, 1866-08-10
Political and other Gossip ton wsbfSos


for three or four day., At may be said to be very
dry. unless one makes II convenient to drop 10
at the "Oro Fino' occaSiOnally. The efops are
good here and there Is no danger Of getting out
Of "grub," if you will only work. The farmers
have Just commenced harvesting and the wheat
il. turning out well, of hns quality, and the
prospect of the price going down to about four
bits per bushel.
You have learned long since that your former
fellow citizen, George L. Woods, has beeE elee-
ted Governor of the WebfOot nation. 1t is even
so and George is now on a visit to San Fran
cisco to take lessons of the dancing master, &C.,
preparatory for his grand Inauguration in sep>
tember. Just think of such a squirt being cleo
ted Governor over such . man as Col. Kelly
But bad as Woods is he is far superior to white
eyed CayuSe Mallory" elected to Congress.
Mallory is a weak stick" "Whom the Gods
would destroy they first make mad,'' is maxim
now being illustrated in the policy Of the radi5
cal party down here. Two years ago it Gent sid
Disky Henderson to Congress, and he aaG since
managed to kill off the or:goc Branch Mint en-
tirely, and also all tie Stner useful legislation
for the benefit o. the State, introduced by Ores
goE's bsst friend-J. W. Nesmith. And now it
has elected coxcomb for Governor, and sent
another man to Congress with no more ability
than Dickey and even less honesty.
The Senatorial question is now thiekentng,
and the political wire-pullers are stirring the
the kettle to the very bottom. From present
appearances, Nesmiths chances are decidedly
the best. learn to-day that Langhlin, (Union)
of Yamhill, has given up his seat without a con-
test, and if the Grant county members can get
the seats to which they have been fairly elected,
the Democrats and Johnson men will have one
majority in the House, and that will elect Nes-
mith, or one of his friends, or prevent an cleo
ton at all. The radicals are badly demoralized.
The light between Gibbs and Mitchell is waxing
very bitter. They knew that the election OF ell
ther of them lays the other on the shelf for ma
ny years, and they are determined to spike each
others guns now. Their fight is more amusing
than otherwise, as there never has been the least
show for either Oregon has too many local
interests to permit two Senator's from Portland.
The " COW county chiefs are too smart for that,
and besides that it would most effectually kill
off the party. After Gibbs and Mitchell shall
have been put Out of the way there will be a
great scramble among the lesser lights of the
Union camp. To let the outside world know
who these embryo, would-be STATESMEN Tor at
least few of them, for their name is legion)
are, I'll just give them passing notice.
DR.. Bowlby stands, probably, first on the list.
lie has considerable legislative experience, is OF
good reputc among his neighBors, makes longs
windcd speeches, smokes constantly, knows
nothing of business, is feeble and listless and
entirely destitute of that energy which charac-
terizes Mr.. Nesmith, and believes a negro is just
as good as a white man. He has few friends
and would have had good many if be lad
pitched in and helped the radicals through
their late campaign.
Old Jesse Applegate stands second on the list;
is well known as an interim nabe letter writer.
He is a farmer, fanatcal limpracticable, bigoted,
churlish, and is deceitful as Satan himself He
is in favor of Niger suffrage" and-Jesse
Applegate. Sam May is bis principal ftiend.
His own county would not go for him if there
was any chance for his election.
| "Long Hair CASTOR" " Big Ugly CASTOR, d"
comes next. He is proscriptiSe, intolerant and
the most unscrupulOus party man in the State.
Next comes Col. Kelsay, the most honest man
in the crowd, but also the weakest. He is gen.
orally looked upon as an Old blatherskite-a
| good man to get few proxies in a convention
and then allow himself to be humbugged out OF
them.
The latest news is that Rev. Geary, Of Linn,
is a candidate, being brought out by Mcpherson,
the State Printer elect, who, after going in with
Mitchell and Mallory to secure his own nomina.
ton, hes now turned tail on MITCHELL and is 90.
ing withta rush for the Rev. man of Linn ant
this too after crowding Geary of the track fol
Governor, by charging him with COpperheadisn
during the rebellion, in order to make sure hii
own chances for the State printing. Geary is :
man of fine appearance and some ability, bu
will be disposed of as Bro Pearine wanted t.
disposeOf old Dickey-" The people will neve
stand two preachers from Oregon in Congress-
Lis5e Applegate is a candidate, in his own es
timation but ne has no friends-everyoody de
claring that he is not entitled to bis present Of
Gee of Surveyor General. IT lis a pretty hgst il
the happy family, and for one, fsel like sayinl
4" fight dog, fight bear, I've no dog in the fSSh
there
The Philadelphia convention is making th'
Radicals Hembls in their boots, and if they car
hole altogether until they can elect a Senator
will be marvellous. There is no telling how th,
Benton county members will 60, and if theI
should turn out for Nesmith the Radical dougl
would be spoiled.
Bush and McFaddleton Patton are bobbini
round; 81 eculatiDg in State bonds, and Hun
tington has gone east to sum up the politicA
situation. 1t is reported that old Flax Break
Williams has put 10 bis oar against all the Port
land candidates for Senator, having an eye Il
the succession.
viii start up the valley in = few days.. AM
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