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o ii i' .r''"'' " t ft ani'i ' T ir-- o o o O o o o o o o o o -Mf-A UftJJWt 'JUIMiJH J Jin WM. 0 o iE!)ciU;kln Enterprise. -.K OF CLICK MAS CO 1'STt . oni:;;n riTV, ouncnx, feb. ii, istj. Suing1 fr Peace. o Klseuticre we uM!sh a protest from (ov. G rover to the Peace (lominissixm-wliu-h is to meet Cnjit. Jark to-nTorrotv ami see on wliat terms he wil accept tlie hospitali ties of otirlnimaiie ai.ul benevolent I'lK-le Sam. Tlie points made ly the (luvernorare impregnable and ;-liould be beeded by this Commis sion. The Governor holds that tlie Peace Commission has no ricrht to treat with the murderers tn tlie soil of Oregon which shall release . t them from punishment for their crimes, perpetrated before the trooMs attempted or a.-ked them to on their reservation, ami before any hostilities were made. That lle-v must, be j;iveii no and tried in t (im- State Courts the. same as any other murderers. The land vh;e:i it is ntggested should be given these savages as a condition of peace, Jiclongs to thecState, and lias been tak:i "up by actual n-tller--, and it would be unjust to compel these people to ive up their homes. The title to these l.t'i Is w as in the lirst place pur chased from the Modocs, and they cannot now make any claim to it. The couise of tlie Administration in this matter is most disgraceful, and a simple blip for rebellious In dians hereafter tomurdcr innocent and unprotected whites. We have im doubt, a has been charged, that oie of the principal causes of the AIo Iocs refusing to remain -hju the reservation was, that they were starved, and that the Indian Agent did not -give them the allowances made to them by thr Coveriinieiit. We find this eharge inade openly by a correspondent in the San Francisco ( 'iron i-i: , as follows: c",.rr, ..,:,(!. -n: Whom do von suppose is 'tunic li I'i'iy '" I s is-1 1 '.' Mr. Sit t ie We!!, then arc sever. i!. TI...-I' AiT'-i'.i'v ; . I ;i:c main'y rt-s;nn sili !. 1 ' 1 1 -- were detei miiii d to have lllir-e Iiali :liS (!l the. L'e.-elVation Ul'd cm !dn'! H-sl ensv un;ii by llli: reptesen'a inn they jiot the Govei iiueiiit to order U.i-ir ii auster. (". ri es-. undent Why were they so iir.x loin : Mr. Ste-l Wi-ll sir. 111 tell von om-rrn-u;i. A few il In l' )l f t!;t; fi.ia! trf:tOllt Vt';li!l Nil" vll" ;IS lllN-i W :u ll ki l.- l tlu-i e'He-im in'o tnwii to pi-t me to try ami 'lo rti im-: li'u '' to prei rve ttn ,ri. lie 111. -n tol l me th it ; 1 i 1 1 C'li ilit Molji i-r li id h.-ell est:lli'.i.!iOil t!t.v-; ill it -J. I) Aj' l U'' uml A. II M.- ieiii'ai ami otliers cuiiiM-eleil with the Kl ill) Oil I:.-'1V.I ii.ll h::il j'ist Ciric'il'l-'l a r.-'i.'j irl ir'Ht Hn'in-f7r s- for t!u' .-ti;ji!y of li, i t to tin- Inili ins. Tln'V h:ol i.-t out tile lOll'rt.Ct to ; llll ','(.. Ill i 1 1 1 1 Oil. to fllltlisfl t!i- In el at e'.i-v.'ii ci tl a poiui.l on foot. 1 1 - -1 1 any settler on Lost river ami !'r ' ini:.s iu iiii.'iil - wool. I have been :! el to lurni-!i it ai live ceiiis. !). yon see now where the joUe is? Ol ci"He tlie iioif In Ii UK. tin' more nioiitl'.s M leed: :uel the nmre ne'iiUi-. more beef at e'eVea cents a pound. - 4 irres j n a del it Lx.icly. if. Steele Jn-t so. f.iric-ji. indent We!!, aoo' din o .1 i U's -Miy it would m .ke ten liiiledif fereave how in 103- I.-idiuis there were; 1 1 . t re o. ild ue !io mole heet used. Now we have not the slightest doubt but these are facts; but why l.ou!d not the agtu's and the Credit Mobiliers be punished, and not the innocent who have been shun? Let the Government put them back on the reservation ami appoint honest men to take care of them, and not create another reser vation which will" make a new opening for morc Iladieal thieves to be placid in otltce. The murder .f the pioneers on our borders de man. is redress, and we arc pleased to note in the protest made by the " . 1 1 " ..10 vernor. that we have a man at the head of ourfState d o our; tale uepartmeut who will see that the rights ot tlie 11... . ... ! . 11 I )peoo!e are protected against the a .g ssionsof either Mo loe Indians .1 - 9 - 1 or their svmoat In.mg friends at - v as;nngton. e agiee uuu rv n- - I . .1 I. y : . 1 .. 1 at or t'ol-, al Calilurnia, vlu says :ic r-fu-tion v 1 he :iceent e. 1 hv 1 o ,. lii.'iie.ns a a victory. 1 lesides, anv l! 1 ...Tt : .. . .( .1... "t ...1 . , . , - , . ! Illl ii t If, l.l l t ! Ii t I r, i ! i i . i:t'l H L .H;l IT1 111! .Ill ' till Si oe in:t ic inio.i '.i iue viegou ill- ,- . o . ....... .. .. For cool impudence, the edit or of t!ii' Jacksonville N- nii.u'l snri asses " '"i '4 "1 his Kadical cotemporaries. In an article n the Credit Mobilicr last . . i i.''.,wJVtlV t o A o'r vMI'leV.-.-o.' week, he savs that manv lea ling ,i " - " m -tubers of not. i paities m Con ,. , x- . 111 gloss are imolicatcd Now, the truth of the matter is, thereis but u9 Democrat, be it said to. his i ii-i t ,t .. , sh.imeand dishonor, whi.e tin re are , '. ,. , Ut h ai nfteeli leading Kadica,-, II:; licaN, ainotig them Vice Prcsi- dent tnllax, and Nice l'rcsi.lent elect. Wilson, uho are implicated t, , . 1 iu th msgracehil transacUot , ThegKadieals are responsible for this gigantic, robbery of the peopled imm'ey, and they cannot shoulder the miamy on the Democracy. - - The bill introduced by Mr. Slater to provide for persons euteriu" timbered iands, which we publish - -ii. ' i. i, . . . i .i i eit hist woik, lias pusscvl the Power ( 1 of C ongress. A Change Needed. The question of chanin the Federal Constitution so as to do away with tlie system of electing the President and Vice President by electoral votes, has been agitat ed the present session of Congress. (jl here are manv arguments in favor of this change, and none can deny but what the present system is open to many objections and abuses. We are not of those who desire to tamper with our National Consti tution, but a change in this respect and also the ni:n.:n r of electing U. ;U1(1 inm.ity to our .Legislative S. Senators, should be made. They ; Halls, and fl.e Executive Depart should be elected by the people j iue:it. A President will be no .i: n. ,i ,.."i,,..,,,;..,-;tv ' lonircr tempted to prostitute the mini, itiiii ui iiiv i nihil mil win t determine the result. This would be Democratic, and would be much more preferable. Under the pres ent system, a very small majority in a State determines the lesult of :i l.ire State, while dividing the various Slates into districts, would tjive all an epial chance. At the lsl 0yet'ioii, two distinct electoral tickets are reported trom Louisana. While it does not make any differ ence this time which one of these are counted, at some future time it may. In that event, it mi.ht de termine the result of the Presiden tial election against the leal ma jorit v, and under the twenty-second rule f Congress, if an election is thrown into the House il is provid ed that if an electoral vote is ohjected to the Senate shall retire to its chamber and each House shall separately consider the objec tion, and if the two Houses do not aree then the vote shall not be counted, by such disagreement a State may be deprived entirely of its vole. In this manner a Presi dent and Vice President may be elected against the will of the ma jority. Another jjreat objection to the present, system is, that a Presi dent may be elected by a manority vole of the people. The system propose! not only remedies this, but makes the Su preme or District Judges a tribunal before whom all questions of con troversy which may arise can be tried, and takes the matter entirely out of Congress. A Democratic exchange, speaking on this subject, thus ably argues against the pres ent system and in favor of the change : "The present system by an Elec toral College is not in harmony with the true theory of republican Ljovernment. It may be ured by some that there is more danger in the popular vote than in any other 'mode, but late developments in regard to the methods resorted to i i older to influence and control Electoral Colleges or legislative bodies, warns us that they are not like Ca'sar's wife, above suspicion and influence. Evtn grave and aged Senators are shown to have purchased their seats. We trust that the Constitution will not only be amended so as to change the method of electing the President and Vice-President, but also so as to make Senators elective by the popular vole of the people of each State. Under the piesent system, by the use of money and the influ ence of professional and corrupt lobbyists, corners are made upon the election of Senators, as they are in Wall street on Erie or some other fancy stock. The elements of fit ness i entirely overlooked, and the I !"M";!;ir v.-ill entirely disregarded. i Legislative bodies are eo!'i"tipte I, and demoralized, and bribed, and tl.,. m ... ,....i.ioi-.l the i.. III. Ill II ll'l Villi viflillll.il.'. most money is the winning man "b demoraliat ion and con option ! 'I1'11 SOM,u;r or 1:;tor' if ,,ot ,l'UU';. 1 'lie. 1, sap the very foundations of ,,.1 . 1- i . our whole tio 11ic.il structure. S.:ne nro:.ose as a r.-medv lornr ; tan 1 1 c eU'ctiun jiriviU'ix :ini t ! 1111 ."'HCiai ami manv ol her unices 1 - . ; by annoim mc.it t hot -o-,. n .v h.i-t - ! - . 11 1 - 1 i v e. i in-v talk of ihe dcmoi ;;!i.a- ' . 1 ... i "'-u ami nu apacit v ot tlie je.'tipie as ' 1 . 4 - . . . 4 I . ti.m and nu aj.acit v of tht i th.. ..... .,, ' ..: . .. o . , v.iv. u.u iiui.tM, iui i in- nasv i-a . ,u j demonstrated lhat while tin- peojh- ma,iora Uttle while le intiueneed l'V ihe lias.io!. 1 1 ... or, i ::.;,,., ,(' 1 . 1 t - . . ' I I 'I ; oie h.ur, th.it in tin. inaiii, they are I honest and patriotic, ami tliat as ! ls lassi.m has time to cool ami i ' ,iasuI1 ) reasser; its lominiun,t hat. ! l,u y v, 'b act for the goo.i. and that ! . t,,. .. ... i - , , . : - ' I'lghei -ahove t he in laenees ! of et rrnption and brilu rv than tl j majority of men who" represent l;um iu b-gisl.nive bodies. Again, i l'K'' :u'-' too miiiu rous to be re e-li. . t wi. , ., ' iMV' s,Kh I'lfb.iences. rIhe onlv safety ot our form of government i's ! in the education of the masses an 1 '"-4'";g 4 -met. s elective h- tlifi"'1.'111"1""1""1 ' VUC- "vi Svn:'l",s be elected by I Tiiere will be t'"-' lT'nar vote, and v.m will m.t ' ;ih fVonMhis r ,,0 ;innovtll 1)V these swarms of i ' j luld.yUs that"gather n,n,l ''HV Mir ! legislative halls on the eve of a Senatorial contt, like buzzards uiooini a iii-.ni i.iu.es. 1 hey are l i luiais ot ni omen, ami presage tio 1 good. Wherever they assemble their ole object is prey, and they : "re.c:Ul,lir ",lt llle. u'r)' vitals of purity and honesty in our State an.l . r i t - . , 1 national Legislatures. L nder an existing act of Congress it is an offence punishable by three years' imprisonment and perpetual disa bility to receive a bribe. If the law was enforced ho v many would be serving their country in a peniten tiary instead of our National Leg islature. tate laws in regard to" bribery should also be enforced. We favor the amendment proposed and would ijo further and favor one !enirt"4ieninir the Presidential term of oflice to six years, and make the President- ineligible for a second term. And also United Stall s Senators should bo elected by the popular vote, as you elect a Gov ernor. Adopt these amendments. mil -oii will fur-ini fi'stiiri' imritv "... ..." patronage of his oflice during the first term to secure a re-tlection for a second. 3Ien will no longer se cure seats in the Senate b- bribery and money. They will come fresh from' the people, and be directly responsible to the people. Con gress will no longer possess the power in any contingency to defeat th choice of the people, and we will have no minority." Opinions of the I'ress. Our exchanges generally call for no peace terms for the Modoc mur derers. The llulltiln says: Our Government sues for peace with the Modocs. If it cannot vanquish ami bring these murderers to punishment tlie State of Oregon rint. The Government may beg a p.ace with these criminals, but Oregon will not; and moreover, treaty or no treaty, Oregon will enforce her laws against savages who have wantonly murdered her citizens, whciievt-r and wherever the State authorities can find the offenders. These murders were committed within tlie jurisdiction of the State, and the murderers, if ever caught, will be subject to trial under the Slate's laws. The AVf'Vr.NVi '' says: More foolishness ( )rders have been issued to tlie Military author ities to suspend operations against the Modocs "till the Peace Com missioners shall have a chance to make an appeal to Captain Jack's well-known magnanimity and chris tian philanthropy. When shall we have done with this ridiculous and senseless sentimentalism in the treatment of Indians? Christian graces wont stand oST'the incarnate dcviUry of a si wash, and there's no use trying it. Tlie Jiii'Iitii, speaking of the Governor's protest, says: His Excellency, Governor G ro ver, lias addressed tt) the Modoc Peace Commission a communica tion in which he very properly protests in behalf" 01 the State against any negotiation or settle ment with these Indians which ith it condone tiieir crimes or surrender to them any portion of the lands they claim as a seperate I Jesc'rvation. The Governor gives a brief but entirely clear and accur ate statement of the case against thcs; Indians It is filling that such a protest should come from the Executive of our State. Al! its points are exactly in accord with the positions heretofore taki n by the Ihi'ht'n. Our State author ities and our whole people hold the killing of citizens by these Indians to have been deliberate murder, which should be duly punished. They also hold that those who were not e ngaged in the pel pet ra tion of these murders should be compelled to return to their own Pescrvalion, and that the project of a new Reservation for their ac commodation should not be enter tained. Without doubt the Gov ernor in his communication sfales the sentiments of the entite people of Oregon, and we are glad that he has sent forward this protest to be placed in the hands of the Com mission. There are but two points to discuss in the negotiation for peace; first, that the murderers shall redelivered no: second, that the remainder of l heir baud go back to their Uesei vation and stay there. The Or-Jon t'.'i says: Tiiere can be no doubt that tin general sentiment of the people ol 1 Oregon is hostile to the p. an oil treating with the Modoc butchers on anv terms but war to the knife. And this sentiment is not accom- nai.i d by any desire for useless 1 - - carnage. it is no longer a maitcr t policy with us tins jiioitoc nest ion but it ha become "a forced necessity that these red fiends should be reduced to com plete submission or cxtenainalcd ' . . io(l and hrau. ii. i hey have now shown t hi ir true disposition, which is to scalp and pillage. Hut a Peace Commission has bee! and we are forced to . . . ... the ha mis of the govern U has been appointed, ccept it at ument, whose aril" tliese vliabolical murderers i e become. Airs. Daniway and her followers are to have a grand mass conven tion at Portland, commencing to day and continuing over to-morrow, some wonderful re-j athering, no doubt. S vvom.-v.i sunVairites !...,. . it i i . i i , V , ,"U!'1"i:iU,, " 1 " .a I V'llUu or hhi' to y i Exi.auoko. The Catholic S-n- j find of the 8th inst. comes to us j much enlarged and made up in au j eight page form. It is now as neat j a paper as there is in the Slate, j Success to you, friend Herman. I AN I.MPOItTANT DOCUMCX . (Jov. 12 rover Protests gainst the Peo ple of .Southern Oregon being Hob bed. T1IE FEOPI.E WIT, UK C.ft.VTKFCI. TO Til i; I It CUIKF KXKCITIVE. State ok Okkuox. I akcctive Ornei:. Sai.km. Fehrnary l!). IsT.l. To the Commissioners aopoinfed to eon dude peace with the Modoc Indian- iJentlernen: As the Stale if Oregon is deeply interes el in th-" results of th pending Indian IVace .Commission. I tie sire to express to you :i few sujjesuons bearing upon the salject about to engagu your Htieimon. From official report? made to me. ami from other reliable inforneiiion. it appears Conclusively established 'h;'t massacre of eijjhieen citi.ens of Orepon on the th of November last was committed without provocation and without notiee - cut'in? ami shooting men down in cold blood at their homeland in their fields. on by one as they were found, by Indians who had not, been attacked by the soldiery nor otherwise molested, and who could speak our laniruaire and were personally ac quainted wkh their victims. The homes and f irms of the s! inu'a'ered settlers were tipiui laml.s to which the Indian title had 'wz since been extinguished by treaty. These acts I hold to lie deliberate and willful murder. Over r-uch ofe-nes I con C -ive the civil authorities f this State coiistiuite the only coinpeieiit and litia! tribunal. I ilesire therefore to ptotesi on behalf of the Sla'e of Oregon e'ainst any action. ot the Commissiori which shall puroort to condone the crimes of the Mo dues or compound their ollenses. The people of ()rreon desire, that the murderers shall be eiveri up. and be de livered over to the civil authorities lor trial and punishment. As to 1 he land on Lost river, which some have fuipriresleti s-houid be surrendered to the ?Iodoes as t peace oiFeiirii; allow ue to say lhat these lands h,e whidly wilh'n 1 he S ate of Oreyjo 1. and wi-hin the juris die 1 ion of the Su per 111 ten dent of Indian Af lairs for Oregon; that the Indian ti le to these lands was extinguished bv treaty, fairly m;nle through the ): tuii Supeiia tendeney. between the .Modocs and the General ( lovernment. on ihe Ilih day ot October. lSfet. 'I'fiey have Vieen urve ed uiier the direction of the Surveyor (Jen eral of Oregon, ami the surveys were hoiij since approved bv the (leneial I.aod Oilice. Tlie.-e lands have beer, exn-nsive lv taken and are. tmw occupied bv bona fide settlers, onder the h'iiuetead iimi pre-i-mpiion laws of I he Uni'ed States. The Commi-tsioil will thelef.re have ii" more power to declare a ivserv.-tiion on Lost liver. ilO:'.Uulll'r these hetllemen's. to in ike ttie same a basis of oe tce with these IndiatiS. than they have to provide !r their establishment upon any other settled portion ot thisStite. l-'orihe interests of Sau'hern C'regon au I for 1 li- future pence ! our sua i hern Irontier, I will express iht- hope and eon lidence that the project if a resi-rva'ion on Lost river will not be entertained by ihe Coisruission. and that the Modoes will eii her cousent to return to iheir own res ervation or to be as.-igaed lo bounds be yond the seltiem-'tUs. h great respect I am your obedient servant, L F. (iutivnt. (ioveruor ol Or'goii. Orco'-n Kail road 5'rospecta. A late number of the Wr.st. published at San Francisco, ha ihe following on the future prospects of railroads in Oregon, and we believe the position taken is about t rue: Whether the Orcenn ,'ind C.ilifor'ii i It I'lroad will be bui t oevo id li i-eh urjr the coming vear is somewhat ilouh tu'. To beein with, llo'lail ty has set rir -1 to h sriiiro.id all the enrvintr trade ol the L'lniupi a Valley : ari l tiie money expend ed by the Federal (rever ninent ,'or inttirov inir the navig aiion of the Umpqu i River was jn-t 5."). 0 )1 tiirowri away or "riven to reimburse a few defeated vt'i iei ins for their e'ec'ion e-;et;s s in 187'! Then fiis railroad terminus i-- s -ve,-i'v live m:!e nearer Jacksonville, ih-n (iwni fi'v. whenee the K'.ne River Valley h ive hi herfo hauled w;ha: 'h'-v wear arid eoti 8 line wlih :vt i ' n o y beto r wapo mad Freih's averiire tnree ceiits per teerid from Sin Frat ciseo to Jack-ririi b -the Crescent City rmre. In t the loss lv breakera'e is enormous, so that be'ore an- ther year Ihe J icksonvihe people will ship two thirds of their jroods bv the Col umbia River thilji illu-t'ra'irig tlie firce ol the old ad-lae th it Ihe :mre.-l wav round is trie surest wav home.'' Agiia. the route south of Rnselitni; is over u broken, rolling country . which affords bir little distance to overcome elevations, hence the gradients would be heavv and wear out iron very fast, in addition to requiring m vast, amount of pi'ing and trestle-work. without anv coordinate rec omiieose in the way of incvase i carrying irafiic. Aufither obstacle is that Am-ri-c ti railroad securities are very low in the Lifopean markets ( w here thev are alo' e negoiiable to any great ex'en') and the iruc'ii;e adopttd by the Norihern rait'n: (ompaey aid bv'Mr. Uolladav. l selling mil Ihe Ian.) giants of the road to an association, and taking stork in thai associ i ion iu payment, his heen a disas trous move for boili i iriies above named. The object was of onus" t) ir,. huio-r Oliees lui" ihe l.iud (Ji m 'he Olgillic acts i I'ended should have be-n charged to settlers, or iuicha'eis of anv sort, for that tu itter. And while we d not seek to raise the question of fai h ot sales ol this kind, from companies to rings of land speculators composed of the ullieers o! such Companies we mu.t express the be lief that iliese traiis'eis of land gfints will re'ard la'her thin advance thecomfile tion of the Oregon and Wa-hin -ton Terri tory nuh-.tJ.-s. We are told that lien Ilolladay, a financier and speculator of great renown in the Pacific .States, when once asked to help elect a candidate for the Senate, said that he had owned stock iu pretty much overv species of property, from a Missouri bull-team to an ocean steamship line, but never yet in a United States Senator; he would like a lew shares. J" 1 . Tribune. Ien evidently never made this assertion, lie had the controlling interest iu Williams when he was Senator, and if we are not much mistaken, he has a large, share in the newly elected Senator from this State. There are deficiencies in what is called at Washington the u le partineiit of Justice," and Attor- nev-Geiuiral Williams asks fur au appropriation ot .300,000 to cover lllem. Year before last the expenses of this department were Go9,- 367 35 ; last year the appropriation was 03,200,000, and even this fell short, lint year before last Grant 'I'd not have to be re-elected, " Department of Justice" indeed! Money can't cover its deficiencies. State News. Oregon has over twei;ty-Sve distiaci charch orgallialioits. Rev. Mr. Rowland of the Christiaa Cuurcb at .Salem is very ill. Portland expanded on street work, dining the year 1672. $05,310 17. The late Herman Festival at Portland ueueu aoout 5o,ij);). I,v:tv n-11()d. A cherry tree in Ponrrhts county had u. essoins on it every d y in January. The Ladies of St. Pant's Church. Salem, will hold a Valentine Festival to night. Work cn the Portland hridge across the tt i'.lainette will be commenced next Mon day. Some enterpiising mPn are talking oT sorting an iron foundry near East Port- lauu. Five nersors received the baptismal rite by immersion at Salem on Suuday afternoon. Mr. Hugh Small was admitted to citi zenship in the United States Circuit Court lust Saturday. B. E. tanpincott. of Yamhill, has crone to Si.etz Reservation to take an otlicial position under Genera! Palmer. The appreciations for Indian service in Oregon this year is s 1 1 :!.tlllt. and ex ceed 'hose ot las; year .-S.jti.uu0. Parties went down frim Rosehurg last woei to take the ste oiier Enterprise from the Uinpnua to ihe Willamette river. Fears are entertained at Portland of t! e safety of the (h-o. S. Wr:gl l. which is eighteen d ivs over due at th it pl.eje. Mes-rs. Jesse Atiplejja'e. .V. 15. Meachatn and Simuel Ca-e are tl Peace Co minis sion" to wait upvii tiie M idoc muideiers. The little child of E. Znmwalt. of P.en to i. v.'hoin the papers of last week rep.Tt el as so severely scalded, has since died The Odd Fellows Lodge at A'b iny is rrowin rapidly in numbers. The pro ject of building a temple, the .coming sea son, is mooted. Mr. Augustus- Knight of Corvallts has in his garden a China (.) lince tree, i r shrob. which is now covered wi.h rich red buds and full blown liower. A bar-room "r. ngh atid tumble" fiji,! tic k place at Eola a few days ago. bu' f iritinCely beyond broken noses and blackened eyes no harm wus done. Mr. Henry Gillry. Private Secretary to ihe Governor, started on Monday tor l.ii-ki ille. on business eonneeo-d wi-.h Sia'.e lauds iu llie Klamath country. It is thought that Elias Keeny who sho' I'el'on a'. 11 irrisburg last week, he e-eaped by w.-.y of ihe Ing.'r.e M i-K' n.ie wagon road across ihe Cascade lunlitiliiiiis On Wednesday evening of last we?k the District Deputy (hand M.is-er. .Mr. Wm Michell. organized Mount Hood Me In kah Degree bodge. No. 5, 1. O. O. F. o! Oregon. The oldest exts'ing Good Ti mn' o I o Ige in 'he S a'e is at J. lf. rson. The h'g!i"st otli -er of the s.itne ore; .rrz v'ion re,id--s itl the sun.' pl.i-e. viz.: Jacob C msor. G. W. C. T. Jerry Creeks, who was wounded in the ti.'ht of January ISih. y the Mod -i's d ed on tlie ."oh' ins). Lieut Roberts is also in a er'eieal eondi'ion. The rest o! tlie .vou;ii-d are doin well. A E'ljrefio si-hrol te-ic'.er m-ikes l.is np pearme iu the si-hool room i h a piiie iu his month, piiifiair lie a Mi is-.:p;i liver steamer, nod oeeasioila o V suspends o;iei a'ioos to pro -ore a ciiaw"' from some one of his pupils. Tie W ilia met to Navlg-tt'oi Company it is . iid. h a ve siilimi' - 1 a (iropo-i : ion to carrv wheat Iro n torvliis to portl ir.il at seven and a half cent- bn-he. if insur ed Ihe whoie tnde for five years. Fi ni the Eugene Gnurd: ".T. P. Fu ll tw o 1 a dav or two since disposed of lht Post ():Ve-e huildiiis. corner of Wil lamette an I Eia'ti siree's. lo Eugene L. il:e. No 11. A. F. A A. M., for the'sum of -2.7s.).'" Key. J. II. Turner, recently from Mis sum, and eminent divine, has . t led in Pendleton. Fin ii'll.i county, ris'ern ()rc go i. h-re he is ab oil to pub i-h a re I gious journ i! devoted lo the evangelical iii'.ere.-'.s ot Eis'ern Oregtm. Savs the St ttr.snfin : '"Ten torts o! munition of war h ive just been forwird ed to the Modoc conn'ry trom Port Van eouver. to lie in store a! headrpi.iriers till the Peace Coininis'-ioners get throng!) wi'h their farce entitled. "-The Modoc Mis si m tries, or How to Reward Good In dians "' Over 1"!) persons and firms pay a tax of more than Soil each in .lacksnn coun'y. Tiie heaviest tax payer of individuals is C. C. Peckman. who pavs S til IC. The firm paving heaviest is hat of Sac lis Pros., which contri'm'es to the county finanevs. tlie sum of S VJ'J til. From the S!tttsmun of Saturday: "The Po n d ot Education for the S'tate of Ore gon under the law unproved October "JD. 1S72. effected :i preliminary organiz it ion yesterday. Mr. Simpson having qualified as Superintendent of Pnb!;c Instruc'ion. The po ird consists of the Governor, the Secretary and the So peri., t mdenl. We l.an frotn Shetid in. Yamhill conn tv. tiiat Cov. H isbrook's hired man. who was suspected of the murder ot Hus bronk. has had a preliminary examination and been S"nt hi jail. He was not allow ed to give trail. The slorv he 'old of the two men is m'irely dicredi!ed. and there is sid to be strong ciicuuistaucial cvi deuce agnius'. him. From the Ti'-''s'rr ; As the summer aot.roacl;es. the I ti ectoi s of TheAlb'tiy atul .'"iiu'iain Canal Company nre making prepar tt'ions to proceed wi'h its cons'ruc t'on. We le irn trom the President of the Co'npinv. L. F.lkins. E-ij ." that Caut. Smith, late I'gineer of the Locks at the Falls of the Willamette, has been employ ed to thorimjrhl y survey the rmi'i' from the portion ef the Canal already fi.-rshed to Albany, and ihat he commeuccd oper ations early ia the we k. The Ifemry copies the f.il'owir.g ex tract from x lefer to Gen. John F. Mil'er. by General Whe iton: -1 hope we will not require more men than the regulars now en route. Tie-re are indica'ious that 'Jack" has been belly holt and is lire.l o" war. He evidently w auts peace, and i Ids fearful snow crowds him some. An nricoudi 1 m il surrender will be the on'y t"i m. I told Fairc hilds t. inform his messenger that if thus.; terms were not speedily accepted we would kill thetn all l!' h took us years, but tea days' fighting would tlnish thelll."' The Ti -ilUtin '.ys: four months ago there lived in this eiy a in in and h:s wife by the name of Pendleton. He timk her to Astori i for her health and left her there, pi-oniisiiig to return in ten davs. Since that time nothing has been seen of him. Mrs. P. returned, and has been very sick tor three months past. Her condition for some time required great a tentiioi and car- (she h is a stnih infant), and ih-htc's coming to the knowledge of the Cotmtv Commissioners yesterd iv. an order was made extending relief t a.e amount of J0 per month. Dr. Glenn has been at tending the case. The party is i Iespec laoie lamny ana ive'l deservin-"- of the 1 sympathy and aid of this people."'' A for ; Pendleton, it is hard lo say what has tie- ! con e of hua. If ulive Le dis rves to bo i kicked. A Move ia the Ili-ht MVay. A cemmittee corsisiing of Messrs. C. P. Purkhart, Wm. Ruble and T. L. Davidson was appointed at a meeting of the farmers at Salem, on the 2."th tilt., to prepare an id dress to the farmers of the State. On tiie od inst.. they met and after deliberating upon the subject, issued the following iddress: FKI.I.oW kakmeks ok opkijox : Tlie un dersigned were appointed a committee at the r armer s Meeting in Salem. Jan. 2"th. to address you through the papers of the State, upon the subject of organiz ition for tiie protection ot our mutual interests and for shipping purposes. Y e regret our inability to do justice to so great a trust, but the past year's ex- peiienc- in respect to our con; nierc.al le laiions has satisfied us that the hone ot Oregon depends upon the organization of ihe tillers of the soil. If we want the country prosperous, ihe waste places re deemed, the solitudes inhabited, our hollies improved, our prospects brightened, and our calling dignified, we must do some thing to stand clear of the rings whij have combined to steal and earn lroiu us our hard and honest earnings. We need not stale to yon. now. their acts; most of yon are fainiiiar with them Tlie question is. Will you tamely submit and let the country go to ruin", or will you rise like mea and show yourselves equal to the occasion? Sing!- handed we can do nothing; organized, you can ship your own surplus and realize all it will luing in a foreign market, except the cost of transportation, insurance and commis sion, this, we can confidently assure yon. will secure to you a better price for your pro Pi"is than you can possibly re al i.e without it. Had such att org ni-a ion been i i ex istence tiie pn sent jur. it would have s..ved to Oregon a million of dollars. enough lo have purchased ten of the best snips sailing on he seas, and in five ears e.iough to export ail our surplus uml im port all our loreign commodiiies. li in ty seem an id-al thing to unite the farmers of this S ate in a common bond of union, bui look abroad over our coun try and see the unions ot money edtnen to cany forward gigantic projects, and whi'.'ti in lime will cover our whole coun try as a net work, more despo'io in their power than the greale.-t m oiai'eli of earl li grinding ihe taimers to the dust a. the veriest slaves. Moneyed men accumulate millions in a tev short years, and vet the tinners ot our laud grow poorer every day. Their sohis we.iiiL'g out. their im. pioveiu -uts are ging tlj.vti.au 1 out of lijeir abutid.mce llie are in want. O Tiie great law of nature is. "You must help 3 ourselves." Farmers of Oregon, once mote we would say. Organize.'' and tolce llio speculator and money etl arisiocl'.ti to respect you as hum Ol beings and not its so many ca.lle liliveil lo llie a.iamoies tor slaoghlei". e i e iev.iig mat a. i eifecnve org iniz ition for slipping purposes. oiiVreii by your own choice, will secure Jo yun good and salislactory iesulls in souie of the mokeis. ot J ii - w.ii lil a ail t.uos and l.at von can s -cure K.is only through a State iio.ud W.io.-e business li aih Oe to look atter tiie malic!", a. id also that yon Heed a County ho.rd. ve would recoiuta -nd thit when on ai e .isseiuoied li. Cwuniv Convention, eacti coiuny itio.i.-e u t'ouuty Pourl o' o!li;ers lo consist of a President. Vice i'l evident. It . 'cording Secretary. Corms p iitihiig Secretary a. id a Treasurer, and I iai you send the oliieers lo the Suite Cv:i-Vi-litl u at a elil.Caik-d to im-i''. ui Ti.nik iia, the lvi.h o! Ajil'.l, and Willi lll.'iU one udai'iiotiil yeiegi.e tor each pleciocl ol" coil lo iiie couu!y willing lo go in lo ihe or-;in.z a'iou. ewoii.d also recommend permanent ot gaii. a ion iu every precinct in lie eouu-lie-. as yo l will altv'ava hale some it.-ial qut's ii.n-5 to seilie. socii as soil ing gia.n and the coliecion ol sta is les ul v.o.r .-iu pins, thai w in be subj--cl to iiie ,,i-th-i-ot y our Si.He io.n d. and Ih.n tin: pre cine s tU'-.-l on .Ma i cn l.")-li. and tiie Coun ty Con v eil' em. .Mai e ll b. Tlie tjoiiiuil te- h-ive thought it best I i change ihe dales ol tiiei iiiig, lo give you iu ii e lime to organ. ze. Tlie clubs anealy orgatized in the State atespecia ii recou.in -uded lo take an .ictiie a ; in mis i. a er. Ali ihe t J tors ol slo- iiiaie are cordi illy i.iviie.l lo aid tins en ri prise as mncu as tli"ii good will will pernio by pobi. suing iliis .appeal lor a Frmera" Lniou. or tf.v- .I'uCla llolll it. Snor and K 1 1 . i.mi. From Ihe I.i!las lltpi.hiic in w e leai u thai en I ue.-u.iy. itie Lo nisi, a iu in by Iiie naie 01 lien lias 01 00k. wlio icsi-led a lew miie above .stieiid.ig. it in 1: 1 1 i county Oi.gnn. was sliol and almost insiaully killed w bile at Hie barn. '1 lie facts as near as we can ieirn are about as tollowa: Mr llasbrook had ueivi lili-siug grain li oin Ins b u n piior lo ihe iinie lu -n ion -il . and siijpos log thai some leilow was eng g.l 111 helping himself uticci emoniousiy lo wh.il thu not belong lo him he arranged a pi.iu Wlieiel.y he m.gtil ca-c.'i tiie r.i.-c.l. lie placed a loaded ga:' in or near Ihe barn, arranging u so thai il could be discharged by means ot a spiing. it was so pian.ed tliat 11 was tho-.ietit hai 1 ii is gun would be tired in C '.se any person ai templed lo en er tin- bun (a Imsdiy even ng Mr. llislirook lieariitg a noise al ihe u.1111. proceeded hi tier accompanied by a man by the name 01 Cox. No s. .nor liad ihey leacueii llie barn iiiau Mr. lla-brook was ti;ed upon and liiorla:ly wounded. Mr Cox s 1 s he s iW three me.i tvo inside and the t:iier ouiside the barn and wiiiie eude.i vol ing lo escape lie Was caugtil by tlie pel soil outside who staObed at him twice wilii a large kni'e. .Mr. d ebruuK Was a soii-iu law of Natliau Conner, an o.d resident of this county. Tlie neirdci er is said 10 have fired tlie fatal shot Iroui the gun the victim had placed at the barn. Deceased leaves a young wile and two children besides a large number of friends to mourn his sudden and untimely dealb. Tiiere are said lo be siispi ;ious that the terr.ble murder in Yumhi.l county was committed by I !a brook's hired man. ana thai tlie story ol ihe two burglars ia the granarv is a myth. A New Coujiction Distijict. A AV;;.s!.ington correspon Jittt says; 3Ir. llatt-r has introdiiccal a lil! jitDjuisiiiL; to form a new Collec tion District out of all that portion of Oregon yhvj; south and i:;s of tht Suislaw Iiiver, with Coos n.ivfr its port of entry, and ports of delivery at tlu: month of Ilonne Iiiver, Tort Orford and GardiiW, witli a Deputy Collector at each. The Collector is to be paid not ex ceeding :j,000 per annum; the salaries of the deputies are not fixed. This bill is before the House Com mittee on Commerce. A correspond.!. t writes Lorn Lebanon, saying that the gnuiest want of that sec tion is means of transportation. The Switimr r vt is navigable for small steamers within three miles of Lebanon, and at which point suitable warehouses w mid be built to receive freight for ship ment. Elkins Pros, will supply from 30 to ") tons of Hour weekly, and the town as tn ich more. The fact h is come to the knowledge of the Committee 101 Claims ihat General Putler paid over in lMi8 to the. United Slates Treasurer $202 000. being money eaptured in the South, but in fact belong ing, U loyal peoole in the North. General Items. The telegraph reports the epizootic pie- 0 vailing to au alarming extent. The Norihern Pacific bus; built 17-t miles of road in four months. There are 23.000 0 )0 cattle itMhe Unit ed States. Texas has over o.'JOO.OOO. The sugar crop of Louisiana this year ia estimated at 10.000 hogsheads. It is estimated that 7.000.00!) hogs will be packed this year iu the United States. Florida planters contract with their lahn-ers to give theui one-third of the crop. o The annual product of the manufacto ries of New Jersey is valued at over $20, OJ0.000. CThe Bethel fair held lately in Cincin nati for charitable purposes realized $32- 4Co.JU. O More than 80.000 Italians were render ed houseles and destitute by the late floods. The balance of trade against the United States lust vear was, in round uumbers, 118,000.000. The horses in the United States aro valued at six hundred and sixty millions of dollars. 1) 0 Three-fourths of ihe writing paper mado in this country coines Iroui llolyoke, Massachusetts. q The Illinois Penitentiary is now miking several thousand dollars per mouth for the State clear oT all expeuses. The proposed transfer of troops from the Southern States to Utah is causing a deal of comment ia that Territory. Fifteen hundred and thirty-one build ings have been erected during the past year at St. Louis, at the cost of iso.iitL (100. Of these buildings only eighty-six are frame. The annual review of the river com merce of New York shows that a litile over tme third 01" the entire steam tonnage O of the United Slates is employed on thu westt rn rivers. K. II. Keeney. who was to be hanged at Yis.ili. March 7th, fur (the murder of Flelchei. has had his , sentence commuted t imprisonment lor ""life by (Juveriur Booth. o Cleveland has fourteen rolling mills in operation against eight in 157(). In lsll Ohio m anu fac'ured' over 70. on'.) tons of rolled and hammered iron one-tenth of the whole amount raised iu the L'uiied St..tes. O It is now almost certain that Ceorjre L. Woods is to tie relieved as Governor of L't.th. A Washington le'ter-w riier says that the a;. ooi.rnie.it will be tender ed to Delegate Cl.igge! of Montana George has made considerable money during his slay ani-'-' the M rtnun. and i-. now reported to 1 . . orih slOO.OJJ. G;-n Robert L. Lee's birt.lnlay va cel ebrated wi h great clat in s.me of thu Southern cities on Jan.-O. The first p, r de of military since the war took p!aoB' in Sivannah. Hen. Wad.- Hampton de livered an address. Th' day genur.i!!v was observed a a holifjay and resi'lllbied a Fonrih of July beiore tiie war. The Jollowing is said to be a sure test Q of horses" ae. Afu-r a horse is rune ye;irs old. av.rinkU coiu-'s over bis evelid. at the upper corner of the Imwr lid: and every year thereafter he h.ts oiie well de fined wrinkle f.,r each year of his no Q over nine. If. for in-iauce. tk-horse has three wrinkles, he is twelve years old. Add the tmuibor d!" wrinkles to nine, and you will always obtain his exact age. In the contested e'ecion case of Bo wen against lie Large. i:i I'.oligressjOl he Coill mi' ive tleveloj etl so mueii Irani! and lo cality that il recommended die passage of a resolution tl-clariug neither f the j.ar- .ties enlilled to the sea'. The resolution p.t-ed ami tlie seat is nxtvr vacant. ! Large, the setting member, is a ii-ro and BoWeri is the same leilow who was ex pelled for' selling cade'.ships a noble pair. Saa 1'Viincisio .Market Ite'.ort. Sis Francisco. February 12. Flour SI 7,"i(7,!ii3 Wheal 1 7 0(o I 03. O Barley ?l 2e(o 1 40. O.. l(n. 1 2.. Po'atoes i)0 (o. 1 20. l-.ggs -li'to doe j;? lio.ea. C 1. utter i.r .;.c. Bueo ill !,('tt 1 1. Wool - ls(o fl. Hides i fV -0- Poi ltand .Market Keport. o Wei ks d a t. Evkmxu Feb 12, 1S73. Ne.v York Gold quotations: lit. Po.tlaud Iegal Tender rales: i7J., buy ing; hsi. selling. WilLAT The market remains uncbang e l. and prices nominal -at y I 00 per cental I'LOI K Quo ations are iinchsmgetl, the prevailing prices teinjr j.s be ore. So o tor standard, extra. atnF $4(5 l bbl for upei tine -and outside lirands. OATS We note a sale of out) bushels, dair. to day at (ioo bns'n 1 sacked. Tn a is about tlie mling figures, but they aro sliirhtlv colored. I- KKD Middlings find ready !! c3 (o .i2 5 1 per tMii. and Pran continues linn at SluolS per ton. JIAIILKY Por land quota' ions retnaTn at SI -4.i(V lt;0 jier ceutal sacked and deO livered Pi il'ATOFS Prices remain firm at fig ures ranging from 3." lo 40 ceuis per bushel according to the quantity. PtiULTliY Chickens are in good de niaiit at S3 7o(7 I per doz. PFTTLU hair country brand find Slow sale ill ': .i(' . uc tier eon ii'!. w Ii fancy dairy us usual remains firm al 40 0i l.'iiii LfiGS Find ready sale at 22c per doz ii..lU. Lon tin nes tirni al our former figures: Sides. ll(12c per lb; Hams. 12 (1 le; Shouivlers, t(o,'J and joles at 6 cl. per Jh Oregon City Market Hcport. The following are the prices paid for produce, and the prices at which other ar cicles are selling, in this market : WHI-IAT Wuite."jJ bushel. 3'J51 00. O ATS bitshei, 406rf4" rts. O POTATO busll.ju 37i cts, ON IONS -$ bnshel.51 50. o cFLOFli "jjt bbl. t?4S4 50. Pi:..NS White. It... .r)(f cts. DUIFD FIIU1T Apples. lb.. f.fJT cts. Peaches. r$ lb.. 12(ti H'.c: Plums, 20 cts.: Currants. lb.. VK715 cts. 1JUTTEU - ft Bj.. 2-cts. " EGGS r) dozen. 202;'-"5 cts. CHI CK ENS t tb ..en . 33 50. SUtJAii Crushed. n.. 20 cts.;Island r 11.. 10212 ct-. : N". O.. lb.. 15 cts.; San Francisco reiiiieu. 3 . 14 cts. TEA Young Hvson. lb.. SI 00 ; Ja pan. t ft.. "..cSl ot: black. 3 ft.., C2c. COFFEE y. '".. 2:i(2. cts. SALT f1 lb.. U(ti2i cts. q SYUUP Heavy Golden, t?zall..50ct ; Ex. Heavy Golden, t gull., '0 PACON Hams. It,.. 14 cts; Sides, 12 cts. "f? ft).: Shoulders. 8 cts. L.UI- ft... 12 i cts. ()lL--l)evoe's Kerosene, "pi gall.. 75. Linseetl oil. raw. "jl, gall.. 5l 25 ; Litiseed oil. boiled. L) gall., $1 251 50 WOOL lb.. U5 cts. PEEK On foot, ; cts. f ft. POUIC On foot. (Ifjrocts. yt ft). SHEEP Per head. $2 50;$3 00. 111 PES G reen . 2 5003 : Dry , ii? Jh., .-!.. Salted Re. O 15 (?) o O O o to) :3 V C o o O O o O o V 1 7JSS?SF0F BANCROFT LIBRARY,