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Ulcckltt Enterprise.
iFriCIAL PAPER FO CLACKAMAS CBUNIT.
0 Cxvgou Vily, Oregon ,
Friday :
Fsb. 16, 1872
The Radicals Fress for Corporations
The ItaJrcal press of this State
makes it its special duty to mis
represent and abuse the Democra
tic administration for every act in
tended for protection against the
efforts of monopolists to grasp the
public domain. Under Radical
rule the selection of our indemnity
school lands was neglected because
the members of the. Board were
holders of stock in a prospective
railroad, and such neglect was in
tended for the benefit of the cor
poration to which they belonged.
Had they succeeded in delaying
the selection of these lands until
the Railroad Company had then
selections approved and withdrawn
from market, their would have
been scarcely anymore land vacant
which could have been selected by
the State to indemnify the school
lands with. The active and ener
getic manner in which the present
Board has selected these lands and
secured them to the people and pre
vented them from falling into the
clutches of the Railroad Company
and other corporations, is what ap
pears to trouble the Radical press
throughout the State. For protect
ing the people against the loss of
many thousands of acres of public
school land, which justly belongs
to them, and which became nearly
garbbled up by a gigantic monopo
ly, through a mutual understand
ing with the Radical administra
tion, and being defeated in their
high-handed scheme to rob the peo
ple, and to cover up their infamous
transactions in this matter, thev
abuse and villi fy the present ad
ministration. Thus far their grand
scheme has failed, and through the
energy of the present Executive,
O the rights of the State have been
placed ahead of the railroad grants
and the State selections have been
approvctl by the local land offices
before the railroad surveys had
been made. But at Washington,
probably through the influence of
our Radical Senator and Mr. Wil
O liams, who are known to be in the
interest of the Company, he selec
tions have not yet all been approv
ed. We have no doubt but what
the State will linally secure her
rights m tins matter.
The opposition of the Radical
press to what is known as tho
swamp act is based on the same
grounds. This law simply gives
to the people the overflowed lands
which are granted to the State. If
they are not secured the responsi
bility rests to a great extent with
the Radical press. They will be
come all odd sections the prop
erty of the Railroad Ring. Thus
the opposition of the Radical press
to these measures is apparent. It
is purely a light of the people
against the grasping arm of a mon
opoly, and the State oflicials hav
ing placed themselves on the side
of the people is the cause of the
opposition of the Kadical press,
which is owned and controlled!,,
the interest of the Railroad liing.
ilicvcruict oi me people will be
for the party whose administration
is so nobly endeavoring to guard
their interests.
Chaxok. Messrs. llallock & Lappeus
have purchased the controlling interest in
the Herald, and the former gentleman has
been chosen President of tbe corporation
artf noon nsv -.-.., . l r t
Ujcb joy ,n their retired sphere cf life and j
tbe best of success. j
How is TiU?Ve believe the
entire City Council of Portland is
Kadical with one exception ; but
wo are informed that that is a gen
uine jobbing institution. Even
t)io Orejonian intimates that G5,
000 is rather expensive for the city
government for one year. We
concur. But it a loyal town,
The editor of this paper owes nothing
whatever to President Grant. Orejouia)i.
No, Grant generally makes it a practice
to receive his pay in advance, like any
othr quake. The Oregonian editor prob
ably made the present before be got his
appointment, like Williams did.
A Chaxgk. Tho Mercury his been pur
chased by Messrs. Wm. Thompson, and
E. G. Alexander, who are now its sole
proprietors. They will make it a r00d
paper and are worthy of a liberal patron
age. Success to them.
Small-pox is still on the increase in
ew York city and Brooklyn.
Kl"u uc mu?iiiio uijuitgemeui oi j iiiere h but one reason, says the Mer
the. concern. Mr. IJ. U. Taylor continues j art, why all the Kepubliciuis'm the "last,
as editor, and Mr, Charles Newell has tak- House of Representatives did not vo'e
m the local editorship. We wish the new for the ewamp land bill just as their fel
owners abundant success. Messrs. Semple low-parlisans did in the Senate. Their
tt Patterson have opened an office i:, the course on this subject was the result ol
rooms formerly occupied by Jo, Kutchei. ; habit. Karly in the session the members
on Front street, where they will close up j of that body g.,t into the absurd practico
their unsettled business. We wish them of making a partv ones.ion of Hv,rrtMn
What Purity -
The Oregonian of the 13th says:
Until the days of recent Democratic as
cendancy in Oregon nobody thought of
legislative jobbing. It entered But the
minds of tie people, it was suggested to
no one even in rii-iMim thnt. leeislittion
cotUd be or would be resorted to to enrich
a labored few at tbe expense of the many
uno compose the State, lint our present
rulers changed all that. They instituted a
'new departure." For many reasons it is
deemed desirable to have locks construct
ed lor (lie passage of boats at Willamette
Falls. Taking advantinge of this the
representatives of the ruling party put up
a job whereb y a preference of 75,000 in
building the locks was given to a corpora
tion composed chiefly of leading Demo
cralic politicians, with Senator Kelly and
-Gov.'-' Miller at their heed. Another and
greater scheme of phtnder was cooked up
in the swamp land law.
This paragraph may be regarded
as the assumption of all virtue,
though it possesses none. When
it is remembered that a Radical
Governor had signed a bill identi
cal to the present Lock Act, the
thing will bo very plain to the
reader, and further that the prin
cipal parties benefitted by the act
were Radicals, otic of whom ex-
pects to represent this county in
the next Legislature, and who was
the prime mover of the measure.
And further, that the swamp land
law was drawn up by a Radical,
lobbied by Radicals, and who
have taken advantage of the act
and taken up large quantities of
these lands. The professed virtue of
the Oreyouuoi will have but littte
force in the minds of intelligent
people. The whole Radical ad
ministration of eight years was a
jobbing institution, from the time
of the election Baker to the time
of Woods' departure for Utah.
Plundering the schools by loaning
its funds to partisan favorites with
out sufficient security was one of
its principle acts; much has been
lost to tlte State in this manner;
stealing the proceeds of land sold
was another meretorious act of the
last Radical administration. Sell
ing brick to Radicals, made by
convict labor, to erect fine build
ings in Salem, and allowing the
parties to escape payment for the
same, was another job. Passing
road bills which provided for the
Governor's acceptance, and which
he did refuse to accept until the
owners of the roads paid him hand
somely, was another Radical job.
Selling State property to Radicals
for less than half its value, v. as
another Radical job. Stealing the
proceeds of the sale of the Code,
was another Radical job. Stealing
the five per cent, fund nioncy
which came from the General Gov
ernment, was another Radical job.
Stealing the money received on
account of private insane persons,
was another Radical job. Delay
ing to select the public lands so
they fell into the hands of the
Railroad Company, was another
Radical job. Retaining illegally
elected Representatives in their
seats until they had elected a U.
S. Senator and passed the 14th
amendment, was another Radical
job. Why, the whole thing was
made up of jobs and frauds from
the commencement until the exit
of the putrid sore from the admin
istration of our State affairs.
These jobs show the utter inconsis
tency of the Orcyoiiituts claims to
j tlie k,ast lollcstv in its partv AVu
have plenty more of the same kind
of charges - against the Radicals
f xvh,.h un k,.ni,t i:..t..
circumstances demand. In the
meantime we hope the dreams of
the Orcjonian of the virtue and
integrity of its party may be some
what dispersed, and the editor
awake to a realization of rottenness
of the Radical crew in Oregon.
that came before them. Usually there
was a "strict party vote" even on a mere
motion
to adjourn
But for this habit
the vote in the House, on this bill, would
have been unanimous as it was in the
Senate.
in nic.vTK p. We are informed that the
persisteut and unjust attack of the Radi
cal papers of the State on the School Land
Commissioners has caused many of the
best citizens or Salem to renounce their
adherence to the Radical party. 1 Ww
that the Board hud done no wronged
it such abuse is the stock and trade of
Lad.cali.m, they desire none of it in
their's. Portland always has had a su-on-prejudice
against Salem, and whatever U
done to aid the latter place finds a ready
opposition in the Portland press. Go o'n
geuilemen. You are making bests cf
Democrats.
Axxivkusary. On the ii;!a inst wa
the anniversary of the admission of Ore
gon into the sisterhood of the States
14 years ago.
What is tue Matter ? We have
not
received the Flaindea'er for
ww.,vU j. h,hcixc ior tue n c.t t
ttree wf eks. What is the trouble ' !
j
A Dishonest Accuser.
Good men of all parties rejoice
over the fall of Tammany, says
the Jleporta because its rascality
has been made apparent. Rut no
man of any party, who is not
blind, coufd ever have imagined
that the Times newspaper, which
first published damaging disclos
ures of that rascality, was any
thing but rascally itself. It was
instrumental in doing good, but it
was prompted by evil. The clear
proof of this is seen in the course
taken by that paper on the subject
of the Xew York Custom-house
frauds. If it was really a friend
to honesty and an enemy to iniqui
ty it would cry out against the
management of the Custom-house
as vehemently as it did against
Tammany. Instead of doing so,
however, it is the especial champion
and defender of the former. It
even goes so far as to impeach the
testimony of prominent men of its
own party against the corrupt
clique whose cause it has espoused.
.It must be remembered that the
charges of corruption in the Xew
lork Custom-house were preferred
by Radicals in good standing in
their own party," and it is atthe
instance of such men that a rigid
examination into the alleged abuses
has been once made and is bcin
iiio.l.i rt-i. ... ,. . i
inmiu a-;un. jLiie report or me
old Senate Retrenchment Commit
tee, submitted last Spring, sustain
ed the charges referred to, and the
country has come to look upon the
Xew York Custom-house as Tam
many Xo. 2. Rut the Custom
house thieves are Radical thieves,
and therefore the Touts would
shelter and defend them. It re
cently stated that the old Retrench
ment Committee --had held a hole-and-corner
investigation, had ma
nipulated witnesses like a Tombs
lawyer, and had made a garbled
report. 3Ir. Patterson, who was
Chairman of that committee felt
called upon to notice this libel
from his seat' in the Senate. lie
pronounced the statement malig
nantly false from beginning to end,
and made to throw smut upon the
committee, in order to lessen the
force of their report, and for no
other purt)oe. The accuser of
Democratic thieves and defender of
iiudical thieves is equally dishon
est in its accusation and defense.
Decent men cannot but despise it.
On the strength of its Tammany
godsend it aimedto attain the first
place among metropolitan journals.
Rut it has had its day. Tammany
sent it up like a rocket; the Cus
tom house has brought it down
like a slick.
Adjournment of Congress.
This event wil'l take place at an eaily
date, says the Junincr. The damaging
effects ol investigation are proving too iti
iurious to the prospects of the Radicals to
b; continued. ' The. Custom-house frauds
will be followed by an inquiry into the
Post-office syytem. and the manner of let
ting out contracts to the lowest bidder.
Then will follow an overhauling of the
Pension F.ureaii, where swindling c.n a
gigantic scale has been practiced. It is
well known that nearly one fourth of the
pensiotis are paid to swindlers and not to
soldiers or seamen, who rendered merrito
rious service to the country. Now comes
anew scandal, tho Post-office coirraets
have nominally been let fo the lowest bid
der. Put there has been practiced a sys
tem by which many low bidders with
drawing hvo lelt'bi" Iders of the highest
rates the only competing ones, it has
been done by a ring" arrangement.
Congress does not wish to investigate anv
mor-.
That body will ppobaby adjourn by the
end of .May. It i in no. temper to deal
with the great reforms now demanded by
the people. It will prove, as far as the
advancement of public interests js con
cerned, a sublime failure, The taiiif will
be left untouched with all its odious and
unjust discriminations. The Civil .-Service
Reform will not be framed so as to'reonire
ability and prevent partisan preferances.
The Examiners will be tools of different
political organizations. The sooner the
adjournment occurs the better, it is a
harrowing sight to see pure, high-minded
senators contending with those who shield
the Administration against investigation
1 hey are powerless to contend against
partisan di.-clpline, and the sooner the
scenes now enacting at Washington are
ended the better, liefore the people the
eloquence of Trumbull, .Schurz, Logan,
Fen ton and others, will awaken public
sentiment to its duties. A change in the
Presidential office is the only safeguard
now left the nation for an honest and wise
administration in national affairs.
Won't They?
While certain ' honorable" and high-
minded'' Radicals in this place are so
ready to falsely inform the Oreyonlan that
the Democrats are engaged in importing
voters into this county, will they not in
f rm the public of a little scheme in which
they are engaged? And won't I hey fur,
ther tell the public that they are endeav,
oring to lay the plans fur a further impor
tation ? We L'ave our eyes on this honoiv
able informant and are watching him and
h's cliofue's little games, and in due time
we will give them a proper ventilation.
We would advise him to quit his new roh
and watch his business, of which he has
enough to attend to, because he U not
very good in covering up his tracks, be
sides his calaber never was intended to
make him a great statesman, ruler of na
tions or counties. This advice is gra
tuitous, and we are in the hone our
amiable young friend will profit by it.
He may not appreciate a political notorie
ty which will follow his apparent energy
in tho caisse of importation. We know
whereof we speak, and the dirty game will
receive its condemnation by the people of
this county. They have been outvoted
once by this purchased system, and have
suffered tbe sad consequences, and w ill
not tolerate it again. This is an illustra-
-
tl0Q the ld adaSe f "st0p tbiof'" whiIe
he endeavors to cover his own dirty work.
C0URT3SY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY F
UNIVERSITT OF CXIFORNIA, '
Office Seekers-
We take the subjoined article from tbe
San Francisco Examiner. Bs remarks- ar
applicable to this locality at jresai, and
are but too true :
Iti glancing over the history of our
country from its earliest settlement, in
1G07, to. the- present tin;, who is there
does noi feel a pride in viewing its won
derful grow ti and glorious, career? A
small band of enterprising adventurers
here laid the foundation of a government
destined to become the envy ol the world.
From the thirteen colonies we have grown
into a great nation, whose powerful arms
stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from Nova Zetnbla to Patagonia, and none
dare dispute om- progress.
V ith these before us, the questions
shall we maintain this exalted position, or
must we follow in the course of other
nations which have flourished and. decay
ed ? Let us hope for the former and
strive to continue to advance in. commer
cial, political and intellectual prosperity
until ih.ii end of time.
But our Government can only be main
tained by perpetual vigilence, strict econ
omy and pure, unselfish patroitism.
These, we much fear, in latter days, are
sadly wanting. The great and good of
former times have passed on to the un
known world, and our ship of State has
well-nigh drifted upon the quicksands of
ruin. We must profit by their teachings
in the past, or the glory of our land wilt
vanish and the name "of America will
cease to command respect.
The. greatest evil to be dreaded in our
republican form of government is the dan
gerous one of office-seeking. It has be
come a mania with men in all ranks of life.
The iirisorant. intelligent tho tir.h. tho
poor -all madly seek to be honored with
place and power at the hand of the peo
ple. But does it follow that the seekers
are always worthy the place they have
soiitfhl and obtained? J'.y no means. Of
ten we find, when too lute, the servant is
unworthy the trust of a too confiding peo
ple have placed in him. and that seUwhness
alone vas his motive and not hi country's
good. Another and nuothev knocks for
admission into the charmed political circle,
and all are eager to drink of the political
fountain. '-A. B. ami C have been suc
cessful, and why not I".'" exclaims every
m it: for himself. -'Wind nie in the entang
ling me hes of politics,"' he crie.;, -even
though social ties are severed, and my
State and country suller for my aggran
dizement."' And so will u ever be until
the sovereign people learn to bring for
ward only pure and unselfish men. Let a
man's pi' Scale and political life be closely
scrutinized, and it we find a flaw we
should spurn him as unworthy ol support.
Let ns have more conservatism, and less
party strife, ami elevate the man lor his
capacity ami Uop.c.-sty. Let us silently and
firmly turn from those who, are constantly
seeking ofuce. i;nd select those v. ha wail
for the oQice I seek iheui.
General News JXersK
Mra. y-uix Ui'i granted a new trial.
Look out for cum forfeit half-dollats
They are plenty in San Francisco...
At Fvireka. Nevada, ten cases of small
pox are reported.
There were twenty violent deaths in
San Francisco last month..
Horace Greeley was sixty C-:,o years
old on the d irift.
Fisk's estate is sworn to as not exceed
ing one u.illioti dollars,
M. K. Hughes, the iiilliard manufacturer,
lies critically ill iu S.m Francisco,
The city council, of .Spriu:rfielJ. Ill
elected .Miss S. vr, Williams, city physician.
John Rurgovich has sued Rlia Chello
vich lor S.".!) it) for slanders, iu San Fran-ci.-co.
Eight inches more rain has fallen this
season in S;ui Francisco
meuio.
than in
acta-
Steamboafs on the Mississippi river re
fuse to cany passengers under existing
laws.
Reck, of Kentucky, his introduced a
bi'.l to allow half custom duties to be
paid in greenbacks.
Christian Leave shot himself by the
grave of his dead vyife at San Francijco,
last Friday.
The California Legislature refused to
repeal the Litiga.it Law of ihat State, be
lieving jt to be a benefit to tho public.
A pt.t-o!oum company
capital one
million dollars, to operate in Los Angeles
has been incorporated In San Francisco..
On the 12th at Xew York. Stokes, ti.e
murderer of Fi.sk, was suraigned fur trial
and the work of impaiinelinj a jury
began,
Thomas K. Cree. of Pittsburg, is ap
pointed Secretary of the Board of Indian
Commissioners, dec Vincent Colyer. re
signed, Martin John Spaulding. Prim-ate of the
Catholic Church in the Fnired States and
Archbishop of Baltimore, af.er a pro
tracted illness, died on the Sth.
On Monday evening a blast in Tele
graph Hill. San Francisco, exploded pre
matuu ly, killing instantly a ma,i named
Coughlin and terribly "injuring a man
named Hughes.
A Warld special from Tallahassee. Fla..
S1VS Gov. Reed lin lirum i .n .!,.. 1 ,.r,,J
that Dav. of Kinri.i., i.. .,k:.,.,
. ' .v v t.lIV'tl.lV.!. illl'IT
been at. pointed Gnr...-n,- ,iftit
imen ol Radical rascal it v."
Tl . ., ,
,o i.i.h me .Norinern t'acitic
woioau company are negotiating for the
puichase of the Chicago and St. Paul
Railroad. This would be a very valuable
acquisition to the Northern Pacific.
The decision of the Supreme Court,
in giving Mrs. Fair a new trial, is con
demned by many leading lawyers of San
Fmncisco and unfavorably commented
upon by a large portion of the public.
The negroes of San Francisco are circu
lating a petition for signatures, asking the
Legislature to enact an amended school
law admitting white and black children
on terms of equality, and aboiihiug the
separate schools for blacks.
The police of San Francisco, are on tbe
look out for Thos. McLaughlin, a jig dan
cer, who is alleged to have cut the throat
of a jrj.-i ;i)J07vn as Mollie White, with
whom he has been on terms of intimacy,
at the Government House on Tuesday
night. Up to the Gih instant. tho sums awarded
to Americans by the jf int United Status
and Mexican Commission amounted to
SoTa.OtK). The amount claimed in the
aggregate is 511.500.009. The awards to
to Mexicans amounted to only $3(!0.000.
The aggregate claimed is 818.000.000.
A Political Omklhttk. It is rather an
odd and somewhat amusing comment on
the changes of political events in this
country, remarks the New Orleans Picaym
ane. that a branch of the Radical party,
led. in our Stato Legislature, by a very
p-ominent, active and zealous ex Confed
erate Colonel, should apply the Ku-KIux
bill to another branch of the Radical
party is led by a prominent, ac'ive and
iiealons ex-Federal Colonol ; and that the
latter partisans shon !d . on being arrested
by a U. S. Deputy Marshal, be released on
a bond given for all. by a strong Radical,
who. in the beginning of the war. was a
strong Confederate and in the Confederate
military serriee. A 'politicil omelette,
truly.
State News.
Tbe ColamUia river is open.
Eggs, are worth 30 cents in Toi-tlcnd
A Democratic club Las, keen organized
at Portland.
Considerable sickness is reported at Eu
gene. Albany is to have an Encampment of
I. O. O. F. 1
The loss of stock in Baker county has
been very light.
A hunting party in Jackson county kill
ed 225 rabbits.
A new schooner calhvl (he Ootama has
just been launched ut Coos Ray.
Tbe engineers- of the West side rai'road
are camped near Layfayette.
W. D. C. Davidson has been sent to the
Insane Asylum from Marion county.
Stock in the Willamette Valley has not
suffered much dviring the Winter.
The great ditch on Burnt river is finish
ed and ready for waL-r.
Dr. W. E. Rust lias been appointed Res
ident Physician at the Insane Asylum.
The Oriflamme will leave Portland for
San Francisco to-morrow.
The hills in Polk county were covered
with snow on Monday mornitv
Mrs. Mclntire of Sauvie's Island was
taken to the Asylum on the 13th inst.
The Eugene Journal cries loudly against
the gambling dens of that city.
Washington county has supported two
paupers for the last year.
Stock has done well in Link river coun
try, and little f'fring. has been necessary.
At the Linn Gouty Fair next fall then'
will be a horse race for one thousand dol
lars in gold.
There are two hundred and seventy
one members of the Portland Fire Repay
ment. J. S. Sammons. charged with embezzle
ment, the Grand Jury returned "not a true
bill."
The name of the Commercial Hotel at
Salem has been changed to "Tremont Ho
tel" The Journal ;,-y thr,t it has learned of
no loss of stock in Lane county this win
ter. The house of Perrv Smith, near Dallas,
was entirely destroyed by fire 1 ist Thura-d-ty.
Mary E Foss. aged 11 years, of Sublim
ity, lias carded and spun the vool and
knit IS pairs of-socks since, last fall.
Tho contract for building the Marion
county court house has been awarded to
1). A. Miller and Boothly t Stapleton.
Rob!. Tbompson.of Lane county. had his
feet badly frozen sometime since while
going from Portland to Ise Dalles.
The journeymen plasterers of Portland
have dedared for eiglit hotiio as a day's
vvork, atje-r tiie 1st of Apiil ne.vt.
Tl.o coldest weather in Powder river
valley was ten decrees below zero. This
was on Sunday the -1th inst.
I
I Dnrinr Itw vii:iv 1ST1 W.iol, i ..
expended 3.721 day's work on the public
roads, and $11,000 lor lumber and bridges.
Hart, late contractor on the West Side
railroad is said to have left for Victoria,
leaving a nunmber of bills unpaid.
The (n'.joiiinn has discovered tho '-oldest
inhabitant" (131). I lis name is Stew
art and thinks of coming to Oregon.
James Farrell. telegrar.h opevalor at
Cornelius. Washington eoimtv. died sud
denly on Thursday. He ha,i been drink
ing heavily.
On last Tnesifay the dwelling house of
Thos Rowland of North Yamhill was de
stroyed by fire. A melodeon was saved
Loss. tsl.aOa. .
D. L. Carroll, formerly a student of Cor
vallis College, was drowned, recently.
while attempting to cross a stream in
Eastern Oregon.
On the i h ir.st. Rider R. C. Hill admin
istered the ordinance, of baptism, to three
young Indies at the Spring Valley Bautist
Church.
A large deer visited Portland last. Run.
j day which was captured by parties in
j List Porthnd, white he atiemnte.l to
swim the liver.
Chas. ?iloore. an old man. fell off a plank
last Tuesday at Salem, shattering the
bones of his leg and ankle so badly3 that
amputation was necessary.
A Eugene paper learns that five thou
stit'l copies of Joaquin Miller s- -Songs of
of the Sierras" have been sold in a sinwle
county in Iowa. A mistake, we guess."
A unit on Wild Hoise Creek, in Uma
tilla county, has only i2fi sheep left o it
of a flock of 1.300. At latest dates. Feb.
2, the weather was stiil severe.
The young wheat seems fo be all right.
The late freeze has not done much damr
age. and everything indicates a good fall
crop, so say the farmers.
Tho ther'ff of Washington county has
turned over to the Fnited States Marshal
all the property of Mt S. Hart &, Co.,
bankrupts, in that county.
m.
t!)f schooner Starr KinT. fmm Snn
r rancisco to Loos Lav. is. it is feared lost.
A letu'r from the Bay says that she bag
ueen out. over tntriv days and no tidings
were Heard ot her.
i ne navigation 01 ttie L nipqua river is
practically n failure. A steamboat dur
ing the late rise succeeded in getting
twelve miles above Scottsbnrg but could
ascend no further.
A Walla Walla paper says it is estimat
ed by those who have a good opportunity
to know, that during last summer and fad
not less than two or three hundred fam
ilies settled iu Umatilla county, Oregon.
Thi Baker Democrat says the mining
prospects of Baker county are very flatter
ing. It estimates that the yield of Baker
county will be from half to two thirds
more than last year.
Campbell Cri-man. who resides about
IH miles above Eugene, refused to allow
the railroad ties being laid over his land
until the company had paid him damages,
lie was arrested, tnd the road proceeds.
The Mercury says that ttie Fannie Pat
ton passed down the river with one thou
sad bushels ot wheat from Independence.
She also took seventy?five tons of flour
from the Salem Mills,
The tiidleiin says that seventeen thou
sand dollars has been subscribed in four
months to erect a Tempennce Hail in
thi-i city. One hundred thousand dol
lars spent for whisky during the same
time-
A correspondent of the Herald says:
' I think you have been inposed upon in
the reported attempt at poisoning, in or
near Monticello. 1 reside within a mile
of that place and do not believe anything
of tbe kind occurred.7' 0
The Roseburg Plaindealer says that
Charles V.aybee died very suddenly last
week. He left the house in good health
to bring some wood and tjpon returning
complained of a feeling of oppression in
his chest, for which he took a dose of pain
killer aad laid down, Ia a few minus
he was a corpse.
A dispatch dated Cheyenne. February
9 tb. states that Hon. J. H. Mitchell and
family were snow bound at that point.
The latest dispatches represent that the
snow blockade is moie complete than
ever.
The schooner Elnarah arrived at'Ya
fimua Bay on the 30tbult.. 12 days from
ban r rancssco A part of her cargo con
sisted of 30!) bbls of flour. Flour, pota
toes, and butter, are received from Cali
f jrnia by almost every steamer.
The annual meeting of the Dalles Mili
tary Road Company was held on the otu
inst.. and the following persons were
elected Directors : Messrs. O. Humason.
ictor irevitt, Al. Zieber, O. W. Weaver
and O. S. Savage.
The Eugene GaarJ says : Mrs. Duni
way called on us last Saturday. As we
conjectured, she is a strong minded female,
and like all of her class her strong mind
ednesj runs into nonsen e ; and that is all
the information we have to add to our
item of last week.
On the 13th inst., L. Ilobov, a barber
doing business on Front street, between
Salmon and Main, Portland, was arrested
on the charge of violating tke pecaon of
a Utile girl named Maddon. who was not
over ten years of age. The deed is one
of the most revolting qh..;acier.
A great excitment was reported at Can
yon City a few- days ago over the discov
ery of a rich yirie within 300 yards of the
court house. The ledge is eight feet- thick
and yields gold in fabulous quantities.
This disco vea-y it U believed will cteate a
revolution of affairs at Canyon City.
On Sa'urday at Salem Judge Bonham
heard argument on the suit of W. II.
Watkind against A. B. Gosper, County
Clerk. asking for mandany;s to Usr.e to
Compel the Clerk to give up papers in the
c vse ( f Olarke vs. Wat kinds so as to effect
a change of venue to Linn county, with
out payment of costs incurred by p'aiutiff.
caused by such change of venue, as the
Court had adjudged. The motion for
mandamus was refused.
The Ifcrahl ha.1 information from Port
Or ford that a series of gales have prevail
ed at sea. and that the beach, from Port
Oi ford to Rogue river, was strewn with
pieces of wrecks, lumber and shingles, in
dicating serious Marine disasters. A por
tion of the figure- head of a large vessel,
freshly torn off. with a gilded wreath on
it , had been washed a shore, ami some so p
pose it might have belonged fa Ike Live
Yankee. Some of the shingles were
branded "Point Arenas."
The Statesman saya tUat Mr. C. S. Wood
worth received a letter bearing date of
Feb. o.:h. from Ivin App'"ate. agent at
Yainax, stating that the Modoc Indians
were making preparations for hos:i!ilie.s.
and that trouble was expected soon.
There is a kind of M,docs who left the
reservation some three years ago and w ho
could not be induced so come back, but
have over been wild and troublesome.
Thi same b.wvl of indiar nre the caes
that committed the massacre a few years
ago at Rocky point.
Apportionment.
I'o.!!owinj is Vx'' npportouraent of Del-Agates
to which each county is entitled in.
the Democratic State Convention, which
meets at the Dalles, on April 10;h :
Raker ' rt
Renton (j
Clackamas .- 7
Clatsop i
Columbia 2
Coos 3
'iirry
Donghu .8
Grant , '4
Jackson .. .. . 8
J osophino 2
Lane. &
Linn 12
.Marion , 1 j
Multnomah ' 10
1 ) 1 1 .
i O i IV ,
Tillamook i
Umatilla ." .5
L'uion 4
Washington J ........ -t
Wasco . ii
Yamhill '.' C
Fuom PoKTLAXP. A telegram was re
ceived in our city from Portland that that
city was isolated and almost entireiy cutoff
from the outside world. Their grievances
appear t; be many ; They h ive not had
any news by telegraph or otherwise lor
m ore than throe weeks; the steamer has
not been able to get up the Columbia riv
er on account of the ice. and was.therefore
compelled to discharge her cargo at Astor
i.i: the mail stages were unable to carry
fie mails on account of the snow in the
mountains ami the rain and mud in the
valleys. Live stor-k of ail kinds were dy
ing off by the hundreds from .starvation.
Besides ail 1 his, Portland may look for an
other '(52 flood. How do you like the pic
ture? Gloomy, ain't it?
The above is from the Mountaineer o!
the 13th. It plainly shows the malice of
the parties towards this valley, and espe
cially tol'ortiaiul. There is no truth in
ttie report ot the death of cattle iu any
part of this valley, and our mails have
come, as far as Oregon is conerned, regu
larly. There is no good fo be derived by
such iaisrepr'sent:itions, and we connot
see the object of the Mountaineer in en
deavoring to run down a portion of our
State.
A Shout Session. There are already
manifestations iu Washington, remarks air
exchange, that the Radical leaders are de
termined that the present session uf Con
gress shall be a short one. They fear that
should it remain in session for any length
of time that the exposure of the corrup
tions of the Grant dynasty will be so pal
patio as to cut him off for the succession.
A short session will also afford them an
excuse fop tku flilure to give to the peo
ple the reforms damanded. They" will be
able to tell the country that they would
have corrected the abuses that exist, and
reduced tlit taxes, but they were cut short
by an adjournment, and that they will
redeem, iheir promises at the nest session.
This is their programme now. and we
shall not be surprised at. a vigorous move
ment tor an early adjournment.
Lvsi-lt to L.u UY.The Radical paper
appear to. greatly sympathize with Eastern
Oregon on account of the defeat of what
is known as the ' Sandy Road Bill.'-
When it is remembered that one single
Radical vote would have passed that bTll
the hypocricy of iheir apparent sympathy
is plain. One vote from the Radical side
of the House would have passed the bill
in place of its defeat. This is a matter on
which the Radicals should be verv
The people are too well acquainted with
me History of that little matter.
The Coroner's Jury in the rase r iha
vicums of the railroad collision r,,- 11
ton. Illinois, rendered a verdict that they
came to their deaths by the criminal care
lessness of Frederick Baker. cnri(lncir nf
the freight train, and that Patrick Halpine
engineer f tbe same, is acecssory.
Mail. We received last Tuesday even
ing the mail Vbiflh Las been $0 lp?r
blockaded at the Dalles. It was rather
old, and of but little value.
The Territories.
An Episcapal, church is ia the course of
erection at Walla Walla
A Radical Treanrei; has been found a,
defaulter at Boise. Ci'y,
Work on the Walla Walla railroad haa
b len discontinued to wait for better
weather.
At Kalama tho municipal government
b is go ae into operation. Gen. Tilton is
Mayor.
Mayor McDaniel. formerly of Bo?fft
ci y. is row a maniac in the California
State Insaue Asylum.
A collision took place at Walla Wall
a few days ago between J. II.Lasa,ler and.
the editor of the JStahsnfinf
The Olympia papers speak of a marked
improvement in the price of real estate in,
that vicinity.
Captain, C. II. Hall, of Olympia, whilo,
amusing himself at the skating rink, fell
ia 1 broke bis left wrist.
There are seven hundred men employed
an the line cf the Northern Pacific Rail-,
road from Kal ima to the Sound.
The steamer Alida. during a heavy
gale at Seattle, n few days since, stove a
iiole in her side and went to the bottom.
All the dispatches recently received
show the snow blockade beyond Salt
Lake to be a permanent institution.
An Olivmpia paper rejoices over tig.
fact that a farmer in that locality raised,
last season,, four thonsanuj bushels of
p.otato.e.-i.
Prominent Democrats suggest the name
of Judge W3 che as a suitable person to,
receive ify- Democratic nomination to rep
iesent Washington Territory in Congress.
The amount of outstanding indebted
ness of Washington Territory is $42,000.
The total value of assessable property in.
the Territory in 1S71 was $ll,582fS'J0.
The books of the Territorial Treasurer
of Idaho baye. Veen, examined, ami he liu
been found a defaulter to the tune of be
tween six and seven thousand dollar.
The Port Townsend Aran present r
scheme for a raikoad from Gray's IIarb.o
to Port To'vus,-!!'.!. It says that the route'
was, survey ed. Lvit year.
Wheat, at Walla Walla ii wortU t. cenfi
a bushel. Wood is the principal article
of import, and command about $10 a
Cord.
Tlte winter seems to have been rather;
more severe ia Yakima valley than in oikr
! er localities. eaat of the mountains. Snaw
was deeper than in most other places
heard from.
On the 5th inst.. a man living two miles
south of Kellogg's Point. Whidby Island,
was found dead in his door-yard. He had
probably bjeen murdered some days
before.
A nev; Bftnk hrs just bc-e established
in. Salt Lake City, called; the Salt Lake'
National Bank of Utah, of wakJi Mr. B.
II. DnRell. of Idaho is President, and A,
W. While, af Lnah is Cashier.
A lsu-ge band of cattle, belonging to a
man named Thompson, that were driven
from ibe Willamette valley last Mimmer
to a point across Snake" river, beyond
Walla Walla have nearly all perished.
A Walla Walla ppper saya : A stock
owner living in Yakima Valley writes
fiat, out of a band of two hundred head
of cattle, he expects to lose every hoof.'
This unless there is a favorable change in
the weather, and that rie-ht sncfdilv
Sojne very valuable mines in Altnras,
ldai;o. haye been sold at great juices to,
English capitalists, who will immediately
put Up large mills. It is believed that
tinning operations will soon be as exten
sive Ihero m they are now at Owyhen.
Eight member of the Walla Walla bar
address a letter to their deb-crnto it.
S. Garfielde, setting forth their objections
to the amendments to the civil practice
act of that Territory, passed by the recent
Legislature, and ask to have Congress
disapprove of the amended law:.
Parlies are engaged in. stealing books
from the Territorial Library at Olympia.
and disposing of them at auction- The
Librarian has found it necessary to pub
lish an advertisement warning, persons
agaiiist selling or buying books belonging
to the Library. A very bad state yf af
lairs, truly.
The Walla Walla St, desman saya. :- Our
mails have been regular " thua far during
the winter. The Misonla mail carried
under the conirat M.r. Warren Whith-r.
has never yet failed to, coine on schedule
time. The Nothwestern Stage Company
have almost invariable be, n in 011 time
with the ov; rIand. Calia rnia and Idaho,
mail ; and the Portland mail has been,
just a.s. regular lhat is, it has regularly
tailed to come at all.
nei:iocra.tic County Committee.
The democratic County Committee lor
Clackamas county is requested to meet ai'
t :e E.TKi:ruisK office on Wednesday, Feb.
21, 1S72. at It) o'clock, a. m. A full attend
ance of the Committee is requested, Tho
following gentlemen constitute said Com
mit tee : 1 L Straight. 1. O, Cil)SOn; A. p
Hedges. C. ifetit and John Myers. - '
Oregon City Prices Current.
The following are the prices paid for
produce, and the prices at which otlivr ar.
L, ...... ...oi: :.. .1 - 1 ' T -
,, v-iun, in iiiis marine v
WHEAT Whitefl bitshelt$I OA.
OATS fJj bushel. 75 cts.
POTATOES bushel. $1 0 cts
ONIONS p bushel, $1 OtifTisl; 50"'
BLA. White, ... 4(7n5 ctsJ
DinEDFRmT.-Appleslb.,5fict5.
eiche- t lb., fijc: Plums, 15
mTT" ,loZ('n' i&2)35.cts.
CHICK dozen. -t.
t? lb 10m cts.; N, O.. lb., 15 cts.;
San 1 I- rancisco rcOneiL R . 161 cts.
1 L-ioiir.g Hyson, lb., $1 50 ; Ja-
COFFEE lb.. 2325 cts.
OIL Devout Kerosene, ' rau 75
Linseed .oil. raw. ft gaM Si -25
Lin.! il. boiled, rp al,v $1-'50f - .
W OOL-'j! B., ct? '' ' "
PORK On foot. 9(V,10cts. ! lb.'"
SHEEP Per bead. $2 00052 50.
HIDES Green, ft tt... 5c. ; Dry, 12 lb..
IS cu ; Salted. Sc '
YCJEXTS FOR TIIK ESTEUPRISE.
The followipg persons are authorized to
ac as agents for the KxEEBPRiiK :
J. M. Baltimore, Poitland, Oregon
Thomas Royce, San Francisco.
L. P. Fisher,
Hudson & Menet.41 Park Row.New YorV
York.' KWeU & C-' 40 Park Row.
N,ib York& C- 82 & 84 N
Hudson, Me let & Co., Chicao-o Illinni
Coe. Wetherill & (v r.or Azlt "I0?"'..
Philadelphia. ' "-""":e
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r. ; (v:1,k'n' sal1- i 25
10 et.-. Rk: Shoulders. 11 ct
LARDA lb.. 14 cts'-
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