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THE ENTERPRISE. aRESom im Oregon, nw. n, is:c. The Present Status. It is generally conceded by lie imbiicans that Itlr. Tilden has 184 of the electoral Totes and Mr. Hayes 100, with the three States, South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida in doubt. By the above figures it will bo seen that Mr. Tildeu needs but one of the three contested States to elect him, while it is imperative that Mr. Hayes for success win all three. From the hodgepodge of dispatches which are now coming over the wires, partisans of each candidate draw simultaneously grains of com fort and drops of gall the pre ponderance of the telegrams, how ever, seeming to favor the election of the Republican candidate. The vote of South Carolina is already in the hands of the State Board of Can vassers, and from the latest dis patches up to the hour of going to press, it is intimated, lhat with the parliamentary thrusts and attempts at "vantage ground" on the part of the different party representatives, the count will scarcely be concluded before Saturday. The vote is con sidered so close in Louisiana that representative men from each party have been sent to New Orleans to overlook the counting of the ballots and witness that no frauds are prac ticed by either party. Although troops are stationed in all the States mentioned, they have re coivod the strictest orders from President Grant to take no part iu the elections and to show no shadow of interforance, unless for the pur pose of quelling disturbance or checking frauds. Dispatches plain ly point to the necessity of these troops in the States designated, and all fair minded men will oecond Graut's straightforward order. Ac counts come of attempts at ballot box stealing; of negro intimidation; of voters crossing over from Ala bama and Georgia to vote the Demo cratic ticket; .of Ku Kluxism; of terrorism and fraud; and still the Democratic press cries out against what it ironically calls "bayonet rule." The horrors of electing such a clas3 of men to power is awful to contemplate, and wo pray that though the Southerners hold three States against us by villainy, that right may triumph and the strength and perpetuity of our Union be as sured. Tarty Contests. As the celebrated New York cor respondent telegraphed to his paper on escaping from Libby prison, "We aro out of the jaws of death." The smoke of battle has cleared away, the din of struggle hushed, and the jeople aro once again pursuing the eveu tenor ol their ways. JJilier eut statesmen look at elections in different lights; some viewing them as injurious to republics from the severity of the shocks giveu to the institutions, while others, with equal pretense" at good argument, maintain that political contests purify our government and create a healthy reaction. Undoubtedly no one will hold that two parties are an injury to a people's government; because we have only to notice that each spies on the other, and the party in power is more surely compelled to bo honest from these motives of fear of deteciion than any reasons of high morality. Taking, therefore, the promises for granted that parties, in a Republican form of government, are a necessary evil, their contests like wise, because a positive sequence, and all talk about party contests be ing detrimental to the best interests of a country is, if not absurd, at least unreasonable. To Subscribers. It is the same old story, with few or no variations "hard times and the printer -Wants money." Cash paid subscribe'rs aro of incalculable benefit to the newspaper publisher, as steam to the engine, money being the indirect motive power. The '"filthy lucre" ppckeu of by the fam oua men is dear enough to us for in the first place we are not a famous man, and in the seoond -we are not a Croesus. For all past patronage we are truiy thankful, and hope with the budding of the new year to have all our old subscriptions renewed, to say noth ing of many clubs of new ones. The storv has been told so often in this paper, that it is the duty of every person in Clackamas county to sup port his own county paper, that we feel that our pleas are beginning to fall among thorns and by the way side. Onr paper, financially, was never in a more prosperous qondition but to keep alive this satisfactory state of affairs a continuance of past patronage, if not an increase from unexpected quarters, is needed, as is cash payable in advance. Cash is the greatest power in the world. It builds up nations; it creates princes it preserves credit, and if the people of Clackamas county are anxious that the Enterprise too shall be preserv ed, they must come up solidly and cheerfullv with the necessary fnnds. Pay your bills and trust m Frovi donee. ) ELECTION RETURNS. CL AC K AM AH CO IXT Y O FFICI A L.. J : " Precincts. - V; Oswego Oregon Ciiy Canemah Union , Canity .' l-lo Creek Vioia Harding's Tualatin Marquam's - Lower .Molalla... 'uttingsvUie Highland Kcx-k Cr-ok Marsh field Plensant Hill Upper Molulla Soda Springs Cascades Mllwaukie- Ik'awr Creek.... 36 12 ... S6 12 ' 45 157 1 24 S 151 ' M ... M 01 ' ZO 11 ... 11 ' liS 5 ... 2S 5 ' 32 2S 1 31 2! 57 4:J ... 5tf 43 '21 11 1 21 11 15 20 1 15 ?1 ' 21 13 ... 21 li ' 47 3.5 ... 4S ?" ' M 42 ... no 42 ' 11 41 ... 11 11 11 42 ... 11 42 51 2(5 ... 51 5 '42 U ... 42 15 31 15 31 -25 33 72 ... 35 72 1U 14 ... 10 14 45 31 3 45 31 43 ! ... 44 is 21 34 11 ol 44 ; U 20 ... 11 21 950 724 IS 052 734 THE STATE. CounHct. Uayra. Haker. 1S5 lien ton 604 Clackamas .. U50 Clatsop . 4-"2 Columbia 162 Curry Coos "501 Doujjlas 1002 rant 331 Jackson 441 Joseph 1 no Uane 1)78 rinn ............ 1475 I.ake . Marlon 16M liittnomnh2,123 Polk 551 Tillamook... 120 Union ,. 170 Umatilla. 4S6 Wasco 3M Washl ngton .. M2 Yamhill 811 Willin-m. Lane. 331 537 721 S50 197 4$7 847 2H5 6&G 41 970 1495 01 lOfil 1,520 4'J2 71 309 742 482 3!t3 675 H3 v8 852 420 160 520 1' 21 326 408 PSS 1351 1707' 2109 554 121 ITS 503 370 wz 817 323 590 734 360 207 i'tVi 82S iU 501 43 mi 1419 til 1002 1.527 5 IS 71 315 738 472 38W 670 Totals . .. 14125 12795 13.S20 12581 Cooper received 432 votes in the State, so far as returns have been received, as follows: Baker, 1; Benton, 91; Clacka mas, 13; Columbia, 22; Douglas, 43; Jackson, 4 ; Iane, 35 ; I-inn, )S7 ; Marion, 10; Multnomah. 1; Polk, 50; Tilla mook, 1; Umatilla, 42; Union, 22; Washington, 2; Yamhill, 3. Hurrah for Clackamas. Come what may, Clackamas coun ty Republicans can rest happily with the thought that they have done their duty; aye, more than that, they have done nobly. When the telegram was sent across the wires that our party's success depended on Oregon, the satisfaction felt by every voter for TJayes in Clackamas county at the crowning ..result in which they had so creditably Raided, was most sincere. Like Godfrey de Bonllion, before Belgrade, Oregon seemed to "multiply herself," and Clackamas county was not the least weapon in her hand. To compare how consid erably we have gained on the Demo crats bince the June election, we will compare the State officers then with now. In June, Mr. llaleigh Stott, Republican candidate for Prosecuting Attorney for this district, j polled S21 votes, and Mr. Strong his opponent, polled 801 votes, being beaten by 20 votes only. In the election on the 7th, Mr. "Williams, Republican candidate for Congress from this State, received in this county 952 votes against 732 for Mr. Lane, leaving the former a net ma jority of 220, and a net increase over Mr. Stott's vote in June last, of pre cisely 200 votes. Who can say that Clackamas county has not done her share towards perpetuating: tho union of States" ? a clear gain of 200 votes, on the right side, in less han six months. Republicans of Clackamas county, we sincerely con gratulate you. Tildcn and Tildinites. Tho Presidential campaign has had a great many moral features, but, erhaps, none moro so than tho con fidence with which tho whole issue was made to depend on the personal character of Mr. Tilden. For our mrt, we never thought the personal character of Mr. Tilden was likely to take its place in history beside the characters of Washington and Aristi- des; and while we do not believe the base calumnies heaped upon him, it s very certain there never was a campaign in which the character of the candidate was of Jess importance, and his surroundings of more mo ment, than the campaign just passed. Tildenites openly boasted of their intention to carry the "solid South," which had but a bad effect toward the pacification of the Northern mind. The "color line,"which the Southern Democrats once complained of, they have drawn with iron rigidity be tween themselves and their colored fellow citizens; they did not pretend to disavow their intention of making "this a white man's government," and, wita that end, they were known to have been armed and drilled at night, terrorizing the Republican meetings, organizing Rifle clubs, and afterward "Tilden's Mounted Base Ball clubs," and treating the negroes with marked cruelty in all the dis tricts where the negro vote need not be feared; where the negroes had a chance of forming a majority they were rapidly brought to a realizing sense of the responsibilities and dan gers of power. Such is the man Til den, and such the Southern Tilden ites! "This is the time if there ever was a time," when the subject of our having a court house worthy of the advancement of our county should be well agitated and thoroughly can vassed. A rich reward in the shape of public blessing i3 in store for the public spirited citizen who shall take this thing in haul. Teter Cooper is confined to his hou by sickness. i TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ' Eastern. Philadelphia, Nov. 10--In con sequence of the rain which has fall en steadily for several hours, the plan of holding the closing cere monies in open air has been aban doned, and the celebration changed to the Judges' Ilall, where invited guests only are admitted upon special tickets. President Grant, with Sec retaries Fish and Cameron are pres ent. Among other distinguished guests present are several governors of States, Congressmen elect,. Rep resentatives of foreign commissions, and legations and centennial author ities. The first city troops of Phil adelphia have- taken ."position around the platform and prepara tions for beginning are nearly com pleted, some delay having occurred by the change of place. At about- 4 o'clock President Grant will formally declare tho exhibition closed. Philadelphia, Nov. 10. Great numbers of people are in attendance at the Centennial grounds to witness the formal closing of the exposition. Shortly before 2 o'clock,- President Grant, escorted by Gen; Hawley, ascended the platform; followed by the centennial commissioners, board of finance, foreign commissioners and invited guests. After tho ex citement of the multitude, occasion ed by the presence of Gen. Grant had subsided, tho orchestra, - under the direction of Theo. Thomas, per formed Wagner's Inauguration March, composed for the opening exercises on the 10th 'of May last. At the conclusion Rev. Jas. A. Reiss offered prayer. A chorus accompani ed by the orchestra, then sang the choral entitled, "Fugric," by Swa bach. After which an address was delivered by the Hon. N. J. Morrill, United States centennial commis sioner from Pennsylvania, the chair man of tho executive committee. The orchestra then rendered selec tions. After which Hon. jno. Welsh, president of the centennial board of finance, delivered an ad dress. After Beethoven's "Fifth Symphouy" had been rendered. Di rector General Goshorn addressed the audience at length. Hadel's "Hallelujah" chorus was next given by the orchestran chorus, and Hon. Jos. R. Hawley, president of the United States centennial commiss ioners, delivered an address review ing tho history of the exposition. The audience "joined in "America," when President Grant declared the international exposition of 187G clos ed. The Doxology was sung by the chorus, and the audience accompani ed, and the formal ceremonies were concluded. The ceremonies took place in Judges' Hall, owing to rain. Although the exposition is now for mally ended, the grounds and build ings will be accessible to the public for several days to come. New York, Nov. 11. Prolonged suspense relative to the election re sult has temporarily paralyzed busi ness of all kinds here. Traffic de mands upon the merchants have been limited all the week, and the few sales effected are of diminutive proportions. However, Republican gains in Congress, and the certainty that Democratic majority in tho House is very small .greatly reassures business men with reference to per manent future of trade, because ev en if Tilden is elected, the Demo crats aro powerless for mischievous legislation; for this reason it is be lieved trade will soon resnms the inarch of gradual improvement re cently apparent. Boston', Nov. 10. Jules Brier hanged himself last night, under the delusion that Tilden was elected President. New York, Nov. 10. Peter Coop er, the late candidate for President, is confined to his house by sickness. New York, Nov. 13. The Tim en has the following double-leaded an nouncement: Every day accumu lates proof that Hayes has been elected President. To elect Tilden it would be necessary, for him to carry either oue of the States of Florida, Louisiana and South Caro lina, and our dispatches from these States confirm previous reports that they have all been carried by the Republicans. Our information coming from most trustworthy sour ces, makes it certain that South Carolina will show a Republican ma jority of between 2,000 and 5,000; that the majority in Louisiana will be decisive, and that on a fair count in Florida that State will show a Republican majority of over 1,000. The official count is now proceeding iu South Carolina. It will com mence Friday in New Orleans. In Florida the beard of canvassers do not meet until thirty days after the election. Desperate attempts are being made by the more violent and lawless element of the Democracy in this State to overturn by force tho result of tho election, but timely presence ol tho troops there will reuder these attempts futile. The Sun confesses the electoral vote in South Carolina is close, and has a dispatch, whereof the following as an extract: "The desire and hope of every sensible patriotic Repub lican must now 1)6 that Tilden may be declared ' elected and inagurated as President. He is already proved to have 184 undisputed, unquestion ed electoral votes. There .is every reeason to believe Florida has given him four more, though this is con tradicted by ardent and passionate Republican politicians and office-holders interested in their own election. Louisana has in all probability gone for him, giving hinix eight more electoral votes, as she gave his party a majority four years ago, and has continued to do so at every subse quent election, and this is only dis puted by Kellogg and his returning board, and in their assertion no one can place the least' confidence. In Souti: Carolina, too. it is claimed by the Democrats, with every probabil ity in their favor, that Tilden has a small majority, and that claim will be maintained to the end by the Democrats, and will bo admitted and believed by a very considerable and the most intelligent portion of the Republican party. Nevertheless, if the scheme is carried througb if, amid all doubt, conflict and alarm, liayes is proclaimed resident wo have no doubt that such a result ac companied with the forms of law, -vill be submitted to by all parties. There will be no Mexican outbreak, no attempted insurrection, no matter how great the wrong done to tho convictions and to the conscience of a great proportion of the people, no C0URTi2)f"DF BANCROFT LIBHAKT,' UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RKT.T.TTY n AT.TIIY1DT.TT A matter" how enormous the damage inflicted upon business or proper ty." Washington, Nov. 14. The Post master General to-day -reeeived the registrations of John W. Watts, post master at Lafayette, Oregon, and of H. M. Sollace postmaster at Aridge port, both of whom were chosen as presidential electors. Their resig nations were accepted.. Some Democrats here are circulat ing a rumor that one of the Oregon electors on the Republican ticket ip a Democrat and will vote for Tilden. New York, Nov. 14 It i3 estimat ed there are 2,000,000 locked, up in tho pool boxes here. Morrissey's commissions are stated to be 850,000. There have been rumors tLat the pool proprietors have absconded, but these are not confirmed. It is re ported Morrissey no. longer takes pools on the election, as the excite ment is sufficiently great already. The Tiiiies Columbia special says: Official returns from 67 counties are now in, and there are 5 yet to be re ceived. It is pretty certain that on face of the returns every candidate on the Republican State ticket will have a small majority, except Gov. Chamberlain. Should the board be prevented from investigating the frauds and violence perpetrated, the Democrats will have a majority in the House of Representatives , and this would close all hope "of any con test by the Republicans, and the ri fle clubs will have gained nearly all that they fought for. A dispatch sent north from Charleston this after noon stating that tho Republicans had offered to return Hampton if the Democrats would concede Hayes' election, is a falsehood to defame members of the board of canvassers, as there is nothing for Democrats to concede in regard to the election of Hayes' electors. ' This is settled beyond question. Pacific Coast Victoria, B. C, Nov. 11 Sam ples brought in by commercial trave lers will pay duty hereafter. Eugene City, Nov. 11. Daniel Lemons, a bar-keeper in the employ of S.' J. Saxon, and a farmer named Page;, had some trouble about G o'clopk this evening over a game of cardi. Lemons became very much exasperated, and gave Page a chok ing, ;whereupon Taylor, the only witness present, stated for an offi cer's to take Lemon's in charge. Up on his return with the officer they found Lemons dead. Pago was ar rested and Jis now in custody. He says that after Taylor left the room Lemons walked behind tho bar and fell dead. No marks of violence are found upon the body, and physi cians decide that he died in' a fit of appolexy. Foreign. London, Nov. 12. A dispatch from Calcutta to the Times reports that 20,000 persons perished in a cyclone October 31st, and some es tim ites place the loss of lives as high as 40,000. In the town of Burrishot casite of 13a kerguuge dis trict 3,000 houses were leveled with the earth. Letters from survivors report a great wave 0 feet high swept oyer the large island of Dokin sh abahascpoi t. The whole of Eas tern Bengal appears to have suffered severely from tho cyclone. Calcutta narrowly escaped. TIi Next IT. S. .Senate. Some time ago we were reading in i a han 1 rancisco paper the political color of our next U. S. Seuate; and ! as at the present writing there is considerable talk about the Presiden tial election finally coming into the hands of Congress, and as at any rate the table will bo interesting we submit the following: The Republican Senators whose terms expire on March 4, 1877, are: Clayton of Arkansas, Logan of Illi nois, Wright of Iowa, Harvey of Kansas." West of Louisaina, Blaine (Morrill's successor) of Maine. Bout well of Massachusetts, Ferry of Mich igan, Alcorn of Mississippi, Hitch cock of Nebraska, Cragin of New Hampshire, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Anthony, of Rhode Island, Robertson, of South Carolina, Iloive, of Wisconsin, and Hamilton of Tex as, seventeen in all. The Democratic Senators whose terms expire then, are nine in number, as follows: Goldtwaithe, of Alabama,Saulsbury, of Delaware, Norwood, of Georgia, Steavenson of Kentucky, Ransom, of North Carolina, Kelly, of Oregon, Cooper, of Tennessee, Johnstone, of Virginia, and Davis, of West Vir ginia. The Louisiana seat for which Pinchback contended will have to be filled, and Colorado, the Centen nial State, has two Senators to be elected, making altogether twenty nine seats to be filled by new men. Tho political complexion of tho Sen ate is now 42 Itepublican, 29 Demo crats, and 2 Independents, giving the Republican a majority of eleven. The throe new Senators to be elected from Colorado and .Louisiana will make- seventy-six members in that body. (f the Democrats lose none of their present seats and succeed iu electing pine more of their party, out of the twenty-nine Senators to be elected, they will control the Senate; otherwise not. Concerning the next Congress tho situation now seems to be about as follows: It is tolerably certain that the .Republicans have elected 132 members and the Democrats 145, and 3 members are yet to be chosen. This leaves 9 members in dispute, as follows: The 3d Arkansas, by the Democrats, though not with confi dence; the 4'h California is in doubt with chances apparently equal; the 6th Illinois is claimed by the Re publicans; .'2d ,4 th and Gth Louisiana, claimed by Democrats on very slen der grounds; Gth Maryland, claimed by the Democrats by a very small majority, and the same remark ap plies to the 3d and 7th Missouri, the majority asserted in the former be ing but one. It should be added that tho Republican candidates in the 3d and 4th Massachusetts districts have asked for a re-count of the votes, " PHILADELPHIA LETTER. , Philadelphia, Oct. 18th, 187G. One of the ex2ieriences incident to a centennial trip, and a pleasure that none should forego, is an ascent to the grand tower of observation on the Main Hall. To reach which, the visitor has the option of a winding staircase, constructed of light iron, and lined with crimson merino, or of the Otis elevator and accompanying comforts. The fatigue aud exertion of climbing to so great a height pre vent, of course, many from availing themselves of tho first-named .and gratuitious privilege; so that the ele vator never wants for occupants, who for the moderate sum of ten cents enjoy not only a delightful ride, but have the magnificent 'environment' spread out to their view, with all the ease and comfort of their parlors at home. Many enter the white-colored box with misgivings, it i3 depicted in their countenances and evidenced in their acts, clearly showing that these aerial excursions are. not known to the curriculum of domestic pleas ures in the 'far West.' Slight indeed seem the wire roops and small the engine provided for the lifting and lowering of the great weight here entrusted to their joint powers. Ev ery precaution, we are assured, ha--been taken against possible accident, and so, commending our precious1 lady corporal to the engineer's care and conductor's protection, we (to the number of fifty) enter the luxur iant apartment and begin the ascent. Glancing from the window near at hand, there is opened to the gaze a vista of rare panoramic beauty. America, to the east, is full of splen dor and interest in the variety of her products, while the foreign lands cluster closely at our feet rich with the choicest of treasures and aglow with ornamental grandeur. Away down the aisles, on either side, float the gay, colored banners of exhibit ing nations; over the entrance the immense Roasevelt organ dispenses instrumental harmony, and the pi anos faintly sound in the distance. Still up we go, rapidly, easily,,, and noiselessly. The show-cases aud moving people on the floor beneath look like pigmies. In a second and we are out of sight, and the far stretching roof of the Main Building is below us. We only now begin t realize its immensity, and appreciate how much surface twenty-two acres actually cover. The three sections in which it is built, and the slightly descending roofs ou either side, look like a vast platteau of massive tim ber and glittering glass, adorned with fluttering streamers and colors of gold. Tho tower in which we slowly move heavenward, now that we have cleared tho body of the building, contrasts in fts frailty strikingly with the solidity without, but tho winding stairs and indefatigable pe destrians still keep on and soon we reach the landing. The door is open and wo breath freer in the exhilarat ing atmosphere as wo cross the roof preparatory to ascending tho winding stairway to the northeast tower above. All is so strongly construct ed and the stairway has such high sides that even the most timid have a sense of perfect security and are fully prepared to enjoy the superb view presented. Convenient seats, on a level floor and mxler a protect ing awning, enable one to methodic ally examine the picturesque beau ties; while the landscape is so divers ified that no one can be disappointed. Directly to the north is the placid Schuylkill, dotted with marble shafts and waving shrubbery. In this re tired city of the dead sleep many of Philadelphia's most honored citizens; and all that wealth, nature, and lov ing hands could do, has tended to beautify and decorate the sacred pre cincts. Tho Strawberry Mausiou is just below, aud Tom Moore's cottage, where he wrote some of his most me moriable poems, is visible through the nodding trees. Ou the left is the homestead of Judge Peters, of revolutionary fame, where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Lafayette, frequently dined. The main portion of this historic pilo is preserved intact, but numerous ad ditions have converted it into a first class restaurant for the wealthy hab itues of Fairmount Park, who daily drive there in their carriages, enjoy the prospect, and regale themselves with choice viands and liquid re freshments. George's Hill is to the west at the terminus of the Exposi tion grounds. High up in the buoy ant ether towers its giant observa tory; but, in the distance, the skele ton frame does not appear mnch thicker than pipe stems, although its strength and security are considered incalculable. The railroads, public institutions, and suburbs of We t Philadelphia are to the south. But the grounds of the Exposition itself are now the chief attraction. Agricultural Hall, with its green roof, minarts, and sombre-colored architecture, looks like some monas tery of the days of yore; massive trees intervening partly hide it from the mauresqne beauties of Horticultural Hall. We merely catch fleeting glimpses of these wonderful struc tures, while the gaily lined carpet of flowers aud evergreens lends addi tional splendor to tho view. Then comes the deep ravine, the annex, and Memorial Hall. We are higher than the collossal figure of "Free dom," and far removed above the -eagles who guard the portals to the Art Building from out whoso gran ite vestibule and broad porticoes pour a ceaseless stream of surging humanity. " . - , ' ; Looking to tho west, we see the top of Machine' Hall, the English cottages, and State structures, form ing a town in themselves; and fur ther on, the U. S. Government Build ing and Women's Pavilion are clear ly discernable. State and municipal headquarters, restaurants, offices, booths, and bazars, are plentifully sprinkled throughout the vast en closure; while outside, square .after square .of, hotels, beer-gardens, and side shows, respond to our wander ing gaze. Correspondence seldom gives an adequate idea of the vastness of this centennial undertaking. Every pre vious international exposition is con cededly" far surpassed', both iu size and number of buildings, and beauty and comprehensiveness of detail. The lovely grounds of Laudsdowne Plateau could not have been excelled in point of natural adaptation. The tract of three hundred acres presents evpry feature of hill and dale, joined with the most romantic scenery im aginable.. The walks are delightfully laid out in semi-circles and rectangu lar avenues, paved wit'.i smooth as phalt, adorned with varied objects of interest, and enlivened daily by the presence of over 90,000 people. In the centre of the grounds is the lake, a largo body of water, with a beautiful fountain in the middle con stantly dashing up its diamond sprays tc glisten in the sunlight. This is supplemented by a flock of water fowl. Of fountains, that of the C.T.A.B. Society is the most magnificent, and alike merits the,, unqualified praise bestowed, and reflects lasting credit on the great temperance brotherhood whose 100,000 reared the same in its beauty of white marble and life-like statues. Joyously the cooling streams of water gush forth limpid and clear as crystal affording driuk for man and beast. The Bart hold i foun tain is another graceful ornament, as are also many others whose symme torical proportions gleam from sylvan recesses and winding paths. Speculation is, of course, rife as to the final disposition to be made of the many grand specimens of modern architecture here congregat ed, and veleped, an 'international city.' Memorial Hall remains, as its name implies, a permanent tribute to the great event, aud as a receptacle for such rare and elegant articles as the Pennsylvania Historical Society and Museum of Art now possess, as well as for those to be hereafter collected. Machinery aud Horticultural Halls, for the construction of which appro priation was made by the city of Philadelphia, will also remain. The Main Building may possibly stand some tim. but eventually, like Agri cultural Hall, the Women's Pavilion, aud U. S. Government Building, its demolition must occur. The State cottages are already heing negotiated for, aud the hundreds of booths and pavilions, ornamental in themselves, will either be disposed of on the grounds or removed by their owners. Tho Mississippi cottage, modest and unpretending as it is, is yet so thor oughly characteristic of that locality as to attract general attention. Con structed entirely of native woods, handsomely iul.iid .and polished, ornamented with with projecting and corn ices, festooned g:y moss, which gracefully sways in the pass ing breeze, it is a source of much admiration and esthetic pleasure. Only ten of the original colonies have erected buildings, the Carolinas and Georgia being left out m the cold. Relative to the foreign build ings, it would be highly gratifying if, like the splendid edifice erected by England, tiiose of Japan, Turkey and Spain could bo donated to tho Park Commissioners, together with the Swedish school house, and many other curious structures which now ornament the centennial reservation; but all of these were brought from abroad in pieoes and sections and can readily le repacked and shipped again, so it is not probable that many of the owners will feel disposed to leave them behind as gratuities. The closing day will, though, throw on the market an immense amount f glass, iron1, and timber, and already speculators have their 'optics peeled for the future.' To best establish tho immensity and unequalled grande r of this now rapidly closing exposition, probably a glance at the pecuniary investment will snffice. The Commissioners have expended about S, 500,000. besides running expenses, which will average near 8,000 per day. The outlay of the Government, States, and indi viduals has been estimated at 15, 0X),00O, which is certainly not too high, considering the cost of wages, transportation, buildings, and dam age to articles exhibited. Comput ing the current expenses at the rate mentioned, for six months, we have a show costing irrespective of the untold wealth involved in objects exhibited of $25,000,000; which, al though not a monetary success, as anybody but an enthusiastic Phila delphian might have foretold, is yet a marvel of wondrous accomplish ments in every other particular, and a source of never-ending self-gratu-lation for all patriotic Americans. But to return to our elevated tow er. Beautifully the miniature lake glisteus with reflected sunlight, while the silver spray dances merrily aloft. See how the shadows are lengthen ing in every direction, as 'Old Sol' prepares to sink in the western hori zon. Watch, if 3'on can, the course of the little narrow gauge railway, and titanic monsters puffing here an J there. Mark the crowds of peo ple issuing from the many buildings. On every side you can see men, wo men and children, making their way to the exit gates. Thousands go down the hill towards the Schuyl kill, where,, wait long trains of cars on the Reading railroad, ready to carry twenty thousand people to their homes, who in turn will send twenty thousand more to take their places on the morrow. Let us look to the south. There even a more animated picture is presented. At the Centennial Depot thousands are awaiting the outgoing and incoming trains, and the street cars are loaded down. Thousands will go to their homes in the interior, and thousands to the largo cities to the east and west. What marvels they will have to tell! No wonder the young girl described what she saw by saying: Oh, mother o-o-h, o-c-ojT I are indeed but faintlv 2" tUv . .uu nuuaeru hern l,!lo j ed, while where to W; f who can tell? From U! Hall the view i. Sd?1 lime. The gardeSfS their full luxuriance a,l . tta' fall before tko blitin?, a 3 ready the aloes and sonfe oft ' er tender tropical plants 1 placed under shelter- K of colens, centuria, ana other' gated leaves, are jnsk nowr tion of their charms. yZI t?ti( of the old Virginia Ho? V and fascinating view t , T is obtained by looking tl,.lgi colored panes of ,?u ri seasons are bv this mo' . , e. f0i ously correct. The walks anT' seem covered with snow -gr 2 l.nnr? fmsto OUV, and tl. f ir,o t r.. . uu loiiasrp oj ize that we are not in tS J? the cold season, until our to summer,whereevei-vn.; - roseate hue. The autnnTf and spring with its vernal "J?. -. .j v.i. iu LKiiure. rpmarL-nhl v trim . 6"ea 1 are so absorbed in onr T . Jin v. that we are apt to for J w"DtVD8i The moments have indeed H -jj ItLr V' THe trein? e Win, rmu uuin., muse ureauiul chimp,; hammering away at "Sweet bv by." The calliope hoarsely out, "Pop goes the Wealei " nome nil morning, as e enter tl 2 descending car and raoni :.. . 6 firma, bid a tearful adieu "to 7? scenes of our centenary sketching and ramblings. s Independence Hall, thongb notes the exposition grounds, is vet thor oughly a part of the Centennial sh ou patriotic principles we cannd leave the land of Penn without glance at this venerahle relic of br gone days. The structim stands Chestnut street, in the very midst the city, aud is crowded fromea'1, morn till dewy eve. The front 'a gaily decorated with banners, patn. otic insignia, and portraits, ho general appearance indicate the in dustrions band of the sign-painter The intt rior consists of twn apartments, open to the public, usea as a receptacle lor revoliitioDrT mementoes. The independence Eel hanging in the original rongbiai massive wooden frame, is the Meca of our devotions. The "original" crack is plainly apparent npontL original bell; while the outerrima chipped to a ragged edge by Lloi from the sounding hammer. Net by, is a door from the famous Chewi mansion, all battered and bn'i: marked a relic of the Germantor. fight. Drums, guns, chairs, pictura china and old clothes (of the distit guished departed) complete tleci lection over many articles of uLic a century has winged its flight; i: now, on the threshold of a secci hundred years, we bare the Ln and, in these sacred halls, make eel with the expiring prayer of fatbs Paul, "Our country Esfo Perj:.; P.. SI. D. Counting the Electoral Vote. On the second Wednesday of Feb ruary the electoral vote will be conn; ed in accordance with the provisic: of the constitution and laws relntirr to that subject, which are as folloas The President of the Senate shall in the presence of the Senate as. House of Kepresentives, oren all ti.f certificates, and the vote shall itu: be counted. The persons LaviiictL? greatest number of votes for Pre': dent shall be President, if such cum ber bo a majority of the whole cum ber of electors be appointed; anJ i! no persons have such majority, thn from the persons having the Lighe: numbers, not exceeding three on tb list of those voted for as President the House of Bepresntatives choose immediately bv ballot tb President. Congress shall be k session on the second Wednesday ir February succeeding every meeticg of the electors, and the certificate! or so many of them as have been re ceived, hall then be opened, tbe votes con nted and the terson to 1 the offices of President and "Vie President ascertained and declared agreeably to the constitution. Now that the excitements of tie great Presidential struggle are ore: with, and the minds of ourpeopl' once more settled, would it notbei good time to seriously contemp'' the proposed bridge acruss the Wil lamette at this place ? Every man i: this county, and especially those l. this city, has this enterprise at heart and we shall auiiotisly wait the in itiative. The majority of the United Si! supreme court decides that the cos payment of premium on a life us ance policy voids the policy li'tf the stipulation to that effect is ck ly in the policy; but, if the fail to pay is caused by the intervene' of war between the parties, as in case of our late civil war, the holf of the policy is entitled to the eqo able value thereof, arisiDg from V nrominma nntnallv naid. TOUT ID l r 4i. " nnrt less th!" tue majority, nenueu vj - justice, dissented irum i cation of the general conclusion. TERRITORIAL XEUS HEM6- Says the Walla Walla Statem the 4th: The great race J"f wi afternoon for the $5,000 pnrse won bv Billy Bingham in straight heats. backed by our Portland friends, as a matter of course they verej lant. ' . The election all over JJV Territory was very quiet- a j, closing saloons on election W much respected in that Territory- his knee cut and was bruised up 6 J running away. No serious Gen. Cuvier Grover lias arrit . Walla Walla. He takes cob ut t the 1st Cavalry, with headquart rf that place. Gen. G. is rcD8ttf Oregon's Governor and elect. I r