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To Our READERS. We sincerely hope
we may never again he compelled, in self
defense to reply to personal attacks Of
any kind. We assure our readers it can
not be more disagreeable to them to
read, than it is to US to pen personali-
ties, and We would gladly remain silent,
only certain class ot'newspapcr readers
will be sure to construe our silence into
60 wardice; and a moral coward is more
an object of contempt than the most
blatant bully. We must fight assailants
with their own weapons. II his satanic
Majesty pitches into US we shall procure
hoof and horns and red hot poker and
stand our ground. Ii wolf in sleeps
clothing crosses our track we shall unmask
his fangs and make him howl and turn
tail ii we can. II taken to task by our
brethren of the press we shall givs and
take freely without fear or currying fa-
v.tf.' We will not he siIenced by the
bloody threats OF any brutal bully. A
free fight, equal rights, fair show and
an ungagged press is all we ask; and if
the NORTHERN STAR cannot hold its own
on those terms then let "thc ittest sur
vive.'
, 1877-07-14

CLERoYMES and lawyers are uncon-
Sciousiy responsible TOR more wicked
ness than is charged to them by ordinary
mortas. Their manuscript is often 81
wretched that they make compoators
give vent to expletives not defined BY
Noah; even the devil sometimes has to
coin explosives in order to rise to the
dignity Of the occasion or retire in dis
grace.
, 1877-07-14

THE little daughter of Mr.. X. Shonc
has the scarlet fever. Parents cannot
be two careful OF their children, and by
a judicious diet, careful ventilation. fro
quent wnrm baths, attention to the
bowels and Aauncls next the skin, pre-
pare them tor this dread disease. A lit
tie sanitary precaution may prevent this
inilntile scourge form becoming cpl
lemic.
, 1877-07-14

Indians Last January was OS2 men, l51
women. 262 boys and l4t girls. Now l
have some more think, an addition OF
about 200, and the Indians are all here.
Two only are Mt Lapwni with ponies.
and both ARE very friendly To the whites
and none hive gone to join the hostile
Indians. Irstmate the Indians on Yak
ina reservation and renegade mnds "n
the Columbia river from Cello To White
Bluff at about 2,0O6. know nothing of
other tribes north. These Indians will
not take up arms against the whites !
am also sure that the CTur dAlcncs viii
remain friendly. Reports of umatilns
moving to Join hostiles. None have
zone and | cannot believe any will 90.
The chiefs and nra,l men of this wscrvn
ton are Keeping their young men cI"sr
ut home, and don't think any can leave
without being discovered.
Mai Gen. Mcdowell, commanding the
military division of the Pacific, has re-
ceivrd tcIcnrm from Washington au-
tholizlng him to recruit the regiment ot
his division to the standard allowed by
general order M. A.
, 1877-07-14

The Zephyr came in on Wednesday
with light freight and small list of pas,
sengerS. This is her first trip on this
route since change of ownership, except
a specinl trip last Fourth OF July. She
will now run regularly every Wednesday,
returning to Seattle Thursday morning.
The Zephyr is an excellent boat, well
adapted to the lower river and Seattle
trade, and as she proposes to cut down
treigh, and passenger rates, We bespeak
Tor her fair share of patronage.
, 1877-07-14
NOTICE.

Rev. - will preach in the Grange
Hall at Oak Harbor on Sunday July l.,
ut three o'clock p. NJ. All are cordially
invited to attend. Now then ye workers
OF iniquity take notice and be on hand
without fail ut the appointed time and
place, and he saved before it is eyel last
ingly too late. The Devil feels sure ol
one half of Oak Harbor settlement al
ready; and hell is gaping for the other
half; then hurry up and be saved, and
disappoint the Devil in his calculations,
us well MS further your own interests.
, 1877-07-14

WE learn from Deputy Sheriff Whit
field, just returned from the Stillaguam-
ish, that parties are at WORK removing
the jam from that river. This will re
move great iraw back to the settle
ment of the upper Stillaguamish and
open to market large tract Of good
timber that was before inaccessible.
, 1877-07-14
Ex.COl. Valentine Baker will accOnpa
nv RanOut Pasha to Adrianople.

LONDON, July 10,-Vice Admiral
Hornsby, commanding the British feet
in Besika Bay, has arrived in Constanti-
nope and will have an audience with
the Sultan.
July s.-A dispatch says strong ru-
nors have reached here from Rome that
the Pope died to day.
SrMNIrEA, July s.-Thc Caarowitz will
take command Of the left wing Of the
army,
, 1877-07-14

The wise man does not speak Of all he
does, but he does nothing that cannot
10 spoken Of.
, 1877-07-14

A careful perusal of J. r. Thompson,
communication this week ~ recon-
mendcd.
, 1877-07-14
G. II. ATKINSON.

Col. Whipple, with his command and
some volunteers from Mount Idaho, sur
prised Looking Glass and forty Of his
braves ut Clear creek on the lSt inst.
The Indians were commanded to sur
render, hut with characteristic stubborn.
ness they refused and ran for their horses.
The soldiers and citizens brOvely charged
and firing volley after volley into the re
treating savages, killing II Of their nun.
ber. The remainder succeeded in reach.
ing their horses and escaped.
On the I'd Gen. Howard moved caInp
from Salmon river to the table land on
the trail near the Cadoe landing on
Snake river. Here sixteen important
caches were discovered, containing u
large amount OF new clothing, under
wear, cigars, 200 sacks of flour, Indian
trinkets, etc. A large band Of Indian
horses and some excellent beef were also
captured. This will be serious loss to
the Indians, and has encouraged the
troops, All the passes out of the noun
tains in which Joseph WAS last seen with
his band are guarded.
Our correspondent is in a locality
from which it has been impossible to
send communication for over week.
SAN FRANcrsco, July IA Boise City
dispatch says: The following is nm ex.
tract from n letter received here from
Maj. N. A. Connover, Indian agent for
many years at Umalilla reservation. He
has lived in the country and been per
sOnally acquainted with the Indians
spoken OF in his letter embrace every
thing within reach Of the hostiles except
the BannOcks and Piutss. lie said
On this reservation the number Of
, 1877-07-14
The ElalaO Indian War.
From the" "OrcgonIan."D
LEWISTON, IDAHO, July 5, 1877.

LEWISTON, IDAHO, July 5, 1877,
To THE EDITOR Of TIA OREGoNIAN:
The Indians left Horseshoe Bend,
came down the Salmon river near its
junction with the Snake. leaving Gen.
Howard in force rpt river. A Acourlcr
express just in from Col. Perry. who
was en- route for Gen Howard with pack
train and escort of thirty men says, that,
he was attacked ON the 4ih. that len
soldiers and two citizens were killed ;
that Captain Whipple, in command at
Cottonwood, came to the rescue and re.
pulsed the Indians; that fighting is still
going on Mt 7 p. NJ, the 4th. The lndi-
ans are in force around Colonel Perry
and Capt, Whipplc who have only force
enough tor the defense. Route unsafe
to Cottonwood. 1t is n bold stroke ot
Joseph and his band, and It's report by
signal to the Indians of the north and
cnst will stir them to offensive action
Messrs. j. Oppcnhcincr and j. NJ. FanIl
came on board OF the steamer ut Palousc
landing, the 4th at o'clock =. NJ, just in
from Spokane lower bridge. They re-
port 400 warriors camprd on the SpO.
kane river, north side, armed, among
them Chicf Moses from Yakima with SO
men the Drcamers, young man OF the
Palouse, the Calhsbcls, and Tam Pou,
ellis. They report that all settlers except
five men between Spokane lower bridge
and Pulouse landing have left their
homes and fled t. Wah WalN. The
Indians have destroyed some fields and
gardens, and riiled some dwellings.
Reports at Almota last night that Col
fax is quiet, and the first excitement
cooled. But the news here this morning
indicates the purpose OF Joseph to meet
or act with those ON the Spokane. Such
a move will imperil all the upper settle
meets on the Pnlouse.
1t is evident that volunteer cavalry in
large force ought to be put in the field
to reinforce General Howard and stop
this uprising bciorcit assumes larger and
more definite proportions, Such II force
will do the work, They know the Coun.
try and the Indians
The alarm spread disaster through
the whole upper country, which must
soon bring distress upon the immigrants.
There is imminent danger along the
borders now. Business will suddenly
paralyzed. 1t is II moment for quick and
vigorous action, such as our people know
how to take. 1t can lie stopped in n
few weeks. The military command can
and well arm mounted volunteers, who
will enlist here in the service in regular
organization for the field
Yours, etc,
, 1877-07-14
Ihe alurthrrn Star.

ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
, 1877-07-14

r, os,pcE MORSE, Editor and Prop'r.
, 1877-07-14

ASSOCIATE EDtTOus:
nsa c. FOLSOM. - MRS. FANNIE MORSE.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

Every bit of this pretense ota great
desire to bring gold and greenbacks at
par with each other is a sham. There
is not single whit of sincerity on
the part of the Resumptionists in this
whole cutlery: because the way is open
now and always has been to accomplish
that object in three days time. All
that is necessary is to give the note
the same legal paying power the coin
has and the thing is accomplished
st. Louis Farmer.
The object is not to bring the green
backs to par but to increase the pur-
chasing power of money at the ex'
pense of all forms of human industry
What do the Shylocks of Wall street
care about the national credit. that
they should distress themselves about
the discount on greenbackst The pre-
tence is absurd.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
THE SCHOOL BOOK LAW. :

A writer in the Pioneer Press de-
tends Prof. d. c. John Of the Mankato
Normal School. and says
The Anti-Monopolist out in furi-
Gus onslaught on Prof. John, of the
Mankato Normal School, simply be-
cause he dares to state his objections
to the school book law. The article is
headed s.Insolent' and we'll illustrated
its caption, for never was greater
piece of insolence and falsehood per-
petrated in fewer words. Prof. John
is not going about the state advising
the people to disregard the text book
law: he is not advising them to buy
MOnroe's readers. neither is he agent
for them.
Let us seel Prof. John was one of
the committee that made the famous
report to the Minnesota State Educa-
tional Association held at Mankato
Aug $3.50. 1877, and we are informed
that he wrote the report. Did that
report sadvise the people to disregard
the text book law It says
county commissioners Will be slow
to involve their treasures in project
which. III consequence of defects in
| the law. must result in loss.
| As clerks need not make out esti-
mates before the middle of next
March. and as county superintendent
can delay reports of any estimate S
sent them until the middle of April,
advantage will be taken Of this chance
for delay in a majority Of our counties.
For these reasons our schools. the
coming winter, will be largely book
less. unless they determine to vindi-
cate their right to books of their own
choice. Members of our largest coun-
ties have already taken action Of this
kind. Other counties, disguised with
bookless waiting, will be likely to find
the same way of deliverance from the
delay and privations suffered IN the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
w HOLE NO. III.

schools and now threatening
those of the coming winter.
If this is not urging the people to
nullify the law what is it,
And herein we would quote the fol-
lowing very significant emarks of
Mayor Maxfield, of st. Paul, in de-
bate which occurred in the Board Of
County Commissioners of Ramsey
county. His closing sentence tells
the whole story:
The president of the board. put in a
good word for the Merrill law. which,
he said. had already performed great
and beneficent work, in reducing the
price of school books to less than one
half the extortionate rates previously
charged land lower than had ever been
known in the state. The school book
publishers ring had robbed the people
for years of immense sums, but the
Merrill law had broken down the mo-
nopoly, and now books wore comparl-
lively cheap. There is an effort on
foot to get up q prejudice against the
Merrill books, and if that law could
be repealed or rendered null and void,
the book publishers would, again, no
doubt demand the former outrageous
prices for their books. The mayor
rather suspected that the book agents
were at the bottom of this opposition,
and he said they didn't work by argu-
ments alone, but when the occasion
demanded it, THEY DREW THEIR WEA-
Sell SKINS WITH ALACRITY. Laugh
ter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
VHr iTORKING MEN.

The workingmen of New \ DIRK
have united with the greenbackers;
they have nominated state ticket,
with General Spinner, ex-treasurer OF
the United States at its head. and
propose to poll big vote. The igi-
tator published at Buffalo n. \. is
their organ. new and very able pa
per. Here is a specimen Gifts talk
You are on the verge of a great
strike-W Workers and producers-one
of the greatest strikes that has ever
been recorded.
1t is not merely strike for bread
or wages. but a strike for the main
| tainance of your liberty and privileges
as citizens of this Republic; strike
for the maintenance of popular right;
strike for the maintenance OF our
Democratic Republic, and strike at
the budding slavery which is now be-
ing nurtured in the land,
Other Republics have fallen before
the deamon of treachery; other people
have been precipitated from the sun
ny hillside OF prosperity into the val
lev of distress: other nations Travelled
over the same road which we are on
They are, and have been, for year:
suffering in the wilderness of distress
into which it had led them. Are W.
to continue and realize the same ex
periences!
Now, to stop the train which i
whirling us on our destructive course
STRIKE is necessary-not strlk
with the club, the bludgeOn. or tn
sword, but great REvOLUTIONAR'
BALLOT STRIKE.
This train which is whirling us t
destruction. is engineered by job
Sherman. Leaders and members o
the Republican and Democratic part
, are the fremen, and the bankers an
: bondholders of this country and FL
rope are the directors of the road owe
which we are running-a road wit
;. golden rails which are besmeared wit
the blood of suicides and innoceI
victims Of monopoly--a road W.T.
golden rails whose squeaking echo n
l verbrates the groans of sufferin
l dOwn-trodden people.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
Tha LIE Snenr Sentinel tel

The lie Sueur Sentinel tells of the
largest wheat yield yet. Here it is:
The most extraordinary crop of wheat
We have had reported in the state is
said to have been raished by Fred
Almich, in Tyrone township. who
from five acres of land has threshed
275 bushels of wheat. machine meas
ure. or So bushels per acre. The
statement comes we'll authenticated
and we cannot doubt it.
Won't somebody say something now
about the fields that averaged ten and
fifteen bushels per acre. and those
many thousands of acres that were
grasshoppered into baroness,
Every bit of Dragging like the
above is quoted IN Chicago as an evi
dence that the price of wheat should
go down.
&rHAr BABY.-The Rag Baby grew .evera
inches and cut another tooth W hen it hearG
Me news from Maine-Wayne Co. Courier
But the eyes of the hard money
men grew in size faster than the
hahy.-and their mouths
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

committees or the votes of the House
or Senate" The truth is that the ex-
penditure Of every dollar received by
the Normal Schools from the State IS
strictly accounted for. and itemlzed
bills are filed in the State Auditors
office and published in the report OF
the state Normal Board to the govern
or and by him submitted to the Legls-
lature The people or their repre-
sentatives have the fullest lnforma-
ton as to how the money is used.
whether properly or economically or
otherwise.
But the trick consists in this:-An
ordinary appropriation cannot be
made until passed upon and approved
by each branch Of the Legislature
The secret appropriations for the
Normal Schools. cannot be interfered
with except by the joint action OF
both houses. by an act to repeal the
act Of last winter. In the meantime
the appropriation Of $4,000 IS not
voted upon at all. If one Legislature
can thus make law which ties up the
hands of all succeeding Legislatures
we had better abolish the Legislature
altogether.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
TO SCHOOL DISTRICT CLERKS.


understand that D. D. Merrill, the con-
tractor named in the School textbook law,
has an agent in this county trying to induce
the clerks of our school districts to give him
orders for the monopoly books, but he has
not called upon me. This is to inform the !
clerks that he is acting irregularly and con-
trary to the law, which requires all orders to |
be made through County Superintendent in |
April of each year, that they are under no
obligations to order the Merrill books through |
anyone, and that they will gain nothing by
doing SO either in the quality of books of
price, all things considered. The Merrill
books are no better than those already in use,
and, if introduced in a few schools, it would
be needless expenditure, and break up the
existing uniformity in the county. We wish
to maintain county uniformity for the inter
ests of our schools, and, to do so, all books
introduced should be regularly recommended
by properly constituted committee | trust
you will all see the propriety OF letting we'll
enough alone, and have nothing to do with
| this candestne agent or his books. Let us
act together as heretofore, orderly and har-
| mOniously, and wait for further Instructions
| The books now in our schools will be fur
| ni3hed to scholars on satisfactory terms by
our regular booksellers. Please read the &C
| ton OF the Minnesota State Educational con-
| vention sent you.
| N. NJ HoLBRooK, Supt.
Here is man. elected by the tax
payers of Mower county, who delibe-
rately tells the people of the county
that they shall pay two prices for
their school books; that the law of the
State shall not be executed and that
they can get their books ION salts.
factory terms of the regular book.
Sellers
Really the argument is becoming
very strong for the abolition of the
whole system Of county superinten
dents. They have long been regarded
as useless and expensive excresence:
upon the public school system, ant
ysar after year there has been de
. demand in the Legislature for Their
g abolition. They have only been re
tanned through their own appeal t.
/, members and senators to save them
n But when. they take part with tn
t School Book Ring in plundering tn
}, people, and help to set at nought
. law of the State, the feeling in tn
r Legislature will be intensified.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

The st. Paul Dispatch, Republican
organ is fair enough to say:
Mr. Banning letter strikes an at
titude on the currency question that
will command many sympathizers. Ii
that was orthodox Democratic doc
tline-or if the people could be made
TO believe that his election would
bring about the results he desires to
reach, he would be a popular candl-
date.
Well: it is enough to know that Mr..
Banning is himself right. and will act
right If elected governor. Let us all
give him d chance to put hisdoctrlnes
in to practice.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

The Normal School professors un-
dertook to nullify the school text
book law. and they have provoked a
storm all over the state which will
probably next winter sweep two of
them out of existence. The st. Cloud
Journal Press comes to their defence
against an attack in the Benson Times.
It says
Again, these schools. do not ere.
ceive $4,000 EACH as is stated. the
st. st Cloud school getting but 50 900
and the Mankato scoool like amount.
It is further charged that these appro
priations are made without being sub.
mitted Ito the scrutiny of Legialati v.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

4 significant circumstance III the
bullion reports by cable is the con-
slant flow of gold from the bank of
England to the United States. An
other large shipment Of American ca
giles took place Yesterday, and the
bank rate of discount has been raised
to the unusual point of five per cent.
to check the drain. Simply as an in
dication OF the success of Sherman S
policy of attracting and accommodating
gold. this circumstance is gratifying.
-Pioneer-Pd
What. in the name of all that is rea-
sonable, had Sherman's policy to do
with the flow of gold to the United
States! 1t was caused blythe English
demand for American wheat. Surely
Sherman had nothing to do with that.
But what kind of a financial policy
is that. the success of which depends
upon the action of the bank of Eng
land, If that great institution can at
any time prevent gold from coming tc
the United States by raising it's rate
of discount. the business of the Uni
| ted States, if it rests upon gold ba
sis. can at any time be thrown into
commissions. Our prosperity as a pc o
pie will hang upon the action OF tn
Bank of England. Is that right.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

The Southeastern Chronicle. the
Catholic organ Of the Northwest. now
edited. in very able manner, by w.
l.. Kelly Esq. of st Paul. expresses It's
financial faith thus
SOUND FINANCIAL PoLICY.--Polltl-
cal parties seem much worried about
the financial problem. Our plank Is
simply. Good money. and plenty o.
IT,.
That is sound doctrine. There IS nC
better money than greenbacks: ano
there is no reason in the world why
they should be destroyed by the gov
prDunpnt
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1877.

the bank:but that he made the same mistakes
in investing his own money; that he did
everything in his power when the rush Of the
savings bank panic came upon him to pay his
deposltors. and that hen forced to close he
aid all that an honorable man could do
How can any credit business be
safely conducted in community
where property shrinks in q few
wears from FIFTY TO >EvENTY-FIyE
PER CENT
And what is ito be thought of a
policy which arrests material prosper.
ity and growth and causes such q
shrinkage as that!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

The money article of the Chicago
Journat of Commerce and Price Cur
rent says
Next week will be the fourth ami
versary of the September panic of
1873. Every season since, the entire
cOuntry-except few grasshOpper
districtS-have been blessed with good
crops. good health and a fair demand
for all our staple products and manu-
features. SO that the balance of trade
with other countries has been con-
stantly increasing in our favor and
yet the profits of agriculture. manu-
features, commerce and the carrying
trade have been so wonderfully small
that all classes have deemed the times
and all kinds of business greatly de.
pressed. Bankruptcies have been
| numerous without precedent, enforc
ed idleness has all the time been
| increasing and defalcations among
men holding large trusts alarmingly
numerous. We have attributed thi:
state OF things to the governmental
policy OF depicting the national cur
rency. making corporations the custo
dams of national funds and irresponsi
BILE men the keepers of the people
savings.
This Is sufficient answer to tn
pretence that our hard times wer
caused by poor crops. grasshoppers
etc.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18

The Republicans papers will con-
tinue to not tell the truth. They say
Iowa has gone Republican by 10000
majority. 1t has done nothing of the
kind. The Republican party is in the
minority in Iowa: but it has a plurali-
Is over the divided opposition. If
the Republicans can extract any con-
ISOLATION from that they are welcome
ID ii