(EI)C lUcckln Enterprise. CH"KliCI-"(.. PATKK KO CLACKAMAS COCXTV. " Oregoa Sity, Oregon , Friday i : : Feb. 2, 1872. Is, Saul also Anxong the Prophets?- "VVheu Siul who, aHliough a wood- soJuier- tint hard hitter had yo great reputation as a saint, and was in fact noted as a smitcr of iha- Prophets, enrolled himself in their ranks, it excited great aston ishment and incredulity anions his contemporaries. The Portland Jiulleti'n has turn ed a similar somersault, and thrown itself among the opponents of what it calls w cotoniz-ed labor." . That - immaculate sheet prophe sies that the influence of the Lock and Canal Company y he. thrown against the Republican party, in q next election, and explodes in a paroxysm of virtuous indigna tion at the bare possibility of the coming event and at the audacity of the infamous "Ring," in pre suming to work a larire force of men, who are not Republicans; " and it is of the political corrup- tionists who engage in this kind of infamy " that it raises its warning voice. '.'Can such things be We ure ruined by colonized labor ? " If the correctness of its prophetic instincts be judged by the accu racy of its alleged facts, it may not be much of a prophet, after all. The facts arc as follows : Of the two contractors who first jad charge of the works, one was a Democrat and the other a Re publican. The Democrat, howev er, it seems, has since changed, his views ; and at any rate, from the be ginning, their patronage in Oregon City was given to Republicans, al though, it must be confessed, their custom did not prove a source of income. On taking charge of the works, the Company voluntarily paid every dollar due by the contractors for labor, contrasting, in this respect. very favorably with certain friends of the J) (Met in. From that time tQ within a few days, no change whatever was made in the foremen or laborers left on the works. The work has man ever been questioned, directly or indirectly, concerning his poli tics. The appointments of fore men and laborers have been made exclusively by the Engineer in cliarge of the works, without hint or suggestion, or even recommend ation, by any member of the Roard. A few days since, some ten or fifteen masons and stone, cutters were discharged, because there was nothing further tor- them to do, the last barrel of cement having been exhausted, and it being im possible to obtain more till spring. In addition to this, winter is not the time for such work, as the ma sons themselves well know. The political sentiments of the men dis charged were mt known, and are not now known to the Superinten dent. A Republican foreman, retained on the works, states that the foreman of the masons was a Democrat in California, and it has been said that the foreman of the stone cutters was not naturalized. Whether this be true or not, their places have not been filled by tools of the 4 Ring,' " nor by any one else, and only two masons and stone cutters have since been em ployed, and none others but masons and stonecutters were discharged. Two teams have since been em ployed, at tho instance of the 4 ' Ring ' boarding house keeper," one? of which is Republican. The boarding house built by the ..contractors has been in litigation between three or more parties, is small, and over a mile from the principal portion of the work. During the lafe severe spell of weather the men had no fires, ex cept such as they could make out of doors, and many have left on that account. They could not .cross the river from Oregon City in time for work in the morning, in largo numbers, and there were no aceemjnodations on the Linn City side. A large house was put up by the so-called " ' Ring ' board- to obtain the board of the men, and to be able to carry on the work with advantage. The conduct of the Company throughout has been more than ordiuarily liberal, and the charge made utterly without foundation, emanating from a few sore-headed Democrats, combined with parties seeking to take advantage of the Company for political or personal Death cf B F- "Washington. We a.fe in receipt of the intelli-. gence of the death of 15. F. Wash ington, lte editor of the San Fran cisco JJaily and Weekly J&'xim ine?lhe leading Democratic paper of tl-ie Pacific coast. lie died on the-22d ult., of rheumatic gout, af ter a severe illness of six weeks. It is with pain that we chronicle the death of this noble, high-minded, gifted, generous man, and un daunted, unswerving supporter and defender of the Democratic faith.. Rut the inexorable mandate of the fell Destroyer has smitten his great spirit, and silenced forever the heart "once pregnant with celestial fire." His emancipated soul has joined that " innumerable caravan which has preceded him in sad pil grimage through the dread dark ness of the tomb. That, in the un known sphere beyond, he will stand the peer of any of his predecessors we have no shade cf doubt." " In the co mi plod currents of this world Offenses gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft "tis seen, the wicked prize itself Buys out the l;uv ; but 'tis not so above ; There is no" shuttling there ; the action lies In Its true nature, and we ourselves com pel led. Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults. Ij'o give in evidence.7" Reforc that jrrand tribunal, re marks the writer of his obituary, where the Judge of the quick and the dead will render final abitra mentjthe deceased can appear with the undaunted front ot conscious honesty of thought and action. Benjamin Franklin, Washington was born in Jefferson county, Vir ginia, in 1820. Before attaining his majority he commenced the study, and in proper time the practice of the law. In-1845 he was married to Miss Georgiana II. Ranson, an accomplished and in teresting woman, who, to the day of her death, in San Francisco, in 1SG0, surrounded his household with a charm which made & resi dence the (referred lesort of a se lect circle of earnest and devoted friends. In 1857 he was appointed Col lector of the port of San Francisco, which position he filled with satis, faction to the community and credit to himself for a period of four years. " In June, ISCo, he came to San Francisco to act as editor of the JZeaminer, which position he has since occupied, until six weeks prior to his death. Of what he has said or done in this connection, it is useless for us to speak ; his rec ord is before the country, and had he no other claim to the gratitude of his fellow men, and especially of the Demacracy of the land, it would exist in his fearless, unflinch ing, unvarying advocacy of correct political doctrines, during his control of that journal. In per sonal appearance he had few equals. More than six feet in hight, with symmetrical proportions, agreeable countenance and manly bearing, he attracted the friendly feelings of all with whom lie was brought in contact, whether political friends or adversaries. It is safe to say, that no man has ever lived in Cali fornia who lias been so prominent in political affairs, who goes down to his grave with fewer of his race left to exult at his departure. He was always an undisguised and generous foe, where lie had any just grounds" for animosity; but, even in politics, where any chican ery is usually deemed legitimate, lie scorned to use any unfair means to obtain an advantage. As an orator, had Col. Washington cul tivated his capacity in that direc tion, he would have attained great distinction. Had he sedulously fol lowed the practice of the law and devoted to that pursuit all his mental faculties, he would have out ranked many of his fellow men now high on the roll of honor in the profession. As a poet, he has written some of the most exquisite verses. which have been penned in our language. He leaves two sons, worthy of an illustrious sire, and two sweet daughters, now doubly orphaned, to mourn the demise of a man no act of whose life ever brought reproach upon the fair fame of his illustrious kinsman, George Washington, whose grand nephew he was, or that of the oth er great personage whose name he bore, Benjmnin Franklin." Thus, one by one the brightest ornaments of this wphere drop from their orbits, and we Wl the darkness .and g0oni which fol low, where -oBee they shed un shme and glory. By this sad event California has lost a bright and shining star; the Pacific coast, the luiesi ot political writers, and the j worhl a great intellect and noble ! man. Let us extend a word of ! sympathy to his orphaned children S I aa.c drp a tear upon his grave as ' .lust tribute to departed worth. 1 The One Term Principle- The- Xe-w York S'tn seems to think that there is a growing sen timent of acquiescence throughout the country in the wisdom of con fining the Presidential office here after to one term. It calls to remem brance the language of De Tocque ville, who in one of his most elab orate passages forcibly depicts the evil and danger of our present sys tem; and this same idea was put forward by General. Jackson, in some, of his earlier annual mes sages to Congress. It was at the time, as favorably received by the IXemocratio paJttyr as it was hon estly entertained by the, author of the suggestion, though a state of things arose afterwards which ex hibited a practical refutation of the doctrine, in the UgU political necessity and duly imposed cm Gen. Jackson himself of becoming the candidate for a second term, and hi th.. enthusiastic support his re-election received from a vast majority of the people. The rSten further contends that the hope of securing a second term of office engenders a pernicious practice that is :it war with the best interests of the Republic. It leads to corrupt cabals, and a continued resort to the patronage of thy. of fice to strengthen and advance the aspirations of the incumbent. It surrounds the President with a class of wire-pullers and scheming politicians, whose only aim is to stand well with their chief by ad vancing hrs ambitious schemes, and who soon acquire a perfect reliance upon the maxim that the end jus tifies the means. Gen. Jackson, in kds second an nual message, uttered these signifi cant words: 'In o'der particularly that the appoint ment ot President 111:13'. as far as possible, b placed beyond the reach of any im proper influences ; in order that he may approach the .solemn respo.ns.iUi 1 iiiesof ihe highest office in the gift of ;i free people uncommitted to auy other course than the strict line of constitutional duty; and that the securities for this independence may be rendered as strong as the nature ot the power and the weakness of its pos sessor wi.1 1 admit, l can lot too eurnest'y invite, your attention to the. propriety of promoting such amendment to the Con stitution as will render hira ineligible af ter one term of service" At the time these words were written neither the patronage nor the corruption of tho Government had reached anything like the magnitude they have since attain ed. Hence this recommendation has ten-fold the significance and force that it h';d then. The office is considered by its present incnmbau.t as a species of property, out of the opportunities of which he has the rg to real ize the largest pecuniary returns. He regards government rather as a means of promoting individual interest than as an instrument cre ated solely for the interest of the people. And now, when we read ina a leading Republican journal that the President was to consult with the members of the Philadel phia Union, League as to the best means to be resorted to in order to secure his renominatiou, we can understand to what extremities he is willing to go in his desperate de sire for another four years' lease of power. Imagine, if possible such a state ment as this to have been bandied about among the Administration journals during the terms of our earlier Presidents, without a stern, indignant rebuke and denial. If it lias done nothing else, Grant's administration has "made assurance doubly sure" of the necessity of an amendment to the Constitution so as to hereafter confine the Pres idential office within the limits of a single term. 1 1 KFun.sinxc,. The Oregon ian of yesterday announces that "there will be a mass meeting of colored persons at the M. 11. Church this evening, to take into consideration several things connected with the welfare of the colored people at large, and particularly in reference to Sumner's suppietnentary eivil rights bill. All colored people, as well as thoso who feel an interest, are invited to attend." The House of God converted into a political caucus room ! " To what base uses," etc. Xo Passivism. Hon. George II. Pendleton declares, in a recent political letter, that the Democracy will not disband, and those Re publicans who are hungering after new political alliances must come to the Democratic ranks, as that party cannot go to them. That is the true doctrine. Road Needed, The late block ade on the Columbia has plainly demonstrated the absolute neces sity for a road from Portland to the Dalles. The papers are urging the inauguration of such an enter prise. Success to thenir A (ood Radical Falsehood Exploded- During the excitement of a cam paign, we expect all manner of mis representations from our political opponents. If good substantial lying would win a. victory for the Radicals, there co.mM be no doubt of its success. Rut we supposed that they would hardly commence with unfounded stories which can and are so easily proven false. A story wa.s recently started tha.t the Board of School Land Cpmirys sioners had released a mortgage on, good property at Portland, and to favor party friends, taken one o.n a lot in Salem which was not worth one-fifth the money loaned. This matter is disposed of by the Salem, JTercury as follows : Considerable comment has been made upon the question of the sufficiency of the security fur a loan sometime ago, imvle by the Hoard of School Land Commissioners to the Commercial Hotel Association. The loan was $5 .00.0 in round numbers, ami was secured by luonageon the corner lot, S2i feet truat and Ifep. on Com mercial street, diagonally across the street lroiu, the L'uio.a Uotel. and between the Chen!,eketi Hotel and .Myers' Agricultural 01ks property. At the time of this loan it was asked as a temporary convenience and was placed in a proper es.imate, at a high figure, be cause ot the very important improvements tin n s-pringing up about it. and because ot the railroad then just arrived at Ihe town. The lot now has on it t lie largest hvery stable 111 the State, atid an exten sive blacksmith thop; ami parlies are willing to take the property, it the Asso ciation choose to so order, at the rate of the loan, so that in no event will the State lose a dime by the transaction. It is true that property has depreciated some iu tl.nt euarter 011 account ot various rea sons, not to be enumerated now, since the loan was made; but within the last Au tumn the corner properly next above, and iesS valuable than this, was purchased by Mr. Myers at a figure about the amount ot this loan. As to there being any -ring " or any political advantage or tavoridsm in any of these transactions on the part of the Board, it is sheer nonsense to talk of it, as the builders of the "Cheim keta" are all honorable and responsible men, and a majority of them are Republicans. Of the five Directors who. have managed the business ot the Association, three are Republicans. Let our political opponents wait until the State has lost a dol.ar by the manage ment of the Board, before, they make a,n outcry. This loan v.;aa made before, the. Board had. adopted any settled rule cf business on the subject of pub,iic loans, but the rule, which, has Leeu adopted and under which the Board has worked tor a long time, is that the party asking a loan, shall produce the certificate of the County School Superintendent, appraising the property offered as security, at three limes the value of the sum. borrowed. Jn the construction of the. Chemeketa Hotel, ve. b.elieve nobody is liable to loie any thing except the builders. Since the f'oregoiig was in type, we learn that the Iate.l, Company have nego tiated a sale of ihe property mentioned, subject to the mortgage, and that arrangement-- are made to pay oil' the mortgage in full. And as some of our Radical friends may be disposed to doubt Democratic autl-i l j-Oii this sub ject, we append the following from the Salem Xtatetfttnin, a paper that has never been guilty of saying a word in praise of the State admin istration when it could avoid it: We understand thnt the mortgage given to the S'.ate. b.y the Commermd Jlotel Company, on the lot on Commercial streei. which has Leeu the subject y,f con siderable comment of late, w as yesterday satisfied on the county tecords. the money having been paid the State tin; day before. We also learn that instead of being a debt due the State from the Oregon Iron Works the amount due was t;;o!;ey 'oan.d from ttie School Fund. Whatever it was it is duly satisfied. I'Kimu.v f I NTKiJKK li.vNCK. The New York Sua Radical in speaking cf the interfer ence of iiadical Federal office holders in the organization of the New York Legis lature truly asserts thaj. one of the princi ples any complete reform of the civil service mutt establish is that Federal of fice holders shall abstain from all interfer ence in State politics. There, for instance are Mr. Naval OlTicet Lafl'm. Mr. District. Attorney Crowley, Mr. Pension Agent Doty, Mr. Collector Daniels, and how many more we cnow- not, all at Albany to attend to the organization of the Legis lature of that Stale. This is none of their business, nor their master's either. They are paid out of the national Treasury for performing duties which require their at tention elsewhere. Let them stay at their proper posts, mil leave ihe people and the Legislature of New York to manage their own affairs. Things have indeed come to a pretty pass when a Speaker of the Assembly and two clerks cannot be chosen in a Sta,te without the intervention of a score of the President's agents. The Legislature should take an early oppor tunity to rebuke such unseemly conduct on ttie part of the Federal Administration. Count DeChambers has issued a procla mation, to the French people. The Count claims as oj yore the right Divine and says: I hall uerei abdicate my claim to the throne ol France, I shall never for sake the monarchical principles which 1 have preserved intact tor forty years, and which in the best hope of France's great ness and liberties. C.urism j3 anarchy in France because her salvation is sought in personal questions and not iu principles I shall ever uphold the a ig of France aid in restoring the aucient prestige qf her anniep. Time presses alliances, and re cognitions are urgent in the happiness of the French people. The Pioneer Oil Company, of Salem of fer as special premiums on flax seventy dollars on the best ten acres, and fitty-five dollars on the second fceat, to be awarded by the State Agricultural Society, at the next State Fair. The Society akfo offer thirty and twenty dollars as first and sec ond premiums, making, in all. one hun dred dollars for the best ten acres, and seventy-five dollars for the second best. Two brothers of Yreka, aged D and 17, respectively, have this season killed sev. en bears, two of them grizzlies, a large number of deer, and found thirty-seren bee trees', and attended school during the. term time, Misinformed Again. The Oregonian is very unfortun ate in receiving information. We have frequently had occasion to make correction of its false information- only last week we had this duty to 1'orform. That paper, in its eagerness to make capital for : its party is easily gulled by any story calculated to injure the Dem ocracy and throw reproach upon the State Administration. Its pro clivities for misrepreseniatroii'are becoming so apparent that they do no other harm than to show the weakness of tl'-C-Radical emise and what it is necessary for them to do in order to create prejudice against he State authorities. The follow big is its last ''information The facts in the matter aliuded to. as re ported to us. are these : A foundry com pany ot Ibis city owed the State for troi erty bought here, which debt was secured by mortgage. The Chenijekela IoteJ Com pany" owed Ih's foundry company for iron work. A "tiiru" was m ide whereby the foundry-company were released froui their debt to. the State, the. mortgage on their property cancelled, and the debt trans lerred to hfi. hotel company. To, secure the debt the Statd authorities took a mortgage on a bare lot at Salem, which is reno.t iv-d. ty, be worth not one quarter of the amount of the debt. Now the. inquiry is, did this transaction take place or cot? To which the JSIercury replies in the following emphatic manner; The editor is mistaken in the facts. The The Board o tich.ooj Land Commissioners hare had nothing to dto v.; U li he foundry debt. That belonged to the general fund and has been collected into the general f und. No ' turn' was made -whereby the foundry company v",-e released from their debt to the State." The mortgage on the foundry property was not cancel led until the whole debt to the Slate was fully paid. The hotel company agreed to pay a part of the foundry debt, but no credit was given to, the foundry company on this account- on the books of iheState. The School Land Commissioners loaned the bote l'company $. 00J on real estate security, which the editor reports worth lcs.'i tjh.at? the debt, but which has been sold subject to the school mortgage and the same arranged to be paid off in full. Will the Qregoni'Ui have the manliness to make the propeV cor rection, or will it, as it has done in all former instances, try and wrig gle out of it by placing the respon sibility on soite unknown "inform ant ?" We shall see. Apportionmsnt. 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 10 h : BaVer Benton Clackamas 7 Clatsop 1 Co I nubia 2 Coos Curry 1 Douglas 8 Grant 4 Jack sou, 8 Josephine 2 Lane 8 Linn 12 Marion 11 Multnomah 10 l'olk 7 Tillamook 1 U mat ill :.', lrnion 4 Washington 4 Wasco 3 Vaediill G vsNK Urn:itAxK.s. The Vfashing ton 7j-7iV;w,. declares that "the present Administration is the purest and best that we ever had, and less money is stolen now than at any time infhe history of our gov ernment.' Such declarations says the S. F. IZc tuer, cannot i,e title: ed by any one enjoying their moral senses. So stu pendous and numerous have been the frauds perpetrated during the last four years, that when the history of the times is written it will receive the designation it deserves by being styled the Age of Rob bery. To utter the statement put forth iu the Hrpublicun. the organ of the Admi.i isttation in Washington, is a libel on the memories of Washington and JeffVrson .. During the past lour years, the amount swindled from the peiple by dishonest agents in the C istom house. Indian agen cies anil other branches of the public service, will amount to. more than the stealings that occured in fifty years ot Democratic rule. It is useless to comment upon the matter. It will strike the read er as being the most, astounding piece of flattery ever uttered by a human being. Tue Alaska Swimu.k. The Alaska "ring" has been heard fiom through a special Treasury agent, remarks the Ne.v York WorM who reports that in there were taken 83.901 seals. 2:5,773 in 1870. and G2,103 up to -nly, 1S71 ; total. 172.177. These are the figures since the United States released their interest in the Islands of St. Paul vnd St. George to a seal catching company, and do not con vey a complete idea of the number of seals destroyed. There must be added 17.218 killed in such a way as to destroy the value of their skiii3. and 11.436 taken by the natives for food just, prior to th. lease, thus showing the entire destruction since lHtitJ to be 2m).ti31 seals. The agent adds that Ihe females have decreased ten per cent, this year, and intimates that caution nmi Ije exercised to prevent the extir,ati.m 'of tin? animals. Tfce natives, wljoin ihe company was to educate, en lighten and generally transform, into an gils, we rrrret to see have become ad dicted to drunkenness, distilling a liquor out of thir flour and sugar rations A uextlkax recently traveling through Jessamine county, Kentucky, saved 'his money and his life," ben stppped by three negro robbers, by paesicg himself of for General Dnrbridge, ':tha friend of the colo-etj man."' Jh,! I-oyisyille L-Ajtr. noticing thLs,.says : - We are willing to ad mit that life is swept, and money sweeter, but if any poor devil was ever called rip on to s;ire either, &.t a greater scriSce, ye should be glad 10 haye his name." A Tew days ago. at Canyon City, the house pf Johu McCullough was carried by a land slide a distance of two hundred aud forty yards, aDd landed in Canyon creek. The tense, fencing ai;d garden are nninpjred. and the creek has been fqreed into another channel. Many per eons were in the house at the time, but no one was injured. The area c-f laud moved was abo il ten acres. The Matter Settled- It has heretofore been a matter of doubt in the minds of many in this countVj and particularly the Radicals, as to the right of the men employed on, the Locks to vote at the coming election. This question has been settled by the Bulletin of the 29th ult. In referring to an item which appeared in the Entkk pkisk last week, in regard to the progress of the work on the Locks and that it was the design of the Company to put on an increased force soon1 that paper says: "A laige additional force will be put on early iu the Spring ,: Jes' so. Say by and not after March 3d. The next gen eral election will be held on Monday. June oM. The law requires a residence of ninety diys. in the qoeyity audi precinct. .-Ninety Uays trior to 4,11110. lid we shall U,e able, we phtojibecy., to announce that the ' large additional force' large enough to surely overcome the Republican m.a jcriiy of Clackamas county has been "put on" at the Catud and Locks. The Democracy do not wish to imitate their Radical friends. It is a matter of fact vell known that had it not been for the Railroad importations last election, Clacka mas county would have given a Democratic majority. It is not at all probable that the force on the Locks will be increased from what it has been for months past, unless the wcathev be more favorable than it generally vs this time ot the year until after the 3d of March. It is the intention of the Democracy of this county to cany it by the will of the letral voters. If this cannot be done, they will allow the Radicals to retain their offices. The Territories - Women at Olympic propose to present themselves for registry as voters. Snow about Silver City. Owyhee, is four feet deep on a level. At last account a U was raining. The Montana Legislature, row in sessio,n has refused to entertain any application,? whatever for divorces. L. F. Cornpton has taken the. contract o,f building the bridge over the. Cowlit riv tu tor the Northern Pacific P,ailroad. A single saw mill at Pnget Sound, that at port Gamble, exported last year over twenty-nine million feet of lumber. The mails for Pugcl Sound, are. now car ried by hand car liotn Kalama to Pum phrey's Landing, on the N. P. It. 1. Two Ualdwin passenger locomo'ives ar rived in San Francisco on the l'Jth tilt., and will be forwarded to Kalama by the first vessel that has space.. The streets of Kalama are so, muddy that wood cannot be hauled into (own. It has to be -portered"? b.v Chinamen, at an expense of about $? p.;x eord. ' , , , ,, On the 28th December the bark Corea sailed lor Kalama from New York with 77 tons railroad iron ; on the Cth Janu- arv the shin Annie Small sailed from the same place with KioO tons. This time his name is Leandc; Holmes. Ihe Washington Territory gentleman, v.-hose official head has fallen into the bucket. Hut almost every r;;an in the Territory by this lime knows how it i himself. Urighnm Young is represented to L,e in, J the jolliest possible humor, notwithst and- ing his approaching trial. lie says he has , no anxiety whatever as to the result, and j 1 - r:. u,.ahm-2 tri h K'i rrvl ll-f ! leading .Voninns . The fire which broke out some woek-j airo in the Ilellingham Day coal'mine con tinues to, ')i;rn. Heavy pumping machine ry has been ordered from S in Francisco to clear the mine of water., since it will be necessary to Hood it. A purveying p.arty for the N. P. li. It., leil by Capt. M ajvvell. have been forced by severe weather to abandon their work : ,1... 1 1 'i ....;( 1 T .1L-.1 n.tmi-ir iril frA to Wallula. They arrived at the latter place after meeting with great hardships and losing most of their unimajs. Near Olympia. V. T . there is a compa ny engaged in manufacturing water pipes of wood. The sections are bored, turned, banded and coated with asphal'.um inside and out. The cost of six inch pipe of this manufacture is eighty cmts per foot. The compiny have $:;), 0U ) invested, and make from 150 to 500 feet of pipe per day. according to al.c From British Columbia- The victoria Sland trd has been purchas ed by a company who will convert it into an evening paper. Capt. Meldrum of the schooner Cam bria of Yiqioria.' V- I- ""as murdered at the Fiji Islands recently, by the natives The American ship Lookout struck on Race Rocks in "fl.e .Straits of Fuea a few days- ago. She was got of iu about five fiours leaking badly. One of the Victoria papers says that Diiiish Columbia wants a "modified tarilf" of duties o;i imports to protect 'her own industry. Put. a contemporary points out the fact that there can fie no special tariff rates for Puiti.-di C'dijmbia ; because, since confederation was effected no Prov ince can be permitted logo into tanil' mak ing 011 its own account. The Canada GnzUe contains a node- of the intended application to Parliament for the incorporation of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, with power tq con struct u railway from the seaboard of nrttish ' Columbia towards the Rocky Mo'u'-fitains. and thence to connect with the present railway system of Canada. 1 he notice is signed L,y a mo;ber of influ ential Canadians. Two men. says an exchange, were dis charged from the San Francisco county jail, a short time since, who had been im prisoned, one from the Dth of September, and the other from the 21th of October, as witnesses in criminal case. Both these men bad families dependent on them, who are reduced to destitution. Tim Chicago Thr.es says that the repre sentatives of leading insurance companies in London and New York havj raited Chicago, inspected the fire traps that are being built there, ad threaten to with draw all tiifisess from that city unless a etep is put. t. ihe Wilding up of the city with wooden cornbiistiiiles. ' The report of the Supervising Architect ol the Treasury Department states that up to theSOtb of June last, the sura of $114,324 71) had been expended on the PostoEee and Custom House in Portland. This includes S13,00Q paid for fit; site. State News. Mount Hood has again been erupting. WLeat will probably be cheap next fall. Swa,n sell, st one dollar apiece in Portland. H snowed at the Dalles on Wednesday. Silem nylU ty,;u. still offering $1 0o for. wheat. Eugene. fB,s, ten drinking and six eating, bouses. The t'pp-? Cplitsja Vi still blocked, with ice. Albany now baasfs a Ualheaded negni 'Methodis.t preacher. The Oriflunme is advertised to sail for. San Francisco to-tiay. Seyeral fu;8, burl-dings wiil be erected; in S.iletn, th,Ls summer. The R-epub,Iica.n State Central Commit-, tee. m,et at Sclera yesterday. The Chemeketa Hotel vvUl noon he se cpeued, ou a Vreforn" basis. o Mine days is the time it takes the tnil to. re;vch here from Sacrament').. The ruilcoAdj cp1c.pa.3yr are laying out an, addition to. the town ot, Oakland. The tniV'P.endience So'ks are to hare calico Uail on St. Valentine's Day. Linn county Democracy is now thor oughly organized and very enthusiastic. Multnomah county will hold a Fair, in the vicinity of Portland, the com.ing, summer. Money orders amounting to, S13 410 Co, were issued at the Jacksonville postoffict. last year- Girls are admitted to metr.l-.c.r.-d.fn in thn. Adelphian Literary DjeVituig Society, in, Cotvallis. At a luvll in Douglas county, the oth-r. night, there were lt)J couples present, an. Ill babies. The, premium Iit kr. the. next State Fair. (juMt published) is more liberal than aay former one. Flour is seven dollars per barrel, ami potatoes one dollar and a half per bushel, in Corvallhy Several churches at Saletu are holding. religious services on each evening of th. present week. A St. Helr,as I tall school girl Seli ou,i of a. buggy, in Portland, the other day. and, broke her wrist. Butchers in Cot vallis have suspended operations Uecuwe. tfcej are unab.le to ob-. tain beef cattle. T!ia house, of Joseph L ine, North Yam-, hill, was destroyed by tire on the 13th lilt. Incendiarism. The Fniinrr wants large landholders iti. Oregon to fell part ot their lands for th good, of the country. A. highwayman juule a Mr. Sanderson '.'come out." on the road between liose burg and Winchester. Miners in Josephine county are at work successfully. Water is more abundant thai; lor several years. Seyeil vo,un ludie. of Portland ri studying the art of telegraphy at the Na tional Uusiness colleges. Jtichard Duval, of Marion county, has been grouted a patent for his recently inx vejted iron wagon whe,d. j The rail read track bevond Eugene ha. I been repaired, a ad construction trains are. j arrajr, punning (0 the front, , ' I l'op!e of Uosebiirg propose to h,rid;got j ihe Soi;rii t-tupjua at that place. Jt is a ICU i,'ed-d improvement, j A new t,nv" h;,s heen bud ofT on Coos ! the. terminus of the Coos Day ,u I iuugian wuiiiiij iiii.rii iiwici. The Democrats of Independence, Polk co:;tify are ' e.tive.'' They have organ ized a club w-ith over seventy members. The Corral lis (l.tz'll. says Dill Gird has. been "refortiv'd" by taking that paper lor two years. I;e quit imbibing New 1 ear s. A. G. Gibbs. Iq., has Veen appointed ij -4 Ditriet Attorney.' in the place of J. Cartwright, who, ha? removed from the sjlate. ' . .. . . . .. A company, with 500.00(1. capital. Has bee's incoi poratv.d to build- a plank road from Portland, to, Cc!ntervi.Ue., in Washing- ton cv.uuty. Putal A-rc.nt Underwood reports the roads b-tween Ivigene and Jacksonville in better condition than is usual at this season of the year, The Sl'ilesir.in complains that church goers at Salem pick tip hats and stalk out ot church before the doxoiogy at ttieclobe r th K'ics 1 Unshed. Wrestling Joe." Y. G. Johnson, of this city, mux Jud?t! H';ub;, .J lrtUnd. have been taking testimony in the. Caniiher case, at Sa fern, during the week. Vessels ranr.ot get in or out of Coo P.av, because I lie tug there has uot bet- Inspected, and can do no towing. The In specto will sojn lemedy the nutter. The State Temperance Convention will assemble at Salem 011 the 22d inst. Steps will prof) ably be taken to secure Legisla tive action restricting the sale of liriuocj. IJurglars attempted to rob, the. store uf J. 11. II irker. in Daylon, last week, but were frightened away. They v. went through '" seyejal kitchens, and escaped. List No. 1 nf the approved lands of the. Dalles Military Road grant, also list No. 2. of the Cot vallis and Yaquina Vgoii Road grant, have been 'received ami filed at the Executive office. A circular has been received by the Jr, sptetor at Portland calling attention w the, law prohibiting the carrying of coal oil. i;i an;- shape, on loats or cars whicl, carry pas.-engei'.?. The case cf Lorine vs. Delay ft al., in volving ltie to' a valuable tract of land near 1-t.j s.i.'v", ,irr'e: up t f i the U. S. Su preme Court py Cd. V. VV. Chapman, has been decided "in favor of" the defendants. A Mr. fiopdwin. a pnphelof. whq Hri near E da was ehot at hy smie unknj-(yp person, one evening last week. Jle waij sitting by the fire, ami the ihoi came through "aii nnctina'ned window, grazing his head. A prisoner esevptd from the Albany, jail. la$t week, and started for Portland?, on ihe railroad track. The Sheriff chart-" ered a hand car, overhauled the fugitive; at Turner's station, and lodged him hi Jail, tfie same nigbr ' ' Qn Ijjoaday last & little son of J. II Reed of Portland, was accidentally shot by a bo-named DuRois. while they wer playing with a pi.'tol. The bait entered the left breast, inflicting a dangerous, if not fata iWouivd. ' ".'' A farmer on Howell's Prairie has had stored in a granary for two years about 2 000 bushels of wheat, for which he has been offered, at different times, $1 3D, and SI 25. but he held on until this week," when tie sol4 the lot at SI 00. The We.stxlde publishes the following st itisiics 'of Yamhiil county : Total valu ation of property, less indebtedness. $1, "288.874; number of horses. 3.252; cattle. 0.525; sheep. 19JU6; hogs, 7,372; flouring mills, 0; saw mills, 17. A Salem policeman found a horse tied to a post, late at night, and thinking its' owner was on a ' spree' had it cared for at a livery stable. It proved to be' a Methodist preacher's, who was aUcntlios a Good Templar Lodge.