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0 vEIjclUcdiln cCittcqmsc. Oregon City, Oregon , Friday : : Dec, 22, 1871. Meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee- The Democratic Central Committee of the State of Oregon is hereby requested - to meet at the CITY OP PORTLAND ON Monday, tlie Stir Day or .Tan. ICixt, At 2 o'clock p. m. of said day, for the purpose of designating the time and man ner of holding a Democratic State Con vention, in accordance with the time hon ored usages of the party, preparatory to the coming June election in this State and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said Com mit tre. Said Committee is composed as follows: IIker Union Umatilla Grant "Wasco Multnomah. . . Columbia Clatsop Clackamas. . . Washington . . J. E. McLain . . . . .E. S. MeComas II. C. Pa'ure .J. W. Baldwin ...A. W.Ferguson . .James II. Lappeus George Merrill ....Joseph leffries Geo. L. Curry John Swick A. Shuck II. S. Sirahan D. II. Murphy . .John T. Crooks fl... r Tlv.n..n l annul! Benton. . . . Marion. . . . Linn Lane Coos Douglas Curry Jackson; . . Josephine . Polk W. II. Jackson ;L. F. Lane ..Odillion Vandergreen J. N. T. Miller Charles Hughes Hen llayden A personal attendance is urged upon the members of the Committee. DENJ. IIAYDEN. Chairman. Take this view of it- The Corvallis Gazelle, a moral, Radical Qnd truthful sheet, has much to say in re card to the litigant act. We are not sur prised at its dissatisfaction with the law It would, no doubt, be opposed to it even were it appointed a litigant organ because it would be prevented in its extortions by that act. No better proof need be had of the justice of that law than a comparison of the Gazelle's charges and those allowed by the litigant bill. That paper has its terms published in the following words: 'Legal advertisements fifteen cents per line for each insertion in legal tenders.' The litigint law allows a charge ot $2,50 per square of twelve lines of nonpariel type, for the first insertion, and $1 00 for each subsequent insertion. The twelve lines of nonpariel type a-e equal to sixteen lines of the type used by the Gazelle. Now all legal advertisements have to be pub lished four or six weeks. Let us see what it cost the litigants of Denton county utr der the charges by the Gazelle before this bill was passed, for an advertisement of one square and what it costs now. The sixteen line3 for four insertions would amount to. the first insertion, just the same as the law at present allows $2.o0 ; and for four insertions. 10.00. . The litigant law allows just $.,. 30 for the four inser tions. Now this is a plain statement of facts, and we challenge the Gazelle to deny them. Rut let us take a summons, which usually makesTthree squares, or equal to the Gazelle's type, fifty lines. These have to be published six weeks. Under the litigant law the charges would be $22,.j0. According to the charges of the Gazelle. before the passage of the law which Rad icals abuse so much, it would cost $15.00. or just double the amount now charged. We hope this is plain enough ior any one to undestand.and also see that the litigant net is a protection to parties who are so unfortunate as to be compelled to pay for this class of advertising. We also find the following prices published in the Slate Journal, another Radical sheet : 'LEUAE ANI T KAN'S IK N'T AlVKi:"tTSIX. For first insertion, Three Dollars per square ; Each additional insertion. One Dollar per square. "' These terms are also in minion type, a size larger than the litigant law provides, and only ten lines are allowed for a square which is equal to a square and one-half, or in other words, w hat cosU now $2.50. would cost in the Journal, uilder their charges, $1,50. Before the law was pass, ed we received the same for minion type which we- now receive for nonpariel. which makes a difference of about four lines out ol every twelve, or a loss to us of one-third. The litigant law is abused by those Radical editors because it hns put a stop on their extortions from the public. Sam May to he returned- After the indictments for embezzlement were found against Sam May. a warrant for his arrest was placed in the hands of the Radical Sheriff of Marion county, who retained it in his possession about six days when he made Ira return to the Governor, and remarked that he "supposed that it was his duty to get a requisition for his arrest.7 The Governor, knowing that the Radicals would delay the matter as long as possible, and in 'die meantime inform the guilty one of the indictments.and give Jiim an opportunity for escape, had al ready dispatched Deputy Sheriff Foudray, of Jackson county with a requisition for May's arrest, and told the Radical Sheriff that he (May) was under charge of an officer, in all probability at that very time. This rather disappointed the chap who had been playing it smart,but be conclud ed the Gtreruor was rather too "sharp" for him. CoNTf:HTiiu.K. We are informed that the editor of tho Statesman refuses to publish the Marion County Grand Jury report because it speaks in favorable terms of the manner in which the peni tentiary is conducted by Superintendent Walkinds. Such conttmptible personal spleen is only to be found in a person of very narrow mind. The Grand Jury re port is public property and every local paper owes it to the public to publish it, no matter who is censured or praised. The Sialesm-i U the property or its pa tron as much it U the editors', and personal relations should have no consid eration in ihe matter. Christmas. This day saw the birth of a man who came into the world that the world might know the mercies of a God, and the glo ries of an eternal rest beyond" the jesur reclion. The wonderful story written across the sky of a Judean midnight has come down the long, dim corridor of years until, with heaven and inspiration to add their perfectness. it is now ' the beautiful epic of the christian's faith. Grand, holy days of sanctities and mys teries ! The home hearth is swept by the wings of angels and lit by the light of faces made radiant rrlth charity and wel come. To the grandfather's Iface there comes a tenderer look, and to the grand mother s eyesa sweeter joy. , Memory puts all her royal garments on. and in the chambers of the heart there is heard the trailing of bridal robes and the rustling of grave cerements. Lovers come home from all the seas singing songa that have the great laugh of the winds and the waves in them. All the streams having flowers upon their banks run back to youth and Christmas, and thus the uation'a holiday sails as a freighted bark up from the ocean of inidnicbt and anchors fast in the holy and sacred harbor of Veneration. The battle of life may be bitter to fight, and one by one all the frail, fair things of hope and fancy may feel the sharp, curt feet of the hoar frost pass over them; but if within the darkened soul the light of Christmas fires can shine and the music of Christmas welcomes be heard, there is hope in the future and a rest for the wea ry beyond the sunset shore. It is a holy superstition, this of Christ mas and of Santa Clans. It lingers lung er than any other of the rare, sweet things of youth, and comes back ever with a smile on its beautiful face and a benediction in its open hands. Men "alone have destiny children a guardian, and which is Christmas. The young mother, above whose head is shining the blissful aureole of maternity, bends over her sleeping child with her fingers on her lips, and watches it in a dream of Santa Clans and of Christinas. The young bride opens her dreamy eyes in the soft twilight of the honeymoon nights and sees her idol's gifts for Christmas. The wayward man. afar from the old roof tree, and scarred sorely here and there by wild night and wine work, looks backward across the gulf of years and sees upon the further shores a home, within whose windows irleam the liiiht of Christmas fires. The father's heart grows calm at .last, and through the mist of falling tears he sees the snow-drift in the gloaming, and knows that Christ, who gave the world its Christ mas, will keep tho lowly graves and gather to their perfect rest in heaven the wife who died in years agone because her blue-eyed darling could not stay. The white-haired, august one, within whose trembling hands the flowers of life lie withered and on whose hoary head old age has placed the sacred crown, will lift to God his faith on wings of prayer and knows his Christmas awaits hhn beside the Great White Throne. It is the one precious link between youth and immor tali'y between the grave and Paradise. It is the sun of a new hope shining from God's blessed sk and it is covenant of u resunectiou after death, wherein the separated will find once more the links in the chain of life and where foreverinore in a sweet hereafter will the Christmas lights be lit and the Christmas songs be borne upon the airs and harps of heaven. Sam May's Defalcations- Elsewhere we publish a complete state ment, taken from the lleraJd, relative to Sam May's defalcations. The total amount of money stolen has not yet been ascer tained, but it is not less than ihir'n thous and dollars. This matter would have been developed much sooner had the Slate rec ords been kept in a condition by which the presentefficieiit 'adminis'ration could have obtained the facts in the case. The five indictments found are as follows : .1 Larceny, of $3.oGG 79 : taken from the 5-per cent, fund, arising from the sales of United Stales public lands. 2. Larceny of $ 1,857 -16 ; taken from the 5-per cent. fund. 3. Embezzling the proceeds of the sales of seven hundred and forty two copies of' the Code, authorized to be sold at $G per I volume, $4,152 00. 1. Larceny, of $1,152 00 School and University funds, arising from the sale of lands.. 5. Larcftiy of $ 2,(135 29, paid to May as Secretary on account of support of per sons in the Insane Asylum , and not paid to the Treasurer as the law requires. All the money paid to May as one of the Board of School Land Commissioners cannot now be ascertained, as that Board "under Radical rule" kept no record ot their proceedings as a Board, and no rec ord of the deeds executed by them. Cheap. "We long since thought that eventually Williams would be rewarded for his present to General Grant, but were not prepared to place such a low estimate on the office of Attorney General. It will be remembered that Judge Williams some time since presented Grant with a Mexi can saddle, and it now appears that this was the highest present offered for the Attorney Generalship. It was not, prob ably, the insignificant value of the sad dle which got him the position, but Grant naturally takes to "horse" and the fitness of the thing gave him the place. Rather cheap when the office of Attorney General is sold for a Mexican saddle. The Oreyonian still harps on the string that the Governor has unnecessarily de laved the prosecution of Sam May, and states that the reports were current a year ago that he was a defaulter. The reports were current three years q-r0 yet the Radical State officer did nothing to bring him to justice. It was known to some members of the Radical State Government that he had stolen, and even the Methodist Church knew it as far back as 18GS or 18C9, when he was suspended. Why did not the Radicals, who bad the evidence which the Democratic officials have obtained under great difficulty, prosecute him ? An answer is desired. THE ROBBING OF THE STATE UNDER RADICAL RULE. Ex-Governor Vcods and Secretary May. i Tlie Steal of the S??',iOO. From the Herald i This theft, in the highest places of trust in our State, and startling to honest men, is one involving the character of the en tire board of officers under the last Radi cal State administration. It involves May to a certainty, and almost as certainly it involves Woods. In the act of Congress of 14th Feb ruary, 1S5'J, admitting Oregon as a Slate, it is provided "that five per centum of the net pioceeda of Bales of all public lands lying within saul btatc wnicu snail be sold by Congress after the admission of said State into the Union, after deduct ing all expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State for the pur pose of making public roads and internal improvements, as the Legislature shall direct." As soon as Governor G rover had work ed his way through the confused condi tion of the public lands of the State, in August last, he addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, a.-king an ac count of" the Five Per Cent. Fund, and intimated that no account had ever been rendered to Oregon, though she had been a State twelve years. The Secretary re plied that he hud referred the letter to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with instructions to state the account and forward it to the Governor; but sajing at the same time that he believed there had been an account before. A letter shortly alter came from the Commissioner, inclosing an account ' of -public lauds in Oregon for the previous two years, 0. 5'JS 70 : and a Treasury warrant soon fol lowed for the amount, drawn in favor of the Governor of Oregon on the deposi tory at the First National Bank. Portland. Answer was at once made acknowledging this sum. but reouestinir an account for the previous ten years. In due time a j full statement was received from the Com- j missioner of the General Land Oflice, showing that three accountings had been had before the last, one in the time of. Governor Gibbs, and two in the time of i Governor Woods. A search was ordered in the State Treasury, and the amount transmitted to Governor Gibbs, S? 1,3 1; 'J2.. was found as having been received and placed in the School Funds, and no ac count opened of the Five Per Cent. Fund. But nothing could be discovered of live" two amounts transmitted to Governor Woods. The amounts were respectively. $3,5(i(i 7'J and 6 1,85 7 -10. Immediate notice was given to the Comptroller of the Treasury ol the de fauk. and request made that the Governor be furnished with certified copies of the original transactions with the Treasury touching these accounts. In answer, the following certified copies were received : "State ok Okkcon. . DiiTAin'MKNT oi' Statu-... , Salem. August 20. l-So7. j lion. II. TP. Toy' or. Comptroller Treasury Department. 'Washonjlon, D. C: Siu : Referring to the annexed com munication, this certifies thai "the Rufsell & Lt'wiu Manufacturing Company.' or order, are hereby authorized to receive in behalf of the State of Oregon the amount therein specified. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the State aforesaid, the day and year above written. (Signed) S.vmi-'ki, R Mav, Sec. of State and Acting Governor."' (Indorsed). "Pay to the order of Messrs Riggs iv Co. " JUssin.i. & EnWix M'i c. Co. Ricuak!! 1. Bi:u-T, Attorney. (Ih(i(js) Copy of communication to Woods re ferred to. -Tkkaslt.y. Dktautmkn'T, 1 Co.MfTiroI.i.KK'.S Ol'I'K'E, j July 10, 1SG7. ) . Sin : An account of the Five Per C'ent. Fund, which has accrued to Ihe State ol Oregon for the sale of the public lands within her limits, from the 1st ol January, lh(i5. to :0th of December, 18(G. has been adjusted at tho Treasury, and a balance of $3,300 7'J found to be due, from the United States. Von will be good enough to certify who is authorized to re ceive the same for the Stale, and it will be so paid on application for such pay ment. Very Respectfully. it. W. Tayi.ok. Comptroller. Hon. Gepi::e L. Woods, Governor of the State of Oregon, Eugene City, Oregon.' The next transaction, disposing of the sum of l.fc'57 it", in favor of ihe same parties as before, was. upon a letter if ad vice, addressed to Governor Woods, bear ing date July 22. 1S0, and drawn upon by May in much the same form os belore. but stating, "in the absence of that officer'!, (the Governor), and signing himself "Sec retary of State"' only. The date of this last draft is May 7th, 18!';!), nearly eleven months after il teas transmilUd to Gov: Woods. The "Russell & Frwin Mannfaclurinar Company7 i n establishment of New Vork. having a branch in San Francisco, Jh branch Jmuse was addressed, calling for information concerning ihe draf ts men tioned in the record copies from ihe l.S. Treasury Department. Response was made l hat "October 2G, 18G;. Samuel Iv May. Secretary of State, sent us lor col lection his draft on R. W. Taylor, Comp troller of the Treasury Depai tment. -Wash-' ington. for ;?:.5i;r. 71), U. S. currency. Then on .May 20. 18t;9, he sent us his draft on same person for $1,857 4f. cur rency, accompanied by Taylor's- notifica tion of this amount, addressed to Gov. Woods. Boih draf;s were paid, credited to May, and disbursed according to his instructions ; partly here and partly in New York. Any further information we can give you will be cheerfully furnished on application.-' Request was made for the original let ters of May in disposing of these, funds, and for items of payments on his account. The letters were furnished, and are now in possession of the executive Office. These original letters were received dur ing the week immediately preceeding the meeting of" the Grand Jury at Salem, and were laid before that body, together with all the records and official correspondence in the matter. The result was the indict ments which we have elsewhere an nounced. It appears in (he correspondence that May used a part ot these funds to pay his private bills in San Francisco, to furnish his house, to pay tor silverware ordered from New York, and marked in bis name; and the balance was placed to his credit in New York city. He. in fact, paid in New York $ 1,400 for a State safe, and $700 for books for ihe State Library, but these things were fully paid tor here, when the bills came by his own warrant on the State Treasury, in his own favor, which moneys he used and afterwards replaced them out of the Five Per Cent. Fund, so that, as to thfse sums, he stole them twice. That May stole these moneys is worse than true he stole s ime of them twice. Where was Woods all I his time? That he was in Oregon, and about Salem, is most certain. The first embezzlement was in October, 18G7. Woods returned from California in September of that year, where he had been stumping against Ilaight. He was in Salem at the da e of that draft by May of S3.56G 79, drawn on a letter addressed to Gov.j Woods. They did not keen their offices tncrothm- r,Ti pretended to be at sword's points. How 1 could May obtain these letters f Treasury Department, addressed " to COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY. Woojjs ctficial money letters without Woods knowledge? Jt was the duly or Gov. Woods to look after the accounts of public funds due the State from the Gen eral Government. It no letter has ever been received by hiin on this accaunt of the Five Per Cent: Fund, he should have demanded one. as Gov. (J rover did. and should have seen that the lights of. tire State were responded to. AN hat hypothe sis can be onvied to show that Woods is not also accountable for the embezzle ment of thess funds? It is indeed start ling to find that the public interest and the public funds have been in such., hands and the end of the theiving not yet reach ed. STA'IIJ NKWS. V dispatch from Jacksonville, u ae of the 15th inst. says that Cy linder date of the lain insr. tes Tribble the voung man wno w as puunny cowhided by the Mioses Ralls, in that place, has been arrested on a cnarge of neriurv and bound over in the sum of boo to answer at the next term cf Court. lion. F. L. Biistow, Grand Master of I. O. O. 'ias returned from a visit to the Sound oa official business. Mr Wood ruff, 'lately of Chicago, has purchased property in llolladay's Addi- tion to Albany and commenced the erec- j lion of a residence and a large carriage and wagon manufactory. - A man over sixty years of age took out ' a marriage-license in Lane county during the past week. The bride was nineteen years old. Aji effort is being made at Eugene to raise funds sufficient to construct a bridge across ihe Coast Fork. The cost is esti mated at $3,000. ".The: Albany Register says : Duel Custer and Mrs. Lines were remarried, at the residence of D. Mansfield in this city, on Thursday evening." Judge Johns tying the knot. The reunited pair started north Friday morning. ' A young man named Wallace, borrow ed a horse and buggy of a Mr. Porter, at Forest Grove, to take his young lady to Portland, lie sold the buggy and horse at Portland and le:t for parts unknown. ' A gravel train ran off the track at Har risburg last Saturday, and it is reported that two Chinamen were killed and seven wounded. Recently the remains of an unknown man. evidently dead several months, were found a few miles above the mouth of the Cheeto river, lie had on a leather belt stamped P. F". McDonald. In the pockets of the clothing were found $110 in silver half dollars, many of which were coined in 1871. . R. II. Sullivan, the deserter from Van couver, has been convicted at Eugene of forgery, and St ntenced to two years im prisonment, lie has been lodged in the Penitentiary. The West Side says "we heard of another oppressed citizen leaving her husband and-family, last Saturday. The rate of one a week is well kepi up since Miss Anthony's advent' Johny Bailey, a boy eight years old, re siding on North Yamhill, broke his aTin by falling from a fence. Benton county is the first county to pay i i its State tax. A man named William Sherwood, from C003 county, has been brought to the in sane asylum. The first twenty miles of the west side railroad is finished and cars will soon be running. The taxable properly of Portland- is abo.it $9,000,000. .V in in named John Dougherty shot at one of the deck hands of tho Fannie Pal ton while she wa lying at Corvallis, last Saturday. The deck hand put a terrible "head" on Dougherty. No fe-rioua dam age done. Four of tb-e family of Mr. Cannuft, near Oakland, Douglas county, are sick with small-pox. Albany is the most unfortunate fovn in Oregon. Thj telegraphic dispatches give an account of another fire there. There has been one death nt Oakland from small pox. The Dallas Jl'iihllcan publishes this paragraph : "We learn that the wife of Mr. W. Savage, living in Ihe eastern par', of Yamhill county, near Sheridan, de serted her family one duy last week, and in company' with a young man named Connor, left for par's unknown. Mr. Sav age is quite an extensive dealer in cattle, and a man of considerable means. During (lie let year lie has been to Texas after a drove of cattle, and during his absence his large farm has been canied ui by young Connor, under the Minervi.-i.in cf Mrs. Savage. A short time since Mr. S. sent word to his wife to meet him at some specified place east of the mountains. Wi'.h the avowed object of complying with her h:ibaiid"s requert. she prepared for the jo'urney ; but when she was ready instead of going to meet him. she left her family, consisting of seven children among them a baby only a few months old with her relatives, and accompanied by young Connor, started South. Various rumors are afloat concerning the matter ; one to the effect that she took about live thousand dollars in money and other val uables. Connor was arretted near Jack sonville charged with larceny, for steal ing -one wife, child and some furniture.7' Gknkk.vi. Complaint. All .".long the line of steamboat transportation and also on the railroad, there is a general com plaint by the shippers in regard to the conduct of the present Company which monopolizes our transporting interests. This is nothing but what might have been anticipated. The following is from the .' West Side of the 15th inst. : Thk Dayton. This boat stopped at. Lafayette, Wednesday of last week, and . went back next day without freight, al though hundreds of tons were awaiting shipment from this point. The conse quence was, that those passengers who had made arrangements to go down in her were obliged to ride to Dayton through the mud, as one hack load did. or wait two days longer as some others did. The officers on the boat are the same courteous and obliging gentlemen as ever, but they go according to orders, and are not employed, as formerly, by a company which sees its true interest in accommo dating its patrons. Emphatic. romeroy's Democrat, speak ing of the Woodbnll lecture which we published last week, says : On the night of the 20th inst.. (he noto rious Victoria Woodhull lectured in Stein way Hall to a motley crowd of ladies and gentlemen, politicians, bankers, horse jockies. gamblers, sporting men, pimps, prostitutes, gutter-snipes.specnlators.Tam-manyites. carpet baggers, freedom-shriek-ers, tree-lovers, and in fact, everything from the upper crust to the very dregs rag-tag and bob-tail of the Community. Such a gathering has never been seen since the bugs, beasts, reptiles, and other vermin went into Noah's Ark. The lec ture in itself was a disgrace to the hall in which it was held, the city in which the hall is situated, the State in which the city is located, and the Union of which New York is a member. Mkrst Christmas. We wish nnr ers a merry and happy Christmas. . Telegraphic Clippings. WA SUING TOX XEl J 'S. Washington. Dec. 14. The Senate, in executive session, to-day, took up the nomination of George II. Williams of Or egon to be Attorney General of the. Uni ted States,-and confirmed it without refer ence to the Committee. This was. in ac cordance With the nsage and courtesy in every ease . w here a nominee has been a member of the Senate, his" character be ing sufficiently known without formal in quiry. Various propositions were made and discussed, principally turning on the iitrut ber" of Representatives of which tho House should be composed. The number was finally, on motion, of Garfielde, fixed at 283. Maine, 3: New Hampshire, 2: Ver mont. 2; Massachusetts, 11 ; Rhode Island. 1; Connecticut. 4; New York, 32; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania. 2G; Delaware. 1; Maryland, 0; Virginia. ?); North Carolina, 9; South Carolina. D; Georgia, 5J; Alabama. 7; Mississippi, C; Louisiana. 5. Ohio, 20; Ken tucky. 10; Tennessee. J; Indiana. 12: Illi nois 19; Missouri. 13; Arkansas, 1; Michi gan. 11; Florida, 1; Texas, Cx Iowa J; Wis consin. 8; California, 4;Min'uesota, 3; Ore gon. 1. Total, 283. . . A Washington special says that General Schcnck, having accomplished his mission with reference to the Treaty of Washing ton..and regarding his personal interests here as imperative, has requested the President to name his successor and call him home. WHAT FLA X Jill A KE SAID- Washington. Dec, 15. This evening a large number of gentlemen from the Pa cific coast, including members of Congress, called upon Mr. Williams, recently ap pointed Attorney General, to tender their congratulations. Mr Williams spoke as follows : I promise all whom it may concern that when 1 am placed at the head of the Department ot Justice in ihisGoverntnent, so tar as the jurisdiction of that depart ment may go, its mandates will be dis pensed wiihout fear or favor, with equal vigor and respect for all classes and con ditions of men. 1 know not what there may be in the clamor now made about official delinquencies in Federal offices, but so far as exposure and prosecution of such delinquencies devolves upon the Department of Justice, no partisan con sideration w ill have weight, and ho pains will be spared to bring ihe guilty to speedy, condign punishment. 1 deeply regret that in some portions of the coun try a spirit of lawlessness seems to pre vail. 1 will favor every consideration of kindness to induce obedience to law ; but if no other means will answer, then I am for using the whole power of the country in the mo.-t vigorous and effective manner to crush out conspiracy against the peace of society and the safety of unoffending citizens. Governments were primarily establi.-hed for the weak against the strong, and if this Government fails to perforin its functions in that respect it has a poor claim an- the support and loyalty of its citizens. No one in sight of recent events in New York or elsewhere can take office now and escape the vigilant eye of the peoj.de. ami nothing but a complete and upright devotion to duty will give general satisfaction. I shall struggle to meet the popular demands as well as to meet the expectations of my friend.;, with how much success time and events will de termine, I have the honor to be the first Cabinet oficer taken from tin; Pacific coast -Calilornia, Nevada. Oregon, and the Tcrri'ories ol the far West may now consider themselves recognized and rep resented in every branch of the Govern ment. I do not effect iiidiiferance to par ly mutters, because I have been circled to oftiee. I belong to the Republican p;rrty. I believe in iis principles and politics, and I have a profound convic tion that its ascendency for some time to come is necessary lc tlie (reservation of peace and enforcement of law. Sub ordinate lo my official obligations, every thing that I can reasonably and honor ably, I shall earnestly do to secure its triumph-in the next Presidential election. XII I J ' YOJIK XL' I f S. Nkw Yukk. Dec. 11. This afternoon Miss Tenuie C. Claflin appeared at the Market Court and complained lhat her father and mother were a source of con tinned annoyance to her and Mrs. Wood Imll. She complained specifically lhat, they went to her residence on Wednesday evening last and created a great disturb ance. Justice Stanly issued a summons for their appearance to-morrow to answer Ihe charge of their daughter. Nkw Vokk. Dec. 1 1. A Herald's special from Washington says it now appears lo have been discovered lhat tlie British Gov ernment completely outwitted the Admin istration on the part ot the Treaty of Washington providing for the appoint ment of arbitrators, and lhat a decision ad wise, to the po.-itiou and interests oT the United Slates will be ihe result of the Geneva Conference. Only two of Ihe live arbitrators are friendly to a republic an form of Government. Il is said that ihe upshot will be a reopening of the Ala bama dispute. Tlie Spanish Government is anxious lo bring about a complication of this kind, and is supposed lo fa Tor Kngland's nonliability (?) for the escape of the Alabama, because she desires to hold the United States resposible for the escape of the Cuban privateers and and the pro tection given to tie Hornet and Florida. This whole subject will be ventilated in Ihe House in a few days, when Ihe Ala bama claims will come up for discussion. Nkw Yor.K. Dec. 1(1. The excitment. is great around the City Hall and among local politicians over the action of the G rand Jury and arrest of Tweed. It is understood that indiclim nf hnve ben found against twenty or more persons, among whom, it is said, are men not here tofore known as being connected with frauds and ballot box stuffing. Itisstaied that two indictments were found against Thomas C. Fields and one or more against other parties connected with the City Park management, It has also leaked out that James M. Sweny has been indicted for felony, and that proofs against him are stronger than against Tweed. An indict metit is said to be found against one notor ious fellow who voted GOO repeaters at the last election. A well known Police Judge has also been indicted for his connection with the ballot-box stuffing. Tweed was brought belore Judge Bar nard on a writ of habeas corpus, end ad mitted to bail in the sum of five thousand dollars. Why 11k Accepted. A Washington dispatch to the Evening Post says: "Mr. Schenck's personal friends are defiant. One of the most prominent of them open ly declares that if any inquiry is sent to him on the subject of his connection with the Emma Mine he will answer that it is none of the business of the Government. Members of the same clique say that Gen. Schcnck only accepted office for a short time, to pay bis expenses to and in London, while he should negociale the sale of this mine, and in order that the position of Ambassador might aid him selling it ; that when the Government in quires about it, he will lesign at once, pocket his profits, and return, to specu late in something else. Editorial Coxvkxtio.v. The Herald last week suggested the propriety of hold ing a convention of the Democratic edit ors of this State, at Portland, on the 8th of January. We are decidedly in favor of such a convention, and hope all the Dem ocratic editors in the State will heartily respond to the suggestion. Paying" off the Debt- On the 21st of July, 18C8, says the Pa triot, Mr. Boutwell stated, in the House of Representatives that the debt had been reduced, between April, 18C5. and Janu ary, 18G8. one thousand and sixty-six mil lions ol dollars. According to the pub lic debt statement, it has been further reduced- according J to Secretary ol the Treasury, of over $1,319,000,000 in the last six years. On the 30th of June, 180", the total debt was...... Deduct from this the reduction stated by the Secretary of the Treasury, Viz .2,GS0,G47,8G'J 74 $1,310,740,811 US And the total debt should now be $1,330,808,057 7G But, according to the public debt state ment of the first inslant, it is $2,3(ii,051, S42 81, a discrepancy of over a thousand millions of dollars precisely $1,030,153. 785 05 ! These are figures of the Treasury De partment, and the statements of its chief; it is not for tts reccTcile and explain them. They are matter of record, and we call upon the supporters of the Ad minissration to attempt their denial or re futation. We can show book and page where they can be found of record, placed there by the Secretary of the Treasury and we challenge contradiction. Chicago Lots- The march of scandal is becoming im pressive", and its aim singularly precise and accurate. Not content with random firing and throwing shells, without a dis tinct object, the isharpshooters are actu ally aiming at and bitting l'e buttons of their adversaries. A leading New York journal, whose editor, it is no offence to s.iy, once stood high on Republican can on, and held distinguished official porilion under the lamented Lincoln, has unearthed a new scandal about our Chief Magistrate. On the records of Conk county, Illinois, is a deed from Joseph 11. Jones and !;iizabeth. his wife, to one Ulysses S. Grant, of the city of Washing ton and District of Columbia. It is dated 2 Kb .May, 18GU, and conveys twenty acres and an undivided interest in seventy-six acres of land. The consideration is one dollar, and there is a recital, though no record, that the grantor was a trustee of some sort. The value of the land n not slated. Rut Mr. Jones, the grantor, was snon after, or about that time, appointed bv Genern'l Grant, Minister to Relgium, where, if we mistake not, he now is! The Entkki-kisi-: sails in after one of our most pretentious doctors. What's the matter. Tony ? Orcgtmion. Because he is a born quack, and we de sire to keep the public from being im posed upon. Even his offer" to advertise in our columns had no effect on us. We know of a young lady friend be has brought to death '3 door, and who he agreed to 'cure" for sixty dollars. The m iney w as paid bin and she, w ith others, have ever since suffered from his mal practice. That's what's the matter. Ges. JosKi'ii Lam:. On yesf ?d;iy. says the Jylaindealer. this eminent soldier, patriot and statesman reached the ripe age of three score and ten, and we are happy to ff'afe that he is in the enjoyment of good health, physically and mentally. Although retired from political life, he lias lost none of bis interest in his coun tiy'a welfare, and his friends enjoy no greater pleasure than to listen to the con versation of his leisure hours, in his mountain home. It is in vain we regret that ihe race of hoii st. upright statesmen to which he belonged is passing away, we can only hope that he may be pre served (o us for vel many years. Attohvkv Gknkkat.. Ex-Senator Wil liams' has been appointed Attorney Gen eral in place of Akerman. resigned. We are glad lhat lie has been provided for. and that 1 lie people of Oregon are rid of him for the present. He is a great im provement on Akerman and we hope, for the repnfalion of our Stale, that he m iv prove hiin.vdf worthy of Ihe high po.Mtion to which be has been appointed. CofxTV Committee. We are requested to invite the members of the Democratic County Committee to meet in this city, on Saturday, December :50th. 171. There is ... . . . !ome important business to be tranacfcd by the committee, and a full attendance fs '! "' , , r Jrsr so. "ie stifed Inst week that Gw. II. Williams would either buys sent in the Cabinet or in the Senate. He had completed his puiehae before the paper had gone to press. It wa probably the Moxicinsfddlewhir.il did. the thing for him and fixed him."' Ciii'.ekv. The Oregonian after deferd ing Sam May as long as it was possible, an 1 denying that he was a defaulter to the Stite, now has the brazen impudence to declare that it was the power wjiich forced the officials to examine into the matter Why, it is hardly two months since yon denied that Sam May was a de faulter to the Stale for any sum. Democrats in" Con-okhs.s. The Demo cratic members of Congress evidently do not regard the late Insane Departure on the part of certain Democrats, so-called, with any degree of favor. An informal interchange of opinion, says a Washing ton special, on the course to be taken with regard to the next Presidency, shows great unanimity in opposition to undue hitste. or to any steps that look like a sur render of the Democratic organization in to the hands of anti-Grant Radicals. A Poio corresponded writing to the Albany Democrat says : The contested election cases were beiween T. J. Thorpe and T.P. Goodman, for the mayorship, in which Goodman won. and was declared by one majority. Th contest between Peter Smith and Daniel Gaby was decided in favor of the latter. J L. Miller, who contested the election of R. ii. Head for Recorder, although defeated by six votes, was granted the certificate, on the eround that Mr. Head was not a qualified AOter of the State, though he swore to a resi dence in Portland ever since lf.8, until October last, when he removed to Scio. State Central Committee. As will be seen at the head of our columns the Chair man of the Democratic Central Committee has issued a call for a meeting of lhat body to be held at Portland. January 8, 1S72, The Chairman desires every member of that body present in person. " The five indiefmna ,. were found by a Jufy ecrtipowd of J Radicals and two Democrats T dence. was too plain for them te r... ( vi" the thing. 10 Sl t arona.t Listed. The appointment of Geo ir Williams to the office of Attorney r oat (,f ,i i.auieai party in Oregon 'last man7 "t; was ii iietf O Fjiei; Love. "Ol.l Tvrites from Connecticut (a tlt "free love" ii, , T doctrine for a frcsb llvni?.JL i ' -T uau or woman, but fur a person who fill worn out by lim-,1 ,P..l. i amount to n'mcli. A vif'. slio tliinl.-c 1.1 . i-, . 1 y u muu i jiku her busbaml to indulge iii the lvmlrv "Old Betsy" is alible ' oS oman? Oregon City Prices Current; -t- . The following are the prices raid f,. produce, and the nrie. i,;i. tides are selling, in this ma'-ket j-WIlHAT-White.-ft bushel. $1 25 OATS 'I bushel. 75 cts. POTATOES- bushel. $1 00 c onions bushel, $i mr 51 :,o.- riOlJR"j- bbl. 7 Ou.o ;,o. 'AT' o !L,. .--n hite. ? lh id cu '' V 1 Ap DRIB!) FRUIT pit es. a' ir., :.(,.(; c,,. I eachf-s. ft., ir.jcj J;ms, jj ,-f . jru ci.; murrains. ID.. 1(1(20 cH fHITTEIi "r? !b.. X.Oc't-. IXJGS "pi dozen. 50 els. CHICKENS dozen. S3. SUGAR Crushed, ., 20 cb ; W-Ulv t lb.. 10(12 cts.; N. O'.. t.. i-t ' ohm i-rancisco renneii, f it . 103 cts. TKA Young Hyson. lb.. 1 :,( r j parr. tH ir,., yoc(W)?l 25 : Rlack. $1 00. COFFEi: r Fx. 23(77,25 cts. t' &-.:7;.f; o SALT c lb., lK-i ct!. SYRUP Heavy Golden, gall Ls. Heavy Golden, "j-l gall., f 25 r.ACOX Hams. lb.. H cts , SI tin; 14 ct. jl lb.; shoulders. cts. LARD v lb., M cts.' OIL Devoe's Kerosene. r call. ? i.inseea on. raw. r call., s I.inwiV oil. boiled. ' irall.. $1 51 Wool--p lb.. -55 ct. P. KEF On foot, 7 (7.8 cts. 'j K POUK On foot. 7fr8ets. y i,. SHEEP Per headf2 0(l(W -J HIDES Green, "r lb.. 5c. : Drv "-if 12 eU ; Salted. 8c ' ' ' Tlie tire:it I'ittori.il Anuuiil. Ilostetter's United Whites Almanac fr for distribution, grctU, tiirnuboist the UnUed State, and all civilize.l romitrif. nf t!w Wc.tirii It fMniii .tipvr. will t... . ..1 v , v. " w " v... ...... ,mii W 1 UiVir ed anout tlte first of January, in fTKmlu' U em; sin, French, Norwegian, A'eKh, wc,i ish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish Ja). guges, and all who wish to mult-rsium! tlit true philosophy of health shunhf read ami ponder tin- valuable' suggest 'oris it contain, In -addition to an admiraMe m rfic.tl t resit it on the causes, prevention and cure of a jrn-jt variety of diseases, it cnihraces a l,ir,? amount of information interesting to t!;e merchant, t.he mcchnnic,- the miner, the farmer, the p'ante", an 1 professional nm ? V. j and the calculations hare heen nisi? fT j such li.eiidians and latitudes as are iir'. j suitabte for a correct and comprehend"-' National Cai.kxd.vr. The nature, uses, and extraordinary sani tary, effects of Jlostetter's toii:ae!i i:lt-r.-tlie .staple tonic unci alterative of more thai half the Chii-tiau world, are fuly set te!i in its panes, which are also intei'cr-d witlr pictoiiui illustrations, valuable recipes lr the household and farm, humorous aii't- lotes, original and selected. Amount'.? ,,tni:i's lo it,r,f:r I'illi ll,,1 nnpriiti" tsl year, this will be one of'thenx st ti.ei"ul, ai.it may be had 'fur Ihe a'ihtg. The tnoprieturiv .Messrs. Hostel tor & Smith, l':t!suurj;'.i, i'.. 011 receipt ot a two cent stamp, w II Innvjni a copy by mail to av person who cai;:,"t jroeui e one in bis ueigbbtu Imo.l. Tlie I) t teis are ?o!d'm every cits-, town aud villa:?, and are extensively set- t.iroi! hout the ca-' tire civilized world. Jrty Years Excellence have t, tlie virtues of I'r.-ll'lxtarn llu'saui )' !i "' Ch-srry, and theiesult is that it is the f--remedy extant for pulmonary and lung 3:? eses; embracing the wh-de ran-e tnuiu slight cold to a settled consumption. Vert it not for its writ., it would Ion;: sinef lue "died, and made no mujii." dec-w4 WILLIAM DAVIDSON REAL ESTATE DEALER OlUcc, No. Ot Front .SI reef. VOKTLANI), - - - OKEliON. HEAT- ESTATE in this ( ITVari KASr I'tlllTh.WI). in the most (hsua' f i localities, consisting of LOTS, I1AI.I' V.VV. . ' uul - q IMI'ROVEf) FARMS,' and Talnabjf uncnuivaien tj.u?, locaieu 111 1 v llje fATE for s LE j G ' r.WrZt," i "nd Uirouiihotit the STATES and ThKR; ! T0UIKS vith reat ,.are anJ ontl.eim i ADVANTAGEOUS TEI1.MS- HOUSE nnd STOKES LEASJ. J LOANS NEGOTIATED, and CLAIMS'' i ali, iMtmrnuAh I'Moiriu t.- LIXTED. And a General FINANCIAL an; AGENCY" BUSINESS transacted. AGENTS of this OFFICE in $t!.? CITIES and TOWNS in the STATE. ceive descriptions of FA KM FKOl'hiij; andforward the same to the above aJdre,. Feb. 3, 1871. Fresh Garden. Flower, Tiec suid &"h; ! Evergreen, Fruit and Herb Seeds, I'reji bv MaiL A complete and juiJicmus nient. 25 sorts of either class 1 ." j"e Six class.es (L'. packets) for "" f , an immense stock f one vear grafted1 tnt Trees, Sm ill Fruits, Fruit Stocks, Fruit, Ornamental and Evergreen "Vl i..iK. i.,... V,.,r W,..isn and loiuu Plants, Ac., Ac, the most complete for,;C ment in America. " Prepaid by mail, l r ' Catalogues to anv address, also iru u gr..tis. Suds on Commission, AW1 wanted. . . P.. M. Watson, Old Colony Nurseries an Seed Warehouse, Plymouth, .M;.- 1 ; 1 -1 -loi.i aov. lot". Oroii I.ol So. 3, I. O. of O- F ..- Meets every inm-j iggjpSl in- at 7 o'clock, in Odd clk "AwS"" Hall, Main s ect. Members of the Order are invited t.f" By order. ; A. NOLTKER, N O T A R V r UBLIC , EN TEK 1'IUSE Of F Oregon City Jan;5l3:lt - DIPROYED B A M D A IIolIinS 3leUl" And eve-ydescrip Chmery d lW Milt supplies. Add,eSitRv& t Machinery 112 Calif, rnia St. Sa i CI1 nov-ieow'ra O pa.