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fiiirtiiirriiiiiVigiijiiiirrriil'-i',Str'Ji-riirl"iiiijr'1 'I- ' ""- , r , -f - r, y , o o o c '""" ",'niiTiiif --iinm""iriiiiin L l)c Ukckln Enterprise. Of I.'IAL F.vrKR or Ct ICKAMAS county. OREGON (ITV, OREGON, ?I ASCII 7, 1S73. G' I.i-t liclo5rc3s Unite against Dishon- csty. The present state of public im morality which has been exposed within ten years in the "United States is as dangerous as it is dis graceful. The people cannot rc? main quiet, and trrfc press should uniiB to hold up the perpetrators of these outrage?. Time and again have, these intelligences been broucrht before the country, and the press would unite against them for a short period, and then all at once ye would hear no more of it, and the criminals would declare that i will soon blow over and they restored to the confidence of those they had betray cm. Uie cau-e of public morality and re publican purity' receives a deadly blow each time, but the people ap pear indifferent to it. The party press generally covers all that their respective members Cie guilty of. The bdse selfishness whicli stops short of no unclean device to gain prfisSn ejd, is the mainspring of their action.. The spirit of honesty and impajyiality is not merely ab sent from thvnVj but in their sncces Ihl trickery, it is made a by-word (iiv.. reproach. This system of par tisan journalism has grown to a fearful degree since the war. It may he aid by the apologists ot corruption that this state of affairs has always existed to some extent. If there was corruption before, it was carefully kept from the public view. Xow they are shameless and a.vhicio'., because of the impunity which cat tends their commission. ThS opportunity tor plunder that grew out of the war, generated much of this, ami, in making the way of the defrauder rosy with success, reacted nationally in dull ing the sensitiveness of the public cons.-ieuce. Tuts opportunity also made tiie press, to a very large ex tent, the slave of the plunderers, a sharer in their snoiis, a reckless partisan in providing fresh means of plunder and-a defender of their wui'.-l actions, when a word of re proach was breathed upon their guilt. The prou-bj place of public jnentor and faithful friend to the . people was bartereil for that of sy cophant ami panderer to successful fraud, and Ibis degraded press has since lured unsuspecting honesty to destruction by the exhibition of false lights. It is a saddening in dictment, but only too true. We are led to these rciit-ctions by a sur vevSof the whole field of politics and public life for a few years past. ft is a retrospect from which we draw the conclusion that, unless ! the svstem of viewing and induing public men and their acts is radi cally ch.ryged, there is danger ahead. This change is the first step in the improvement of public mor als so pressing!' needed. Men who act bythe votes of the people and journals that preach in the people's name, must learn that honesty oi purpose and action is the nceess.it y of thcirQ-xistcnce as leaders or rep resentatives. Look back to the gigantic armv frauds -vherein men wrung wealth from the very blood of the lb-public. Pecall how lliO red-handed plunderers were able to buy off op position in one? direction, and buy I support cheaply, UkS in another. The people, betrayed in their trust by all-out the very few, could scarcely form an opinion on the gilt of the criminal until long af ter the plunder was secured. The femds o:ir-the internal revenue tell the same sickening story of treach ery, triumphant stealing and in crfiseel public apathy. A vicarious sacrifice satisfied rt little public spirit left. Carpet-baggism, with its atrocious usurpation and spolia- lion, fmnd its defenders as natural ly as &.C army defrauders and re venue defaulters. The frauds in elections found their defenders in the partisan press. The dis-Credit -litulier frauds and perjuries are smo "tue -i cver as macn as possi ible bv the Republican press, simply beeause tiie majority of the slaugh- leieu ;ii e A v e'pu 01 IC "ins. ueiiowc Democrat was included, it can be recalled ho-Piicrcel' the most vir ulent among them flew at his throat. View the Caldwell and Pomeroy cases. These men have their partisans yet. The pres, if honest, and true to its trust, can guard the nation from these rob bers, and again restore honesty in public officials. In this effort" the press should be united and above being influenced by party considerations. The Fallen Iiadicals. The Xew York Golden Age, for the purpose of speaking in befitting terms of those who have been en gaged in the disgraceful Credit 3Iobilier, wants to borrow "some pen of satire or ink ot gall to depict the disgrace which has overtaken some eminent and trusted states men whom their countrymen have delighted to honor, but who are now hiding their faces from the stare of mankind. The Afe first takes Senator Patterson, of Xew Hampshire, formerly a. professor in Dartmouth College, a gentleman, scholar and orator, a fair type, as it long supposed him to be, of that upright, honest and Christian char acter which grows out of the best blood and training of Xew Eng land it first takes this representa tive actor and abettor in thi:i fr;antic highway robbery and dis- course tli upon him .is follows: We hapncr.ed to be very busy at work in Xew Hampshire during the closing weeks of the campaign. In our eanvassings from audience to audience we occasionally crossed the track of Senator Patterson, who was always represented to us as denouncing with peculiar elo quence the Credit Mobilior scandal, and protesting his total disconnec tion with the affair in the extremes English words which could express T I 1 1 1 1 I i.i. ii. ,.!... . ...... , letter from Oaes Ames corrobora- ting this exculpatory view. To this letter Senator Patterson point ed with great effect, as much as to say, "There, I bring you the testi mony of- the nursing father ot the Credit Mobilier, and he declares that I am not one of his sous, nor even the remotest scion of that house of ill-repute." Purthcrmore, during the recent investigation Senator P.itterson went boldly on the stand, and, under oath, testified, "I never owned any slock, never received anv dividends, in Credit Mobilier." Whereupon, in the twinkling of an eye, he was con fronted, and confounded and dis graced ibrcyor by the production of his own receipts for the very dividends which he swore he had never received. The (ioIJrii A'je passes from Patterson to Colfax, as fallen pillars prone on the ground, and, lifting up its eyes, beholds "a number of other statesmen who have received, like so many leaning towers of Pisa., a push or a slant or an inclin ation from perfect rectitude, and who disfigure the horizon like mel ancholy monuments pointing not exactly either to heaven or to hell.1"' The fate of Pomeroy is given as the tragic end of a successful schemer, a millionaire out of the public funds, a corruptor of legisla tion and a pious f raud, lie is now joined to his colleague in public infamy, whereupon the A;e ejaeu- 1 'ates: hat a oraco oi euators j to represent one Commonwealth! Caldwell and Pomeroy !" 9 .s- OriNiox of Tin-: X. Y. IIkuald. The Xew York IFsidl has the following on the Modoc Peace Commission : The Modoc Peace Commissioners have arrived in the neighborhood of Captain .Tack's stronghold and organized for business. They have encountered, however, a serious obstacle in the protest of the Gov ernor of Oregon, who holds that no peace shovld he made with the Mo docs until those of their number who murdered eighteen citizens ef his State some time since are given up to be de alt with by the civil pow er ; and, further, that as Lost Piver is a part of the State of Oregon, it cannot be "reserved" bv the gen era! government for the use of the Modoes. We are informed by a special cerrespondent with the Commissioners that the Gove rner's protest was "laid-on the table;" but it cannot oe allowed to remain there. The rights of the people of Oregon must not be trodden upon, even to phase the benevolent friends of the .Modoc savages. Win. i. Sau. The New York Union, in speaking of the necessity of reformation in the public men, has the following sensible remarks : There must .be found a home sentiment of" honesty, whicli shall make it impossible for any man In ef.joy such gains as be gets bv a saciillce of honor, truth and public tiust. As long as men, bv scons and hundreds, can get to the Le'ds- hUuie poor and in five years return just as the lion did when his friends rich, nu.uiiam their popularity and j advised him to whin t he polecat, eiijoy their m-gotten possession-, of A11 rht, y0 .j; tluim to Le what use will it be once m ten i , years to sacrifice a luckless criminal I lhe h,n aml yu-lhc polecat, ana amid universal execrations? The ' take good care that we will honesty must eiwell among the ! not be served as said animals gen common people. There must be ! erallv do those who come too close. i . i . . i iu'in-.-i v .it, ii.o sourees o. ikuvpi- If the people are .lehatiehet! their rri'iivoiiitof ivoj it-i'l .-v ? . T , ninv-l ,l,-t;,n .i. .v ii. iLv-i.aurio tuil I1UI UL' r, N. e-oinr.u-.nily mu-t, after all, be lhe rjrran.l reiiic-ilv. Impi:ovi::i. Tiie Yamhill Jlc- porter comes to us tins week greatly j him all thc Democrats of the House enlart:ea,an..l much improve.1. The . YOtCll ave anJ fll, lhu el)uhIicans outsi.lc of the paper looks very ' except ytCalty of OJlio niltlcr of much as tlioti-h it was gotten up j Massachusetts, Farnswo'rth of IHi on the patent system, aiul printcl no; portcr of SmUh of somewhere in California or Chi-; Vermont votel no. The vote cao. liad Practice. VTc have received within Ihe past month advertisements from nearly every quarter of the Union, with price lists of the articles de sired to be advertised, and for us ! to Jake our pay in said articles, from a melodeon to chicken eggs. As we are not in that line of busi ness, we have consigned these re quests to the stove. lint we notice that a number of our State exchan ges contain" these same advertise ments, and even worse, such as come from Xew York sharpers who offer C-j sewing machines for sale, and when you send your money that is the last you hear of it, and when the publisher sends his bill for advertising, the parties cannot be fomul. While we do not pro pose to set ourself up as a dictator to other 'papers, we must say that the acceptance of all such adver tisements is an injury to the busi ness and ruinous in its tendencies. These parties always add an addi tional price to their goods, billy in amount to cover the advertising, and others never pay a cent. The publisher cannot pay paper bills, rent, help and other expenses with improved hen eggs, or inelodcons, and must relv on his advertising w - 1 patronage to pay these expenses. "- " 1 ' i lie acceptance ot such a.lverttse- 1 , . , . , incurs as we nave lucuiineu, is cal culated to injure the business, and if people have anything worthy of aelvertising they will pay for it in cash, as they ought tc, and sell their goods to those who need them. If a newspaper takes adver tisements simply to " fill up," they had cither better stop or send out a blank page. This would not bring the busiucs into discredit and ruin. These are our vie ws. Too Ciiaiuta.u.i:. The Xew York Jh , in se.ming up the1 position of the various religious journals of that city, on the dishon est Congressmen, says that as a "general thing they seem disposed to throw the mantle of charity over the fallen ones, or, at any rate, they hold that the community are not justified in pronouncing the accused, guilty until the final ve relict of '.lie inquisitorial committees is pronoun ced." This, in the face of all the evidence presented to the country of the robberies committed by Con gressmen, to say the least, we regard as showing rather too much charity in behalf of rascality, and is from a source from which the people should be educated in a better elircction. The Legislature of "Wisconsin proposes to make it a misdemeanor for any State officer or member of the Legislature to accept a free pass over an' railway. A similar proposition was. defeated in the Nevada Assembly recently. Ore- 'HI i'lll. It would probably be a good thing to have a similar law in this State, and one which should apply to .Judges of our courts in particu lar. We are informed that the Judge of this District travels on a pass from the railroad company. It may not have any influence upon him, but it would look belter to have these judicial officers under not even that much obligation to these corporations. Nor Much Pi:sn;.". Por the pa-t year we have been continually informed by telegraph and Eastern papers that there would be a clean ing out of Grant's Cabinet, which the Lord knows is baelly needed, on and alter the second inaugura tion. Vut the.-e reports appear to be idle speculations, as the tele graph of a recent date informs us that not a single change will bo made, and that all who are now in the Cabinet will be reappointed bv Grant. Padlcrds - never resign when thov can make" it l.-av. Te) UiC ir.ar.y fiien.ls who nr fo tttixiously waititi"; to see what ottr c-jurse towar-1 the tre :.',' tony x' he, we have; only to say that we have no i-lea of the interpret at ion of his pot house s-lanjf, aul if we na-l we shor.M act, iii tins matter Naurow K-scatk. Vice Prcsi- ! t . i s , T - t l otiax, uiq .cre.it .vmerican .Sniiiler, -cscape.l impcaehmont'Tor his ppccul.ition in the Crcilit Mobil ier by a vcrv close vote. On a ' resolution in the House tn I ;i t.eoeb ! stood 100 ayes anel 109 noes. C0TJHTESr CF BAIICROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Inauguration of President tyrant. Wa-shixotox, March -f- TbP morning is very clear but bitter eo'.J. Mmy thous ands are on tLeir way from streets remote from "tl)- route' ot the inrwsgural procession as they found it impossible to keep tliem selvea comfortable. Prompt to the time as decided on by General Darry. the Grand Marshal moving the procession the troops were in re.uTinss, fiad begun the march. The President occupied an open carriage, accompanied by Senators Cragm. Logan and Uayard. I!e joined the pro cession soon aiter ?t-.'.rtinp, taking posi tion in ibe 3d division of the purada. The carriage in whicli he sat was drawn bv lour closely-clipped mouse colored horses. His appe&rancH was the signal lor hearty cheering, waiving of handkerchiefs, and other demonstrations of applause as he rode along. VLi!-j the procession had been forming nnd moving to the capitol, immense crowds had congregated al the Fe.iale chamber. The li.ior o( the Jlenatn was occupied largely by invited "-ueKls. comprising lis liruuished militaryiip.d civil oaicers. Tht; diplomatic Corps were present.-d in a l.:.'(ly. The upienie Court Judges enter ed, headed by Cliif Jn-tiee Chase. Al ter them came thi- l'lvsideiit. preceded by the corainit ee of arrangements; members of the House came next. Senator Sura !ier then en'i ri d. He looked unexpect edly well. Whoa tit. hour of It! had ar rived, afa r organization, the new Senate and attendant bodies went to the east por tico of the Capitol. The procession form ed in the manner usual on such occasions. A platform Ind been erected in front of the portico, where the Vice President and other pi'isjaa'j;es took seats provided for them, crowds l.-rlow were surging to and fro. but ord'-r was preserved. Near the Piesident were t!u meni'n'is of Lis boiiil y. Cheers and music greeted him en his ap pearance. Tli- President elect rv.d tie Chief. Jus tice Chae arose simultaneously, when the latter administered t'10 Presidential oath. CLoersV.nd caMon:-.ding followed. Order was partially restored. Tli" President arose and proceeded to read Lis Inaugural Addie.-.-. t!ie ibdivery of which did not occupy ten minutes The inaugural being concluded, congratulations followed from friends, and President Grant, soon after left, in a c-.rri.ige, for the White lloue, e-corted by the prnei'ssi'in which, mi'an whi'e. !md rTorm"d and takoi up the lire of mat ch. The crowds dispersed and the inaugural cercmorii"s were over. Xi:i:i)i::. Vv'e learn that a peti tion was presented at the present term of the'Couuty Court tor build ing a bridge across the Alolal'.a, on the county road.. This bridge? is badly needed, and we hope it will be constructed. There is also a bricrde badlv needed on the Clack am as. These improvements will cost the county considerable mon ey, vet they are necessities, and. while the present board may not desire to ran tho county in debt, they are not responsible for the ex istence of these rjreat ami impor- i ant lemands for lis e interests to our cotintjr, and especially of Ore' gon City. V'e hope the Commis sioners will build these bridges, and if tiie county is indebt for them, they will have something to show lor the indebtedness. "Z" 9 I.NDir.x.vno: -The following i a dispatch from Jacksonville, under date of the -Pth inst., which shows the feeling of the people in that section in regard to the surrender proposed by the Modoc u i'eace Commissioners :" Tiie proposed terms of settlement with the .Modoc Indians are receiv ed, here with very genera! dissatis faction. The citizens generallv claim that the treaty is one-sided ami dries not guarantee future se curity, as no provision, is made fur the punishment of the mudcrers. Very few people seem to think that the removal of the Modoes will compensate for the slaughter of our citizens. There is a determination to enforce the process of the Court, should the Modoes be left, within its jurisdiction, at the first favora ble opportunity. Tin-; l):ri'i;i;i:N(u:. Ik-n. Holla el ay's, Kailroad Company refuses to pay the tax assessed against them in this count', on tho ground that the Hoard had no right to levy the tax. The L.eck Company were as sessed at what they regarded too high a ligurc, and by the Sheriff, since the work was completed. The Lock Company has paid in full their taxes. Tiie Kailroad Co. ex pects Judge Upton to help it out, and has gone to the courts. Which is the more honorable corporation ? Ti:!:m I-xi-iiiEii.-On the 0.1 inst. the term of Hon. James II. Slater, Congressman from this Stale, )irel. Mr. Slater has nia.le a most cxcelient representative, ami h.as labored illustriously for the best in terests of our people. He will return to his ctmst it uency with a proud re-jord and eleservt, as Im? will receive, the plaudits of those he has so ably and faithfully repre sented. A. H. Stevens has been elected to Congress in thc I'ihth District (Georgia) without opposition. Wo are gratified to notice the fact that such talent and integrity as Mr. Stevens possesses is placed in that body which lias degraded to mere pot-house politicians and dishonest demagogues. The Hen Convention article is republish on our outside this week to supply the extra demand for it. Copies can be had at this otliee. K x 1. a n o 1-: d. The Lafayette Courier comes to us this week j .much enlarged and improved in appearance, Tclcgraphic Xevvs. Chicago. Feb. 28. A Washington spe cial says the report of the Senate Credit Mobilier Committee last night was totally unexpected and created a prefnnd sensa tion on the floor of the Senate and in the galleries. While ?.Iorton was speaking on tbe Louisiana question Morrill of Maine.Cbair man of the committee, asked him to allow bim to submit its report. It was sent to the Clerks desk a net an order to print was made. Some Senator asked if the report was accompanied by a resolution, and Morill replying in the affirmative. Ferry, who occupied the Chair directed it to be read. Several Senatars asked Morton in an undertone, to proceed with his speech, but .Morton asked the Clerk to read the resolution, which be did. Morton then went on with his speech, but no one long er listened to him. The next instant the Senators with solemn faces were gath ered in knots of twos, threes and fours all over the Chamber, discus-sing the unex pected report. Patterson, who. at the time the report was made, o cunied Hamlin's seat, between Conkling and Howe, bowed his head and for five or ten minutes he was in conversation with Howe. lie look ed flushed and excited. Harlan went at once to the Clerk's desk, and for fifteen or twent3' minutes was carefully reading the report, and taking notes from it. When he was done with it, Patterson, who had returned to his seat, sent for the report and road it apparently with prreat care. Mrs. Putnam, wife of A. I. Putnam. who was killed by. Foster, now under sentence of death, has written a letter to Gov. Dix asking commutation of Foster's sentence. Attorney-C tioril Williams has directed United Sta-tes District Af'orney Uli.-s to enter a nolle prosetpii in the case of Pal hams .t Jackson, brokers, indicted tor alb-g.-d complicity with the d-'finiiing raymaster I lodge, on the ground, that, the statutes relative to embex.z'emon's do not cover tiie oifetis-'s of persons not United Sta'es officers. Jt. is charged that there r- a schi'-n-" on foot, for selling to the Government for 51 .000 Out), for public stores. the buildings on the corner of haight ami Wsn s: !'.-'.. in this city, which recently changed hands at !iH).0')0. Tomoo (Ohio). March I. At- Findiay. Ohio, on Thursday. Nicholas Pinfiugt 1 .an old man. jealous or his young wife and II J. Gariier. a young Man working :il!!i boarding with the ftitiiy.cntered G otit-r's house and shot and killed him. He h is been lodged in j--.il. ChIcaoo. March 1 . A New York dis patch s.ivs it is believed to be ei r-ain that Poster's sentence will be eo-mno'ed to ;tn prisoieneiit. lor life. The pressure ttr-'telo to bear on Gov. Dix h i-5 been !ro!:ie:.deu-s. Among those who have i jterce.l'-d wi;h !,:ia are lion. . million Fish. Tbnviow Weed. Mrs. Governor Pix nr.d hT son. Rev. Morgan li. Prominent lawyers, including Wiliiimt M. Hvar s. h:.ve signed a document addressed to the Governor. st.i!i;ir the belief th;it Fns'er is 'entb.b-d to Executive cl.-n.encv. The surviving jury pursue tie .;- v.-.c.cjoi-s ws;l:o-it le.ir. men w! o tried Fo-ter have noiiiione.i N-me of his people v..ei!d kid tiurj. iie commutation. Aii rnm.tr- 'ft .on A;ban j '-lid n-.t thiol; Meat-ham responsible l..r iudica-e that the car-l.ook mttrderer will j 'I-' wr.eigs he ln.d s:S'ered on the U. s p.ot be hue.". ervati on. and !i-l not wa-it h;n: ; feel The r!i:.!- ?, wbieb l'.i,Mn"fi,n sit .it lhe time of bis first hmngur .'ien w t taken to Washington from New Yoik and used by Grant on Inst Tuesd iv. A telegr ttn from a h'gh efTi -i:d in Vw Orleans sj. lle re is tm aj'prehen.sh.i- ; colli-i-.-n. GoVer.t'-r W.itti; ;!o received the first news ; -dev of the elec-i-m of McMillan to the Son. r.,r the t.o-ir f.-;-- hv tt e McKuery I . gi.-.l a i .. The s'd.U!.'s thus liVid PtesM- nt. s."i't.!-:ii; Chief J'lsiice oi 'e :-npreme Cm:-!, s' IO.o-m); Ju-t':cesof ti.- St'pr.-n e Cotirf. Viee Pre.-i-.l.-sit. Kj-eaki r . ' the ilousi and members of tl.e C ihinets.::.. .-(i-m; Sen tto:-. Metnh --rs -am! D"leg i'es 1--(e-nctresi. sif;.."0:l. 'i he "in-n -' i .-.! ;-:y iip p'.ies to the pre-ent .oigre..: tlj.it of I'lesid-nt ati I oiher oflicer.s C(.ir.;:i..:;ce alter the !:h of March. Tho wi.l-.-.v of the la'- .T.iums Fisk. Jr.. to-d-iy ob-.i-ined a leii.jiorary iron ction. restraining the Credit Mi -b '. ier'fr. -m dis solving its org a ni. it ien u-.ril a j i.iici.ii d'-tei ni niat ion can be h-s.l l h -r eiaim to S-Jii.tCm worth of shares ! i s stock. Lawvor St. i-r wi'ni-s:-. .It. e reeer.t t-;t Mobil- !. s . rere-.se. I to see rile Speaker arid S-ergeati'-at Afiil tul' false impri-otsiitei. ami wiil cany the (;-- to ( t e Si; nrenie Court, on the 'jronnd rhut ev.-n (.". ogres- loid no eonsi i: n t ional rieh: force him to violate professional confi dence. The impression crews that the sena'e will I ii! Oi act on the re- o! n ion xpei!i!r Patterson, but if the vote is e.d'.ed it will surely be adop'ed. A good s'- iy has been mis-e.-i by tele graphers. Puller, when d.elending the sainily .Ames, declared hmi.-c!! not a press-made, nu' a Co 1 -m ole m in." S.:m Cox exclaimed. Von neither look nor ; ct li!.-. v.nir r.;l,..e " " J V V . r 1 Ait. i omeroy s cim.nees n. esee.o.ni; are good because ihe wi'ness. Mr. Vtok.i-cei-iiierebly discredir'd at-d slightly sup poried. except by cire-inistan M i i evident e Mr. York has mysteriously disa-.-pearcd Mr. Pomeroy. however, is damned. Notice of appeal in S'okes" case let been tiled ii the General T. r;u. hut it will not be argued at present. Al.iMW. Mitrch i. The Si-nafe. by a vi:i( of 7 to lo. lclii.c'il to declare Tweed's -e it vacant. The I'o-ter re;;iieve is sutnttsed to be 'granted. ut:hou.ih tl:e C-overnor may cm .-til' with 1 he Judges of the Court of Ap peals. The j; i-oner's friends now ! Link sentence may be commuted to Imprison ment for!i!e"at h::rd labor in Sing Sing The news was received at the Tombs at ;: late hour, and when m ule know n to I'.-s ler he beanie sen-ew hut liVi'i'oiin.'. hut said it w;i. soinething he never expected. Or ittu-.sroN (We-t Va.1i. Mar h f. llev. John Jticohs was imiugur d. I (.'ov. rnor t-)-i! iv. an-l o'l-er State executive idaeer.- too! tie I mm r o a'ti. w .. l- !. e t . tn." . asu, ... ici, I , . : ., 1 the N-il'.-.!c! ( lC'llt .i e.!,-i ief (.oiuliletee , - ! wiin 1 no iniiD'.v ii:; re.-'i ; u 1. -n ; .V. !,-.!. That .lane s V. r.tt--r-n b- and i- hereby exneile.l from hi- seat as a member of ihe Senate. The ten. rt presents i!,e facts ascertain ! , . , - ' . . , 1 ,1 r - ii n;!ii;iu:ij I'.-.vii eiJu - i'.'i . .1. i.i. . ii - 'ii t I.oan the money received from A urns was riot returned. The testimony dee- not ntfect Liejun tn any sen-e. !'osee Coiik linLT was in no way alfec'ed. Tin commit tee con.- i- s o Scott and Wright ( u"p')lieaus) and S'ocU ton and S'eveu- ( I 'emocr its ). W . . . . M 1. TJ.rt ?titti'. t. d iv pas-ed House bid reta ins .0 the j lhiVtland. Dulles and Salt Like UaiU'oad. ! 1 i ,t ..f i!,,,!,. iviii. iu 1 io , .0 e 11 s in in' i;. '.' . . stimte: ,i,plv ati-horizintr said company to take fnon'p-ildic land- s" ; and other material necess.uv lor const, net- I in ,he rol,l i 'The ami'nd.nents' propo-l by ,be CmmH.ee s;r;k,nc out of tbe Harbor Ap- ; proprmtior, bill the piovise.m l.-r the sur- i vey of Sun Antonio creek, was disagreed i to.'Stewart and Corbett i'l.-ist'ei that r j was iuionrtant to make said survey. The amemhnents .induing the provisions for ' surveys of S u. llueuaven-nra and S alin.i- j harb.rs. and for various ()iv;ii harbors. I weie r.-reed to. An amendment for the survey of ibe Coriuelle river was adopted. 1 and. not having U; fear of the ivuee corn TlIE Pc.VCK CoilJIISSIOX. From tnisIon before her eyes, went for her hus the dispatches published elsewhere this week, it will be ?ecn that the Peace Commission is likely to prove a 1Uiluro, Capt. Jack rJfusin- to accept the humiliating terms pro poped by the Cornuiission. 3Iodoc Peace Commission. Ykeka, March 3. From the Couriers who arrivenl from the front this evening we learn that upon the arrival of Judge lloseborough and E Steele at headquar ters propositions for the settlemenut of the Modoc troubles were decided upon, and on Friday Mr. Steele accompanied by an interpreter ami others, went to Captain Jack's camp, where they, remain ed all night. The proposition was that the .Modoes should surrender prisoners of war and be removed to some Reservation outside of Oregon probably to Arizona ami be provided for by the Government. To this the Indians all agreed, and eight of Captain Jack's braves accompanied Mr. Steele to Fairchild's ranch to confer with General Canby anil the Commission ers, where they were last evening when the" last courier left. Captain Jack being sick it will require several diys to com plete the treaty, when it will have to be approved by the authorities in Washing ton before it wiil be enforced. Captain Jack claims that his people were not to blame for killing settlers, as the citizens commenced by killing one of his squaws and two children, 'ihe feeling here is that the murders of settlers should be punished instead of granted complete amnesty, as propos.ed by tbe Commis sioners. I1i:aiotai:tkks oi Peach Commission'. via Yiu:ka. M irch 4 The following dis patch has been Sent : To C. Delano. Secretary of the interior. Washington: Wo have sent a messenger with those te:m..' The .Modcs to sun en- dT as prisoners of war: to be removea to a Southern and warmer climate and pro vided for. They accept the terms a.i-1 have sent a delegation to talk over details, but not to conclude them. Cap tain Jack is sick, livery thing looks fa vorable for peace. They ask for small homes and to be loe.a-ed collectively. We think, well of their request. Amnesty to all. Captain Jack desires to visit Washington vi !i one or two of his young men. Signed by -the Commissioners. 1 1 no.! ARTitKS 1:-;at-: Commission. Hot Cl.KKK. Via YltKKA. March '.' Kiij ah Steel" and party hive just retained irotn a visit to tiie camp of Captain Jack. All were received and they slept in tho cave. They had a long talk with Captain Jack and Souchin. sub-chief. -lack does not want to talk to the Commission", s or Ap-pb-e-te. bot would like, to talk to Genera! Canby. S'eele told him to listen to Gen eral Cati!y. -.LK-d if he won! 1 surrender his whole poopls to him as prisoners of war they wou'.d be taken to a southern or warmer climate and be well taken care if. Ja. k seemed to think well of it. but wanted :i little time to think, Captain Jack lots great Confid-mce in Steele, and in;s hi m to advi-e. He savs be does not v.atn e.tiy more war. but want:? to live in pee.ee forsfver. II" couv-h-.ir's greatly about the soldiers attacking him in the morning bef iie his people were out f teed. lie s-.hi he spoke the hee.its of all ''is people when he said. :ti! p.o;;le might i a.-li i;:i--(l to : ;.e.,U t.ie tru:n. 11" oeiM. O bavirg mm -b red or stole until his people were attache.!, lie s!.i ttiey n2;seu ti;s women and ehiblr.-n wb-'ti they attacked him. but he S.ad killed no women er t oil- d: en. Jack is verv sick an i c-.utined to I Ins bed. lie does riot iv. 1 1st lo live in the : re-cks. lie V.-:n s th" mai-ier a-ivistrd as th" He s-e -eon a-- pf.ib! A t ; eg i te is '' t-t it.'.-ip o cae.se o: ti.i- rnojote: mat ! It: t tie i. s no c ti e re; -nee in l.im. He was rs bad e jme to wi i:. ui- :i efii oei-o; t-.-.e 1..- i-.r-it;:, bu; i:e liked !': oe.i.in-. J!.- w- to see two or throe chief ml would treat lio-rj w.-il. liviy il.intr f a l been ij.-rk. but he thought he coii.d see , now. j ..viii ,'C-i-t.). M.;: ch .". Ttm following H-.i? v"t Ivd.v ;it;'i by crd-r of the Peace Coin:..!S-i;::je' jti?en to the pre.-s: IlK!-t-f.nv;:ivs Pkacj: CoMvrssmx. ) r.'.!i.:-!!ii."V. Mf.rch d. j" To Co'.itn-.'t.us Dei -no. Secretary ol rhe Inteiior. Waslti::"'"!!. ' J he Modocs atie.i Th ject ail oll'elo -'i.-- tropo-i r-o-e to meet in folf le-rce Meecheui ..oi A; t;h 'gale with si n. -u tfi- e.rme i. in the lava le d- 'i hi- ie:.ii.i.bufl- :v no .v.- -.i s s ,vn ;..-. -I meet to. -tn m conference, bu! n it rj their term-. To- V have an a- -es.-Lei o! t wen-y- lonr warriors, mil M.doo. without donio. We will s. tel a m-s-ae of pro 0 (.lion lo all who Ctin;e mi:. 'Ihe I'l-t.-i.nis siu-i is a tadare. insirnet in.medi itel v. i'ioje :sof v.-.-i im;-. rl.O'.ee; enni ier a-.-. e.i s :ie;iiedf A. 11 M ;: o .-, m, . Cb.ali man Com mis-mn. From :i private letter re-ee-ived from Mmness.-ta by Mr. Ptiyne, slates that a lare number of eiti- zetis from Sir. i-l; ng count v p-ropose coming to Oregon during t!ie com ing suur.aer. Tiie severe winter in that section is the cause of them leaving and coming to thewa;i climate of Oregon. The ;?,WM)i has the l-nlowin d -erji;io:i nl' the m w Salem t 'onrt him-et The low i r or In-- !ii"iit siory is to be devoied a 1 !OLi", r ! j'ri.---n-. ceils, j iii nrs' ro'-rn-. j ii! l.ilcln n. etc. Tin first floor i- divided into spacions rooms lor the n-e it! co-inty m'li 'ers. there beln' one for nearly every np.lcer provided for bv oe.r laws, besides vaults, for record- and Cash, wafer cl.i-ets. wood-rooms, etc. Tin court ami jury-room- are in the story above. ::n i thitd IVoin the irtound Tt.e e'onrt room will to sie.ei-oi.-- and one el the humlseroc.-t. in tin- Stale. There is alre-oiy timber enonarh in it to build a -mull sized church, and it is to have a 1 ,; " The rooms wilt all be rea.lv tor .he plasterers hv the ime the wea her li"C otlie- snu-ili.e tor tli lt Kit:. i ,- . .... ,. , , . ,. . , . '' w-i i net n:irl ho-i-e whs'ti lajsh.-d j wi',. ! e :n orneju' lit to the ci'v unci an 1 honor t o I us comity. .- -o- .' "" " .- "'1 thnm of 1 btee.i'in town yesfenl i in r-,. 1! .. e . ..tl ...... ....... . . - eonseo leuce 01 a rumor lUat ee- outl oar- lies were :don! to in i!o :.p -eat h n for an ii.j.inctb.n to 1. So, tl.e S-.n- Tre.is nrer O'om pa-, o-.- anv v.-i. eo; drawn on htm on iieer. mt of ::. e:-.i'ures or t;.o ' iiito! ! uu-ni -si-.-mo s. It was said that Ihe ti irtic- in nu.-s-;on weie lile.l.uj to f irni-h sj ijn ,, n-iv li.e exnense of ore- 1 J.ri- " '' j'1- coan..-,. ,t ;,s ode. f,r.l;, reason : "l ll" '"- "' parties Ituve in- . .T-i , 1 ""! ? ''''.. ",y to expend n ,h' ' u "' 5 1 " (,il;,;t"; '' ''" " lvl '"V ' T' - - C':,,;,'V f''1 act of Mdvert.sms to urchi- c!l f'"' P-'"-and speeirica.hms. If .here ' P';-ns wn., really want to Ko tor in ''0 nct:on thuy wdl shorily have an oppol .null JK. su. in. 00l,r correspondent at St, Joe. sty tbe f"'"'"""1- U"A ol a woln'n ''-sidit.se ut L,,':! ' n-i left her better half and ,mV;- !l U"x ,l --vs ''nt to a saloon b'n-ht n bmt'e of ' benzine" and set out 'tn" 'e town ot Amity, jl.it she .li.In t hkeAmttv, and soon afterward returned band with a butcher knife m such a fero cious mtittner that but for the bv-'ander-. she would have rn-ide mince meat out of tne o-.l man m a lew minutes, n t"'1' ; nectif.n with the disappetuaijce of the wo- ; man there u suid to be a -pointed story. 1 - ; .. , . ' The printers of Portland contributed j $ IS lo tbe Greeley monument Fund. j . r Wreck of the .Steamer Geo. s. u-r!,X, Al.f. OX EOAIU) I-;0VXE!. Q From the Portland Bulletin. The news of the loss or the George S Wright bus produced a profound impress sinn and been the chief topic of conver sation since Saturday afternooa. About 1 o'clock on Saturday the first announce ment was received. In an hour or two it was confirmed by the reception of ihe particulars so far as known. Th Wright went up by what is knowD r.3 tbe inside passage, but had orders to return by tbe outside passage if the weather was favor able. Undoubtedly she was on the way down when wrecked. Cape Caution. nar which the wreck is nnderstood to lie, is ftboift thirty milea northeast of the head oi Vancouver Island. Queen Charlotte's Sound pens here directly into the main ocean. It exposed to very heavy weather, and is d"emed th- most difficult place on tbe route to Sitka. Tbe disaster to the Wrht must have occurred about the 2G;h"ot" January, as a calculation shows that she o would have been aboutai this point, on her return, at that date. So long a time) has elapsed that there is litile hope that any of her passengers or crew have escaped. Only one chance seems to re main. They may have fallen into the hands of the Indians, who ui.iy be hold ing them for ransom. TheIndians there are of savage disposition ami have cap tured the crews of several vessels wreck ed hererofore in those wafers. Had the people on board the Wright succeeded in saving themselves in the boat? thev i would almost sr. relv have been heard of i be! ore this time, if the st earner ft ruck a ledge o! rocks and went dow n -oidde-nv. as is probable, there may ha-, e L--ea uo time to get t-ff in the boats, or the ses may have been too high. The Indiai s inhabiting that region are reported not t be now in sijht anywhere, and hence it is barely p-.s-eibie that they ra.ty hare cap tured and are holding ILe sou vivors uf the wreck. Put the tbances seia vcrv small, indeed, that any are ved. If all at e loet the p trilcnlars of tho wreck will proK.ibly m-v.-r be known. It is stated that the v.-reck lies when? it cat) be partly seen at -low wiier. which indicates pret-y certainly that the steamer siruck on one of the innumei-ail, rockv ledg"s abounding in l!:-- waiers ana '.vent down. She- may have struck in tlie nigh, or in time of a dense fog suc-h as -!ten known there. She may have been disabled in her ;ich;.nery before she went ilovrv. b-e.-t I'ais is hardly poibable. She w,',s to tone') at a point about two l.undr"d r.iiies nW-.v-- the place where sho w:s wrecked: an-1 had anything been tho matter she w i oiid r:oi have ventured on. )r it 1 os-;h!- that she encountered ex- i tren.elj roig' veatin-r m crossing Queen f e .hario! teV Sound sis-d foundered. Put j' his .-.ge.in i- not poobable. for she was an j excrUet-.t. vc-sel. mtd as strongly befit as woo.I atid iron ef-t:'.d nj-ike her. Tbe opinion at tit" s'eaiu-hip f.fiice here is that si e struck a r.-ck r.nd w. in down. Ttrs s -enis more l kely jhan ai-y other sr.ppo si:bm. 0 How many prasener? were on tin? sleaui- r on InT way liowu of course is not ict known. It is ei v certain, however. hat M.:T a'! er :.t!i wife were on oo.ird. e ; jo-t ?h:r 1; it ptobable that Ceo. A. Pies. Ci lh-cior td"' Customs for i the I;;rn:t ' Ahi-ka. was on his way j d wn .-!-( . i "s str. ees. r lets net et -.Mine t i k.i to relieve i.im. and 1.. con1 el nor r ii i ; V . - t ..i. ! t- t tie tr.-n: the e t! , o S j -!, ar: t. i in- foibsw t oi ;;,-e ruto-ers at :t crew : t t T'.....t j Alr-.-'ey. C..p;ir: P. V. WeMr. Pt;:. r; i-in M; It-n,,' m. I. :: Vi-erie.-r: First M.it'-; Wild .m Pr;c. Sei-.-itd .Man ; P. Cl-tw-on. ".emit,; t ) .ven Met r'.et;-er !: : em.tn : Fdward Johnson, se-.m.ei: A r h Dunn, .'-ettinan : Je.no s Iriti. t-eaman : Jus 1'aoiTe. seanie.::? J. Jertsen. seamen; t'hris Adam:, steward: iVr.b- Sa'vo. cee-k; 1 V,. liev.r -.. v-atter; Mns.-s p.-it. run- try urmi Indian Juiii'N, nv.v;- b-.-v : PtOian Jitti, coa! pas.x -r; Itoivvt -fael-;. ceai pass er. Major Walker had gr.ro fo Sitka (o pay off the tr s st it ii.r;od there. :; w ;;s to return by ihe Wright. He was appointed Paymaster in the nrmy. with the rark of lor, in Ifrfu, and was from the State it ' lie had been here about three y.:is, an i simo; ingn m tne esteem ot tits fc'low eflicers nrd of nil others who knew libri. His wife, who accompanied him on lh:s ill-fated voyc.ge. was, as wo O are itir.irmeo'. a T'ew Orleans lady. Ciij-.fain Ai t;!e-," it ?s sta'ed. wasshortlv j to have been m irrieu to tl Tormg lady cf this cry. The first i.r.-l seC-ml vim-ci acre b-atli ntiuie.v! ied mti. t hi-f I.u-ei-ieer utt-iji leaves a iutyro fa:'A:i'y U this city: so. no. does A--i- a: t bn:'!c.r Minor. U. V. Wei.-ier. the imr-er.' was a tiioiuer oi ueotyj v e.-rer, -ie.oes:: ; ; i foil here. The V;i!r was rep; .;-led as1 T.rr nr. nsually staunch and s -aw or :hv vessel. She w as JQ prooell. r of n ; i ly"9 '-') tons, and but eiv,;; or tone yens oul. Her e.lue was :.bu;it. :sf u.0e. r-jion w l,ic' there Wits no Insurance. Slie was tJhi proper: v of the Oi e-e.: Si.-umshi o Cotn panv. " ' O Xav-!;ion in ihe waters where tl:i3 di.-i:er occurred i- v- i v daft.--'-: ni- on account oi ti., r.a k-. (--.. xvln.-fn nn.l f.-uri'iil tide c-nten-s. A nu--:b, r ,f ves sels have b-en lost thereabouts, almost in y it;-:, nee by strdiiej; on roeUs. as tin; Wrmhi er- lo nave .lone 43 tins c.'i-fs' i tie (j u.-.-:e 1 ebnir. w hn.h wr.s ii-tei!e!.ed s me t:nie nsro in se,.rc!i r-r the Wi;!.t. and with otdeis io j.;t cee I to Sitk-i. w-l be due bete in a very few d.e.s. She plobiiiiV p.-S-ed Up wiiliou' seeir.-r (.j- heurin-r uriythtitpr t-f the V.'i-;!!. a:. d inny see or hear no-h:!! of le r on her v. ay do. vn. There is a one po.-.-:ihiii!y. how-. ever, that she may I. ave res-tied the p o-0 ole from the Wntht. though this is no. likely, fer th- l,oer Ve.-sei n.i-t have be.ui wj-.-cke.i fury three weeks before, the Telhitr pa- td on her way up. 1,-. js hoped, however. t'n..t fur. her thiiue;- wi 1 i-.u ie by the Tebier. M.-nutime ehuQ ihose iirami;' us who siv i:e xi ress.ly be reaved by Cos di eadi'ul caaituit v. What ever e m he done for their c md V?ace up u-sismiioe in Ho-- ol itniic.i j'i shoulil bo cheerful! v undertaken. The S! i! sui'tii savs thai Oliver llifrzi v bof.orn. a bu-eher. wtd'e n'temp'ini fo t .ke down a piece of beef, his foot slipo ed from the c -.un'er. A- he 1.11 h in ' a clutch at one ..1 the ovo bar-, mi-sii-."; it. hi- arm struck a s!i trp m-' it hook which peiiet rated the ilesh. Wheio'is weight cune upon tin- io,.k i: tore the tl-sh down to tr.e wri-'. where it s opped leaving Mr. H. swi'-i', clear ! the Ci-ist.ter. He rem lin -d io ihi- cori ii io-i until he p.vilil reach up i ii hi- lelt hand and free his man;;'ed arm from the hookO The Washington eorre-pond--nt oTthe S!i! Journ-il. iind-r d-ie of Feb. 8th. snjs the Senate passed a House bill es'ahli-h-in"- po-t roads. The f..!lo-v;r.- are n Or eoon: From Wes'port toNe!,a!em valley; Im.ui Ne.alem to Wesp--rt: from Ne -b m. viaChekanine to Oik Point, in a?h inofn Teriit-uv: fr.-m For :.fuul va Cr l ir Mill West Ctii -n: and (ecticc to Cre-nvdie: frorni -laek-on vil'e m i.'cn tral Foin'. Itrow tisborou h an 1 Lie: F.titto ti Sutn's valley; from LnGrnnde viaStvja ruerville to V.'al'owah v,-.!1p?. in Union county; from La Grande to Canyon, City. " A. California paper says thcP6 was recently brought to this State some -tiJKIQ Shad ova and 50,000 -,.1 t white hsh 0 a, which Will be de- posited in the Oregon creeks and , " la-ies. -I -a - .- '.'' v O CD o o O O o O G O o o