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Oregon City, Oregon ,
D. M. McKEXNEY, Editor.
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Jons MrEKs, Financial Agent.
Saturday : : Febiuary 12, 1870.
Democratic State Convention.
By virtue of the action of the Democratic
State Convention, which was held at Portland
on Thursday, March 10th, 1803, and of th&
Democratic State Central Com mttee, which
was held at the same place, on Jinnary Sth.
1S70, the Democratic Citate Convention will
E HELD AT ALBANY, Q
On Wednesday March 23d, 1870,
At tetfeo'clock A. M. of said day, for the pur
pose of nominating Governor, Member of
Congress, Secretary of State, Tkeasi-rer,
State Printer, Jvvgk of Second District,
JriGE of Third Districtv-and Jjdge of Fifth
District, te be supported at the next Juce
e'ection.
Ey crtlcr of said Committee, rcprc.-enta-tin
to said Convention was based on the
vote cast for Democratic Congressman at
the last election, giving to each County oae
Delegate for every seventy-five Democratic
votes cast, and one Delegate for every frac
tion of thirty eight and over, but allowing
eaoh County at least one Delegate therein ;
which rule of apportionment will give to the
several Counties the following number of
Delegates, to wit :
Benton l
T?uker
i
8
8
1
3
Clackamas
Clatsop.....
Coos
Curry 1
Columbi.1 G... 2
Douglas 9
(Tract 6
Jackson . . I
Josephine 2
Lane 11
Linn 17
Marion 14
Multnomah 16
Telk 9 9
Tillamook Q. 1
Umaiilla ?. 7
Ui ion . O. 7
- "Washington 4
Wasco 6
Yarghm r. 8
o
Total 58
f?) - . ,
The time for holding the County Conven
tions to e'ect Delegates to the k-5tate Demo
cratic Convention, was left bj'the Committee
to the several County Committees, whose
duty it will be to provide therefor.
The Committee would respectfully urge
prompt action on the part of the Democracy
of the several counties.
L. F. GROVER, Chairman.
V. Trevitt, Secretary. O
Democratic County CvnvtiiCuii.
Pursuant to the call of the chairman,
the Democratic Central Committee of
CTackamas county met at Oregon City,
January 25, 1S70, John Myers presiding.
J3?. M. Van Cleve, a member of the Com
mittee, having removed from the county,
D. M. McKenney was appointed to fill the
vacancy. A County Convention was
called to meet
AT OREGON CITYj) ON WEDNESDAY,
. THE IGtH DAY OF MARCH, 1S70,
al 11 o'clock,A.M.,for the purpose of elect
ing eight Delegates to the Democratic State
Convention, to be held at Albany on the
23d of March, 1870, and for the transaction
of any other business that may properly
come before said Convention. The Com
mittee fixed the ratio of representation to
said County Convention as follows : Each
precinct to have 1 Delegate at large, and
in addition theret(tohave 1 Delegate for
every 15 Democratic votes cast in the pre
cinct for Congressman in the election of
1S68, and 1 Delegate for anv fraction of
such 15 votes which shall exceed seven,
and which ratio gives the respective pre
cincts the following numbej of Delegates,
to wit :
Oregon City precinct
Mihvaukie "
RockgCreek "
Young's "
Springwater "
Harding's "
Beaver Creek "
LTpper Mollala "
Markham's "
Jower Mollala "
Union "
Pleasant Hill M
Tualatin "
Canemah "
Cascades "
Oswego "
.11
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3
4
3
3
4
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
is recommended that the primary
meetings for the election of Delegates to
the County Convention, be held in the re
spective precincts on Saturday, the 12th
day of March. JOIDCMYERS,
Chairman.
The Mails.: The Qlowtfainecr says
1 " It is erl&ialy very aggravating to have
our letters aDd exchange come this long
round about way via Dallas, PJk county,
when they are distyJttly directed, "Wasco
Co., Oregon." This is a general com
plaint of all our citizens, and if it is the
Fault of the postmasters, we would ha un-i
dcr many obligations to have them rec
tify it." The Mountaineer is not the only
party annoyed in this way. Sometimes
we get our Salem papers by way of Port
land and sometimes we get our Portland
papers by way of Salens A reform in
th"s matter is much needed.
Knfranehicm-nt of ne Chinese.
Charge the leaders of the Republican0
party with the design of enfranchising the
Chinese, and they will deny it with much
(apparent) indignation. Yet, step by
step, and by rapid strides are they arriving
at this point, and rather than fail in this
great plan for keeping that party in power
and themselves in office, these same lead
ers would consign every laboring white
mafrto starvation and ruin. For the same
purpose, the Republican press wages a
continual war against the white laborers
of the country, and gives the wealthy its
entire assistance and influence.
As an evidence of this, wc would call
attention to the fact that, the Republican
papers areD continually eulogizing the
Chinese, and favoring their immigration to
this country as the only means of secur
ing to the wealthy this great boon cheap
labor. q
' And new we would a?k in all candor, if
there is a white man in Oregon who is
such a fool that he don't know that when
the rich man secures his cheap China labor
the laboring white men and women must
work for Chinese wages, or less, or be
thrown out of employment and starve?
If there is such a man, his proper place is
with the Chinese, in the Republican party
the party at Las brought about this
state of things.
Yet, we are told by the Republican
leaders and press that the China question
is not a political question. If it is not a
party question, it is a very singular coin
cidence that the Republican papers are
uniform and all very earnest in their de
mands for Chinese immigration and cheap
labor, while Democratsc papers as uni
formly denounce this Republican policy
as ruinous to the country. And further, a
Radical Congress gives a largeportion of
itsDme to legislation for the benefit of the
Chiaese and other inferior races. The last
effort of Congress in this line, is the new
Civ il Rights bill. The Orenonlan approves
of the bill,(nd says " it amounts exactly
to a re-enactment of the Civil Rights act
without mentioning Chinese oPany other
people except ' Indians not taxed ;"' and
undertakes to affirm nothing which is not
now law ; except to prevent States from
levying special class penalties. It gives
the Chinese nothing which is not already
guaranteed to them, and takVs nothing
away which they now enjoy, and it under
takes to say that the States shall do no less
nor no more. It prevents any State from
levying special taxes upon immigrants.''
The immigrants hereieant by the Ore
(jornan are the Chinese " immigrants"' for
noxe other have ".special taxes'' assessed
to them. Yet, with" a steady and fixed
purpose of deceiving the people in regard
to the Chinese question, the Oreyonian de
nies that this new Civil Rights bill has any
thing to do with the Chinese, and pitches
into the news agent for heading it the way
he did when he sent the message,inasmuch
as the Chinese were not specially pointed
out in the bill. The Oregonian knows that
the heading gives the true meaning of the
bill, and is vexed at the news agent for
thus telling it But the Oregon Statesman,
having less talent for trickery, publishes
with approbation the bill, heading and all
and from that paper we have copied it.
and give it below for the benefit of our
readers. The bill, heading and all, is as
follows :
The bill reported by Mr. Trumbull, from
the Judiciary Committee, yesterday, ex
tends the entire provision of the civil
rights act to Chinese, and its passage will
work a revolution in California affairs.
The bill is as follows :
Ami be it enacted, etc., That all persons
within the jurisdiction of the United States j
(Indians not taxed excepted) shall have
Ihe same right in every State and Terri
tory of the United States to make and en
force contracts, to sue parties, to give evi
dence, and to the full and equal benefit ol
laws and proceedings for the security of
person and property as are enjoyed by
white citizens. They shall be subject to
the same punishment, pains, and penalties,
taxes, licenses and exactions of every
kind, any other law, statute, ordinance,
regulation or custom to the contrary not
withstanding. No tax or charge shall be
imposed bv any State on any person emi
cratincr thereto.
Sec. 2. Any person who, under color
of any law. statute, ordinance, regulation
or custom, shall subject, or cause to be
subjected, any inhabitant of any State or
Tyrrifcory to the deprivation of any right
secured or protected by this act, or to dif
ferent punishment, pains or penalties on
account of such perscu being alien, or by
reason of his color or race, than is pre
scribed for the punishment of citizens.
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
andon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished b v imprisonment for one year, or a
fine of S 1,000, or both, at the discretion
of the Court.
Sec. 3. The act protecting all persons
in the United States in their civil right?,
and fnrnLdiiiig 'die means for their vindi
cation, passed April 9, 1S(6, is hereby re
enacted. Said act. except the 1st and 2d
sections thereof, is hereby referred to and
made a part of this act.
A Wordy Tilt ix tue Sexate. An un
usual scene occured in the United States
Senate lately. Mr Porter, the Represen
tative elect from the Richmond (Va.) dis
trict, put himself unceremoniously in Sen
ator Nye's seat, thus displacing Nye,
whereupon Senator CTrumbull took um-
brage and
objected to Mr. Porter being
allowed on the floor. Senator Sumner
took up the cudjels for porter, and a
wordy war ensued, Which Porter seemed
to enjoy very much, until Senator Trum
bull exploded him by reading the record
of hisdisnifcsal from the army for being
drunk nine day3 and speaking disrespect
fully of the government. Then Mr. Por
ter gave up Mr. Nye's scat and hid him
self on a sofa. But the two Senators con
tinued their heated discussions. If this is
the stuff carpet-bag Congressmen
are
made of, certainly tLev ai
e not worth
hard
words between two
ueh potent.
grave ana revereini seigniors
bull u.id SnuHir-r. Momii'iiiver.
as Tmm-
The Reputed Reduction
tlonal Debt.
of the Sa-
All persons, and particularly tax pay
ers, would bepleased to learn that the
National debt was being reduced, and
that -there Is a time approaching when
they might reasonably hope to be relieved
from tin burdens of extra taxations, said
to be imposed for the purpose of paying
this debt. The party in power attempts
to satisfy this desire of the people by mak
irg false monthly statements, to the effect
that the public debt is being rapidly re
duced under President Grant's adminis
tration. And inasmuch as it is better that
the taxpayers should understand the facts
hi the case and meet them, than to be de
luded by false hopes,we propose examining
these statements forOctober,Deccmber,and
the present month, and sent over the
country with a whoop of affected triumph
by a loyal telegram company, and by
these statements show that the debt ii
actually rapidly increasing instead of de
creasing.
By these statements it appears that in
October last, the debt was $2?634,G09.S5G
09, but that after counting the money in
the United States Treasury, and deduct
ing its sum from the reported amount of
the debt, that it was reduced to $2,4G8,-
495,072 01. As we have before remarked
this thing of counting the money on hand
aud calling ii a reduction of the National
debt, without first having paid it on such
debt, is a plan of financiering peculiar to
Republican statesmen alone. Nobody
else can pay his debts by the simple act
of counting the money he has on hand.
But let this pass.
By the statement for December, the
debt appears to have' then been $2,G18
231, CS2 59, or $13,G24,826 20 more than
it was in the preceding October. But by
again counting the money in the Treasury,
and again deducting from the debt the
amount thus found to be on hand, it was
found and announced that the National
debt had been reduced to $2,454,397,350
23. This was certainly gratifying to those
who did not understand the Republican
modus operandi of reducing the Nationa
debt. But mark the Republican manner
and progress of reducing the Nationa
debt.
By th; statement for the present month
it appears that the debt is now $2,G52,187
212.46, being three million nine hundrct'
and fifty-two thousand five hundred am'
twenty-nine dollars and seventeen cents
more than it was before the reported re
duction of lastDecember.and one hundret
and eighty-three million six hundred an
ninety-two thousand, one hundred and
thirty-nine dollars and forty-five cents
($183,092,139.45), more than it was in the
preceding October, after the reported re
duction had been made.
Now we ask cur Republican cotcmpora
lies to tell us how they cf n claim that the
national debt is being reduced, when each
succeeding statement shows that it is larg
er than it was the preceding month ? and
we not only ask. but we demand an expla
nation of this matter.
Unless )hc ridiculous proposition that a
continual increase of the national debl is
an actual decrease of it, can be shown to
be a fact, the party, in power will have to
check its extravagant expenditure of
money for electioneering and other parti
san purposes, or it will drive the people
of the United States to Repudiation as a
necessity, and an ultimatum that cannot be
avoided. In addition to the fact that the
people will grow weary of paying taxes
for the use and aggrandizement of men
who abuse and disgrace the places they
are elected to fill, the debt will become
so enormous that it never can be paid. if.
indeed, it has not already reached that
point.
Mr. Wills and Ills Report.
On the first page of to-day's paper we
publish a most excellent article under the
above heacing. It is taken from The Act
t'on,a. leading, and most reliable Republican
paper published in t e Uni el St. t -s. It is
npr-n the report of David A. Wells, Esq..
Special Commissioner of the Revenue, and
will richly repay a perusal. If a careful
reading of this article will not convince a
person that this government is rushing on
to irretrievable bankruptcy and ruin, with
railroad speed, he is wilfully blind. Let
the people inform themselves on these
points and arouse themselves and compre
hend their true danger and a remedy may
yet be found and applied. Congress de
sires to suppress Mr. Wells report. If
Congress is laboring for the good of the
country, with an honest purpose, why
should it attempt" to suppress, and keep
from the public the unpalatable facts con
tained in Mr. Wells report?
To this inquiry there can be but. one
answer, and that is this : The success of
the Republican party depend n a measure
upon keeping from the public the rascali
ties and destructive policy of its leaders.
--
JUtthod of Settling
Selections.
JVcw
Contested
By a telegram of the 4th inst., we have
the following information in regard to a
proposed new method of settling contested
election cases, viz :
The Election Committee have agreed to
recommend a plan for settling contested
election cases, sometning, iiKe that pur
sued in Lngland, viz : bettle each case by
special jury or committee, ine names of
all members of the House to be put into a
box and then drawn out one by one. each
contestant having the right to object to
any memoer arawn. v nen nine names
have been drawn, to which neither object,
these gentlemen shall form the committee
in that special case. The decision of that
committee shall be final, unless one of the
contestants asks a vote of the House.
If such a method is adopted, it will be
useless for any Democrat to attempt to
gain his seat, however strong may be his
legal claims to it, lor tue selection of the
special jury by a Radical Congress would
be very much like the drawing of a grand
jury in this county by a Radical clerk
result in the selection of Republicans, or.
at least, eight-ninths of them would he
loyal to that party.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
TTV TtTTTDC T T7 HT P AT TQviT
SUNDAY JV125fING THOUGHTS.
It is a trorcreous evening
Long since
the luminary of day has sunk behind tue
western hills leaving a golden hue resting
on their summits, and a mellowness in the
lley beneath. In the southern sky
clouds have been gathering ; r.iong me
borizen are many dark banks in sombre
hues indicating a storm ; but on the
darkness the sun is fainting golden edges.
The evening bells are chiming their
calls to worslrp, and then all is sun
again, and the byrans of praise and the
voice of prayer ascends as evening in
cense from the finite to the infinite being
ho rules the universe. Oh there is a
peaceful calm in the heart of the true be-
iever in the Sunday evening after the
servicers said and the sermon preaebcu.
and there is quiet around the hearthstone.
Then the thoughts wander freely and un-
ock memories, casket or steals away in
the dead past in the shadowy land ot
dire realities long forgotten in memories
store-house or on switt winged pinions
striving to lift the curtain that conceals
from motal hue the secrets that are hid
den in the unborn future. There is a
restless dispositions a vague unrest per
vading the minds of the people of the
psesent day. Religion is not free, from
the evils arising from this state of things.
The old paths do not satisfy. There is a
want of faith, of trust, child like-trust, in
the heavenly Father's revealed will, in
His written word. The child-like confi
dence that added lustre to the primative
christian is not often seen in these degen
erate days. Human reason is usurping
the place of Faith there is a disposition
to n-ioet. all that reason cannot under
stand. How well it would bo it we could
trust our heavenlv Father as the child
trusts his earthly father. It is unreason
able to reject God's will and His provi
dence as revealed in an inflallible Bible,
because wc cannot understand it all.
When the earthly parent tells the child
that the world is round, the child believes
it implicitly, without any questionings
though it is entirely beyond his compre
hension. So ought we to receive the re
vealed will of God as made known in the
Bible with child-like trust. Those things
that are shrouded in mystery and cannot
be understood by finite minds should be
received without questionings, for we
know but little of the grand scheme of
God's providence in the regeneration of
the world from the corruption of sin into
the blessedness of purity and holiness.
Many lives have been made miserable by
doubts and misgivings, arising from a
want of child-like faith. The simple child
teaches us a beautiful lesson of faith and
the tender (lower lifting its petals into the
sunlight and the storm whispers through
its green leaves and expanded flower
gems the same sweet lesson.
Have we not learned something of the
infinite wisdom of God from His messen
gers to- day ? Have there been no hap
py thoughts thrilling in our hearts f&m
the prayers that have ascended on bright
angel wings to the father? The Sunday
service 4 with their soft hymns of praise
and earnest prayers and the sermon are the
world's great hope. As we sit around the
fire to-night there comes many thoushts
weaving a net work of beautiful imagery
in the mind that will in the earnest work
of the coining week keep the thoughts
from evil and be like refreshing showeis
of dew-drops to thirsty plants. What
an influence it has in purifying the world,
it is one of the grandest things under the
stars for restraining error aud vice and
elevating mankind into that perfect lib
erty which knows no fear. All through
the years of our lives we remember the
words of wisdom and counsel that have
come to us through the sermon, descend
ing gently like dew upon flowers. Ah !
we remember too the earnest appeal that
brought tears to our eyes and joy to our
sin sick souls. It is a grand thought that
all round this glo.be the gospel of Christ
is being proclaimed through the sermon.
Whatmagnficent advances have been made
in numbers since Paul on Mars hill preach
ed to tho superstitious Greeks? What
changes have been wrought by Christian
ity? Glorious changes for man's salva
tion and woman's advancement. Wher
ever Christianity goes women is lifted out
of the deep degradation in which barba
rism placed her. She is elevated to be
man's associate and companion, to be the
ruler over the home circle not his s'ave
and menial working in the fields and bear
ing the burdens.
The world Is being evolved fnm dark
ness into light. The old superstition that
bowed down to the works of men's hands
is being superseded by the brightness of
that faith which leads beyond the ' forget
me not's of the angels,'' to the Saviour.
The darknoss of midnight is being merged
into the noonday. The Son of rightious
ness is guilding the mountain tops, the
valleys will soon burst forth into sun
light. The darkness of heathenism will
fade away before the genial rays of Chris
tianity and a world redeemed from cor
ruption receive the Saviour in the bright
ening millennium. This thought cheers-
us in the lone watching and waiting in
the sorrows that overshadow the bright
est life. This life is one of shade and sun-
suine, oi sorrow and joy. Darkness and
light, shade
ana sunshine attend us
misty vail of uncertainties
through the
ii .1 -
inai surrounds us
in all our ionrnpv.
Dark clouds obscure the bri
htest life.
Dili like the clouds resting in the southern
sity mere is a silver lining. The storms
that sweep over the earth, purifying the
air, and make the earth all the better
though we cannot alwavs perceive it
but we know that whatever God does, is
best. So the clouds burdened with sor
row for us, which descending crush out
some fond ambition, and cherished plan
or remove some lovely one who was just
budding into beauty, are sent to purify
our hearts and through sorrow and sad
ness to draw us nearer to the angels. We
do not expect the storms to cease on the
sea of life to be unruffled by the breeze.
There would be no bright crowns at last,
no welcome of "Well done," if there are
no struggles to be made, no crosses to be
borne, no sorrow through which we are
to be lifted into the sunlight of heaven.
. Pkofcxduo.
r
Well, "What Of It!
In discussing the Virginia question in
the Senate, benator Norton, a shining
light among the Radicals, said ; A mil
itary commission is now in session at At
lanta to determine upon the qualifications
of members of the Legislature, and were
Lercising ran authority equal to the
Queen of England." Well, What of it?
this anything new? Hasn't Congress
been sanctioning and authorizing siteh
outrages upon free Government for the
past four years? Haven't military satraps
been exercising more than kingly power
. ... r-
in the South, ever since reconstruction
commenced. Wrhy should Norton be
alarmed at such things? He helped to
make precedents for just such unsnrpa
tions. This condition of things that so
alarms him in Georgia, has had parallels
in every reconstructed State. In Alabama
Congress actually gave her people a Con
stitution when it had been voteddown by
a large majority, at an election held in
accordance with the act oPcongress, and
supervised by the appointees of its mili
tary satraps
Norton is growing critical
all at once. Besides he does great injus
tice to Queen Victoria. When did she
ever dare exercise the power these mili
tary minions are now wielding in Georgia?
Were she to attempt it, it would shake the
British throne to" its foundation. Were
she to prrsis in it, it would lose her a
crown. No.it is reserved for free Americans
to exercise the most damning tyranny
that ever disgraced any age or country.
She excels in despotism any nation in Eu
rope. Ktaminer-
Is it to Colonized
Ei. Exteuvbise :
Can you tell us why it is that the Regis
ter of the Land Office at Oregon City
should be so much interested in the wel
fare and condition of the voters in this
county, as to cause an inquiry to be insti
tuted a j to who had died, or moved out of
precincts, or come into them since the last
election ? While we know his official du
ties to be of a public character, and that
he perhaps discharges them well, we sup
posed they related more especially to the
landed interests than to those o the ballot
box. Our German friend, Judge Wessels
judge of elections in Union precinct at
last election, as we understand has been
visiting certain of the " sovereigns" of
that locality during the week, propound
ing the queries before alluded to, at the
instance, as he alleges, of the Register at
Oregon City. Now there are those who
are so uncharitable as to impute improper
motives to this ac'aon on the part of an
official, which probably would not have
been noticed, or questioned, did henot
till an important position under the gov
ernment, it lias even ueen said mat
should votes be required to carry the pre
cinct for the Republican ticket, at the ap
proaching election, thej could be ob
tained from the German settlement at Au
rora, Marion county or in other words,
Union precinct could be colonized for
electioneering purposes in this manner.
Now, Mr. Editor, we happen to know
Dr. Keil. and several of our German fel
low citizens at Aurora, and we des:re to
say that we believe them to be honest ami
wi;rthy gentlemen, above such mean and
petty work, to say nothing of its ll igrancy.
and that if votes are wanted in Union or
any other precinct, more than are bona
fide residents and loyal voters therein, at
the present time, they will have to be ob
tained elsewhere. At all events there is
a watchfulness exhibited in this' 'campaign
that promises well for a fair and honest
expression of opinion at the polls next
June. This is well. Eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty." Vixdex.
We have heard of the same inquisitive
ness, emanating from the same source, be
ing manifested in other portions of the
county. Of course this is no idle amuse
ment, but it means something, and when
its meaning is ascertained, the public shall
have the benefit of the information. In
the mean time, let Democrats be vigilant,
and "all will be well."
Chinese Voters. Senator Cole, of Cali
fornia, was recently asked if in voting for
the Fifteenth Amendment he understood
that it included the Chinese on the same
terms as other naturalized citizens. He
answered" Yes ; but I think few will
naturalize." Every member of Congress
who voted for the Fifteenth Amendment
understood it in the same way, and as cer
tain as the Amendment is adopted will
Chinese suffrage follow. Daily I'ress.
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STATE NEWS.
ALDAN Y.
From the Democrat, Feb. 4.
Following are the shipments from Beach
& Montieth's wharf, this city, during the
month of January: 139 half barrels dried
fruit ; 53 half bids, lard, 34 half bbls but
ter, 32 kegs butter, 51 cases mdse, 41 bxs
butter, 153 bxs eggs, 40 cases bacon, 100
bxs soap, 33 gunnies bacon, 2 kegs whisky,
22 kegs sugar, GOG sks oats, 19 cases lard,
7,400 sks flour.
Last Wednesday Dr. Tate extracted a
piece of a needle about an inch in length
from the breast of Miss Adah Mendenhall
where it had lain for three years.
A. Ruder, the individual who has been
in prison on a charge of polygamy, was
discharged on a writ of habeas corpus, and
immediately re-arrested, on a charge of
forgery, and held to answer.
SALEM.
From the Daily Press.
Mr. Frank Cooper, who came in from
the mountains on Sunday last, tells us that
he has struck a ew coal bank a short dis
tance from his first discovery that opens
out beautifully. The lead is ten feet thick,
and he can quarry out twenty ton ot coal,
per week, to me man. ine variety is
what colliers call high mountain bitumin-j
ous coal. It makes gas leadily, and is the j
only coal in the State that will.
All the
coal heretofore
used in the gas works has
been obtained at Nanaimo, B.
Coopers bank is situated about twelve
of the railroad. The
way from Bel passi, the nearest point on
the railroad, to the bank is Very level, and
it is estimated that a branch road couUm
be built lor $17,00 pj?r mile
PORTLAND. ,
From the Daily Herald.
0 A man entered the PooiQlIouse last
year and stayed long enough to cost the
county S2G 75. and then left. Soon after
he obtained situatiou as a laborer,
earned the amount, and went to Mr. Nor
den. County Clerk, and paid back the
amount in full, which is duly acknowl
edged on the journal kept in Mr. N.'s of
fice. This is quite a remarkable case, and
which long sermons and lee-
tu res couldbo written, for
stout bummers and idlers
who have been discharged
received from the county.
the benefit of
around town,
after benefits
THE DALLES.
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From the Mountaineer. Feb. S.
We roticed a number of four horse
teams in town, a few days since; loading
for Ochoco. They report the road in
good condition and the valley settling up
very fast.
A letter from ,Bakcr City, says they
were having fine sleighing. Six inches of
snow in Powder River Valley, and five
feet in the mountains between Baker and
Clark's creek. Also more .snow in Poca
hontas mountains than for many winters
past. The quartz mill has had a run and
made a good clean up. q
Telegraphic Clippings.
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Lieut. Col. -Joins Ordered to Portland,
Oron.
Fortress MeknoE, Feb. 3.
Lieut. Col. Jones, Deputy Quarter
master, has been ordered to Portland,
Oregon.
Gold Mines in Indiana
Terra. Hautk
IndVFcb.
The most intense excitement prevails in
Clark county, in consequence of the dis
covery of gold about twenty miles from
this city, by a lately returned California
miner, ot eighteen years' experience.
People in that section are. wild with the
gold mania, and are (leaving other busi
ness to search for the precious metal.
The
Uovernev of r'lorida.
to
le I in.
O -peached.
Tam.ahassee, Fla., Eeb. 4.
In the Legislature to-day the committee
appointed to investigate the official acts
and charges against Governor Reed, re
ported in favor of impeachment, by four
to one. The minority report is said to(he
weak. A vote will be taken to-morrow.
Selling Appointments to A Vest Point.
Washington. Eeb. 4.
( Charges of selling appointments of ca
detships at West Point have been circulat
ing freely for some time. All the mem
bers accused are carpetbaggers honi the
south.
The Republican China. ti-ty.
Washington, Feb. 4.
Secretary Fish to-day received tlie Chi
nese treaty Wtu me oiuoiar' seals et me
Empire.
The Legal Tender Decision.
New YoKKitVb. 7.
(Jhe Supreme Court decision on the legal
tender question is the great subject of
discussion in financial circles. Ihe decis
ion, as understood in Wall street, is that
the legal Oender act was justified by the
war. but that Congress has no power to
issue any morecJegal tender notes, and
that all contraets made before D3jG2 must
be paid in coin. In this shape the decis
ion Is certainlv very important: but)its
influence on values has been remarkably
slight, considering the decision makes
some millions of railroad bonds, and an
immense aggregate of State and citv bonds
payable in coin, both principal an 1 inter-
csi oi vvuicii lor eigni years, nave oeen
paid in greenbacks. It is not improbable
that some of the poorer States, with heavy
oeots. as rsortn oaroiina or lennessee,
being unable to provide for the payment
of their debts, even on a currency basis,
may be driven by this decision into ope)i
repudiation, pleading the action of the
Supreme Court as imposing on them obli
gations they could not honor.
Governor of A'ermout dead.
New Yokk, Feb. 7.
refer T. Washburn. Governor of Vcr
mont. died in Woodstock to-day.
Oi rant's Opinion of the Georgia'Lrgis
latare. Washington Feb. 8.
In conversation with a delegation of
Georgians to-day, tl, president said that
heretofore he had been impressed with
the idea that all acts of the legislature pri
or to the expulsion ot the colored mem
bers, had been legal and binding, and the
election of Senators validf but more ma
ture inves'igation satisfied him that the
.present legislature was the first legal or
ganization, and that all action should com
mence with tho same. The President re
ntal ked that both himselt and Gen. Sher-
man had great
confidence in Gen. Terry.
Jew Jersey Senate
rejects the 11th
Amendment.
New York. Feb. 8.
A Trenton dispatch states that the New
Jersey Senate had rejected the Fifteenth
Amendment 13 to 8.
Notorious Counterfeiter arrested.
St T.rM-Tu 7
The notorious Fred. Diebusch and Alex.
Murphy, were arrested to-night, on a
charge of dealing in counterfeit money.
The former has been aflesfed thirty times,
for the same offenso. during the last six
teen years, and only eonvicted once.
The Chinese Treaty.
W'asiiingtun, Feb. 5.
The President will 6h Monday next issue
a proclamation t. ratify the treaty between
the United States and China, and giving
thr full text of the same.
AVenttvoffh Dead.
' Tkov, Feb. 5.
lion. John Wentworth, of Chicago, died
to-day. - o
More Delbt.
Denver. Colorado, Feb. 5.
The remaining million and a half of
of Denver-l'jtcitic bonds were sold in
i London. January 3d. and the sale was re
J ported by cable telegraph yesterday and
j caused great rejoicing. The company
miles from the line
promised to complete the r?ad to Denverfff , , 'r ... 1
! t.i, Trouble of writing
Gov. Reed not Impeached.
Taixahasse, Feb. 5.
f lnc impeachment ot Governor Reed
I una Kiueu in iue iionsc iasr, mgru, uy Hie
-''i(lnnfinn r T m rvnMMtvr vonrt f t-.,(
was 30 to 21.
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Impeachment f Judge Harrison.
Richmond, Feb. 5.
A Wheeling dispatch says that the Sen
gte last evening by a vote of 11 to 6. con,
enrred in the House resolution for the im
peachment of Judge Harrison of the
Q)Judicial district.
Small-po Among the Imiian
Fou r BkxtoS Feb. 5.
The half-breed Indians who have just
arrived from Indian camps on the marsh,
report that the Indians are dying at the
rate of twenty -five per day, of small pox
and are begging the whites to spare their
lives. The report that Mountain Chiel
band and others had declared war. prove
wholly unfounded.
More Scoundrelism for the Advance
ment of the Xleuuhlicun Party.
r. Lous. Feb. 6.
An Augusta dispatch says that Senators
Hull. Bryant, Caldwell, Ilijdden, and other
Repuclicans opposed to Governor Bullock
and his policy, are on their way to Wash
ington to represent the condition of affair
in Georgia to Congress. Brvant says the
object of the delegirtion is to show that
Bullock has violated the reconstruction
laws ; that the Legislature, as now organ
ized, is illegal ; that i)Congress sustains
Bullock, the Republican party in Georgia,
will be destroyed. The delegation i f pre
sents the Conservative wing of the Repub
lican party of the State, and repudiates
all political affiliation with Democrats.
Terminus of the XVoithern Pacific
Kailroad.
Chicago. Feb. 8.
In the House, the Pacific It. 11. Commit
tee have agreed to report a bill author
izing the Northern Pacific It. R. Co. to is
bonds secured 'by the lands of said
company. tl change their western ter
minus from Pnget Sound to Columbia
river.
Virginlu Legislature.
Richmond, Fyb. P.
The Legislature met at noon. The
House, by a vote of 109 to 10, adopted a
resolution asking Congress to remove all
political disabilities from the people of
Virginia. The Governor's message was'
read.
It is q'rte lengthy. The main
have beenanticipttted.
Congressional.
points
Reconstructing Georgia on the Mon
grel Uasis. .
"Washington, Feb. 7.
In the Senate Morton presented the res
3,
olution of the Georgia logislature,a,accept
ing the condition imposed by ongress.by
changing the State Constitution, and rati
fying the 14th and 15th amendments.
Repudiation hy Congress.1
Edmunds, Grom the Committee on Ten
sions, reported adversely on 'he bill to pay
pensions to the soldiers of 1812. A num
ber of bUls were introduced and referred.
The 1.31 Ii Amendment to he enforced
AVhether RatJtied or not.
Stewart introduced a bill extending the
provisions ot the civil rights act tor tue
enfor'eemeiit of the 15ih AimifidmefH
Indians to he
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Enfrsi nclxised.
CniOAGfs Peb.
The House Territorial Committee will
soon report a bill organizing new terri-
tory in the Indian country. The President
heartily favors (tie project, and thinks tlie
elective franchise c3n safely be extended
to the Creeks. Cherokees. and other tubes
advanceDin civilization.
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MARRIED.
In Oregon City, at the residence of Hon.
llenrv Warren. February 8:h. 1870. by
Rev,Jeo. C. Chandler, 3f QlcMiunvillt.
Mr. T O.T. WILLIAMS and Miss MJtRY
J. WAR It EN".
w Advertisements.
piUJTATE SCHOOL.
Mr. J. R. N. SELLWOOD.A. M.,
opened a Pi h ate School in this cityQn Moiu,
day, February 7th, 1S7 in the School lo'mv'
opposite the Episcopal Chvrch. Tuitiou tor
the term of twelve weeks :
Pupils linger 10 gjarsof age 00
over 10 " 5 oo
Latin, Gretkand Vocal JWus id extra.
5?Spocia! care wi 1 be given to the mor
als and general conduct of the children. It
"Live and
Let LivoJ
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J7IELDS & STKICKLEIt,
DEALERS IX
PROVISSONS, GROCERIES,
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Ac,
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?WAt the ol 1 stand of Woi tman A F hi
Oregon ( it , Oregon. ;J3tf
"Barnum Saloon.?!
JEXT & PLUAiEYC
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DI-PENSERS OF
Choice Wines, Liquors & Cigars,
Main St., Oregon City.
1ST" Call, and RoheQ Potter vvil'Whovv ym
through the establishment.
: .
" Barnum Restaurant."
T EOX DkLOUEY, PiioprieTOk
OF 1IH ESTABLISHMENT,
QMain ht., Oregon City,
Pt? Knows how to serve his cnstomT
with Owters, Pigs' Feet, a good cup of Cotf e v iL"-s
or a SQUARE ML ALT) ' 13f
.
Physician and Surgeon,
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Z-zT Office at his
Drug Store, near Tost
Ollice, Oregon City, Oregon.
XT
JJV. UOSS, M. IX,
Physician and Surgeon,
tfOffice on Main Street, opposite Mason
ic 1U!1, Oregon Citv. 13tf
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TO TUE WORKING CLASS. We are
now prepared to furnish all classes with cona
stant employment at home, the whole of tht.
time o for the spare moments. Rusines
new, Ifglit and profitable. Persons of either
sex sily earn from 50c. to per evening
and a proportional sum by devoting their
vvh-jla time to the business business. l!o.vi
and girl-i earn nearly as much as men. That
all who see this notice may send their ad"
dress, and test ttie busineswe make tins
unparalleled offer: To suchSas are not well
satisfied, we will send $1 to par fur
lull particulars, a vain-
able sample, which will do to commence
work on. and a copy of The People
Vl Companiou oue of the largest an 1 best
family newspapers published all sent treJ
bv mail. CReader, if you want rermatien'.
profitable work, addresa E. C- ALLEN
Augusta, Maine. Z.'i&
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