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S ATI" H DAY, 1K(J. 2:1, IsTl. IT. N. Official tVipfr fr Oregon. Jmlse WilliiUUH Athimry Oiiornl. AlinMpolfo 'Bli(M. C'oiiKTrcMS. It affords us groat pleasure to record the appointment of lion, t'eorge II. Williams, of our tate, to succeed Hon. Jlr. Akerman to tlie position of Attorney General in t'ie 1 resident's Cab net. It is the first time in the history of the coun try that such a distinguished honor l.:s l;vn conferred upon any oi.e ivsidii.g on the Pacific tlopo, ami Oregon may well Ik? proud that that honor 1 as Kvn confined upon one of her ablest sons. In the position of United Ftates Senator, Judge VWilliams made for himself a nation al reputation for wisdom and integ rity, so strong and pure, that the breath of calumny has never, we believe, b-'on raised against it. Even his bitterest political enemies have never attempted to cast an as persion upon his lair name. The reputation he gained in the Fer.ate designated him as one in whose patriotic l auds the wcl'arc and h.on r of his country could be fa'ely en trusted ; and her.ee l.c was entrust ed with the high commission of rvii g in the Hoard of Joint High t'onimlssior.crs, to fettle the disput ed claims between this country and (ireat Ihitain. Here he performed his work in a most wise and equita ble manner. A man of powerful intellect, strong convictions, exten sive seie: it ifle and legal knowledge, broad and. liberal views which are progressive, with a moral character ab ve suspicion, and a determined ei.e'-gy, he will, in the performance of those duties which devolve upon him as Attorney General, reap that ' reward and success which are al ways inseparable from real merit. The following remarks made by him on the evening following his confirmation in the ircnate, to a delegation of friends who called ihju him to ofit-r their congratula tions, were worthy of the man and the occasion : ;I promise all whom it may con cern that when I am placed at the head of the Department of Justice in this Government, so far as the jurisdiction of that Department may go, its mandates will be dispensed without tear or favor, with equal ' vigor and respect for all classes and conditions of men. I , know not what there may be in. the clamor now made about official2 delinquen " ciesin Federal offices, but so far as exposure and prosecution of such delinquencies devolves upon the Department of Justice, non partisan consideration will have weight, and no pains will be spared to bring the guilty to speedy, condign punish ment. I deeply regret that in some portions of the country a spirit of lawlessness seems to prevail. I will favor every consideration of kind ness to 'induce obedience to law ; but if no other means will answer, then I am for usi:ig the whole power of the country in the most vigorous aud 'effective manner to crush out' conspiracy against the peace of society and the safety ..'of unoffending citizens. Governments were primarily established to protect the weak against the strong, and if this Government fails to perform its functions in that respect "it has a jvoor claim on the support and loy alty of its citizens. No one in sight ot recent events in New York ;Or' elsewhere ean - take-'offiae now aud escape the vigilant eye of the peo ple,. arid nothing but a complete and upright devotion to duty, will give general satisfaction, I shall struggle to meet the popular de mands as well as to meet the expec tations of my friends, with how much success time aud events will determine. -I have the lionot to be. the first Cabinet officer taken from the Pacific coast Californiav Ne-, vada, Oregon, and the territories of the far Vest may now , consider themselves 'recognized and repre sented in every branch -of the yov ernment. " I do not affect indiffer ence to party'; matters, because I have been elected to office. "I be long to the" Republican party.. J believe In.' its principles and politics, and I have a profound conviction that its ascendency, tor some time to come is necessary to tha - preserva tion of ; peac :ftnd 5 enforcement' of law. Subordinate to 'my official obligations, everything that I can, reasonably and : honorhlyv A shaH earnestly do to secure i(s triumphin thi Wvf rCoT.,:t t.:i, - - ' The Secretary of the Navy has re- On the 25th ihst., the Senate were cently ordered the dropping from J in caucas on Trumbull's Retrench- the rolls of six cadets of the An- ; merit Hill. mpolis Academy for practicing the j In the House, Mr. Snapp offered game of l.a.ii.g. lie also odminis- j.a resolution , for the abolition of the tercd lighter punishments on others ; printing aud transporting of public in proportion to their guilt. ! documents at the public expense, lie declares his determination to which was referred. purify the academy of this disgrace- ! Tlie House passed the Appropria te 1 practice and the defiant spirit j tion bill to carry out the Washing winch calls for the action of that ! ton Treaty. ' Department, ' by dismissal, if nccs- j Mr. Garfield, from 'the Commit sary, of every cadet, to the very last, tee on Appropriations, (reported a who refuses the fullest obedience to I bill appropriating $2,000,000 . for the regulations on this subject." j the purpose of building a lire-proof That is just the way to put it; and j structure in Chicago for the aceom- if those cadets who are so degraded and ruffianly in their tastes, do not reform, the country will be vastly the gainer to dispense with their Revenue officers. The site services while they are cadets, rath- 1K.t exceed in cost $400,000. er than to have them carry that spirit Congress is hereafter to be com- of brutality and defiance .into the p-"d of two hundred aud cighty- tnodation of the Custom House, trub-Treasury? Post Office, United States Court, Pension and Internal nm,-1 FOKEIOX XEVTS. active duties of the Navv. LI if !.ht. The public debt has decreased since' March last, $72,457,478 07. Tlie total debt of tlie country is now 2,354,0:11, 5 12. 45. The cash in the vaults of the Treasury up to December amounted to 10G,oOS, 144 CO. Our debt bearing interest in coin amounts to $1,854,489,850. In lawful money (greenbacks) $38, 168,000. Debt bearing no interest is 6422,080,087 30. three iilembers, as follows : Maine, 5; New Hampshire, 2; Vermont, 2; Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Is land, 1; Connecticut, 4; New York, 32; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania, 26; Delaware, 1; Maryland, (; Vir ginia, 0; North Carolina, 0; South Carolina, 0; Georgia, 9; Alabama, 7; Mississippi, G; Louisiana, 5; Ohio, 20; Kentucky, 10; Tennessee, 9; Indiana, 12; Illinois, 19; Mis- t rttliiiivr Out rretCom. souri, 13; Arkansas, 4; Michigan, 9; Florida, 1; Texas, 0; Iowa, 9; Wisconsin, 8; California, 4; Min nesota, 3; Orego , 1. Total, 23. From the Dallas Jiepublirctn we read that the wife of Mr. Savage, living near Sheridan, Yamhill coun ty, recently deserted her family of seven children, one a babe only a few months old, and with the avow ed intention of going to meet her husband, who had requested her to meet him east of the mountains, started with a young man, who had lived in the family during her hus band's absence, for the South. It is thought that she took much ot hus band's money with her. A certain portion of the people of North Idaho are laboring for the setts, ought to begin to feel a little j re-formation of the Territorial lines, 4i ; whereby that section is;to be dis- I 'i5l .1 i r o ii Tiv s severeu iorm ouin luauu. vmt'is again, are laljoring to seggregate a portion of the Territory,' embracing Democratic journals charge Pres ident Grant with having "crushed out freedom." The only kind of freedom that he has ever molested, is that kind which has used the scourge and the bullet and the hal ter for the purpose of preventing American citizens from voting the Republican ticket, as did the Ku Klux. , . . . - Ou-'lit to its. John Quincy Adams, of Massa chusetts, is in favor of the "passive policy" of the Missouri lirpu oilcan. A man who lias been beaten four times lor Governor ot Masjaehu- We learn from the Kalama liea con that the tender and two follow ing platform cars of a construction train ran off the track about a mile from town, going at the rate of about seven miles an hour, result ing in the death of Mr. S. Booth, boss of a Chinese core of hands, who lived but a few minutes. The cars were crowded at the time, but no one else was injured in the least. The incident of the youug lady on horseback,; who so narrowly es caped being run over by the cars on the O. & C. Railroad in one of the narrow cuts, has been elaborately pictured out in one ' of the New York illustrated papers. On last Thursday night a drunk en man fell into the river at Port land and was rescued by a couple of gentlemen who happened to see him fall in;"" He went off sober ed without as much as saying thank you sir. ,Mrs; '$iJ.,; ;Duniway ; and iHt j M. M. Miller, announced, to lecture ("in Salem last, Thursday evening failed to make their appearance, on account of the weather. Thomas Harris, Recorder of Sac ramento, Cal.,'- Pistrict,was stran gled to .death s by , the k burniug of giant powder in tlie -mine near the old Rochester jworks. i t-s . Tlie new JM.'E. Church lately erected'ai Jefferson, wilt be dedicat ed tomorrow. :l" Rev W. Izer, of Portland, will peach the morning sermon, and Rev. L.T. Woodward, P. E., and Rev. I. D. Driver will be pretRt"to assist in the dedication services. ' ' , .' ' . '';-'.. A dispatch from London, Dec. 1 1th, says that a tremendous excite ment prevailed in Madrid on the receipt of President Grant's Mes sage relating to the Cuban difficulty. Tlie Spanish Government has deter mined to maintain a firm attitude, and will send 4,000 additional troops, two additional Generals and four iron-clads immediately to re inforce Cuba. It is thought that the course tiken by the United States towards Cuba and Spain, is likely to effect the Alabama claims in the Geneva Conference, by furn ishing a precedent in favor of the Ih itish Government in the cases of the Hornet, Florida and other privateers. From Matamoras, Mexico, a dis patch on the 11th inst. announces the unconditional surrender of Sal tillo to the Revolutionists. ' Juvrez seems to be offering but little opposition. Olympia is happy over a second crop of apples, which has just been gathered at Swantown. The Dominion Government will legin to erect Government build ings at Victoria r.ext spring. ' The University at Salem began its second term with one hundred and fifty pupils. The State Land Office is now flooded with applications to pur chase State Lauds. There is a steam sausaga factory in Portland. It is said that one life jn?r day is lost from the earless use of kerosene. The price by boat irom Portland to Corvallis is $3 50. The Republican papers of Maine cro solid for Grant. Benton county comes in first to pay its State tax. It has stormed a great California this week. deal in The weather continues extremely cold in Utah. the O w3Thee mines, and annex the fame to Nevada. ; The California , press is unani mous in its condemnation of the ac tion of the Chronicle in publishing Booth's Message before it was de livered, says the Marysville Ap peal. It is said to be unsafe for women to "pass certain corners in New York city in the day time. In one locality some five women have been recently asrailed by thieves, two of them losing their money. Thd Portland Oregonian says there have been quite a number of the Democratic leaders buzzing about Portland recently, ami thinks it indicates something in the wind.' Maybe they are "possuming." The Yrcka Journ al says that John Arnold, of Scott Valley, Cal., killed eleven deer and one bear in one week, recently, two deer being by a single shot. ; r ; j' The woman suffragists of Olym pia have engaged a number of lec turers for this season they are push ing things. The Trnstees of "Tlie Home" in Portland ask the citizens for 3,000i to build an edifice to be known as the " Home." it is intended to furnish shelter to the poor and un- The Salem Mercury is charged by the Statesman with copying items from- it without giving proper credit. ! ? ' A Piute medicine man, named Indian Joe, was lately stoned to death by his tribe for failing to criro two sick Indians. ' The last of the sleigh riders in Salem drove his cutter against a crosswalk, ami while his horse dis appeared in the distance, the sleigh remained sticking in the mud. Statesman. A gentleman was introduced to a young lady recently, and addressed her as follows: "Where do you live when you are at home ?" She promptly replied, "When I am at home I live there." The Oregonian liasj heard that the late (irsiml Jury of this county found one or more indivtment- against ex Swretary S. E MsiyV and that OoV. rover has sent a requisition for him, Mr. Foudray.- of Jackson county, having been dispatched for that pur pose. Jt was generally reported here dur ing Court term, that the Grand Jury wa-s consivlcrhic this sutic. and th-At. indictments '-were found against the! late Secretary. It seems a little re markabJe that they were not found be fore lie If ft, or at lcat soontr than they have been, if the State Officers have had the proof ot hU default, as is now elaimed. lie had bondsmen and tl le wit re abu ndantly responsible for any deficiency in his account?, yet we have not heard t hat suit has ever been com menced against them. We have no excuse to make for defalcat ion on tlie part of Mr. May, should such be prov ed against him, but Ave object to tlie present State administration saving the matter up in hopes .of making electioneering capital out of it. It is a matter that concerns the people at large, Itepublieans as well as Demo crats, and we trust sufficiently to tlie good f.iith of all parties to believe that they will not countenance any attempt by our party to shield a public officer from merited blame, or by tlie other i') uie any official misconduct or dis honesty as mere party capital. Wi.t we need is honest administra tion of Government in nil departments, .State and Rational. The people as a mass are lionet and they deserve to have honest seiyants. If the late Ite pubiican administration connived at or executed disho;ie? acts, let them be exposed and let the pait-y be iield re sponsible for them, if air ltepubli cun I.egisIaUirgJiaA-Si-er pulsed acts in the intertSstsofspeciilatorJ ail laud grabbers, to the public detriment, ben hold the party responsible; and it any liepuojican Governor ever Kept a rui-1 nan in ins party to assault an inde pendent journalist aud shoot him if he couldn't cowhide him, and afterwards prostituted Courts to have his dirty villiau go tree, then let the party be held accountable for that. We do not hesitate to assert that it Gen. Palmer had been elected Govern or and the rest of the Uenublican State candidates had been elected, there would have been quite as spee-jy work made in relation to this sa me matter, and any defalcation secured to the State before this time. And we further say that should the ex-Secretary be really brought for. trial he can be safely and equitably tried here, in this strong Republican county, and the State need not ask for a "change of venue" to secure just ce. This coun ty knows no polities in criminal mat ters, late events to the coutrray, not withstanding. We have confidence that the people of Oregon, both in re lation to this rep urted matter of offi cial defalcation as well as in relation fortunate stranger. Virginia is the most in debt and the next Presidential election." ' : Oregon 'tlie Jeast of all the" States.' College Dial is the name of a neat paper issued by the students of Willamette University. 0 f-.rr -r $ ' ' .y The newj Garfield paper, to be issued at Olympia, will be , called the Commercial Age. ; f There has been one death ; from small pox at Oakland lately. , The assessable property of Port land is about $9,000,000. t . A man in indianapolis sued a neighbor to recover tlie value of five pints of milk. The Justice heard the lengthy cause with ponderous gravity, and then announced ' that in a decision so momentous as this he must consult authorities, and ac cordingly reserved his opinion. t An editor in Illinois having en gaged a new reporter, received the following as his first effort : "We are informed that the gentleman hoo stood on his head under a pile-driver for the purpose of having tight pair of butes druv on, shortly, afterward found himself in Chiny, perfectly naked, aud without a cent in his pocket." m Very Pkopkr. General Sher man fays he is going to Europe as a private gentleman ; that he draws no pay while abroad ; that he goes on the "Wahasli by the courtesy ' of its commander, aud that his course of travel while on the vessel , will be regulated entirely by the orders under which it, sails. Lieutenant G rant accompanies him, because, his' father thinks it a good opportunity for him to visit foreign coun tries. Both gentlemen re to pay their own way, and joth are subject to an order to Veturn at any mo ment from. Che Secretary of War. - Rev. T. liar wood, of the Colora do Conference, M. 15. Church, has organized a society; of native Mexi cans consisting of eleven members in a densely settled community, about twenty miles from La Junta. This is said to be the first Methodist or ganization in the Hepublic of Mexi- co. . One native Mexican is study ing for the ministry. It would be better for Christians not to apologize- for ; Christianity, since it needs not the excuses of any man ; nor contradict Darwin t ana other scient'fic skeptics, since, let alone, they will soon contradict themselves. !" -:''"' -- ;:- -' " ' Roucki on Cattle. The unu unit and- heavy JalFofsnow tlie 'first of the Week fbHowed- by sleet aud cold rain-v will doubtless prove disastrous not only to the stock interests ea-t of tlie moiri tains, but throughout the Willamette valley, as it is ieiortel there is a great scarcity of feed. Sliould this character of weather prevail for any great lengtU of time, large numbers of stock n hi t perisTi from cold aud hunger. ScAi.rEt. Hot water was carried from Jack Alphin's saloon to thaw out the engine on the night of the tire. One poor fellow who was running with a bucketful of boiling water, fell down and spilled the water all over him. lie has laid up for repairs. Bkazilijan Turtles. The size of Brazilliari turtles may be imagined, from the tact that the flippers and fc r of one, in crawling over the sand leave a track of two irregular grooves three or four feet apart, as though, a great wagon with cog wheels had, beu driv en over the ground. It is an e;i: matter to lind a turtle's nest bv tht track. She conies out of the sea and travels far, up in the sand, digging a. hole a foot and a half or two feet iteei, for the nest. Professor llartt, win was in Brazil with Prof. Agassiz, say that lie saw a turtle deposit one hun dred and forty-three eggs in one of these nests. The eggs are all laid at, one sitting, then covered up close! v with the sand and left to hatch. ThV eggs are larger than hen's eggs, round, and covered with a tough, white skin. The Brazillians eat the eggs, and alsn the flesh of the turtle. The creature is captured in "a curious way. Two persons go behind it, and taking ho!t of the shell, turn the animal on it back, in which position it is at the mercy of its captors, as it is impo-isi-L'le for it to turn over on its feet again, i'he hunters are obliged to creep up behind ?t cautiously, for as soon as it is alartied it thrusts its forepaddles in to the sand a.ud throws it behind, so that if the pursuers do not quickly., close their eyes they are likely to bV blinded. ' ' .? toother matters, are capable of acting fairly, wisely,' and honestly, in pun- isu.nor crime without beiug ml by the trickery of iolitical goguos. Statesman. ttuenced dema- Run Ilim Oat. The moral to the following, tpld by the sufferer, i3 too apparent to men tion. Young ladies will hereafter nm their brothers out when the gentle men call : 'I'm certain that I wished somebody would spank the young rascal. "We talked ot hills, mountains, vales and cataracts I believe 1 said waterfalls, when the boy spoke up and said : " Why, sister's got a trunk full of 'em up stairs ; pap says they, are made of hoss hair." This revelation struck terror into me and blushes into the cheek of my fair companion. ; It bejjan to be very apparent! to me that I must be very guarded in wha.t 1 said, lest said boy might slip in bAs re marks at imcalledfor places. .1 turned my conversation to him ar-.d told him he ought to go home wVui me, and see what nice cKckeus We, had iu the country. TT.iluekily, I mentioned a yoke of valves my brother owned. The wdd calves ruined all. The lit tle o:;e looked up and said i 4 Sister's got a dozen ot them, but she don't wear 'em only, when she goes up in town of windy days." ' L.eave the room, j'ou unmannerly little wretch!" exclaimed "Emily, "leave immediately." " I know what you want me to leave the room for," replied lie,. 'you can't fool me, you want to set in that man's lap and kiss him like you did Bill Simmons the other da y ; you can't fool me, 1 jest tell you. Gim me some candy, like he did, and I'll go. You think because you've got the Grecian bend that you're smart. Guess I know a thing or too. I'm mad at you any how, because pap would a bought ir j a top yesterday,, if it hadn't besn for you gettin them curls, do? gone yer ! You needn't turn so rcd'iirtiie face, cause I can see th paint. Tliei-e ain't no use in winking at me with that glass eye Ct youra cause I ain't going ontin nere, how that's what's the ratter r;Vth the purps. 1 don't care if Ton are twenty-eight 1 years old, you ain't no boss o' mine." . - . : .mi.. : - ', ?' '" Bat Woxdek. The Xos Angles Star of tlie Gth, Is responsible for tlie following: :A gentleman at the , Aliso Mills, says he Ims seen a living curios ity taat will eclipse any tiling that the renowned Barnum ever had to exhibit. Tliis astonishing subject is a two head ed rat. It comes from its hole, every morning at a signal given by rapping on a box in which corn has previously been dropped. The rat has two heads and eats from two distinct mouths, and "gets - away" with a fearful amount of.; '.'hash." Every trap ' to catch this animal lias failed he Is,' with his extra head and double amount of brains, too suiart to be caught. The New York ' Herald! says; V The latest thing out Is the anti-Grant Pres idential programme ' of Mrs. , Cady Stanton, of a fusion party against General Grant, . without a platform, and with a seperate Presidential can didate for each of the : States. , , This would ; make .' thirty -seveQ;. opposition candidates if tliey ; can't beat Grant he cant be beaten at alU ' ' " To See Under Water. A corre.- pondent of the Scientific American writes : ' I once bad occasion to examine" the bottom of a mill pond, for which I constructed a float out of inch plan sufficient to buoy me up; through th" centre of this Coat I cut a hole; and placed a blanket over it, when I w" enabled to clearly discover oJJ' on the bottom, and 6e,:l1 'r tools were discovered picked uj I am satisfied that -"ere water if suffi ciently clean " latter plan could be succeAity used for discovering lo it uodies and articles. I would now sug gest that this experiment be tried on the sea, for I am satisfied that with' t craft like -the Great Eastern, -where ai observatory could be placed at the bottom, with sufficient darkness, br, the aid of glasses, we conld gaze down into the depths of tlie sea, the same .'is we can survey the starry heavens at midnight. A Love Tale. Eloping couple at hotel detected by youth's Cilj whiskers Detective takes him aside and hears a painful tale ; "They loved. The la dy lias stem parents. Benjamin was forbidden the house. Grief griefi love laughs at stern parents. An elopement is sot up. He assumes a disguise a clean shirt and false whiskers. goes to Newark. Is she true? She is. Oh, joy and things! She joins him on the train. Rapture beneath, decorum, like the fast rushing brook covered with ice, Thev are bound to . Cincinnatti. There he is to stop, whiJo she proceeds to St. Louis, where thev--have friends, and where he will soon join her, and they will be made 'each others." She hLs'n and he her"n: Some more joy !" They were allowed to proceed, minus tlie whi iksrs. Citildrex's Clothing. Tlie cloth ing of children should be adapted, on principlasof common sense, , to pro tect their hen 1th, and not made scant for the gratiflcation of a parent's van- -ity. The neck and anus of a child are indeed, exquisitly soft and beautiful; yet the delicate skin, which fond mothers arc so anxious to display un covered". Is sensitive in the extreme to the action of cold, and .hardly anv practice can be worse than to allow bare necks and limbs. Many a child, is thus killed by the folly which ex poses parts of the person which are. protected in adults. A little more? common sense, mothers, more sleeves, and sacks, aod high dreases, and 2es , vanity ani fashion, and you will h .ve fewev little graves to weep over. . The Scolis VocABUumr. The . copiousness of the English language, Iierliaps, was never : more appiirenU. than in tlie following character,, by m , lady of berhuiband": ,- . , .',. Ty., 'vHe is, she says ; ,"an abliorred, barbarous, capricious, detestable, eu- viou?, hard-hearted, illiberal, ill-nntur- -ed, je:iIous, keen, loathsome, malevo-. lent, nauseous, obstinate passionate,. . quarrelsome, vexatious, abominable, bitter, captious, disagreeable, execi-a-ble, gratuig, fierce gross, hasty ma licious, netarious, obstreperous, peev-. ish, restless, savage, tart, unpleasaut.j violent, w-arpish, , worryhig, acrimo nious, blustering, careless, discontent ed, fretful, growling, hateful, inatteut- ive,, malignan; noisy, odious. " verse, rigid, severe, teasing, unsuital ble, boisterous, angry, choleric, di gusting, offensive, sneaking, awkward.' boorish, brutal, crabbed, churlisli, out rageous, stupid, sulky, sullen, treach erous, tyrannical, .virulent, yelping ' ag ft tnanger.V, , - lv .,.' ?.f tX Sacranteiiio.ssessor took'ftd'vatiT; tage of a run on a savings hank to oh., -serve those .who witlidrew depositC and canght-several lugging away, a few thousands apiece who luul sworn a few days before that , they - did mt bp ThoArAtIm.i one persou -who dis in ,Tenuess or Florida, orconfartmptlon, thirteen "d'nf In Massaclytts, (wqIii 31inne "sota. ,' -