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OFFICIAL PAPER FO CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Oregon City, Grog on ,
Friday
Jan. 19, 1872.
Salem "Statesman'' on Grant.
In the issue of the Statesman of
the ICth inst., the editor indulges
in a long and somewhat " open "
article on the prospects of the next
Presidential nomination. He evi
dently has been reading some "dis
affected Republican " documents,
lie says in the outset that it "is a
fact very plainly developed that
President Grant has bitter enemies
inside the Republican party, and
Ave can count among them some in
Congress who have ranked and still
rank as its leaders." The leaders
of the Republican party, he argues,
are opposed to Grant. Why ?
"There's the rub." Would men
who are now, and have been for
years, the leaders of that party
which has been s signally triumph
ant for the past ten years, now turn
in opposition to a candidate who,
to most Republicans, is the strong
est man in the party, without some
positive, well grounded reasons for
such action ? We think not. Rut
the Statesman will enlighten us
again. It says, and we can but
admire its forced candor, that "no
candid man will shut his eves to
the necessity of reform in our gov
ernment affairs not because they
are not administered as well now
as heretofore, but because they are
not administered, and have never
been, as well as the best interests
of the people demand." Why are
they not administered as well as
the " best interests of the people
demand?" We were not prepared
for such an admission from a Re
publican journal. Hut, no doubt,
the poor fellow who has thus re
lieved himself of an approach to
truth, now breathes more freely.
He however, does not stop here,
but goes on to say that lie has
"faith that Grant is an honest and
capable man, and if he is not, the
people should know it. The Re
publican party has faith in him, but
if by any chance it is nrsplaced,
we have no reason to make a sacri
fice of principle to sustain his for
tunes." He has, it would seem,
just awakened to the conviction
that there is a bare 2ossibility that
Grant's load will prove too heavy
for him to carry, and the Republi
can party may have to abandon the
"Great American Smokist," and
find some other man with whom
to ride into the White House in
1872. The fact is, that many of
the best Republicans have arrived
at the firm conclusion that the tla
gitious and glaring actions of this
.Administration have rendered the
re-election of Grant an impossibil
ity. When Radical journals come
down from singing peans to his
praise, and go so far as to admit
that he is not immaculate, it is fully
time for those who really desire the
welfare of the nation to hope that
a reaction is taking place in the
minds of the American people. The
people have long ago seen and felt
the outrageous, usurping and dis
graceful character of the present
incumbent of the White House,
and nothing but a venal press, kept
alive, in many instances, by money
stolen from the honest tax-payers
of our country, has been for the last
few months endeavoring to fuist
the miserable abortion upon the
people for another four year's term.
Rut the last act in the u,rand drama
is well nigh closed, and next fall
the curtain will drop forever upon
one of the most corrupt, ignorant
and worthless personages that ever
occupied the Presidential chair.
Rkai It. We some time since
endeavored to show our readers
that George S. Routwell was either
an iirnorant ass or dishonest, and
totally unlit for the position which
he holds. The latter charge is
mdoubtedlythe true one, as will
be seen from a lengthy expose of
the corruption in his department,
published in this issue. Let our
patrons read it and pass it around.
Yashixgtox Lettek. We this
week publish the first of our regu
lar Washington letters. These let
ters are written expressly for the
ExTEnrnisE, by a reliable gentle-
man, wno nas large experience
at Washington, and who is also
familiar with the wants of our
State. These letters willhnvn m-
cial interest
uunni:
the session of
Congress.
The Xew York 8.m sayg that on Mon
day, the 11th of December, 4 the Presi
dent nominated for commander a naval
officer who has prolwbly t o', d
irnwn a so-
ber breath in ten je.tr"-." The P. o.w.t
. . - - '-''
Murder of James Fisk, Jr.
Elsewhere will be found a synop
sis of the telegraphic dispatches
concerning the murder of James
Fisk, Jr., of New York, who was
shot by Edward S. Stokes, with I
whom Fisk has had considerable
trouble during. the past few years.
This man, reckless, eccentric, and,
perhaps, unprincipled, as he was,
had many generous, noble, redeem
ing traits in his character, which,
taken in connection with the cow
ardly manner in which he was at
tacked, and the coolness and forti
tude which he displayed while
lingering in the most intense agony,
have aroused for him a sympathy
in the hearts of many who, while
he lived, had not the least feeling
in common with the man We are
disposed to let the mantle of chari
ty fall over his foibles, and endeav
or to remember alone his good
deeds, during a brief, erratic life.
His death was as sudden as his life
had been meteoric, lie rose like
a brilliant comet, shot across a
checkered, dazzling sky, and fell
like a rocket, to rise no more. IJy
his will he leaves the major portion
of his property to his wife.
Election Frauds-
We give the following, clipped
from a Xew York dispatch, under
date of January 4th. It explains
itself:
In the Custom House investigation to
day John P. Lindsay testified that part, of
frequent assessments for electioneering
purposes were -always two per cent, of
annual salaries, and extended to every of
ficer ; he knows that Collector Grinnei!
p. lid S7 001) Iroin his own pocket to save
poorer subordinates ; part of the control
of the general order of business was
given by Grinnell to Leet when Grant
became President ; Leet came here from
Pennsylvania and brought from the Pres
ident and Secretary of State letters recom
mandiig Lee (for aay thing good, and on
witness" advice Grinnell grave Leet the
general order of business ; Leet was not
a citizen of this Commonwealth; ex-Mayor
Wood of Brooklyn and Mr. Squires gut
other portions, and Leet arranged to do
Ptxley s portion of the general order of
business for a certain sum, and by direc
tion of Grinnell a portion of the business
was directed to Bix'ey's store; Leet was
guaranteed about is 10.000 annually; Leet
was then in the War Department; Bixley
is a merchant; Grinnell was known to be
oppossed to the political assessments of
the Custom House employes: he was
threatened with removal by Leet if he
could could not. get what he wanted.
The Statesman is beginning to
show signs of disaffection and ex
pects to be bought up again to the
support of the Radical cause. It
is always open to the highest bid
der about nomination time. Four
years ago the concern was bought
with the job of publishing the IT.
S. laws. Since that time, the sick
ly little editor's nerves have been
sadly disorganized by a pistol ball
which he imagined was going to
hit him, and as he expects to get
several thousand dollars from that
source, the Radicals will not have
to pay much for him this time.
Pooii Max. The Gazette editor
thusly goes after a man who re
cently engaged in the saloon busi
ness :
We are always sorry to see any person
thus throw himself away, and say. by his
acts, that he -cares not for public senti
medt." Put we are especially pained
when we see a man of intelligence, cul
ture, social position: and surrounded by
an interesting and happy family, so far
disregard all these ties as to enter into a
business which is brutaliizing to the per
son engaged in it, demoralizing in its ef
fects upon the community, and upon
which rests the curse of the Almighty :
Wo onto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and
makesl him drunken also'
If that quotation don't up-end
him, the business never will.
A Y
Eii v "Gai.e." The Umjy-
pia Uns't'jn, of Roseburg, says the
Democrats all over the nation are
seriously talking of runnning
Horace Greeley for President, and
Fred Douglass for Yice President,
in order to capture the negro vote!
How long shall such a truthful and
enterprising journalist as this be
compelled to occupy an obscure
hamlet like Rosebunr ?
A Goon Indian. An Indian named Jim
got drunk on Oregon City whisky the
other night, went home, cut his wiie up
with a hatchet, beat the earth with his
baby, and then killed another siwash who
was impudent enough to interfere. Jim
was captured, shot in the arm, and put in
the jail, but he busied out. and at last ac
counts was still a tree child of the I wrest.
It is not stated whether an attempt was
made to pray with hhn. Orejonian.
Nothing in the above is true ex
cept the Indian, and he would not
be so if he were not locked up.
The New York Herald generally ex
hibits the faculty of speaking to the'noiot
on i'opics of the tlmc. Oregonian,' lGtk
Yerv well,
tide headed
Now read the ar
" Startling Disclos
ures," in an other column of this
paper.
Goli ix Yekmoxt. An island
in White River, Yermont, is now
beinix mined by a large number of
gold seekers. The ore they take
out assays at about 2,000 to the
ton.
Deceased. W. F. Roelofsoa, a gentle
man largely connected with railroad in-
' Crests on this coast, died nt P.nri.
. i to, vijLiitJ
Otb ulL
Our Special Washington Letter-
Washington-. Dec. 20, 1871.
Editor Enteui'iii.se. As I indicated in
my last not received yet, the debate in
the Senate cn Judge Trumbull's resolu
tion for a Committee on Retrenchment and
.Investigation, has loomed up to such di-
metisions as to become a question of dis
cussion in all parts of the nation, and is.
unquestionably, the opening of the Presi
dential campaign for 1872. Before this
reaches Oregon, you will have seen the
comments of the press, both Republican
and Democratic, in which there is general
astonishment that the peculiar friends of
Gen. Graut resisted investigation, and the
belief is general throughout the country
that there is something rotten in Den
mark. :' A leading Republican Senator
in his "place, said the Administration was
'reeking in corruption," and the constant
development of frauds and peculations in
the Treasury and other DepartraanU of
the Government prove that in no Admin
istration which has preceded President
Grant's, has there been so many and
heavy defalcations, and if a proper com
mittee to investigate, with sufficient pow
ers, had been formed by the Senate, this
fact would have been rnaniftst to the
country. But the debate in the Senate
has aroused the people, and men of all
parties are demanding a thorough over
hauling of the doings of this corrupt ad
ministration, and Grant and his followers
are trembling in their boots. Never since
Grant's election in 18(18, has there been
so much danger to his success, as since
this remarkable debate, and it is now con
sidered extremely donbtlul if he gets the
nomination. The hopes of the Democrats
have been greatly revived, and fresh
courage seems to pervade the besom ot
every Democratic member of Congiess,
and as Congress takes a recess to-morrow
till the 8Lh of January, 1872, the Demo
crats return to their constituents to urge
them to organization and preparation for
the canvass of 172. They begin to feci
that ail that is needed for success is confi
di nee and earnest work. They are con
vinced that a majority of the American
people are opposed to Grant and the man
ner in which the government is adminis
tered by him. No sensible man will dis
pute the lact. that the policy of the Re
publican party is to make the "rich richer
and the poor poorer ;"' that the bondhold
er pays none ot the taxes of the country,
and on the tiller of the soil and the me
chanic rest the burdens of government.
The results of Grant's policy ali inure to
the advantage ot capital, which concen
trates in the National Banks, wherein they
are permitted to draw interest tiom ihe
Government on bonds deposited. whilM
at the same time, they extort ruinous in
let est from those to whom they loan
money furnished them by the Govern
ment. It has been a matter of astonish
ment to me, that the sensible men ol the
country could not see and feel the pernici
ous consequences of the legislation of
Congress sinee'the Republicans have come
into power, resulting in the collection of
millions of dollars as taxes on almost,
every conceivable production and nianu
lioture. If the Democrats shall enter up
on the canvass with vigor, and present a
clear and concise statement of the condi
tion of affairs, the true character and ef
fect of the measures of the Republican
party, surely the people will not longer
submit to be governed by them, but will
seek relief from the galling yoke and
heavy burdens laid on them now by Graut
and his followers.
You may depend upon it, the Democra
cy mean to organize, and the organization
will be early and thorough. Let meetings
lake place at once. It is peculiarly ap
propriate that the Democrats of Oregon
should do so at an early day, as your elec
tion will be the tirst to be held in any of
t ie States in lfe72, and the Democracy
should make a good showing, as it. will
encourage your Irieuds elsewhere. But I
am convinced your people need no stir
ring up. lor they feel the importance of
tht-ir position and will come up to the
work manfully.
As Congress takes a recess, nothing in
the way of legislation will be dune till
their return ; but in the mean time, mem
bers who remain here will be industrious
ly engaged in the preparation of measures
in which their cotsiituenls are deeply in
terested. As the Senators and Repreen
tative from your State will remain i:i the
city, they will be enabled to complete
the preparation of the bills lhey are in
terested in. so that they can receive the
early attention ol Congress. The " bill to
aid in the construction of a railroad and
telegraph line from Great Sail Lake to
Portland' is now complete in all its de
tails, and has been introduced into the
.Senate by Senator Corbet t. As it is highly
probably the Republicans will force an
adjournment on the 1st of .May. your Sen
iors and Representative. Hon. James II.
Slater, are anxious to get a good start for
the Railroad Bill, so as to insure its pass
age at the earliest posssible moment, and
in this they are ably seconded by Col.
Chapman, the President, of ihe Road. The
presence of Col. Chapman at the Capitol
at this lime is a very propitious circum
stance in favor of the Railroad Bill. His
earnestness and great fund of necessary
information in reference to the country
through which the road is to pass, and the
facts he presents, showing its necessity
and national importance, impresses, all
who come in contact with him. He is an
able advocate ot the measure, and is -the
right man in the right place.' He inspires
confidence, because he is himself con
vinced of .he great advantage of the road,
a'ud no one is better calculated by h
suavity of manners, enlarged intelligence
and Irauk honesty, to remve objections.
Ana these very traits so commendable in
Col. Chapman, characterize the course of
your Representative, who adds to these a
commendable modesty, so appropriate to
a new member, and width commends him
to the high respect and esteem of his asso
ciates. . There will be a strong effort to repeal
the income 1 ;x : but it will meet with de
termined opposition, for many argue that
this is the only tax by which the heavy
"bondholders can be reached ; but as Con
gress has lor the last ten years legislated
tor the interest of that class I would not
be surprised to see it repealed.
Senator Sumner, when Congress reas
sembles, will introduce an amendment to
the Constitution, limiting the Presidential
term to one ot four years, on which it U
thought Le will indulge in an extended
review of all the abuses of power aud
patrenage practice. 1 by Gen. Grast since
he ha-? been in office. The public may
look for a rich expose, for the Senator wid
be tuiiy posted aud prepared. He. as
well as his friends, are gathering material,
and it is very abundant. Sumner attri
butes all his recent political woes to the
agency of Grant, and believes it was
through the President he was degraded in
the case of the Chairmanship ot Foreign
Affairs in the Senate. 'A'e say,
'Lay on Macduff.'7
In this nalit we have liie same feeling Use
woman i d. in the set to between the bear
and her husband.
l i.e i osrlns.er General has desired a
codification of the Postal laws into one
act. and ihe Cunmitu-e on Postufiiceo arid
and Post Roads, reported the bill pre
sented to them by Gen. Cressweli. It
leaked out yesterday, that the main ob
ject he had in desiring the new law. was
to give him absolute power over all con
tracts for carrying the mails, virtually do
ing away with the time-honored practice
ot advertising for bids. He wauted the
power to make all the contracts himself
and with whom he pleased, thus having it
i:i his power to enrich himself and friends,
and at the same time increase his patron
age, and centralize that Department, and
make it subservient in all respects to po
litical machinations. "Like master, like
man.' Grant is lor centralization, and
Cresswell favors it too. The fact is. the
people are fast losing all control of their
own officers, and there has been more
usurpation practiced in the last five years
than in the whole previous history of our
country. Cressweil will doubtless get his
bid through, as Congress, as at present
constituted, believes in strengthening the
hands of the Executive Departments, and
go for all manner of jobbing. They are
in the jobbing business themselves and
observe the golden rule, '"Do unto others
as you would hare them do to you."
The citizens of Washington are making
many improvements of the streets and
sidewalks, and are determined to make it
a desirable point for the seat of Govern
ment, and prevent its removal west. The
proposition to take the Capital to St.
Louis has stirred the city authorities of
Washington to the importar.ee of making
the place more comfortable and attractive.
and they deserve much for their exertions
in that direction, and as President Grant
has brought the matter to the favorable
consideration of Congress. I have no
doubt that body will indulge in liberal
appropriations to the District of Columbia
to help the authorities to pay some of the
heavy bills incurred in the work done on
the streets, etc. If Congress does not
come to the aid of the District. I cannot
tell where else the money is to come from,
for the expenditures made since the erri
toiial organization, are on as extravagant
scale, as those iu New York under Tweed.
The Territorial Legislature authorizes the
issue of millions o: bonds; they are sold,
and about three-fourths of the money
sticks to the fingers of the officials, and
the other fourth goes to the laborers, so
ns'to m ike a show of providing employ
ment for the ignorant negroes, who placed
these men into power by their votes.
When a full exhibit is made of these pecu
lations of the officials of the Territory of
Columbia and the City of Washington, the
country will find another exhibition of the
peculiar tactics of Radicals where they
govern and have control of the people's
money, as has been disclosed of Radical
rule in the Southern States, wherein Gov
ernors Bullock of Georgia, Holden of
North Carolina, and now Scott of South
Carolina. 4t is bred in the Radical bone
to peculate and rob the people, and an
honest administration of the government
and of States seems to be impossible in a
Radical incumbent.
PlBLtCUrf.
Apportionment.
Following is the apportionment of Dele
gates to which each county is entitled in
the Democratic State Convention, which
meets at the Dalles, on April lOih :
Baker .
Benton ".
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Currv
Douglas
Grant
Jackson
Josephine
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Folk
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Washington
Wasco s . ,
Yamhill
.0
.
. 7
.1
.2
.3
. 1
.8
.4
.8
.2
.8
12
11
10
. 7
.1
. 5
.4
.4
. 3
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Death ok a Noted Divine. The tele
graph announced to us last week the
death, at Danville Ky.. of Robert J. Breck
inridge. No clergyman in the United
States, truly remarks an exchange, has
filled a more prominent place as a theolo
gian and controversial writer, than the de:
ceased. For more than thirty-five years,
his learning, ability and industry made
him the most prominent divine among
Protestant denominations, and his wait
ings arc well known to our Catholic pop
ulation. The controversy that he held
with Fattier John Hughes, then Roman
Catholic paslor in Philadelphia, gave ibe
latter such a prominence th;U he was chos
en Coadjutor Bishop of New York, then
became Bishop, and subsequently Arch
bishop of New York. The discussion end
ed; each party satisfied that, its champion
had gained the victory. The debate was
published, and occupies a very large vol
ume, entitled the Hughes and Breckin
ridge Controversy. The deceased was
uncle of John C. Breckimidgo. He was
born at Cabell's. Ky., March 8. 1800. stTnl
studied in Princeton, Yale and Union
Colleges, graduating at 1!). He practiced
law in Kentuckey for eight years, from
1823 to 1831. and was several times a
member of the State Legislature. In
1832 he was ordained pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, and
retained the position for 13 year.. He
was afterward President of Jefferson Col
lege. Pennsylvania : la'ter was Superin
tendent of Instruction of Kentucky. In
18.53 he was elected President ot the Dan
ville Seminary, which position he held till
the time of his death.
The Porri.AU Wish. Senator Sumner's
proposition to abolish the Internal Reve
nue bureau, with all the array of collect
ors, assesors, inspectors and deputies, pre
cisely meets the popular wish at this time,
lemaiks the New York Eceniivi Pout, and
bids fair to be supported by a strong
pressure of public opinion on Congress.
The country demands relief from taxation;
and first of all from that taxation which
supports the supernumerary office-holders.
It is much to be wished that our Custom
houses might be thrown open to the pub
lic gaze as widely as the International
Revenue office.
Caftaix Kei.i.-"s Flxf.cal.. The re
mains of Capt. Kelly arrived at Portland,
by the Orifiamme, on Saturday last. They
were removed to the armory of the Wash
ington Guard, where they lay iu state,
guarded by members of the Emmet and
Washington Guards and the Hibernian
Benevoient Society, until Suuday, wht-n
It ey were sent to Vancouver, where the
last sad riles were performed by the mili
tary aud Masonic Fraternity.
Incokrect. We see a notice going the
rounds ot ihe press to the effect that John
C. Breckinridge died on the 27th ult., at
Danville. We presume this is an error,
His uucle, Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge,
died at the date aud place given, which
prouably led to the error iu names.
Fostfoned. Owing to the delay in re
ceiving returns from the East, caused by
the heavy snow3 on the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad, the Cosmopolitan Benev
olent Society have been compelled to
postpone their drawing. It has probably
couie off by this time.
STARTLING DISCLOSURES !
Frauds in the I nil id States Trcag.
ury Department. Imittach
Hunt Talked Ot :
Frcrn the New York IlendXJ
Wasiiixgtox. December 18, 1871.
Secretary Bout well is becoming serious
ly alarmed at the strong indications of ef
forts for. his impeachment, and, in view of
the proposed report of the Ways and
Means Committee. giving a full account oT
his syndicate operations, is preparing to
answer the demands of the Committee in
reference to that matter.
It is frankly admitted by high officials
at the Treasury Department" that, iu order
to put the loan upon the maiket at home
or abroad, the Secretary did step outside
of the law, ami violate the terms of the
acts of Congress, approved July 14. 1870,
and January 20, lsl, which " expressly
forbid any increase of our bonded debt
or the payment of more than one-hall of
one per cent, commission to agents or the
sale of bonds for less than their par value
in coin, in the following words :
But nothing in this act. or any other
law now in force, shall be construed to
authorize any increase whatever of the
bonded debt of the United States.
"Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is here
by authorized to sell and dispose of any
of the bonds issued under this act, at not
less than their par value lor coin, and to
apply the proceeds thereof to the redemp
tion of any of the bonds of the United
States outstanding and known as five
twenty bonds, at their par value, or he
may exchange the same for such five
twenty bonds, par lor par; but the bonds
hereby authorized .shall be used for no
other purpose whatsoever. And a stun
not exceeding one-half of one per cent,
of the bonds herein authorized is hereby
appropriated to pay the expense of pie
paring, issuing, advertising aud disposing
ot iLe same."
Mil. llOtTWEI.ls VIOLATIONS Of I..UV.
It is absolutely necessury here to recap
itulate the most flagrant of Mr. BoutwelTs
violations of law. though the Herald read
ers must be familiar with the larger por
tion of them, but not with the essential
particulars, which will be found further
on.
Two hundred million dollars of the new
bonds, a little over one-eighth of the sum
authorized by Congress, have been put
upou the market and disposed of; but at
what cost? The answer is given in Mr.
Bout well's own organ ia the following
words :
Mr. Boutwcll's plan of funding the na
tional debt has had a pretty fair trial. The
sum and substance of the Secretary's suc
cess is the funding of S200.o;)0,00U at five
per cent, on the payment of a bonus of
one and a half per cent to the syndicate
of foreign bankers, who have agreed to
take the loan. Add to the bonus ($3,000,
000) $1,000,000 more for the aggregate
cost of printing the new bonds, advertis
ing, explaining and commending the loan,
aud the entire co.,l of funding ihe $200.
000,000 at five per cent,, is 55 1.000. 000. ,;
It taust be born in mind that this S4.
000.000 has been paid out by Mr. Bout
well, not for negotiating for $200,000,000
of bonds sold for coin, but mainly to pav
favorites for handling one set of bond's
over their counters and taking back an
other. At this rate $30,000,000 will be ex
pended in converting the amount author
ized by Congiess. At this rate S30.0J0.
000 will be expended in "explaining, ad
vertising, commending" and p-iyiug a
''bonus'' to favorites, before the entire
loan can be converted; for conversion is
all there is of it.
THE I'IKST VIOLATION.
Congress appropriated a sum not to ex
ceed one million dollars to pay the entire
expense of convening the $200,000,000
five per cents put upon the market last
spring. It is admitted that Mr. Boutwell
has expended lull tour times the maxi
mum allowed by law. Herein has be vio
lated both the letter and the spirit of the
law. Congiess- expressly provided that
half the amount saved by reduction of in
terest the first year .should cover the cost
of conversion. It is admitted that Mr.
Boutwell h;vs expended more than he can
save in two years.
Congress expressly provided that the
expenses of the conversion should not in
crease the tax payers" burden a sittgU
cent. 1 lie burden imposed by Mr. Bout
well's syndicate operations is just two
million dobais greater than it would have
been if he had let the business entirely
alone I
THE SECOXD VIOLATION.
The l-aw of Congress expressly forbids
any increase whatever of the bonded debt
of the nation. It is notorious that Secre
tary Boutwell issued $200,000,000 of the
five per cent bonds before, months before,
ca.ltng n a like amount of six per cents
I nder the Head ot "debt bearing interest
in coin" in the last monthly debt state
ment, the Secretary gives 55(52 7911.400 as
the total amount of new five per cents
outstanding, when it is notorious that full
$200,000,000 have been bearing interest
for months.
THE THIU!) VIOLATION.
Congress has provided by law that (be
new five per cents shall not be disposed
of for less than their coin par value.
It is notorious that the syndicate, by
hook and crook, actually obtained the
new bonds from Secretary Boutwell for
much less than their par value in coin.
THE FOCKTH VIOLATION" A KINO JOB.
The Secretary of the Tieasury is au
thorized only to exchange the new bonds
tor old bonds, or sell them for coin. It is
notorious that Mr. Boutwell has taken
millions upon millions of dollars of na
tional bank certificates of deposit in ex
change for new bonds.
On the 1 1th of September last the Treas
ury Department held $2!),0'J8.400 of these
national bank certificates of deposit, re
ceived in exchange lor the new bonds.
Twenty-six million four hundred and
eighty-four thousand and lour hundred
dollars of these certificates of deposits of
coin were issued by the First National
Bank of Washington, of which Mr. II. D.
Cooke, of the firm of Jay Cooke it Co., is
President.
I do not find anyone who even pretends
there were $20,000,000 of coin in the First
National Bi'.nk of Washington at any time
during the month of September. Thai in
stitution, nevertheless, found no trouble
in getting Secretary Boutwell to take that
amount of its certificates of deposit, bear
ing no interest, in exchange for United
Slates bonds, bearing live per cent, in
terest. It was understood at the Treasury De
partment that Secretary B un well would
hold the certificates three months; and, at
the end ot that tune, if the bank was not
ready to take them up. either by turning
in old bonds or paving coin, an ex'eusion
would not be refused. The transaction
was both safe and profitable for the bank
managers, but terribly severe on the tax
pavers. But the worst feature of this transaction
is its palpable violation of the law of Con
ress. which requires the new bonds to be
exchanged for the old or sold at not less
than their par value
IN' coin.
Certain it is that national bank certifi
cates are not coin in the meaning of ihe
law. It' Congress had intended lhat Sec
retary Boutwell should exchange the new
five per cents for national bank certificates
of deposit a provision to that effect would
have been inserted in ihe law for funding
the national debt.
Oril TREASURY CLERKS IX EUROPE.
The Committee of Ways and Means will
also inquire how and by what authority
of law Secretary Boutwell gave some
thirty-three Treasury clerks a leave ol ab-
sense that enabled them to make a lengthy
tour in Europe, last summer and fall, at
G o v e r n m e n t e x p e i i s e .
Many of these clerks hold responsible
positions in the department, the duties of
which during their absence in Europe
were performed by inexperienced and. in
some cases, incompetent subordinates.
The general looseness of department bus
ness. as shown by the recent startling do
tal eat ions, is the natural result.
The answer, that it was necessary to
send these flirty three clerks to Europe
to carry bonds to the syndicate, is no re
ply at all. The bonds "if stolen or lost,
would have been, in the hands of unau
thorized persons, quite valuelessnot
worth the paper ihey were printed upon
o that the responsibility was really
very small. A contract could have read
ily been made with a responsible steam
ship or express company to transport the
bonds as safely and cheaply as, by the
plan adopted, and the services of the
clerks thereby retained iu the department
where needed.
The present demoralization and recent
defalcations in the Treasury Department
must be charged mainly to Mr. Boutwell 's
syndicate account.
.SECRETARY I!OUTWELL3 DEFENCE.
Mr. Routwell 's friends are compelled to
admit that in order to put a small por
tion of the new loan upon the market
abroad, he went outside the limits of the
law and violated the plain provisions of
the act authorizing the funding of the na
tional debt. They hope, however, that
the country will sustain his action in these
particulars, inasmuch as he saves to the
Government one per cent interest on the
bonds thus converted. They ignore the
fact that the expense of the conversion is
greater than the amount saved during the
next two years, and that the immediate
effect of the transactions in question is to
greatly increase the burden of the Gov
ernment, "WILL NOT HOLD WaTEU.
Whether Mr. Bou! well's defence meets
favor with the committee of Ways and
Means and with Congress in general re
mains to be seen. It is hardly probable
that the dangerous precedent of allow
ing a Secretary of the Treasury to set
aside the laws of Congress at pleasure
will be established. It might have been
done during the great rebellion, but it is
too late now. There is no occasion for
the exercise ot an- such power.
WILL SEC'Y liOUTWELI. F.K 1MFKACHKD?
Four months ago Mr. Boutwell could
laugh at the idea of impeachment as safely
and serenely as Mr. Tweed might have
smiled at the sugges tion of an airest up
on a charge of felony.
The people are now, however, getting
into the dangerous habits of smashing rings
The Tammany Ring has been very nearly
broken. Its great prototype, the Treasury
Ping at Washington, must be the next to
meet the same fate.
Considerations of party expediency may
postpone Mr. Boutwell's impeachment un
til he resigns or is dismissed by the Pres
ident. It is not easy to see what else can
save him. The Herald's exposures of his
syndicate operations are having a power
ful effect upon public opinion that politi
cians are not slow lo observe.
The Treasury Ring the greatest, most
powerful and most dangerous of till rings
will make a terrible fight to save him,
for he has been a supple tool from the
first. But rings have had their day. The
cry is now, Down with the Treasury
Ring.''
Rout.'H ox Sr. Louis. A dispatch from
St. Louis to the Cinnicati Gazelle, dated
Dec. 29:h, says : "Grave fears are felt
that the channel of the river will be turn
ed from the Missouri to the Illinois shore,
opposi'e the city. When the ice gorged
above the bridge piers, it grounded in the
shallow water in front of the elevator,
and when the recent, rise came down, the
current striking the lodged ice was direct
ed across the river, and has since been
running like a mill race down the Illinois
shore. It has also impinged the bank at
th.
head of Bloody Island, and has cut its
way to within some fifty or sixty yards of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad tiack. If
this is not checked, the current may cut
through to Cat'nokia creek, in which case
the channel of the river would seek i's
old timed course .behind the island, and
leave St. Louis with a huge bar before it.
Goon Time Coming. The Civil Service
Reform bill provides that candidates for
positions under the Federal Government
shall undergo a rigid examination as re
gards capacity, industry and moral char
acter. No one, says the S. F. Ecanvncr,
under this text, will be excluded, if pro
perly carried out, on account of politi
cal preferences. Under these circumstan
ces we expect to see large numbers of
Democrats uniting all the qualities re
quired by this Act. called to fill high po
sitions under an Administration whose
principles they may disapprove, politi
cally, but which they can assist to keep
from being regarded as dishonest, to ihe
"extent of their ability, by their efforts to
perform faithfully the duties entrusted to
them.
Fort Washington:. The S. F. Emminer
says that nominations of the Hon. Mrs. A.
A. Sargent and Mrs. Laun De Force Gor
don, made by the National Woman Suf
frage Committee at Washington, D. C,
having been seconded by the Woman
Suffragists of the state, and having elected
them to represent California in the effort
to induce Congre.-s to pass a declaratory
act to the effect that women are already
citizens, aud have the right to vote under
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
to the Constitution of the United States,
these ladies in company with representa
tives from other portions of the coast,
left on the train of the 2d inst., to join at
Reno Susan B. Anthony, on their way to
the National Capital.
The Terminus. A Portland paper says
it is reported at Olympia that the manage
ment of the N. P. R. R. intend ob'aining
from Congress an extension of the time
in which they are required to complete
the road between the Columbia river and
its final terminus on Puget Sound. It is
said that they desire, after connecting
their road with Budd's Inlet, to use steam
boat navigation on the Sound for the
piesent, and to be relieved from building
for the next five or ten years the forty
miles each year, on this year, as is re
quired by the Joint Resolution passed
about a couple of years ago.
Grant and His Chances. The New
York Sun. a Republican journal with anti
Grant proclivities, in discussing Grant
and his chances for a re-nomination aud
re-election, indulges in the following lan
guage : -But though Grant may be re
notniaafed, he will not be re-elected ! and
moreover, he wiii be defeated by Pitch an
alliance aud under such circumstances
that it will give the finishing blow to the
Republican organization."'
severe ox Ui ysses. Theodore Tilfon,
in the Gohhn Age, says the President's
message reads like the "monthly record
of current events in an old magazine.'"
and likens it to a "bundle of items put
together like a bundle of citrars.' and
then winds up by savins that not nz
the work of a statesman it is not dUnp-
pointed at fiudiDg no statesmanship iu it,
The Shooting of James Fisk, Jr.
Following is a synopsis of the telegraph
dispatches relating to the killing of James
Fisk, Jr., by Edward S". Stokes:
tue shooting.
At half past four P. M. Fisk's carriage
stopped at the entrance of the Grand
Central Hotel. It contained Fisk and
a companion. The former alighted and
entered the hotel for the purpose cf pro
ceeding to his rooms. As he ascended
the first step Edward S. Stokes came out
of an adjoining passage-way, unperceived
by Fisk. unbuttoned bis coat, drew out
a "revolver and rapidly discharged three
shots at Fisk. The first lodged in Fiskrs
shoulder ; the second whistled close by
his head ; the third, with a more fatal di
rection, took effect in his abdomen, inflict
ing a mortal wound.
Fisk at once staggered and fell, while
Stokes cast a look of hatred on the pros
trate form of his victim, and said, iu sav
age tones : "1 have done for the son of a
b this time." Fisk evidently recogniz
ed his assailant before" tailing, but made no,
remark. Immediately after the shots were
fired ihe hotel employes rushed to the
rescue ; while some cired for the wound
ed man, others seized Stokes, who, seeing
escape was impossible, made no resist
ance, and was promptly handed over to
the police. Fisk was quickly conveyed
to his room, where the surgeon of the ho
tel was soon in attendance upon him.
FISK'S TTATEMENT.
Fisk's statement to the Coroner is lo
the etfect that be had come to the hotel
and made inquries as to whether Miss
Morse was in, and being answered in the
irfirmative. he proceeded up the stairs. He
had no suspicion that any one intended to
harm him. When about the tirst landing
he saw a flash and felt something -nrike
him upon the sibdomen. Before falling
he recognized Stokes as his assailant, lie
did not again see fctokes until he was
brought before him to identify him.
DEATH OF K1SK DYING .SCENES.
New York. January 7. A few minutes
before 11 o'clock this morning Jas. Fisk,
Jr., expired. All that unremitting medi
cal skill and attention could do, had been
done, but of no avail.
Jay Gould was in attendance at an ear
ly hour this morning. His face wore,
while there was a hope of his friend's re
covery, its usual calm expression ; but no
sooner had Fisk expired, however, lhari
Gould's fortitude gave wtiy, aud his grief
lound vent in tears.
The news of Fisk's death spread rapid
I3. and every where produced a profound
sensation of deep regret.
Ail aspersions that bis enemies had
heaped upon bis character were in a mo
ment forgotten, and only his noble quali
ties of bead and heart were remembered
his frankness, his generosity and his char
ity. The scene in and around the room
where the body lay wa.s touching in the
extrrme. It became necessary to admit
up stairs only those who came at first, on
business ; notwithstanding this, a very
large number ot the friends of Fisk and
guests of the hotel viewed the body.
Many ladies were among them. Later iu
the afternoon, prior K the removal of the
body to Fi.-k's late residence, the general
public were admitted to view the remains.
MRS. FISK AT THE BEDSIDE OF HER 1IUSHAND-
At a quarter past seven Mrs. Fisk arriv
ed. She was admitted at first into the
ante room, and soon afterwards into the
bed room. Mrs. Fisk was terribly agitat
ed at the bed-side of her husband. This
scene was the most heart rending that had
yet taken place, and those present could
not suppress their emotion. The doctors
were applied to by the wife to give souie
little hope, but they gently indicated that
they dare not say there was any chance
of recovery. Fisk was not much moved
at this moment when he was cognizant of
his surroundings, but seemed never de
serted by that coolness aud fortitude
which he displayed when first shot.
THE DEATH-RED SCENE.
After this the rapidity of the decline
showed itself more strongly than ever be
fore. At ten o'clock there was eager,
suppressed whispering, as it was told in
every ear that the end was sorely draw
ing nigh. At half-past ten he lay scarcely
knowing that there were any persons
ministering to him. He tinned his face
to the wall, noticed no one, and ceased
breathing at a quarter to eleven.
PROVISIONS OF FISK'S "WILL.
New York, January 7. Following aro
the provisions ol Colonel Fisk's will :
Mrs. Hooker (his sister) $100,000 in Nar
ragansett Steamship Company shares ;
his lather and mother. So. 000 a year each.
To each of the two Misses Morse he be
queathed $2,000 a year. To the Ninth
Regiment he gave $11,000. This gift
was made a week ago. but was legalized
last night. To his wife he bequeathed the
balance of his property of all kinds.
CI tOIVDS JtUSII TO SEE THE COKPSK.
New Yuik, January S. Some fifty
thousand people visited the remain of
Fisk before their removal from the Opera
House. The body was dressed in the
uniform of a Coionel. The face wore a
slight expiession of pain, but otherwise
was natural. His cap and sword lay on
(lie top of the casket. A large number
of prominent citizens joined the immense,
assemblage which viewed the remains.
THE TESTIMONY I'.EFoRE THE CORONER.
The Coroner then called John G. Red
mond, door boy of the Grand Central
Hotel, who testified to the arrival of Fisk
at the hotel, and his asking for Miss
Morse. The boy said that he would see if
she was in ; Fisk went up a few steps
ahead of him when the first shot was fired;
Fisk fell, saving. - Oh;" Fisk then-rose, and
a second shot was fired. Fisk falling and
sliding down tou.e six feet ; he then got
up, and, after looking to see if Stokes
was there, walked up stairs; he was taken
to the reception-room ; saw Stokes with
one arm on the balustrade ; bad some
thing in his hand ; could not see what ;
Stokes went to the hotel ten minutes be
fore Fisk ; did not see any of the parlies
again till Fisk recognized Stokes after
xv aid.
Thomas Hart, another door boy of the
Grand Central Hotel, testified lhat as
Fisk was going up stairs he saw Stokes
coming along the ball from the first par
lor ; he was alone ; walked stealthily, as
if he wanted to come on some one; heard'
him say, "Now 1 have you.'' or some such
word' ; then heard the firing id" two shots
Fisk was on the third step, and when the
first shot was fired said "Oh. don't'
Stokes put his hand in bis rij-.ht pocket
afterward saw him throw something into
the parlor ; Stokes said, "lhere isa wan
shot ;"' witness said. "Yes you ave the
man that shot him ;'' witness then saw
Stokes arrested by Patrick McGovern,
who was going toward the barber shop;
witness did not assist Fisk ; he followed
Stokes ; did not lose sight of him uulil
he was arrested.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
New Yot'K. January 7. Journals com
ment as follows upon the Fisk murder :
The ILrald says that the cowardliness
of the act has reaped ihe first fruits in the
public mind by awakening for Fisk a
wide-ielt sympathy and there is nothing
iu the ease to distinguish it from murder,
for whijh death on ihe gallows is the
penaav if convicted-
The" World .says that in the act may be
seen, i 1 its mot accurate type, the spirit
of those marital murders which disgrace
our pre elisions it oivilization ; ' and
whatever miserable results this wretched
busine.-s in y have, it will have beneficent
results ii it e ambles men who cannot us e
thtt murder is murder, when perpetrated
u d r the specious plea of lmtmlrttr.. iv
-"a 10,11 S of marriage, to appreciate the
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i nie ciitne when perpetnted with the
i view of consecrating concubinage.
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