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She lolashington Standard,
Dr in 01 ra ti c\tti 11 inatlo n«.
FOR fJF.I.KCiATK TO « OWiHES*.
Marshall F. Moore.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 1, ISM.
A Pettifogger's Flea.
Mr. tiarfielde. in his Vancouver speech,
laid down his position on the question of
lleconstruetion. We quote from the re
port to the Orrgovian :
" The question resolves itself into this: fan
the Congress of tlio United States control the ter
ritory within their own jurisdiction? There were
ten of these states which had by every power they
nos-iigscd, severed their connection with the Union.
I'hey called their Conventions, abolished their State
constitution*, and severed, so far as their acts could
sever, all their connection with the Union. He held
that the power that c ould create could destroy.
The States framed their own constitutions, and
having framed them they could destroy them."
This, it will lie perceived. is a very clear
nuil full endorsement of the doctrine of se
cession. The right or power, or possibili
ty. uf a Suite's getting out of the Cuimi. by
any means whatever, was the issue of the
war. and upon the Southern view .Mr.
< iarficldc seemed to lie perfectly at home.
If the doctrine were not a plausible one. it
is scarcely possible that our Southern
brethren would have attempted to vindi
cate it by the sword. The error, of course,
occurs in the premise, and is such as no
clear-headed man who does not believe in
absolute State sovereignty would fall into.
If the States were what Calhoun and his
disciples held them to be. absolute and un
qualified sovereignties, then would the
power to frame the constitutions be fol
lowed by the power of destroying them,
but with the formation of the Federal
Government by the adoption of the (Consti
tution of the United States, the original
and absolute sovereignty of the States as
serted by tlie Involution, became qualified.
Tl'tlie right to destroy its constitution ever
belonged to u State, it was taken away by
Art. IV. See. 4 of the Constitution of the
I'nited States, which provides that "The
Vnited States shall guat untpe to every State
a republican form of Government." Cer
tainly if the Federal Government had the
power to make the guarantee good, no
State once having a republican form of
government could by any possibility, cither
forfeit or destroy it. The State might
amend its constitution, but could nut repeal
it. as that would leave it with no form of
government at all.
It is, perhaps, mere useless folly to refer
to the Constitution at this late day, when
men like Air. GarfieUle can and do, in their
public speeches, place the mere legislative
enactments of a partisan Congress upon a
par with the organic law of the land, as be
did at Vancouver, in his pettifogging an
swer to the charge that the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution empowers
Congress «to make voters of Chinamen.
*• This," lie savs, '■ is no such thing. Ac
cording to that amendment, no one can be
come a voter unless he first becomes natur
alized, and onr naturalization laws forbid
any one to be naturalized except lie be a
white foreigner." The Democratic party
is opposed to the Fifteenth Amendment,
because like all other amendments pro
posed by the Radical party, it gives Con
gress the Constitutional power to do what
tho people would never sanction, if they
could have an expression upon it. It is
precisely thus that the negroesof the South
have been lifted up, step by step, through
all the grades, to absolute superiority.
ELECTION PRINTING.—Our prices for
election tickets will be $2 for the first hun
dred and 91 for each additional hundred.
This is very low, and we expect, therefore,
that the cash will accompany each order.
In past years we have lost many bills due
ns for election printing. In some instan
ces the mortey has not been collected from
the candidates, in others it has been collec
ted but never paid to us. In justice to
oursclf, we must guard against such loss in
the future. We hope our friends will,
therefore, send the cash with their orders,
or they may not receive attention.
MAY-DAY.—The Amdcrtaii has hoen
kindly placed at the service of the several
Sunday schools io this place, for an excur
sion to-day, to some suitable point a few
miles below town, where a picnic dinner
will be spread, and the usual ceremonies
and rites observed. We also learn that a
picnic excursion will lie made- to Katon'if
form. % few miles from town, hy other par
lies.
trg" We learn from the Echo that two
men employed in Kllis's logging camp, on
the west side of the bay, were injurctl on
Wednesday, birt not serious in cither ease.
One inan cut his leg in the morning, with
an axe. the other cut his foot in the even
<*ith the -anic kind of an instrument.
Who Is the Carpet-Badger!
.Mr. (iarfieldc's organ, the Rvpuhlitan.
since the nomiuation of (Jov. Moore, has
clioscn the slang term " carpet-bagger," as
the one to designate our candidate. The
term carpet-bagger, as all know, was in
' veuted to describe a class of persons which
had sprung up as one of the thousand ot
demoralising results of the late war. The
term was first applied to persons living in
the North, who having successfully avoid
-1 el all personal risk (luring the late national
struggle, ru-died into the Southern States
as soon as.the danger was over, carpet-bag
in hand, to appropriate the spoils of a vic
tory purchased with the blood of other
; men. In this sense, tcltishiiess, ingrati
tude and personal cowardice were the clc
| incuts necessary to constitute the character.
The term has since acquired a broader ap
-1 plication, and may be used to describe all
J of those patriots who desire to represent au
! Hll trilling constituency in Congress or else
| where. So far from the period of resi
' deuce being an essential element in the
j description of a true carpet-bagger, those
i Northern men who swarmed to the South
j in search of office after the close of the late
| war. arc justly regarded as disinterested
patriots when compared to those Southern
ers who seek the patronage and position of
j the dominant party, as the price of be
tray in«r and despoiling their life-long neigh
bors and associates.
The true carpet-bagger is one who is so
consumed with the desire for office that he
does not hesitate to sacrifice wluitever stands
between himself and his ambition, from his
country and party to the last soldier of the
late I'uion army. The first to abandon a
sinking cause, and the first to run from the
presence of danger, he is also the first to
return from bis hiiling-place in the mo
ment of victory and is the most obsequious
and loudest to shout the triumph and
sound the glory of those he denounced and
abandoned in the hour of need, and the
first to claim the spoils he did not help to
win.
We advocate the election of (low Moore
as the nominee of the Democratic party,
and. therefore, the representative of those
principles upon which we believe the Gov
ernment should be administered, and we
would have preferred that the canvass might
have been confined to the discussion of
those principles ; but as our contemporary j
seems to think that ifc< chief strength lie j
in the special ami superior merits of its I
candidate, we do not feel at liberty to pass
the point in silence. Mr. Garfieldc's or
gan could not. in our judgment, have made
a more unfortunate application of this very
expressive term. I«et a candid public hear
the facts and he the judge : It is true that
Gov. Moore came to the Territory with a
Federal commission in his pocket; the J
same is true of Mr. Garfielde, as it is true of
many of our best citizens. It is also true
that after a residence of less than two
years, Gov. Moore has been placed in nom
ination by the Democracy of the Territory
for 1 delegate to Congress; Mr. Garfielde
was also the candidate of the same party
for the same position, when he was nearly
if not quite as new in his residence as Gov.
Moore is at the present time. The partic
ulars in which the parallel differ nro noto
rious. Mr. Garfielde forced his own nom
ination in 1861. sacrificing his party to his
personal ambition; Gov. without
solicitation upon his part, has been selected
as the leader who is to insure us victory.
Who answers nearest to a carpet-bagger in
this? Gov. Moore it is true has changed
his party ; the same is true of Garfielde.
Both gentlemen were Democrats at the
commencement of the rebellion in 1860.
Those dark days of the Republic about
which Mr. Garfielde spouts so pathetically,
so feelingly and so eloquently, were spent
by him npon a foreign soil in a community
not exactly wrapped up in the star span
gled banner, for the purpose, as he tear
fully stated in his late Vancouver speech,
of toiling for the money wherewith to pay
Judge l<ancaster the SIOO and interest
which he borrowed to help him in the can
vass of 1861, when he was running for
Delegate nn the rehel title , as Watson would
cxpresa it, and other debts. And when he
returned to the bosom of his country at
last, he tarried not long among the hosts
and swine, but called at once to banquet
upon the fatted calf. We are left to con
jeeture whether his peuitence and prodigal
return were really brought on by patriotism
and a change of heart towards his country,
or by the cravings of hunger and tcornu
upon an empty stomach. The remaining
facts arc within the knowledge of all. He
became a trumpeter of marches which he
never made, and of battles which he never
fought, at once received the second-best
position in the Territory, and through all
the subsequent changes of the times he has
managed to maintain his place in the game
of soap the whip, op to the present moment.
A few words will present the contrast in
its strongest light. Gov. Moore, believing
with thousand* of other Democrats that
the only way to preserve the I'nion was to
put down the reheftion, went to the war
like a brave man. and sealed his convic
tions with his blood. Which of these,
fellow-citizens, when he asks for your suf
frage. seenr< most likia carpet-bagger?
If the te.-t were of patriotism between the
two men who would stop to upiph trere
word*, however fitly spoken, agaiust rhe
silent clotjueuee of wounds received in
battle ? If the test were of the sincerity of
motive, would you confide in the one who
receives rewards and profits with his pro
fusions, or in the other who expresses con
victions strips him of office ? If
you are to consider which would be likely
to prove the most faithful public servant
bv the light of these facts alone, would von
choose the man who has made the largest
pretensions and performed the least ser
serviee, above the one who preteudiiig to |
little has accomplished much ? Heinember ;
the mountain whose labor ended in the i
production of nothing but a nude.
♦ ♦
Selncins' Estimation of Himaelf.
" Oar people will find it to their interest, in the
present cantw, to elect the mnu whose sympathies I
nre with the giivernment, who»e service* hive placed j
the whole I'aciho coot under obligation* to him, |
whose travels nnd investigations through the Terri- j
tory have made its necessities familiar to him, and |
whose long residence in your midst affords a guar-j
antec that his interests are identified with yours, j
nnd that he is not a transient visitor who has come ,
to feast upon your bounties and leave you in time
of sorest need!"— Seluciiu' Letter to fun Countrymen.
That's the talk. We knew that Solu- |
eius' was expected to produce some sub
stantial evidence of his good faith, as his
late vi«it to Caribo in a '•time of sorest
need" had slightly shaken the confidence
of some of his countrymen. We felt con
fident that lie would not be able to suppress
those gushing fountains of tenderness and
feeling which have burst forth on so many
occasions, in such a time as this. We felt
sure that no want of sympathy with the
Government, on his part, would stand in
the way of his election, fir we knew liiiu
to be a harmonious soul, capable of sympa
thising with anything, from a Pacific Re
public to a Southern confederacy or a re
constructed I'nion. We knew that where
lie goes there goes bis sympathies also.from
the pulpit to the poker-table, from the (iood
Templars Lodge to the whisky-shop, from
spirits in air to spirits in bottles, from Con
gress to Johnson and from Johnson to Con
gress back again. Has he nut profoundly
sympathised with every thing which he now
hates and did he not once profoundly hate
all with which he now sympathizes ? Who
would think of this and fear that he might •
be wanting in sympathy for a thing which
he loves as he does the Radical party. It
is upon this ground, we presume, that the
whole Pacific coast is under obligations to ,
him. Perhaps it is in this manner he pro- j
poses to spread himself all over the coun
try when he goes out during the recess of
Congress to tell the people where and what
Washington Territory is.
-♦ ♦
Mil. H«»I.I.AI>AY'K VISIT. —The steamer •
Orijlmnme. with Mr. Holladay and invited j
guests, arrived at tin? .1 intermit'* wharf,
Tuesday evening, about "i o'clock, oil a I
tour of the Sound to select a terminus for !
the Columbia Hiverand Pugct Sound Hail-1
road. A ball was given at the Olympic in
the evening, our people vicing with each]
other to extern! the hospitalities for which i
they are so famous. Mr. Holladay "s party, i
we learn, expressed themselves highly grat-!
ified with the appearance of Olympia and i
the surrounding country and much pleased j
with their reception. The Oriffamme left ;
Wednesday morning for other points on the j
Soil in I.
The Trihnn *, immodintely under
the name of the Radical candidate for Con- i
grcss, publishes a notice that all orders for
election tickets mutt he areomjmnied by the
cash. We suppose that this is what the
Republican refers to when it says: "The
Tribune docs print the name id' Sclucious
(jarfielde, as a candidate for Delegate, but
in its columns it stabs him, ami still con
tinues its dirty personal flings at the mo
tives of Mr. Garfielde's supporters."
1 i
ACCIDENT. —As the Orijtamine was
swinging from the wharf last Wednesday
morning, a hawser snapped striking Mr.
Roberts, the tinsmith in the employ of
Mr. Williams, and knocking him against
u woodpile on the opposite side of the
wharf. Mr. Roberts was so severely. iu
jurcd that serious apprehension were for
some time entertained for his rccovory,
but he lius now recovered and working at
his tradt.
In ing of the Thurston county
Republican ticket the Republican says:
"Wehasard nothing iu Haying that it in
the best ticket ever placed in the field by
the Republican party in this county. The
gentleraon arc all well known,honest, indus
trous and capable." That may bo saying
a good deal for the men of this time, but it
does not sound so sugary for those of the
pant.
ATRKAT IN STOllK.— Yankee Phimmer,
who gave several entertainments here a
few mouths ago in delineation of Yankee,
Irish, Dutch, and other characters, re
turned by the steamer Thursday morning,
lie will give one of his amusing perform
ance* sometime next week.
ID" More in MrTow than in unt, wo rafrr to
the court* of our eotemporarie*. The Trantcriv*
honettlv ootnei out and repudiate! tliu Union nom
inee.—RrytMicaH.
That cordially cornea from the heart.
Watson don't waut to know anything more
of a man after lie has couic out honrttly in
politics.
w < •ov. Moore arrived froiu. Vancou
ver by Thursday evening's stage, lie
goes down the Sound Morrdav t<> hepin the
t-niiipiiign in that
Democratic Territorial Convention.
VANCOI VKR. April 22. 1809.
The Democratic Convention of Wash
ington Territory met at 10 o'clock, at the
Oro Pino Hall, in thin pine. F. I*. I)U»
pin. of tliv Central Committed, culled the
Convention to order.
On motion, J. 11. Lasoicr was chosen
temporary Chairman, John M Murphy,
temporary Secretary, and A. J. Kane.
Assistant Secretary.
A Committee of live was then appointed
on Credentials, consisting of Frost. Mix,
Bra zee. Longmire and Ostrandur.
Ilecess was then declared until half-past
eleven o'clock, at which time the Commit
tee on Credentials made the following re
port :
Your Committee on Credential* have
examined the Credentials presented to
tliem. and report the following named par
ties entitled to vote* in your Convention,
for the several counties herein named :
Snohomish Countv—M. 11. Frost, and
T. V. Marks.
Clarke County—J. S. Lovelace, Lewis
Van Vlcet, Jos. Petrain,Win. Bratton.scu
ll. M. Kn.'ipp. .1. L. Hank in. J. Bozarth,
Peter Pox.
Clallam County—l«. 11. Ccrrish and J.
E. Lciglitou. both by J. A. Kulin.
Jefferson County—K. S. Fowler, J. P.
Jultsoii, and F.dward Strand ; all by Kulin,
proxy.
Island County —J. K. Swift, and E.
Harrington ; by Swift, proxy.
King County —W. 11. Robertson. John
Welch, IS. M. Sinithcrs and John Collins;
all by Swift, proxy.
Kitsap County—John Congdon. A. S.
Miller and S. O. Williams; ail lo H. A
Wilson, proxy.
Walla Walla County—J. T. Hesse. B.
L. Sharpstien. J 11. Lasater. S. P. Page,
F. P. Hiignn. W. 11. Newell. J. P. Mix,
Fred Stine, T. J. Lee, Panicl Stewart, by
Sharpstein. proxy. Jesse Prutnheller,
by Stine. proxy ; and E. Ping, by delega
tion. prosy.
Yakima County—L. 11. Goodwill.
Cowlitz County—Pr. X. Ostrandcr and
Win. Putnphreys.
Whatcom County—Henry Hocdcr and
M. T. Jones; by Boeder, proxy.
Chchalis County—P. H. S. Henry.
Pierce County—Frank Clark, E. A
Light and Stephen Judson.
Thurston County—Lewis Shclton. G.
W. Biles, by Shelton. proxy; James
Longinirc. M. C. (ioodcll ami 11. Butler.
Mason County. — Lewis Shelton.
Lewis County—J. M. MePoniiald and
S. A. Philips.
Stephens County —C. 11. Montgomery
mill M. Opciiheiiner; by Montgomery,
proxy.
Skamania County—W. Collins, and .1.
W. Brar.ee.
In reference to the votes of King and
Kitsap counties, your Committee find that
the delegates elected from those counties
transferred their votes to proxies, and
those proxies re-transferred said proxies,
which facts are submitted to the Conven
tion. M. 11. Fm »ST. Chairman.
The second proxies were allowed to east
the votes.
On motion, day P. Potter was allowed
to east, the vote of Pacific County—two
votes.
A. 11. Simmon# was allowed to east the
vote of Klikitat county. when the report
was adopted.
A committee of live on order of busi
ne«s was appointed, consisting of \V. 11.
Newell. James Ijongmire. Pr. Ostrandcr,
1,. Van Vleet and Lewis Shc'iton.
On motion, the ehair appointed a com
mittee of seven on resolutions, as follows :
It. li. Sharpstein, ,M. 11. Frost, Frank
Clark, day P. Potter. 11. Duller, ('apt.
Swift and J. P. Mix.
The. Convention then took a recess until
:t o'eloek tlii< afternoon at which time the
eonnnittee was ordered to report.
AFTERNOON SKSSION.
The Convention re-ussembed ato'clock
I*. M.. pursuant to adjournment und was
ealled to order.
W. 11. Newell. Chairman of Committee
on Order of Ilttsinoss, made the following
report, which was adopted :
OHDK.It OP BUHINCKH.
Mit. CHAIRMAN :—Your committee on
Order of Husincss respectfully submit the
following report:
1. The adoption of Platform and declar
ation of principles.
'J. The nomination of Delegate to Con
gress.
The appoiutmeut of Territorial Cen
tral Committee, to consist of two members
for each Judicial District, and one for the
Territory at large.
•i. The nomination of Prosecuting At
torneys. to be made by the Delegates from
the respective Judicial Districts.
5. That iu ail eases the voting be by
counties, and viva rnct, and that the mem
bers vote as their names are called.
Respectfully submitted,
W. 11. Nr.\VKi,i„
Mr. Wilson offered as an amendment
that the delegates bo arranged iu alphabet
ical order.
Mr. Newell opposed j whereupon the
amendment was lost.
Mr. Chairman of Committee
on Resolutions, reported the following,
which was adopted:
The Democracy of Washington Terri
tory, iu Convention assembled,do make and
proclaim the following as their platform of
principles:
t. Buolctd, That the Democracy of Washington
Territory rely upon the justice and patriotism ol the
American people tor the ultimate triumph of Dem
ocratic principle*, which alone ean effect the full
and complete restoration of the America# Union
and restore to the people and to the United States
respectively, their rights under the Constitution.
f. Retohrd, That this government was founded
by white men, and that we are opposed to the ex
tension of the elective franchise or ciUienstup to
negroes, Indians or Chinamen.
f. AmoM, That the reeent attempt on the part
of the lladical party in Congress to disfranchise the
people of the Territory, indicates a purpose in that
party, to destrov the liberties of the people.
4. Ilrtolved, That we arc opposed to the pro
posed Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of
the United States.
«. Retnlrrd, That the exclusion of any States
from representation in Congress in lime of peace
is a dangerous asssult upon the liberties of the peo
ple, in violation of the principles of our Union and
subversive of the Constitution.
0. Hrtolred, That wc are opposed to the present
system of government taxation, and arc in favor of
raising the necessary revenue for government pur
poses nv an sil valorem la* n » 'he entire imports
| .mil property of the country.
7. limited, That we favor the coDstructiun of
rait ip*d* for the development of the vast resources
of oar Territory, and believe that govegfeuent shoutc
aid in the construction of of the same, and we ac
knowledge tUnimportant srrvjfss rendered tojiui
"f"
The Chairman thfti affeoundU tlinthi
next order of busi nag wi the loinii«ioi
of a candidate for IjfOegSe to 9>ngru||. ,
Mr. Ofcrk nominated Jndg#*o. 11. M<fc
Fadden.
Mr. Van Vlcet nomiuated Judge Lan
caster.
Mr. Montgomery nominated F. I*. Pu
ff"'•
A resolution was introduced that the ma
jority rule.
Mr. Frost moved the adoption of the
three-fifth rule. Lost:
It was resolved tlrat majority rule be
adopted.
W. H. Newell withdrew liis name.
The Convention then proceeded to bal
lot. with the following result:
O. B. Fadden—First ballot. 22; second,
22; third. 21; fourth, 23; fifth, 2ti.
C. Lancaster —First ballot, 10; second,
17; third. 17; fourth, 10; fifth, 10.
F. P. Pugan—First ballot, 4 ; second.
4; third. 4; fourth, 14; fifth. 6.
J. P. Mix—First ballot. 6; second. 0;
third, 0; fourth, 3; fifth, 2.
11. L. Sharpstein—First ballot. 2; sec
ond, 3 third, 3; fourth, 2; fifth.—.
C. W. Ste'mbenger—First ballot, 2;
second. 1.
Ed. Sliiel —First ballot, 2 ; second, I;
third.2.
W. 11. Xewell—First ballot. t»; second.
0; third, H; fourth, X; fifth. 17.
A motion to adjourn to 9 o'clock to
morrow morning was made and lost
On motion, the Convention adjourned
till 7 o'clock this evening.
KVKNIXO SKSSIOX.
Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Roll called —absent, none.
A dispatch was read from O. B. Me-
Fadden. withdrawing his name as a candi
date before the Convention.
Mr. Collins nominated Marshall F.
Moore.
.1 n<l<;e Mix placet! Frank Clark in nom
ination. whereupon Mr. ('lark, in a brief
lull eloquent speech. declined.
Tlie Convention then proceeded to bal
lot with the following result:
Lancaster —sixth liallot. 1(5; seventh,
.">; eighth, 10.
.1. D. Mix —sixth ballot, Ifl; seventh.
17.
\V. 11. Xewell—sixth ballot, 8; seventh,
M. I-'. Moore —sixth ballot, 12; seventh,
20; eighth, i»S.
After the seventh ballot W. 11. Xewell
withdrew his name.
The Chairman hereupon declare 1 that
Marshall F. Moore, having receive I a ma
jority of nil the votes east, was the nominee
for Delegate to Congress.
The nomination was received with the
greatest enthusiasm.
The nomination was then made unani
mous, after which Messrs. Newell. Clark.
Dugan, Lancaster Lasatcr. Mix. Sharp
stein, Ileeso. Wychc, Ostrander, Van
Vlcet and Frost addressed the Convention.
The next in order of business was the
appointment of a Territorial Central Com
mittee. consisting of two from each Judi
cial District, and one at large. The fol
lowing members were elected : First Dis
trict—L. Sheltnn, J. L. ltankin ; Second
District—K. S. Fowler, Frank Clark;
Third J)istrict. F. I'. Dugan, L. 11. (jood
win. <). 1). McFadJen at large.
The next order of business being the
nomination of candidates for Prosecuting
Attorneys, the following gentlemen were
nominated: First District —A. J. Cain;
Second District—James 11. La Du; Third
District—John I®. Judson.
A dispatch from M. F. Moore, acknowl
edging the notification of his nomination,
was received.
On motion of Mr. I>i»jran the thanks of
tlio Convention were tendered to the owner
of the Hall.
Mr. Clark moved that the proceedings
of the Convention be published in the
Walla Walla SfntenHtiit. Oregon Herald
and WASHI.MITON STANDARD.
The thanks of the Convention were re
turned to the President, Vice-President
and Secretaries.
('on vent ion adjourned.
J. 11. LABATKH. Chairman.
JOHN M. MIIBPIIY, A. J. CAIN, Scc'vs.
I
Strnveana.
" The unanimity with which the Hon. 8. G*r
ficlde wus nominated, augqrs well for the i-uccess
of the Republican party in the coming election."—
Regitter.
That's so, and a very deep well, too, if
we are any judge, for whan Selucius puts
his auger in he is bound to strike He or
bore the bottom out.
" Could they [the Democrats] have sowed tares or
fomented discontent in the Republican ranks they
tnsy have hoped for • hard-won victory."— lbid.
That's so, also; but as wc could not tew
tho tares, and thus prevent the indecent
exposure all over the Territory, we have
cmcluded to shut our eyes, and let the
show go on. contenting ourselves with au
easy victory.
" IJke the feet In the vision of the Book of Daniel,
the Democratic party ia made of iron and potter's
clay, commingled, and disintegration is certain."—
lbiH»
Oh, don't flatter yourself, friend Strove,
with such a though}. Tho Democratic
party has lost a bigger pair of feet than
those mentioned In the Book of !>auiel, and
still it stands with the big end up.
"The big mountain of Democracy will be a cloud
when approached, when reached it will not be there,
but instead we shall see our undaied eagle of tho
Northwest, Selucius Qarfleldc, soaring aloft in the
clear sunshine of victory."— lbid.
For decency's sake, don't let him do so,
without first putting up his auger uud sew
ing those tares.
Ntw STORK. —Messrs. Bluinaucr L Fro
nian have just opened a noat dry-goods
and grocery - store in WestbrookV building,
oppotit; Tacoma Hotel. Seo advertise
ment.
57" Polities hate become disgraceful, and touch
them, like pitch will detllc vrfu.— tyn.*«</». ,
Tliciu are news to ux. lip here. What
kind off/'/.* 'Ii«l \"U >av''
LATER MTOTF FBFI AfLAJifIC STATES.
UUOCT.AU H «TAN^.\ll»
I'OHTI.ANI*, April HO— 0 P.M.
The steamer CotUincntfU sailed I'or San
Francisco, last evening.
The Telfair arrived this morning
from Victoria.
Frank I'. Dugan's announced political
discussion is postponed until (rarfielde's,
returns when he will meet and go down the
river and possibly to the Sound With Ua»-
ficldc.
Judgu Heed will probably make several
speeches in the campaign for Moore.
Yesterday mid to-day very warm. The
thermometer stood at 90 in the shade.
NKW YOIIK, April 28.—Great excite
ment has be oil c routed by au expose pub
lished in the Sun, of the rascality »»f (J.
ilussel Young. Bditor of the N. Y .Tribute
Young owned a part of the Philadelphia
Post and Ufed his position on he Tribune.
to build up the Post at the sacrifice of the
Tribune. A loug correspondence between
Young, Stockton and others is given.
McClintlock furuished these letters for
publication. Young and tirccly arc on
the rampage. Young says he can explain,
when the proper time arrives.
China-town, Montana, is burned. The
loss is half a million dollars.
The Odd Fellows had a grand celebra
tion on the 26th throughout the Union.
Secretary Bovio will resign, and I'orter
will be Secretary of the Navy.
The report that Fish will resign is de
nied.
There have been 500 removals in the
Treasury Department. The beheading
machine will soon continence in the luteri
or and Post-Office Departments.
CINCiNNATTi, April 2!).—A terrible
tornado occurred last uight, destroying
Walker's station on Mauctta and (,'incin
u.it ti Railroad.
Officers of the regular army who are
thrown out of active service by the consol
idation of regiments, will be made Indi
an agents as u saving to Government.
I'IIiI, ADKI.IMI i A , April HO.—The Skat
ing Ring, the largest building in the coun
try. and where the Odd Fellows had a ball
on the 2tith inst.. -was burned last night.
Its dancing floor would accommodate 5,000
persons comfortably.
Legal tenders 7ti(<»( 77. (Sold.l 33J.
WASHINGTON, April 10.—The follow
ing are the nominations made to-day :
M. SI. Delano. of Colorado, ('(iiiHttl to
Fooehow; Win. 11. Wadsworth, Commiss
ioner under the treaty with Mexico ; Ish
iiimi Reaves, Associate Justice of Arizona ;
Asltcr I). .Mason, Secretary of the Mint
at San Francisco; Jas. I'. Coclirni e,
inciter ami refinor, ami Jus. I*. Ilnnii.-tc l,
coiner of the Mint at San Frnncu»eoi A.
11. Murkhani, Thinl Assistant Postmaster
General. Revenue Collectors—Otis I'ern.
of Stockton rice Mavis withdrawn ; A. 11.
Flint. Itosoliiirg. Oregon. Regivtprp—W.
It. Butler. Aurora, Nevada, aa< 1 \V. K.
Willis. Rosehurg. Oregon. The Senate
has confirmed for Assessor, 11. J. Tik'en.
First District of California, Registers of
Land Offices—Rollins, of San Francisco,
and McCallwu, of Sacramento; Receiver
of Land Office—Mart Fellows, of S,ioni
nicnto. ■ Postmasters—Tluw. i>. Rickey,
Salem. Oregon; J. J. Smith. Orovillc.
California; Miss Mary J. Falls. Vallejo;
I'M. Rubles. Supervisor. Idaho ; K. Ma
ker, Colinnissionor of Indian Affairs.—
Ministers—Robert C. Ivirk. Argentine
Republic; H. I>. Rassett, llayii; L.
Markltirch. Bolivia; (leu. W. Wurtx. Sec
retary of Legation, at Florence; Curtiii.
Russia; Thus. 11. Nelson, Mexico, Con
suls—A. S. Cetlan, of I'tah, Rrusscl.-.
Lemuel Lyon, of Oregon, Kanagawn ; F.
Mathews, California, 'langicr; l>:tvid Tur-
nor, of California, La Paz; Chns. Weiie.
of Nevada, C>tinvnquil; Clias. A. Slie|»-
pard, of Now York, Yoddo ; ('. K. Perry,
of New York. Aspinwall; S. L. (ilasgow,
llnvre. Consuls—(icii. Freeman 11.
Murse, London ; T. B. Vandcrburg; Flor
ence ; J. 31. Heed, Paris. 31. Dana,
Afpriiser of 3lcrchaudise, New York;
W. W. Johnson, lleveuue Collector, 3ion
taua.
NEW YORK, April 16.—THE WorW,
special lias the authority of a Senator
from the l'acitie coast for tho statement
that an extra Congress will be called with
in sixty days, undoubtedly for the consid
eration of the anuexatiou of Cuba, cither
peaceably or forcibly.
NF.\V YORK, April 28.—A horrible ac
cident is reported on the Long Island rail
road. The train which left Hunter's
Point this forenoon ran off the track a
mile cast of Jamaica, while going about
20 miles an hour. Hi* passengers were
instantly killed and fifteen others severely
injured, some mortally. The accident was
caused by a broken rail.
Private dispatches announce the death
of Capt. Henry A. Wise, at Naples. He
was formerly Chief of the Ordnance Bu
reau iu the Navy Department.
The further consideration of the San
Juan treaty was deferred until December
next.
The Senate to-night continued M. W.
Blake a 8 attorney for Montana, also all the
Indian agcuts, mainly Quakers; A. H
Gross, as Attorney for New Mexico, was
rejected.
THOV, (N. Y.,) April 23.—The lower
part of the city is inundated. Several
piles of lumber were carried away. The
storehouse of the Glenn Falls Lime ('<•>>-
pany was set on fire by the water flacking
1,51K) barrels of lime and waa totally «hf
stroyed. The boom above Glenn Kail*
was carried away and four thousand log*
set adrift; loss heavy. While a number
of persons were congregated on the prin
ciplc bridge here, watching the flood, one
end gave way aud eleven pcroous were
drowned.
I'LIH.ABKI.PIIIA, April 25.—A large
number of strangers have arrived to |>ar
ticipatc in the Odd Fellows' celebration <"•
Monday. The weather promises to be tine.
A Her the procession the grand feature
will he the ball in the pkatin£ rink, which
li.i» \ fur 510(1 in ilanee at once.