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Oregon City, Oregon ,
Friday
Jan. 13, 1871.
KOTICE Tt IrlTJGAX-rsV
The Exterprtsk having been designated
by Governor Grover aa the official orjran
for Clackamas county under the -Litigant
Act." vre give notice that we are prepared
to comply with the terms of said act.
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A Fruitless Effort-
The Radical press, headed by the '' in
dependetyt" organ at Portland, knowing
that it will be utterly impossible for them
ever to gain another victory in Oregon
unless they succeed in dividing the De
mocracy on sectional questions, and crs-
ating local jealousies, are busily engaged
in this work. Their first effort was di
rected to Southern Oregon on the railroad
question, aud that having been effectually
killed off, the j then turned their batteries
toward Eastern Oregon, and put forth any
amount of hypocritical sympathy because
the Sandy Wagon Road bill failed to pass
the Legislature, but the Radical members
having voted against the bill in a solid
q l)0dy, proved that their sympathies were
only fal-se pretences and had no reality.
Their' next step was to create a feeling of
prejudice and jealousy between the west
and east fide of the Willamette river.
q 2ow if these hypocritical hirelings, with
JudgerWillianis at the head, had not all
endorsed the designation of the east side
as the Oregon-Central Railroad Com
puny," there might be some show of hon
esty in their professions of sympathy for
the people of the west side But they ah
O favored tiie designation of the oust side,
and further, abused everybody who was
not in favor of such designation. We
have always believed, and do now. that
the west side was entitled to Ue designated
a the Oregon Central Railroad, and that
the first railroad in Oregon justly belonged
to the west tide counties, and that their
franchise was stolen from them by those
who now profess to be their friends and
who appear to be so anxious to aid tbeni
in developing their neglected and robbed
section. We propose to do justice to all
and under all circumstances. Rut these
fellows have the effrontery of the very
devil, alter having stolen the franchise
which belonged to the people of the wes;
side counties, to claim that they are their
only and true lriends. The fact is, the
ringv has all it can get now ircm the
east side of the liver, and they are turn
q insr their attention to making something
out of live people whom they first robbed
of their just dues, and at the same time
attempt to get up a local feeling among
Democrat so as to enhance tlie'.r political
prospects. The creation of sectional ani
mosities and quarrels has been an old
codge with Radicals. Had they not suc
ceeded in their diabolical crusade against
the South and divided the Democracy,
they could never have succeeded in get
ting control of the Government, and the
misery and suffering occasioned by their
accession to power would have been
avoided. Having been successful in this
attempt, through the management o!
phrewd and unprincipled men at the head
of their party, the brainless little fry ol
LOregon are attempting to regain their lost
hold by a similar plan of operations, and
hope that they may be able to create di
vision and rancor among Democrats, and
thus glide into the places which the peo
ple have turned them out of. While Dem
ocrats m;iy differ on many questions of a
local character, and even abuse each
other, they will not in the future lose
sight of their duty to both country and
party, and when the lime comes for a uni
ted action they will be found shoulder to
shoulder in the great work before them.
The democracy know what they lost by
listening once before to the deceitful and
infamous counsels of their enemies, and
they will not be found again sacrificing
that which it has taken them ten years to
regain, and that in a destroyed and bank
rupt condition. Whenever one of these
hvnocritical Radicals eulogizes a Deni )-
his face, while in the other hand he holds
a daggerwlnch he would plunge into his
heart, Just figure up their pretensions of
pympashy for the varions parts of the
SlatrThe Sandy Wagon Road bill they
denounced as a robbery ; the west side
pounties they robbed of their railroad
franchise, (find their hypocrisy towards
Southern Oregon has become apparent to
all. Not a woid have we heard of the
Southern Oregon railroad since the U. S.
Senator has been elected. These are the
main questions on which they hope (o cre
ate discord, and no man can be so blind
but what lie sees that hypocrisy and de
ception is behind all their professions.
The Democratic party knows no section.
It works for all parts of the State alike,
and whenever a Democrat S3 far forgets
his duty as 9o sacrifice one section at the
expense of another, his constituency al
low him to live a retired and quiet l'ri'e for
the remainder of his days. The attempt
made by these Radicals is nothing but a
very poor imitation of the example set for
them bytheir Pnri;an Abolitionists years
ago. tut which is doomed to tall harmless
u;id still-born.
Not R.usep. The citizens of Portland
nre making laudable efforts to raise the
$100,000 demanded by Ben. Ilolladay.
with rathea poor prospect of success.
From the various amounts announced as
subscribed, we judge that about $30,000
h is been raised. The sum ought to be
made up in one week in a j.H ce like Port
land, and taking in view the benefits that
town will derive from the road, it is as
tonishingQo outsiders why thi money is
not raised. Every town has had to give
something for the railroad luxury on this
Fide even Oregon City had to buy a lot
O to build a depoton and why should
Portland, which is to be benefitted more
than any other town, expect to escape
the Iron grasp of this monopol'-st? Come
up, gentleman, and raise this sum. The
people of the west side counties would
cheerfully help you to make it up, but
they cannot afford to. as he will bleed
them a the road progresses up the vallev.
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A Good Move.-
lion. J. S. Smith has introduced a bill
in Congress which provides for an appro
priation to clear out the obstructions in
the rivers of Oregon, This is an import
ant measure, and we hope that something
may be done by Congress to aid in the
matter. The obstructions in the Columbia
and Willamette rivers could be removed
for a comparatively small sum, and its
benefits to the people cf Eastern and
Western Oregon would be incalculable.
While we do not wish to discus? the value
of railroad, we believe that a good navi
gable river is far better and more benefi
cial than any single railroad that can be
constructed. Ry giving a subsidy to a
railroad company a monopoly is created.
No one but the company which obtains
the subsidy has a right to the road, and
this road costs an immense sum to con
struct in the first place, and theu it re
quires constant repairs after it is built.
The river is not in this condition. When
once cleared it remains so, and it is open
to every one who desires the use of its
free channel. The expense of building
boats is nothing near to that which it
costs to build railroads, and men of mod
erate means can engage in this enterprise.
The capital invested in steamboats will
pay go-id interest on less revenue than
the ruilroad transportation requires to pay
a like interest. The river being a free
channel, it will create competition in
transportation, which is of general benefit
to the whole country where such stream
runs. The amount which has been given
to the Oregon :md California Railroad as
a subsidy, say from Portland to Albany,
would open both falls on the Columbia,
and clear other obstructions above the
Dalles, which would enable boats to as
cend that stream as far up as Wallula at
all seasons when the river is not frozen
up. and also make the Willamette naviga
ble as far as Corvallis, if not to Eugene,
the whole year. We have been informed
that parties would be willing to obligate
themselves to run a boat as far up as Al
bany the entire year for a less sum than
that town was forced to give the railroad
company. We learn from persons who
are conversant with this subject, that less
than fifty thousand dollars will clear the
Willamette from this place to Corvallis,
and that $30,000 will clear it to Peoria,or
Ilarrisburg. so that boats can go up the
entire year. There is enough water in
the Willamette at its lowest stage, were it
properly concentrated and a channel cre
ated, to allow boats to run to Eugene, if
not the entire year, at least nine months
of each year, which would relieve the
great want that section of our State has
felt. When the railroad now gets above
Albany, it will have no competitic n in
transportation for six months in the year,
which will enable the company to become
an imposition on the people. With the
river in a navigable condition, they would
be regulated in their charges by the price
of fi eight on the river. We believe that
nothing would be cf more general benefit
to the people of Oregon, both in the Wil
lamette Valley and in Eastern Oregon,
than the improvement and clearing of its
two great rivers, which are designed by
nature to be the natural channels on which
is to be transported the rich and rapidly
increasing products of her soil.
Tiik Ei.aiu;emkt. In accordance with
our promise we to-day present our read
ers with the ExTKRi'uisK in an enlarged
form, with a new head. While we do not
wish to be vain, or praise the appearance
of the paper too highiy, we think it quite
an improvement. The size of the paper
now enables us to give a greater amount
of reading matter, and it contains as much
as any exclusively weekly in the Slate, if
not more. We shall aim to devote more
lime to the editorial department in future,
as we have been otherwise engaged for
the past two or three weeks, and make
the paper more interesting than it has
ever been. We hope that every Democrat
in the county will subscribe for the Ex
tkkpkisk. and that each of our present
subscribers will procure a new one. The
subscription price is C-2 50 per annum, in
advance, or we will furnish the Extkr
ruist; and the American Siock Journal, one
of the b"st publications in the United
States for farmers and stock raisers, for
S3. This makes the Extkhpkisk as cheap
as any paper published in Oregon, and as
our enlargement gives us more space for
reading matter than heretofore, we expect
to make it especially interesting to its
patrons. We do not complain lack of
patronage, yet it ought to be doubled in
this oonnty. It being the count v organ,
not only every Democrat should take it,
but all Republicans who are not too narrow-minded
to allow their prejudices to
get the better of their interest. The Ex
rtnritisK is an established institution, and
ao fears need be entertained that it will
not live," We hope our lriends in this
county, and through the State, will aid us
in extending the circulation.
Sat.km Dikixtokv. We are indebted to
the publishers. Messrs. Snyder & Cook,
for a copy of the Salem Directory for
1871. The woik was compiled by J.
Henry Brown, E,q., and is a complete
business directory, together with a dia
gram cd the city and a complete history of
Salem from its earliest history to the pres
ent time, with a great deal of useful in
formation. The work is as complete as
any ever published in Oregon of the kind,
and it should be in every public place for
reference.
The Oregnn'mn, while it denounces the
Democrats who voted for the appropria
tion of the school lands for the construc
tion of locks at this place, has nothing to
p.iyaboiil the Kulica! members who voted
for it, and whose votes were needed to
pass the bill. Can't the Ortgonian claim
a little of the credit of this '-land robbery. v
is it terms the bill ?
Fred. Douglass is spoken of as one of
the commissioners to St. Domingo. We
have .several colored men among our Min
isters and Consuls in that neighborhood
already, and if we send Douglass probably
the people there will think we are all as
black as themselves, and that Babcock.
Dent and the other white visitors whom
v,-e sent them recently are really speci
mens of our new freedcien.
The Reyenge of Time.
There is something sublime ia the re
venge which time works, especially in the
political vrorld. This Is novr being de
monstrated in the career of the leading
spirits of the Radical party. Shutting
their eyes to the baleful consequences of
the teachings of their treasonable dogmas,
they succeeded in plunging the nation
into civil war. during which they rode on
the topmost wave of popular favor and
enjoyed for a brief season the reward of
their high crimes against the peace of the
country and the welfare of it.s people. But
their triumph was short, and the last end
of nearly every one of the leaders of that
party is enveloped in disaster, ignominy
and disgrace. Lincoln was suddenly
stricken down by the hand of human vio
lence, and report declares that roving
swine herd about his neglected grave.
Stanton was as suddenly -stricken down
by a higher than human hand just as he
was about to disgrace the sacred ermine
of the Supreme Court by clothing himself
in its robes, and Seward, distracted by the
upbraidings of a guilty conscience, has
become a restless, wandering pariah, and
roams about in his senility to foreign
shores seeking that peace of mind which
he can never find. These are the most
prominent of the leaders of that party and
this is their fate. Of the same character
is the fate which awaits the balance of the
leaders and the very organization itself.
One by one these leaders are dropping
from public life into the scornful neglect
and contempt of the people, while the
party itself is already undergoing the pro
cess of dissolution, which bespeaks for it
a speedy grave and a lasting forget fulness.
Who will say that time does not bring its
fitting revenges?
Swami Lands. The Radical papers
keep up a terrible harping about the
overflowed and swamp lands, which the
last Legislature passed an act to take care
of, and which the Radicals had failed to
provide for under their administration.
We a few weeks since gave the law rela
tive to those State lands. The Land Com
missioners are at work selecting these
lands, and they can be taken by any per
son or persons, citizens of the United
Slates, or who have declared their inten
tion to become such, as provided by law,
at a fixed price. Now we fail to see any
injustice in tb is matter, and cannot com
prehend why the Radical press are mak
ing such a fuss about it. These lands are
at present no value to the State, and the
sooner they are drained and occupied the
better it will be lor the State. This cry
of partial legislation is all bosh. We are
informed that one ot the former Federal
officials, Quincy A. Brooks, has taken up
a large tract of land in Southern Oregon
under this act, and any person can receive
its benefits, and where the land is now
worthless it will come into use, and if no
other benefit is derived, these lands will
become tax-paying property, while they
are entirely worthless in their present
state.
Not Exited. It appears that the Radi
cal press in Oregon is not united in its
choice of Grant for the next Presidency.
All who are holding to the purse strings
of the present administration favor Grant,
while those who have not been provided
for are against his re-nomination. The
Oregon llrpubUccm has come out flat-footed
against him and his administration, and
the Mountaineer and Corvallis Gazette
show signs of disaffection. This leaves
Grant five papers in the State against
three, but three of the five will go against
him if they don't get shut off with patron
age. Thanks. Last week we received an
addition to our subscription list from Mr.
T. Duly, of El Dorado, Baker county, of
three new names, for which he will please
accept our thanks. It every subscriber of
the Extkhpkisk would do as Mr. Daly has,
our list would be materially increased.
Such friend. as Mr. Daly are the true men
for newspaper publishers. Who will send
us the next list ? Remember that many
persons would cheerfully take the paper
if only asked by some neighbor. Let our
friends double the circulation of this paper
before the close of the present year.
Kstray Noricr.s. We notice that the
Mercury announces that the eslrays must
be published in the litigant paper for the
respective counties. This question has
been frequently asked us. but not having
obtained the opinion of others on the sub
ject, we declined to counsel against the
old law. But we presume the Marcary
has examined this matter, and taken legal
counsel on the subject, and may therefore
be relied upon as good authority.
Forty Si-x'oxn Cox;ki;ss. The official
returns of the fall elections give the repre
sentation in the Forty-second Congress as
follows : Radicals, 12S ; Democrats, 9: ;
Conservatives. 3 ; Independents. 4 ; total.
230. California. Connecticut. New Hamp
shire and Texas are yet to elect thirteen
members in all, and allowing the repre
sentation the same as in the present Con
gress, will give the Radicals 23 majority
in the next Congress. This shows an en
couraging decrease in the Radical camp.
That's So. The Oregonian denies that
it ever opposed the San Domingo pcheme
of President Grant, and says that in its
article it did not ' express any opinion of
its own." We are aware of the fact that
that paper has not dared to express an
" opinion of its own' for some time past,
if it was in antagonism to the powers that
be. But will the Oregonian tell its read
ers whose opinion it expressed on this
subject ?
Pr.EAcmxo vs. Practice. The editor
of the Corvallis Gazette gives his readers
a chapter on drinking and saloons, and
feels apparently sad over the prospects of
his town, all because it has a number of
whisky shops. Now if the editor of that
paper will quit prying the rent of one or
two of ttera. he will do that much toward
a reformation. That is the way to kill
them off. Pay your money out for some
thing more beneficial to the town and
yourself.
The original Porter-Welles letter was
produced at the Navy Department, and
exhibited to several persons.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
After Him Impeachment of Gov
Holdon, of North Carolina
Articles of impeachment hate been re
ported by the Judiciary Committee of the
North Carolina Legislature against Gov.
Holdon. The Radical usurper and viola
tor Of his oath was granted thirty days to
prepare his defense. The Radicals do not
deny his guilt, but rely on his acquittal
on the fact that the Democracy lack one
vote to give them two-thirds, which it re
quires. It is to be hoped that there will
be found one honest Radical in that body
who will vote for a conviction should the
evidence be such as to warrant it. The
following is a copy of the indictment :
That William W. Holden. Governor of
North Carolina, unmindful of his oath of
office, did. in July last, organize, arm and
equip a military furce, not recognized by
and in submission to the constitution o!
the Stale of North Carolina, which mili
tary force, so unlawfully organized, was
not kept under subordination to and gov
erned by the civil power, but was. by the
order cf the said William W. Holden.
Governor as aforesaid made paramont to
the civil authority : that the said William
W. Holden. Governor as aforesaid, did.
in the months of July and August last,
without lawful warrant and in defiance
and subversion of the constitution, arrest
and imprisoned many of the peaceful and
law-abiding citizens of the Slate and de
priving them of their liberties and privi
leges ; and certaiof said citizens so- un
lawfully arrested and imprisoned, were
caused to be subjected to cruel and un
usual punishments ; that the said William
W, Holden. Governor as aforesaid, denied
to citizens, unlawfully restrained of their
liberties by lis authority, all remedy to
inquire into the lawfulness thereof, and
in defiance of the constitution, the laws,
and the powers of the courts, he suspend
ed the sacred privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus, claiming lhat he was Gov
ernor by a supreme law. whereby lie
could deny the privileges of the writ
when, in his opinion, the safety of the
State demanded it. In view of the mat
ter herein set forth, combining historical
facts with statements and the records of
the public departments and the courts,
the undersigned members ot the commit
tee, who are a majority thereof, are of
the opinion that William W. Holden.
Governor of the State of North Carolina,
be impeached of hrgh crimes and misde
meanors. They theiefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolution :
That William V. Holden. Governor of
the State of North Carolina be impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors in office.
A South Carolina Carpet-Bagger in
Trouble.
In order that rmr readers may see what
class of men the niggers and carpet bag
geis elect from the Southern States, we
append the following in relation to one of
them :
District of Colcmiua. county of Wash
ington, to wit : The Grand Jury of the
United States of America for the county
of Washington, aforesaid, upon their oath
do present, That Christopher C. Bowen.
late of the county aforesaid, gentleman,
on the thirty-first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty, did marry one Tab'nha
Parke, and her. the said Tabitha. then and
there had for his wife, and that the said
Christopher C. Bowen. being so married
to the said Tabitha. as aforesaid, after
wards and dr. ring the life of the said Ta
bitha. his wile, to wit, on the first day of
August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred aud seventy, sit
the said county of Washington, in said
District of Columbia, feloniously and un
lawfully did marry and take to wife one
Susan 1'. King, and to her, the said Sus in.
was then and there married ; the said Ta
bitha. his former wife, being then alive :
against the fom of the Statute in such
case made and provided and against the
peace and government of the United
States.
The prosecution will, upon the trial of
the case, prove that Mr. Bowen was mar
ried to Miss Talitha Parke on the 31st of
January. ISfiO. in Wakulla counlv, IT.i. ;
that at the time of his marriage with ?Jrs.
S. Pettigre.v King, in Washington City.
August 31. 1S70. she was then his lawful
wedded wife ; that, although an applica
tion had been filed at New Albany, lnd.,
for divorce, the divorce was not granted
until a date subsequent to the marriage of
Bowen with Mrs. King. Mrs, Tabitha
Bowen also allege- that she never author
ized any attorney to answer his petition
for divorce, so that the answer filed in re
sponse to the petition in the Indiana
courf. is a fraud on its face. It is under
stood that Mr. Bowen acknowledges his
marriage with Miss Paike, but contends
that he was divorced from her prior to his
marriage in this city.
" Miss Grundy." the Washington corres
pondent of the New York 'r!l. in writ
ing ii an account of a charity ball, held
at the Masonic Temple in Wahington
City on the 1 1) : h ult., thus refers to our
Senator and lady :
Senator and M is. Williams were called
a very handsome couple a.s they promen
aded together. Mis. Williams wore a
white silk dress cut in scallops and bound
with bJlK' satin. The petticoat was also
of blue satin.
Now, the idea of calling Senator Wil
liams ' very handsome -' is no ludicrous
to be tolerated, e veu in M ss Grundy."
Call him honest, virions, consistent, tal
ented and unpurchasable ; but do not.
most gentle " Miss Grundy,"' outrage the
English language so horribly as to call him
" very handsome.'" lbnahl.
FiiaCds ox tiik Govkuxmkxt. The re
port of Mr. William Welsh, of this city,
one of the Friends' Indian Peace Commis
sioners, testiikd to immense rascality on
the part of contractors in that department.
He thinks that a few of these must have
realized a sum of $230,000 in the Missouri
river district alone. For instance, eight
thousand head of cattle were contracted
for by men who then let the contracts at
excessive profit to Texan herders, who
were equally responsible. Wheat was
delivered at Sioux City at $3.30 per bag.
when it was selling at $2.20 there. Per
haps the Government should be swindled
rather than the Indians, for they have no
redress but war. . But there is no necessity
for either. Mr. Welsh has done the coun
try a grateful service in exposing the
f r a u d . Fume v's Press ,
Some fellow complains in the Bulletin of
last Wednesday because Amos N. King
refused to give anything towards the
$100,000 levy made by Ben. Ilolladay.
The writer seems to be out of '"sorts" be
cause he cannot find some way by which
he could steal what Mr. King has made by
bard work and industry. Mr. K. has a
right to do as he pleases with his money,
and had Ben. Ilolladay saved the money
he squandered to defeat Mr. King and the
Democratic party, he would probably not
now require $100,000 to bring the road to
Portland. As for the charge that he has
sold the city 80 acres of hind at a high
price, we can only say tfiat the city coun
cil stands seven Republicans and two
Democrats, and the responsibility must be
with the Radicals.
Suit Against Bkx. IIoijladay. The fol
lowing we take from the San Francisco
dispatches of the 7th inst. :
Sails were commenced on the 27th of
December, in the Twelfth District Court,
by John Nightingale, against Ben llolladav
& Co. .C. Temple Emmet. Milton S. Latham,
and others, for an injunction restraining
them from selling or offering for sale the
stock of the Oregon Central Railroad, and
for cash agreed to be paid on a judgement.
The plaintiff, Elliot, claims to have held a
contract, assigned to him by C. J. Cook,
for building the road to the California
line, alter which he went into partnership
with Ilolladay and others, who agreed to
furnish means to carry out the contract,
but failed to do so. Also C. J. Cook
against Ben Ilolladay & Co.. Ben Ilolladay.
Thaddeous R. Brooks. Milton S. Latham.
U. Temple Emmet. Wm. Norris and others,
praying for a judgement of S'J.uOo.Oo.
He ( Elliot )acting as General Eegineer
Subsequently he went East to endeavor
:o arrange the business, and was disap
pointed and harra-sed in every way by the
defendants, who finally, in November last.
took possession of all the effects of the
firm and stopped the work. lie prays for
full settlement and division of partnership
effects. The mutter was kept from the
press until to day. The documents are
very voluminous, and contain many points
impossible to give by telegraph.
Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, says an
exchange, whose constituency thought he
protected himself too extensively in the
matter of the Bessemer steel, and, there
fore, sent a Democrat to the next Congress
in his stead, in a recent speech he com
pared New Voik With Philadelphia, raid:
Philadelphia has. by the encourage
ment she has given to manufacturers, ad
vanced the prosperity of the whole coun
try, while the policy of all ptrictly com
mercial cities is to favor the importation
of the manufactures of foreign peoples
which compete with our own. and thus to
suppress the developments of home in
dustries. Philadelphia has always been
true to American imiustry : our chief
commercial city has been made tributary
to the interests of foreign capitalists.
The encrJuragementPhiladelphia gave
to manu facturers has advanced the pros
perity of the whole country, by paying
ail the expenses of the encouragement, in
tie
ape of excessive protection.
vanced the prosperity of Philadelphia,
the matter is very happ'dy settled. Under
these circumstances, no doubt, Philadel
phia will long continue to be true to
American industry." but it has another
name, viz : Philadelphia factories.
DissATisiTKD. The Statesman appears
to be determined to find fault. When the
railroad Was being constructed and for
months before it reached Salem, that pa
per was continually harping on the " rail
road coming." Now that it has come, it
is dissatisfied because !he ca.is don't run
by the office. But serious'', if a man was
to get to Sal'-m (a stranger) at night, and
get into a closed hack, he would imagine
that the distance from the depot to town
wus about, as far as from hereto Portland.
But here is what the W.att'Mman says :
Persons wishing to walk to the railroad
depot aie notified to arm themselves with
a pair of gum-boots or a dug out. or we
may be obliged to chronicle iho death of
some of our citizens by drowning, as the
depot is not accessible except by Coach,
canoe of train. We suggest that it should
be removed to the summit of Jackson Hill,
where it can be visited w ithout, the danger
of having an undertaker's Ijill to peruse
or cause our friends to lose a day by at
tending the funeral.
'A Oooo Exoroi! Moi:(;an U.vnr, Aftku
Er.i'.c'nox." Representative Kelly, a Rad
ical from Pennsylvania, recently iutro
duced a proposition in Congress to abol
ish the Internal lie venue Department.
This was done to appease the Radical
Free Traders, and to be used in the next
election. Here is what the New York
IleraUl thinks of the proposition :
The proposition of Representative Kelly,
ot Pennsylvania, to abolish the Internal
Revenue Department, uiil serve as pretiy
good electioneering clap-trap for the Re
publicans until after the next Presidential
question is settled, when it will be con
signed to the tomb of the Capulels."'
A California editor is out. in a card re
fusing to speak to any married ladies cf
his acquaintance. He says . " We trust
that our motive which is pure cowardice
will not be misconstrueted. S'miebody
perishes ingloriously every day for being
upon speaking terms with married women,
and we do not care to have our turn come
round. Deeply grateful for the past for
bearance ot aggrieved husbands we
make our bow aud retire. Heieafter our
bows arid smiles will be lavished niton
girls and widows exclusively; no others
need apply. Whoever shall attempt to
introduce us to his own wiie. or that of
another man. w ill be regarded as a con
spirator against our precious life, and
subject to abuse in the columns of this
journal'
A company has been formed in New
York which will seriousty interfere with
the manufacture of American shoes. Con
tracts have been made with shoe manu
facturers in Vienna to make " American
brogans," similar to those of Massachu
setts manufacture, from Austrian leatiier.
and ship them to New York. They will
cost per pair, duty p id. about twenty-two
cents less than American shoes.
Retired.- We omitted to state last, week
that Gov. Grover had retired from the
Agency of the Willamette Manufacturing
Company, at Salem. Mr. Joseph Hoyt.
long connected with the company a.s super
intendent, has been elected agent. No
better choice could have been made, and
we are truly glad to see that Mr. Iloyt's
services are appreciated by the company.
FoiKTH. Clackamas county stands 4th
in the list of counties as to valuation of
assessable property. Multnomah comes
first, Marion next, and Linn next. The
amount -of poll tax assessed in the State
last year is $14.oft7. In Clackamas, 7C0.
This shows that only a little over one-half
the voters are liable to poll tax in this
county, according to the returns.
The present Congress will not attempt
to do much important business, or to bring
about any very radical changes; in relation
to revenue or customs. Statesman.
Nobody ever supposed that they would
do anything to benefit the people. They
will devote the few remaining days of the
session, however, to robbipg the people,
as they did at ;he last.
It is estimated that peculation of rev
enue and postage stamps, from brokers
and railroad offices in New York, amount
to upward of $200,000 annually. Thoe
peculation are generally committed bv
employes.
Telegraphic Clippings.
Washington. Jari. 7. The friends of the
San Domingo scheme, it is reported to-day.
have about f iveu up the hope of being
able to get the House Committee on For
eign Affairs to report back favorably,
eit her Banks' or Morion's resolutions. Ail
efforts will be made at the meeting o'f the
Committee on Monday, and if attended
with failure an attempt will be mae?e in
open House to suspend the rules and pass
Morton's resolution. The effort will be
sure to lead to a debate of two or three
deys' duration.
Washington. Jan. 9. In the House a
number ol bil's were introduced and re
ferred, among them one by Williams grant
ing the right of wav for a railroad from the
Oenu al Pacific, in "Utah, to Walla Walla.
W. T.; one by Longhridge. in relation to
a railroad bridge across the Mississippi-
river ; one by A.ttell. for the relief of set
tlers on public lands' in California ; one
by Johnson definhicr swamp l.uids, also
for the relief of distillers ot brandy from
grape exclusively. Among the bifis intro
duced in the House was one by Jencks. to
regulate the manner of making appoint
ments in civil service ; one by Churchill
to antend the act ol May 31, to enforce the
rights Of citizens to vote in sevrel States.
Kellogg tendered a resolution request
ing the Committee of Ways and Means to
report a bill for the repeal of the income
tax. Adopted.
Mr. Starkweather, by unanimotls con
sent, offered a resolution referring all bills,
resolutions, petitions and papers now be
fore Comrress, or any committee of either
House, on the subject ot ocean telegraph
cables, to a joint committee of five mem
bers of the Senate and eight of the House.
wilh power to send for tacts and papers,
and report at any time. Adopted.
Mr. Orth moved to suspend the rules, to
take from the Speaker's table and amend
Senate joint resolution authorized the ap
pointment of commissioners in relation to
the annexation ot Dominica, lie remark
ed that the Committee on Foreign Atlairs
had this morning, by a majority vote,
agreed to the joint resolution.
'"At 1 :30 p. m. the motion to take the San
Domingo resolution from the Speaker's ta
ble was made, but not passing, it was re
jected by a vote of 121 yeas to 2 nays,
two thirds not voting in the affirmative.
At 3 o'clock the House again voted on
taking up and passing the. San Domingo
joint, resolution, and the motion was again
defeated by a vote of 113 to 07, all the
Democrats voting in the negative, and the
following Republicans Ambler. Peatty.
Peters. Boyd. Fiiikeler, Burg, Hoar and
Williard.
The rules were finally suspended, and
the San Domingo resolutions were taken
lip for action, being open to amendment
and debate. The vote wis 121 to 5S.
In the senate, numerous memorials were
nn sented from residents of the South, for
relief from political disabilities ; and one
bv Conkiirg. from the New York Chamber
ol Commerce, upon the itupcl tance of lay
ing a submarine cable from our westein
coast to Asia, and of providing against a
monopoly.
sveiva bills were also introduced and
referred to appropriate committees. One
by Ramsey, to provide for ocean steamship
service from the head of Puget Sound to
the Sandwich Islands ; one by Warner, for
the Hppoin'mont, of an additional Judge
for the District Court. of Alabama. Other
legislation of minor importance was intro
duced. The Vice President laid before the Senr.te
a message from the President, in response
to Sfna'e resolution, tiansmitting the re
port of the Secretary of Sf.nte covering the
correspondence between Motley and the
State Department! Oh motion of Morton
it was laid on the table and ordered
pirin'ed.
Thursday next was fixed for the consid
eration of the bill to reimburse the States
for moneys advanced during the rebellion.
El KCrEAN tYAtt
Biu sskls. Jan. G. The batteries at Cla
rnuii aud Viiie de Averg. throwing shot
weighing one hundred and twenty-four
pounds, have bombarbed lorts De Issey.
Von Yores and .iontrarge yesterday and
today, the forts replying w ith considerable
effect with six or seven inch guns, throw
ing shells weighing one hundred and fifty
'pounds. Gorman engineers expect to si
lence the forls by the night of the 7th.
General Chaueey is advancing by two
columns. The main body is at La Loupe
and another at Vendome. The Duke of
Mccklenberg occupies a line between"
Blois. Vendome and La Loupe and Ver
neiiiie. French reserves from Orleans.
Chateau Dun and Dreux. in all 77.000 men.
are joining Chaueey, who has loO.OOO sol
diers in splendid condition. The forces of
Gens. Faiilherbe aud Borgies are in excel
lent condition. Gen. Mantenfiel's lorses
in the baltle of the 3d and 4th were 3.o00.
Dates from Paris to the 31 and 4:h inst..
have been receivd to day. 1) image from
the bombardment, had been slight. French
losses, thus far, had been 2'J killed and
300 wounded. The eitirsens and army
were clamorous for offensive action.
Versailles,. Jan. 7. Fort De Issay has
been scaled.
Lille, Jan. 7. The French headquar
ters are al Berleaux.
The approximate losses in the battle
Bapauuie are 0.0!)0 Germans, and 4.000
French. The Germans evacuated Bapa
nmC yesterday. It is said 10.000 French
have arrived at '-herbour to equip for
active service.
Lonhon, Jan. 7. The Glohe mentions
heavy English shipments of arms to the
French,
The French under Gen. Roy are repeat
ing. They were beaten by the Prussians
in two engagements on the 4th inst.
Lii.i.K. Jan. 7. Faidherbe still claims a
victory in spite of Gewnan bulletins.
Paris letters to the 4th indicate danger
of riots.
London. Jan. 7. Faidherbe is now ad
vancing towards Peroune. The' case
ments of Forts Issay and Vendome were
battered down after a fight of 8 hours dn
rai ion.
Lomon. Jan. 7. The Germans in the
upper Yaliey of the Oise have evacuated
Guise and Herson. and are retreating on
Messieres.
Versailles Jan. 7. The German forces
beyond Vendome encountered, and after
a severe engagement, repulsed two French
army corps. The Germans occupied
Ousay, Mount Ories and the intermediate
villages. German losses inconsiderable.
IIavue. Jan. 8. Ten thousand Gerntan
troops, mostly from Roane, were defeated
yesterday by Gen. Roy. near Jumereger.
The French have since occupied Bourga
ehard. and threaten to drive the Prussians
from Pont-Aldna.
pronnEAVA, Jan. 9. Details of Friday's
fighting near Vendome are received. At
H o'clock in the morning the Germans
attacked Gen. Cuelin Cyrville. at Parchor
vilie Thauve. The French were driven
back to Neaville. The .French com
mander then brought up his supporters,
recapturing all his positions, and repuls
ing the Prussians beyond,Si;nite Ilamaine.
which the French re-entered at night.
The Gel man loss was considerable j that
of the French trifling.
London. Jan. 8. Telfgrams from Ver
sailles to the Times, to-day. say the Ameri
can Consul has been permitted to leave
Paris, and has arrived here.
The Prussian guns could family shell the
city. Several houses in Paris have been
set, on lire, lhere has apparently not
been much firing to-day. The French re- j
! oouot at JNorte mjiv irjiii'v.rt it.is n
pied by the Prussians, and its fire turned 1
agamsi the I rench. There were no ap
pearances of a sortie. The Prussian
losses are still insignificant.
A correspondent at Versailles on the
7th, telegraphs that the bombardment on
the south side of Paris steadily continues.
and the fire of the French has slackened
It is supposed that several guns have beer!
dismounted. The weather was favorable
for siege operations.
Beklin, Jan. 9. The King telggrapbtf
the Queen from Versailles on the fctli f
Frederick Charles continues liisj victorioui
advance 6n Lefnens. Everything . hasf
been quiet in the North Since the 3I. Tho
bombardment is proceeding fav&rably;
The barra'tks in the fortifications are orf
... .9.
London, Jan. 9. The Government of
Paris has issued a decree announcing the"
consolidation of all military assecialions;
aud the entire eble-bodfed population?,
with the regular arfny, for the defense of
the city; Commissioners are appointed!
to carry out this decree, consisting of the
Governor of Paris, ihe President and Com
manders of the Forts, unci of the artillery
aud engineer corps.
John A. Logan, he of the Grant? Army
of the Republic, denies that he . is a freo"
trader, upon which a Contemporary re
marks : -The lobbyists who haw been'
accustomed to buying his votes have al
ways considered him a ready trader, if not
a free one. Ex'vhange. - -
It would appear from ibe long list of
indictments against Radical Represents
lives lhat tbey are all becoming tree utt
ers not only of their, votes, but all the
property of the people.
Socidr. A man named Charles DavisV
hosiler iii 0. P. Bacon's 'stable, on Second!
street, committed Fucide on Sunday
morning by hanging himself. He had!
been ou a drunken spree a few days pre
viously, and being out of money, . he tola
friends after gelling sober lhat it was no
use living ; it were better for a man to bo
dead. He went to bed in the stable that
night, and was found the next morning
dead, having committed the deed, without
awakening any person in the stable. De
Ceased was about 30 .years; old. unmarried;
aud was a native of Vermont. Iltruld.
Sister Mary Florence, in the world Miss
Alphonsia Collin, died of consumption at
St. Mary's Academy, in this city, on Wed
nesday evening. January 3, 1871. agd 32
years. 7 mouths and 2'J days. Her remains
were taken to St. Paul. Marion county. tor
interment. Sister Mary Florence spent
fifteen years of her life in religion and liai
been eleven years in Oregon, where sho'
was intimately known and dearly loved for
her many angelic virtues and her devoiiort
to the causo of religion and education.'
Catholic Sentinel.
There.!! KxAVi.it II SWINDLERS!!
f
These aT mild tern s with winch to 3tpig
i.atc those mean contemptible ad venture M
who have been induced by the high re uta
titn which Dr. fge's Csittn-rh ltemtdy baa
won, to pttt tip ami i t'er for sale a wor. bless
ifrutat;oti of mis celebrated medicine, lie
member that Dr. It: V. Pierce's private
Stan p, which is the only j.ovitive guuiaitUe
tit p tii ii in tu .vs shoti'd lii imoii fvc rv nsipk-
'j o x -j r
ttye. This private stamp; issued by the U:
S. j!ovei n m cut expressly for stamp ng Drr
1'iei ce's medicines, l a? upon it his portrait,
iiaitie and address, and the words "U. S. cer
titio'te of genuineness.'' Don't get swindled
by men calling themselves Dr. Sagef Dr.
Pierre of UutV.if, . Y.. is the wily man now
liting that has the iL: lit and can make the
or.gi. ;d Dr. .age Catanfi Remedy. Sold by
ciruggists or sent by mail on receipt of sixty
cents. lew
Stockholders' Meeting.
riMIKRi: YILBK A MEETING OF TIIK
JL .St x kiioiitei s of the U. P. Hall Associa
tion in the Court Hou.-e on Saturday, the'
'21 st inst., at 7 o'clock p. m.. lo elect three
Directors for the ensuing year, aud to ti ans
ae t sufc'i other bu-ifiess a.s may come before
the tme.ing. N. W.. RANDALL, Pres.
Oreuon City, J'. otli, lb71. 10:wl
IS
MY1SKS,
OREGON CITV, OREGON,
IlETAIL DEALERS lit
GROCERIES;
ROOTS e&gMOES,
IS All I WARE,
I also keep constantly on hand
SALEM CASS IMF RES, FLANNELS
TWEEDS AND BLANKETS,
Which I will sell at the Factory Prices,Ctind
vtdM taka wool in escbange.
3fT will also pay th hrghett prirt fnf
Duller. Eggs, and ail kinds of good countr
produce. 1 will self as low as any house'
iu Oregon, for Cash o- rts equrvalent'in good
meridian tabic produce.
SW Give me a call and satisfy voursfclves.-
Important Notice.
The year 170 fas clossed, and so bare hit
books for that period. I would most respect
ful y request si 1 1 persons indebted to tcf
call and settle the r accounts, either by cash
or nore. M y ace mots for 1S70 must be set
tied without utliijr.
JOHN MYERS.
Jn. 13, 1S71 tf
Guardian's Sale of Eeal
Estate.
r'OTICE IS" HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
pursuance of the order of the Probate Court
of the county of Clackamas, 8tH.te of Oregon'
ina'le on the J fh day of .November, 1870, in the
matter of the est ate of the minor heirs of Mieheal
Summers, deceased, the undersigned Guardian of
the persons and estate of said minor heirs, will
sell at public auction, to the highest bidder tor XJ:
N. Rold oi silver coin, and ti.jtct to confirmation
by s;nd 1'rbate Court,- -n Saturday, the 4th day rs
ot 1 :bruary, 1.171. at t 4!o;k p.- m. of said day,"
at the Court House door, in Clackamas county'
and State aforesaid, all the liahty title, interest
and estate of said intestate at the time of hi
death, and all the riht. title and interest that
thesaid estate has oi the Vwirsof said estate have
by Trtue of their relatiorfship to Said intestate
by ep-htmm of law or othrrwise acquired in and
to all that lot, piece r parcel of land, situated,
lyiri? arid bo my m the town of Oregon City, 'lack
amas county, U;e:ron, particulaily des rited an
billows, to-wit : AslxtsXos.iand4, in Block
lilty-lbur, on the town plat f Oretm City, Ore
fon, and on tile in tV.-; lark's oiUce of .the county
unit st;i.' Hirr"saui:
Condi i km of Sal. jlon&y t be paid down y
deed at tlte exi-ense of purchaser.
1.LIXA li ETH SUMMERS,
jtuTdian of the Minor JJeirs of
. . . Kichoal Summers, deceased.-
CHAR. E. W'AltliLX, Att'y for Guardian.
Jan. 13, 1871:v4
Administrator's Notice
"OTICE IS IlEiiEBY GIVEN TIIAT Till
x undersigned have been appointed Adminis--tratrix
and Administrator, respectively, of the
Estate of Harrison Wripbt, deceased. All per-
sons ha-r.n? claims aains' said Estate are here
by liotiiied to present them to the undei signed
properly verified, within six months fioni thi
date, or be forever burred.
ELIZABETH A. WRIGHT,
JO.SEI1I A. "WRIGHT.
JanJI 2th,l 87 l:v4
AVOID (,UACKS.A victi n t oly in
discretion, causing nervous debility,
pre. nature decay. &.c , having triePin rain
every ajveitised remedy, l as a s-imr le mean
oi s If cure, which he vlr send fiee to his
fellow- sufferers. Address J. II. TUTTLE,
73 Nassau st., New York.
Jan. 13:Gm
A. NOLTNER,
NOTARY I'UBUC, ENTERPRISE OFFICE.
Croon City: Jsa. 13:tl " ' '
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