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o i o o RETAKE OF PRECEDING PAGE o o o o o o o i1 :' u p II ,JJ mm iih. -lir,--. " T"1-.!'!.!! . I.I I '. "i ...i.n Ji.ni,iJVliwu,..n i ,i M M ,. . ,1 TT.T .1 .. .t...,'l H XlJ ' ,mnNjrirJfCTOJTTCTmMili J'Mf i O o o o o o o O o O o o o o o o o O o O o CD O O o o o o r. -J O o o 3 o o o o o O o o o o o o O O O 0 o o o o O intebphise. OREGON CITV, OREGON, AlT.i ST 1, lSTc! THE o ..The Silver Question Urouclit iioine. i i Human beings, very much like the ' Vrrtl (J'jl ftl n film-. rf . 1 . ... 11. J they are trodden npon. but scarcely before wi m x, J uttoie- While the silver question was a-itat- ia u0uut ing congress, and the bankers and brokers only, the depreciation of sil ver's purchasing worth was not felt by us, and we paid comparatively little attention to the topic. But now that wo see notices in our stores that trade dollars will UU,J ue iawen Ior 1. 1 . I ninety cents and other silver at the market discount, tho subject is Drought Lome to us and is forced tipon our attention with no pleasant frequency. Wo might write a long article on what Senator Jones thinks of tho silver question, or on Mr. Bogy's opinions, express onrself on "demon etization" and the "double standard," but we prefer expressing our own single thoughts, backed by the ex pressions of Dr. Linderman, the Di rector of the U. S. mints. The depreciation of silver we at tribute to the immense quantities being taken from the Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado mines; just as any article falls in pri;e with an increased supply. At this juncture the real losers by the tnmble in silver are unfortunately not the rich but the poor those working for wages. A laborer who heretofore got $15 a month, since tho trouble with silver gets only $10 50. That is, if he takes his $45 to a store to make family purchases he finds that the present rates of discount leave him but $i0 50 to invest. This is on the hy pothesis that the man is paid in sil ver and in these days of its super abundance and lack of sympathy for "the poor is pretty safe. Not only is 3 it a hypothesis, but we actually hear j of capitalists buying silver every month with which to pay their hands. Out of this dilemma we see but two exits the one, that the employers, when they pay in silver, add the ten per cent, discount voluntarily; the other, that tho laborers force upon the capitalists the payment fully and truly of the sum for which they have agreed to work by striking. Such remedies of course would be but temporary; tho final 'settlement of so grave a question, according to Dr. Linderman, should be made a matter of international conference. The members of the convention could agree upon the relations which gold and silver shall in future bear to each other in the coinage and legal tender systems of the principal countries of the world, and then all would go as merry as tho oft quoted marriaged bell. Our Next Senator. As the Democrats hold a majority "on joint ballot in the coming Legis- j o !at ure, the successor of Senator Kelly ; will undoubtedly be one of thai par ty unless of course there are "mar ketable" gentlemen among the Dem ocratic members u thing not impos sible, but rather improbable. "Who will he be ? "That is the question." Governor Grover, it is generally con ceded, will go into caucu3 with a majority of the votes, but whether ho will have enough to elect him is entirely a different question. Blaine led the votes at Cincinnati in the first ballots, but Hayes received the nom ination. Perhaps the next strongest candidate for Senatorial honors is Col. Nesmith. He, it is said, hopes to roach that high calling by using tho disaffected Democrats and lukewarm Republicans. He will endeavor to keep his supporters out of caucus, a resort which we notice is strongly condemned by the Democratic press. ChadwicV lurks in the outskirts wait ing and watching lest in the struggle between the bear and the lion the coveted prize should fall to the ground. Judge "Whiteaker and J. H.' Slater of La Grande are mentioned as candidates, but we presume their chief force lies in the possibility of cither of them being taken up as a compromise in the event of the fight between the Grover and Nesmith Members becoming too bitter to be Bettled. The Turkish Troubles. Advices from the war region are so contradictory that it is difficult to decide which of the combatants has the advantage so far, in the conflict. It is pretty safe to predicate from the fact that both parties invariably claim the victory that as yet no decisive battles have been fought. At one time we hear that Russia and the Khedive of Egypt are supplying the contestants with troops, while at an other it. is alleged (by special tele graph from some sneeze-like sound ing place) that the "great powers have made up their minds to look calmly on and see the Servians and Turks fight out their quarrel. The same "great powers" n hich have so watchful and anxious an eye to the welfare of Europe, have, it seems allowed the Turks to commit the roost inhuman ravages and outrages in Bulgaria without tho least indica tion of disquietude on their part JL he "great powers are a very severe et, and don't "care a fig" how many Christians are murdered, if "the bal anco of power is not disturbed." 1 - .T& PHILADELPHIA LETTEH. PniLAbELrniA, July 18, 187G. Editor ExTr.nrr.isp:: Started out from San Francisco on the 15th of last month and arrived hero on the 2Sth, just twelve days and a half whirling across this grand old conti nent. The trin was very pleasant, i . n . i ami our car contained a jollv crowd, n i -i n -i ;i : all bound to see the Centennial. As for the "beautiful scenery along the route, such as "1,000 mile i tree," "Devil's Slide," "Laramie Plains," deserts, etc., your readers have, perhaps, had so many writers depicting their grandeur, that I will ! not alterant to describe them. No j joubt a 'good" description of them ! ! WOuld be very acceptable to some of j y aece your readers, bnt the fact is I do not feel capable of doing the subject jus tice, especially as I took no "notes" .while the scenes were fresh in my mind, and now, after "doing" the Centennial, my usnally vivid imag ination is rather mixed. The confounded heat we are at present enjoying does not tend to brighten a person's mind either way up in the nineties. Here is the place to "sweat out the old whisky," if there is any such place this side of Arizona. From ten to twenty people and eighty or ninety horses dropping dead every day. How would the average "Webfooter" like that? For oue, I have enough of it. Philadelphia has the reputation of being a model city, for cleanliness, but she must have obtained it under false pretenses. From almost every square rises a suffocating stench to offend the olfactory nerves of at least the new comer. Often yon-will rind a filthy stream runniner across the sidewalk into the gutters from the stables, etc. As for the Centennial, I can but echo the St. Louis girl's sentiments to her ma: "Dear mother! Oh! Oho! Oho-o-o," etc. It is a big thing, and gets away with me in attempting to describe, so I leave it to those who can do the subject justice. Ou account of the heat thero has not been near as manv visitors as was expected. "Whether our grand show will pay or not, there is no telling. Stockholders are considerably dissat isfied, and it seems to be the impres sion that Gen. Hawley is "getting too many plums out of the pie." As I am not loaded down with Centen nial stock at present, I am not grow ing at all anxious. An everyday scene is to sit in the shade by a creek that runs through the grounds and watch the ladies divide their lunch with the decoy ducks that are anchored just below a little fall. "Why they won't eat!" and down they go to see if the poor ducks are not sick. About that time there will bo a general ha! ha! from us brutes, aud tho way they go up tho hill again is a caution. Oregon's showing looms away up, thanks to your commissioner, A. J. Dufur, who cannot bo too highly praised. Thero is not a State that can make a better, if as good show ing of natural products. It will be the means of sending a largo emi gration to your State, judging from the many who are already talking of going out west to see the country which raises such fine wheat, oats, etc. Mr. Dufnr and his assistants have been untiring in their efforts to make a good showing for tho Web foot State, and we must say they have succeeded beyond our expecta tions. There is a crowd in the Ore gon division all day asking questions, and it keeps Dufur aud his three assistants busy a good part of the time answering them and showing Oregon's exhibits. In fact Mr. Dufnr has worked so hard that he had to give up until old Sol's rays moderate a little, and he is now up in Vermont recuperating. The city still has a gala day ap pearance, flags, streamers, Chinese lanterns, etc., on every street and in almost every window, and soldiers and music can be seen and heard from morning till night. It seems as if the Fourth we used to wish for when a boy one that came every day had arrived at last. Oregonians are beginning to wend their way westward, and I am wait ing eagerly for the time for our party to start for the Bay city. B. S. Dem.ocb.vts 'Throwing Stones." Unsatisfactory as the St. Louis xlat- form is in its declaration of the Dem ocratic policy in regard to specie payments, it does not hesitate to ar raign the Republican party for not having secured the desired result. Its language on this point is: "We denounce the financial imbecility and immorality of that party which dur ing eleven years of peace made no advance toward resumption, no prep aration for resumption." The impu dence of such a declaration would be apparent coming as it does just be fore a demand for a repeal of the act, passed by the "imbeciles" referred to, to secure specie payments, and pronounced by a convention which nominated a man like Hendricks for the second place on its ticket even if the Democratic party had itself been making a valiant fight during all these eleven years to secure the payment of the overdue government notes and to re-eptablish standard. a specie Congress has apparently perfected a law that will kill the straw-bid swindle in the post-office department it requires all bidders to give strin gent bonds, allows the department to re-advertise, and punishes with great serverity, as guilty of misde meanor, bidderswho undertake their contract and then back out. '"X 1 Impeachment Trial. ISelknap Acquitted. Washington. Aug. 1. Belknap lias been acquitted the vote standing 35 for conviction and 25 not guilty less than the required two thirds. At noon the Senate began to vote upon the articlos of impeachment against Wm. W. Belknap, late Secre tary of War. Upon the first article of impeachment 35 Senators voted guilty, 25 not guilty, for want of jurisdiction. Those who voted guilty were: Bayard, Booth, Cameron of Penn sylvania, Cockerill, Cooper, Davis, Dawes, Dennis, Edmunds, Gordon, Hamilton, Harvey, Hitchcock, Kelly, Kernan, Key, McCreary, McDonald, Herriman, Mitchell, Morrill, Nor wood, Oglesby, liandolh, Ransom, Robertson, Sargent, Saulsbury, Sherman, Stephenson, Thurman, Wadleigh, Wallace, Whyte and Withers. Those voting in the negative were Anthony, Allison, Boutwell, Bruce, Cameron of Wisconsin, Christiaucy, Conkling, Conover, Cragin, Dorsey, Eaton, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Ham lin, Howe, Ingalls, Jones of Ne vada, Logan, McMillan, Paddock. Patterson, Spencer, West, Windom and Wright. Jones of Florida declined to vote, ou the ground that the Senate had no jurisdiction. The presiding officer announced that two-thirds had not voted guilty, and therefore the respondent was acquitted of the charge in the first article. On the second article, 36 Senators voted guilty. Maxey, who did not answer on first roll call, voted guilty upon the second article. Those Sen ators who voted not guilty repeated their reason for doing so for want of jurisdiction. When Booth's name was called on the impeachment vote, he said if the question of jurisdiction was propos ed he would vote against it. He was clearly of opinion it was com petent for the Senate, by a majority vote, to assert jurisdiction, and such decision having been made, it was the law of the case until reversed. When Booth made this announce ment thero was some applause in the gallery, but it was promptly chocked. Sargent gavo. notice that if the demonstration was repeated he would move to have the galleries cleared. Jones, of Nevada, said he did not mean to vote on tho question of the guilt or innocence of the accused, but he voted not guilty on the ground that the accused was a pri vate citizen, and not liable to im peachment, but like any other citi zen liable before any ordinary court where he had been indicted and was now awaiting trial. Upon the third and fourth articles tho vote stood as above 3(5 voting guilty. 25 not guilty. Before the roll call on the fifth article was fin ished, Morton, who had been de tained on account of a severe fall this morning, came in and voted guilty, the vote on the article being 37 guilty and 25 not guilty. Two thirds of the Senate not having vot ed in favor of sustaining the articles of impeachment, it was ordered that a judgment of acquittal be entered and the Senate sitting as a court of impeachment adjourned sine die. Tilden and Hendricks at Saratoga. Accounts differ as to the resnll of the conference between Tilden and Hendricks at Saratoga. It is agreed that the two governors came together and had a talk, but beyond this no two reports tally. From one paper we learn that the interview was har monious; that tho head an tail of the Democratic tiger will pull together ou the currency question; that Til den was agreeably disappointed in Hendricks, and that Hendricks is so thoroughly infatuated with Tilden that he believes ho will run ahead of his ticket in Indiana. From other sources it appears that the candidates talked and talked, but got further apart on the financial plank the long er they talked; they endeavored to reconcile their differences sufficiently to allow them to write a letter of ac ceptance which would satisfy both, but at last gave it up in despair and parted unreconciled, and that there is a possibility that Hendricks will decline tho candidacy in favor of some one whose soft money tenden cies are less pronounced. There is much curiosity to learn the exact truth of the matter, but this cannot come until tho appearance of their letters of acceptance. That Hendricks left Saratoga and returned last week, certainly gives color to the latter story; it looking very much as if influential Democrats had interceded with him in the meantime to try just one more interview with Tilden and that for the sake of his party he had complied. This week will probably tell the tale. Statute to Horace Greeley. The committee of tho International Typographical -Union appointed ,to attend to the business of erecting a statute to Horace Greeley, report that a bronze figure will be cast (a collossal bust) by September 1st. It was first proposed to make a stat ute of type-metal, but it would not stand exposure to tho weather for any length of time. Several thou sand pounds of old type received in 1873 will be put in the monument in some way. The total contributions thus far received toward the monu ment amount to $3,232 7G. Chairman Hewitt of the Democrat ic national convention says Mr. Til den's letter will not be made public until after Congress adjourns. Cau tious Uncle Sammy! COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, TELEGRAPHIC .NEWS. Eastern. , Saratoga July 28. Tilden arriv ed this evening at the U. S. hotel. He was soon called on by Hendricks ami they, with Lieut, Gov. Dorshei rser, went out riding, returning in about four hours. They seem in full accord, having a good under standing with each other, and em phatically deny all reports of disa greements. It is reported on -good authority that Tilden has informed Cox and other prominent Democratic Con gressmen that he will decline accep tance, and leave the party without a Presidential candidate, in case the House passes any bill to repeal any existing law providing for resump tion of specie payment. New York, July 28. Republican papers are incensed at the action of the House in keeping Goode in his scat. It has transpired that the seating of Goode instead of Platte, as mem ber of the House from West Vir ginia, was the result of a bargain be tween Southern friends of Tilden. Goode is a member of the currency committee, and voted with the soft money men until recently. The Tilden men have been working with, the Southerners to stave off any ac tion this session on the resumption act, and the Southerners agreed not to vote for repeal of the act if Goode was seated. At least but one of this committee absented himself, and will not act with the soft money men again it is understood at this session. Under the circumstances the Tilden men were willing to give Goode his seat, and their votes for him consti tute the consideration for his non action on the resumption act. The bargain is so secure that Tilden finds ho can trust to it. and will accor dingly give his letter of acceptance early next week, probably Tuesday morning. The WorUTs Toronto special says: Dispatches have been received by the Dominion authorities at Ottawa to the effect that tho Sioux Indians in tho United States recently made overtures to the Sioux and Blackfeet tribes in the Canadian northwest ter ritories for an offensive alliance against the white race generally. These overtures were rejected with out parley by the Canadian tribes, whereupon the messengers from tho American Sioux announced they were instructed by the consul to ask the Indians of British North Ameri ca to join their tribe agaiust the United States. It is believed, how ever, tho Canadian Indians will re main neutral, although many of them are of the Sioux who perpetrated the Minnesota massacre in 13(12. The Creeks, Sioux and Blackfeet in the Canadian northwest number 12,400, are well armed and supplied, and if they were to join the tribes now fighting in the United States noth ing on this side of the line could prevent them. The Canadian force in the northwest consists 250 mount ed police at Fort Pelly, and less than 100 militia at Winnepeg. Washington, July 21). 321 re cruits are to be forwarded to regi ments in Dakota and Colorado, .ind 41 to Gen Terry's command. Three hundred soldiers lefve New York to morrow for the Indian country. Tho Secretary of War has sent to the House a dispatch of Gen. Sheridan recommending an increase of the companies of the 2,1,3.1. 4th, 5th, and 7th Cavalry to 100 men, as it was before, two recrimonts on the llio Grande, and submits an estimate for men required in addition to the 2.500 men authorized by law. The number required to till regiments of cavalry on the frontier and in Tex as to the maximum of 100 men for each company will be 2,500, and ex penses 8, 034, 700. Gen. Sherman prefers regular enlistments to volun teers. A proposition will be made to frame a compromise river and har bor nppropriat on of $5,000,000. A large lobby is here working for that bill. Senate appropriations com mittee, acting under instructions of the Senate to revise tho river and harbor bill and reduce its aggregate to $5,000,000, have to-day prepared a bill, which will be reported Mon day and passed without amendment, or else fail altogether, unless the present determination of tho Repub lican Senators is then changed, which is extremely improbable. This bill contains only the following for the Pacific coast: $00,000 for furnishing training walls and deal ing between at Oakland harbor. $15,000 for tho improvement of of San Joaquin river, $15,000 for Sacramento river, 820,000 for Up per Willamette, 315,000 for Unper Columbia and Snake rivers, $20,000 for the Columbia river below Port land and $00,000 for a canal and locks at the Cascades of the Colum bia.of which $10,000 is to bo devoted to purchasing the right of way. The House items of $30,000, for Wil mington and $12,000 for Monterey harbor are omitted. Wigginton will endeavor to save them in the House, but they have no chance of reinstatement by the Senate, especi ally as Monterey was dropped from the former bill by a vote of the Sen ate, and Jones opposes any approp riation for Wilmington on the ground that it would be of no benefit except to C. P. roads. Other reductions cannot be successfully opposed in view of tho general reduction throughout the bill. The provis ions for surveys at San Luis Obispo, Coos Bay, Coquille river and Mc Kenzio river are left untouched. Tho ultimate fate of the bill is still uncertain. Final action on the Chinese ques tion for this session has been taken this week, as foreshadowed last Sat urday, by the Senate passing House bill applying $75,000 for expenses of the Congressional investigation on the Pacific coast during recess. The national Repnlicm committee have printed 25,000 copies of Sar gent's speech on the evils of Chinese immigration which will be distributed throughout the country' as campaign documents. Sargent will himself distribute 5,000 of them. He has already sent out 5,000 copies previ ously printed at his own expense. Washington, July 31. Post office name changed. Clear Creek, Clack amas county, Oregon, to Viola. Postmasters appointed Jerry Hunt ly, Ellenburg. Curry county, Ore gon; Drvid Hinman. Forest Grove, Washington county, Oregon; P. P. Halmer.Scottsburg, Douglas county, Oregon; T. J. Loveland' Mill Plain, Clarke county W. T. The Senate military affairs com mittee have reported very emphati cally on the petitions asking Con gress to grant the Dalles Militarv Reservation and buildings to the State of Oregon for the purpose of an insane asylum, indorsed by Gen. O. O. Howard, with a statemfent that he thinks no better disposition can be made of it. The committee, after referring to recommendation of the war department made to Congress in 1854, that the property should be sold, and after quoting report from Secretary Cameron that grain can be raised in perfection, and that the buildings are of value, says they see no special reason why this portion of the public domain should be granted to Oregon, or why that State should receive such donation. Any other State might with equal propriety expect any other portion of the public land within its bounda ries. They therefore report a bill providing that the reservation be sold by the interior department for cash at not less than appraised value. Representative Cox's action to-day in offering a proposition for a com mission to investigate the silver question and financial topics gener ally during the recess of Congress, indicated that Gibson and other opponents of the pending silver bill have gained Democratic strength since last week, and that their move ment for postponement of the whole subject till next session will probably prevail. The position now taken by Cox gives additional reason for cred iting the rumor that Tilden has sig nified to him a determination to de cline the Presidential candidacy if the House passed any bill to rejjeal specie resumption act. The committee on the part of the Senate to investigate the Chinese question on the Pacific coast, will be composed of Senators Morton, bar gent and Carpenter, leave for California in mediately after the Morton will October, :m Indiana State election. Gov. Axtell, of Nov Mexico, will take part in the campaign in Ohio by invitation of Ohio Republicans. There seems to be no indication of an adjournment this week. The Senate will have a long discussion over the Belknap verdict, and the House is likely to have 11 investi gating committee reports to act on, each of which will provoke more or less discussion. F'orcign. Ihverpool, July 27. A leading grain circular says tho supplies of Fnglish wheat the past week have been rather larger. The tendency of prices continue in favor of buyers, who have restricted their purchases to supply immediate requirements. Prices generally have been some what lower than last week. Cargoes on the coast now number 10, reduc ed principally by withdrawals. Trade remains very dull in this aud neighboring markets. There has been a more active demand which has sprung up since Tuesday, the weather having become unsettled, with heavy rain and low temperature, and fair business has b?en transact ed in wheat, at better prices. Maize has alo been held at full rates. Tho improved ton was still more apparent in to-day's market, millers generally being rather short of stock and purchased largely. Spring ad vanced 2d per cental, for both rod and white. Flour is dull and un ci) an god. Corn is in good demand at an advance of six pence per quarter. Madrid. July 20. The Bank of Spain has been instructed to issue two and one-half milliards reals in mortgage bonds. The nomination of Jose Bazanalhird as minister of finnneo is announced. - London. July 20. Yoderhawn. a maritime town of Sweden, Mas al most totally burned on the 22d inst. Great local distress prevails; damage many millions. Vienna, July 31. The Sultan Mnrad has signed his abdication. Paths. July 31. It is reported on information contained in special dis patches that a nnmbev of Turkish desperadoes in Constantinople at tempted. to blow up the French Em bassy in that citv. Rev. Samuel Butcher, Bishop of Wealth, Ireland, has committed sui cide. A Madrid dispatch says Queen Is abella was received by King Alfon so, the Princes of Austria and nu merous military and civil officials. Pacilic Coast. San Francisco, Aug. 1. In the police court this morning Dr. Bar omids, who recently made out a cer tificate of death from scarlet fever in the case of a man dying of mali gnant smallpox, was placed on trial. It was at once evident that he was one of those ignorant frauds who swindle the community by attach ing M. D. to their names. It was also clearly shown that ho was aware of tho true nature of the disease, bnt criminally concealed it. He was convicted, and will be sentenced to morrow. It is expected that the court will make an example by giv ing him the full benefit of the law. A billiard tournament, to last dur ing the week, between the noted players, Gamier, Slosson, Daly and Sexton began at Piatt's Hall last night, when tho two former played a game at GOO points. To-night Sex ton and and Daly play. The billiard tournament was con tinued to-night by a game between Sexton and Daly, 000 points, three ball. The former won on the 31st. inning, beating Daly 77 points. Greatest run, Sexton, 110; Dalv, 1S4. Averages, Sexton, .19 11-31 Daly, 17 13-30. After the game. Gamier gavo another exhibition of his wonderful fanev shots. The views of Gov. Hayes expresses about the civil servico form the most comprehensive, most clearly defined and in every respect most satisfactory civil service reform programme that I ever saw uttered in a few words; and that programme is accompanied by the pledge of an honest man that, if he is elected, it shall be faithfully carried out in its completeness, and that no personal ambition shall inter fere with the work. Never had civil service reformers a better opportun ity to fight with a chance of real suc cess I mean the success of the cause, and not only the success of a candi date or a party. I shall support Gov. Hayes heartily and actively, and I have never felt more clearly conscious of doing the right thing for the best interests of tho country. C. Sclinrz. SUMMARY !' STATE SEWS. Halsey will build twenty houses this summer. Trotting race at East Portland park Saturday afternoon. Late sown grain in the vicinity of Halsey is taking the rust. A brother of Gen. Lane is on a visit to Oregon from Indiana. The damaged bridges in East Portland are soon to be repaired. The peach and plum crop in Douglas county is below average. The new boiler for the government cutter has been tested and accepted. 1,000 sheep were sold in Douglas county last week for $1 37 per head. The house of Mrs Carmin of Eu gene, was burgalized three times, last week. Yamhill and Dallas merchants have agreed to take silver at Port land rates. Indians are- numerous about Ba ker City offering to sell, swap or trade ponies. Norris Humphrey has purchased the Underwood block at Eugene City for $G,000. About twenty-two emigrant fam ilies from Canada West, settled about Weston recently. Mrs. Humason and family of the Dalles have taken up their residence in San Francisco. Three thousand five hundred dol lars were disbursed at the Umatilla Agency last week. It is reported that the Grant county Express will suspend publica tion in a short time. Two young men from Iowa are go ing to put up a saw mill in Douglas county on yellow creek. The body of Anderson, mate of the City of Sparta, was found last Thursday by his shipmates. On the last trip of the John L. Stephens to "Frisco" she carried down $37,000 worth of salmon. The cargo of the Macleod, for Liverpool, was valued at $120,945, being the best that ever left the liv er. A fish was caught at Chinook that has legs, and claws, and wings, and fins, gills, and a face and a nose like a rat. George Brown a logger on Smith river, Douglas Co., was crushed to death between two saw logs last week. A pool of 25,000 pounds of wool, at the Farmers' warehouse, Albany, sold a few days since at 10 cents per pound. A party of Quakers bought 700 acres of land recently in Chehalem from John Williamson, paving $14, 000 for it. The residence of Jos. A. Straw bridge of Portland was burglarized on the 28th ult, and $100 worth of silver carried off. It is rumored, that a well known citizen of Salem has e loped with his sister-in-law. He leaves behind a wife and three children. Joseph and Stephen Meek, sons of the late Joseph L.Meek, are stricken with tho small pox a few miles north of Itillshoro, Washington county. Jacob Hoover, of Washington Co., has sold the south half of his dona tion land claim, consisting of 318 acres, to J. C. Weatherford, late of California, for $7,000. On Wednesday of last week a storm occurred at Weston, which was par ticularly severe. Fences were blown, down grain in the lie-Ids prostrated, andall the destructions that usually follows in the train of a tornado. The Albany Thnnocmt says: Mr. E. L. Knox, of Knox' Butte. brought in the first load of new wheat yester day, the 31st ef July. It was purchas ed by Messrs. J. II. Foster & Co., of the Magnolia Mills, of this city. A cinnabar lead has been struck on Beaver creek by the Emeline company, which has beeu prospect ing for a year. The rock is ele scribed as being very rich. The lead is located some sixty miles south of Jacksonville. A destructive fire occurred on the farm of P. Peters, near Roseburg last week. About 200 acres of pas ture land were burned oyer and four or five hundred rails ' destroyed. Supposed to have originated from the carelessness of a bee tree. Smith Bros., foundry, of Portland was burned last Saturday evening. Some castings had been made in the afternoon, and it is supposed that the fire communicated from the cupolo or core oven. The total loss will not fall short of $20,000. It was insured for $10,000. The firm intend to rebuild and start in again. Iire at Clervais. Last Sunday night, about 9:30 o'clock, tho business portion of Gervais was entirely ilestroyed by fire. It was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, as it started in the photograph gallery, a place where no fire or combustibles were kept. The proprietor of the gallery, on seeing the smoke, repaired immedi ately to it in order to get $70 in coin which he had there, but on search ing the drawer he found that the money had been abstracted by some thief and the building set on fire to conceal the robbery. The conflagra tion lasted two hours, and consum ed Walker & Co.'s grocery store, Thebadeaus's saloon, Mrs. Larkin's milinery shop, Suiter's drug store, Brown Bros.' hotel and meat market and S. L. Grain's dry goods store. The latter was insured for $4,500. The Masonic hall was saved. Every effort was put forth to lo the best under the circumstances with the limited meaus at command. Men, women and children, including large arrivals from the camp meeting near by, worked unceasingly moving goods. Several of the men fell en tirely prostrated by overexertion. Dr. Cusick fell from the roof of a small building and had several of his ribs broken. Tho loss has not been estimated, but it is no doubt large. Although most of the mer chandise was saved, jet it was great ly damaged in thohandliug, Jiee. TERRITORIAL NEW Worms are ravaging the at Port Townsend. Chas. Clancey is now nia?n the Annie Stewart. " tCr of Steilacoom shipped sixty tuon hoop poles last week. Q'J Thirty cents per bushel is 0ra, for wheat at Walla Walla. erei John A. Davis is wanted by Nutt, Boulder county, Colorado! The farmers on Walla Walla riv are greatly tormented with rabbit The farming prospects in Easter Washington are exceedingly fUTo able. - The population of Clarke conntv has increased 150 during the year. The Territorial Fair will be ill wiviupiit uunug wo mot ee October. The old steamer Idaho is to U used as a collier between San cisco and Nanaiino. The low prices prevailing forl0r have induced many camps on t'0 Sound to shut down. 1,6 The Silver City people have suk scribed $G,100 for the suffering ain ers of Owyhee county. The Sheriff at Oljmpia has been restrained from selling theN. I R i for non-payment of taxes. James Berry, of Walla Walla di-J ! the other day of bilious colic, before medical aid could reach him.' ; They have a 70 year old man at(V darville, Chehalis county, who ca mow two tons of hay per diem. A French sailor of the Citv 0 Panama was lost overboard off Lim' Point on her last trip to the Souu An intoxicated sailor, named Job Booth, was drowned in Seattle Lar bor by tho capsizing of a small boat last week. a'' The North Pacific which is on the way repairing, will return to her old route on the Sound in aboct six weeks. It is estimated that fully one, fourth of the fruit trees aloV the ' Columbia river bottom havebtca killed by the high water. A theater, after the melodeon or der, was opened in Seattle last week and the house is said to have take: in $1,000 the first evenicg. During the racesat Seattle billiard tables were used for beds, arm chairs reserved for favored guests, and the ordinary public were compelled to sleep in the saw tlust pile. Washington Territory has three breweries, each of which manufac ture over 200 barrels of beer ami a!? per month. The government tax re ceived from the three amounts to about $0,000 per annum. The great race of the series over the Seattle course was run last Fri day and won by Bill y Bigham in ho heats out of three. It was 21 miks and repeat for a purse of $5H. Ti en tries were Tom Merry, Cragiebnrr. and Bigham. Wm. Maskeyline, the stock man. whose disappearance from the 1". canon was noticed last week. La been found. lie was discovered i short distance from the city, and from his general conduct is suppos ed to be insane. Olpmpia is improving and beauti fying liberally this year. Ita.l. sidewalks, fences aud bnildi:: have been put in good order, ai;! the ()' 'innpio u claims that no town pi the coast presents a more attract: appearance to an artistic eye. The boom of the Cirran Brother-, containing a million feet of saw loc;. that had been brought in by Liu Washington and anchored at t'. head of Seattle bay,, broke or u; broken open early Sunday, and t die logs all permitted to escape. 11: owners organized a temporary can:;' on the beach and are engaged pick ing up those that did not get ont c! the bay. They will save the greater part probably. m The North Carolina Republican have nominated for Governor Tbos. Settle, president of the republican national convention of 1S72, and now judge of the supreme court, and he will resign his judgship and chal lenge Vance, the Democratic candi date, to a joint canvass. Another Opportunity for M t lielief of the Afflicted. The Sursreons of the National Sur-i- ; cal Institute, bieated in Indian:;!'.''''' Pacific Division, Alhambra OuiK!:"-- . JUish Street, San Francisco, Iiaveyid.i- . cd to tho manv u. gent appeals lr their patrons aud friends in and W ashington Territory and ai.i : ing regions to revisit JVrtlaiul. i' former visit was highly r s'"81?' " and encouraging, many of 0e.l-11'' ' then accepted for treatment boinjr cntirelv recovered, while nearly all" j great lv benefitted and in a W!rwn ' recoverv. Three or more oi tl e 'v : goons will be at the Cosniopohtai Jj Pel in Portland, Oregon, from M1" ' : the 2Sth dav of August, until :tur o. the 2d September, 1n(J, six dajs ; elusive. A, . ; n,nv will have with them a amount of surgical apparatus. "1 1 ances, etc., and competent a. -and workmen to change, tit, J'(1 'irt,l. such apparatus as may Ix ri i (l Thov will come espociallv proi'an trp'it .n iirri-.ii cases: a . . ncil, .HI .-nif;n.iii . - - ., - xnwir Tuf-n-;ti.is of the i a . i and Limbs, Diseased Joints, i'i Eves. Catarrh, Private Di-sj'a?; Fistula, etc. All who wish W ,he themselves of the advantaps Institute, without the long J?,nU San Fiancisco or Indianapolis, do so at this time. N? .c:,fC!!' cf n" undertaken without a lair iupy ifr lief. II is needless to say tJia stitution is entirely resins ui, th., flic largest and most lMI'UI;ir,n(i,n:i kind in America, curing thoiis-o. - nually. Kemembcrthc .umYo the ln' ami come earl v. Gsena .in stitute for circular. 'l HARDING ft HANSEH. PAINTERS. nVi .at to coast. Orders ion ai ".."" ,,.,nil ii drug store will be prompt J frT-KMlsomining "d C Specialty. , , ,r Oregon City, August 1, 1.0. ' - . . ni kinds of I'iimtinp at yy - ...mm'" reasonable prices, una WI,r., Pn " do as pood work as an) ,fnriiins in.