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Democratic tteform.
'iJfor tho last four years especially,
the Democratic press Las sent up
one continuous wail about tbe cor
ruption in the Republican party and
the dire need of "Reform." Sifted
down to its finest sense, this word
Ileform, in a Democratic mouth,
simply means, " You Radicals get
out of power and let us in." The
hopelessness of Ileform within the
Republican party being conceded,
it is worth while to turn to the other
party, from time to time, to note the
guarantees it offers, that of "being
able to evolve from its " inner con
sciousness any amount of Reform
that the diseased condition of the
country may need. Taking it for
granted that honesty is the basis and
indispensable condition of Reform,
and that a dishonest man who pre
tends to be a reformer merely adds
hypocrisy to his other offenses, with
out helping the cjiuso of Reform,
the raw material of reformers seems
to bo distressingly scarce in the
Democratic party. If the conduct
of the Democracy of Oregon in sup
porting a candidate of the iane cali
bre i3 the illustration of a local de
pravity, wo can find an illustration
of universal dishonesty in the cow
ardly silence which reigned at the
convention recently held at New
York.
Writing on this subject, Whitelaw
Reid truly says, in one of his pol
ished editorials : -
" The history of the Democratic
party has been one of steady demor
alization of the public service. This
it Las brought about because it has
made public office the reward of
party service. For nearly half a
century, in the Federal, State, county
and municipal governments, wherever
it has had the power, it has acted
upon the maxim, "To the victors
belong the spoils." There is not the
slightest evidence that its ideas and
tendencies in that respect have
changed. It nominated Mr. Tildeu
regardless of his known hostility to
its prevailing ideas on the money
question because- it felt sure that the
party would prove stronger than the
man, and his letter shows that its
confidence was well grounded. Rut
there is no reason whatever for believ
ing that Mr. Tilden would more
earnestly or moro successfully at
tempt to restrain the tendency of
his party as to the distribution of
" the spoils " than to the resumption
of specie payments. On that ques
tion also, whatever his personal dis
position may be, Mohammed will go
to the mountain. For the mountain
will not go to Mohammed."
Notwithstanding this, the Demo
crats claim to be tho only Reformers,
so puro that Nasby (?) and Morrissey
becomo Reformers at once by the
mero jnftnenco of contact, as do Gro
vcr and Patsy Foy. It was the
party which was so conscious of the
strength of its purity that it pro
posed to " mako this an aggressive
campaign," and to-day it is skulking
out of sight wherever tho light of
day reveals its true character. In
Oregon its aggressiveness is' limited
to the individual and not to tho po
litical actions of its candidate ; in
New York its candidato lias for five
weeks been sneaking behind the eva
sion of silence, under tho plain
charge that he swindled the Govern
ment. This is complacently accept
ed by tho Democratic editors as part
of the campaign, who are too dis
honest to understand tho real im
portance of the case, and too stupid
to appreciate tho popular interest in
it. If this is the party which is to
furnish us with our " Reform " dur
ing the next four years, we had bet
ter take a good supply of that article
on board before next March, because
the total amount of reform in reach
of the Democratic party would not
outlast an organizati'
n of
Congress.
Not a Drag.
Trade dollars, not long since sell
ing at 10 per cent, off, are now stead
ily climbing back to par. Silver
bullion is no longer a drug in the
market. Tho demand seems to be
greater than tho supply, notwith
standing the efforts which have been
made to depress the price. We find
the following in tho commercial col
umns of tho San Francisco Bulletin
The truth is, there is not much
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silver ouenng in inis country or
England just now, and Londone
bankers have been obliged to buy
largely here during the pastfew
weets to cover India bills. The man
agers of the principal producing
mines have taken tho occasion of the
recent depression in tho silver mar
.
ei o penorm necessary wors in
their mines, which has greatly lim
ited the production during the pas
three months.
Democrats are pluming themselves
because Lafayette Lane has had
little experience in the House of
Representatives, and must necessa
rily have very much improved a3 an
orator. We hope to goodness he
has, but are decidedly under the
impression that a silk purse can
never bo made out of that kind of
e-r . Ho will be putty in the
hands of Williams, who will take
care that he sticks well to Rose
burg.
Liet us see ! Were any tidal waves
advertised for this year ? A sea
serpent was seen off the New Hamp
shire coast, but there has been no
tidal wave in Vermont.
I
A 'Gang of Thieves in Oregon.
People are naturally very anxions
to express their opinions in these
times of safe robberies about what
they would have done had these
same burglaries been committed in
their neighborhoods ; and while we
do not profess to be above that pro
pensity, our object in writing this
article is merely to state the impres
sions made on us by them, and the
sequences we draw. In the first
place, are tho men who robbed the
safes at McMinnville, Tlillsboro,
Turner's and Scio one and tho same
gang, and are they professional
thieves? We should answer the
double question affirmatively. In
the first place the safes have all been
opened in the same manner, (rather
peculiarly, too,) and in the second
place the method of opening the
treasure boxes shows unmistakably
the hand of a genuine " cracksman."
By merely looking at the safes they
had to deal with, these men knew
precisely how to strike ; one safe
would have its back cut out, while
another kind would have the knob
knocked off and the combination
punched in. So from their very
manner of working it would appear
that the perpetrators of tho recent
robberies are one and the same gang,
and professionals at that. Now if
this be so, how comes it that in
places no larger than Scio or Hills
boro tho men were not known, or at
least recognized as strangers for
surely they had to reconnoitre a
little before running such big risks ?
Again, admitting they arrived at
tho different scents of robbery at
night, what was? to admit of their
getting away the next morning? If
they kept off the roads, how could
they find their way, not only from
one small town to another, but so
successfully to elude those very per
sons whose business it is to know
every pass and path in the country?
The only answer we can give to
those questions is, that we consider
there is in this State at present a
largo and well organized gang of
thieves. Tho men appointed to rob
the safes are made to travel by night,
and at a certain designated place
they meet tho man sent ahead to
"spot "good places to "get avcy
with ; " he tells them where and how
the safes are situated, where in the
woods they will find food, and then
goes back to the farm at which he is
engaged, perhaps as a harvest hand,
and tho "next night the robbery is
committed. Of course we only
' show out " these little ideas of ours
on the subject as mero surmises, but
the deduction we must necessarily
draw is that we must all be on our
guard suspicious of strangers, and
see to it'that our night watchmen do
not fall asleep at some out of the
way place, nor engage in the fasci
nations of Pedro, perhaps with some
of the very gang, while the robbery
is going on in another part of tho
town ? Who knows? it may bo our
urn next.
Democratic Finance.
The Democracy of Massachusetts
have nominated Mr. Charles Francis
Adams for Governor. Mr. Adams.
whether of his own volition, or in
response to the urgent solicitations
of friends, has, within tho past eight
years, been a candidate for a great
variety of offices, elective and ap
pointive. Wo do not know to what
extent Mr. Bowles, of the Spring
field Republican, and the small band
of self-styled reformers Avho have for
some time past known nothincr no
politics but Adams and him nomi
nated, aro responsible for this ac
tion. But it requires eo great
amount of political sagacity to fore
see in it the calamity of ignominious
ailure. This is not the year for
"Independent" candidates or " In
dependent" movements, as even
Oregon has learned. The Presiden
tial contest is a strucrcle between
- w
progressive Republicanism andBoar-
bon Democracy, and everv StntA
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contest must represent tho
issue, no matter what may be the
personal history or past record of
the nominees of either side: We
presume the Democrats of Massa
chusetts nominated Mr. Adams in
full expectation of his overwhelming
victory. But they will find that,
ven in this view of the case, they
havo made a mistake. They have
stooped witbdut the slightest chance
of conquering. The name of Mr.
Adams will give them no new ele
ment of strength, while his candi
dacy, viewed in the light of his pub-
lie
record, will be construed as a
confession of weakness and a deser
tion of principles and ideas for
which they have contended for
years. He will not withdraw a
thousand Republican votes from
his opponent, and will lose the
votes of more than ten thousand
Democrats, to whom a descendant of
John Adams would be the worst of
party treason.
William Cullen Bryant says that,
though ho considers Tilden very
much tho superior of Hayes, the
policy of tLe Democratic party is so
bad that he can't vote for him.
The Springfield Republican says
n .
me ience people are gattin"
down on the Hayes side more than
t hey were.
Electoral Slates.
We notice that the Orerjonian and
Standard are struggling to keep up
the animus of tho Republican and
Democratic voter3 by publishicg
" slates" of the electoral votos, and
we can not but smile at the astound
ing difference there is in tho same
subje.t when viewed with different
party glasses. As looked at by the
Oregonian, everything is coleur de
rose for the Republicans ; taking a
" bird's-eye view" with the Standard,
Mr. Tilden's election is undoubted.
What are we to think ? Can they
both be right? Is the "golden
mean "the true solution? Without
wishing to appear at all like a press
censor, wo can not help feeling that
neither organ knows anything about
it, and these slates are but dodges to
fill the voters of the different parties
with unsubstantial hopes. If either
of tho astute journals mentioned
could foretell the majorities of the
electoral college, as they pretend,
the editor, need never again know
the meaning of redolent lucerna, but
henceforth establish himself as a
modern Delphic oracle, foretelling
future events, and reaping a rich
harvest. '.We believe with that
shrewd old wire-puller of New York,
Thurlow Weed, that tho coming
election will be close, and nobody at
present knows anything about the
electoral vote. Let the Oregonian
and Standard cut out their respect
ive slates and see how near they will
approach the correct vote in No
vember if they do not grow
ashamed and break;; them before that
time.
.Why Was it So Z
Editor Enteio?f.ise : Wa-? it for
getfulness that at tho opening ses
sion of Oregon's Legislature in her
new State House that no "flag of our
Union" proudly floated to the breeze?
Aro the Democrats so engrossed
with the cares of state that they have
no time to remember and symbolize
the fact that Oregon helongs to the
Union ?
Is this forgetfulness an earnest of
what we may expect if the national
Government passes from the control
of Republicans ? Was this act and
those of the Confederate flags being
tauntingly flung to the winds in
Kentucky and Missouri onjthe Cen
tennial, to feel the temper of the
people? Arotbe blue and tho grey
to bo rung in our ears to lull the pa
triots to sleep while the " lost cause"
steals on us and binds us with a Con
federate debt and the payment for
slaves freed, whom already the
Southern representatives of Democ
racy threaten to " drive from politics
and re-enslave?" If not, why are
we, the people, insulted, and oar
flag, that the nation bought with
blood of patriots, and at whose sight
every loyal heart leaps with new
life, ignominiously thrust aside ?
State -officials, under Democratic
rule, may ay that llag was a small
matter. Ay ! but it is the symbol of
liberty, equality before the law, jus
tice and right. It is an emblem of
our empire, forty millions strong, of
only a century's growth ; it is tho
costliest jewel 'of our nation's treas
ures ; its every fold is bedewed with
tears of love ; every star on its field
of blue shines with a glory more
brilliant than Jiqutcr ; in it is en
shrined tho sacred memories of a
nation's struggles and tender recol
lections of heart-offerings for coun
try. It is more eloquent than tongue
or pen : it speaks a nation's history
Bunker Hill, Valley Forgo, York
town, Vera Cruz, Chepultapcc, Mex
ico, Gettysburg and Richmond.
Washington and Lincoln are en
shrouded in its blue. Ay, moro, it
is a sign of mercy and pardon, full
and free, floating in every wind to
rebellious Democrats. Then glad
den our hearts by flinging it forth to
proudly rise and fall over our fair
land at our capital. Forever float
that standard sheet !
A Boy in Biaje.
Since the passage of tho act au
thorizing the redemption of frac
tional currency in silver, the amount
of silver coin issued has reached the
sum of $l-i,7SS,950. The mints are
required to furnish in all $50,000,000.
They havo a monthly capacity of 2
millions of dollars. Counting the
silver already issued and the sum in
tho hands of the Government ready
for issue, it will take tho mints over
twelve months to complete the speci
fied amount.
Basket political meetings are very
popular in Indiana. The farmers
bring their dinners and make a day
of it. Fully 5,000 people were pres
ent at one in Madison on Monday.
Tho Senatorial contest goes brave
ly on. In joint baUot, Wednesday,
Grover received only 4.4 votes; Ap
plegate, 32; Nesmith, 11; Campbell,
2. The chances are against Grover
and caucus rule.
Warren, Republican, "has been
elected joint Senator from Clatsob,
Columbia and Tilamook counties.
A fleet of about twenty vessels
were in the Straits, bound in, last
Saturday.
Mr. Jesse Fulford, of Walla Walla,
had one eye so badly injured by a
saw that it is feared it will become
totaly blind.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
R:Tinr.T.F.Y- r.AT.TJmRTJTA
Lock Bill.
The following bill to provide for a
"Board of Canal Commissioners for
the Canal and Locks at this place,
and regulate the passage of steam
boats and other, water craft through
the same, was introduced by Mr.
George, of Multnomah, on the 14th:
Whereas, It was one of the main
objects, as stated in an Act entitled,
"An Act to appropriate funds for the
construction of a Steamboat Canal
at the Willamette Falls," approved
October 21st, 1S70, that the people
of the State of Oregon should, for
and in consideration of the use of
two hundred thousand dollars and
the privileges therein granted, have
free navigation and freights cheapen
ed n the Willametteo river; and
Waekeas. In said Act. privileges,
rights and pecuniary assistance
were granted to "The Willamette
Falls Canal and Locks Companey,"
as set forth in said Act, upon the ex
press condition, among others, that
the said corporation should not
charge a greater rate of tolls than
was therein set forth; and
Whebeas, In said Act, it was
made the duty of said corporation
to pass, without delay, through said
Canal and Locks, all steamboats,
flat-boats, barges, and other water
craft as therein stated; therefore
Beit enacted by tlte Legislature Assem
bly of tlte State of Oregon:
Section 1. That it is rind shall be
unlawful for -any and every person,
corporation, company, or agent for,
employe of either, having authori
tative charge or control of, or own
ing or claiming to own, or having
any interest in the Willamette Falls
Canal and Locks, on the west side
of the Willamette river or for any
one whomsoever, to charge, or de
mand, or receive, directly or in
directly, any sum whatever for the
passage of any steamboat, flat-boat
barge or other water craft, whether
empty or otherwise, through said
Canal and Locks, save and except
such sums as shall not exceed the
maximum of fifty cents per ton for
the freight that is on board, and ten
cents for each passenger, if any are
carried.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful, save
as is hereinafter set forth, for any
and ever such person.or corporation,
or; company, or agent or employe,
as hereinbefore mentioned, or for
any one whomsoever, to delay the
passage of any of the aforesaid
steamboats, flat-boats, barges and
other water craft, longer than to pass
them each through in tho order in
which they shall arrive at either ter
minus of said canal.
Sec. 3. The owners or companies
in authority, in charge of the Locks,
shall pass boats in the order in
which they arrive at either terminus,
for which they shall be entitled to a
maximum of fifty cents per ton on
freight a3 toll, and ten cents for
passengers, to be paid before the
lockage, if demanded.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of this
Act, all aforesaid employes shall be
regarded as agents, and principal
shall bo alike as responsible as agents
for the said agents' violation of this
Act in auy particular.
Sec. 5. There shalll be a Board of
Canal Commissioners, constituted
and appointed in the following man
ner, to-wit: The Legislative Assein
embly, in Joint Convention, shall
biennially elect three Canal Com
missioners, who shall constitute said
Board, and said Board may appoint
a Secretary and fix his commission
ers, in books to be proved by them
for that purjose, and keep a register
of the names of nil water craft pass
ing through the Locks at the afore
said Nvillametto I alls, a transcript
and compilation of the freight list,
and the number of passengers on
board each boat each successive
trip.
Sec. G. It shall be the duty of
the Governor, within ten days after
tho election of said Commissioners, I
to issue rneir commissions.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of
said Commissioners, before entering
upon the duties of their office, to
qualify by oath or affirmation, for the
faithful discharge of such duties as
are herein" specified, and execute a
bond, with two or more sureties, in
the sum often thousand dollars each,
for the faithful performance of duty,
Sec. 8. Should their occur a va
cancy in the Board during the in
terval of a session of the Legislature,
it shall bo the duty of the Governor
to appoint a suitable and qualified
person to fill such vacancy until
the Legislative Assembly shall
elect.
Sec. 9. The Beard of Canal
Commissioners are hereby authoriz
ed, empowered and required to bring
and maintain said Locks and Canal
according to the terms and provis
ions of this Act and of the Act here
in referred to, approved October 21,
1870, or recover any damages or pen
alty which said corporation or said
assigns may be liable to pay, on ac
count of any failure to so keep and
maintain said Locks and Canal.
Sec. 10. Should the Locks, or
any part appertaining to them, re
quire repairs (unless occasioned by
sudden casualty) it shall be the duty
of the owners thereof to give timely
notice to tho Canal Commissioners,
who must then advertise two weeks'
notification to the public of such in
tention before such repairs shall
proceed ;no repairs improvement shall
be undertaken nnless of immediate
emergency, and consuming not moro
than two days of time, without tho
consent of a majority of the Board
of Canal Commissioners, and all re
pairs or improvements must be
pushed to speedy completion, using
all the men and means that can be
made available for such purpose, and
the Canal Commissioners have power
and authority to hasten such work
if they observe a tendency in its ow
ners or agents to delay in the prose
cution of the repairs or improve
ments, at the expense of the said
owners.
See.- 11. Should the owners or
agents of the said Locks refuse, on
a tender of the fifty cents per ton on
freight as toll, and the ten cents for
each passenger, as hereinbefore stat
ed, to pass a boat whose owner or
agent presents it at either terminus
for that purpose, unless the Locks
are closed with the sanction and au
thority of the Canal Commissioners,,
or under the provisions of this Act,
the said owner or agent of the Locks
shall forfeit two hundred and fifty
dollars to the owner of the boat suf
fering detention, as liquidated dam-
ages, for each failure to conform to
the requirements of the law, as in
section 2 and 3 related, and such
damages may be. recovered in any
court of competent jurisdiction with
in the State.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of
boat owners using the said Locks to
make out two certified lists of tons
of freight and number of passengers
passing through tho said Locks,
which lists are to be tendered, one to
the agent of the Locks Company and
one to the Secretary of. the Board of
Canal Uommissioners, and by botli
preserved for reference, which cer
tified freight and . passenger lists
shall be taken as evidence of the
amount of tons of freight and num
ber of passengers on board.
Sec. 13. If any officer or em
ploye of any boat shall intentionally
deliver any false statement of freight
or passengers to tho Commissioners
or Lock Company, the owner there
of shall be liable to the commissioners
in a penalty of five dollars per ton
on excess of freight found above
the amount certified, which penalty,
shall be a lien upon said boat, and
on the recovery of any such penalty,
the said Canal Commissioners shall
pay to the Willamette Falls Canal
and Locks Company, or to the party
claiming under them, by virtue of as
signment, at the rate of fifty cents
per ton for the number of tons re
covered upon.
Sec. 14. The said Board of C mal
Commissioners shall be entitled to
receive the sum of two hundred dol
lars annually, besides five dollars
per day each, and traveling expen
ses, for time actually devoted to du
ties of their office to be paid out of
the State Treasury, upon warrant of
the Secretary of the State, who is
hereby required to audit and allow
the same, as well as the salary of the
Secretary of the Board.
Sec, 15. . Tho Board shall have
authorty to engage attorneys in con
ducting legal proceedings in the in
terest of the State, and for the main
tenance of their authority, and shall
certify the said services to the Leg
islature for payment.
Sec. 1G. Tho Board shall annu
ally certify to the Secretary of State
tho number of tons of freight and
passengers passing through the said
Locks from such dates as he may
prescribe, to the end that knowledge
of the receipts of the said Locks
Company may be authoritatively
had.
Sec. 17. The said The Willam
atto Falls Canal and Locks Compa
ny, or the party claiming under them
by virtue of assignment, shall cer
tify to the Secretary of the State,
from such dates as he mar prescribe,
a detail and itemized statement of
the disbursements and liabilities of
the said company, in order that the
net receipts of the said company
may be ascertained.
Sec. 18. Inasmuch as there is a
necessity for accurate records relat
ing to the said Locks, and that the
interest of the State of Oregon there
in bo represented, and as there is
now great apprehension in the minds
of the people that delays and costs
will hinder transportation and pas
sage through said Canal and Locks,
and as an immense amount of wheat
and other products is now ready to
pass to the seaboard, therefore this
Act shall be in full force and effect
from and after it approval by the
Governor.
OBEG 02V LEIUSL AT Ull I .'.
SENATE.
Sai:?., September 15. The Sen
ate met at 10 A. M., and was called
to otder by the president.
The chair nnnouncd Wisdom as the
additional committee on S. J.
R. 4 to examine the Capitol building,
and Bradshaw, Jasper and Colvig on
the committee to compute tho ini
leacre of members.
Tho chair then announced the fol
lowing STANDING COMMITTEES
Judiciary Bradshaw , YanCIcave,
Haley, George and Watt.
Ways and Means Clark, Myers
and Colvig.
Elections Cochran, Goodman and
Engle.
Claims Jewell, Braley and Ap
plegate. Corporations VauCIeave, Lee and
Thompson.
Counties Herren. Jasjer and
George.
Public Lands Thompson, Green
and Engle.
Federal Relations Braley, Van
Cleave and Lee.
Mining Green, Clark and Wisdom
Printing Davis, Haley and Rich
ardson. Railroads Haley, Cochran and
George.
Public Buildings Jasper, Savage
and Bentley.
Military Savage, Green and Ap
plegate. Commerce Brown, Davis and
Education Wisdom, Palmer and
and Richardson.
Engrossment flyers, Clark and
Bently.
Enrollment Palmer, Offield and
Watt.
Roads and Highways Munkers,
Thompson and Colvig.
Mr. Offield moved to amend No
IS of the standing rules in relation
to the printing of bills, memorials,
etc., without a question calling for
an order from j,ho Senate before a
bill is printed.
VanCleavo moved to postpone fur
ther consideration of the matter un
til to-morrow at 10:30 A. M.; carried.
BIILS INTRODUCED.
Colvig S. B. 12. to amend an act
relating to pilotage, to prevent the
spread of contagious diseases.
George S. B. 13, to amend an act
to establish a uniform course of pup
lic instruction in the common schools
of this State.
Engle S. B.. 14, to amend an
act to prevent swine from running
at large, to include Marion county.
Brown S. B. 15, amend an act
incorporating the town of Marsh
field ; ordered not printed.
YanCleave S. B. 1G, to amend
the school law describing tho duties
of school teachers.
SECOND READING OF BH-LS.
S. B. 2, to provide for the issu
ing of bonds of the State of Oregon
in redemption of outstanding treas
ury warrants to aid in construction
of roads and bridges and reduce in
terest on the same : referred to com
mittee on ways and means.
S. B. 2, relating to bills of ex
change and promissory notes ; re
ferred to judiciary committee.
S. B. 3, to establish a State board
of assessors; referred to committee on
ways and means.
As a token of respect to the mem
ory of the late Hon. E. N. Tolin.
The Senate stood atijourueu uum
Monday next at 10 ;30 A. M.
Sept. 19, Senate met at 10 A. M.,
and was called to order by the Pres
ident. Roll called and a quorum
found present. Prayer was offered
by Rev. Van Horn, of the Advent
church. The journal of yesterday
was read and approved.
ELECTION OF U. S. SENATOR.
The regular order of business ha
ving been gone through with. Sena
tor Cochran moved that the Senate
proceed to the election of a United
States Senator.
The motion prevailed, and by re
quest the chief clerk read the law
governing.such elections.
Nominations being in order, Watt
of Yamhill, placed in nomination
the name of Hon. Jesse Applegate,
of Yoncalla.
Cochran placed in nomination the
name of Gov. L. F. Grovor.
Jewell placed in nomination Hon.
J. W. Nesmith of PqI- county ,
Bently placed in hdtaination the
name of Hon. T. F. Campbell of
Polk connty.
THE BAETOT.
Nominations being over tho clerk
Was directed to call the roll, the
members voting vira voce as their
names were called.
Those voting for Gov. Grover
were Bradshaw, Braley, Brown,
Clark, Cochran, Davis, Goodman,
Green, Haley, Herrin, Jasper,
Munkers. Myers, Offield. Palmer,
Savage, Thompson, Van Cleave' Wis
dom and Whitaker; total 20.
Those voting for Applegate were
Applegate, Colvig, En?le, George,
Lee, Richardson and Watt ; total 7.
Mr. Jewell voted for Nesmith.
Mr. Bentley voted for Campbell.
Gov. Grover, having received a
majority of all the votes cast, was de
clared tho choice of the Senate for
U. S. Senator.
- On motion of Lee the Senate
stood adjourned until 2 P. 31.
HOUSE.
Sept. 15th nonso mot pursnant
to adjournment, tho Speaker in the
chair.
Reed offered a resolution provi
ding that the joint committee ap
pointed to visit and examine the
affairs of the penitentiary, be fur
ther instructed to inquire whether it
be advisable to dispense with one
of the three principal officers of that
institution, and report by bill or
otherwise, and moved its adoption.
Porter, of Linn, moved to lay the
motion to adopt on the table. The
motion to lay on the table was lost,
and the resolution was adopted.
Gould introduced II. J. M, 1. ask
ing congress to appropriate $100,000
for the improvement of the Coquille
river, and moved its adoption, which
motion prevailed.
NOTICES OF BILES
Were giveu as follows :
Melvin. to amend the law relating
to the boarding and lodging of ju
rors, Kirkpafrick, of a bill to compel pa
rents residing in organized school
districts to send their children to
school three months in the vear.
Rob'-rt.s, to amend the law relating
to foreign corporations doing busi
ness in this State.
S. B. 4, to provide for the col
lection and forwarding t' Oregon
fruits to the Centennial Exhibition.
Read first and second times.
House adjourned until 2 P. M.
AFTEIiXOON SESSION.
House met p ursr.au t to adjourn
ment. The Centennial fruit bill was ta
ken up.
Chambers moved to strikeout 8250
and insert 500. Bill and amend
ment referred to a committee of
three, consisting of Fenton, Law
rence and Goodsell.
Notices of bills were given as fol
lows :
By Grubbc Creating a State
board of health. "
By Henderson To incorporate
the town of McMinnville.
By McCall To bond balance of
the Modoc war claims,
By Mosier Makiug an appropria
tion for the Dalles and Sandy wa
gon road,
Bills wero introduced and read a
first time as follows :
By Chambers To amend the
school law relating to text books.
By Goodsell, to amend section 1G,
cnapter oi , ot tne coue ot civil pro
cedure ; also to amend the law re
lating to election precints ; also to
amend the law relating to liens on
boats ; also, appropriating 4,000
per annum for two years to promote
immigration.
The House adjourned till 2 P. M
Monday next.
Sept. 19. Tho House met pursu
ant to adjournment. Mr. Speaker
in the chair. Tho roll was called,
and all the members found present.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Bur
nett. The minutes of Monday's ses
sion were read, corrected and ap
proved. The rules wero suspended, and
Ferguson introduced a resolution
2rovidinpr that the House proceed to
vote for U. S. Senator at 11:30 P. M.
Tho hour named in the resolution
having arrived, the House proceeded
to vote for U. S. Senator.
The chair having announced that
nominations were in order, Stannard
nominated L. F. Grover; Gilbert
nominated Jesse Applegate; Fidler
nominated J. W. Nesmith. The roll
was called.
- Those voting for Applegate were :
Bensel, Benjamin, Bond, Chambers,
Cochran, Cornell, Grubbe, Goodsell,
Gilbert, Gault, Hunsaker, Hender
son, Kilpatrick, McBride, Melvin,
McCall, Pay ton, Porter, of Marion,
Roberts, Scott, of Lane, Scott, oi
Multnomah, S. Smith. F. R. Smith,
Tibbets, Tosier, Will, Winnegar 27.
Those voting for Groverwere: Bur
ton, Crook, Ferguson, Fenton, Gould,
Grimes, Hughes, Haines, Holmes,
Hayes, Hayter, Love, Lawrenoe,
Mitchell, Morrow, Mosier, Porter,
of Linn, Reed, Rosa, Ruchman.Staat,
Stannard, Sumner, Wilson, Mr.
Speaker 25.
Those voting for Nesmith were :
Butler, Crain, Cheesman, Fidler,
Goodman, Straight, Stump 7.
Voting blank, Fanning.
The resnlt was announced, and
the House adjourned.
TRI.EGItAPHIC NEWS.
Eastern.
Cheyenne, Sept. 16.Wheeler
I'.rne Tvlin horn ImAr. ... 1
,i,i, oepn. 16. Wheeler
who have been working theil
jus claim, No. 2, below Gayvilli
)eadwood creek, arrive r '
famo
on Deai
Laramie last niht vith ,
with
cort of 20 men. They bring as p
ceeds of their work for seven
months, over $300,000. over 1 onn
iii ii
.umi . uuou. luejr win brii
me
meir escurt to iuq railroad
at thi
city and probably
morrow.
arrive
here to-
Chicago, Sept. 17. The Uter
Ocean. Washington special says Dor
sheimer, Tilden's adjutant and con"
fidential adviser,, will have to neglect
his explanations of Tilden's incoma
tax discrepancies and clear up a
record of his own, discovered by an
auditor's clerk in the Treasury De
partment. It is that while district
attorney for northern New York un
der Andy Johnson he used to send a
deputy from Buffalo, where his of
fice was located to remote portions
of the State to attend to cases before
the U. S. commissioner ,and to other
business of the government, and
when this deputy would travel from
town to town, Dorsheimer would
render account for mileage at th'e
rate of 10 per cents per mile, not for
the actual distance traveled, but from
Buffalo to each place visited, and re
turn. Thus if a deputy went from
Buffalo to Albany his account
would be charged as to Albany
and return, 590 miles. If he went
from Albany to Troy and return
G04 miles. The correspondent gives'
a large number of these cases
specified and certified to in Dor
sheimer's handwriting as correct
returns, aud saj-s there are only
specimens of vast numbers in the
records which the candidate for lieu
tenant governor of New York cannot
explane away.
On the 7th a Sioux village contain
ing forty-one lodges was attacked by
a detachment of Crook's troops and
completely routed a large amount of
horses, amunition and provisions
was captured. From wounds receiv
ed Lieut. Von Lutwitz's leg had to
be amputated. Chief American
Horse has died of his wounds. Gen.
Sheridan is at Fort Larmie. With
the exception of Crazy Horse and
Sitting Bull the hostiles are going
into the agencies.
Fort Sully, Sept. 18. Heavy fir
ing was heard on the .river ten miles
below here last Tuesday, apparently
in the direction of the Black Hills ;
but no explanation of it was had un
til yesterday. About ten days ago Col.
Buell, commanding at Cheyenne
River agency, sent some scouts oat
to General Terry, who failed
to reach him, but were attacked
by Indians and t one man wounded
in the shoulder,. While retreat
ing they came across a large mil
itary trail which proved to be
Gen. Crook's. On the way the
scouts saw a camp of thirty lodges
near Slim Battes, north of Harney's
peak, and when Crook was overtaken
the scouts informed him, and turning
back his cavalry by rapid march,
Crook surprised and killed every
one, estimated to number between
two and three hundred Indians.
Not one escaped. To-day Gen. Buell
takes the census- of all the Indians
near here, ;and will to-morrow dis
arm and dismount "them. It is ex
pected the Indians will try to opposo
this: but Gen. Buell is firm, and
will carry out his order to the let
ter.
Baltimore, Sept. 13. The tow
steamer Juniata, of Susque'uaiMU
Tow Line Company, left Haver Di?
Graco Saturday for Baltimore with
twelve barges in tow. When oil
Poole's Island, at 9 P. M., a terrible
gale was encountered which -cut the
barges loose. Nine of them sunk.
The persons on board of the sinking
barges took refuge on the other
three, which drifted toward the
shore but before it was reached one
of them snak, and all on board .eight
persons, were drowned. Tho otiier
two, .having 15 persons on board
reached the shore safely.
Mrs. Alonzo Haiiey living in Aik
en, South Carolina, wss assaulted by
two negroes on the 15th inst. When
their arrest was attempted it was
resisted by 200 negroes arraeJ with
shot guns and Winchesters rifles.
The whites arrae'd iu self-defense.
The negroes have taken possession of
the railroad track between Augusta
and Port Royal and have already
wrecked a f reig ht train. The white
men time call'on Gov. Chamberlain
for troops.
The N, Y. Tribune says Monlton
involved his firm in such frauds tbat
he had to pay $50,000 penalty and
was expelled from the firm, and that
Tilton was accustomed to misadven
tures in sleeping cars to the confu
sion of tho ladv occupants.
Augusta. Sept, 19. Two compa
nies of Federal troops from Aiken
arrived at Rouse's bridge this morn
ing. The whites agreed to disperse
upon the Federal officers promising
to disarm the negroes and arrest tbe
parties charged with crime. It is
known that two whites and six ne
groes were killed and several wound
ed. Tho white clubs have gone
home.
Jeusey City, Sept. 19. One hnn
dred and fifty children of Irish par
entage withdrew from the pnbjio
schools in Rayonne, yesterday, hy
order of the Roman Catholic cbnrcu
at Bergon Point, whioh oppose tne
system of Caiholic parents perxnit
ing their children to attend the pu
lie schools. A parochial school Has
been established which the children
will attend.
Pacific Coast.
San Fkancisco, Sept.
16-
-A re-
poit i- current and generali iie'
that the cabital stock ol'.the.U
Nevada is to be increased to ltVW'
000.
Victobia, Sept. 19. A man nam
ed Isaac Clarke, a former resnien
of Red Bluff, California, bat vhoior
several years past has lived at jsor
Saanich, was burned to death ou
Sunday night last. The se,,
which he lived was oomplctly o
stroyed, and as he had lived twr
alone, the origin of the fire cauro
be ascertained. The body we
burned as to be beyond recognition
Rev. B. A. Hill, who Ptsexfpf
weeks on the Sound, this summer,
trying to bring evil doers inside
lold, turns out to be an impostor.
One hundred and fifty-two "do"
I , !."... 1
aved
were raised by the soldiers at .
conver, the other day, for a disauie"
comrade.