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Tiitiillon nOlm-l I'nrs.
Ciimmiio, Dec. 1(1. Judge Driiiumoiid !n
tlm Unitiil States Cull it tint morning decided
thnt tlio tax levied by tlm city on the Street
Cr Companies nf Chicago nf S-VJ per car per
year in valid, This "ill put nl.mit 31 10,000
annually into tlio city treasury.
Ilniiiteil fur llnnlrr.
HimiimnnK. Oi'Klitr. Dec. 10. Wflli.tin
(tray was hamtcd this morning for tlio iiiiiiiUt
of Thomas Mulligan. Ho dud protesting liis
innocence.
lor lnhlnu lllrmil l'r-.
Giif.kviiciki, Iml., Dec. IO.--'rii! County
Assessor and eight county olliccra li.ivu been
inflicted for taking illegal fees.
iiiiriiiitlnr I iiillililliili.
Nfcw YnitK, Doc. 10.- Tlio Quarantine
Convention unanimously resolved tlmt it is
tlio duty of tlio General (lotirnmciit to defray
nil iiuaraiitiiio administration which extends
Iioyouil tlio iHitinihirics of a single Stato, nuil
they nk for an appropriation fiom (Jongioss,
Adju'lrnid to meet nt Savnnah nuxt Decem
ber. lies rum- Marine liiilrl.
Wasiiimiton, Deo. 10. Aciieulnrhashoen
issued ly tlio Secretary of tint Tioasury, con
taining regulations governing tlio admission
of candid itos to the grade nf cadet in the lev
iuiiio marine service. Tlio circular nay hi A
standard of ptolicicncy will lie llxt-dj If can
illdltcH fall helriw iiucli staud.llit, tliey will lie
rejected. They may, however, receive a see
oi.il examination at tlie next annual conven
tion of tlio Itoinl of llxainiiicm. failure on
tliu second examination will ieult In tlio liiial
rejection of tlio candidate. While applicants,
an a rulo, will lio nciMnltil not tuoin than two
examination, exceition may lio made giant-
lug a llilnl examination in paiticuiaiiy men
tinned case wlieio the. candidate have passed
silccostfnlly two cxanilli itmu. Cadet will
Imj npoiiitod for tlio probationary peiioil of
two yearn, during which time tliey will lie re-
nlioul Kelly's downfall havo liccn of a very
complex mid not of a p irticul.tr disinterested
character! hut it is striking testimony to tho
tucrcatlnu power of public opinion over tho
spring of municipal pol.iivs that from tho
mixed mass of motives out of which yester
day's nominations wcro linally evolved, we
should hnvo tho result which is so fairly satis
factory,
I'rrlKlils fur liar I'nrlllr (onl.
Movement of freight bv the Capo route is
gradually on the increase, and ships arc doing
nctter than lor a long tune, wmie at too same
time rates arc very satisfactory. Tlie Coliim
lius and Ilagerstown nio tlio leading vessels
and both will ho loaded hy tho "mil if tlio
weather should not piovo stoimy. Ships to
follow ill turn nro also doing considerable in
the way of getting on hoard coal and other
weight, and piospccts aro that tho ycir will
cloo with ijuito an active market, a; there
seems to ho a ile'iro to send forward hy this
route full supplies for next season. Hates re
main (jiiilo strong on tho oasis of eight dot
srs for dead wciuiit.
Isthmus freight aro fairly active, and to
day tho steamer had a fair cargo for tho Cal
ifornia market, principally canned goods, etc.)
a'so, a lot of railroad iron,
I'rclghts at Itoiton aro in good shape. Tlio
Kmllv T. Whitney is doing fairly, and will
ho loaded hy the 'J.'tli inst. Railroad freights
from that point havo hecn ipiito active for tho
seaiori, with shipmcriti of 1,0." II package of
fish, -tS.'i cast's of ci.lilied goods, .TJ.T casi-s
hakeil lieaus, Kl-'i cases of fish halls, and 81 i
cases of canned lish.
At I'hlladelphia tho freight market is only
faiily active. Tho KIIa AlcN'eil has linislied,
and the St. Joseph is in berth, hut not likely
to get away this month.
I'liiiiiiiin I'iiiiiiI In Si-null-.
'.SIIN(ITIIN. HocituW 10. MclllliCIH of
the Senate Foreign All'airsCommitteosay tlmt
thero will lio no Intcrlcrenco wliatever on too
part of Congress in thu construction of tho
ranama can.il. In tlio manner now proH)il,
tinl that no Interference was ever contem
plated except in tho event of a foreign Hwor
attempting hiiihllug or to control tho canal.
Secietary Thompson left this city for New
Yolk lait evening. It is (.aid hy intimate
friends of thu .Secretary that his visit is for
thu iiii'mim) of consulting with gentlemen
tlici'u who aro interesiuii in tlio I .uiamauainl
ipiinid to persiiu a iirmcrilxil -onroi of study
ami erlorni "lion nii'ie on imam snip oreiao
wlieio in thu serviie as may ho deinaluled of
thein, In two years they will, if their pro
bationary service Im satixfactory, ho uxauiiucd
for promotion to tho gradu of third lieutenant
in the icvtnuu mariiio rnnc.
Illll In llillilr M-lllrr. mi Itilrrlnl Hull,
mini IjiimI.
Tho lions" of llvpresent'itives on tho Hth,
on motion of Delegate Itretits, of 'aliingtoii
Ti-iritory, took up and ptsied thu lull it'iort
ed hy llepiiisentativii Iterry l.it session from
tho 1'iihlio limls Coiumitteo for thu relief of
settler on restmiHl lailiuid lauds, It is as
follows i Ilu it enacted, etii , That all ih-iwiii
wink shall have f-l tied and made valilifilo and
iieruiaiiriit iiupnfit'eilients iifxni any mid num.
ficioil suctions of.Und within any n.ilroad
wilhiliawiil in k'hmI faith and with poriiiisiion
or lioi'imu of thu rillio.nl coinpaiiy forwhoMi
lienetlt the saino shall li.no hecu made, ami
with thu oM-ct.iti"ii of piiieliasing of sueh
i'ouiMiiy, thu laud so s titled mum nnd im
provnd nny for any eauo ho restoied to thu
iuhlio iloiualii, and who at thu timuofsueh
lestoratmu may not Im entitled to enter and
auuiiu n tit to to such laud under pre-emption,
homestead or timlar cut act of tho
United States, shall ho M-rnutted at any time
within tline months after sueh lontnratiou
and under sueh tides and regulations a thu
Commissioner of the (ieuer.il l-ind Ollieu may
iiuserilu to iuich.iu not to exceed IIKI acres
III extent of tho Mine hy hgal mlidlvil(Ui at
thu puce of S'J .'id per a. ie mid to leeeive
jtiU'tits theiefor. Tliu lull now goes to the
Senate,
John Krlli mil ur Olllrr.
NV.w Yiirk, I . Ill An interested crowd
of politician was almiit the City Hall this
morning to attend the A'demianio iiieellng.
It wa.1 Iwlievud that tho auti-Tamiu.iuy mem
Ik is of the InlihI had agreid with Iholtepuli
licaus to eonllini .Mayor Cooper's nomina
tion. Theiu was a long itcUitu on tho propo
sition hy a Hepuhlieaii Alderman to eoiillrm
t'm apjHiiutmeiit of Allan Ciiupls-lt Coiup
ti oiler in place of John Kelly. Tammany de
siled to lifer thu iittiiiin.it loil to a I'OUIIIiltteu,
hut weiu heati'li I'J to l. )iaciilnii contin
ued in to continuation. When the tutu was
taken it icsulti-d for ituitlrnution I .'I, again. t
H, and Allan C.iniphell sueereds .lolui Kellv
n Complioller. Conlii in.ition rapidlv ful
loed ol all apiHiiiitincnU hy thu Mayor,
some of which weiu lteiiiliican and tho lest
antl-Tainnniiy lleinociats.
Kelly was waited iisin till afteiiiisiii hv
nisiiy ieixiuswho etpii'Mi-il theiriegrettli.it
he would no longer 1h eonnected with thu
Kuiaiico lep.iltineut. Ilu was engaged until
late arranging hi all'.iirs preparatory to his
departure, hut Mr. ( tiiuiuVII, thu new ap
Klltee, sent llilll "Old that ho would Hot Is)
prepsiinl to taku charge of tho ollieu until to
luol row. Kelly s.ml that In only legiet in
retiring fiom thu dc.iitiucnt was III severing
Ins t-oiiucvtiou with thu faithful employes, to
whom ho had Ixvomo deeply attached,
llir IiiiIIih' llriinril.
N.tt Yiiiik, )v. II- The HrrM, in its
wild leioiciiig over lulle)' downfall, com-iiUci-utly
leuuiks; "Had ho alutaiueil fiiiiu
Ins outrageous hi caches of social decency, ho
might pethap. have saved liiuuclf from this
.iniilliilatiug defeat hy thu ivsouuvs of a
political strategist) but when itll thu lilies of
decency am violated, when wouton and un
founded smmiiIU aro made on personal charac
ter, thu community revolt against such ex
hibition of tho iiii.criipuloiia nrrog-uico of a
ha. "
Tho .nr, Kellet's oigan, sadly s.iys:
"With the event of yesterday, thu profound
conviction mint impio itclf on tho mind of
Democrat every whero that New York i no
longer a lleiuiK-iatio city. It has I ecu traded
oir, handed over to the IScpiihllcan body and
soul. It will no longer roll up thoao mag
nilicent majorities which icdieiued thu Statu
and placed it in thu van of thu Democratic
phalanx," Thu .SYur brand thu four Tam
many alderman who voted for Campbell, with
Calu-liko iucllact-ablo maiksa "abject with
dowuc.ut eye and binning check, writhing
under tho contempt of titer indignant associ
ate tvlioso ncoidetl iu-lkm Jeatenlay will
haunt them during their liw at a luuing re
jiiojch," The Tii'Uix "Tlio intlucuici which lnoulit
Company relative to hi acceptance of thu
Presidency of thu American branch, r'rom
Inteiviows with person who nro cognizant ol
thu Secretary's movement it is believed that
ho has nltoAily accepted, or will in tho eonro
ol a low nays, accept tno position mentioucil
and tender his resignation a Seciutary of tliu
Navy.
tinnier In 1en.
lAi'lisovnoiio, Texas, Dec. 10. Yesterday
a party of six men rode up to thu storo of
Itiisull llros.f nt Tint Oak, n small town I'J
miles north from heio, ami after piirvhasing
goods amounting to C'JOO. invited Ahuer It.
Itili.ell outsidu. ('implying, ho was Hied
upon and kllle-l. Thu inrty re-en teied the
store, shot, seriously and probably fatally
wounding .lolin Itiin-st.il. Citieu nro in pur
suit.
Ilrniorriillr M-Miilur Alm-lil.
Wasiiimitiiv, Dec. 1 1. Wnalu Hampton
writes that hu will not ho in Wadiiiigtnu,
until after thu holidays. On account of tho
ubvnee of I. iiupiiird D'-iiiim rats thu paity
cannot elect their llousu ollleers at present.
I lie I'rrslilenl mill Uru, llownnl.
Thu I'lenident had a long talk with (!eu.
Ilouard, in the course of whiih hu admitted
that hu had called him to Washington to
make him Comiiiandir at West Point, hut had
been dissuaded from doing it by (icueral Slier-
man ami Seei eUty Kvaits, not on account of
iiersounl oiioiitiou to liim, lint Ih-ciiiso Hit)
held that tlio clmngu would hu too violent in
view of Howard's well known varience, ju
what ho regards as thu correct policy, as con-
tra'tiil Willi .Scliolicld's adinililitmtion, tin
nroiuisvd Howard, however, that hu should
havo soiiio uimnI i-lauo In tha I -ant ns soon as
I ..t.l ......I.. l..i.,r.tA.. t.. i 1 . ..I...
iiu i-iiiiiii p,-ii,u inn uit.iiin hi iie-uii ,11,11 uwv
it. Ho told him also, it i understood, that
hu should mako (leueral Terry Commandant
at West Point.
I. . tlitrOial tliiiilrri-il In Alabama.
Thu Coiuiuissioner of Internal lieveiiuo has
received advices from lluntstillo, Alabama,
that illicit distillers who wero interfered witli
by a C S. Deputy .Marshal, shot and instant
ly killed Dvputy.lohn II. Ilanlie. Another
Deputy baicly eseapud. V. S, .Marshal Ixiss
is organizing a gisid force to arrest tho parties.
of whom tlicru mo four, nanied Culbraith
(who tired tho fatal shot). laiiuons and two
Corsieo brothers. Coiuiulssioucr Itauni tele
graphed instruction that thu most tigoioiis
measure hu taken to bring to punishment
thesu i II ties, livery distillery must hoseied
and illicit distillers oriented. Thu Attorney
u.... I ...... -I....I.... ..... .: ... .1... If kJ
.i-,ii-,i vent pi-,uai iimiiiieiiiiiis in ihit i, , o.
.Marshal.
llir tnrktiitiii I'rlrliriillnii.
Tlicie is an active movement to mako thu
coming Yorktowu celeluation a sueces. and
Comiuisxiouer havo Ih-cii apiMiiutod in each
Statu of thu Union, including Hon. Irving W.
Stanton of Colorado, and Hon, .Ins, W, l-'sr-ley
of California,
Foiti:i;..
Collier) l'. pin. Inn.
Ctlilill'r', Deo. It). All explosion oi-ciiiied
thi morning at I'enygrieg, a new colliery in
Ithouda valley. It I believed that eighty
seven person peiished. An exploring party
diuovered III corpses, Search i impelled by
after damp and debri. This pit is about ouu
milu from thu ceuu of tho gru.tt explosion in
Diuas colliery, sainu valley, .lanuaiy III, IS'S,
when alsiut 0(1 persons lost their live,
A llrinliiiler In iluilliiui'.
I.OMKIN, Deo. 10. Thu Tinim says: Tho
llatnent with rcsticct to tho railway has hecn
decided. Steady progress will bo made in
the conttritction of thoto portions of the rail
way now under contract. Two additional
sections havo recently been opened for con
tract, ono from Winnipeg Pottago to Lap
racye, the other from Cross Lako to Kccwu
tcr. So that there aro now in all 204 miles in
operation. Tlio measures adopted to promote
economy in tho working of inter colonial anil
Prince I'Mward Island railways havo resulted
vi ry favorably, and tho steady increasing
trallic warrants expectation that during the
current year those railways will ha self-eus-taining.
IMII"'IJ COAST.
All lllleriillllolial (in-liili.
San I-'iianuIsiii, Dee. 8.- A few days ago a
Mexican named Clodomiro Cota was ariWed
under extradition on a charuo of felonv. A
writ of habeas corpus got out, and tho Judge
of tho Superior Court ordcicd tlm commander
of tho Mexican gunboat Dcmocrata," to whose
cnargo tho prisoner was tumid over, (o pro
iIiiccj him in court. Thu commander refused,
alleging want of jurisdiction, Tlio court then
sunt aSheriir to the gunboat with two war
rants one for Clodomiro and ono for tho ar
rest of tho commander for contempt of court.
From tho fact that no report has been received
from thu Sheriirs party, it is inferred that ho
Ins met with dilliculty in carrying out tlie
orders of tlm com t.
I.ater '1 ho Sheriirand party returned from
a visit to thu Mexican gunboat Dcmocrata at
about lOi.'tO. Two boats, with Shirill" Des
mond mid two deputies, Cota's brother and a
number of representatives of the press, left
tno wnari at anout 71.10. un arriving within
half a eahlo length of tho Dcmocrata they
wile hailed and 01 deled to keep olf. Cota
rose 111 tils boat anil hailed tho steamer.
When his volco was recognized a swivel gun
was trained on thu boat ami a party of .ma
rines jumped on tho bridge nml, brought their
their rilles to bear. In a fow moments a boat
put nir from tho Dcmocrata, with an olliccr
and a Mpiad of limine. After n brief confer
ence the Hlieiill'tvos transferred to tho Mexican
boat and taken on board tliu Dcmocrata, A long
interview ensued 011 hoanl Tlio Shcrill
served his warrant for tlio arrest of Scnr
Ccrissola, commander of tho vciscl, hut that
olliccr refused to submit and retired to his
stateroom ami a mariiio was stationed at tliu
door, who, 011 thu Shei ill's attempt to enter,
thtcatcucd to run him through with a bayo
net. Tho Sheritr tluallv retired to his hunt
ami puiieii ainoru.
,lhu Dcmocrata has steam up ready to
leave, but it is not yet known whether her
iiepariuro will lio permitted. Tho 17. S,
sicain corvettes tensacoia ami iMatka are
anchored outsidu of tho Dcumcrata and n boat
from tlio former hoarded thu gunboat jtut af
ter thu Mieriil withdrew, but tlio nntnru of
tliu conference is unknown,
din Mirri-nili-iril In llir Aullinrllli-s.
Ht r'liA.M'iMii, Deo. II. Shortly after mid.
night tlio Mexican, Cota, was brought to tin
city prison by thu Mexican consul and given
in charge, to hu produced in court to-morrow,
In view of thi action, it is probahlo that no
further steps will ho taken lor tho arrest of
tho commander of tho Democrat!.
in; 11s itv Ti:i.:.itAiii.
It is rumored that (len. On! will mako the
City ol Mexico Ills fiitinu home.
Illy, Arnold .t Co., a colluo firm in Xew
Yolk, have made an assignment.
dipt. II. W. Howgate, of tho Signal Ser
vice, ha tendered his resignation.
John Urophy wa Instantly killed by Tom
Casey at Luiiim-llle, Ky on thu 8th,
Cti to noon on the lith, SlL',000,000 Panama
canal shaies had been applied fur ill Kuropu.
American subscription to Do Lcsscp's
Panama canal project thus far amount toS.'l,.
UfO,lSSI,
Ort Hciidrickhou, of Todd countv, Minna
sota, wa murdered whilu out hunting on tliu
8th inst.
Tlio President has nominated Henry Y.
Dwight Register of tliu laud olllco at l.i
(irainle, Oregon.
At Onagh Assizo on thu 8tli, a farmer was
senteiiceil to 'J.1! years' penal servitude for fir
ing at hi landlord.
Tho city of lluuiio Ayn-s has been selected
as thu ililinitivu Capiti I of the Itepuhllo. and
A $100,000 fire occurred at Springfield,
Mass., on the Oth. I
A Sf.OOO fire at Custer City, D. T de
stroyed the principal hotel In tho placo oil the
Uth.
Tho tobacco factory of J. L. Jones, of lllch
mond, Va., wua destroyed by lire on tho Oth,
J.oss, ?.)O,0OU.
A Xew York paper shows tho net increased
earnings of 10 railroads in Xovember over last
year to bo .1,747,000.
Ford, Hepuhlican Orcenbackcr, received a
certificate of election to Congress. Tho final
canvass gave Ford to majority in over -til,
000 votes.
The celebrated Kriclish horse. "UluoOown,"
belonging to Jas. H. Keene. on tlio way to
this country, died on board tho delayed steam
ship Yictoria.
The N Y. Jlullttin says : liaising tho liatik
of Kngland rato is a warning that no further
largo amount of gold will comu to America
irom London witli tlio consent ol tho hank.
A dynamite explosion occurred on tho Uth
at tno union 111110 works on .Nineteenth street,
Chicago, which resulted in the death of John
Waugh and the fatal injury of Walter Hall.
An agent of tho wealthy speculator, Jim
Kecno says that Keene is negotiating for the
purchase of the famous stock farm of (len.
Mccino, in Shenandoah valley, at a cost of up
wards of S'.'00,000.
Mrs. Ol.'iisiu.iu, a Herman woman of Mar.
otiettc, Orccn Lako county. Wis,. 011 the Oth.
in a fit of temporary insanity, killed her babe
by cutting its head nearly oil" and then cutting
tier own throat, dying almost instantly.
The (Irani! Jury of tho Federal Court has
indicted thico Flection Judges at Manchester,
Ya , for refuing to tako votes because thuv
alleged that thu capitation tax wa illegally
issiiid from thu Stato Auditor's olliccrs.
Senator Hailoy, from Tennessee, says that
thero is nothing in tho talk ol electing a lie
publican Senator to succeed him (llailcy.)
Ho asserted : "Wo havo a majority In' thu
Legislature and aro going to elect a Democratic-
Senator."
A Stanford, Conn., dispatch of tho nth,
says t An express train from New York this
afternoon struck tho cairiago of Thos. Daven
port, instantly killed Mrs. Harriet Davenport
ami seriously injuring tho daughters of Hev.
.1. w. llyilo mm .Mr. Uivcnport.
Tho (lovernor of Tcnuestee, and Secretary
of Stato failing to agree on tho election from
Itniilloy county, tho former claiming tliu Dem
ocrat elected and the latter claiming that the
itepilblicaii 1, tho c.110 will ho decided hy thu
Legislature Itself, i hu Democrat still havo
three majority on joint ballot.
tll( II INKS' I'll It AHilll IATIO.V.
The Itrsiill ol llir I'nlr or INSO .1 hjulrni or
Awnrif In lie .liliipleil In I nl ore.
Thu Hoard of Directors of tho Mechanics'
Fair Association of this city ha received from
tho Tieasurer and Secretary tho following
statement showing tho result of thu fair hold
at thu Pavilion in October last t
IU.CKIITS!
Sale of tickets $(l, 1 22 (W
Kent of stands .'.tl.'i (Ml
Miscellaneous 7IIJ 1)1
Pieaeiit indebtedness 11,000 00
Total 813,310 3!)
lillirilsKMK.Ti
Permanent improvements $9,187 72
Printing i:il 11.1
Insurance 1711 77
(in 'IS 00
Tilcphouu lilt,"
Salaries (employes) 1,1111 II
Musio 1,010 00
Miieellalieous ,1:17 J0
Inteiest 123 "H
Cash 011 hand (17-10
Utile of thu circular to the magiatratc by tin
Chief Seeietarv of Ireland a month 'aftei
(ilad.touo'a upctch III (luild Hall at tho inaug
uration of the bird Mayor of Umdou, in
which hu stated that thu nliligallon to protect
every citizen 111 lifu mid property might com-k-I
thu government to ask ineieasu of Hier,
prove that in thu judgment of thu (intern
ment itself matters have grown worse. It
proves also, that tho cutting means of repres
sion am of 110 avail. If in tho face of existing
tcrrori.m magistrates mid police had not ven
tured to i-uforco the l.rnr, will they J
stiMigtlieiicd to do so by Korstcr' reminder ?
Thu authors of edition and it abettor will
laugh at thi tardy attempt to 110 ahsolutu
eaHiii fur iiuclling a lawleuue whose
growth they Into i-ntiiely failed to check.
Sueh being thocaau it may well bo aakrd
with thu contingency. Inu nut arisen at .which
(ihuUtouv pointed,
Auoltier bliui'L ul Agruui.
Yik.na, Dec. 10.- Another sharp shock of
eaitheniiako iHvinred at Agraiu, Crotia,
Wisluesilay night.V.UKiuga ternblo panic but
no serious damage,
the ruiiMtllaii Uullitnr.
Ottawa, Out., Deo. U. Tina evening thu
tioveinor-l leueral deliveied it speivh from tho
tliiMiie. Following it an extract 1 The con
tiact mid ppera eoniiected with thu Canadian
Pacific llailroad will Ik) submitted to you
without delay, and 1 invoke for them your
early and earnest consideration. 1 have sum
moned you before the mual piriixl, ns no ac
tion can be taken by contractor to procvuto
thu work, and no p-rm.iiient airangemeut for
the oigiiiization of a syitvmatio emigration
from i:iaie to thu northwest territory can
bo katUfacton'ly made uutil thu policy of Par-
peaeo it perinaiieutly imilreil.
ilidiu l.vles was inuideied hy James Thomas
nt Columbia, S. C, 011 tlie 8th. Ik-foio Lyles
fell ho shot Thomas and his son.
Olio hundred mid sutcntv-live head nf
Cluistinas cattle, nveiuging 2,(KM) each, weru
sold ill Chicago ut tlili.) per head.
A Civil Service Society ha lieen oruanied
at New Yolk. It 1 proioacd to organize
branches in all iarts of (he I'lilou.
Thu tepoit of thu llailroad Commissioner of
Illinois slums that 17 101. U in doing business
in that State, eluired lfUI,tHH),000 during thu
present year.
A It mlil' Washington dispatch says 1
Soiiio leading Democrat in thu Homo havu
ooiieeivid the idea of capturing tliu organiza
tion of tho next Hoiimi by making nil alliance
with the (ireenbieker, andsupiortiug(irceii
backer m for thu Speakership,
Senator lugalls intiixliiced a hill to-da
piovidiug for thu iiiiiu of not over ten mil
lions of fractional currency of denomination
of ten, twenty-llvu mid fifty cent. There I
a viry general impression among Congressmen
that the people would like a little of this kind
of eiiiieucy (or inc. in mails, but othcrwiiu
silver i preferred.
Tho President ha sent (0 the Senate thu
following nomination : Associate Justices of
(ho Supremo Court for Xew Mexico, Warren
llnttoli for Arizona. W. II. Stillwullof New
York i (or Utah, Mephun F. Tiof Mis
souri 1 for Coiiiiil at (luyaipiil, Ph.inor M.
Filer of Nevada. Col. NcLou A. Mile, .Mil
Infantry, to by llrigadicr (leueral, vice (Jep,
Ord, retired 1 Col. Win. II. llazen, lith Infan
try, to bo Chief Signal Olliccr with rank of
llrigadicr (iciieml.
Senator Kernaii introduced a bill in the
Senate directing the Coniniuiunier of Interna
Ueveiiuu to refund all taxe oollrctnl upon
capital employed by any person in the biui
lies ol hanking, which comes witliin the
piiiteiple of a division by the United States
Supremo Court, in the case of lUiley, collec
tor vs. Clark, et al, Tho bill provides that
application for such refund shall Ui presented
to tho Coiuuiuaioiiers of Internal revenue,
withiu one year from tho poasao of tho act.
Tho Xew York Public, in speaking ol limi
ne for a month, say 1 Kxchanges in Novem
ber amounted to $3,721,80, -MS. Tlio vast
increase of trallio it noteonlined to New York.
Philadelphia and San Francisco aro tho oulv
cities at which even tho extraordinary trans
action of NovciiiIkt, IS70, are not iifrpaascd,
.-..in ri.inciacii ri-coviry seem couuneiiciil,
for tho di-creaso lit exchanges it iutignificant.
Ill a few cities tho cain it small, but in most
case tho ineroaio is largo Mid the transactions
lor .NoeniK-r far exceod thoao of any other
month since tho Clcarim- Houses liecan their
work. Indeed, the great wave of commercial
activity it felt already on thu other aide, of tha
Atlantic, for tho largest exchanges ever kuown
in a single day Wire those, of NotemWr ISth,
at Utiidon. The Paris Clearing Home, which
x ports monthly, thowtau iucrvauo of activity
m OctoKr.
Total 813,310 oil
Tho nttcndaiico at tho Pavilion duriiiL' the
seventeen days of the fair was in round num
bers 2,1,000 adults and 3,000 children.
It will bo seen from the statement made
that tho iinprowment made, which Include
thu Machinery ami Horticultural nuticxis, tho
necessary fixtures for tho same, and tho pur
chase of n largo steam boiler, that thu ex
pense of the association have been unusually
largo, amounting to neatly $10,000, which will
account for the item of "present indebted
ness," Thu members of tho association feel
highly gotilied over thu result of tho fair, and
more than ever impressed with tho fact that
thu annual Mechanics' Inhibition will prove
u great siicces, mid thu interest in it increaso
with each exhibition. At the la-t meeting
of thu Directors, President Dekiim was au
thorized to appoint two others of thu Hoard
to net witli him at a committed to mako some
arrangement and devise soiiio method to es
tablish a system of awards to be given exhib
itors. It i tho intention t award lmIiI. ail.
ver and bronze medal and dipbiua, to all
meritoriout exhibits, those of Orivon inanii
facturu to reecho tho mcdali, mid tho best
displays of articles on exhibition, but inadu out
sidu (hu State, to hu awarded a diploma.
This step will meet the general approval of
everyone, and it will stimulate our homo man
ufacturers to exert themselves in order to se
cure- inch a recognition of their enterprise and
skill. Thu committee to have this matter tin
ler considt ration will adopt souto manner of
governing these award, and will report to tho
Hoard of Directors the result of it lal-ora at
tho next meeting, which will Im held on th
first Monday in March next. A icsoliition
wa nlo passed at the last meeting to incrca.o
tho capital stock of tho association to S.'IO.OOO,
mid the additional stock will not leinain 011
tho market any great length of time.
llallioail liiipruieiiiciils.
The Seattle Inltlll.jencer speaking of tho
improvement being made there to tho rail
road pnijK-rty since its purchaso by thu Ore
gon Improvement Company, sayit "At soon
as ono structure i completed on tho railroad
wharf another it commenced. The round
home, capable of holding four locomotives, and
tlio carpenter shop under tho latno roof, aro
now ready for occiiiancy. A few yard from
them is being erected n neat looking black
smith shop, which will ho ready for uso by
the end ol the week. Two men will lio here
after engaged in tho blacksmith shop, instead
of ono as heretofore, Tho construction of a
commodious depot building will ho com
meiiccd iK-foro long. Tho turn-table at this
end of the road it now in working order, and
the ouu for Is'uwiastlo it already to be sent
out at any time. A largo suppty of car iron
h.u ju.t arrived, and a number of new can
will soon bo added to the rolling stock.
Workmen aro now engaged in refitting the
locomotive (ieorgina, which h.u been out of
service for tho past six or eight mouths, ami
ho w ill soon bo ready to go on the road in at
good condition as ever. I'ho present survey
that it King mado of the road is not for tho
puipoe of changing tho line, hut 111 order to
roieily locate the line oil map being made
by tho eompauy,
Tho Seattle Intelligencer says Gen.
TruuuiU lias not yet gone- Hast as ro-
STATE NEWS
Thero wcro upwards of sixteen hun
dred tons ot wheat raised tins cuaun ,.
tho Coqtiille.
Tho schooners Jtoso and Champion
wcro Ivinir at tlic lJandon wharf, Uoos
llnv. wnir.iiiir n chnilCO to I'd to SCO.
Thuv havo on board 900 barrels of
salmon.
Tho Coos JJay Mail says: This week
1ms brought thohighest tides of tho sea
son. Tlio How of tho tido is evidently
not obstructed by tho cribtvork near tho
entrance.
On Saturday last tho littlo daughter
of Mr. Geo. G. Vnnwngncr, of Salem,
had thoinisfortuiio to slip and fall, strik
iiiL' on her left arm. breaking it about
inidwny between tho elbow nod wrist.
DuriiiL' tho lato storm a largo treo
was blown down near tho Marion Coun
ty Poor House. Tho treo in fulling
struck a whito cow, killing her instantly.
Tho cow had a long ropo tied to her
horns.
Tho Aldcn Fruit Dryer at Sulcm is
again lunningon full timo under tho
management of .Messrs. Jleardsly it Oly
phiint, Tho Slultmnun says: They arc
turning out largo quantities of cider,
vinegar and dried apples.
Mr. A. 11. Uallock, now a resident of
Tillamook bay, says tho Atlomiu, looks
to bo twi'iitv-llve vein's vouiiL'cr. nnd is
0110 hundred per cent, stouter and more
hearty than when ho changed from
Portland to that liotlth-giviiuj region.
Tho Avtoriun says: Tlio unheralded
and unknown ships begin to como in.
Tho Ilritish barks Star of tho North, G.'l
days from Shanghai, Larges, G2 days
from Ifebi, Jnpan, and' Balmoral, 80
days from .Montevideo, arrived on Sunday.
Peoplo coining to this country some
times think that our soil produces noth
ing. Mr. Kindred left at thu Antorian
ollico 11 solid rutabaga turnip over three
feet 111 circuiiitereuce, wlncli weighs do I
pounds. It grow Ujion his Tnuzy Point
farm.
During tlio storm and high tido of
Wi-iliiet-diiy night anil Thursday morn
ing, thu hull of tho Telfair was torn to
pieces by thu sea. Tho cabin was lowed
to Knijtiro City. Tho ellbrts that havo
been inndo to move her huvo involved
considerable ex pen so and loss to tho
contractors, nnd tho prospt ct of recov
ering tho machinery is probably now less
uncoil raging than over. Cuiml Mail.
Oregon City has soveral suspicious
looking individuals who havo no visiblo
means of suppnit,
Uev, It. 11 Habersham has been so
lectcd to tnko ehargo of tho Episcopal
Parish at Corvallis,
IT. Vaughn, of Molalla, Clacka
mas county, last week sold 10 head of
hogs that averaged 'J50 pounds each.
Tho Culliye Journal, a now periodical,
publiMicd in the interest of tho WHlnni
otto University at Salem, is at hand.
It is a readablo paper of eight pages.
Tho interior jiopcrs aro generally
finding fault with tliu feo bill jmssed by
thu lust Legislature. Tho Stamiaiiii
was tho only paper in tho Stato that
saw tho ovils of this bill and opposed it
whilu tho Lcgislaturo hud it under con
sideration. Tho many friends of Mrs. I olives, of
Oregon City, will bo jileased to learn
thaUho and her daughter, Miss I'rankio,
aro lioth getting better. Kdward is im
proving very slowly. Tho family will
reuiovo to this city as soon as thoy aro
Millicicntly lecovered.
Tho Clackamas Democrat says: Goo.
LnUooiuo brought suit in tho County
Court last Monday for a division of
property, which under tho tonus of his
fathers will, was not to bo divided un
til tho youngest child comes of age,
which win uu uvu years, as no is only
sixteen years old. It will bo probably
taken to tho Circuit Court.
Tho party which has lieen out re
cently cutting a trail from Seasldo to
Lower Xchalein, says tho Antorian, has
used up tliu means at their disposal and
havo cut tho trail more than half wav.
Our citizens will bo called on in a fow
days to biibscrtUi ft sullieient sum to
completu this trail. This can bo dono
for the Ruin of fifty dollars, and wo hopo
our citizens will subsciibo tho required
amount.
J. V. Stone, fiom this county, 1ms
had his sentence commuted by tho Gov
ernor. At tho lato election in Albany, tho
Democrats elected ono Councilman and
tho Treasurer, and tho Republicans tho
rest of tho ticket.
Mr. and .Mrs. M. Stock, of Corvallis,
celebrated their silver wedding last Sun-
..;. .iiu neiu mo- recipients ot a
largo number of presents.
Tho residence of John Hayne, livin"
on 1110 cnatein rond, in Washington
county, with nil its contents, was de
stroyed by tiro on tho ltli inst.
Tho dwelling on Dr. Bailey's farm in
Washington county was destroyed by
lire. It was occupied by Mr. L. Faw
ing and family, who wero absent nt the
time.
A few evenincs since, sav tlm KMa.,,
Statesman, two bovs wero mr-inn- ,1.......
tho sidewalk, and ns they camo to a cor
ner n lady stepped atound just in timo
to liavo Olio of tllO bovs run ,.,
I " "HV(U
against her. bho was knocked fm... 1,
walk and laid quite dead for soveral
minutes, when bIio was rot!! ciu.
ciently to ba conveyed homo, and has
sitico been doctoring for severe internal
iioited, but was at Newcastle coal mines injuries, which mav permanently affect
Dec. I. I her. " '
iimcii.tiHir.ii moil ixrtiikb ninv.
final Iteporl of llir llrnnil Jurr-rorlj.
Set r 11 True Hills I'resenleil.
Hie (oiinly lliillillnm ntiil oniee.Rrrom.
ineiiiliillon .tluile.
Yesterday morning tho Grand Jury which
has been in session during tho present term
of tho Stato Circuit Court, was discharged
from further attendance, at the court and pre
sented tho following as its final report 1
In tho Circuit Court of tho Stato of Oregon
for tho county of Multnomah t '
To the Hon. IMeltjh Stotl, Jmije of the ahove'
enllllcil Court:
Tho Grand Jury of tho county of Mult,
nomali respectfully submit tho following ro
port of its labors as such Grand Jury, duly
empaneled and sworn nt tho October term of
tlio Circuit Court of tho Stato nf Oregon in
and for said county of Multnomah :
IltrslNKS AtVOMt'LISIIKII.
Tho Grand Jury has been engaged in its
labors for thirty-four days, and during that
timo has examined an Immense number of
witnesses and as a result thereof has returned
into court forty-seven indictments indorsed
"true bills," nml seven of tho cases hitherto
held to appear hy tho soveral examining mag.
istrates of tho county havo been returned en
dorsed "not truo bills," besides which a largo
number of cases have been examined that h.1,1
not been hitherto examined into by nny ex
amining magistrate, and in which we 'havo
not deemed thero was siillicient testimony to
warrant tno mining 01 truo inns,
rtniLitt miit.iiiNiis ami offices.
After having examined and disposed of tho
business pro'cntcd for our examination hy
District Attorney John l Caplcs, and also
tlio several complaining witnesses wo have
proceeded to inspect the various public build
im:, institutions and ollices in tho county
with tho following results 1
C1TV J.VII, OF I'OIITI.ANII.
Wo found this institution under tho ehargo
of J. It. Lappcus, Chief of I'olico of tho City
of Portland, and wero conducted through its
several departments hy Mr. 11. !'. Goodwin,
tho gentlemanly Ijook-kocpcr, who ointcd
out to tho jury soma contemplated improve
ments, which havo for their object tlio im
provement of tho sanitary condition of tho
jirison. its rcganis cleanliness, wo found tho
ail in an excellent condition and overt- re
gard paid to tho comfort of tho tinforttinato
inmates thereof, that is consistent with their
safo-kccping.
IIOSI'IT.U, FOR TIIK ISOANK.
Wo can only say of tho Asylum what wo
have already said of the City Jail.and add, tlmt
so far as wo could judge from a singlo inspec
tion, wo havo 110 hesitancy in saying that tho
Insane Asylum under charge of Dr. J. C.
Ilatvthnrno and Hon. John Kennedy, his effi
cient and hiimano Superintendent, is an insti
tution that the Stato of Oregon may well ho
proud of. Wo found nearly .100 patients all
well cared for.
TIIF. COUNT" KAHM.
Wo vititcd tho Poor Kami in tho nhscuca of
Superintendent Clcghorn, and at a timo when
tho olliccrs of that institution could havo no
knowledge of our coming. We mado a wit
ness of ijr. Murrray, the book-keeper, who
pointed and explained to tho full satis'a-tion
ot tho Jury tho various accounts of tlio ledger.
Tho books aro certainly Intelligently nml sys
tematically kept. Wo wcro conducted
through tho buildings and over tho farm and
found tho public property well cared for nnd
everything in first-class condition, indeed un
der Mr. Cloghorn's manauemeui it appears
it isall tlmtitisiutcndcditshoutdhohv thociti
ions of this county, who havo so cheerfully nnd
abundantly given so many thousand of dol
lars of their money for its support ami tho re
lief of tho poor iinfoitonates who aro thero
cared for from timo to time,
orrices ok tiik vlkiik, siif.iiifk, tiikasviikr
AMI A.HSKSSOII,
Wo havo inspected tho offices nnd examined
tho Itooksot those olliccrs, and they nil nppcar
to bo in good condition, tlio record correctly
and neatly kept, and tho olliccrs themselves
courteous and attentive to tlio public who
call there on business.
TUB COUNTV JAIL
Wo find under tho Immediato ehargo of Mr.
T. D. Me.Maiius, Jailor, who, wo believe, ex
erts every cflbrt consistent with tho security
of tho prisoners to mako them contfortablo
and presvrvo their health. Shcrill' Iluchtcl
recommended and tho County Clerk ha re
ccntly ordered some ncocsiary improvements
and repairs to tho jail, which, in our judg
ment, will render tho saino inoro secure. Hut
tho Grand Jury ha still a further recontmen-
dation to make. Wo find 110 provision mado
whereby persons who nro merely held a wit
nesses, nnd who aru unable to give bond for
their aptiearanco, can ho securely kopt with
out incarcerating thcni in tho cells of tho
common criminal. It matters not how res
pectablo this class of persons may bo, if they
aro so poor or unfortunate as not to ho able to
give bonds, they are submitted to thu saino
treatment, consigned to tho saino cell and
compelled to nociato with tho burglar nnd
horse-thief. This we deem to ho wrong. Xo
person, in our judgment, should ho to pun
ished, simply on account of hi ovcrty or
misfortune, and wo recommend that a room
" fitted up in tho jail for tho safekeeping of
this class of iiorsoiii hero referred to, which
wo think can ho douo at an outlay not ex
ceeding ten dollars.
TELErilOXIC COJIMl'SICATIOy,
Tho Jury recommend that tho Sheriff ' of
flco bo immediately connected with police
headquarter by the telephone, as tho Jailor
is tlio only person in or about tho Court
House (except prisoners) during the night in
tho event of a tire, or tho sickness or .l.-ath of
a -prisoner, sueh as has recently occurred at
the Jail. Ho is compelled t leave his post
lor the purpose of summoning assistance, or
await the accidental coming of some person
to render relief.
TIIK 1'l'llLlO KKVESOK.
The jury has had but a limited timo for tho
investigation of this subject, Lut frcm tho
knowledge it has, it rests in tho belief that
tlio taxo in the maiu are faithfully collected
and iudiciously expended. We nre com
pelled to sutc.liotvcver, that in tlio collection
of poll-tax, we find great looseness and want
i Jy ,ni! aml "10 Jllry recommend that one
ol the clerks in tho office of the Assessor be
appointed a special deputy sheriir for this
business; that tho County Court prepare, or
cause tho same to bo done, all receipt books
for poll-taxes! that they may lie signed by tlw
Clerk of the County Court and issued to the
Assessor as needed, who in turn shall couuter
sign tho saino when he issues them to the tax
payers that tho Assessor lio charged with all
receipts iiied to him and lidaemnni. ,-r,litl
at the close of the year hy the receipts
returned and cash paid iu, and thus balance
his accounts.
This has ended ui..u ....1 ..., ...nu.t.
folk- ! n K .:."" "?" """ "D "r"'-
.-.., . , ,, .uacuaigeu,
Joiin- Dola.v, Foreman of the G
h. U. CJonxutL II. i Kect
Wm. Gkooms
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Grand Jury,
Kectemetsu
Aktiick Giese
Andrew Gpbser.
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