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, 1875-09-18
Norvoy AFgAIRs.-Tbe Salt Lake

MoEMoy AFFAIRS-The Salt Lake
HeraH-MormOn crgan-finds occa-
sion in the death of George Albert
Smith, First Counsellor 10 the Prophet
Brigham, 10 dress Its columns ID
mourning. Smith was cousin TO
Joseph Smith, founder of the church
of Latter Day Saints" native Of
St. Lawrence county, New York, and
was in the fifty-eighth year of his age.
3, his decease the field Is left open 10
Brigham Young's son-he who bears
the pateTnal patronyn.ie-for promo
lion, and probable succession when his
father dies. According to the Iri
5ule, 4 " Gentle" paper, there are
three candidates aspiring TO wear the
robes of Brigham Young after he has
been gathered to his fathers, viz the
son Just alluded to, George @ Can
non, and John Taylor, The same au-
thority alleges that-Brigham Young Is
determined to push the claims Of bis
son, but that " Cannon looms 4 whole
head and shoulder above all the other
candidates as the choice Of the people" T"
Troubles are anticipated among the
" Saints" when the time arrives for
an election.
, 1875-09-18

FOUND DEAD.-On Saturday last Albert
Tudor, Oue OF the Old pioneers OF The coast,
was found dead on Willow creek, about Is
miles from this city. where he had been herd
ing sheep Tor Hon. John Haley John Hail
ey, Jr., who found h,In, says IN his testimony
before the Coroner, Mr. Caleb North, that he
went TO Tudors camp ON Friday, September
10Th, and called him, but that be did not ap-
pear. When he returned the next day, be
found the things Just as he had left them, aud
upon searching found Tudor on the opposite
side of the creek dead, with his dog 10y his
side. He vas three feet from d bank about
four feet high. From appearances he was
crossing the bank and fell. DR.. L. Smith ex-
amined the body Of deceased, and found his
neck bIoken- llr. Tudor WAS formerly from
a small town, IN Monros county near Koches-
ter, New York. He was man OF fine attain
meufs, and he has had mguy ups and downs
having been quite well of several times. In
an early day he was purser On the CUluIi bia
river, in the employ OF the O. ). Y. Co.
He was also Quartermaster' clerk at one time
at Fort Colville, and later owned II tannrry
at Oregon City. lie came to this part og the
country about 1868, since which time he hae
been engaged IL various pursuits-Boise
Statesman.
, 1875-09-18

TnE STEAM Canal BoAT-The Bax-
ter steam canal boat has proved quite
a success on the Erie Canal. In 1872
and 1873 it took the Prize Of 100000
for the best method Of propcIling YES
sells by steam on canals, offered by
New York, and they are now so pop
nlar and necessary to the wants Of
rapid transportation by the great East
and West waterway, that the com
pany owning the right is adding new
ones TO the already large fleet AT the
rate of two 4 month. They are adapt
ed to towing other canal boats and
vessels, but it has been found most eX-
pedient to send them on their voyages
siDgly.
, 1875-09-18

RAILRoAD NEws.-The Sacramento
Record Union OF the 26;h ult. sars
that a force of eleven men, headed by
Charles Cadwalader, resident engineer
of the California and Oregon Railroad,
had left with the necessary outfit to
survey the line Of that road from Red
ding 10 Oregon line. ItiS understood
to he the intention Of the railroad
company to connect the California and
Oregon Railroad with the Oregon
Central Railroad as soon as possible.
The Yreka journal says it IS under
stood that a large force OF workmen
are TO follow the Surveyors on the rail
road above RedGing, and that the
work will be pushed forward until a
connection is made with the Oregon
road 1t is supposed work will be
commenced on the Oregon end also,
towards closing the gap. Where the
connection will be made Is still un-
known to the public, and probably Will
be for some time.
, 1875-09-18
Demo cratic Victory In California.


A democratic success in California
was not unexpected, but 1t seems TO
have surpassed the most sangune
hopes of the party in distant States.
There was no election III California
last year, aud no means of Judging
whether the tidal wave extended
to that State. In 1872 Grants ma
iority over Greeley was between thir-
teen and fourteen thousand, and IN
1873 the democratic vote fell more
than one half. Bat that election WAS
held a few weeks in advance Of the
great September panic, which turned
the scale in Ohio and lifted the demo
cratic party from the prostratlon in
which it had been left by the Presi
dental election. Although California
held no election last wear the success
of the democrats in Oregon showed
that on the Pacific coast the same
causes were in operation which had
given so great an impetus 10 the dem
ocralic party east Of the Rocky Noun
tains. Shrewd observers, therefore,
came TO the conclusion that California
would this year go democratic, and
the great speculative interests accord
ingiy gave a quiet support to the par
ty. Even Mr.. Ralston, who had been
a prominent, active republican, contri-
buted money in aid of the democratic
canvass. The great specuiatiug inter
ests have so many axes to grind i'll the
Legislature that they did not think it
prudent 10 have The party In power
against them.
This state of things does not &C
count for the democratic victory, but
it explains why 1t was 50 great. 1t
was a forgone conclusion in The minds
Of the speculators that the democrats
would carry the State, and they turned
in and helped it cause it was 10 their H.
terest 10 have friends at court" The
democrats have not only elected their
State ticket by large plurality, but
claim to have chosen certainly three
and perhaps all four Of the Congress
men, whereas they had but one mem-
ber of the last House. So signal q
success will not only encourage the
| hopes of the democrats in other States,
but will strengthen the hard-money
wing Of the party in the National
Convention next year. Delegates from
States which can give electoral votes
for the candidates will naturally have
more influence than delegates from
States which can merely assist in max
ing the nominations without doing
anything for the ticket. California
would have been a hard money State
in any event, but it can protest with
more effect against initiation when It's
delegates virtually hold the electoral
votes Of the Pacific States III their
hands Nobody should be sorry to
see the hard money wing OF the demo
cratic party strepgtheued--N Y.
UerGiH.
, 1875-09-18

The PENNSYLVANIA PLATFoKM -Ac-
cording to dispatches, the Pennsylva-
MA democrats, at their Stale conven-
ton 1t Erie, have adouted platform,
the currency plank Of which Is quite
distasteful 10 themselves. Although
1t is little less Objectionable, possibly,
than the Ohio democracy's financial
plank, which some Of the PeunSvlya-
ma democratic asrIrants to the govern
Orship desired to endorse, yet it is not
likely to prove more harmonious. iudg-
ing by the division of sentiment on
the questions indicated by the dis
patches. In the address of the chair
man Of the convention, after It's organ
izatiOn, when he said democrats favor
ed hard money, he was applauded
but he received still more applause
when he averred that they were not in
favor of speedy resumption. The fol-
lowing Is the resolution adopted:
That the contraction OF the cgrrency and
circulating mediums heretofore made by the
republican party, and the rurth,r contraction
proposed by it in view OF tn enforced resuu.
tion OF specie payments, has already brought
disaster 10 the busin 5 Of the country. aui
threatens general bankruptcy. We demand
that this policy be abandoned and the volume
of money be made ard kept equal to the
wants of trade, leaving the equalization OF
legal tenders to par il god to be brought
about by promoting the industries OF the
people, and not by destroying them. The
public interest demands that Government
should cease TO discreGit is own money, and
should make Its legal tenders receivable for
al public dues except where respect for the
obligations Of contract requires payment IN
coia.
, 1875-09-18

Law REFoRM IN GREAT BRITAIy.-
Great Britain Is slowly and peacefully
undergoing a kind OF revolutionary
process. The changes which are be-
ing made in her laws are radical in
character, and tend more toward re-
publicani>m than if simply the title Of
its executive had been changed. An
important movement has recently
been made in Scotland, which will
doubtless be extended to England with
in a very few years We refer to the
passage, at the recent session of Par
lament. Of bill for the amendment
Of the Scotch law of entail. Under
the provisions Of this act, owners of
entaiied estates are enabled to borrow
money to pay the cost of improve
ments, and have rhe money so borrow
ed and expended made a permanent
burden upon the land until paid.
, 1875-09-18
1ne Grni,, unr,,cls .nrnne.

LoSDoN, S.pt. l3.-Ihe Marx LaHs Ezpssss, in re-
view Of the com t--te FOR the Ist week las the fol-
low IN:
There his been but little change in markets gen
erally, which, with new produce, have only beeu
moderately supplied, the best quality mostly main
tanning lis prev value, while In.eTIur has tended
GownNa:ts The general average Is within six
pence of hast year, though the amounts then sJll
Were double those now, but foreign importers st Il
being free, the country has been amply supplied IT
rather low rates
Flour has recovered a franc in Pals. Fine old
wheat has risen one shilling per quarter. The
French markets have generally been calm and uE-
changed, b't n some eUGntry places there has been
decline.
Belgium and Holland have gwen way in ne~
qualities about q shilling per quarter.
In Germ@Cy the tendency, from the f;neneSs af the
weather, Lss been downward. The same Is true IN
Hungary ior inie:5o- fualIt.e, though the Yield l.
scarcely average.
At Odessa lol!ers maintain prices greatly 70 the
aatriment OF the export trade, Ia the conf eECe that
they VIII eventually be pad i0r their patience a. the
Ses~on advances and tie general duicency is known
Stl.l, SiAli at tie pr,sf: y.ela only IJ average
one N quantity! AMI from tins large deduction
must L. made Ior general ifrlruesS IL the actual
amount OF huur introduced, may POSSIBLY count
= further ceis;-Ucy UI s30,CCa grS. at time when
our population Is vastly GA the increase. We have
uo doubt imports viii meet ORR necessities but w
expect, as tie season terminates VIII be close Tgn.
, 1875-09-18

The FEEEDHEy's BANR.-It is an
nounced by the commissioners en-
Ployed in winding up the affairs Of
this institution, that they nave collect
ed S-t66, 600, and hope by the first of
October TO increase it TO SGI6.0OG
when they would declare a dividend
Of twenty per cent. They have been
offered S250,000 for the banking house
property, but expect the Government
to purchase it at S3I5,000. Ii this
expectation is realized, there will be
another, but smaller, dividend paid.
This bank was started under the aus
pices Of the Government, and the col
ored people who deposited in it We're
made to believe that it was safe be
yond the possibility Of loss.
, 1875-09-18

The PEEcIoUs METALs.-The gold
and silver product of the Pacific coast
for the last year footed up So ,O00, ,0G0.
OF this, California furnished $40, ,300,,
600; Nevada, $4,000 Utah,
50 100000 Colorado, s4,I9l, 900 ;
Montana, S3.439,OOO; and Idaho,
sl,SS0,O00. We exported nearly the
whole OF this product abroad TO pay
tor wha: We import. If to the miner
a! wealth Of the coast We add the
amount realized on wool, grain and
other crops, We can boast an income
worthy Of an old established empire,
and which is increasing from year to
year IN q ratio proporlioned to the in
crease Of population.
, 1875-09-18

MsIL RoEBEu CsrruEEu.- Elsewhere VIII found
"a correspondent in r,ls,iE 20 tire pursuit aul fla
eT,ure ct the Sts-e 1r.ftr Dan rE!th. wi.o, II -
CtlI.c! o-U-ai-tet tie TCat-l robbery winch las OF
late h-Cu tie subject ol much Ut.
Smith WAS a stt,. d-yrr ay ueeul tt.ua and general
ly and familiar y known 90 It=. smith, About
ye'r ago smith ,3gpgl from JmppU:, taking with
him the wIt- Ui friend, ulIlIei Montgomery FROM
here Ire uack his oil home iowa. WLeTe his
mother - stll resi- ling. / tUCue. ont tat smiths
Tssi 'slr.e uau.s,ya, and TINT he travelling,
out west under 4~~aIlei name Ilnil~tpH re-
maIu"i several months IA Iowa when, nInpln.gd
uy his I.iIslIl5ur, ha tErE, LIS 1tre ,twaT, pU-
c-Cing directly 10 PHIstIglnhia- Here IL Was
tiuel that lie sold the gold dust which obtained
la the mail sack. Postal Agent Underwood ami Il
man nam / Fullerton, Of Eu-rbUTS, tracked the fu-
Ivr fiona this state 10 san FTauc:slG, thence 10 LlS
Oh home, ard at rH4i8 90 PniiaLeTAii. ReachiuE
that city tLcSc Ileu ascertIILed that AImstvU E-4
turned hi~ footsteps southwark He was successive
ly traced tOm place 70 pl-c- and II !eEg, Il oyer
Eauled somewhere IN Texas. MeuuteStaui that the
prisoner ard his c.VturS UCW route Tor tins
state a'.d Iay b. expected soon r,tyoR'Ha.
, 1875-09-18


LOUISIANA SUGAR CRors IxcEE,S.yG
The sugar aud molasses crops of
Louisiana ale yearly Increasing in
amount, though the prospects are not
at all fair for them soon 10 reach the
quantities produced in aute-war times.
The New Orleans Price Crra.t esti.
mates the sugar crop for lS74-'5 at
1856 bogsheads, against S9,49S the
preceding season, and the mo.asSes
crop at II, ,5l6,S2S gallons; while the
growing crop never looked better, and
is expected TO exceed that of last year.
As the country consumes now about
1000, 100000 pounds Of sugar Of ail
descriptions per annum, and as an i'm.
mense number of the finest sugar
estates in Cuba have been DESTROYED
by FIRE this season, prices must rae
high, and the United States cannot
afford TO see that struggle which so
touches the pockets of her CONSUMERS
much longer continued.
, 1875-09-18

}. ". TnATcnEE, Commissioner Of
Patents, after being in Office ten years,
has resigned. The idea Of 4 radical
resigning an Office is something new
under the sun, and is an exception to
the rule that few die and none resign.
, 1875-09-18

DAVID NJ. KEY, the newly appointed
Senator from Tennessee, appointed 10
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death Of Andrew Johnson, is repre-
sented as being admirably qualified to
fill the position with honor, as well for
bis habits Of thought as for his high
standing amcns his neighbors and his
scholarly ability. lie has held only
one office betoIe-that Of Chancellor
Of the second chancery district Of Ten
nessee-to which he was elected in
1870. By profession lie is lawyer.
and III politics democrat. His age
Is about fifty years. He served as a
lieutenant colonel in the forty-third
confederate Tennessee infantry frcm
the beginning to the close Of the war.
, 1875-09-18

OrYRATIoNs oN THE RIO GRAYDE.-
The Government seems TO have adopt
cd active measures for putting stop
to the outrages Of Mexican despera-
does along the Rio Grande. An order
has been issued from the Navy De
partment to make ready all It's light
est draught vessels TO patrol that
stream and cooperate with the land
forces in punishing The outlaws. The
General in command Of the Texas
troops viii have authority over the
combined military and naval forces.
To each gunboat will be assigned q
certain portion Of the river, and as the
guns Of these vessels have generally a
long range, they are expected 10 DO
effective work against the raiders. As
the ascent of the river is made, IFS
channel is uncertain and navigation
/ difficult; hut the points for crossing
cattle are to be specially guarded and
it Is believed that the troops, acting
in conjunction with the fleet, will be
able to afford all the protection dcsir-
| Cd to the frontier settlers.
, 1875-09-18
FUNERAL N0uCE.-The Portland JOiHnG!
furnishes The following obituary notice Of the
defuuat But.e-u:

"Gore where tie wool ine twineth IS = the mourn
ful epttpL oa tie late Daily E,fii.lH'S tombstone
this r0Euis Z. Warren wouldn't le black mailed,
AMI tAat paper wInkel ont because adverse clrcum-
stances were against u. Tie announcement If lis
decese comes very opp0rtuuely, fc. the stencil ANS
ing tICIu IS GegyIu- csrcse has long been q Isse
% the HOS,rs Of common ieoeucy, aud 10 ,ya COR
tinue8 much longer ,n int have bred a pestlenea.
One hUUiTci and Ety thousand collars have been
eXIeu5-! 10 sefP the paper since the first num-
Der Vas issued ami now iy That one EUuceI
and sixty thru5ani dollars have been thrown away
pearls cast 10 SWINE and = better Of not
the world which 10 took UpOn Itself 10 reform
its salutatory- The democratic party, howeyer-tLs
party L Las declared 5a! often durn, is erTalc
sxisterce-yet lives and GIuriShsS ready 20 hire the
hand % play the deal march IA honor u the IirIss
that was always 4 knight"
, 1875-09-18

DELANo, the chief Of the Indian
ring, is to retire from the Interior De
partment in October. His retirement
is to relieve Grant from embarrass-
ment. and not on account Of the mani
fold swindIes in which he has been a
rarticipator. "Let 10 guilty man
escape"
, 1875-09-18

SooY, the radical state treasurer, Of
New Jersey, who has deiaulted TO the
amount Of 100000, las suddenly dis
covered that he Is in very bad health,
and on this account has sent in his
resignation.
, 1875-09-18

TuE ON HouE.-The late fcp
the Oregonid,s, and its return to the
republican fold, has occasloned very
many comments, and vanous are the
suruises as to the reason that induced
Corbett and his pack 10 return .
" wallowing in the mire." In making
the change, we see no occasion 10 AZ
tribute it to unworthy motives. For
months past it has been apparent that
only two parties would enter the con-
test of 1876. Thus narrowed down,
the position Of the so called liberal
republicans was anything but pleas
ant. They had no place to 90, Both
PARTIES had treated them with con-
tempt, and the democrats had literally
drawn in the latch string. Their only
chance is to sIink back TO the repub-
1 lican organization, and take the place
.
of servants where once they were
rulers. This Is what the liberal re
/ publicans are doing today in Oregon,
and it is what they will have to do
elsewhere. 1t was not necessary to
bait them. All that was required
was to let them severely alone, and as
in the old nursery rhyme
Little Bopeep,
! She lost Der sheep.
| And couldn't tell where to find them:
Let them alone,
Aud they II come home,
And bring their tails behind them.
That is what Mr.. Oregonian is do
ing. 1t is going home, and like the
sheep its tail brings up the rear.
, 1875-09-18

PRoPoSITIoN TO DEBAsE SILVER Com.
In connection with the present eff.
forts of the Government to substitute
silver coin for cur fractional PAPER
currency, and in view of the fact that
greenbacks will have to advance to
about 81 in gold, or gold be worth
about llO in greenbackS, before it will
be safe TO commence such substitution.
the New York Journal Of Commerce
suggests that new standard for silver
be adopted, by fixing the haIfdollar at
$50 grainS-other denominations be
ing in the same proportion. This would
give seventY-fve ounces Of standard
silver 20 each one hundred dollars, and
the premium for gold would have to
run above 100 before disturbing silver
coin of that standard. But this l.
barbaric suggestion. Silver Is suiii.
clently heavy currency already in pro
portion TO It's value. and il should not
be rendered less valuable with 3 baser
metal alloy, even for - convenient q
purpose as that mentioned.
, 1875-09-18

GEORGE NJ. PINNEY, formerly the ed
itor of radical newspaper in Mon
taua, but more recently a stock opera
tor in San francisco, has led the
country and is supposed to have gone
10 South America.
, 1875-09-18

The SAMOAN PRoTEcToEATE.-Pres-
ident Grants Washington organ, the
National Republican, in long edi-
torial on the subject of the Samoan
speculation, III which Steinberger be-
came Prime Minister for life Of the
Navigator Island Kingdom, admits
that the President las established 4
protectorate over the Samoan Islands.
1t says that it was done because q
large number Of more powerful chiefs
of the islands, in n petition to the
President, prayed that our protection
might be extended over them; and ii
maintains that in SO doing no law has
been violated, ana that the cause Of
Christianity and humanity has been
advanced.
, 1875-09-18

IHE Portland Journal disclaims be-
Ing an independent paper, and says
that now and forever it will be dem
ocraue, earnestly contending for the
rigkt.'
, 1875-09-18

HE PESDLEToS Tribune has been
removed to the Dalles, where lis pub
hcatlon will be continued as q demo
cratic paper
, 1875-09-18

MEs. LINCOLN has no, been given a
certificate for her removal from the
insane asylum. Her reason is still
unsettled, and the report TO the con-
irary was merely 4 sensational item.
, 1875-09-18

THE I. 5. SENATE.-A seat In the Senate
of the United States, in the earlier days of
the Republic, was regarded as prize worthy
the ambition Of the greatect and purest states
men. To attain it, frst-class ability and
widespread popularity Were required, and
for upward Of fifty years the Senate chamber
contained the brightest intellects of the na-
ton, against whose reputation the breath of
scandal III connection with official dishOn-
esfy, was never directed. Recently TO many
third rated men have worme their way into
the Senate that a seat in that body has lost
its attractions, and men Of ability and char
actcr decline TO allow the use of their names
in that connection It appears that General
Bisbcn, Of the United States Army, stationed
in Nebraska, is a man of this character. His
friends asked him 10 stand for the Senate,
and here IS his reply:
would not consider it any honor TO be
elected 10 the Senate from Nebraska, and |
scarcely think it would add anything to my
reputation, and certainly nothing 10 INV COM
fort or income. Nobody nowadays thinks
any more for man because he is q United
States Senator, nor Is his office any evidence
that he possesses extraordinary abilities.
would rather be deemed by the people quail
fled TO hold the office and be ont Of The Seu-
ale, than TO be a Senator fifty times over and
have the people say ''he Is not honest
, 1875-09-18

lbs Salem Statesmen claims to De the " best
republican paper in Oregon" This is rough
on The OTego1lan, which paper is making a
aeSperBte effort to regain the leaderehip Of tie
radical party.
, 1875-09-18

GONG TO LAw.-When people 60 to
law for revenge they usually find the
luxury expensive; yet the history of
the world is full of instances in
which litigation is resorted to for the
purpose OF carrying out the spirit of
the axiom, " Not one cent for tribute,
but millions for defence" The latest
case Ill point occurred before one Of
the Pennsylvania courts, which We
find reported in an Eastern paper. a
lady had been passing to and fro over
the line Of railroad, with commu-
tation ticket. On the day after its ex-
piration she made a little journey to
the railroad office where the ticket
must be renewed. The train conduct
or demanded her fare, when she ex-
planned that she was about to purchase
her ticket at the general office. He
paid no attention TO her excuse, but
proceeded to collect the regular fare,
and, in addition, penalty of five
cents for not being provided with a
ticket, Her husband brought suit to
recover the twenty-three cents she
had paid. After much litigation the
Court decided that the road was iusti-
fable, except in the five cents penalty,
which was ordered paid TO the plain
tItf. The case was appealed by the
road, and will now be taken before the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
, 1875-09-18
LOST

oST-A BLACK PASS BOOK, containing a
- - cypheT formula nemOran1a and Ias.es ., f.v.- s
- = " tt, ovyr various railroads and steamer
Hhes- Fhe f1n1er vin D. suitably resa-lse4 I.Uon
returning il 70 the STTSE Hor-sF =n-ff
JOB PRINTING, NEAT, QUICK AND CHAP
u &t the SrA-Es4ss oHce'
, 1875-09-18

DEFEArsD.-The proposition for
constitutional convention in California.
was voted down by Ihe people at the
late election.
, 1875-09-18

IHE Portland Enllan don't resuscitate.
De oTtga7i1 Is endeavoring TO take its place,
out hnds 1t an up-kE! business.
, 1875-09-18

promptly responded 10 must ~ -areSS7rv ~ -,
afoo.Iis IN he hands Of a c1Ileetor II YOU cannot
pay now call and Sc any way. Settlenert must
sitlr AZ, y. G. BLALOCK, II. D.
Wa--a Walk, September Is, !s75, +i-:W
, 1875-09-18

j. IL, tosrER, prominent Portland mer-
chant, is visiting his Walla WaIla friends.