THEJNTE
OKEGOJ CITi-, OR t'GO.V, OCTOBER 11. 1S75
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Congress,
LAFAYETTE LANE,
Of Douglai Count-.
IU11LIU SilAKINU.
lion. 1j. V. Lane, Democratic candi
date for Congress, will address his 1'el
low citi7.ens at the following times and
places. tcHwit :
Biker t'itv October lth
Canyon City " -1st.
Opposing candidates are invited to
join him.
VOTE!!
Upon the people of Oregon, the
election now at hand devolves an im
perative dnty. Every good citizen
must remember the importance of
the work before him. Wo do not
make this appeal merely as perfunc
tory discharge of duty, but in deep
appreeiatiou of the obligation incum
bent upon us, by reason of the posi
tion u public journal holds in coun
selling the peoplo in matters apper
taining to their welfare. It is our
duty to nrouso citizens to a sense of
their obligations at this time, and to
endeavor to infuse into them a warm
vital interest in their own affairs. We
look upon it as of less consequence
how or for whom you vote than
that you do vote. The legal voter
who wilfully neglects to go to the
polls and cast hi ballot, no matter
for what party, covuaits an unpar
donable sin, partaking in its nature
of a parricidal crime against his
country. The troublo with our po
litical system is the growing indif
ference, if not to say aversion with
which certain classes regard the ma
chinerv of elections. Certain of our
farmers say they can't afford to lose a
whole day by travelling miles mere
ly to cast their votes, and others
that this election is only f or an un
expired term and of no great impor
tance. Such lukewarm, indifferent
meu are the kind wo hope to reach
and arouse. The election before us
is perhaps at first sight of minor in
terest, but when we look beyond
mere appearances, wo tind it pregnant
with events of a most important type.
It is the harbinger of the great pres
IvVutial election which will soon
claim our attention, and which ever
party now manifests the superior
strength, that party will be the dom
itant power, not only in this State,
but throughout the United States in
187G. From this election we are to
learn whether the Oregonians en
dorse corruption and extravagance,
or wlu-thei they repudiate the Radi
cal office-holders and yearn for a ca
llable and economical government.
Wo consider the- cause of our politi
cal troub.es tho neglect by citizeus
to exercise the elective franchise.
This neglect is violating a duty, and
there is no necessity of quoting from
ancient history to show that it is the
logical antecedent of tho ruin of the
republic. The peoplo of Oregon are
within n few days of an election
whoso importance to d.preeiate
would be a crime. Voters, let noth
ing interfere with your being t the
polls. Democrats, we most earnest
ly call upon to recollect your duties,
cheer up your indifferent neigbor,
create an enthusiasm within vour
party ranks, and we will carry this
State by a majority that shall ever
be a by-word in its political history.
The Same Thing Again.
Wo see it stated that Senator
Mitchell (generally called by the
Urenoiiian, Hippie) is canvassing
Eastern Oregon for Mr. Warren
What a glorious spectacle! Hill and
Mitchell workiug for the success of
the same man! Which has surren
dered, Hill ov Mitchell? That is the
question now. If Mr. Mitchell can
come all the way from Washington
aid Warren (and we think it would
havo been better for him to have
stayed away) is it not a natural sup
position that if Warren is elected it
would be an endorsement of Mitchell
and a condemnation of the Oregonian
crowd? It nr-t assuredly will be.
But there is no danger. The people
ouce sinched a Hippie candidate, and
they will d so again on the 23th of
October. Warren is the nominee.
not of the Oi jonian clique, but of
the Custom-house Ring, and his sue
cess would bo a defeat to the former.
while it would be a most complete
endorsement of the latter. But while
the people aro at the business of re
pudiating their "beloved" Senator,
they may as well give the Oregonlan
a taste of their disapprobation of
treason and treachery. It is a strange
thing to the uniuformed in the mys
teries of Radicalism how such gentle
doves as Mitchell and Hill can lie
down together and sleep in the same
political couch. Bat the rest will
be short, not sweet, and on the 25th
of October these laborers of love for
the same object will rise to read the
verdict of the people: "No Mitchell-
Hippie; ro Oregon um treachery
Roth repudiated and forever con
demned." This shall be the verdict!
Wall.v Walla. Fair. We ac
knowledge tho receipt of a compli
mentary ticket for the fiist annual
fair of the Walla Walla county Ag
ricultural Society. From what we
bear, we predict in every particular
a succensf ul fair.
Radical Deception.
The Radicals are attempting to
create the impression in the minds
of the peojne that tlie present Admin
istration is in favor of hard money
as the currency of the country. This
is the most barefaced piece of impu
dence we Lave ever known a party to
be guilty of. Its whole history givesi
the lie to this profession. In the
first placa it was the Radical party
which brought into existence the
rag-money. In the next instance,
when it was well known that a judi
cial decision as to the legality of the
trash would be adverse to it, the
Administration packed the Supreme
Court in order to get a favorable de
cision in its behalf. This would in
dicate that the Radical paTty was in
favor of the present currency with
out further evidence.' But that is
not all. Finding that its financial
policy was unpopular before the peo
ple, a Radical Congress niado a false
pretense toward resumption, and an
nounced to the people that in 1879
they would resume specie payment!
and at the same time did nothing
calculated to bring about this end,
but passed an act to regulate bank
ing. This act provides for the issu
ance of nearly double the amount in
bank notes more than there is in ex
istenca in greenbacks. To make the
point more plain, when a person has
U. S. Bonds to deposit they can get
bank notes to the amount of 90 per
cent, on the amount deposited, while
the Government retires 80 per cent,
of the greenbacks. Thus it will be
seen that should the -whole amount
of the present issue of greenbacks be
supplanted by bank notes, the coun
try would havo ten per cent, more
than tho currency now out. These
bank notes are the same as green
backs, they being a circulating rag
money. This act was passed the
same session the resumption bill was,
and shows the hypocrisy of the party
in power on this great question. The
fact is, the Radical party is managed
and controlled by the financial sharks
of the country, and for their benefit
this infamous banking system was
passed. If we are to have rag-money
in circulation, it is just as well to
have it direct from the Government
as to allow, while the people are pay
ing interest on tho bonds, tho credit
of tho Government for the payment
of the notes. Wo say, if there is to
be paper money in circulation, for
which the Government is responsi
ble, let it be issued by the Govern
ment, and not by money sharks.
This Mould not bo so barefaced a
fraud if tho bonds, when deposited
in the U. S. vaults would cease bear
ing interest. But as the financial
policy of the Government is now car
ried on, the bondholders secure in
terest on the bonds deposited, and
have tho Government endorse for
them on a paper currency, on which
they realize interest in addition to
tho bonds deposited. To this indis
criminate banking system tho . De
mocracy object as seriously as they
do to. further inflation. Tho Democ
racy is opposed to making anything
but gold and silver the currency of
the country, and when they shall
again take charge of the management
of our Government, it will return to
the only propei currency, which is
gold and silver.
But while we may be in favor of
the return to specie payment, it is
necessary for the Government to do
its part toward it, so that the country
may not be thrown into bankruptcy.
This can only bo done by retrench
ment and reform in the management
of our General Government, and as
long as Radical extravagance prevails,
so long will it bo utterly impossible
to return to specie payment. Let us
then, have a change in the National
Administration, and with it will come
e blessings of economy and a re
turn to the fundamental principles
upon which our system of govern
ment was established by the fathers
of our country. This can never be
under Radical rule. Corruption, in
competency, tlislionesty and extrava
gance are too deeply seated within
its organization, and the peonle must
drivo it from power or the country
is lost.
Tlie Prospect?.
I- rom every part of the State we
have the most cheering news of the
probable result of tho approaching
election. In Southern Oregon, the
Democracy will have a larger major
ity than ever before. Marion and
Multnomah will give a greatly red uc
ed majority for the Ring candidate,
w hile ashmgton will give a major
ity for Mr. Whitney, and it is confi
dently believed that every other
county in the valley will give Mr.
Lane a plurality vote over the other
candidates. Columbia county will
stand off Tillamook and Clatsop,
while Linn will balance Marion and
Multnomah, thus giving the Democ
racy the entire majority of Eastern
and Southern Oregon, which will
not be less than 1,500, with everv
prospect of from 300 to 400 in the
valley counties. Let Democrats turn
out and make the victory most com
plete. Every Democrat has a duty
to perform on election day. Let him
see that he performs that duty faith
fully. No business should keep any
voter from the polls.
Yes. Warren is no politician. He
has only been in office since. 1SG4,
twelve years, and yet he is no politician.
Why Mr. TYarren Should be De
feated. The election which takes place on
the 25th inst. is one of great impor
tance, and no voter should look up
on it with indifference. "It is not a
question as to whether "Warren, Lane
or Whitney shall go to Congress,
but whether the people are ready to
endorse tlie l-eaeral crew wuicu is
running Mr. Warren. It is an issue
between the public and a ring which
has controlled the nation, or whether
Oregon will follow in the steps of
the other States, from Maine to Cal
ifornia, in repudiating the 'corrup
tion at Washington, and condemn
the tricksters composing the Ring in
Oregon, in their unprincipled efforts
to gain the success for Mr. Warren
bv a most barefaced and infamous
fraud upon a large portion of our
people. This alone should be enough
to cause every independent and hon
est voter of Oregon to cast his ballot
against the Ring candidate. But he
is also pledged to support and en
dorse the Federal Administration.
Let us see what that endorsement
is: It is the approval of the most ex
travagant, corrupt and infamous Ad
ministration that has ever governed
this nation. It is the approval of the
Credit Mobilier "frauds; the Indian
Ring, which has been robbing the
nation of millions annnually, and in
consequence of this robbery, has
caused the death in our own State of
some of the honest pioneers; the
whisky Ring; the straw-bid Ring for
mail contracts; the Jayne Sanborne
moiety swindles, and, to quote from
a recent complication of Radical in
famies, the party of Pomeroy, the
party of $10,000 Harlan, the parry of
Colfax, the party of Landaulet-and-Outrago
Williams, the party of Dela
no and his son John, tho party of
Mr. Richard Safe-Burglary Harring
ton, the party of Do Golly er and Mc-
Lellan's $5,000 Garfield, the party
of Jay Cooke and of his silent part
ner in the Finance Committee of the
Senate, John Sherman, the party of
the Force Bill, the party of Kellogg,
of Packard and of Casey, of Clayton,
of Dorsey and of Spencer, the party
of Durrell and Busteed and Charles
T. Sherman types of infamy in the
annal3 of American judiciary the
party of Moses in South Carolina,
and of Ames in Mississippi." These
Mr. Warren is pledged to endorse
Tho Custom nonsc platform says
the Radicals of Oregon endorse them
and it now becomes the people to say
whether they will sanction and ap
prove of this endorsement bv their
votes on the 25th. If they aro ready
to give their sanction to this list of
rascalities, let them vote for Mr,
Warren; he is the representative of
the party which has been guilty of
them all; if not, then cast your vote
for Hon. Lafayette Lane, who stands
pledged against these crimes upon
our fair name as a nation.
The result should not be looked
upon as a personal matter between
the voter and Mr. Warren. It is a
matter between the voter and the
party which Mr. Warren represents.
If the acts of the Administration arc
such as to meet the approval of the
voter, then let him cast his vote for
Mr. Warren; if not, he should cast
it against him. The Administration
with all its infamies is on trial, and
the voter either must endorse or re
ject. To voto for Mr. Warren is to
endorse; to vote against is a blow at
the fountain-head of all corruption,
U. S. Grunt and his administration.
The Ohio Election.
Tho returns received to the hour
of going to press from the Ohio elec
tion, indicate that the Republicans
have carried the State. This is what
we expected from the moment the
Democracy planted itself upon an
inflatiou platform, and for a lesson
to the party, we are more than grate
ful for the result. This will put a
stop to the Ohio politicians' visionary
ideas being brought into the National
Convention, and will place the party
where it stands, on a hard money
platform. Ohio is somewhat noted
for its new departures, and whenever
she has taken one it has resulted in
defeat, and more than once her bane
ful influence has been detrimental to
the party at large. This is no time
to try experiments, and we hope the
Ohio politicians have learned a les
son which will prove of lasting bene
fit to them. But tho result in Ohio
has been gained in a great measure
by the use of the Federal corruption
fund, aud tie great fight, on the
Radical side, was made in that State
hue we regret to have the great
State of Ohio go Radical, we cannot
say that we had any interest in the
fight. It was & trial, not of Democ
racy, but of Inflation; and Mr. Infla
tion got handsomely slaughtered.
Iowa, ns usual, has gone Radical;
but indicates a reduced State major
ity.
Mixed. From the articles in
Cii r .i
the
uiuitjHHiH ior uie past weeK, we
should judge that the editor must be
uu "uo uig tirunus. we are
mformed that he ha been in an unfit
conditiou for Budiwielder to take
him around as "hi frightful
ample."
ex-
An irresponsible carpet-bagger at
balem persists in saying that Mr.
lane is opposed to the public school
system. He will find that such false
hoods will not win in Oregon, if they
A Day at the State Fair.
On Tuesday 'we made a day of it at
the State Fair. The grounds outside
the fenco are occupied by people
"tentiug on the old camp ground."
Wo are led to believe, from the pres
ent appearances, that fully as much
will be taken in at th a gates of this
fair, as were this year at the State
fair of California held at Sacramento.
We write of only what we saw on
Tuesday, things may have improved
since then.
The fair seemed to us to be made
up of side-shows, a kind of epluribus
display. " Thegreat, the only
. v
Rice," "the World renowned Circas
sian sword devourer," "tho biggest
ox that ever draxced the breath of
life," "the red-liot chewing candy,"
"the celebrated grizzly that inhabit
ed the lofty crags of the Rocky Moun
tains, amusing himself by leaping
from peak to peak." The startling
canvass drawings of Hottentots be
ing devoured by alligators, and Arabs
hunting "the king of the Numidian
sands;" the seedy individual who
calls ont "walk right up ladies and
gentlemen and examine the celebrat
ed little Kn Klnx eye-opener! Each
and every purchaser guaranteed sat
isfaction or coin refunded. Roll up!
where is the next man to bo made
happy for life?" and then the music
bass drums and cymbals predomi
nating, harmony playing second fid
dle to muscle; all these things com
bined, wesay, make quitean amnsing
show, but as for tho fair proper, at
least on Tuesday, wo can only say
that there is room for more articles
room for improvement. State fairs
aro like circuses having seen one,
yon have seen them all. Tho same
big turnip, the carefully selected
corn-stalk, the pound apple, the lazy
bulls the sleepy pigs all tho same
at every fair, from one end of tlie
map of the United States to the other.
The people, too,' who visit fairs are
always of a similar type. The old
farmer it his new store suit; his
prim wik in her stiff gown; the
blooming daughter with her many
colored ribbons, and nocorset; sham
bling " steady company," with im
mense hat, gaping by her side; gam
blers, jockeys, and thieves complete
tlie picture, and make up what is
called tie fair.
Wo visited at their respective stalls
the famous "flesh," Twenty-Ono and
Foster. The trainers of theso ani
mal are very reticent concerning a
race between them, but the quid mines
whisper confidently, that before the
end of the fair these "fliers" will bo
brought together. Tho race between
Rye Straw atd Laura Glenn, was a
languid affair. .Pools sold live to
one on Rye Straw's favor, who won
in two straight heats, and making
very poor time.
Mr. Wilkins, the President of the
State Agricultural Society was un
well and failed to make tho custom
ary long-winded annual address.
Before closing this account we
feel that to overlook the Clackamas
county dried fruit would be a great
injustice. It is neatly packed in
glass boxes, many of which have in
serted letter made from fruits. On
every hand it is acknowledged that
Oregon City has, in this Alden dried
fruit, contributed tho principal fea
ture to the fair.- The fruit is in
every person's mouth (in one sense
at least) and everybody is proud of
the display. .That Clackamascounty
will get the gold medal is a foregone
conclusion.
Is it So? We hear, it rumored
that Hill, in consideration of his
treachery to the Independent party,
besides the bursting of tho Bulletin,
was baited with the promise that he
should have the Radical support
next fall for U. S. Senator. We
doubt the report, yet there are
strange things happening these days
of Radical trickery. How will this
seton Crawford, Scott, Dolph, Mitch
ell and others.
Not Much. Mr. Warren, with
nearly two-thirds Democratic majori
ty against him, would not amount to
much in Congress if the people of
Oregon should be so foolish as to
send him. He would amount to
nothing, arid the people might as
well have no Representative at all.
ne would be but a tail to Mitchell's
kite, and draw his salary. That's all.
But there is no danger of his election,
if Democrats will only do their duty.
Disbaxd. The Radicals have made
their boast that tho Independents
were terribly beaten in California,
and ought to disband. Now it hap
pens that for Lieut-Governor the In
dependent candidate got 2,403 votes
more th?ln the regular Radical can
didate. That is rather rough on the
Radicals. Oh, disband the rotten
organization. The people are sick
of it.
Mr. Warren publishes a letter to
the people of Coos and Curry coun
ties, in which he tells them how
much good he could do, if he were
in Congress. The people of that
section will trnst one who has a bet
ter knowledge of their wants than he
has, owing to his long residence
among them. Lane will get 300 ma
jority in Coos and Curry.
The "Washington Standard is the
first paper in Washington Territory
to adopt a steam press. Of course
this paper is a supporter of the Democracy.
Gov. Grover's Speech at Stipp's.
On last Saturday Governor Grover
addressed an enthusiastic meeting of
the Democracy at Stipp's school
house on the Upper Molalla. Tho
occasion was ono of Democratic re
vival. Tho old standard-bearers
gathered in from six or eight miles
around. The Governor said that tho
true Democrat was never at a loss to
know where he stood. His party was
the party of the Constitution. It be
gan with the Constitution. It had
lived with tho Constitution, and it
would die only with the Constitution.
Some changes had been effected in
that instrument; some lawfully, some
in tho midst of civil war and the
smoke of battle, in an irregular and
perhaps fraudulent manner. Bat
these amendments now stand by the
right of revolution and are accepted
by tho Democracy as a part of the!
fundamental law of the country. The
Democratic party now, as it always
did, supports the Constitution as it is.
Tho issues of the Avar were defi
nitely settled. The Democratic party
moves forward to recover tho inter
ests of the country as they once ex
isted, to establish them in a sound
and flourishing condition.
On the currency question the Gov-
ernor stiowea tuac me jemocraiic
party had originated and sustained
all the hard money sentiments that
ever existed in tho country; that par
ty had contested step by step every
departure from this policy. Tho
Democracy had resisted the issue of
greenbacks as unconstitutional; had
opposed the establishment of national
banks as unconstitutional; had op
posed flooding the country with an
irredeemable paper cucrency, and
had denounced tho policy of infla
tion. It is now suddenly proclaimed that
tho Republican party is the cham
pion of hard money and the foe to
inflation. He said that acts speak
louder than words. What are the
acts of that party? During Grant's
administration the paper currency of
tho country has been steadily in
creased more than 100,000,000 be
beyond the enormous volume which
had been issued during the war; and
this, while the Republican party in a
period of profound peace und pre
tended retrenchment bad had exclu
sivo control of every branch of the
Federal Government aud a two-third
majority in both branches of Con
gress. IIo made a 'merciless dissec
tion of tho act of the last Congress
for the pretended purpose of resum
ing specie payment on January 1st,
1379, and showed that instead of its
being a measure of contraction and
gradual resumption of specie pay
ment, its purpose and effects were to
multiply national banks, which al
ready exceeded two thousand, to in
flate the paper currency, and in the
promise to furnish silver coin instead
of fractional paper currency, the sil
ver coin would bo bought by brokers
and shipped ont of the country, and
after the destructien of the fractional
paper currency, the people of the
Eastern States would have to return
to postage stamps for change, as they
did soon after tho beginning of the
war. The direct action of this bill
of inflation under the name of specie
payment has been to reduce green
backs from 90 cents to 80 cents on
the dollar an approach to resump
tion of specie payment indeed ! The
Republican party, with its character
istic insincerity, was advocating one
policy and following the reverse.
The Governor discussed tho tariff
question, which ho illustrated by
many familiar examples of home in
terest. He said that the interests of
tho Pacific States are now as produc
ing regions, and always would be
bound to the policy of free trade.
He then commented upon the des
perate condition of the public service
under Grant. He said that the affairs-of
no department of the General
Government could be probed without
reaching the deepest corruption.
That self-exposed depravity and
maladministration had become so
manifest that every issue of the daily
press throughout tho land made a
fresh exposure. That the cost of all
this extravagance, corruption and
maladministration had raised the ex
penses of the General Government
100 per cent, above what it was be
fore the late war for the same servic
es, not including any allowances for
interest upon the public debt or for
pensions and liabilities growing out
of the war. This was monstrous.
If Grant was honest he was careless
or imbecile; for he either had no
power over his appointees or shared
their corruptions. Tho people had
determined upon a change. You read
that determination in the elections
of last year, in the late votes of Cali
fornia, Kentucky and Maine. You
will read it in the vote of Oregon on
the 25th inst. The word among the
people is that we must have a change,
and there will be a change.
He discussed our ship-bnilding in
terests; touched slightly on the
school question, and closed his
speech of an hour and a half with
thrilling exhortation to the Democ
racy to rise up as one man in the
support of Lane for Congress. A
true representative by inheritance,
education and choice of the great
principles which he had been discus
sing. Many old Democrats, at the
close of this speech, gathered around
the Governor, and with hearty shakes
of the hand, assured him that that
section was all right for Laae.
LETTER FllOn NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondents
New Yokk, Sept. 28, 1875.
The Indian Summer is now here,
and so is the epizootic; but let us not
treat of them jointly and together,
but severally and apart. And let us
first consider the Indian Summer.
This institution, as is well known to
tourists and British note-book mak
ers who pay flying visits to our met
ropolis, is a delightful meteorologic
al, baronietic, thermometric, hygro
metic state occurring but once in
each year and generally, yes, I may
say, invariably in the Fall. It is en
tirely independent of the Summer
proper, and if the Summer proper
doesn't come, or comes improperly
(as was the case this year) that makes
no difference to the Indian Summer.
As soon as the timeallotted toSnmmer
proper in which to have his say has
passed, old Indian Summer is sure to
lear on the scene with a whoop,
shaking his leafy wampum and bran
dishing his aerial tomahawk. The
tourists and "mem." makers above
mentioned have a fashion of describ
ing this season as a lonely time when
the rays of the sun (still high in the
heavens) tempered by the soft haze
that bathes everything in its mild
embrace, still warms the blood to a
grateful glow, while the cool balm
of the air at once invigorates and
soothes. "Ah! that haze," say they,
"who shall describe its dim trans
parent beauty, who paint the soft
distant purples by it given to the
hills, who fitly sing the bright glor
ies of the new-born morn, or the faint
beauties of the vesper sky, which
seems to blnsh when old Sol tucks
himself up in bed just the other side
of the Jersey flats?" That's all very
jioetical and nice, especially the last
part, but that's the Indian Summer
that was when Pocahontas, and Min
ehaha, and Leatherstocking, and Red
Jacket, aud all the other scalp-lifters
and Indian "fanciers" that never ex
isted (at least as we know them)
bossed the ring. The season has
changed like the savage but noble
redskin, and now we have the Indian
Summer of. Shack-nasty Jim and
Scar-faced Charley, of the Modocs
and Young Crows, of Delano and of
Saville. Tho soft breeze that used
to kiss your cheek, bearing in its
breath the bitter sweet of the half
ripe butternut, now grown to a full
sized wind, whistles through your
insufficient clothing with a keenness
that can give ingratitude five points
in seven and beat it every time; and
the poetry -inspiring haze has devel
oped into an everlasting and driz
zling mist that embraces tlie very
marrow of 3'our bon?s with a caress
like that given by the pincers of an
inquisitor in Spain.
Now for tlie epizootic. We had it
here once before, and so bad that nt
one time there wasn't a horse-car or
an omnibus running in the city. It
"went west," too, and that with such
an overwhelming and all-embracing
rush that nothing can equal it except
the next Democratic victory. This
time it is much milder, and the
horses are not prevented by it trom
working; but when one of them
sneezes, I should advise you to be at
least as far off us across the street.
The Democratic convention at Syr
acuse passed off without the custom
ary humorous speeches; everybody
seemed to bo too much in earnest to
make jokes. Rishard Schell raised
tho only laugh of tlie session by
moving that the convention "dis
pense with further rolling of the
call." This was like the Cambridge
professor, who, lecturing on Political
Economy, remarked that the value
of silver was increased by its large
use in the manufacture of "sporks
and foons;" or of tho earnest but
careless Methodist preacher who
spoke of "the dogs that licked the
sores that fell from tho rich man's
table," or of the excited theoligical
student preaching for the first time
who announced his text as follows:
"And immediately the cock wept,
and Peter went out and crew bit
terly." The world moves fast here. We
have the rapid transit scheme (on
paper), the fast mail and quick ocean
passage. The fastest. time ever made
by an ocean steamer was accomplish
ed by tlie "City of Berlin," of the
Inman line, crossing from Queens
town in seven days and eighteen
hours. This vessel is. with the ex
cept:on of tho "Great Eastern," the
largest afloat. The fast mail is car
ried by a train running from New
York to Chicago at an average rate
of forty-five miles an honr inciuding
stoppages. It leaves here at 4:15,
a. m., reaching Cleveland, Ohio, at
7:30, r. m., the same day, and Chica
go at G:55, a. m., the next, thus al
lowing the inhabitants of that enter
prising city to read ut breakfast the
New York papers of the day before.
The bustle about the Centennial ia
daily increasing, and the squabbling
over space has already begun. Ire
land demands a space for itself, being
an independent nation in desire, if
not in fact. The old time rivair'
bet ween Boston and New York is not
lessened by tho approaching contest
for the palm of superiority. A "run
ner" for a house in the former city
was having a little blowing match
with an employee of a rival house in
this city the other day, "Hear my
inuendo," said the New Yorker, "wo
have sold so many of those goods
lately that in making out the invoices
alone we have used over six hundred
dollars worth of ink." "Tell your
folks," said the Modern Athenian,
"that our houso gave orders to omit!
in the correspondence relating to that
liue of goods, all points punctuation,
and in that alone we saved over eight
hundred dollars in -ink." The New
Yorker looked at him for a moment,
said to him, "You're a harp struck
hy lightning," and walked away.
The Yank mused a moment with a
puzzled air, and at length asked me
what that darned Democrat meant
by that. I suggested that New York
considered him "a blasted lyre."
Boston 6miled gratefully and asked
me over to Stewart's to eat an olive.
H.
SU3IMAHY OV STATE MiVVs
Dr. C. C. Strong has been appoint
d as physician in charga of th
Good Samaritan Hospital at Port
land. l
Some East Portland hoodlum,
feasted on the Chinese lf.i;J.
placed on the graves of departed ce
lestials, one day last week.
The Baker City Democrat of tha
4th instant says:" On last Monday
J' AY "Virtue ran a gold anJ
silvpr 1-kfiolr i
......... ..v., wim j,mr dollars to
the ounce, weighing G47 ounces (I,-
DricK, worth four dollars t
nee, weighing 017 ounces, th
of the four days' rnnofth
itvimi ui me iour nay:
Ureen .Discovery mill, from
jiscoery mill, iroin twi-
trom
Greeu's Ledge, in Rye vallev
J is plenty more rock there of
There
mc Bimic ui i. -j. ne mm is in good
running order, and will be kept con
stantly at work ponnding out tho
precious metals. Both the Green
and Monumental ledges are devel
oping very rich. The future of th9
Iiye valley mines, from present indi
cations, are very bright.
The assessor finds that the total
amount of property in Jackson coun
ty to bo 1,908,910; amount of in
debtedness and exemption, 599,0G3
amount of taxable property, $1,3C9
877, which is about 5,000 in excess
of the assessment by the assessor of
last year, with Lake county includ
ed. The commissioners' court last
week levied a tax of 20 mills divMeJ
as follows: State tax, G mills;
school fund, Jl mills; conutj' funds
8 mills; building fund 2 miih.
This levy is 2 mills higher than last,
and the State tax being 1 mill mors
now than then, the county tax is
consequently raised but one mill.
A teachers' institute will be held
at Baker City, commencing Novem
ber 1st.
The Astorian learns that the O. S.
N. Co. has secured a tract of land at
Astoria for wharf 2urposes.
Grounds are being surveyed and
laid out for the use of the lighthouse
at Coos Bay, and a fine garden plat is
included therein. A road from South
slough is also to be surveyed and
run through to the lighthouse, which
will prove a great convenience.
Total valuation of property in Ben
ton county, as per assessment of 1875
S2.011.337", against $1,4G2.502 in
1871. Levy for 1875, is 15 mills,
against 21 mill last year. Amount
raised for countv purposes last year,
$18,281 27, against 11,2-13 85 thi
year.
The academy, Marshfield, Coos
county, is fast approaching compila
tion, and looks already quite at
tractive from its commanding site.
The trustees deserve much credit for
the energy disfdayed is not only con
tributing but collecting funds for
this desirable undertaking.
From the Albany Democrat we aro
informed that a yonng woman in
male atttire was promenading around
the fair grounds the early part of tho
week, but being warned that her
disguise was known, and that an offi
cer would "nip" her, she disappear
ed, at least in that garb. She waj
thought to be respectable, bnt was
certainly very foolish.
Oregon Presbytery will meet in
Salem, in the Cumberland Presbjte
rian church, Thursday, 11th inat.,
at 7 o'clock r. m.
The buildings for church prcrposf
being built by the Methodists and
Episcopalians, at Pendleton, are both
nearly finished.
The taxable property of Umatilla
county amounts to about 1,000,000
in value. The tax levy this year is
21 mills on the dollar.
The following is a synopsis of the
census returns of Douglas county:
Number of legal voters, 1,370; males
over 21 years, 1,413, males under '21
and over 10 jears, 811; males under
10 years, 1,025; females over 18 years
1,212; females under 18 and over 10
years, 1,041; total G,147. Acres ef
land cultivated, 30,031; bushels of
wheat raised in 1S73, 270,338; bush
els of oats, 200,000; bushels of bar
ley, 27,245; bushels rye, 42; toD8of
hay, 13,104; 2onnds of wool, 375.1S1;
bushels corn, 22,205; pounds of to
bacco, 80; bushels of apples, 115.216;
bushels of potatoes, 24,773. Num
ber of sheep found in 1875, 102,386;
swine, 10,425; horses, 3.S52; rattle,
12,087; mules, OS. Feet of lumber
cut in 1874, 13,243,700; pounds of
cheese made, 7,545; butter, 77,580.
Roseburg' population is about COO.
Gardner Citv ranks next with about
200.
The census returns dace the pop
ulation of Jackson county at 5,423,
and tho number of legal voters 1.2'J.
Acres of land, 102,210, of which there
are 132,010 improved, and 55,200
acres unimproved; average value per
acre of improved land, 4 3S; of un
improved, 1 25; value of town lots,
40,000; value of improvements on
same 204,305; merchandise and im
plements, 283,025; money notes,
accounts, sale of stocks, etc., $3v
G45; household furniture, carriages,
watches, etc., 55,958; number of
horses and mules in the county,
3,872. total value of the same. Sb
G23; average value per head, b,
number of cattle in the county, 10,
240; total value of the same. 11U-6;
average value per head, 11 34; num
ber of sheep, 18,330; total valued
tho same, 47,102. average value per
head, 2 50; number of swine: IV
834; total value of same, 2G.804;av"
i i i co fi total
erage value per head, - l"
value of property in the county,
1,008,040; indebtedness of the coun
ty, 383,7s9; exempt from taxation,
215,321; amount of taxable VVeJ'
ty in the county, l,3G0.87v, being
about 5,00 in excess of the assesa
ment of last year, including that por
tion which is now Lake county.
The Plaindealer is informed that
Mrs. Cora Young, wife of JJ1
Young, of Myrtle creek, met
, . ..r n.. ftti liv a
norriDie aeaiu. on - -",
tree. The tree fell across
her
legs, mangling her in such a
i,f ci.a At in a few n
ours.
She has only been marrried to . .
Young a few months. Her
Mr.
Her parents are
name was Willett
late of California. t
Mr. John Cox and Part?' ,bfi 0f
prospecting last July on the he 0
the Santiam and Clackamas , njer
discovered a hot spring on the u
of the latter stream. h?tain
this spring is suppose.1 to co
valuable medical properties, ana
hot enough to cook with.
A true bill was returned ion Tn
day by the Portland grand 1 jn
cblrging C. H. Cameron ..the sewing
machine agent, with having emlz
zlod 600.