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o o o o o o 1 1 it Geo. II. IVIIIiams, uici The appointment of Geo.,H. Wil liams, of Oregon Chief J notice of the United State will taTl many people who are familiar witJhini by surprise, while it is v nothing more than might have been expected. He has proved himself the most subserv ient instrument in the hands of the Administration that has ever held a position under any despot. In the case of Louisiana, he was; always ready to Uphold and sustain the usurpations of Grant; in vjtlictive nes3 against the entire Son he was the peer of the most radical, and in the case of this State against the Motloc murderers, he readily coincid- ed with the Administration; in fact, 1 he has always shown during his oc cupancy of the Attoruey-Oeneral-ship a most ready willingness to sustain the military against the civil authorities. While he was in this State, his political fortunes were dickered in the extreme. Ho was ever endeavoring cto be with the strong side, and nt one time was one of the most radical Democrats in the State; but soon found that the Dem ocracy had alder and more reliable men than himself, and when he found t,W the " Union" party wa in the ascendent, joino.l that and became its leader. Even in that party he was not trusted until 1SG-1. He was the competitor of Ben. Harding for the Senate, but was defeated by him. In 1870 the election in this State was virtually gained against him. The Radicals Mere united on him for Senator in that campaign, and the result was an overwhelming Demo cratic majority in the Legislature. His weakness had as ranch, to do with the result as anything elAe. He could not to-day be selected for any position by the votes of the people. eln point of legal ability we concede to him a fair share. That : lie is a brilliant man, or a superior lawyer, hi3 most intimate friends will not claim for him. In his political as pirations ho has been unscrupulous, and report is that he has furnished at different times large sums of mon ey to secure the success of the Radi cal party in this State. The position to which he has been appointed is one which should bo occupied by a man who is above even such suspi cions, and b?e takes his seat as an old and tricky politician, schooled in its most degraded phases. In our view of Geo. H. Wiltiams, he is the last man that should have been selected for the position. a . a.-.. i. e as io iuu nonor comerrc'i iijmju Oregon, we apprehend that his future good conduct must gain for .im the highest approbation of our people. It is a life appointment, anTj he has every opportunity to make h!s name honored and revered. But if J lie per sists in lnjingthe tool of those in power, he will add only disgrace to the liigh and honorable position once occupied by the greatest legal minds of our nation. We shall taktnpecial care to watch his future, aj hope the opportunity now offered L Tin may be fully realized by his most enthu siastic admirers. For Geo. H. Wil liams as a man, Ave have a projier respect; as a politician we have none, and have ever regarded him as one w ho buld condescend to any means, honorable or not, to gain his point. We hope he may now become a jurist and lavaside his political prejudices. He has ability enough, if backed by oonesty, to nil tho position with Credit. That is all. Tvest t-T h im Volume. Tl e Jl'eekly Oretuian closed its twenty- third volume on the 4th iust. It is the oldest paper published on the Northwestern Coast, and decidedly the lest paper published in Oregon. It has ever shown a great degree of enterprise, and nothing has been wanting to make it the peer fef any daily published on the Pacific. It's financial success has been good, and we congratulate the publishers in making it a good newspajer. It is a credit to our State, Its politics we lo not recommend, but as a rewspa er, the Orcjifnirjtt has no equal in our State. May it bo as successful in the future as it has beet: in the .5ast- Interesting. An interesting com munication wilLbe found in this is sue, in regard to'the duty, object and future of the Patrons of Husbandry, I these principles again undented into from an outside farmer. Rt ad it. , tae politics of the United States shall We shall give our views in regrard to j ca itself Democratic or any other the matter in our next issue, and re- nanie, it must rise up to the irestora yiew our correspondent at length, i tlon f the Government of the Uni We will state, however, that fome of j ted States to a free Government or Lis points are well taken and deserve , revolutionary darkness the sure s serious cjnsidcration. quenco r.f it'. ; 4uence of central despotism, must (Democratic Scccess. We con- i sl)rea1 over the land. rrratulate our bosoru friend, General j Martin Van Bnren Brown on getting away with his opponent, and being now vested with the honors of Mayor of Albanv. The Democrats elect four out of the seven Couneilmen ftad the balance of the ticket. The Radicals carried Salem. .nDnTvTPTi.-We had rnaAa ,. f"""' - " rangements io uo i rssiue nt s Message printed in supplement form for this issue, but as the wires broke before it was all transmitted, we are disjointed, in giving it to our readers this week. Ae shall pub- lieh it entire in our next. e O h The Hoard of Equalization Several wealthy tax-payers in the Second Judicial District, made up a case and tried it before Judge Mosh er, at Corvallis last week, involving the legality of the Board of Equali zation, in regard to their action in raising the assessment on different property. The Court decided ad versely to action of the .Board, and held that they had no right to change the values of property. We have not heard the particular points raised in the case, and consequently can give no idea of what the decision covers. It is stated that an appeal will be taken from Judge Mosher's decision to the Supreme Court which meets next Monday. Whatever may be the result of this decision, it is calculated to complicate matters greatly in the collection of taxes all over our State. Many persons have already paid their taxes on the rates fixed by the Board, and of course those who have not, will await the result of the action of the Supreme Court, and should the decision be sustained, the question arise what is to be done? The tax lists are already in the hands of the various Sheriffs, and they must again be returned to the County Court for correction and anotner oruer issue for the collection of the tax. The imperfect and vague law appears to bo getting matters complicated, and instead of being a benefit, is proving a nuisance, ine uenron e ouiui sstrm- ocrat gives the following report of the case, which is all we have on the subject : The case of Ilavs vs. County Clerk of Benton, involving the legality of the action of the State Board of Equalization in increasing the assess ment of individuals, closed at a late hour last night, by a decree in favor of the plaintiff. The points upon which this decision rests : That the County Court which adopted the ac tion of the State Board was not sit ting as a County Board of Equaliza tion, and could not act. That tl e purpose for which the State Board was created was to establish uniform ity of taxation between the comities and State, by adding to, or deducting from, the total valuation of property a certain cent. .leaving the Coun ty Boards to adjust this action as to individual property. Nothing Strong N'ow-a-I)ays. A few days ago an esteemed friend of ours was elected to an office in Washington Territory. This we sup posed would satisfy his ambition and desire to acquire wealth, for if reports are true, the officials of that Territory never retire poor. But in this case it is not. We find that our friend has approvingly spoken of the thieving scheme recommended to Congress by she Postmaster Gen eral to purchase all the telegraph lines in the country. This we did not expect from our friend. But on looking over the same issue we find a paragraph which removed all aston ishment from our mind. Our friend is putting up a liue which he proba bly proposes to put into the general buy up, and as it will be a most val uable public necessity, the Govern ment will pay him handsomely for it. We expect Radical editors to advo cate the purchase of the telegraph. They are paid for it, but when we see a Democratic paper our friend is a verv weak sister, however we think there is something wrong. The notice to which we allude, is as follows: A private telegraph line is boing stretched between this place and Tumwater. The termini are to be Crosby's store and the Standard office." Its Principles are Undying. It is the opinion of the New Or leans Picayune that now, by the light of the experience in which we exist, all men can see the inevitable fate of every free Government aban doning the principles of the Demo cratic party. Men may change in upholding them. . Men may aban don them and draw the sword to extinguish them; but thev live in the breasts of the people as the true and only principles of liberty, Des potism and tyranny only concen trate a purer vitality. The fiercer the despotism the stronger the money oligarchy which holds th em down the higher in all probability will be the spirit which worships them. And it is for sueh reasons as these that it can be rightly affirmed that the Democratic party is not dead. Its principles arc undying its adherents are millions and whether the party which shall bring i f orce. A private letter in- I ?t?S IIOn" " P" ThoPsn, ' ? Clty' has "one to Washington y the ,ntt of Ben. Holla.lay, and ' , rromient Radicals of this : . ,e Leon employed by him to j Jobby for his railroads and steam- ana that 'JU "Pea Wo mitf v-v . i . ome of the fruits of their la- bor. The the mission of Thompson. Mood" j Underwood, and others is, and we I await the result. We are in hopes of securing a regular Washington letter, ; the writer of whW, ;iu-M i' lookout after them. Great Saflerinir in Iowa. The Ottumwa Democrat gives the following account' of ' the suffering prevailing in portions of Iowa, and which will be much more extensive and severe before the Spring season opens. It is indeed a sad picture: The northwestern counties of Iowa, more particularly Osceola and Lyon, are already suffering from lack of food and clothing, with a prospect of actual starvation before wintereloses. The Congregational association, held at Spirit Lake last week, passed a series of resolutions, setting forth tho condition of the settlers in that section, and asking aid. A leading and responsible citizen of Sibley, Osceola county, for whose veracity the Sioux City Journal editoially vouches, give that paper ft plain statement of the condition of affairs in his vicinity, from which we make the following extracts : The people of those northwestern counties are poor men ; men who have come here to better their condi tion. The greater part are those who have served as soldiers in the south during the dark days of the nation. 1'ou have ,their record. T'liey were men who never flinched in the line of duty; they were willing to bear toil, privation and death, if needs be, for the services of their grand under taking. They now have met a toe with which they are unable to cope. In the spring of 187'2 immigrants be gan to wend their way to these north wertern counties, where lay govern ment land subject to homestead. They came, bringing their all. Many with only a yoke of cattle, wagon, some little seed, and perhaps money enough to keep them till fall. The Sied they planted on thin, new break ing, from which they 'fully realized their expectations. During the sea son they had broken all of their land which lay in their power to break; had harvested and saved their crops, laying all possible away, for another spring. Many of them spent the winter away at work, sending back their wages to support their wives and little ones on the homestead. The spring of 1873 came. All were alive to their interest. All the land that could be prepared was seeded, many having to go into debt for their seed fully thinking to repay at har vest, and have an abundance left. But how little does frail humanity know of the workings of nature. Be fore harvest came the scourge came upon us. Grasshoppers in myriads rilled the air and covered the ground. Where were the gardens? One short hour sufficed to make them barren patches. They descended on the wheat, eating off t lie young heads and fitting them fall to the ground; upon the corn, eating out the grow ing ears, and in three days utterly de stroying the homesteader's hard work for the past year, leaving many with out amr way whatever to live through the coming winter, ami there must be great suffering without help. They have put oil" asking for this help until, in their great extremities, they are obliged to submit. Our business men are unable to lend them aid, for their capital is limited-. We are obliged to look abroad for help. There are many families in this (Osceola) county, who are now, at the beginning of winter, without clothes to cover them or food enough to keep out starvation for one month, and nothing wherewith to get more. Such is our condition. We have re frained from making any mention, either through paper or by letter, to our friends even, hoping that we might be able to get through the winter assisting one another, but we find it impossible. At a meeting held here by the homesteaders on last Saturday, it was, in view of the immediate neces sity of help, unanimously voted to ask the older counties of the State to give or lend assistance. They also at that time selected committees to ascertain who were in waut and to see that tlu-y were relieved. Thk Name of Mitchell xot Good. The Dallas Republican of last Satur day has the following in regard to our U. S. Senator's status in tho Courts of this State : There has een a good deal of talk about Hippie alias Mitchell, but the lawyers in Court this woek took a practical view of the caso. In the case of Scovill vs. Barney, which has been in Court for the last two years, Mitchell acted as ono of Scovill's attorneys, and Scovill had given Mitchell a mortgage on the place in dispute to secure his fee and eigh teen hundred dollars which was loan ed to Scovill to enable him to prose cute the suit. Mitchell brought suit at this term of Court to foreclose the mortgage. Boise, Barney's attorney, moved as a plea in abatement that the plaintiffs name at the time the mortgage was given, was not Mitchell but Hippie. Bronough, counsel for plaintiff, was disposed to regard it as a joke but Judge Boise soon convinc ed him that he was in earnest by the production of the proper authority. The plea was sustained to the great chagrin of Mr. Bronough who has taken advantage ttie present recess of the Court to run down to Portland to consult with his brethern of the fraternity as to the best method of getting the would be John H. Mitch ell out of this rather embarrassing situation. What a glorious position in which to place an United States Senator ! A Good Selectiox. The Lower House of the California Legislature was organized last Tuesday by the election of Hon. M. M. Estee, of San Francisco, Speaker. Mr. Estee was elected on the Independent tick et in San Francisco, but has for a long time been a prominent Demo crat in that city. He is an able man, well qualified for the honorable posi tion he has been elected to, and will make a good and faithful presiding officer. III. The editor has been confined to his room during the greater part of the past week by sickness. This will account for any lack of original matter in this issue. We are all right again and will try and make up for deficiencies. - RIinELIlOX! 'ROBBERVl The Patrons of Husbandry ! Their Oh Jrt! Proapect of Success! Am Outside View! - Mn. Editor: lam not a "Granger" though I am a tiller of the soil and con sidered by some to be a "good worker" at farm work; I have swine,, kine, sheep and horses I plow, sow, reap and mow, still I am not a granger and may never be, for aught I now know! And Why? I hear .your patron-grangers ask, with wondering eyes and mouths wide open. Simply be cause the grangers are beginning at the top to build their stack ; farmers should begin at the bottom and build up fin ishing at the top ! Begin at t'other end my worthy friends! Am I speaking in parables? if so, let me solve the rid dle not in your wind mill or thresh ing machine but in your OUOAXIZATIOX. You are banded and banding together for "protection;" ay I and against what? Against the " Government " directly or indirectly. Not No-o-o sir! I hear you say; but just listen a few minutes and I'll show you that you are or that circumstantial evi dence is a failure. You seek protec tion against " monopolies." and as these " monopolies " have been made, petted and guarded b.y the Govern ment, if yon opjose ttiem 3011 indirect ly oppose the government. Am I cor rect in this? Without government aid or " protection " so called few if an3 dangerous or oppressive monopolies could exist in any age or country. In a better and more patriotic age the U. S. Bank was looked upon as a monster, alike to the financial interests of the countrj" and the liberties of the eople, and it was swept out of existence b.v the breath of libertj- loving fathers, but they did not meet in secret to plan their attack they made oien. honest w-ir upon what th-y dVemed a public enemy and " Uike the might of the gentile unsmote by tho sword it melt ed like snow " beneath the burning glances of a million patriots in open war against its corrupt, or corrupting influences! Again, it is self-evident that we are not well or wisely govern ed, when we oppose or seek to evade the effects of mismanagement or legis lation by tho government, by organ izing in granges, unions, trade leagues ifcc. In monarchies, or despotic gov ernments there is and will be contin ual clashing between the people and their rulers, for the people will strug gle for a certain amount of indt jk 1 d ence, while it is to the interest of rulers to suppress every indication of self government by tho jwople, hence the trades are arranged into " unions " or " leagues " to assist, and, as far as m-iy be, to protect the members of each as sociation, eonse'iuriilly vro read of "strikes," "riots" and calling out troops to restore order. If laws are nood and administered that every man is equal and equally protected and re spected by law, and those, whose duty it is to enforce the same, we could not complain, in fact there could le no ground for complaint; but hore is the reason why we have" granges, unions, leagues and tho like: our law s are un just, unwise and unequal. The cotton mills of of New England are "protect ed " by a discriminating tariff, an un wise and unjust law, lx -cause if it is right to protect the manufacturer of cotton, it certainly would b-: light to "protect" the cultivator of cotton to an equal extent, but such is not the fact. Again the iron mongers are "pro tected," but consumers, or those who use iron, are not; so with sr.lt and a hundred oilier articles of diily use among us. Consumers pay for this "protection " while the3- are not pro tected themselves, hence the injustice and inequality of legisl ition are op pressing those whose products are not " protected." All of our overshadow ing monoiMilies have been conceived in corruption and born of special or class legislation. The U. Bonds arc mortgages on all our time, labor and property, they are in the hands of cap italists, who are untaxed so far as their property in bonds is concerned not so with the poor farmer his hows" and plows are taxed without stint. Oar great railroad monopolies are, or have been subsidized and j rotcited by special legislation. The steam ship lines have received subsidies, in truth the strong arm of the law it throi around the heavy investments of cap ital to prevent competition ; or in other words, capital has a " patent right " to oppress the people by extortion and extravagance in every conceivable way that corrupt lobbyists and bribed leg islators could invent. The National Banks, U. S. Bonds, the Tariff, railroad grants, steamship subsidies, soldiers' bounties and other items, perhaps might be cited to illustrate special or class legislation which discriminates in favor of one to the injury of another class of persons until the " land's bond age has grown too vile for even the vile to !ear " and that is whv we hear of criminations and recriminations in place of honor and trust. A few years ago our ears deafened and our senses "confused w ith the in sane cry of " the last man and the last dollar for the government," taking ad vantage of the ieople's folly "fools have walked where angels fear to tread " until our government has been prostituted, degraded and revolution ized. The people are oppressed and arc concocting plans to resist the encroach ments of power, or rather rising in a civil rebellion against the government which thev have made and can undo by exercising prudence and a little practical common sense without going into midnight conclaves to protect themselves. Have the people forgot ten the " Union League " which was the parent or god-mother of all the ills of which they now coin j lain? No! But U-ing robbed by the very knaves they hoisted into place and power liy thai "League " they now seek relief in counter leagues. The ballot box is still oien, and if we desire to change our laws and to control our own af fairs, we mus meet on our election days and opcnlv rebuke our oppres sors and remodel our laws. e do not need "new parties" but we need new men. We want men nominated for w hom we will not be ol.liged to apologize; we want men who have been honestly consistent and consist ently honest" upon platforms for the general benefit; and not on platforms indorsing p:ist follies aud future irn ossiuilitics. We, in our leagues, granges and unions, give the world ample proof that our government does not meet our demands, and when governments fail to accomplish the ends for which they were organized, they should U? reform ed or abolished, and tho fact that the people are robbed and oppressed forces or induces them to seek relief secret! y and thus seeking redress proves that the government fails to accomplish its purioses, and in failing to meet our wants proves that we do not govern ourselves, as we havo boasted we have lone for nearly a cerihirv. ve do not assert our right, but pour lamenta tions at the teet of "the government" v rArrronPtrflt, - supplinate-, and COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CEI1a ' BERKELEY, CALITORTJTa ' speak of "the Government" as if it were a demigod or a real deitv, perch ed beyond our reach like Jupiter above the snows of Olympus, we are either publishing to the world gross false hoods or deceiving ourselves bv in sistent lying. " We the people)" our constitution says, " to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillitv tve, do ordain and establish this constitution Ac." Now if justice established, do- . mesne : tranquility insured, the general ! wellfare promoted and the blessings of liberty secured to us and posterity, we have nothing of which we ouuht to complain, but we do complain; then one of two things is certain ; either our government is a failure or it is not properly administered; if the govern ment is at fault, it should bo altered or abolished and a new one made to se cure the happiness and well fare of the people. If the fault is in the adminis tration thereof, then we should correct it. But still you, ye worthv natrons of husbandrv. 500,000 strong, indorse the administration by word and condemn it by your acts; you complain of op pression ; seek domestic tranquillity secretly and vote opcnlv to destroy it ; beg for justice like dogs and vote vil lains into power to violate everv prin ciple of justice; form granges" to pro mote the general welfare then elect robbers to otriee to promote general bankruptcy and ruin. You claim to govern yourselves and yet fawn like slaves at the feet of the thieves you have elevated to manage your a flairs. There is a woful lack of consistency among the American people; when they complain of misgovernment they are" indirectly quarreling with them selves; for if the people rule they are themselves to blame for all the defects in the government; if they do not rule themselves and regulate'their own a f fairs then they are governed, ruh d contrary to law, and our boast of being a republican government is false and worse than nonsense. But Grangers abstain from jxiliticsl Ah yes, I see thev are to quarrel with the disease but'rnust not apply the remedy! Now in all candor I wo'uld a:-k if wrongs in a republic can be righted except by the people at the ballot box? If they can then we belong not to a republic, but a "government;" if they cannot be cor rected by the voice of the people, then to what "purpose is our constitution and the right to vole? Will the patrons toil and toil day after day and year after year to evad'e the ills of m:tl"-adiiiiiiisrution and still be inditl'erent as to the corruption arid villainy of those, who live on govern ment 'plunder and public robbery? Time will tell has told in Jow;i. When w oj le attempt to remove bur dens or when they complain of oppres sions, there must be some real or im aginary cause of complaint. To cor rect or" remove that cause should lethe tirst consideration of those interested, but prudence in private atV.urs anil in dillerence to public ones, is not a log ieal way to relieve ourselves of bur dens which have their origin in Con gress and other departments of our government. Under Democratic ad ministrations there were no leagues, no unions, no granges, and why? Be cause the government was not a des potism, a robber, a thief, a spy, a plun derer. Men spoke of the government freely and it w as ad ministered in the interest of the people; there was no cause of complaint and people did not organize to protect themselves against themselves as they are doing to-day, if ours is a free republican government. Since the chains torged t-; bind people "lately in-rebellion " and persons ac cused of " disloyalty," to the govern ment begin to" gall the necks of the " ti uly loyal," those loyalists are hunt ing vq dV-viees to obviate the curses their tolly engendered; they run head long into grunts, unions and so on seeking rest and i; tiding none. They want ' reforms," they want "now par ties," " independent tickets," ' jeo pl'j's movements, " anything in foct but w !iat thev have and what they have nrulc. They want good honest old lime Democracy under a new name, that is what tin v want, but they don't want 'that name, 1 st they should le er me their own ii"i'u-crs, sicknowlcdge the truth and wisdom of Democracy in the past ami condemn their own folly for the past thirteen years. This is an outside view oT the patrons of husband ry and tlcir bearings and pn-speetof aeei.ie.plUhitig i.iiy real good for any oo!y or class. " Alas when evil ni-n are strong No life is good, 110 pleasure long;" and so I think of the grangers. Bet them begin at the bottom to huildthcir stack, make "evil men " we:ik, purby the government, brush the poisonous eclipse fioin its face, then its blessings will be equ d and open to all and com plaining will end. Thomas Lonc. The lariktiuake at 1ov.g Tom. Long Tcm, Lane County, November 25, 1873. EriToit Enteepkise : For the tirst time in several years, I have the pleasure of sending you an item of news of real importance. We have had our FIKST EAKTITQT'AKE, New-born and very lively for an in troduction. It came without previous notice, on Saturday night, Nov. 22d, at fifteen minutes after nine o'clock. The first intimation we had of its approach was two sudden and severe jerks, as if two heavy sand bags had fallen on the floor, shaking the house and rattling the windows-; then followed a series cf gentle undulations from east to west or from west to east, I can't say which such as a person feels in a small boat, on water, in the wake of a steamer. The whole performance lasted probably twenty seconds. Cords, two feet long, suspended to the joists, swung directly east and and west about four inches, thus in dicating the intensity of the shock and its direction. I don't like to let earthquakes roll "unheededly away," so I send you this notice, and wait for reports from other localities. "Yours, ic. Long Tom. Covap.dly Assault. The Dallas Republican gives the following ac count of a cowardly assault which took place in that city: " On lastJMonday morning Jno. J. Daly, Esq., one of our Attorneys, was brutally assaulted by one Ezra Scovill and narrowly escaped being killed. The facts as we learn them are these: At about 10 o'clock Mr. D. went into the Clerk's office to at tend to the filing of some papers in matters pertaining to court business, and while proceeding to the Court house door, was nttacked and knock ed down by a blow from a large ha zel stick which Scovill held in his hand. It was fortunate for Mr. Daly that the blow struck him only on the back, for had it struck him two inches higher up he would have been killed. With the exception of a damaged eye and a bruised back, Mr. Daly is all right and is able to attend to business. Scovill, the as sailant was indicted by the Grand Jury for assault with a dangerous weapon and in default of $1,000 bail, fixed by Judge Bonham is in jail waiting his trial which conies off on Mondav next. Taken to Salxm. Dr. Glass, con victed of manslaughter in causing the death of Mary E. Hardman, was taken to the penitentiary last Wednesday. Summary of State News Items The next State Fair is to be held on the 12th of October. - The Governor Grover left Salem for Ilarrisburg on the 1st inst. TliP last number of the Corvallis I Gazette closed its tenth volume. s I . . , T 1 . 11 . ' The first steam 00a 1 01 ine season reached Albany on the 1st inst. Hie-hard Welles, of Bnena Vista, has 75,000 bushels of wheat in his warehouse at that place. Grain is cominsr into Baker City market quite lively, and is being sold for one cent a pound. The Royal Arch Masons of La Grande arid vicinity are about to es tablish a Chapter at that place. We see it stated that the Qreqon ft ranger has' made its anpearanca. We have not yet seen it this way. The Albany Democrat has heard rumors of another case of incest in Brush Creek precinct. Linn County. Joseph Tounsr, of this county, has been appoirted Superintendent of horses for the next Fair on Xos. 1 and 2. Every orchard in Oregon is liter ally running over with apples. Ev erybody supplied, and thousands of acres left. The earthquake was felt quite dis tinctly at Linkville, and in several places large fissures were made in the earth. M. Wilkins, of Lane, and Daniel Clark, of Marion, have been made life members of the State Agricul tural Society. Three Sisters of Charity, of the ITouse of Providence, Montreal. Can ada, arrived by the Oriflamme last Tuesday evening. The time of the Orecon and Cali fornia Starro Company, between Oak land and Redding, has been increased from three to five days. Wheat, is still bringing ?1 per bushel in the Salem market; receipts from the country in the immediate vicinity, not as large as heretofore. The prospectus of a new weekly naner at Oakland has been issued bv E. C. rhelps, Esq. Tt will be small in size and independent in its pol itics. P. C. Sullivan has severed his con nection with the Dallas Republican, and the paper will be edited here after by A. R. Sayle and E. II. Sul livan. There were $20,000 worth of the bonds known, as Fire Department Bonds of the citv of Portland sold Saturday last at five per cent, pre mium. At Kirbyville, in Josephine conn tv. the earthquake shook dowm n few chimneys, threw crockery off the shelves, and otherwise disturbed things. Tuesday evening of last week TT. X. Hill, Deputy, Grand Master for Lnne county, organized " En crone City Grange " of Patrons of Hus band ay. Tniffnrv stops have been taken bv the Odd Fellows of Eugene, Junc tion City and Havrisburge. for or ganizing an encampment at the for mer place. The notorious John Doughertv. who fl cured rather conspicuously in the Robins cas" In this citv. is in '"ail at Ralem. That's whoro lie ought to be. The Baker Citv Jlnocrat note the departure of one Frank Bown who besides taking 1.100 from Chinese, got some $fi00 or S0O of other people's money. The Rev. J. E. Hammond soiled from Now York for Oregon. He i? to be stationed at Eugene and do m'ssionary service for the Episcopal Church in Southern Oregon. The Astoritm fs in receipt of a fine cluster of blackberries, plucked from the parent stem on the day befor Thanksgiving, from the garden of N. F. Mndge, Esq., of Astoria. Capt.-N. B. Humph revs. Prosecut ing Attorney of the Third Judicial District ws successful in hissnit with Miss R. M. Smith, of Polk county. They were married last Sunday. Shultz. the noforious escaped con vict, returned in charge of Superin tendent Watkinds from California last Tuesday, and went to Salem to his old quarters on Wednesday. Bv a riilroid dirt-car collision at Portland. Wednesday, W. II. Butts was hoisted from one car to another, nn l then trmblcd down an embank ment fourteen feet. He was badly hurt. On Saturday. 221 ult.. E. E. Fan ning organized n Grange of Patrons of Husbandry nt the Forgav school house, about ono mile east of Cor vallis. in Linn county, with twenty one charter members. . Crl. N. II. Gates has resigned his position ns a member of the State Board of Equalization, and also that of Deputy Swamp Land Commis sioner for the selection of swamp lands in Wasco county. The Statesman Rnvs: " Svl. C. Simpson, Esq., State Superintend ent, informs us that the two Teach ers' Institutes recently held at Rose burg and Eugene City, were suc cessful in every respect! The well-known trotting hor?e, " Honest Ance." was rnfhVd off at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, in Portland, last Saturday, evening. The lucky chance was held in partnership by Sane Owens, Johnnie Holton and D. A. Goodard. Captain Lafollette, of Dallas, met with a serious accident last week while chopping wood. He was fel ling a tree, when, looking up, a large dry limb fell, striking him on the lower part of his face, displacing the jaw bone. 0 Bishop Morris confirmed fifteen persons while on his recent visit to Eastern Oregon, and laid the corner stones for four churches, one at La Grande, Baker City, Union and tho Cove. That seems to ns a good work for so short a time. Rev. Thomas B. White, Presiding Elder of the M. E. Church South, for the Corvallis district, arrived from New Ileria, Louisiana, last Wednesday. He is. aocompanied by his wife and a family of four chil dren, and will looate at Corvallis. Beaver Lodge, No. 35, Odd Feb. lows of Astoria, will celebrate the anniversary of the institution of the Lodge, Dec. 22d, by a social reuniou at the hall; and on the evening of the 31st by a second meeting, of a simi lar character, to bid the Old Year adieu. Telcgapliic News. St. Louis, Nov. 26. Two vour.g men, named E. Dunn and Clarke entered the house of a man named Meyer, near Lexington, Mo on Monday night, and insulted the p . dies of the family. Meyer and his son-in-l..w fired on the yonn men killing both. The coroners jury re turned a verdict of justifiable homi cide. ' Chicago, Nov. 28. Ex-Govern, and ex-Senator Richard Yates ox this State, elied suddenly last ni''ht at Barnum's Hotel, St. Louis (?ovl ernor Yates was 55 years of age. New Yokk, Nov. 28. .Tames H Ingersoll, convicted on Wednesday of forgery upon the county during the Ring rule, was sentenced to-day to five years in the State prison at hard labor. John. D. Warrington Jr., convicted at the same term for the same offense, was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment. Frank L. Tainter, defaulting Cash ier of the Atlantic Bank, was senteno ed to-day to seven years in the peni tentiary. At 2 P. M. Wm. M. Tweed was taken in a private carriage from tho Tombs en route to the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island, in charge of Deputy Sheriffs, Shield and Gale. He was accompanied by his son, Gen! Wm. M. Tweed, and bis son-in-law McGinnis, of New Orleans. Boston, Nov. 29. A dispatch from St. Albans states that A nson J. Crano of Burlington, Assistant Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third Dis trict of Vermont, has been declared a defaulter to the amount of i?17,0l0 Senator lMlmunds is erne of his bonds men who are expected to make good the defalcation. Crane says Jewell, former Collector, embezzled the i:i.r.ey. The decision of the Federal Circuit Court for Connecticut practically stuns the Government from obtain ing present redress for the Credit Mobilier frauds. The constitution ality of the special act of Congre. g under which the suit was brought is susta-ined; but another point in the caie was, the demurrer raised I y the Union Pacific Rail re a 1 . Compani on the ground that the United State had not such an interest in the sub ject matter as entitled them o briii" suit to redress wrongs committed by the Union Pacific Railroad Com puny This demurrer has been sustained nnd the court decides that the United States have no interest to be reached by the act. This result was unex pected, an the Attorney-General was reported to entertain a belief "that the demurrer would be oerruled. Of course this technical defeat of the prosecution does not change tho nioiid aspect of the case. It oi.ly in creases the necessity for the pro posed Contract and Finance Com pany 'investigation; because if tho technical feature.- of the law leave no other remedy, an exposure of fram'a and the guilty parties is still iin'i. pensable. Members of Coi.gren now in Washington say an iu s.i gation is bi.nnd to come. Ti e At-torney-Ger.e-ral expresses considera ble surprise at the decision in the Credit Mobilier cae against the Government, and will take immedi ate steps to carry a:i appeal into the Supreme Court. Maiimd, Nov.. 2!. The Spanish Cabinet has agreed to deliver to the U. S. Go ert moi-t the steamer Yir ginius und all persons remaining alive who were captuied with l r, leaving the question wl. ether t seizure of the vessel was leg a1 -o bo settled hereafter by a mix t ibu nal. TiMi question whether the damages shall bo paid' to the fam ilies or .relatives of the in. n who were shot is also to l e settled in a similar manner. This decision van not arrived at by the Govei nmcnt before it had confidentially "consult ed with the Powers of Europe, r.nd was informed by all of them that reparation was duo for the capture of the steamer and the- execution of the captives. The decision is also in conformity with the opinions of leading Spanish statesmen of all par ties to whom the question was sub mitted by the G vcrr inert. Washington, Nov. 20. -The lie publican Caucus to-night was pre sided over by R;evemative Mav nard. Wheeler, of New York, nom inated J. G. B!aiH for Speaker, which was carried bv acclamation. Orth was nominated for Clerk. nd E. McPherson, who was endor.d. A. G. Onhay nominated for Sergeant-at-Arms, receiving 117 votes, nnd his opponent Mnnn, of Illinois. 49. OK inated Doorkoonev. TTnnw Shr-. wood was nominated Postmaster, King, the cilning to be a candidate. Rev. J. G. Butler, the present incumbent, was nominated Chaplain. New Yoifk- m- ?ai Tb. rt-t," 7 " - ' - ' l .V JL i dent and Vice ltiKii'!nf nf tin. "ri-. chants' Savings Bank, of Pittsburg, are e:iargel with the embezzlement of S1,(K)0 of bank funds. The Baker City Herahl sars: 'Not Jong since James McAlistcr was accidentally shot and killed by his partner, Joseph Wickh.im, on the north fork of John Day river. The circumstances which led to the deplorable accident are substantially these: It appears that some wild animals were in the habit of coming to a tree where they kept their meet, in a temporary safe, and extracting the contents. Upon the night of th accident McAlister arose from his bed and went in the direction of the. tree, and Wiekman heaiingthe noise- immediately went out with his gun in hand, thinking to atoh the thief. Seeing the dim ontlinesof something through the darkness, he tired hia gun, . without speaking. The baH took effect in McAlislers neck. pro-, dncing instant de-ath. The horror of this man cannot be fully realized when he found that he had killed hia friond and partner." By ordor of the executive com mittee the.ro will be held a meeting of the Oregon Farmers' Union, in the Legislative Hall, at the citv of Salem, on Monday, January 5. 1874 and important business will be brought before it for consideration. All tiie Farmers' Clubs now organ- ized, or which may be organized be-, fore the rail meeting, are requested to send delegates to the same. All persons who have hitherto attended as delegates still hold their seat as delegates, The enth-e Republican city ticket was elected in Salem by majorities ranging from 25 to 39 votes.