The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-09-04
STATS NEWS.

if possible, before the State Fair. Farmer.
LARGE FARMrNo.-- we hear that OK. Sena.
tor Nesmith has finished lhrcshing, and has
In store I 200 bushels oF wheat as the result
Of his harvest. UnioIist.
MoRr FtEE.--On Monday last, some mis-,
creant set IRE to the timber on Humbug
Creek, tributary OF Applcgato, and in q
very few hours It had swept to the head of
tho creek, destroying oil the grass In on ex.
cellent runge. Several hundred cattle werc
wintered there last winter and IL is a shame
that reckless individuals, should wAntonly
destroy pasturagc and escape without pun.
ishment.
BOUNDARY COMPLETED. learn TINT
the survey Of the boundary. line between
this State and California has been finished.
Tho surveyor, Mr.. Major, found at the coast
q difference 0f six miles between his survey
and that of Major Trunx--l0eating the line
that distance south Of the former survey,
thus slightly increasing the territory belong.
ing to Oregon. n.-!Sentinei.
ISsANE AsyLuH.-During the past three
months there were added to the State Insane
Asylum fiyc persons, Il. Lytle. All Lee (Chi.
nesel, +. J. Heron, A. g. Loring, W. Nc.
Culluugh. Four were discharged in the
same time, Mrs. NJ. Schutly, j. G.. Couch
j. G. Loony. q. Saunders, aud two died. Geo.
Thrnsher and Geo. Ere. The whole number
Of State patients remaining 10 tho Asylum
is LOG, 20 males aud 81 females. Private
patients 4. Total no. Oregonian.
Wo learn from tho Herald that printer
in that office sncezcd one day last week.
Il. X. BRfpGE AND WHARr.-Wc notice
quite number OF men at work on tho rail.
road bridge across the mouth of Stephens
creek opposite this city. The bridge Is now
more than half finished and will be very
good work when done. Preparations are
also being made for the construction Of
temporary wharf just abnve the bridge on
which to land the iron and other material des.
tined to be used in building the road.
From the Mouataineer we get the follow.
ing: Work ON the Mint building is going
| forward satisfactorily. There are now EN-.
| ployed upon the building about twenty men.
We noticed this week some splendid speci-
mems of stone cutting upon granite blocks
| from the quarry above town. This stone is
very hard, but 80 tough that it can be work.
ed without brcaki or splitting, into fine
mouldings or other fancy shapes. The
foundations of the building having been
completed, work is now going on upon the
ground story.
A new mining camp has been discovered
on Loon Creek, n tributary of the South
| Fork Of Salmon river. About ono hundred
men arc already there and two hundred
claims have been taken, any one Of which
will prospect frnm the color % one dollar n
pan. Some Of them prospec: as high as
/ two dollars.
cranberries Of excellent quality arc cam
| ing into this and the Portland markets, frUul
the Meadows, situated out toward SIT. Ad.
ans. The supply is said to be large.
A Mr.. Copeland is reported to have dis.
covered rich silver. bearing quartz ledge in
the Willowa district, Baker county.
Some Of tho honest celestinls who came
By the Andreas. attempted 20 smuggle opi.
um By having il concealed in their luggage
The Revenue officials smoked it out.
CnARLKs KoraTz, better known generally
in town ns ''the Dutch tailor, - had been in.
dulging for soinc time IN the excessive use
Of liquor. Friday afternoon hc was found
insensiblc, in an alley near the factory, and
the fact coming 10 the ears of our City Re.
corder, II. u Thompson, Esq, be induced
DR.. Lingo 90 attend a. him. The Doctor nd
ministered rcstoEntivcs, and brought him t.
consciousness. lie was conveyed to the
Doctors Office and cared for there. but died
the mex. morning. He was nn inye,crass
drunkard-nn enemy 10 none bu. h,mself.-
Uaionisi.
Is Z. $. DIsTRlcr COeRr.-In the case o
the United States against W. X. Smith. in
dic,mcnt for perjury in making false incom'
.einrn. The jury failed to agrec-s,andint
f'r acquitial and 6 for conviction.
The following letter appears in the HeTGie
in rcfereucc to the matter:
PORTLAND, Aug. %, 1869.
EpIroR IIEaALD: Ii is time tho people q
this State were taking into serious consider
ing the following questions:
|. Was IL not . singular circumstanc.
that out Of the twenty four jurors summon
ed by the United States Marshal TO try DIR
Smith only three were Democrats?
2. Was il not also very singular that shos,
three men wero prevented from sitting a.
jurors on that case By . perempt0ry chal
lenge from the United States Attorney?
3. As the Marshal and Attorney hav,
their oa6ces together, is there not stronI
presumption that this singular state of &C
fairs was the effect of collusion between
thcm?
!. Il il not strange fact that Democrat
are always arraigned for perjury when there
arc Radicals who are guilty Of rendering ex
actly similar returns Of income?
5. Is it reasonable 10 suppose that DR.
Smith was guilty of wiIful and prcmedita
ted perjury when ii took the Honorable Il
District Court fifteen hours TO decide wheth
er, under the law, he had given in an crron
eous return?
6. Was the oft.repeated assertion verified
again in this trial, that the strongest ar
gumcnt for the prosecution was furnished
in tho charge Of tho Federal Judge to thu
jury?
I. Has the Federal Court in Oregon be
come q court organized solely for the pnr
pose Of endeavoring to procure convictions
y. How long are our people to be harrass
cd, hauled from one end of the State to thu
other, and subjected 10 the annoyance and
exposure Of tedious trials upon tho trumped
up charges of bullet.headed, puritan Intor
nal Revenue officers? Is there TO be no END
to this Federal persecution?
INTERROGATION PoIST.
An ENTHUSIASTIC EXPLORER. Thomas III
Garfield, of the North Pacific Railroad par
ty, sends the following dispatch to- Yer
mont paper:
TX THE Saddle, July 21st, Lat. i6. !
(half north. long. lis west.
via. Umatilla, Oregon. July 24.)
On the trail to Montana, thermometer l06 IL
tho shade Passing through the grandsst pastuF(
IN the United Etatss, cut by clear streams and roll
ed with wheat fields, harvest ffty-seyen bushel,
to tho aero, weighing sixty-threc pounds TO th,
hushel. Cattle equal to Duchess county becf, yc
never cat hay. Apples. pears cherries, appricot
and peaches, ripe NIL fruits and vegetables Of CIV
cry kind perfect and abundant. All this, notwith
standing tho soycrest drought in ton ycars. In
sects unknown. The Northern Pacific route is bo
yond question the most inviting region in Ameri
ca Tor farmers, miners and manufacturers.
THOMAS H. cANFIELD.