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I' O o o o o o o 0 o o O o o o o O o G O o o o o o o o O o O O o o o r x 3 J u : v. 3 K fcw. nKHiiiN CITY. OREGON. JUNE IT. 1S7G. ELFXTIOX. Tho returns from this county are ccminj; in slowly, and it will be im possible for us to give anj-thing definite in this issue. Returns so farr.dicate that the Democrats liaTe elected the Senator, oue, and possi lIy to, of the Representatives, Treasurer, and School Superintend ent. The Republicans electing the balance. Ecldw wo give a summary of the total vote for each candidate: I'KOSECUTIXU ATTOISXEY. R. Stott.Q 831 r. II. Strong. SOI O SENATOR. F. O. McCown 742 John Myers 845 i:ei'kesextatives. J. II. Lambert 721 J. W. Graham 719 JjW. Cochran. . . . .753 Ilenrv Will 757 J. M. Libbv 714 C Ringo 710 J. M. Reid 747 Straight, Jr S02 commissioners. Jacob C. W. A. R. W. r. Bauer J ;ik Shipley lJouglas yur.vavv. J. T. Appcrson A. C. Bailey ( LI.1CK. ,w. ir. ii. i outs H. Ii. Kelly x::i:A.sn:i:i. S. L. R'ovcijs J. P. Ward Sf'IlOuL fiUi'EiilNTENDEXT K. 1). Pope J. W. SC-llwood as.sj;.ssoi:. . SIS .SIS .b01 .G32 .S01 .504 .805 M. Ramsby.o. ' J, W. May svkveyoi:. S. L. Campbell O w l .1 I n- rOKONEK. Chas. Knight S. D. Howell . Democrats. Slump S'iteakin. As a rule we consider the jaunting about of candidates from precinct to precinct fur the purpose- of black guarding one at.other, of very minor importance in an election. In ninety nine cases out of a hundred, the can didates themselves will tell you that Uiey do not think they changed a single vote, unless in favor of their rival. Representative men from each party, according to the present polit ical custom, are expected to go out into the arena, and the life and excite ment of the campaign is gauged by the amount of Glth they dig up and throw at one another. We have often thought it strange that respectable gentlemen, as the candidates very often are, should unhesitatingly re sort to such questionable practices. We wonder if they feel no qualms of conseieTiee when they consider that their ascendancy is entirely owing to the beating down of the opponent? Gun it be any sincere satisfaction to the lucky candidate- to get office only because ho inado his opponent ap pear a blacker sheep than himself? Truly,' to climb into office oa the shoulders of a downfallen foe is a very different thing than being car ried there on account of true merit, upon the shoulders of honest voters. Candidates oftentimes upright re ligious gentlemen will on the stump resort to all the pettifogging of a third rate criminal lawyer or the tricks of a pot-house politician. Charges, for which there is in truth but the faintest color, will be made by these rival aspirants against one another with the assuranco of truth am assumed sincerity." This is the unhealthy slough in which American politics now lies. Our representative men are made to wink at falsehood and gaiu pix-fer-ence with voters by their ability to "throw mud." The gaping hearers grow less and less satisfied with having the vital questions whether of the nation, State or county ex pounded from the rostrum, they olook at that rather as a place for personal lliugs and the display of closet skeletons, and the candidates are to Idn.-re for it. As long as per sonalities are avoided aud the canvass conducted with courtesy on both sides, "stumping" is of avail and will bear good fruit; but when it degen erates into a raking over of past mis steps and the reading of only the clark pages of an opponent's biog- apuy, it ueeomes a disgrace to American politics and an argument suCieicut to keep all honestly dispos ed people from taking any more ac tive part in the settlement of great national questions than the mere casing cf a ballot. Personal cam paigns will drive our best people from the Held of politics, a place in which they are needed more than in any other sphere of life, and we hope that it will be borne in mind by can didates in future that when thcy start out to make their canvass every thing of a personal nature should be eschewed if they wish to gain the esteem of respectable people. The Eastern Oregon editor who so kiikily advised us to "bag onr head" displays so little brains in thus ad le.s.sng a superior that Ave feel satis fied 'that his noddle is of a size that O might easily be hidden by his wife's t hi ml do "t"1 ' iT7l i 1 i H 'H nil I Our Own CouiitiT. The corruption attending every de- i There are two things at the present partment of public service, both in j writing upon which we wish to eau the United States government and j tioD people not to be over hasty in through thy several States of our ; passing judgment. They are on the Union, is undoubtedly great. Rut, when citizens allow themselves to make unfavorable comparisons of our governments with those of foreign countries, they go too far. The United States to-day, with all the badness of her public servants, stands to the front of the nations, and affords the only hope of perpetuating any thing like freedom - in the world. The odious comparisons we speak of are most frequently made between the United States and Great Britain. Such comparisons are generally made in gross ignorance of what is trans piring in Rritish dominions. If Eng lish newspapers from London to the remotest province are to have any credit at all, the amount of stealings from the hard earnings of the people j in that wonderfully pure country, and its several provinces, is almost beyond calculation. When Simon H. Holmes shows to the local Legisla ture of the little province of Nova Scotia that the province has been swindled out of 1,290,000 in the building of the Pic ton railway, it does not fill several columns in the newspapers as it would in the United States. The Halifax Chronicle and Eastern Chronicle each make a short note like they would to tell of some local accident, and the whole subject is dropped as ono of the every day occurrences. Rut look at England, herself. Think of appropriating millions of the public money at a time when people are starving, to the private uso of those who never did render, nor ever pretended,. to render any public service; wo allude to the support of what is called the Royal Family; think of one of these profli gate Royal Children having spent the millions allowed him by English law for being tho useless child of a Queen, and also run several millions in debt for gambling; think of the Queen asking her Parliament to pay off those gambling debts, and of the Parliament complying. Has anything that has been charged, or thought, or dreamed of in our country, been quite as disgraceful ? These transac- tions would be nothing to us if there were not men of our own citizens who habitually refer to England as a proper example to use in these times of general corruption, and so indi rectly weaken the patriotic attach ment of our people to a country that in spite of all faults, has never had an equal in the world. A Precedent. By a good majority the U. S. Sen ate has decided that it has jurisdic tion in tho Belknap case. It is now settled that "William Belknap will be tried for the high crimes and misde meanors of which he is impeached; his malfeasance has been exposed, the indignant rebuke of a betrayed people has fallen upon him, and, so far as he is personally concerned, no public interest would be likely to suffer should he be allowed to retire to that obscurity from which Presi dent Grant so unwisely dragged him a few years ago; but the principle involved in tho question whether the Senate has power to try a private citizen for his conduct when a public officer, reaches farther than this dis graced ex-Secretary. It is now forever settled that a public official with tho conuivanco of the Executive cannot shield himself from tho legal conse quences of his acts by shipping out of office before a high court of. im peachment can exercise jurisdiction upon him. It was generally thought by the people that the President having accepted his resignation Belknap was beyond impeachment trial; but a Republican Senate having listened to tho arguments, both pro and con, has decided against the general opin ion, and has established a precedent. Something of the kind was undenia bly needed. What we have wanted more than anything else has been this very decision, which will hold public officials to a rigid accounta bility, and make it understood that punishment follows clearly proved misdemeanor as surely as the night the day. Officeholders of tho pros ent time appear to regard themselves as above the law. They would fain be a law unto themselves. But when ono of them gets before the U. S. Senate on impeachment by the House of Representatives, thero will hence forth bo no doubt of his getting a trial. We are glad that a decision has been made; and coming from such lawyers as Edmunds, Thurman and Sherman it cannot be questioned. The people breatho more freely now that they know that no corrupt ad ministration can hereafter have the power to shield one of the officers from punishment by helping him out oi omce ueioro a warrant can be serv ed upon him. Last week the editor of the Mercury did us the honor to read ono of our articles so attentively that he actual ly discovered therein a typographical error. We are pleased to note any disposition on the part of this gen tleman to improve his stylo by good reading, and hope that by continued perseverance and close application to the editorials of the Enteotbise he may some day succeed in writing something worth ouv reading. III 'Mil Blaine anil Kerr. J guilt of Rlaine and the bribery of Kerr. The charges made against Blaine are generally supposed to be the work of a rival candidate for tlie Presidential nomination at Cincin nati, and as sucli should be taken with a very large grain of salt. Fur thermore Rlaine is the most promi nent man to-day in the Rejuiblican party, and as such is by force of cir cumstances the target for all the venomous shafts of a rival party, and the jealous and ambitions stabs in the dark from those within his own organization. The latest dispatches certainly are unfavorable to Mr. Blaine, but there is in the mind of every man the belief that he will completely exonerate himself, and that he will gain additional strength with every charge as did the mytho logical giant by being hurled to the earth by Hercules. Mr. Kerr is another Bayard, sans peur, and until now, sans reproache. His past record is one long lino of honorablo deeds and one long story of the life of a thorough American gentleman. His accuser is a man who at one time held office under the Republican party, is said to have been an aipointruent of the notorious Johnny Davenport's and so ignorant as to be unable to either read or write. Such a man accuses M. C. Kerr of receiving from him, in consideration of his influence in obtaining a posi tion in the army for a young man named Green, the sum of $1,500. The New York Tribune truly says, that the whole subject in a nut-shell is a mere question of veracity between Mr. Kerr and an ex-doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. With unprejudiced men there can be no question as to the result, as to others we can only say "judge not lest ye be judged," and beware that tho charges made against Mr. Kerr do not return like a boomerang to wound those who first gave them impetus. Dissatisfied J uimiirrants. We hear from our farmer sub scribers that the past wet winter and spring have had a very depressing effect upon the spirits of lately ar rived immigrants. They say they don't want to atay in a country where tho plowing has to bo done with sail-boats instead of horses, and on which the sun rarely throws his gen ial rays. To answer these people, wo would under different circum stances adopt an apologetic strain, but taking into consideration the fact that scarcely a single part of the anatomy of old mother cav(h has this, year escaped some terrible scourge and revolution of nature, and that tho veritable "oldest inhabitant" says that this is "the longest rain spell ever had in Oregon, according to his memory," we feel like saying to the dissatisfied that they have not given us a fair trial, and had they been elsewhere during the past winter and spring, troubles of a very much more serious character would have been their lot. Those who are foolish enough to measure Oregon's winters by the one whioh has just drifted past, and to it prefer hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and other con vulsions of nature, are not the class of immigrants we wish to people our rich valleys and become the parent stock of the generation which shall rule this State when its resources are developed sufficiently to placo Ore gon in the front rank among her sister States. Election Notes. In Linn county, tho entire Demo cratic ticket is elected by a majority of 210. Bonham beats Boise in the county by COO. Returns from Polk county indi cate the election of two Democratic and ono Independent Representa tive and the Independent Senator. Democrats carry Wasco witli the exception of county clerk. In Yamhill, tho Democrats have probably elected the Senator and ono Representative out of three. The Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney, Raleigh Stott, has evidently carried this district by a fair majority. In Multnomah, the Republicans have elected all of their ticket, with the exception of Sheriff, and possi bly, one or two of the legislators. Marion county went solid Repub lican by a large majority. Umatilla is reported as having elected a full Democratic ticket. Douglas probably Republican. It is nioro then probable that the Democrats have a majority on joint ballet in the legislature, thus ensu ing their next Senator. In accordance with tho apportion ment act of 1S72, all the States and Territories are to elect representa tives and delegates to Congress on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November next fall as twenty of the States already do. Lieut. Ertel of tho Austrian army, who sold official documents to the ambassador of a foreign Govern ment, has been tried as a spy aud condemned to dismissal from the i service, loss of nobility, and ten I years' imprisonment, with one day's 1 fasting every month. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. COXCwIlESSIOXAL. SENATE. -r . W a smscTOX, o une 3. Senator Thm-man, from the committee on nlahns. reDorted favor- ablv 'on the Senate bill providing for : the'adjndication and issue of patents in flip Ui'rm land case of Oregon The Senate resumed business be ing tho bill making appropriation for legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the governmentfor the year ending June 30, 1S77. The pending question being on an amend ment of the committee on appropria tions to restore the salary of the President to 850,000 from and after March 4, 1S77, it was agreed to vcas 31,nays 11. June 5. Mitchell introduced a bill to established post route from Orodell via Dalge's sheep ranch, Camp Eaton and Granite Creek to Olive Creek, in Oregon. house. Juno 3. Woods, from the com mittee on ways and means, made a re port with regard to the Alaska fur seal fishery lease, exonerating the officers of the government and of tho company from all allegations of fraud. Ordered printed. The committee on elections offered a resolution declaring Bennett, the sitting delegate from Idaho, not en titled to his seat; ordered to be printed. Blaine raising to a question of privilege, proceeded to address the lEousc. After stating that the democratic members of the judiciary committee had not dared to bring him before the house for refusing to produce the private letters taken from him by Mulligan, Blaine announced his in tention to read every one of them to tho House. Thero was a great sensation in the hall and Blaine was several times interrupted by ap plause. He said that when tho res olution directing an investigation of tho SG-4,000 paid by the U. P. R. R. Co, for Fort Smith Sc Little Rock bonds was offered, he was assured that it too was aimed at. But the committee had no sooner begun its investigation than it was apparent it was aimed at him solely and not at the railroad company. The com mittee had examined all its witnesses and the testimony had cleared him from the slanders that had been cir culated to his detriment. Tho last weJk spent here was a drag in the proceedings and the committeo de cided to go into the examination of the X. P. R. R. and investigate a little transaction which occurred years ago in Boston between himself and a friend which was no transac tion at all. The committee claimed power to do so under the general resolution instructing them to ex amine into the transaction of the railroad company informed the com mitteo on the real estate pool had al so started an investigation aimed at him, without notice to himself. It was a singular fact that the Demo cratic members of the sub-committee appointed by tho chairman of the full committee, had both been in the rebel army, and they feel bitter against him on account of tho am nesty debate. The committee tried to got at his private-correspondence, and a delegation eamo here loaded with his letters to make a sensation. In getting possession of his letters held by Mulligan, he did what ho felt to bo his duty. The Democrats did not dare to bring tho question of his right to the letters into tho House. "Having vindicated my right," said Blaine, "those letters, I now go farther, and will read those letters to the House and abide bv the judgment of 44,000,000 of people. It is humiliating, however, to bo forced to produce private correspon dence, but it is bettor for me do so than to submit to the insinuations. Here are tho letters," said he holding a package to view and taking out the first letter from the package, he read it, and tho rest in order. On tho conclusion of the reading of the me morandum made from them by Mul ligan, Blaine appealed to tho House to say whether any member's private correspondence would better bear search. Tho first letter Blaine read was ad dressed to Fisher and dated 1S71. It referred to a settlement between Spencer and Fisher, and contained an allusion to a ten thousand dollar note given for Spencer rifle stock. Blaine said an explanation was necessary in reference to this note. Two years before he came into Con gress, the persons who owned tho patent for the Spencer rifio came to him and said the rifle ring in Wash ington was so strong that they could get no chance for a contract. Ho came to Washington and succeeded in getting the war department to recognize tho Spencer rifle, for which service he was paid a reason able fee. Afterwards, before he came into Congress, ho was asked and took ten thousand dollars of Spencer riile stock, which ho had paid for. Tho next three letters contained nothing important and referred mainly to tho settlement be tween himself and Fisher. The fifth letter referred to a decision made by Blaino as speaker on tho last night of tho session in 1SG9, ruling out an amendment offered by Julian, to annex the' Memphis and El Paso bill to tho bill relating to the Little Rock road. General Logan at tho suggestion of tho speaker, made a point of order against the amend ment and the speaker ruled it out. This was some months before ho, (Blaine,) ever invested in the stock of the road. The additional letters were then read in full, Blaine mak ing explanations in regard to ono which referred to $0,000 of the Union Pacific bonds, which Blaino said belonged to a member of his familv, Gail Hamilton, and upon which he had lent money. These bonds never belonged to him. There were three other papers and addition al letters relating to tho Northern Pacific Railroad Company of which Blaino said nothing, except that he would have them printed in the Re cord with the letters. The memoran dum of letters made by Mulligan were then read at tho clerk's desk. Blaine then said this was all. Blaine having finished reading the the let ters, ho said he had been completely exonerating by all the witnesses. As for the 804,000 bonds charge, there was one witness whoes testi mony lie wanted in order to make his vindication complete. This was Joseph Caldwell. He would ask Knott, the chairman of the judiciary committeo, whether he had tele graphed to Caldwell, and he wanted a categorical answer. Knott said he would answer at the proper time. Blaine, stepping down the aisle in front of the speaker, said he had in formation that on last Thursday morning, Knott had received a tele gram from Josiah Caldwell complet ly exonerating him (Blaine) from the charges made against him, aud that Knott had suppressed that dis patch. (Here occurred such a scene as has seldom been witnessed.) Blaine's assertion was received with prolonged applause, the entire Re publican side of the House beginning it, and tho crowd joining in until tho speaker's gavel could not be heard. The applause lasted for some minutes and when order had been restored, Blaine said he would con clude by offering a resolution calling upon the judiciary committee to re port forthwith to tho House wheth er any telegram had been received from Caldwell, and if so, its con tents. The greatest confusion reigned for some minutes, and the Speaker ordered the doorkeepers to remove from the floor all persons not entitled to itj When quiet had been restored, Hunter, chairman of the sub-judiciary committee, was recognized. Hunter made statments as to the resolutions which had passed the House ordering investiga tions, aud declared that Blaine ex pressed his satisfaction with the names selected for tho sub-committee. He found fault with Blaine who preferred to come to the House occasionally with his grievances and find out what was going on in the committee room before the committeo finished its investigation. Hunter said Blaine had counted on a quick investigation aud complained of tho dillatoriness on the part of the com mittee. He (Blaine) really retarded the work. Coming down to the Mulligan matter, Hunter said the moment Mulligan mentioned the fact that he had letters of Blaine, the latter whispered to Lawrence to move ami adjournment. Lawrence explained he (Blaine) was ill, and in justioe to Blaine declared the motion was made on that account only, and not because Blaino was injured by what was going on. Hunter theu spoke of Blaine's ac quiring possession of the letters, and considered the letters the property of Mulligan. Ho said Blaino had invited him to the House to read the lettors, but he decided not to go, unloss tho whole committee wero so privileged. Blaine Does the gentlemen from Virginia know of a dispatch received from Josiah Caldwell, m London? Hunter My friend, the chairman of the judiciary committee, will re ply to you in full on that subject. J Blaine Ihen 1 ask you to state whether, on Thursday morning last, the gentlemen from Iventucky (Knott) did not call you out of th': committee room and acquaint yon of that fact? Hunter If my friend from Ken tucky doea not answer von in full, I will. Knott took the lloor and said he had listened to the imputations upon himself within tho last two hours, and should now attempt to answer them. He did not want a personal oncouuter, but the gentlemen from Maine had led him in unnecessarily. He defended Hunter and Ashe and considered them the superiors of Blaine, f Hisses from the Republi can side. Frye If the gentleman refuses to produce that dispatch, I will be en tirely satisfied that Mr. Blaine lias not learned tho whole of it, and I desire to ask if there is not some thing else which is kept back. Knott-No,sir; will that satisfy you? (Garfield and several other Republi cans read it.) Blaine moved the previous ques tion on the resolution, and was at tempting to make further remarks: but was 'prevented by loud calls of order and by the Speaker ruling that he was not entitled to the iloor for that purpose. The House refused to the second previous question, and then, on mo tion of Banning, the motion of Blaino was referred to the committee on tho judiciary. Y'-as, 121; nays, 97, and the House, after a day of great excitement, adjourned. . -o- o o T E I J A V 1 1 1 C S i:VS, Kastern. Washington, June 3. Opinions are still divided as to Speaker Kerr's guilt, but hitherto nothing has shak en witness Harney's positive testi mony, sustained by circumstantial evidence on corroborating points. There would bo less disposition to believe Harney if Kerr had not de nied acquaintance with him. If he can reasonably explain a good motive for securing an army appointment for a New Yorker instead of for a constituent of his own, it would strengthen the suspicion that Harney himself pocketed the money. Harney having arrived after the Democratic journals declared ho had absconded, Mr. Kerr's indiscreet friends proceeded to badger him with indiscreet questions about his wife and family, and his usual manner of life. Tho queries do not seem to have shaken Harney's testimony; they have- not disclosed any conspi racy against the Speaker; they have changed tho status of the witness. Unquestionably this lino of conduct has damaged Kerr's case. If Har ney should bo completely destroyed as a witness, and thus far his story has not been shaken thero still re mains to bo disponed of tho more serious part of the case, tho undis puted payment of money by Green, and his appointment. Speaker Kerr telegraphed Mr. Blackburn, who has just reached Xew Orleans, tore turned immediately. The presence of Mr. Blackburn in tho committee will give tho Democrats a majority. It is a noticeable fact that Demo cratic Senators mako no fight for the wholesale reductions in the leg islative appropriation bill effected by tho House, but acquiesce generally in amendments restoring all the re duced items to their original propor tions. Thus fails another cheap ef fort for political capital at the ex pense of public service. Jf the House does not create a dead lock with tho Senate on tho appropriation amendments, Senators say Congress can adjourn early iu July. There is some excitement among the hard money Democrats because of the understanding that Sunset Cox, chairman of the banking committee, is disposed to report a bill for the unconditional repeal of the resump tion act. If the House should vote it, the Senate will defeat it, but tho movement would strengthen the Western inflationists, and it is sup posed to be in the interest of Hen dricks. The House to-day agreed to the following item in tho Indian appro priation bill for incidental expenses of the Indian service on the Pacific coast, States and Territories; Cali fornia $30,000; Montana, $5,000; Xevada, 85,000; Utah, $5,000; Xew Mexico, $1,000, and Arizona, 810,000, It was also voted that no portion of these amounts shall be expended on payment of employes, but shall be used only for annuity of goods, sub sistence, agricultural implements, educational purixses and incidental transportation. This proviso was inserted because a subsequent part of the bill transfers the entire man agement of Indian affairs to the War DeiKirtment, and provides the duties now performed by Indian agents and employes of the Indian bureau shall be performed by officers, soldiers and employes of tho army under di rection of the Secretary of War. A point of order was raised on this paragraph, which is still undeter mined. If sustained, the whole par agraph will be ruled out. All Pa cific coast members, except Page, are in favor of the transfer, but, with striking inconsistency, while thus proposing to add to tho work of the army, the Democratic con gressmen from California aided the passage of Banning's unjust and de magogic bill for the reduction of the army and numerous absurd changes in its staff organization. Piper and Wiggington voted for the bill. Luttrell did not vote in any way. A favorable report was made to the Senate on Kelly's bill for the issue of patents for Mission lands in Ore gon and Washington and Idaho Ter ritories. The Emperor and Empress of Bra zil and suite visited Mount Vernon this morning, and shortly after their return left for Niagara Falls. The distinguished party will soon sail for Germany, where the Empress is or dered by her physicians to a cele brated water cure. Boston, June 5. The Evening Journal is informed that J. C. Aver, the patent medicine manufacturer, of Lowell, Mass., was sent to an in sane asylum in New Jersey last week. New Youi, June 5. This ia a holiday in London and there are no maruet reports. xsanKers corres pondents express the opinion that it is. doubtful if war can be avoided. Pacific Coast. Camp Grant. June 3. Propably the largest Indian expedition ever organized in Arizona, consisting, of seven companies of cavalry and two companies of Indian scouts, left hero to go to assist in the removal of tho Chiricahua Indians to San Carlos. San Fr.ANcxsoo, Juue 4. Jarre tt it Palmer's train arrived at the end of Oakland wharf, which is within the city limits of San Francisco, at 9:25 A. M., being 20 minutes less than eighty four hours from New York, aud arrived at tho wharf on this side at l:45 A. M., and at 9:52 A. M. alighted in the court of tho Palace Hotel, dusty and tra- olworn, but iu good health and spirits. En gine No. id brought tha train through from Ogden with tho assist ance of additional engines in cross ing Sierras. Time from Ogden to San Francisco, 2J hours and 52 min utes. Actual average running time from Ogdeu to Oakland wharf 14&' per hour. Considerable trouble was experienced on the Central Pacific from tho wearing out of tho brake shoes on the Pennsylvania cars, and when in the Mountains the 'Central Pacific Company put on two of th-::r own coaches to brake the train. No accident of any kind occurred throughout the trip. Shortly after arrival hero, breakfast was "served, to which many prominent citizens, army and navy officers, representa tives of the press, theatrical pro fessionals, railroad officials, and the mayor of the city were invited. A salute of thirteen guns wore fired from the roof of the Palace Hotel on the arrival of tho2)arty at the wharf. The rest oi the day was devoted to needed rest. A serouado took place in the evening. Victoria, B. C. race at Beacon Hill witnessed by a large delay was caused by June 5. The yesterday was crowd. Great the failure to obtain any one to aot as starter. The horses did not start until nearly three hours after theadvertised time. The match v;as a single dash of half a mile for $1,000 a side, and was won hy Trifle beating Reindeer by about a quarter of a length; time 23 seconds. Foreign. New Yokk, June 4. A Herald's special says it is generally accepted as a fact that tho dethronement of tho Sultan was not simply the de thronement of Abdul Aziz, but of Russian influence in Constantinople. The Russian Journals charge Eng land with being at the bottom of the Turkish revolution. A special from Berlin says Prince Charles, of Roumania, and Prince Milan, of Servia, which latter State refused to pay the two last instalments of the tribute claimed by tho Porte, propose to issue a declaration of independ ence, owing to tho irregular accession of the Sultan to tho throne. The Prince of Montenegro is only await ing the action of other Sclavonic provinces. . An article in the North American Uerieic sets aside all the romance of Aztec civilization, repeated by mod ern authors and Spanish authors, says Montezuma was only on ordin ary Indian chief, and that all stories of his grandeur, of his marblo halls and refined luxuries, are lies and moonshine. The Philadelphia Ledger very prop erly asks why it is that tho railroad corporations can carry people at half fare to the political conventions shortly to bo held at St. Louis and Cincinnati, and cannot do so to tho Centennial. The people of Brazoria county, Texas, want tho county divided. It ia over seventeen hundred square miles in extent, one-third larger than tho whole area of Rhode Island, water and all. SUM3IAKV OP STATP. Xl7w' Wheat ii worth 77 cents at Alban The river is -receding at PortlaEj Salem had three -mn-n.; . week wes lasi Amity fever. girls have the haso The bad boys of Salem hav stealing lead pipe e he, ea Osceola won the running East Portland last Saturday! raee at The closing exercises at St. HeW Hall took place last Tuesday. n 3 The finest school house in Yaml "u county is located at Sheridan. J. P. Booth, a prominent citi7A of the Dalles, died on the 2Sth ult Mrs R. C Geer, of Salem, hai one of her ankles broken last week Garland Getchel, of Amity, w ' i" " iu ine iamniii rivpr nr.l. week. Agents from the east want all n, x'l-uis m Oregon lor luent. ship. Tho fruit yield on Hood rim promises to be very plentiful tliia season. The friends of Rev. P. S. Knight of Salem, have presented him with a type writer. T. B. Rickey, postmaster at Salem uoes not vacate iiis office until flin 1st of July. A trotting race is to take place on the East Portland course Saturday for a purse of $200. The Astoria telegraph line is com pleted to Manhattan Fishery 23 miles from Astoria. Harvey Scott, ex-collector at Port land, has gone East, report says with matrimonial intentions. Tho commencement exercises of the State Agricultural College, at Corvallis, will commence on the 27th inst. Christopher Ralston, of Alhacv was drowned while fording the S;tn tiam river, at Crab Tree ford, on the 5th inst. The latest from the Philadelphia Gnteuni.J i that Oregon ahead of am thing iu the exhibition of produce. 150 grown sheep and lambs have been killed on the north part of Howell prairie precinct by dogs dur ing the past year. Tho steamer Calliope struck a drift log one night last week, and she now rests on the bed oi the river, about a mile below St. Johns. Longstreot. of Portland, says he will play a game of billiards for S'iOO to si, OO0 with any man in the State. Where are the Oregon City billiard sharps ? Somebody has been stealingwhc.it froi)i the warehouse at North Yau. hill. 100 reward is offered for in formation that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator. Mr. Phol, first mate of the schr. Laura May, while stowing awav lumber in the hold of the vessel at Empire City last week, had both if his legs broken by a pile of lumber failing on him. Sheriff Livingston, of Douplas county, shot and wounded a fugitive from justice named Burton last, wet k. Burton afterwards made his e.seap but was recaptured, and is now ia jail at Roseburg. The amount of wool now passicjr through Pendleton daily would as tonish some people living olf the great, highwav to Umatilla. Front 4.0,000 to 100,(00 pound can be seen almost daily in great sacks wagons en route to Umatilla. oa The two park blocks between Sev enth, Eighth, Clay and Montgomery streets. Portland, have been selected for the literary exercises of the Fourth of July celebration. Appro priate stands will be erected, raid seats to accommodate at least 10,O0U people. Wesley Waters passod through Pendleton last week having in charge thirty-five head of geldings from George Coggan's Union county baud. Some of them are well broke to har ness, and some of the best were never rode or driven. These horses arc to be brought to Portland. The Mountaineer understands that arrangements aro being made, where by some portion of the immigration which has been crowding into Cali fornia, may be brought into Eastern Oregon. The owners of the Palles Military Road lands are disseminat ing information .through circulars, advertisements, maps and agencies in San Francisco, Salt Lake and Omaha, as to tho climate, soil, agri cultural and stock growing capaci ties of that section of Oregon. -O- . Tho situation at the Red Cloud agency is anj-thiug but assuring. Eighty lodges of Indians have left there withiu the past ten days. Ten left there three days ago, in spite of the agent's most strenuous efforts to detain them. All the govcrnrot stock which belonged there has been run off by the Indians, and fresh outrages aro of daily occurrence. All supplies sent from Fort Laramie to the camps and agencies are heavi ly guarded. The outlook in that direction is full of trouble for Black Ilillers, ranchmen and the military. The Vancouver Independent of 1Sl week says: During the week, tho Kelly monument was put in position over the grave, at the National Ceme tery. It is a beautiful piece of work manship, and reflects great credit upon the workmen. In Egypt three out of five children die before reaching the age of tfl0 years. This is about tho rate of mor tality among Presidential candidal in the United States this year. Over three million and a half of hooppoles were shipped from'lhtu" ton and adjoining counties since 1 e cembcr last, the value of which ex ceeded $21,000. President Grant, it is said, horfS to make the tour of the world at the expiration of his term of office. The Daily Olympian is to he a morning paper hereafter.