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tMtm & K. n. A3B0TT, SATURDAY Editor. .MARCH 20, 1S69. WAS IT KIGIIT TO HUSICIX. "We clip the following from a lato State Journal: "The telegraph announces Ibat the Democratic members of the Indiana Legislature hare resigned in a body, to prevent the pass-age of the fifteenth amendment o the Constitution. We want to hear from our Democratlo friends on this poiut. It was a great crime for our members to resign after they had served faithfully through tho period for which they were allowed p.y, and through a per iod plenty long enough to have finished all the 'legislation necessary. We predict that tho Demo cratic papers will all approve of tho act of tho members of the Indiana Legislature, after having condemned the act of resigning when the members so doing wire greatly in tho minority and the ma jority had refused, time and again, to legislate up on the only thing they claimed was necessary to 2e acted upon at that session.' We cannot answer for other "Dem ocratic papers" in Oregon; but, so far as we lire concerned, we Ho not approve of the action of the Demo cratic members of the Indiana legis lature. Wc do not endorse the 15th or Suffrage Amendment to Ihc Con stitution of the United States. Wc would gladly see it defeated ; but we want to see it overthrown in a fair fight; not by any such revolution ary proceedings. It teas a "great crime" for the Radu cal members of the Oregon Legisla ture to resign in a body, as they did, thus destroying the quorum, and making it impossible to pass an ap- propriationbill. It is revolution; nay, it is anarchy. It has practically destroyed one branch of tho State Government. It has withdrawn from circulation over One Hundred and Fifty thousand dollars in gold, just as completely, for the time being, as if it were thrown into the Pacific Ocean ; and if the Executive continue to re fuse to order elections to fill the va- m cancics occasioned by the resignation of these Radical members, there will yet be in the vaults of the State Treasury over Three hundred thou sand dollars all idle and practically dead to the commerce of the country. NAVIGATION OF LOXC! TO?I. Wc learn from a reliable source .that an incorporation has boeu formed .at Monroe and vicinity for the pur pose of navigating the Willamette river with two boats. The company 5vill comprise all of the principal shippers of that region. They ex pect to save, in the reduction of freights, in one winter, enough to pay for the boats. Some of these men pay as high as 2,000 dollars per an num to the P. T. Company fur carry- mir. that oucrht to be done for half that amount it.:. vv oi shippers building their own boats, and doinr their own work, is one that ought to commend itself to business men all along the Willamette river; as it se cures against the possibility of a "sell out" to the P. T. Company. obego1pp6Txtm EXTS. The Oregon delegation have agreed -on the following appointments : For Postal Agent, J. B. Underwood ; Stir veyor General, E. L. Applegate ; In dian Superintendent, Presidential Elector Meacham ; Internal Revenue 'Collector, Dr. Bowlby. For Assessor, Frazier is retained ; Register at Rose burg, W. R. Willis; Receiver, Flint; Indian Agents, J. F. Gazley, J. B. Simpson, Capt. Lafollett and John 'Smith. Though some of these appointees belong to the f mercenary brigade," the Oregonian says "we are satisfied with the recommendations. The Or egonian is easily satisfied very. It " crooks the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawnin rr Sad State of Affaies. Judge Gant, of Tennessee, a distingushed Southern gentleman, who remained true to the Pnioaall through the war, writes to his friend Russell T. Hill, at Walla Walla, as follows : "The reb-21 States, so-called, are ruined for this generation ; I mean the great body of the people are broken up. Those who were possessed of large fortunes be fore the war arc now poor and insolvent, in tens of thousands of cases. All our negroes were freed by the war all our personal property was taken and consumed by the armies of the one side or the other. ! In the maipj all the fencing and timber on the main jices of march of the armies were consuned,.and often all the houses and improvements burnt. When the Confederate forces surrendered, in 1865, .tha people were left without money, with-! oat provisions and without stock ; their farms were to be refenced and improved. The fate of the South has been hard. The negroes were set free without any means of living, except by their labor, and in the main they are a lazyK indolent race ; they will not work. The great majority of the white race now in the South surrendered in good faith, and desire to be loyal and law abiding, but they are excluded from voting or holding office, I meaqjhe iebel portion, and you know the great majority were rebels. Under radical rule, the ne groes can vote and hold office They-are ignorant and arrogant, and are but instru. ments in the hands of bad men, by means of the so-called Loyal Leaguers, and the officeholders and legislators are elected by the negroes, and the white race are taxed beyond their means of paying, and misrule is ths order of the day' Walla Walla Statesman. , . - In 3Iinneapolis, Minnesota, last year, $603,075 were expended in public build jtegs, and $142,250 in St, Anthony. TERRIBLE FIRE AT EUGENE CITY. THREE CHILDREN PERISH IN FLAMES THE MOTHER DIES FROM THE EFEECTS OF HER BURNS. Special Dispatch to the Democrat.' Ktgkxi:, March 19. About 4 o'clock yesterday morn- ins tnc residence oi ;ur. otevenion as .liscovcred on fire. Tho base ment was entirely wrapped in flames beforo discovered. The family. Mr. aud Mrs. Steventon and four children were sleeping un stairs. When the alarm was given Mrs. Steventon remained to save the children by throwing them from the window. The oldest child leaped from the window and was saved. Tho heat was so gnat she could not get tho three smaller children from their beds ; but only left them when whol ly blistered. They perished in the flames. Origin of firo unknown. Mrs. Ht even ton died at 8 o'clock this mornint from tho effects of the burn. CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET. Tho following causes come up for adjudl cation beforo tho March Term t.f the Circuit Court for Linn county, which convenes in this city on Monday : CRIMINAL CAl'SES. State of Oregon vs. Gordon Cooper, in dictment for assault with intent to kill. Continued from last term. J. C. I'owell for State; N. IT. Crunor for defendant. State vs. Leopold Laeher, indictment for larceny. Continued. Powell, prosecuting. State vs John Cusrove, commitment for assault with intent to kill. Kseaped from officer. Powell, prosecuting. State vs. Geo. Lewis, indictment fur per. jury. Continued from last term. Not ar rested. Powell, prosecuting. State vs. Archibald Racier, indictment for forgery. Not arrested. Powell, prosccu tine State vs. Thos. Lilly, indictment ; con tinued. Not arrested. Powell, prosecuting. State vs. A. J. Hayes, indictment for per jury. Not arrested. Powell, prosecuting. State vs. L. Brown, indictment for selling liquors without license ; continued. Pow ell for State -, Chenoweth for deft. State vs. L. Brown, samo ai above. State VS. Moses lirnmi, iudtctmortt tar selling liquors. Recognizance ; continued. Powell for State ; Cranor for deft. State vs. Moses Abraias, e-amo as above. State vs. Geo. Ilunsakcr, indictment for selling liquors. Iljnd for appearance: con . o t State vs. josuua rTiveicr, inqicuncm ior assault. Uond furf cited, and warrant issued. civn. CACSE5. Freeman, Smith i Co., v.-. A. Cohn. To : i t,n t Yrr4i- mnn cy iitiii uuii'ii . i iiw f -i i r iinu forprfc; Cranor for ded. tied. E. F. Ituel fr A'$ ; Cranor fur deft. M. Berkawtz vs. A. Cohn ; continued. Kuell fur pl'ff; Cranor fur deft. Jacob Underbill Si Co. vs. A Cohn ; con tinued. It. S. Strahn fur plTa ; Cranor for deft. Corbctt &, McLeay vs. A. Cohn; Strahn fur pFfFa ; Cranor for deft. R. A. Swain & Co. vs. A. Cohn, contin ued. Powell & Flinn tor pi'fk ; Cranor for deft. Cjru3 "Weatlakc vs. A. Cohn ; continued. Powell & Flinn for pl'fT; Cranor for den. D. F. Spanglcr vs. A. Cohn ; continued. Russell for pFff; Cranor for deft. S. Rosenbaum & Co. vs. A. Cohn ; con tinued. Russell for pi'fTs ; Cranor for deft. Wallace Cushman vs. Robert Burns and W. D. Smith. To recover money ; contin ued. Chenoweth, Odcneal & Simpson for pl'if; Russell for defts. E. If. GriiSn ya. II. Fred McKa. To re cover money; continued. Powell for pFfi". J. P. Hogae, Executor vs. John Burris ct. al. To recover damages ; continued. Pow ell for pl'ff; Russell llr tfef t. Jas. McJIahan v. Manilla Wilson, Exec utrix. To recover money, Rusaell for pl'ff ; Cranor for deft. Lewis Ray, respondent, vs. fleo. B. Thomas, appellant.. Appeal from Justice's Court. Cranor for pl'ff. Wm. M. Iiutledgc, Appellant, V3. Smith & Jennings, respondent. Chenoweth for pl'ff; Cranor for deft. S. Levy & Bro. vs. Jas. Jycsling. Appeal from Co. Court. Cranor for cl'ff: Powell & Flinn for deft. Jas. P. Ilogue va. R. Farwell, appeal. Cranor for pl'ff j Powell & Flinn for deft. Cranor & Helm vs. Wm. M. Rutledgc.-- To recover money. N. B. JJumphrcy for plflTs. Wm. Crawford vs. W. W. Parrish L Co. To recover moneyv Cranor for pl'ff. Uranor & llelm vs. Wm. McCallister. To recover money. N. B. Humphrey for pl'ffs. SUITS IN- EQUITY. Moses Kirkendall, et. al. vs. M. M. Bry- son. Partition or real estate. J. J. Whit ney for pl'ff ; Cranor for deft. - 31. JL. bteward vs. llios. W. Steward. Diyorce, Cranor tor pl'ff. Adeline M. Hill ts. R. T. Hill. Divorce. Cranor for pl'ff. Russell & Lassiter for deft. Susanna Banford vs. James Banford. Di vorce. A. J. I haver lor nl if. Thomas. S. Summers va. Eliza Summers. Divorce.. Cranor for pl'ff. . S. M. Davidson vs. Wm. McCallistcr. et. al. Foreclosure of morterairc. Cranor for pl'ff. T. S. Summers and Eliza Summers vs. Philister Lee. Suit of ejectment. Cranor for pl'ffs. ' - State vs. Wm. M. Rutl edge. Foreclosure of mortgage. Powell for pl'ff, ' Jas. M. Churchill, Administrator, vs. W. W. Parrish, J. C. Mendenhall et. al. Fore closure of mortgage. Cranor for pl'ff. Wm. Crawford vs. W. W. Parrish & Co. Foreclosure of mortgage. Cranor for deft. Thos. Morgan, guardian, vs. Jacob Kees, executor. . . E N. White vs. Jas. M. Balch et. al. Cranor for pl'ff. D. W. Nicholson vs. W. J. Robertson. Odeneal & Simpson for -pl'ff j Thayer, Bur natt & Strahan for deft. J. IT. Welsher vs. Wm. Garlinghouse. John Burnett for deft, ' ' "" ' THE WILLAMETTE FAKMEIt. AVo had not intended to notice this concern any more ; out as lur. iuinto has seen fit, through his lickspittle, to continue tho controversy, by a black guard attack upon "Mr. Abbott and as there is a great dearth of news at present tho State mails being blocked up by snow at sundry points on tho overland route wo have con cluded to give tho Hon. gentleman another salute. lie is trying, in various ways, to make an impression that tho Jkmo crut is opposed to tho silmner." Whoever asserts, or intimates, that wo are hostile to an agricultural pa per in Oregon, asserts what is untrue. We advocated tho project from its very beginning. At the solicitation of ono of the Publishing Committee wo wrote the Prospectus for the 'Farmer;" also, tho Circular or letter to the several agents throughout iJ,e State. We did this, not Cr pay but because we favored Vho project. Al so, tho colunwirt of ibo Democrat will bear withes that we published the prospectus in full; not among the advertisements, us is usual in such cases, but in tho editorial columns; that we also endorsed it then and once subsequently. These are undeniable pacts, patent to the world ; yet, in the face of them, Minto attempts through Sir Lickspittle (a dissembler, a Har, and a cowardly sneak) to make the public believe that we aro hostile to the J-antfr. We are not opposed to it. We want it to succeed ; but we are opposed forever and irrccoiieila blv to Minto as its editor. We sav the Society made a great mistake when they selected him, because his antecedents show him to be antago nistic to the interests of the laboring masses. Mr. Pufur for whom wo have great respect savs that "aside from tolitics he is a trentlemau of! honor and integrity." All that may be true; we havo not yet attacked him as a man, although he lias tit. We object to htm because he h uch an intense partizan that he resigned his seat in the legislature in. order to injure the Democratic party; thus ilesirowug me quorum ami piaoii u beyond the power of that body to pass an appropriation bill j the cftl-ct Never was there a human being smh of whieh is to withdraw over one!JcCtc,! to a ,u,ri' it nT a,J'1 terrible hundred and lilt v thousand thotifaixl dollars!' oi f'okl from circulation, inn, m great measure, produces the present stringency in money matters in gon. " It causes our State warrants to Y , i i i ...... i . t i . i : io nnu'enn i iiAur n ti i z i 1 1 it i iri rt ri?. hliscouut State there of redeeming these warrant. Aud, if this sad state of things is not soon remedied, it will cam-e the tax-payers to pay from f 00,000 to $80,o0j more than they would have had to pay had not John Minto resigned his seat in the lcgt.laturc, W'v nay that a man so reckless, so full of partisan bias may suit sonic Radical well enough, but . It causes the i.coidc th ' ;tl,n.,:,f. 1(ir , t, ,,,, ,,,,,, tile to request the Keprcsentahves in Tn-asurv is full uf iruld. tdaced ! radical part; y-, Mii-h-handcd and alrmt-, J .t. ",,... ' xt v ,t uii iiivoii iiinivir:H mi ! in in, riuni m i ,ui'i iwir'ni, tut' niiuii: 1 p t t 4 xi nc- ii nn a hi per,uii to cm a pTJlt act fc( crtn. afll on!(trous ih.. f . T ......... 1 1' i." . . . I . - . . - , . per :r ior iruo lcmocrais. me .ociciy could scarce! v have made a more ob jectionable selection. Several of the papers of this State, though in favor of the J'hrmcrt arc down on hirn. A late Portland Commercial says : lie Willamette Farmer contains tbo follow ing on tho Itailro;..l : Tho lan-1 prant quction remain! unsettled, to action having beta Lal by tho lato Conjrrc-f to extend tho time, at provided ior by tho biil iatro Iucel by f-t-nator Wjlliauu, which was ojpKcd by Senator Corbel t and Mr. ilallory. Tho Cen tral I'oc'tflc and I'cBgra Company, which U in thiir interot, aro laid tv opptge any grant or ichtmo but the Urauch Kod from the J'end to Ilurabo'dt. Mr. llolli'lay. who lately catno up on the steamer OriflaraLnc, gave tho paangcrt on board to understand that tho rood would certainly be completed to Salem before the State Fair next fall ; though, had the land grant been decided in favor of the Kast Side, tbo road would have been r, in r.lti Ail t ft ln trftftA ("Sfv ti.riirA imvl Tai.ii... J This shows Miato's cloven fot on tho Itail- (td'e editor of the Farmer) is wholly unfit for his position, wholly uufit to conduct a paper profess ing tt represent tho interests of the farmers of Oregon v'thout regard to locality. Tho above statement is not only partizan to the East Sido of tho river, but it s not trno in any respect. It U untrue that Mchhi J. Corbctt and Mallory opposed Senator Williams' iw'H." If the editor of tho Far mer will get tho Congressional Olobo containing a diacufiKion io the Senate on Williams' bill, ho will see that Senator Corbett mawlo a mere ttatement of fuel, which Minto himself uaro not deny, and upon thu statement or racts, beat&rs Uonknng, Howard and Hendricks took up the disoussion and argued tbo cao against Senator V"illiams, ex pressing as they did, tbo opinion that tho West Hide Company was already entitled to tbo Land Grant, Minto s vote on the Jlolhday resolution in the last Legislature, to tho contrary notwith standing. Further: if tho editor of tho Farmer knows no mora of tha material devrdopment of tho country than to believe and publish that any contraotor could construct a railroad from Ea.t Portland to Eugene City, in ono season of labor, shows him- self so grossly ignorant as io be unfit to furnish information to tho people. Tho above item is on a par with Minto's ridiculous speech in tho last Legislature, in which he, in advocating tho cause of th? East Side Company, counted tho popula tion of tho city of Portland in favor of tho East Side and against tho West Bide. In addition to Minto's crooked and disreputable course, in conspiring with Sneezer Woods to break up tho Legislature and involve the Stato in finan cial ruin, the above artiele shows him to be such a partizan of tho East Side, A. J. Cook & Co. concern, that no farmer on tho West Side of tho river ought to countenance or support his paper." Wc publish "the strictures of the Commercial, not with a view of be coming mixed up with the issues in volved, but simply to show what oth er journals think ot tho secessionist, Minto. If the Society would havo their pa per succeed, let them select some oth er one as editor. A widow, resident of Fond Du Lac, Wis., has Major Andre's watch, hearing his name on its back with the date, 1,774. She wants to sell it. ' l' ' AM)Iti:U JOIINSOX. President Huchanan. dtrlit vcars y c? v ago, was reported to havo said that if his successor experienced as much pleasure in assuming ino reins oi gov ernment as ho d'nl upon resigning them to other hands, ho would assuredly be a happy man. No doubt ex-President Johnson could say the, tamo thing. His term of ofiico has been an event ful one, marked by great events and exciting questions, Called suddenly to tho head of national affairs at a most critical period in tho history of the country, just at the close of our gigantic civil war, while the angry passions of tho people were yet aroused, President Johnson had to grapple instantly with tho new n'.ui weighty questions springing oat of tho mighty change wrought by the sword in one half of tho States of the Union. At the vc;y outset he resolv ed to carry o;, tiu policy 0f his im mediate 'Hcdecessor in regard to re construction ; at least so' far as it c0uld bo done in strict observance of tho Constitution, which ho had sworn to support. In accordance with this intention the President refused to recognize the secession of any State, holding that none were ever out of tho Union, and therefore, the rebel lion being at an end and the authori ty of tho Federal Covernment re stored, each State was entitled to representation on the floors of Con gress and in the Klectoral College. Tho only condition required was that none but "loyal men," who could take the oath, should be went to Washing ton. This was in reality the well de fined policy of President Lincoln and the radical Congress. Hut some, of the leaders fititlintr a ehuiisro of base necessary for party purposes, set up the stultifying doctrine of the States being out of the Union, and demand ed that tho Executive should obey them. fit vain he asked how the Stales got out of the Union? Seces sion ordinances had failc the resort to arms was crushed. How, then, did they get out? Thequetiott was unan swerable, but Sumner, Philips, and all the howling dervishes of fanaticism, insisted that he must become their tool, or they would ruin him and aud break down his Administration. He refused ton-cede from his position, md then beau the warfare whieh ,as followed 1 resnlent Johnson with j M;.,w,, wilh hjH headquarter at St. unrelenting bitterness down to this(Lou;s c i uot to Ko to New Orleans, very hour. Mop by step th :y t w ofi iuay hitcu,i worried him denying his lawful :iu- jfjtUS(,u pockcicd the bill adding two nor iy in many instances, ly,Ug hand and stripping him ot the pow-L cm always exercised by tlie IWideiit, .uio in Miami- nut i- ono , h.-h h- .. . . . I.. - . . . I.I. 4 1. i ni;ti.tUK r .mil mis iiie. :iuu resori to impeachment for his overthrow.- i i Iltil II..-. r.i'.:.t.i i-. i r t " rmiH oi .nurew lonusou, oe ii spo- 'l 1 1. ..1 ! m ' asj,..,, . sfoilli j ism, and maintained his position to Ore-jl'un,b ithout a party at his bark, rU'l V U) whf,m h a Hlght to look for supi.ort, and bel-t ' ; iiv I'Hi'iiiii'H it 1 1 Mitii lr ik fiiTTirMiir ; " . . the admiration of th world. We have Kiid more in praiso of An drew Johnson than ve intended, for he has never been a fivorite with us. There is a shadow over his life a iarK Ppoi on ins ouieiai record '.an in etfaceahlo Main on his character which can never bo forgotten. We allude to his complicity in the execu tion of Mrs. fcurratt bv the blood thir.stv murderers of Hadiealism. r,nvcd the ftx-rrcMdriit of the svm- pathy of thousands of warm, ma'nlv hearts, in his subsequent trials. Hut "Let justice be done, though the hcav ens fall." He has fotijrht a area light, and his name will go into his tory as a statesman and a patriot. Like Democrats, generally, wo have too otten thought with Laton, of Con necticut, that he had "a happy faculty of doing the riht thing at the wrong time." liut it is an a Kenublican, not a Democrat, that wc should judge Andrew Johnson. Regarding him from this stand-point, and all tho cir cumstances considered, with the rec ollection that he has fearlessly upheld the Constitutional bulwarks of our liberties, and stood like a wall of fire between the crushed and bleeding South and her radical destroyers, wc arc constrained to award the meed of praise where it is so justly due, and say "Well done, thou good and faith ful servant !" Sonoma (Cal.) Demo crat. -..- b y t i: 1. 1: ; it a in. COMPILED moil TIIE OKEGOJt HEItAM WASniNOTON, March 13. Tho sen tence of the naval court-inartial in the case of Euginccr Sawyer, convicted of using disreputable language to tho Presi dent is revoked by l'residcnt Grant on rccorameudation of Secretary Uovie. Washington,-"March 13. Col. W. F. Forbes is appointed Pension agent at Philadelphia. Tho following appointments of Com missioners of tho Union Pacific Itailroad were made to-day: Isaac N. Morris, of Illinois, in place of Irank Jilair; Gen. G. K. War vice Gen. Buford ; Hon. Jas. F. Wilson, of Iowa, vice Cor nelius Randell. - Butler has introduced to Secretary Boutwell . a colored man from New Or leans, named Joubert, recommending him as Assistant Assessor. Ho don't want the offico for tho money but to test tho disposition of tho party in power re garding the rights of the colored raco. Auburn, N. Y. March 14. The Herald's Washington special thinks that Gen. Dent will be appointed Collector of the port of San Francisco, in the place of Gen. Miller, and that Frank M. Pixley will be appointed District Attorney for California. Ik Washington, March 14. Tho month ly reports of the department of agricul ture for February show that the number of horses has slightly increased in most of the Western and Southern States, but very little in tho Eastern and Middlo States. In tho principal States west of ....tv. v ... . . iiiiiuii - t . . tho Mississippi river and in tho Pacific States tho number is not equal to tho do mand, as isshown by the general advance in prico. There is a positive docrcaso in cattle, and in many States, amounting to five per cout in Illinois. A reduction in tho number of milch cows is reported in Texas, Ohio and Illinois; and an increase in prices is reported. A general 'reduc tion in sheep is shown, except in Tcnncs rcc, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas and tho Pacific States. Tho loss is not much less than ten per cent. Thcra is a largo re duction in mvino, representing fifteen per cent in some scctious and a marked ad vance in prices. II Altai 8 it una ( Pa. V March 13. A resolution has passed tho Senate rccon.sid- rtng t.tlO VOIO auopwug wiu muwuwi Amendment, which was lnaue uo special order for Tuesday next. No action has been taken by tho House, but it U as serted that tho amendment will pass both I louses next week bv the votes of the conservative Republicans and Democrats. LotJiavir.LK. .March 13. .James Guth rie, lato U. B. Senator from Kentucky, and Secretary of the Treasury under Pierce, died at his residence at noon to day. JIiciimoni, March 11. Dr. Gilraorc, chairman of the Itcpullican State Ccn tral Committee, bolts the nomination of Governor Wells. Mo.vtUF.Ai.. March 13. Tho exodus of French Canadians from the southern coun tics of the United States continue to a fjreat extent. Many families arc going, even without disposing of their farms. CmcAfio, March 13. The Tribune's special fays the President has said that he would nominate Gen. Sickles as Min ister to Mexico. ""Gen. J'ullard is also to have a foreign mission, but which is not stated. (Jen. Sheridan approves of the Appointment of Longstroct as Collector o! New Orleans. Minister Washburnc wil not ifo to France before the end of April Congressman .Julian, who represents a lar'C Quaker constituency, argues fur the appointment of a Quaker Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Vice President Colfax pocs West with hi) family next week, to remain ten day Senator Anthony will preside during his absence. The Iowa Congressmen have agreed ta recommend the reinstatement of alltfTu-c-holders of that State, removed by John, fsou for devotion to Hcpublican principles. General Sheridan will b; nj-inned to , hli f.f ,t,It.tl,i f itr',, , r , s t0 tie corl,tt of JuiJ A,jVOCa;c,, j tyi(J artoy, Thcr0 wj, ,,rCat (lT.pKntUKnt U- 1 mm " catlMS tue j0n .kc l Ginmutees were not aouounced yostcrday. There has been much couti-nuou on the subject. Sever al idiarp letters have been addressed to hpeiier lilatnc, and tevcraUtormy inter victs ViaJ. finf lliinks that Con grew will not adjourn before the l.ifet of April. The Time special thinks that Con gress will adjourn at the e nd of March. Kai.khjii, March rJ. lhc Houeha; cn Con Tenure rived here to day, tn n,utr North. Skw Vouk, Mhrch 12. The jury rc turned a verdict l r $10,000 in favor of Ihnforth II. Barney, and araiii.t Otto IJur.itcnhin lcr and other., ftr damages frustruuc! Iy the cxpIj.?!ou of nt'rogly cerinc at San l'rancico. I!i'rr.!.o, March 13. There wa.i a grand Fenian demonstration to night. 'icn. O'Neil addressed the meeting. Xr.w YoltK, March IS. Gen. Jordan, formerly chief of Beauregard' stafT, re cently disappeared from Charleston. It U currently reported that he has sailed fur Cuba to assist the insurgent". It is further reported that he is acting with the full knowledge and consent of Grant, who assured him that no American taken in the rebellion fchould he dealt harshly with by the Spanish authorities. ihe Jkrabl denounces the action of the Pennsylvania Congressmen who vo ted in the caucus for the resolution that each member will have control of thcap- Firtt . i rt . . tn lita .lii?.isit P!y ylr4Mtj..A represented by Democrats to he coutrolcd by the State Senators. Baltimore, March IH. Judge Moore, former Senator from Maine, died at Lynch- burg, v a., on 1 uesday. Judge Kussell, of .North Carolina, has issued a proclamation commanding the surrender or arrest of several prominent Ku KIus. He authorizes any citizens to capture or shoot them if they resist. XSEW ionic, March 16. Matilda Becchcr, mother of Henry Ward Bccch- cr, died at Brooklyn to-day aged 80 years. j.iTTLE Kock (Arkansas), March 13. Tho Constitutional amendment has passed the Senate by 19 to 3, Augusta (Ga.), March 13. Darden, tho murderer of tho editor of tho Clip- per, was taken lrom jail by several dis guised men last night, and carried out of town and shot. Washington, March 13. Noah L. Jeffries, Bcgistcr of tho Treasury, has resigued. It is stated that John L. Wil son, 5th Auditor of tho Treasury, intends resigning. Applications of office-seekers at tho Treasury and Post Ofiico Departments, aro overwhelming, not ono in five hun dred of tho applications can be accommo dated. There is a report that John D. ClhTord. of Massachusetts will be Collector of New York. New YoltK, March 13. Tho Express says there is much anxiety in Wall street regarding tho pojicy of the Treasury De partment in the immodiate future. There have been some heavy sport sales of gold and stocks on the theory of early sales of old. Chicago, March 15. A Republican special says tho Senate Judiciary Com mittee, alter a lengthy session, decided to recommend tho indefinite suspension of the Tenure of Offico law. It is under, stood that this course is satisfactory to tho President, and will give him more time to decide upon tho merits of appli- canons tor ouice. It is expected that orders will be issued to-day assigning G-. F. Schofield to the late command of General Sheridan, with headquarters at Leavenworth ; also the assignment of Sheridan to Sherman's i 1 . f . . .1 . command, with headquarters at St.' Louis. Gen. Howard will probably be sent to the South. Andrew Johnson has returned to Washington. Complaints nro made that Massachu setts is absorbing many important posi tions, having a Cabinet olliccr, two lead ing chairmanships of Senate committees, foreign and military officers, and several important chairmanships of the House. it is aiso moment mat, iuouey win navo the English mission. Tho Tribune special says that General Thomas will be aligned to the Depart ment of tho I'acmc, with headquarters at San Francisco. General Hallcck will be ordered Fast to a division of the South, not yet organized. Augur remains in command of tho division on tho Platte. Hancock goes to the Department of Dak ota ; rone to the IJcrartment ot the Lakes : Lacev will command in Gcorcia and the CaroHoas, and Stoncman goes to Arizona. Cmicacio, March 15. The following chairmen of House committees have been selected : Ways and Means, Paine of Wisconsin, Schcnck, Cooper and Seward ; Appropri ations, Dawes, Seward, Hanks and Gar field; Pacific Kailroad, Wheeler of New York ; Claims, Wadiburne of Massachu setts; Commerce, Dixon; Public Lands, Julian; Pest-onicc, Jarnsworth; Manu facturcM,' Morrill ; Agriculture, tyilxon cf Ohio; Indian Affairs, Clark of Kansas; Military Affairs, Login of Illinois; Mile age, Shanks; District of Columbia. Cook of Illinois; Judiciary, Dingham; llcvo lntionary Claims, Uoyd of Missouri; Public Expenditures, Coburn of Indiana; Private Ciaimt, Blair of Michigan ; Na val Affairs, Schofield of Pennsylvania; Foreign Affairs, Hanks j Territories, Cullom of Illinois; Invalid Pensions, Benjamin of MisHour.; lio.vb, Ingersoll of Illinois; Miiii,, Ftrriss of" New York; IrcedtKCuH Affairs, Dockery of isorth Carolina; Lducation, Arncll of Icnamcc; KecotiJttruction. Duller of Maachiifctts. Mr. fjmuner will soon deliver a speech, takip.g the "rounds that Knland is re sponsible for much more than thedestruc- j .'ioa of our tJtip; that her action (?wcpt our commerce from the seas and prolong ed the war at lean a year. Mr. Thorn titu, IlriUh Minister, hearing this re mark, said to Mr. Sumner that this means war. The French Minister say that it means cxttu-ion of Territory. The mat ter in making much stir in. diplomatic cir cle. A delegation of Cherokee, Crerk, Choctaw and Chiekasaw Indians had an interview with the President tj day. They Mated that it i.i their desire to co operate with the Government to preserve the pence between the Government and tbo Indians. The interview was of a very pleasant character. Tiii;i.v,iri;i;itAiv. Grant has ascended the throne at .hc White Hou-e i't rule with a despotic hand his wcr-diipcrg nod fellow citizens. His inaugural is about such a paper as we an ticipated, Ircith'.ng nothing hut a spirit of fuiaticUm, disunicn and fantical sla very. It is to he the cried and bible of the party in power for the next four years. It wa written by Waahburne who has M. C. stamped cn his broadest part a man who has the ''great chieftain" at his command and works him like plastic clay by the nana ot the potter. The inaugu ral contains all that the most fanatical Radical could desire. Wendell Phillips admires it asju-t the thing to continue in power and plunder the Republican party. Tho?e who have looked forward with anxiety to fee whether the incoming .Aunnni-siration wouiu auopt a course con sb.tent with the institutions of America and bring union and order out of disunion and chaos, will have to turn away with regret and mourn over the vanity of hu- mm anairs. Ihc panacea for all our ills and woes is not there. Grant , proposes to pay the huge swin dle upon a free people in gold, unless otherwise expressed in the contract. This, of itself, is the most iniquitous of all in iquities and ought to pink any Adminis tration so deep that Gabriel's trump could not rxisc it, because this manner of pay ing the national debt will crush the pros perity and industry of the country, for in so doing wc pay double, and in some in stances, treble tho amount raid for the bonds at tho time of their purchaee. This is the blessing you enjoy by endors ing Radical rule. This plan ot paying the debt will require more gold than there is in the Continent of America. This debt, this "national blessing" will contin-i ue to swell its mighty bulk, and unborn meratious will cross the stage of life and go down to their graves groaning un der the load of taxes, before o?ic dollar of it is ever paid. His manner of paying the debt is more of that "searching economy" wc were to have when Grant became President. But such economy has bank rupted tho proudest nations of tho earth, and whose glory went down amid tho din of clashing interests as ours is now, and but a few short years will roll away be foro we will have drifted into tho whirl pool of financial ruin. What ! pay tho debt in gold, dollar for dollar, when it was purchased for greenbacks at 40 and' 50 cents on the dollar? No, never! The Americans will not tolerate such a swin dle and we care not how soon they assert their rights and swear with sword in hand to hew down tho Radical party, for no peace or liberty can exist while the damn ablo thing is in the land. Grant endorses the negro and China amendment to the Constitution, and hopes that it will bo ratified by all tho States. He is also in favor of olevating the Indi an to all tho rights and immunities of free and independent citizens, and, taking it all in all, the inaugural is what every loud mouthed, blatant Radical will endorse, and what every true and tried patriot should condemn as disgraceful, insulting and wanting that high moral tone so nec essary to mark out the true destiny of our confederacy.- Eugene Guard. 0 '" The Local Press. An exchange makes tho following sensible remarks. Of course we don't charge any of our cit itzens with being "deadheads," but if thero aro any, each "deadhead" knows it: Every enlightened citizen will concede that tho local newspaper press should be well sustained. A cotemporary justly re marks that the absence of newspapers is a bad sign for a place, in a business point of view, as absence of churches is in xqof abi, of school houses in education. Tho' men who support tho village paper do more to build up tho place, and make it prosperous, and draw trade there, than all other influences combined. Hence wheth er a man believes in advertising or not ha ii i t.L .i win uuuvsuc vnub unj newspapers are great help to the place, and that business nmminn in verv i ill in in ni9M thnt 't. - j UMir UUU H support one or more of them. Therefore ine man vuu inca to come in ana take the benefits of that prosperity without contributing to Bustain, tries to "dead-, head" on the rest of the business men. 1 i l. ,. ... XXT . uuu uw3 uitui nivufo. ti u cay it is tuO .1 .. i . r ii , , ,i . : - - . town paper. - - ip Prentice says : The tenure of office law was a law of liberty liberty to the office-holders to commit whatever rascali ty they pleased with impunity. Senator Chandler wants an acoondment of the whiskey law. He had better set about an amendment of his whisky habits. Some uneducated persons can accom plish much. Many a man who can't write has made his mark. Senator Sumner, ever since that "lit tle unplcagantncsa" with 31 r. Brooks, of; South Carolina, has been a soreheaded politician. OUIl AOKNTS. The following named gentlemen ar athorix U act a Agent fur Tbk Btatk Ilicsra IfXHAr kat, ana to receive tid receipt for iicr,jj vi tn paper : L1XX COUNTY. Ilotart Watkimon atul Jtsrvti iMrru. Ja'.tt Wheeler.. 11. h. Drown A I V LV ..... I . t LMhOq ErowBivin ZIVLTSOMAU'COUXTY Portland., t, ,i ' ..... u. W. Cannon LANK COUNTY. Hoo. J. J. WlU,. E BKXTOX COUNTY. " II. f?. Ktrahan r .n-. W.J. KuUrUon rn! ......... ......... ......... ..Lorr&uij POLK COUNTY. i t'vtx7 J5-JI . w y"C"7 Cwota Uu. Hny.Jen.. Eolx CLACKAMAS COUNTY. J. It. Ka!tn Oregon Citr. MULTNOMAH COUNTY. J. F. 3IcCf. . PortUnA MARION COUNTY. N. 31. Cell... ... . 15. F. Boihf. jSl.in I.. F. Kicnbt .Fi!rrtom Ilantej Vi'fttcnaan ....... Jfferi. Tho. Hojee, Newtpaper Aret, Fa Fraftci, satbftrixed to reeir absmptios aii'I 4rtiwncntj for our paper, aad act sj lusi- X K W A D V K It T I S EM E NTS. 5otlce ta Blacfcimilhs ted lit PbWIc generally! JUST HECEIVED By leader iireet from .San Frane'uao, a lot tf IRON AND STEEL! . wbieb I will put in tie market at lower ratea tbaa ever before oSttfl i this place, far call OF trade I Al, 40 KEGS OF EXTRA HEAVY COLD EH SYRUP, clear at Honey : alo a lot of 2f o. 1 SUGAR, and a gtoi AsortmeEt cf " FANCY DR3T GOODS t f a!l k'tadt, ct the Csjh Storo of JIarcb 20, Ufi'j rinZHf. R. CIIEADLE. RATES OF TOLL, OVER THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY ASD CASCADE XQUX-, TAI.V WAG0. EOAD. To Dc.rbuttei Hirer, 4-bore or ciale team, fi CO Ta To To To To To To To To To 4 2 " " 1 IO I " " J 00 ox team, 3 yoke 4 JO, erery aJ4itional yoke. 50, loose bores, per heacL. 25 " cattle, 1. aheeporiogs, l S pack ajiimals, loaded... 50, " nnpack'd 2 u it It it ti M U hues ami riJer...... 1 00 Teams rtlarning einptyt balf price. To Fisn Lake: 4-bore or mtja team, caeb way . 1 . it tt Pack animals, loaded " " " onloaaeJ. " " Horse and riJer M 3 0 . I 50 i e . Ii- Ox team, 3 yoko " To Uppeii Soda Srfuso: 4'borse or mnlo team, cat and back., 2 SO 2 f 1 it it a L Horse and rider Looso animals, ' 2 00 1 00 50 25 Ox tama tho eamo as bone teama. A. HACKLEMAN, rrea't. W. W. Parrish, Sec'y. Marob 20, 1S69. Tln31lf It CHANGE OF BASE!" BliAIN & YOUiVG, AXtBANTy - - - - OREGON, Having bought all the Merchandise of J. Barrows, & Co., will continue tbo businesi. And we invite all to give us a call. We will be constantly receiving GOODS DIRECT FROM SAN FRANCJSC0. t AXD -vriLt KEEP A 1 GENERAL ASSORTMENT V : OF-rr " v.. x or ca- o o x s y GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CnOCEERT, &c WE WILL OFFER INDUCEMENTS TO AM Ready-Pay Cnstomers ALL PERSONS OWING THE FIRM 0 J. Barrows & Co., wUl please eall and settle. Either member of the firm is authorized to settlo any account of the Company. -March 6, 1869-vn28tf. J. BARROWS St Ca W TT WANT 20,000 LBS. OF GOOD BACON 1 I also Batter, both of rliich the highest marl ket price will bo psid. B. BRENNEJ? T3n33tf