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OtTeGOX CITY, fiFECn, 3IAR('h 6. 1574.
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iw3sca vtic stite convkxtiox.
Democratic Stat" Convention for the
Wat- of or -on. is hby called by the j
Tmocratie State Central Committee, con-
vened ir. rortiand, Oregon, this, the 22d
d'av of January, A. IX, 1S74, to meet at the j
citv of Albany, Oregon, on
W""" hom?nauVdV '
li'l, for the purpose of nominating canal-
.nu-s to bo voted for at the general election
In Juno next, for Congress and the various
State and District offlccs then to be filled,
and Tor the transaction of any other busi
ness that may properly come before It.
The apportionment of members of said
Convention among the counties is based
upon the Democratic vote cast for lion.
T..t, nurnftt for Comrress in 1372. allowing:
one delegate in said Convention for each I
one hundred or traction of fifty, so cast.
T1K several counucsoi w e iul. ui
THE EHTEBPRISI
O entitled to deli-gates in said Convention as
follows :
Halve r
n 'fiton
Clatsop
Clackamas....
Columbia
'urry
( "l H S .
J uglas
iraut
JoS'-phine
Jackson
T.inn
12 !
I,ane
Marion
Multnomah....
1'olk
17 n ion .
Umatilla
Tillamook
Wasco
Washington ...
Yamhill..-
10
12
. 0
5
6
1
5
. 3
, 6
Tatal
124
It is sugLT'sU'd bv the Committee that the
several count i.-s hold their I'rtiiiary Con
ventions on Saturday.the 2Hthlay of teb
rUsrv, at 1 o'clock V. -M., and their County
Uouventions on Saturday, the 7th day of
March, at the same hour. In those counties
wle-r ' th-'s- ai pointuu-nts do not meet the
convenience of tlx 1 emocruey, it is expec
ted that thev will make the necessary
chaives through their County ommittee.
W. I. WIUTK,
Chairman Hern. State Central Com.
J. J. Walton, Jr., Secretary.
Democratic County Convention.
The IMif;cratie voters of Clackamas
county ar requested to meet at their
usual places of voting-, on Saturday,
February 2stli, 1-7 f, for the purpose of
electing "delegates to the (nmty Con
vention, which will be ireld at Oregon
Cit y, .March 7th, 174, at 11 o'clock a. in.,
for tin- purpose of selecting seven dele-.r:i(..U-
attend the State Convention,
w.iieii will meet at Albany on the lHth
dav if March next,and to transact such
other business as may properly come
b-Iore the Convention. The various
precincts are entitled to delegates in
the Convention as follows:
( H-egou Cit y
bimi City
Cutt i tig's. ..m.
fual-itin
Upp-r Molalla..
( "anemah
I 'ascades
Ilardinji's
Lower Molalla.
Maniuam's
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
Si
3
1 moil
1M asiint Hill
Marshfield
Koek Creek
Heaver Creek
1 I Canby
1 Milwaukle
1 j is .vego
2 I S; riiigwater
a Kagle Creek....
Total 48
The. Committee reeommed that the
nomocracy turn out in full force and
ntt'-nd the primaries.
Kv order of the 4 'onunittep.
A. NOll'NliH, Chairman.
The County
u
Convention.
The Democratic County Conven
.tion which meets in this city to-morrow,
h;ss a most important duty to
perforin. On its action depends the
success of the party in this county.
And from it tho people who have
el.-etod it have a right toexpeet such
'e; lilts as will tend to harmonize and
strengthen the party. The delegates
should sink all personal feelings in
the matter of nominating candidates
for office, and have only in view the
success of the party and the selec
tion of honest and comix-tent persons,-and"
place in the tield repre
sentative en, wuo "vvi11 stand the
Jeltersonian test. They should be
men of known integrity and ability.
"With such men as are expected, and
ought to be nominated, the success
of the party is a foregone fact. But
should the Convention select men
who are ot acceptable Uthe 7asses,
defeat is equally certain.
At this time the Democratic party
is the only organization which has an
existence in this county. Our Itad
O ieal fiieols are entirely broken up,
sai 1 their only hope now is in dis
rupting the Democracy. This the
Convention must avert. And while
it is impossible for them to select
tho first choice of every voter, let
t.hein use the utmost caro to select
none that are objectionable to the
great masses. Furthermore, let them
not select candidates for the person
al favor of this or that man. It is a
crisis, which, if passed successfully,
will lead to a glorious triumph; if
endangered by improper nomina
tions, it will result in defeat. It is
the first time in the history of this
Wonnty for tha past twelve years that
the Democracy have had a fair pros
pect for success, and hence it is not
at all strange that we should have
plenty of candidates willing and
ready to serve the "dear people," aod
who claim for themselves eonsidera-
Gion. The Convention should calmly
investigate and consider the fitness
of every candidate for any position,
and then select the man who is likely
to receive tho most hearty endorse
ment of his county. No man has
particular c'aims upon the party
Tho party does not belong to any
man for the purpose of foisting him
into office. lie is simply a member
of a great corporate body, and if the
voice of a majority of the voters of
the party call upon him for any po
sition, he should consider it a com
idiment for the reference. But no
X
man has a right to claim the Demo
cratic party as his property, to be
used for his soccial benefit. The
Convention has a perfect right to say
to a man, if he presents himself for
this or that office, that it may re
spect his wishes, but also do him or
them no injustice by refusing to
place them in nomination. In short,
the Convention should do the same
as the farmer would toernploy a hand
to work for him. In that case he
would select one likely to serve him,
aud one known to b faithful : or as
the merchant would a clerk, or th
; " i mm in i iw
mecuamc a journeyman. ney are
employing men for the service of the
I people, and for a term of two years
or more. They should select honest
and competent persons, and as it will
be impossibie to employ all, let then-
select such of them as the peoph
0 man has a right to claim
at any particular office belongs to
liim. The people have selected the
delegates to determine the matter,
and tby expect the delegations to do
meir auty wunout iear or paniaiuy.
We hear a great cry that the town
(Oregon City), wants to monopolize
the offices. Now, we would state in
all earnestness, that -we hope the del
egates may be able to make up a tick
et from the farming and laboring
classes of our Country. There never
Jg been any undue advantage taken
o CQunt jn nominatioM since
we have resided here. The ticket.
with the exception of State Senator.
Clerk, Treasurer, and Superintend
ent of Schools, were taken from the
cotintry two years ago. These are
four out of the eleven that were to
be selected, and as Oregon City polls
nearly one-fourth of the vote of the
county, we see no injustice in this
distribution. But we hope that even
a greater portion of the ticket this
year may be taken from among the
farmers, and we can assure them that
such selections will meet the appro
bation of the Democrats of Oregon
City. Give us good men, and victory
will be perched on the Democratic
banner. We care not where they
come from.
New Surveyor General.
In our last issue we announced that
Benj. Simpson had been appointed
Surveyor General of Oregon, in the
place of W. H. Odell, and since that
date his appointment has been con
firmed. "Whatever may be our opin
ion of the present incumbent, we are
certainly forced to the conclusion
that the change is much for the
worse. Ben. Simpson is a notorious,
unscrupulous political prostitute,
and stops at nothing to carry his
ends. lie was Mitchell's champion
in the last Legislature, and while he
may have done as much to elect him
as any other man, we apprehend that
the present incumbent sacrificed his
honor aud integrity fully as much as
lie did, by buying up votes for him
with surveying contracts. This man
Simpson is the same one who had the
little unpleasantness with Mr. Caples
in the last Legislature, where they
accused each other as being bought
and sold. Simpson is notorious in
Benton county for the rascalities he
lias practiced in the past by import
ing and returning illegal voters.
There is nothing to low for him to do,
and while we admire him for his open
and undisguised rascality, we cannot
but deplore the condition of any
country which has for its public offi
cers such men as he. lie was form
erly Indian Agent in Benton county,
an.t if reports are half true, his re
moval was more than justified. The
appointment shows that Mitchell's
tools, no matter what their charac
ter may be, must be, and are rewarded
for their services. This selection
cannot fail to meet with the disap
proval of of all honest men, whether
Republicans or Democrats in our
State.
Is itTisuk? A correspondent at
Portland writes us that there is a
strong probability of the Custom
House clique and the 4 4 Independ
ents" harmonizing." The bases of
"harmony" are to be on the ground
that the Oreyoninn gets all the offices
aud continues to fight on the "inde
pendent line," while the Bulletin is
to be snubbed, and put under other
control. This State move is like all
the county movements, gotten up in
the interest of the defunct Radical
party, and Democrats should be cau
tious how they take stock in it.
m
"Will have to Eat Diet. If the
Radical Convention, which is to meet
at Salem on the ISth of April, ac
cepts the terms of the 44 Independ
ents," and fails to place a ticket in
the field, the Bullet in and the rest of
the Government officials will have o
eat an unusual amount of dirt. The
Oregon ion crowd, w ith Sam Clark as
its first assistant, will rnn that Con
vention and nominate what tho Bul
letin has called all kinds of hard
nair.es. It will, however, be ready to
take it all back.
Disorganized. It is supposed by
many well-informed politicians that
the independent move is gotten up
for the benefit of the Radical party.
Having no hope for success, as a par
ty, they have determined upon bush
whacking into power. The date se
lected, and tho place, being three
days before the Radical Convention,
and at the same place, would indicate
that there is good ground for the
supposition. If the Democrats place
in the field good men. they can de
feat any such movement.
Independent Ticket. The fol
lowing is the independent ticket
placed in nomination by the voters
of Douglas county, last Saturday:
For Senator, W. F. Owens; Rep
resentatives, D. W. Stearns, George
Riddle, J. C. Drain and Thomas Led
gerwood; County Judge, Thomas
Smith; Clerk, E. B. Stephens; Sher
iff, Plin Cooper; Commissioners, A.
T. Ambrose and Henry Adams; Tres
nrer, John Bonebreak; School Su-
nerintendent. H. P. WatlrinQ.
va, nr T Thoil- ico,n. 4 it
Matthewx; Coroner, Dr. 8. Palmer.
rf,
Our Special Washington Letter.
"Washington, Feb. 16, 1874.
Memorials were presented by Mr.
Sargent of California, in the Senate,
in Saturday last, signed by 16,630
itizens of California, calling the at
tention of Congress to the great in
flux of Chinese on the Pacific slope,
During the course of Mr. Sargent's
remarks, he said there were 60,000
Chinese on the Pacific Coast; they
un4erbid the native labor; they im
parted no value to the commupity;
they were Pagans; they evinced no
desire to become assimilated to our
institutions; they added nothing to
the material wealth of the country,
taking with them all the wealth they
had accumulated. This was a ques
tion which did not concern the States
of the East, but that it would soon
become a national question, for the
Pacific Cosst was the gateway through
which these people would pour, and
finally spread over the whole coun
try. Tho memorials were referred,
and will no doubt bo again brought
before the notice of Congress at an
early date.
There is now abill before the Com
mittee on Public Lands, introduced
by Mr. "Ward, of Illinois, providing
that miners shall be compelled by
law to pay for their lands and apply
for patents for the same. The mem
bers from all the mineral districts,
especially those from California, will
strenuously oppose the passage of
this bill, and an effort will be made
to have it referred to the Committee
on Mines and Mining, where it will
meet with grea opposition. It is
charged that Mr. "Ward introduced
the bill at the request of Major J. T.
Hoyt of San Francisco, who is en
gaged in the business of procuring
patents for mineral lands, and whose
business, with such a law, would be
greatly increased. It is reported
that Major Hoyt and other parties
will soon arrive here, to add strength
to the lobby and urge this bill, as
also the bill to extend the public sur
veys over Alaska (referred to in my
last letter), for the benefit of specu
lators in coal lands.
A bill will soon be introduced in
Congress to provide for a new rail
road to San Francisco, over a prac
ticable route, and in direct opposi
tion to the Central Pacific railroad.
What the provisions are to be can
not yet be known, butit is sagacious
ly remarked by railroad men, and
their friends, in the House of Rep
resentatives, that when it is intro
duced it will cause a great stir in
railroad circles, and create a new ex
citement in San Francisco.
Delegate McCormack has intro
duced a bill, agreed upon by the
Committee of Territorial Delegates,
providing for general railroad laws,
to be enacted by the Territorial Leg
islatures, and granting the right of
way 200 feet wide, to all companies
incorporated under these laws of the
several Territories, and 20 acres of
ground at regular intervals, for sta
tions. The object of this bill is to
relieve Congress of a large portion
of its special legislation. It differs
from Senator Stewart's bill to pro
vide for general railroad laws in the
Territories, by excluding all provi
sos regarding the financial manage
ment of the roads, and provides only
for the right of way and stations.
In conformity to many petitions
the House Committee on Pensions,
intend to report a bill allowing the
survivors of the Mexican War the
same standing under the pension
laws as is now enjoyed by the vet
erans of the war of 1812. The Com
mittee have also been besieged bv
numerous claimants who have fought
in the Indian wars, and an effort is
being mado to secure them the right
of pension in the bill to be submit
ted to the House.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, has in
troduced a bill to authorize the coin
age of silver coins of tho value of
20 cts., in order to perfect the deci
mal character of our currency. He
will not yet advise the retirement of
the quarter dollar coins, but this is
ultimately looked for. In connection
with this subject, Senator Stewart
will introduce at an early date, a
resolution calling upon the Secretary
of the Treasury for information
showing how long it will take to coin
fractional currency in silver, to take
the place of fractional greenbacks
now in circulation. It is expected
that it will be shown that so long a
time will be required for this work,
that the Government will see the ne
cessity of commencing the purchase
of silver bullion at once.
There is a small army of mail con
tractors from the Pacific Coast, in
the city at the present time. Bids for
the new contracts closed on February
5th. The rush of bidders was very
great, and there must have been
much wild bidding. Though all the
substantial and responsible contrac
tors have determined to put in
square bids, at fair rates, expecting
those who send in straw bids will
fail to come to time, and thus forfeit
their ehecks deposited. Among the
Oregon bidders is D. P. Thompson,
who represents Ben. Holladay, and
is said to have put in some heavy
bids for the routes from San Francis
co, north, and from various stations
on the C. P. R. R.f to towns in Or
egon and Idaho.
California's new Senator, John S.
Hagar, was on Feb. 9th sworn into
office. He fills the unexpired term
of Eugene Casserlv, which ends on
the 3d of March. 1875.
The Webfoot delegation are jog
ging on in the same way as when I
last wrote. Chapman has had a hear
ing before the Committee on Pacific
Railroads, but has not advanced his
cause in other ways, to any great ex
tent. Thompson has decided to re
main in Washington so as to be pres
ent at the opening of the mail bids
(March 3d.) r when he may have an
opportunity to render more certain
Ins prospects of becoming the suc
cessful bidder. R. J), M.
Delegates. The following per
sons were elected delegates to the
State Convention from Baker co.:
Joseph H. ShinnT. N. Snow, R.
B. Bunch, Jesse Jones and Robert
McCord. It is a good delegation.
COURTESY OF BAftUtiur x 'j7ZnZaZcif
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY. CnT.TSY1DT.TTA
Summary of State News Items.
R. H. Amin's folks at Lafayette,
want to hear from him.
Stock, in large numbers, is report
ed as dying along the "Walla Walla
river.
Forest Grove has an Equal Rights
Club. "Wo do not know its size or
length.
There are now in Lane county sev-J
enieen uranges, witli an aggregate
of over 700 members.
Five Salemites hunted four days
near Salt creek and brought homo
156 ducks and 40 snipes.
The first number of Mr. Abbott's
new paper, to be published at Pen
dleton, will be issued March 11th.
Pendleton boasts . of a hen's egg
that measures six inches in circum
ference, and inches long; weight
2 ounces.
Hillyer, the man who was lodged
in jail for stealing money at Eola,
about a month ago, was recently
bailed out by the citizens.
A petition is in circulation in Ba
ker county, asking Congress to re
voke th-j order setting apart the Wal
lowa Valley as an Indian Reserva
tion. The trade in coal around Coos Bav
is considerable, for the number of
people there. Ten thousand tons
have been shipped to San Francisco
since January.
All tho wheat which was 6tored
along the line of the Railroad, on
both the East and West side, has
been moved. On the river large lots
are yet in the warehouses.
A. F. Cherry, o Albany, is build
ing, for the apTroaching harvest,
eight Haynes' Headers, which ho
proposes to sell at the same price as
the imported machines.
At a recent sale of real estate, live
stock, etc., near Salem, cows brought
from $30 to 55 each, and the horses
all went at a fair price. II brought
312 per ton; wheat, 31 per bushel.
Among the nominees of the Doug
las county Independent Convention,
for Representatives in the Legisla
ture, are Hon. Geo. Riddle wlio was
a Republican member of the last.
Win. Hutchinson, of Cove, Union
county, has lost four fine horses in
the last two weeks of epizootic. A
farmer living near Hot Luke has re
cently lost twelve horses through the
same plague.
Tho Capital has been visited by
another fire. At 2 o'clock last Fri
day morning the residence of Mr. E.
J. Phillips was almost entirely de
stroyed. Loss, about $1,200." In
surance, $650.
Douglas county has 106 persons or
firms, each of whom pay over SlOOas
taxes. Of these, one pays 86,853, two
pay over $700, fonr over $600, twelve
over 8400, thirteen over $300, and
thirty -one over $200.
La Grande has 63 married men; 63
married women; 44 unmarried men,
21 unmarried women; four widowers
nine widows; 8f male children, and
102 female children. Total popula
tion, 302.
J. T. K. Plant has been reappoint
ed a Commissioner of Deeds for Or
egon, to reside at Washington. Wm.
F. Dowley has been appointed to tho
same office, to reside at No. 79 Nas
sau street, New York.
Sheriff Nye, of Umatilla county,
has collected $15,600 of tho taxes
levied on the assessment of JS73, and
$1,400 delinvuent tax of 1872. This
leaves a balance of about $5. 100 due
on the levy of 1873, and $500 delin
quent. During the year 1873, monov or
ders to the amount of $20,360 30
were issued from tho Jacksonville
postoffice. Orders to tho amount of
$3,fJ10 30 were paid during the same
period. The fees on tho same were
$124.
Messrs. Thompson and Phillips of
Willow creek, Baker county, a few
days since, undertook to settle a dis
pnig with pistols, but not being good
shoTs, neither were hurt. Thomp
son, however, succeeded in wound
ing a bystander.
It is estimated that twelve feet of
snow has fallen at Fort Klamath
the present winter, but it has not at
tained a depth of over three feet at
any one time, and the coldest day,
the 3d of December, tho mercury
was thirteen deg. below zero.
A man named Stegger, appointed
administrator of an estate in Umatil
la county, and who is charged witli
making default in his account of the
dead man's property, is reported to
have turned up in Cariboo, British
Columbia,
Linn has the greatest number of
school districts of any county in tho
State. Marion has 4.397 school chil
dren; Linn has 4.376; and Multno
mah has 3,768. Linn employs the
most teachers', and has tho most and
costiest school houses.
Two men named Washburn and
Griggs, respectively, had a cutting
scrape at Roseburg the other day. in
which the latter received some se
vere but not fatal wounds. Wash
burn said that Griggs was lazv, and
Griggs returned the answer that W.
had lied, which was the origin of the
difficulty.
Stock in Grant countv has suffered
and a few died from the inclemency
of the weather. The fatality, how
ever was confined mostly to old cat
tle, or those which were driven in
late in tho season. The danger now
seems past, and stock of all kinds
have taken to the hills, whore an
abundance of grass awaits them.
Hope Ferguson, a boy born in Sa
lem writes to his parents, who live at
the Dalles, an interesting account of
his escape, in a wounded condition,
from the Apaches. He writes from
Animas river, Colorado. lie was
wounded in the arm and leg. and had
no medical attendance, but was do
ing well after hundreds of miles of
travel in that condition.
J. C. Cooper, of Dallas, has iu
vented and applied for a patent on a
rotarv steam engine, water wheel and
fan'for either of which it may be
llsed and a supply exhaust and re
versible valve cock. Several persons
skilled in mechanism, who have ex
amined the model, think it will but
nass anvthiner of the kind that is now
l m us.
Territorial News Items.
Butter is selling in Boise City at
60 cents per pound.
Up in the Yakima mines, the snow
recently fell to the depth of 18 inches
in 24 hours.
Cows are dying in many instances
in Walla Walla Valley, from eating
wild parsnips.
Two hundred head of cattle were
recently sold in Walla Walla, averag
ing $10 per head.
Tho Walla Walla and Columbia
River railroad will be completed to
the Touehet in a few days.
Olympia, Seattle, and Steilacoom
shipped over 3,000,000 hoop poles to
San Francisco last year.
Tho Calhoun brothers, of Swino
mish Flats, raised last year on 140
acres of tide land, 10,000 bushels of
grain.
On the 27th nit. Louis Mvers and
Dr. Samuel Rogers, both of Pierce
county, were sent to the Insane Asy
lum, at Steilacoom.
Quite a heavy shock of earthquake
was experienced in Olympia and vi
cinity, on the evening of tho 1st,
about 7 o'clock.
At Silver City the times ore neces
sarily lively, as hay is $50 per ton,
flour, $10 per barrel; chickens, $12
per doa; eggs, $1 25.
The Stiekeen fever has reached
Idaho, and a number of miners are
preparing to take their departure for
the newly discovered gold fields.
After all, the Capital of Montana
will remain at Helena tho bill re
moving it to Deer Lodge haxing
failed to pass the upper House.
Tho Olympia Postoffico sends the
mails to nearly 30 different offices in
separate mail bags, besides sending
many sacks that each enclose mail for
several offices.
About 30 Indians have died this
winter with the measles at the Sim
coe Reservation, and 40 have died at
Priest's W. T. Rapids with tho same
disease.
A petition is in circulation at Stei
lacoom, asking that the sentence of
Gus. Lvttle, who is sentenced to be
hung on the 20th of March, bo com
muted to imprisonment for life.
Rev. II. K. Hines reports seven
new churches in process of erection
at the chief centres of nnnulation
within the bounds of tho Walla Wal
la District. Effective revivals are re
ported. Hon. Marshall Biinn. of Olympia,
informed tho Tribune that tho pros
pects of tho road to Tenino were
were good, and brightening every
day. An engineer is out with a party
Ioeating the line.
John Dougherty attempted to leave
Washington Territory one day last
week, but one of his creditors said.
"Oh Johnny, don't go." mid had him
locked up in jail at Steilacoom, until
he pays a judgment of $85.
P. Kellv. living on the Walla Wal
la, reports that the continued cold,
weather is proving disastrous to the
stock in his neighborhood. Mr. K.
has lost several head himself, and his
neighbors have also lost a number of
head.
Secretary Richardson has font a
letter to the Senate Committee on
Territories, giving a statement of the
expense to the General Government
of the different Territories for the
year 1873. The grand total amonnts
to $278,985 36.
An exchange gives us the follow
ing pedigree and character of the
two newly elected Senators from
Mississippi :
"B. L. Bruce, elected for tho full
term, is a carpet-bag mulatto, who,
in 1870, was Sergeant-at-Arms of the
State Senate, and was subsequently
elected Sheriff of Bolivar county.
Ho is polite and deferential to white
people, has received a fair education,
lmt possesses no ability. He is a very
fine looking mulatto, and of good
address. II. R. Pease, elected for
the unexpired term, has for several
years been Superintendent of Public
Instruction. He is vulgar in man
ners, corrupt in morals, and his ca
pacity is only ordinary. It was gen
erally believed that ho made a good
deal of money by being interested
in the furnishing of desks, etc., and
books to the schools while he was
Superintendent. He is very odious
to the people of Mississippi."
J. M. Moore, of Oregon City, has
a patent from the General Land Of
fice, for a donation land claim which
covers the whole space occupied by
the canal and locks at Willamette
Falls.
The above item is going the rounds
of the Oregon press, It might be
inferred from it that Jas. M. Moore
has some claim to the property
through which the locks are con
structed. But we are informed by
those who know something of the
matter, that his patent is not worth,
to him, tho paper it is written upon.
The Lock Company probably knew
what they were about before they ex
pended, a half million dollars on that
enterprise."
Baker County Democratic Ticket.
The Democracy of Baker county,
which met in convention on the 23d
nit., placed in nomination the fol
lowing excellent ticket : State Sena
tor, J. Wisdom; Representatives, C.
O. Chandler, aud J. C. Wilson; Sher
iff, J. II. Shinn; Clerk, L. B. Ison;
County Judge, D.B. Scofield; Coun
ty Commissioners, David Kelly and
W. Fnqua ; Treasurer, G. W. Parker;
Assessor, W. H. Hull; Surveyor. Jno
Brattian; Superintendent of Schools,
W F. Peyton; Coroner, T. N. Snow.
The town of Dibbleville, in Clack
amas county, hs a doctor and now
bids defiance to the measles and the
mumps. Oregonian.
Will the above paper inform ns in
what part of Clackamas county the
town of Dibbleville is located ? It is
a new place to the citizens of the
county, and not laid' down on the
maps and plats of the county.
Telegraphic News.
Philadelphia,- Feb. 25. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton, in an address be
fore the Radical Club this afternoon,
on the anti-liquor movement, oppos
ed the feature of the peripatetic
praying of bands of women, and
thought they should exert their in
fluence in other ways.
Boston, Feb. 25. The Boston
Grange, which was declared not to
be in good standing, by the National
Grange, met to-night and declared
themselves independent of the Na
tional Order. They adopted declar
ations of principles and invited
other organizations to unite with
them as Independent Granges.
Washington, Feb. 25. The Attor
ney General has decided that the
Secretary of the Treasury may with
hold from a railway company com
pensation for transportation services,
when such company has received
from the United States to aid in the
construction of its road, bonds upon
which it has not paid interest, though
service was rendered upon another of
its roads to which no Government
aid was given.
New York, Feb. 27. A Washing
ton dispatch says Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines, of New Orleans, has been
before the sub-committee in the case
of Judge Durell, and that her testi
mony is regarded as of such a char
acter as to ret pi ire a prompt presen
tation of articles of impeachment.
Mrs. Gaines, it seems, had a conver
sation about Durell with her lawyer.
Stone, who said: "He (Dnrrel) will
sit upon your causes and decide in
your favor ufion certain conditions,
which are that Sheriff Parker retains
in his hands $21,000 for the main
streets in the property litigated by
the heirs of Caviare and Davenport.
Durrc-ll can arrange it if you will
give him $20,000. You can have the
remainder to be given to the above
named heirs, and every other lot in
the two squares designated is also to
be given to Durrell." Subsequently
at the house of Norton, the assignee
in the bankruptcyca se of Mrs.
Gaines, she met Durrell, who asked
her why he could not set her case.
He referred her to Norton. Meeting
that official, he said to Mrs. Gaines
that if she would consent to the pro
position made to her by Mr. Stone,
the day before, the Judge would set
her case.
Dayton, (O.), February 26. The
women continue their prayer meet
ings with the usual spirit. The Ad
visory Committee there took legal ad
vice to-day, and it is rumored that
they decided, for the present, against
street prayer, in consequence of a
stringent ordinance against obstruct
ing the streets. Tho ladies maj' yet
conclude to test the ordinance.
PrrrsnuKG, Feb. 27. About one
thousand ladies inaugurated a cru
sade against the liquor dealers here
to-day. They delegated twenty of
their number, who visited three sa
loons, around which they sang and
prayed, the proprietors having closed
their doors. A number of roughs
gathered and ridiculed tho proceed
ings. Tho proprietors called on the
police, but they refused to interfere.
A number of prominent saloon keep
ers on Chestnut street have received
written notices that the ladies in a
body will soon call on them.
New York, March 2. The Tribune
this morning publishes five columns,
showing the alleged history of the
Sanborn contracts, which it calls tin
biggest conspiracy of the age. It al
leges that this conspiracv involves
George S. Boutwelll, W. E. C. Ban
field, Wm. A. Richardson and Fred
crick A. Sawyer of the Treasury De
partment: General Butler, John San
born and George Bliss, Jr., U. S.
District Attorney for this district. It
is shown that the whole scheme was
planned years ago, that a special law
was smuggled through Congress to
cover the swindle, and that to carry
it out a whole force of Supervisors
and Collectors of Internal Revenue,
and U. S. Courts machinery have
been used by Sanborn and his con
federates. The special act was at
tached to the Legislative and Judi
ciary Appropriation Bill of May,
1873, as an amendment in the Senate
being introduced by Senator Sawyer
and hurried through the House by
Butler, although Farnsworth de
nounced it asa corrupt measure, con
templating great frauds on the reve
nue. It authorized the employment
of three persons to assist the revenue
officials in discovering and collecting
taxes duo the Government. Sanborn.
John Clarke, and Maleom Campbell
were employed, but Sanborn soon
arot a monopoly of the business, and
instead of assisting the revenue of
ficers to discover taxes due, Sanborn
soon began using revenue officers to
assist him, and this was done under
an order from Bontwell in his own
handwriting. This remarkable let
ter, which places all Assessor's and
Collector's books in the country at
Sanborn's disposal, was written by
Bontwell and signed by him in per
son. Not only revenue officers, but
U. S. Courts were loaned to Sanborn
to aid him in making collections. He
used revenue books to discover what
taxes were due, and he used the
Courts to compel delinquents to set
tle up. The statement alleges that
the amount involved in Sanborn's
contract is not less than $10,000,000,
and that consequently if the con
tracts are not rescinded the share of
Sanborn and partner's will not be
less than $5,000,000.
New York, March 2. A Washing
ton dispatch sa-s a letter from New
Orleans states that Judge Durrell
has forwarded his resignation to
Washington, to be tendered in case
the Judiciary Committee of the
House report articles of impeach
ment. Chicago, March 4. Tho freight
agents of the Union and Central Pa
cific railroads, and the agents of the
Chicago roads running to Omaha,
have finally come to an agreement on
pro rata freight chrrges. dividing the
receipts according to the length of
the road. The following is the tariff
agreed upon between Chicago and
San Francisco: Class 1, $3 50; class
2, $3; class 3, $2 75; class 4, $2 50;
class A, $2 25. class B. $2; class C,
$1 80; class D, $1 60. The rates pre
vious to the misunderstanding, were
as follows: Class 1, 4; class 2, $3 00;
class 3, $2 50; class 4, $2; class A,
$1 80; class B,$l 70; class C, $1 50;
cla3 D, $1 50. The Tribune says
these roads will now make a great ef
fort to break down the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, and for this
reason they have to carry freight at
exceedingly low rates.
Buffalo , March 3.- At nine o clock
to-night ihere was no change in the
I
J condition of ex-President Fillmore.
his Douy is completely paralyzed but
his mind is clear.
Wahingtox, March 4. Mrs. Myra
Clarke Gaines entered suit against
Caleb Cashing, to dav, claiming
$200,000 for libel in one of the recent
bills filed by Cushing. where he
charges her with making wanton and
grossly malicious accusations against
him.
Congressional News.
Washington, Feb. 27. The Sen
ate in Executive session to-day, af
ter an hours discussion on the nomi
nation of Simmons for Collector of
Customs of Boston, confirmed Sim
mons by a vote of 27 to 17, the Dem
ocrats present voting in the affirma
tive. Chicago, Feb. 28. A Washington
special says that since the Commit
tee agreed to McCreery's bill and the
accompanying report, "there has been
time for reflection, which" has had
the effect rather to weaken its hold
on Congressmen who were at first
disposed to accept it as a possible
plan for the solution of the cheap
transportation problem. It provides.
fit will be remembered, for a Board
of nine Commissioners, who are to
have control, in effect, of sixty-seven
thousand miles of railroads in this
country. This will have the effect toO
create another Bureau or Depart
ment here at Washington, and if the
duties of the Board, as devolved on
them by the bill, are faithfully per
formed, it will require a clerical
force of such numbers as will make
a new Department second only to
that of the Treasury.
Washington, Feb. 26. The Indi
an Appropriation bill, as completed
by the House Committee, Continues
the Board of Indian Commissioners
with all tho powers and dutie con
ferred and imposed by existing laws.
Their powers and duties shall not bo
construed as authorizing the Board
or any member lle-eof to examine
and pass upon aer ou ts and vouchers
of the Indian Bureau at any other
place than the City rf Washington,
nor as compelling sin h examination
if the Board shall not i.tem it neces
sary to make the same. Nothing
herein provided shall bo construed
to supercede or interfere with duties
heretore imposed upon the Board of
Commissioners.
Chicago. March 3. A Washing
ton special, speaking of Luttrell's
efforts to secure the investigation of
Central Pacific Railroad contracts,
says : Mr. Lnttrell has been ever
since the opening of the session
hammering at an attempt to have
these railroads investigated by Con
press or Courts, but has failed uni
formly in his endeavors. He is a new
member, but he has been so persist
ent that some success might by this
time have crowned his efforts. That
he lias failed can only be attributed
to tho strong combination in this
city, whose endeavor is to pi event in
vestigation of the sub-ret.
Washington, March 2. The pres
ident has nominafrd O. Jacobs fer
Chief Justice of Washington Terri
torv. a
Mr. Lnttrell to-day !isrov red hi
tho War Department pi'":?i:n-ho?i s
another lot of California claims for
Modoc war supplies, and v." ill push
them to settlement.
Postmasters annointed Th mas .T
Tslell. Mineral 'llili, Elko n.nitv.
Nevada; John James. Dallas. Polk
countv, Qro"wi : Ur. Lrie V. Wil
son, Willoughby, Wasco county, Or
egon. Washington, Mai-ch 3. Conger,
from tho Committee on Commerce,
reported a bill to amend the act of
July, 1870, to prevent the extermina
tion of fur-bearing animals, so as to
authorize tho Secretary of the 'Treas
ury to designate a month in which
fur seals mav 1 e taken from their
skins on the islands of St. Paul and
St. George, and waters adjacent to
them, and the number to be taken in
and about each island. 'J he bill was
passed .
A Pr.orER Rebuke. " he Eugene '
fifuirtl, in speaking r f Mcromas an
nouncement, gives him the following
reb . ke:
"In his card Mr. McCt mas, it
seems to us. gors a long dist; nee out
of his wav to cast a slur up n Hon.
Jas. II. Slater. That gentlenn n may
have committed an error in his ac
tion regarding the back-pay : but be
that as it may, it is poor policy, and
rarely a successful one, for one indi
vidual to attempt to build up his
own fortune by pulling down some
other persons. Perhaps Mr. MeCo
mas knows his business better than
we do. but we think he has commit
ted an irreparable error.
Shall they Nominate? The call
leaves it optionary with the County
Convention whether it will nominate
a ticket to-morrow, or postpone it to
some future time. We have regarded
it as bad policy to place in the field
a ticket at this early day, and wo
trust the delegates will take the mat
ter under consideratia. The mat
ter should bo left entirely with the
delegates from the country, as they
are best able to know whether tho
burden of two conventions would bo
acceptable to those who have to como
from a distance.
Seeking to Economize. The Dem
ocrats of tho Ohio Legislature are
seeking to economize by abolishing
all unnecessary State offices. In
caucus, the other night, they ap
pointed a .committee to prepare a
bill abolishing tho offices of Rail
road Commissioner, Gas Commis
sioner, and Commissioner of Insur
ance. The Cincinnati Enquirrr com
mends the measure, and hopes that
it will be carried out.
A Salt Lake paper has been shown
a sample of horn silver taken from
the Mono mine, at a depth of 600
feet, and valued at $10 per pound?
We have seen whole families that
would not object to a ton or two of
that ore.
One thousand three hundred and
eighteen vessels were lost on the
lakes of the United States last year,
worth, with cargoes, $4,000,000.
His middle name is Remicli and so
it reads, in full, Morrison Reniicb.
Waite.
The Circuit Court for Jackson Co.
-will convene next month.
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