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-i--T, 5 hNnw l i. in- iT n I'll" l3-"1 o Q O o o o o 0 o o o o o o o o o O o o o 1 o ) o o O O O o o o o 0 o 0 s SljclUccIcIn Enterprise, OFFICIAL PAPER FO CLACKAMAS COCXTT. Oregon City, Oregon , Friday : : : Blarcli 15, 1872. Clackamas County Democratic Con vention. The Democratic Convention for Clacka mas county will be held in Oregon City. Oregon, oq Saturday. March 23, 1872. for the purpose of selecting seven dele gates to attend the Slate Convention; and to place in .nomination a county ticket to be supported at tbe ensuing election, and transact such other business as may come before the Convention. The County Corn mittee recommend that the primary meet ings be held on Saturday. March 1, 1872. at the usual places of voting. The iollow ng i the representation to which eieh precinct is entitled, in said Convention : Oregon City,. . . Cutting's, o Upper Molalla.. Cascades Lower Molalla,. MarshSeld, Springwater .. . . 3 Rock Creek, 3 Canemah 2 Tualatin 2 Pleasant Hill... 2 Beaver Creek, . . 3 Oswego. . , .2 Young's. Milwaukie, 2 j Harding's. Marquam's, . , .1 Union.. . , Total .03 Tie Conventions. The Democracy of this county will assemble on the 23d for the purpose of placing in nomination a county ticket to be elected on the 3d day of J tine. It is all-important that the campaign should he open ed proper and the right course be pursued. The first step must be taken at the primaries to-morrow. The second in importance is the selecting of delegates to the Coun ty Convention, and in this particu lar pains should be taken to select men who will act and vote so as" to advance the best interests of the party, 7-egardless of the wishes of any man or set of men, and thus form a strong coimtv ticket. There G should be harmany within the ranks of party, and a determination exhibited to do justice to each and every portion of the county. Ve o must and should be united and all sectional ill-feelings and personal animosities, if there are any, sunk in behalf of the success of our par ty. The very best men should be elected as delegates, and when they shall have performed the work assigned them to do that of nominating a county ticket, electing delegates to the !State Con vention, and appoint a County Cen tral Committee to manage the par. tv's affairs for the ensuing two years a full and cordial assent to their proceedings is but right and &evcry Democrat should then labor for the success of his party ticket. "We mnst have for our standard- bearers men who can command the respect of their fellow-citizens, and who are known to be capable, hon est, and in every way worthy of support. We have the utmost con fidence in the intelligence of our people, and in the wisdom and foresight of those whom they may call upon to rep resent them in the Con ventions.- We believe the party will be har monious in its action in the county, and a ticket selected which will command the support of the entire party. The people of Clackamas county are prepared for a complete change in the management of their affairs. For ten years the Uepublicans have held control, and what has been the result? What have they done to advance the interst of the coun ty? They have collected annually largo sums as taxes, and squandered it for no visible pur pose. We have neither a Court 1 louse nor Jail, and this being the fourth county in State as to weatlh and population, looks to us as though matters have been most shamefully managed. Let the Democracy place a ticket in the field which possesses integrity, bus iness, ability, and energy, and we will notice a change in matters dur ing the next two years. We ask the people, not as a partisan, but as one who desires the best inter ests of all our citizens to be advan ced, what have they longer to ex pect by retiauing in power the llepublican party of Clackamas? Have they not managed the sitfairs for the past ten years, and what good results can thev show? The amount annually collected as taes for the past five years has been sufficient to enable them to erect a public building and thus save the rent now paid for a Court House. While other counties are making improvements on a less revenue, our lladical administratoin 1ms not been able to keep up the prop erty ot the county, anl to-day Clackamas county is in a worse condition than she was live years ago. We apprehend the people will try what a change will do, and n the 3rd day of June next, will elect the Democratic ticket to manage the affairs of the county for the ensunig two 3-ears. Let 0c-ur Kepublican. friends consider these matters and not allow the party lash to compel them to blind ly vote against 'their interests. Any change will be for the better; it is impossible to make it worse. Let us try iU If the Convention will only do its duty next Saturday CU&amas is redeemed o . The Radical Convention. The Radical Convention met in this city last Saturday. It placed ia nomination a ticket which will be found elsawfeere. The button-holing business was extensive ly practiced and things were "set np'' to meet the wants and wishes of the manipu lators. The ticket is certainly ne which no Republican expected or desired nom inated, and as it was begotten through combinations and trickery, is very weak and we hear many Republicans declare they will not support it. The merits claimed tor the ticket are, that it will sus tain and carry out the resolutions of the late Good Templar Alliance, and this was the test made to secure nominations. We have not space at ibis time to notice the respective candidates at length. The nominee for S'ate Senator, Mr. Cochran, has been here but a short time, and may be justly termed a carpet-bagger froui Vancouver, lie has no interests here to identify him with the people of this coun ty and we apprebeod that his defeat is a foregone fact. The three Representatives are men of no Legislative experience, and have never been even prominent members of their own party. The nominee for Sheriff. Mr. Rob?. Ramr-by, was nominated as the head and front of the Good Tem plar's and was soley "put up"' on that score. Tim nominee for Clerk, is Hon. Peter Paquet. the man who has held se cret meetings in the Good Templar's Hall for sometime past to accomplish his object, lie was a member of the last Legislature, and as such, the only thing be became noted for. was his introduction of a lung winded license law, which the Legislature never even thought worthy to have print ed. Tlte rest of the ticket is composed of equally poor material, and we but express the sentiment of a large class of our citi zens when we say that it is the poorest ticket and possesses less merit than any ever placed in the Geld by the Republi cans of this county, and one that deserves little consideration from the hands of the Republican par'y. It is really not a Re publican ticket b:it a combination brought forth through trickery and secret manipulations. We shall have more to say about this ticket as the campaign progresses. Mised Schools The following amendment was offered by Congressman Hereford, of Virgina, to the educational bill which recently passed the House : ''Provided, That no moneys belonging to an' State or Territory under this act sliall be withheld from any Stale or Territory, for the reason that the laws thereof pro vide for separate schools for white chil dren and black children, or refuse to or ganize a system of mixed schools." Eighty Radical members of Congress voted against this amendment, and the amendment will undoubtedly be stricken out in the Senate, or the bill will not pass Heretofore the. Radicals have successfully managed to keep this question iu the background, but now they must face the music. One of the great objects of the Radical party with this school bill is. to force mixed schools in every State of this Union. Laborers and poor men. who are obliged to send your children to the com mon schools.do you desire to see '.Lis a state of aiiairs? If not, withdraw your suffrage from the party which will force it upon you. The rich care nothing what the law may be on this subject.' They are able to educate their children at private schools and colleges, and this move to mix ti e negroes and Indians in our common schools is a direct insult to the laboring or poorer classes of our people. Are you ready to submit to it ? By What Authority. In the reports of the Road Supervisors it will be observed that quiie a number report a balance of cash on hand, and others have none. In most cases there is a claim set up for extra labor performed, and tlie Court has uniformly paid the ex:ta labor with the cash on hand, and where there was none, it was drawn ont of (lie gereral fund of the county. What we would like to know is, where does the Court get the power to take this surplus on band to pay for extra labor, and then, in other -districts takes it it from the common fund of the county? Ther seems to us a "little irregularity" in this matter, besides great injustice to certain parts of the county. We may be in error, but we think the money left on hand should be turned over the newly ap pointed Supervisor and either all or none should be paid for extra labor ont of the general fund. We merely mention this as another of the many little incidents con nected with our county managements. Axothkk. Last year our county offi cials collected for taxes five thousand dol lars more than they did the year previous; yet they had a debt of about. $6,000 hang ing over the county at that time, and only about $1,200 the last year. The question naturally sugzests itself what became of this five thousand dollars. At the close of last year there were assets to the amount of S 1,009 on hand. There is a difference in the receipts and expenditures of 1800 70, and 1870-71 of about eight thousand dollars. It is in order for our county offi cials to explain. We have the exhibits for these figures in official torm, and shall present them in due time. How Was it Done ? The County Court let the contract for building a bridge acro.?s Abernethy creek, of which the city agreed to one third the expense. When the budge was built, the county paid the full amount and took the ci'y s warrant for its portion. Now the question we would ask is, why was not this warrant given tbe contractor ? City warrants are worth from 70 to 7. cents while county orders were worth at that time very near par value. Was that a Rule parlizm fa voritism at the expense of the count? to the tune of about S;G0, -he difference in the value of the two warrants? It looks badly on its face, and people would like to know how such things are done. "Cold Deck." The Bulletin oT the lZih inst. intimates that a "cold deck ' was run in on the voters of Multnomah county in the Convention last Saturday. The? play ed the same game on voters of this coun ty and from what we cau learn, did so all over tbe State Radical Platform. The lollowiog resolutions were adopted by the Convention held in this city last Saturday : Resolved, That we tbe Republican party of Clackamas county, Oregon, declare the following to be our principles: 1st. We cordially endorse the wise and hu mane administration of President Graut. and point with patriotic' pride to the peace and prosperity of the country and the great reduction of the National debt dar ing hi.s Administration. 2d. We favor uniTersal amnesty and an economical administration ot" tbe Govern ment; a speedy return to'specie payment, by the Government and National banks, and a gradual reduction of taxation. 3d. We favor the re-election ef Presi dent Grant. 4th. We favor the encouragement of Railroad and other internal improvements by the General Government; but the United States should dispose of the public lands only to actual settlers, in small quantities not to exceed one hundred and sixty and at not more than $2 oO per acre, and in case of railroad grants, the proceed a of the sales only should vest in these cor porations. oth. We are opposed fo the Democratic litigant law; the swamp land grabbing law; to the removal by the last Legisla ture and Governor of" municipal officers fairly elected by the people, thus subvert ing t he elective franchise, to the robbing of ow school fund of two hundred thous and dollars to the detriment of our com mon school system; and 'we pledge our selves to use our iuflpence to amend those partial and unjust acts. This is a rich platform for a parly claiming the intelligence of the country. The first points vi;b pride to the peace of the country, when we have had nothing but confusion for the past four years, and in the matter of reduction of the debt they si'ply endorse the false and contradic" tory statements of the Secretary of the Treasury. In the second they oppose every principle upon which the Radicals in Con gress have acte j. They have refused am nesty, and every movement which was calculated to bring the finances of the country to a specie basis. The third, we presume is in accordance with iustrtir, lions from the Federal headquarters of this city. They were probably obliged to give this endorsement. The fourth reso lution goes back on all former actions of the Radical party, and shows its deceit on the face. The filth opposes the litigant law, &o. There were two attorneys on this committee and we ask them if that law has not been a benefit to the litigants of this county 1 It has been a loss to us of at least $200 during the past year, and as far as we are concerned, wish that it bad never been passed. The swamp land question has been worn thread-bare, and u a fight against the interests of Ihe peo p!e in favor of monopolies. The appro priation of tbe $200,000 for the construc tion of the locks, while we opposed the manner it was given, and still condemn it will be considered by tin? people, and while there were wrongs perpetrated, the amount of good the completion of this im portant work will accomplish, outweigh the wrongs done. These platform makers failed to say anything in relation what they propose to do in liie matter of our county administration, and as they are silent on this question, wo suppose they endorse the past acts of their servants. As tie people of Clackamas county are more directly interested in the corrupt management oT their county affairs, it is somewhat Strang? that not a word was said on this subject. The platform is sim ply a rehash of portions of Democrat i: and Radical platform combined, and we art astonished that even the Convention which met. last Saturday adopted it. That B::iii;i: Again. We made our first notice of the washing away of the Claoka mas bridge upon information received from good authority, but after its appear ance we were met by a member of the Court who denied that it was in anyway responsible for it. We have sinceVxam ined into the matter, and from all we can learn we were correct in what we said at the time, and have, the evidence of as good men as there are in the county that if the County Court had spent four or live hundred dollars on the bridge, it would be in its place to-day. It stood more drift and higher water in 18G0, and this sum of money would ha e made it as secure as it was at that time. KiXorxcKD. Mrs. M. M. Miller ha? re nouced ber adhesion to the dogma of wo man's suffrage. As fast as this matter is being investigated, sensible viomen for sake the heresey. We are pleased that Mrs. M. has joined the ranks of true wo men, and wish her success which her tal ents demand for her. Her last lecture, -man. his past, present, and future."' has created quite a sensation in Portland, and is spoken of very highly. She proposes to deliver the lecture through the valley, and we bespeak for' her large audiences. Success iti.. We learn that for several weeks before the Radical Convention was held, the nominee for County Clerk held secret meetings in the Good Templar Hall in this city, in which the success of the nominations was arranged. How well he succeeded in his labors the public are ful ly aware. If none others were benefitted by these secret meetings, he certainly was. The question now is, will the people sup port a nominee who secured his success by such means ? The result on the 3d day of June will show. Can t Staxo It. Horace Greeley, the father of the Republican party, does not go Grant, and declines to have anything to do with the Philadelphia Convention, in the following style : Fkikxd Ciia.mu.er: Please not attach my name to the call for the National Con vention. I stayed away from your meet ing on purpose to keep a position of inde pendence. If we have trustworthy assur ances of reform from the Whre Hoe.se. all right ; but I'm not inclined to help our Lee's and Stockings to another half million of plunder. Yours. Horace Greei.ev. Radicau Economy. A teleg-am from California, says : ' San- Francisco officials say that the difiVrenl Acts ot the Legislature already passed, or certain to be passed, will in crease the General Fttnd expenses of the city ami county tor ike ensuing year at least SiOO.0'0 over those of last year. Th is is a specimen- ot Radrcal econorav. Comment on the above is unnecessary. Sam Clarke didn't get the nomination for Clerk and he hasn't put the ticket in his paper, as yet. What's the matter ? On? Special Washington Letter Wasukgtox, Feb. 18, 1872. Editor Enterprise : The last trouble experienced by tbe Republicans ia the in troduction into the Senate, by Senator Sumner, a preamble and resolution to in vestigate tbe sale of arms by our Goveru mentto France during the struggle be tween that country and Prussia. There are fwo points involved in this inquiry. One is the question of neutrality and the discrepancy in the amount of money re. ceiied for the sale of arms, and the amount that reached the Treasury. There is a discrepancy of over one million of dollars, and Sumner wants to find ont in to whese pockets this million of dollars went, and he means to sift the matter 1o bottom. He never lets up when he gets aftei anybody, and lie goes for Grant on every occasion. Sumner honestly enter tains the belief that President Grant is at the head of a military ring here, whose ob ject is to make themselves rich off of the plunder they can get hold of whilst he is in power. Things look like that such a suspiciou is well founded, lor the Presi dent was ten years ago working in his brother's tannery and for forty dollars a month, and as poor as a church mouse now he is voted at over two million of dollars ; and is now no doubt worth every dollar of the money. Where did all this sudden wealth come froid? Senator Sumner is endeavoring to find out. and when ascertained he will let the world know of R. During ail of these tiebates aix con troversies the Democrats have held their peace. and I think verv wisely, -where ...... V ' rogues rights.' fall out honest men get tneir Very little public business has been done in the Senate, whilst the House on the other hand, is getting through very rapidly most of the important business of the session. Appropriation, except tbe "Sundry Miscellaneous' is prefected in the House, and that body will be ready to adjourn on the 29th of May. No im portant report has been made this sf ssio: by the Committee of Ways and Mean the House, bv a larev vote, directed that Committee to report a Ii!l to rrptal al duties on Tea and Coffee, and it was done though very reluctantly, as a majority were against Ihe repeal. I apprehend the repeal of these duties will not takt place. No material change will be made in the Revenue laws, or reduction ia the present tarilf, at this sesion, and yet the people desire a reduction ol the present rates in both The depression of busi ness, and the steady shrinking of pric es including iu many regions the price of labor, point to the necessity of relief by lowering the burdens of taxation. 1 hi reduction of revenue by reducing t;e taxes, is me necesuy 01 use nonr. 1 lie people can not afford to be longer bled at so heavy an annual rate, by a tariff which takes between forty and fifty per cent, on the average, and for more th.tn that on several of the most staple neces saries of life. While the war expendi sure was still upon n.s, mere was sotm excise 111 ttie ueces.-it 10s ol the ire;ury for their enormous taxation. Hut we art now entei n:g upon the seventh year o! peace ; the Treasury is lull to overflow ing ; we are undertaking fo collect too much by taxation, hiving for excust payments on the public debt, but whicl "i'lke Rauquo's ghost trill not down," bu Seeps m.iu'.raiu i.ig!'.. It is time to dis tribute the burden more equally between our inline. li. ile time and the years tocoux Whne it is not right to saddle this great debt upon posterity, it is better that the sinking Fund for its extinction should no be graduated until a view to pay it all off in Jess than one generation. Now whilst it is the plain duty of Congress to take hoi I ol tliis matter at once in tin iiueiestoi ttie public retiet. yet no such relief will be afforded by this Congrc 1 tie people want to rctrencii expenses and cut down taxes, and there is great distress and discontent everywhere OJ7 ac count of the oppressive tax-laws, and if Congress should adjourn without passing measutes of relief, ihey will meet with au unwelcome reception from their out raged constituents, and the dominant party will feel it in the next Presidential electi 111. The Democracy are a unit for reduction of taxes, and their record is understood by the county, and they will f.o into the next canvass wuh confidence, knowing they have faithfully represented the true sentiments of tlie people. The approaching Presidential election will 1 v t r-m! v vei t i mr i ti 1 h .! i, fic '? I heard a distinguished gentleman, whose name has been used as a prominent candi date for the Presidency, observe the other evening, that iu his opinion, the election next fall would be fully as excit ing ami warm, as the contest ot 110. when Harriso-n defeated Van Rwren. Ii is already rather hot work for President Grant and his friends, and there will be a constant kindling of the fires till Novem ber. Victoria Woodbnll addressed a large crowd on lver favorite subject "'the im pending revolution-." The address is spoken of in higli terms, ami Mrs. Wood huil is now classed with (he statesmen of the country. She has a pleasing address pretty and has a captivating style, and lots of money and many devoted admirers among the gentlemen, but she has at present a good supply of the latter ar ticle on hand and is not vain haunting the jeus Ittrino. She is a candidate for the Presidency, anil is a much belter j orator than Grant in that respect she is aneaii ot htm. Mrs. Janra lh; I orce Gordon of California is. also, here and speaks next week in Lincoln Hall. She has made a decided hit since she has come from the Pacific. the fact i acknowledged that she is the most for cible and agreeable public speaker that has appeared here in defence of " Wo man's Ritrtits." and is now named as the candidate for Ihe Vice Presidency on the ticket with Victoria, and is a strong team within herself. She anticipates a liberal support from California a id Ore gon, and I feel assured, when the wo men come to vote, she will poll a large vote in your section. The gay sea son is over in Washington, as Lent has be gun and the people at the Capital are remarkable fur their external piety. The regular proceedings of Congress you receive in the trooe. and' from other sources, and I have not deemed U either necessary or interesting to in-t rod tree thenv lot my correspondence. Your Seixitorsand Representatives ate all in "tie enjoyment of health, and seem to- have good 'grub." as they are robust and heart-, and . in excellent spirits, and anticipate s u c .-s f r all the measures in which they are interested. ruBLict's. State News. Salem has thirteen Saloons, and as many more churches. Washington county has 1;S56 school children. The east side railroad depot is filled with grain and flour. Railroad iron is going forward lively, on the C. & C. railroad. The Radical State Convention is held at Portland next Wednesday. A sailor named Thomas Goodlet was drowned at Portland last Friday. David McAlpine has been appointed Postmaster al Junction City. The Chemeketa Hotel, Salem, is to be opened on the first of August. Puget Sound is doing a lucrative busi ness shipping potatoes to Portland. J. D. Yates, an old typo, lias been ap pointed on the police force at Portland. The Lebanonites are agitating the ques tion of bridging tbe Santiam at that place. A man named Thos. Anderson has been missing at Portland since last Thursday. On Thursday evening five prisoners made their escape from the Lane county j til. Salem i to have an establishment for the manufacture of wagon and carriage belts. The Salem Flour Mills arc shipping about thirty tons of flour daily to Port land. A Eugene paper chronicles tbe fact that two more drinking saloons are to be open ed in that place. The Columbia, at the Dalles, is slowly coming up. It is now as high as it was two weeks ago. Mrs. Znmwalt, of Long Tom, Lane county, aged 85 years, has now living 132 offsprings. A. G. Walling has secured tbe contract for printing the revised ordinances and character ot Portland. The dry house of Mr. YVro. Abrams. at Eugene, was burned last Monday. It con tained $150 worth of lumber. Our friend of the Hnlh'hi has discover ed the oldest inhabitant in S. Almon, of the Columbia river. A fine organ was presented to the Ma sons of Portland for their New iernple by Oapt. Aiusworln. It h claimed that Jas. M. Rates, of Jef ferson is the oldest Oregon Pioneer of Or egon. Who next ? A few days ago Miss Laura Meflreedied verv sudden!? at Corvallis while sitting in a chair by the fire. The farmers of Polk and Yamhill coun ties have begun improving their farms and making them look like homes. Over $12,000 has been secured by Dr Hill toward the endowment of the Mc Minnviile (Baptist) College. There ate four hundred and forty school children at the Dalles. Ihe number of each sex is precisely equal. Ilenrv Den'.inger. a printer, writes from Yaquioa Ray that all his cows died recent ly Irom eating poison wild parsnip. The First Congregational Church, of Portland, received a bell weighing loll pounds. It is a present from Asa H.irkei. The Radicals of Jackson county have instructed their delegates in favor of th- nomination of D. F. Dowell for Congress A boy named Loneh Yocum, while at templing to cros Hie rive al latent on Saturdav last in a small boat, was drown ed. I here are no means of pro'cetton ag'itist fire at Eugene, and the Journal urges .hat a fire company be foriatd at once. The posinffice folks want every body to write the name of county as well as. town and State in the address of letters or news papers. Th:- surveys of the Portland und Wash ington county Plank Roads to Centervil'.e and Forest Grove via Iliilsboro, will be co nmenced soon. Cap'ain L. N. English, living nine miles southeast of Silverton. h is los-t during the past winter eight head of horses by the blind staggers. The Radicals south of the Cabipooi mountains have instructed their delegates to vote for R. F. Dowell, of Jacksonville, for Congress. The man Hamilton, who was Beverly injured in Lane county shortly since by a log rolling over him. ha.i died "from the ef fects of his injuries. A man by the name of Perkins was drowned on the 25th of February, while attempting to cross John Day river, be low the "big canyon." A printer named T. V. Green died at East Portland last Moiday. He w bur ried by the Odd Fellows, of which Order he was a member. The overland plages now connect with the cars of the Oregon and California Rail road at IlawleyV. at tee bead of Pass Creek Canyon. The jail of Washington county has been empty for six months, and there is no in dication- trf any nns taking up- an abode in it till next fair lime. A portion of the Upper floor of the steamship warehouse, at Portland, gave way last Friday, and came with a crash. No great damage done The body of John Magee. of Sanely pre cinct. Multnomah county, was found in the woods the (th. It is supposed he ac- cidently shot hiovself while out hunting. In a row at Canvon City. Grant county. a few day ago. Joseph Oldfield was stab bed in eight or nine places by "Dad" kers. It is belfeved the wounds are not mortal. On the fl til inst., a burglar managed to ffest an entrance into the kitchen of St. lelen's Hall, and sueceeded in getting away with a quanti'y of silver and plated- ware to tue value ot 5200. Gov. Grover has appointed C. 15. Pel- linger. Esq.. Prosecuting Attorney for this district, vice Gov. Gibbs. who has receiv ed the appointment of U. S. Prosecuting Attorney. A good selection. A man named John Carey, a stonff ma son, was found last Sunday in his room on Mndison street, Portland, with his tbroat cut. It is not known how it was doae. The affair appears to be a mystery. The Mercury says : There were jpceir ed last Friday, at the Exeentive office, the entire approved lists of all the Univer sity Lands of th State lying in the Ore gon City and Roseburg Districts. Three prisoners, Abraham Randr charged with forgery. Thomas Jackson, charged with larceny, and Ned Welch in jail tor six months on general principles, took French leave of tbe Eugene jail a few nights ago. The Eugene Gusird is responsible for the following : "After the fire on Monday a 'nice' young rnv feit a little fatigued, ami went hrto a saloon and took a drink. Stiortly afterward5 he felt a slight squirm ing in his-stomach,. and In a lew rainute3 ejected fbrly-seven feet of tape worm. The whisky was too much for the worm. The reptile died of delirium tremens, but the young man still lives. Telegraphic CHippifigs. "Wheeling. March 9. Quite an excite ment was created at tbe Burlington & Ohio railroad depot this evening, by the discovery c! a bcxehiped from Cincinnati to Ttdrntoc, West Varginia, which prov ed to contain a human being head, legs, arms, hands, etc., completely served from the body. It is believed to be tbe corps of a female. The disccVery was made by a portion of tbe lid being knocked off in transferring tbe box. when a piece of the mutiiatea o nly dropped out. jf Lori.svn.LE. Alach .-Early yesterday morning three negroes broke into the bouse of an old man eights yeary of age, named James McNeill, near Shelby City, and brutally murdered him. splitting his head open with an axe and stabbing him in several places. The purpose evident ly was robbery, as there was a small amount of money in the house. The vil lians were frightened away by the screams ol the wife of the murdered man. Two were ai rested in the evening and lodged in jail at Daneville, and identified by the wile of murdered man. London, March 10. The Observer states that Secretary Fish's reply to Lord Gran ville, concerning the claims for indirect damages, lias been received, and it ex presses the desire of the American Gov ernment for a final and amicable settle ment of Ihe whole question. The Observ er adds that neiihei the British nor the American Government is iu favor of re opening the proceedings of the Joint High Commission. A Vilmington. N. C. dispach says there is no conformation of tbe reported killing of Conroy Berry, and that several parties were organizing for his capture. Charleston'. March 10. The Union ville 2 imes reports l hat parties were ar rested for alleged Ku Kinxism in Marion county last week by Deputy United States Marshal William". Much excite ment exists throughout the cottnty where complete quiet and bartriony lias prevail ed for many mou'hs. Business of all kinds has suddenly been suspended, and in many instances work has been abandon ed and the. laborers discharged, owners being unwilling to risk the planting of crops, owing to the prevailing uncer tainty. Cimcago, March ll.-A Yf ashipg'.on special says U. S. Attorney Bates, of Utah, will reply to the Attorney Gener al's request to morrow asking his resigna tion. Bates will refuse to comply with his invitation on the ground that charges have been brought against him and be cause Utah, receatly organized as a Dis trict of Justice, has expressed entire suisfactionathiscour.se irf the Mormon p.osecution. Iu this connection it may be stated that Dr. Newman had a recent in terview with the President, wherein the latter was urged to presnt in uie pr-.sec - f Mormons, as the country v.uuidi nt now endorse any compromise with the condition of affairs iu Uutah. Dr. Newman ended by stating that Bates' re signation should be denvuided, both as a mitter of policy and justice'. Dayton, March II A horrible nVunb-r of n wile end three chirdren. by (lie hus band, was committed at a farm house six miles from this city on Satutftiy. The wife was found in bed naked, strangled, and the children, aged six and eight years, and six months respectively, were found on the bank of the creek, a s'lort. distance from the hou-te. The baby's skull w is c-us'a.'d. and the two eider were evidently drowned ami af;erwar. taken irom jhe creeK L -oii .rd Maguard, the supposed murderer of his family, was ar rested. An inquest will be held over the victims. - He is evidently insane. Gov. Wat mouth of Louis in i has arriv ed iu this city He is understood to h ive pronounced against the Aliuitits r a'-ion and in favor ot Judge D ivis. if Grant is nominated- A New Orleans gentleman accompanied the Governor, whorepo.t that General L uistreet resigned , tl e Survivorship of New Orleans on the grounds that he cannot approve the Ad minis'iation's policy in Louisiana. The suit instituted sometime ago by B. C. Galvin aga ns- Secretary Pou;well for a c'a'm of $2,000,000 tor a financial s?heme, has been removed to the State Court. A dispatch frfvm Brownsville. Texas sys that on Moo Jay a party of armed mep. supposed to be Cortiuas'. crossed the river at Santa Maria rarcb. thirty five miles from there, an.d captured ail the residents, including two Custom Inspe. os. They held them prisoners while a thousand head of cattle were stolen and crossed. They then released the prisoners and returned to the other side. London". March II. The Financier says the American Government, after mature deliberation, has resoltvd to present their case to the Geneva Tubunal on the loth of April, in accordance witb the terms of the Treaty of Washington, even if the British Arbitrators do not be present, and insist .n proceeding to arbitration regard less f any protest or withdrawal on the part of Great Britain. Nkw York, March 12. News of the overthrow of the Eiie Ring seems to be received eve yvh t e with satisfaction. W a-hix(jtov. March 11. Bates, L . S. Attorn'.? of Ulan, who wa requested to resign, has sent a lefer to bctn'f.il W u liams asking reasons why lie should be required to do so. Wlm'over may be the merits of the question, it is certain his res ignation was requested soon after Judge .Mckean s iatervittv with the Frerc?ent lost. week. Cincinnatti. March II. A Dtvlon spe cial gives ihe tes iaiony before a Coroner's jury o. L!i7. ab' th. ajel seven, and Hab hakuk. ared six. surviving children of L- -onard Margunr ' They sav that after dark on Saturday night their father and ; m-.ther I u ited for nil the children, but j tbes two hid. They heard tl c'r parent take Ihe other children, the mother taking t'ie two eld -st. and the fatlu f the baby. There wa? a light, and lhsy saw their fa ther and mother kill these three with their hand- the father killing the baby and the mother killing Leah ami Samuel, an'? then came in the house naked and leg in? pray ing to God, They saw the three dead on the ground and the lather and mother na ked. The two children were hun'ed for by the pan-nva after the 'b-arh of tbethree,. but were not found. They got away to a straw stack at daylight rn S'.fnday, and staid there till they vrere forrrrd in the a;ternoon. Th skull of the baby six months old. was found crushed in. Manchester, N. II.. 12. Returns from the S'ate so far as heard from, indicate the t-iee'ron of Straw by ahout l..rt'K) nra jorftv'. Republicans are holding a con gratulatory meeting at tlie City Hall. Short b' seethes are being made and elec tion returns rend to tfie aiKlienee. The Republicans leave made a rarn of seven ! Republicans in thi citv. ami have oroba- bly secured a good working majority in the Legsdafrmr. I El's .t t E d We notice tbe following in the Eugene Journal, of the 9th : A protracted meeting has been in pro gress at tbe M E Church during the week. In 186-1. just prior to the Electing of the Radical Conventions. Dieky Heri'derson had a "profracfed meetnig at En-gone and seceded from hU Church at the iiim and joined Ihe M lhodists. Wonder if he is playing the same game again? It ap pears so In up.. Short Siguted. Last summer a gentle man in this town offered to sell the county two lots for the sum of S2 000. beautifully located and in every way desirable 'or county buildings.. The Court could not "see if.7' The same property to day can?t be bought for less than double the above amount. Portland and Salt Lake Wsilroadi The following letter from Hon. James H. Slater our representative in Congress to the Portland Herald will prove of in terest to our readers: IIOCSB tit RErilESEXTATIVES, i Washington-; Feb. 10. 1872. To. ttig Editor of the Herald Dear Silt The New York TrUmne t yesterday contains the following refer ence to the action of the Committee of Lands, bad on the 8th inst., touching Ore gon interests: A test question upon new land grants was made in the II ouse Comitiee on Pubr lic Lands, to-day. upon a bill fof a land graut to a railroad from" Salt Daktj City to Portland, Oregon. A strong effort was made to induce the Committee to agree to this bill. It was probably the most mer itorious measnse of the kind iffton their docket, and the advoca'es of land grants knew that if the Committee sbduld reject it. there would be little hope t?f edeeess for any of the numerous bill.? of the siima class now pending. The vote upon the bill was at first a tie, and it was defeated by the casting vote of the Chairnt.iri. Gen. Ketchsm cf nevy Y0;k. Messrs. Dan nell Rusk, Slater and MeCoruvck voted for ihe grant, and Messrs, Killinger; Townsend, Stevenson, Howley and Ruche1; ajai ist it. This vo e determine! that n-i new railroad bills will come from the PnH lic Lands Committee this sesaioii, as ih'e" Senate Committee has already decide! that tbey will consider no measure of thi kind nnless they have first passed 1b House. All land j-ratit bills to extend old grants, which have lapsed, -may be considered as absolved. ' The statement is in some respects erron eous, and is pub!ihed without the author ity of the Comuif.ee. So far as ih vote itself is concerned, it is regarded to souis extent as a test vote upon new grants, but not iie;cessarily final for this Congre: Political considerations undoubtedly con tributed to lbs result. The Republican purtv have, dating their ontrol. panned ever? conceivable kind ot land jobs, nn til so great a Cry has been rai?e3 that they now make a virtue of necessity and sud denly become extremely conservative up on land grants. Public sentiment, they trow say, will not ailow them to grant any more of the public laads f sr internal im provements. The vote was upon a sub sfttu'e. offered by myself, to the original bill introduced last M ireii. T e original bill is st 11 pending before ih Committee. The actual vote Wii somewhat dilferent from that given in the ctTiict. General Keicbam is Chairman of tfie Conuni.tee. amfgavthe casting vol ag 'inst the substitute. Killinger u n t si member of the Committee and of course did not vote. PoUtjeaHy the vote stooil jjotrafs and Uco Rrpabiiotns awt . ;...f.i .. . one Democrat voting aj ibxsl the subtliMe: The result of this vote is. of course snmewhat discouraging ; but I do not de spair of accomplishing the en 1 sought. I enclose herewith a copy of the substitute" voted upon' in ibe'Coimrrritrff'. Yosri tritfy. J.v. n. Slatk.r. The sYrtn'tytHfe of Mr. 'Slater says tha Plalndenlcr, pTo-vi le3 to aid In the con struction of a Railroad' from-th Dalbs t SaU Lake, a grart of lrm? riiKilar to tha given by Congfes to" tbe Oregon and Cal itoruia l?ailroad!. The proposed road is located through a country whose superior'' agricultural wealth cannot be developed except by such an enterprise! All I hat can be said in fsYor of such a granS would well apply in this instance. A Rt pub.ican Cougress it would now seem is indisposed to favor a measure so highly meritorious and reasonable!. It is true as a general principle we a e opposed to tho giving of land to railroads but wherever' a grant i designed to develop a country which would otherwise remain uninhabit ed and valueless and not merely to ad vance the interest of a monopoly we a:o disposed to make au exception. Such is the character of ihe measure which our representative has so earnestly urged it.-' on Congress. But a lew years ago Con gress made not only a lare donation of land to the Pacific Railroad bat actually advanced the money to accomplish iu eons ruc i n. Since then a muniticnt graut has been in v;le to the North Pacific; and the public lands have been recklessly and unnecessarily squandered to similar enterprises. Now however, because on the eve of the Presidential election, rad icals atiempt to discover a petty spirit of pubb- economy which can ouly serve to prove their inconsistency. It the Port land and Silt Lake Railroad Compay had been wealthy and possessessed one half ihe lobby intlueuce of the North Pacific the ri'sult would have been tar I'ifferent and Ihe defeated bill would have been v x tremeiy popular with the radicals. What ever may lie the fate of this highly im portant measure the zeal and energy which have characterized the conduct '& our representative in sustaining it will commend him to the gratitude ot the peo ple? of Oregon. Sometime since Mr. Gilfrey telegraphed that the School and University lands of Oregon as listed had been approved. The Radicals, having "swamp lands on Ihe brain, telegraphed to Senator Williams to know whether the " swamp lands had re ally been approved,'" to ??bch be replied "no." Well, nobody ever said that they had. As We Predicted-. Ben. Simpson, ,-vr predicted sometime since, has been nom inated by li e Radicals of Benton county lor the Legislature. Hj is second in command iu the '-Mercenary Brigade," of which Ihe Oreyonian had so much to say few years ago. Pvn never will be elect ed bv the voters of Benton. The Radicals find a great deal of fault .vitb the swamp land act. Yet that was drawn by Jesse Applegate, a Repub lican, und lobbied through by Radicals. . We venture the assertiou that more Radi cals have garbled up swamp bvndj than Democrats. Even Radical editors have "froze'? on some. Puoi'KK Place. a gentleman remarked to us the other day that it was a gwd iliing to have the Oregon Pioneer Society located at Astoria, in order that it might correct tbe early b-istory of otir State more readily as given by Mr. Gray. A letter eame through tbe mail yester day addiessed to Clackamas Bridge." Tiiat oflice was moved the otber day by high water particular locality ttot now known. Orejonian. Our County Court can probably give- th necessary information. Tbe Oreijonliii and the balance of tbe Radical organs have opened a war on the valley counties. Tbey are opposed to the locks, which will be of more benefit to them in five years in the way of reduction of freights than the- entire cost. It appears tbat Ihe Radicals have car- ried New Hampshire. The latest news claims the State by 1,500. This may b changed when we get the truth.- - Y V : 9 .- . T- ri ti T"v. Amn i