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THE ENTERPRISE. BRECON CITY, OREGON, A LCI ST 25, 1876. The Transportation Problem, The press of the State is pretty evenly divided on the question of an opposition line of steamboats to the grinding monopoly. Those consid ering it a useless expense to the farm ers, are the. Standard, Mercury, Guard and Tribune ; they holding that after the farmers have agreed to ship all their grain by the new line they will " go back on" their words if the O. S, N. Co. will do the same rork for less money. They show many loop-holes out of which a farm mer bound in honor to the opposition may escape the fulfillment of his word, and conclude with saying that the whole thing, in consequence of the farmers bad faith, will result in tlie " monopoly" finally becoming the master of the new line. They also make "no bones" of saying that the originators of the schemes so arrange their contracts with the far mers, thai come what will they are on the safe side,, and the only one to xnake money by the enterprise. On the other hand, papers that are opposing the O. S. X. Co., plainly see that if steps are not immediately taken, that by the time wheat is ready to be transported in quantities the farmers will be completely at the mercy of a soulless corporation which will so increase its tonnage that the tillers of the earth will scarcely make profit at all on their crops. That the farmers will go over to the monopoly to save a cent a bushel when the opposition will be at its height, is at once improbable and impossible. It is improbable be cause we do not think our wheat growers so lost to the ordinary in stincts of manhood as to forsake, in its hour of need, the very enterprise to which they owe the low freights in the monopoly ; it is impossible because the contract offered by Cap tain Cochran is so worded that the s-'gners agree to send so much wheat at a specified price within a men tioned time, or be liable to the boat builders for that amount of freight. Tims it is seen that the ways of evad ing the contract hinted at by tho papers above mentioned are absolute ly impossible ; and the farmers are forced to be honest men nolens tolens. Papers also jay that the boat build ers are the ones who will reap all the benefit from the opposition. How can this be, when farmers get their transportation done for 9 cents is not this a benefit to them? Owning neither boats nor wheat we feel capa ble of taking an honest and impartial view of this transportation question, and tho more we consider it the more satisfied are we that the alliance be tween the steamboat builders and wheat shippers is done in self de fence, mutually making concessions, thus strengthening themselves for the coming river fight. We do not charge those who look upon this subject differently than we with base motives ; but we do think, that if they will stop to consider that by fighting against the opposition line they are striking at the farming community, the back bone of our wealth, and the foundation stone e' future hopes, they .m-- gee tL ui their ways and finally join with us in crying "Down with the Mon opolyl" 0 Carpet-Baggers. There is no word which has done the Southern States'more harm than that of carpet-bagger. Its meaning in the South is clear enough. It is intended to apply to adventurers from the NortU who went South after the war for the purpose of plundering the inhabitants by aid of the ignorant colored voters. It is regarded everywhere in this country as a term of reproach and has had the effect of deterring from the Southern States thousands of honest Northern men who would have been glad to go South on account of the climate and the natural richness of the soil. The Maine citizen may go to Arizona or come here to Oregon and be welcome. It is no reproach to him that he was born in the Cast and votes the Republican ticket. Let him go to Georgia or South Car olina, and carry with him his princi ples, and his fate is social, political ostracism. He can assert no inde pendence of judgment without in curring the worst forms of enmity. Something of this may be duo to the soreness occasioned by the war. But while this was natural it should not last always. The word carpet-bagger may serve the purpose of a flippant politician like Mr. Cox or a bitter partisan like the editor of the Stan dard, bnt it should have no place in our literature. If we go into the matter deeply we shall find that we are all carpet-baggers in Oregon, and all carpet-baggers in America, with the exception of Sitting Bull and his people. The Albany Evening-Journal says that when asked why he had deter mined to take the stump for Tilden, Pendleton's reply was, of my admiration for a "Because man who made millions out of bankrupt rail roads while I pocketed less than one hnndrel thonsaml." V A I Inspiring General Confidence.' ' In its financial plank the St. Louis platform urges the adoption of a "sys tem, open, public, and inspiring general confidence ;" and as the first step under such a system they have repealed, the resumption clause under the Act of 1875. This may be a good way to inspire general confidence, but we are unable to so regard it. The appointment of a time to re same specie payments was a pledge, with all the solemnity and force which the forms of law could give. It was as distinct a pledge as any of the others which have been made to pay any part of the pnblic debt. If its repealing is without political crime, why can not the other pledges be similarly disposed of? Its repeal, far from inspiring general confidence, has shaken the public trust in any and all the financial promises of the government which may be made hereafter. By the repudiating the promise to resume, what guarantee is there that a further promise to re sume at a fixed time will not be repu diated ? Suppose that the Democrats re gain power, and after the repeal of the Resumption Act they put their system into operation, and that hav ing prepared for specie payments if that is what they really mean to do they announce that at a certain time they will begin to redeem the legal tender notes in gold. What would the people say ? They would say in effect : " We do not believe anything of the kind. Congress once before passed au act promising to resume at a day fixed, and before the day arrived the act was repealed. We believe that this new pledge will be broken in a like manner. The government cheated us once in this matter It cannot cheat us twice in the same way." The Democrats will thus discover that repeal, instead of " inspiring general confidence," has destroyed it, making their long- looked for victory more distant than ever. The Senatorial Question. The Mercury, Review and Courier in making deductions from our arti cle on the Senatorial question do us the honor to get very much fright ened by our statement that Nesmith will try to effect a coalition between the less partisan Republicans and Democrats and refuse to go into caucus. Why, pray, should these papers see a Banquo's ghost in the union of these two classes of legisla tor? Is not Col. Nesmith a Demo crat? Is not everything fair in war? If a Democrat can be sent to the Senate, is that not all that is desired? We fail to see why Col. Nesmith i3 such an incubus to these papers unless they are personal organs. We pause for a reply. Speaker Kerr. President Grant pays ths follow ing well deserved tribute to the memory of the late Speaker Kerr: " It is with intense regret that the President announces to the people of the United States the death of the Speaker of the House of Representa tives, M. C Kerr, of Indiana. A man of great intellectual endow ments, large culture, great probity and earnestness in his deyotlGa tG public interest and passed 1 from the pos!tlCu of power and usefulness to which he had been recently1 called. The body by whom he had been se lected to preside not being in session to render its tribute of affection and respect to the memory of the de ceased, the President invites the people of the United States to solemn recognition, public and private, of the worth and services of a pure and eminent man. (Signed) U. S. Gkant. By the President. J. L. Cadwaladek, Acting Secre tary of State." Naked Facts. After much valuable time, to say nothing of the dollars the House decreased the army some 3,000 men; and scarcely have those Solons been reseated after their vote, than 2,500 more men are called for by the Pres ident and seconded by the Senate. What does the Standard think now of its editorials on Army Reduction. The N. Y. Tribune compares wages in loo and lou lor ou trades, and reckons the decrease at from 10 to 20 per cent., while the reduction in rent and the necessaries of life has been more than that. It concludes there fore, that there has been an actual increase in absolute wages, that is, that the same amount of work will buy more of the necessaries of life now than in 1870-71. A correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette undertakes to show that Sit ting i: nil is a graduate of West Point. He represents him to have been a wild fellow from Missouri. whowas a good cadet, but got drunk f J 1 - 1 iT - aner no irrauuaieu. was denied a commission, and finally became an Indian leader. The story is. howev er, extremely doubtful. The bloody-shirt," says the Springfield Republican will cease to be a formidable political ensign the day our Southern brethren cease furnishing the blood. And not be fore. . A corespondent of the Harrisburg Xucleics says Geo. P. Weidler, of Portland, has let the contract for a capacious ' freight boat to run on the upper Willamette. telegraphic. news. Eastern. Washington, Aug. 10. The fol lowing dispatch is received. Rock Bkidge Alum Spkixgs, W Ya , Aug. 19. Our friend Mr. Kerr died about 7 o'clock this evening. I have been by his side for two days. His last hours were painless, as ho so much desired. His composure was as re markable as it was heroic. He was thoroughly content, and prepared for the unseen world. He was cou cious and intlligeut, gentle and brave, to the end. His disease was consumption of the bowels, but to ward the last other parts were affected. He has been for days past in fact a disembodied intellect a mere skele ton. Every thins: possible to be done ut this remote spot to soften this blow to his family, by throwing tenderest care around his dying bed, has been done, and the last offices will be performed with all the thoughtfulness they could ask. We have sent to the officers of the House at Washington for an escort. His body will be taken to New Albany Monday. S. S. COX. " Kerr's death cast a gloom over the city to-night. Sayler and several of the House representatives will go on to the Virginia Springs and-accom-pany the remains to Indiana. Mr. Kerr snffe: ed greatly ; but his mind remained clear. Philadelphia, Aug. 19. The at tendance at the Exposition is im mense, this being the first day where visitors are admitted at one-half rate or 25 cents. A drizzling rain com menced early this morning and con tinued all the forenoon, but despite this drawback the visitors came flow ing in from all directions, and by noon there were nearly CO.OOO with in the grounds. No such attendance has been siuce the 4th of July week. A Piano Manufacturing Co. of New York, sent 1,000 employees, who marched in with music and flags. This is an experiment for which the public has been long clamoring, and the committees finaly decided to try it. All are pleased with the success of the movement. Next Saturday will be another such day. New Yokk, Aug. 19. The Repub lican State Convention at Saratoga, next Wednesday promises much ex citing interest. The best impression to-day is that Cornell's nomination for Governor, if pressed at all, will only be urged to defeat ex-Gov. Mor gan's nomination. Personally Cornell is unobjectionable; there is no stain on his public or private character; but reasons of policy forbid his nomi nation now, because of extensive prejudice against him among inde pendents. Evarts' friends promise to show local strength in the conven tion. His nomination is certain if he draws much from Cornell's forces when the latter brakes. Some think his success is sure in any event. The opposition to Evarts attempt to creat mischief by the assertion that there is a purpose to overthrow Conkling as party leader. This will hardly succeed: it is too well known that the opposition to Cornell has no such significance, for the warmest personal friends of the latter counsel against his candidacy. Probably there will be same warm work at Saratoga, but it will result in no fac tious division. Senator Booth's entry on theTam paign for Hayes and Wheeler, is hail ed with marked pleasure. His pow erful influence in Indiana is recog nized generally, and that is the real battle field of the struggle. With California and Indiana safe, there will be little anxiety about New York, and either Evarts or Morgan can carry the latter as easily as could Pomcroy if in the field. The defeat of that loyal Democrat, John Han cock, for Congressional nomination in Texas, by D. fc. Gnulings, a sup porter of the salary grab anc. a bitter Confederate, and the -nomination cf Wftds Hampton for Governor of South Carolina, have disgusted Union Democrats in this section, who accept them as evidence that the Democratic party is not snfli ciently disciplined yet to be trusted with the Federal government. Chicago, Aug. 19. Sabin K. Smith, in behalf of Hilton & Co., successors of A. T. Stewart business in New .York, and for himself as Chicago representative, this morning signed a lease for two Chicago build ings, corner of Washington street and Wabash avenue. They will be occupied by the parties above named as a wholesale dry goods store, to be known as the Chicago bra ch of the New York business of A. T. Stewart. They will be fitted up at once and it is expected will be ready for the fall trade. The lease signed is for five years and binds the parties signing it to put in a stock of goods worth $2,000,000 or more. The proprie tors intend to make this a central point for their trade and if business warrants to make their Chicago house more extensive than the New York one. It will be exclusively wholesale and will be run in the same way as the original house. They expect to open in September or October at the farthest, with an entirely new stock from the factories here and in Europe. Bostox, Ang 19. The failure of Hon. Josiah Quincy is announced. Liabilities $S0U,000; assets. 8220,000. Postmasters appointed B. P. Quincy, Linkville, Lake county, Oregon; C. S. Sargent, Phoenix, Jackson county, Oregon; J. L. Wel der, Slate Creek, Josephine county, Oregon; R. D. Hume, Skomokawa, Wahkiakum countv, W. T. CaicagOv Aug. 20.- -The Tribune's Washington special says the princi pal Democratic Sunday papers here, to-day make severe attacks on the House for the outrageous manner in which it reduced the pay of officers of the navy. They characterize the action and method by which it was accomplished as gross injustice of the rankest and most unjustifiable kind, and utterly false in its assump tion of economy. It will reduce to beggary a number of officers whose services entitled them to a nation's gratitude. Of course all these off icers will be entitled to relief at the next or some future session of Con gress, but in the meanwhile they will be subjected to extreme hard ships, and the morals of the service will be seriously impaired. Washington." Aug 19. The Pres ident, with his family, left Washing ton this morninng for Long Branch. Chicago, Aug. 19. The Tribune's Washington special says: It is stat- rt of H.n rlAnnnn. r : a.: 1 the question of the Chicago whisky convict pardons was considered by the President before leaving this morning, and settled adversely. Stoors made vigorous efforts to get the President to order a pardon over the head of the laws. The Presi dent says he leaves the whole matter to the Attorney General, and will not act contrary to his recommend. In the St. Louis cases all new facts and arguments have been presented District Attorney Bliss, which' it is expected he will endorse, as he did the first lot. New York, Aug 21. The Times this morning has a remarkable edi torial showing that Gov. Tilden having sworn in 18G3 that his entire income for the year 1862, from all sources liable to tax ation, counsel fees, dividends, rents and profits, was only $7,118, he in 187G, swears that during the same year, 1862, he received from two sour ces alone, his services to a single company, $20,000, by his own sworn admission. Therefore,Tilden stands indebted to the government in a considerable sum for unpaid income tax for 1862, and we have two state ments by Tilden utterly inconsistent with each other. The Times pro ceeds to show other sourses of reve nue enjoyed by the Governor, and says he never returned any statement of his income except for two years, and was assessed during other years the income tax law existed. Chicago, Aug. 22. The Inter Ocean's St. Paul special says: A gen tleman from Winnepeg on the 12th, reports that a large amount of am munition, in small packages, has been sent from Winnepeg to a depot in Saskatchawan county, established by Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull asked the Canadians to send word to Queen Victoria asking the British govern ment to act as peace maker between the United States and the Sioux na tion, and that, if necessary, he would send a number of chiefs, with an in terpreter to visit the Queen and state their grievances, and the dis honesty and unscrupnlousness of th Indian agents, who defraud them out of all their rights, and asking the United States government to give them a largo track of country as a permanent reservation bordering on the British possessions, to be form ed into a civilized Indian me nt. govern- Foreign. London, Aug. 18. The London Daily Ifeics' dispatch from Cutari says the report of the Turkish defeat at Brisanski on the 8th is confirmed. The Turkish loss is estimated at 1, 000. General Tchernaryoff is re port to have issued an order that all Circassians and Biissi Basonks be shot without parley when captured. BAYREUTn.Aug. 20. Five hundred persons were present at the banquet last night given in honor of llerr making a speech, Wagner. After which was loudly applauded, Hsrr Wagner was crowned with , a silver meiialed wreath. London, Aug. 21. Tho Mn-kLanc E.rpress says harvesting is now well advanced. Numerous reports from various parts of the Kingdom have arrived. Some prognosticate that the crop will be light; others speak of a fair, or even good, average yield. These statement must be received with caution, as the averages in diff erent localities vary from 37 quarters per acre, whereas, statisti cally speaking, 80 bushels is usually considered a standard. Barley and beans are likely to turn out well. Peas give satisfaction in most dis tricts. Oats are reported to bo the worst of all. Trade has been dull owing to the uncertainty as to the yield of home crops and fbreigu sup plies. We think the latter will be large since India is exporting very freely. Although the reports of the California crop may have been ex aggerated, predilection of millers for the class of grain is still domi nant. ilsize -co-' L Titrs in request, especially for forward delivery, as the quanitty afloat is now consider able diminished. Oats have slightly improved, owing to the increase of the Continent demand. Parilic Coast. ; San Fr.ANCisco, Aug. 21. For some time past it. has been kuowu to the postoflice authorities that reg istered letters were being tampered with, and a portion of tho valuables they contained extracted. A strict watch was set on those engaged in the service throughout the State, and tho delinquency was finally traced to the San Francisco post oflice. For weeks Postmaster Coey has been busily at work trying to detect the culprit, and about $1,000 has passed through the registration department in decoy letters fovthat purpose. On Friday afternoon a decoy letter containing nine $5 gold notes, addressed to Umati la, Ore gon, was mailed at the registry office. A watch was also placed on the clerks engaged in that depart ment, which resulted in the arrest at llo'clock Friday night of Jas. Bowman, one of the registry clerks, by Capt. Stone, on a charge of rob bing the mails. Seven of the $5 gold notes were found in Bowman's possession; two had been spent dur ing the evening, one of -which was found and identified as tho note which Bowman gave in exchange for goods. Bowman had been in the postoflice seven or eight years. He was formerly a member of the leg islature, and no suspition rested on him until recently. During Friday evening, Bowman drank consider able and talked freely, and finally consented to show his money when asked to do so. On Saturday mor ning, II. McCartney, who had been employed to mail the decoys taken at the registry office, swore cut a complaint before Comissioner O' Beine. Bowman was brought before the commissioner" the" same day, but waived an examination and charge. He is almost broken down under the blow of disgrace and pro tests his innocence, but the proofs of his guilt are apparently-overwhelming. The arrest has caused great commotion in postal circles, . C. H. Mohring, manufacturer of California gold dollars, has been indicted by the U. S. grand jury for counterfeiting. He gave bonds to-day for his appearance when want ed for trial in the sum of $2,5C0,and was released from custody. It is re ported that other manufacturers of this bogus coin will join Mohring and make this a test case. The Sunday Welcome favors Goy. G rover as our next Senator. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SUMMARY OF STATE EVS. Eugene has a case of small-pox. Roseburg has two cases of small pox. Vagrants find Portland too hot to hold them. Wool sells at 14 cents a pound in Jacksonville. Counterfeit dimes are in circula tion jn Portland. Wheat is selling at 65 cents per bushel at Salem. Gen. M. V. Brown arrived on the last steamer. II. D. Thompson, of Lebanon, died on the lGth. The Lafayette Courier chronicles the death of a" Sooner" dog. The Coast survey steamer Hosier arrived at Portland last week. Bro. Hand of the Dalles Mountain eer is going to the Centennial. R. Tharp, of Roseburg, has been arrested for stealing a horse. Chinamen .burglarized E. M. Wait's house at Salem last week. The Standard says Portland will have a bridge across theJ Willamette. Albert Temple, living near Hal sey. had one of his legs broken last week. The body of j-oung Tharp," drown ed at Independence, was recovered, last Saturday. Salem is full of school teachers, and Albanv running over with Methodist parsons. W. K. Smith, of Portland, sus tained a compound fracture of his left" leg last Saturday. The Indians have about all disap peared from Pendleton. Some have gone to the Black Hills. W. L. Williams has just arrived in Umatilla county from Kansas, with a lot of blooded cattle. A man named Butler was stabbed in a drunken row at Gardiner last week by Alexander Rasmus. Tho body of Absalom Smith, drowned in the Santiam some two months ago, was found last Sunday. The Yamhill Courier is advised of tho fact that there are two cases of small-pox four miles west of Lafay ette. The Alden Fruit Preserving Com pany, at McMiunville, has not thus far proved a remunerative invest ment. There have been eleven Plummer fruit dryers erected and put in suc cessful operation in this State this season. The Dallas Itemizer man says he will publish the names of all who vis it a certain saloon. What's the mat ter now ? J. W. Caslin and wife, of Salem, arrested for committing an abortion were discharged last Friday for want of evidence. Americus Savage living near Shedil Station, committed suicide last Friday. Tho deceased was 75 years of age. Preparations for tho state fair are being made on an extensive scale. It will be tho grea est show Oregon has ever had. Mattison, the fis'ierraan, who shot Miss Rodgers, of Astoria, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment in the penitentiary. It is said that the crop of hazel nuts in Oregon tin's season is unusu ally large, and weather wise people predict a hard winter. Ti. J. Powell, formerly of the Willamette University, has accepted the position of principal of the Al bany Collegiate Institute. The county court of Lake county has issued n order fort-he clerk to pick up his books and go toBullard's creek. Clerk isays ho won't do it. The temporary insanity "dodge " has been tried in every criminal case on trial in the circuit court at Astoria during the present term, but one. Benjamin Southwell, living on Eight Mile Creek, Wasco county, son of Joseph Southwell, was thrown from a horse on Sunday last and severely injured. The City Rifles, of Portland, are camping in the vicinity oi Cornelius. A Portland paper says that the farm ers have sold three chickens and sent their daughters visiting in con sequence. Last week Mr. K. B. Ireland, of Ten Mile went into his field of grain' cut and threshed wheat, sent it to the mill, had it ground and the flour brought home, and gave his men hot biscuits forsupper, made from wheat that in the morning stood in the field just as it grew. The sawmill at Independence own ed by Mr. Hedge, and under the man agement of the Richardson brothers, was burned down last week. The tiro originated in the saw dust. The loss is est imated to be in the neigh borhood of $2,000. The loss will be heavily felt by the parties. The coroner's jury which sat upon the body of John Krall, killed by Frank Davis on the South Umpqua, Aug. 13, found that Davis acted in self defence and defence of his fami ly, and committed no crime. Krall was an Austrain, about 30 years old, and was discharged from the insane asylum last April. Prof. S. H. Marsh and wife of Forest Grove, were taking a drive one day last week, in the vicinity of their home, when tho horse ran away.and upset the buggy, throwing the occupants to the ground. The lady was very badly bruised, and the Prof, is severely injured and confined to his bed. It is feared by his physician that his spine is per manently injured. A letter from Baker city, Aug. 15th, to the Tribune says : " A. I. Block, of 1 the firm A. I. Block, & Co., now bankrupts, was arrested yesterday by J. M. Boyd. Depu ty U. S. Marshal, on a charge of defrauding his creditors and of sell ing his goods with that intention. His trial, or rather his examination, is now being had before Samuel Far mau, U. S. Commissioner, Consid erable excitement prevails." TERRITORIAL NEWS ITEMS. Seattle is 9,066 68 in debt. Idaho's new governor is expected to arrive soon. Si 'ting Bull's pure Indian name is " Tatonha Otebka." A dance usually follows the relig ions debates in Seattle. Olympia has the highest flag staff on the Sound. It is 138 feet high. Tho wild grass on the Columbia rivers bottoms is very good th s rear. v Colorado is getting ready to start up the machinery of a State govern ment. Montana mines are adding a good deal to the silver circulation this season. H. A. Sares, of Walla Walla, killed 67 prairie chickens one day last week. A 1,000 ton vessel will soon be built at Seattle. The plans are now being drawn. On account of the hard times in Owyhee, many miners have left for the Black Hills. The assessment roll for Kli?kitat county for the current year aggre gates 3328,114. The Watchman advises the farm ers to sell their wheat when it will bring 40 cents a bushel. Some of the peach trees in Walla Walla valley are breaking down with their loads of luscious fruit. The Walla Walla valley is nearly all harvested. Tho yield averag d ra ther better than in the Willamette. Philo Remington last week sold to W. C. Sqaires Seattle town lots and lands back of the city amoun ting to $55,000. A man named Hanson stabbed his employer, P. L. Gipling, at Rey nold's creek, Idaho, last week. The wo'inds are not considered danger ous. The House bill cr. ating an addi tional laud office at Colfax, W. T., passed the Senate on the last day of the iession. Angus Fenderlen was quite bad y crushed letween two logs in the logging camp on Nisqnally, on Thurs day of last week. His wounds are severe, but not fatal. Colorado's governor will not ap point any U. S. Senators, though lie has authority to do. so, but will leave the seats vacant until the first meet ing of the legislature. Wm. Story, aged about 21 son of David Storv, a worthy farmer of Klickitat valley, was drowned at Jeu kins' Ferry, in the Columbia river one day last week, and was buried in the Goldendale cemetery. The body of Wm. Hacker was found in the water near Seattle last week in a decomposed state. When last seen he was drunk in Seattle on the Fourt i of July. Tho Washington Territory Grand Lodge of Good Templars will con vene in Vancouver on Wednesday, Sept. 20th. and the Gran. 1 IVvlijeof Masons iu Olympia oa Wednesday, Sept. 17th. Tho potato blight on Pngct Sound, about which the farmers on the riv er were so miwh alarmed a short time since, will not be half as bail as many ny feared a few w eks ago. They will probably have a fair crop after all. Mrs. N. Crosby, of Olympi. boiled some clams for half n hour, sealed them in glass jars, and s nt them by steamer to friends in Kan Francisco. After they had travolnl S00 miles, and had been handled two or three times, they were opened. The report which has len received is that they wort' "O K. R. II. Milroy, Indian agent in Washington Territory, received the following dispatch from the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs, last week: "Discharge nil employes, except in terpreter, at once. No appropria tion. Telegraph immediately amount and character of indebtedness in curred since July 1st. Remain in charge but incur no expense. Oregon State University. Circular of the State Universitj-, Eu gene City, Oregon. The beautiful buildinrpreparedfor the State University of Oregon being now ready for t ha accommodation of students, the first session will com mence on the 16th day of Oetoher. There will be two courses of study, the Preparatory and Collegiate, and two terms of twenty weeks each. The law provides for the free tui tion of one student from each county and one for each member of the Leg islature. Students wishing to avail themselves of the benefits of the law should make application to the Coun ty Superintendent of the county in which they reside. All other stu dents wishing to take the Collegiate course will be required to pay a tui tion fee of $20 per term in. advance. All candidates for admission into this department will be required to pass an examination in the following studies : Reading, Writing, Ortho graphy, Geography, Practical Arith metic, English Grammar, Greek Grammar and Reader, History of the United States, Latin Grammar, Reader and four books of Caesar. But for the present the examination in the languages may be omitted. The curriculum of study in the Col legiate Course will comprise : 1st. The usual College course. 2nd. A complete course in science. 3d. A normal course, planned with special reference to the wants of teachers. All students in this department will be required to pay a fee of $2 50 per term in advance for incidental ex penses. All students iu the Prepar atory Department will be required to pay a tuition fee of $15 in advance. This department will give students the necessary training required for admittance into the Collegiate De partment. The Faculty will consist of Prof. J. W. Johnson. President, and Professors Thomas Condon and Mark Bailey. The teachers in the Preparatory Department are Mrs. E. Spiller, Principal, and Miss Mary E. Stone, Assistant. John W. Johnson, Pres't. of University and Faculty. J. J. Walton, Sec'y Board of Directors. DIED. In this city, August 21st. 1376, Mr Eugene La Forest, aged 49 years, 4 months and 3 days. (Mr. La Forest was born in St. Malo France, April 18th, 1827. He was edu cated for the profession of the sea, and was first mate of a vessel when only is years of age. lie first visited Oregon in 1S4. InlSlDhe sailed for France in the ship Morning Star, but w as wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia and re turned to this city, where he has re sided ever since. Upon his return he accepted a situation as clerk with tho Hudson Bay Co., where he remained for some years. He was in business once or twice for himself, and was chief salesman for Mr. Thos, Charman until ill-health incapacitated him for service. He was married in 1854, in this city, to Mary Salome Gushurst, a Ger man lady of fine education, who came to this coast with the family of the late Hon. A. Holbrook. She has proved a faithful wife and a constant minister to him. For many years Mr! La Forest has been afflicted with asthma, and for the last five years has been almost helpless. Last week he was taken with diarrhea, and about 8 o'clock last Monday morning ho departed this life. He leaves a wife and four chil dren to mourn his loss. Seven little children have gone before him to that bright and better land. Mr. Jjii Forest has suffered a thousand deaths in his prolonged sickness, and death came to him as a welcome mes senger to relieve him from pains moro acute than those inspired by the King of Ten ors. "So let him rest, he hates him. That would upon the rack of this rough world. Stretch him out longer" He was a genial companion, and I113 mind was richly stored with exper iences of travel and pioneer incidents. Thus another of the old pioneers i gathered to his forefathers, and not long but it will be said of them : All, all are gone, the old familiar faces." Iron in the Blood. The Peruvian Syrui vitalizes and en riches the blood, tones up the svstem, builds up the broken down, cuivs Dvspep sia, J ability, Dropsy, Chills and Fevers. Chronic Diarrhoea Nervous Affectl .n.i Boils Humors, Diabetes, etc. Thousands have boon chang- d by the us ol this rem edy from week, sickly, suffering creatures, to strong, healthy, and happy men and women; and invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to give it a trial. A 32-pnge pamphlet, contalningahistory of the I'kruvian Svkup, a valuable pa peron progress hi medical science, a treatise on Iron as a medical agent, testimonials from distinguished physicians, clergymen and others, will be sent free to aifv ad dress, .setii W. Fowj.e Jc. Sons, Proprie tors. S Harrison Ave., lioslon. Sold by dealers generally. NEW TO-DAY. (Successor to IJ A It LOW & FCIXEH), Deale- In GROCERIES AMD PROVISIONS, SELECTED TEAS COFFEE, and SPICES, BUTTER A FD CHEESE, FOREIGN jND DO.IIESTIC FRITTS, And a full variety of Goods usually kept in a lirst-elass (Jrocery store. Come one. come all, and examin" our stock. 1 can sell ns cheap :im! lurnish u gooa an article as any nous m to- n. 1 have secured a lirst class baker and will continue to furnish customers with as good bread as c.-in be found in t!i-Stat. iive me a call nt. llarlovv & Fuller's o:d stand. Main street. T. A. RACOX. Or 'gon City, August , 1&76 HI. PAUL BOYCE. mTdT PHYSICIAN AKD SUSGEiH, Orffnn City, - - Orrnn. dfnnoxic diseases Axn iis- cas"s of Women and Children a speci ally. Office hours, day and night ; always ready when tlutv calls. Aug. 25, 1870 it. Havixg nipos.-:D of our ursi. iifss to Mr. T. A. Twicon, we d--sire to close up our accounts within two werks. Those indebted will govern themselves ac cordingly. After the expiration of two weeks any accounts not setthtl will bo found at the oftice of Johnson & McCown. Thankful for past favors, we b-spcak a liberal patronag" for our successor. It A K LOW fc FULLER. Oregon City, Aug S, l.STfi slw. ACHEA?PAPER I THK DEMAND FOtt THE WEEKLY OUKliONlAX for a short time is so gr.at that we have conclded to offor it for the balance of the year lor OXE DOLLAR! All subscript ions expire Dec. 31, matter when they commence. Address, Oregonian, Fortland. 1876, no Receivers Sale. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Clackamas County. 11. S. Buck, 1 riaintlfT. vs. II. Jj. Tit lock, ) W. W. Luck, Defendants. L. D. C. Latourctte, ) TOTICK 18 HEREBY G1VEX THAT J3l the undersigned. Receiver In said matter duly appointed by said Court and qualified according to law, pursuant to the decree and order by said Court in said suit made and entered, will on the Second (M) day of September, A. D. 1S7G, nt the hour of (lO)o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the Court House door of the Court House of said Clackamas county in Oregon City in said county, sell at public auction to the hich est bidder for lr S. gold coin cash, ten per cent of purchase price down and balance) on conttrmation of said sale all the inter est of H. S. Buck. II. fi. Pittock and W. V. Ruck, composing the late partnership firm of H. L. Mttockand Company, in and to the following described premises, situ ated In Clackamas county, Oregon, to-wit : Commencing on the left or south bank of the Clackamas Hiver. at the intersection between said river and the section line between section twenty (20) and twenty one )21) in township two (2) south of range two (2)east; thence south on said section line eight (8) chains and fortv (40) links to the south-west corner cf H. S. Buck's do nation claim ; thence east three (3) chains and (90) links; thence north (h five de degrees fifteen (15) minutes, cast fifty-five (55) links; thence east fourteen (14) chains and sixty (00) links: thence north fortJj seven (17) degrees, west to the south bank of the Clackamas river, where is set a pos from which a cotton wood tree two and one-half (2k) feet in diameter bears north forty-live (15) d- grees east, distant two (2) links ; also a cottonwood tree one (1) foot in diameter bears south nineteen (19) de grees west, distant fifty -one (51) links; thence down the Clachamas river with its meanderings to the place of beginning : containing eight (8) acres of land more or 1 . .1 : . v. .1 . - arnnr less, logei ner Willi iiiw n-neminm. tenances and hereditaments thereof, in cluding the water power, right and Privr lege derived from the Clackamasrlverand the dam and raceconnectedtherewith.and the right of way along the shores of said race and the Clackamas river wherever necessary for the repairs of said race and dam ; the said described premises being the propertv commonly known as tho Clackamas Paper Mills, also therewitha policy of Insurance on said Mills for $7,000, gold coin, expiring July 17tr, 18 7. II. II. NOitTIIUP, Receiver. August 22, 1876 :w2.