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TIE DEMOCRATIC COUNCILS.


The Chicago Convention having done its
work and adjourned, the Cincinnati Con-
vention begins to acquire greater prOmi-
hence, and speculation Is naturally turned
TO the preparations for it. But though the
Republican candidates were well known
long before the Convention assembled, the
Democracy evidently has no prevailing or
even specially strong bias in favor of any
man. If Tilden obtains the nomination of
course 1t Is understood that it Will not be
because his party wants him, and therefore
we do not include him in the list of what
may be called speculative candidates. The
Chicago nominations have evidently
alarmed the Democratic leaders seriously,
and they arc trying TO get up Seymour
Thurman boom at Washington But the
consideration suggested in one of our dis
patches yesterday, to the effect that Thur
man would be q dangerous candidate be-
cause of the influence Of the Ohio October
election upon the Presidential election, is
likely to destroy that programme. More
over Garfield has already beaten Thur
man once, and therefore the con
junction would he ominous. And
Seymour is generally believed to be
toe old and feeble to make pos
sible candidate, even though recon-
.neriea by the assumption Of his
special strength in New York. 1t is per-
fectly clear that the Democrats have no
hope but in the nomination of the best
men they car fiod, but it is not perfectly
clear that the nomination OF tie best men
they have will make their campaign much
more easy. For what kind of appearance
would good men make IS the candidates OF
a party which calculates deliberately upon
stealing l3S electoral votes, as a condition
precedent to victory Under such circum-
stances the iniquity Of the party pro-
gramme must swamp and extinguish the
best personal qualities in the candidates,
and indeed it might be more polite for the
Democrats to nominate ticket in charac-
ter with the plans of the campaign; say
Samuel J. Tilden and Hamburg Butler, for
example. Thus We should have the most
unmistakable representatives, of fraud at
the North and force at the South, and II
that is not the normal Democratic cam
paign basis we should ike to be Informed
what it is
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4 TEST CAsF.-In the Superior Court yes
terday a made-up Gaze, entitled the People of
the State of California VS.. VIM. Ashburner,
to test the legality of the appointment OF
Commissioners by the Governor to manage
the Yosemite valley and Mariposa Big Tree
Grove, was passed upon by Judge benson,
and it is understood will be immediately
brought before the Supreme Court. The sc-
ton was brought by Attorney General a. l..
Hart, and the defendant was represented by
Rhodes and Barslow Of San Francisco. The
cdse is based upon the theory that the Com
nissioners appointed in 1864 still claim TO be
the Commissioners in fact, and refuse to sur
render the Offices as such, upon the ground
that their appointments were made in ac-
cordanee with, and directed by, the Act of
Congress granting the valley and grove to the
State, and hence they do not come nnGer the
four years tenure of-office limitation
of the State, but are officers OF the
United States, and the term OF their
appointment unlimited. The Legislat-
ure in April last passed concurrent
resolution, reciting that more than four years
had elapsed since the appointments made,
and therefore, there were vacancies Of the
entire Board except the Governor, who is a
member ex ofiicio, and rogue. ting the Gov
ernor TO appoint new Board, in compliance
with which appointments were made. This
resolution was based upon an opinion of the
Attorney General submitted at the time, to
ths effect that the Commissioners were State
appoiatees and rot Federal. and that their
terms expired ut the end OF four years. The
object OF the present case Is TO decide this
point, and Judge benson formally rendered
judgment for the defendant.
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Board seems to think, however, that it Is
bound to middle on in the present absurd
fashion untilit somehow gropes its way out
of the difficulty. In fact it has abdicated
its proper functions, and instead OF dealing
with the charges itself, as it ought to have
done, it has called in the public generally
to settle the dispute; and SO has opened
the door to all the confusion and partisan
ship and sentimental demonstration which
characterize these extraordinary sessions. a
worse way to get at The truth of the mat
ter could not have been devised. As our
correspondent aptly puts it, the proceed
ings have degenerated into two 81 ooms,"
one for Mr.. Mcdonald, and the other for
Mr. Adams. As matter of course
each faction cares less and less for the
merits of the case, and more and more
for the victory, no matter how it is OBJ
tanned. The effect of all this upon both
the discipline and reputation of the schools
must be bad, moreover. 1t is being demon
strated that teachers are liable to be put
upon trial after the fashion of Judge
Lynch, on any kind of loose or general
charges; that parents, and persons hay
ing no direct interest in the schools, may
come forward and metamorphose theirvague
notions, based upon no evidence or
experience, into formidable accusations /;
and that when teacher is so az
raigned, he may be put up to be
baited by everybody, and all who have a
dislike to or a prejudice against him may
be invited to come forward and say all the
il-natured things they can think of. Let
us be understood clearly. We are no parti-
sans of anybody. We hold that if Mr..
Mcdonald is not competent to teach he
should be discharged We hold that if
Mr.. Adams is guilty of what is charged
against him he should be removed. We
are most earnestly DESTROYS of raising the
standard of education, and clearing the
schools from unfit teachers without respect
of persons. But we are at the same time
firmly convinced that nothing can be
gained for the cause of education from an
investigation which does not investigate,
and which from its nature and conditions
is incapable of affording any data upon
which to base an intelligent Judgment.
The Board of Education has in our opinion
made serious mistake in this matter, and
if it cannot bring itself to adopt the sug-
gestion for a genuine inquiry which we
offered it, its best course would be to wind
up the present debating club business, and
take the whole inquiry into its own hands
in practical way.
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SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.


From San FRANCISCO exchanges Of June 1Cth.l
The steamer Belgic viii be due from
China and Japan On the 18th instant.
There is some anxiety about the ship
Cashmere, now on the way here from Cal
cutta.
The merchandise exports of tho weel;
were valued at $500, 70l-a decrease Of
S63l, 205 from those OF the previous week.
During the month of May 6, 1863 through
passengers passed over the Central Pacific
Railroad, 1886 going East, aud 3, 634 going
West.
Tax Collector Tillson has filed a state
ment with the Auditor, showing the tax
collections from May 81 to June 5th to
have been SIG. 35S 10.
The l05th anniversary CT the battle Of
Bunker Hill, which occurs next Thursday,
viii be duly celebrated in this city by the
Bunker Hill Association.
Mexican half dollars are in circulation
here to some extent. Brokers Will give
only forty cents for them. Everybody
should refuse to take them. 1t is pre-
sumed they get in circulation by being in
closed in $50 rolls of silver
James Shay, who was shot in the left
breast Tuesday afternoon, at his home on
York street, South San Francisco, by Off.
Ger Presho, whom Shay attacked with q
rock while the officer was attempting to
arrest his brother Jack, died at the City
and County Hospital at 8 o'clock this
morning. Shay was born in New York,
and was % years old.
At about half-pa o'clock this morning
an alarm from box % was sounded fer
fire in the upper story OF the brick build
ing ON the northwest corner Of Broadway
and Sansome. partly owned and occupied
by G. James King of VIM. & Co. as fruit
and pickle preserving factory. Although
the department arrived promptly and did
good work, the fire had such Roadway be-
fore the alarm that the whole second story
was destroyed, together with some $50, 000
worth of stock and machinery. The dam
age to the building is estimated at s., eco.
There is S65, 600 insurance on the stock,
and SIS, 600 on the building. The firm en-
ploy some $50 persons, but SO their pack
ing department is uninjured they will start
up again in the morning.
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OREGON.
Election Returns = Weather = Sudden
Beath-siabbing and Shooting ARRAYS.


PORTLAND, June 10th.-The latest election
returns from the interior of the State indi-
cate that M. G. George, Republican, has been
elected to Congress by q majority ranging
from 600 to ], 800 The entire Republican
ticket for Judges of the Supreme Court-W.
P. Lord, John 3. Waldo and Z. B. Maiden
is elected beyond doubt. The majorities
are difficult 70 obtain, but it is safe to esti-
mate the average at 10000. Republican
legislative tickets have been elected in Multi
nomah, Clatsop, Clacl1amas, Washington,
Yamhill, Marion and Douglass. Returns
from counties lying east Of the Cascades
possible to predict the result. The
Democrats anticipate decreased majorities
from that portion of the State. Partial
returns from Eastern Oregon, already re-
eeived, show large Republican gains. Tie
complexion OF the Legislature cannot be
stated, although there are strong indications
that the Republicans will have a majority in
both houses. Official returns from Mutt
romah show that every county officer on the
Republican ticket is elected by majorities
ranging from $50 to 1888. Raleigh Stott,
Republican candidate. for Judge CT the Fourth
Judicial District, is elected by majority of
list of doubtful States, and makes her GER
taiuly Republican.
The weather is cool and showery.
A. S. Garrett, an old and highly esteemed
citizen of Coupville, w. T., died very sud
denly on the Sth inst. of heart disease. he
was missed from his home, and search being
instituted his body was found in the timber
near his house.
A row occurred at Auuasville, Marion
county, Yesterday, between George Farrell
and John Steele. in which the former was
stabbed by the latter in the breast. Farrels
wounds are not considered necessarily fatal.
Both parties are in custody.
Charles Oatman and John Knox had q
tanding yesterday at The Dalles,
and during the melee Knox drew a pistol and
fred at Oatm&n. The bsli took effect in the
thigh, inhicting a dangerous flesh wound.
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GARFIELD AND THE ABoL.TIoMsTs.

1t Is already evident that General Gar
field viii obtain the energetic and enthusi-
astic support OF that peculiar and most
determined political element represented
by the old-line Abolitionists. They know
him as the accepted successor of Joshua Il.
Giddings, in the Ohio Western Reserve,
that breeding ground of original, bedrock
Abolitionism. They are drawn to him be-
cause OF his Identification with the cause
they have borne go close to their hearts for
years. They feel for himan affection which
probably no ether candidate could have
elected. Many OF these men have left the
Republican party of late years. They are
OF the kind who voted against Grantism in
Grants second term who abhorred =" ma
chine politics who denounced the cor
ruption they saw growing up around them /;
who flung aside the party trappings the in
slant they found themselves unable to
indorse the principles and actions of
the party leaders. All tlese-and their
name Is Legion-are now hockiug
back into the party because they
know Garfield and believe in him. They
feel his nomination to be vindication of
their principles. They regard him as a
model champion of the higher aims OF the
Republican party. And these stern and
earnest men, who resemble the Ironsides of
Oliver Cromwell more than any other ele-
ment we can think OF, are strong and in
domitable fighters. They are men OF deep
convictions and resolute will, and they will
stand up for the candidate os their choice
to the bitter end. Such voters viii see to
it that Ohio is all right this fall, and they
will wrest Indiana from the Democracy
beyond doubt. They know what they
want, and how to get it, and when they so
upon the warpath the enemy may we'll fear
the rcsult.
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The Situation ON Roberts Island.

STOCKTON, June 10th.-The news received
this evening from Roberts Island is to the
effect that there is every probability that by
tomorrow night the break in the upper divi-
sion will be closed. 1t is now only twelve
feet wide, and the construction of cribs and
pile driving are proceeding as rapidly as pos
sible. Some hundred men are working there.
The water at Frewart's Ferry has already
receded thirteen inches. There are 1900
acres in wheat on the upper division of the
island, and certainly four-Gfths Of it will be
saved If the break should be closed as expect
ed. With regard to the remainder, it is
thought by some that the water will drain off
SO quickly that the crop will not be total
loss The water does not extend in more than
half mile from the levee.
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nArIAxn lcnlA Anril :. 1880

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until the blood from the scabs. We tried every
thing we could find but nothing seemed to give any
permanent relief until we tried PHOSPHATE SOAP.
face entirely healed, and there has been no
appearance of the disease since
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NEVADA.
Passengers Passing carlin for California,

CARLIN, June 10TH The following pas
sengers passed Carlin to-day, to arrive in
Sacramento tomorrow G. y Shurtleff,
L. P. Williamson and wife, Stockton; G..
Polashi, San Francisco Miss Z. Cloud, Miss
r. Cloud, West Virginia P. 0. Burns, wife
and child. San Francisco; Mrs. w. Allen
and child, England; Charles Lafevor, Red
Rock, Montana; y. Johnston, San Francis
co ; w. G. Curvin, New York City Il.
Stahl, San Francisco: W. II. Fritz and wife,
Leadville, Col; G. B. Scott, Athens, Ga
DR.. G.. NJ Dixon, Sacramento; VIM. Wright,
Jr., Burlington, Vt; f. 2. Tucker, Watson,
Montana; G.. Gaylord, Chicago, Illinois
rs emigrant passengers, including AZ males,
to arrive in Sacramento June 18th.
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Word Genes from Forest City, Sierra
county, that the miners in the famous
Bald Mountain drift claim are out on a
strike. The trouble is that the manage.
ment wants them to work by the job here
after, instead Of by the day as heretofore.
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Ee-S-N'
II, indeed, the Republicans of the South
are to be crushed into silence if BULLDOG
ing and violence are to be the Democratic
weapons eouth Of Mason and Dixons line
it is the duty of the Republican party to
see to it that this infamy is not perpe-
trated without protest or exposure, but
that it shall be committed in the face of
the nation. 1t is notorious that if fair
elections were possible in the South, the
Democratic candidate would not receive
the solid vote of that section. It is no.
torious that thai solid vote can only be
obtained by force and fraud by trampling
under foot the freedom of suffrage, and
by denying the exercise of their political
rights to hundreds of thousands of colored
voters But the Republican party cannot
afford to recognize this Mexicanization of
American politics as normal factor in
the situation, ncr can there be any
better way to prevent the Democrats
from securing votes at the North than
by showing all the country how they
obtain their votes at the South. Assuredly
the iniquities which the Democratic man
ayers contemplate ought not TO be made
easy for them by the withdrawal of the
Republicans from the field. If nothing
else can be effected at the South, the Dem
ocratic methods can be exposed. But it is
by no means certain that nothing else can
be effected. It is not foregone conclu-
sion that no Republican votes can be OBJ
tanned at the South. a vigorous campaign
in that region may develop changes of
sentiment and tendency which will work
for the Republican cause a reaction
against the brutal and lawlcss meth.
DDS of the past may arise. Many infu-
ences may affect the situation which have
not been foreseen. Should Tildeu be nom
mated at Cincinnati, it is quite probable
that the so!idity Of the South would vanish.
Even Democrats are forced to admit this
contingency. In fact it is mistake
to take Tor granted the lmpenetrabie
Democracy OF the South, and 10 such
assumption ought to be permitted in
arranging the campaign. Every State in
the Union must be contested TO the last
day and hour No State must be surren-
dered without sharp struggle. Ii the
Democrats conquer in the South by lawless
methods, that fact must be made plain to
the narrowest capacity. BY such deter
mined plan Of action it may be possible to
oppose a solid North to the solid South, If
the worst comes to the worst, and in any
event the Republican party will then have
done its full duty, and the responsibility
for the Outcome will rest with The people
themselves. But it Will never do to begin
the campaign by conceding to the Demo
Gratis so much as to render their defeat
almost hopeless.
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Sentenced 20 Denth-sody Found.

PORTLAND, June 10sh.-The case of the
State vs.. Henry Wintzirgerode, convicted of
the murder Of Jacob Stranger, came up be-
fore Judge Bellinger to-day, at Hil!sboro, on a
motion for new trial. Counsel for defend
ant and on behalf of the State submitted the
then pronounced the death sentence on young
Wiutzineerode. He was sentenced to be ex-
ecuted on the 9Th day of August. The case
will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The body OF an unknown man was found
floating in the river yesterday.
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TEE oaMpA1aN IN TIE SOUTH.

We think there is danger in the present
tendency to assume, in all political esti-
mates OF the approaching campaign, that the
Democratic party viii inevitably secure
every electoral vote in the Southern States.
A late dispatch from Washington shows
that the Democrats have already learned
to look upon the solid South as their ex-
elusive property, and that they are arrang-
ing their plans on the assumption that the
Republicans will attempt no campaign IN
those States. Such conclusion could
never have been reached but for the prac
teal surrender of the South by the Repub
licans surrender which naturally tends
to bring about the very state of things
most dangerous to Republican prospects.
1t may be that the Democrats are making
no idle boast in claiming a solid South,
but the Republican party cannot be iusti-
fed in accepting the declaration of its OPP
ponents upon SO vital matter, and if the
claim is well founded It is all the more
necessary to make Southern campaign,
and by so doing to demonstrate to the
country the nature Of the methods
relied upon to secure the solidity of
that region. For there is no
doubt whatever in the minds OF intelligent
observers that the Democracy contemplate
forcible suppression of the Republican
vote at the South, and that this is the
only means by which it can "come out OF
the South with l3S electoral votes"
And if indeed there is left to the Repub-
licans no resource by which the perpetra-
ton of this outrage can be prevented, it is
the more necessary that the truth OF the
situation should be made known through
out the Union, to the end that American
citizens who venerate free institutions
may be enabled to appreciate the true
character of the opposition to the Repub-
lican party. The Democrats appear to
believe at present that the South will be
abandoned to them, and that all they will
have to do is to carry New York and In
diana, or New York, New Jersey, Cali
fornia or Oregon, in order to seat their
candidate. But in truth this Southern
question is the burning issue of
the time. As the case stands there is
offered no opportunity for a fair and free
contest between the great parties. The
Democracy boasts at the outset that it has
already, by undisguised force and fraud,
obtained control of enough States to give
it l3S votes cut of necessary lS5, and
that all its work consists in securing ~
more votes in the North and West It
may be that no Republican efforts in the
South can wrest single vote from the
Democrats in that region. 1t may be that
the enfranchisement of the Southern Re-
publicans, even in single State, is out of
the question. But accepting the very
worst Interpretation that can be put upon
the Southern situation, we maintain that
it is none the less plain duty, and as
plainly an act OF expediency, for the Re-
nublcans to make the most vigorous
Southern campaign of which they are ca
Fable
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aulck Cure for POISON Oak.

A few months ago an eminent physician who had
tested the remarkable curative qualities of PHoS-
PLATE SOAP Tor various skin diseases, expressed
his belief that it would be an excellent remedy for
Poison Oak 1t was accordingly tested for this pur-
pose. A boy had been SO badly poisoned as to be
confined to his bed for week, and had his hands all
covered with sores when he began to use PH0S.
PLATE SOAP. Within twenty. four hours he was
greatly relieved, and in few days vas entirely
cured OF Poison Oak by the use OF PHOSPHATE
SOAP.
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COAST DISPATCHES.
SPECIAL TO THE REcoRD-uNloN.
ELECTION NEWS FROM OREGON.
Complete Victory for the Republicans in
the Webfoot State.
PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST BY RAIL.
Arrival of Japanese Man-of-war at
Victoria.
PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST BY RAIL
CALIFORNIA.
Dlyidend-A,sessments.

San Francisco, June 10th.-Northern
Belle declares dividend of so cents.
Overman leyies an assessment of 90 cents
and McClinton one of % cents.