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2 WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. m WEEKLY OBEGOS STITEOII tHeial Paper of the United State. "El DAY, APRIL 18, 1876. HIE tWMT HKiaBI.lt AM TICKET. For County Clerk, W.C. KENEDY. For Sheriff, EEUBEN HUG. For Treasurer. JOHN JAMES. For Assessor, NAT HOLMAN. For School Superintendent, J.IL. COLLINS. For Connty Borveyor, MB. CHDRCHILX. For Coroner, DR. WAKBINEB. For Connty CommissioDers, J. P. EMilETT isd MR. WELLS. For State Senator, A. W. LUCAS. JFor Representatives, ED. EOL1ER, T. JJLAIR, H. H. McCORD. Judge Peebles puU In a positive deni al of the charges made Against hioi in the Mercury of Tuesday night. Read it in another column. Some of Mr. G rover's friends solemnly declare that Judge Bonham will be beaten. Ot course he will. A Republican .should "be elected in this district. The Democratic convention took the advice of the Statesman and refused to nominate Mr. G rover tor Chiei Justice. He has had too much to do with squan dered school funds to allow him to go on the bench. ON account ot Judge llaydeu's high tanding in his party and reputatiou for apolitical sagacity, he was listened to in convention yesterday, with marked atten tion, while he made several of hie chsrac--tjeristic speeches. . roi "USH" MeltAKIELS From 1'olk county was a moat active Democratic worker at the eonretnion yesterday He favors Judge Hayden f tr TJ. 8. Benwtor, but wanted Mr. Gro wer For Chief Justice. JR TSOi'BLE. The Albany Democrat is fearfully troubled about the manner in which the Marion county .Republican ticket ia made up. It pleases the party which -anade it and the majority will foot up mbout five hundred. , .AJum cocstt. Gen. Brown does not feel very confi dent of carrying Linn county. lie be longs to the Watkiuds faction and ;he peo ple are against it. Reform Is the watch 'word of the people and they know the on- ijr chance to secure it U through the Re publican party. ! -i (,!.,; ., . -A TAHHILLEI , fa whom there is no guile," is .the way a Jackson county man describes SheriffDale. The Slieriff is a picture of innocence, and -could cot be induced to accept a Senatot--ship, or a place on the track as a represen tative Democrat of his county. He seems -to have been for Mr. G rover for Judge, in the contest yesterday. . . It is claimed that Judge Ilayden could ever have secured the nomination for State Senator in Polk county, except through the influence of Gen. Nesmith. Sudge Daly was the strong candidate against him and was backed up by the Watkiuds ring. While the Nesmitb Wat Unds rings are watching each other the 3te publicans will carry off the majority of wotes. DETRACTION Js what Gov. Watkinds would call it. He lias a few enemies who qnietiy declare that Maj. Dearborn supplies the brains while he performs the muscular labor in conventions, in lecturing on '"cheek" and otherwise delineating Democratic charac ter, lie is ready to aver that the allega tions aie false, and that the alienators 3umw it. litKt;iKi.vtiBLc jhodemty. Maj. Dearborn, Clerk ot the Board of Penitentiary Commissioners, is a gentle taao ot extreme modesty. It is true be collects rent for an oUee, but tie spends be amount in donations to charltrble in Ututions. The Major put in a lull day yesterday, but tailed on toe one great ob jectthe nomination of Mr. G rover f r -Chief Justice. He is irrepressible, bow--eyer, and will likely be on hand at Severn', -tnore conventions. KO OIHLE TEAHM The Democratic press all over the country is shedding great tears over what they call the downfall of the President. That party has not hesita--ted to em ploy falsehood and perj u ry ,for years past to bring about .the result, which they claim has arrived, and so -4HUCU deplore. In the face of all their efforts and investigations the name of .,.-.-.,. I- - lrlrhll.r lu,far tho - - j .world am when lie met his enemies on .ooutherii tattle fields and ou two oo- if th. n rf th wlmU' WS.OUS lfore the country in political combat. Bl'MSEM, UEKKRAL I A gentleman from away up in the Cas cade mountains informs us that the needle' guns Issued to our militia, are most ex cellent arms for hunting deer and rabbits. Scores ot them are bought and sold among the mountaineers, in open violation ot law and Get). Brown filly miles away, M'UUKSTIOX. Gov. Watkiuds and Judge Wal ton were both full of rig speeches at the late county convention, but dared not let themselves loose, after Uncle 8am Parker insisted on peace. It would now be in order for them to reut a hall and fight It out, thereby relieving themselves of the dangerous pressure. TXUOV. ( II1HY Goes to Sun Francisco on the next steam er where lie says he expects to purchase a small bill ot hardware one crow bar and then abaudou politics forever. lie will continue to vote a Democratic ticket, right or wrong, but regards his party as ungrateful and chances for living in poli tics as very discouraging. When smnll Ash like Wat kinds can manage him, It is time to depart. FOR .HALE, OR TO UITK A WAT. Mart Brown's Democrat says: "Spain is making a new constitution. They can have the constitution of the United States at halt price. What with the patching, and pitting, a"d carving and castrations to which it has been sub jected by the Ridicals for the past fltteen years, it would be just tlie cheese for the government and guidance of the land of the Isabellas. The Democratic party has labored long and hard to dispose of that instrument, but have failed up to this date. The peo ple of the United States cannot afford to part with the document, notwithstanding the hatred of Democrats. BETIMES. Ex-Governor Geo. L. Curry retires from the editorial chairjof the Portland Journal. We regret to lose him as a co-laborer In developing the material interests of the State. He says : "My connection with the Journal ceases with this issue. I regret to be obliged to quit my editorial duties just at this time, but business of a different character re quires my absence from the city for sev eral weeks, and my permanent attention thereafter. My relations with those con cerned in publishing the Journal have always been and still are of the friendli est kind, and I hope they are not otherwise with its patrons. In the brief Tteiiod of my editorial service 1 hare endeavored to discharge my obligations to the public to the bent ef my abilities, and wishing the Journal a long con tinuance ot its popularity, and the full attainment of the high measure ot success which It deserves, I retire from my position with a expression of my desire tor the heal tii and good fortune ot all con nected with the press of Oiegon. FKoa J 1 1WE pkem.es. Ed. Statesman : In the Dally Mercury of April 25tb, I noticed an editorial in re lation to the late Republican or '-Radical" convention In Marlon countr. which for base and malicious lying and misrepresen tation I have seldom seen equalled. The article asserts that the convention was a "packed" aflair, controlled by certain men for selfish purposes : and in Drool tavs "that it U ruwired and alleged by certain dissatisfied Republicans that the County Judge purchased the Jefferson delegation in said convention with the promise of a bridge across the Santiam at Green' ferry; that said delegation were loud' In iavor or Moores for clerk, but owing to these manipulations went Mr. Edes, Now, I do not know how a single dele gate from Jefferson voted ; but 1 do say that each allegation In the entire article charging fraud, Ls false, base and .slander ously false. That no offer or propo-ition was made to the Jefferson delegates by the County Judge, or any one else, prom ising them a bridge In case tliey voted for air. fcues ; and the charge is an Imputa tion upon the fair fame ar.d good names of the delegates, Messrs. E.N. Thomas, J. M. Harrison, John B. Loony, Geonre Johnson, C. B. Rollin and Ned Loonv. wnicti, to any one acquainted with those gentlemen, needs no refutation. In reference to the bridge matter, the court does propose to examine the sites named, and shall not be deterred from exercising their judgment in refer ence to the people of that vicinity by any innuendoes, or threats of impeachment, uttered by an irresponsible partisan press tor politic il effect. With a sense of feeling that the entire article Is unworthy the editorial columns of a Journal controlled by a gentteman who has hitherto, in my opinion, main tained a fair ciiaracter for manly and hon orable political warfare, I close the present Article. JOHJf C. PKEHLES. Sai.km, April 2'J. 1870. A friend iu need is a friend indeed. Wesley Oats, of Darlington, 8. C. took a dose strychnine. The locul reporter adds: "After taking it he becked an ZnWio ffp'sa tit on hand, to sit ou hi- k.ui: E.m 'bimdowu until he was dead. H ! MVH Itiili'au nt.in,..1uil - I l . . r . fft." i""",u"0n en;ey uui 11c ui-iu niui uuut ue dead. was surely vib wonu siowiy, only e gbt or having become lsws. ' ' ABO IT HOLLADAY AND tR- IlETT. Ed. Statesman : We propose to write few plain lines on account ot an article by the editor of the Oregoulan lu that pa per of 24th Inst. It Is Intended evidently for a last slam at Boti Holladay. It is made up of all the lies and vituperation that lias been heaped upon him from the time lie made his debut lu Oregon to the present time. It is composed or the whole dirty, filthy, lying Jwad, concentrated, boiled down, extracted, compounded and generally worRed over and condensed in and shot out of the most corrupt, debased and infamous sheet Jhat ever disgraced the journalism of Oregon. Ben Holiday, with all his faults, is as much above the low, contemptible ink-slingers of the purchased, truculent, debased, dishonorable, dishonest and purchasable owners ol the dirtiest sheet in Oregon, known as the Oregonian, as heaven is above hell, as day U above night, as right is preferable to wrong, as honesty is preferable to dishonesty. In fact, the ghost ot Ben Holladay which seems to scare that little few of the Orego ulan so much, is pleasurable to embrace, and tho tracks he has made in the sands of Oregon will bo kissed by thousands while the live carcasses who control the Orego ulan will be loatlied, and the stench oj their corruptions will breed pestilence, ami famine, huu Destitution auu corrup tion ou the people ot Oregou tor gener ations to come. We do not appear in print as Hie defend er of Ben Holladay 's private character, of which we know nothing. W e do not write in his interest for any place ot profit or trust tliat mifcbt be in his react) as a citizen of Oregon.. We are not his defender as a DoUUcian. In fact, we do not exact Iv know whether he has any particular poli tics or not, anil it lie lias any, we don t know whether he would be on our side or not, but in simple justice to the man, we want to put ourselves ou tins record. We believe that had it not been for Ben Hol laday, Oregou would not have had a mile of railroad to-day, and if we had no rail road millions of bushels ef wheat that have been shipped from our shores, would never have been raised; hundreds of en terprises by which our citizens are now amassing fortunes, would have been lying dormant; thousands of citizens of our State would have been eking out a tulsera- Die existence in some other part or the world, who aie now Identified with us and helping us to develop the resources ot this far off country. Beu Holladay built some 223 miles of railroad without asking one dollar from the people of Oregou. He spent bis time and money to defeat the corrupt ring who claimed to have a fran chise on tin: west side of the Willamette, the very ring who now have their hungry paws extended to ' the people ot Oregou and want to sell out again. The money they there got did not carry tlieui to the Senate and it has since been spent iu buying mall contracts, "and In trying to hoy up the Democratic party to vote for their chief for the Cutted States Senate, together with buying and running the low, disgraced organ of tlie corrupt set known as Orcgoularf ring. Now they propose to cover up their rottcness ot Bur pose by heaping abuse unmeasured on Ben Holladay.' The people ot Oregon have measured Ben Holladay. Tliey know what be is, and he is a man that will pass for his face anywhere. They have also measured the ring of corrup tion! known as the OregonUn God and Moralities, who would strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, 110 difference how large tlie hump, so it was well greased Willi mail contracts, promises of hc-uxtor-ships, railroad ' franchises, anj abuse of Ben Holladay and Senator Mitchell. We wish to cay to tlie Oregouiau, show us' wl.at you Lave done tor Oregon. Every dollar you or your owner has got lias been anias-ed from the sweat of tint people of Oregon. Your gains have only added Im petus to your avarice, and your avarice, increased by your ill-gotten wealth, has only increased your ambition and added to your power to crush out the working people ot our State and fasten the chains of servitude still more securely on those you can deceive. ,:f.i i j Ben Holladay "showed his iith by bis works," aud iu direct opposition to many who amassed .foruinea by hU eiitci-pri-, lias built his railroads, developed our re sources to a certain extent, and while those he lias thus benefitted have to a cer tain extent, caused his enterprises to be a failure, financially, the people of Oregou will always bold Ben Holladay in grate lul remembrance, and his tiuiue will be revered and honored when the vile de famers aud bought fcrihhlers who have tried to ttadtice him will be consigned to such utter oblivion that no type setter, however much he may desire a job at the ciSe, or no ink manufacturer, however cheap the fluid can be produced, could be induced to put their names in print in their dtsenso. . J. M. Johns. A 1'Olxr Hill I 111; llt.AW OF THE ISAY livMK'UAI. Ai. There were several reasons that induced the Republican Convention to reverse the usual order of nominations. 1st. rliey brought forward the strong est man 011 th ticket, as the election wll prove probably. 2d. They entered tlie wedge at the point, (do you see it?) where resistance was least, and thereby injured success lor those tliat followed. 3d. An ollicu requiring so much steel to make it remunerative, has a precedent established in Albany. How about John Frost or the otlier man or somebody as if proved to be, could not n vastamountof public sympathy have been saved, by jut stating lhe M. D. that in a lit of abstract'on took him for a scientific purpose? We venture to say tliat our Coroner would have given the public at the first ;u r ed ,"for";r 1 of f ,,,,,ur- tunle. "d ved the remains ir0m niutll- ation. j-.-. .1.1 1. L. w,u k iuh iik ;umiuiia process ol decay, legitimized the sand bag remains? Send for O Jr Corone.-, Mart, either be- iu OT w your uiasoiuiion into Sana oar eternity, and le assured that he will do you up Brown. w j FACT OUR POI.K COUKTT LETTER. Ed. Statesman: I notice that the Dal las Itomtzerln publishing- - tlie minutes of the Polk County Republican Convention has taken tlie liberty of Inserting a reso utlou of its editor's own manufacture, to wit: - ' liesolrttl, Tliat we extend onr thanks to tlie present county officials, and to the ed itor of the ltemlzer for past courtesies. No such resolution was passed, as tlie minutes ot tlie convention now In the hands ot tlie Chairman ol tlie County Committee will show, and furthermore a correct copy of the proceedings was fur warded to the Itemlzur by the Secretary, leaving no excuse for this attempted mis representation ot the action of tliat body. Republican favor must be valuable or Mr. Editor would not attempt to extort a f ittance ot praise tor ids sheet and those ndupendent party servants now quarter ed upon us. In fact tlie Independent party is nothing more or less than a mis representation, and has no place in the coming campaign, the issue ls solely upon the Senatorial question, and that strictly between the Republican aud Democratic parties, there is no middle ground, and as tho principles of the Democratic party of old Polk can only be seen through the bot tom of s glass, It needs no conjurer to dis cern that with such an unexceptional Republican ticket lu the field tho victory is ours The editor who also briefly scans' tlie Republican ticket horn Senator down, at tempting to criticise it. while in our judgement, bears not the slightest resemb lance to criticism, amounting to nothing hut a string of slang phrases, not worthy the notice of aii Intelligent newspaper wi der. We have simply this to say of tlie omdidattH on tho Republican ticket. Tlioy are men well known hi the county and come before tho people upon their own merits, and It is tor the honest voters of Polk county to say whether they shall be elected, instead of the editor of the ltem lzer. However, we cannot fail to notice his woids concerning Dr. Warriner, candi date tor Coroner. "It said he does know a shin bone from the jawbone of an ass." True, tlie Republican parly ol Polk coun ty is not afraid to stake the reputation ot Dr. Warriner against that of Casey, and we think that such a slander against a man like tlie I Victor whose reputation Is un questionable -partakes more oi jawbone tlia 11 of brains. " Dido. Indf.pknkence, April 24, 1870. HAlnr.S TH. (MILDE. Brm. HayOva-a Auxiliary la Polk ttaly i-n. statkssiax : I have sometimes doubted tlie proposition that " Man is progressive being." But since the Demo cratic convention in Polk -county all my doubts on tliat subject, are tltsalpatsd now begin for tlie first time to fully real ize the fact that we live in tlie 10th cen tury, the age of steam, telegraph, aud learning. The Democracy in Polk county aware ot the fact, resolved not to be be hind other portions of civllzatlon. Ft gave expres-Monto the wntlment by nominat ing ; - " ' . I.OI.DEN HL'IIHAIII) lor Representative from Polk. Many of the delegates were opposed to tliat idea and voted lor Matt in p-iereuce to Mr. Hubbard, but thanks to the majority he distanced all his competitors aud to-day -Undsa proud monument of ' that' Idea His voice will be heard.in the coniiiig'cnn vass, hi wild and startling tones.proclaim- iug, "Progress and civilization." Were he unable to talk, his journey through Polk county wiuld have a beneficial influence on society a look at the Democratic prod igy win maxc trie mawes sign for a more exalted civilization. Mr. Hubbard would make a splendid lawyer. He has had some suw-cessful practice in tint profession, hav- nz pleaded the "Baby act." But hi chief occupation has been tliat of farmer and small trader, and I imigiue, that, in Juno, he will be Uuaht . some beautiful lessons in trading, lien, has to eo to the rxtnate, so uoiileu will be made a chattel ot. - Ben. will reap many a Golden vote by tlie coiisuinatiou of such trade. ' Such a scheme will be the making of Ben. but It will be tlie political ih-ath ot Hubbard. Peace to his ashes. His epitaph will be : "Beneath tliese ballots lie the politic 1 1 re mains ot Golden Hubbard. In life I as pired to political lame eciual to Ben's, lu an unguarded moment I accepted a posi tion on the Ix-iniK-ratic ticket. I was swaped to death. Good-bye Dave and Beu--tarewel! to all the bo vs. at mv Inn eral Ben. toiled the hell." Yours, -.! 7.1V. , -. Salem, Aprii 25, 1870. ' t'Kou roi.K ot'.vi v. Bkthei. Piikcikct, Polk Co. April, 25. Editor Statesman; Allow mu to cull tlie altei.tion of the voters of Polk county to a statement made bv some unprincipled office seeker who was defeated by th honest voters of the Republican party of Polk county In convention at Dallas April 15, 1S7C. This statement with a number of other. I snppose as unfounded, presents Itself un- der heading "Voice of the People." concerning me sitimiou lu I'olk as seen in the Dallas Itemizer. tlie following is the statement. The delegates from Betliel, and .Bucna Vista or nt least quite a number of them, and the delegates from Douglas and Dallas had conferred to gether the previous night at Messrs. Wort- ly and Lllis' store, where the Captains position was discussed. Tlioy till agreed to support him the next day in convention, making his positive strength about 2 t with prospect of others. We now m m Ue our statement, only apply ing to (Iks better part ol the delegation, lu regard to discussing tlie Captain's po sition and agreeing to support him iu con vention, is a positive falsehood. Aud I shall hold the writer responsible for the -italeineuf. Farther, the Captain's position was not mentioned m ,,. only bv the Bu- ena Vi'ti deh'g itioii, I told iIk-iu positive ly mac i woitiii not support him in called convention, and I did not think that one of th- Bethel delegation would. Wh'ch We bel eve Js a true Mateuieiit. .. ,. i R. O. COOI'KI , i . B. Coon: , I OVR WAftlllKUTON LETTER. How the InvMlla-Mtloas Are aalns; Ob. Washington, April II, Tliere may bo a few simple and cred ulous people who really believe that the ex-Confederate House Is doing a great ser vice to the country In ferreting out official roguery, and bringing the rogues to jus tice. It so they aro of tho tew who are still slmplo and credulous enough to be lieve that tho moon is made ol green cheese. There Is no such belief hero among those who know just what tho smelling coniiuUtco are doing and how tlioy do It, On the contrary, there Is an almost uni versal ieuung ot disgust at the manner of proceedings, and contempt for tlie ac tors, It lias come to be vory well uiitlui' stood that the whole system ot Investiga tions rests upon tno voracity (!) of disap pointed and sorelieaded pothouse poli ticians, disgraced army olllccrs, discharged aud Impecunious detectives of the secret service, black-mailers, ueuil-beats, Real In wags, scamps, trumps, etc. If the list of fast witnesses could be continued any low erdown into the bowels of hell and stink. the tall end ot It would be seized upon with redoubled avidity by these ex-couied crate stench-managers, and tho deeper deeps would be instantly flooded with lib pu'iiss. The country will be astounded when It comes to know tho vile aud utterly untrustworthy elm meter of a great portion nt ail the witnesses upon whose charges. hints, insinuations or testimony, most of the prosecutions have been Inaugurated. I'or Instance, James K. I.yun. upon Vt ho-c testimony the great Kuiiiia Mine scandal was opened. Is proved upon the evidence ot a cloud of reliable and respectable wit. nesscs, to be an adventurer, a Jeremy Did dlcr, nu habitual liar, a downright swin dler, a dead-beat and a scamp hi the widest signification ol the word. (J. H. Bell who attempted to hosoatter liabcock. Grant, Chnndlur, etc., with the tilth of the whi-Wy ring, u shown lu like manner to be a notorious liar. sueik, black-mailer and selt-confesstd thlut. Tlie man Whlte- ly who now comes to the trout as a wit ness to convict liiibcock with the Harrine ton safe burglary ci.se, convicts himself a a perjurer, ou the very first day of his appearance be lore the committee. A year and a tiair ago, lie swore in court that lie knew nothing about the case, and now he knows all about it, even to the most minute particular.' He too, like Bell is discharged and disgraoeU detective, tno dishonest, low-down and abandoned to be tolerated even in so questionable a truU-r nitv as Uhi "detective forcti." I might name a good many others who have come to grief iu their loo willing el- torts to aid I lie ex-Cunluilerattf. majority but these, at average specimens of the lot will sullies to indicate tho uliaraclnr of tlie prosecutors. Tho dignity of tho luve-ti-fatloos bave gone all to smash, ami the committee rooms have come to be merely resorts for all sorU of disreputable iwoplu who bave grievances to ventilate, revenge to wreak, or who may have merely an Inor dinate mania for hashing and rehashing scandal. It is rare indeed to hear any one speak of tlie matter who does not de nounce the manner of conducting tlw in vestigations as disgraceful. They are ex pa rtc, aud no one charged h;is an oppor tunity to cross examine witnesses nor to bu heard in fteil deleuse, unless lie lorccs him self Into the presence of the eooimittee. This Is about the way It Is done. Tom Notes, a dl'graced army olth-er and bent. has a spite ngalust Jim Hii.kes whom he !Nok0 stHtx-cts of belli instrumental hi tprocuriiiH lifsUitgrnceliililisiuissul from the army, tie ; voices conveys to tne com mittee, by letter or otlierwr'e, -tlie Inhir tuatlon that he can'Mte something in die disert'iltt of 'Jim Stokes .for Instanee fhat he (Stokes) stoic Ills grandmother"1 (pec tacles and pawned them for beer. In hot haste tlie committee give the charge to die correspondents' of the Democratic and detective press and the next mnrnliiir It Is heralded ulf over the country that Jim Stokes who is connected chek-by-owl with the administration, has been detected In stealing his grandmother's spectacles and rioting on the proceeds In lieer cellars. In hot frislc, also, the committee issu-s a subpoena tor Nokes and sends a deputy Sergtut-arm down to-New -Mexico tn fetch the said Nokes before tlie committee. He conies and being sworn, ihqxt'es that he ha heard it rumored that tnnkes would steal Ids grandmother's spectacles If he had a grandmother. But. Stokes, after some trouble gets before the -committee and proves by the record that the Brand- niotlier died twelve years before heJSiokes) was born, and hy reliable witnes.-ts that Nokes is a common liar, dead beat, and horse thief. Stokes side of the cawe s never published by the enterprising detec tive correspondents and the tvsult IoIIowh that, all thrnii!h tho Presidential cam paign, the changes will be rung nponjthe charge that Stokes is a spectacle, thief. This case ol Stokes vs. Nokes will answer. with slight variations, to Illustrate tuo-t of the cases now or heretofore beforn the committees of the ex Confederacy. Who ever wants to visit Washington, or to wreak vengeance upon an em-inv, or to blacken the character of anotherwho. In ordinary modes Is out of reach, has only to write a letter to the chairman of a com mittee starting a charee airainst an eiiemv. and he Uat once suhpeouaed. The city is full of dead heats, blacklegs, scamps, and scoundrels of various dye witnesses. Over $100,000 has already been exn;uded In this way, aud that soon will lie doubled or trebled before the close of the session. The contingent hind ot the House wm oiiir since exhausted, in payment of wit nesses, and now witnesses are compelled to dispose of their warrants for eighty to ninety cents ou the dollar. Already there Is a "witness ring," and the money shav ers arc reaping a rich harvest. Whenever these iuvestigationions shall be Investi gated it will be found that scoics ot witnesses (if not hundreds;, have been sum moned from lone distances at the instance and for lhe benefit ol the "witness ring." 1 here is richness In the lotteunes.- of the CX-Coufedui-Hte investigations. ltIVF.lt AND IIAHItOK AI'I'KOI'III ATIONS. I'he hill making annropriations for river anil harbor limirovetnents- imx-ed the House yesterday. It appropriates a total ol $5. "-.!, 850, ol which Oregou gets only 15.000 for lhe lower Willamette and Co- iiuibla rivers, 15,000 for die Uiiper Co lumbia, Including bnake river, and $50,- 000 for canal and looks at the Ca-cados a total of $-5,000. A comparison ol these figures with the appropriations given to oilier States, and notably the Southern States, will show how unfairly discrimina tion has been exercised against the States of Oregon and Calllornia, These two Ip. ciflo States eut a total ot $247,(C0 to be applied to the Improvement ol the rivers and harbors of as magnificent empire as compared with any two States east ef the Rocky Mountains. Virginia with scarcely a hurhor and only two really navigable rivers, gots $149,400. North Unllria $1 10,000. West Virginia, with only one river, full of rapids and rocks, and which Is not navigable between rocks for more than a small part or the year, gets $,'105, 00). Texas gets $;()'!, 500, nearly ull of which goes to Galveston linv. Tho Ten nessee river gets $300,000. "Tim mouth of the Mississippi (tlie Jetties job) geU$HB, 000. The Missouri gets $dU,00U, while, In addition to the other sums the Minurl, Mississippi and Arkansas rivers get $125, 000. Maryland get $!H).000. The total of tho bill, hs I said before, Is $5,82250, of which the Southern Slates vi lilt a com merce comparatively lnslguitkiiiii,gnt.a to tal of $1U,00, oi nearly one-half the whole. To mako up this magnificent amount there are stuns of $5,000, $10,000, $15,1100, $20,000, etc., devoted to the Im provement ot mere creeks that were ; never navigable (and never will bo unle Congress shall ere-, ate bigger streams than tho Almighty thought lit to innke) for liny c aft larger than a skiff or poihly a small Hat bout. For instance. there are Items, , $;i,()00 for Aglna creek, Virginia ; $J,000 Accotluk creek. Virginia- Alll (IIM1 I'm- I'nur. ell river, Virginia ; $10,000 for Hiawusse river, Tennnessee ; $12,000 for Chinch river, Tennessee.; 120,000 for the Cli.itta hoBjhlu ami Flint rivers. Georgia ; $20, for Klk river, West Virginia : $10,000 tor the Goose river, Georgia ; $5,000 Tor the South Branch of Elizabeth river, Virgin la, etc., etc., nearly nil of which are incon sldrahlo streams, ami many or which scarcely have place or name mi tho maps of tlw United States. Think of a creek scarcely large enough to irrigate a neigh borhood rceeiv njf $10,0:XJ, $20,000, $:I0, 000, etc, while such rivers a the Willam ette aud Columbia get hut. $15,000 or $),- 000 or. all told. $ 06.000 ! And yet Mr. Lane says he lias hard work to get In the House bill, so much as $SO,000 tor the Cascade canal and locks. All these figur es for Oregon will he raised !n die Senate. The item for the Cascades will not be less tlian $150,000, wnen the hill goes from the Situate back to the House. Th House bill provide also for survey 01 a reat number of crecks,snis II streams, Impnsslble harbors, bay tins, etc., lu the Southern Stales, greatly diproortioned to tie number and Importance nt like ap propriations for other sections of the United HiaUrt. in fact, nearly all survey provided for are fot tlie South. Coos Bay Coipnlle river are tlie only surveys order ed lor Oregon, and San I.uls Obispo, the only one for California. Washington Ter ritory gels neither appropriation nor sur vey. C. P. Chakdali. roKTLSJII i.t: riT.it. MLl-tNoMAll Co., Or., April 25, 1S70. Ed. Statksman i I desire to present a few facts in rata t ion to the action ol onr distinguished Senator Mitchell In the lat few mouth in tho United Senate on mat ters relating to Oregon and which vitally affect our future prcwperiiy as a eopie.. I reh-r to the canal and locks at the Cas cade of the Columbia. When ho inaug urated this movement some two years ago there were but fcw In Oregon or elsewhore that believed it would amount to any thing. To coiumeiia w ith It he obtained place ou the commlltuo on transporta tion routes, In the Semite, and sturceetlerl after a desperate eflort In Inducing the committee, contrary to Its first determina tion, to consider the ipiestion of transpor tion on the Pacific Const. Their first de termination was that the .resolution of the Senate organizing the committee Imd sole reference to the question of transportation from tho Mississippi Valley to the Atlan tic 'caboard, ho did, "however, after an earnest aud strenuous fl;lit, succeed m pr ocuring their consent to his construction of the resolution and they then agreed to consider the iiuestlou of transportation ou our const. A large amount, of testimony was lsKe.il ny inmsell as a member or tho suh-i-ouuuittee. Senator Cascrly was placed ou thesulM-oinniittee with him, hut he af terwards resigned and tho entire work was then left lo himself, lie succeeded hi obtaining in the report ol tho committee a i-cciutncnd.'ition lor nu appropriation for a survey lor canal and locks at tho Dalles and Cascades. That survey us you are aware has been made mid reported to the Interior Department, mid nu the Ili-st d.iy ol the present ses-iou of Congress he in troduced a bill in the Senate aakiug for an appropriation to commence the work. And tiirce weeks ago to day he in ;ide his final nrgnineiit before the Senate commit tee on transportation that cominitto unanimously agreed to his hill appropria ting $50,000 for that purno-e, and it Ins since been reMi'ted to the Senate bv him accompanied by a written report and ar gument iu favor of Its Una! passage. He also appeared before tlie House committee on commerce, and iu connection with Representative Lane and Senator Kelly. uraed die matter there and tliat commiuo agreed lo a report tor an appropriation of nny tuousaiiu lor tlie same purpose. Now take it altogetliur we havj great reason t be encouraged In tho belief that he will Iw able before the close of the present session of Congress to obtain an Appropriation la me commencement oi this great work, t work of more Importance fii my judge ment Infinitely more to tho neorde ot Os- gon generally, and especially t tlie cl.y of Portland and of Eastern Oreg ui Astoria, man any enterprise that has evm been inaugurated by Congress ou tie North Pacific Coast. lie may fall ths session ol Congress, but I do not beliefe he will. There are other matters ptindlig hi tore otlier commrttees ot vital inter.. to material prosperity of our young Stat) ill of which receives l,U daily utteiiti iu nowithstau ling the a tack ot the Uregoiilnn, an I they ,v 's en as vile as they could w.dl le, an wmiow cause or provocation. In truth j must believe that a fust peop'e without r-l garJ lo party will consider suc'i shunt as ioiusiniiu contemptible, and that I hey I cm only emensle irtm a deprsved and MiiiUKiiaiii, neart... OHSKKVr.R.