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, 1877-11-03

MACHINE POLIrIcIANS.-THES San Fran
cisco Examiner realizes that the radical
party does not monopOlize all the rascality
in the country, and is free to admit that
the democrats have their full share of
machine politicians. The truth is that the
democratic party has, Just as well as the
radical, its machine and its engineers, a
large, well disciplined and formidable or
ganization of office holders and office-seek-
,ers. 1t matters very little that the policy
and principles of the party are sonndsand
cOmmendable if it is to be managed by the
ward-bummer and the wire worker who
preach reform with the glibness of parrots,
and who practice bribery and corruption
with the expertness Of thieves. If the
party is ever to do any thing really valua-
bic and permanent: hereafter, it must be-
gin by purifying its own ranks and antici-
pating its enemies in the work of reform
ing its administration In order that this
may be done the more efectually, it would
be well to lay aside that coarse, unmean-
ing vituperation which passes current in
certain vulgar quarters for. wit and wis
dom, and which is the whole stock in
trade of minor politicians on the stump.
We Recommend the substitution of graver
and calmer tone, greater economy IN the
use of snper,atives and less III the state
ment of facts.
, 1877-11-03

TERRITORIAL PRIsoNERs--A PROPOSE
ton has been submitted to the legislature
of Washington territory by Mr.. William
Billings, sheriff of Thurston county, IN
which he offers to take and keep the Grim
inals of the territory during the next SIX
years He proposes TO erect suitable
prison at OF near Olympia, and will put
all the prisoners at work. Under the pres
ent management there Is no organized
system of prison industry, and the con-
victs are idle the greater part of the time.
At the end Of six years he would turn the
establishment over to the territory at
fair valuation for the property, should the
legislature see fit to purchase it He claims
that at the termination of this period the
prisoners would be almost self-supporting,
and thereafter could he carried on with
out much cost to the territory During
the term Of his contract he would require
the territory to pay him seventy-fve cents
a day for keeping each prisoner. At pres
ent most Of them are confined IN county
jails, and the territory pays eighty-hve
cents day for keeking them. William
Billings undertakes to show that accept
hnce of his plan would save the territory
81, 600 in six years on the present num-
ber of criminals, and that it is reasonable
to suppose the number will be much in
creased, owing to the rapid growth of the
population of the territory.-Orrgonian.
, 1877-11-03

A RENINIscENcE - The Sacramento
Bee recalls to memory that John Bigler,
while Minister to Chile, became impressed
with the great value of alfalfa, and was N
strumental in having it introduced into
California. The Bee says thai "thOus-
ands Of fruitful and wealth bearing acres
throughout the STATE bear testimony to his
wisdom in this particular, and We are per-
petually reminded that we should ever
hold Califora:a's early Governor in CRATE
full remebrance. The facts all go to con-
firm the Bees estimate of the great benefit
conferred upon the farmers by Minister
Bigler's foresight. For pasture alfalfa is
unequalled, and the surprise is, although
it has gained much popularity, that it
should not occupy one or more acres on
every farm in the state. The rapiditv and
abundance of its growth, its sweet and
nutritious qualities, the eagerness with
which it is devoured by cattle, its fatten-
ing virtues, and the several crops which
it furnishes during the year, all recon-
mend it to stock ra;sers as especially suit
ed for fodder.
, 1877-11-03

GENERAL HOwARD'S RErURS.-General
Howard is on his way back from the Indi-
an war, having gained very little by his
campaign, either in results or reputation.
While We have carefully refrained from
joining in the chorus of clamorous fault
finders who pursued this officer almost
from the beginning, and discounted his
failures in abuse before they had occurred,
it is tolerably evident now that he was not
the right man in the right place in the
Nez Perce war, and that had it not been
for the energy and persistence of Colonel
Miles, the Indians would almost certainly
have been on the warpath yet While
disposed to make every allowance for the
scantiness of his equipment and the diff
culties of the pursuit, the fact seems in
disputable that Howard signally failed
where his subordinates have succeeded,
and that this success was not due to any
sagacity or provision on his part--Sae.
Union Record
, 1877-11-03

DISTRIBUTION OF WEAT. = The best
authority in all Englanl ON the wheat
crop and its probable ditribution, Mt ..
Card, has recently written communlca-
ton to the London Tinrs In which he mas
given to the general public his views on
the subject His. conclusion IS, after 90
ing over the entire ground, that III the
war in Turkey continue the vast resources
of the United States asd Canada will be
severely taxed to make good the wants OF
Great Britain and Western Europe. The
war has certainly continued long enough
to make certain the remainder OF Mr.. >.
Card prophecy. 1t is therefore OF the
first interst to his country to understand
what amount Gi wheat is likely to be re.
quired of it abroad and what amount IT
can supply. Western Europe, with the
exception of a portion of Spain, will have
to buy wheat Instead of having it to sell:
So that We ma, rely on being summoned
to supply in general as much to Other
countries thanGreat Britain as we have
usually done. Eleven million quarters,
or eighty-eight million bushels, is what
Mr.. Card estimates Great Britain vii
require in addfien 10 wha. she raises OF
her own soil. ~ ---..
, 1877-11-03

TaE PRESIDENTS NOMINATIONS. The
Inter Oceaa-a staunch republican paper
which is not staunch supporter of the
present administration that
the senate will refuse to confirm democrats
whom the president has nominated in the
Southern states. Their reasons for this
course are, that Southern republicans and
the colOred race have lost every means OF
defence and protection except that federal
courts, and that they intend to insist that
the officers of these courts shall be men
whose loyalty to the cause of human free
dom can be relied on, If the republican
majority in the senate can remain un-
broken in such a contest, their purpose
can be carried out But if two or three
republicans should fall away, the demo-
cratic senators, who would probably sup
port the president on such an issue, wonld
make up the required majority. 1t is not
by any means certain that democratic SEN
ators would vote to confirm the president S
nomination on an issue involving a sena-
tors right to voice in the selection, but
they probably would if the politics of the
nominee was made the basis of objection.
, 1877-11-03

The FALL CAMPAIGN. - Jim Blaine
female minstrel troupe will make the fall
campaign completely re-organized. Gail
Hamilton and Grace Greenwood have heen
re.engaged and will appear in entirely new
acts and changes. Eliza Pinkston has been
engaged at great expense to take the place
Of the lamented Thompson. The Louisiana
returning board willappcar in favorite speci-
alities. Justice Bradley in his great KS
Iegerdemain. The great Blaine himself,
having recovered from his sun-stroke, will
positively appear IN each and every perfor-
nance. Remember that he is the only living
political performer that sweats blood For
routes ahead, see New York Trijumc
, 1877-11-03

RUSSIAN OPERATIONS London, Oct. q.
A correspondent,sives the following ae-
count of Russian operations, derived from
Russian official Just returned from Pie
vna No convoy has entered Plevna since
Gen Gourke took command of the cay
airy. The investment is now complete.
Imperial guards as they arrived, took up
positions on the Russian left, thus gradu-
ally prolonged the line of investment
across the LOvatz read to Sofia road. The
investment by the infantry extends from
the Roumanian positions northwest of
Plevna to the Sofa road on the the west
The circle is completed bysSen. GcHrko' S
cavalry, which can cut off all supplies, but
the Prsa;ans are every day receiving re-
Inducements, and there is every appear
ance that they intend to surround Plevna
by series of works, as the Germans did
Paris. The Russians viii soon have troops
enough to complete the infantry invest
ment The correspondent thinks that
there is every reason to believe Plerna is
not victualled sufficiently to stand siege
until spring, and that appearances are
that Oslnan Pasha will attempt, probably
unsuccessfully, to fight his way out. The
correspondent concludes: 81 must say
now the question of a second campaign is
resolutely faced, and the prospect looks
more hopeful for the Russians than at any
time since Gen. kruders defeat.
, 1877-11-03

LOUISIANA MATTERS. There seems dis
position on the part of the Senate to reopen
the Louisiana question. The natural course
of events would have been to admit Spotford
on the basis of the settlement effected by
President Hayes commissioners which con-
sohdated the conflicting legislatures into the
body which was afterward recognized as the
iawfrl Legislature Spoford's title to his seat
IN the Senate is as good as the title of the
members Of the legislature t. thGi: seats.
1t Is true that Kellogg had been elected by
one of the rival legislatures. but it is also
true that the legislature which elected him
passed out of legal existence and wa
merged inthe legislature afterward recosniz-
ed as the only lawful one The admission o
Spoiiord Is a natural result of tine HAYES
policy, and disposition to oppose him indi-
Gates purpose To oppose that policy and re-
open the whole question.
, 1877-11-03

DIRT THRovINe. is a promise
of early mud tsrcwing between Senator
Stanley Matthevs and, James G. Blaine.
Matthews madeth republican committee
pay his expenses - New Orleans and at
Washington when he was experimenting
the fair count ald the electoral commls-
sion, and Blaine has been able, by favor
of Zack Chandler, to see the bills, and is
understood to le willing to show them to
the senate and the country in the pres
ence of Mr. Mathews. And yet, We have
a suspicion tha when the Maine Senator
reflects upon his own not yet fully illumi-
mated record and the number of increas-
ingly willing witness lying around loose,
he will conclude not to do it. There is a
wonderful conservative power i'll SIN
, 1877-11-03

REMopEIINasTHE NArIoSAL JrDIcI,E..
1t has hccn ahno,,rced thai Senator Davis,
Of Illinois, who formerly occupied a seat in
the Supreme Cour. OF the United States, III
tends Introducing bill into Congress for
the remodeling OF that body. 1t is under,
stood that one of its principal features will
I've the establishment OF intermediate courts
Of appeal, composed Of the circuit Judge and
the district judges in each circuit. \ measure
Of this kind is deemed necessary, as the
Su, u,,reme Court, under its present organiza,
tion, is unable 10 keep up with the business
that comes before it. With all the hard
labor the judges are called upon to perform,
the court is said to be over two years i'll
arrears with its work.
, 1877-11-03
TIE ARxr NIL.=aKha,ers, 81

The AKsr Bill Whatever else the
democrats in congress may do in in regard
~ army matters, it is hoped they will de.
FEAT every measure to increase its person.
mel With the Indian troubles generally
composed, and the reign of peace in every
portion of the Union, there is no reason
Why the army should be increased. So
far as possible troubles with Mexico are
concerned, if the army is not large enough
to do the work which shall be required
IN the event of war with that republic,
. call for volunteers would be responded
to with such alacrity as to quickly bring a
force far in excess OF that required into
the fed. The trouble would be not in
recruiting. but In selecting, from all that
offered, which companies or regiments to
enlist and employ. Under no possible cir
cumstances does the country need an in.
crease of the regular army
, 1877-11-03

AGAINST THE School SYSrEM.-The
public schools are not SO popular in Geor-
gia as in most other parts Of the Country.
Judge Gibson, IN his charge to the grand
jury of the superior court of Richmond
county, in that state, told them lit was
well to inquire whether system which
levies an annual tax of S25 900 for educa-
ton is right at all" The Judge thought
there were "too many educated mendi-
cants Ill the country now" Said he : Give
me the man who studies at night by the
light of lishtwood knot, and ! will show
yon man. This thing of people living
on their fathers OF mothers, or what some
relative has left them, won't do. The
time will come when all this will be ston-
ped and every man will have to live by
his own honest work.
, 1877-11-03

Ex-OFFIcIALs INDICTGD.-Ner York,
Oct. 2S.-The Wo,lFs Columbia, S. c.,
special says: After being occupied durin.
the entire week on criminal matters per-
tanning to the county, the grand jury yes
| terday returned true bill against l.. Car
penter, late revenue collector for the dis
trict of South Carolina, for forgery in two
instances and for raising and altering
printed warrants upon the treasury. 4
true bill was also found against Robert
Smalls, eolored congressman from the 9TH
South Carolina district, for accepting a
bribe of 50 900 to vote for the passage of
a fraudulent printing appropriation passed
at the time Smalls was state senator.
The case is so clear against Snalls that he
ha; not appeared at the present session
% congress. The legislative investigating
committee is still in session, and has pro-
cured oyer fifty witnesses to Patterson's
bribery of members of the legislature at
the time of his election as senator, and-sk
SD IN his connection with the Blue Ridge
railroad swindlc. From testimony gwen
by ex-members of the legislature it ap-
pears that Patterson paid them sums
ranging from 500 to 81 900, according
to their influence to secure his election.
, 1877-11-03

SIMON CAMEEoN, the embodiment Of
whatever is bad and corrupt i'll American
politics, is pressed by the Pennsylvania
delegation in Cvle&sS-for- minister to
England. This is ts5 much for even
Fraudulent Hayes, who is said to be un-
willing to make the appointment, and is
yet afraid to offend the Pennsylvania
radicals. The offspring Of fraud, Hayes
finds himself in a position where t. go
forward is frausht withperil, and to stand
still is political death
, 1877-11-03

How SHALL WE ELECT Our PRESIDENTS
Efforts will be made by this Congress to
80 amend the federal constitution as to avoid
In futs.e the dangers which assai!ed the Re
public last winter: A motion has been made
in the Senate to appoint committee of able
and experienced men to devise and digest a
plan, and Mr. Springer. OF the house, has al
ready matured plan of his own which he
will soon present
, 1877-11-03

DIsrTEET WaERIoES-Th Montenegrans
are discreet as well as brave. They took up
arms against the Turks at time when they
were otherwise unemployed, captured Nicsics
and several ether Important places, cleared
their own province of the enemy, added a
slip Of oat lying territory to their State. and
then, disbanding, went home to put IN their
scrops.
, 1877-11-03

SENATOR JONES SILVER BILL.-The sill
ver bill introduced by Senator Jones reflects
the views OF the extreme advocates OF the sii-
ycr dollar. 1t provides for an unlimited
coinage Of the dollar of 4l23 grlins ami
makes it legal tender for the payment Of
all debts for which payment in other curren-
ey is not provided by contract.
, 1877-11-03

SrEAL'NG TaUN3ER.-Theu unfair thing
about Hayes is that he has appropriated
democratic thunder and has not the man.
liness to give credit. We do not object
to his Southern Cancellation policy, as it
is called in force, but he ought to have
honesty enough to admit that his adoption
of it was due, not to his own original con-
victions, but from necessity
, 1877-11-03

Sp-SHAKIxG.-The Denver -Ne,-s man
wants hand shaking abolished. We would
too, II we lived in a country where every 9th
er fellow had the itch, and tkGe Who didn
have il wouldn't recognize us.
, 1877-11-03

SENATOR MORToS is rapidly sinking and
his death may be looked for al any moment
The departing Senator had no special ability,
but made mp ty brute force what he other
wise lacked.
, 1877-11-03

COMING RETlIBUTION.-"Ju Justice tray-
els with leaden heel but strikes with an
iron hand. Wait till the food-ga is lift
ed, and full head Of water comes rushing
on. Wait ard you will see fine grind
ing then" Thus spoke Judge Black in
his speech before the electoral commis-
sion.
, 1877-11-03

THEIRS was once an editor. He died
worth $1,000, 900. and now every boiy has
quit wanting to lie railroad presidents and
tellers in saving banks and arc looking round
for vacant editorial chairs,--
, 1877-11-03
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS!
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS!

First horse three hundred, 81 horse one hundred
"a The Trotting to be governed by the Rules of
the National Association. Running to be governed
by the Pacific Jockey Club Running Rules. Entrance
10 per cent for all the above purses Three to enter
and three TO start in all the above races
eSg- In the event of bad weather the Proprietor
reserves the right to postpone until it is fair. The
Gate and Grand Stand free to all ladies'
45-5w c. S. BUSH, Proprietor.
, 1877-11-03

PEoEATE CoUrT.-The following were the
proceedings in the Probate Court during the
week: In the matter of the est.te of Henry
Peter Mans, deceased, sale of personal pro
perty approved. :. In the matter of the
estate OF Edwin Evans, deceased: disrsri-
button ordered for January IS, 1878. In
me matter OF the estate of John G.. Vinegar
h"itz, Sr-: bond in the sum of 1920, with
>. b. Thompson and NJ C. Moore as sureties
approved In the ma.ter of the estate Of
Joseph Hellmuth. deceased hearing of final
account set for November 10Th, 1877. . In
the matter OF the estate of Odeiia Hellmuth,
deceased same order.
, 1877-11-03
Distribution OF Wheat.

Tie best authority in all England on
the wheat crop and its probable distrlbu-
tion. SAWS the Boston Post, Mr. James
Card. has recently written conmunica-
ton to the London Timee, in which he
has yiren to the general public his views
on the subject. His conclusion Is, after
Going over the entire ground, that III the
war in Turkey continues, the vast re-
sources of the United States and Canada
will be severely taxed to make good the
wants Of Great Britain and Western El.
rope" The war has certainly continued
long enough to make certain the remain
der of Mr. Card prophecy 1t IS there
fore of the first interest to this country
To understand what amount OF wheat Is
likely to be required OF 1t abroad ana
what amour, it can supply Western Eu,
rope, with the exception Of portion oi
Spain, will have to buy wheat instead oi
having it to sell. So that we may on be-
ing summoned to supply IN general as
much to other countries than Great Britain
as We have usually done Eleven million
quarters, or eighty eight million bushels,
is what MIR. Card estimates Great Brltian
will require in addition to what she raises
ON her own soil. For the last four Years
she has taken from the United States and
Canada "a per cent Of her total foreign
supply; from Russia, 10 per cent. from
Turkey and Roumama, 3 per cent. land
from other countries, "a per cent. At
the same rate, America would this year
be call-d Oh for Il go, 600 bushels
In round figdres America Will be called
on for fifty million bushels and the Black
Sea countries for twenty millions. But
the deficit of the latter is estimated to be
one half, which would impose on us the
necessity of supplying sixty million bush
els For the past SIX years, the average
wheat exports Of this country has been
nearly "a 900, ,0CO bushels. At Chicago
the entire wheat crop for this year is estl-
mated to be 325, 900, 900 bushels, against
an average of 277,742, I25 for the past
s years. But it is expected by competent
authority that the demand of Great Brit
ain on America will he more than IS. .OOO,-
900. Some authorities put 1T as high as
9G, 900 ,0D0 bushels, or l., ,OOO, coo quarters
instead Of 100000 as given before.
That WAS what Great Britain really I'M
ported last year. The falling off in the
Black Sea countries may as likely as not
be more than the estimated one-half, while
there may likewise be deficit In other
countries than these contiguous to the
Black Sea, and Western Europe may make
a still larger demand, without counting
in Great Britain 1t is not probable that
We shall produce much, if any, over &c.,
OO0, 900 bushels of wheat in the United
States this year, while it is altogether
probable that orr domestic consumption
Of it will be much increased. For the past
eight years it has averaged 2l3, ,0O0, 600
bushels. The surplus is as certain as can
he to be taken by Great Britain, whatever
Canada may additionally supply, which in
no case can exceed 5000: 900 bushels.
Here is a broad basis for legitimate trade,
and we shall certainly have it.
, 1877-11-03
NEW Mill!
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BUSINESS AND SHIPPING TAGS

SHIPPING TAGS ARE NOW USED BY ALL.
-. Dusness sn men, and answer much better purpose
PING TAGS now in stock, and printed At the
STATESMAN Office at the very Iopeu prices. 3stf
, 1877-11-03

CKow--The editor OF the Baltimore
Sunday Telegram was invited to a dish of
crow when Mr.. Hayes attended the
Frederick fair, but he wouldn't take any.
he went right homeand started his poeti-
cal machine, and here is how it run:
There came a burst of nus:e,s sound
ne fraud-oh, where was he,
Ask OF the cringers that around
With awnins bend the knee.
There hogs and soxs, of fa.pess rare.
Eoled round and round in m,re:
but the f3uiest thing that ~sllowed there
was the FFaui from Tar Ohio.
>-->Os-----
horEfUL.-The ST. Louis Journal is
not going to be discouraged if radicalism
Is gong to the dogs, but stiffens up its lip
one circumstance holds US level
And giveth mitch delight;
though Ohio went 70 the devil
Iowa went all right"
BLANK DEEDS at this office.
, 1877-11-03

BLANK MORTGAGES for sale at the STATES
MAN office.
, 1877-11-03

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The Kilkenny Cats.

Among many other things imported
from Ireland, it seems that we have i'm
PRODUCED the spirit, if not the breed OF
the cats of Kilkenny, so famed in the
annals Of war. Rea thed following from
the New York Herald;
1.-The A~lleglanieS are taking the place
of the old Mason aud liXon,s lipe, and
the new 'irrepressible conflict is be-
tween the States Of the Atlantic scaboard
and those in the Mississippi Valley, The
West is becoming as arrogant, unrc0Son-
able and fapatical Us the South was DUR
ing the twenty years which preceded the
civil war. We are again being drawn M
to a vortex of geographical politics. The
recent proceedings i'll Congress show that
the old sectiolna division between the
North and the South has been superseded
by a new sectional division between the
East and the West, and the conflict Is
hlrdlv less bitter and less irreconcilablc
t ian We're the old spent controversies be-
tween the North and the South. The U!-
reasonable domination OF the West Is no
more to be submitted to than was the uI-
reasonable domination Of the South
We remember reading in .Esop's fables
about the lion, the fox and tho &ss that
went a-hunting together as partners, and
how when the game was caught tho
donkey was torn to pieces by the lion fol
presuming to ask for his share of thu
Spoils. We also remember, how not long
ago, tho rampant Northeastern States
the cunning Middle Statos, and the long
cared Western States came a-hunting to-
gethcr South of Mason and. piNon's
line---and a terrible hurt it was for the
stag they brought to bay. The successful
hunters are quarrclling now.