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1 Weekly Comallis Gazette. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 13 1885. OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COUNTY Entered at the Postoffice at Cl.egon, as second-class matter. Corvallis It is asserted that the rebellion ill Canada is fomented by Russian agents, with a view of embarrasing the Domin ion authorities and preventing their sending troops to help England. The question is a very serious one with President Cleveland how he will occasionally slip in a democratic ap pointee and slip out a republican con trary to the tenure of office act and .civil service reform rules. The repub lican Senate is looking out for his favorable professions to civil service reform. The fire alarm on the night of April 1st was no doubt intended for April fools day. Fun is fun and we have no objections to practical jocks but to call the whole town out to a fire is too se riousa niatterto make foolishness about. The city council should take steps to pass stringent measures making pun ishable the ringing the fire bell for any thing but fire purposes, -with no deviation under any circumstances. The city elections for years past have been run by parties seeking office. In many instances we have good of ficers, sometimes, however, city gov ernment has net been managed as care fully and economically as it should have been. The best way it seems would be for the different political par ties each to nominate a ticket for city officials, when they are elected and do their official work if it is not done correctly and for the best interest of the people, the people have the politi cal organization which elected to hold responsible for not electing more effi cient officers. When elections are made as heretofore where every one nominates themselves there is no or ganization which can be looked to or held responsible for the failure to serve the public properly. The condition of business is well il lustrated by comparing the present surplus in reserve of the New York banks and the excess on the corres ponding date of the previous three years with the mercantile failure rec- erd for the first quarters of the ' same years. For the corresponding weeks of the last three years and this we.k, the state of the New York bank re serve was as follows: 1882, a surplus of $3,338,000; 18S3, a deficiency of $5,455,050; 1884, a surplus of ?9,589, 000; fur this week an excess of idle sums amounting to $47,092,000. The failure record for the current thirteen weeks is nearly double that for the same period four years ago, with idle money in New York banks many times greater, showing the lethargy and hesitancy on one hand and disas ters en the others. Is this de pression in business because moneyed men have confidence in the financial management of the government or is it because they are afraid the new ad ministration will try some new finan cial plans for those which worked pros perity under republican management. The commissioner of the general land office has ordered that final action in the land office upon all entries of public lands, except private cash en tries and scrip locations, not dependent upon' acts of settlement and cultivation be suspended in the following localities: All lands west of the first guide meri dian, Kansas; all west of range 17 west in Nebraska; the whole of Colo rado, except lands in II te reservation; all lands in New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada and that portion of Minnesota north of the indemnity limits ef the Chicago, Minnesota and Manitoba railroad. Final action in the land office was also ordered suspended on all timber-culture entries under the act of June, 1878, which have not already been examined; also in all cases of desert land entries. The St. Paul Globe-Democrat says: "To-day's nominations have added fuel to the flame of party discontent, and a regular conflagration may ensue. The nomination of Jieiiry G. Pearson to succeed himself as postmaster of New York City elicited words of condemna tion on every hand among democrats. Prominent senators among the demo cratic party did not hesitate to say that it was a great mistake. Congressman Spriggs of New York said that every democratic senator who is moved by a feeling of allegiance to his party ought to refuse to assent to Pear son's confirmation. He declared that they ought to go further and fight the nomination-to the bitter end. While democratic politicians are wild over the re-momination of Pearson the civil service reformers and so-called mug wumps are in high spirits. They say Cleveland is coming up to'their expec tations. When Beecher was here he urged Pearson's retention. All New York mugwumps, headed by Carl Schurz and George W. Curtis, and supported by the Times, have been fighting for him. The county demecracy are said to have had a hand in it. It is hinted, however, that Mayor Grace, who call ed upon the president, Secretary Man ning and the postmaster general yes tcriay, was working for Pearson. The county democracy want the collector ship and don't want the postoffice. It is said that Pearson's reappointment is the result of a trade; that it is Pear son's reward for not closing the New York postoffice on election day. It has been suggested by some pa pers that the reappointment of Henry G. Pearson, a republican, by President Cleveland as postmaster of New York City is something of a compromise or concession to meet the views of the mugwump republicans and that his future course in the distribution ol such favors would be different. That his future appointments will be differ ent, in a gieat measure there is no doubt, but that he appointed Pearson to please mugwumps or anybody else, or upon any other consideration than to reward Pearson for the valuable services he rendered in the election of Cleveland is what will take better proof than will be forthcoming to con vince anyone who has watched the tide of events. It will be remembered that upon election day in New York City Mr. Pearson kept the employes so busily engaged and gave them, no in termission or reaess on fiat day so that several hundred republican employes in the New York postoffice on that day lost tilth- vote they being pre vented from voting by the act of Pear son. In every other postoffice in the United States all the employes have always been given the privilege of voting and time in which to cast their ballot. It was suspicioned by the authorities at Washington that Pear son would act in the manner in which he did as a confederate of Cleveland in the disfranchising the employes in the office and the proper head of the post office department at Washington tele graphed Pearson to give time so that his employes might vote, but Pearson paid no attention to it and in that -way andbv thisactof Pearsonalone, enough employes wera thus disfranchised to have carried the State of New York for Blaine had they been permitted to vots and had voted for Blaine. It is plain to see why Pearson was appoint ed, because Cleveland in appointing kirn is just paying for Pearsons treach ery and dishonesty in disfranchising the republican voters which had the effect to defeat Blaine and elect Cleveland. tends to follow the true spirit as well as the letter of civil service reform. Another reason why it shows tact for the president te make pretense that all he intends to do in appointments shall be done uiyler the rules of civil service reform is because the senate has a small majority republican and to work these things through he seeks to create the impression that he is opposed to removing present incumbents, but republican members of the senate are opening their eyes to his doings as they plainly observe from the acts and appointments made by the presi dent that his pretentions to civil ser vice reform was hollow sounding bun comb, to divert the public attention from the real points which he intended to accomplish. There is no doubt that the president is using his appointive, power as rapidly as Hendricks could do if he was in the place and that this is so is proven by the fact that Hen dricks and Vorhees are now satisfac torily quiet over the operations of the president after they came to fully see and unders tand his c . any regulations of civil service reform; ! lease them withent an outside co-operati.n while President Cleveland is endeavor- j would hrin disaster upon the prisoners mi ing to. put out republicans as fast as his re3ult ! " ,d- AU ecia f ha ,ort r , TT , . , , , , . were abandoned, except that at Camp Doug- tnends Hendricks and Vorhees could . u- , , , u wu, las, where Captain Hip.es still believed he have done it and at the same time he could effect their release. We yielded to is endeavoring to make the friends of this tirmness, zeal and persistence, and his civil service reform believe that he in- p'ans were plausible; but treachery defeat ed him before his well laid schemes were developed. Having nothing else on hand, Colonel Martin expressed a wish to organize a corps to burn New York City. He was allowed to do so, and a most daring attempt has been made to fire that city, but their reliance on the Greek tire proved a misfor tune. It cannot be depended on as an a'ent in such work. I have no faith what ever in it, anil no attempt shall hereafter be made under my general directions with such material. 'Dining my stay in Canada a great amount of property has been destroyed by burning. The information brought to mc as to the perpetrators is so conflicting and oontradictoiy that I am satisfied that noth ing can be certainly known. Should claim be presented at the war office for payme t of this kind of work, not a dollar should be advanced on any proof a.lduced until all t!ie j parties concerned may have an opportunity for making out and presenting proof. Sev eral parties claim to have done the work at St. Louis, New Orleans, Louisville, Brook lyn. Philadelphia and Cairo. For the future, discarding all de p ndence on the organization in the north ern states, our efforts in my judgment, should be directed to inducing those who are conscripted in the north, and who utter ly refuse to join the army to tight against the confederate states, to make their way south to join our service. It is believed by many that at least a number sufficient to make up a division may be secured in this way for our sarvice before spring, especially if our army opens up a road to the Ohio. Some are now on their way to Cori ith, which at present is the point of rendezvous Also to operate on their railroads and force the enemy to keep up a guard on all their roads, which will require a large standing army at home, and to burn whenever it is practicable, and thus make the men of property feel their insecurity and tire them out with the war. Tiie attempt on New York has prod need a great panic, which will not subside at their bidding. Very respectfully your obedient servant, J. THOMPSON." The Post-master at Home, Oneida county, New York, has been suspend ed by the President, the latter alleges the cause of this suspension to be for inattention to duty, and failure to make the reports required by law. THB SOUTEEKW CONFEDERACY OX TOP. While the professional demxtatic office seeker who prematurely rushes to Washington to secure an appoint ment to office from the hands of the president supposing that all that is necessary is to ask for any office he chooses nd it shall be turned over to him, is sadly disappointed, because the president is desirous of bluffing this class of persistent professional pests. Yet the every day operations of the president certainly must convince every close observer that they are not sent away on account of his convictions to civil service reform rules, although the president places it upon this ground hoping thus to please the casual ob server and if possible keep good feeling with the mugwumps. Thai this is true is satisfactorily and conclusively proven from the fact that every day for some time past until the senate ad journed the president was sending in names of parties for confirmation by the senate to places filled by competent republicans whose time had not ex pired and against whom no charges had been made except that they were republicans and the appointed jarty who desired the place was a democra'. This maneuvering of the president sltows him to be longer headed and better fitted for wire pulling, and tnanipu'ating the change of republican ippointees for democrats than his older political work era such as Hei.diicks, Vorhees and others, for the latter were desirous of opening all appointive offices for democrats to fill regardless of Jacob Thompson's Story of his own Villainy. His Operations la Canada during tne Rebellion as Recorded by Himself. New York Tribune. Secretary Lamar's order that the flag over the interior department (Cleveland not ob jecting) should be hong at half-mast, and the oilicers and clerks of the department receive a holiday with pay, in houor of that departed traitor, conspirator anil thief, Jacob Thompson, secretary of the interior under Buchanan, has naturally revived in terest iu Thompson's mission to Canada during the rebellion, and the damnable operations in which he was engaged iu be hilf of the confederacy. Among other let ters written by Thompson to the rebel gov ernment, detailing his operations, was the following. It tells of the peace meetings he was organizing throughout the north with the aid of the democratic party for the organization of which Thompson furnished the needful funds; of the partly-successful plot to release rebel prisoners ou Johnson'.? Island, aud of the attempts more or less successful, to burn northern shipping ports aud northern cities especially New York, where the unsatisfactory results from the u.se of Greek lire greatly annoyed Thomp son, aud, as he s.iys, confirmed his contempt for that article as an incendiary agent. We omit those parts of the letter which merely reveal the man whom Secretary Lamur de lights tc honor as an active and enterprising traitor, and reproduce those parts which brand him as au inhuman monster: "Toronto, C. Y, Dec. 3, 1864 The Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State: Sir Several times have I attempted to send you communications, but I have no a surance that any of them has been re ceived. I have relaxed no effort to carry out the objects the government have in view in sending me here. I bad hoped at different times to have accomplished more, but still I do not think my mission has been altogether fruitless. At all events we have afforded the northwestern states the amplest opportunity to throw off the galling dynasty at Washington and openly take grounds iu favor of state rights and civil liberty. "This postponment was insisted upon the grouud that it was necessary to have a series of public meetings to prepare the pub lie mind, aud appointments for public peace meetings were made one at Peoria, one at Spriugtield, and one at Chicago the 16th. The first one was at Peoria, and to make it a success I agreed that so much money as was necessary should be furnished by me. It was held, aud was a decisive success. The vast multitude who attended seemed to be swayed but by one leading idea peace. "Soon after I reached Canada a Mr. Minor Major visited me and represented himself as au accredited agent from the Confederate States to destroy steamboats on the Mississippi river, aud that his operations were suspended for want of means. I ad vanced to him 2000 in Federal currency, aud soon afterwards several boats were burned at St. Louis, involving an immense loss of property to the enemy. He became suspected, as he represented to me, of being the author ot this burning, and from that time both he and his men have ieen hiding, and consequently have done nothing. Money has been advanced to Mr. Churchill of Cincinnati, to organize a corps for the purpose of incendiarism in that city. I consider him a true man, and although as yet he has effected but little, I am in con stant expectation of hearing of effective work in that quarter. Previous to the arrival of Lieutenant Colonel Martin and Lieutenant Headly, bringi ug an unsigned note from you, all the different places where our prisoners are con fined Camp Douglas, Rock Island, Camp Morton, Camp Chase, El mini had "been t loroughly examined, and the conclusion was for"?d upon us that all efforts to re- Spring and Summer Campaign OPENED AT 13 Having mustered all our forces for the coming season we are fully prepared to present in splendid array, an almost irrestible army of New and Stylish Goods in all our Departments. Anxiously awaiting a fearless onslaught on the part of our patrons under the able leadership of the invincible General Cash, to whom we shall gracefully and unconditionally surrender, among our latest novelties we uireci special attention to our new Spring Dress goods Silks, Velvets, Brocades, new Spring Wraps, Muslin,. Underware, Par asols, Seamless Hosiery, Jerseys, Fancy iroMtlsT Infankand OhiLW,, - -- 4 V-11 robes and dresses, In our Clothing Department we are now shewing the largest variety of Mens and Boys clothing from a business or school suit to the finest dress suit. Special attention is called to our new values in Men's Fine Furnishing motis Neck wear etc. ' our expectations, look at our im- Our sales in Mens and Boys hats are far exceeding men.se stock before purchasing. The increase in our Boot and Shoe sales are such that we are now having these goods made to special order by the best Eastern and California factories. We carry a full line of Trunks, Valises, Satchels, Yankee Notions and Novelties. S"Samples sent free on application. Only Cash trade solicited. Corvallis Oregon. Shaving Saloon. AND S. L. HEMCERSOft, Prop. (First door south of Fishet'i block.) Corvallis. . - Oregon. The Siiliatd Parlor, fitted up in first class style, aud supplied with a No. Table always in good order. Lovers of the game will ever lind a quiet and orderly place to spend an hour in these parlors with the assurance of being uuiuterupted by rowdyism. The Shaving Saloon. Old and new Customers will lind good accomoda tions, sharp rvors, clean towels and an obliging proprietor ever ready to attend to your wants. 22-11 tf AT- ADMINISTRATGRS SJLE CF REAL ESTATE iii ttte matter of the estate of Geo. P. Wrenn, decease 1. Notice U hereby given that br virtue of an order of sale, duly made bv the county Court of the state of Orogon, for the county ttt tienton on Saturday April 7th, 1&S2, at the regular April term of said court, directing-and commaudinyr me, P. A. Cheno sreth administrator of said estate, to sell at public .luctiou all the right, title, interest and estate that the said Geo P. Vv'renu had at the time of bis death, in and to the followmij d.fKri'tei "r.aiiaes: The undivided 8-5 of two hundred and fifty one -teres, lying in the cast 1-2 of the donation -and claim of Geo. P. Wrenn and Mai v F. Wrenn. his wife. notification !i2.'S, cliim No. 54, T. 1, S. it., ii west, .Villaniiitte meridian, in Uenton countv, Orjjon. More particularly described a-s follows to-wit: lie grinni jrata point f 4. 65 chains eagt of ti e 1-4 See. ornur, on the line betwem sections 16 an t 21 in T. il, S. it., West, of Will. Mer., running- thence south Di.;d cbains to the mid :le of the channel of Marys river, thence following down with the mean.lerins of said river to the east line of said donation land Waim, th' nee north 84.25 chains to the rort'i east Lornerofsaid claiai then'-c north SfHleg. 27min. west 2.:.5 chains to the place o; bejinnin containing 2f0 ncres more or k s. Also the whole of the following in the west half of said claim bepniiii: ata quarter Sec. corner ou the line between sections 10 and 21, in l. 11, S. H., G west, Willamette Meridian, thence south degrees '17 min. ast 4.05 chains, south 5,50 chains to the niiddlt of Iht chftiiiul of Marys river, whence following up the river to the mkkUo of the county road lending from Corvallis to Kings Vailev, north 16 degrees eat alone, the middle of said road, lb' chains no rh 0 iegret;s, west 18 chains, north 2(i degrees, west 23 chains nrth o9 degrees, west 5 eh lit. s to the north line of the claim, south 80 degrees 31 min east 13.20 chains to place of beginning containing 30.03 acres. Therefore in accordance with aud in pursuance of said crder of sale, 1, F. A. Uhcn oweth administrator of said estate of Glo. P. Wrtnn. deceased, will on Tuesday Avril 8tb 181?.'. at the hur of o . o'clock P.M., of said day in front of the court house d or, in the city o Corvallis in Benton county Ore on, sell :.( public auction to the highest bidder, nil the ritrbt; title, interest and es tate which the said Geo. 1. Wrenn had, at tite time 'd' his death, in and to the above described premises, together with the appurtenances thereunto belong ing.. Terms of sale, cash down at ti . e of sale. T. A. CHEN WKTH, Ad :ut ii tritcr of the estate of Ceo. P. Wrenn, decd. J. W. HANSON'S. Clothing and Tailoring li mir or in m , Yon can find the latest styles of ready made clothing, also the finest Pants Patterns ard Suitings ICver brought to Corvallis. READY MADE CLOTHING PRESSED TO ORDER. Constantly on hand a full linf of Furnishing' Goods, Underwear, Shirts, Neckties, &c, &c. CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK. No trouble to show goods. Two doors South ot Will Bro.'s. C0UVALU8. - - - . OREGON AUGUST KI tJT, CABINET MAKER, LUMBER FOR SALE! Well seasoned and in the Wait house, a fine lot of dressed F'ljOOnijSTG, RUSTIC, OA.SIWG-, Oct. Any party purchasing 5,000 feet or over, may have the same at $2 LOO per M. Enquire of Ti J. BLAIR. X). C. EOSE, Manut '.cturer of and Dealer in Domestic Keyvvest and Havana Cigars. -Wholesale and Retail. Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos and Smoker's articles generally, Also just received a fine lot of POCKET CUTLERY. No Chinese labor employed. CORVALLIS, OREGON OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. Corvallis, Oregon. CANAN & 6IBLIN. PRO; RIETJRS. I - h It AjM).m ,tll E dPfll' i'sS H A o f 4 V ? y M FOR AAY KIND OF J OB RRIISTTIsG From a Calling Card to a Full Sheet Poster, The Corvallis Gazette Offico HAS UO SUPERIORS In Quality and Prices. Send for- prices and estimate. 3 -12 UftDt?TAKER. Cor. Second aud Monroe Sts., :: v as.i.i. : OKcciOx. Keeps constantly on hand all kinds ef W UENITTJEE Coffins ar d Caskets. Work done to ord r on short notice and at reasonable rates. Corrallis July 1, 1881. 19:27yl. THE OCCIDENTAL is a new building, newly furnished, and is first class in all its appointments. RATES LIBERAL. Stages leave the hotel for Albiny and Yaquina Bnj Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 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