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0 o o o o . -,. ,., E33S"ESE G o o O O O O THE EHTE3PR3S OREGON CUV, OREGON, JA. 2, 1S71- Meeting of th Iemocraticj!'tate Cen tral Committee. The Democratic State Central Com mittee of the State of Oregon, is hereby requested to meet at tlie city of Port land or.-Thursday, the -d day of Jan uary, 1-ST4, at 2 o'clock, p. m., of said day far the purpose of designating the time and manner of holding a Demo cratic State Convention, in accordance with the usnge of the party, and of "transacting such other business as may properly come before said committee. Said Committee is composed as follows : Benjamin Haymoncl. A. lios W. H. Jackson W'm. Tichenor A. L. Waldron J. C. Avery J. H. ilackleman J. J. Walton, Jr 0. V. (irav H. N. V. Holmes. J. II. Ui ton V. A. Bailey W. L. White . Kugcne Seinple V. A. Mu strove A .Van lusen W. II. Kiuctt J. M. RaxtT II. C. Paine .. A. r. raiK 1. D. Haines ... J. W. Baldwin Jackson lJouul.-is OhiS Oi rry Joseph iiu? Benton I .inn Kane Marion Polk Yamhill Washiiiirtou t.'lackamas Multnomah Colniii bin latsop 1 ill; tnook , Wasco Umatilla tn Ion Ha tier , lira nt vacancies have occurred Should any In any of the counties, the County Com mittees arc recommended (o till such vacancies. A full attendance of the Committee is earnesM v rfoM--t. il. V. L.. WHITE, Chairman Dem. State Crtitrul Com. Oregon City, Icc. 13'th, 173. The Nation ltuiining in Debt. O , Soon after the advent of General Grant intopowerat the White House, in the year 18G'J, the press, run and controlled by the Republican party, began to herald it everywhere that the national debt was being rapidly diminished under his administration, and argued that a continuance of his party in power would soon extin guish that great lien against the in dustry and capital of the United States. The people believing their hollow pretenses placed Grant for a Becoiul time at the head of the Na tion, and were resting in seeming se curity that the great " national bless ing" a national debt wouhl soon be wiped out, the taxes reduced, and the halcyon days of .Jackson's Ad ministration be again restored to them? At the end of each success ive month the Secretary of the Treas ury telegraphed all over the Union that the debt had been reduced dur ing the month so many millions of dollars. We always put these tele grams and statements down for elec tioneering lies, and that, instead of the national debt having been re duced, that it had been actually in creasing from the dav that Grant nrst assumed tne reins oi uovcrn- ment. The Secretary can no longer con ceal the truth. The deficiencies for each department are too great to de ceive the people longer. We are now inftormeil by news from Washington that the national debt has been in crcasel more than twenty millions of dollars within the last three months. There is at present no election pend ing, requiring fal.se statements by Grant's minions, and consequently the people can rely upon learningthe exact state of things. They are lind iug out to their own sorrow, when almost too late, that Grant and his administration have been making pledges which were never intended to be carried out. They began by Baying that negro suffrage would never be indorsed by them, but when they found it necessary to have the negro vote to give them a longer lease of power, the laws of the. land were changed accordingly. Thev de nied the power to central ize the Gov ernment into one general head, be taking away the rights delegated to the States by the Constitution, but as they could not control the people, except by taking away their rights as Beparate and independent common wealths, no hesitancy was thought of it. So with the national debt. As long as they could make the people bow down in the belief that it was being rapitlly diminished, their sail ing was on a smooth sea. Tint when deception could no longer be carried out, they commencel giving the true wtato of things, namely: the rapid and enormous increase of our na tional ilebt. Democratic State Central Committee. (AVe published last week the call bv Col. W. L. White for the meeting of the Democratic State Central Com mittee in Portland on Thursday, the 22il day January, 1S74. We hope all the committeemen will be present so that the proper steps can be taken for an aggressive and earnest cam paign. Our enemies, the Hippie Mitchell Radical party controlled by the Federal officers, and Portland Custom House Ring are unscrupu lous and are resorting to all kinds of dishonest practices in order to over awe and over-ride the free will of our people. The campaign in the State is a very important one. The control of the State for the next four years is o be decided. We are to decide whether the Radical party controlled by the corrupt Custom House Ring and Railroad Monopoly, or the Dem ocratic party controlled by the peo ple and for the people, is to govern Orgon during the next State admin istration. O Thos. B. Merry, editor of the Coos Bay Xeics, is compelled to spend the Winter in California on account of his health. His editorial chair -iH tx filled by Silas H. Hazard. 0 Our Clastic President. Mr. Grant, in his message, says that undue inflation, "while it might give temporary relief, would only lead to inflation of prices, the impos sibility of competing in our markets fov the products of home skill and labor, and repeated renewals of pres ent experiences." Having thus delivered himself, says the Examiner, he next goes on to commend what he has just condemn ed. He argues that as more money is required to move the crops than is needed for ordinary business at other seasons of the vear, therefore we must have a sort of balloon currency that will expand and collapse both at the right time. This he call3 elastic ity. He proposes to produce it by allowing every national bank to in crease its circulation forty per cent, on depositing Government bomls with the Treasurer of the United States, the par value of which shall equal the amount of additional cir culation it obtains. While these bonds are so held as collateral the banks are to remit the interest due upon them the amount of four per cent., but can redeem them at any time by returning an equal amount of their own circulating notes. For instance, a national bank, with a cir culation of $100,000, by depositing $10,000 with the Treasurer of the United States in United States five per cent, boml, could have issued to it -?-0,000 in. the national bank notes and draw only one per cent, interest upon the hypothecated bonds. Then when the crops were moved the bank could get its bonds back by return ing the circulating notes. In finance the President is an ier noramus. When circulation has once been obtained on the bonds the latter would then stand in the light of any other safe one per cent, invest ment, and no bank wouhl ever re deem while it could lend the money at a higher rate oa what it deemed good security. So far as the United States is concerned, remarks the Sim, the transaction would differ from a call loan made by the Treasury in that the borrower and not the lender would designate the time of payment. It would result simply in a perma nent inflation of the currency. The Presulent has a queer idea of elasticity. His elasticity has no ten dency to rebound. It is the elastici ty of putty and not of rubber. His currency once dravn out would stay there; and in addition to other bene fits derived the United States would have inestimable privilege of paying one jier cent, upon the amount of the inflation. Square "Lying. A Chicago dispatch of the 20th tilt, says: "A Washington special states that Attorney General Williams has re ceived several dispatches from Or egon in regard to charges made here relative to the alleged removal of District Attorney Gibbs, for improp er reasons. The fact appears to be that Rnfus A. Mai lory has been noti fied of his appointment in the place of Gibbs, but the latter has been re tained in office, especially to try- eases ot winch complaint has been made. These trials have taken place during the present month, and the ! ast were disposed of in the past week, l-nderdate ot December ith. Mr. Williams received a dispatch from Portland, saving: ''Two of the cases have been tried anil the defend ants acquitted; and like results are expected in the other cases. There was no foundation existing for the suits, and they were lost for want of evidence. The opinion is that Gibbs deserved removal, and the result has completely vindicated your action. Seventeen oi the jury have united in stating that Gibbs assertions are false." If square lying will procure Wil liams' confirmation, we may con clude that the Custom House will gain its point. The above dispatch is apparently what has been tele graphed by them to Washington; and, instead of there having been no convictions, it is well known that four are now in the Penitentiary for illegal voting, and that nineteen of the Grand Jury approved of the course taken by Mr. Gibbs, instead of censuring him. Williams' clique ev idently think that the end "justice ilies" the means. To CE Hor-EiK It has been re marked recently, says an exchange, that there - seems to be a greater cor diality existing between members of the great political parties than for a number of years back that the era of good feeling seems to have come around at last. Whatever mav be iwe muse, let us hope that tl.M lation of the present session of Con gis- gress may give practical evidence of tins -new era," and the cordiality with which Hon. Alex. H. Stephen who was the Vice President of th t A , Southern Confederacy, was received j by Radical members, may prove to i be more than mere compliment, from ' .... ......v i wuicu uie large major ity will deal with the section from which ho comes, and, in part rep resents. ' 1 False. The Radical press asserts that Hon. Fernando Woo."l ceived the Democratic vot r r I gress for Speaker, voted for the back pay steal, and consequently the De- mocracy were pledged to this infa- mousbill. This is false. Mr. Wood was not in Washington when the bill oeeu caiiea home on the arrival of a vonncor mTv- the Wood family. He is known to be bitterly opposed to thestenl. Evil Committee-Making. The New York Herald says if Mr. Blaine went to work to appoint the committees of the House of Repre sentatives upon the principle of giv ing the worst men the best places he has succeeded charmingly. Though j the odor of the Credit Mobilicr ex- posures hangs about the garments of Dawes ami Garfield and Kelley and Schoficld, they retain their old places the first as chairman of the Ways anil Means anil leader of the House, the second as chairman of Appropri ations; the third the second place on Dawes' committee, and the last as chairman of Naval Affairs. Comment upon this action of the Speaker is almost impossible, so base is the act. The reputation of these men is so soiled, and besmutched that to hear Dawes and Garfield talking virtue is much like listening to the Evil One counseling shiners to pursue the straight and narrow path. Young Mr. Hale, of Maine, is not so youth ful a man to hold the second place on the Committee on Appropriations as some would sxippose, for he is the Speaker's other self. Wheeler, O'Neill and Starkweather, who are on the same committee, are all men who ought not to be entrusted with the expenditure of the people's mon ey. Poor old Mr. Hooper has been "bounced" from the chairmanship of the Committee on Banking and Cur rency, Maynard taking his place. In the present Congress this committee is one of the most important, and it is unfortunate that it should have a Cheap Jack for a chairman. Eld ridge retains Ins place on the Com mittee on the District of Columbia, and altogether it is arranged as a convenient instrument of the Wash ington King, Sypher, a young man who earned a very bad reputation in a very short time, is chairman of what ought to be an important com mittee that of Expenditure in the Treasury Department and has the second place on the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. There is neat irony in making General Butler chairman of the Judiciary Committee a position for which he is amply qualified and giving his bitterest enemy, E. 11. Hoar, the second place on his old committee, "the Revision of the haws, of which Poland is chairman. Last year Blaine doomed Butler to this Botany Bay of the House, and Judge Poland for some offence blundering, we infer, in C. M. transactions is sentenced to penal servitude tl lis vear. Phe Dem ocratic members from New York City all get good places and the Re- publicans bad ones, Brook's place ou the W Wood takes ys and Means, lux succeeos w ooa s oui place on Foreign affairs, Roberts goes on the Jiard working Committee on Claims, anil Creamer is put upon the Pacific Railroad Committee; but, of course. Democrats do not count on this Con gress. On the whole, Mr. Blaine did his work as badly as it was po ssible to do it. j STP.lOTElt llt l.KS TO I5E ExFOllKP. A Washington dispatch says that the following was issued yesterday, from the Department of the Interior: From and after the first day of Janu ary, 1874, absence from his post of duty of any Territorial or other offi cer under the control of this Depart ment, without special permission, will be accepted as a tendpr of resig nation, and will bo acted on accord ingly. Any ollieer asking leave will accompany his request with a state ment of the cause for making such request. The frequent and unneces absence of officers under the control of this Department from their duty, with or without leave, lias oc casioned so much inconvenience to the service as to render this order imperatively necessary. Tin: Coxokessional, Panic. The conscience-stricken C o n g ressmen , says the New York Ib-rall, who sup ported the back-pay larceny and the increased salary bill last session, following the lead of Senator Conk ling, are rushing in bills by the score for the repeal of those measures. A single bill would answer all pur poses, but every terrified sinner de sires to be able to. say to his constit uents that he had a finger in the repeal pie. Many a culprit has con victed himself by shrieking out his innocence as soon as the weight of the policeman's hand has been felt on his shouher, and these Congres sional grabbers, by their eagerness .for the repeal, only render thi-ir responsibility for the larceny of last session more apparaut. Has the Powkh. A Washington i-patch says that the House on Sat- imlay fairly committed itself to the tlu01T that Congress has the power to reSu-ate charges on railroads be- j tween States, by adopting the resolu I tion directing inquiry as to whether i the charges on railroads between Rock Island, Illinois, arid Davenport, j Iowa, are reasonable, and if not, to I report what measures are necessary to compel the companies to make ! them 1 j In Marion countv the tax lew this j year is twentv-thrJe mills. This will j be verv burdensome to all classes, ! and manv people will find it a serious j inconvenience to raise the amount, t u. . . A 4 mills. The people of Marion have to pay for their luxuries. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIrDRNIA ' BRiSLEY, CALIFORNIA ' Summary of State Xews Items. Nine steamers arrived at Astoria ou the 2d ult. Junction City is soon to have a brass baud. The Columbia river - is reported clear of ice, and ojen again for nav igation. The proposed building for the Cor vallis Agricultural College, will cost $75,000. Samuel Daw, of Corvallis, has just been granted a patent on grain sepa rators. Mrs. Mary Farley, who recently killeil her "child in Portland, has been sent to the Insane Asylum. The concert given by the brass band at Lebanon, last week, was a complete success, Mr. W. Davis, of Linn County, has an 18 year old cat, that can still get away with his regular rations of mice. The second annual meeting of the State Temperance Union will be held in the city of Salem, commencing on Monday, Feb. 10, 1871. A brig lately made the passage from San Francisco to Coos Bay in iO hours. This isdhe fastest time on record. The sawmill belonging to a Mr. Buell, on Mill Creek, in Polk county, was burned down last week. It was fired by an accident. We learn that the wheat in Wash- ington county nas not neen injurou by the freeze, and green. and still looks fresh So far the matrimonial market in Washington county, for the month of December, has been dull; two li censes, only having been issued. Two convicts, Jim Wilson and Dick Alexander, made an attempt, last Tuesday to escape from the Salem penitentiary, but were unsuccessful. A call has been issued for a meet ting of the phvsicians of Linn countv l on January '), 1871, for of organizing a County the purpose Medical So- eiety. Morris Ball, who was tried at Port land, before Judge Dcady, for pro curing illegal voting, was acquitted. Three other cases on the same charge are vet to be disposed of. On the Sth ult. the infant daught er of Mr. Marcus Walker, the Farm er at the Warm Springs Indian Agency, fell into the tire and was se riously burned, from the effects of died two days afterward. Tho newly appointed District At- tornev, (Mr. Rufns Mallory), pre sented his commission to the Dis trict Court on last Tiu-sdav, took the oath of otiici discharge of and entered upon his duties. mo Gen. M. lii'iixirrnt , V. Brown, of spoke a piee; the Albany at Knox's i;ute m. i,. t'uurel. the Christmas tree when they had there, and r- ceieu a nig iat turuey as a present. The holiday vacation at Willamette University, and the different public schools in Salem, will continue until Monday, ftlie "th day of January, when all labors v. ill be resumed. The Hosiery M i n n f a t u - ring Company,. of Jefferson, at a late meeting, decided, to disincorporate. sell the property of the Companv, pav off its indebte.lues." and wiud up it s imsmess. oiiverion nas a cooper-s.iop shoe- shop, wagon-shop, three shops, two harness-i-hop.-butcher-shop, drug-stor. door factory and a hotel all iloing good business. blacksmith a tin-shop sash anil They are The McMiuville A'cywA--s.iys , On last Saturday evening the Good Tem plars of this .place met at tlv; Col lege and revived and reorgani.cd the Lodge in this place, electing now of ficers, etc. An old gentleman bv the name of Burrows is supposed to have eoni- miited suicide 1 jumpmg oil C.uii- mann's wharf at last seen if him Ei pire City. The w is on Christmas Eve, when lie was at the ab men been tinned place His health has very poor for some time. One afternoon Elder (Doctor, as well', Clark, of Syracuse precinct, was called upon to perform two mar riage ceremonies, and, assisting at one birth, he thus got. two wedding dinners and one supper, in one dav. Syracuse precinct is ahe;ld, so far as heard from. On Thursday Otto Fox, of Corval lis, received from the stockholders of the Yaquina Bay Wagon Road Company a magni'icent gold watch and chain, as a token of their appre ciation of his administration as Pres ident of the Company. On the inner case the presentation inscription is beautifully engraved. From the Sf-;f.i)-i we learn that a man named W. C. Pettyjohn whose relatives live near Salem, made an at tack on his brother-in-law, Geo. Ro land, by treacherously sneaking up behind him and striking him on the head with a stone. After the assault Pettyjohn fled and has not been seen since. He is supposed to be crazy. P. H. Bowman informs the Benton Democrat that he has found on his place, at Spring Hill, in Benton co., a fine lode of coal. The croppings are found at the water's edge, and al so at the summit of the hill. The vein seems to be about four feet thick, and tlips to the north and east. It is of an excellent quality. Under ilate of December 0th, Sen ator Kelly wrote as follows to the ed itor of the Alorian: "tSeeinc!r in your paper of the 20th that nothing has been done toward the construc tion of a lighthouse at Point Adams, I called at the office of the Light House Bo4id to ascertain the cause of th delay. I was informed by Maj. Elliot, a member of the Board, that it was owing to tho longth of time required to procure the title to the ground on which the buildings are to be erected. Being on the mil itary reservation it became necessary to get the title from the War Depart ment, and perhaps there was a little 'circumlocution' about the matter. j which caused the delay. Hapily this ! is now ended, and the land has been ' secured for the light-house. I was , told that tho work would soon be 1 commenced and prosecuted as rapid I ly as can conveniently be done, until ' it is completed." r35 Territorial News Items. A man in Denver broke the game law of Colorado fifty-four times last week, and was fined $270. Rev. Mr. Turner, recently appoint ed physician on the Chehalis Indian Reservation,-decline.? the position. St. Peter's Chapel at Tacoma has been presented with an elegant lec turn by Mr. William Howes! of that city. Isaac Dixon, the colored barber of Olympia, died on Christmas. He was a darkey of good repute, and has probably "gone where the "ood darkies go." Hay on the banks of White, Black and Duwamish rivers is held at from $10 to $12 per ton, all bailed and ready tor shipment. Slow sale at any price. Potatoes up the rivers from Seattle are offered at from .50 tatO cents per bushel on the banks. They are slow of sale, and farmers are hoping for a better demand. It is stated by the Liverpool Post that the Rev. Titus Ben tlv, C. C, Rathmines, Dublin, Irelandhas re ceived a Bull from the Holv See ap pointing him Bishop of Montana. Win. Jamieson, of Tacoma, was killed last Saturday by tho upsetting of Tilley's stage, between Teninoand Olympia. At the same time the dri ver, Mr. W. F. Morey, was danger ously if not mortally injured. TLo First National of Denver re cently received thirty silver bricks from Prof. Hill's work's, Black Hawk. They weigh in the aggregate 2,210 pounds, and are worth $l!,lt.8 and the product of two weeks work at the Professor's new separating works. The body of Taylor, who was shot by Jones, near Coal Bank, has been found, and a verdict rendered in ac cordance will the facts of the case by the Coroner's Jury. Jones lies in jail, awaiting the action of the Grand Jury. Mr. Kellogg, the former warden of the Insane Asylum at Steilacoom, who was struck on the head with a slnng-shot by an inmate of that in stitution, is not recovering, but that fears are entertained that inllamatiou will set in and finish the work b?gun by the maniac. On Sunday evening a child of Justice Mistin, living near Steila coom, w hile standing on a chair near the fireplace, fell to the floor, upset ting a vessel with hot water scalding its body to such an extent that, not withstanding all the of loving parents and the skill of a prominent physician, it ilied on the evening of the follow ing day. Dabonoy Jones was -arrested at Tenino, last Thursday, upon a charge of murdering James Taylor, and has since confessed the horrible deed. From the Washington Territory pa pers weg t the following particulars: "After the prisoner wa lodged in the Olympia jail. Mr. Hume, of the seating rink, called upon him and told that lie had better make a full confession of the matter, to which he finally agreed. Mr. Billings and Mr. Mossman were called in, and Jones made substantially the following statement: Taylor had been awav from home. ;i;id (m h's return dis charged Jones. . When ready to leave, a I'.ispuii Jones !rot .rose about a sett.'em'MH, and hard words were passed. Taylor took down his gun. and went out into another building! After he had gone Jones started to leave the premises when he discover ed Taylor pointing his gun at him,, followed, by a snapping cap. Jones then hurried toward him, and as he attemided to fire tho second time knocked up the gun, which discharg ed tho ball into the ceiling overhead.. Jones then went and got his revolver, and on his return Taylor tried to fire at him again. Jones then shot Taylor in the side, but did not kill him instantly, as he sat down and asked Jones not to shoot any more, to which the latter assented, but shortly after Taylor made another attempt to use his gun. Jones then shot him in the head and killed him. Ho then put the body ona wheelbarrow-and took it away about 100 yards from the house and concealed it, and then cleared away all traces of the affair that he could." I)iN.at "'faction. The Prjjrt'sioni::!, published at Cornelius, evidently sees the hand writing on the wall, and talks right out about the Radical party. Here is a little extract which we bike from one of its editorials of hist week. The editor of that paper has recently been appointed postmaster, ami we m:iy expect to see his head come off. Hear him : Look at the great leaders of tho Republican party to-day and then turn back to Republicanism in the .lavs of its infancy and childhood and see how many vou find there. See how many of these loud-mouthed leaders of to-day that helped rock it enormous expense attending the Mo iu the cradle in its infancy. Where doe war has in all probability not yet were the Butlers, the Logans, the I Carpenters the Camerons and others in higher positions when there was ; no money in being Republicans? Echo answers where! While such men as Sumner, Greeley, Schurz,and Brown, who stood bravely by the cradle now have to take back seats and make clear the way for the con verts that came in when the loaves and fishes were put on the table of lbmililiranisiin. In this is where the waters are toubled. If the new con- i . verts had proved true in word and: deed all would have been wen. Jiut it is no use denying the fact that affairs of the masses of Republicans. This must be remedied, or the party nerishes. A few more Credit Mobil- ier and Salary grabs w ill destroy the J Republican party; and if the caucus still persists in renominating these men with their black records, the party will be beaten. The only road to success now is, to nominate men who have all their lives been true and consistent to party principles, and have proved faithful to every" trust that have been imposed upon them. Not men who been persistent office-holders and office-seekers and have gone back on the party when their ends have been flnstrated, but j these men who have been true to th ' luiuuptea uj me party, who if thev have wandered off from the the cau cus and convention have been to seek the higher principles of real civil service reform and universal amnesty. Telegapuic News. ; New York, December 21. The ! jury in the trial of ex-Mayor Hall returned a verdict of not gnilty, which was received with thunders of applause by the spectators in the Court. New York, December 25. The IleurahVs Key WTest special says the United States steamer Pinta was sud denly ordered to sea last night, under sealed orders. Her destination is Known io ue a uuuan port. It is rumored that some new complication has risen. New York, December 25. The Cubans here are making perparations to provide for the wants of the sur vivors of the Virgmius after they have landed in this city. Mivwaitkie, December 25. Three suicides lie at the Morgue to-night, one a woman named Lucas, from the Sixth Ward. One well ilressed man threw himself under the engine on the St. Paul Railroad. Another un known, drowned himself in the river. St. Loris, December 25. Mayor Brown inaugurated a soup house in a part of the warehouse situated on city property adjoining the City Hall. Twelfth and Chestnut street, having been fitted up for that pur pose. About 200 men and women out of emploj-ment were served. Cincinnati. December 20. Two brothers, John and Henry Stone, quarreled about loading a rifle. John called Henry a liar, when Henry drew a revolver and shot and killed John' Spectators being much excited, caught ami hung Henry to a tree, and when he was taken down life was extinct. New York, December 2(1, In Brooklyn, last night, James Galla gher, who was drunk, threw his wife down stairs, and supposing he had killed her, shoot himself dead. The woman was only slightly injured. Washington December 27. The President has appointi-d Caleb Gush ing as Minister to Madrid. The nomination will be sent to the Semite immediately in the reassi-mbliiig of Congress, dishing has just had a short interview with the President in reference to the Spanish Mission, which he has accepted. Washington, December 27 The growing conviction that the Presi dent will nominate Picrrepont if Williams is rejected is strengthening the latter and will seenre his confir mation if, as Ids friends claim, he is exonerated from the charges affecting his personal integrity. The failure to nominate Evarts, or Curtis, or Hoar, for Chief Justice, is turning the entire Bar against Grant. Chicago, December 2 1 A Wash ington special says the Oregon op ponent of the confirmation i f Will iam are renewing their efforts .ai ring recess. They have not as yet filed any additional charges, but de clare that his rejection is certain. There is but little doubt that he will retire from the Cabinet in the event of his rejection. New York, December 27. The Timet, Trihrnn'. and M'oril publish a verv aide letter from President Orton. of the Western Lnioii telegraph General s recommendation rogaming the postal telegraph. Those journals say cditoriallv that Ortoir entirely i . disposes of the argument. Ho shows bv statistics that so far from inereas- ! inZ telegraph iacuities tnat ijovern ment control of the teicgraph must j s:-,re;ents of Cartairemi are nre:-.ari:i' inevitably be more expensive than by j fiv frorn tl e ,-it'v. and an- retting existing arrangements, and with thus ; vessels rea.lv for that purpose, either dcterioate the service or do it j London. b- . 20.--The' project to at a great loss, in which case the ! muke Prim-e Frederick 'wi'iliam K.---massmnst be taxed to pay the ex- j gent of Prus-in. ha-been abandoned, penses fd the telegraphic service for J in -onseqncice of t'c. improved the small percentage of the people j health of the Emperor, who employ it. Though dignified P.r.is, Dec. :u. There is a rem and respectful, Orton's letter is a. plete rupture between Pre: idetit Ca severe castigation of Creswell, for tehir and. Sabm-ron. President of tho. his interference with private rights. in a case where he noes not know enough of the essential elements of the question to see what ho proposes must inevitablv retard or d tl public good, which he profess.es to desire. New York, Dec-ember 20. The IhraUl special says that the resigna- tion of General Sickles as United ; June, for the reason Congress at its States Minister has been officially ! lrtst s,.ssion p.-j or the elec- acceptcd. ' . . . ... Washington, De -ember 2. The : :on of numbers of ongross on tho Third Assistant Postma.-ter General j sr. me day throughout the United has just completed a systematic and j .State.;. This is eroneous. The Lw carcful examination of the estimates i maiini, iho vi...fu,n eeueral does not recently submitted to Congress for j a iuto vlrvct November, 1S70. appropriations for the postal service j . dni-iii" the next vear, and has arrived T Tin t- - ad Xomiuiion that no reduction! I.-Joim S. Ktncale,for a num can safelv be made. . ! ,,or of ytvirs pub.i.dierof the Eugene Washington, December 2. Only ! Jotmrtf, and brother to the proorie three witnesses have been examined j tor of n..lt - - t E by the Senate Committee on Judie- . 1 . . ia'rv in connection with the nomina- ! Clti last tun.ay morning, in tho tion of Williams to the Chief Jus- ; -Jth year of his age. Mr. Kincade tiooship, namely : Assistant Attorney i was a young man of considerable General Hill. A. S. Falls, Chief ; i M;t ' 1;, i n T , , , ... , . - ' .. i animy , namg eiine-l tne Clerk of the Department of Justice, I . and Representative Nesmith, of ! lor '-veral years.. and was highly re-Oregon-t!ie last named with refer- ! sptlby all who knew him. . ence to advise telegrams from that! V TTT ,,. , State. While some of the Senators! N !n Crickott. of Corvallis who is think that the nomination may ult- I ":-y, created a ueal of excitement in . , , -i .ii " . I that, town last week In- !i'in!in In'm imateiv ne continued, otners are oi ' the opinion that it will die in the Committee. Was:iington, December 28. The ended. Ihe settlers ot Northern California are urging their Congros- sional Representatives-to have the General Government reimburse them for losses sustained by depredations committed by these Indians. Should the bills already introduced, both in the Senate aud House, providing for a commission to examine these claims pass, it will be taken as an evidence that Congress is disposed to make the necessary appropriations for damages sustained by such ilepredatiom Washington, Dec. 28. There is out miie tiouot mat a pension will be granted to the widow of General Can by, also to the widow of -Rev. Dr. Thomas. New York, Dec. 21). Intelligence has been received announcing the to tal loss of the English steamer Brick law, of Newcastle, England. One man, only, was saved; 2:J lost. Chicago, Dec. 2'.). A Washington special states that the selection of Mr. dishing for the Spanish Mission, was due to the fact that the Govern ment needed a specially skilled Min ister to disentangle its business at Madrid. Washington, December 2S.- The ham, late president of Wallkill Nat, i-mi n,r,u "th embezzlin? k, charged witn emoezziing , 8400,000 of the funds of tho bank, its availability to a country where noth was oommenced this afternoon in the ' ing but muzzle-loading ammunition United States Court before Judge can bp procured, all combine to rccom Benedict.. A jury was obtained and Stea Court adjourned till to-morrow. "Warren SemiiLel :" (Fr-pt v!il. A'a.) Wilmington, Dec. 20. It is probr able that the sunken vessel seen bv the officers of the steamship Ton;" wanda, which arrived here on Sui -day, from Philadelphia, is none otl -er than the Virginius, the world-renowned Cuban filibuster vessel. It is probable that she could not bo brought safely into port on account of her leaky condition. Her crew was taken off by the vessel having her in charge. New York. Dec. 31. The U. f District Attorney says that no fur ther proceedings will be taken in tho case of the Virginius. It is not like ly that she will ever be raised, and it is deemed requisite that the vessel should be produced before she could be libeled. Boston, Dee. '11. Ife is rumored that the U. S. steamship Franklin has been lost at. sea, with all on board. t-'orelgu Telegrapic News, London, Dec. 25. Dispatches from Cartagena state that active pre parations are leing made for an a--sanlt upon that city. The assaulting force have received large quantities of grenades. General Dominiqi e holds frequent conferences with the Admiral for the purpose of securing the co-operation of the fleet. Tho insurgents have made several ineffec tual sorties. Rome, Dec. 2 1. The Rector of the American College has remitted totl.o Pope $25,000, contributed by tho faithful in the United States. Maii:ii, Dec. 21. The Kpocu pub lishes a letter from Gen. Sickles, de claring that early in the Virginius dispute the Intransigentes of Mad rid proposed to make a demonstra tion hostile to the United States. Tho Kjn-'a denies t bat there was any such ir.f.-ntion. i'a.hs, Dec. 24. Chevalier Nigra was received by President McMahon yesterday. The interview was of a most friendly character. M.uhiip, Dec. 20. General Mari on z, who left San Sebastian on tho -Uli of Dec, with 14,000 men, landed to-day at San Antonio. Havana, Dec. 20. The insurgents entered Principe on tho ISth. de stroying everything withiu reach. They were finally repulsed and are now in full retreat, pursued by Span ish troops. II w.vn a, Dec. 27. The Prize Court to-day condemned the Virginius as a lawful prize. Paris, Dec. 28. The civil burial of Francois Hugo look place to-dav. Victor Hugo and all the leading Rad icals of Paris were present. M-P..i. Dee. 2S. Castelar, Sal meren and Figueras held, a coiife -ence yesterday. It is reported tlu.t the Spanish Government require f the United Stab's the restoration i f D the Virginius a demnity. .tl payment of in- l!:i app.'.iiit- J 1 A A N A . l'VC. ment oi c ush.ng as Juu.n-ter to Spain is favorably received here. The Madrid Government have re filled to aceei-t of the r'signa:i'ti f i Captain General Jouvelh:r, and 1. :-. i trrantcd hi; r ex:r;iorir.na? v powers. J the precis nature cf which .are rot i v i . 1 1 ' i : i . i. i i : t - ;iit r-iij"ii;.ii t. .it t:....- .11-1. ...- o ; embrace authority to declare th j J:m,l (1f Cuba hi a state of sie:;. ! nce-'ss;ir- 1; Mum: D '.--11 IS I I 'i ti- b t'l 'e'ar " ill h.ive ,i major! i In es ! I -I- .-.t..il lie. tb.r In. t ne Corf(-s. Tin-re is some excitement, but the success of the Government in the Cortes is considered certain. Oon iites-st inaTj Election. Many of our readers ate laboring under the impression that we do not elect a Congressman at our next flection in - - . - ........ ,,m,- I .., 'f ...,tl. 11 j i t m self witli a three-tined nitehforl- I and, brandishing it around on tho streets, threatened to 'prod' any man who would stand before him. About one hundred people finally surround ed but failed to capture him, Mr. Crickett proving too lively for them all. Finally the Sheriff played sharp on him, and took him in" without difficulty. Mrs. John Douglass, of Astoria has a memento of the stirring davs of the Revolutionary War, in the shape of a flute, which one of her ancestors used in those davs to in spire the patriotic to noble deeds of action. It is in a good state of pres ervation, considering its age, and was the property of Thomas and Benjamin Hall, of Rhode Island, iH years ago. The Pahsek 'r.v. NVo take ploa lire in calling attention of our Valley friends to the wonderful merits of the double-barreled breech loading shot guns manufactured lv Parker r.roth ers. West Meriden, Conn. . The hi "best testimonial received, from all sections of the country, and the thorough test iriven it in the field bv our friend (.'apt. (ireen 15. Samuels, varrant us in asserting that it is the best breeehdoadinir .shot gun in the w-orl 1. The simplicity of construction, the ease with which it can be hauled, or unloaded, the facility, with which the load can be changed from small to large shot enabling the sportsman, in an instant, to adapt his change to anv sized game that mav oresent it.vel fti. ease with whieh it lnriv k t . - 1 K V o 1 c 13 I G O O G o o o 3 o o o c o G O o o O O o