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Pf 1 -- 8 if . 0 . O o o I? o aiSfj3SS353 g3ij s f)eil3rtivln (Enterprise. Oregon City, Oregon ? E. g ICELAND, EDITOR AX I) PKCPRIETOB. Saturday0: August 1. 1863; National Union Ticket. FOR. PRESIDEXT, GenVULYSSES S.GKANT FOit'viCE PIIESIDEST,' "SCHUYLER" COLFAX. - - For Presidential Electors, " - P. MEACllAM, of Union county. Dr. W. poWLBY,,of Washington. " O.- JACOBS, of Jackson. ' ' TIIK; FOVIITEEXTII . A3JHSXD3IEAT. "' The-Fourteenth' Amendment'" is now a part of the Constitution of the United States, and reconstruction is so far accomplished, under the Con gressional t plan, that the speedy re storation ef the remaining States is a to oral certainty. The election in' this State was carried by the1 Democratic .-party in opposition to the fourteenth uinendment. They insisted that'thu -fgs-t clause,, .which declares that "all persons- born or naturalized in the United '.States are citizens: thereof," j'itdVrs;the j:ight of suffrage opon ne 9 es C k i na m en , IT u d ia us, c t c.,' , et c. .Xhy; ar e.n o w, therefore, , in , this di iuma : .. Uhoy must either oppose -the- Constitution, or , endorse '. negro eiitlrage-or else repudiate their own argument. To help them out of this dilemma we will. inform them that the fourteenth amendment confers the ight of suffrage upon no one ; but JeavePit with the States. :It declares, , iiiy, that no State shall have repre mentation 'Congress, or in the elec toral colIege,bnsed upon a non-voting population. This is all there is in the amendment upon the question of fmfiYage, and this opinion is the doc- iine of the Ilcpublican party. . 1 Jje.vy & Fecbheiiner are closing out in their Porllandbtrade. - Fare is cheap to Victoria by the Geo, S. WjS'gt and the vessel is owncifein Oregon. Patronize home lirst, when you can. It is said that John Morrissey is the best behaved Democrat in Cons gress 2Dr. Loryca says he is about the most respectable of the prominent uien of the Democratic party. It has been discovered that a majority of the live men in the Dem ocrutic party ten years ago, are now 1'epublicar.s, and the dead men in the Republican party at that time ire now thintng ornaments in the "Democratic party. Indian affairs in Idaho, says the Statesman, are in a very satisfactory condition. No thanks to Kale, of Knksdale, but all credit to General Crook and Gov. Builard. It was not the whisky soaked old rebel Mnj. Marshall, nor his band of secession contractors who did the work. The Cheyenne paper occasionally notices .a train of" emigrants on the back trail, going east from Oregon. A great many" only went to Canada for that purposed It was far less ex pensive and tedious than going to Oregon, although not so safe, says the Colorado News. Bancroft & Co. have our thanks for several , valuable publications. The small, tracts, written by Dr. St.orer.of Boston, ugon the subjects wf abortions,-should be placed in the hands of every person of discretion in :tho universe. . There. can. be. no disguising the fact that ' American w-qmen need talking to- about this matter,' although we feel, that the crime is chiefly confined to large com- inunities.. The same firm send us J. Ross Browne's report upon the min-ti-ttl resources of the States and Terri tories west of the Rocky Mountains. It is very complete and comprises a yast mass of information relative to ihU great mining region iu all its aSN peets mineral, agricultural, and sta tistical. The facts themselves are in capable of being digested or arranged i;i a manner to be attractive to the general reader ; but those in search of statistics bearing on questions of mining economy will be very likely to. find the materials they seek in these, ample reports. Mr. Browne claims no origiuality for any of the facts or statistics he presents, but has t m ply accumulated in a volume those which had already been obtained by the leading geologist of California, "by various county and State officers and j mining engineers. The only portion which seems to stand identi-. fied-withIr. Browne is an estima'e of our total gold; and silver product fur 18GG at $75,000,000, and of our total product fur the States and. Ter ritories since their settlement at $ 000,000, or exactly one-half of pur national debt. Whether this sumj;was arrived , at , by calculating frpni car national debt downward, or lrctn th'o ..several mines and their pro ducts, upward., to , the total, does not as no connection is established appear, between the estimate auu tuc siaqs . . - A 4l Vies presented Ja "te hodylof-.the- THE RAILROAD. We find fault with no man because he does not decide .with us that rail roads ard a great benefit to the coun try. , We shall slander no 'man for saying that the East Side Company are a set of sAindters. '-If they are we do not know it and We should be badly mistaken if it should so turn out that they are. The enterprise is neing carried along with rapidity unj der the direction of Mr. S. G. Elliott, and by the time stated in the agree ment cars will be running to Eugene city. It,J has been decided to pass through Bluff street, withthe road, in Oregon city, and so far as we have been able ascertain not a man owning property on the line of the survey, has lefused the Company right of wav ca the other hand, all accord this privilege to the Company cheer., fully, and, where buildings must be removed, that will be done. We were surprised that Eugene city re fused the right of wav to the Compa ny, but then such iucidents are com men in the. history of all railroads. Recently we heard of a farmer in this county who swore that the d d rail road; should never, pass over bis land unless, the . Company jjcdd h im well for it, A.rrelative of the' writer liv ing hv La.Poite county, Indiana, madejust such a remark at the time the M. S. & N..I. R. R. was being built; the road went through his land however, and it happened that it went in a very bad shape. lie brought suit, but before doing so was importuned to " compromise," by the Company. He declared he wculd not and did not. The case was tried, and judgment was rendered in his favor for less than the Compa ny proposed to give him on a com. promise. This so disgusted him" that he sold his farm; paid off his attor neys, and court expenses, and after that strange to say, he was pos sessed of some thousands more money than ho would have been, had he sold out before the road ruined bis farm. This is a true example ; and the re cords of the transaction will show a case worthy of attention by men of mulish propensities whose land lies across the way of a railroad. When Eugene City ; stubbornly -refuses to grant privileges to the East Side Company, let us refer them to an in cident in the history of the Michigan Central Railroad. When that road approached Berrien county the citi zens of Berrien, the county scat, were asked for certain privileges, which we do not exactly recollect at this time suffice it to say they were re jected the -people said as Eugene says : We do not believe in your enterprise I Berrien has a river the grand old St. Joseph which courses by them from southern Michigan through a portion of northern Indiana, on to Lake Michigan without an ob stacle to navigation for nearlv 200 miles. That river was all Berrien wanted, and these people said to the railroad company : gentlemen, we shall let yea build your road just where you please; and they did so crossing the St. Joseph at Niles, ten miles above Berrien. The consev quence was that the boats drew off! The steamers and barges were tied up to the wharve3 and never after wards floated under the bridge at Niles. The Berrien people passed around the hat ; took up a collection; chartered a little boat to carry them and their goods and merchandise to a market, and that is the way they live to-day.. , ' O. C. R. R. (East Side ) We are informed,vsays the Herald, that the above named company have four construction cars nearly completed at their shop ; also, that the company have some iron in San Francisco that will be shipped for this port so soon as a new wharf that is shortly to be constructed on the east side of the river above, is completed. The rea- son why tne rails nave not oeen brought up before this time, is that the company can save considerable expense for wharfage and hauling, by landing their materials close to where they are to be used. We said that passengers could gO from Oregon City to New York via Sacramento, all the way overland, in fifteen days.' The following from the Sacramento Becord, shows how this may be dene time is but five days from here to the Central Pacific: " Passengers desirous of. making the trip to the East by "the overland route, will be conveyed by the cars of the Central Pacific Riilroad as far as Wadsworth, a new town 1S9 miles from Sacramento; at this point stages connect with the car?, and one can make the trip from Sacramento to Chicago in 10 days. Ihe track is now laid to point 70 miles beyond Wadsworth, and the work is being pushed forward at the rate of two and a half miles per day. The road is graded far out On the Humboldt, and with a level country ahead; will be pushed forward ; with amazing rapuityj' , . ,t , The Continental brought a mes sengerof the Pacific Union Ex-press i Company on her trip to Portland this week. Lloyd Brooke is1 the ; '''gon agent. .; .: LETTER FRO 31 HOOSIEU." Our correspondent Ifoosier, writes a long letter from Decatur, Alabama, under date of . June 30th, which we omit partly for. want of space, and partly because the subject matter would not now generally be interest ing, as the 14th Amendment is pretty well understood. In order that our readers may understand how people can travel, back there, we quote a few paragraphs : We took the Michigan Central at 2 o'clock,' arriving in Michigan City at 6, where we took the train and a sleeping car for Louisville. - Awak ing in the morning, we were within 8 miles of the Ohio river, opposite that ancient city, so of course we saw but little of the country through Indiana. Crossing the river, we took the train for Nashville without breakfast, and traveled through a very poor, hilly and swampy country, to Bowl ing Green. Here we succeeded in getting our first meal at half past two o'clock. Resuming our seats in the cars for Nashville, the appearance of the country rapidly grew better, and by the time we reached. Nashville, found a very excellent country.'. Here we put up at the,-Stacy Tlouse, and at 7- o'clock took the train for this place. For fifty or sixty miles out from Nashville the land is generally very fertile, some of it rather rough and hilly, much of it unimproved, and much of that which is improved un cultivated. For several miles back from here the country is level, but a little too low. The improvements in that por tion of Kentucky through which we traveled, are very poor. We saw but two or three decent farm dwell ings in passing 100 miles, and not one respectable farm barn. In Ten nessee they are but little better, and thus far in Alabama still worse ; but we are told that about lluntsville and Tuscumbiathe land and improvements are better. I think the lad is 'good, but it is badly run and mostly without fences. There are some good buildings here. Most of the land has lain idle since the war, the owners not being able to fence it ; in fact the country is aK most a desert waste, and the people are so much discouraged they do not feel like repairing it. They raise no hay or grass of any kind, and no stock except a few mules and a very faw milch cows. The residents all say the land will produce first rate wheat and clover, but none of them know how to raise anything but cotton, and if they did, they are unable to buy seed or stock of any kind, and they all say they cannot afford to raise cotton at present prices and pay so high for provisions and help. 1 can hardly tell you yet whether I like the country or not ; there are some things I like very much, and others I dislike ; the climate is all that could be desired. Last year the fever and ague prevailed to a consid erable extent. Good water is scarce; most people use cistern water, be. cause they cannot dig through the bed rock. They have no flouring mills but have good streams and power for them. As yet none are necessary, for they do not raise any wheat. I have seen but four acres of wheat in Alabama, and very little in Tennessee. The mass of the people have no enterprise about them. They are of wh3t is known as the " Low Down People," for a description of whom see Putnamls Jfayazine for June. The progeny of Samuel Laughlin, numbering one hundred and eleven persons besides himself, had a family reunion at North Yamhill on the 4th ult. Of this number, there were seven sons, four daughters, five sons-in-law and seven daughters-in law, thirty-one grandsons, seven grand sons-in-law, thirty-four grand daugh ters, one grand daughter in-law,eight great grandsons and seven great grand daughters. Besides these, Mr. Laughlin has one daughter and seven children living in Missouri. Mr. Laughlin was born in South Carolina in 1702, emigrated to Missouri in 1S15, and to Oregon in 1S47. lie has lived in Yamhill county ever since. He is one of Oregon's most substantial citizens.and is justly proud of his numerous flock. The most laughable thing that's transpired in the railroad jar was the trap sprung upon the East side road by Underwood,charging the Company with an attempt to influence Nez. by a bait of , $50,000 preferred stock. The matter has undergone criticism most severe, and the only fact elicited from ail that has been shown, so far, i is, that it was all a lie from beginning to end. ' What makes us laugh is the " clincher" to the story, in ; the Polk County Signal of July ,27th. The Oregonian speaks in high terms of the Salem flouring mill. It is trtie that under the management of I Mr. Woodward those mills have won j an enviable reputation. ' Mr. Wood- j ward is a practical millwright, and a j i distinguished miller. ORECO.V. F. Opitz; of the Oregon Bakery, defies competiou in the cracker trade. The lack of proper sewerage in Portland, is one of the causes of the sickness there this summer. The region about Silver creek falls, above Silverton. is said to be a lovely spot at which to recuperate. Any person having a knowledge of the fate or. whereabouts of Thos. E. Rives, is requested to address W m. W etsel, of Portland. The boys, of Portland and Sac ramento are being brought to justice for indecently exposing their persons wnue bathing. The State Library has a verv complete selection on the law, legis lative and congressional reports. The New York reports have just been added. The local of the Herald went to the White House on last Sunday and enjoyed the ride finely. He drove a fast double team and splendid buggy from the stable of Godard & Lake" Mr. John Walker will soon leave for the States to purchase machinery for his new sash, blind and door fac tory, building of brick upon the ruins ot his late works at Portland. , We are -pleased to learn from the Walla W&llaStatesman that Col. Ruckel's mining interests are pros perous, and that he is beginning to realize something handsome from his large investments. The JViistlcr will carry a quan tity of wheat to Australia, w here it will be made into flour, and probably pass for an extra quality of Australia flour. More sections than California fatten off the products ol Oregon. The U. S. steam tug Katie is to remain here in the service of the coast survey until the channel across the Colombia river bar, and the river, to the head of ship navigation, is sur veyed and buoyed. A meeting of prominent gentle men held in Portland on Wednesday of last week to take into considera tion the immediate extension of the telegraph line from Dalles to Boise City, resulted in the certain success of this enterprise. The sickness among children so very prevalent in Portland just now is caused by eating unripe fruit and halt decayed California vegetables. On Wednesday of last week no less than four little ones were carried to their long home. A warning to parents. From the Lewiston Journal we learn that Snake river was filling very rapidly. It is possible that one more trip by steamer there will be th? last of the season. Last year the steamers ran to Lewiston till about the middle of August. Farmers are too apt to lot k up on the manure crop as the harvest of the winter. With reasonable fore thought and diligence the manure heaps will grow quite as fast iu sums mer. There is one yrcat advantage fermentation takes place much more rapidly. We have received a neat pamph let catalogue of that excellent insti tute, the Portland Academy and Fe male Seminary. It contains valua ble hints to the students which would be equally as applicable to the public generally. Since writing the article in an other column about railroads, we have received the State Journal. which says there will be no difficulty about getting the right of way through Eugene City. The New World has been char tered at o00 per day to visit the wreck of the U. S. sloop of-war Suwanee. Heavier "specs." than that have been made off Uncle Sam uel, in these waters. The Bulletin calls it "good charter money." On the evening of the 5th the Washington Guard of Portland, wi.l give a grand party on board the steamer luinuie Troup, leaving Port land for Vancouver with two barges finely fitted np, for dancing. This will be decidedly the best excursion of the season. The Signal says J. B. Under wood is a Director iu the regular Company Gaston's : From which we presume he has " conformed to the rule." To be a regular Director, according to the general interpreta tion of the word, he must find the es tablished mode of procedure over there agreeable to him. The 8th annual commencement of the Wallamet University of Sa lem, begin on the 23d at 2 p. m. The following are the names of the young gentlemen who graduated with the honors of Bachelor of Arts : George E. Strong, Edmund J. Wal ler, John C. Arnold, Benjamin F. Bond, James K. Buff, Joseph L. Car ter, James Chambers, James S. Den ison and William Galloway. The young ladies who graduated were Misses Josie Devore, Ellen Cham bers, Emma L. Freeland, Angie Grubbs, Dora M. Lamson and Ida M. Pratt, each receiving the decree cf Mistress of English Literature. Cot-NTT Cocet -Judge W. T. Matlock pre-siding-coiiveuf'souMondnv n?jt af o'clock City Cocxcil. The regular meeting of the City Council will beheld on Monday eve nit! next. The Idaho election takes place on the 10th of August. : The Union men of Eastern Oregon are organizing for the fight. Grant and Colfax clubs are being formed everywhere. The great bell at Notre Dame, Indiana, can be heard distinctly tor a distance of 20 miles. Jay Cooke & Co. are soon to establish an American bank in Lon don. B. F. Denuison has been ap pointed Associate Judge of Washing, ton Territory, vice Darwin resigned. The steamer New World is to run from San Francisco to Yallejo. in connection with cars for Sacra men to. A bill is being introduced into the British Parliament to transfer the Hudson Bay Territory to the Government. The Olympia Woolen factory will be in successful operation next year. All the stock has been sub scribed and paid in. J. J.!if;iy, an independent einocrat, is running against the candidate of the Pom cratic clique in" Idaho for Delegate to Con gress. The TTalhi "Walla Statesman (Dem ocratic) Fays'that Zhy finds it an up-hill business ; that he narrowly escaped the scent of rotten eggs, and was treated to other indignities by Democrats at Doise city. That is the way Democrats - argue'7 the questions of the day whenever they find an opponent. They tried to argue the slavery question with Uncle Sam by indignities, but, were whipped before thev got through with it. The Small Pox. As this to be dreaded disease may appear in this city after the arrival of the next steamer, sa s the Commercial, we call attention to the following re me dy. Of course intelligent physicians are thoroughly posted upon such -remedies immediately after their dis covery, but this paragraph may reach the eye of some not convenient to a physician. The London Scalpel, the highest medical authority in the woild, gives the following as an irr fallible cure for small pox and scarlet fever: Sulphate of zinc, one ;rain; fox glove digitalis), one grain; h.-.lf a teuspoonsiul of sugar; mixed with two tablespoonsful of water. Take a spoonful every hour. For a child smaller doses, accordinjj to fine. A sewing machine factory is be ing established at South Bend, Indi ana, five stories n height, with two wings each iUy feet Iohl', all of brick, hich will employ in the manufac tory about 160 hands. The Si(no:d notices a distressing case of attachment of a creditor iu I'olk' county. lie was left penniless almost, by a .heiiiF sale oi over J00 worth of property which went at less than S)0. on a judgment for $150 leaving one hundred and ten dollars ycf to be collected out of property which the defendant may acquire hereafter what a beautiful law '. Dover, England, was enabled bv a mirage, not long since, to see Boulogne, France, distinctly with the naked eye, and with a telescope the windows, of houses and the inhabi tants could be clearly discerned. A railroad train was seen for several miles of its journey towards Calais. Julesburg, a town on the line of the Pacific Railroad, which a year ago contained several thousand in habitants, and building lots were worth from 2,000 to 85,000, is now deserted, and the ground on which the town stands can be bought for 75 cents an acre, and if you grumble, a house or two will be thrown in. E. J. Northrup oc Co. are pop ular and fair dealers or they could never stand such importations as they have made this year. Their house was filled from cellar to garret last Spring, and they uever let their stock ran down. An immense quan tity of iron is kept nn hand. Mr. Jacob Mayer, one of the most enterprising importers of cost ly goods on this coast, doing business at Portland, is mak:ng arrangements to open the Fall trade on still broad er principles. Oregon merchants in the interior shouid buy of Mr Maver. Mr. J. B. Upton, late of this city, and Jacob Stitzel late Sheriff of Multnomah, have associated them selves in the business of collections, conveyancing, and real estate broker age, at Portland. Office 13 Car ter's building corner of Front and Alder. On Wednesday last, President Marsh called upon us, while en route to Portland from Salem. He in formed us that the Collegiate and Preparatory Departments ot the For est Grove College will open as usual on Wednesday next. The opening of the Academic Deportment has been deferred until August 19th. Prof. L. J. Powell, late cTf the Wil lamette University, has been tendered and has accepted a Professorship in the College. The approaching term will. open under very favorable aus pices and with an excellent corps of teachers President and Professor Marsh, Professors Lyman, Collier, and Powell all of vhcm have had long experience in teaching mnct nf them both in this State and in East ern schools. It has been determined that, hereafter, the Academic as well as the Collegiate Department shall have the benefit of the most compe tent teachers to be obtained on this coast. official. Laws of the United States, PASSED AT TUB SECOXD SESSION OF TUB 40TII coxGiiass. Xo. 45. An Act to provide for appeals from the Court of Claims, and for other purposes. lie it enacted by the Senate and Ilonse of Representatives of the United States cf America in Congress assembled. That an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States shall be allowed on behalf of the United States from all the final judgments of the said Court of Claims adverse to the United States, whether such judgments shall have been rendered by virtue of the general or any special power or jurisdic tion of said court under the limitations nowproided by law for other cases of appeal from said court. Skc. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Court of Claims, at any time while any suit or claim is pending before or on appeal from said court, or within two years next after the final disposition of any such suit or claim, may, on motion on be half of the United States, grant a new trial in any such suit or claim and stay the pay ment ot any judgment therciu, upon such evidence (although the same may be cu mulative or other) as shall reasonably sat isfy said court that any fraud, wrong, or injustice in the premises has been done to the United States ; but until an order is made staying the payment cf a judgment, the same shall be payable and paid us now provided hy law. S::c. 3. And be it further enacted. Thai whenever it shall be material in any suit or chum belore any court to ascertain whether an" person did or did not give any aid or comfort to the lute rebellion, the claimant or party asserting the loyalty of any such person to the Unned States dur ing such rebellion, shall be required to prove affirmatively that such person did, during said rebellion, consistently adhere to the United States, and did give no aid or comfort to persons engaged in said re bellion ; and the voluntary residence of any such person in any place where, at any time during such residence, the rebel force or organization held sway, shall be prima facie evidence that such person did give aid and comfort to said rebellion and to the persons engaged therein. S;:c. J. And be" it further enacted, That no plaintiil'or claimant, or any person from or through whom any such "plaintiff or claimant derives his alleged title, claim or right against the United States, or any per son interested in any such title, claim, or ri&ht shall be a competent witness in the Court of Claims in supporting any such title, claim, or right, and no testhnony given by such plaintiff, claimant, or person .-hall be used : Provided. That the United States shall, if they see cause, have the right to examine such plaintiff, claimant, or person as a witness under die reeul t tiuns and with the privileges provided in section eight of the act oas.-ed March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, en fit led "An act to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of ctaini.- against the United States.'-' npprorcd February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fiiiv live. St:c, .". Anil be it further enacted. That from and after i he first dav of Jnlv .",;.. ecu lallldl and !'ty-o!g!;t, tne Atiori;ev deneral of the United States for the time being shall, with his assistants, attend to the prosecution and defence of all matters and suits in the Court of Claims on behalf of the United States. There shall lie ap pointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two as- -isiatit .vttorneys Ceiierai. who shall ! dd unless sooner lawfully removed, and whusi salaries shall be four thousand dollar- eacli. per year, payable (piarterlv. who shall be in lieu of the soliciiot md Jis- s.i.-tanf solicitor, and. deputy solicitor of the Court of Claims, and of the assi-tuit Attorney Ceiieral now provided for In law : and the existing ofliees of solicitor. a:-si.-tant solicitor, and deputy solicitor, of the Court of Claims, and of Assistant At torney (ieneta.l. arc hereby abolished from and sifter the lir.-t day of July, eighteen hundred -and sixty-eight. The AUorney Ceneral shad have power to appoint two addition. d clerks of the fourth class, and one clerk at a salary not exceeding two thousand dollars, in his office. Si:c. (i. And be it further enacted. That it shall also be the duly of die said At torney Jeneral and his asi-i:i!H. ia all cases brought against the United States in said Court of Claims founded noon anv contracf, agreement, or transaction with a in e.xecume (lepariment. or any oureau. officer, or agent of such department, or where the mailer or thing on which tin claim is based shall have been paed i upon and decided by any department, bti- j roan, or officer intrusted by law or de- ! partment regulations with the settlement and adjustment, of such claims, demands, I or accounts, to transmit to said depart- i ment. Pureau, or officer, as aforesaid, a ! printed copy of the petition filed bv the J claimant, in such case, with a request that j the said department, bureau, or officer to whom the same shall be so f ransmitted as i aforesaid, will furnish to said Attorner (Jeneral ail facts, circumstances, and evi dence touching said claim as is or mav be in the possession or knowledge of the Wid department, bureau, or officer : ami it shall be t lie duty of the said department, bureau, or officer to whom such petition' mav be transmitted and such request preferred as aforesaid, without delay, and within a rea sonable time, to. furnish said Attorney Ceneral with a full statement of all the facts, information, and proofs which are oi nuj ue w nam me k nowledi or in the possession of said department, bureeu or officer, relating to the claim a foresaid. I such statement shall also eontnin a refer- I ence to or description of all official docu- ! nients or paper, if any, as may or do fur- : IlPh nrOOf Of facts vet'e:-r.,l in ;"m tm to, i ment, or that may be necessary and proper for the defence of the United Stales against the said claim, together with the depart ment, office, or place where the same is kept or may be procured. And if the said claim shall have been passed upon and decided by the said department, bureau. 01 ciucet. me statement or answer to be i m r v'tc? transmitted to Paid Attorney Jeneral a 1 uVUl'-1 hereinbefore provided, shall succinctly j AND MANUFACTURERS state the reasons and principles upon ; That he is prepared to furnish as good and which such decision shall have been based, j !l,r;ll,lo mi article of Leather as can be made In all rases where such decision shall ! 0,1 lIie 1aci,ic C'oust, nt the following rates: have been made upon any act of Con- I Harness Leather, per lb 23 to 30 cents. gross, or upon anv section or ehuie of ' 1''5itra heavy, for Concord r,n " such act. the same shall be cited specific- i !irti"". per pound 23 to S2 ally. And if any previous interpretation I hln' !ll Uo UU y - 8" " or construction shall have been given lo j side nnVr ' P' StlU'e S, f 1 f , such act, section, or clause, by 'the said Gndu'Eir ' . ls 0 Z CV. S' department or bureau transmitting such i Light Puff, or Grain for Wo statement, the same shall be set forth sur- I men's work n oa . ....vim., .0.. .-.inn- sn.iu oe set ienin sue- cinctly.in said statement, and a copy of the i opinion filed, if any, shall be annexed to ! st. en statement , and tra?tst;mP-d v.ith th sumo to the Attorney General aforesaid. ! 4 .. 1 1 . ' . . -vim wnere anv decision m the case Mn'l 1.1 .... 1, , .. n.v v. ua i ii.-M-u upon anv regulation c an executive department, or whore- such regulation shall or may. in the opinion of the department, bureau, or officer trans mitting such statement, have any bearing upon the claim in sui. the same shall be distinctly referred to and quoied in extenso in the statement transmitted to said At torney General : Provide'!, however. That where there shall be pending hi said court more than one case, or a class of Cae the defence to which shall rest nm.n ib same lacr.s.. eircnmstances, and proof the .-a,,i uepaiime.H. onrea.i. or olli.-er -h P only be required to certify and -transmit one statement of the same, and such state ment shall be held to apply, to all su' h ctasses of cases as jf made out, cerr-h-d and transmuted in each case lvspeetivelv" CiJ- ')n'1 T,e 5 f;ulIlr enacted. That it snail and may be lav.-r.il for the head of any executive department, whenever ttnv claim is made n port said department vl volvjng disputed facts or controverted ouesttons ot .law, where the . amount in controversy exceeds throe thousand dol lars, or where the decision will effect a class of cases or furnish a precedent for tjo luture action of anv executive depar' nient m the adjustment of a class of c s.w without regard to the amor.ut involved hi tht narf ioubr f.iai r... ...t, tv. l igh., pnvdege. t..r CX'2Uipti- is tltialcd j - ...v, Hunt; iiiiv autnori- or denied under the Constitution of the United Stales, to cause such claim, with all the vouchers, papers, proofs, and doc uments pertaining thereto, to be transmit ted to the Court of Claims, and the same shall be there proceeded in as if originally commenced by the voluntary action of the claimant. And the Secretary of the Treas ury may. upon the certificate of any Aud itor or Comptroller of the Treasury, direct any account, matter, or claim of the char acter, amount, or class described or limit ed in this section to be transmitted, with all the vouchers, papers, documents and proofs pertaining thereto, to the said Court of Claims, for trial and adjudication: Provided, however, That no case shall be referred bv any head of a department un less it belongs to one ol the several class es of cases to which, by reason of the subject-matter aud character, the said Court of Claims might, under existing lavs, take jurisdiction on such voluntary action of the claimant. And all the cases mentioned in this section which shall be transmitted by the head of any executive department, or upon the certificate ot any Auditor or Comptroller, shall be proceeded in as other cases pending in said Court, and shall, in all respects, be subject to the same rules and regulations; and appeals from the final judgments or de.-rees of said court therein to the Supreme Court of the United States shall be allowed in tin.' manner now provided by law. The amount of the litftd judgments or decrees in such cases so transmitted to said court, where rendered in favor of the claimants, shall in all cases be paid out of any spe- citie anpropnation app.icame totnesame, j if any such there be; and where no such appropriation exists, me same saau in paid in the sime manner as ether judg ments ot said court. Skc. 8. And be it further enacted, That no person shall file or prosecute any claim or suit in the Court of Claims, or an ap peal therefrom, tor or in respect to which he or any a-signee of his shall have com menced and has pending any suit or pro cess in any other court against any officer or person who, at the time of the cause of action alleged in such sa t or process aruse, was in respect thereto acting or pro fessing to act. mediately or immediately, under the authority of the United States, unless such suit or process, if now pending in such other court, shall be withdrawn or dismissed witfiia thirty days alter the passage of this act. Skc. V. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the said Court of Claims to transmit to Congress. j at tlie commencement of every December session, a lull ;md complete statement of an the judgment:-; rendered ay the said court for the previous year, stating the amounts thereof aud the parties in whose favor rendered, together wish a brief syn opsis of the nature of the claims upon which said judgments have been rendered. Si:c 10. And lie it further enacted. That all i rovisions of anv act, ieeomoaub'.e herewiih be, v.r.li thv s; are herebv. repealed. An pro veil ,1 t-.n.. Is Near Imttevdie, July r7, by Kev. J. . W. Selhvood, at The residence of the bride's fa ther, J C. l-iiH-hanan tu Itosa A. Huruhui t. At the Catholic Church, Portland, on July it".th, by iirv. l-'aiher Ficn.s, .Mr. John 15. .Miller hint Miss Mary F. Leahy. In Clackamas count v, on J id v Isth, lcr,, at the residence ef Z."C. Norton. J. P.,-Mr. Nelson Aiidrus, and Miss Nancv M-uttoou. Pain KtLLEt: Mavhattan, Kansas, April 17. Jew. I'wy Tht eh t on: Gentlemen I want to say a little more iw'iout the Pain Killer. I consider it a vcry j valuable medicine, avid always keen it on har.d. I have traveled a great deal since I have been in Kulisas, and never without tak ing it with uic. J;i my practice I used it fieelr for the Asiatic Cholera in 1 -J'.i, and with belter success than with any cither med icine. I also u-ed it here fer Cholera in 1 -;,, with the same good results. A. HUNTING, M. D. '" "1 regret to say that the Cholera has prevailed hero of late to a fearful extent. For the hist three weeks, from ten to fiftv or I si x! v fatal cm.-os cue! ay havebeen renort- eii. 1 suouot add that the 1'ain Killer sent recently from the .Mission House, luis been ued with considerable success dating this epidemic. If taken it season, it is generallv etlcctuai in checking the disease. Ri.v.CUAS. HAPPING, Sholapore, India. 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