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900 copies.
03 ?= Tile B edeock D emocbat has more
pa}'ing subscribers in Baker
County, than has any other two papers pub-
ished in the State. We put no man’s name
on our subscription list unless we have orders
so to do. _AT1
bona - f id e ,
TIBE O E E G O X I X t l ’K l S .
George H . W illia m s afflicts th e A m e r i­
can peo p le lik e th e h id e o u s m o n ste r t h a t
sits on th e ch e st of tiie m i d n i g h t g o r m a n ­
dizer. B oth m o n s te r s arise from th e sa m e
cause—a b n o r m a l conditions in tiio n a tio n
a n d th e in d iv id u a l. I n both cases, a w a k ­
e n in g consigns th e spectres to o b liv io n .—
L e t th e N a tio n awakts !
To New Y o r k belongs th e dubious h o n o r
of his b ir th , Iow a th e in f a m y of his politi­
ca l e d u c a tio n , a n d to Oregon th e la stin g
disgrace o f g iv in g h i m th e o p p o rtu n ity of
covering a ll th re e States w ith lasting dis­
h o n o r. H e is as g re a t a v illa in as his n a ­
tu r e p e r m its h i m to be, and we are u n d e r
ob lig a tio n s to n a tu r e t h a t she did n o t give
h i m g enius instead of c u n n in g , a n d c o u r ­
age inste a d of cowardice. I t is little to bo
t h a n k f u l for, b u t for t h a t little we are
grateful. To w h a t fo rtu n a te in c id e n t N ew
Y o r k is in d e b te d for his r e m o v a l , histo ry
in fo rm s us not, a n d t h a f he found no m a r ­
k e t i n l o w a for t h e . q ualities t h a t ha v e
since rendered h im notorious is evident., as
he e m ig ra te d to Oregon. H is d e b u t in
Oregon was m a r k e d by th e flrst of th a t se­
ries of political gym nastics, w h ic h h a v e el­
evated h im t o t h e bad e m in e n c e he now oc­
cupies,and w hich h a d they been p e rfo rm e d
physically, in a n h u m b le r a n d lionester
career would liav* won h i m la s tin g renown
on th e flying trapeze. I t was a b o u t th e
tim e o f t h e colling of th e ’ Constitutional
Convention. H e spoke his piece a t the
Court H ouse in L in n County. Jeff. Davis,
th o u g h h e m i g h t ha v e s h u d d e r e d a t t h e
elocution, a n d gazed in wonder a t th e fe a r ­
ful a n d w onderful h u m a n m a c h in e r y of
th e “ F la x B r a k e ” would h a v e been e n ­
tirely satisfied w ith th e s e n tim e n t. I t was
pro-slavery to th e core, if one of W il l i a m s ’
speeches can be said to h a v e su c h a th in g .
I t d i d n ’t take. T he la te D elazon S m ith
told h im t h a t s u c h a course would d a m n
his p o litic a lp ro s p e c ts . H is n e x t speech
was a m ode l A bolition speech. H e w a s n ’t
d a m n e d — u n fo rtu n a te ly . F r o m t h a t tim e
u n til 1862, like M ajor D ugald D a lgetty, he
■ took his pay a n d ra tio n s and fo u g h t on
w h ic h ever side h a d m o s t need for soldiers
of fortune. I t is to th e discredit of th e
D em ocratic p a r ty of O regon, t h a t it h a d
uso for such a m a n ; m o s t u n fo rtu n a te for
it t h a t it possessed th e po w e r w h ic h a t ­
tr a c te d s im ila r p arasites w h o fattened on
it in its h o u r of prosperity-, a n d trie d to
sting it to d e a th in its adversity. Strict a l­
legiance to h im se lf— tire flist, la st, a n d on-
)y-:God lie w o rsh ip p e d —r e q u ire d t h a t in
’02, he s h o u ld e n te r th e great U n io n re v iv a l
a n d rolato to th e people of Oregon, w ith
crocodile te a r s in his eyes, h o w great a p o ­
litic a l s in n e r h e h a d b e e n ; how h e h a d
lied, c o rru p te d and p ro stitu te d h im s e lf to
th e ,D e m o c ra tic p a r ty , a n d how w illin g he
was tcTdo th e s a m e th in g , for th e s a m e
price, for th e U n io n p a rty .
Language
failed h i m to de pic t his ow n e n o r m ity ,a n d
no w onder. T he U n io n p a r t y n e e d e d a
good liar a t a good price, and n e v e r was
m u t u a l consideration m o re a d e q u a te th a n
w h e n it to o k h is rotten carcass ev e n a t
second h a n d and m a d e h i m h a p p y w ith
its favors. W ith a c o m m e n d a b le p e rsist­
ence in his desire for re w a rd he w o rk e d
e a r ly a n d la te w ith th o s e w h o in p a st years
h a d been his b itte re st political en e m ie s,
to o k his shubbftigs a n d . t i c k i n g s w ith th e
p a tie n c e o f his g r e a t a ncestor, th e ass, a n d
b id e d his tim e .
I t c a m e a t last. I n 186-1, a c o m b in a tio n
of c ir c u m s ta n c e s , w h ic h o v e rsla u g h e d
N e s m ith , d estroyed G ibbs’ confidence in
h u m a n n a tu r e and left th e Dalles w ith a
roofless a n d w indow less ‘- m o n u m e n t ” of
broken p ro m ise s called a “ M in t,” elevated
h i m to th e S e n a te , a n d gave h im a n a tio n ­
a l o p p o r tu n ity to fill his p o c k e ts—w h ic h
h e e m b ra c e d . In th e S e n a te he d is tin -
g u ish e d him self, by* being m o re u l t r a t h a n
th e life-long m e m b e r s o f th e R epublican
p a r ty ,w h ic h a n a c c o m m o d a tin g conscience
m a d e it easy for h i m to do, $ * 1 t h e w a n t
o f w h ic h so m e tim e s m a d e it h a r d , e v e n
for th e m . H is Speeches w ere o r n a te stut-
terings, replete w ith p o n d e ro u s asse rlio n s
a n d pettifogging c o n c lu sio n s, r e sp e c ta b le
o n ly w hen u n h e a r d . H is silence a lo n e
c o m m a n d e d th e a d m i r a t i o n o f his b r o th ­
er m e m b e r s . But he filled his pockets.
B en H o lla d y w a n te d a to o l. N o t one for
a n y p a r tic u la r b r a n c h o f d ir ty w ork, but
o n e w h o u n ite d in- h i m s e i f qualifications
for a ll branches, w h o loved it for itself,and
th e c o m p e n s a tio n it b ro u g h t, a n d did it
c onseienciously a n d w ith a will. H e found
W i l l i a m s in t h e S e n a te , r e a d y - m a d e to his
h a n d , a n d W illia m s b e c a m e a tto r n e y for
h i s S t e a m s h i p C o m p a n y , h is E a s t Side
R o a d , his W e st Side R o a d , his fictitious
c la im s on Congress for I n d i a n d e p r e d a ­
tio n s a n d his o th e r n a m e le s s sw in d le s,liis
p u b lic a p o l o g i s t a n d his p r iv a te l i c k s p it­
tle. So sa tisfa c to ry was W i l l i a m s ’ pe rfo r­
m a n c e to I l o l l a d a y t h a t h e in tro d u c e d
h i m to t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s of th e b r o th e r ­
h o o d o f th ie v e s w h o infested Congress; and
W i l l i a m s b e c a m e a tto r n e y for th e U n io n
Pacific, C e n tr a l Pacific, N o r th Pacific a n d
a ll th e o t h e r th ie v in g m o n o p o lie s w h o
n e e d e d le g isla tio n . H e w as a n a tto r n e y
w h o w as n e v e r h e a r d o f in Court, b u t who
w o r k e d in th e Senate, a n d in th e D e p a r t­
m e n t s and vo te d in th e S e n a te a n d p u t
m o n e y in his p o c k e t. I t w ould be c h a r i­
t a b l e to h is m o r a l o r g a n iz a tio n to s a y t h a t
h e w a s n ’t conscious t h a t lie was b r ib e d —
a n d o n ly t h o u g h t h e was t a k i n g p a y for
w o rk conse ie n c io u sly p e rfo rm e d , c r im in a l
a n d disgraceful th o u g h it m i g h t be, b u t
w h o in Oregon h a s s u c h c h a r ity ? A n d
u p o n six th o u s a n d a y e a r, w ith Mrs. W il­
lia m s s p e n d in g a ll of it s tr iv in g to becom e
“ one o f th e first ladies o f th e n a t i o n , ” h e
b e c a m e w o rth a trifle o v e r a q u a r t e r o f a
m illio n .
U n til ’70 he floated g a ily a lo n g w ith th e
crew of r o b b e rs a n d th ie v e s w h o m a n n e d
a n d w o m a n n e d th e S h ip of S ta te , p e e r to
th e .g re a te st, in in f a m y if n o t in c a p a c ity ,
and t h e n th e peo p le of Oregon, -whom h e
h a d m isre p re se n te d in t h e S enate, a n d d e ­
g ra d e d in th e eyes oí th e n a tio n r e p u d ia t­
ed h i m , by re tu rn in g h im . «s th e y th o u g h t
forever, to t h e in o rite d ob sc u rity from
w h e n c e h e snransr- T h e y were m is ta k e n .
* s w i l l i n n ’S could o n ly h a v e existed as a
r ,ibi;¿ officer under su c h a n a d m i n i s t r a ­
tion as G r a n t ’s—so also d id h e be c om e
necessary to il. T he “ c ohesive pow e r of
p u b lic p lu n d e r ,” bound th e “ F la x -B ra k e
of Oregon a n d th e T a n n e r o f G a le n a ,'’ in
reciprocal a n d fraternal bonds. P a r n o -
b x l e f r a t u x ! A c k e r m a n was A tto r n e y
G e n e ra l o f th e U n ite d States. A- law yer
o f resp e c ta b le a tta in m e n ts , a n d an . origi­
n a l R e p u b lic a n , a g e n tle m a n of c u ltu re ,
a n e n e m y of m o n o p o lie s a n d a n h o n e st
m a n , h e w a s to ta lly unfitted for th e exi­
gencies of an a d m in is tr a tio n t h a t h a d to
p ro v id e for it's r e la tio n s, w h ite w a s h its
foolish a n d ty r a n n ic a l acts, a n d m a k e its
living g e n e r a lly , w ith o u t regard"either to
r ig h t or decency. H e resigned, a n d W i l ­
lia m s' was a n p o in te d .
Since t h a t d a y his infam y h a s becam e
c o sm o p o lita n . Did R obeson s K navish-
C ontiactors w a n t an opinion t h a t tlieir
sw in d le w as le g itim a te —W illia m s gave it.
Did it becom e necessary to c a r r y a Con­
gressional, State or L e g isla tiv e e le c tio n in
a S o u th e r n State, by th e aid of F e d e r a l
b a y o n e ts, W illia m s g r o u n d o u t an o p in ­
ion ju stify in g it. W hen it bec a m e n e c e s­
sary to p e rp e tra te a la s t c ro w n in g o u tra g e
in sending S h e rid a n to a p e Colonel P ride
in dissolving a L e g isla tu re in L o u is ia n a ,
a n d s e ttin g u p a n o th e r, W illia m s w as
th e re w ith his o p in io n , a d v isin g tire Stolid
B u tc h e r w h o sits in th e P r e s id e n tia l C h a ir
to ape Cromwell on a s m a l l e r scale. Is
th e re no h e ll to consign su c h a m a n to? Is
th e re no pow er in th e pe ople t h a t c a n lay
th e grasp of a v e n g in g ju stic e oil his collar?
L e t th e people- a w a k e ! !
OUR' WASHINGTON, LETTER.
W a sh in g t o n , Jan. 1th, 1875.
Mismanagement o f t h e Congressional
.Printing Oiiice.
A vigorous effort, which can not. fail to be
successful, if persevered in, will be made by
tkeJIouse of Representatives of the 44th
Congress to place this mammoth establish­
ment under the control of both Houses in­
stead of, as now, under that qf the Senate
exclusively. Bor several years this office,
which employs nearly fifteen hundred per­
sons of botlijtexes, has been largely used by
republican senators as a house oi refuge for
their political adherents of the mal. persua­
sion, and for their personal friends of the
other. At the instance of senators, persons
are thrust into this branch of the public ser­
vice, with little or no reference to their ca­
pacity to perform the duties assigned to
them. Many compositors who get their $24
a week do not and could not earn $10 a week
at 60 cts. a thousand ems—the Union rates
in Washington.' Mr. Clapp, the Congress­
ional Printer, has established the disgrace-
fuf and dangerous precedent of employing
and dismissing compositors with reference
to their politics —a thing unknown, as far as
my.experience goes, in any respectable news­
paper establishment or book and job office
in the country. It has always been the boast
of the craft that politics are ignored in the
composing room. During the most exciting
campaigns, I have known the large republi­
can dailies of New York to have a majority
of Democrats among*» their compositors',
while, on the other hand, the“ World and
other Democratic papers printed every, day
articles “set up” by men who prided them­
selves on never having voted for a Democrat
in their lives. And it is so in Washington
to-day, as regards the newspapers and pri­
vate book and job offices, Neither the Re­
publican, the Chronicle nor the Star, all
three Administration papers, has ever em­
ployed or dismissed a compositor on politi­
cal grounds. . Mr. Clapp, who is a practical
printer, himself, and a newspaper man of
long experience, knows very well that ho
pays out, every month, tons oi thousands of
do.lafs oi the people’s money t.) persons who
have not fairly earned it—many of them
persons whom he would not employ in his
own private business if they would give their
services for nothing. He knows that no
private establishment could prosper, if man­
aged in the same loose, helter-skelter, scan­
dalous, dishonest way in which he manages
the public office of which he is the head.
Clapp Throws the Blume on tlie Re.
publican Senators.
Of course, Mr. Clapp says he can not help
his state of things—that senators force me n
upon him after he has declared them to be
incompetent Ac. Ac. But that does not
show that Mr. Clapp is not dishonest. It
proves, simply, that the Senators to whom
he refers are also dishonest, and cooperate
with him in misappropriating the people’s
money, If Mr. Clapp were running a news­
paper or book manufactuing establishment
of his own, and paying his employees from
his own pooket, he would not, as he now of­
ten does, dismiss, at the request of a Repub­
lican senator, a first-class compositor, proof­
reader, pressman or book-binder, of Demo­
cratic proclivities, to make room for a very
inferior workman who, or whose friends,
had served tin t senator politically.- If a
military officer deputed to buy horses, for­
age, fire-arms, ammunition or provisions
for the government, should refuse the best
articles in the market at certain prices, and
then, at the instigation of one of his superi­
or officers should buy, at those same prices,
worthless articles from friends of said supe­
rior officer, the transaction, if discovered,
would-be pronounced a swindle, the whole
country would be in an uproar, and the of­
fenders would be arrested, tried, covicted,
punished, and “ e disgraced for ever. Mr.
Clapp is a member of the Babtist Church,
and would be quite.indignant probably, if a
doubt were expressed of his being a man of
honor; but lie is too clear-headed not to
know that he is, “not to put too fine a ?point
on it” a swindler, when he employs “ black­
smiths,” and puis them on his pay roll as
compositors, in that mean way to aid repub­
lican senators to cancel debts incurred for
their personal advancement in the public
service. He knows, also, that he richly de­
serves punishment and disgrace for thus be
fraying an important public trust. Although
this doctrine may be new to latter day poli­
ticians, it is as old as the .hills in morals;
and these latter must always constitute the
basis of healthy national progress.
S io n . W . S. H o l m a n o H u l i s i i a ,
the e c o n o m is t of th e H o u s e , a n d o n e of
its m o s t ab le a n d re sp e c te d m e m b e r s , is
expected to give his a t t e n t i o n to th is m i s ­
m a n a g e d e s t a b l i s h m e n t , to introduc e a
b ill re m o v in g it from t h e sole control of,
th e r e p u b lic a n m a jo r ity of t h a s e n a t e , a n d
to p rovide for its fu tu re m a n a g e m e n t on
so u n d business p rin c ip le s, as a n y t h r i v ­
ing p r iv a te business is m a n a g e d —or, to
a b o lish it alto g e th e r, as a p u b lic nu isa n c e .
O rigin oi'itss Name.
T he Congressional P rin tin g Office was
fo rm e rly k n o w n as th e G o v e r n m e n t P r i n ­
tin g Office; a n d t h e G o v e r n m e n t P r in te r ,
as he was th e n c a lle d , was a p p o in te d by
th e P re sid e n t. J o h n D. Defrees h e ld th e
position u n d e r Mr. L in c o ln ; b u t w h e n
A n d r e w Johnson b e c a m e P re s id e n t, lie
r e m o v e d Defrees, a n d gave t h e pla c e to
his old p o litic a l friend, Cornelius "Wen­
dell. S h o r tly a f te r , Congress, h a v in g a
tw o -th ird s re p u b lic a n m 'ajori'y in each
H o u s e , got th e best o f A n d y by passing,
over his veto, a bill to a b o lis h t h e G ov­
e r n m e n t P r in tin g Office, th u s leaving W en­
dell f u n c t u s o f f i c i o , a n d a n o t h e r bill
c r e a tin g t h e C ongressional P r i n t i n g Office,
a n d in v e s tin g th e S e n a te w ith t h e .pow er
to elect th e Congressional P r in te r . T he
S e n a te th e r e u p o n re -in sta te d Defrees, w ho
r e ta in e d th e p osition for m a n y years. T h is
is
M o w D e & c e s g ‘O t t u r n « ; ! o u t .
I n th e R epublican P r e s id e n tia l C o n v e n ­
tio n of 1868, a t Chicago, th e r e w ere th r e e
p r o m i n e n t c a n d id a te s for t h e V ice P re si­
d e n c y : Colfax of I n d i a n a , M o rto n of th e
s a m e S ta te , an.d F e n to n o f N e w Y o r k .—
-F enton w as a t t h a t t i m e a v e r y s tr o n g m a n
a n d n e a r ly got t h e n o m i n a t i o n .
Morton
w as also v e ry strong. C o lfa x , w h o was
S p e a k e r of th e H o u s e of R e p re s e n ta tiv e s ,
succeeded, h o w e v e r , in b e a tin g t h e m both
o w in g , as w a s p a t e n t to e v e ry m a n o n th e
s p o t , to th e a d r o it m a n a g e m e n t o f h is
HOMME D’AFFAIRES, J o h n D. Defrees. T his
was all r ig h t for Colfax, b u t d e a t h to De­
frees; for, soon a f te r Congress a s se m b le d
on th e fo llo w in g M arch , I860, M o rto n a n d
F e n to n , t h e defeated c a n d id a te s, re v e n g e d
th e m s e lv e s on h i m for o p p o sin g th e m in
Chicago, by se c re tly b a r g a in in g w ith th e
carpet-baggers of t h e S e n a te to p ro c u re for
-the la tte r , in t h a t b o d y , a sufficient n u m ­
ber of N o r t h e r n votes to e le c t th e ir n o m i­
n e e to th e p o sitio n of S e r g e a n t- a t- a r m s of
th e S e n a te , F r e n c h , o f N o r t h C a ro lin a ,
p ro v id e d t h e y , t h e c a rp e t-b ag g e rs, w ould
s u p p o r t for C o n g re ssio n a l Pi in te r , th e
n o m in e e of F e n to n , M o rto n a n d su c h o t h ­
er N o r t h e r n S e n a to rs as th e y could g e t to
h e lp t h e m . T h e b argain w a s c o n c lu d e d ,
a c a u e u s o f R e p u b lic a n S e n a to rs was c o n ­
v e n e d , a n d th e first tilin g Defrees k n e w
h e was o u ste d , a n d C lapp, w ho w as F e n ­
t o n ’s m a n , w a s elected. Colfax, t h e n V ice
P r e s id e n t, h a d giv e n his frie n d , Defrees,
n o w a r n in g o f th e a t t e m p t to be m a d e
a g a in s t h i m , and a fte rw a rd s ga v e h i m th e
cold s h o u ld e r ; a sc rib in g to his ow n p e r s o ­
n a l w o rth t h e greatness t h a t h a d been
t h r u s t u p o n h i m by Defrees! A nd, by th e
by, fro m t h a t tim e , Colfax’s dow n w a rd ca­
reer in p o litic s c o m m e n c e d . T h e - f a e ts
w ere w ell k n o w n h e re to n e w s p a p e r m e n
of all s h a d e s of p o litic s , a m o n g w h o m De­
frees w a s a fa v o rite ; a n d th e y “ w ent for”
Colfax w h e n he n e x t s o u g h t a n o m in a tio n ,
a n d “ f e tc h e d '’ h im .
A. F. B.
an en­
actment of the Legislature of the Territory
of Utah if lias become the Mecca of those
seeking divorces. Heretofore Indiana -lias
been supposed Jo render the most speedy re­
lief to those w lib find themselves inliarmon-
iously yoked for life’s journey. A residence
in the valley of the Great Balt Lake is not
required as a preliminary to the action of
divorce; “ any person,” says the law, “who
satisfies the Court that he wishes to become
a resident” may begin the action. Divorce
is granted “when it shall be made to appear
to the satisfaction and conviction of the
Court that the parties cannot live in peace
and union together, and that tlieir welfare
requires separation.” Divorce jurisdiction
is given to the Probate Court, a tribunal
similar to our-County Courts. It holds
monthly sessions, so that there may be no
unnecessary delay.
D ivorce
at
S a lt L a k e .— Through
A G a lla n t T e a c h e r .— T he Walla Walla
Union says, we h ear of a young m a n who at
one time th o u g h t h im se lf called ’to preach,
b u t subsequently concluded tha t he was cut
out for a teacher. Accordingly he took
charge of a district school over on W ild
Horse, in U m atilla County. Among the p u ­
pils in attendance was a pretty young lady
of about seventeen years of age. T he teach­
er hiried to be “ sweet” on her, and she, in
tu r n was a little mischievous. T hings ra n
on in an irre g u la r way in the school for
some time, w hen the teacher undertook to
give the young lady a th ra sh in g She p r e ­
ferred to leave school and started to ru n .
Then a very exciting foot-race.took place be­
tween tlie teacher and pupil over ,th e prar-
rie. She out-footed h im for the first^ h u n ­
dred yards b u t t h e ‘teacher wras orre oi.those
all-day fellows and out winded the young la-
dy—in the language of the turf, “ collared
h e r ” in about one k u u d re d and fifty yards
from the school house. H e then b r o u g h t a
sw itch'to bear on h e r and whipped h e r there
and again after they re tu r n e d to the school
house, in a m ost sham eful m a ner. The
voung lady had no “ big b ro th e r ,” a n d her
father was old and small, _ consequently an
appeal was made to a Ju stic e oi the Peace
court. T he teacher was b r o u g h t before a
Justice at Weston, and dem anded a J u r y
tria l. After hearing the ease they re tire d
a n d after deliberating r e tu r n e d w ith this,
somewhat rem arkable verdict, for a Ju stic e ’s
court: “ We find the defendent guilty as
charged in the in d ic tm e n t.” 1 T he Justice
then assessed a fine of $5 and costs, which
am ounted in the aggregate to a little over
sixty dollars. W hen the teacher comes to
pav out m ore than ar m onths wage3 for this-
little affair, he will probably comedo the con­
clusion th a t teaching is not his forte either.
th e H o u se y e s te rd a y . l i e t h i n k s it m a i n ­
ly im p o r ta n t.f r o m th e fact th a t it fixes a
de finite d a te a t w h ic h r e s u m p t i o n of spe­
cie p a y m e n t s w ill ta k e p la c e , a n d h e n c e
w ill e n a b le th e b u sin e ss in te re sts of th e
c o u n tr y to a c c o m m o d a te- th e m s e lv e s to
th e new basis of fin a n c ia l o p e ra tio n s. T he
P r e s id e n t is also m u c h p le a se d t h a t th e
F in a n c e C o m m itte e of th e Senate w ere able
to perfect th e m e a s u r e u p o n w h ic h th e R e ­
p u b lic a n m a jo r ity in 'th e S e n a te could
s u b s t a n t i a l l y agree, th u s e n a b lin g th e p a r ­
ty to. p r e s e n t a n u n b r o k e n front In regard
to a m e a s u r e of so g r e a t im p o r ta n c e , and
on w h ic h th e r e h a s b e e n s u c h a w ide -dif-
ference of o p in io n , not o n ly a m o n g m e m ­
bers of th e p a r t y b u t 'b e tw e e n C o n g re s s .
a n d th e E x e c u tiv e .
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A d is p a tc h of J a n u a r y 8th says th e P r e s ­
id e n t is re p r e s e n te d as not in th e le a st
a v e rse to s e n d in g to Congress a ll t h e i n ­
f o r m a tio n in liis possession w ith regard
to Southern affairs, b u t, on t h e c o n tr a r y ,
as re g a r d in g it i m p o r t a n t t h a t th e country
s h a ll receive full in f o r m a tio n of th e facts
on w h ic h he h a s acted a n d th e in s tr u c t­
ions w h ic h h a v e been g iv e n th e m ilita r y
officers. T h e P r e s id e n t w ill s e n d a large
m a s s of d o c u m e n t fr o m v a rio u s official
sources in t h e S o u th , s e ttin g forth t h e very
g ra v e c o n d itio n of affairs. I t w>Ii p r o b a ­
bly be a c c o m p a n ie d .w ith a special m e s ­
sage. T he P r e s i d e n t says his sole p u r ­
pose is to p re se rv e th e peace u n t i l Con­
gress s h a ll d e c la re its p olicy w ith regard
t o t h e Chief q u e stio n s in dispute.
A B ig G u n . —The Mountain Senti­
nel tells about a gun George Robiu-
son won at a raffle in La Grande, be­
ing capable of throwing two barrels
oi shot, and warns Buffalo, Elk,
L eer, and Bear to keep out of the
way. The tremendous calibre of
such a gun would seem to require
some warning to the person wno is
to stand behind it. i t won’t do Mac
there isn’t shot enough in La Grande
to load it.
T h e M a il s .- —O ur mails are begin­
ning to come very irregular. Last
week they failed to connect with
Portland at all, and on two or three
nights with any other place except
Baker City and Union, on the west,
and from the east they are connected
with Snake River and thereby failed
to connect with our city. On S u n ­
day the Stage did not arrive from
the east.
J A S .W . VIRTUE,
d e a l e r in
3E3 £ v l C i t y ,
Wines,
O R E G O N ,
Liquors,
Cigars,
Tobacco,
Playing Cards, Bar Fixturs,
P a y s tlie H ig-liest P r ic e for
G
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D
X > XT
GOLD AMI SILVER BARS, ’
And Transacts a General
and
Banking, Collection
Flour, Bacon and Lard,
On
C o m m issio n ,
Has a Larger Stock of Goods
in Store than any other ’
AND
EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Interest alflowed on Special Deposits.
C o u n ty
O rders
E o n g lit
am i
Sold
A complete
ASSAY
House in the State,
outside of the
Is in Connection with the Bank.
City of Portland.
yYo make it a branch of our business to
give Correct Information in regard the to
Mining Interests of
H is Stock consists in p a rt of
W
G e n e r o u s — The Dedicatory S e r­
vice of tlie M. E. C hurch were held
in their new church in this city,
Sunday last—morning and evening—
at which times the congregation
made the handsome offering of about
six hundred and fifty dollars. There
is still a small debt standing against
the trustees b u t it will be easy to
raise the funds to liquidate it, as
the house is open and free for all
other.evangelical denominations.
OF
Wholesale & Retail
FIFTEEN HUNDRED GALLONS OF
The New York News Reporter says, there
are many merchants who fully acknowledge
BRANDY,
the value of advertising, and would not be
hired to give it up, ye Hare always grumb­
ling at the expense. It reminds one of the A g reat portion of it very fine, su ita ­
mail, who, during the war, regularly com,
ble for M edicinal purposes;
plained in the “ Letters to the people,” of a
New York Journal, of the large sum he was
obliged to pay each year as a percentage on
3,000 iS allo iis o f
profits. “Itw ill ruin me,” said he. “Ah!”
remarked a poor mechanic, naturally _ en­
ough, “ you would be twice as well off, if
you had to pay the internal revenue double.’
Would not the advertiser often be double
as well of if he had to pay three times his
In c lu d in g all th e best bran d s;
usual sum in advertising ?
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1.000 d a llo n s o f d in , &. 1,000
T e l e g r a p h ic — C o n d e n s e d . —The
G a llo n s o f W in e s .
T rib u n e ’s special of tlie 13tk thinks
the next P resid e n t will be a straig h t
X : S O ,
out Democrat. Its New Orleans
Special says Piucliback is re-elected
One Hundred Boxes of
U. S. Senator by the usurping L egis­
lature, Kellogg in despair, and
TOBACCO,.
our brother-in-law Casey-et-id omne
AND
genus desperate glorious mix. News
of a ru p tu re in the Cabinet. Hope
*50,000, best brands, Cigars;
it wont break up. Bad enough now,
and Grant will be sure to get a worse
200 Cases of Liquors, includ­
one. G ra n t’s jnessage to Congress,
about Louisiana troubles, logical.
ing Whisky, Brandy, Gin,
He asserts there have-been m urders
in Louisiana, those m urders have
Wines, Bitters, Syrups,
not been p u n ish ed —ergo the em ­
ploym ent of U. S. soldiers to org an ­
Cordials, &c., &c.
ize the legislature is justifiable.
Convincing is’nt.
The prisoners iu the Lincoln (Neb.)
prison revolted Jan. 11th, bound the
guards, possessed themselves of
their arms and am m unition, and
kept at bay a body of armed citizens
who were summoned to aid in su b d u ­
ing them. Gen. Ord sent a com­
pany of Loops from Omaha to the
scene of the revolt. They arriv ed '
af tlie jail at m idnight last n ig h t ,and
were fired on by the prisoners.
Preparations were made to storm the
A n Ip te r-O c c an W a s h in g to n special prison, b u t the convicts surrendered
-says th e P re sid e n t expresses w a r m a p p r o ­ to the soldiers this m orning, and
val of th e Senate F in a n c e bill passed by
are under complete control.
B A N K IN G M OUSE
P A P L E V E N S,
H I S K V ,
25 Gross of Cards, and Bar
Fixtures without end.
His Sample Boom contains
37 Kegs of different brands
of Wines and Liquors.
The most of the above L iquors,
&c., were b o u g h t from the well
known house of P ond, R eynolds &
Co., of San Francisco, and of E.
Martin & Co., of Portland.
200 Barrels of Flour, Bacon,
Lard, Salt Salmon, Apples,
Grain, &c., on commission.
E a s te r n O regon.
Baker Oily, Dec. 1,1874.
n3oy
NEW ADYERTISEMEMTS.
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O P P O R T U N IT Y
rgno IN V E S T A F E W D O L L A R S
A witii possible r e tu rn s of Thousands*
is offered by th e . postp o n e m e n t of Public'
D ib r a r y o f K e n t u c k y , to th e 27th of Febru­
a r y , next, of th e ir Fifth a n d la st Concert
a n d .D ra w in g . T h e M a n a g e m e n t are pledg­
ed to t h e r e t u r n o f th e M oney if the di aw­
in g s h o u l d not CQme off' a t the day now
A p p in to d .
One Grand Cash G ift..............
$250,000
One Grand Cash Gilt...............
100,000
One Grand Cash Gift...............
75.000
One Grand Cash Gift...............
50.000
One Grand Cash Gift...............
25.000
5 Cash Gifts, $20,000 each
10 Cash Gifts. 14,000 each
15 Cash Gift , 10,000 each
20 Hash Gifts, 5,000 each
25 Cash Gifts, 4.000 each
30 Cash Gifts, 3.000 each
50 Cash Gifts, 2.000 each
100 Cash Gifts, 1.000 eaoh
240 Cash Gifts,
500 each
500 Cash Gifts,
100 each
19,000 Cash Gifts,
50 each
Whole Tickets........................
Halves.....................................
Tenth, or each Coupon .......
11 Whole Tickets for..............
22 i i Tickets for.......................
100,000
140.000
150.000
100.000
100,000
90.000
100,000
100,000
120,000
'
50,00o.
950ooo‘
$50.00
25,01)
5, OU
500.00
1 , 000,00
For Tickets, or Information,
Address
T il OS. E. BEAMLETTE,
Agent and Manager,
ii35n37
Louisville, Ivy.
V* ©TICE IS HEREBY ©IYEA
Tw that all Pal'tnership relations between
Dp. J. M. Boyd and H. N. McKinney havo
been dissolved by mutual concent. All ac­
counts against said firm will be settled by H,
N. McKinney, and ail accounts due said firm
will be paid to him, it is hoped, witliot de­
lay.
Baker City, Dec. 24, 1874.n35tf
L iv e ly T im e s
IN B A K E B C I T Y ,
S IN C E T H E A R R I V A L OF
me
HEW GOODS.
Just- Received
FROM
San Francisco Direct,
The Most Extensive, the Best and
Most Extensive Assortment of
GENERAL MERCHANDI SE
lE T N r e r S r o u g l i t
T O
Tliis NUarket,
C o n sistin g in P a r t of
-A Jso ,
Ladies’ Dress & Fancy Goods
Improved and Unimproved
Of E v e r y D e s c r ip tio n , to g e th e r w ith a Full
a n d C o m p le te A s s o r t m e n t of ■
M IN IN G SU PPL IE S,
L I Q U O R S , TOBACCO A CIGARS,
G R O C E R IE S ,
G E N T S ’ F U R N I S H I N G GOODS,
C L O T H IN G ,
BOOTS a n d S H O E S ,
HARDW ARE,
C R O C K E R Y , and
G LA SSW A RE,
A ll of w h ic h w ill be S o ld
O m a h a , Jan, 12.— General Ord
has received a telegram from Lieut.
W inters who is on the road to the
Agencies after the miners invading Laying Southwest West and
th e Black Hills. Ho got as far as old
Red Cloud and was driven to F o rt
Laram ie by exceedingly cold weather Northwest, near and adjoining
The therm om eter was 20 to 40 d e ­
grees below zero, and the snow7 Baker City, will be sold in
drifting badly where he was. Gen.
Ord telegraphed to headquarters,
in quantities to suit.
giving the state of the weather iu
the West and Low hazardous it is
to expose th e troops to its rigors. To­ Town Property for Sale, rent
day the General is sending inform al
tion to W ashington in regard to the
new route from Sydney to the Black
or to Lease.
Hills, and the great importance of
establishing a new military post in
the Black Hills, to prevent trouble
P A P does not ask the Trade to
next Spring. The distance from
Sydney to the Agency is 119 miles, take his word for the above Invoice,
and to Red Cloud from Cheyeiine, b u t invites those wishing to p urchase
225 miles. The Sydney route has
to give him a call, and examine his
good water and grass,
*
Stock.
H otter and H o t t er , —The V ir­
ginia E nterprise says: The water
Orders
encountered in the main east drift on
the 2000-loot level of the Im perial
mine is thè hottest ever struck on Solicited, and promptly filled.
the'Comstock lode. It was carefully
tested yesterday with tw7o good th e r­
mometers the tem perature was found Every article sold is warrant­
to be l4 0 /j. The stream of water
is b u t an incu or two in diameter.
ed to be as recommended.
The, tem perature in the drift yesterl
day was 115 degrees. Notwithstand-
ing the hot air and hotter w7ater, men.
are at work in the face of the drift.
Sample Rooms
Going down by degrees as they are
our miners are becomiug innured tó On Main Street, nearly opposite the
me heat, and expect to continue
Stone Block.
rig h t on down to where the rocks are
in a molten state without experienc­
W. E. LEVENS.
ing the slightest difficulty.
Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875.n37ml
JL A N 13 S',
W h o le s a le a a d R e ta il
A T
Lowest Trices.
JO“ * T h a n k f u l for t h e lib e ra l m a n n e r in
w h ic h I h a v e h e r e to f o r e been patro n iz e d ,
I h o p e by f a ir a n d h o n o r a b le d e a lin g to
m e r i t a c o n tin u a n c e o f tlie same.
S. O T T E N H E IM E R .
V i r t u e B lo c k , B a k e r City, Oct, 7,1873. n22
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
Q T R A Y E D O R S T O L E N From
O the Subscriber’s Ranch on or about the
15th of September, 1874, seven head of horses
described and branded as follows:
One large Iron Gray mare, 6 years old,
branded H, on left shoulder. One brown
mare, four years old, branded HR on left
shoulder and KID on right hip. One brown
mare, 3 years old, branded with a T and J
combined in one letter on left hip—she has
a colt with her. One bright sorrel mare, 3
years old, branded KID on right hip. One
black Cay use mare, 8 years old, white face,
branded with a triangle on left shoulder; and
one Cayuse Pinto mare, 8 years old, branded
with a triangle on left shoulder.
A ny person delivering the above horses to
me or giving information in relation to their
whereabouts to the undersigned will be lib­
erally rewarded.
JOHN W. WISDOM.
Baker City, Jan 6th. 1875.n35tf
N O TIC E.
A EE NOTES due A. II. Brown
_T j L must be paid to me immediately, or
Costs of Action will be incurred.
J. P. HAINES,
u32tf
Attorney.