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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.
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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."
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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
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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-
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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.
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nature cf which .are rot
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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
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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.
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