l)C iUcdiin (enterprise.
"TciAL PAFKB FOR CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Oregon City, Oregon ,
Friday : :
Dec, 15, 1371.
Scri'LEM ext.- We present our readers
this week Grant's Message in a Supple
ment form, with considerable selected
matter. The Enterprise aims to keep up
with the progress of time.
The President's Message-
If a person, unfamiliar with the
history of the country for the last
few years, and unfamiliar with
Grant's character and record,
should pick up his last annual 3Ies
to Congress and read it, he
might quite naturally presume that
the President was a frank and kind
hearted man, as well as a tolerably
fair statesman. But if the person
has been thoroughly conversant
with such history and such ante
cedents, he could rise from its peru
sal only with the conviction that
Grant is a cold-blooded hypocrite,
as well as a deliberate falsifier of
well known national facts. The
President mouths out very prettily
indeed, with language that Byron's
School-girls who smell of bread and
Gutter would doubtlessly call most
gentlemanly and christian-like, his
periods concerning " the humane,
christian-like and economical In
dian peace policy," as well as those
of congratulation in regard to the
Alabama treaty, in which he ex
presses the. hope that the settle
ment of international questions
may be hereafter by arbitration, so
as to be "the linal means of return
ing to productive industry millions
of men maintained to settle the
disputes of nations by the bayonet
and the sword." Xow this pretty
mouthing of such christian-like
Presidential twaddle is deliberate
ly perpetrated in a State paper at
the very time that the President
has, in a state of profound domes
tic peace, declared martial law over
a peaceful and law-abiding people,
residing in a rich cotton district,
with their crops just gathered, and
driven them from their homes by
bayonets, so that cotton thieves
and speculators, in cahoots with
himself, can sieze the hard -earnings
of the oppressed people. To be
sure, like all tyrants, he puts forth
his pretended excuse for such acts.
He asserts that, bv "careful inves
ligation," nine counties in South
Carolina, there has been "frequent
scourgings and occasional assassin
ations." Ihis investigation was so
"careful," as we all remember in
regard to these "nine counties,"
that the President got the wrong
county Marion (not in a good
cotton growing district) in his pro
clamation, and was compelled to
issue a supplemental proclamation
in order to get Union county under
martial law in its stead. Then be
sides, the President, apparently so
frank, is not frank enough to tell
the people that these "frequent
ecouririnirs and occasional assassin-1
ations," have been, in almost all
cases, perpetrated against the very
class of people by worthless ne
groes, with Federal muskets in
their hands, against whom he has
now turned the standing armv of
the Government, armed with the
very same weapon.
By reference to another portion
of the Message, it will be seen that
our venerable old friend Plaxbrakc
got to Washington just in time to
.get injected into the Message a
paragraph recommending Congress
to give Ben lloiladay a subsidv for
his Australian line of steamers.
Williams has returned to Washing
ton to lobby for this subsidy under
the promise of being furnished with
- money to buy a seat in the Cabinet
or of being returned to the Senate
by the Duke of Webfoot, in con
sideration of lobbying for this sub
sidy, and he has succeeded, proba
bly by some trivial present sent by
the Duke, in getting Grant to ap
prove the scheme in his Annual
Message. Apart from these mat
tert just mentioned, there is noth
ing in the Message worthy of note.
To be sure, the President talks
handsomely about civil service re
form, forgetting the sneer he gave
it in his last Massage, and COolv
a.... u:. t" i
aspens mat it lias ueen tnc aim ui i
. t. . I
the Administration to enforce hon- j
esty and efficiency in public serv- i
ants," while at the same time he,
as well as his old father, the post-!
f ( . .
master at Covington, are settm
j
examples to all office-holders in the :
laud to sell their official favors to i
the highest bidder.
The Message is also quite re
markable for what it does not saw
The last Message before this was
mainly occupied about San Domiu-
go, in which the Presidential mu-1
compoop gravely contended that if
that 'island' was annexed, we could
easily pay off our national debt
with the gruber peas and bananas
we could there cultivate. As it is
well understood that the "San Do
mingo Ping," in which Grant has
large stock, is determined to push
the matter through at the next ses
sion, it is to be presumed that at
the instance of said Ping Grant,
on this question, is playing the pos
sum game, and that in due time we
shall discover that this San Domin
go scheme is not dead, but only
sleepeth. We all know that a man
can "smile and smile and be a vil
lian," and after reading the Presi
dent's 3Iessage, we will be forced
to the conclus ion that even the
worst of tyrants is, according to
his own story, the most just and
liberal of rulers. Dionysius of Sy
racuse, one of the most detested of
tyrants, was noted for the noble
sentiments of virtue he expressed
in poetry, and so Grant, the most
cold-blooded enemy of civil liber
erty that ever stood upon Ameri
can soil, will be henceforth noted
for the plausible prose by which he
hoped to make the people reconcil
ed to the chains of military despot
ism now being forged.
The Penitentiary. Any person would
naturally suppose from the uncalled for
and persistent attacks of the Radical pa
pers on Bill Watkind-, that the editors of
each of these sheets desired his place and
that they all expected to get it should he
be removed. There is nothing too mean
for them to say about him. no matter how
far from the truth. He seems to be an
especial object for their assaults.
Mr.
Watkinds holds the only appointed office
which is of any pecuniary value, and they
think by keeping up these systematic
attacks on him, they can create dissatis
faction in the Democratic ranks, because
there are others who would like the ap
pointment. In this object their attacks
will prove harmless. Mr. Watkiuds, as
far as we know, is making a good officer,
and is carrying on that institution much
better and cheaper than his predecessor.
Whatever may be his faults, they are not
incompetency or neglect of duty. It will
be shown when his report comes before
the next Legislature that the convicts un
der his charge do not cost the State near
as much as they did while they were un
der the management of his Radical pre
decessors. A party which expended over
$8 per week on each convict during their
reign, should be the last to complain,
especially when they have no just cause.
Mr. Watkinds, in other relations is no
more than any citizen, and we see no
reason why his every act should be
coupled with the office he holds, and sub
ject him to uncalled for abuse. We are
not an apologist for Mr. Watkinds', act
but cannot regard these continued and
persistent attacks upon him in any other
light on!v personal malice and hatred, in
which the public have no concern what
ever,
nous
mil which are becoming monoto-
Oxr. Ni;w York Lett;:;!. Elsewhere
will be found a special New York letter
this week. W shall soon have our ar
rangements completed which will enable
us to give our readers a letter from New
York and Washington regularly every
week. These, coming as they will, from
the fountain heal of the seat of Govern
ment, and from the metropolis of the na
tion, cannot fail to give much useful and
interesting reading matter, besides keep
ing our patrons posted in what is going
on at the East. They will not be as
fresh as the telegraph, vet we shall en-
,i,,mw to have- n.em mo.-.. v, a, t,. n
the wires have become thoughly Aboli
tionized and lie as readily as a Radical
editor.
Is that so ? The Builtiin says :
Well, Judge Bonham has granted the
application of Bill Watkinds for a change
of venue and Linn county is to be honor
el by the suit. Another Judge presides
in that county, and the Sheriff who is to
pick the jury in that countv is. like the
Judge, a Democrat. In due time the peo
ple will be able to decide whether Wat
kin Is is hunting a Judge, or a jury, or
butli ; or, whether the ca.se is to be de
cided on iis merits or agreeable to the
political sentiments of the parties to it.
We supposed that Judge Bonham pie
sided in the Third District, and Linn
county is iu that District. Is there any
thing wrong in Clarke getting his case
changed to Linn?
The Radical papers of Portland have
been endeavoring to defend their county
officials from the charges recently made
by the Grand Jury of that county of ex
travagance. They declare nun iue report
is not a report from the Grand Jury, but
from S. Pennoyer, Esq., who was foreman
of that body. To satisfy them that it
was the report of that body--a majority uf
whom were Republicans, Mr. Pennoyer
has written a letter stating that the report
was unanimously adopted. It is hard for
them to get around this indictment a-aiust
their party, made by their own brelhern
and they have utterly failed in placin- the
responsibuny of the whole matter on the
snoulders ol Mr. lV-nuoyer.
Read It. Wo want our ladv friends to
read the "Woodhuil Lecture" on our fW
PaS thU week, and after they have, to
t'.nnk, if they can, what there is ,n,.,
, . . , ,, , u,"j
for a wniaa to handle who has declared
herself for this thingcalled a woman
for the Presidency? Mrs. Duniway bas
declared that when Victoria Woodhu'd
sbould be ek,cte.J bj U'e women of th'!s
county as President, the editor of the
- . , , ,
(jregoHHiii should no longer hold his office
w colk.c0r at Portland. Of course Mrs.
Woodhuil is her candidate.
Information wanted of Benjamin Klee
a young man formerly of Pittsburg, Pa.,
supposed to be on the Pacific coast. He
will at once address his uncle. LeviSanders,
Corinne .Utah, who has important business
to communicate to hhn. Mr. Keel is a
sia
native of Plaidt. near An-Jeruatch, Frus-
1'.6C Herald
Salera Correspondence-
We publish the following extracts from
a Salem correspondence. Our space be
ing occupied, and we see no good to be
accomplished by publishing the pa&t
history of the editor of the Bulletin. The
correspondent, speaking in regard to the
charges of the existence of a Salem Ring,
says :
Does Gov. Grover constitute the Salem
Ring? Marion county presented his
name to the Albany Convention as their
choice for Governor, which they bad a
legitimate right to do, and he was fairly
and sqnarely nominated. That his nom
ination was sanctioned by the Democracy
throughout the whole State, was clearly
demonstrated at the election, for he re-
eehed the largest vote ot any man on the
ticket. That he wa.s worthy the trust re
posed in him was clearly proved at the
session of the Legislature, for he showed
himself the workiug mans friend, by veto
ing Beu Holalday's subsidy swindle, and
inso doing he displayed nerve and back
bone, the lorce of which the Radical
press wish to destroy by attacking the
Governor with scurrilous personal abuse,
but he will be sustained by a grateful con
stituency for fearlessly arraying himself
against a soulless, merciless monopoly.
True Gov. Grover for reasons satisfac
tory to himself, and to the party, appoint
ed W. II. Watkinds of Salem, Superin
tendent of the Penitentiary and by the
way no better selection could have been
made iu the State. Wa.kinds has always
been an uncompromising Democrat, even
during the dark days that -'tried mens
souls."' he never faltered. but kept the taiih.
During the last campaign he controled the
Democratic press, illiterate as the editor !
of the Bulletin would have him appear.
Watkinds on account of slanderous publi
cat'ons by Sam Clarke, in a moment of
irritation, resorted to a remedy of per
so n a 1 c h as ! is em e n t .
This perhaps causes said editor to re
gard Watkinds as a very inhuman kind of
a man. it would not be safe to appeal to
the inmates of the piison to prove him a
tyrant, especially those that have been in
prison under other Superintendents.
As an officer he is a man of no mean
ability. And an appreciative public will
so decide it. lie has as perfect control of
the convicts, all of whom respect him, as
a good school-master has of his pupils.
in the distribution of the 'public patron
age he litis by no means confined it to
Marion county as has been charged, for
his stuff consists of B. F. llolsclaw of
Josephine, R. Thompson of Coose, A. E.
Aikin of Curry ,G. C. Jackson of Douglas,
J. Brandenburg of Linn, A. J. Barlow of
Lane, If. I). Hall and Win. Drunk of Bulk.
ij. I), wood ot lainiuii, r. Kj. .ucutiire ',u
Umatilla. P. Ilerreu. J. J. Elevens and
J. W. Reynolds of Marion county.
A Porui.AU Man. The agony which the
Radical press displays over Governor
Grover is the best evidence that could be
produced that he is a popular man and
an honest officer, and a representative of
the people. Xo man ever throws away
much ammunition on an inoffensive or
powerless enemy. Take the Radical pa
pers for an indication, we are inclined to
the opinion that the Governor is the most
popular man in Oregon to-day. They
keep up a terrible howl at his heels, but
we have thus far failed to see anything on
which il.ey base their slanders and abuse
for it amounts to nothing else. The
Governor is devoting more time and at
tending to the interests of the State at
large better than any of his predecessors,
and is keeping a close look out for their
best good. This is where it troubles these
growlers Go on. gentlemen
; it may do
you some
Governor.
root
but it
won't hurt the
Don't Mean Anything. At times the
Radical press of this Stale becomes ter
rible exercised over the State Admistra
tion. and makes all kinds of ridiculous
and groundless charges against the officers.
Well, it is consolation enough to know
that there are no grounds for these charg
es. consequently they must labor so much
harder to make them appear like facts.
It is now fifteen months since the present
State administration came info power,
and during that time it has faithfully and
honestly discharged its duty. There is
where the trouble lies. The admisistratiou
is so much Letter than its predecessors,
that the Radicals know they can never
again come into power in the State by a
vote of the people.
Tr.13 public debt s'atement of the 1st
instant, says an exchange, fixes the total
debt, including the Pacific railway bonds,
at $2,-12,0G:i,0ol A.j. On the 1st day o
March, LSGG, it was, according to Mr.
Boutwell's Cincinnati speech, $2.5130, 7(1:5,
890 .80 a difference of SlO.TSOO.SIi!) .35;
so that, in five years and seven months, the
public debt i eduction has averaged less
than nineteen millions a year. Yet, tiie
debt statement itself assures us that the
principal of the debt has been reduced
over 20-i-.000,000 since March 1, 18(50 !
Conn kction. The Deaf oa Democrat of
the 1 li h says :
A late number of the Extkkpriks says
that Judge Thayer recently decided there
is no law in the State to punish the keep
ing open of saloons on Sunday. This is
a mistake. Judge Thayer made no sucti
ruling. He held in the particular cases
before him that there was no offense
charged in the indictment.
We copied our item from some of our
exchanges, and wc presume it was taken
from the G'izd'.e.
Talents vru-L Tell. Our friend Robt.
G. Head, who is a typo, and run oar pa
per lor us a few weeks, has been elected
City Recorder of Scio. Rob is bound to
come out in the "forks' Ry the way,
wo see it stated that he has also opened a
job office in that place, lie is a good
workman and will give satisfaction to all
v.-ho patronize him. We are glad our
friend is on the road to greatness.
Subsidies for the encouragement of
American steamship lines between San
Francisco and Japan. China and Austia'ia,
are recommended by the President's Mes
sage. Oregoniun.
So does the Orcgr,la;i and all other
Radicals, because it will bring more
' heathen Chinee," and give the rich more
money. If that line is not profitable
enough without a subsidy, the thing betr
ter stop.
'Take this view of the Matter."' Tho
BulltCiH appears to object to W. JI. Wat
kinds obtaining a change of venue, ana
intimates that he has '-a favorite Judge."
Sam Clarke asked and obtained, a change
of venue, and why not charge him with
having a favorite '-Judge," or a "favorite''
Jury. The one is as probable as the
other.
Our New York Letter.
ACT CM X IN THE METROPOLIS FCB1TC AND
FRIVATK EXTRAVAGANCE TOE I IO.n
AND ITS RESULTS SHOOT RAMPANT THE
GRAND DCKE THE FOOR A SAD STORY
THE MANIA FOR CRIME AMONG THE
CHURCHES. ETC.
New York, Nov. 24, 1871.
The metropolis assumes her autumn
toilet with more than usual grace. The
champagne of city life already sparkles
gloriously, and the opening "season '
promises a round of social pleasures that
will fully equal its predecessors. The
Broadway panorama is gay with bright
colors, and beautiful women ; the hotels
overflowing with strangers from all por
tions of the world, including not a few of
the nobility, of Europe ; the theatres are
nightly thronged ; the artists have return
ed ; the summer birds of passage are once
more in their nests, and flashing lights
from the up-towu mansions tell of '-the
revelry by night that has been transferred
from the parlors by the sea-shore to the
homes of the city.
NEW YORK EXTRAVAGANCE.
We occasionally read of a toning down
ia the extravagant habits of New York,
but it would take a microscope of forty
horse power to discover the fact. Begin
among the Churches;, and you will find
even there every thing that is luxurious
and fanciful from the plush pews to the
"olden prayer books. At wayside cara-
vauseries like the Gilsey House, Claren
don, St. James, Metropolitan, and a score
of others, there is an almost regal opu
lence pervading every appartment. On
the furniture of a private residence fifty
or a bundled thousand dollars are not uu-
frequenlly lavished to the end that Shod
dy may appear rich and respectable.
Walk down Rioadway and you will lind
the sidewalks swept by thousand dollar
trails ; and il you go to the Opera, why,
bless your soul, the whole science of vul
gar tractions becomes necessary in the
computation of the rare values ot extrava
gant presentments. From Pomadour
head dressing with its pearl and diamond
showers, to the finest flounce, there is an
impress of the check-book a scent of
Wall street an aroma of brown stone
fronts and fust society, and some times
by the by. o! that pt-caiiat 'Old Adam"
which preceds bankruptcy. Extravagance
forsooth! The retail shops of New
York live on it. They absorb millions
every year. A man makes a fashion of a
breast-pin, or a bonnet. A few dollars
buys a notice of the fact iu a fashion pa
per, and forthwith the whole world of
Podsnappery , hurries to worship at the
shrine. When the obituary notices of
these people are written on the marble
cenotaphs the whole truth will be told
iu the first two fines Here lies;; and
their skeletons will be the most natural
t .ing about them.
UEALTUY RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
New York has just suffered from one of
its publie paroxysms au election. But
good lias been done. In the name of
honor and honesty, men have lbrgotton
party affiliations, and given office to those
who can be trusted with the public weal.
A community, naturally indifferent to its
own welfare, has at last been aroused to
a realizing sense of the evils by which it
was beset, and public sentiment has man
ifested iis power. That power hes been
exerted like au avalanche, and to-day the
terrors of the "Ring" so-called, are but a
ghost of iis forme i memories. Republi
cans and Democrats striking hand over a
common purpose, have achieved a new
Reformation, and the example will ramify
through a thousand channels elsewhere.
There is not an honest man iu a country
vitlege of Atactica who will not take
heart when lie reads of the victory here,
and without respect of politics be encour
aged to unite with holiest neighbors in
preservation of American institutions
pure and simple, as they were intended to
be by their great founders.
THE GRAND DUKE SHODDY RAMPANT.
New York is never happy without a
spasm. It must have a periodical efferc
cence or it would not be New York.
Hence elaborate preparations have been
made tor the reception of the Russian
Prince Alexis. Thomas, Richard and
Henry the ari.-toeratie Rahaigge. Taigge.
and Baubtaille of the metropolis, have
subscribed their mites for a proper wel
fiist class sensation. Steamers have
been under contract come to the you.ig
scion of the Czar, and he will enjoy a
with bunked fires for weeks, a squadron
of United States men of-war, with a Real
Admiral in command have danced on the
blue billows of Sandy Hook since the
seventh of October ; dowagers have re
called their youthful foo'steps that they
may trip with royalty at the Grand Ball,
while anxious mamas of the Madison
Avenue order, looking mi the Grand
Duke as a species of grand prize in a
matrimonial lotteiy have exhausted the
genius of the milliner in the concoction
of toilettes calculated to ravish Russian
senses. One young woman so called,
lias made arrangements to illuminate her
head with gas light. the meter to be con
cealed in her back hair, and the reservoir
to be in her bustle. A "meet-her by
moonlight"' would probably suit the
sylph much more. Another fancy frag
ment ol one of the New York Fakirs pro
poses to appear in the ball as a Circas
sian Slave, not exactly uila Powers, but
doubtless, stillicii'ntly so to sell herself to
the Devil. These are merely itlustrations
of the lunacy which the "coming even',
has produced among the Upper Tendom.
THE POOR A SAD STORY.
I wish you could see the other phases
of Metropolitan life the Poor ! Th'j poor
women who mke shirts for ten cents
apiece! the poor men glad to earn five or
six dollars a week ; the poor clerks who
sweep out stores for a pittance and keep
up appearances with a paper shirt collar ;
the thousands who pass up and down
Rroadway morning and night, shivering
in their scant clothes ; the other thou
sands who under theglareof the gas lamp,
look at you with hollow eyes and have
the imprint of shame written all over hard
ened faces. The Romance and Reality
both are blended in the picture. In many
of" the saloous and restaurants of the city
you will see hanging among the photo
graphs on the w;ill. the face of a beautiful
woman, so strikingly lovely that the at
tention of the observer is at once arrested
and the question follows "who is she ?""
The answer is briefly given. Three or
four years ago a first class villain inserted
an advertisement in cue of the city papers
requesting a correspondence with young
ladies cs a means of pleasantly passing
the time away. Pure, virtuous, the light
of a luxurious home where she was sur
rounded by all that could make life a
pathway of flowers, the young woman in
a spirit of reckless fun answered the ad
vertisement and received a reply. Fasci
nated by the language and style of the
letter she wrote again and again, until at
last yielding to some magnetic influeoCii
wh'K-h none of us will understand this side
of the "Golden Gates." she accorded to
her unknown correspondent an interview.
Ruin and desertion followed. She went
upon the stage, assumed a fancy uame,
and as I said before, her face 13 now the
Common property of the multitude. This
is but one of the thousand similar cases
constantly occurring, and that too. through
the advertising aeencv of those New lork
! journals which are loudest in the cry for
Reform. The heart-throbs of the agonized
women they have helped to debase, are
not half as consequential as the migratory
movements cf the meanest curbstone pol
itician ol the town-
A MANIA FOR CRIME.
Crime of all kinds.indeed has full swing
here. Every morning paper has its red
lettered chronicle of bloodshed in or
around New York. Murdered men. and
murdered women ; children smothered or
poisoned by unnatural parents ; unrecog
nized bodies of filicides mutilated and
ghastly, lyinj en the marble slabs at the
Morgue ; torn and bloody faces at the
tombs : dvinsr victims in the hospitals-
all these tell their stoiy of human passion
and a species of human demoralisation
that bas well nigh assumed the form of
mania. Perhaps there are laws which ex
plain all of these things, but we know
about as much concerning them as we
know of the alphabet of the stars.
THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF TIIE PICTURE.
And yet, with all such drawbacks, how
nobly New York redeems herself, when
the "reat public heart is touched ! Wit
ness her munificent contribution to the
Chicago sufferers and think of the millions
that have been expended upon other char
itable objects. True, much of this is the
result of impulse, for.to use a vulgar illus
tration, when the bell-wether leads, the
flock is sure to follow ; yet the undercur
rent of human nature is richly freighted
with o-ood intentions, and faith is made
sublime by good works. The religious
fervor of the Metropolitans iu its external
exhibitions is quite as demonstrative as
their charity.
AMONU THE CHUCUE3.
This is due of course, to the various pul
pits and churches w bieli are made fashion
ably attractive and "draw"' better even
than the theatres. The trade for notorie
ty driven by-many of the reverend Chad-
bands is immense. rust, me suojecis oi
the sermons are fancifully named and ad
vertised in the Sunday morning papers ;
and secoixlly the crowd are sure to be en
tertained -with outre observations and rhe
torical verbosity and mannerisms which
are only seen elsewhere behind the foot
lights. In one of the fashionable Protest
ant churches up town he initial services
ore rendered interesting by processions
with banners and lights which perambu
late among the aisles, while the worship
pers, make their apologies to Heaven and
take their receipts lor an hour of gilt
edged devotion. There is a vast amount
of genuine religion however among other
classes, and the good done is incalculable.
In the --Church of the Strangers." for in
stance, where the pews are all free, and
the preaching is effective, there are two
organizations one known as "The Fra
tcrnals." and the other as "The Sisters of
the Stranger."' The object of both of
these societies is to render aid to any
stranger in the city who may be in dis
tress, and they have conferred in this di
rection, untold benefit.
Jai.v azHz. a letter from New York is
like a locomotive. It requires a mile or
two of track to step in, and I might as
well put on the "brakes here." and come
to anchor on a switch. Personne.
Telograpliio Clippings'
T1IF HAVAC.ES OF SMALL POX IN
PHILADELPHIA.
PiiiLADELriiiA. Dec. 10. The number of
deaihs from small pox hist week was IDG.
XIZW YOIUCNEU'S.
New Yomc. Dec. 11. Rev. Edward G.
lli;by. minister in Trinity Chapel, died
suddenly, yesterday.
The body of the man found drowned in
East River, last Friday, proves to be that
of Wilbur H. Ramsey, son of President
Ramsey of the Albany and Susquehanna
railroad. The diowing was accidental.
At an anniversary meeting of the Prot
estant Episcopal Roard ot Missions, last
evening. J)r. Haight announced that tho
meeting would also be considered as for
the speci tl benefit of Indian missions.
Rev. Mr. Hinm ; a detailed his 11 years
missionary exp nee among the Dakota
Indians. The Eishop of Oregon spoke of
missionary labors among the Chinese. Ad
dresses were delivered by Ei.-hop Tut t ie
of Montana, and Clarkson of Nebraska
and Dakota.
TllL US1 TBI) STA T12S AXI) S'PAI.X.
New York. Dec. 11. A special dispatch
from London says trenienduons excite
ment prevailed at Madrid on receipt of
President Grant's message relating to the
Cuban difficulty. The Government bas
resolved to maintain a firm attitude. A
reinforcement ol 14-. 00'.) troops, two addi
tional Generals and four ironclads will be
immediately dispatched to Cuba.
A special dispatch from London says
mention of alleged violation of neutrality
laws by the United States in regard to
Cuba was discussed bv the Council of
Ministers at Madrid on the Cth. ami as a
result of the Council dispatches were sent
to the Spanish Minister at Washington
which are said to contain important in-
s: niei ions respecting uie uuiiuue or me
United States toward Spain and Cuba.
The course of the United States is like
ly to affect the Al'ibnrna claims in the Ge
neva Conference by furnishing a prece
dent in favor of the British Government
in the cases of the Hornet, Florida and
other privateers. Dispatches on the sub
ject of the Geneva Conference have also
passed between the Cabinets of Madrid,
Florence and Rerlin.
New York. Dec- 8. A meeting of the
Hoard of Police Commissioners to-day
adopted a resolution that the Superinten
dent of Police be directed to notify the
various societies that the proposed parade
of societies on Sunday next would not be
pennittedonth.it day. I he parade or
demonstration if made must occur on some
other day than Sunday. The Superintend
ent is directed to take all necessary meas
ures to prevent the parade of societies on
Sundays ami arrest persons parading.
Four hundred and fifty canal boats are
frozen in on the Hudson river and Erie
Canal. It is thought a few of them only
will be able to get out, and by far the
greater number, with cargoes valued at
1,000,000, will remain bound entire.
31 IS CEL LA XE 0 US NEWS.
Senator Trumbull will submit to the
Senate soon, a resolution for the appoint
ment of a joint committee of Congress on
retrenchment and thoroughly investigate
the civil service, and see where expendi
tures can be reduced, and what ofik'es can
be abolished, etc.
A Tribune special says in case of a
change in the Attorney-General's office, it
is generally believed that Solicitor-General
Preston will be appointed to the po
sition and Assistant Attorney-General
Hill will become Solicitor General.
Mr. Emory, who has just been appoint
ed Supervisor of Internal Revenue lor
Tennessee, in place of Stokes, the bounty
fraud operater, is a veritable carpet
bagger. He went to Tennessee a few
years ago from Massachusetts, and was
appointed Supervisor. When Stokes was
defeated for Congress, and it became nec
essary to reward his betrayal of his con
stituents by giving him a good fat office.
Emory was removed, and the place was
given to Stokes. Still Emory had to be
provided for, and ho was transfbred to
Kentucky. Rut the Radicals of the -lat
ter State, though few in number, were
lutid and clamorous, and they denounced
the new importation, and brought such a
pressure to bear that Grant was compell
ed to listen to their voices.
Thereupon Emory rturned to his home
in Massachusetts, and remained there until
Stores was caught at last in a dishonora
ble act, and now he returns again to his
old place ia Tennessee. Such is one of
the beauties of Radical corpet-bag rule
Kotes on School Matters,
SCUOOL DIRECTORS!.
f Oresron defines very
clearly many of the duties required of
those, .-hosen as directors in the various
school districts of the State. After pro
viding for the election ot directors, anu
livincr ih number that shall constitute a
quorum, and who shall act as a chairman
in the meetings ot the district, u sas,iuui
they shall aiuhorize the clerks to call
special meetings. Annual meetings are
to be called bv the cleiK wnnoui meir
authorization." They must issue warrants
to the clerks authorizing them to collect,
all taxes assessed in the name and by the
authority of the district. The care of all
school property is entrusted to them.
They are when authorized oy uiajoiny
vote of the district, to purchase, lease, or
build Rchool-houses. and to buy or lease
land for school purposes, and to take care
of, and furnish their school houses with
the necessary fuel, lights, libraries, appa
ratus, &c. The supposition is, that "libra
ries, apparatus. &C," are not deemed nec
essary, in the various school-district3 in
this county. I may be mistaken, but I do
not think a school-district in the county
possesses a library, or any apparatus.such
as globes, blocks, diagrams aud the like,
of any value. Some have charts and maps
but in only two or three instances, are
they in keeping with the requirements of
the times. Such things are very useful
helps, and though directors have not au
thority in themselves, their interest in
school matters, should lead them to seek
authority from the district to procure, as
far as possible, all such needful aids. The
difficulties once in the way, are being rap
idly removed, and our schools may, it they
will, take ranti witu scnoots in me oiuer
portions of the country, in the possession
of Him best means of interesting children
in the tasks before them. The directors
are to see that the wishes of the district
towards outside scholars are respected.
There is reason to fear that sometimes
their own wishes are taken as the wishes
of the district. They are to employ teach
ers and assist them in the government of
the school. And every teacher employed
by them must present a certificate trom
the superintendent of the county in which
he proposes to teach. If they employ a
teacher without such certificate, the dis
trict foifeits its proportion ot the Public
School Fund for the year. The directors
are to audit all claims against the district
and draw orders on the clerk for the
amount. They are required to visit by
board all district schools taught in their
districtsjnee each month, and to make
such suggestions to the "teachers and the
schools as they may deem for the progress
and advancement of the same. There is
probably no single duty more neglected
than this. I made some inquiries of
teachers and found as a rule, that they
seldom met this requirement. Iu some
instances, a director dropped in occasion
ally, but it could hardly be said that they
visited the schools in an official capacity.
In one district, where there was a six
month's school one of the directors made
a single visit during the time. The law
seems to be honored more in the breach,
than in the observance. The task may
not be a pleasant one lor men whose busi
ness and thoughts are almost wholly un
connected with school affairs. Rut the
framers of the law saw the importance of
providing some method by which the in
terest of the people of a district in their
school should be kept alive, and they
deemed the visiting of the school by those
in authority, as among the most effective
methods of securing this end. In this
way, a teacher is brought, to feel that he
is under the immediate supervision of
those who employ' hi;n. If he is ambitious,
if he wishes to please, he will put forth
his best efforts. He will avoid snowing
negligent, and careless in the discharge
of duty. The people of a district trust
the judgment of directors, and if they
know that they visit the school and are
satisfied therewith, in a majority of cases,
they will rest content. If on the ether
hand, they know that they do not visit the
school, and are consequently ignorant of
the manner in which things are progress
ing, the slightest occasions will give rise
to complaints. It does not take long to
create prejudices in the minds of parents
and children, that will neutralize the ef
forts of the very best of teachers. An
unfaithful teacher needs the supervi.-ion
of the directors to keep him more prompt
in the discharge of duty. A faithful teach
er will de.-ire the supervision of the direc
tors that his fidelity may be known, ami
confidence in him f!ren:rhened umoag the
people with whom he labors. It cm
d-
ly be supposed that in rural distiiets tie
b-tter of the law can, or will be earth d
out, yet the requirement should be met
as fully as is consistent with the oidinaiy
duties of life. In the choice of directoss,
people s'tould se ect those, who. they have
reason to believe will interest themselves
in school matters.
Again, the directors are to secure as
near as possible, a uniform series of text
books for their districts, which practical
ly means, that they shall trouble them
selves vetr little about it. Perhaps no
better course can be pursued. This is a
matter which should be more dcfiutely
regulated by statute, and an effort made
to secure uniformity of text books, not
alone in a district, but throughout the
county, or even the State. As the matter
now stands, there is a great amount of
confusion, aud much time needlessly wast
ed in imparting instruction. Families are
continually moving !vo:n one district to
another, and to secure uniformity imposes
a burden of expense which iu many cases
cannot be met. The directors are cer
tainly excusable for failure in duty here.
The law is at fault, and until changed,
there will be a hindrance to the must suc
cessful efforts.
The directors must also require a bond
of the clerk lor the faithful performance
ol his duties, of such force as they shall
deem jut and reasonable. In addition to
all this, they are to perform such other
duties, not provided for by law. as the
wants of the district may from time to
time demand, and by failure to pet form
the duties enjoined, they subject them
selves to the penalty of forfeiture of office
and the payment of a fine ot ten dollars
into the treasury of the district, subject to
the decision of a majority vote of their
district. Just what these '-other duties'"
are. must be left to their own judgment.
The design of this provision is apparent.
The educational interests of the' district
are eniruMeu io ineir cue. 1 hey must
manfully meet the resp nsibil'nies laid up
on them. They nmst employ worthy
teachers. They must discharge those who
prove unworthy, and ina.-much as ihey are
to be the judges so far at leas t as the man
agement of the school is concerned, they
should be selected from among those
whose judgment the people can trust.
They have no moral right ;o be influenced
by personal motives, when these come in
conflict with the general welfare of the
district, They are not woiking for them
selves as individuals, but for the well-being
of all. If a teacher needs, and is de
serving of, encouragement, they are to
give it. If they discover errors in his
mode of teaching, they .should point them
out "between him and them alone.'7 They
should use their influence to strengthen
his authority in the government of a school.
I hey should bold up his hands and en
courage hi heart. It. perehamo, they j
have a teacher for whom they cannot do
all this, then discbarge him. and seek an-
other, bijt so long as a man is kept in their
employ, these are duties th Jy owe him.
ihey should use all their influence to qui
et difficulties that may arise in a district
in reference to school affairs. They can
cause things to move quietly along by re
moving occasions of stumbling, or by in
difference, allow troubles to arise that
will keep a district, ia
p.opetiial tur-
moil.
E. GtiRV.
STATE XEWS.
The Ajas will sail for San FranM
Saturday, the 16th. nmcisco 0a
Hon. J. II. Mitchell has gone east l
absent about two mouths. 0 be
The Oro Fino Theatre is to ho. ,
on the 23d inst. by Geo. R. WaldrSS
A man named Mclntyre was taken to
the insane asylum from balem last week.
Photographs have been taken of Rnm '
SfGbIlened.StOCk iate'y Vlrffr!
The new Methodist Church at nni-i,
will be dedicated the first ISnd t An
Tfce Eusene Journal denies the reoorl
died last Monday. 10
The Episcopal Church at Salem has
purchased a sp emdid organ from Mes,M.
Gill & Steel, of Portland.
The public school at Portland will ckso
on the 22d. inst., and remain closed until
the 3rd of January.
A widow woman named Mrs. Newell
with six children, is in a destitute condi
tion at Pcrtland.
Win. Sheppard bas gone to making
brick for the State for three years for
stealing dry goods at Gervais.
The Indians of Warm Springs Reserva
tion now marry according to civilized
usages, and a record of all marriugca is
kept at the Agency.
Four boys were arrested for using in
decent language to school girls, at Port
land, and fined three of them $5 ench
and the other $10. Served them right.
Messrs. Snyder & Boone, who contem
plated starling a newspaper at Hillsboro.
have abandoned the project and joined
fortunes with Handley, ol the Wtst Hide.
Sam Vowels, for mayhem, and Ned
Percy, for playing a strap game by which
he and his associates got one thousand
dollars from a greeny, have gone to Salem
to make briCK for the term of one year.
Rev. A. W. Sweeney, who was elected
Mayor of Albany last week, declines the
office. He says he is already invested
with the honorable office of misister of
the gospel, and finds its duties more than
he can attend to.
From the Corvallis Gazette: The sur
veyors of the wtstside railroad were
-'sighting and squinting" through Corval
lis last Saturday and are now on their
way to Junction City. They stuck a fe-v
pegs on Eighth street.
It has been ascertained that Rogue
river can be entered by ocean steamers.
The Coqueile ran in there a short time
ago. carrying machinery for two siean
saw-mills. This discovery will be uf
Treat value to that part of the State.
Postmasters have been recently appoint
ed as follows : Hezekiah Golf. Li Dorado,
Raker county; W. P. Watson. Hoi l
River, Wasco county ; Abijah L. Gordon,
Meadowville, Umatilla county ; Mis. Mary
R Jlolmesy Peoria. Linn county; J. U.
Irving. Scio. Linn county ; George Wright,
Union, Union county. O
The Salem Statesman is informed that
the Oregon and Central Railroad his
been graded to a point sixty miles above
Eugene City, iu the Umpqua Valley.
The track is laid but fourteen miles
above Eugene, and cannot be extended
farther until a new supply of iron ar
lives. r rom ttie ienton D-mncnu: i;y a pri
vate letter to Mrs. Russtd! of this city, we
learn that on the 3d inst. at Grand Mound,
W. T.. as Mr. Richard Thornton, formerly
a resident of this city, vs engaged in"
building a I oue. a tree which was burn
ing near. fell.iiiT-tarrtly killing himself and
two of Lis children, his youngest boys.
The children being crushed ia a horrible
niaurter.
From the Eugene Gn'ml: Win. Jj
Rally has left at Uns office specimens e'
coal taken out of a vein discovered by
him last summer. The deposit is four
miles from the railroad, and near Cain:;
Swale. One of 'be specimens resembles ia
appearance canel coal am burns as readily.
Another specimen we believe to be pnra
anthracite. The vein is about eipM U'et
in debth. and has been tunneled about tea
feet.
From the Jacksonville Times: Jarnc-t
Good. Julius Warner and Chanes Morrill
were each sentenced to imprisonment in
the penitentiary at hard labor for a term
of 1 years and C months, by Judge Php",
on Saturday, for horse stealing. Jacob
Nca.t hammer, charged with assault with
intent to kill, committed on S. D. Taylor.
and convicted of assault with a deadly
weapon, was sentenced to pay a title of
300 aud costs.
A 'I,i-:cTCRE.r We Jefote a large por
tion of our tpace on the Grst page this
week to a lecture delivered by Victoria
Woodhuil. We ask a careful reading of
this infamy, and also, a candid decision
from the lady readers whether such a har
lot is a fit person to be the leader of an
movement which has the interest of hef G
sex in view. If this lectuft does not
bring the blush of shame on the face of
every woman suffrage advocate, we
not know what will. This is the woman
Mrs. Duniway said the women voters of
the country 'proposed to elect President.
Comment on it is useless, for pen cannot
do it justice. We hope all mothers and G
respectable women in the country will
read this ' lecture," and fully realize to.
what a degenerate state this -'woman's
right"' question will lead them. Mrs.
Woodhuil is the great leader and ia
bold enough to publicly declare her
shame and sin.
An association has been formed in
South Carolina for the development by
immigration of the resources of that
Stated It is composed of old and promi
nent cili-Z'Uis, ami their phn for raising
the requisite capita! is through the snh of
tickets to a series of concerts in Charles
ton. One in every sixty-two of the?o
tickets will entitle the holder to an
amount in cash ranging from ten doilaxs
to ten thousand, twenty-five thousand, one
hundred thousand and two hundred ar,i
fifty thousand dollars. There are 2.40.
of "these prizes. The cost of whole tick
ets is So. and of quarter tickets, irl.'-N
Circulars with full information may b
had bv addressing Messers. Duller, Chad
wick. Gray & Co., Charleston. S. C, or at
the Dranch Office. 701 Broadway, V"-0
York. It is not a lottery, and the pro
ject is indorsed by eminent gentlemen
North aud South, like August. Relinon',
Charles O'Connor. Gen. Wade Hampton.
T. A. Hovt. President of the Gold Doan ,
Gen. John S. Preston and o urf. b. '
the Metropolitan and Southern prt.s
Five dollars wul purchase four raances.
1 o'nerp. t'.-i'v
' Wants to Know. Mrs. Duniway asks
the Oregonhn. "what is Mrs. Woodhuil to
us ? Why did you not come otit in favor
of her for the Presidency, and is she not
the head and front of all this woman s
enffri-n agitation ? Why you are a small
r betide her iu the great wort,
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circumstance
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