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A 1 ,TUKY REG ISTER. IT. S, Official Pnpcr for Oregon. KR1DAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1873. Justly So. The people in Southern Oregon and Northern California cannot be expected to feel otherwise than in. censed over the proposition which has been suggested, by some men of influence, to accede to the de mands of Capt. Jack for a settle ment of the Modoc trouble, which is that 3,000 acres of land shall be set apart for Capt. Jack's band at the mouth of Lost River. The character for treachery and unfaith fulness to treaties, for bloodthirsti ness and cruelties which this band has clearly established during the last twenty-five years, which none can so well estimate as those who have resided in that region, pre cludes the possibility of their placing any reliance upon the good faith ot these Indians, to keep inviolate any treaty stipulations. The treaty of 1 64 with the Modoc and Klamath Indians, ceded all their lands to the ( Jovernment, save the land included in the Klamath Reservation upon which they agreed to move and stay. While these terms were kept by some of these Indians, Capt. Jack, whose signature is to the treaty, and some forty or fifty others as unruly j , 3 . , . , J as himself, have persistently violat til it, living on or oft the Reserva- .: .i rt. :.. i: i ti . . uou w u.ey wu, .WU. j .wy r uupied lands most ot the time on , r . , Lost River, when off the Keserva- tion. Here their manner towards the settlers was so impudent and overbearing, so much of a terror, that tey were compelled in self preservation to ask for their remov al to the Reservation. This brought on the war. Now these settlers de mand of the Government a policy towards these red-handed wretches, that will make them behave them selves in the future, so they can live in security on ineirrarms. ir,:acK s 1 . . . ' .1 . O IP T 1, terms are acceded to, they can see nothing in it to insure this result. I "nfaithfulness and treachery on the jartof Capt Jack's band in the past, are certainly no indications of integ rity and peace in the future. Noth ing but a blood-thirsty Indian's word, would be their protection against Modoe insolence and mur der. It seems to us a lesson here is needed that will be rigid and thrill ing in its emphasis a lesson that will make an impression so deep and pungent on the surviving Modoc mind, of the sacredness of treaties and value ot life, as regarded by the Jovernment, as ever after to cause him to dread its wrath. Correctly Knfcl. The Oregonian has the follow ing just and appreciative notice of the Santiatn Ditch erterprise, soon to be hastened, by its energetic President and live managers, to a successful completion : "The enterprise of bringing the water of the Sautiam river into Al bany by a canal is to be pushed tor ward to completion. This is one of the most important improvements ever undertaken in the State. When it is finished no town in ( Inwrnn will Vm liottor a lai tnd . iU h lZ ,m Tm! Ell! t1n ES?v P ma"ufttt0r,e8 than Aioany. Most people will agree with' the AT,' , , at r,if ., Jacksonville peopie that Captain r Jack's baud should be "wiped out," so long as they are not required to become part of the bloody wiper. Alrxnmi r 11. MephPtiK- Alexander Stephens, Vice Presi dent of the late Southern Conteder-! acy, has accepted the nomination to j Congress from the Eighth Congres- sional District of Georgia, and his j election is foregone, there be ng Ho j opposition. As ho lias complied with the law relating to the remov al of political disabilities, he will doubtless take his seat. Mr. Ste phens began his public career in 1830 by being elected to the Lower House of the Georgia Legislature, as a Whig, yn 1842 he was sent to the State Senate, and then in 1843 he was elected to represent Georgia in Congress. After the nomination of Gen. Scott for Presi dent, Stephens became a Democrat, u 1800, just as the discontent and thrcstenings of the South were con-1 ; -alizing preparatory to active rebel- j hous hostility, he delivered a speech, before a convention in ( Georgia strongly in opposition to the seces sion of that State ; but finding this was unavailing, that in spite of him the rupture was inevitable, he, with eyes wide open to the enormity of the crime he was about to assist in perpetrating, in a spirit of weakness, if not of era venly fear, yielded to the pressure of surrounding circumstan ces, repudiated and gave the lie in effect to the sentiments ot opposition which he had just uttered, and be came the most blatant and inflnen- ... c ,, 0 , Hal of rebels. So high y were his influence and talent regarded by the South, that the position of provis- Pm,ident was first mu L , , . , i ferred upon him, and afterward, ' , , ! when the permanent government : i . iii was lormeu. me votes oi uw ueo- pie elected him to that position. It was through his influence, while provisional Yice President, that Virginia was induced to join the confederation. His influence was very great through the contest, both in giving ideas and character to the confederacy, and encouragement to the rebels. Personally, he has been regarded less obnoxiously than such ,. . , T ,r Tv. A of his associates as .left Davis and Toombs ; but we do not see any thing in his history to justify this discrimination. He knew the re bellion was wrong, for he said so ; ! but into it he went regardless ot i scruples, and fought it to the bitter end. These other men pursued no j such vaseilating conrse, but took consistent ground in favor of it from the first. Stephens' private charac ter has been without reproach, and this has doubtless caused discrimina tion to be made in his favor. Mor ally, and in point uf influence, be was as unscrupulous and malign as any of them, though more graceful and scholarly about it. 7f he was ever a States-rights rebel, he is as much o'aone to-day; and when he fakes his seat in Congress, it will be to advocate the same fundamental principles of States-rights, which culminated in the late rebellion. A man named A. L. Davis at Moberly, Mo., on tbe 31st alt., at tempted to force an enterance into the room of Mrs. Poolum, a millin- C"l. .1 4. I,. 1 j. he attempted to break the loor , j , . . .. , , r down, and she shot lnm dead. ne rVrminr'n inrv nvniiprflfpil lmr 'flint 1 " j ! w 'ely and Righteously Isent. y h 7 . ' 1 toh s C 0lre!i,imail s :: raid to lie no small son of a gun, but : ..... . . . , . : tirnll KlwiWul " liQi'it.r cn-zifn mum,. It is thought Congress will re- j now on the Baltic will soon sail for J larity through his unconcealed dis peal the bankrupt law this session, the Mediterranean. I like for the Germans. To Nmpend 0?rntlon. Orders have been issued to the Commander of the C. S forces operating against the Modoc udi- j ans, to make such disposition of I troops as will protect settlers, and ! to suspend further hostilities against i 7ndians.uidess absolutely necessary, i until the Commission recently ap- j pointed to investigate the causes I which led Capt. Jack to war have ! performed its duties, and the result j of its investigation is known. To ! people in Southern Oregon, who j have lately" lost husbands and sons by these savages, and whose cattle and sheep arc hopelessly scattered and their homes rendered unsafe. this loner delav for it. will amount. ! to nothing less, is peculiarly a hard- .it. vL ,.i i i ,1.1 ' these savages, jiatiently bearing their insults and exactions for the sake of peace; and now, after the life of husband, or son, or brother, or friend, has yielded to the treach erous bullet or cruel knife of the savage slaughterer, after the accu mulations of vpnvs of ilnnrivat.mn i . , i , . Fn on Tplpwranh fomnnnv bavn and anxious toil, have been driven!11"011 e'egrapn vompanv nae ' ! i j . ;,. tt, i. - i.i1. made advantAirpons aeontsi ion ot iniwu.v r.uii i hi inv eueiuv, or icn " to wander m the mountains and fall prey to the savage beasts, they nat urally look to the Government for that adjustment of their wrongs which will insure to them perma nent protection from these blood thirsty enemies. Fit a Commission to treat with the ihdians, they can see nothing to give reason for peace or safety. What reliance can they place in the word of these treaty violating Modocs of Jack's band ? The terms of a future treaty will be as lightly regarded by them as those of the past. Nothing but punish ment, severe and bloody, will ren der life and property in the Klam ath region safe from these lawless Modocs, and it should be applied so soon as may be. The consumption of spirits in the Cnited States is estimated at 230, 000 gallons per day. Estimating the population of the country at 40,. 000,000, this is about two gallons and three gills annually to each man, woman and child, or 67 drinks of a gill each, to each one. The Commission which has been apwiuted to treat with the Modoc ndians is composed of General Canby, Jesse Applegate, A B. Meacham and .Samuel Case. These are good and competent gentlemen, but will the "treat" they give to the Modocs "set them up" for good? Paris advices on the 6th stated that an indictment had been found agtinst Gen. Fremont and some of his associates in regard to the Mem phis and El Paso railroad bonds. The English Parliament assem bled on the 6th iust The Queen in her address expressed her ac knowledgments to the Emperor of Germany and the Geneva Arbitra tors for their work. England has concluded a treaty for the extradition of criminals with Belgium. The St. Peterslnirg official 6'ffz- I ., in an nvtu.e on fliA tMAfmrtmitc ' ? j? A, expresses indif ; ference to British views, and Fays ; Kl,sland viowei the of tfie r'..:..j 4aa !i Ai -1 I lllieu Elates Willi Wie wmu jeai- 1 onsy with which she watches the! 11,898 births of living children. advance of Russia in Asia. tjTbe deaths exceed the births by concludes the article by advising ! nearly 11,000. The total death the British (Jovernment to take no I roll is 22,941, lieing 6,000 in excess , more notice of the progress of Bus- j of last year. . X"T . , r. , . - T. . . , . , . . ., I cia than ireo r that, fit tlm It. ic vnrt.irtr.il thnt t tr limr tntlin I mted States. Jhe isussian fleet E.tvrrnx t:ws. Pha Stale Senate of Kansas n - aconcunvnt resolution on the 4lh ns,-i asking I . $, (Senate to hives. tIie fas0 Pomeroy. The Houso lmfwl 01)0 Mm to re A- ""wy't saluon-kecp- er "nmed Kro0P was fl,un'1 011 ,, e ol" 1,1 "1S Piace 01 ousmess, wnien naf been closed for some weeks, half eate" "P b.v a dog. On the 4th mst.. a man named 'Shatter, in New York, murdered his wife in an assignation house, ami then cut his own threat. The annual sale of pews in Henry Ward Beechcr's church on January 4t!, netted $65,000 J lie next Kpopal Bfehop to be 'consecrated in the Tinted States. . . . win uic WH? immuvuiii in me line of American succcssson. r .i , . . , hen nutier is working actively , for an extra session of Congress, it is thought in the mynard interest. The Army Appropriation bill will lie about $30,000,000. It is stated that the Western , . , i Li the uban telegraph . able. .i President Grant visited Wilming- ton, Del., on the 6th, and was en. thusiastically received. . Henrj- jcNulty was hung in Peoria, ll., on the 7th. He was rfnmtoi of mnrdnrlmr w;fn I he I v emit) ican Mate ( onven- tion of Connecticut has nominated H. P. llaren for Governor, It is reported that President j Grant has decided to recognize the claims ot the Republican party ot j ikti, v, ' ,.! Ill imbll, UJ LIIU .1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 u.i I It I M. 1.11 some one from that section to a po sition in the Cabinet after the 4th of March next. At Wankegan, 111., on the 5th, Christopher Rafferty, the murderer of officer O'Meary there last Au gust, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and the punish ment is death. Late disclosures in Brooklyn, N. V., have shown that a regular sys tem of arson has been going on in that citv. in. vv rt l. The public library was to be opened last Sunday at lloston in ac cordance with the order of the Com mon Council. The following list is given of col ored men holding prominent State offices: South Corolina has Lieutenant-Governor R. II. Cleaves and State Treasurer F. L. Cardoso. Louisiana has Lieutenant-Governor Caisar O. Antoine and Superintend ent of Public Education William C. Brown. Of members of Congress the colored people have P. B. S. Pinchbeck, of Louisiana ; John R. Lynch, Mississippi ; H. II. Cain, J. H. Rainey, Alonzo J. liaufijer, R. B. Elliott, South Carolina ; James P. Rapier, Alabama; J. T. Walls, Florida. Of the members of Con gress three have served in the Forty-second Congress, viz: Messrs. hainey, Elliott and Walls. A Kansas man dropped a little note to a neighbor's wile, inviting her to meet him under the pale silver moon. 7'he husband got the note first, and kept the appointment. Two doctors have been at work on , Kl , 5 tad mini ' i ronna R " ,eaa mine- .. New York, during 1872, tlmro tr-nm S4 .t.iri marriarrna anil throne ot Kussia is gaming popu MtarcIlMiifoi"!. Camphor is a good crop in the everglades oj Florida; ' I e Are insurance capital in th:s cmntiy amount to $43,857,000. A company in Atlanta, Ca., manu'acturc paper from palmetto leaves. It is estimated that the Fiigtlish language is spokei i by HO 000.000 persons. Cincinnati lost 500 horses by the epizootic. Broadway, New York, is to lie widened, All Indiana girl of thirteen sweet summers is over six feet high and still upward bound. Seven million hogs will grunt their last this winter. The negro population of the : i cos iai wu',irJ New ork has one hundred ' The first W nesota was a woman, T, ,, , i Parson brownlow has written Uie illfOTintioI, tor hig tombstone. ; Hev Umry rf j preaches with his hat on to cover the place where his scalp oi.ee was. j A woman canvasser tor a Massa- elllisetts book concern made $1,100 ' tor herself in twelve months. i w ir i i Alice ellingtoii, iiostou s coin- - , . ajn School, ; i,ther's translation of the ItjMe ; is sail to have had a circulation ; thus far of 361,000,000 copies. 1 Women are seldom sailors, but i then they sometimes command then they smacks. In Manila the women at cigar making get seven cents per day. I'non the marrimro uf Mk "Wheat of Virginia, an editor hopes that her path may lie flowery, and that she may never be thrashed by her husband. Senator Alcorn is now living with his third wife, and twenty-one children can now proudly exclaim, "My father is a Senator from Mis sissippi." A man accused of bigamy said his only fault was an appetite for spare ribs. An old woman named Christina Mack, who was recently burned to death in a shanty in La Salle coun ty, 111., was the siuvivor of ten husbands. An Iowa country 'Sq tire con cludes the marital knot ceremony 1. . 44 '111 1 .4 4l. , . uiiwiv . nielli ii:;n me v ouri I , t , , bust asunder ; but 'suffer little chil dren to come unto me,' so help you God" An Towa paper advertises for "An apprentice, girl or loy, we don't care which, only so the office be kept clean and the wood sawed. 7'he oldest man in the world has at length been discovered. Hi name is Jose Martino Continbo, a resident of Cape Frio, in the pro vince of Rio .imieiro, Brazil, who was born on the 20th of May, 1049, and is therefore nearly one hundred and ninety-four years old! It is said that he has forty-two children by six wives, and can count one hundred and twenty-three grand children, eighty-six great-grandchil-dren,twenty-th)W great-great-grandchildren, and twenty children of the last. Louis Napoleon had nearly a million dollars wonh of property in New York city, a'jd made sever al large investments there during the last year of his life, intimate friends of the ex-Empress Eugenie say that she and her son will visit this country next Summer. A Kansas paper announces that one Col. Jenuisou, having failed in his candidature for the Mate Senate, has re-opened his gambling hell in Leavenworth. A seventeen-year-old lwy in Iowa committed suicide the other day because his fatiier wouldn't let him go to a' festival. Victor Hugo, when he writes, requires a large open fire and ail the windows open.