The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-10
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
sAhrM, July 8, 1869.


here to-day, The programme was admir-
ably executed. The oration by s. G..
Simpson is more extravagantly praised
than any public effort ever made here be.
fore, not excepting that of Col. Baker on
the 4th of July, 1860. It evidenced
much thought and afforded many striking
passages. Here is sample-"In truth
the story of her past is the strangest mar
rative ever read by man, and in somc of
its almost impossible events, it seems like
fable of the Orient. 1t is so anamolous
that if ever our national seal should be
changed, it appears to me we should drop
the eagle from our escutcheon and put an
exclamation point in its place for Amer.
lea is indeed the astonishment, the won.
der of the world, tho marvel of History"
The Hornebusques, or Plug Uglies,
were intended to form = most important
feature, but they disappointed everybody
expectations. This species of burlesque
has ceased to amuse even when skilllully
conducted In Salem it was . burlesque
on a burlcsque. The dinner was we'll
adapted to the occasion; it consisted Of
roast beef and bread piled in wind.rows
on the tables. Pies, cakes, etc, were dis
pensed from triangular pen, inside OF
which Joe Holman oficiated as chief
dispenser.
The fireworks were a failure. | regard
the celebration on the whole as a success.
4 difficulty occurred on the ground be-
tween two brothers-in-law, Heron and
Leonard, in which the former was slightly
wounded in the leg by pistol shot Af-
ter the shooting the pistol was taken away
from Leonard, whereupon Heron gave
him an exciting chase, knocked him
down with n rock aud otherwise beat him
nearly to death. In this chase for life
Leonard ran over women and lodged be.
hind men, hundreds of whom were stand
ing around.
Several fights occurred between Plug
Uglies, and the Recorders Court rau
pretty much all night in adjusting little
controversies between the city aud sundry
patriotic persons. Contrast this day with
4
the day previous in Albany, when not :
fight took place nor a case for the Re
corder was made.
/ 4 sensation has been created in circle!
polite and political, by the attempt jus
made to iudict s. T. May, Sec'y OF State
Some years ago an estate Of about 81 ,5Ot
in Umpqua cseheated TO the State, nj
heirs appearing. Chadwick was attor
ney. Recently heirs turned up in Mis-
souri,, when it was found that the money
had been drawn upon an order signeC
IS. F. Chadwick by s. E. May" Chad
wick denied giving May authority to us
his signature, and went with the facts be
fore the grand jury. l am told that tn
grand jury would not find bill becaus
the case came within the statute of limit
ations. | believe May claims to haV
used the money partly to purchase Al
organ for the VI. +. Church. Tn
church has paid the greater part of tn
money due the new found heirs, to thei
attorneys-having borrowed it an
mortgaged the parsonage therefor.
have not examined the reports of tn
the Treasurer and Secretary of State wit
reference to this transaction, but hay
been told that the Treasurer report mer
tions the warrants drawn by May for th
escheated funds, while the Secretary's T,
, port does not do 30. If this is the cas-
it is a interesting commentary on th
services rendered the joint investigator
committee by its paid accountant, NJ
Lauden, of Portland. Mr. Lauden WI
employed at considerable expense an
wrote a report to the committee whit
washing the two officers. The discre
, ancy must have been easy of detection
if it existed at all.