(EI)C lUcckln Enterprise.
CH"KliCI-"(.. PATKK KO CLACKAMAS COCXTV.
" Oregoa Sity, Oregon ,
Friday i : : Feb. 2, 1872.
Is, Saul also Anxong the Prophets?-
"VVheu Siul who, aHliough a
wood- soJuier- tint hard hitter had
yo great reputation as a saint, and
was in fact noted as a smitcr of
iha- Prophets, enrolled himself in
their ranks, it excited great aston
ishment and incredulity anions his
contemporaries.
The Portland Jiulleti'n has turn
ed a similar somersault, and thrown
itself among the opponents of what
it calls w cotoniz-ed labor."
. That - immaculate sheet prophe
sies that the influence of the Lock
and Canal Company y he. thrown
against the Republican party, in
q next election, and explodes in
a paroxysm of virtuous indigna
tion at the bare possibility of the
coming event and at the audacity
of the infamous "Ring," in pre
suming to work a larire force of
men, who are not Republicans;
" and it is of the political corrup-
tionists who engage in this kind of
infamy " that it raises its warning
voice.
'.'Can such things be
We ure ruined by colonized labor ? "
If the correctness of its prophetic
instincts be judged by the accu
racy of its alleged facts, it may
not be much of a prophet, after
all. The facts arc as follows :
Of the two contractors who first
jad charge of the works, one was
a Democrat and the other a Re
publican. The Democrat, howev
er, it seems, has since changed, his
views ; and at any rate, from the be
ginning, their patronage in Oregon
City was given to Republicans, al
though, it must be confessed, their
custom did not prove a source of
income.
On taking charge of the works,
the Company voluntarily paid every
dollar due by the contractors for
labor, contrasting, in this respect.
very favorably with certain friends
of the J) (Met in.
From that time tQ within a few
days, no change whatever was
made in the foremen or laborers
left on the works. The work has
man ever been questioned, directly
or indirectly, concerning his poli
tics. The appointments of fore
men and laborers have been made
exclusively by the Engineer in
cliarge of the works, without hint
or suggestion, or even recommend
ation, by any member of the
Roard.
A few days since, some ten or
fifteen masons and stone, cutters
were discharged, because there was
nothing further tor- them to do,
the last barrel of cement having
been exhausted, and it being im
possible to obtain more till spring.
In addition to this, winter is not
the time for such work, as the ma
sons themselves well know. The
political sentiments of the men dis
charged were mt known, and are
not now known to the Superinten
dent. A Republican foreman,
retained on the works, states that
the foreman of the masons was a
Democrat in California, and it has
been said that the foreman of the
stone cutters was not naturalized.
Whether this be true or not, their
places have not been filled by
tools of the 4 Ring,' " nor by any
one else, and only two masons and
stone cutters have since been em
ployed, and none others but masons
and stonecutters were discharged.
Two teams have since been em
ployed, at tho instance of the
4 ' Ring ' boarding house keeper,"
one? of which is Republican.
The boarding house built by the
..contractors has been in litigation
between three or more parties, is
small, and over a mile from the
principal portion of the work.
During the lafe severe spell of
weather the men had no fires, ex
cept such as they could make out
of doors, and many have left on
that account. They could not
.cross the river from Oregon City
in time for work in the morning,
in largo numbers, and there were
no aceemjnodations on the Linn
City side. A large house was put
up by the so-called " ' Ring ' board-
to obtain the board of the men,
and to be able to carry on the
work with advantage.
The conduct of the Company
throughout has been more than
ordiuarily liberal, and the charge
made utterly without foundation,
emanating from a few sore-headed
Democrats, combined with parties
seeking to take advantage of the
Company for political or personal
Death cf B F- "Washington.
We a.fe in receipt of the intelli-.
gence of the death of 15. F. Wash
ington, lte editor of the San Fran
cisco JJaily and Weekly J&'xim
ine?lhe leading Democratic paper
of tl-ie Pacific coast. lie died on
the-22d ult., of rheumatic gout, af
ter a severe illness of six weeks.
It is with pain that we chronicle
the death of this noble, high-minded,
gifted, generous man, and un
daunted, unswerving supporter and
defender of the Democratic faith..
Rut the inexorable mandate of the
fell Destroyer has smitten his great
spirit, and silenced forever the
heart "once pregnant with celestial
fire." His emancipated soul has
joined that " innumerable caravan
which has preceded him in sad pil
grimage through the dread dark
ness of the tomb. That, in the un
known sphere beyond, he will stand
the peer of any of his predecessors
we have no shade cf doubt."
" In the co mi plod currents of this world
Offenses gilded hand may shove by justice;
And oft "tis seen, the wicked prize itself
Buys out the l;uv ; but 'tis not so above ;
There is no" shuttling there ; the action
lies
In Its true nature, and we ourselves com
pel led.
Even to the teeth and forehead of our
faults.
Ij'o give in evidence.7"
Reforc that jrrand tribunal, re
marks the writer of his obituary,
where the Judge of the quick and
the dead will render final abitra
mentjthe deceased can appear with
the undaunted front ot conscious
honesty of thought and action.
Benjamin Franklin, Washington
was born in Jefferson county, Vir
ginia, in 1820. Before attaining
his majority he commenced the
study, and in proper time the
practice of the law. In-1845 he
was married to Miss Georgiana II.
Ranson, an accomplished and in
teresting woman, who, to the day
of her death, in San Francisco, in
1SG0, surrounded his household
with a charm which made & resi
dence the (referred lesort of a se
lect circle of earnest and devoted
friends.
In 1857 he was appointed Col
lector of the port of San Francisco,
which position he filled with satis,
faction to the community and credit
to himself for a period of four
years. " In June, ISCo, he came
to San Francisco to act as editor of
the JZeaminer, which position he
has since occupied, until six weeks
prior to his death. Of what he has
said or done in this connection,
it is useless for us to speak ; his rec
ord is before the country, and had
he no other claim to the gratitude
of his fellow men, and especially
of the Demacracy of the land, it
would exist in his fearless, unflinch
ing, unvarying advocacy of correct
political doctrines, during his
control of that journal. In per
sonal appearance he had few equals.
More than six feet in hight, with
symmetrical proportions, agreeable
countenance and manly bearing,
he attracted the friendly feelings
of all with whom lie was brought
in contact, whether political friends
or adversaries. It is safe to say,
that no man has ever lived in Cali
fornia who lias been so prominent
in political affairs, who goes down
to his grave with fewer of his race
left to exult at his departure. He
was always an undisguised and
generous foe, where lie had any
just grounds" for animosity; but,
even in politics, where any chican
ery is usually deemed legitimate,
lie scorned to use any unfair means
to obtain an advantage. As an
orator, had Col. Washington cul
tivated his capacity in that direc
tion, he would have attained great
distinction. Had he sedulously fol
lowed the practice of the law and
devoted to that pursuit all his
mental faculties, he would have out
ranked many of his fellow men
now high on the roll of honor in
the profession. As a poet, he has
written some of the most exquisite
verses. which have been penned in
our language. He leaves two sons,
worthy of an illustrious sire, and
two sweet daughters, now doubly
orphaned, to mourn the demise
of a man no act of whose life ever
brought reproach upon the fair
fame of his illustrious kinsman,
George Washington, whose grand
nephew he was, or that of the oth
er great personage whose name he
bore, Benjmnin Franklin."
Thus, one by one the brightest
ornaments of this wphere drop from
their orbits, and we Wl
the darkness .and g0oni which fol
low, where -oBee they shed un
shme and glory. By this sad event
California has lost a bright and
shining star; the Pacific coast, the
luiesi ot political writers, and the
j worhl a great intellect and noble !
man. Let us extend a word of !
sympathy to his orphaned children S
I aa.c drp a tear upon his grave as
' .lust tribute to departed worth. 1
The One Term Principle-
The- Xe-w York S'tn seems to
think that there is a growing sen
timent of acquiescence throughout
the country in the wisdom of con
fining the Presidential office here
after to one term. It calls to remem
brance the language of De Tocque
ville, who in one of his most elab
orate passages forcibly depicts the
evil and danger of our present sys
tem; and this same idea was put
forward by General. Jackson, in
some, of his earlier annual mes
sages to Congress. It was at the
time, as favorably received by the
IXemocratio paJttyr as it was hon
estly entertained by the, author of
the suggestion, though a state of
things arose afterwards which ex
hibited a practical refutation of
the doctrine, in the UgU political
necessity and duly imposed cm
Gen. Jackson himself of becoming
the candidate for a second term,
and hi th.. enthusiastic support his
re-election received from a vast
majority of the people.
The rSten further contends that
the hope of securing a second term
of office engenders a pernicious
practice that is :it war with the best
interests of the Republic. It leads
to corrupt cabals, and a continued
resort to the patronage of thy. of
fice to strengthen and advance the
aspirations of the incumbent. It
surrounds the President with a
class of wire-pullers and scheming
politicians, whose only aim is to
stand well with their chief by ad
vancing hrs ambitious schemes, and
who soon acquire a perfect reliance
upon the maxim that the end jus
tifies the means.
Gen. Jackson, in kds second an
nual message, uttered these signifi
cant words:
'In o'der particularly that the appoint
ment ot President 111:13'. as far as possible,
b placed beyond the reach of any im
proper influences ; in order that he may
approach the .solemn respo.ns.iUi 1 iiiesof ihe
highest office in the gift of ;i free people
uncommitted to auy other course than the
strict line of constitutional duty; and that
the securities for this independence may
be rendered as strong as the nature ot
the power and the weakness of its pos
sessor wi.1 1 admit, l can lot too eurnest'y
invite, your attention to the. propriety of
promoting such amendment to the Con
stitution as will render hira ineligible af
ter one term of service"
At the time these words were
written neither the patronage nor
the corruption of tho Government
had reached anything like the
magnitude they have since attain
ed. Hence this recommendation
has ten-fold the significance and
force that it h';d then.
The office is considered by its
present incnmbau.t as a species of
property, out of the opportunities
of which he has the rg to real
ize the largest pecuniary returns.
He regards government rather as
a means of promoting individual
interest than as an instrument cre
ated solely for the interest of the
people. And now, when we read
ina a leading Republican journal
that the President was to consult
with the members of the Philadel
phia Union, League as to the best
means to be resorted to in order to
secure his renominatiou, we can
understand to what extremities he
is willing to go in his desperate de
sire for another four years' lease of
power.
Imagine, if possible such a state
ment as this to have been bandied
about among the Administration
journals during the terms of our
earlier Presidents, without a stern,
indignant rebuke and denial. If
it lias done nothing else, Grant's
administration has "made assurance
doubly sure" of the necessity of
an amendment to the Constitution
so as to hereafter confine the Pres
idential office within the limits of
a single term.
1 1 KFun.sinxc,. The Oregon ian
of yesterday announces that "there
will be a mass meeting of colored
persons at the M. 11. Church this
evening, to take into consideration
several things connected with the
welfare of the colored people at
large, and particularly in reference
to Sumner's suppietnentary eivil
rights bill. All colored people, as
well as thoso who feel an interest,
are invited to attend." The House
of God converted into a political
caucus room ! " To what base
uses," etc.
Xo Passivism. Hon. George
II. Pendleton declares, in a recent
political letter, that the Democracy
will not disband, and those Re
publicans who are hungering after
new political alliances must come
to the Democratic ranks, as that
party cannot go to them. That is
the true doctrine.
Road Needed, The late block
ade on the Columbia has plainly
demonstrated the absolute neces
sity for a road from Portland to
the Dalles. The papers are urging
the inauguration of such an enter
prise. Success to thenir
A (ood Radical Falsehood Exploded-
During the excitement of a cam
paign, we expect all manner of mis
representations from our political
opponents. If good substantial
lying would win a. victory for the
Radicals, there co.mM be no doubt
of its success. Rut we supposed
that they would hardly commence
with unfounded stories which can
and are so easily proven false. A
story wa.s recently started tha.t the
Board of School Land Cpmirys
sioners had released a mortgage on,
good property at Portland, and to
favor party friends, taken one o.n a
lot in Salem which was not worth
one-fifth the money loaned. This
matter is disposed of by the Salem,
JTercury as follows :
Considerable comment has been made
upon the question of the sufficiency of the
security fur a loan sometime ago, imvle by
the Hoard of School Land Commissioners
to the Commercial Hotel Association. The
loan was $5 .00.0 in round numbers, ami
was secured by luonageon the corner lot,
S2i feet truat and Ifep. on Com
mercial street, diagonally across the street
lroiu, the L'uio.a Uotel. and between the
Chen!,eketi Hotel and .Myers' Agricultural
01ks property.
At the time of this loan it was asked as
a temporary convenience and was placed
in a proper es.imate, at a high figure, be
cause ot the very important improvements
tin n s-pringing up about it. and because
ot the railroad then just arrived at Ihe
town. The lot now has on it t lie largest
hvery stable 111 the State, atid an exten
sive blacksmith thop; ami parlies are
willing to take the property, it the Asso
ciation choose to so order, at the rate of
the loan, so that in no event will the State
lose a dime by the transaction. It is true
that property has depreciated some iu
tl.nt euarter 011 account ot various rea
sons, not to be enumerated now, since the
loan was made; but within the last Au
tumn the corner properly next above, and
iesS valuable than this, was purchased by
Mr. Myers at a figure about the amount ot
this loan. As to there being any -ring "
or any political advantage or tavoridsm
in any of these transactions on the part
of the Board, it is sheer nonsense to talk
of it, as the builders of the "Cheim keta"
are all honorable and responsible men,
and a majority of them are Republicans.
Of the five Directors who. have managed
the business ot the Association, three are
Republicans.
Let our political opponents wait until
the State has lost a dol.ar by the manage
ment of the Board, before, they make a,n
outcry.
This loan v.;aa made before, the. Board
had. adopted any settled rule cf business
on the subject of pub,iic loans, but the
rule, which, has Leeu adopted and under
which the Board has worked tor a long
time, is that the party asking a loan, shall
produce the certificate of the County
School Superintendent, appraising the
property offered as security, at three limes
the value of the sum. borrowed.
Jn the construction of the. Chemeketa
Hotel, ve. b.elieve nobody is liable to loie
any thing except the builders.
Since the f'oregoiig was in type, we
learn that the Iate.l, Company have nego
tiated a sale of ihe property mentioned,
subject to the mortgage, and that arrangement--
are made to pay oil' the mortgage
in full.
And as some of our Radical
friends may be disposed to doubt
Democratic autl-i l j-Oii this sub
ject, we append the following from
the Salem Xtatetfttnin, a paper that
has never been guilty of saying a
word in praise of the State admin
istration when it could avoid it:
We understand thnt the mortgage given
to the S'.ate. b.y the Commermd Jlotel
Company, on the lot on Commercial
streei. which has Leeu the subject y,f con
siderable comment of late, w as yesterday
satisfied on the county tecords. the money
having been paid the State tin; day before.
We also learn that instead of being a debt
due the State from the Oregon Iron Works
the amount due was t;;o!;ey 'oan.d from
ttie School Fund. Whatever it was it is
duly satisfied.
I'Kimu.v f I NTKiJKK li.vNCK. The New York
Sua Radical in speaking cf the interfer
ence of iiadical Federal office holders in
the organization of the New York Legis
lature truly asserts thaj. one of the princi
ples any complete reform of the civil
service mutt establish is that Federal of
fice holders shall abstain from all interfer
ence in State politics. There, for instance
are Mr. Naval OlTicet Lafl'm. Mr. District.
Attorney Crowley, Mr. Pension Agent
Doty, Mr. Collector Daniels, and how
many more we cnow- not, all at Albany
to attend to the organization of the Legis
lature of that Stale. This is none of their
business, nor their master's either. They
are paid out of the national Treasury for
performing duties which require their at
tention elsewhere. Let them stay at their
proper posts, mil leave ihe people and
the Legislature of New York to manage
their own affairs. Things have indeed
come to a pretty pass when a Speaker of
the Assembly and two clerks cannot be
chosen in a Sta,te without the intervention
of a score of the President's agents. The
Legislature should take an early oppor
tunity to rebuke such unseemly conduct
on ttie part of the Federal Administration.
Count DeChambers has issued a procla
mation, to the French people. The Count
claims as oj yore the right Divine and
says: I hall uerei abdicate my claim to
the throne ol France, I shall never for
sake the monarchical principles which 1
have preserved intact tor forty years, and
which in the best hope of France's great
ness and liberties. C.urism j3 anarchy in
France because her salvation is sought in
personal questions and not iu principles
I shall ever uphold the a ig of France aid
in restoring the aucient prestige qf her
anniep. Time presses alliances, and re
cognitions are urgent in the happiness of
the French people.
The Pioneer Oil Company, of Salem of
fer as special premiums on flax seventy
dollars on the best ten acres, and fitty-five
dollars on the second fceat, to be awarded
by the State Agricultural Society, at the
next State Fair. The Society akfo offer
thirty and twenty dollars as first and sec
ond premiums, making, in all. one hun
dred dollars for the best ten acres, and
seventy-five dollars for the second best.
Two brothers of Yreka, aged D and 17,
respectively, have this season killed sev.
en bears, two of them grizzlies, a large
number of deer, and found thirty-seren
bee trees', and attended school during the.
term time,
Misinformed Again.
The Oregonian is very unfortun
ate in receiving information. We
have frequently had occasion to
make correction of its false information-
only last week we had this
duty to 1'orform. That paper, in
its eagerness to make capital for
: its party is easily gulled by any
story calculated to injure the Dem
ocracy and throw reproach upon
the State Administration. Its pro
clivities for misrepreseniatroii'are
becoming so apparent that they
do no other harm than to show the
weakness of tl'-C-Radical emise and
what it is necessary for them to do
in order to create prejudice against
he State authorities. The follow
big is its last ''information
The facts in the matter aliuded to. as re
ported to us. are these : A foundry com
pany ot Ibis city owed the State for troi
erty bought here, which debt was secured
by mortgage. The Chenijekela IoteJ Com
pany" owed Ih's foundry company for iron
work. A "tiiru" was m ide whereby the
foundry-company were released froui their
debt to. the State, the. mortgage on their
property cancelled, and the debt trans
lerred to hfi. hotel company. To, secure
the debt the Statd authorities took a
mortgage on a bare lot at Salem, which is
reno.t iv-d. ty, be worth not one quarter of
the amount of the debt. Now the. inquiry
is, did this transaction take place or cot?
To which the JSIercury replies in
the following emphatic manner;
The editor is mistaken in the facts. The
The Board o tich.ooj Land Commissioners
hare had nothing to dto v.; U li he foundry
debt. That belonged to the general fund
and has been collected into the general
f und. No ' turn' was made -whereby the
foundry company v",-e released from
their debt to the State." The mortgage
on the foundry property was not cancel
led until the whole debt to the Slate was
fully paid. The hotel company agreed to
pay a part of the foundry debt, but no
credit was given to, the foundry company
on this account- on the books of iheState.
The School Land Commissioners loaned
the bote l'company $. 00J on real estate
security, which the editor reports worth
lcs.'i tjh.at? the debt, but which has been
sold subject to the school mortgage and
the same arranged to be paid off in full.
Will the Qregoni'Ui have the
manliness to make the propeV cor
rection, or will it, as it has done in
all former instances, try and wrig
gle out of it by placing the respon
sibility on soite unknown "inform
ant ?" We shall see.
Apportionmsnt.
Following is the apportionment of Dele
gates to which each county is entitled in
the Democratic State Convention, which
meets at the Dalles, on April 10 h :
BaVer
Benton
Clackamas 7
Clatsop 1
Co I nubia 2
Coos
Curry 1
Douglas 8
Grant 4
Jack sou, 8
Josephine 2
Lane 8
Linn 12
Marion 11
Multnomah 10
l'olk 7
Tillamook 1
U mat ill :.',
lrnion 4
Washington 4
Wasco 3
Vaediill G
vsNK Urn:itAxK.s. The Vfashing
ton 7j-7iV;w,. declares that "the present
Administration is the purest and best that
we ever had, and less money is stolen now
than at any time infhe history of our gov
ernment.' Such declarations says the S.
F. IZc tuer, cannot i,e title: ed by any
one enjoying their moral senses. So stu
pendous and numerous have been the
frauds perpetrated during the last four
years, that when the history of the times
is written it will receive the designation it
deserves by being styled the Age of Rob
bery. To utter the statement put forth
iu the Hrpublicun. the organ of the Admi.i
isttation in Washington, is a libel on the
memories of Washington and JeffVrson ..
During the past lour years, the amount
swindled from the peiple by dishonest
agents in the C istom house. Indian agen
cies anil other branches of the public
service, will amount to. more than the
stealings that occured in fifty years ot
Democratic rule. It is useless to comment
upon the matter. It will strike the read
er as being the most, astounding piece of
flattery ever uttered by a human being.
Tue Alaska Swimu.k. The Alaska
"ring" has been heard fiom through a
special Treasury agent, remarks the Ne.v
York WorM who reports that in
there were taken 83.901 seals. 2:5,773 in
1870. and G2,103 up to -nly, 1S71 ; total.
172.177. These are the figures since the
United States released their interest in
the Islands of St. Paul vnd St. George to
a seal catching company, and do not con
vey a complete idea of the number of
seals destroyed. There must be added
17.218 killed in such a way as to destroy
the value of their skiii3. and 11.436 taken
by the natives for food just, prior to th.
lease, thus showing the entire destruction
since lHtitJ to be 2m).ti31 seals. The agent
adds that Ihe females have decreased ten
per cent, this year, and intimates that
caution nmi Ije exercised to prevent the
extir,ati.m 'of tin? animals. Tfce natives,
wljoin ihe company was to educate, en
lighten and generally transform, into an
gils, we rrrret to see have become ad
dicted to drunkenness, distilling a liquor
out of thir flour and sugar rations
A uextlkax recently traveling through
Jessamine county, Kentucky, saved 'his
money and his life," ben stppped by
three negro robbers, by paesicg himself
of for General Dnrbridge, ':tha friend of
the colo-etj man."' Jh,! I-oyisyille L-Ajtr.
noticing thLs,.says : - We are willing to ad
mit that life is swept, and money sweeter,
but if any poor devil was ever called rip
on to s;ire either, &.t a greater scriSce, ye
should be glad 10 haye his name."
A Tew days ago. at Canyon City, the
house pf Johu McCullough was carried by
a land slide a distance of two hundred
aud forty yards, aDd landed in Canyon
creek. The tense, fencing ai;d garden
are nninpjred. and the creek has been
fqreed into another channel. Many per
eons were in the house at the time, but no
one was injured. The area c-f laud moved
was abo il ten acres.
The Matter Settled-
It has heretofore been a matter
of doubt in the minds of many in
this countVj and particularly the
Radicals, as to the right of the men
employed on, the Locks to vote at
the coming election. This question
has been settled by the Bulletin of
the 29th ult. In referring to an
item which appeared in the Entkk
pkisk last week, in regard to the
progress of the work on the Locks
and that it was the design of the
Company to put on an increased
force soon1 that paper says:
"A laige additional force will be put
on early iu the Spring ,: Jes' so. Say by
and not after March 3d. The next gen
eral election will be held on Monday.
June oM. The law requires a residence
of ninety diys. in the qoeyity audi precinct.
.-Ninety Uays trior to 4,11110. lid we shall U,e
able, we phtojibecy., to announce that the
' large additional force' large enough
to surely overcome the Republican m.a
jcriiy of Clackamas county has been
"put on" at the Catud and Locks.
The Democracy do not wish to
imitate their Radical friends. It is
a matter of fact vell known that
had it not been for the Railroad
importations last election, Clacka
mas county would have given a
Democratic majority. It is not at
all probable that the force on the
Locks will be increased from what
it has been for months past, unless
the wcathev be more favorable than
it generally vs this time ot the year
until after the 3d of March. It
is the intention of the Democracy
of this county to cany it by the
will of the letral voters. If this
cannot be done, they will allow the
Radicals to retain their offices.
The Territories -
Women at Olympic propose to present
themselves for registry as voters.
Snow about Silver City. Owyhee, is four
feet deep on a level. At last account a U
was raining.
The Montana Legislature, row in sessio,n
has refused to entertain any application,?
whatever for divorces.
L. F. Cornpton has taken the. contract o,f
building the bridge over the. Cowlit riv tu
tor the Northern Pacific P,ailroad.
A single saw mill at Pnget Sound, that
at port Gamble, exported last year over
twenty-nine million feet of lumber.
The mails for Pugcl Sound, are. now car
ried by hand car liotn Kalama to Pum
phrey's Landing, on the N. P. It. 1.
Two Ualdwin passenger locomo'ives ar
rived in San Francisco on the l'Jth tilt.,
and will be forwarded to Kalama by the
first vessel that has space..
The streets of Kalama are so, muddy
that wood cannot be hauled into (own. It
has to be -portered"? b.v Chinamen, at an
expense of about $? p.;x eord. '
, , , ,,
On the 28th December the bark Corea
sailed lor Kalama from New York with
77 tons railroad iron ; on the Cth Janu-
arv the shin Annie Small sailed from the
same place with KioO tons.
This time his name is Leandc; Holmes.
Ihe Washington Territory gentleman,
v.-hose official head has fallen into the
bucket. Hut almost every r;;an in the
Territory by this lime knows how it i
himself.
Urighnm Young is represented to L,e in, J
the jolliest possible humor, notwithst and-
ing his approaching trial. lie says he has ,
no anxiety whatever as to the result, and j
1 - r:. u,.ahm-2 tri h K'i rrvl ll-f !
leading .Voninns .
The fire which broke out some woek-j
airo in the Ilellingham Day coal'mine con
tinues to, ')i;rn. Heavy pumping machine
ry has been ordered from S in Francisco
to clear the mine of water., since it will be
necessary to Hood it.
A purveying p.arty for the N. P. li. It.,
leil by Capt. M ajvvell. have been forced
by severe weather to abandon their work
: ,1... 1 1 'i ....;( 1 T .1L-.1 n.tmi-ir iril frA
to Wallula. They arrived at the latter
place after meeting with great hardships
and losing most of their unimajs.
Near Olympia. V. T . there is a compa
ny engaged in manufacturing water pipes
of wood. The sections are bored, turned,
banded and coated with asphal'.um inside
and out. The cost of six inch pipe of
this manufacture is eighty cmts per foot.
The compiny have $:;), 0U ) invested, and
make from 150 to 500 feet of pipe per day.
according to al.c
From British Columbia-
The victoria Sland trd has been purchas
ed by a company who will convert it into
an evening paper.
Capt. Meldrum of the schooner Cam
bria of Yiqioria.' V- I- ""as murdered at
the Fiji Islands recently, by the natives
The American ship Lookout struck on
Race Rocks in "fl.e .Straits of Fuea a few
days- ago. She was got of iu about five
fiours leaking badly.
One of the Victoria papers says that
Diiiish Columbia wants a "modified tarilf"
of duties o;i imports to protect 'her own
industry. Put. a contemporary points out
the fact that there can fie no special tariff
rates for Puiti.-di C'dijmbia ; because,
since confederation was effected no Prov
ince can be permitted logo into tanil' mak
ing 011 its own account.
The Canada GnzUe contains a node- of
the intended application to Parliament for
the incorporation of the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, with power tq con
struct u railway from the seaboard of
nrttish ' Columbia towards the Rocky
Mo'u'-fitains. and thence to connect with
the present railway system of Canada.
1 he notice is signed L,y a mo;ber of influ
ential Canadians.
Two men. says an exchange, were dis
charged from the San Francisco county
jail, a short time since, who had been im
prisoned, one from the Dth of September,
and the other from the 21th of October,
as witnesses in criminal case. Both these
men bad families dependent on them, who
are reduced to destitution.
Tim Chicago Thr.es says that the repre
sentatives of leading insurance companies
in London and New York havj raited
Chicago, inspected the fire traps that are
being built there, ad threaten to with
draw all tiifisess from that city unless a
etep is put. t. ihe Wilding up of the city
with wooden cornbiistiiiles. '
The report of the Supervising Architect
ol the Treasury Department states that
up to theSOtb of June last, the sura of
$114,324 71) had been expended on the
PostoEee and Custom House in Portland.
This includes S13,00Q paid for fit; site.
State News.
Mount Hood has again been erupting.
WLeat will probably be cheap next fall.
Swa,n sell, st one dollar apiece in Portland.
H snowed at the Dalles on Wednesday.
Silem nylU ty,;u. still offering $1 0o for.
wheat.
Eugene. fB,s, ten drinking and six eating,
bouses.
The t'pp-? Cplitsja Vi still blocked,
with ice.
Albany now baasfs a Ualheaded negni
'Methodis.t preacher.
The Oriflunme is advertised to sail for.
San Francisco to-tiay.
Seyeral fu;8, burl-dings wiil be erected;
in S.iletn, th,Ls summer.
The R-epub,Iica.n State Central Commit-,
tee. m,et at Sclera yesterday.
The Chemeketa Hotel vvUl noon he se
cpeued, ou a Vreforn" basis.
o
Mine days is the time it takes the tnil
to. re;vch here from Sacrament')..
The ruilcoAdj cp1c.pa.3yr are laying out an,
addition to. the town ot, Oakland.
The tniV'P.endience So'ks are to hare
calico Uail on St. Valentine's Day.
Linn county Democracy is now thor
oughly organized and very enthusiastic.
Multnomah county will hold a Fair, in
the vicinity of Portland, the com.ing,
summer.
Money orders amounting to, S13 410 Co,
were issued at the Jacksonville postoffict.
last year-
Girls are admitted to metr.l-.c.r.-d.fn in thn.
Adelphian Literary DjeVituig Society, in,
Cotvallis.
At a luvll in Douglas county, the oth-r.
night, there were lt)J couples present, an.
Ill babies.
The, premium Iit kr. the. next State Fair.
(juMt published) is more liberal than aay
former one.
Flour is seven dollars per barrel, ami
potatoes one dollar and a half per bushel,
in Corvallhy
Several churches at Saletu are holding.
religious services on each evening of th.
present week.
A St. Helr,as I tall school girl Seli ou,i of
a. buggy, in Portland, the other day. and,
broke her wrist.
Butchers in Cot vallis have suspended
operations Uecuwe. tfcej are unab.le to ob-.
tain beef cattle.
T!ia house, of Joseph L ine, North Yam-,
hill, was destroyed by tire on the 13th lilt.
Incendiarism.
The Fniinrr wants large landholders iti.
Oregon to fell part ot their lands for th
good, of the country.
A. highwayman juule a Mr. Sanderson
'.'come out." on the road between liose
burg and Winchester.
Miners in Josephine county are at work
successfully. Water is more abundant
thai; lor several years.
Seyeil vo,un ludie. of Portland ri
studying the art of telegraphy at the Na
tional Uusiness colleges.
Jtichard Duval, of Marion county, has
been grouted a patent for his recently inx
vejted iron wagon whe,d.
j The rail read track bevond Eugene ha.
I been repaired, a ad construction trains are.
j arrajr, punning (0 the front,
, '
I l'op!e of Uosebiirg propose to h,rid;got
j ihe Soi;rii t-tupjua at that place. Jt is a
ICU i,'ed-d improvement,
j A new t,nv" h;,s heen bud ofT on Coos
! the. terminus of the Coos Day ,u
I iuugian wuiiiiij iiii.rii iiwici.
The Democrats of Independence, Polk
co:;tify are ' e.tive.'' They have organ
ized a club w-ith over seventy members.
The Corral lis (l.tz'll. says Dill Gird has.
been "refortiv'd" by taking that paper lor
two years. I;e quit imbibing New 1 ear s.
A. G. Gibbs. Iq., has Veen appointed
ij -4 Ditriet Attorney.' in the place of J.
Cartwright, who, ha? removed from the
sjlate. ' .
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A company, with 500.00(1. capital. Has
bee's incoi poratv.d to build- a plank road
from Portland, to, Cc!ntervi.Ue., in Washing-
ton cv.uuty.
Putal A-rc.nt Underwood reports the
roads b-tween Ivigene and Jacksonville
in better condition than is usual at this
season of the year,
The Sl'ilesir.in complains that church
goers at Salem pick tip hats and stalk out
ot church before the doxoiogy at ttieclobe
r th K'ics 1 Unshed.
Wrestling Joe." Y. G. Johnson, of this
city, mux Jud?t! H';ub;, .J lrtUnd. have
been taking testimony in the. Caniiher
case, at Sa fern, during the week.
Vessels ranr.ot get in or out of Coo
P.av, because I lie tug there has uot bet-
Inspected, and can do no towing. The In
specto will sojn lemedy the nutter.
The State Temperance Convention will
assemble at Salem 011 the 22d inst. Steps
will prof) ably be taken to secure Legisla
tive action restricting the sale of liriuocj.
IJurglars attempted to rob, the. store uf
J. 11. II irker. in Daylon, last week, but
were frightened away. They v. went
through '" seyejal kitchens, and escaped.
List No. 1 nf the approved lands of the.
Dalles Military Road grant, also list No.
2. of the Cot vallis and Yaquina Vgoii
Road grant, have been 'received ami filed
at the Executive office.
A circular has been received by the Jr,
sptetor at Portland calling attention w
the, law prohibiting the carrying of coal
oil. i;i an;- shape, on loats or cars whicl,
carry pas.-engei'.?.
The case cf Lorine vs. Delay ft al., in
volving ltie to' a valuable tract of land
near 1-t.j s.i.'v", ,irr'e: up t f i the U. S. Su
preme Court py Cd. V. VV. Chapman, has
been decided "in favor of" the defendants.
A Mr. fiopdwin. a pnphelof. whq Hri
near E da was ehot at hy smie unknj-(yp
person, one evening last week. Jle waij
sitting by the fire, ami the ihoi came
through "aii nnctina'ned window, grazing
his head.
A prisoner esevptd from the Albany,
jail. la$t week, and started for Portland?,
on ihe railroad track. The Sheriff chart-"
ered a hand car, overhauled the fugitive;
at Turner's station, and lodged him hi Jail,
tfie same nigbr ' '
Qn Ijjoaday last & little son of J. II
Reed of Portland, was accidentally shot
by a bo-named DuRois. while they wer
playing with a pi.'tol. The bait entered
the left breast, inflicting a dangerous, if
not fata iWouivd. ' ".''
A farmer on Howell's Prairie has had
stored in a granary for two years about
2 000 bushels of wheat, for which he has
been offered, at different times, $1 3D,
and SI 25. but he held on until this week,"
when tie sol4 the lot at SI 00.
The We.stxlde publishes the following
st itisiics 'of Yamhiil county : Total valu
ation of property, less indebtedness. $1,
"288.874; number of horses. 3.252; cattle.
0.525; sheep. 19JU6; hogs, 7,372; flouring
mills, 0; saw mills, 17.
A Salem policeman found a horse tied
to a post, late at night, and thinking its'
owner was on a ' spree' had it cared for
at a livery stable. It proved to be' a
Methodist preacher's, who was aUcntlios
a Good Templar Lodge.