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. : . jjgcaaa t&uckli. oru;i.UiJi (SajcUe. FRIDAY MORNING, MAR. 30, 1SS3. Kntered at the Postoffice at. Corvallis Oregon, as second-class matter. -EDITED BY- M. S. WOODCOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY It is stated that tlio amount of cash in tboU. S. Treasury is $358,517,920. The expense ot the tariff commis sion as recently audited amounted to 169,000. The Ferry Cabinet is master of the situation in France and the French Republic is said not to be shaky any longer. The loss of tioee dependent upon the fisheries at Gloucester, Mass., by Wiggins' storm scare is estimated at $125,000. It is said that ppecnktors in New York have recently been locking up money for the purpose ol creatiug an artificial scarcity. The will of Henry Seyhert, of Phil adelphia, bequeathing nearly his en tire estate of $1,000,000 to public charities, will be contested. Thirty-nine new building associ ations were started in Cincinnati dur ing the last year, with an aggregate capital stock of $27,000,000. The Ohio House of Representatives adopted the alternative constitutional amendment proposition. The first 'is lor a tax and the second for prohi bition. After a careful analysis of the now Tariff Bill, it k claimed that it will effect a reduction ia duties of &37,- 000,000 a year and cut off more than $40,000,000 of internal revenue. The restoration of capilol punish ment in Maine indicates that prohi bition has not brought about such moral reforni so as to be ablo to do away with- the services of the bang- man. hand in an fours The law to prevent carrying con cealed weapons appears to have no material effect. At Portland they have a man for breakfast every few days, and several wounded between timer. Twelve thousand pounds have been raised in London among the holders of the Virginia- bonds to b used in vindicating the rights of bondholders before the tribunals of the United Slates. We are indebted to Congressman George for the report of Mr. Page ot the committee on commerce submit ted to the House of Representatives accompanied by the River and Har bor appropriation bill, which was be fore the recent Congress. It con tains much valuable information in regard to that subject. Mr. O. T. Porter of the Albany Herald in commenting on things which are old and dry discusses the mbject in plain terms as follows: "We cannot stop to kick at every little fiste that comes barking at our heels, for frequently the ink spalterer of a pateut oatside, brainiest inside, nondescript concern, yoleped the Benton Leader; whose Hyde is thick er than the glutinous exensence on an alligator's back, will yelp and 6nap at our coat tail, thinking to amuse its half-dozen readers by bark ing at an editor whom ho little a poodle bag not the courage to bite. Shoo doggy, or you may get a tin can tied to your tail one of these days." CHIHAaiEN MOST ST"AT. On last Tuesday night, says the Salem Statesman, when tho City Council had under consideration the petition of citizens to declare the Chinese laundries a nuisance, ex Gcvernor Chadwick appeared as counsel for George Sun, the leading Chinaman of the city. The Gover nor, wlien he began his pleadings be fore the Council, said that if you de clare the Chinamen a nuisance and abolish them, what will became of the Democratic party t at the same time giving the Mayor a look that was fnll of appreheusion and mean jag. The remark is too true.. Take away the heathen Chinee and' where would the Democratic party get their thunder? The negro- lasted half a century for Democratic orators to talk about, but, like all other things, that passed away, and Democracy was apparently in the last throes of death, when Dennis Kearney made the startling discovery that the Chi nese must go, and he has been, going in every Democratic platform ever aince. but should he go would the Democracy follow him ?" reiSIOCiUTlC LECISLATUHE.. The New York Times in commen ting upon the general conduct of the present New York legislature eays: The combination of corrupt inter ests which was aided by the majority of the Assembly only makes the case worse for the Democratic Party The immediate gain of a single seat in the assembly, were tho Democrats outnumbered the Republicans two to one, was exceedingly small but the disposition to grasp it regardless of right or decency was in keeping with the spirit winch has been displayed by the same body throughout the session. Where ever an office or a bit of patronage was to be seized or the least partisan advautage was to be gained, the majority has shown itself to be utterly reckless not only of its professions and pretended prin ciples, but of consequences. Its course, kept up till the close of the session, as it is- pretty sure to be, can hardly fail to produce a violent reac tion in the political sentiment of the State. If the Democratic leaders bed possessed a tolerable degree of sagaci ty, to say anything of common hones ty, they would have striven hard to keep the party on its good behavior in this Legislature; but it bids fair to demonstrate to the independent vo ters who helped it to victory last Fall that it is utterly incapable of good behavior. Its conduct reminds one of a favorite story of Wendell Phillips, illustrating the impulse of the low order of politicians. A Ro man actor had trained a company of monkeys to take part in a play which they were wont to go through with a Judicious air of gravity and propriety, but in the midSt of their performance a wag threw a full of nuts on the stage, and instant they were on all scrambling for the plunder. It has long been evident that the people of thii State ar far more con cerned for an honest, efficient, and economical admistration of public affairs than the success of party. The issues w.hioh used to divide Repub licans and Democrats and the mo lives which gave vigor to their an tagonism have last their holt in a great measure. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our regular correspondent.) Washington, March, 10th, 1883. During the few days that have elapsed since tho adjournment of Congress, Washington has scarcely had time to" realizo her loss. The city does not look all forlorn. There is no appreciable Oimiuuation in the number ot gayly dressed promeuad- trs on the Avenue. The attendance at the theatres is as large as- ever, the churches arc full of the faithful and fashionable, the even tenor is not broken, nor will it be, for while Washington enjoys having Congress here, she long since became used to its intermittent peculiarities, aud has survived this same calamity many- times. Landlords and boarding house keepers are most bereaved, and have just flooded the market wilh houses. Theincripuous''Furnis)ied rooms tor rent tells the story of recent desertion. If one needs proof that Congress has vanished, a visit to tho Capitol will be convincing. The light in the dome has been extinguished, the. Stars and Stripes no longer float from the eastern and western wings, and once within the ma'ble portals the dreariness is complete, aud in striking contrast to the bustle and turmoil that reigned- there for the last few weeks. One of the events of the week was the resignation of Mr. Jamea Gilfillan, treasurer of tho United States. Mr. Gilfillan has been treasurer since July first 1577, you will find his sig nature to all bank notes issued since that day. ' His resignation caused much surprise, and he has been so efficient in the discharge of his re sponsible duties, and so coutteous and obliging to all who have appro ached him, that he leaves bis- posi tion with tho regrets and the best wishes of every one. He was a friend and schoolmate of President Garfield, and during Garfields brief administration was prominently men tioned for a cabinet position. He retires from publi-j service to beeome treasurer and manager of tho Mutual Trust Company ot New York City. His salary will be LwioMtbat of U. S treasurer. Tho vacant office will most probably be filled by Mr. A. U. Wymau, assistant treasurer. Secretary Folger of the Treasury is in very feeble health, and it is only by a strong effort of will that he goes through the daily routine of business. It is feared ho wili brpak down entirely under the strain of additional work the new tariff law will impose upon himv The revised classification of articles, and the re arrangement of duties, will make it uecessiry for the Secretary to go through tho law with the greatest care, and subject every paragraph to the most painstaking and thorough analysis. Ho will be called upon to define the law, and give rulings on a thousand points involving vast pri vate and public interests. Business men will want the law interpreted their own way and will try hard to make black appear white and vice versa. Secretary Folger dreaded to see any bill become a law which necessitated a revision of the tariff. Washington is seldom without distinguished foreign visitors. There is at present stopping at the Arling ton hotel a paity of Japanese officials whose sole object in this country is recreation and a desire to see the nrincipal cities of the nation. The party comprises four members, the vice minister of the imperial house hold department, the secretary of the fceign office, aud two attaches. The first mentioned is the late minister to the Hawaiian Islands. They are all men of education, culture, and marked ability. They have been presented to the President, hav. made some pleasant acquaintance.- here, and speak enihuiastically of the beauty of the city. An embassy from Madagascar arrived yesterday, and is also registered at the Arling ton. l ins consisi8 or six persons, the chief embassador bearing the nn pronouncable name of Ravonin ahilrioiarivo. He' speaks his own name with fluency and ease, but no one here is bold enough to attempt it. The object of the embassy was to confirm the treaty between Mada gascar and the U. S., but as Con gress bad ratified the treaty before they reached the American, shore, they have only to sign the necessary papers. The priest who officiated at the late Senatorial wedding here, on learning that both bride and groom had been divorced, returned to tin latter the handsome fee of $200 re ceived for performing the marriage ceremony, and declared, so far as the catholic church was concerned, it was no marriage at all. The rev erned faiher did not relish being led into such a trap. It is said that Sen ator Tabor and Miss McCourt were married previously in St. Louis by a J ustice of the Peace. So in spite of the priest, they have individually and collectively been married enough. IHDUKA LEOISLATUH3. j. tie people or Indiana tu toe re cent Legislature of that State cer tainly experienced one of the old issiii3nel urover.Kind which has made Oregon so famous. The Cin cinnati! Gazette thus comments on their proceedings: Thus neglecting all the important interests of the people, the Demo cratic majority made sneh a shame less raid for spoils as has thoroughly disgUBled the decent men even in their own party. From one end of the State to the other, in the last campaign, the stump rang with Dem ocratic speeches in favor of civil ser vice reform. Tho raping of the benevolent institutions and legisla ting out of office Republicans wher ever it could possibly be done, in or der to make places for Democrats, show the insincerity of these profes sions. The very first bill introduced in tho Senate at the late session was that known as the infamous Brown Bill to take the appointment of Trus tees for the benevolent institutions from the Governor and place it in the hands of the Legislature; and that bill (save the still more infam ous Metropolitan Police Bill) con tinued the ono absorbing topic of in terest to the Democrats thronghout tho entire session. To understand the full measure of the partisan knav ery of this bill it is necessary to re member that in 1877, when there was a Democratic Governor in the chair, the Democratic Legislature passed a bill giving this- power of appoint ment to the Governor for the express purpose, as vas then alleged, of tak ing these important institutions out of the pool of politics, but the instant a Republican Governor comes in, in decent haste is made to replunge them into the pool again t; Not only this, but the tenure of prison Direc torB is changed in order to make place tor just-one hungry Democrat. The Soldiers' Home at Knightstown, is practically destroyed, in order that Dr. Freeman, of Vevay, a brave and badly wounded Union soldier, placed at the head of the institution becaule of his special and recognized fitness for the position, may be legislated oat of office to make room for anoth er Democrat. The State Bureau of Statistics is reorganized, solely that Captain Conner, its chief who, by his faithful and untiring efforts and fX!ndid organising ability, in twoj Iniiort vizirs mil the department uuon a footing of efficiency &aly attained by similar bureaus in other States after years of experience Captain Conner is at once pushed aside in or der that a young Democrat, wholly inexperienced in such work, may be giveu a soft berth. -The list might be extended, but it would not be profitable. Euough has been said to indicate the manner in which the high office of legislating for the public good was prostituted to the base end of parceling out office to party bummers and hangers on. Never did a Legislature so disre gard and spit upon the rights of the laboring man. One instance:. The claim of honest John Martin for k-on-est work done in laying brick in thi walls of the Insane Hospital, and for which he mortgaged his borne in, or der to get money to carry on the work, was disallowed and rejected from the specific appropriation bill, while the very questionable and speculative claim of the widow May for $10,000 was allowed to i;s full extent. Tho latter was, however, manipulated by the Hou William II. English, ex-Democratic candidate for Vice President, and that perhap accounts for the difference in the treatment of the two claims. Sen ator Bell said that the refusal to allow Martin's claim was "imp!y an outrage." It was an outrage, but it was worse than that, considered from a Democratic standpoint it was a party blunder, as they will find when another e!e3tion comes round, for Martin is himself a Democrat (a fact which was doublless overlooked), and has troops of friends in Indiana polis, where he has lived and worked for many years past. The crowning infamy of the Met ropolitan Police Bill, and the refusal to pass the appropriation bills, is so well understood that not much com ment is neeessary. Governor Por ter's veto ot the former, and his re fusal to return the hill under a threat until required by law to do so, was an act which won him admira tion nn all sides. Tho measure was designed to put the city ofj Indiana polis into the hands of tho Democ- vacy through the police organization, and was passed at the dictation of" a gang of young political hoodlums and pot-house politicians in drfiance of the protests of more -decent and conservative members ot the parly. As to the effect of it there can be no question. A kfe-Iong Democrat, of prominence in his party and a large property holder, said frankly the oth er day that this odious measure would make the city overwhelming ly Republican, and that the acts of this Legislature would insure a Re pnblioan victory in the State in 1884. And he is not the only Democrat who entertains these views; they can be numbered by the scores. GEirSRAL MEWS. Seattle has- incorporated an immigration and information bureau. The telephone system is soon to be estab lished at Walla Walla. The Kentucky jubilee singers are on their way to the Sound from San Francisco. Mr. Metzger, fonnesly of tho Columbia Chronicle, expects to start photograph gal lery at Spo'can Falls. J. W. Glover has been nominated for Mayor ot Spokan Falls. The bills of the new National Bank of Yakima City bear upon them a viguette of the celebrated "Yakima Gap." Some Indian loggers last week found a box containing five silver watches, about three miles from Tacoma, -which had evi dently been stolen and hid away several years ago. The Seattle Herald says: There is no good reason, except a lack of enterprise, to prevent Puget Souud from being the largest shipbuilding location on the American Con tinent. It has superior advantages for the development of such an iudustry, but lakes capital and enterprise. Henry Villard and party left New York on the 22d for Portland. They will stop a few days at Salt Lake City and San Faan- cisco. The OEiJf. Co. are filling in their land below the Dalles poatoffice. Wasco county farmers, who were troubled with grasshoppers last year, fear a visit from tiiem again. Large quantities of their egjjs are being found. Judge B Whitten died on the 13th instant at the residence of J. B. Eaton, at Union. He was in fair health last fall when he left The Dalles, but failed gradually during the winter. Henry Clifford, signal officer at Spokane Falls, has resigned, and will be succeeded by Mr, Hemingway of Dayton. S. M. Maxon, of Vancouver,, has disap peared. He left word that he had a duel to fight. It is thought that he suicided. James Hill, the Walla Walla boy said to have been afflicted with hydrophobia, has been sent to the insane asylum. Several horse3 have died1 lately near Gaston. Scarlet fever is prevalent in Washington ; WaoontnlnetoctnsSoUc)torforPatentg,CaTeats, countv - " ' ' Trade Marks, Copyrights, etc., Icr the united states, J- I. j'-.!,., ffnnlnnH Vrana n.rman. XT a The residence of L. J. Bower, west of cave had tblrty-flvo years' experience. Aorth Yamhill, has been destroyed-by tire. ; gonna American. This large and splendid JUus- . ,. . - , , , . trateaweeEiypaper,i.wayear,snowsinerrosrress, An auction sale of 30 head of horses, 0j science, is very Interesting, and has an enormous narea and ireldinos will hn heJd at Cornel- circulation. Address MLiMH a vu., nrai coma, mares ana geiamgs win be noia at uornta- , f arzMtnno American, ail BVM, . ius on tha 81t ia.. yew Tort. Hand boot about Patents free. A boy named Walter Cowan, of Albany was severely burned about the face by care lessly exploding a can of powder. The saw mill of Alfred Da vies will be re moved from Beavertou to a point near Kalairi, whsr a large quantity of cedar can be had. The ship Majestic is loading piles at Sea beck for Alamoda. Dean & Newhall will soon establish a stave factory at Orca3 island. Opium dens at Amu w oath have beea raided and smokers ordered to leave. The rapid rise in Snako river has stopped some work on Ainswo. th bridge. The Universalist church building at Day ton has been sold to Congregationalists. The Washington mills at Waitsburg are to be enlarged this summer and now ma chinery placed. J. Lanahan, a workman on on of the stone barges at A ins worth, is missing, and it is thought he is diowned. Miss Alice Woststone, residing seven milc3 from Dayton, is down with smallpox. This is the third case in the family. Patients at the pest-house ace recovering. Me ssrs. Williamson and Phillips, recently from Kansas, have purchased 350 acraa at Windy Cove. Mason our.ty. On tho tract is 75 acres of cranberry marsh, and other tracts will be converted to the same use. J. H. Baley, J. H. Cavanaugh and D. K. Smith have formed a company to- furnish Pendleton with water. Tho Episcopal church at Eugene has been furnished with new lnche3. A dwelling owned by Floyd Vaughn, near Eugene City, was burned last week; loss 700. There are 1105 school children in Clatsop county, an increase, of 15 per cent, over last year. Pendleton has 417 children of school age. M. G. Willis takes charge of the Pendleton hotel on the 1st at Pendleton. A number of hard looking fellows were fired last week by the marehall at Eugene City. Mis Lulu McKay, of Pendleton, while skating on rollers, fell and broke her wrist in two places. A cumber of men of Independence, have entered into an agreement not to lay around the saloons and gamble. The Itoaebnrg school board havo elected B: A. Cathey principal, Jeannette Webb and Winifred Mossier assistant. The saw mills on the Sound are all being ruu to their fall capacity. A large number of contracts are out for building steamers at Seattle. Fourteen acres of land a mile below. Day tan were sold last week for 1200. Julius Thielson after inspecting the new road to Blue Mountain, pronounces the work well done and says it will be ready to operate nest luesday. It is stated that the businesa men of Pom eroy have oiganized a p?ivate company to build arailroad from Snake river to that place up the Patahs.. Tho two coal trains from the Carbonado mines bring to the bunkers, at Tacoma, 70 cars each, about. 420 tons a day. This coal is improving in quality. The protracted meeting at Buena Vista held by Rev's Bowersox, Halter baugh and Hushner of the Evangelical Association,, re sulted ia twenty asstssions to the church and fiftean conversions. B. B. freight hereafter passes Riddle and goes to tha front. The now road will prob ably be completed to Julia, says the Piain dealer, and freight aad: passengers will be landed there by the first of May. A lamp fell to the floor in a hall at Buena Vista aud scattered the oil. A fool of a lu natic touched a match t-- it for smartness and came near destroying tha building in which there 'were at the time a number of people cut olffrom tha hall way. Pullman cars arer-to run through from the Atlantic to-the Pacific ocean, by way of the Pennsylvania, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Northern Pacific roads, when the latter is completed. It is now) nretty generally understood that Sup't Hallett, with his 1000 white men ami 5000 Chinese, will complete the work allotted them by the 1st of April. The en tire force will go back to Portland. A tannery has started at Walla Walla; th hemlock bark used is obtained near lake Pcnd d'Oreille. Tho distance by the O. K. C N. Co.'s road to Snake river from Umatilla, is 223 miles, at a cost of $3,000;000. Henry Villard and his associates in New York controlo 1382 miles of the railroads in Washington and Oregon, viz: The Northern Pasific Co., 487; the OE4N Co., 357; the Oregon and California B R Co.,. 350; the Oregon Inprovement Co., 21. ' The 487 of the Northern Pacific Co., are m W. T., as are alto the 21 miles of the Oregon Improve ment Co. , the latter being tha coal road be tween Seattle and Newcastle. THE ST. JOHN MPROVEMEHT CO, Directors : P. P. THOMPSON, P T. SMITH, L. A. BANKS, W. BYP.ON DANIELS, JAMES T. GRAY. Office, corner First anil Washington Sis Portland, Oregon. Capital Stock - - 3375,000 Psrtiea desirinjr a safe and profitable investment should call or write for information at once. Messrs. Bufonl Si Wajffnor are agents for the Company in Corvallis and can give information o value to persons seeking first-class investments. 20-llm2 PATENTS . TOBVALLIS Livery, Feed, AND SALE STABLE. .Tin i a Sit-, Cor-viiIHs, Oregoi SOL. KING, Prop. Oram BOTH BARNS I AM PBEPABED '!?-. r superior accommodations in th Livery Alwayi ready for a drift, GOOD TEAMS At Low Rates. VI; stables ar flmt-claas in every reaoect, and coir, potent and obliging hostlers always res j to serve too puolic, REASONABLE CHARGES FR HIRE. Prtlcular Attention Paid to Boartfln Horses. ELEGANT HEARSE, CA1 KIACES AND HACK FOR FCNEBAES. 18r27y Farmers and others desirio? a genteel, lucrative aeency busine, by which $5 to Jio a day can he earned, send a-ldre at once, on poaLii, to If. C. Wilxisson & Co., 1U6 and 1!7 Fulton Street, New x or . FOE SALE: Two unimproved lots in tne choicest buildingr places in the city for sale reas onable. AI.so Four unimproved lots except fenc ed in Corvallis, Or. The choicest building place in the city for sale reasonable. Enquire of M. S. Wood cock at the Gaxcte office. I. V A 1 CJ AT TT". Valuable farm all under I? Vl lOXi-XJlZi. fence only lnilesfrom Corvallis of 150 acres, 80 acres now in cultivation, tho balance of it can bo cultivated; about 20 of it now iu wheat with a fair house good barn and granery. will be sold at a bargain Terms easy- EiKjuire ul M S. Woodcock at the (iasctte otHce. TiYYP GAT TT. A FARM of 47S acres. JF VJXi k3A JJ!j. for less than IS per acre, being one of the cheapest and best farms in Beutou county, situated i miles we3t of Monroe, J of a mile from a good school, in one of the best neigh borhoodsin tho state with church privileges handy. About 130 acres in cultivation, and over 400 can b cultivtaed. All under fence, with good two story frame house, large barn and orchard; has running water the vear around, and is well suited tor stek and dairy purposes. This is ono of the cheapest trat in the Willamette Valley Terms easy. Enquiie of M. S. Woodcock at tho Gazette office. FOR SALE 6C0D BUSINESS. 4 Undivided i interest in a law mill run by water! power, a good planer and seven acres of land usert in connection with tho null. Power sufficient to run' all of the year, situated handy to market nd within; about 7 iailes of Corvallis with an excellent good" road to and from it. Terms easy. Inquire of M. S Woodcock at Gasimi ofEot. :porti:nt BUSINESS COLLEGE (Old " NATIONAL," Established 1886. 128 Front St., Between Washington and Alder, PORTLAND, - - - OREGON, An institution designed ' for the practical business education of both sexes. Try Plunder's Oregon Wood: Pnrificr- WHY WILL YOU cous-h when Shili.h'a Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10 els. 50 ct. and 1 At i . oraiidQi. By Buying at dealers' prices. We will sell you any article tor family or per sonal use, in any quantity at Wholesale Price. Whatever you want, send for our catalogue ( free) and you will find it there. We carry in stock the largest variety of goods in the United States. 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Qgjrsj Ready Clothing, Overcoats anS FURNISHING GOODS. GROCERIES, TOBACCOS AND CIGARS Cutlery, cfeo., c&o. These Goods are offered to the public at prices lower than can possibly be found in the city. Remember the Place, in Crawford & Farra's New Brick Blodtt CORVALLIS, OIL 0. H Whitney & Cn. 19:1411