. Washington, Sept. 14. Postmas ter General Jewell lias appointed x B. Tnttle and D. H. Jones ronte agents on the Columbia river, oe twecu Portland and Astoria,5 Oregon. Weatheecockjsh. There is a man in Salem as irregular in his moot.s rs the latin verb "to carry."