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RPfflSE,OREGON CITY, OREGON, 0 ljlBER 8, 157a

'democratic ticket.lor Congress,

LAFAYETTE LANE,G Of Douglai CoiiMty.

Hon. F. Lane, Perikeratic canui- -

dato for Congress, will aalress nis leilow citizens at the following times andnlaces. to-wi- t:

Pendleton October 11thWeston 12thLa Grande 15thUnion " ltithIfciker City 18thCanyon City 21st.

Opposing candidates are invited toJoin mm.

Factory Labor and Free Trade.

"We carry the war into Carthage,and take tho eround that the condition of that very factory hand who issupposed to exist only during pro-

tection, would be greatly improvedunder a free trade system. EvenBio. Whitney, a rabid protectionist,tells us that one half the Pennsylva-nia iron workers aro iu favor of free

trade, and so it is throughout the

whole manufacturing union. The

producing half being invariably hightariff men, while those who work upthe production are staunch free tradeadvocates. Those men for instance,who manufacture from thj iron ore,ploughs nails, horse shpes and ihelike, areJo a man in favor of the re-

peal of the duty on metal, that theymay thus be enabled to s4l for lowerprices, piace more to thelown cred-

it in the bank, and give iNter wagesto their employees. Odo of the lead-ing arguments of the high tariff par-ty is that in order to secure for theworking man, the highest possiblewages it beeomes necessary to pro-tect the industries in whicjh he is en-

gaged! The moralist teVi us thathigh pay alone does nvf promotehappiness among the toil.Ag masses,and especially not where good wageswill not buy as much as low wageselsewhere.

Our mill operative undoubtedlyreceives more money for his laborthan his brother in Europe for similar

. .- T 1 L 1 ll 1?worn, uui we muse ax, me .sanie umebear in mind the difference in rents,clothing, in fact of all the necessa-ries of life. If the tariff simply pro-

tected labor without affecting theirevery day wants, then indeed wouldtho millenium bo nearj at hand;strikes and panics wouldj cease, andprosperity smile on us from everyquarter, lo reconcile high wagesand cheap living would make lastingpeace between the employer and employee, and shelve forever the recon-dite theorizings of the political econ-omist. But it is here iwe find thorough side of our protective system.juveryming mas we are la necessitycompelled to use, is so burdened withtaxation, that despite tLje Americanfaetory hand's high wages', he has thegreatest diflicult'even in. ekeing outa bare existence. Tho war betweencapital and labor is as bitterly wagedin our country as it is atiywlrere inthe manufacturing world. It is notbecause the wages, intrinsically, arenot sufficiently large but becausethey aro not enough to buy actualsustenance. The wages earned heroby a man, if sent abroad, would soonmake wealthy men of the recipients.Take the Chinese on this coast; thecomparatively exorbitant price wepay them for their musclo is notsquandered in purchasing heavilytaxed importations or Lighly pro-tected domestic goods, but is nig-gardly saved, and eventually takeuto China where it can be enjoyed,where in fact its possessor can livefor the rest of his days in idlenessand sans souci.

The professors of high tariff haveliterally failed to establish happinessor peace among tho laboring classes.Strikes now are of such common oc-

currence that they aro looked uponas a permanent feature in the ramifications of our maufaeturing inte --estsIndeed tho manufacturer is compell-ed, in his books, to take into consid-eration the contingencies of strikes.So long as wo depend upon foreigncountries, so long will we be unableto regulate our markets. The slightest foreign fluctuation ve sensiblyfeel. If by some combination cot-ton or wool rises in England, ourmarkets inevitably respond by following suit, even if our warehousesand stores are glutted with goods.It is then that our merchants talk ofa "firmer tono" in the market andimmediately demand higher pricesXot why is it that foreign specula- -

lations affect the market of a comparatively non-exportin- g countrylike ours? "We simply answer be-cause of protection. When foreigngoods rise in price the domestic roarufacturer then runs up his price!proportionately, and the poor labor? ii. -icg luaa, wio principal consuinerLbecause shut oui from' competitionwith foreign productions, is thchief sufferer. One would natural!suppose that competition among oumanufacturers would Vad to lo- -

prices. So it would wef sthat rivalrof a healthy nature. U ie compettion now existing has developedspecies of cut-thro- at business, anfrom the fact that labor is mademarketable article, upon the wortt

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man fall ail the ills in the strugglebetween the manufacturers for su-

premacy. Verily the American fac-

tory hand is the puppet of the man-ufacturer, and until protection isovercome he will never know eitherprosperity or freedom.

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The True State of the Case.

"Imagine" says the Yamhill He-port- er

"Lafayetee Lane flaring upand leaving the Halls of. Congress ashe left Granger Hall, here, the othernight. "Wouldn't Oregon be nicelyrepresented?"

In the name of common sense arewo to compare the blattering Dr.Watts and the hissing geese whopacked Granger Hall, with the gen-

tlemen who occupy seats in the Na-

tional House of Representatives?For the moment, supposing Mr.Lane should "flare up" in Congress,would not that be less objectionableto a people who wish to have a voicein the management of affairs, to aman like the Republican candidatewho would sit, session in and sessionout, like a comatose nonentity?

We have no doubt that ever Mr.Warren himself felt ashameu of hisMcMinnville supporters and evenhad Mr. Lane been without othercause, the nature of the companywas bad enough to justify his leavingit. Rut uufrtunately for the Yam-hill Reporter ho had other reasonsfor leaving classic Granger Hall, andannounced them, fortunately forhimself, before the close of Jiissiieech. lie informed his hearersthat the weak stato of his health,and the utter impossibility, on ac-

count of urgent business, of his re-

maining to hear the whole of Dr.Wratts' answer. This he made knownas a matter of courtesy to Dr. Watts,not wishing that gentleman to con-

sider him so far forgetful of the rulesof politeness as to offer an inten-tional insult. Mr. Warren's proxytook advantage of the rostrum totwist history into most unnaturalshapes in order to apply to his argu-ment; to this, Mr. Lano very justlydemurred and in language appropriate for the offence. He then left theHall. Watts denonncing, and thewell trained flock from the office ofthe Reporter hissing their teeth out.This we beg permission to state isthe true state of the case.

Southern Oregon's Vote.

We have encountered coolness invarious forms and degrees, but thelast blast from the Oregonian inwhich it says that Southern Oregonwill give a majority for Warren, out-chil- ls

even the marrow-freezin- g cur-

rents of Labrador. We can almostimagine tho "oh yes," ironical gri-maces which distorted Rrother nill'sface when he laughingly pennedsuch a patent absurdity.

The assertion is so essentially sillythat the "plain blunt man, who is noorator as Brutus is" should carry aDemocratic stronghold that we areconstrained to look upon it either asa piece of subtile sarcasm or an Ore-

gonian attempt at the ludicrous.Of the many tangible instruments

we have at hand for the demolishing of such tottering structures,none perhaps will better affect thopurposo in few words than the following from tho Bedrock Democrat:

All accounts from Southern Oregon agree in predicting for Hon. L.F. Lane a very large majority southof the Calipooia mountains. We havea letter from there of a recent datestating that he will receive in the sixcounties of that region at least onethousand majority, while an enthusiastic Southern Oregon man withwhom we have recently conversedputs the figures as high as fourteen- -hundred! Of course some allowance must be made for the partialityol our informants, but it is plainlyevident that Mr. Lane will receivean enormous vote in his own reerionof tho State. He is most popularwhere best known something whichcannot always be said of politiciansor candidates for office.

Petition to Congress.

The following is tho petitionadopted by the State Grange to becirculated among the citizens of Or-egon and Territories for signatures:

To the Honorable the Senate andHouse of Representative of the Un ifedStates in Congress assembled: Yourmemorialists, the Patrons of Hus-bandry of the State of Oregon,Washington and Idaho Territories,respectfully and most earnestly peti-tion your honorable bodies to appro-priate from the funds of the UnitedStates the sum of one hundred andfifty thousand dollars for the con-struction of locks and canal aroundthe Cascades of the Columbia river.and that the work on the same be or-dered to be pushed forward as rap-idly as possible.

And further that on account of theextensive district and laborious du-ties of the government engineer ofthis district, wo further pray that aspecial engineer be appointed bvproper auiuority to make any addi-tional surveys necessary to superin-tend the work, and the expenditureof the moneys so appropriated es-pecially in reference to the improve-ment above mentioned; and vourmemorialists will ever pray as induty bound.

Rciior. It is rumored that Syd-ney Dillon, Jay Gould and OliverAmes, now on their way to this coastintend looking into the practicabilityof building a railroad over the pro-posed route of the Portland, Dallesand Salt Lake Railroad.

Round trip tickets for personsgoing from all parts of the countryto the Centennial are to be is3aed ata reduction of 25 per cent.

Is He a Carpet-Bagge- r I

The editor of the Statesman becamevery indignant when we termed hima carpet-bagge- r, and claimed a resi-

dence in our state since 1852, and toshow that he was very materially in-

terested in the welfare of Oregon,proposed to compare tax receiptswith us, intimating that he had. largelanded estates, and that his knowl-edge of the busines men and the pol-

iticians of Oregon was not surpassed,if equalled, by any one. We carebut little who this conceited individ-ual is, or from whence he came; butknowing that a falsehood was out,we sought to ascertain whether heactually told the truth or not, andfor that purpose we rna&e inquiryamong the old Oregonians of thisplace as to who ho is and what hehad been engaged in for so manyyears, but co'ald gain no information.Having been in Oregon since 1857,andno' entirely unknown, it has beenour privilege to meet most of theprominent citizens of Oregon, of bothparties, during that time, but to ourgreat surprise, we have never evenheard of this rich Radical editor. Somuch for a preface. Now let us getdown to the facts in the case, andbefore we get through we shall notonly attempt to convince tho peoplethat the editor of tho Statesman is acarpet-bagger- , but is now engagedas a "gay aud festivo deceiver."

The person who bought the States-man is an old citizen of Harrisburg,engaged in the milling business, andhas some wealth to boast of. Theeditor of the paper and for whosebenefit it was bought is a carpet-bagger from Nebraska, where heformerly published a paper. Forsome reason his name does not ap-pear in connection with tho paper,but the rich brother is made to standsponsor for the concern, and on thiswealth the imported carpet-bagge- r

places his claims to having an inter-est in Oregon and holding enormoustax receipts. This is Radical cheekfor you, and could only be expectedfrom a person who, instead, as claim-ed by him, being a resident of Ore-gon for 23 years, has been an impe-cunious wanderer from State to Stateduring that period. Tho question ofwealth and length of residencehere has nothing to do with the wel-come we are ready to give to all; butwhen a wandering tramp assumes tobluster and boast over a matter towhich the true condition of thingsis entirely foreign, the mask shouldbe removed and the deceiver exposedto the public. Will not the editor ofthe States7ian publish his tax receiptsand tho places ho has lived for thetwenty-thre- e years just passed? Itwould give interesting reading mat-ter to his paper. It would bo such afine thing to claim an interest in thetax receipts of his wealthy brother-in-la- w

at Salem. It would, show to abetter advantage, and make the listso much larger. Put in the richbrother's receipts in Eastern Oregon.As well take in the whole family.

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Justice to Catholics.

In a late great speech in the Ohiocanvass, Senator Thurman paid thefollowing just tribute to the Catho-lics:

To hear a Radical stumper talk ofthe Catholic Church, one wouldthink if he knew no better that allthe members of that church are un-der tho absolute dominion of theirpriests; that tho priest has but topoint his finger, and his whole flockvotes for the party to which hepoints. There never was a more tin-found- ed

assertion, never a greaterlibel pronounced against a body ofAmerican freemen. In matters ofreligion tho Catholic reverently re-ceives the instructions of his spirit-ual guide; in secular matters he actsas other men act, upon the dictatesof his own judgment. There aretens of thousands of Catholics whovote and have always voted the Re-publican ticket; and if the numberof such votes is diminishing, it isnot because of priestly domination,but because the spirit of Know-Nothingis- m

again stalks abroad andthreatens to obtain complete posses-sion of the Republican party. It isnot many years since .ArchbishopHughes, of New York, and Arch-bishop Purcell of Cincinnati, wereopen supporters of Lincoln's Admin-istration, and were much applaudedby the Republican leaders for thatsupport. Then not one of thoseleaders was heard to utter a wordabout priestly interference in poli-tics, or priestly domination. On thecontrary these prelates were laudedto the skies by the Republican party,and their example everywhere citedas an inducement to Catholics tovote the Republican ticket. Nay,further, President Lincoln manifest-ed his high regard for the Archbish-op of New York by sending him on amission to Europe, and the wholeRepublican party applauded the act.But did the course taken by thoseeminent prelates none more emi-nent or better entitled to the regardof their flocks and of mankind con-trol the Catholic vote? Every manis ready to say no; for it is as noto-rious as the sun gives light to theearth, that the great body of Catho-lics continued to vote as they hadbeen accustomed to vote the Demo-crats continued to be Democrats,and the Republicans continued to beRepublicans.

Mr. Sharon has tendered to Mrs.Ralston a suite of seven rooms inthe Palace Hotel, with private ser-vants, a private coaeh aud coachmanso long as she may see fit to usethem.

Oft Color. The last issue of theReporter reminds us of the mulattowho said "I aint no niggah! I'seonly got de yallajanders."

Catholics in Maryland.

Mr. Lane is not the only publicman persecuted on account of his re-

ligion as will be seen by the follow-

ing able remarks delivered at Balti-

more in favor of the Democratic can-

didate for Governor:The non. Reverdy Johnson in the

course of his speech referred to theintolerance of those who based theirobjection to Mr. Carroll, the Demo-cratic candidate for Governor, on re-

ligious grounds. His fitness for theoffice, said Mr. Johnson, unless thismakes him unfit, no one questionsor can question. Eis blood, like hisfaith, descends frcm one of the im-

mortal signers of the Declaration ofIndependence, who was from thefirst to the last universally respectedand esteemed, and who died reveredand beloved by tie good of everyreligious denomination. No manwas so stupid or intolerant as to ob-

ject to him on account of his faith.If when he was attaching his nameto the great charter of American lib-erty, any member of the body hadobjected to his right to do so, be-cecau- se

he was a Catholic, the ob-

jection would have been treated withscorn and detestation. No such ob-

jection was interposed, and his unionwith tho other of those great andpure men was received with joy andapproval, as tending to strengthenthe great cause on which they hadembarked. Is it not marvelous thatin this ago of the world, and partic-ularly in this country, such an ob-

jection should be countenanced byany sane man? I fray especially inthis country, because our ancestorswere so impressed with the duty andnecessity of not interfering political-ly with any man, on account of hisreligious faith, that in one of thefirst amendments to the Constitu-tion, that were coeval with it, theyprovided that "Congress shall makeno law respecting an establishmentof religion or prohibiting the freeexercise thereof." And it is believedthat a like provision is contained inevery Constitution.

Have Catholics ever failed to begood citizens? All the duties of lifepublic and private, tiiey discharge asfully as all other Christiana. Duringthe war of our Revolution and thoone of 1812 with England, and thatof 184G with Mexico, they hazardedlife and fortune to maintain the prin-ciples, which produced the first, andto maintain the rights of our govern-ment in the two last. They stoodshoulder to shoulder with Protes-tants on every battle-fiel- d, whichwas often literally mired with theircommon blood. This exclusion frompolitical rights for many long yearsprevailed in England to her dishon-or and disgrace. It continued for along time in consequence of tho in-sane obstinacy of George III. Butbetter counsels now prevail. Theenlightened men of the present dayin that country have seen tho injus-tice of such an exclusion and haveremoved the shackles which enforc-ed it. One of these statesmen, how-ever a gentleman of rare ability andconsummate scholarship, the RightHon. W. E. Gladstone, is waging awar of pamphlets with Roman Cath-olic Bishops, which is calculated torevive to some extent the politicalintolerance of the past. Ihavo nodoubt that he thinks lie is doingwhat will promote the interests ofhis country and secure its safety.His doctrine is that the civil and po-litical allegiance of the Catholic isdue first to the Popo rather than tothe Government under which he re-sides and is protected. This in myjudgment, is a gross error as appliedto the present century.

Considering all these things, Ishould think that the American,aware of them, when proposing toexclude the Catholic from politicaloffice because of his religion, wouldblush scarlet from very shame.

The First Chinese Voter.

We have repeatedly warned thewhite working men of California thatthe inevitable result of Radical teach-ings and legislation would be to ele-

vate the Chinese into full peerdomwith them, and besought them to boguided in their political action bysuch consideration. But year afteryear they retained the Radicals inpower, by their votes, and the evilconsequences of their conduct willbe ultimately realized by tho admis-sion of the pig-taile- d heathen intothe ranks of the voting population,and the still further humiliation ofthe white working classes. For thefirst time in the history of the State,a Chinaman desecrated the ballot-box- ,

at the late election, be deposit-ing his vote therein. This pioneerCelestial elector was Tim Wong, ofMonterey, and he voted the Radicalticket, of course. Examiner.

In the Field. In a private letterwe are informed that non. James H.Slater has already made addresses atSummerville, Pendleton and Westonin Lafayette Lane's favor, and is de-

termined to continue tho labor oflove. His speech on Friday lastbefore a thousand Patrons of Hus-bandry at their picnic grounds nearUnion was a mastsrly effort and en-

thusiastically received. It is pre-dicted that if Lane's popularitythroughout the State is anythinglike it is in Eastern Oregon, he willbe elected by an immense majority.

Protectionists will find instructivereading in the communication of awriter in the Providence Journal,whom the arrival of the British iron-clad Bellerophen leads to the reflec-

tion that "although tho harbor ofNewport is one of tho vory few onour coast that will admit such greatships, it has but one square-rigge- d

ship. A hundred years ago a singlefirm there had fifty ships afloat onevery navigable water, and tho com-merce of the port exceeded that ofNew York."

Public Speaking,

Gov. L. F. Grover will address) the citizens of Clackamas county atStipp s school house, on Saturday,October 9th, at 1 o'clock p. xr.

COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,

LETTER FROM. NEW YORK.From Our Regular Correspondent.!

" New Yokk, Sept. 21," 1S75.The Democracy of the State of

New York held their convention atSyracuse last Thursday, and nominat-ed a ticket on a platform enunciatingwith a directness and energy thatmakes the blood tingle, the princi-ples that indicate beyond all cavilthe claims of tho Democratic partyas being the only safe custodian andguardian of the public welfare andpublic honor. Free trade, hard mon-ey, home rule, reform with deeds,not words, and hearty support andcommendation of Tilden are its mainfeatures. Jefferson erected the statueof honesty, Tilden has restored itwhen overthrown by Radicalism andhidden by corruption.

The equinoctial storm seems tohave spread disaster of discomfortfrom Eastport to tho Rio Grande.Fires have been tho order of the day,and blankets have secured harmonyat night in "these parts," the weath-er being so cold. The four feet ofwater that covered tho streets of Gal-

veston havo subsided, leaving a massof ruin where formerly stood a hun-dred houses, several churches, andtwo bridges. Lynchburg and SanJacinto, all in Texas, wero half wash-awa- y.

Snow fell on Mt. Washingtonin New Hampshire, and altogetherthe storm has been one of unusualseverity.

You are well aware of the greatconvenience of tho method of trans-

ferring cash by means of post-oflic- e

money orders, how bills can be paidquickly and with little risk. Stillbetter is tho method of paying anddrawing drafts by telegraph; but thegreat difficulty has been in makingit sufficiently secret, for it is often im-

portant, especially in governmentaffahs, that transfers of money shouldbe made at great distances and quiteprivately. The Gold Exchange hasaccomplished this by means of acypher. For instance, a customer inShaneateles, N. Y., or in Mooslarna-gunti- c,

Maine, or in Conshohocken,Pa., or in any other "financial cir-

cumference" (for that I suppose istho opposite to "financial centre")telegraphs down to his broker at theNew York Gold Exchange "ScotlandEmily," which means "Sell at bestrate one hundred thousand gold," or"Turkey Thomas Utah at Mulberry,"which means "name very honestprice for 5,000 new 5 per cent bondsat 1GJ." Tho Government seeingtho advantage of this system, ap-

pointed somo of the leading men oftho country, merchants and others,and some iiigh officials, a committeeto devise a scheme. This they did,and a few evenings ago met at theFifth Avenue Hotel to practice it.Each of tho committee supposedhimself to bo a distant post-oftic- e,

and each was given an "electricalgenerator," made of glass and shapedlike a hollow inverted cone and theapex of tho cono was elongated in anarrow stem and then flattened outinto a disk to enable the "generator"to bo placed upright on the tablaand not to be upset without humanaction when filled with the "patentdispatch fluid." The fluid was pour-ed out from a vial of dark glass hold-ing about a qnart and shaped likewell, I don't know what you call 'em,but they generally have a tin foilover the corks, which have to beheld in with a wire. This "dispatchfluid" is very volatile and a greatmany vials of it were consumed, evenin experimenting on this one evening.Indeed, I heard one of the committeesay afterward that the expense wasthe only objection to this method of"exchange." Then the "dispatchbriefs" wero distributed, five to eachmember of the committee taking partin the "practice meeting." Thenthey began. On that evening I hap-pened to be visiting a friend a gen-tleman friend from Brooklyn, whostayed at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel.He staj--s thero waiting to go home.He can't go homo becauso the Brook-lyn bridge is not yet finished. Hedoes'nt like the ferry. He took a pre-judice against it the other day, justbecauso when he was coming over,the boat he was in ran into a schoon-er loaded with bricks and the shockthrew him overboard, and a manfishing him out with a big boat-hoo- k

ran it through tho calf of his leg. Itold him that that was no reason fornot going back, "for it is," said I,"highly improbable that tho boatwill rnn into another schooner ofbricks right away and you get knock-ed overboard, or if you did that aman would run a boat-hoo- k into yourcalf again." But ho said he didn'tsee it. Slow and sure was his motto,and as there was a good chance ofthe bridge being finished next year,or at the farthest in two vears, hethought he'd wait. "Besides," hesaid, "as my wife is a very smartwoman and can take good care ofthe children, and best of all as wehave never been to church there, shedon't know any ministers, and asBeecher is awayin the White Moun-tains, I feei quite easy."

Tho Seattle Intelligencer, says veryproperly: "The legislature- - shouldmemorialize Congress for a daily mailservice between the principal portson the Sound; a weekly ocean mailservice between San Francicso andthe Sound; and appropriations foropening of the Skagit and other nav-igable streams of the Territory. Allthese demands should be made byour Territorial Legislature; and they'ought to be conceded by the generalgovernment," '

SUMMARY Ol' STATE X.E1VS.

A young woman ramed Walkercommitted suicide by blowing outher brains with a pistol ,at Harrisburglast week.

Albanyeis to have street lamps.The number of legal voters in

Wasco county is 1,078; males of 21years and upward, 1,133; males un-der 21 and over ten, 475; males underten years, 583; females of 18 yearsand upward, 75G; females under 18years and over ten, 319; females un-

der ten years, 587. Total populationof the "county, 3.85G. Number ofacres under cultivation, 12,072; num-ber of bushels of wheat raised duringthe year 1871, 40,510; number ofbushels of oats raised, 41,750; num-ber ef bushels of barley, 10,0S5;number bushels of rye. 2,080; num-ber tons of hay, G,9S3; numberpounds of wool 132,700; numberounces of gold dust, 42G; numberbushels of corn, 2,715; number ofsheep, 5G,577; number of hogs, 1,323;number of horses, 8,175; number ofcattle, 47,910; number of pounds oftobacco, 1G5; number of bushels ofpotatoes, 20,405; number of bushelsof apples, 24,195; number of feet oflumber, 040,000; number of barrelsof salmon, 80; number of mules, 142;number of pounds of butter, 50,315;number of pounds of cheese, 720.

In Y'amhill county the number ofacres of land is 250,132 s ; value ofland, $1,207,320; railroad, land, 15,-35- 0

acres; ;value, $81,250; value oftown lots, $29,855; improvements,$309,909 ; merchandise, etc. , 251 ,210 ;

money, notes, etc., 8544,910; house-hold goods, etc., 8133,835; numberof horses and mules, 3,750; value,8179,710; number of cattle, 8,49G;value, S7G,500; number, of sheep, 22,-48- 4;

value, 33,310; number of swine,0,002; value, .9,820; gross value ofall, 2,948,910; indebtedness and ex-empt, 902,115.

Wo learn that some of S. Booth'sfine running horses will be on handto compete for the purses offered atthe Yreka Fair. Also that horsesfrom Jackson and Lake counties willbe there.

Senator Mitchell has nominatedRussell Truitt, of Polk county, to ascholarship in the medical college ofLouisville, Kentucky.

Typhoid fever is prevalent through-out the State.

General Lane will speak in behalfof his son at Eugene on Tuesdaynext.

Ben Ilolladay and wife have leftfor Oregon.

Superintendent Watkinds offers areward of 200 for the apprehensionand delivery of an escaped convictnamed James Brown.

Gov. Grover has commissionedi Col. W. W. Chapman delegate from

Oregon to the National RailroadConvention, to be held at St. Louisthe 23d of next month. The objectof the convention is to try to settleupon certain measures of internalimprovement that may be pressedwith expectation of success beforeCongress.

In Portland, on Saturday evening,a se-jill- e occurred between MajorJohnson, of E.ist Portland,' and J.W.Kelly, of the Evening Journal. Mr.Kelly being a small man, was roughlyhandled. Johnson was fined 2)and costs.

There is a big row in progress atForest Grove concerning tho case ofsmall-pox- .

Gamblers aro flocking to Salem.Two largo "tigers" are to be on exhi-bition during the Fair.

The escaped convict, Brown, hasnot yet been captured.

There are 120 pupils in tho Jack-sonville district school.

Circuit Court for Yamhill countyis in session this week.

A two-hors- e stage is now rnn be-tween Baker City and Boise.

According to the census the popu-lation of Jacksonville is about 700.''

An Indian girl, in a camp nearDallas, was burned so badly lastweek that she died in a few 'hoursafter.

Twelve thousand bushels of wheatwere raised on Mr. R. R. Thompson'sfarm in Yamhill county this year.

The Odd Fellows of Malheur Cityhave a neatly-furnishe- d and comfort-able hall in which their meetings areheld.

After running the Baker City Her-ald for one year, W. S. James woundup the business of the concern andgracefully retired on the 29th ult.

The streets of the town of AYestonare left wider than they were beforethe fire destroyed tho village. Theburnt district is well built up again.

Amity is to have a newspaper, thefirst number of which will appear inabout two weeks. Mr. Hammond,formerly of tho Dallas Kemizer, willbo the proprietor.

A letter from Gird's creek, about120 miles southeast of the Dalles,says this section i? chiefly noted forits abundance of bunch grass andwater, which maxes it a lirst-clas- s

stock raising country, and one of themost beautiful places in Eastern Or-egon.

A hop yard of seven acres and oftwo years growth, at Eola, belongingto Mr. Becket, turned out 10,000pounds of hops this season, whichbrought the owner 1,000. Prettygood for hops. That's a paying bus-iness, farmers.

A citizen of Oakland killed threebears last week. Another citizen ofthe same town killed one.Captain Kelly informs tho Sentinelthat they are taking quartz of a su-

perior quality out of their mines onGrave Creek, and have been runningan arastrafor the last three weeks,but have not yet make a clean up.He is sanguine that the ore they arenow crushing will yield handsomereturns.Tho Platndealer calls attention to

the fact that an error was male inthe published report of the assess-ment of Douglas county. It shouldbe: Valuation of land, 1,275,409,instead of 275,4G9, as reported; val-uation of horses and mules,108,GSG,instead of S108.G0G; valuation ofsheep, 229,549, instead of 226,549.Total valdation of property $2,743,-13- 8,

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TF.LECKAI'IIIC XfcWs.

Washington, Oct. 1.-Fr- iend nfSecretary Bristow, who is still absentdeny that late appraiser Ham riChicago, was removed because Ocuiiunui """vuo kjii inubut in consequence of statement"made to Bristow by members oflast Chicago custom-hous- e conimi'J!sion that Ham was intimate with an"'l

defended the ring, which was spGCu "lating on the government iu tjcustom-hous- e construction there

Postmaster - General Jewell 'hawritten to the political managers inAlabama that he must have5men for appointments to resnont,MC.places, and prefers good Democratsto bad Republicans.

Columbus Delano in his letter tothe President assigns as one reasonfor his resignation, the exhaustinglabor which his fidelity to his dutiesLas demanded.' An examination ofthe official career of Delano showsthat he has furnished one of the mostconspicuous illustrations of absenteesever known in the Government ser-vice. A careful scrutiny of the recordof time devoted by Secretary Delanoto the Government business in Wash-ington during the four years he wasSecretary, proves that in that timehe was in Washington exactlv twoyears, one month and seventeen daya.It is forty-tw- o per cent of the periodof his administration considerablyless than half tho time. The com-pensati- on

paid to Mr. Delano for tbetime he was absent from his dutiesaggregated 1G,933.

There is a good deal of apprehen-sion in the Navy and Treasury de-partments on account of the newsfrom California as to the conditionof affairs in the navy paymaster'soffice at San JFrancisco. For severalyears, in consequence of political in-fluence reaching into the Senate ofthe United States, an. adventurer,named G. M. Pinney, has been re-tained in oflice as purchasing clerkof the navy in California, and hishold was so firm that the pay corpsof thenavy'knew none of their corps'number, and could not accept a de-tail to San Francisco without accept-ing Pinney as an oflice fixture.About the 1st of September he ab-sconded in his own steamer with afemale, leaving his family and a hostof creditors behiud. It is understoodthat certificates of indebtedness toabout 800,000 have been discovered "to have been hypothecated in SanFrancisco.

Terke Haute, Oct. 1. The advo-cates of more greenbacks were ratherstaggered by the announcement thatthe directors of the National StateBank are deliberating the propositionto rednce the circulation one hun-dred thousand dollars, having morethan that lying idle which they cannot use safely.

Chicago, Oct. 2. A Washingtonspecial says Grant's lengthy speechat Des Moines is construed in butone way among nearly all classes ofpoliticians, and that is that he doesnot return to private life in 1S7C.The speech was not particularly call-ed for, as he has remained silent on agood many more important occasions.He has also been slowly making hiscabinet over in compliance with thepopular standard. In his own opin-ion he is one of the few statesmen ofthe age, and he believes that the en-tire country rests upon his shoulders,lie has latterly, in conversation withhis friends, indicated an interest inpublic affairs that denotes a greatchange in his mind. No one in thepast has ever carried the burdens ofthe Presidential ofiice easier. Hehas been absent from this cit- - eversince. the middle of May, this year,and will not return hero until themiddle of October. During his ab-sence he has attended to nothing hiltthe petty routine of small appoint-ments and has really had less careupon his mind than an average treas-ury clerk.

In Gen. Howard's recent report towar department on our possessionsin Alaska, it is shown that tu Go-vernment now pays 3G,000 per annumfor twelve monthly tiips of a mailsteamer between Port Townsend, orPortland, Oregon, and the port ofSitka, in Alaska. It prives the halfdozen official individuals of thatplace the sole benefit of this expen-diture on the part of the Governmentand is an exceeding injustice to theinhabitants of Kodiak, Bolkosku,Ounalaska, Unga and St. Micheals,all of which have a thousand timesmore trade than Sitka, and the firstthree villages have twice the popula-tion of tho town in question. This

30,000 per annum, now literallywasted, would rnn a small revenuesteamer, and, instead of being a drainon the treasury, would result in law,order and protection. It is also anunwarranted waste of public money,this moving the troops up to anddown from Sitka every two or threeyears, with the increased cost of theirsupplies counted in.

Washington, Oct. 2. Receiptsfrom internal revenue to-da- v, 34",-47- 7;

for the fiscal vear to date, 7;

from customs to-da- v, S3S2,-07- 0;

for fiscal year to date, 04,425,-71- 4.

rinuDELrwA, Oct. 2. The Statoof Ohio has commenced the erectionof its building in the centennialgrounds. Similar buildings will heput up by Massachusetts, Connect-icut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-vania, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana,Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas andMissouri.

The commission to treat for theBlack Hills reached Fort Laramiofrom Red Cloud to-da- v on their wayEast. The attempt to obtain thoHills was a failure, the Indians Iiola-in- g

out for fabulous sums. NorthernIndians weae leaving, and very hadtemper prevailed among the severalbands.

Washington, Oct. 3. Postofficediscontinued Walton, Whitman Go.WT. T. Postmasters appointedH.Eckerman, Sweet Home, Linn Co.,Oregon; Marcellus Hun toon, I ortAngeles, Clallam Co., W. T.

New Yokk, Oct. 3.-- The famoustrotting mare American Girl fell deaayesterday afternoon in the first heatfree for all ages.

Salt Lake, Oct. 3.-Pr- esident

Grant arrived here this afternoon.He was met at Ogden by the Gov-

ernor and other oilicials and citizens,and also bv Brigham Young anaparty, all of whom accompanied hito Salt Lake.--

Chicago, Oct. 5.-- The ColoradoRing, under Schaffenburg has beendiscovered to have robbed tuaGovernment of immense sumsmoney,. .