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Oregon City, Oregon ,
Friday : : : ' Feb. 10, 1871.
The Issue of tlie Future.
The -re.it issue which is' now before the
American people Is, taxation and a mluc-
tiorvff our revenue, and on this question
there should be no division of sentiment
ttnftng the American people. To quote the
language of another, it is essential to all
parlies, claiming to fod national in their
aims, their poll-y, and their influence,
that upon the leacling question of the day
there should be that iiriian'whieh is essen
tial to strength and yrmanency. Nor
an parties ever maintain an ascendency
Svhilj holding to a merely negative policy.
To be successful they mint assert Some
thing affirmative, and resolutely and per
sistently sustain it. The, issue for th
f nture is : Shall thetoiling millions pes1
ses3 and enjoy the fruits of their own la
'borpor shall thayhave only just enough
of their earnings to keep them from revo
lution, wufle monopolists and speculators
tiUve the rest ? Under the head of monop
olist. t;e pelade railroad sharpers, eleva
tor thieves, high-tariff plunderers, public
land grabbers, in slibrt. all those who live
Tby their wits, arid pro-per by what they
filch from the public, the peop.e may-
'
lie slow to learn where their money goes.
'but Ihey are sure to learn in time; and
when that time comes, there willbeseii
99s reckoning.
The country has now reached that point
O.
othe question of taxation when the issue
can no longer be positioned or evaded,
and panic's ni list take grounds for or
against that policy which confiscates the
'earnings of labor, and leaves the producer
'only so much as is needed to snstalh the
life which he is expending to enrich oth
ers. The country is governed by men
'hoMing charters and special privileges, by
vli;e!i they are licensed to rob and contis-
Qcale. Fisk and VanberbiU have lo-day
inure absolute contVol over the welfare of
te country and the industry of the people,
'and a more sweeping authority to help
themselves to the property of others, than
lias been possessed by any sovereign in
"England since the days of the 1'lantage
net3. These men. calling together a few
others, can and do arrange among them
selves a tnbihunni percentage of the pro
ductions of the country which they will
'confiscate, during the different seasons of
!ie year. They have just held a session
f,t Which Qhey have increased nearly a
liun lred fold the rates of freight which
have been in force daring the last three
inon'hs. So, in all other particulars, the
country is ruled by corporate monopolies.
Jilore than three hundred millions are
taken from the producing classes to "pro
tect' such infant phenomena as Mil. Ward,
D.J. Morrell, the Onondaga Salt Com-
,uuv, -.mix uj;'ii iiiiwuueu. ciass niieiesis.
iJvery where the hand of monopoly is felt.
It governs the representatives of the peo
ple whose substance- is consumed. It cor
rupts, degrades, and then uses as iis tools,
the men selected by the people to protect
them. It overshadows all industries, and,
except the pittance it leaves labor to ob
tain mere food, clothing, and shelter, it
grasps and accumulates the entire produc
tion and earnings of the people.
Wo repeat, the one absorbing issue of
Ihe day jj, Shall the American people re
gain in this bondage, or shall they be
Vman0pated? Shall each man be entitled
lo receive the entire earnings of his labor,
or shall the larger part be taken from him
by others? Shall the law ; under which this
pystem of confiscation has has been built
up, and under which the producers are be
coming impoverished, in the midst of
Wealth of their own creation, be swept
q nvay, or shall they be continued and per
petuated ? That is the real and ab
sorbing issue in American politics, and it
can no more be evaded, or compromised,
or pdsjloned, Ikan the claims of the per
sonal liberty of the citizens. The freemen
Cbf Ihe land demand that tiieir wages, the
lull proceeds of their labor shall be paid
to them, without any deduction for the
benefit of any person or corporation claim
ing any special privilege or license to
prey upon the property and earnings of
the people.
What the Tariff Does.
The following exhibit of our imports for
IC-S as cotrrpnred with those during Presi
dent Washington's administration, show
what the people are compelled to pav un
der the present pystt'tv of.tax ation. While
the value of the imports in 1SC-8 was but
n small amount over what it was from
17M) to 171)7. Qhe amount of revenue is
nearly one-half of the value of the imports,
or five times as much as the custom duties
were under the administration of Wash
ington, and enough, under Democratic
rule, to have more than paid the expenses
of thPGovernment for two years. This
may serve to show our readers where
their wealth and hard earning go to. and
tbey should naturally ask themselves
whether tl?y can much longer endure
such bnrdens for the benefit of a few over
grown corporations or capitalists, in the
fight years from to 1797,' the years
of Washington's Presidency, the United
Sates collected on their total imports.
Valued at $3JJ.592,432. da lies to the
amount of 9.03j.JJ2, or less than ten
per cent. Put in these fading days, for
example, in 1SCS. the Ia?t year of w hich
the full reports are before i'S they col
lected on their total imports, va'ued at
if.37' iiXfyUsS. duties lo the amount of
tlt!4.1Gl,.yj, or more than forty-four per
cent.
A letter front Washington hi the Cin
cinnati .j.j-eito. says limt it the San Do
ming Cotmui-sion make a favorable re
pii, there will be m ditMculty in securing
vue l-vqntsiie number ot votes in Congress
tor ai.uex.uion, while, on the other hand,
n their report is unfavorable. tlYe Pi'esi
oviii m abandon the annexation project
toiihwith. Urt.joui.tH.
Doii'PcouuMOH sense tell these Radical
editors that (iraut would not have ap
pointed any one on that Commission who
is supposed to be in the least opposed to
Lis little stealing project? Certainly he
yrill get a htv?rabl- report.
Near a Close-
The time for the adjournment of the 41st
Congress is fast approaching, and its
time has been spent in useless and unim
portant legislation. In vain have the peo
ple cast about to find some master "mind
which would take the initiative "step to
relieve them of the burdens of taxation.
On this subject the New York Herald.
which has until recently been a strong
Administration organ. 'says' s 'For Some
time jtast we have been peering about
with our lantern for some statesman with
a tongue and a head, a decent knowledge
of arithmetic processes, a modicum of care
for the public good, and a large share of
ambition, who will see and use this fine
opportunity. We are surprised at that
chronic default of ambition and arithmetic
which leaves ns without champions of the
people's cause in this question of purse
"and pocket ; and more surprised are we
at the patience of an outraged, oppressed
and defrauded people. Camels can and
do iebel and bite when they are over
loaded. Elephants deposit their drivers
and their burdens in the' river or the mud
when those beasts, more intelligent than
our taxpayers, it wohld seem, art of
opinion that the"Vurden has been unfairly
adjusted to the back. Yes, even cows
so tire times kick over the miikpail, and the
milkmaid in the bargain, when they con
sider, after due reflection, that their pati
ent and useful teats are too rigorously
and exhaustively drawn on. But what
extremities of fiscal oppression will they
submit to before they emulate the judici
ous camel, elephant and cow, and admin
ister kicks to our dull financial tyrants
that, shall compel them to reform their
blunnering ways;
This question of taxation is rapidly be
coming the foremost practical question of
the hour for all of us. The reaction of
prices from the inflated condition of the
war lias now set in with intensitV. and the
gloomy political condition of the Old
World, reacting so powerfully as it does
on all the values of our staples, threatens
to precipitate alarmingly the fall in values.
Our profit margins are being abridged in
all directions. Yet the title for taxation
stilt rises around the weakening founda
tions of our housed. Both in the Federal
and the State departments of our public
alfuirs there is a constant tendency to in
crease in the public burdens. And im
pudence reaches a height unparalleled in
history in some of tlie projects submitted
to our legislative bodies for fleecing the
people. We read the other day of a pro
ject placed before Congress for subsidiz
ing mining companies to the extent of
millions of dollars.
We must cry on and cry aloud tintil we
ge t the modicum of justice possible in the
reduction of taxes. It is a short, simple
and easy thing to reduce the federal taxa
tion by a hundred million dollars or so,
and the people will be satisfied with noth
ing less. There must be an end put to
this conspicuous folly of treasury hoard
ing, which takes out oftheir hard-working
hands the money they so sorely need and
boxes it up idly to eat its own head off in
interest in mouldy treasury vaults. Have
we really no use for money in this land of
high interest, scanty capital and boundless
territory, that lias to be roadt d, bridged
and lowned, that we suffer the very men
elected by ourselves to wring ii; iVori us
and lay it by, like an infatuated old wo
man who knows no better than to put her
surplus cash into a stocking or a teapot?
We think these inquiries pertinent at
this time, because Congress has as yet
given no intimation of moving in behalf
of a reduction of the taxes. Our Wash
ington reports tell us thai llR Finance
Committee of the Senate, in seeking saig
gestions from the Revenue Department,
was met with the assurance that nothing
in the way of new legislation is needed.
Yet the country is demanding a change in
the government's financial policy. Who
will be t fie Moses to lead the people to
their deliverance?
Don't Likk it. The Radicals don't like
the idea of having Hon. Frank 1'. B'air
elected to the United States Senath'i They
would sooner had anyone else. But we
presume the Democrats in the Missouri
Legislature didn't care much about select
ing a Senator that would bo satisfactory
to the Grant administration, as they do
not generally consult, their wishes in such
matters, and they were not elected for
such purposes. Had the Democrats cf
Oregon consulted the wisher of the Radi
cals, they would not have been able to se
lect a member of their own party, but
would have been compelled t; take Geo.
II. Williams, or some other Radical- They
are hard to please, and Democrats don't
care about humoring thetil in such import
ant matters.
Thtl Albany Democrat says that the re
cent decision of tlie Supreme Court of
California against tlie validity of the Fif
teenth Amendment will prevent colored
men from" voting in that State at the next
election.- Does the .Democrat really be
lieve this ? We guess a way will be found
to enlorce the Constitution. Oregnnhtn.
Don't you' think the vray you and your
party will find to enforce the ' Constitu
tion" will reSn!t fri the same man tier as it
did in New York at the late election ?
What a perveriion of the term Constitu
tion ! It is a libel on that instrument
The Orejordan should say that it will find
military usurpation to enferc illegal
acts"' and not use the sacred instrument
which has been o outrageously prostituted
by the Radical pirates.
Shout. Oar readers will remember
that Gov. Woo Is. the last week he was
Governor", pardoned six or seven convicts.
Among then wils one named Bert rand,
who' had been sentenced for ten years, for
manslaughter. We take the following in
formation from the Herald, which shows
that his liberty wa3 of short duration :
Mr, A. Meier, on Front street, has re
ceived a k'Uer from Arizona, which states
that Mr. IlCrtrand. who killed a brother of
Mr. Meier's in U is city a' little over a year
ago. was shot dead by a partner of his. in
Arizona, during a dispute about a reining
claim.
The unknown of the .Siaf Journal is
surprised that Dr. Hawthorne did not get
a new recruit lan week. If the editor ad
Interini of test pa'p'er bad brains sufficient
to go crazy, he would have been in that
institution long ago. He is allowed to go
at large for want of brains to go insane.
What Revenue Reform Means-
The New York Free Trader, under the
heading of A B C for beginners, gives the
following for President Grant's instruc
tion :
The President confesses in his message
that "lie does not know anything about
revenue reform. So candid a confession
of ignorance on this subject wins respect,
and we hasten to enlighten him.and others
who may know no more than lie.
The President asks, " What do these re
formers want?' . ... s .
First. They want to see as Tew articles1
as possible taxed ; because every tax is
necessarily an interference with industry.
Second." They want to see all taxes and
duties reduced to the lowest revenue point;
because thus smuggling is discouraged,
and the honest trader has a fair chance.
Third. In regard to customs duties. Ihey
want only those articles to pay duty which
are not produced here, because thus the
government will get all that the people
pav. except the mere cost of collection.
Fourth. They want to see the govern
ment, when it" lays taxes, do so tor the
single purpose of raising revenue ; and
assert that if the people wish to foster any
particular branch ff industry, this csn be
more cheaplv done by a direct bounty.
Customs duties are now levied upon
nearlv two thousand articles. It, is. certain
that we can raise all the revenue we need
fro in this source by duties on less than a
hundred articles. Now, the revenue re
formers think it more simple, more busi
ness like, more beneficial to the country,
to get the revenue from Ihe smallest num
ber of articles. They would, in fact, ap
ply to the customs revenue precisely the
reiorm w hich, on the people's demand. haa
already been applied to the Iriterlial reve
nue.
As between iron or Ef.lt. and tea or cof
fee, the revenue reformers would lay du
ties on the latter and make the former free,
because all the people pay aS duty on tea
or coffee or sugar the government receives;
whereas, w hen a duty is laid on foreign
iron, for every dollar the people pay to
the government they must pay twenty to
a few alreadv wealthy iron masters, who
take advantage of the duty to raise the
prio of home made iron.
Jn 1811. (treat Uritain raised 21.808.
815 by duties on ilUfJ articles. In, UH2.
she raised 24,0(13.000 by lower duties oh
only 44 ai tides. The revenue reformers
ask'whv we should not profit by this les
son? For by tbis exemption of over
eleven hundred articles from duty the
working people were enabled o live much
more comfortably, and many "branches of
industry flourished wli 'ch were before
lading.
In like manner the experience of Great
Britain has shown that from a low duty
fnure revenue is ra'sed than from a hifi
one ; ?.nd its a low duty makes the people
niore comfortable, the revenue refortuers
wish to substitute moderate duties for the
present high ones.
That will do for to-day.
What Protection has Pone.
The Radical organs would make the
laborers and producers think that the high
protective system of the Republican party
is their only safe-guard, and that the peo
ple are prosperous under that system. To
show our readers what this infamous and
unequal tariff system 5 doing, we copy
the following from the New York Free
Trader, which shows that this tariff is not
only detrimental to the interests of labor
ing men. but ruinous td the whole coun
try. That paper says :
For eight years the country has endured
the weight of the most foolish, most in
iquitous, rhost ruinous larilf system the
world has ever known, and has borne up
under it so well that its opponents were
almost sif-nced with the everlasting cry,
See Use taritf has made the coun'ry pros
per ! But at last even our resources, the
inexhaustible activity of even our people,
are beginning to succumb to tlie insidious
poison. Protection has stimulated the
protected industries to such an extent that
production has far outrun consumption,
while the diversion of capital, labor, and
time from other more profitable industries
has impoverished the people to such an
extent that their tower to consume the
product f the protected industries is ma
terially reduced. A.s, a consertuence. the
protected industries are obliged to force
a suspension by a large reduction in
wages, to the preat loss and suffering of
hundreds of thousands of working-men
of those working-men who have been de
luded iritb Ihe belief -that, a tariff was
made for tiieir benefit. The; strikes anions
tlie coal miners and boot and shoemakers
will, it is said, shortly be followed by a
suspetision among the iron mills; and out
working people must look forward td a
winter Of severe distress.
The New Jersey Legislature, now Re
publican in both branches, will ratify the
Fifteenth Amendment. Although this
measure is already a, part Of tl'i5 Ccristiu:
tion. New Jersey liad no part in its adop
tion, having, under Democratic legislation,
by a partisan vote, rejected the amend
ment. The Republicans of the State,
however, desire to put it oil the record
that T'eW Jersey has reversed lis previous
action, and now sustains this important
portion of the law. Oreyonian.
Our readers will remember that when
the issue was before the people of New
Jersey, they repudiated the amendments,
and now. after two Legislature: have been
cdected, and when the question did not
enter in anywise into the campaign, these
Radical usurpers force the State on record
in favor of these iniquitous amendments,
against the will of the people,as expressed
by them twice before, and at a time when
there is nothing to gain by it. What will
not a party do that is guilty of such a vio
lation of trust? Anything may be ex
pected from them. Had the adoption of
these amendments been a question in the
campaign, the result might have been dif
ferent, but when the election is over, and
success is had on other issues, they betray
tiieir trust; and force upon their constitu
ents a measure which they utterly con
demn. Such treachery and deception will
always be found in the ranks cf a sneak
ing party which is determined to accom
plish its unpopular ends. It is' strange
that a rule which allows a State, when the
question ii not submitted to the people,
to ratify an amendment, will not allow
another to rescind it at pleasure. If New
Jersey can now ratify this amendment,
every State which- has given her assent
can withdraw it. The rule will hold both ;
ways. But what confidence can the peo- j
pie place in a party that will betray them
in such an outrageous manner?
The AssKssoa. The County Assessor
publishes a letter in the OrejoiiUh, in his
defense of the nfanirer he assessed this
county. It is about as poor an excuse for
a defense as" his assessment is. and not
worth the space it occupied in that paper.
If Ins trspesstitent had been satisfactory,
why the numerous appeals to the County
Court for corrections? Was it not neces
sary for the proprietor of the Oregonlan
himself to make an appeal to our Court
f.'r correction ?
Die Hard.
The Radical carpet baggers of the South
can't realize the fact that tley must let go
of their ill-gotten power, and tbey are
making every effort to retain it. In North
Carolina a carpet-bagger named Abbott,
who has misrepresented that State in the
Senate, is endeavoring to retain his seat,
notwithstanding bis successor has been
elected by the Legislature of that State,
by nearly a two-thirds majority. The
Washington Tairiot says :
Irt almost every case where? a carpet
bagger has been rejected by the people,
he seeks by some artfufcontrivance to get
that verdict upset in Congress, and to ob
tain the positioli to whjch jbe aspires or
may have he'ld, by partisan influences. It
is by such abuses that various members,
are holding seats in the House of Rpre
sentHtivta, to which they have not the first
shadow of right. And now, encouraged
by this outrageous system, an attempt is
to be made upon the Senate by Mr. Carpet-bagger
Abbott, who Claim3 to repre
sent Norlh Carolina, but who. really, is a
third Senator from New Hampshire; It is
known that Governor Yance was elected
to the Senate by a Legislature having a
Democratic majority of two-thirds in each
branch. His disabilities have not yet
been removed, but there is an application
for that purpose now before Congress and
his Senatorial term will notcommence un
til the 4th Of March.
Upon thi state of facts. Mr. Abbott has
the effrontery tb come forward with a pre
tended claim to the peat, resting on no
other basis than the support which he re-
"ceired lrom a fractional minority of the
Legislature, and the alleged ineligibility
of Governor Vance: Bitch a pretension is
too puerile and audacious to command
the least serious attention, but it shows to
what lengths these adventurers are pre
pared to go in order to prolong their hold
on power. The Boston Advertiser protests
against giving any countenance to the
proposed outrage, and referring to Gov.
Vance. Says : If the disabilities of Gov.
Yance should not be removed, the Senate
should remit the election to the Legisla
ture ; but we hope, in the interest of har
mony and good-will, that there will tie no
hesitation in granting the prayer of the
petition which has already been filed."
In its leading editorial of this week the
Oregon City Fnterjrrisc asserts again that
Oregon is poorer now than it wa? ten
years ago. and ascribes the alleged fact to
Federal taxation,'' as usual. In its local
column, same issue, the F'derp'ise prints
a statement showing that the P. T. Com
tuitty brought down the river o.CUU tons
of freight, a much greater amount than
they ever brought dowo before in a single
month ; and this notwithstanding the fact
that the railroad brought down very large
quantities. We submit that a fact like
fins is a sufficient answer to the assertion
that the country is growing poorer. Ore-
yon inn.
This fact only proves that the people
must produce more to enable them to pay
their burdens of taxation, aid nof that we
are getting any richer by means of our in
creased products.
Ltxx County Fair. The annual Fair
of Linn county will commence on the
2Cth day of September. 1871. and continue
five days. Among others thd following
liberal premiums will be offered :
Trotting Mile heats. : in .". $400. free
to all. Mile heats. 2
in
8150, for 4
year olds. One mile. $?.". for 3 year olds.
Running Mil?: hrats. 3 in f, $.300. free
for all. Mil: hea
3 in 5. $500. fret V
till. One mile, .$100. tree for all. One
mile, $75. for 3 year olds. ,
Piit Smith's blue mare debarred from
the above races. These purses are large
enough to secure the very general atten
tion of horsemen.
The Ohio Di;fo:i;.utr. The Ohio Demo
cratic State Committee recently Leld a
meeting in Columbus. The editor of the
Cleaveland Flnhidenhr writes home that
"all Democrats ajrree upon the one 'ques
tion that tin1 next Campaign ShotiUl not
be run in the interest of any man who
may aspire to the Presidency or to the
Senate. Victory success for the party
firt then a distribution of the 'i't' wards. '"
With. pitch a cahipaign policy as this, says
the Ohio S'lte.invi'i. the Democracy can
Carry Ohio the coining fall. The Buck
eye Democracy seem to be w-ddng up to
a lively sense of rewards to come in 1S72.
Grant says he is assured that violence
and Intimidation carried Georgia for the
Democratic party."' Well, then, that
ought to teach the fool better than to send
his soldiers into a State at election time
again. lleJjas carried on this business of
violence and intimidation." until he has
disgusted all the decent portion of his own
party.
The Mountain Vctnocmt says :
The Oregon City ExTKtmusK has been
enlarged to a twenty eight column paper,
and under the management of Mr. A;
Noltner is an exceliant paper. We hope
this fort ime will continue to smile on vou.
Tonev."
A beef was kil'ed at Corvallis. says the
Gaze'.ie, in ti;e stonlach' of which was
found two pounds nails, some of them
over two inches long, a jack-knife, a chunk
of lead, a rock the size of a lien's egg. a
piece of a gold watch fob. a five cent
piece, and seven or eight large coat but
tons. Increasing. Charleston is regaining its
former prestige in the particular of for
eign exports. For the quarter ondirg
January 1, they amounted to $4.80 LG40.
an increase of $240,120 over the same
time for 1SC9.
Forney says he has "always hated gen
eral amnesty." This is strange, too, for
he is certainly general nasty enough him
self that is, in every political sense.
Not one of Grant's San Domingo Com
missioners knows any more about the
Spanish language than they do about
righteousness, and when we say old Ben
Wade is the best of them, it makes otit a
pretty bad case.
Wrcrf YntGiNiA Senator. II. G. Daris
of Mineral Spring County, has been elect
ed U. 3. Senator from' West Virginia.
The Democrats of Connecticut have re
nominated Gov. English for Governor.
From the Herald.
A letter has been received by Mi: Da
vidson from Ev-Governor Woods, at
Washington, authorizing him to sell the
Governor's residence ai Salem, or swap it
for a laim or real estate in this city. He
has been appointed to the gubernatorial
chair of the Territory of Utah, so his
smiles and sermons will be lost to the uu
appreciative residents of this State.
Ajelegram was received in this cify.
yesterday, from San Francisco, annotlcing
t:ie deaih of Major Foster, who departed
a few weeks since for Arizona, to take
Charge of the commissariat of that mili
t.ry department. We understand that his
accounts were in a bad condition, and so
was arrested on his arrival at San Fran
cisco. Messrs. Russell i Ferry have removed
to the store formerly occupied by Knapp
& Burrell. which they are fitting up in a
fine manner.
The Bulletin says that on Friday last,
Mr. Charles H. Bean, passenger conduch r
on the Oregon and California Railroad,
was arrested on a charge of e ubezz'.ing
.1 - 1. 1 . -I.. rr-.
lunus ueiuuguig to .ue company, j no
jury failed to agree, being live for convic
tion and one for acquital.
From the Statesman :
The Salem Woolen Mills are running lo
the full capacity, principally ou.casimere
and blankets. The stocking manufactory
is prospering.
A son of Ex-Senafor Harding, aged 17
years, d:ed at his lather s resnaence near
rati held. Marion counfy. a tew days ago.
from the effects of a gunshot wound, re
ceived some weeks .since by accident
from a 'drunken fcalf-bn?ed.
On February 4th John Starbuck was
put under $5o"o bonds to answer a charge
preferred by Ids own daughter, aged sev
enteen years, of an .atiempt to commit a
rape. His wife has been dead two months,
and he is dissipated. .
The Guard says everybody about
Eugene thinks the railroad will cross the
Wiilametle near Harrisburg. and that
therefore it must run through Eugene.
The Willamette has been running -brim
full'' during the week, affording plenty of
water tt5 euable the boats td reach Fujt'ne
City.
Frotn the Democrat : Mr. John Conner,
has opened a "Banking and Exchange Of
fice," at his old stand, and is now prepared
to conduct that important business m all
its branches.
On Monday morning the old log jail on
the banks of the Calipooia in the western
portion cf the city, was burned to the
ground, supposed to be the work of In
dians, confined there for disturbing the
peace.
There is great excitement t Albany on
the subject of railroad switches. Citizens
can't agree as to the direction in which
the side tracks are ;o run through their
'own. One party has gained a victory m
the Council over the other, and the track
is to rim thrbiigh Broadalbin street.
The .Register says that Messrs. Backensto,
Elkins. ilackleman, Parker, Alexander,
and Luper have filed articles of incorpo
ration under title of the Albany and San
liam Ditch and Canal Company. Capital
stock. $30,000; shares at $100 e;.ch. Books
will be opened immediately. Its comple
tion will be a big thing for our cify. and
every citizen that can should take stock,
and help jn the enterprise.
1 he JJcd Jlock Democrat says that just
as we were ready to'g'J to press we learn
ed that, on Wednesday last, about 12
o'clock, a boy aged-. about fourteen years,
by the name o! Daley, while traveling
near Powder River, was .shot by a Henry
rifle in one of his arms, near the arm-pit,
while drawing the rifle out cf the hinder
part of the wagon. rlhe ball severed a
large blood vessel, and he e.ied about sun
down.
Telegraphic Clippiiis&
Washington News.
Washington. Feb. (J. Oi motion of
Stewart, the Senate took up the bill to de
fine and protect the rights of mineis and
encourage the development of mines and
which was amended at the suggestion of
Carserly, and then passed. It provides fa
cilities for obtaining patents to mining
lands, and moans simply to facilitate min
ing litigation and enable parties locaiing
to take up a certain amount "of land on
each side of their mining claims, fr lum
bering, milling and other purposes.
The mo;i')!i of Williams, to take up the
Claim for ex'ra services fer carrying the
mails lo Flail and Oregon, involving over
$1 000.000, gave rne to a discussion in
which was urged the necessity for greater
vigilance in private legi.-laiiou in view of
the extent to hivh the Jovornmont has
been imposed upon in the Chorpening
claim. The Hill was finally taken up and
recommitted tt. the Committee on Post
otliees. Washington, Feb. 1. Resolutions have
been ai'opu d recommending the Secretary
of State to ask for an appropriation of
3100.000 to meet increased ex penses of the
voga'iori of Paris, consequent . upon, the
aast requirements o.f the. stats of the War;
aiso for increased vrpeneS cf'tlie Legation
t London, Berlin and Madrid, resulting
from the same cause.
Washington. I- b. 7. A bill to repeal
the mi-ome tax was reported from the
Ways and Moans Committee and referred
to a Committee of Whole on tho slate oi
the I tdo.n. whore the majority of the
House can reach it at any time. Follow
ing is the vote: Yeas Messrs. Hottper,
Brooks, McCarfy, Ktdly and Orlh. Nays
Messrs. Vayuard. Allison, Marshall and
Blair. Tin re was much discussion on the
subject and it will excite much debate in
the House.
The Committee on Appropriations have
perfected ihe deficienty bill. Itappiopii
ates $10.7S).00). Exclusive of expenses
of collecting customs and duties, there are
S00.000 for the Treasury, applicable for
custom houses; 70,000 for lighthouse.
$225,000: for public printing; $io,2U J for
the Freed men 'a Bureau.
Ti e following nominations were sent to
the Seriate to day: Thomas Settle, of North
Caro ina. to be Envoy Extraof linary to
Peru; M .Cowan, to be Principal Clerk in
the Public Land Ofliee.
Nt-YciHK. Feb. 7. The Jraiti leaving
New York last evening met an oil train at
the New Hamburg drawbridge. The oil
train jumped off the track and broke in
two. The oil cars tipped over the passen
ger train and set it on fire. The locon.o
live. curs und bridge were all burned up.
Three s'eeping ears are among those des
troyed, and eighteen persons were killed
outright, and many injured, who will not
recover.
The Executive Committees of German
Aid Societies published yesterday an ap
peal calling on Germ an societies to renew
and redouble their efforts in raising funds
for sufferers in Germany. Thus far $200.
840 01 have been collected by the general
commission. The whole amount collected
by Germans in the United States is esti
mated at $750 000.
EUllOPEiS WAS, xnws.
Ykrsuu.es. Feb. 1. The Emperor vis
ited Valerien yesterday. He leaves the
army at the close of the armistice. Shoul 1
thewarbeprolonged.it will be pursued
relentlessly. Prince Frederick Charles.
Mautenffel and Falknstein are to be en-
irnsted with the task ot conquering the
south; M oltke will retain supervision, but
a large amount of discretion will be al
lowed the, nfltial corrimanders.
The condition of Paris is terrible. The
populace are violently excited against
Ehigland. Favre has requested., the Ger
man authorities not to allow Englishmen
to enter. He considers their lives unsafe.
Borokavx, Feb- 2. The capitulation is
regarded here as disastious. Active pre
parations are making for elections. A
meeting was held to-day. which indulged
in abuse of Favre, and resolved to op
pose to the death all attempts to sever
AUce and Lorraine, and to support for
election to the Executive Government
these five members: Gambetta. Rollin,
Grave, Fleurens and Thiers.
linr.ssELS. Feb. 2. The Peace negotia
tions created great consternation in the
camp of the Imperialists, who had hoped
to treat directly with Bismarck, and re
turn to France through' a tie tty of peace.
Desperate efforts are now making to enter
iuto negotiations with the Prussian Gov
ernment. A. Itouher has gone to Ver
sailles, and Conte to Wilhelmshohe. A
report is current that the Empress and
Princess Mathilde are here.
London. Feb. 2. At the meetin-r of the
Conference to day Russia fully gained te-
object. -AH ber pretention. were acknowl
edged. She yielded nothing and Turkey
gains no new feature.
Versailles; Feb. 3. Bismarck points
to Gambetta's decree of the the ineligibil
ity of foimrr functionaries is corrobora
tive ofjhe fear that h expressed to Favre
that elections would r.oi be free, where
fore he proposed a convocation of the
Corps Legi.-httif, which Favre refused, vln
a note. Bismarck protests against the de
cree. Germany will only recognize free
ly elected deputies- The statement of the
commissioners o! peace, its regards Alsace."
is incorrect. The Germans are to keep
Alsace and Metz. The indemnity demand
ed of Favre -was four million, though the
figures may possibly have been doubled
since. ... .. .
. Versailt.es. Feb. 5. Onr special cor
respondent, who has been inside of Paris
since the investment. carrieV.it to-day, and
returned to-night. He save thecotnmand
ant of Montroge has conimitted suicide.
The delivery of arms has edtiirnenced at
Severan. and is proceeding rapidly, in con
sequence of the convention brbvidintr for
the delivery of arYhs before the reVict nai
ling .of Pam. Parisians are under the.itn
pression that the Prussian troops will hot
enter Paris. ,. They are Still ignorant of the
full terms of capltulticm. at, it Is believed
the guns in the fqi ts will not be taken bv
the enemy. The price of provisions -had
not yet been lowered. Of 100.000 horses
originally in Taris, CG.000 have been killed
for food.:
Paris. Feb. 4. Intense suffering n re-
vails here. ..Hundreds are dying daily .of
starvation, tile food being wholly inade
quate.
T t. TV-t, n ' ' .
lu.m'iw. rvu. b-- a. complete rupture
has taken place between the Paris govern
ment and Gambetta. A restoration of the
Empire is most probably. It is reported
the Pope has undertaken to assist in till
restoration. Jujes Favre has resigned as
Minister of the Interior, but will remain
Minister of r oreign Affairs.
Advices from Versailles, of the (Hfi
states Scherr has been nominated for the
Assembly by the Moderate Republicans,
Advices from all parts of France indicate
that the Assembly will contain a majority
of imperialists, and the Monarchial an
thonties at Versailles now allow letters
frotn Parte to tie forwarded.
PAkw. Feb. a. A decree, signed by al
the Ministers here, has been promulgated
annulling Gambetta's decree on electorial
disabilities. It maintains the suprernt
authority' of the Paris Government, ant
declares that elections shall be uhrestriet
ed. It savs that neither the Got eminent
of National Defense, Red Repijbiiear.s nor
Imperialists, have any tint rice of Carrying
the elections, ihe public favor the Mod
erafe par'.y, condemn the weakness of the
Government, and complain that they were
not consulted in the matter of capitulation
and ai mis ice.
jj(HtiKAVjf4 reo. i. seven members o
the Government have' arrived from Paris
They telegraphed lo the Perfect, last night
adecree annulling the Bordeaux Decree
of the 31st of January, relative to elector
ai disqualifications, as incompatible with
the principles of Universal suffrage. The
Paris decree of the 20th is maintained.
A special cable to-day says that advices
from Paris to date, states that the Prus
sdans are obstructing the revictulling ejf
Paris. Nino trains were detained at
Amiens, although the line is clear. 11 is
said that the Germans are satisfied France
will refuse their terms of peace. -arid con
sequently ?eie the prof.'sions lor their
on n use.
London. Feb. 7. The telegraph has the
following from Paris, under date of Febru
ary 3.1:
Meetings are held and becoming more
demonstrative. Speakers deriiand Ihe ar
rest and trial if those who surrendered the
city. The Liberal Republican Committee
has declared that the (.Jovei nment of the
t:h of September should be arrnSnjred bv
the rs'ational A-erubly. to render an ac
count of the conduct of tlib defense ol
i'itrk and give reasons tor itxreeinjr to an
armistice. The committee also declare
har no treaty ratifying the armistice should
be signed, atld that Paris should continue
the defense mid refuse (o Capitulate. At
a meelinpr in a salon. De Hifne Blanche, an
ttra'or, declared that France demanded a
Robespierre, and that, a e'ifllotine alone
could save the cotmfry. This sentiment
was received with enthusiasm by th au
dience. The Deputies who favor a con
tinuation of war were applauded at all the
meetings.
Trochu has declined the Candid icy for
the Assembly. The following are anions
the candidates of the L'epubliean Alliance
Control. l'epubliean Union, and interna
tional Workmen Association: Louis Blanc.
Victor Hugo. (i. Itoyn,;Ity.'t Iietme. Jo
chefort, and M. Brcssant, e4!(orjof Ze Com
bat. ., ,
Flour will be exhausted on Saturday,
and on Sunday Paris will . be .-without
hreid. The bank of France. Advances
Om Ai.A r.AA 1 A -
ww.uoi.ouu 1 1 uues id, pr.v ine.-.cjtv s war
contribution. . The c'tv U7
"ill issue bonds to
repay the Irian.
Gen..Iuerot refuses to stand as a candi
date for the National Assembly..
Loxnox, Feb. 7. The resignation of
Gambetta. it is believed, indicates the
abandonment of all hopes of a republic
and makes a restoration of empire certain.
BomsKAi'w Feb. 7. MlnLtor I-tienne
Argo has issued a circular which main
tains the validity decrees, and making
members of families once regnant ami im
perial office holders ineligible to the Na
tional Assembly. The circular adds: Tint
the decree of exclusion extend to all mem
bers of the Boneparfe family.
J-
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CALL AND EXAMINE SPECIMENS.
Feb. 10, 1871:m6
"GMDENiMG FOB PROFIT,"
AND
" Practical Floriculture,"
BY
ITIt HENDERSON,
The f irmer detailing the system of 3Ia-k t
U a rd -nt its ; tbc lattpr ilKrrIHTiri'' . r
th? modes of Commercial Floriculture
as practiced in the vidui tv of New Yoik'
Mailed, prepaid, for 1 5y each.
Our Annual Descriptive Catalogue of
VEGETABLE and FLOWEP, SEEDS.
Containing two new and BEALTIFUI I Y
COLORED PLATES, is now leadv. Also
Catalogue of '
NSW AND HARE PLANTS
ILLUSTRATED with Colored Plates and
Lngruving-t. iiot'i will be mailed on receipt
ot lvent-five Cents or sent with eitaer of
itii. abeve Books free of charge.
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-ffX THE MATTER OF TUtf EST AT K OF
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Administrator of said o'crtte bavin- nd his
final account lor settlement thereof, it was order
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re-jpbir term of said Court, beirfw the 7 th Mareh,
is, J, be set apart tor hourm? objv.fion to nuid
final account and thy settlement of the same
with said Administrator. Bvonierof said Court
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but a Mde show. Yeu . hart: heard enough
of that kind of humburge.-v. But when I
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trifl jivxitiiifJij cure, the worst ease of Catarrh
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piv ng symptoms and other information sent
tree to any address. This remedy is i
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EAST PORTLAND PARKJ
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12th.
Grand Terrific Asc GHS10H I o
ON" THE
tflCMT mope!
120 Feet From ihe Ground
MR. JAMES COOK
TWO BALLOON ASCEKTSH
DAIJCING ON THE PLATF0RH
GRAND SKATlNGTOURNAMEXf.
FIRST CLASS BAND.
ADMISSION TO THE i'.ROUNDS, FItTY
Cents, Children, Half-Pi ice.
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Radges will be furnished at the gate. Any'
peisortjjot . h-ving a Badge will be expe.le4
from the Parkj
An Excuision Train will leave Albany
and wav Stations in the morning conveying
pysengers to Portland and back for one
fare. ....
Should the wesither prove unfavorable oft
he 12th, the Cala will take place of the first
fair Sunday foUowfng. ,
J II. VINSON ic JOHN HO ETON.
Fes. lv;tl Manager;
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