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o e G (?) o Sljc lUtcklij (Enterprise. Oregon City, Oregon t D. M. McKENNEY, Editor. o John Myers, Financial Agent. Satcrdaj : s February, 1870. Democratic State Convention. By virtue of the action of the Democratic State Conrention, which was held at Portland on Thursday, March 10th, 1S63, and of the Democratic State Ceutralomn-ittee, which was held at the same place, on January Sth, 1870, th Democratic Stata Convention will BE HELD AT ALBANY, Om Vednt8ljr March 23d, 1S70, At ten o'clock A. M. of said day, for the pur pose bt Dominating Gotkrxoe, Member or CoJfGa?,J,SECRBTAIIT OF STATE, TkEASCKZR, Stat PKiNTEBylptcDGE of Second District, . Jcrot of Third District, and JiQge cf Fifth District, ta be supported at the next Juna election. q By order of said Committee, representa tion to said ConTention was based on the vote east for Dkxocrattc Congressman at the last election, giving to each County one Delegate for every seventy-fire Democratic votesueast, and one Delegate for every frac tion W thirty eight and over, but allowing each Comity at least one Delegate ther.'it,; which rnloof apportionment will give to the several Counties the fallowing number of Delegates, to wit : Benton... Q. 7 Baker 8 Clackamas S Clatsop (Q 1 Coos 3 Curry. Colwrnbia 1 O 9 6 o 1 2 O 11 17 Douglas, Giant Jackson . Josephine Lane , Linn o Marion 14 Multnomaff 16 1'clk 9 Tillamook 1 UmatiILj..r. 7 Union 7 Washington 4 Wasco..- V. 6 Yamhill. o Total 158 The time for holding the County Conven tions to electDelcgates to the State Demo cratic Convention, was left by the Committee to the several County Committees, whose duty it will be to provide thereforP The Committee would respectfully urge prompt action on the part of the Democracy of the several counties. Q L. F. G ROVER, Chairman. V. Trevitt, Secretary. Xtemocratlc Co mil y Cwv c nt Ion. -Q- G Pursuant to tho call of the chairman tha Democratic Central Committee of Clackamas county met at Oregon Citjj January 25, 1870, John Myers presiding. J. S. 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 tcTmeetO AT OREGON CITY, ON WEDNESDAY, () THK IGtH DAT OF MARCH, 1870, at 11 o'clock,, m., for the purpose of elect ing eight Delegates to the Democratic State Convention, to be held at Albany on the, tM of March, 1S70, anl tor the transaction of anyther business that may properly ema before ,aid Convention. The Com mittee fixed the ratio of representation to said County Convention as follows : Each precinct to have Delegate at large, and in addition thereto, to have 1 Delegate for 0 every 15 Democratic votes cast in the pre cinct for Congressman in the election of 186S, and 1 Delegate for any fraction of such 15 votes which shall exceed seven, q and whicli ratio gives the respective pre--cincts the following number of Delegates, to wit : Oregon City precinct1: iO 11 2Hilwaukie Rock Creek Young's , Springwater Harding's Beaver Creek Upper Mollala Markhanrs Lower Mollala Union K ( it ft .0. ti ( f Pleasant Hill Tualatin Canemah , Cascades Oswego D It is recommended that the primary meetings for tho election of Delegates to the County Convention, be held in tjxe, re spective precincts on Saturday, the 12th "day of March. JOHN M YERS, Chairman. ADoo Exploded. The Virginia Enter prise is responsible for this tale of a dog : Last Sunday afternoon, as offer Baldwin and Deputy Constable Mathewson were walking along D street, a small yellow dog came running toward them and "when not more thun six feet off suddenly exploded, and after9 yelp or two expired. Thero is no joke about this the dog actu ally did explode and was torn to pieces on the sidewalk. It is the supposition that some person had given the dog a car tridge of some kind tied up in a piece of beefsteak, with a short fuse in a quill or piece of cane. (There was a bullet splash when the explosion took place. A woman recently fell out of a three story wiadowm Taris, upon the head of C . t vli FT-l , .1 1 "t i. mui iia!t;ngiT. i uey nom nau ii roil in. the mud, but neither was badly injured, A Blundering Dodge. The daily Oregonian of last Tuesday, in reviewing an article in the Enterprise of last week, on the subject of the new nat uralization law, quotes the following para graph : A bill for a new naturalization law hr.s been introduced in Congress, and is novr before the House Judiciary Committee. The public has not yet been favored with the text of the bill, but specials report that its principal features are to take the matter0from the State Courts and put it into the handi of United States oGceri. Four years continual residence, prior to application, will be required. This ie an other absorption cf he liberties of the people by the centralization of all power !n the general government. And then eays : " The Enterprise would seem to have flightly missed its mark. The paragraph from that paper, cited above, was evident ly written under the impression that the States have hitherto controlled the subject of naturalization, and that they are now to be despoiled of this right, by an 'usurp ing Congress.' " We cannot think that the editor of the Oregonian is so obtuse as to understand the article in that sense, for it cannot be so (-construed. Cut we do think that he gives it this fals&jponstruction for the pur pose of direfi attention from the main points. That the naturalization law ema nates from Congress, and is a national law. i3 admitted is a fact. That the power of naturalizing unler this law, has heretofore been given to the State, as well as to he United States Courts, i3 also equally true. Cut the proposed new nat uralization law will deprive the State Courts of this right, and confer the power on United States Courts exclusively. Now, if this depriving State courts of this pow er is not another absorption of the liber ties of the people by the centralization of all power in the general government, and its officers, we do not understand the force of language. But this is not the only object that the Radicals have in view, in passing such a law. It will not be denied that the ma jority of immigrants to this country from enlightened, civilized, and respectable na tions, upon being naturalized, vote the Democratic ticket. Oregon is some three hundred miles in length, from North to South, and the only United States Court in this State, is held at the city of Portland, within eighteen miles of the northern boundary of the State. Some immigrants stop in the cities, but the majority of them seek the more distant sections of the coun try, for the purpose of procuring lands at cheap rates. Then, to require the immi grant residing at Jacksonville,for instance, to travel to Portland, and spend in hun dred dollars, for the purpose of being naturalized, when he could as well be naturalized in his own county, by the State Courts, is an outrage. Ifthe distance -anu the necessary expense of travel compel hfm to forego this right, it is still a greater outrage. In other and larger States the inconvenience and expense of traveling to tho United States Courts-, would be still greater. But further, the Oregonian, docs not at tempt a denial of the prediction that the new naturalization law will contain the Radicals' favorite phrase, "without regard to race or color," and therefore, virtually admits that it will. If it does.thcre are many pets of the Republican party the Chi nese residing in the vicinity of the United States Court for Oregon, and natu ralization will be very convenient for them. This may be another reason why the Oregonian and other radicals defend this new law, and endorse this centraliza tion of power in the general government. It will work a great inconvenience to res pectable foreigners, residing in remote portions of every State in the Union, but this fact would not cause Congress and its supporters, to pause a moment in their downward course. General llntlcr. The yalion of February 3d, has the fal lowing notice 0& General Butler: General Butler seems to meet with no favor,in any quarter, In his new role of a defender of the Administration. The Re publican press, as far as our observation goes, abuse or reprovehim, partly, appa rently, owing to a general want of confi dence in him, and partly owing to his at tack on Mr. Dawes, evhich, being in the nature of an attempt to 'read him out' of the Republican party, was, coming from the General, absurd as well as unseemly. asMr. Dawes had no difficulty in pointing out. Mr. Dawes's onslaught on the Ad ministration, we thought, as we said a week ago, ill-advised, because it is a kind of attack against which it is impossible to defend one's self without notice, and against which, even with noticefit is very difficult for the Government to defend its elf at all. The difficulties of its position culd hardly be better illustrated than by its having to let General Buffer appear for it. The real weight of Mr. Dawes charac ter and services ofbeourse rendered his as sault all the more serious. As far as he is concerned ,however,he has every reason to congratulatehimself.as it hasbcenthe cause of calling forth, from every direction, the strongest tributes to his worth, in which we cordially concur. It has had. too, the -ood effect of revealing in a verv marked way the decline of General Butler, even m tlio estimation of the noisy and unscru pulous band of worshippers who rallied rouftd him two years ago. A few more months, and he will once more adjust him self to a peaceful state of society and the normal calm of the public mind, and will count for no more now ih?m ,t. i - . t uiu ueiore the war, to the great gain of nnlUT,,.,! j morality and of the public credit Move- That the liquors of the present day are poisonous compounds, and deadly and fatal in their effects upon the human sys tem, we have but little doubt. Believing this 'to bo so, we ere la favor of any move ment v-"ic has for Its sole object the re formation of society, by inducing men to nuit the use of this chain-lightning, sold under the various names of whisky, brandy, Ac. But we do not believe that it is necessary to co-operate with a cor rupt and unprincipled gang cf politicians in order to do this. Whenever any person cr persons desire to abstain from the use of liquors 9 a matter of principle, and as a means of maintaining health and pro longing life, they can do so, and their ab stinence will be a bright example, and great encouragement to others of dissi pated habits who wish to reform. But when a temperance movement is entered into with a political object, it can accom plish but little in the way of winning men Irom the intoxicating bowl ; and this brings us to the subject under considera tion. This week, posters reading as fol lows : 44 In order to comply with the re commendation of the Congressional Tem perance Society, and to co-operate with the temperance movement in Portland, every man, worsan and" child "in Oregon City and vicinity, irrespective cf politics or religion, are cordially and earnestly in vited to attend a public temperance meet ing, to be held in Oregon City, at the Court IIou3e, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 22d," were posted over town. Pursuant to this call, quite a large num ber of 44 men, women and children'' met in the Court House at the appointed time, when Joseph Magone was chosen Presi dent, J. M. Bacon and Wm. E. "Howell Vice Presidents, and Jas. A. Smith, Secre tary. Speeches were made by the Presi dent. Rev. E. Gerry. Rev. C. W. Todd.and Messrs. W. C. Johnson, D. C. Ireland, J. M. Bacon, vv. E. Howell, and Jas. A. Smith, all of whom, officers and speakers, with one exceplion. are Republicans, and sev eral of tbem politicians. After the speak ing exercises were over, 100 "men.womcn and children"-' signed tho pledge -Now a lew words as to the name of this temperance movement, and the manner in which it was started. It will be remem bered that a Radical Congress, which has usurped every power in the Government ana controls the atlairs ot this nation in the most despotic and tyrannical manner became so dissipated and besotted that their drunkenne'ss-was injuring the party which kept them in power. Ifthe Repub lican party party failed to elect, these officers would be shorn of their power .and t nances lor spoils. Hence, in order to counteract this influence, and retain the confidence of the people, and thereby their scats, these intemperate Radical Sen ators and Representatives organized a Congressional temperance society, and the Radical press heralded it all over the country as a great thing, because it eman ated from Congress. Congress assumes almost absolute power over the affairs of the nation, and many people, by force of habit, have begun to regard that oligarchy with the reverential awe that emperors and kings obtain. For onrself, we are not a worshipper of Congress, and do not believe that a tem perance movement obtains tone by the fact that it was inaugurated by a lot of drunken Radical Congressmen ; inangera ted too, as we verily believe, for political effect. For these reasons, the friends of the Conguessionat, temperance movement, will please count 113 out. Tliia is their Sthenic. When the Fifteenth Amendment shall have been adopted, the Republican party will have fastened upon this country an other, and the grandest of their schemes to continue themselves in power, and sub vert the prerogatives of the people. With "the privilege of the ballotgiven to every negro in every State, they may col onize and settle these politicall tools to suit themselves. From those States where there are more than may be needed to in sure it to Republicanism, th?y will be ta ken and settled in the doubtful States, so as to make them secure. To have them kdistributcd about with a view only to this point will bring Republican triumphs where now they are scarcely known, or creep in but rarely. A few thousand negroes taken from South Carolina, fcr instance, and colonized in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and lndiana.would remove all doubt as to how those States would go, and yet enough would be left in South Carolina to keep that from turn ing over. By the time of the next Presi dential election this scheme will be well developed and in working order. To ac complish it will require vast sums money, but while the manipulators of the scheme hare the control of the purre strings of the Treasury, they will know where to get the funds. It will be done at the people's expense ! Those who have flattered themselves that the Republicans wers pushinsr the rat- i ;;5.-(iti.-in nf iliis amendment n'mnlv hpcmso of their love for the negro, have been far wrong. They care not for the. negro ; they have only their own interests in view. They have spent large sums of money bri bing the more conservative Republican legislators into voting for this infamy, and they hare not spent this money without some purpose other than simply enfran chising the African.. Within the next year the country will have an opportunity of seeing how truly we have predicted, when the States of the North shall swarm with negroes, who will dodge about at the crack of the Republi can whip. Then will the people remem ber those grand words of Stephen x. Douglas: "This is a Government of white men ; made by white men, for the i benefit of white men." Pomeroys D"mo- wif The Congressional Temperance 111 1 11 1 . Republican Programme Exposed. The evening Call, of Portland, is a very loyal paper, but at the same time, what the leaders of that corrupt party wxmld consider a little too frank, and a little indiscreet in its words of encouragement to the Republican party of Oregon. As an illustration of such indiscreetness, we call attention to the leader in that paper of the 19th inst., entitled : "Can we Win V In that article it endeavors to convince its party friends, by the following argu ments, that they can easily win the coming election. It says : "Now,what can we hope as the intell'ec- tual result of the coming election? The Democracy having carried the State against Gen. Grant by one hundred and fifty-two vote?, feel defiant, and march to the contest with prestige. We have a slight majority to overcome,with a nation s sympathy at our back ! We have at com mand all the appliances that political shrewdness has invented for success, since tha dawn of civilization ; and with those advantages, are Oregon Republicans equal to the occasion, with their national breth ren presiding as censors ? We say. em phatically, Yks ! With a1! the ways and means we control, defeat is impossible!"' This exposes the whole thing, for any person can readily understand that 44 the Nation's sympathy at our baok P means the Nation's readiness to expend, for the purpose of keeping in power the party which controls the Nation, the money which the poor, deluded producing class es pay into the United States Treasury, with the understanding that it is to be. used in paying the National debt. And the appliances which it! alleges that party has at hand is this money. The ways and means it refers to are colonization on the Oregon Central Rail road, the Post-office building at Portland, and the Mint at the Dalles. The legisla tive ticket is the great object of the Re publican party in the coming election. and the leaders of that party think that if they can carry Clackamas. Multnomah, and Wasco counties, they will have some show for the next United States Senator. For the purpose of doing this, Senator Williams will, no doubt, show that '4 the Nation sympathizes," by furnishing plenty of the 44 appliances"' for .colonizing men on these works. Partisan Decisions. A telegram of the 19th inst., says : " Garfield, from the committee on rules, reported the following: The committee on elections for the fiifty-first Congress shall consist of fifteen members, and each contested case shall be assigned by the chairman to a special committee of three members thereof, for their exclusive con sideration. Such special committee shall report their decision in the case directly to the House. Garfield stated that it wrs understood, though it would not be stated in these rules, that the Speaker would ap point five Democrats and ten Republicans, and that sub-committees would consist of one Democrat and two Republicans. He said the present practice in settling con testested election cases all must deplore. It was a sad state of affairs to have a ju dicial question decided on strict party lines. After a brief discussion the rule was adopted, and the House again went into committee of the whole for general debate. Several speeches were made, or allowed to be printed, and the committee rose, and the House adjourned." This will certainly be a sure means of enabling every Republican contestant to secure his seat, whether legally entitled to it or not. But it does occur to us that to adopt such a corrupting, partisan meth od of deciding contested election cases, and then call it a method to prevent par tisan influences in such cases, requires an amount of brazen effrontery that is very hard to equal. But then, such is the style of the ruling powers in the United States, in these degenerate days. The party in power will loudly denounce as a Demo cratic measure, the very outrage that it is practicing. From Congress down to the lowest Courts of the country, where such Courts are composed of Republicans, matters of difference between men, referr ed to such Courts for adjustment, are de cided upon the political status of the par tics litigant, and not according to the law and Right of the case. Or. at least, such is too often the case. Let every candid men consider these mutters well, and then ask himself this question : Am I an honest man, and if I am, can I support a party that will boldly perpetrate such outrages, and call it a means of preventing them ? Complimentary axj Correct. We find in the Albany Democrat of last Friday the following neat compliment and just com mentary upon our well known business men : Herald. Persons desiring anything in the line of the business of Mr. Wm. Davidson, Col lector of Claims and Real Estate Dealer, Portland, could not do better than to se cure that gentleman's services in the mat ter, lie is prompt, reliable, and efficient, combining eminent ability with the most polite and gentlemanly bearing, and his motto is never to fail in performing that which he undertakes. A child of Harvey Nestles, near Utica, New York, was lately relieved of an ani mal of the lizard kind, which had tenanted the child's stomach for two years. The creature measured five inches in length three inches in breadth, and an inch in' thickness. A young girl 0f St. Petersburg mur dered her lover the other day. packed his body in a trunk, and sent it bv Knr, t Paren3, completing her barbarity by m.'irfvinfr If f n t l 1: t ...... v...c v-, yjt 1, STATE NEWS. PORTLAND. From the Daily Herald. Inspector of Hulls. We saw yester day the offioial paper from Hon. George S. Boutwell, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, dated January 28th. 1870, appointing Capt. William Deardorff, U. S. Inspector of steamboat- hulls, to fill the vacancy caused bv the death of the late Capt. J. II. Couch. Bonds fixed at S 10,000. From a private letter dated at Baker City, February 15th, 1870, we learn that a man named Hughes shot and killed bis partner. Jack Gallagher, on the evening of the 13th inst., at El Dorado. It seems that only a few angry words passed be tween them, about a dog which they kept in their cabin, and which finally culminat ed in the fatal result above mentioned. They had been in the camp but a short time, and were looked upon as "hard cases." Hughes was subsequently lodged in jail. The prospects for plenty of water for mining purposes in the spring are good. Rudd, Brown & Co. are getting rich rock from their mine. The merchants are hope ful of a busy season, and the country generally is improving rapidly. Out. The numerous friends of Robert J. Ladd, Esq.. will be glad to learn that be was out on the streets, yesterday. EUGENE CITY. From the Guard, February 19th. James Peak -was arrested on last Friday on complaint of Regis Pepoit. on a charge of abducting Mary Francis Fepoit, for the purpose of marriage, and Witherington and Davis as abettors, she being a female under the age of Hi years. A preliminary examination was had before T. J. Holland Esq., Messrs. Thompson and Fitch con ducting the prosecution, and Messrs. Dor rls and Ellsworth the defence. Esquire Holland discharged all of the defendants except Peak, who was held to appear iD the sum of S500, which bond was read iky obtained, and the defendant discharged from custody. ALII ANY. . From the Register, February 19. A few nights ago a 3Toung man sleeping in Thompson & li ving's saddle shop, heard a noise as if some one was attempting to force an entrance, lie immediately grasp ed his revolver, and fired two shots in the direction of the disturbance. As no blood was found in the vicinity the next day. it is supposed the burglar was intimidated, and left. Mr. J. Lebo. of Independence, twenty miles below this city, is at work upon a machine, on an entire new principle, for producing a perpetual motion. All who have seen the model, which is now in pro cess of completion, speak of it in the most favorable manner, and some assert their belief that Mr. Lebo has at last found the principle of perpetual motion. The mod el is said to be of the greatest simplicity. We have n't much confidence in the suc cess of the "now power,'" but we wish Mr. L. the largest success in his undertaking. CORVALLIS. From the Mercury, February 1G. On Monday light, last, the valley t.nri surrounding hills were made glad with a garb of " beautiful snow," the first of thy season. It is all gone to-day. Some young ladies of this city made their appearance on our streets the other day disguised a la I) octrees Mary Walker. SALEM. From the Daily Press. Mr. Danl. Clark residing about six miles from Salem, is now stall feeding sixtv head of beef steers. They are now in splendid condition and will weigh 700 pound each. As far as our information extends M. Clark is the only farmer in the S'.ate who make3 a regular business of stall feeding be.f cattle. The Dayton. Yamhill flouring mill, owned by Hon. Saml. Brown of this coun ty has been sold to t California Co. for $11,000. We understand that the- new proprietors propose to use steam for mo tive power instead of water. As it is now. it cannot be run all the time on account of back water. From the Statesman. Two convicts were pardoned out of the Penitentiary yesterday, in answer to peti tions numerously signed. One was John O. Cornet of Polk county, convicted of larceny ; the other was Henry C. Vaughn, sentenced from Umatilla for murder, over four years ago. Vaughn was only about seventeen years of age when the crime was committed, and it was claimed at the time, that the act was done when sudden ly aroused from sleep in camp by officers and without premeditation. He was lead away by bad influences when young. The petition was signed by 700 citizens of all the connties east of the mountains and Linn, Lane. Benton. Marion and Poik. His extreme youth was urged by the peti tioners, and it is hoped that after this very terrible experience he may yield to good influences and do much better. His re formation is said to be very decided. . THE DALLES. From the Mountaineer, Feb. 19. The Oregon Steam Navigation Company , . , ,.R have dressed tip their cars and locon,o- fives at this place with a new coat of paint which gives tli3m a fine appearance. At Celilo they have two boats on the stocks. The Tenino, whicb was stove in by run ning on a rock last fall, has been repaired and will be launched in a few da-s, and the Oicyhee is having a thorough over hauling. Her hull, on examination, was found to be in a bad condition, and con sequently, she will come off the stocks in April with a new one entire. A Democratic club has been organized in this flfv Thru- moM iwnlni-ln ,..,,..,. ! j . IV.I.UIIT till J I I wi'oU- i Telegraphic Clippings. o lion t well Against the Reduction o: Utvcunc, Chicago, Feb. 18. A Washington special says that Secreta ry Boutwell declares himself emphatic ally opposed to a reduction, of thirty mill ions in internal revenue taxation, and ex ceedingly anxious to have Sherman VTund ing bill passed as soon as posible, believing that five cr six hundred millions can be taken from internal taxation. Tiie Sale of Cadets hips. The members of Congress thus far im plicated in the salef cadetslups are Collis of Alabama, Pettis, of Pennsvlvania. Whit- more, of South Carolina, and Sypher of ljouisiana. Accident on the Ohio Kj,ver Eiii!c Loui.svili:. Ky., Feb. IS. Yesterday, a train of fifteen cars, carry ing two thousand persons, including mem bers of the Kentucky Legislature crossed the great bridge over the Ohio to the In diana shore, this afternoon, amid great enthusiasm. Returning, when about mid way of the bridge, one of the rear locomo tives ran oil' the track, and he coupling pin connecting with the passenger coache broke, leaving eight cars on the track. The other portion of the train drawn by the forward engine reached the Kentucky shore safely. The train then started back to assist those on the bridge, but only proceeded fifteen yards, when the track spread and the tender and caboose were thrown from the track. Strenuous efforts are being made to replace the locomotive and to give relief to 1500 persons howqoii the bridge awaiting conveyance. A Malignant Ptver. Erik. Pa., Feb. IS. A malignant form of the typhus fever, called cerebro spinal meningitis, has bro ken out at the Albion, in this city. Five deaths have occurred in three days. Deaths occur i:i from twelve to seventy hours from the time of attaek. Investigations as to Sale cf ships. Cadet - Washington, Feb. IS. A witness before the Military Committee yesterday testified to having paid Mr. Blackburn, member of Congress from Louisiana, $15!);) for a cadet appointment. Mr. Sypher. member from the same State, offered the'mie witness an appointment for S2500. but witness would give only 2000 dollars. Dciitliof a. "Veteran Commodore. Tkoy.N. Y.. Feb. 21. Commodore Stephen Champlakn. the last surviving Commander in the battle of Lake Erie, and who commanded the Scor pion, from which the first and last shot of that battle was fired, died ibis morning in iluffiilo. Tcias Adopts the Amendments St. Louis. Feb. 21. An Austin Dispatch states that tho 13?h and l llh Amendments to the Constitution have finally passed both houses of the Texas legHlatnre. The IVth Amendment. Washington. Feb. 21. The Fifteenth Amendment wdi proba bly be promulgated officially by the mid- tile ot t lie week, i iiere will also oe0a resolution offered in Congress declaring the Amendment ratified, and bills will W proposed to onlorce its provisions? Sliirdcrand Siiiciilc. Ciiicaco. Feb. 21. J. L. rh?pps. a farmer living near Lin coln. 111., i i a fit of frenzy, cause unknown, shot his wile through the lea.1,, on Friday last, and then blew his own brains out. Another Jtlunlcrand Sudden Punish ment. In Beardstown. U'.inols, on the 17th inst.. a desperate character named Wilcox. Oh-as beating a drunken man in a saloon, when one of the proprietors of the saloon inter fered: whereupon, Wilcox drew a revolv er and tired, killing one of the proprietors and mortally wounding the other. The murderer was taken to jail, and on Friday night the friends of the murdered man gathered and quietly, captured the Sheriff, and took the keys of tbe-jail for the pur pose of taking Wilcox out to hang liim. lie showed light, having obtained an iron bar, when they shot and killed him. and then took the bofly out and hung it to a tree. o- Ccngrecsic Lai. o Coin for the Hondholder tJ recn?aclts for ot Iters. Washington. Feb. 21. McCrcery introduced a bill to provide for a stay of execution in all cases of debts contracted prior to July 11. 18o2. thedate of the passage of the first legal tender law. The bill isointended to afford relief against the operalion of the recent legal tender decision, ft provides a stay of one to four years, according to the amount, but if plaintiff will receive payment in currency there shall be no stay of pro ceedings, vi iit-never specie payment is resumed, all stays under this act shall ter minate. Bisposii ion of Forts. Washington. Feb. 21. Wil son introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer to the Secre tary of the Interior, for disposition ac cording to existing laws, the military res ervations of Forts Lane and Wallace, in Oregon ; Camp McGurry. Nevada, and portions of the Fort Bridger reservation, in Wyoming. Railroad JMshsidics. Washington. Feb. 21. At the request of Sumner, Williams call ed up the bill granting land to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, Oregon. Thurman spoke against the land grants contained in the bilf. The government had ahead v given 12.0!0.00;J acreCto ti e Union Pacific. 7.000.0;):) or S.tfOO.000 acres to the Central Tacitic. 20.000.tm acres to the Northern Pacific, and there were now a dozen bills pending, proposing sub9idies to railroads running in every direction, to the amount of 100.000.000 of acres,. more. The country's p&reat source of prosperity was cheap lands. Giving them to rail roads enhanced their price and made it I r difficult to poop,e to acquire homes lr themselves and children, Casserly spoke in decided opposition to I distributing the public domain in parcels to ranroads. That railroads had contrih uted to the development of the material wealth of the country, was not sufficient argument to entitle thorn to rule the coun try. He claimed that government held theso, lands in trust, not for the present generation alone, but for millions here after. Radical Sale of CadctsUip. The military committee having ascer tained that Boutwell, of Tennessee, had sold cadotships, he explained before the committee that the money was spent part ly to assist in electing Stokes as Governor and he divided the balance between himself and other politicians. Oregon City Prices Current. The following arg the prices paid f0r produce, and the prices at which other , tides are selling, in this market yilEAT-Wbite. v bnshel, 70 eta. OATS-ji, bushel. J7i cts. -POTATOES "r! bushel. -1050 Cf ONIONS H bushel. SI iMivrUi -,a" FLOURt bbl. S t 0U$1 50. BEANS White, "tVt... (, cts. JttilKD FRUIT Apples, c fh.. Vaches. ) lb., lfije: Plums, ;? 5 cts.; Currants. "T lb.. 10(700 cts '' BUTTER --t ib.. 1; cts. EGGS "p dozen. 20f72.1 cts. LiilLKh.Nte dozen. S3 00 t 00 SUGAR Crushed. Jb., 20 cis.; Island K12i cts. : N ().. lb.. i- ct8n San Francisco refined. ) lb. K; cts. ' TEA Young llvson. "f lb.. SI 50 ; pan. ij., 90csi 25 ; Black. Bs 15C ' S1 00. COFFEE IN.. 22(a?25 cts. SALT ib.. ll(?.', cts. SYRUP lleavv Golden, trail.. Si . Ex. Heavy Golden. f gall.. SI 00(7 SI ' BACOjN I lams. lb cts; Sid lJ CtS. .pi lb-'. btlOUKlftS, 12 cts. LARD lb- 12.1 cts. OIL Devoe's'Krrosene. gall.. 87 Jc.Q. 1 00 : Linseed oil. raw. T) gall.. $1 Linseed oil, boiled, gall., 1 70. : WOOL It... 20 cts. 15 KEF On foot, 7 Q,$ c's. 'ft Ib. POKK On foot. C cts. rl It,. SHEEP Per head. S2 ot),$2 50. HIDES Green, ft ib.. 5c. ; Dry. 10 cts. TURKEYS 31 50 each. GEESK SI 50 each. ' ZT" It' you wish tlic very 1 os Cab net Vhotnirraphs, von must call 0,, f'.RADt.KY & KULOFSON, 431 Montgomery street, S,in Francisco. eV) Advertisements. TTX1 IT1 A V( 0 0 ! JL THIOAIAN II A IT AN Ac E. AND G Xorth BrittsJi and McrcoriUe Vm o lG.tf 'OREGON AG EXT. To &2fiispcas oT V JB STOCK! O o O o 0 Reduction of Rates O BETWEEN O Portiand and VIA THE Or 9 5 Kiver! o THE M. STEAM NAV. CO. During th present year wil? f. Sllli LIVE STOCK -4 (in lots) from PORTLAND to DAbLKS, (through in one d iy.) i 'c'ndiiiLj ruiroad transportation at tho? Cascades, at the fullow i n g red u evef l ai e -r vii : o YearliiVs 75 cts per head. T'(H cais old, a ;d cows. 2 00 " " KThrfe years eld & upw'ds .'1 00 " " Horses H t'O " " J. C. AIISWOIiTF, Pt t siitent O. S. X. Co. roit!an Feb. l.r, 1S70. O 15.U . gj QOS3IOPOLITAX HOTEL. Ft) R.M E R L Y AR RIG ONI 'S, FRONT St., PORTLAND. J. B. Prcprietjr. The Proprietors of this well known Hone having superior accommodations, guarantee entire satisf iction to all guests, q 3, The Hotel Coach will be in a$e nlanre to eonvey passengers and baggage to and Ironi the Hotel, free of charge. 4"tf Office Oregon aiulCalilornia Stage Co. -r JOHN IESCIIKAM. Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, c , """I Main Si'-ret, OreoO City, ..rs-Wishes to represent that he is now as wll prepared to furnish any article in his line as the largest establishment! the State. He particularly requests that an examination of his stock be made before buying elsewhere. JOHST F. MILLER, SuKcsxo)- to J. F. MlI.I.F.lllf Co., MANCFACTCREK OF AND PKALEK IN At the Oregon City Boot and Shoe Store, Main street. f) THE BEST SELECTION" Of Ladies', Gents', iioys', and Children's Hoots and Shoes, on liaixl or made to order. QKAAlfvy-ILLIS & Co., frJ LIYJSRY. FEED AND SALEVJ rC7 TSJS (3Lw :S3 a w OREGON CITY, OREGON. o flawing receiitlyQulded to the Livery Stck new Carriages, Buggies and Horses, are now prepared at all times to let the same, reas onablerrates. fiorses bought and sold, cr kept by the day or rock. 0 ISAAC FARR. P. D. MOHRISS. jAUIt & AIORPJSS, O BUTCHERS, FOR OREGON CITY AND VICINITY. o Will deliver to their patrons all tbe be-t qualities of StallYd Beef, also Mutton, Pork, Poultry etc., as'sual twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays ! Thankffrl for past favors of the public would respectfully asks a continuance of the same. pi PERI A L MILLS. SaTier, LaHoque Cc Co., , OREGON CITY trnjlveep constar.tlv on hand foi sale, flour M idlings. Bran and 'Chicken Feed, Patties turching feed must furnish the sacks. ' ' " O o