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, 1877-09-29
Letter from southern California.

VENTURA, Cal, Sept IA, 1871
EDITOR STATESMAN Please send me
copy of your paper as there are many mere
interested IN the Umatilla country, and par
ticularly In the reservation which the Indians
are expected to leave next July. The drouth
here is irving mems souls, and pockets as
well. and the laboring part of the community,
without homes of their own very naturaiy
are inquisitive about other places 100 niue
rain, coupled with superabundanee oi land
grants, is an objection seriously considered
here and now. The grantsmen seem deter
mined to hold their lands TIL they are rem
dered more valuable by the railroads, Yet 10
be projected and built. That may be a guar
ter of a century III the future
In our next aeeessions from Mexleo our
| legislators will have profited by the baleiui
influence Of recognizing such large landed
estates, and provide for the purchase OF them
BY government and thus promote prosperity,
growth and harmony, Ii the matter be IN
the hands of southern California:s such viii
be the legislation, and demonstration toe, OF
the advantages of local sovereignty.
| The counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura
and probably all the southern oncs-have
been diminishing in population Tor the past
year, a general desire for more rainy region
being uppermost, and as your quarter offers
especial inducements to the poor, 1t VIII re-
ceive share of our population In coun-
try of grants the poor man has not the adj
vantages he requires, and it Is the case here
Just as it Is in Ireland, England and other
countries. Would that southern California
were owned by the people as in France
, 1877-09-29

The SPEAKER of the House OF Repre-
sentatives appoints the committees of the
house the committees prepare the bus
mess, moncpolize the debates, call the
''previous question, and where the ma
jority is strong usually control the iegis-
lation- The Speakership is, therefore, an
important office, and an able and ambi-
tious man rightly regards it as next in
point of power to the Presidency. 1t Is
an object of desire to all prominent mem-
bers Of Congress, and the democratic party
which will organize the next House on the
10Th of October, has had during the sum
mer at least a dozen candidates for the
Speahership, and probably quite as many
more willing to serve if they should be
called on. At this time it seems probable
that Mr.. Randall, Speaker of the last
House, viii be reelected, and he is, on
many accounts, a very yfitman for the place
He presided over the last session with ad-
mitted impartiality and justice. He was
particularly happy in the selection of such
committees as he had to appoint, taking
care to give the minority always fair rep
resentation, and making his appointments
III all cases with due regard to fitness and
character He is man cf unimpeacha-
bic rectitude and belongs to the liberal
wing OF his party.
, 1877-09-29

GONG HONE To VoTE. A dispatch
states that residents Of Ohio holding Office
in Washington will be allowed to 60 home
and vote. The president, it is said. will
reconcile this order with his attempt to
divorce Office holding from politics on the
ground of urgent necessity. Criticisms On
this movement should be tempered by two
considerations. First, the number Of Ohio
voters now on duty at Washington is larne;
and second, the republican majority at the
last election was small There is great
danger, according to the Speaker Of the
Ohio House of Representatives. that the
democrats Will carry the state unless the
Ohio office-holders hurry home and vote.
Under these circumstances it is claimed
that the president will not construe lit
tie attention to politics on the part Of Of
fce-holders who are voters IN Ohio into
An inattention to public duties which JUS
ti6es their discharge. \ presidential or
der is one thing, and the presidents con-
strHesion of an order may be quite another.
, 1877-09-29

ONLY TOO ArPARENT.-Itisn not pleasant
to speak harshly of man lying SO near
deaths door as Senator Morton now is,
remarks the Portland, Maine, Argus, but
the recent developments of the Oregon
case and the seeming completely of the
Senator in the conspiracy against Mr..
Grover, as revealed by the affidavit of W.
b. Highly, certainly deserve to be proper
ly placed before the public Highly swears
to the details of the Stiles perjury, and
shows how extended the plot was but
the most infamous part of the transaction
was that Highly went to Morton and told
him OF tins infamy, and Morton, instead
of putting him upon the stand and get
ting at the bottom facts, ordered him to
come to Washington next winter. The
object of this was to keep Mr.. Grover
under suspicion as long as possible for its
effect on the elections. But the facts
have come out, and the responsibility for
the transaction should at once be placed
to the credit of the proper persons. That
Senator Morton deserves large share is
only too apparent.
, 1877-09-29

CoHFrSSING ROBBERIRs. - Several of
the indicted ex-otiiciais of South Carolina
are candid enough to confess that they
were lea.ucd together for the purpose Of
robbing the State. Among these is Owens,
former State Senator. On being asked
who were the greatest thieves of the
number, lie replied "Weil, sir, if you
desire me to name the men who | believe
benefited most by republican legislation,
| believe them to be Scott, Moses, Cardoza,
Chamberlain, Parker, Nash, and that
notorious n rascal, Tim Hurley" But Parker
who had been member of the Legis-
lature, made still more astonishing state
ment. Said he:
do not seek to deny or extenuate the part which
took in the ring corruption i frankly admit these
acts OF mine in South Carolina which now bitterly
regret and which l would give much to he able to
blot out. i can only say that 1 went to South
Carolina an homes msn, and suecumbed like others
TO the great temptations IN my path We were sur
rounded by enemies and were obliged TO maintain
places by the exercise OF all the power which
could get into our hands. With the power ard oI,-
portunity presented TO us, surrounded We're
10y an array OF unusual TEN. ..tatons- temptations
such as frw men eyer had presented to them before
1t Is not sttange, perhaps, that rings We're formed and
corruption rei;nei as il did In New York City under
| tie Tweed ing.
After these admissions, and the great
amount of testimony elected to convict
the culprits, it willnot do to say that their
prosecution arose from political malice.
All the proof, voluntary and involuntary,
goes to show that there was a ring of Off
clal plunderers, Of which the men named
by Owens constituted the central figures,
and that if they had not been arrested
i'll their robberies they would have reduc-
ed tie State to bankruptcy. Their pun
ishment has overtaken them none too
| soon.
, 1877-09-29

A BIG MIsTAKE.-It is noticed that
there are more young American men in
this country learning trades in the peni-
tentiaries than there are Outsideof them.
The Comier-J Journal discovers as the
principal cause of this that We are educat-
ing our young men for gentlemen, and
trying to make lawyers, preachers, doctors
and clerks out of material that nature in
tended for blacksmiths. brickayers, car
penters, tailors, and other honest trades
and caliings 1t is a mistake, and a big
one, to teach boys and girls to believe
that to labor is disg,aceful, and that to do
nothing for living is more becoming the
society in which they expect to move and
have the respect of. There are many
mems sons and daughters who are now
being educated to play the part of "lead-
ing lady" and walking gentleman in
the great drama of life, who will land in
poor-house or penitentiary before they
have played their parts and the curtain
drops Go to work
, 1877-09-29
NERVOUS AND FE,RING RADIcALs.

NERVOUS AND FEARING RADICALS. -
There is perturbation in the radical camp,
at the prospect of such revolution in the
Senate as shall deprive them Of their ma
jority in that body and place the demo
cratic members IN power. 1t VIII give the
democrats the president pro tempore, and
they will substitute democrat for secre-
tary in the place Of Gorham. And. more
eIasperating still, it will clothe the demo-
Gratis with the authority TO confirm or re-
ject the appointees of the de Jiacto presi-
dent With democratic majority in the
Senate as well as in the House. the ad
ministration would be powerless for harm
and the wild sehems of Secretary Sher-
man on finance could not work injury 10
the country. The sickness of Morton.
the detection OF Spencer, and the feared
antagonism of Conkliag, together with
the probability that two or three otheA
chosen as radicals, may cease TO Cooper
Ate with their party and go over To the
democrats. are not cheerful subjects for
contemplation to the radicals throught the
Union, but inasmuch as the Senate of
1879 will contain clear ma iority of dem
ocrats, elected as such, and not come as
converts from radicalism to the party.
they may as well begin TO prepare for the
fate which will inevitably befall them.
The democracy are rapidly coming 10 their
ewp IN the government
, 1877-09-29
Hoy HosruE IxnI,Ns ARE HELPED.

How HOSTILE INDIANS ARE HELPED
Colonel Gibbon in his official report OF
the Big Hole fight with the Nez Peroe
Indians, reflects severely upon the IN
habitantS of Montana, who sustained the
murderous Nez Perces by trading OIL pro-
visions for stock stolen by them from the
whites, thus prolonging their tight ana
adding 20 the danger Of pursuit 1t IS
by no means surprising that any army
officer, engaged in fighting hostile Indians
should feel annoyed at these evidences of
the dominant mercantile passion OF the
good citizens of Montana. From his stand
point it is even possible thai those who
thus sold provisions to the hostiles, taking
stolen stock as payment, appeared as no
better than the wicked. Yet we think u
highly probable that the Montanians re-
gard themselves as public spirited people,
and that they would Indignantly resent
the imputations east upon them by the
/ Gallant Colonel. The practice of which
he complains Is indeed Objectionable, to
the unsophisticated mind, but it is never
theiess Of no recent origin. Whenever
personal interest has been to the front,
men havs always been found ready to sup
ply goods, and even ammunition, to their
eountry's enemies During the rebellion
several Northern merchants drove lu-
crative trade in supplying arms. to the
confedeJacy, and blockade running was
largely invested in by Northern capitalists.
The Indians have in all wars been notori-
ously supplied with ammunition by white
traders, and this WAS conspicuously the
case IN the last campaign against the Sioux.
1t is not . pleasan; subject to reflect upon,
but We fear that our soldiers must make
their account with meeting just so many
of these ugly exhibits rs the temptations
to white rarae;ty in Indian wars may suf
fee to account fCr.
, 1877-09-29

The AMERICAN VOTER. - Variety is
The spice of life, and the voter in Penn
sylvania or New Jersey will this year
have uncommon opportunities 20 select
his ticket. New Jersey las just now 10
less than seven political organizations
democrats, republicans, temperance men,
labor reformers, greenbackcrs, gran9ers
and taxpayers-each of which will present
a ticket for the acceptance of the people
In Pennsylvania there are already four
complete state tickets in the field. New
parties are sprouting all over the West al
SO. All this does not look much like
harmony, and vexes the souls Of the
machine politicians. But the people can
stand it.
, 1877-09-29

An ORAToRIcALL TREAT-Thc lovers
of stump speaking in Ohio are about TO
be gratitied with rare treat in the de
partment of political science. Hon. G.
II. Pendleton has accepted the challenge
of General Garfield to travel with him and
discuss the pending issues IN the election
campaign Of that State. Their meeting
will, no doubt, be entertaining, but the
Cincinnati Enquirer doubts the propriety
or usefulness of these joint debates. 1t
remarks, very truthfully, that u the news
paper has outrun these discussions and
their capacity for individual or party ad
vantage, especially when the people be-
fore whom the decussion is held are not
tthe jury to pronounce at once upon the
merits of the contestants
, 1877-09-29
WILL Re A MATTER OF SNAIL Movr,

WILL Re MATTER OF SMALL MOMENT.
The Philadelphia Chronicle is not of
those who believed it well for Mr.. Key
70 accept place in Hayes cabinet. He
has not proven success in any sense.
his attempt at facetiouSness in New
England was one of those dismal failures
To which people subject themselves who
undertake role with which they are not
familiar, and for which they have no
natural adaptation The sooner Key
ceases to be democrat, and embraces
hayesism IN all its purity or impurity,
the better it will be for himself. As to
the democratic party it will be matter of
small moment what the postmaster gener-
al does.
, 1877-09-29

BAEz IN ST. DOMINGO seems to be play
ing the role of MacMahon IN France with
some Improvement peculiarly his own.
Whatever constitutional guarantees that
unfortunate country may have are suspend
ed, and citizens are arrested at the sweet
will and pleasure of the gentleman who
was SO anxious to annex himself to us
st. Domingo. will never prosper until she
getg rid of Baez and his ring
, 1877-09-29

THE OPPONENTS of the Southern policy
of the administration will get very little
comfort from the New Orleans celebration
,d the restoration Of honest government
m Louisiana. In the large military pro
seession that was held the flag of the United
States was seen everywhere, and no me-
mortal Of the lost cause was anywhere to
be seen. This is the latest Southern out
, 1877-09-29

A QUESTION OF LAW, important and
interesting toowners of vessels, merchants
and common carriers, has just been de
cided by the Supreme Court of the United
States. 1t is this Does the law per-
nit a common carrier to show as an ex
cuse fer on-delivery of goods pursuant to
his bill of lading that he delivered them
upon demand to the trIe ownerl The
court decides in the Affirmative. This
question has from time to time gwen rise
to much controversy and to several con-
;tradictory decisions in thc courts below.
, 1877-09-29

GREENBACKs.-A Sacramento paper in
noticing the circumstance that greenbacks
are but three per cent. below gold, asks
very partinently, "Why not bring them
to par by accepting them for customs?"
The affairs of the country are now in such
state that paper could be made equal in
value to gold, with but little difficulty.
There is but one disturbing element, and
that is the unsettled question relative to
silver coin. If silver coin were made
equal in value of gold coin, resumption
would take place almost without further
effort.
, 1877-09-29
JOE BRADLEY is the one man on the

JOE BRADLEY is the one man on the
bench Of the supreme court who is a
stencil IN the nostrils Of all honest men
The latest reference to this miserable
wretch is where the question is asked ::
How did Joe Bradley toss up to decide
which of his g lueubracations IS he should
adopt as his opinion in the Florida case !
He admits such degree of uncertainty,
incining to both sides of the case, that
the public should be glad to know on what
evidence aliunde" finally determined
his decision.
, 1877-09-29

DRoP HIM. If Postmaster General
Key keeps on he will get entirely around
to the radical party, and then the presi-
dent would have to drop MIN in order to
fill his place with democrat. 1t is nee
essary to have at least one undoubted
democrat in the cabinet, and Key is
wayering.
, 1877-09-29

TIE radicals have ascertained by an ey-
animation of the returns of the vote cast In
New York state that the radical defeat there
last fall was not occasioned by falling off
in the radical vote, but by an increase N the
democratic vote. What consolation they
find in this is difficult to imagine. The fact
proves Enthusiastically that the democratic
is the majority party in the Empire state,
and the vote this fall will furnish further
proof to this effect.
, 1877-09-29

THERE is as much suffering among the
working glasses in Germany as the United
States. Our minister at Berlin states that
great destitution prevails in that city
among ihe better classes. During the
month Of July no less than 4756 men and
,34A women received relief and shelter in
the public charitable institutions, and
7544 men and 1043 women received relief
in private institutions.
, 1877-09-29

COVERING THEIR TRACKs-The burning
of the Patent Office building, at Washington,
and the destruction of the records looks very
much as though the otiee-holders were en-
deavoring to cover their tracks. The next
Congress is sure to be democratic In both
branches, and hence it was well to be pre-
pared for Investigations
, 1877-09-29

HaDLEY- GoBLE-Sept. p, at the residence
of the brides father, near this city, byJ. d.
Laman, J. P, Joseph L. Hadley and Annie
L. Goble, all of this county.
HARRIS CALVERT In this city, on the 9th
inst, at the residence of Geo Il. Crow, by
j. ID. Laman, }. p, Byron A. Harris and
Louisa Jane Calvert, all of Columbia coun-
ty, w. Z.
, 1877-09-29

AT TEE Episcopal Convention, in III
nOis, an unsuccessful effort was made to
permit women to vote in the choice Of
vestrymen But st. Paul WAS too much
for them" Let your women keep silence
in the churches; for it is not pernittcd
unto them to SPEAK"
, 1877-09-29

"THE Presidential Rambler is what
the New York Herald calls the president,
in.inuatmg that the Administration runs
about the country too much and leaves
the government to run itself
, 1877-09-29

MAINE AND BLAINE-The State of Maine
has given the radicals majority, as it has
at every election for 20 years, and the radi-
Gals rejoice over their victory. Bah.
, 1877-09-29
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Postofiiee, at Walla Walla
September %, lS11.

Remaining in the Postothee, at Walla F" ana,
September %, 1871:
Ames. j S Moys, Jno CT
Bryan, G A McGlemen, james
Burkart, ] III McCollum, Geo
Banks, Jno Moore, Sadea
Childers, Charles Moody, Martha
Carter, Andrew Nichols, Jno
Cohn. VI u ; Northcut, III
Davis, JIM II Osborn, Jpo
Daniels, Charles Oliver, Mary
Davidson, SB Perkins, Hette
Freeman, Edward Petigrew. "
Feeham, Edward Parker, W. 7.
Flyn, James Robinson, JAS NJ
Frederiekson, Hans Reed, } K
Ghole, Jno w Randall, Mary
Hunt, Martin Sta.fard Wilson
HURLEY, Jno Smith, }
Hunt, Fred Thorn. James
Hane, II II Wyatt, &C
Heron, Hugh Warner, n
Hoagman, NJ q Wariield, 5
Holsteen, Lewis Wethury,
Latham, Miss Mollie
Persons calling for these Letters viii please
say advertised" VIZ. VAwTER, p NJ
, 1877-09-29

4 CLOSE STATE.-0ne of the most inter
esting of the fall elections, and one concern
ing the prospects for which very little IS
known in this section of the country, Is that
in Wisconsin. Four tickets Will be offered
to the voters-radical, democratic, greenbaek
and prohibition, though very little lmpor-
tance is attached to the last two. While the
state has chosen a democratic governor but
once in twenty-five years. the average radi.
cal majority has been small. Only twice has
it exceeded 10, 600, and that was in 1863 and
1863, under the influence of the war excite
ment. Four years ago the democratic can
didate received the support of the grangers,
and was elected by majority of over Is, 900.
Two years ago the radicals elected the gov
erner by 700 majority, the rest of the officers
chosen belonging to the other party Hayes
had only Gal plurality over Tilden last
year, and the Cooper ticket also received
1900 votes. SO, it will be seen, there is no
large majority for the radicals to fall back
on. If they carry the state this fall it will
be by dint of hard work, and whether the
leaders have spirit enough to make fight
remains to be seen. The grangers seem to
have returned to their former party associa-
tions The partial radical success of 1873
was due wholly to the personal popularity
of their candidate for governor, who secured
more votes from Milwaukee democrats than
constituted his majority. The German vote,
so far as it is solid force, is believed to be
more inclined to the radical side than in some
past years, though this is by no means GER
| tain. If the democrats act with the pru-
dence they have displayed during the past
four years, there is no reason why Wisconsin
should not join the ranks of the democracy.
, 1877-09-29

OUR CROPS AND THE BALANCE OF
TRADE,-The recent publication by the
bureau of statistics of exports and imports
of the United States for the seven months
ending July 30th, shows trade balance
in favor of this country amounting to
$50 100000 The surplusage for the
fiscal year ending June Goth, Was Sl62,-
544, ,760. If the situation was simple as
these figures indicate, we certainly would
be fairly on the road to prosperity, but it
is paradoxical BY a comparison Of the
detailed figures we may safely assume that
We have seen the maximum of our export
trade. The imports for the month of July,
1877, show an increase of 33 per cent
over those of July, 1876, and for the seven
months an increase of Il per cent. over
the corresponding period last year The
great crops and the reviring industries
will increase the ability to consume for
eign imports, and, while the balance at
the end of the next fiscal year will IN
doubtedly be in our favor, it will not be
as large by good many millions To over
come the increasing imports it will proba-
bly, require the entire increase in our ex-
ports of grain.
, 1877-09-29
BORN.

SrASsAL-ln this city, September 25th
to the wife of j. J. Spansail, daughter.
, 1877-09-29
CRANE & BRIGHAM,

$50 and 522 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal
Price 81 per Large IsOf;ic. six bcfiies 50.
, 1877-09-29
M5EBIEH,

FIEE PRINTING and very low prices at the
Statesman Office.
, 1877-09-29

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-A fire broke out
in the Patent Office, at Washington, On
the Oath inst, and was not subdued
until a great part of the building and many
Thousand models were destroyed The
damage is computed at full million dol
lars The Land office is in the same bald
ing, and suffered the destruction of many
valuable books and records. The dcs-
tructi0n of documents viii occasion great
inconvenience, as in many cases it Will be
impossible to replace them. The building
was of granite, extending two blocks in
length and one full block in breadth. 1t
was intended to be re-proof, but no pre-
caution could guard against the iufamma-
bic matter that Was stored within,
, 1877-09-29

ENGLISH GRAIN Markets. - liverpool,
September GA leading gram circular says:
With some exceptions the weather through
out the country during the past week has
been much more favorable, and fair progress
has been made in securing the crops. though
generally in poor condition Larger qual-
titles of new wheat arc now appearing on the
market, but mostly in such a state as to be
quite neglected by millers, while fairly dry
qualities are readily taken at full prices and,
in some instances, foreign parcels mark Is.
per quarter advance on the previous week S
quotations. On the coast there Is only one
cargo of wheat undisposed of. These on
passage are very firmly held without much
doing On spot business has been quiet
since Tuesday, at reduced rates. MaIze has
been dull. Arrivals into port for the past
three days We're small of wheat and flour,
and small Of maize nearly all from Atlantic
ports. This market to-day was thinly at
tended, though there are several buyers OF
wheat from distant countries. The usual
operators have taken very sparingly. Busi-
ness in the aggregate is thus of limited I'M
portance, and sellers meet the situation with
a concession of Id. on white and 293d. pei
| GENITAL on red descriptions. Flour is dull.
Barley is gwen at last quotations and there
is little inquiry. Mixed corn is declined I'd.
per quarter. Other sorts are unchanged.