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o o ) o o o ) o (Sl)ciUcckhj tEntcrpvisc. OFFICIAL TAtEt FOR CLACKAMAS COCNTT. 'brogon City, Oregon , tritej : : : April 14, 1871. Grant a Failure- The fact is apparent to every observer of passing events, that the Republican party is doomed to disruption. The co hesive power of pinnder h;t3 ceased to have the effect ol keeping its turbulent elements quiet, and every day w5 receive evidence of a bitter and unrelenting war going on in the Tanks of the prty. The President no longer acts in nnison with the? men who were instrumental in placing him,-in the Presidetial cbair. and has called to his counsel none but those who were In former years the strongest oppon ents ofthe Republicans. He has taken a determined position against the party in tbvf.San Domingo annexation scheme, and all who have dared to op.pos-? bis aellidi object, have Jallen under bis displeasure aryl by dictation been displaced, tnd uch dishonest followers al ter power as Morion. Butler, Cufrnercn and others of like ilk. have taken the place of Republican Statesmen. Th.se alone, have dis gusted the American people with Grant's Administration and the true Republicans are casting about to find a man on whom they can rely in the future. The tool of the President saw no other plan of getting him out 6f a bad dilen m i only by aj p i i itig a "commission, and however lavwabie heir report may be. no American, nnbi ased " fey radical negroism and blessed withocommon sense could desire the in corporation into our political and social life of such a debased and semi-barbarous population as that of St. Domingo. The annexation of that island, or the Do minican portion of it, could not. for many rertsora. be of any advantage to the lJ tilled Stares. It would lead, in all prob ability, to a dance of blood.7 to use Mr. Sumner's graphic expression, and to a great cost. The native people could not "be brought to cultivate the soil to much profit, the whites of our own rac? could not till the earth under a burning tropical enn. the immigration of colored races would hardly be practicable, and if prac ticable, whether of Chinese or others, they would not be a desirable element in our social and politic al circle. No ; St. Do mingo would be an ut'.er failure in our band, and the American people would be come so disgusted with the experiment that they would turn their faces against any tropical acquisition, however valua ble, for a long time to come." Tbii lit'le .tfccbeine of Mr. Grant's ha proved an utter failure, and is doing much to break up the Republican party. The Administration has proved a,fail iire in its policy towards the Southern States. Giant, five years ago. reported that "all Was quiet and peace restored in the late rebellious Slates." yet at this time, we find that Ue Administration has kept its heavy hand upon them, and has ;o inenled disorder and bloodshed for a po fttitftl purpose. Whatever the conditio!) bf the South m ly be to-day. is due to the miserable and heartless policy of the Ad ministration and the Radical party. The financial policy of the Administra tion has long since proved a failure, and ii-relief the country had hoped for has been denied. It has shown nothing but blunders, and every act has been to pro tect New England at the expense ef the Western and .Middle, or producing f.'tatei. Grant has been weighed and found want ing, and the people see no hope for the future but to aguiti entrust affairs of na tion into the hands of the great Democrat ic party which so successfully maintained the dignity, prosperity, and greatness of our country. The Republicans as well as conservatives of all classeu now plainly cee that the negro bobby of the Radicals cannot govern the country longer, and .they are daily uniting themselves with the party of true principles principles which are as ancient as our institutions. They desire to see the Governm.-nt administer ed a it. was under DemoJta ic rule econ omically, honetly. and for the interests of all cfksses, not for the benefit of bond q holders or over-grown corporations. They are desirous to see the day come when Federal bayonets will not be used to carry our Stale elections ; when the Federal tax gatherer wili be no longer in our midst and when trueVatesmen will be at the helm of State, and peace and order established throughout, our no w districted eon n try. Tins all will be when the Dem trcracy again assume cmtrol of our Nt tional a flairs. It was thus when they had Control before, and no n ition ever fl n. ished as we did for ver s xty ye, rs of Democratic rule. Why shou.d not the people look to the s itu- old party agaia for 'heir deliverance from their present terrible and sad condition I CovxKcncLT. flie result of the Con CD iifcticut election is a mosl glorious victory for the Democracy. Notwithstanding the result is close, the only wonder is that the Democracy elected any portion of their ticket. The State has always been close while the white people were the only voters, and at the last election, the Radi cals had added to their strength over 2 0 JO diggers. 'ihe election of 1870. give fHrrglisn a majority of about 8yd. It will De sern rv uus iuai me liemocracv mane a very Ira-mlsotne gain in the Nutmeg State, for w hud they deserve the highest credit. Resides this. Grant and his Radi cal triksters. having lot New Hampshire, did all in their power to turn Connecticut in favor of Radicalism. Hut it was of no avail. The unterriiied Democracy of Cooaestieut deserve the gratiitide of the wlK.de Democratic party of the nation. li U moat complete triumph, and is a wliitenjau's victory over niggers a: d the CougresMoj;! fioinsptton fund. All honor to Hie un pure U. useable Democracy of Con necticut, Dissolved 'i 'be p.utueisiup heretofore existing between Messrs. Upton & II owell. in the publication of the Mercury, has been dissolved. Mr. Upton contbaes the paper. Connecticut has a neru population of 0 S2S22 Hypocrisy TJuniasked- The Oregonian professed great friend ship for the people of Southern and East ern Oregon before the last election, and alto when It thought that such professions would have a tendency to weaken the Democratic party after the adjournment of the Legislature. Fut we showed its hypocrisy at that time, and knew that if3 professed love for those Democratic "sec tions of our State could not last long, and that it would show itself sooner or later. It could hold in no longer, and in last Monday's issue ol that paper we find the J following ; Grrnt county has paid info the State Treasury the sum of SI, 305 50. This was half the amount due. The Legisltanre kindly remitted the other half. In this transaction the following stare of facts is presented, viz: First, the property of Grant county is assesed at a ridiculously low figure in order to reduce the amount of State taxes lo be puid "by that county. Second, the Legislator steps in and "re lieves" the county from the payment of one haft even ot this small assessment. The whole tax due from Josephine county was remi ted in the same way. Union county obtained similar -relief.'7 Each of these counties has more than its just share of representation in the Legislature. All of them are Democratic. These beggar counties rule the Stale, and obtain exemp tion from taxation. The facts in this case are. Grant county came before the Leg;-jjUire and asked to be released from a certain amount of State taxes, setting forth that a most destructive fire in Canyon City had made it impossible to collect more than one-half of the tax assessed by the State, and further, that the poll tax which the county was charged with was. to a great extent, uneollectable. The Legislature, under these circum stances, very properly gave the county the relief prayed for. In the matter of Union county, ihe Slate taxes were reduced just, the amount of poll tax which was shown had not, and could not be collected, owing to the fact that the population of that county was transcient. This was all the county i.sked. not to pay the State what it had been unable to collect. ami it was justly and properly recinded. In the case ot Josephine county, the people had labored under a heavy debt from the time the county was organized, and the population of the county being transcient and very small, it was impossible to col lect more than half the usual amount charged to the county. The pecpie saw no hope for the county, and all who could, were leaving it on account of the I ig'n taxes. But worse than all. the principal revenue of ihe county had been the Chinese mining tax in both Josephine and Grant counties, and the Federal laws hav ing relieved this class of people from pay ing eny tax, the counties were deprived of their main support and the burden of taxation was thrown on the whites. These are the facts in the case, and 'io one who has t an inherit hatred against the peo ple of these counties will say but what the legislature did its duty in giving these young and unpopulated counties the re lief they prayed for. The distinction of Canyon City by fl e ?o damaged the pros pects of Grant, county tliat many thought it would discourage its pioneers and hard working citizens and cause them to leave for other pans. The Legislature very justly aided these infant counties, and simply gave them what they b id ivever received. They did not ask for any relief further than this. But the hypocritical professions of the Oregonian of sympathy for tliete parts of our State is plainly set forth in the above extract, and we appre hetid the people vill know who their friends are in the future as they have in the past. The S cm nek. Tkouble. The Oregonian attempts, through deception, to create the impression thai the Republican party en dorse the removal of their pet, Sumner. We have carefully' watched the leading Republican papers of the country on this subject, and a vast majority of them de nounce the Senate and Executive for it, while there are none who dare to openly endorse the action of the dictator, unless they are fed from the public teat, like the editor of the Oregonian. In former years, before the editor of the Oregonian held an appointment under Grant, that paper occasionally had an independent idea, and denounced the action of its leaders when they were in opposition to the will of the people, but since the appointment of the editor to a Federal office, it has lost all its independence, and is now the organ of a clique of monopolists and office-holders. Its po-iiion on the San Domingo question is the same as that on the removal of Sumner. That paper knows that many Radicals are opposed, in fact, nearly all the original Republicans are, to the an nexation scheme of the speculators, yet we find the Oregonian after it had sided with the Radicals against annex ition. now come square around in support of what it once denounced and opposed. The Ore gnian no longer represents the sentiment of the Radical party in Oiegm. and further, the misses have not an organ in the State. The Oregonian gives the key to the other smaller organs, and they fol ljw in its wake, while the voters of the p trty follow the hv.d of their old champ ions. The disruption of the Radical party .u der such circumstances cannot be qties t.oued. Nor Trfsm iJtrrxis.s. P.antrojs 2;tn crat says that the New York Tribune, and a few other Republican papers advise the Democrats to vote for B. Gra'z Brown, of .Missouri, tor President, in 187 J. If it would be just as convenient to - 'What I know of fanning" and his contemporaries, to let ihe Democrats have something to s iv about the matter and select their own standard bearer. The Republicans will have all they can d.i to elect their candi date without bothering about ours. Per haps it might be well enough to select a cindidare for the Democrats, inasmuch a the ones they select for themselves always disgust them before the administration is half through. A Difference. V -loyal" Major had a little property destroyed at Canyon City amonz which were a few- postage stamps, and he forthwith petitioned Congress to refund the amount. This was. f course, jijst in the imagination of the Oregonian. but it is outrageous for the people to as'i &nd jet tfeeir taxs reciaded. South Carolina Trouble. CARPET-BAGGERS RE-PONS1B1.E FOR THE DIFFICULTIES. Ex-Governor Perry, of South Carolina, always a devoted Union man and uncom promising opponent of secession, thus ex plains the cause ftf the troubles in South Carolina : Greenville (S. C), March 13. 1S71. To bis Excellency Governor Scott Sir : I understand that you are consulting your political opponents, in every section Of the State, as to the best mnns of preserving order, peace and ami the enforcement of the laws in South Carolina. You have invited eminent gentlemen throughout the State to tneet you in Columbia Tor this laudable and patriotic purpose. I believe, sir. that you are now sincere in this pur pose, notwithstanding your -Winchester rifle speech" in Washington a year or two since, in which you fiendishly proclaimed that this instrument of death, in the hands of the negroes of South Carolina, was the most effective means of maintaining order and quiet in the State. I rejoice to find that a change has come over the spirit of your thoughts and actions; and I tor one am ready and willing, with all the good people of the State. t- sustain you in your present course. The tone and temper of your recent message to the Legislature is evidence of yonr sincerity. Permit me to say to you. sir, in all candor and sincerity, that the signs of the times indicate, un mistakably to my mind, that we are on the eve of a bloody, tumtilttious commotion. iinVe-s somethig is done to quiet public opinion. The irveetidiary destruction ot property every night, and the rougery of the Legislature in their appropriations and taxation, amounting ultimately to confiscation of all real a;d J)etoflal es tate, cannot be borne much longer. There is a point beyond which human endurance cannot go. let the consequences be what they may. I know it is tVo't in your power to reform I tie Legislature, or stay effectually their corruption, bribery, prodigality and rougery. But there are two things which you can do. and should do. the Sooner the better disarm your militia, and appoint good and intelligent men to office. All the lawlessness and violence which have disgraced ihe Stat' a e owl ig to these two soi rees of mis chief, .sever was there a more fatal mis take or a more diabolical wrong commit ted than when you organised colored troops throughout t' e State, and put arms into their hands, with powder and ball, and denied the same to the white people. It was atrocious. The bloody tragedy at Laurens was owing to this, and nothing Is The murder of Stevens and other white men at Union by one of your ;.egro companies, and I he subsequent execution often colored prisoners, was owing to the same cause. The fearful killing and mur der of a number cf met) at Chester was likewise owing to your colored militia. The violence and lawlessness at Yorkville originated in one of your worthless ap pointments. Heretofore your appoint ment have been mo; tly made of ie;iiOfaii! ami corrupt men. who cannot enforce the laws and preserve the peace. The color ed people of South Carolina behaved well during our civil war. and 'vould have con tinued to have done so but for the unprin cipled carpet-baggers wh- came amongst them and stirred up hatred to the race by the most, artful ami devilish appeals to their tears and bad passions. Unprinci pled white men living amongst us. seeing an opportunity of office and plunder, joined the carpet-baggers. These two classes united in pursuading the negroes that they would be put back into slavery, and th it they mut apply Ihe torch to redress their supposed wrongs. It is not surprising that a people so ignor ant, and credulous as the negroes are should thus have been led astray. They were told that the lands would be given l hem and their children educated. Hund reds of thousands of dollars have been ap propriated for litis purpose, and all squand ered by their pretended friends. A mul tiplicity of offices have been created to reward political partisans; salaries have been increased, millions appropriated for rai'ro ids. and the most extravagant waste of public mone ,s in every way. '1 he pub lic officers and the members of the L"gis latuiH are charged with the most shame less corruption, bribery and roguery. It is imp sstble for the industry of the State to pay the taxe. There is no security for property. It is impossible for this thing to go on and preserve order in the Stale. The State bonds will not be paid. I earnestly desire tin peace and prosperity of my State. I did till tha. I could to pre vent the secession of South Carolina and the civil war which ensued. My predic tions ot all the evils which have ensued were treated with scorn and contempt by those in power and authority. You. sir. and those in power at. the present lime, may not heed my predictions again; but the day is fast approaching when you will realize all hat I have Said, unle.-.j. some change lakes place. Yours, etc.. B. F. Perry. Fouxn Gi ii.ty. From the S. F. Exam iner we learn that in the case of the peo ple of the great United Slates vs. Jackson, the Trinity County Tax-collector. Judge Sawyer has refused a motion in arrest of judgment, and sentenced him to pay a fine of twenty dollars. This being a test case the Judge was not disposed to be severe, but the next person he finds guilty of the heinous offense of collecting a ttix from a Chinaman will not fare so well. Our Radical legislators at Wash ington have decided that Chinamen are not only as good as any other man but are better than a white man, and henceforth, in the mountain counties, they can bid de fiance to Tax-collectors. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States in behalf of the State of California. No Politics. Some of the papers are trying to make the result of the city elec tion in Eugene City a political matter. The following, from the State Journal, will show what kind of a test was made or? the occasion. The Democrats held ttieir own. even were it a question o! party strength : City Election. The city election on Monday last passed off very quietly, as dtres everything else in Eugene. The following are the officers elected : Presi dent. A S. Patterson, re-elected ; Coon ciltnen. Joel Ware, re-elected ; J. R. Ream and Ben. F. Dorris ; Recorder. J. F. Brown, re-elected ; Treasurer. Mark Stev en, re elected ; Marshal. J. J. Donahoo. The President. Marshal and Treasurer had no opposition, and of course honors were easy. For Councilmen there were several tickets. The retiring Councilmen are Win. Osbnrn. J. G. Gray ; and Joel Ware, succeeded bv himself. The Cacse. The reason why Trumble was removed from the position of Chair man of the Judici iry Committee of he Senate which he has filled so long and so well, it will be remembered that he was one of the four Republican Senators who roted " not guilty" in the impeachment trial of President Johnson. Vengeance was vowed against him at the time, and now the opportunity has come. Committee. Hon. J. K. Kelly has bpen placed on the Pacific Railroad Committee. Ko Ku-Klux Outrages. TESTIMONY OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY STA TIONED IX THE SOUTH. While Tile partisan papers throughout the country, and perjured official scoun drels in Congress are. for political effect, manufacturing'stoi ies of political outrages being committed in the South by white Democrats, officer's of the army, stationed in the Souih, are furnishing the following testimony : Major J. Stewart, ofthe Fourth Artillery, writes from Fort Macon, North Carolina, thns : Since I have been in command of this post Hiis portion ofthe State has been very quiet and undisturbed, nor can I learn that there are any organizations of the kind referred to, in this vicinity. Captain EvanThcmas of the Fourth Ar tillery, writes from Lurnberton. Robeson county. North Carolina, thie? : The cause of the trouble in this County is in no way political. A band Cf outlaws, six in number, have been for Ihe period of four years hiding in the numerous swamps that traver.-e ilr.s county in every direc tion, and robbing and murdering the citi zens. They have con.'mi;ted. since the Spring of lb(8. lour murders in this coun ty, and about as many more in the adja cent counties. These murders were com mitted partly to obtain plunder, and part ly because the men murdered tried to have these outlaws, caught and brought to justice. Kobry has been frequent here lor years back, bm tjot until after the close of the rebellion was any band formed for that purpose. Every one of this band have indictments against them for murder. The civil authority is powerless to do any thing towards their capture. They are irMilattoes. and have almost as many Iriends as enemies. They have friend: partly from fear of them, and friends who are suspected of helphing litem in their acts. The part ol this county they mostly trequent is a settlement of about twenty five square miles, called Scuflleton which is mostly inhabited by muhutoes, who al ways gue these outlaws inlorin ition of any expedition against them, and resist the civil law themselves. Taxes cannot be collected from nor wartan s served on any of the inhabitants ol this .settlement. Sheriffs posse have bet n resisted success fully, and most of the citizens of this and other counties are at raid to travtd through the settlement alone, even in daylight. In regard to outrages committed in parts ot ihe State, 1 know very Utile. Captain Frank G. Smith. Fourth Artil lery, writes from Raleigh (N. C.) thus ; Jiefett'iilg 10 resolutions of the Senate of the United States, dated December l(i. 1&70. calling upon the President to com municate to thai body -all information thai he may possess relative to organized bodies of eVil-disposed persons in the State of North Carolina." etc., and your indorsement of the H 1th instant, calling upon me lor a lull report on the same. 1 have the honor respectfully to state that, except through ihe newspaper press, com mon rumor and published official- docu ments emanating trote the civil authorities, nothi ig periineiu to the subject of inquiry has come to my knowledge. Captain John Mendenhall. Fourth Aitil leiy. writes from Fort Johnson (N. C.) thus : I have the honor to report that there is no organized body of disloyal or evil minded men in this immediate section of ihe State. In this county (Brunswick) and in New Hanover. iuwhich is the- city of Wilmington, the people, so far as I know or can learn, are good, peaceable, iaw -abidi.-.g citizens. No murder has been couiitiitied in ihi vicinity since 1 came here, ten months ago, and so far as I can learn none tor years. Col. Henry J. Hunt, Fifth Artillery writes ; As to -murders and outrages committed by the disloyal organizations for political purposes. "1 suppose, that those alleged to have been committed by the so-called Ku-Klux are referred to, I heard of none such as happening whilst I was in the State to wh.ch any importance Could be at tached. Of those which occured previous ly to my assuming comnitnd, that which created the most intense excitement was the murder of Mr. Stephens, a State Sena tor, some time in May. I flunk. This was looked upon by the members of his party as undoubtedly a political murder perpe trated by the Ku Klux. The party charged with this murder was arrested by Colonel Kirk brought belore the Stale Judges on a bench warrant, and bound over to appear when requiied. As the Chief Justice did nit-the honor to invite me to take a seal on the bench. I heard all t lie evidence, which was published, and can. I suppose, be procured. That against the accused was very slight, and there was no evidence whatever to show that the murder was the work of any po litical orga-dz ition. or that, the accused belonged to any such organization. Evi dence ot the existence of such organization in both political parties was produced ; ne il ly all the Cases inquired into proved, however, that other ihan political pur poses were effected through (he facilities afforded by these organizations, whose machinery was used to punish theft, burg laries, insults to women, and other offenses in no way connected with politics. In fine, their principal business seemed to be to do the work usually performed by Regulators"' and "Vigilance Commit tees.'5 Captain George B Rodney. Fourth Ar- till.'ry. writes from Ymceyville (N. C.) : In regard to Ku Kluxism I know very little, save that I have not been able to find any one, black or white, that has ever seen one. but only heard of them. The son of President Grant is to be dis missed from West i'oint lor " medirocity of intellect and conduct unbecoming a gentleman. " This is a very fine way to put natural ignorance and a good illustration of - Like father. liKe son." Conduct unbe coming a gentlemen is what ailed Ulysses when he was a la Captain Jinks, kicked out of the urmv. People's Pictorial Tax-Payer. "We have received from the Free-Trade League of New York City, a pictorial, on which the various articles as taxed by the tariff are pictured in magnificient style. This pictorial should be in the hands of every farmer and consumer. Price only five cents, and can be had from the pub l.shers. How are you. apathy! Full returns from the New Hampshire elections show an increase of he total vote in that State of 125() over last year. It could not have been 'apathy'' therefore, on the part of the Republicans which caused their de feat. On the contrary, there was a very lively disposition manifested on the part ofthe people. The Tkcth. 'The Boise Democrat thu3 truthfull speaks of Oregon "It is said that the crops of Oregon have never failed any season since the first settlement of that country. The same cannot be truthfully said of any other reigon in the world. It shows uu unequalled soil and climate." Telegraphic Clippings. "Washington News. Washt'xgtox, April 10. In the nouses the bill for the removal of legal and polit ical disabilities was passed, leas. 144; nays. 4(5. . Th billexcep s from its'operattons only members of Congress who withdrew from Congress and aided the rebellion,, 7;fiicers of the army and navy who sided with he rebellion, and members of State Conven Hons who voted lor and signed ordinances of secession. On motion of Kelly, the rules were sus pended, and the House adopted 13d to 21 -a resolution reaffirming the resolution adopted bv the House of Representatives of the For"! v-first Congress, in favor of the aboHtion of the infernal revenue system and to repeal all the internal taxes at the earliest day consistent with the. mainten ance of the credit of the Government, and that properlv adjusted rates be retained on whiskv. tobacco and malt liquors, so long as the legislative expenses ot tlu Government require the collection 'of any sum from internal taxation. It is understood that the Spanish-American Conference will meet to-morrow at the Department of State, for the purpose of signing the armistice. Spain and four Pacific Republics will be fully represent ed. Bolivia, which has riot thus far sent any representative, has empowered Col. Fravere. Peruvian .Minister, to act in its behalf. There is very little, if any doubt that an armistice will be signed at once, and followed by the conclusion of a final peace. II aiitforp. Conn.. April 10. An error has been discovered in the return of votes from the Fourth Ward of New Haven, by which one hundred more votes were re turned for Gov. English than should have been. This number was returned more than was checked on the poll list, and the Hen'ocratic State ticket was declared to have received a 1 i ii t number of votes more than the Representative ticket, while the Republican State and Representative tick ets were about equal. The matter will be investigated by the Legislature, and it the return is the result of a mistake or fraud ulent count, Jewell will be Governor. Galvestox. April 12.-A special dispatch from Austin. Texas, says Keard fc Miller's train, loaded with bacon from Chipuahua. for Fort Racon. was attacked very near the boundary by a band of Indians. Keard. his wife, and five other Americans were killed. Chipuahua troops pursued the murders across the United States line, and killed and captured eighty Indians. The United States troops at Fort Good win went to protect the Indians, and came in collision with the Mexican soldiers. A fight ensued, in which the commanding officer at Fort Goodwin And forty Ameri can soldiers wtre killed. The Mexican soldiers numbered two hundred. Chicago April 12. Nearly the entire business portion of Grand Rapids. Michi gan, was destroyed by fire last night. Twenty-two stores, manufactories, and shops of various kinds, were burned. The loss is estimated at S253.00U. Washington-, April 12 In the Senate, Sherman's resolution instructing the Fi nance Committee to consider, during the recess, the best systsrn of reducing taxes so as to leave only enough revenue to pay the working expenses ol ihe Government, was adopted. Scott desired to have bills from the House reducing taxes referred to the Fi nance Committee, but Mr Trumbull ob jected, in order that the measures for re pealing the coal and salt duty might re main before the Senate so as to fie acted upon whenever an opportunity was pre sented. In the House Messrs. Strong and Stark weather, members elect from Connecticut, appeared find rook the oath as members. Myers introduced a bill supplementary to an act to prevent coolie trade, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations The bill provides that U. S. Consuls or Con.-lilar A gents shall not de liver to the Matter of any United States vessel intending to Convey subjects ot China. Japan, or any Oriental Country, the certificate of voluntary immigration. i5ov required by law. if I here be contract on the part of such coolies for service in the United States longer th in for three months. Myers also introduced a bill to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of the Fiench spoliation claims prior to the 31st of July. ltfOL Washington:, April 12. It is stated that Caleb Cushing h is been, or is ro be. ap pointed Commissioner to Mexico in rela tion to claims, or for any other purpose. Washington. April 11. In the Senile the general amnesty bill, passed yesier by the House, was received from that body, read twice, and will be laid on the tabie. EUROPE V.V W.Vll.VEU'S. London. April 10. Paris specials say the Church of Notre Dame has been sacked. Versailles. April 9. A breach has beet: made in ihe Paris fori iticat ions. Saturday night's sortie against CuattilloLi was repulsed. New YoiiK. April 10. A Versailles dis patch says he Government has resolved to enter Paris by storm, at any cost, rather than bombard the city. The Commune is controlled by a secret committee, which arrests other members. It has no known chief. London. April i i. A Times special says Versailles troops occupy strongly en trenched positions at Rologne. O-nieres and Sablonviile. They have unmasked new batteries between Nenlly and the ramparts. Patteries of the insurgents on the ramparts are silenced. Au assault is expected to-moi row. Versailles. April 10. It is not true that the Prussians have threatened inter vention if the disturbances are not ended by the 15th. Pakis April 10. Unless the Germans save ns Paris will soon swim in blood. The Commune is hour ly growing more desperate, and resorts to fierce excesses. Concierges are filled with Priests and Nurs. arrested on warrants, calling them citizens styled servan's of a person called God. Aichbish p Durbny was strippd naked and bound to a pillar, scourged and mocked for hours by a band of 20 Reds. New Yokk. April 10. A Verseilles special to the morning paper says General lltchol died from his wounds. Siege guns are coming in. Gen. Vinoy wiil keep command until Tuesday. A special from Paris" says a Commune bulletin announced that Versailles troops have been driven from Nenilly bridge, ami that the Nationals are eager to ad vance, but are forbidden. London. April 10. U itterles of the in surgents on the ramparts are silenced. An assault is expected to-morrow. The breach in Port Miillot is practicable. Versailles. April 10. Favre did not go to the Prussian headqu irters yesterday. More than S:)0 who were called into ser vice by the Communists escaped, by de scending from the ramparts by ropes. Lonoon. April 11. In the speech of Favre. in the Assembly, he said all pow ers expressed their sympathy with Ver sailles, as the only legitimate Government and declined overtures of the Commune, which shortly shall succumb. Thiers, in a circular, says the status of Paris is unaltered. Insurgents have re turned from Asnieres. There was an in surrection at Toulouse', but it w.u? sur pressed. Disarmament in Versailles pro ceeds. Versailles. April 10. The sorties yes terday from Vanvres and Issy were re pulsed. The official journal guardedly says, the ssembly favors a Kingdom. Napoleonistn and the Commune. London, April 11. The loss of the Na tionals On Saturday and Sunday was 225 killed. 435 wounded. It is represented that the main attack of the Versailles army in the city will be made in the direction 61 Mont rouge and Vernesonl. Bkussei. April 11. The Independence Beige says Favre is going to Reriin to ac celerate the concln&ion of peace, and re assure Bismarck of the early restoration of order in Paris. London, April 11. The Nationals were attacked at -Asnieres. ami claim a victory. Supplementary elect:?" of the Com mune have been adjourned. -he strength of ibe army of Paris is 100.000. Paris. April 11. The breach of Porte Maillot is practicable, and an assault is expected to-morrow. The Communes are barricading every street, and have more than 200 000 desper ate men under their command, and the work of carrying the barricades will be iearfnlly bloody. Your"correspor.dent to-day interviewed he Central Committee. They confessed reappointment and disgust at the work of the Commune. They say their lolly will alienate the provinces and array the whole world against us. We must resume ihe power we entrusted to the Commune, fhey are incapable of legislating or direct ing military operations. We who create them must f?et them aside. Nothing is let i for ns now but to annihilate Versailles or be annihilated. Unless we overthrow Versailles we and the Republic are lost. Havre, via LoNfoN. April 11. A can nonade and musketry firing Was renewed this morning at Porte Maillot. Nenilly. Port re des J ernes and in the I'ois de Boulogne. A detachment bas gone to Vers'aUre for the purpose of proposing measures of con ciliation. They are instructed to insist on the maintenance of the Republic, and to demand that the Nationals shall alone guard Paris, and if Thiers rejects these terms, to inquire what conditions the Ver seilles Government has to propose. ,' Berlin. April 11. The Prussian Cross Gazelle says the British Government is en deavoring to persuade. Germany to inter vene for the restoration of order in Paris. London. April 11. Versailles troops are completely masters of Nenilly. sparing the inhabitants. Fort Valerian is slowly firing. Musketry firing was heard yester day in the Bois de Boulogne. A manifesto from the League for the Defense of the Rights of Paris demands Communal liberties, and to guard Paris by Nationals only. Twelve hundred insurgents occupy Cha lillon. They sortied against the Plateau, and were repulsed. The arrest of Delascluse is contradicted. The insurgents demand 1.000.000 francs or else they will kill the Archbishop of Paris(?). London. April 12. The Echo of Cologne says the French are leaving at the rate of 1.000 a day. Only those favorable to Ver sailles are allowed to depart. Versailles, April 12. Cannonade is less frequent. Noihing important trans pired. Brussels. April 12. The Baden repre sentative has arrived. Conference does not meet this week. Bekliv. April 12. The official paper says Germany will only interfere in France to collect money. That Terrible Outrage. Our readers may judge from the fol lowing on What tsriial! things the Radical carpet-baggers f.nd political demagogues make up large Ku-Klux outrages. This outragehas been heralded all over the country as a terrible affair, and the Post master General discontinued the mail on account of it. The following is a plain and simple narrative of the local United States mail agent whose official duty it became to investigate the case. A drunken rowdy attempts an assan'.t upon a negro iti the postal service, in which e en blows were not struck. His com panions disarm him. lie leaps on to the car, and then jump5 off again, without harming anybody and the whole affair passes off. So trifling was the incident considered that the department took no notice of it at the time. But now. after two months had elapse I. and a secret conclave was held at Frankfort in order to fabri cate an excitement so as to correspond with the other agitation here, the Radicals lequired the colored mail agent to resign, under a pretended apprehension ot danger. Mi. Cress w.-11 put him on the route in the first instance because he sup posed it might be offensive to the senti ment, of the community, and doubtless with the object of provoking bad feeling, and then he retired him in order to mann facture an "outrage."-' The. following la the letter of the post mister : Lon.svii.LE. Cincinnati, and L k x i ng ton R a i Ltn on. North Benson Station. Jan. 2:). 1871. I hailed the train for a passenger to go to Louisville. Four strangers rode up just before the 3:45 train w is due. When the train was within seventy-five yards of the station, the stoutest man of the party stepped out on the plat form, and drew a Colt's revolver, paying he intended to kill the negro mail agent. I begged him to desist, and called on sortie gentlemen to disirm him. His own friends came around him. and took his ;.v'oi from him. When the train was even with ihe platform, and running very slow, the man still bent on assaulting the negro jumped into the mail car alone, and attempted o drag the mail agent out ; but the train moving off very quick, he was frustrated, and jumped from the train after it was in motion. There was only one man entered the car; the other three ran up along side of the mail car, but. took no put. After the train started olf, one of the men fired a pistol into the air. The me i were all strai .o-ts in h's section and role off as soon as the train went out of s'ght. II. C. IIOt'GES. P. M. New Papkr. We have received the two first issues of a new Democratic paper, recently started in Chicago, prinb d by the "Democratic Publishing Company.' It is an eight page paper, presents a nea' typhograpical appearance, and is ed'tfd with great ability. We heartily welc me it to ottr exchange list. Found. A man named John V. M. ITowell. siys the Statesman, recently found over four hundred do'la'-s while he was chopping wood in a brush pasture near Salem. Catarrh is a common disease, so i-ummon that snuffing and "hawking" reach yi-u at every turn. Your foot slip-t in its nasty d:s-i-harye, in the omtiiti is or in church, sind its stench disgust'- at the lecture or c ncert. The ptopriet r of r Sige's Catarrh Rem edy nif-rs "o0 reward for a cae of Catarrh that he c inn it cure. Sold" by druggists or semi sixty cn-s to Dr. R. V. Pierce. 133 Seneca street, liaffalo, N. Y , and you will r. ceive it by mail. Beware o!' we Urfri s a id worthlef imitatinnx. The Genuine h s Dr. Pierce's private U. S. Government Stamp on it. Chvppkd Hxns and Face, sore lips, dry ness of the skin, &c, &c, cured at on e by liegeman's Camph. r Le with Glycerins it keeps the hands soft in all weather. See that you get Hesreman's. S ild bv all dru r. gists, only in cents. Mainu'.actured onlv bv Hegeman & Co;, Chem sts and Dm gi sis, New York. dec3Q-Iy Wistar g ItaUam of wild C 1 '- Yi pleasant remedy for every kind of a cough cold and irritation ofthe breathing apparatus'-' it is a sate remedy ; it is a powerful rtmed it is a speedy remedy; it is a remedy that cares. q It Is si great mistake to suppose tW the cause of rheumatism, neuralrgia or gout exists where the pain is experienced. Ttie source of these diseases is generally urea i the blood; and it is one of the special pro perties of Dr. Walkes's Vegetable Vi.va oak Bitters to neutralize this deposit, while it renovates the relaxed kidneys and thu prevents them from permi.ting a portion ot their secretion to escape through improper channels. Torp dity of .he stomach has aisc much to do w ith the vitiation oftli blood, and upon this organ the Bitters act direct! as a stimulant a. id invigoranf. " CUecrirrg Facts for .lie Blllioiis. Every day demonstrates more clearly that liver complaint, iS all its distressing forms, can bv controlled and cured without difficulty or inconveniecne. It is an obstin ate disease, but its obstinacy is not proof against the pertinacious, remedial and re storative operation of llestttter's Stomach Bitters. That genial corrective compels the organ, to do it duty. It must secrete rcgu firry and healthfully under the influence of the Bitters. Tlieir action brings it backO from a state of rebellion into perfect har mony with the laws of health. If there is sitlc-'uCMe or back-ache, it ceases; if the skin and the whites of the eyes are tinged with sneifluoas bde, they recover their natural Ime; if the appetite is gone, it re turns ; if the digestion, is impaiied, it is re stored ; in biiel, whatever ihe syrnntomH of the complaint may be. and whatever tie ph.ise it has assumed, a cure is certain. Such are the uniform t fleets of this prepera tiou where billions disease lias been already developed; but in cases where there is merely a constitutional tendency to liver complaint, it may lie prt vented throughout lite hy the regule.r use, in small quantities, of tins pul utable antidote. These are proven facts, and should be seriously pondered or. rather, they should be promptly acted upon by all persons of bullous habits. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, REAL ESTATE DEALER, Oilit e, , Ko. G PORTLAND, Front Street, OREGON. RE AT, ESTATE in this CITY and EAST PORTLAND, in the most desirable localities. consisting of LOTS, HALF BLOCKS and BLOCKS, HOUSES and iSl'OltES; also IMPROVED FAPMS, and valuable uncultivated LANDS, located in ALL parts of the STATE for SALE. PEAL ESTATE and other Propertv purchased for Corresrndents, in this CITY and throughout the fiTATHS and TEKKI TOHII'S, with great care and on the mosl ADVANTAGEOUS TEUMS. HOUSES and STORES LEASED LOANS NEGOTIATED, ami CLAIMS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS PROMPTLY COL LECTED. Ai d a General FINANCIAL and AGENCY BUSINESS transacted. AGENTS of this OFFICE in all the CITIES ami TOWNS in the STATE, will re ceive descriptions or FARM PROPERTY" Q aildforward the same to the above address, Feb. 3, 1S71. O Rebecca Degree Lodge Xo. 2, 1. O. O. F" Q i Meet on the Second and Fourth q pv TUESDAY EVEXIXGS. of each month, at 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellows Hall. Members of the Degree are invited to attend. Bv order of N. G. CARRIAGE GUIDE; EVERY ONE U IS OWN POi T.iR. A private instructor fir married persons or tl-.oso about to be married, both male jit.1 fi-m il'd. in everything concerning- the phvs iofogy and relations of our sexual system; and the produ- tion and prevent ion "of oti sp '.-r. itidu ing all the new d isioveri.s never before give1! in the English lammae, by WM. YOUNG, M. I). This is rea!!v a val inble and rnterest i-ig .work. It is written in plain language for the general reader, and is illustrated with numerous engravings: All young married people, or thosecoritein plati tg marriage, ami having the least im pediment to married life, should read thn b'.ok. It discloses secrets that everv one should be acquainted with ; still it is a bonk that must be locked up and not lie about the house. It. wdl be sent to anv add-es on reeeipt of fifty cents. Address'Dn. V.f; i OUN G, No. 41 (J Spruce street above Fourth; Philadelphia. Nov4:Cni. The oi iinat r of this wonderful medicine, claims to have discovered .and combined iri harmony more of Nartire's mof-l sovereign, me iral properties than was ever beforecyoin bined in one medicine. The evid mceof this fact is found in tha great variety of most ob.-tin ate diseases which it has been foutrd to conqu.r. In the cure of lironchitis, severe (Jonahs, and the early stiges of Con v rapt. on it has a-tomshi d the medical fa culty, and hundreds cf the best physicians pronounce it the gi-ea test medical, d'itcorery f tut uge. While it cures the severest Coughs, it strengthens the system and puri fies tue blood. By its yreal and thorough hlool -pum'ying proprrties, it cures all Humor fV'-m the worst scrofula to a common Blotch, rimp'e ir Kruptmn. Mercurial Di-ease, Mineral Poisons, Syphilitic and Veneral Dia-eas-s and their effects are eradicated and rg io s health a id a pcund constitution, estab lished. Erixipehis, Salt llheum. Scald Head, Firer Sores, Scaly or Hough Skin, in short, all Lie numerous diseis Closed by bad blood, are conquered by this powerful, purifying and invigorating fnedi'-ine. For "Aver Co.np!aint," Biliout, Disorders and Habitual Con tipatioii. it has pre d need hundreds of per i ct mid permanent cures where thor me i icitits bad fad. The proprietor offers $1,000 reward for a mi d cine that will eual it in the cure of all d:seases for which it is recommended. Uc w re (it counterfeit and v.ortlUest imitation. See that my private Government Stampj which is UjOiitive guarantee of Genuimnes is upon the outside wrapper. This medaini s Sold by J)rgr;i.sfs at $1 00 per bottle. I ts- narcd by 11. . J'lLUCE. M. D., Swle I ro- prtetor, at Ins his Chemical Laboratory, 133 t, liuflal... N. Y. .-etitc i street. Ue Great Family Medicine of tlie THIRTY YEARS TTave e'apsad since the introduction of the Pain Kill -r t- the public, and yet at present it is more popular and commands a larger s de than ever before. Its popularity is not c ".fined t this coin try alone; all over the wo Id its beneficial effects- in. curing the "ills tha: flesh is he;r to." are acknowledged and appreciated, and sis a pain killer its fame is limited to no counry, sect tnor rate. It needs only to be known to be prised. TniaTr Years is ortaiuly a long enoughP ti me to prove the efficacy of any medicine, and tb at the pain killer is de-erving of all its proprietors claim lor it, is amply proved by the unparalleled popularity it bas attain ed. It is a sure and effective remelfy. Sold by all druggists. Price 25 cts., 50 cts., and $1 per bottle. Directions accompany each bottle. O o o o o O