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The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

WHEN the Editor of the Argus published
at the request of the Ring the synopsis of
the comparative anatomy of the Democratic
and Greenback parties it was understood
that the ''stalwarts'' of both these parties,
in all the towns of the County, would, cam
grdno sails, Immediately accept for the pur-
poses of the hour, the correctness of his anal
ysis. But, on the contrary, it was only after
weeks of entreaty, importantly and threats
that the consent of limited number of very
respectable gentlemen of this city and two
country towns suffered their names to be
publicly used to endorse what the most sim
pie and confiding of their party associates
knew they did not, as intelligent men, be-
lieve. 1t was a humiliation to which they
should not have been subjected. Many of
them were aspirants for County and munich
pal offices and were, in a certain sense, un-
der duress. There remain blanks on the
hundred sheets of the remarkable rolls sent
out for influential signatures, which are no.
ticeable at the most casual glance. The list
of those unwritten names, equally intelligent
and influential in party politics, under the
same constraint as prospective candidates,
would fill the columns of the Aryus and still
enough remain which, if published in a pa
per OF opposite politics, would be a sufficient
reply to the inference sought by the argus,
that-its views are concurred in by the party.
That these Democrats and those will vote
according to the letter of their articles of
agreement we do not question.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

A GOOD illustration of Democratic blind
ness, real or pretended, in this campaign, is
furnished by the Biddeford Union and
Journal, which says: "Right under the
nose of the State Democrat Greenbackers
are leaving the truck-and-dicker concern of
which the editor of that paper is bright
and shining light, and joining the Republ-
can ranks. In the face and eyes of which
fact the afor' said editor is persistent in his
demand that the Union and Journal should
give names of the deserters from the Green
back camp! Let him look at thome-right at
his own door,
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05
Slaughter of the Innocents.

Irate Greenbackers are beginning to talk
with their mouths. The candidates for the
to fill, under the fusion treaty, who are most
available in point of ability, are Of Republi-
can origin, and the Democrats who have
fought with fidelity for the good old name
and ancient traditions of Democracy and
patiently accepted defeat through nearly
generation, swear by the memory of Jeffer-
son and Jackson and their own ancestors,
that they will not vote for Republican who
has added to his radicalsm the Greenback
heresy. And the Greenbackers propose in
retaliation to sacrifice the hostages which
the Democratic legates have placed in their
power as the pledge of good faith
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

What quantities of dried grasses you keep
here, Miss Stebbins. Nice room for donkey
to get into" make yourself at home," she
responded, with sweet gravity.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Annual Meeting.
THE HONEST TRUTH.

With the above title, the undersigned will pub
lish at Augusta Maine, campaign paper, beginning
Tuesday, July 29th, and running to the end of the
campaign; devoted to the Honest truth about the
MONEY QUESTION and the SOUTHERN CUES
TION
The Honest Truth will especially devote its col
ums to the interests of the Laboring man. and will
expose the folly and wickedness of the Demagogues
and Democrats who are now seeking to array Labor
against Capital and Capital against Labor-thus
taking away all chance for the return of good times
now dawning upon us.
The Honest Truth will show how the Northern
Democrats and Greeenbackers in Congress have
voted for everything the Southern Rebels have de-
manded. 1t will expose the record of Ladd and
Murch, Greenback Congressman from Maine, and
show that they voted with the Southern Rebels all
the time.
The Honest Truth will advocate the election of
the first PRIVATE SOLDIER ever nominated for
high Office in the United States. He is man of the
people, from the people, with the people. BETS
give him lift Boys!
The Honest Truth will be handsomely printed with
clear type, on good paper, and each number will
contain fourteen full columns of reading matter; the
columns to be the same length the Lewiston Daily
journal. The first number will contain, with other
matter, the speech to be delivered by Hon. John
Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Portland
July 23d.
Terms of Honest Truth for the entire campaign
cash in advance:
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Cincinnati Enquirer: You have probably
noticed that your country correspondent who
writes about "speckled beauties always finds
them in "tortuous streams"
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

SOME meddling fools have been complain
ing to the Post office Department that post
masters sometimes guess wrongly at the
destination of misdirected letters, and the
Department has forbidden the practice of
guessing at all. The fact is that post
masters and postal clerks guess right hun
dred times where they guess wrong once,
and SO greatly facilitate instead of retarding
the prompt transmission of the greater
number of misdirected letters. But
doubtless they will rejoice at getting rid
of the burden, while those who so Justify
complained will be cursing the delay
at the dead letter office.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

THE Lewiston Journal finds that Repub-
lican prospects are rapidly improving as the
campaign progresses. Secretary Sherman's
speeches, the meetings addressed by Hon.
d. F. Davis, the Republican nominee for
Governor; and the campaign work which
has been going on for the past two weeks,
are already producing excellent results. We
have never seen the Republicans better
united or more zealously at work. The
canvass Shows that there were 1900 Re-
publicans who did not go to the polls last
year, every one of whom will be out next
September. There is little indication any
where of the loss of any voters who sup
ported the Republicans last year. On the
other hand, recruits from the Democratic
party and Observation-Disclosures are
daily joining the Republican host-the for
mer from disgust with the trade and dicker
policy of their leaders, and the latter from
an indisposition of the Republican-Green-
ers to be used for Bourbon Democratic pur-
poses. Keep the ball rolling
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05
CAST0RlA

The great success of Pitchers Castoria is be-
cause of its power to assinailate the food in the
stomachs of children Thus, sour cure, vomiting,
wind-colic and diarrhea are prevented. Castoria
contains neither mineral morphine, alcohol
Unlike Castor Oil it is as pleasant to take as
honey, and unlike narcotic Syrups, it is harmless.
1t allays feverishnsss and is death to When
the child has health, the mother can rest.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05
Congress Hall e.: .;::;;: +: !:
Dances, Parties, Lectures &c. by applying to E. A.
PLEASANT ROOMS TO LET.

SUITE of rooms ON second floor; plenty of sun
- light, air and water. Heat and gas furnished.
Also one room on third floor References exchanged.
Stable TO Let.
Situated in the western central part of city. Ad-
dress L. E. T., Daily Press Office.
je12 diff
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

The Boston Herald has these words of
truth for the workingmen: Honest money
is of special Importance to men who work
for wages. Capitalists and spectators can
take advantage of the fluctuations of an un-
certain currency, but the workingman is
unable to hold his merchandise, which is his
labor, for an advance. A man like Gen.
Butler, with large capital and many work
ingmen depending on him, might vastly
increase his fortune by the changes in the
money value. We could probably make lar
ger profits in our business of publishing a
newspaper in the next five years if imitation
should prevail. But what is for the advan-
tage of workingmen is for the general advan-
tage of the country, and so it is better for all
to have honest money. Those misguided
people who demand irredeemable money, or
that eighty cents worth of silver shall pass
for dollar, are simply asking that they may
be swindled and thereby benefited
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

THE Argus has something to say about
filching, and quotes from document, which
for aught we know may be forgery. Among
other things it says, ''The idea that Demo-
cratic disbursers will filch anything is sim
ply preposterous. We know our men. We
can trust them implicitly We have moth
ing to trust them with but principles and
patriotism" What care did they take of
them? AS for patriotism, they made
away with so much some years ago that the
Democracy got pretty nearly out of stock.
As for principles they have in many parts of
the State (Penobscot excepted) thrown them
away so their hands might be free to grab
the spoils. No filching? Why, the Demo-
cratic party for the last ten years has been
filching planks from the Republican
platforms and working them into its own
political structure or jumping upon them as
soon as the Republicans advanced to new
position
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

The pleasantest way of being hung, says the
Christian Register, is in a hammock. The whole
body is hung at once. This assertion is as posi-
ltive as though the writer had tried both ways.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Democrat, and among the names of those
who supported the resolution were Brooks,
Eldridge, Kerr, Niblack, Randall, Wright,
Voorhees,, Democrats; w. d. Kelley, now
Greenbacker; and Ashley and Julian, politi-
cal status uncertain.
1t is true that pledge was not kept. 1t is
true that some high ones in the Republican
party had become as Ichabod. The evil
that Chase feared and Sumner predicted was
visited upon us. An irredeemable currency
did its bad work. But now it is done with,
resumption is an accomplished fact, the
pledge made by the Republicans in 1862 that
we should return to specie basis is full
filled. But where are the Democrats? Do
they stand in opposition to legal-tenders as
they did in 1S62-in favor of resumption
and contraction as they did in 1865? Let
the Argus correspondent study the annual
cyclopedia little more carefully, and glance
at the Congressional Globe, and then an
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

worn in the United States than in any other
country, but do the people have a better time?
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05
Z ADVERTISEMENTS
CITY OF PORTLAND,

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Portland, July 30 1870.
NNHD Fall Term of the Public Schools will begin
Il on Monday, September list.
THOMAS TASH,
jly31d1w Superintendent of Schools.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Turner's Falls Reporter: ''You are my preci-
GUS pearl" he said, as he drew her to his man.
ly breast. 90 john" she sighed "and you
are NV oySteri'
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05
WEI DE MEYERS
g a ia r. IN
Gu r Z

The most important discovery in medicine
since vaccination, is that of real cure for Ca
tarrh, by Dr. F. w. Vie De MEYER, ofN Y.
pamphlet containing facts and proofs of the work be-
ing performed by the wonderful remedy can be OBJ
tanned gratis of Messrs. d. b. DEWEY Co., agents,
46 Dey St., New York. The testimonials therein
contained the most remarkable ON medical
record. The Cure is delivered at $1.50 for single
package, or packages for $3.50. Send for DIR. WIS
pamphlet. h1Sd1awT&weow13
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Forward subscriptions as promptly as possible, to
DANIEL L. ALLEN & CO.,
Augusta, Maine.
jy14 d&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Judy: Stage door-keeper to youthful admir-
er: Will give the bouquet to Miss Montmo-
rency? Well, this is her husband, p'raps he'll
take it for you. youthful admirer does not
laugh.)
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Albany Journal: The Wheeling Register
gives an account of woman who "has lauda-
numed herself in the Eighth ward" We
don't think we ever met verb that we were
so taken with at first sight. There is some
thing very winning about 1 laudanum, Thou
laudnumest, He laudanums, We laudanum,
You laudanum, They laudanum. for one
hour of Richard Grant White!
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Worthy magistrate: ''What A man can
be cruel enough to maltreat his lawful welded
wife, and even hurl plate at her head?"
Prisoner: "But. your honor, do you know my
wife"" Worthy magistrate 81 have not
the honor" Prisoner; "Then just go slow"
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

"Fm ruta-baga, and here's where 1 plant
myself, said tramp as he entered farm
house near Freeport, ILL.,, and seated himself
at the table. eve alters bile ours" said the
farmers wife, and soused him with dish
painful Of boiling water.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Remember who you are talking to, sir"
said an indignant parent to a facetious boy;
II am your father" "Well, who's to blame
for that" said the young impertinence, "tant
me-"
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

Boston Commercial Bulletin: Talk about
Cleopatra's needle on the banks of the Thames!
just wait till James Gordon Bennett brings
back the north pole and sets it up in Central
Park. What's the needle to the pole?
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-05

A l Story House in good repair with Sebago, at
IA $3.50, former price $1,000. Also good rent
for $3.50 with Sebago in center of city. Apply to
jy1Sf w. w. CARR, 1877 Newbury st.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29

down and Dispersed. Tho police and
militia were still kept on guard, and
the authorities did not relax their vigi.
lance until Monday, when it was ascer-
tanned that Kalloch was a great deal
better and would recover, which had
the effect Of cooling of his retainers.
On Monday morning De Young had
his preliminary examination and was
remanded back to iail without bail. lie
was perfectly cool and collected, and
was SO also when he did the shooting.
The mohs all dispersed Monday except
at the Metropolitan Temple, where
Kalloch lies The military disbanded,
except detachment at the City 1Iall.
Tho temple is still guarded by work.
ingmen. The military and police are
still guarding the chroaiete buildings
and Jail, as there is no telling what
may yet happen.
Kalloel,'s physicians express htrong
hopes of ultimate recovery, II is re
ported that The bullet lodged near the
lung is not to he extracted, as il is toe
near the heart and arteries, and liable
to cause hemorrhage.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
ALTocETnEs roo rAsT.

The story Of the elopement of Capt.
J.. l.. Williams, Of Douglas county,
with the wife Of friend, is met by
that gentleman With the most unquali-
fed denial. A succession of ISLANDERS
for the purpose of making political cap
ital have been set afoat in this State
this Summer, with the most discourag-
ing results to those WHO have concocted
them, as complete refutation has fol.
lowed each Portland Bee.
If Mrs. Coburn will look at our ad-
vertising columns she will find divorce
summons published by one Daniels,
and that legal document is what 9 SCI
ahoat' the Williams ISLANDER" As to
whether it is slander or not that will
be settled in our Court next month.
The charges made have never been re.
futed-simply denied. How Mr.. Dan
iels could make political capital" of it
we don't know. Mrs. G. has not been
conducting political paper very long,
and consequently she sees a nigger in
bhe fence" in almost every little item of
news which appears in Democratic
paper.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
HOSTILE INDIANS.

Indian Dick, who went as cook with
the pack train accompanying Catley's
command against the Sheep Eaters, has
returned TO Lewiston, and says he
doesn't want any more of that kind of
jobs. lie says the Indians drove them
about two miles on the mountain, part
ly covered with timber and mostly COW
cred with grass. They set fire to the
grass around the troops and kept them
on tho mountains all day and till two
o'clock next morning He says that he
needed no other fire to cook beans that
day. They lost ID pack animals and
considerable cargo that was not packed
on animals. They were L days from
the south fork to where they had the
fight, and but two days in getting back.
The Alpowa Indians, says the Lewiston
Teller, had little scare few days ago,
caused by the appearance in their
neighborhood Of four or FIVE known
hostiles, some Of whom were recognized,
and one of them was formerly herder
for 7. Schench, near the mouth of AS
sotin creek. They stole some horses
from the Alpowas and one or two from
the settlers on the Assotin. They made
their exit across Snake river in the di-
rection Of the Spokan country.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
cnors ii 0RrAr nnIrArS.


Tho Mayk Lans Eapress Of the 25th
says that the heavy rain storms Of
The past week have seriously laid
crops IN many Of tho northern and
midland counties, while the submer-
sion Of low lying lands has caused
the wheat 10 rot at the root and de-
yclop miIdew In the car in large
quantities. Hay has been washed
away in Derbyshire By Hoods; nearly
every where fields are chokcd with
weeds aud there Is every slgu that
the present year viii be as bad or
worse for farmers than It's predeces.
sOrs. In more sheltered districts
some pieces OF wheat and barley are
ready TO be eGt, but this IL not nj all
general In Scotland farmers during
n recent short spell Of fine weather
secured good deal OF hay which is
not 50 much injured as was feared.
Cereal crops Ia the north are still
quite green, and much OF the grain
on uplands may never rIpen ut all.
October rather than September will
probably be the harvest month In
Scotland. Turnlps there are improv-
Ing, aud potatoes are generally free
from disease; but the yield will be
late aud deficient. The relapse OF
wSaiher has caused a revival in
wheat, in some instances enabling
sciitrs tn recover the recent decline
OF one shilling per quarter. Imports
have again been excessive, having
exceeded the usual summer com.
plement. The strength OF trade has
been marked, aud higher prices
would doubtless havebeen oblainabIe,
except that II Is difficult to persuade
mlllers to buy except In retail, in the
face OF supply considerably exceeding
800, 900 quarters In three weeks on
the eve Of harvest, even II the pros.
poets Of such harvest are admittedly
bad. Americas capacity for gigan.
tic shipments is also thoroughly un-
derstood By buyers who have opera.
ted cautiously, but at the same time
more freely, during the past week Al
n slight advance on Mondays curren.
eics. Ia another month, more reIia.
BILE data viii be obtainable concerning
European crops upon which TO indi.
cate the further course OF prices.
Barley has maintained its previous
prices, but eased slightly under the
pressure Of increased supplies. Ar
rivals at ports OF call have been mod
crate. Wheat fiuctuated with tbs
weather; but continued shipment
cabled from America prevented any
advance beyond about 6d pc, GUAR
ter.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
TnE NOBLE RED NAN AGAIN.

Advices from Lewiston, Idaho, under
date Of the 22d inst, contain full ac-
count Of the late Indian troubles near
Salmon river. On the night of August
18th, at z o'clock P. NJ. while James
Raines, James Edwards, Henry Serrin
and Albert Webber, brother-in-Iaw Of
Raines, were baling bay at Raines'
ranch near the mouth of the south fork
of Salmon river, they were fred upon
from ambush by Indians Raines was
killed the second shot and Webber was
wounded IN the shoulder, but managed
to crawl away and conceal himself un-
der cover Of approaching darkness.
Edwards and serrin endeavored to
reach the house, but the Indians were
in advance of them and they too ran
up a creek and concealed themselves in
the brush. The Indians riAed the
house of four guns and three reyolvers,
and about 100 cartridges, then set fire
TO the house and other buildings, and
to the hay in the field, and all were
bnraed. Edwards and Serrin wan
dered through the mountains in the
night and reached Warren's, distance
BY trail Of Is miles, at i A. M. on the
18th. Webber. wounded. reached that
place about ten hours afterwards. A
party Of citizens started soon after
wards for the scene of the killing.
Raines family was in Warren's at the
time and so escaped. Col. Bernard was
above on the east side of the south fork
and making for the battlefield of Cat
ley. Tie number of Indians who made
this attack was not known, as they
we're mostly concealed in the brush.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
noNns AND nANNs.

Never before have we seen the sys-
tenn and workings of the national banks
laid so bare as in the following article
taken from Colpaats's Rural World. un
der the title Of The Bondholder Ex-
plains;
81 am bondholder. IN 1854 had
$50, 900 in gold / gave it for $4,000
in 60 bonds, deposited them with the
Treasurer at Washington, and he gave
me $4,000 in blaekbaelxs. | came
home and started a national bank. |
loaned the blackbacks to the farmers.
and of course took mortgage on their
farms Thus in about four weeks after
sold my gold ! had $4,000 out at in.
terest. As the law only allows me 10
per cent. interest on loans, | had 81
lent partner who started an Office and
advertised Eastern money 10 loan at @
per cent. on farms for security, and no
money lent for less than five years. and
IN sums of $500 and upward But my
partner always charged lne per cent.
for doing business, and deposits in my
bank generally amounted 70 $4,000
on an average, and generally kept it
loaned out and during all this time
my $4,000 IN Washington was draw
ing per cent. in gold. | always con
yerted the gold into greenbacss and
loaned them, and thus, by honesty,
economy and industry, on January /,
1870. had mortgaged notes of SlG2,-
600.
Since then | have been swindled by
a great many dishonest farmers, who
ulortsaged me land for more than it
was worth, and have been heavily as
sessed by the Bankers Union far money
for political purposes, such as passing
laws to strengthen the national credit
50 have been IN business eight years
and have only doubled my capital,
which is now little over 53G0,00O.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-29
TRoInLE ~ WASHINGTON

4 siecinl TO the \. Y. Herali from
Washington says that very great indig
nation exists among the government
clerks toward the President and Cabi-
net for what Is considered an unwar-
IantAhle exercise of the executive pow.
er in the reorganization of the State
Republican Associations at the national
capital. They assert, with much feel
ing, that there never has been time
under Republican administration
when thcse associations actually con
trolled the patronage of the depart
ments IN Washington. This indigna-
ton has been renewed by the opin-
ion expressed by the President
that the clerks who did their
duty, and gave their work earnest at.
tention, needed rest at night, instead OF
meeting an organization TO criticise the
character Of appointments made under
this administration and now the in.
suited clerks propose to rebuke the adj
ministration and show their power by
transferring the control Of the govern
ment to the Democratic party, and they
are going to begin with the State Of
Maine, which has many able and efli-
eient men in the departments. who have
always been in the habit of taking an
influential part in the politics of their
State.