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LAFAYETTE COURIER. J • 5. ’ 1 * 4 J* gggg* ^1 ] , PERTURBED SPIRITS. I . j LOUISIANA POLITICS- / ! Lil MISCELLANEOUS. OUR COLÙMN ADVERTISEMENTS TheJ Republican State Central Pont- j A Democratic State Convention for the State of Oregon, is hereby called by the Dem ocratic State Central Committee, convened at Portland, Oregon, thia the 22d day of Jan- nary, A. Du 1874, to meet at the city of Al- bluiy, Oregon, on Wednesday t^e kstli day of March,1874 for the purpose of nominating candidates to be voted for at the general election in June next, for Congress and for the various State and District odices then to be Idled, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come be fore it. I he apportionment of members <>f said Convention among the counties, is based up on the Democratic vote cast for John Bur nett for Congress in lsiJi, Allowing one dele gate hi said Convention M each one hund red or fraction of fifty votes, so cast. * 'life several counties of the Stale‘will be «■titled to delegates in said Convention as follows. * Baker......... .................................. 5 Benton,.;......................... .........................6 Clackamas,. ................ .../«....................... 7 Cooa,.'......*....;..\....]r.......................... 3 Curr^ ,,,.•«,•••• .............. 1 1 looglas,,••••••• .... . «•••...••. s • — 3 t»rant......................... ........ 3 Jackson,.................. .'....»............................. 9 Joseptime..... n ..«•••■•••••» ..••••• 2 I a *«ai^ • ¿4 T •••••••*•«. •••••• «•••••••j»»*« U O Linn,...................................................... 12 Marion,............................ .............................. . 10 Multnomah,...... . . ............ 12 .*....** ....> ••••••••••••• ..'••• (i 111 Li inook, ,.•••••■«••«••■ •••*•«..■••'••• ] U ma till........ ..•••■•». •••••••••••.?.. I mon,,. *•••*••« ..•■■■•• ••••••. ..... fi s8co,. •••.•••.. Washington,........... .. ...................................... 3 amhill,. • •».«•••.. o 11 Total 124 It is suggested by the committee that the several counties hold their primary Con ventions on Saturday, tlie 28th day of Feb ruary, at 1 o'clock P. M-7 and their County Conventions on Saturday, the 7th day of March, at the same hour. In those coun ties where these appointments do not meet the convenience of the Democracy, it is expected that they will make the nec essary changes through their County Com mittees. - W. L. WHITE, Ch'm Dem. S. C.’l Com. J. J. WALTON, Jr., Sec. ÏANIIILL HIVER. The question of the improvement of the Yamhill river has, for some years past, bsen discussed by the peo ple of Yamhill county, but, hereto fore, a large portion of those interest ed in the improvement" of the river, have not thought if important enough to justify the expense that they would incur in improving it This opinion prevails because fh< eft J has not been a thorough investigati«. ____ o tihn of the matter by those interested, fhe Yamhill riv er runs a distance of Some forty mile3 in a sOMheasterly direction, and al most through’the center of the county. From thg mouth to the bouFce of the river the land on both sides for •many miles is the finest for agricul tural purposes in the State. A large portion of the wheat now raised on these^lands are f<|r from market, and costs, under the present arrangement, more than one-fourth of its value to carry it to market. The question that presents itself to the people of Yamhill county is: Is it practical, and would it be profita ble to the people to improve the river? It is thought by those who arc com petent to judge, that a dam and locks at the mouth of the river six feet high, would give sufficient water so that any ordinary boat ^culd come to La fayette any time during (the year. The cost of the dam and locks is esti mated, by those who profess to have some knowledge of such work, Would not exceed five or six thousand dol lars. The second dam and locks would have to be built at-the falls at this place. These dams and locks, from the best information we could get, would have to be built some eight feet high, this, we are informed by those acquainted with the fall of the river, would give sufficient water so ttie ordinary boats navigating this river could' ascend as high as the mouth of Salt Creek. These dams and locks would cost something more than those at the outh of the river; say not to exceed an. thousand dçl- ^lars. Thcthirddi n and _ locks would ____ have to be built stWnewhere near, the mouth of Salt {¿reck, of sufficient height to give slack water as far as needed at present. ATTEND THE PHIHAEIES. .'¡•I Summons. Portland on the 19th Sun, of recent date. ^shows prefty mittee met at Porfltmd i *i; . _ j clearly how politisal affajr^ are man- j inst., and doubtless thad a stirring tlfe Circuit Court of the Stute of Ore gon lor tlie comity of Yamhill. session! According to the pub ished | aged in Louisiana: “The Speaker’of ( L. H. Alls'll amiC. IL Lewis, Plaintiffs, vs. the spurious Kellogg House of Rep-' proceedings the principal business Edwafll Dupnis, Margaret A. Burk and J. H.JJurk, defendants: t transacted was accepting the resigna resentatives in Louisiana is ex-post To thi defendant, Edward Dupuis: master Lowell, who is a defaulter to tions of members. The Chairiuan, S N THS NAME OF THE STATE OF Oregon, you are herobyj-equired to ap- the Governiuent and was indicted by Charles Parrish, Ballard of :Linji,j| Bristow, of Lane, Nichols of PolkM I pear anfi answer the complaint filed a Grand Jury, every member of sagainst ypu in said Court in trie above cn- j titled suit, by the fir^t day of the term fol and tha member from Washington,« j PATRONIZING which was a’ Republican, for embez lowing tip? expiration of the tiihe prescril»- resigned their membership. Nothing, ed in tlw order of. publication herein: zling about $18,000 while acting as which; tenin will commence on the second postmaster at New Orleans. Lowell of this sort has occurred in thisjSt^td1 Monday fit April, 1874, and are hereby no tiffeil in® If you fh.il so to answer the was a cohspicuous actor in the out heretofore, and the most hopeful Re/ plaintiffHpvill apply to the court, for the re dermtnided in sajd complaint, which is rages perpetrated at the time when i publican must, be somewhat diaheart4 lief fo quiet;pliiiritiirs title to and to divest de- (endaptiupf all title, jolaipi or interest in United States troops and Gatling ened. The Bulletin wing of the* party- and to tlfe followlngreal property situate ‘ j in tlie copnty Of Yamhill in thc’Stnte of guns wero brought into requisition to will run the State Convention, and* Oregon, namely: influence the deliberations of a Re Mitchell will get another “refolu/ The WlM of the S. W. If of Section 7, and the W. Jjof thc N. W. M of Section 18 in T. < c publican convention in New Orleans, tion" passed if he wants it. and has boon conneMed with soine of J-4 of tlie N. W. 1-4, and the N. X . Notes, and itews. . S. t *. 1-4 ot Bectiou 13, T. 5,8. R. 6, W., the most flagrant jobbery which has f . r * j® wu as the^donation i land claim of disgraoed Louisiana under carpet-bag ilward Dupuis And for general re Daily,the communist, who attempts rule. In consequence of his servicea ed to kill the Mayor of Jersey Cityj|- summons published by bv order of the Boni mm. Ji itflie B. F. , Bonham. Judge of said ble character as a politician it would has been sentenced to the penitentiary- -OR ted February 231,1874. 23d, 1874. rix-ri & a. h'REl) L'nvn li. c i PBTKONG STRONG, appear that the authorities in Wash for one year. Attorney s for Plff. ington are inclined to overlook his , An Italian named L<?ui Martin, has «27-W6 , little.indiscretion in making use of been sent to the City Juil at Portland the public fund8;at any rate they don’t for following and insuring ladies on OFFICE seem to be disposed to do anything the streets. ■ ’ £ ; : - I about it. Lowell pretends to have Liverpool Wheat, by mail advices been elected to the Legislature from from San Francisco, 13s 4d<il3s 8d Jefferson parish, but the Louisiana 13s8cfc State Register, a Republican journal for avqyage California, and if Prepared to do all kinds I ' says lie was never even nominated as 13s lOd for club. J The survey of the Swinom^sh Indi a candidate for election as Represen SPACE Ji ■ tative. A colored man named J. E. an Reservation ; has been ccpppletod Parker was nominated by the regular by Hon. Lewis ' Van Vleet, and sub Republican .Convention, but by one divided into forty acre lots. of the peculiar practices characteris Hon. Ben Simpson will return home tic of the Kellogg party, when elec shortly—in time to take ani active tion day came Lowell’S name appear part in the campaign. He has bum ed on the tickets in place of that of at Washington and his iiiastet HippI^, Parkerj and he was returned as elect doubtless, has instructed him how fo ed, to the utter consternal ion of the proceed. '' t dusky politician who supposed that That excellent^ paper, tlie San he was the choice of his party. This Francisco Chronicle, takes a bold and MANNER SUPERIOR Lowell is a fair representative of the fearless stand against the gAmblujHl LITTLEFIELD ’ S class of disreputable politicians who of that State and Nevada, while tie have been placed in power in Louisi- i other papers are afraid to say any ana against the will of the people as thing against the nefarious devices |>f expressed at the polls by mcaiis of military force used in accordance with this ¿lass of tolerated thieves.’ orders from the White House. From the San Francisco tChrohwt of Feb. 19th.: Dr. Beke, the English filonstrens Frauds. traveler, reports that he has discov Following is from the Chronicle, of ered the true Mount Siniai. It is sit Feb. 12th, and we agree with it that uated one day’s jorney northeast, tof this matter should be looked into, and the village of Akota, Arabial at an if fraud and thievery is perpetrated altitude of 5,000 feet above the tlc’lel the guilty parties should be punished: of the sea. ' Dr. Beke says lie foiled Time and again the charge has the remains of animals that-had bqen been made and reiterated that the sacrificed. He also discovered Siqhe- whole system upon which the 'opera tic inscriptions which he copied, jj tions of the Indian Department are This codnty can boast of niore <j«n- conducted is nothing better than a huge scheme of outrageous swindling didates than any other county in tlie of the Goverement and robbery of the State. We are safe in saying that Indians. Abundant evidence has every third man is a candidate foi"jof- been brought to sustain this charge, but none has been more direct and fice, and all think t^iey could do tht-j seemingly trustworthy than that of ter than those occupying the varipus fered by the Piute Chief, Natchez, positions from Governor down to con whose recent incarceration at Alca stable. Two prominent lawyerSf of traz and liberation therefronf have been among the most extraordinary this county have, so we are infornied, OF ALL KINDS proceedings on the part of Govern thoroughly .canvassed this county ¿nd , ■ ■ >•> • * s ment officials which have recently a part of Polk-for the nomination of commanded our attention. Accord ing to Natchez’s simple story—and On Hand or Printed to Order ho seems to bo and is, by those who know him, represented to bo a relia ble Indian—the charge is, in few can party. We would suggest fhitt words, that Mr. Bateman, the Indian they draw straws to see which ¿one agent among the Piutes, nas been in the habit of drawing Government al shall withdraw from the fièld, 4a>nd I ... v lowance for. five hundred Piutes at then the lucky one give way to sòme SHORT NOTICE. one place whore there are in reality man that is competent for their po only sixty, that he £raws for six sition. thousand Piutes altogether while - _ _______ LULU there are but seven hundred; and that, VV. 0. Kendall, Esq./of Beaton not content with thiB wholesale plun dering of the Government; he also county, Iras demonstrated that the filched from the poor peaceful Piutes land in Oregon never wearskmt. ONLY- the pittance to which they are by treaty entitled, keeping blankets from He bad a field that had been ^pwn them, stinting their rations, a,nd in to wheat and oats for. 1J qc 20 every way practicing an economy years. He plowed it a foot deep which woqhl'be too mean to be com in the fall, afid four inclies çleép in mendable even if followed' in honest service of the Government, but which the spring, shd planted it in corn, can hardly be too severely reprobated getting 40 bushels to tlie * ¿crei . when .indulged in solely for bis indi Last fall he sowed it in wbeat/and I vidual benefit. now the luxuriant grain is tall PART OF THE STATE \ We do not know whose cousin or enough to hide a rabbit. brother-in-law this Bateman may be, or what percentage of his plunderings The miners of Canyon City, are We «reenabled to make go to some higher official who keeps busily engaged in arranging and him in his place, but we do earnestly beseech the Indian Department to at repairing flumes, changing position ; least pretend to the possession of a of hydraulic p:pe, cleaning out little decency and sustain the pretense ditches and making general1 prep by a strict investigation into the charges against Bateman, and, if they arations for their ^Ummer’tfjwork. Of such Printing air are founddo be correct, remove him The matrimonial bands hang from office. loosely oh the people of Limi Co. THE ‘SILVER TONGUE’ I IN THE WORLD i, jr . .. . •. _ COURIER ■ The Best for Churches and Lodges* The Best for Sunday Schools* The Best for Parlor and Vertrfes* J , *• . ’ * . ’ j. -/ The Best for Academies atari Colleges» The Best for Public Halfo The Best for Orchestra and fttags/ x- < . I ' ■ ■* These instruments, which for sweetness of tone and elegance of appointment stand on- rivalled. have met with ^unprecedented suc cess in tliis Country and abroad, MA UFACTÜREP BY OB PRINTING . ESTABLISHED IN 1846 Responsible parties applying for agencies n sections »till nns ipplied. will receive ironipt attention and liberal inducement«, ’allies reHiding nt a distance from iH.ruu- horized agents, in iVorder from onr factory Send for flL stnited* pike list. x VERTISEMENT 441 low ows W orks ? ’ i' ’ Running »‘HOME’’ PLOWS, PLOWS lows ; PLOWS * Light £ Wpl «l-o contJH’e to Wil Hie favorite “H h M i SHUrrUJ2.\ PRICES KEIM tb.j’J-No. 1, $2S:\\o. 2. >40; No. 3 (Half Ce.se). $4>. Orders for either ii;acl:ine^o and fbrwarded on receiptbf price. ‘ ACTIVE aosft . s W an T'D. Oil and all kinds of Sewing Machine Needles for sale. ■ CULTIVATORS M aking I t W arm .—The papers throughout the State are making it exceedingly warm for Corduroy Sam7 my of the Farmer-Statesman, who claims to be in favor of reform. As well might Ben Holliday claim that he is a suitab'e person to run a reform pa- per. But no person is deceived in this man Clarke. . Again we urge upon Democrats the propriety of attending the primaries which meet to-morrow, Saturday, at one o'clock. Let ivery voter who believes in local self government, and is opposed to protective tariffs, cor ruption and swindling monopolies, attend the Democratic primaries and participate in. electing delegates to Scott of the Bulletin evades answer the County Convention. ing whether he received money from St. Joeites complain of the Post Washington to carry, the election. ng more Probably the next time he “rises to the mail. explain" he will Ictus all know. attention to feiua There are seven or eight divorce cases on the docket fon the March] term’ of the Circuit C<|urt. 1 BUSIN ESS CARDS, FANCY PLAYCABD’ Tjrx 4 PLAYCARDS, I \ CIBCVLABS, . , : ' -J-7 - VISITING On Sunday the 22d i»st; W. M. Townsend, Samuelp to Miss M. E. Pitman. ■ /■ ’ .-J • , ■ • << ■ V i : BORN, i j At Carlton, to the wife of fi a daughter. At Carlton to the. wjfo of Fryer, a daughter. Bom to the wife of Andrew a daughter. • ' - 1 I CARDS, LABELS, ETC. CHECKS, KTC. ■ \ • i Address orders to MO HA WK : HALL FRIDAY EVENING FEB. 30th, 187i. j- t , JFOR 8ALK, i f MMTE HAVE FOR SALE IONE OV THE Celebrated PACKER BROS. Breech Loading Shot Guns, at a bargain. THE COURIER,” LAFAYETTE, OOS I . ' ’ ’ OOD MUSIC TO BE FTRNßHED far Vr the* Ball. < Jickêti including rapper $8 00.K Tickets fur aule by members ef the Oia-