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PORTLAND, MARCH 7, Ji7.
A Brother in Salem.
Johnson, who was fco opposed to giv
ing liia name nntl antecedents, or tho res
idence of Iiin family, lest they should
hoar of his disgraceful end, litis a
brother now in Salem interceding for
oxocutivo clemency on buhalf of tho
murderer.
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Notaries Public
Tho Governor has made tho following
Executivo appointments : Notaries Pub
lic 11. Ii. Goodwin, of Portland 5 Jan.
T. Townscnd, Pcrrydalo j Thos. It. Blair,
Elkhorn. Commissioner of Deeds for
Oregon E. 11. Nust, No. 50 Exchange
place, Now York City.
No Mllooce
Hon. 11. P. Karhurt, Secretary of .State,
boa decided to allow sheriffs convoying
convict) to tho penitentiary and insano
persons to tlm asylum, no morn inilcago
and nothing but tho necessary traveling
expends Initli ways, leaving them to
week redress in tho courta.
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Making Grass Grow
One of tho most 1 emarkablo signs of
tho thrift uiul enterprise of tho farmers
of I.ann county in tho fact that they uro
oxK!uding largo kuiiih of money in drain
ing iiwalo lands. Nearly 1!00 miles of
xli tch ha'vo been cut tho last two years,
nml hundreds of acres of swale land
thereby converted into productive wheat
flOlllH.
Oontrnot Renewed.
Dr. J. ('. Hawthorne has been awarded
thu contract for thu euro and treatment
of tho insaiio and idiotic of this Statu for
tho term of six yearn from tho first day
of Way, 1878, at livo dollar u week
ouch, payable quarterly. Ho has filed a
130,000 bond conditioned for tho faith
ful fulfillment of tho contract.
Chnnued Hand.
Tho Ijifayetto Courier says : Tlio nur
tow gauge railroad has ehangel hands.
It has passed into thu hands of a com
pany styling itself tho Willamette Viil
loy Jtailroud Company, representing u
wpiuil stock of $1,000,000, of which
about $000,000 has been paid into tho
jiow comiuiuy to meet thu liabilities of
tlio olil compiiuy. It is reported Uiat
tho now company intend to continuo tho
roud to Portland tho coming season.
Shoulder Dislocated,
A sheep herder named O'Hara, in tho
employ of Mr. Hoffman, on his ranch
t gaeir this city, while attempting to' stop
,& band of frighteiiod sheep this morning,
wan thrown to tho ground by ono of the
frightened animals mid troddon under
foot by tho remainder. When ho had
a chanco to arise and count his injurie,
Fj O'Hara (Uncovered that his right slioul-
der was diklocated. Ho canio to town,
utid had Dr. Strong set tho limb in the
sockeU
y The Ite.trlotlou BUI.
. men's Protwtive Union No. 1, of Port
land : .
W)ii:in:.s, Tho Congress of the I'ni
- ted States bus just passed a bill nvitriet-
ing tho bringing of but fifteen Chine
juiHsongers to any jsirt of tho Unit-d
States in any ono V(sel, theivfoio, bo it
' Kcfolveil, That tho thanks of thin
. Union bo tenib'rf'd to our Senators and
', HeiirefH'iitativi' from this Statu for the
tinniest Hiimiort uhieh they guvoKiid bill. ""
v. T. H. MoDn-iTr, I'rci't. 'iV?
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Tho Salem Pott Olfioo.
' lho Rilem Potm.tei-, Mr. U. M.
Thatcher, is tin exixjition to thu iJ.uvs of
oflietv-holdtTH who ne i r die icid inn er
resign. Ilojuvfers his stock nuu-h on
, tho IKwhutes, in Vati twinty, ti the
dull routine, though erj' sum pay, of
(his jKist cilice, and wo Ltw kuon troui
himself for muiic time Mnt thftt he us
ready to lesign. o learn that h- has
dono ho, and that the ition is oUVtihI
to CJapt. I. S. Soott, of Stlrm, who was
foiiaurly Sheritrof Mnjieii count. 'J he
apj-oinlimnt Mill li ipvUr withSuleui
rj'0iH.', uud the raj.iiai., who was in
town vtcrdny find went to Vancouver
ftb-duy, sah he uill rciiun(-nrt l.i duties
inn lint (i aiitu,
No OaatUlnc.
IjvsI Saturday, u;y tho Wslla allu
Union, tho "directors of the AijTU'uhiiral
of ivty met, und af U t c:;kult.ition u ith
il(t CoHiiw.'tlu pixipritler of tlio Walla
Driving Park, apttii with him tVr the
Kco track, grounils and I'.uUUngs for the
jTxt fuir Mr. Collins rtorves the
right uf thu J.vlwn and taurnnt, and
agues Uiat tliero shsll 1 no gamblin
tables or other gambling devices nllowi.i
iit tho grounds, except jool idling,
wliich will l condurtxl )y him in tho
wiloon. Tlds is ns it slionlil lv. Noth
ing detr.iuts Ha much f wm tho plewiuro
ivtd ivuefit of ' Agric.iltoral Wr as
vho tfftonot' t'.u the grounds of .i inulti
3tdo cf ganibh'ij; de-it, ih'ir o:jiperi,
jyflflflrK, I'tc. 'ftii duiM'toiii M' deter
aed to piovfiot their uppennvut.' iu fu-
Hcnrj Hunter, a young man -who
wob employed to collect and boom scat
tered logs on Tido crook, opposite Ka
huna, on tho Oregon shore, slipped from
ono of tho logs and was drowned ycBtcr
day. Too Mnoh Water.
Excepting tbo months of November
and December, 187B, tho amount of rain
fall during '.Fcbrunry 1879, exceeds that
of any month sinco tho Signal Service
Station was established in Portland, No
Tomlwr, 1871
Rewarded at Irfiflt.
A privato dispatch from J. 1). llol
innn, who has lcoii ut Washington City
for Homo weeks post, states that tho bill
long cnding, which passed tlio Senate
last session awarding him $i!5,000, has
finally passed tho House.
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Permanent Improvement.
Gontlemcn who uro thoroughly con
versant with tho business and resources
of tho city inform us that mora valuablo
and permanent buildb'gs will bo erected
in Portland during tho coming Spring
and Summer than have lccn tiny pre
vious year.
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Mill at Hood River.
Mr. J. 11. llogers, of IJast Portland,
is building quite a largo flouring mill at
Hood lliver, on Mr. 12. L. Smith's land,
and was getting nlong nicely when tho
snow came. ITowover, ho thinks ho
will bo reody to grind by the time the
wheat is threshed thu coming season.
Tho young man apearH to lxj master of
Iilh trade, and has the w-st wishes of nil
in his enterprise, which will li a great
accession to tlio valley.
Fatallr Wounded.
A man was stabbed at llurmril inlet
under tho following circumstances : I
Four men havolwn Hvin forsemo time
on tho HRStitig-Granvillo road, and have
been suspected of soiling whisky to In
dians. On Monday monuiik'. two In
dians were found soiiinwhrn' .n tho
vicinity of their houso nnuuvi.iiy from
tho effect of lil whisky, bu ono of
them was, after sumo effort, restored to
life, tho other lxlng beyond help. Tlie
death of Uiis Indian, in soma way, caused
n quancl between tho men who arc sus
pected of having sunjdicd tho liquor, and
ono of them m tlio row, was staiibcti
twire, and will probably die.
Attempted Eieape-
On Thursday of last week, bays tlio
Albany Democrat, when Sheriff Bickoy
was inspecting tho jail, as his custom
ovory alternate day, he discovered that
his iKKirdcrs had Ixfn milking nn attempt
to cscajHi. Tlio corridor, which they
have tho liberty of through tho day, is
lined with a net work of iron liars,
crossing each other at rightiuiglcrt every
four or fivo inches, and in ono place two
of these bars had been tawed off and
removed, and quito a hole dug in tho
brick wall. Tlio prisoners liad not cal
culated very well, for whero Uioy were
working they would havu como out on
tho other side of tho jail. Tho Sheriff
searched them and found in' tlieir Ks
session n knifo transfonnid into n saw,
and in n few days took another of tho
Kimo description nway trom tlicm.
Somo ono on tho outside has lnen fur
nishing tluo tools, and ho is tho chap
that is wanted now.
Tho Oregon Wagon-Road Job.
Tlio object of the bill uow lieforo
t'ongnvis, providing for tlio issuance of
scrip to tho owners of tho Uregon
Wagon-road, is clearly poiuted out by
somo of tho papers of Uiat State and in
u communication tuldrcssed to this
olllce. It is not a confirmation of their
title that tlio owners of tho road lire
seeking. What thoy aro after is scrip
worth from S8 to 830 ier iicro in lieu of
land which they bought on speculation
idsHit two years ago for twenty-fivo tents
an nciv. Tlio same land could at ono
mo Inn o been liurchosisl at heventeen
c-nt iwr aero, and was freelv oflensl nt
that priiv.
Tho land is located in it portion of
Oregon nut vet developed, and this, to
gether with its mountainous character,
tviiderh it almost vuluelvM for sjHcula
tii purposed. If tho Hchcmo pro
jivitxl should prov( successful, the
huldeo of tiie scrip won 11 bo eiubltsl to
tivfile it in lieu ikiii for aero ujion
m.y survived o; uiiKune)cd laud of the
(itivi niim'iit in On-con not vt taken up.
A the grant cinbrueen sovernl huudrol
thvns.uid iw.i I.uUrH's hill (tosses
;uhI Ihvoiiki a Lm, the owners of the
m.ri Mill at ojui- be euabll to locate
um v the dtvintUu ucali utcnl
vnilt-yk, i.td UktuIIv ixmtrol tlie uholu
country sid fir i. j.-niuui nuigs lliii
us undoubtedly tho ol'js"t, uud if the
ticums purport' i u-oiaplilied, Orvjjun
will l- at tlto liKn.1' of u moiv owertul
lot of Und'Ctiibls'ii than ao of thoo
infesting this Stata
It is rstrango Uuit l.utttvll should
haw intcrosiel hiiustdf to fsr as to in
tiliKo a bill aivelling out tho lands of
u Mato that ho doed not reprcAfiit, nnd
it is doubly btnuigtf that he should have
lent himself to a bchemo whidi s.vors
so badly of land grabbing as does this
effort to havo a defective wagon-road
gtnnt tiUo snapped off for tho jriileg'
of swooping down on tho Wit land of
Oregon. Tho peoplo will reiucn-brrliim
U W S. 1 Chroaith'.
mong the lanucrs bome a ttm
prrauce j:occ-ion !n a loautnytown
wai one tMilnf "'., uell when
thdJv's iobcr."
The Indlcn War Cloud.
H. V. Smiti, a rcspocwblo gentleman,
living at Sooyooa Lake, W. T., under
dato of January 23, sends tbo following
to tho Walla Walla Statesman : Imme
diately after tho incarceration of Moses,
runners were dispatched to tho various
confederated bands. Insupkin of the
Okanegans, Kncmosicha of tlio Mcthows,
with other nub chiefs, responded with
celerity, leaving in mid-winter for Mo
ses' country. Thcso two wily eavagw
nnd their conjurors aro fcrmentera of
troublo and oracles nmong tlio savages.
liy tho circulation of tho most diabolical
stories, of tho atrocities toward the In
dians, they aro adding fuel to tbo ani
mosity which already exist in tho imag
ination of Indians. Ono specimen will
suflico as a trjio of tho whole. They al
lego that tbo whites capture infants
from tho Indians, picroo their bodies
with a stick, roast them beforo a tire,
then invito tho Indians to eat. If they
cat they aro told on what they havo
feasted. When Buch means arc ro
Bortod to to inflamo tho imagination,
enmity can easily bo wondered
at Even tho savago nature of
tho Indian recoils at tho mention of
such nets of cannibalism. Tho nrrcst of
tho murderers, tho incarceration of Mo
ses and tlio alacrity manifested by tlio
various sub-chiefs to respond to Moses'
call, augurs no good for tho fututc. It
is my belief, and my views nro shared
by nil old residents of tho Indian coun
try, that wo nro on tho eve of another
Indian war, unless steps aro speedily
taken to quash it by tho arrest of tho
confederate chiefs UraaRsit, n Umntilla
chief; Sinohollaw; Eucmosichc, chief of
tho MithowBj Insupkin, a war chief of
tlio Okanaeans, nnd a fow of their con
jurors nnd advisers. Should (Ion. How
ard secure those restless vagatrands, it
would arrest danger, Bavo many lives and
much property, as well an avoid a largo
exik'ndituro by the government in
Summer camiiaign. What tho frontier
settlements rexjuiro is prompt and ener
getic action, to give tho marauding In
dian to understand that tho daya of
"big talk" aro at an end, that thcrowill
bo no more peace bribos of blankets
" kultas lhotlachos j" that ho must work
as tho white man does for a livelihood
or s.tarve.
Sinco writing the nbovo 1 learn that
UmasKit, with twenty or thirty renegade
Indians, aro camixxl at or near thu
mouth uf Uiu Okauagan, nmong whom
aro ono or two of tho murderon). Thoro
is somo talk of sending n osix to nrrcst
tlio murderers.
Supromo Court.
Wedkcshay, Fob. 2C.
Court met pursuant to adjournment,
Present, Chief Justice Kelly and
Justico Prim.
N. A. Drown, respondent, va Mary
lord et al, appellants Appeal from
Yamhill county; cause Fct for tiearing on
Friday, Feb. 'J8th, as per stipulation of
attorneys.
Ken Hoi lad uy et al, respondents, s
S. U. KUiot et ol, apjiellauts Cause on
trial.
On Monday noxt tho court will tako up
tho case of lm Orton, rcspouuenta, v
W. W. Orton et al, upellantB Appeal
from Mirrion county.
Adjourned till 1:30 P.M.
Ken Holladay et ol, respondents, va
S. fl. PJliott et id. appellants; argument
concluded and causo submitted.
Adjourned til) 9 A. M. to-morrow.
Friday, Feb. 28. "
T. M. Rend, appellant, vs S. M. Gen
try et al., resoiident8 ; iippeal from lten
ton county Ordered that mandate issue
to court below.
12. A. Parker, iwsjKindent, vs 1). 35.
Montcith, appellant ; appeal from linn
county This was nn action brought by
resHmdent against tlio ujipellunt for tho
seduction of his daughter. On tho trial
of this coso in tho court below judgment
was rendered aguinst tlio appellant for
tho sum of $3,000 und costs and dis
buniements. BYU.nvs.
Whero tho complaint in an action for
seduction ullei;os that ,4one 1 P.. tlio
Inuehter of tho tdaintiff. was." etc.. it
sufficiently avers that F. P. is the daugh
ter of thu plaintiff.
In snch an action it is competent to
prove tho good character of his own fam
ily, and also thu good cluuitcter and
stuudiug of tlio defendant's family.
Tho plaint ill limy also prove that the
defendant, when charged with tlio seduc
tion of ids daughter, left his residence
and was apprehended in adistaut part of
tho StaU,
Ho may alno prove that tho defendant
promised to marry bis daughter, and by
means of such promise- succeeded iu se
ducing her.
When tho biU of exceptions does not
set forth till tho testimony given on the
trial, this court will not reverse a judg
ment whero tho instruction given to tho
jury would havo been correct ukm any
nit to of tho evidence which might havo
been projorly K'fotv tho court and jury.
Tho opiuion of tho court Mow of
tinned. Opiuio.i by Kelly, C. J.
K. A. Urowne, tvsiKmdent, vs Mary
lxrl et al., appcll.mw; appeal from Yam
hill coimtv Cause on trial
Adjourned till 1:30 P. M.
Bullion amounting to $15,R77 in was
shipped from Silver City to San Fran
cisco on mourn nist.
I'he r-c.irelty of hay in Umatilla
county Is In great part owing to tho
luct that wheu th settlers -Jew driven
Irom their ranches by tlio Indians last
-u miner, stock euterod tho tUU and
destroy! the growing cioih.
8tat0 had Territorial.
'Coos Bayehippcd 80,000 tons of coa
during 1878.
Burglaries nro prowling around Mil
wanklc. Dayton, Vf. T., has three schools and
160 pupils.
Albany sporlBmen aro popping away
nt glass balls.
Emigrants nro pouring into Chehalls
County, W. T.
Stock Is said to bo doing very well In
laito County.
Sprlngls openlngln Sonthcrn Oregon.
Let her open.
Wnlln Wnlla Is overstocked with pro
fessional men.
Know Is two and a hnlf feet deep In
Colvlllo valley.
The Washington Territory University
now lias 142 students.
Wild hogs nro killing Mary's little
lambs on tho Calapoola.
Kelso's store at Cornelius was bur
glarized tlio other night.
Somo roost robbers aro getting nway
with chickens nt Vancouver.
A San Franolsco capitalist is nbout to
start a glovo factory at Olympla.
Lnto freshets In tho upper country
have carried awny many bridges.
Walla Walla Is to have a freo read
ing room and circulating library.
Tim school nt Union lias been ncaln
suspended on uccount or diphtheria
A largo wild eat was recently killed
by G. 11. ailllhan on Mill I'laln, W. T.
Several new business blocks nro to bo
erected In Astoria thu coming Summer.
Tho settlers of Cholatehlo 1'ralrle, W.
T., havo to travel 15 miles ufter their
mall.
Vancouver nurseries aro shipping
largo quantities of fruit trees to tho up
per country.
W. P. Button, n Hcppuor horseman,
has an Autocrat colt for which ho has
refused SOW.
Tlio mull bcrvlco between Vnnoouver,
and Knlania has been Increased to three
times n week.
Five feet of snow nt Iloblusouvlllu
Grant county. Nothing olso there
worth mentioning.
Tho Junction CItv Itcnabliean hoists
tho iiumo of Its foreman nt tho head of
Us local column. Who Is thu devil'.
Straggling snnkes nro still prowl ng
about in tho Owyhee country. Theret
tlers should gather them to their fath
ers. Kggs are a dollar u dozen in Silver
City, Idaho. Somo capitalist ought to
start a lucioryaiui nianuiacuiro inem.
Millions In It.
A nail nnd darning needle wcro found
in tho stomach of n Jackson county
deer. Is stomach-analysing customary
down there?
Tho soldier boys nt Vancouver glvo
amusing minstrel shows quite fre
quently, and thus relievo tho monotony
of garrison life.
A Walla Walla paper asks, "Do Cbl
neso steal?" Oh, no, not to speak of,
Hut you might ns woll keep your cook
stove too hot to handlo.
A snow slldo nt Silver City, Idaho,
carried a freight outfit a quarter of n
Kilo. Ono horso and mulo wcro killed,
but tho driver escaped without serious
Injury.
MORE WHEAT BLUNDERS.
Tho Orcgonian lias transferred its
choice stylo of pcr:onal journalism to tlio
commercial columns, as follows:
Tho puny organ of the Custom House,
now run by tlio politico-agricultural ed
itor of renowned financial abUity, at
tempts to criticise tho Oregonian's
market rejiorts, and in so doing tells n
uumlwr ot talsctioods and proves Ins
own stupidity at tho samo time. Tho
organ says:
Vcstrily inoraing (Tucuday) that pnjKr
said good nhippiog wheat wus iiaoUsl ut
lC. jcr quailtr of COOpoBniLiinljvtrpool,
whereas, in (act, it was worth (at leant
Oregon wheat ;ut ready for shipment was
worth) 47s. (or CoO pounds, so that paper's
figures were 2s Incorrect, Also that paper's
commercial notes, tho came morning, said
wheat wns $1 C5 per cental In this city, (or
round lots nud perhaps 2 cents moro
could bo i;ot, in somo lnataticei. Now our
advices, ami reliable ones, aro that at that
tiuio uhot hero was easily worth $1 C7
per cental, with probability that SI 70 could
bo t;ut (or a round lot.
Nov, life is too short and our siioce
too valuable to In? wasted in answering
tho yelps of mich unreliable characters,
and wo only say that on yesterday
inoming wo said tho "mean quotation
for wheat is Si 05 per cental, with a
chanco to obtain 'J J tents more in some
instances." This was correct, and giwo
tho status of the market nearer than tho
organ ever found possible.
That was not eoirect. Wheat was
worth SI 071 to 31 70, as wo stated.
Tills morning that pujxr says, "an
Oregon cargo could bo sold for 47a, Gd."
That would bo cheap enough for a cargo
but probably this astute wheat monger
means Uiat much for a quarter ton
of J00 pounds. He had better say
what he means and not inflict so many
conundrums on innnoceut readers.
Hut supposing that lie meant that an
Oregon cargo could havo been sold yes
terday at 47 6d. pr quarter of 5001b,
Uiat statement was short of tho truth.
Tliero has been a shaqi nnd steady tul
vauco iu orders, for a week jat, and we
hapiHui to know that mervhats and ware
housemen through tho street yesterday,
received word that choico Oregon wheat,
ready to ship or ju. shipped, could bring
4Ss to -ISs Gd. ier 500U. Wo will
nss
a littlo money on this being so.
Wp don't bbuuo ths blunderer of tho
morning news monger for being irritafsl
nt having his stupid and criminal rnjiti
cution of tho wheat mr.rke: osposetl, but
thoro is no usa in aio ixpcing his ill
maunni and vnlgr.ritT by the us of
abuwv lajpjajjit Porttead lte.
roK Aim aoaikst chixese-
Tho World and Tribune lead tho
newspaper opposition in Now York to
tho restriction bill. Tho Savannah News
favors restriction and says tho East does
not understand tho question any moro
than the Pacific States understood the
Southern opposition to tho enfranchise
ment of tho illiterate blacks.
Tho Chicago Tribuno wiys editorially
that tho jKissAge by tho Stato Senate of
a resolution oommending tho auti-Chi-neso
bill was in no bonso a partisan net,
neither was it influenced by tho thrcud
laro arguments of Artloy, tho roprcscn
tativo of tho Chicago Socialists. A vast
number of tho pcoplo of Illinois aro be
liovod to bo in favor of tho restriction of
the importation of Mongolian slaves and
leK)rs, but tho same majority would sit
down on socialism witli equal emphasis.
Ministers of tho various religious de
nominations in San Fraucisco havo tele
graphed President Hayes, entreating
him to aign tlio bill, and asseiting their
belief that tho presence of largo numbers
Chinese is highly detrimental to tlio
spiritual, moral and material welfuro of
tho people.
Tho following dispatch is highly cred
itable to Senator Grover :
Following up tho efforts made) by Re
publican members of tho Pacific Coast
delegation in behalf of tho Chinese bill
yesterday, Senator Grover, Iloprosonta
tives Wiggiuton and Luttrell, nnd Sena
tors elect Farley and Slater, oallcd in a
body on tho President to-day, nnd des
pite tho pressure of a crowd of other
callers at tho executive mansion, wcro
given a privato interview with him for
so 'otig a timo as they desired. Senator
Grover, who was tho principal siwkes
man of tho Jiarty, remarked to tho Pres
ident that nlthough thoy wero nil Demo
crats, they camo to see him on this bii1-
ject not as partisans but ns representa
tives of tho practically unanimous senti
ment of tlio l'nciho Uoast without regard
to their political preferences or party in
terest. Grover procoeeled to say that
they would like to add any convictions
tluit ho (tho President) might havo in
favor of signing this bill.
Tho President, with tho bill beforo
him, invited attention to various objec
tions which had been raised in liastem
newspapers and religious bodies against
his signiug it. lie particularly men
tioned its abrogation of tho fifth and
sixth articles of tho Purlingamo treaty,
and stiocinlly requested tho delegation to
stato their reasons for favoring abroga
tion of tho Rixth article. Tlio answer
was that although this articlo con
ferred utKui Chinese in America all
tho privileges of tho most favored
nations, except tho right to vote and
hold oflico, tho.Chineso government lias
never attempted to carry out its recipro
cal provisions iu behalf of American
citizens in China. Tho sixth articlo, so
far as aur citizens aro concerned, had
always been n nullity, and therefore it
could very proierly bo abrogated. Be
sides this, Grover iiointed out that tho
Itced treaty fully protected our citizons
and our commcrco beforo tho supple
mental treaty was negotiated and would
continuo to protect them if both articles
in question wero abrogated. Grover, in
the course of his remarks, presented
strongly and clearly n number of other
considerations in favor of the bill. Uiio
branch of tho argument was Hummed up
in tho statement that tho Chinaman
who has been in California twonty-fivo
years has no moro assimilated with us
than ono who camo yesterday.
Tho delegation earnestly represented
to tho President tho vital iraportanco of
tho pending mcasuro to tho s?oplo of tho
Pacific. Coast, nnd nssurcd him that in
comparison with it all other matters of
national interest had dwindled, in tho
estimation of that section of tho
country, to no present importance.
Tho President listcncii very attentively
to all that was said, and by his questions
seemed desirous of full information upon
tho subiect, but ho did not in any man
ner, indicate what ho intended to da
Tho impression still prevails, however,
Uiat ho intends to return tho bill to
Congress without his approval. Port
laiul Bee,
NEGROES TO EMIGRATE.
Wo had tho news Uio oUier day Uiat
about 500 colored jeople from South
CaroUnu were in New York preparing to
emigrate to Idaho, This movement is
being mode as an experiment, with a
view to more extensive emigraUou from
tho Southern States if it proves success
fuh That it will prove successful is by
no means certain. It is said these ne
groes aro to work on railroads, and no
doubt they can answer u useful purpose
in Uint respect, but it may prove Uiat
they aru uot well calculated to enact the
part of settlers in such u country as Ida
ho. They have not tho acquaiiitar.co with
frontier life, the self-reliance that en
able tho Western man to go further
West und iiiolo his living out of tho
wilderness while he is taming it. An
other tiling : Ho may not prove r-kipted
to the. climate of Idaho, which differs
u-wrially from Uiat o- South Carolina,
and tie itmi mgiowi hau i, very differ
eat mimp cf products. But the experi
ui:.t i wvirth making, .jid if it prove
s nvtf ul and revive d nacouragtcient it
jury tile ilwyv that will cou r.!ana iu
i&mth Gusoiin aud dl Haroaoii the
SouUk Tbceo!orcdmcn,inthiamatterr
led and directed by superior Intelli
gence, for they have tho advice and as
sistance of good men who feel great in
terest in their future and help them to
carrv out this emigration movement in
holies Uiat the raovotnent may prove
practicable and expand into grand pro
porUens. Tim Southern labor supply Is not too
great, aud is less rcliablo than it who in
tho days of slavery. If tlio Southern
States had tho issue directly mado that
they should treat Uio colored working
jieojilo with tho samo respect that is ac
corded to tho laboring classes in tho
North, or loso that portion of tho iiopu
lation by emigration to other regions,
wo should bco great excitement souUi of
Mason and Dixon's line. Tnko nway
Uio colored imputation from Uio South,
and it would bo mined without labor to
produco crops or conduct its growing
manufactures. Mnko bucIi a crisii im
minent and exact terms for tho negroes
upon such a contingency, and tho firo
eaters would drop out of sight; tho
vicious rulo of tho Ku Klux would sud-
) denly end. 1 is not possible to crcnto
such it contingency, but it emigration of
tho colored people succeed vo shall
havo a healthier public sentiment at tlio
South.
Wo aro informed that colored pooplo
of Portland uro circulating a memorial
which is receiving mauv signatures,
favoring emigration of colored pcoplo
to this city. They certainly will
bojfjireferablo to Chinese, and should
lie moro occeptablo to our citizens.
Wo owe it duty to Uio colored
pcoplo of Uio United States' that must
not bo overlooked oMindcrvalued. They
did not como to America of Uieir own
necord, but wero brought hero in slav
ery. Thoy can reasonably claim special
protection and they deservo it. So far
as those among us nro concerned, gener
ally Uioy command respect for good con
duct and industrious habits.
Tlio southern counties of Idaho aro
controlled by thu Mormons who havo
nettled there in lnrgo numbers. Tho in
troduction of a Negro emigration there
will insuro n moro lcol and reliable
Kpulation than exists there now.
Mormouism has never done nnythiug to
command our respect, and on tho other
hand, tho colored raco has given legal
proof of loyalty under tremendous
difficulties. Tlio introduction of Uicso
people into Uiat territory will bo watch eel
wiUi peculiar interest Portland Bee
TO SECURE HONEST ELECTIONS,
Senator Edmunds is seeking, by leg
islation, to protect tho constitutional
rights of colored citizeno in Uio South.
Tho bill prepared by him punishes witli
fine and imprisonment any iverson or
jiersoiis who seek by intimidation, un
lawful menace or any other unlawful
means to prevent tho peaceful assembl
ing of citizens for Uio purpov) of peti
tioning Congrer.i for rodresj of grievan
ces or considering tho subject of tho
nomination or choico of any person to
bo a member or delegate of Uio Heuso
of Roprcscntativev, or who shall break
up or disturb any such assemblage, or
prevent any citizen from Uio exercise of
tlio right of suffrage Personsor officers
charged with any duty under thia act
who refuso or knowingly omit to give
full effect to their duties shall forfeit
fivo hundred dollars to Uio aggrieved
party. Every jicrson who shall cast mi
unlawful voto or ballot is to bo punisheel
by a fine of five thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment of not mora Uian fivo
years, or both. Assault and battery are
to bo visited with a fivo of one thousand
dollars, imprisonment not moro than two
years, or boUt. Persona convicted of nny
of these offeucett ore to bo disqualified
forever from holding any oftko of honor,
trust or profit under tho United States.
It would seem that such a Ian ought
to bo competent to secure the ends tle
Bired, but when we consider the impossi
bility of securing unprejudiced juries in
the South, und the bit'er and reienUess
feeling of tho dominant race and party
in Uiose States, Uie conclusion is reluct
antly forced upon us Uiat legislation
will bo a faUuro and that universal suf
frage will bo farco for many yers to
come. Bitter on tho feeling w towards
tho use ii tho army to givo curitv for
fair elections, wo aro drivcii, ia tie Ught
of recent events, to tho conviction that
miles the army protocts every jjllirg
place there can be no fair election L'i the
Southern States. Portland P-ve.
CoT. Denis roecntly killed seven elk,
a bear and two cubs In ono day at thu
head of Willow Creek, in tho Blue
Mountain. His friouds hi Hepnner
are uow feastiug on ;Ua meat.
Ants tju.t keep
Ants.
tho wcrld Iwj - Inf.