........JANUARY 21, 1870
D:f..GCRATiC STATE CONVENTION..
Iy virturo of the action of tbe Deraocr&tio
BU jj Contention, wbieh wai hcll t Portland, on
Thi raday, March 19th, 1S6S, and of the Democrat
io State Central Committee, which was held at the
air e place, on Jan. 3, 1S70, the Democratic t&t$
Convention trill bo held at
Altaar, ca Wcdacsday, the f Id day ; of
t . Harcli, 1870. ?
at 1) o'clock a. m. of said day, for the purpose of
con inating (lorcrnor, Aleniber or tongra, ceo
rctary of State, Treasurer, SUte Printer, Judge of
Second District, Judge of third District, and
Jodgof Fifth District, to bo lupported at tho
noxi June election. '
Bf order of said Committee, representation to
6aid Contention wai based on tho vote CMt for
Democratic Congressman at tho last election, gi -ing
so each ceunty ono delegate for every seventy
fiva Democratic votes cast, and no delegate for
every fraction of thirty-eight and over, but allow
ing each connty at least ono delegate therein;
which rule of apportionment will give to tho sev
eral counties tho .following number of delegates,
to-wit: ,
Ben t on ......... ........................ ......... ... .........
Bak.-r .... . . ... .
7
8
8
Clat-'ojJ
1
Coos
Carry
S
1
Columbia
k . wMHe
2
9
Grant..
Jack ton
8
Josephine.... .....
a - oOMMfitee'
11
Lane
- neewe
2
11
Linn..
17
14
Mari m..
Mult lomah
16
1'olk
9
Tillamook.
Umatilla ..
Cnioi ,
1
7
Wast ington.........
"Wasco ... ....
Yamhill ..............
4
6
8
a
Total 153
Tin time for holding the County Conventions to
elect delegates to the State Convention, was left
by ths Committee to the several County Commit
tees, who? duty it wul bo to provide therefor.
Thi Committee would tespectfally urge prompt
action on tho part or tbe Democracy of the several
counties. U. i. UKOY&K, Chairman.
V. Trevitt, Secretary.
CIGGY Bt SIXEiSS ABROAD.
People are likely to wonder if, after
all, the Oregon State House Officials
hare had a precedent for their action
upon the buggy question. Mungen,
Member of Congress from Ohio, re
cently introduced a resolution in the
Houje directing all the Cabinet offi
cers to report the number of carriages,
horses and harness paid for by the
government and used for the pleasure
or conTenienco of tho Heads of the Do-.
partrient3 and their lainilies, and by
what authority such government prop
erty has been appropriated. Tho
House refused to second the preTious
question, and so the resolution .-went
oyer. Of course it will always contin
ue to "go over." A3 a matter of taste,
the resolution was no doubt imperti
nent and most offensive to tho dignity
of the dignitaries, -whose elevation to
office was not prompted by economical
considerations whose loyalty covers
every, deficiency in qualification for
office. But a3 a little matter of busi
ness, with which the people have a
pecuniary interest, ilungnr's resolution
is important. " - -",'
The shrewd Congressman assumes
the fast that buggies, carriages and
horses are paid for by the public for
Heads of the Departments, and" in
quires into the details. The main fact
is imp orient. It shows to what new
uses' an office may be put; what
unsuspected practices are,, and what
others may be, in unthought of places;
it sho-.vs how easily a hole may be
made in the public money-bags, and in
what ignorance the public may re
main concerning the same. After all,
we are not so sure that it was "Wash
ington City that 'made the precedent.
Biding, driving and putting on airs at
public expense is aa Oregon invention,
we think. It is our own Salem fash
ion th&t Washington copies. Let us
respect the prophet of our own coun
try. Ijet us do ourselves the honor to
consider that our Wood's, May, Cooka
d al., tro not shallow imitations but
great originals men rich in resources
and feitile in inventions. At the pres
ent rata of progress, w may reason
ably hop that the day is not far dis
tant when an official commission will
be the patent of countless privileges;
when the word "perquisites" will have
a signification so general as to compre
hend all things useful and desirable in
the eye 3 of covetous man, and when
stealing will no longer be regarded by
the vul jar multitude as a reprehensi
ble practice, but rather as a fine art.
Iowa follows Wyoming in the matter
ci "Woman's Eights." It appears
that a Miss Julia C. Addington has
been duly elected by the male sufira
gans of that State to Ihe useful if not
distinguished office of Superintendent
of Common Schools. But Mis3 Ad
dington, with a timidity quite unnatu
ral in pioneers in great reform move
ments, hesitated and deliberated upon
her leg.d right to tako and hold the
office. . Whereupon she a3ks the ad
vice of . tho Attorney General, Mr1.
O'Conner, a gentleman eurmosed to
be, and who has a 'right to be. hizh
authority in all mattsrs of tins charac
ter. Itat individual replies that a
"recent decision in the Court of Ex
chequer, England, holding that the
generic term man includes woman
also, in.iicates our progress from
crude barbarism to a better civiliza-
tion." ; ; The Attorney concludes by
saying : : need scarcely add that,
in my o pinion, Miss Addin ston is en
titled tc the office to which she has
been elocted." -
FRIDAY
QXXALXj YSTE tfOSII?iVTE A BEN-
ATORT
Wo ask the attention of tho Dem6c
racy of ,Orogon to tho propriety pf
nominating a candidate at tho State
Convention for tho United States Sen
ate Tho practice of thus designating
a candidate hr.s prevailed heretofore
in other States and was adopted in
thia State in eelecting tho jirst candid
ates for that office.
The practice of eelecting in ft Legis
lative caucus is open to many objec
tions. It decides the matter without
any direct expression of tho people
and almost wholly independent of
them. It has tho effoct to consume
much of the timo of the Legislature
and to originato many of the disgrace
ful practices that are sometimes inci
dent to a Senatorial election.
The successful party cltould lmo its
choice, independent of pressure end
lobby manipulation"?. Thoro . h no
way of ascertaining that choico o
f e&siblo as that adopted with ref eic nco
to candidates upon tho Stato ticket.
Our next contest involves ths election
of a Senatorthe importance of the
election culminates in that office. . Up
on one side Judge Williams is tho con
ceded standard-bearer. Into tho scale
of issues that gentleman thrown his
personal strength if ho baa any aa
any candidate for such an office should
be presumed to havoj his ability, his
attainments, his character aro all
brought to bear in securing votes for
the Legislative ticket.
In the important contest to ensue
we shall certainly make a better fight
if we know who our leaders are. A
matter of such consequenco should be
taken now, at this opportune time, into
the primary conventions. The su
premo importance of the question
seems to demand it. With all defer
ence to Legislative caucuse?, we think
that the regularly chon convention
i3 the higher and safer tribunal. We
all remember the great contest beiwcea
Douglas and Lincoln, in 1858, in Illi
nois, wherein the candidacy in cither
party was not left to a Legislative cau
cus. The impolicy of that method of
deciding the Senatorial question, wq
think, was not there, nor has it been
since ever so remotely hinted at.
f"P " a a mm
j. he uregoman says uuu "11 is a
burning disgrace to tho American pirss
that among its'numbers are to be found
those who manifest such hyena-like
instincts as have been exhibited in nu
merous quarter? since the death of Ed
win 31. Stanton."
Please tell us your opinion of ihe
Eepublican pres3,Jn pouring out the
vials of its vituperation upon the dead
Chief Justice Taney and in helping
its malignant abuse upon Sam Medary.
We deprecate the language quoted by
the Orcjoniaa and attributed to a Ten
nessee paper because it is not becom
ing a public print under any circum
stances. Stantou should Ire spoken
of however just as ho is. Those who
have witnessed his awful crimes ugair at
liberty, or have suffered his tyranny
can find enough to bay of him without
extenuating or getting down aught in
malice.
We are glad that the Oreqonian has
learned that indecent revilemeat of
the dead is a burning disgrace to the
American press. We aro" only sorry
that the lesson has 1fcen deferred co
long and only learned now by n Jittlo
experience. And this remind us of a
harsh adage, which wo don't say has
any application to this ni&tter.
The Marysville Jpjjeal, which de-
eervpi3 to be considersd as ono of the
ablest, as it is one of tho most zealous
Eepublican papers upon the coast, is
net pleased with Senator Williams'
China bill. Tho Appeal evidently has
the Senator's measure with tolerable
exactness. It does not mistake clev
erness for statesmanship. It neemn to
understand what everybody ought to
know that tho Senator is demacroeru
ing on the Chinose question, and it
does not sufficiently feel tho pressure
of party -exigency to refrain from
"talking cut." There is a great deal
signified in tho way it puis the matter:
"It will beeen that Senator Williams, . by bis
bill, proposes to prohibit .Chinese immigration Ig
contrast that is, Chinamen -or China woman may
land at San Franoiseo singly, bat if tbsy eooe 1
pairs they can b stopped and tho shippers held
for heavy Cnss. Should this bill pass, w might
contract for cne thousand Chines laborers, bat
thsy could not land bat oca tt a time. The quer
tion arises, would this bo treating tbe Chinese gov
ernment as other foreign governments are treated?
Would it be keeping our treaty stipulations ? Can
cot wo contract in Germany or Russia for 1,000
laborers, and ship them in one vessel? It will bo
seen that Senator Colo does not agree with tho
Oregon Senator. - lie reoognizss tho importance 0
labor in bis brief remarks whether white or
black and sensible men on this coast sustain tbe
same opinion with the Senator."
RADICAL STATE COHYEKTIOIT.
Special Dispatch to (he Democrat.
Portland, Or.? Jan. 20.
The next Eepublican State Convention
will ba held in Portland, on Thursday
tho 7th day of April. Tbe basis of rep
resentation is fixed at ono delegate for
each sixty votes cast for tho Eepublican
candidate for Congress in 1868, and one
additional delegate for each fraction 0
thirty-fivo or over and one delegate at
large for each county. County Conven
tions are to bo held on Saturday, March
?Sth. .
THE SPIIYNX HVKAUH.
President Grant has delivered an
opinion upon tho tariff. Tho tolegraph
reports him thus:
"The Trepidant, In coefsroncain the Ways and
Means Committee, on the subject of the tariff, r
fommeoJs the increase, on the free list of all ar
ticles geara!ly used b this oountry, which do not
come in competition with American products.
If this is capable of a construction, it
means that tho tariff is to bo continued
for pt'ct&tive purposes. It meana that
thore should bo no relief given to the
industrial intorests of the country, that
the government will persist in fostor
nig monopolies, and in keeping from
the working-men of American tho pow,
or to go into tho markeU of tho world
and cell tlio product of their skilled la
bor; that wo ought to continuo the
foolish aud wicked policy that dsprtven
ouv own peoplo of a share in tho vast
trado of other .countries.
America wantj xoora. Sho cannot r-f-ford
to Lava her commerce wall 1 m
from the rest of tho world; to hv;o h r
skill and Ichor weightsd dorm with a
tariff tht nnbancert thy cost of tho
workman's material, cud increases tbe
price of hia food and clothing.
Tho utlorances of tho President prob
ably havo & Kgnifieanso. They indi
cate a determination on tho part of
thoso who fashion nnd mould th:s Ad
ministration to py no attention to the
practical lessons of tho past, but to
persist, regardless of results and in con
tempt of public interests, in tho pres
ent policy. Our ruinous tariff expe
rience seems to produce no impression
upon Congressman or President. Do
feat at tho polls is tho only lesson that
theso characters aro likely to heed.
D EM O C'RAT I V CO 5131 ITTEEft,
CONVENTIOXM, aire.
The Democratic Central Conmitteo
of Clackamas ccuntr meets oa tiic
23th cf Jam-cry next Tuesday.
Iho Denocrctic Central Committeo
of Lar.o county met in Euge.$ oa the
12th insi., Mid failed tb' It County
Convention for tho 12th thy ol March
next. Tho apportionment is r.s follows :
Each precinct shall havo fxml ono del
egate; then ono dokgato for rt ch fif-
QU votfts cast for the Dcraoerr.Uo can
didal for Congress in 16C3, .aid one
for each fraction of eight or over giv
ing Lane county GO delegates in her
County Convention.
Tho Democratic Committee of Ma
rion county met in Satem last Tv
day, and appointed tho County Con
vention for Saturday, tho 12th dfcy of
3Dxch. There will be 51 delegates in
tho Convention.
The telegraph ascaracs the ratifica
tion of tho 15th AmcadinQnt by Ohio,
without conveying information cf the
act. We presume, howc7r. ths.t tho
telegraphic asbnmptioa ia correct and
that Ohio has reconsidered h?r action
of Itatycar rnd ratified tho amend
ment. New York haa alro reconsider
ed her action but with a dUieret re-
rult. New York this time reject!. -Now,
smce, in all probability, 1xth of
thcee States will bo needed to securo
the requhsito three-fourths, hero is c
nice litUe dilemma for Padieal tacti
cians to get around. If a Htate cannot
legally reconsider her action in tho
premises, then Ohio must keep her
placo among tho non-ratifying Stales ;
if a Str.te can do so, then New York
must bo so counted. We aro a little
curious to see just how tho af
fair will be adjusted.
The Bill reported by the reconstruc
tion committee for the admission of
Virginia was exchanged for a Bubsti
tuto, introduced by Bingham, by acloso
vota of 98 to S5. Wo do not know
wb-.t tho character cf the substitute is
but presume it to be less revolting in
its features than tho emanation of tho
Committee, from tho fact that the
Democratic members, on tho vote to
substitute, pretty gsnerally voted in
the normative. It seems then that
the Reconstruction Committee that
has hatched all that brood of infamous
measures that has been launched upon
the South to breed disorder in its gov
ernment and inaugurate a hell in its
society, has finally concocted some
thing cf such unpaalleled atrocity
that even a Radical Congress would
not endorse it.
New Railuoad Arrangements. New
through passenger fares go into opera
tion on the Pacific Railroad on and af
ter January 1st. First class fare to
Chicago and St. Louis has been re
duced to $118; to New York $140; to
New Orleans to $150; to Philadelphia
to $138 25, and to Boston $143. The
separate emigrant train has been done
away with, and in future a second class
car will accompany the through daily
express train. Delays occasionally oc
curred by the special emigrant train,
passengers being frequently ten days
in reaching New York. Now they will
go through as quickly as the first class
passengers. The fares by second class
cars are as follows: To Chicago and
St. Louis; $93; to Philadelphia, $110;
to. Baltimore, $109, and to New York,
$110. All fares are payable in green
backs. ; ' ' - .:
John Marshall committed suicido by
cutting his throat with a razor at Utao
lady, W.?T. last Monday.
NEW YOIIK UNDElt THE KOD.
Now York may got ready to bid
adieu to all he greatnessto descend
from her seat of cmpiro and sit down
in ashes at tho fet of tho reconstruc
tion committee. Tho doughty Drako
has decreod her degradation, and res
olutely assigns her a place by tho side
cf Ooorgia and Virginia.
In the published dispatches of last
week thcro wai an account of tho in
troduction of a resolution, or amend
ment, declaring that when any "State
reconsiders her ratification of the 15th
Amendment, such Btato ehall 110 long
er have representation in Congress."
New York has done just that thing.
The recolution is intended for that
Stato. Truo, it may to open to tho
objection that in order to bo efiectivo
it will havo to bo cx jmt facto in its
operation, but thou that is only a tri
fle. Constitutional objections aro no
longer obstacles in ths way of legisla
tor liko tho majority in tho present
Congress. Tho only limit to their
legislation is that interposed by jftysi
cal burriors. Who knows but that tho
day may come when Oregon will bo
dismissed from Court, bocauso, in tho
days of her good old Domocracy sho
put a discriminating tax upon China
men? or because Senator Williams
succeeded in getting a clause in the
Stato Constitution prohibiting tho
immigration of negroes?
OIJH r OUT LAND LETTEtt.
Pvktlasd, Jan. 14, 1870.
Editor t Democrat t
Tbe meeting and action of the Democratic
State Cocamitte hero on tbe 8th of January
made a ripple on the surface of (tho town
up the creek' to orderly and well ordered
were all things connected with it. The at
tendance va exceedingly full, more fio than
for cany jeara. Aggressive action was re
cuhed on, and the 23d of March one week
!atr tusn Inat c0n7enl.cn, to accommodate
trar.s-couutain counties appointed m the
timo for convening at Albany, to aslect ofji
cert of the State, and Congrt$man.
The t-pportiosmeat onedclcgate for every
MtvcntT-Sra electors f4v4 fraction over half
jivei Zaniern Oregon thirtj aix tote. Tbej
trill most liUlj caat solidly for an Eaat
trn man for Con-jrtae, if Vilson, of the
Dalles, ! ttill talked of aa stiIr aa now.
At present it carat Joe ViUon will be cho-
ten aa the Republican nominee for Con great
and Geary for Governor, tbouch thore i
talk here of Cornelias, and aUo Dr. Watt.
I cannot indics-to who will probablj bo the
Dtvaoct alio nominee. Permit me to aae
fyl the' propriety of our making judicious
nominations in the district aod counties.
Actions of county contentions frequentlj
have more to Io in electing or defeating
State tickets than is generally believed.
BflUlTtAL.
Mrs. Martin, vifo of a tailor or shoema
ker, ca I am told, treatl the town to
free trance lecture, under the head of "the
glory and shame of Portland," the other
evening. She was arrayed in the usua
C&rb of her sex, was plainly dressed and
used a full fine voice and bell-clapper tongue
prclty freely against Portland. She ha a
sharp nose, t'.in lips and a rather pleasant
expression. She talks with her eyes abut.
makes gestures like astumpist, and crucifies
grammar with a rockle&sness that is refresh'
ing. Sho is of conrso a Greeley-Bcccher-
Ilicbardson-Republican and spoke out
strongly for Chinamen. I take her to be
very ignorant. She asserted that Confucius
wrote just as good philosophy as ever Christ
wrote. This is a pretty snfo assertion con
stdering that Christ never wrote a line In all
his thirty-three years.
By the way, has it occurred to you how
singularly fitting it is that Henry Ward
Decchcr should bo tbe chiefest Sguro in tbe
latest of sensational castincss? It seems
to run in the Beccher family. Ilia sister
Harriet bad cot begun to get the Byron
fabehold washed from her filthy fingers till
ho step) in and champions and defends the
grossest and coarsest violation of on of the
Ten Commandments. And these art the
men and women who stand at tbe head of
religion and literature in America I
raasoxau
1 met on tho street this morning, followed
by a crowd of boys, my childhood ideal of
Jonah preaching tho destruction of Ninovab.
On Inquiry I found my great fisherman to
bo ono Dr. (?) McBride, of "King of Pain"
fame. Whether he is ft continuation of the
run of professional, religious and theatrical
humbugs that go regularly through tbe
cour try and pick up the people's chango, de
ponent saith not, though I am strongly in
clined to tho affirmative of the proposition.
His hair is dark and waving and a good
deal longer than any Cayase Indian's that
ever scalped a missionary. He wears a hat
with a brim like an umbrella, and dress
coat that almost sweeps the pavement. The
expression of his faco is that of a second.
class-abolition-Missionary-Methodist or
first-class Mississippi fiat-boat blackleg I
hardly know which. He reminds me forci
bly of Brick Pomeroy's picture of Jehial
Prayerful who went South.
RalLROADICAL.
TheWest-Sido Railroad Company has hit
on a plan for "raising tho wind" which
seems practical and it is devoutly hoped will
prevail. The proposition is to issue $300,
000 bonds, seven per cent., cashed at a very
liberal discount. If I am correctly inform
ed, the discount is to be about forty per cent,
and the first interest is to bo paid a the end
of two years, and in default of it, tho bond
holders may foreclose and have possession
and full title. .Two-thirds of. the stock is
already taken. When all is taken tho gold
paid will bo about $175,000 which will more
than complete the first twenty miles. The
work already done amounfg to about $G00,
000, so that stock-holders trader the new
plan with first mortgage on all this will be
amply secured in their $300,000, which is to
really cost them only sixty cents on the dol
lar. Yours hurriedly, Smitix.
108 IlEFUIIEICAXft, IN COUNCIL.
From a special dispatch published
in this paper, it will bo eeen that the
Republican Convention is to meet at
Portland, April 7th, and that tho ap
portionment is ono delegate to each
CO rotes for Logan, ono for each frac
tion of 35, and one for each county at
argc. This will make tho Convention
consisljof 198 delegates. Marion coun
ty alono has 24. Only think of 198
loyal men in council I It will strain the
ranks to sparo so many. This mighty
marshalling of forces at Portland is for
the purpose of hoodooing a little spirit
into Multnomah county and for refresh
ing the courage of tho Convcntioners
in view of tho appalling gloom of tho
situation.
We invito attention to the fact that
1 i" m 1 ' 1 .
tho Bill to vacate the Umatilla Reser
vation and provido for its Halo was not
introduced by Mr. Williams, as is cur
renlly reported. The Bill was intro
duced in tho House instead of the
Senato, and from this circumstanco wo
suppose that Mr. Smith was its intro
ducer. Tho Bill providing for the
Columbia River Branch Railroad is al
so attributed to Mr. 'Smith, although
Williams has the credit of it.
STATE NEWH.
From tie IleraM.
On the Cth inst, there was a very des
tructive Ore at Homo City, Idaho, rol
lowing are tho estimated omcn ! B. F
Limkin, 33,000: Chas. Child, 87,000:
John Kroll, 3,000: Overland Saloon
88,000; V. Bangles, 82,000; Mr. Looter,
82,000 : II. Gordon, 80,000 : Mr. frspcigcJ
82,000; U tmbcis, 81,500 total 830,-
500.
Tho Workio2mans Protcctirc Union
met at Portland Saturday ni'-ht last
Thcro was a largo and enthusiastic crowr
in attendance, aod several gentlemen de
livered earnest and ablo addrccs. The
numerous attendance and large number
ot additional names added to tho roll
must convince the tnoU floptical that the
working men of Portland aro indeed in
earnest, and that they arc united in the
resolve to protect thesr right against the
advocates of cheap labor and Chineso im
migration. Wo wish the Workingmcn's
Protectivo Union may havo good luck,
aod that branch societies may be organiz
ed in every town and village of Oregon.
On Monday night lost a ahooting scrape
camo off which, fortunately, for the vic
tim, may prove not fatal. Prom what wo
can learn the case stands about thu : A.
J. Moses was sued for divorce at the lat
term of tbe Circuit Court before Jndge
Upton. B. M. toner, a friend of Mrs.
Moses, went to the house, corner of Col
ombia and third streets, Ust night aud
while talking with her about her troub
les, was called out and shot at with a
double barrelled gun. tho charge strik'rog
him in tbe thigh. The alarm was gircu
and Moses was locked up io the County
jail.
C. Real has received the Charter, books
and authority to organizo a Grand Lodge
in Washington Territory.
On Sunday morning last tho Chapel of
tho Sisters' -Convent, on Fourth street,
was crowded with an attentive congrega
tion, to witness tho profe-mon of Mbs
Mary Jane Kelly. Pontifical fltgh Mass
was celebrated by tbe Very Rev. Father
rtcrens, Adrattujstrator of the Diocese, as
sisted by Rev. Father Pictte and Deacon,
and the Rev, Father De Cracna, as Sub
Deacon. 31 fas Kelly sat immediately in
front cf tho High Altar, drtfscd for tho
la&t time in tho garb of tbe world, and at
the proper time advanced to tho foot of
the Altar, and to response to tho usual
questions propounded by Father Fiereris,
signified her wish to quit the world, and
to be received into thn Urucr ol tho bis
tcrs of the Most Holy names of Jesus and
Mary. Father Ficrens preached an elo
quent sermon setting forth the nature ol
too sacrifice made, and pointing out the
benefits to be gained in lieu, after which
bo blessed the habit, and Miss Kelly was
conducted to the Sacristry where she as
sumed tho habit of the Order, and return
ed to tho foot of tho Altar, was invested
with tbe whito veil of tho Xovice, and be
came in religion Sister Mary Roso of Lima.
Mass way then finished and the solemn
ceremony brought to a close by reciting
tbe litany of tho Blessed Virgin.
A can of blackberries exploded in the
express oulco at Portland, throwing the
juico all over (ho attaches and spoiling
their good clothes.
At Umatilla, yesterday, tho thcrmcme
tcr went down 24 degrees below freezing
point, and at the Dalles nearly tho same.
Tho river was full of ico.
There was sleighing in Portland last
Tuesday night.
From tba Orcgooiaa.
Inhere is talk of starting a Union store
in East Portland, whero goods can bo pur
chased at a slight advauco on San Fran
cisco prices.
Tho Mammoth Ox is on exhibition in
Portland, but will ahortfy leave for tho
Atlantic States.
The Government Engineer asks for an
appropriation of 813,000 to complete tho
work on tbe Swan Island Bar in tho Col
umbia river.
A Portland thief stole from a storo a lot
of boots and shoes, and bccauso,he couldn't
sell them again he threw them away in
disgust.
Tho total amount of salmon shipped
from Oregon during tho year was 1,937
barrels 2,211 half barrels; 10,720 cases,
and 4,923 cans.
A ': little girl, daughter of Mr. Tracy,
of Portland, ffell into a boiling vessel and
was so badly scalded that she died in a
few hours.
There is a balance ia tho Portland city
treasury of 82,028,08.
From tbe Tress.
Oa Tuesday last tho Board of Mana
gers of tho Oregon Stato Agricultural So
ciety met in the office of tho Secretary
for settling up tho business of tho last
year, and arranging tho affairs of tho So
ciety for tho next year. Tho premium
list of lastyea ftas taken up for revision.
Tho principal chango in Class ono was
the 1st and 2d premiums on milch cows
which were raised to 820 and $15. No.
10 was added to Class one, giving a 1st
and 2d premium of 850 and 25 for tho
best and second best herd of 25 cattle,
and 2d best lot of yearlings, 12 in num
ber, WW and 15, aud 2d best lot of calves,
10 in number, 820 and 810. But few
and unimportant changes were made in
me premium 11st as Jar as u was consid
ered at tho timo of adjournment last
ntgiu.
Linn and Lane counties have paid their
State taxes for 1809.
Last Monday 3 more teams arrived in
Salcra from Scio, loaded with dried apples
and tmtter. Uood tor Scio.
Mr. R, Duval has invented a flax wind-
a a
mm.
J. M. Curloy has been dcckiel by an
ordinance of tho Salem Council a com
mon drunkard, and all parties arc warn
ed asraiust eclHn 2 him liquors.
A Steamer made the fust trip to Jeffer
son last week.
A family took a compound of lead for
epsom salts, in Salem, last week, and came
near "passing their check in couse
quence.
I hero are now on tho Clamath Indian
Reservation between 1,200 and 1,300 In
dians.
Thero is a Dramatic echol in Salem,
of which 1). YY. Jones is manager.
Salem is to have a city directory.
Tho vestry of the Episcopal Church in
S&lcra have determined to erect a suitable
at - m
building adjoining the church ana a
School will be opened for boys similar to
thoso for gtrla now in operation in Corral
li and Portland.
A Cat iron fell on Mrs. Simon's head,
cutting to tho fekull.
Vrt-tn tbe BttUta FtateMnan.
The Steamer on 8t turday brought down
from JcflcrHorj 77 tons of Hour and a few
tons ol bacon.
Hon. W. Lair Hill has been appointed
Chief Jnstico of Washington Territory,
lice Dennifion migned.
Scth Hammer announces his name as
Candidate fur County Judge of Marioo
county at the next June election.
From tbs Jaek'tinviUe Ntw.3 "
The family of Senator Miller, of this
country, has been seriously afHicted with
in the pat four week. About ten days
ago one of his daughters, six years oldv
died of scarlet fever.. Oo the 12th mat..
another daughter, aged three yean die!
of the ramo distal, while a ton, ehht
years old, lies at the point tf death, and
an intant is very sick. Mr. M tiler des
erves, and has the nytnpathy of the entire
community, in his afiliction. Since the
above was in type, the on above referred
to died.
Nathaniel Mycm, aged 8 i, died at Ash
land on the 12th inst.
A man by name of Willis Hay, was
horse whipped by a lady in Josephine
county for jdandttiug her good name.
Served him right.
Frt ta tba Ja knrii! Fecti&cl.) ,
A man i;au.e 1 Conrad Belize!, of Siski
you county, Caiiforuii, i supposed to
have perished in tho Mountains between
Hungry Creek and Elliott Creek.
A ten gallou keg ol tager is only worth
Ci in Jackftonviiie. Xhatis pretty near
'Dutch Heaven.
Ashland people want a newspaper at
that place. .
I'tStn tbe CorrU; Jfercarj.
There were 41 marriasc and 4 divor
ces in Benton county during 1SG0.
There were 208 Conveyance. cf R.al
Estate io Benton county during the year
lcGO ayrcsafed value of which amount
ed to 8105,017,21.
Free tl; McMinrHlo Bla'le.j
Hon. S. C. Adams. State Senator for
Yamhill, will resign that podifon before
the coming June election.
Several parties were arreted last week
at Lafayette, under the camtini? act. The
cases were tried and the parties ecquitted
During one cf the trials, nn attorney fur
tho defense became m sanguine that he
would win the cae. that in the heat of
his discourse, he offered to '-bet' the jury
"two to one" that his clients would come
clear.
From tbe Roicttsr-Kcfio.
A Quartz lead has been discovered on
the line of Jackson and Douglas eoauties,
which assays 532,01 silver and 637,84
gold to the ton. The thickness of the
lead is from 18 inches to 2 feet.
Some of the Myrtle Creek mines arc
giving out and othsrs are encouraging
in their yield.
The new steamer -'Swan' has been
launched on tho Umpqua.
From tbe Portland Commercial.
An unfinished houso belonging to Mr
McKcncn was blown down on Wednesday
night. Several children playing in the
bouse at the timo escaped uninjured.
Cock fighting is openly carried on and
advertised.
lion. J. Q. Thornton propose? to open
a law office in Portland, also Theodora
Burmcsjcr.
From the CorralHs Gazette
At a called meeting of tho City Coun
cil, on last Thursday evening, Mr. D. S.
Strykcr was ousted from hia scat, and Mr.
MeConneli's scat declared vacant.
Oa last Tuefday evening, while tho
Success was receiving a load of wheat at
tho lower wharf in this city, one of the
hands, with a truck full of wheat, went
overboard in consequence of the steepness
of tho staging. The ian got out by
swimming half the length of tho boat.
Tho trucks and a part of tho wheat were
fished out.
SYNOPSIS OF LATEST SEWS.
The Rev. Cook, whoso elopement with
Miss Johnson created so much scandal, on
the 15th inst. returned to New York city
and was arrested and said that tho girl
was at the Everett House, which prove'd
to bo truo. Ho has been taken home, and
pretends to bo insane. While in the hands
of tho police last night Cook advanced
tho extraordinary theory that tho press,
in noticing his elopement, was animated
solely with a desiro to attack tho Chris
tian religion, and particularly tho church
of which ho was a member. It was as
certained that Cook returned to this city
yesterday from his excursion,, and sent
Miss Johnson to her parents. He then
went homo aod brandished a pistol, and
frightened his -family.'' Ills friends in
duced him to give up tho weapon before
he did any injury. Ho' then wandered
down town, uutil he came across a news
paper reporter, whom he proceeded at
onco to immolate. Tho friends of Miss
Johnson aro satisfied that the young lady
had returned from her enforced tour as
pure as she went away. Cook has pub
lished a pious appeal in tho Tribtoie this
morning, to the end that the press may
not paint hun blacker ' than he is. Cook ;
is heir to a' -'large entailed proocrtv. and .
will become wealthy upon the 'death of
his undo there. It has been ascertained
that ho pcnt tho week before his flight
in borrowing money from his parishoners. i '
and that he secured many thousand dol
lars. The accounts of Cook, taken in
connection with his recent villainy here.
1 , ... . , ...
ioave no uouot mat no u a deliberate, s
cool blooded scoundrel. 80 palliation of
this ofiense on. the score of mental infirm- r X
ity, or tho uao of liquor, or opium can be
charged. 5
Later advices state that tho notorious"
Cook has been quietly conveyed to the
Insane Asylum. Hi's family have left the
parsonage. Miss Johnson is quite ill.
The principal characters in this scandal
have disappeared from view.
A convention of Postmasters of tho
principal cities hare rosolved to snbmit to
the Postmaster General during tho com- v r
ing week their views in full upon tho
feasibility of tho reduction of the postage
upon newspaper matter , mailed by the
publishers; provided tho same" be pre
paid by weight in bulk at tho of&ee where
mailed, the publishes being allowed to
transmit special copies, enclosed posters, '
prospectuses aud supplements. " t
Gov. Drake, of Utah, died last Satur
day! pneumonia.
The fcrrikc of the telegraph operators Is
ended. .
Ihe relief fund for Mrs. Stanton has -
reached nearly 8100,000.
J he President has nominated T. O.
Phelps Collector of Customs at San Fran
cisco. The Ohio and Kansas Senates have
both ratified the 15th Amendment.
A few nights ago at Leinhton. Alabama.
a band of iuake i men rode to the door
aod called out Granville Pillow and Rob
ert Pillow, nephews of General Pillow.
anu si 01 ana ittiica kotn. ihe assassins
escaped, leaving no clue.
Ihe hcvr England bill repealing the
liquor law was tabledin the Hone.
The family of Victor Noire will suo for
damages for his murder. -
Garibaldi has gone to London.
Wools, who murdered Duffy, at Lew
iston, last 4th of July, was banged by
some nnknow parties on the evening of
the 12tb." Cause sentence commuted to
imprisonment for life.
Some two weeks ago in San Frantiseo
a man named Jarefzky wa3 married to a
widow tfier a very short acquaintance,
but before the mairiage ceremony took
place, the exacted a promissary note of
$3,000, payable on demand, as a guaran
tee for hia good behavior. After the mar
riage was corjumu.atcd, she refused to oc
cupy the bridal couch until he tad paid
her 10. Thay lived together-only four
day, when she caused hi arrest, allc-ing
that he whipped her, and after the cao
was dUpOred of, thc-y agreed to separate.
She then demanded tbe 3,000. Ho
deeded hia property to his brother-in-law
in trust frhi.H children, when she "rais
ed cain" and had him arrested again; sod
before the esse wa3 heard he cut his
throat. He will probably recover.
CGUGnESSIOfJAX
In the House, Wood presented a joint
resolution of the New York Legislature,
withdrawing the assent heretofore given
ratifying the Fifteenth Amendmeat. It
was tabled.
In tuu Senate, Conkling presented res
olution i of the Legislature of New York,
withdrawing assent heretofore given to the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.
He stated that ha thtw discharged a dis
tasteful duty, and another time woulJ
show ho little consideration sneh pro
ceedings deserve at the hands of the Sen
ate. , , .
The Senate cou firmed Thomas Biddle,
of Pennsylvania, Consul General to Ha
vana, an 1 Uecord Bcardiley, of Indiaoa,
Consul to Jerusalem. - --
iidriaissioa of Virjinia.
In the House Bingham's substitute for
tho bill reported by tbe Ilcconstruetioo
Committee, was adopted by a vote of OS
to 05. The following is the vote:
A ($ Ada ms, Archer, Axtell Bailey,
Bank?, Barnum, Beck Biggs, Binham,
Bird,' Blair, Brooks of XcVr York, Buck
ley, BurcLard, Burr, Calkins, Cleveland.
Ueltz, Galloway, Greene. GriswohL
llaight, Halscmen, Hale, Ilambleton,
Hammil, Hawkins, Hay, Hcaton," Hol
man. Hooper, Ingersol, Jeuks. Johnson,
Kellogg, Knott, Laflin, Logan Marshall.
Mayham, McCarty.McCormick, Mencelv.
tf r ... f
vhuj, vuiiuu, ..'uwes, jewesse,
Dickinson, Dickey, Eldridge, Farnsworth,
Ferry. Fenkelburjr, Fitcb. Fox. Garfield.
.uoore, iu organ, .uungen. .biblack. Orth,
Peters, Potter, Randall, Reading, Reeve3,
Rice, Roggers, Sanford. Schumacher.
Slocum, Smith of Oregon, Smith o New
York, Stiles, Stone, Strader. Stony, :
Swann, Swecuey, Tillman, Trumbull, ".
Van Aiken, Van Trump, Voorhies, Wells,
Wilson of Minncssota, Wilson, of Ohio, '
Winans, Winchester Witchner, Ward and
Woodward 9S. . V" ,. - ; 1 "j
Alrs Ambler, Ames, Armstrong,
Arnell, Asper, Beaiaan Beattie; Benjal
tain. Bennett, Benton, Balleo, Bowenp
Boyd, Beck, JBaffington, Burdett, Butler
of Tenneacc, Coke, Cossan, Churchill
Clark, Cobbs of Wisconsin, Cobb of
North Carolina, Cob urn, Cook, Cooler-
Cowles, Dickey,Dicken,Donnelly,Dewall,,
Dyer, Ela, Ferris. Fisher, Gilfillan, Ham
ilton, ilawley, Hill, Hoar, Hoag of S. Car- '
olina, Judd, Kelly, Kelsay,Knapp, Lazar,
Lawrence, Longbridge, Maynard, 3Iarcy
McG reen, Mercur, Moore of Ohio Mooro
oi xew uersey, iuorrui ot I'ensylvania
Smytho of Iowa. Starkweather.
Stokes, Stoughton, Tupps, Townsend
Twichell, Tynor, Upson, Van Horn
Ward. Washburn of Massachusets, Walk
er, Wheekr, Whittmoro, Willard and
Williams 95
It is said that Rev. E. R. Geary, of thia
city, will bo tho Radical, nomiueo for
Governor. In Delaware they punish bigamy with
82,000 fino and 000 year's imprisonment
Nineteen Moons went through the war
from one family, without a scratch.
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That Eugene baby is still alivo and
boarding with a respectable family of thai
city. . -
"Cineinniti Bills" is the narsc cf a,
Portlacd insurance ageut.
.uorriu 01 .uaine, .uerccrs, INcgle, O Neill,
Packard, Packer, Paine. Palmer, Phelps,
Pomeroy, Prosser, Root; Sargent. Schenck,
Schofield, Shank, Sheldon of. New York,
Smidt of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee
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