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o v o o o o O 0 O oj THE ENTERPRISE. OREGON CITS', OREGON J.ff. 3, 1S74. J - l M..UB. of the democratic State Ccn, MMt, u tVLl Committee. A Democratize Central Com- j mittee of the State of Oregon, is hereby i requested to meet at the city of Iort- j land on Thursday the -.1 day of "Jan- , uary 1S74, 2ock ,m sud , Uay lur Hit; pui uiciniiuinin , time and manner (-f holding a Demo ' cratie State Convention, in accordance with the usage of the party, and of transacting such other business as may j properly come before said committee. SaldComnVtteeisco1n1K,sedasfoliows: , Btfnjamln Raymond.. A. Ko W. It. Jackson Win. Ticlir nor A 1 Waldron J. V. Av-ry J. II. Hackleman J.J. Walton. Jr O. W. Gray II. N. V. Holmes O J. H. Upton K. A. Bailey W. U White Kug-ii Sample "vV; A. Musi; rove 'A .Van Uuseii W. 1 1. Fauc-tt J. M. Baxter H. C. Paifio A. C. rain I. D. Haines J. W. Baldwin 1 'oulas ; !"r.V."".V.!"rcurrv Jos -j.hinf ; Kenton j Linn I l.ane Marion I'ollt Vain hill V aslnii;rtu t I. ..-.I . . .......: u it ruunih ..A'oliunlia ! latson j 1 llliinini ii Wa f L'matiMa L'ni'.n .....Kaker irant Should any vacancies have occurred In any of the counties, the County Com mittees are recommended to till such vacancies. A full atteiiI.ui.-e of the Committee is earnest lv re.iu.Me.l. V. I.. vYIIITK, Chairvin Dem. Stale Cmtral Com. Oregon City, lcc. -JiU, 1V7:. Public Integritj', Integrity and honesty in the pib lic servants of a government like ours, are essential to its prosperity. But the evidence given by the party in power of its proclivities to plun der the people, shows that it lias no O appreciation of this theory. If vir- tue and integrity are vital to our re- public, then Congress greatly belies the nation in pretending to represent it. They make all kinds of profess ions of integrity before they are elected, and afterward become trait ors to the principles they are pledged to sustain no sooner getting into power than they betray their trust and become thieves. "Were the sys tem upon which our public st rvants operate, inaugurated in the general business of the country, distrust and suspicion would sap the foundation of trade and commerce. Tiiere prob ably never was a more corrupt and dishonest body of men convened to gether than the nresent Congress. It appears to be wholly devoted to romierv and Mobs" udou the male- L rial interests of the masses. One of its most apparent acts of dishonesty is the passage of a bill to provide for its own compensation. It did not openly steal, hut, having the power given it Congress passed an act by which each member .-.tab; (with a few , honorable exceptions), .,00 of the people's money. Against this out rage the people have entered their solemn protest; and last Pall's elec tions spoke in thunder tones their disapproval of such outrage's. Had they voted to increase the salary of future Congressmen, the country might have submitted to it, but to make it retroactive was a piece of infamy wortln of highwaymen. Instead of increasing their salaries 5,000 each, w hy did they not make it $50,000? They had the same right to do so. But they were fearful of their 2oIitieal heads, and hence only stole what they believed the people would stand. They had agreed to serve the people for the salary fixed when they were elected; and U. S. Grant, the greatest criminal of them all, had also agreed to serve' as Pres ident for the sum of $25,000 per an num before he was re-elected. But he signed a bill w hich gave him 625, 000 additional, or 6100.000 more than he was to receive when he was j elected, the -er3- night before he was i inaugurated. We hear censure noon censure heaped upon the Congress cmen that took the 65.000, but our Radical friends have nothing to sav about the 1 resident who signed the-i the same boat--depending on Sena bill and got 6IOO.O00. This incon- ; torial charity. ' Williams was nomi fiistency is hard to account for. The j nated to the Chief Justiceship partlv present Congress has virtually be- on account of his snbserviencv in the come responsible for the rascality of ; Louisiana muddle, and, as Pinchback the last Congress. Salary stealing is ; is one of the results of that little of a piece with other corruptions of ; jrame," their fates should be the same- tuo luwicai pari', ana tne party has failed to reject the thieves when ! caught and known, but have endeav- ored to return them to the places thev hav disgraced by their dishonesty. If there were a 113- evidences needed to prove that the Radical partv en dorses its thieves, the formation of the Committees of the present House gives that evidence beNond success ful contradiction. 9In the formation of th Committees, men who have Iiadiheir votes recorded in favor of the salarv steal, and their names con- Gnected with the Credit-Mobilier ; thieving, are placed rt the head of every important Committee. The plea that some Democrats voted for it will avail nothing. These Democrats are condemned bT the pai U' and will not receive an endorsement. But the Radicals had enough to defeat it, and their President had the power to veto the act. IT, therefore, integri ty and honestv are essential for the perpetuity- of our Republic, the peo ple must cut loose from the thieves now in power. The whole Adminis tration, from the President down, are convicted of dishonest3-; and all the demagoguevy the Radical partv- may invent will not exonerate it from a just condemnation by the people. Congress and the Administration have corrupted everv branch of lh O . f V Government, and from the highest to the lowest it is regarded legitimate to . steal. The leading minds of the partv in power uphold and defend the sal- o t' y-irtT .1 4 1,, Tl Z 1 A. T ' "l "i"ue jt, or he would not have signed the , w "c 1 I'vided for it. In every j hr&li f the lml)hc servic we ! penality, and this comes from the j fact that the head of the fountain is corrupt and the stream must be like If the people desire to perpetu- ; b tins Republic, they must hurl j am power the thieves that are de- l L" 11113 Vumu:, uiey must uu i uui power me imeves mat are -. stroying its very foundation. To lop j oflf the branches will not do, but the j trunk bei rotten to the core the ax must be aiplicd to the roots there- of' tliat tlieJ" e removed. "When the people come to realize their actual ,. . , , , . , condition (and this they most cer- 4 -i . -n .-i . i r uiiuiy -win iiJ), ine seal ui eouueui nation will be placed upon the party which has robbed and nearly de- ' stroyed the prosperity of the Repub- lie. I-litorial Notes. A Washington dispatch says that the public debt statement will be is sued early in the present month. Of ficials of the Treasury think it will show an increase of about 68,000,000 "Boss" Tweed is in prison through the efforts of honest Democrats; and " Boss" Shepherd was confirmed as Governor of the District of Colunl- bia by the lladical majority in the Senate." The Indianopolu Jouraiil (llepub licnn) says : Everybody is rather glad that Sun net Cox has been re-elected to Con- i gross. He is wittv, wirv, honest, in dustrious, able, genial and temperate. Pity he is a Democrat. The State of Kentucky is entirely out of debt and has u surplus of money on hand. This terrible con dition of alrairsrnay be explained by the fact that Kentucky never experi enced the beni'icence of li.xdieal gov ernment. George II. "Williams was judge of the First District Court of Iowa from 18It; to 1853, six years. The A!hi,u L'lir Juurti'il states that during this period nearly one-half of his decis ions were reversed by the Supreme Court of the State. The Chicago Times says that the possible elevation of Don Alfonso to the Spanish throne gives great hopes j " ' .ur. uninuoai- ' tivity. It will be elevating to honor -one ot the family of old Uvui'Luii. Xot at all, says the Baltimore Ga z tte. If he was not a Democrat, judg ing from the average llepublican, he would neither be witty, wiry, honest, able, genial, industrious nor tempe rate. In fact, quite, the contrary. Whence, then, the lity ? It will be sad to see Williams in the seat once occupied by Marshall, Tan 03-, and Chase the Satyr where Hyperion was. But, then, Grant is sitting w here Washington .and Jeffer son sat. The Couricr-Jonntiil says, "as we have stood the latter so long, we ought to bo able to endure the former. We should be serene and resigned, even at a funeral." Since the confirmation of Shep herd ly the United Stales Senate, in the District of Columbia the Shop I herd whose rascality has been quite equal to that of Boss Tweed, and his stealings hardly inferior in amount there are many who will cherish the belief that, if one is onpy a Republi can, he can steal from the public to his heart's content; and that it is onl3 those who have been Democrats who can be punished. The Democrats put their thieves in the penitentiaiy. The Republicans put theirs in high office. That is the difference. The two worthies, Williams, and the nigger Pinchback, of Louisiana, the former aspiring to the Chief Jus ticeship, and the latter to the United States Senate, are, to. some extent, in I mey snould not le divided thev would be as lovely in death politi cally, we mean --:i-s t'.m- i;c. " ' - ' i"l 111 11 n . The following incident in Wil liams history comes to us from Washington, and shows that Old ITaxbrake understands the art of doubling, as well as providing for his friend Jake. It is said that among the past incidents iu the official life of Williams which are not helping his confirmation as Chief Justice, is the fact that when appointed a mem ber of the Board of Visitors to West 1 omt during Lis Senatorial term 1 charged and tool- t.iil.., t ie egon to West Point and back, (some 63,000,, although he had the same year ("lrn-n.! .i ..1 V . 1 lawen me same amount of mileage due him as Sena tor. Wa siiinoton Letter. The first of our special Washington letters will ii'uuu in mis issue ve exoflct to receive regular semi-monthlv cor respondence during the session of Congress. The writer of these let ters is an Oregonian, and he will therefore vv-nte of matters and thin-s of special interest to our readers. m Partial. An exchange savs that Tweed is in jail and Simon Cameron ! t T r,-. . , . ... AUt' luxeu states Senate. The Ii ' J' . k3 that Jnptlce . r1" t-Jo.a ess, after all. Resignation and Appointment. On last Saturday Hon. J. K. "Wait tendered to the Governor, his resig nation as Judge of this county, with the request that it be accepted and sucessor appointed without de- Liy We bave not kavnuJ from him his motives for this resignation, but are assnruil tliat notning pertaining tQ connection with the other countv officialscaused his action. On the cJntrary lis reiations liave be yerv ploasant and iiarmonioil8 wi - Commissioners, and other oJ verv pleasant and harmonious with tLe Commissioners, and other offi- cials anJ we ljelieve tIiat as a en eral ' u y. coiRcillea vvitl ith j others of the Board on all important matters pertaining to the interest of our county. But we learn from re liable authority that there were oth er reasons which actuated the Judge, and regret that the Badicals of this county should have descended to such a depth of infamy. It is a well known fact that Judge "Waite re fused to support the Hippie-Mitchell candidate mid resolution of the Albany Convention. Since that time the King have lost no opportunity of maligning andharrassiug the Judge, in order to compel him to come to their terms. In matters where Bad icals were interested in Court1, it was expected of him that he should de cide in favor of his partisans, wheth er their cause was just or not. This the Judge was too honest and con scientious to do; and, finding that the Bing could not influence him in aid of their base purposes, they have used every means in their power to traduce the Judge in the eyes of the people, and especially among Bepub licans. "We learn that the Bing have even gone so far as to write him anon ymous letters, threatening him in case he did not yield to their de mands. These facts we get from re liable authority; and, while we re gret the necessity that urges us to make them public, we deem it but justice to do so in defence of a gen- tleman with whom we mav have es- . seutialH- diil'ered, both in matters of politics and other measures, but whom we believe to have been hon est, conscientious and faithful in the discharge of his duties. The venom of the Ring in this matter seems to have no limit and is disgraceful to our count;.-. We ask of all honest citizens that the3' look into this mat ter and promptly put their seal of condemnation on the Ring and its followers, who have thus attempted to force an official to comply with their demands ;-;o venal and infa mous that he is forced to resign in order to pieservc his integrity- and manhood, from a position he had filled with credit to himself and the best interests of the countv-. Let the free voters of CiackaTuas county re member this outrage, perpetrated by the Ring, next June, and by a unan imous and unmistakable voice, show their disapprobation of all such at tempts to corrupt our courts, and bring disgrace upon our people. Governor G rover appointed Col. W. L. A 'hite, of this city, to fill the unexpired term, ond on last Monday he entered upon tiie discharge of his duties. The appointment took the Col. by surprise, (being in Portland at the time), as he was not aware of a vacancy until the news reached him that he had been appointed. He is an old citizen of our county, a man of ability, and will discharge the trust imposed upon him with strict integrity and fidelity-. We have no hesitancy- in saying that threats and intimidations will have no more pow er over Judge Waite's successor than they- had on himself; and t horse whose rights may be at stake before the nevv-13- s:ppointed Judge, will alvvavs be protected. While we are pleased at having Col. White on the County Board, we deeply regret that our party- politics have fallen so low as to have caused the vacancy'. Judge White, in whatever position of a pub lic character ho has held, heretofore, has discharged his duty faithfullv and honestly-; and we feel satisfied that he will serve the people in his present position in a manner that will meet the approbation of all well meaning citizens, irrespective of party-; and, at the expiration of the term, will retire from the position with the plaudits cf his constituents, and the assurance of having done hisdutv;- honestly, faithfully, and impartially-. It is vci3' justly said by- the Hart ford Cournut that the most immoral doctrine preached in these daj s, is that paper is money, and that its in crease is the increase of wealth. It is the parent of s2eculation and of every sort of rascality-. We are suf fering from it bitterly- now. We shall suiTer still more if we do not put it away; for the inevitable end of it is not only- the ruin or all priv-ate en terprises, and the starvation of peo ple who depend upon steady employ ment, and steady pay, but it is the I bankruptcy of the Government it- elf. -The Republican party, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, proposes to be gin the work of reforming itself within itself, by putting Credit Mo bilier Dawes at the head of the Waysand Means Committee; Mobiler Garfield at the head of the Commit tee on Appropriations; and Salarj I Butler at the head of the Judiciary Committee in the House of Repre- sentatives. COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BIELEY, CALIFORNIA Our Special Washington Correspond ence. Washington- Dec. 22, 1873. Congress agreed, on the 20th inst., to take its usual holiday recess. It was hoped, that in view of the pres ent disastrous and unsettled state of affairs in this country, with mills suspended, workmen out of employ ment, merchants on the verge of bankruptcy, the Government reve nues falling short, in fact, a general t i i fln.;.ii scene of commercial and financial desolation in every direction it was oi ,.fo.t fhnt.nnder v.t., ...... v. , , these circumstances the members would have sacrificed their personal pleasure to the public good; but the hope is a disappointment, and they are off for the holida3's. During the nineteen daj-s of the session practically nothing has been accomplished. The bankrupt bill has been passed by the house, but is still before the Senate, and the pros pect is that we will see the new 3-ear far advanced before the question as to how the law will ultimately stand, is decided. Nothing has been done upon the subject of finances, as the Committee have postponed present ing their report on account of the adjournment. To be sure, the House has settled the salary bill, after a bate which reflects no credit upon that bod'. It is disagreeable to be compelled to speak in this way; to think that all the lessons of the past vcar have been lost, on those who should have been the first to learn them, and that their actions are but a repetition of the blunders made in previous sessions. The first moiiili of Congress will be but a disappointment to the conn trv -r . 1 . f "11 4. x ...v..;.-, l,r- V ib . i 1.... greatness 01 mo emei -enc , ami na devoted itself, for the most part, to mere personal and private matters, instead of the more important ques tions which occupy the attention of the commnnit3r at large. It is diffi cult to see exactlv where the trouble lies, but since Congress assembled there appears to have been an ab- son"e of proper discipline and lead orship in both the Senate and the House. In fact, to use a vulgar ph. rase, there is a screw loose some where, and it would be a source of. much pleasure to all to know that the same screw was fastened the sooner the better. The confirmation of ap pointments by- the Senate, while in Executive session, have been quite numerous. Among the number we find the names of Rufus Mallory as Attorney for the District of Oregon, and J. Henderson of Oregon, as Con sul at Amoy. There is much specula! ion here as j regards the appointment and proba- j bio confirmation by the Senate, of j George If. Williams, as Chief Jus tice of ho Supreme Court a great diversity of opinion being enter tained on the-snhject but it is im possible to form any correct conclu sions on the subject, as yet. The condition of the navy-, just now is n question of paramount im portance. No one who has thoroughly- investigated the subject will de ny, that in view- of the meagre re sources of the Department, that Sec retary Robeson has succeeded in pla cing it on a better footing than the country had reason to expect. He has. indeed, taken a great responsi- bilitv on himself in making extraor dinary drafts on the regular appro priations, but in this he has, so far, been endorsed., both by the press and the people at large, irrespective of partv, and he, sustained by this as surance, has appealed to Congress for aid. which at present seems to meet with warm approval from both Houses. WASniNOTON The city presents to a visitor a scone of neatness and beauty but sel dom found in other largo cities of this Western Continent. Tho stree ts are now (for the most parO, paved with either block or concrete, and i fringed on either side bv rows of lin den trees. The parks are enclosed In line railings, and the grounds are kept with scrupulous neatness. Stat uary and fountains are found in all the public reservations. In fact, the Board of Public Works have trans formed the city, from a despised mud-hole to a city that i:s second to none in this country, in beauty of public improvements, broad boule vards, and the general nicety with which the whole place is cared for. Washington is now a city worthy- of being known as the seat of the Na tional Government. Prominent among lhe Oregonians in this city, are the Hon. 1). P. Thoni2son and Col. W. W. Chap man, both here in the interests of Oregon railroads. As yet thev- have accomplished nothing, but such un tiring lobl3ists as these are not the men to allow the grass to grow un der their feet, and it is but a just supposition, that wo shall soon bear from them, in connection with their railroad schemes. An rrroir, P.. D. M. The New York World thinks it is fortunate for the Democratic party that it failed, in the Presidential elec tion, last 3'ear. We should have reap ed the ripened and bitter fruits of four y ears' of incapacity- and mis rule, and the result w ould have been ascribed to the, change of adminis tration instead of" to its proper cause?. The saddle will now be put on the right horse. The financial em barrassments under which the country- is suffering, has destroy ed confi dence, and will justly ruin this ad ministration, as they would have un justly ruined a Democratic adminis tration, if one had been elected. TriE Yamhill Reporter says that the petition requesting the Senate of the United States to expel Hippie, now iu circulation in that county, is being very generally signed by Republi cans. From the information received from, different parts of the State, we suppose that the feeling in favor of action by the Senate, 09 prayed for, is almost universal. BANCROFT T.TFarv Territorial News Items. Silver City is to have a Grange or ganization. Six inches of snow in Boise City and splendid sleighing. Six inches of snow fell on the Lap wai on the night of the 1st inst. Idaho Territory has 3,390 school children. The public school fund is only $3,854. The total number of deaths in Turn- water and01ympia, "W. T., during .the ear 1873 was 32. Articles of incorporation of the i bml,1A Kailrotul Union have been med m the sucretarv.g ffi v Cattle are wintering well in the "Walla Walla country. Horses have got through so far without hay. The farmers around Walla Walla are selling their cattle and investing in sheep believing it will pay better. B. Bledsoe has resigned the Pro bate Judgeship at Boise Citv, and W . (jliddeu has been appointed. Mart. ITeming, of Idaho, has left the countr for his country's good. Some of his associates could be spared. Judge O. II. Adams, of Lewiston, writes, under date of December 2ith, f that there is but little snow at that ; I'1- . , x , 1 " By a recent order the tram for office of Wells. Fargo fc Co.V Express has de-jbeen removed from Olympia to Ta- coma. Regular trains are now running between Kalama and Tacoma. Olym pia stages connect with trains each way at Tenino. Dr. Willison entered upon his du ties as resident phvsieian at the Washington Territory Insane Asylum January 1st. General Milroy, Indian Agent at 1 Olvmpia, has gone east to defend himseli against the charges preferred l3- Inspector Kemble. J.nlns Jvinf?, ex-postmaster of ver City .has entered into an .arrange- j I1HM1I I'HtCl as IIOSS COOii OI LI1C XUiUiO t penitentiary- tin next -nine. TJiere has been a fight at Boise City- between the editor of the St't.'es miin and. District Attorney Ensign. Nobody killed or maimed. Wm. -Pix has been appointed Treasurer of Thurston countv, W.T., to fill the vacancy- occasioned by- the death of the late J. W. Granger. George Kelly and James Thomp son escaped jail in Walla Walla last Thursday. At last accounts thev had not been captured. Several voung men in Walla Walla i r l ii.. 1 " a . nav e i n m., 1 WH-mse. x es ,1, 0 ,t. ass,,- , .,ro m . wav Tho -onse orgall ciation which thev style the Anti- ; . n v.. ? i r ...,,,'. t Chinese Labor Company-.' Judge Albert Heed a Boise Citv 1 lawyer, was indicted recently for i forging or counterfeiting countv war- I rants, lie afterwards succeeded in getting the indictment quashed. 1 Tho Catholic Indians of the Nez j Perees reservation want a mile square I set oil for them, and a church ana two school honsc-s built on it. . 1, , J lm'm- ! Tho papers are filled with denun- ciatious of the order removing Phin- ' ney and Caldwell, two white men, from the Nez Peree.s Indian reserva- tion. Thev want Monteith removed ney. from the ag GoergeT. Oi; received a full par- ', don, Jan. 1st, lsT-1, from Governor j Ferry, releasing him- from the peni- j tentiary of Washington Territory, j where he had been serving out a ; three years' sentence for arson. i I Jones, a former agent of the Flat- ' head Indians lias been ariosted bv 1 1 "X ' a 1 1 e . . ( mo on invest riage company lor j .--'10, 000 damages, for personal injur i ies received by him while a passen ger in one of the company's stages. Tin; case came up for trial before the District Court at Boise City, Idaho, when the jury returnd a verdict for .()( in favor of the plaintiff. Col. Chapman. President of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Bail road Co., has located the eastern ter minus of that road at Corinne. The Utah, Idaho raid Montana road is adopted, and to be identical with the Oregon for ."0 or 100 miles. Leading men of Oneida county, Ida ho, also citizens of Corinne and Malad City have agreed to grade and tie oil miles of the road. Col. Chap man is now on his vvav to Washington City. From the Lewiston Si'jwil: The counties of Idaho, Nez Perce and Shoshone are extremely anxious to sever the galling chains that land them to the parent stem, in order that they mav ioin their fortunes ; with Wash lington. Territory, which stands with open arms rea'ly to em brace the wonld-be-seceders. Those three counties embrace about one third of the area of Idaho Territory, and added to Washington Territory, would make it of unwieldy dimen sions more uncouth in shape than the ugliest looking Spanish branding iron imaginable. To he AnomsiiKP. A Washington despatch to the New York Iff raid nays that a bill has been framed and is to be introduced after the recess, abol ishing the office of Chief Justice. It is said to have the support of Conk ling, Morton, and others of the lead ing legal minds of the Senate. It is assumed that the presiding, or Chief of the Justices, should be selected by the voice of that body, if at all, and that his compeers would be best able to make a selection which would be satisfactory and creditable. The Boston Post says : '"The peo ple are coming back to the only party that has administered the country's affairs with success, and signifying their readiness to trust to its hands the service which has for many years past been the pretext for abuses still suppressed more than revealed. The bow is in the sky for the Democracy. United States Marshal Wheeler, of I Supreme Court lias just decided that the son, yicnung eon. ut ion 01 li e Montana. and is now on his way back ! the late State election was unousti- road-bed between Roseburg and to that Territory to be put on trial tutional. on the ground that the polls i akland, the railroad company will for a misappropriation of the Indian j were only kept open one day instead I hereafter run a lighter engine over funds. j of four, as provided by the new Con- j thai part of the road than has here- j stitut'on ' tofore been employed. The Rose- W. S. Stevens brought suit against 1 . , ' To -ri.., t ,,;..-i.a. ! Imrsr will 00 the locomotive used. Telegaphic News. New Yokk, Jan. 3. A Key West dispatch says: Captain W. D. Whit ing, Chief of Stair of the North At lantic squadron, Lieut. Adolph Marie, Flag Lieutenant, and Chief Engineer Harris, of the Dispatch, have been summoned to Washington to testif3r in the investigation in regard to the sinking of the Virginius. The entire number of railroads in default is more than 115, represent ing an indebtedness, on interest ac count, of more than 627,000,000. Washington, Jan. 3. The House Committee on Roads and Canals pro pose to report a bill authorizing the President to appoint nine railroad commissioners, one for each judicial district, ami also a bureau of railroad statistics, w ith a view to establishing regulations governing the principal through railroad routes of the coun try and fixing maximum rates there on. The Committee think that Con gress is incompetent to solve hastily the railroad problem, and favor the plan, above stated, as the best method of investigating the facilities of each of its means of operations, before fix ing the limits of transportation. Williams still seems confident of confirmation,- notwithstanding the lawyers in the Senate almost unani mously protest against his candidacy, and urge an exchange of his nomina- J Hon to the Supreme bench for some , r'n Mlntment Mean 1 me . there seems no room to uoubt that the Department of Justice paid 61 ,000 for a landaulet, used exelusivcl- by I ! Williams family, besides hun- the died dollars for repairs on the same, and 6750 for horses to draw it. j building. Washington, Jan. 2. The public " . . . , . debt increased 68.453,272 during!, Aslurj.x,, says private advices December ; from aMiinglr.n indicate the carly t.w.,.....' n. ,m,i-;;-. .i.J.f le..'v 1 c -tabli-hment of a daily mail route June 30, 1S73, 611,I".'',(12. j Washington, Jan. 4. The follow- ing postal changes have been order- ! od: Oilices established at Dilley, ' Washington county, Oregon, J. T. i Vr . r . 1. ..: 1 .. v uuiuniiaiii, i . i., uaii.nii', v ne- nans countv, . 1., James Ju. liar- j lis, 1. .vl. Frelinghuysen, it is said, is oppos- j oA f() ,.on'nruatiou of Williams, mak- ! six of lhe sovon melllU.rs of ,ho i udiciarv Committee united in that ! view. j Washington, Jan. 5. -The bank- j rupt bill of the Senate Judicial-;,- j Go!iiniifteo, offered in lien of the j House proposition to repeal, requires j the concurrence of a quarter of the! insolvent's creditors to force him in- i to bankruptcy. It allows protested paper to run sixty- days', and allows i a majority- of tho creditors to take the case out of bankruptcy- at any- time. It also permits m-.y number ! of the creditors to make compo- : sition of their own claim', ufler the j British system. ! Cor.rMnrs, Jan. 5. The I.egisla- : lAl l U'L UW'J i .H.Wi Ii, 'onverse, of Franklin, Si caker; Thomas Coughliu, Chief Clerk, and a 1 01 list ot JJemoerat'C minor oin cials. After the organization, a res olution asking Congress to repeal the salary- bill was oM'ere i and referred to a special committee with instruc tions to amend so as to censu'-e tlm President for signing the bill, and ! report to-morrow. X ill M illlll. V. II V. II It l.l. iVt Jl1'IJW lil and a full list of Demo- craiiOrofii.V Coi.umm s, Ohio, Jan. 0. In tho House this morning, the resolution.? i offered by McLain. R.?p., yesterday. ! to censure Congress for )a:--.:ng the s:il:irv-rv:,'o :ief w.-is l'P'.orir,' !):,-!: so : as to include President Grant for not vetoing tne 1:111. li e re puime.ins ; tiave sought to get a uius;iii on tl: u on tin; subiect so as to vol lust on ceiisur- ing Congress, and failing, voted sol idly against the resolutions, whie'v were adopted by a unanimous Demo cratic vote. Nr:w Oni.r.ANS. Jan. G. A special Austin (Texas) ' telegram savs the! met to-oav. Lt. Governor Robinson presided in the Senate, .las. C. Hus tel, Rep., was elected Speaker of the Assembly. Washington, Jan. (. The Presi dent sent to the Senate tho nomina tions of Caleb Cushing as Minister to Spain, and Kdward L. Baker, of Springfield, Illinois, as Consul to Buenos Ayrcs. Cushing is designat ed as from Virginia. Tho fact that the President yester day had a confidential interview with ! the Senate Committee on ,) udiciary, I gave rise to a rumor that he intended to withdraw the nomination of ll liams for Chief Justice. At noon to day Williams was not informed of such purpose, nor could a confirma tion of the rumor be then obtained at the Lxeeutive Mansion. It is in timated that the subject may be a matter of Cabinet advisement. Wright, of Iowa, introdncced a resolution instructing the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment into the expediency of compensation of all officers of the Government whose salaries exceed f 1,000 per an num, or ; per day. Senator Kelly, of Oregon, intro duced a bill to donf.te the Steilacoom Military Reservation to Washington Territory, for the use of the insane; also, a bill to authorize Thurston county, W. T., to issue bonds for the construction of a railroad from Bur rard Inlet, Puget Sound, to intersect tho Northern Pacific Railroad at Te nino. Referred to the Committee on Territories. In the House, Mr. Lnftrell intro duced a bill to give to the widow of the Modoc Peace Commissioner, Thomas, "a pension equal to that of widows of Lieuteiitant Colonels of the annv. It may now be considered sure that General Crook's nomination as Brig adier will be confirmed. Caleb Cushing has been confirmed as Minister to Spain. New Yokk, Jan. G. At a special meeting of the Bar Association to night a resolution was unauimouslv adopted condemning and earnestly protesting against the nomination of George H. Williams as Chief Justice. Rcfcs King, ex-postmaster of Sil ver City, Owyhee county, Idaho, in dicted by the United States Grand Jury for '-embezzling" $3,000 postal money orders, was arraigned on Fri day, Nov. 21st, to plead to the in dictment, when he camo into court and pleaded guilty. ' 1 - , .- n .l1lll I ll,1 '! "i.i m . - 1. Suniuiarj- of State News Items. Pork retails at live cents per pound in Baker City. Snow in R3-e Valley was ten inches deep about the 20th ult. The Odd Fellows of Baker City gave a grand ball on Christmas eve. The trotting horse Bashaw, owned at La Grande, was recently sold for 61,000. Snow was two inches deep on the Eola hills, Tolk county, last Friday In the GrandRonde Valle3 on the 20th ult. the thermometer was below zero. Hon. Z. Donnell, of Wasco 00111113-, died at the Dalles on Nov. 30th, in his 15 3'ear. The old Masonic building and lot at Corvallis were sold, during last week for 61,500. A medical journal is soon to bo publsihed Salem. It will be issued from the Jilrcuri office. Mr. Beal, of Washington, county, reports six plows running in sight of his house on New Year's daj. The Register states" that thirteen thousand bushels of wheat per day is now being shipped from Albauj-. , for Germany j hant in 3 few days. Hon. II. II. Gilfr- has visited Eugene and' secured a deed to the State of the University ground and to -to; ia. B. ;bert Slater, son of Hon. J. II. Slater, is teaching the young idea how to shoot out at Youth's School House, Baker Countv. The fanners tell the Cotn-icr that kite freeze has not injured tho grain in the least. and the prospect vieid was never r an abundant better. Forest Grove has about seven hun dred inhabitants, and there is 1,0 bakery in tho place. This speaks well for the industry' and economy- f the women. A large number of railroad meet ings have been held in Union countv recently-, having for their object tho construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Mrs. Brelford has churned th-i money deposited with Wells. Fargo fc Co., bv her husband, who 'com mitted suicide by leaping" from the Oririau.me on her trip to San Fran cisco. Water was not turned on tho Albany and Santiam Canal on the let day of January, as was intended, es the "upper elements" were "turning on'" quite enough of the liquid just at that time. James Mitchell, of Union County-, this 1 ast ;oar'i; iicre:- n harvested and tfirash- od crop, v of y coat, a "'eynged , as volunteer measured n : ch ; ma from fh hij.e, -10 "bushels and oiie peek to the acre. The Jae inst. savs : Linkvilie :vilh Parti 7"?.".-s .f the od' es arriving fitui iow at the depth on snovv :ii tue ot e; :t iit-s, raid lhe wcatiier is not suffering, to iiny C .Id. io-k great 1-XtClll. llOWCVCr 1, -p)r ( 'hancc a .-ale:: ia-:ii:g -.list, h.is j,,, i,'s c e f. ovtnne, ac- ,,,r.i;., ,..,., ', by tho in fer pluggers, i vcmiou "i g no pom; ,.f - a.. i .11 - - - . i which have . United Stat I een i in the e.- ana England," and i Income of great value i profession. to the dental Owing to the lute hea rains, ar.d During flic vcar 1ST; there were Post Office issued from tne Salem 'i.l'J- domestic money orders, for which Si.hS'(:"5 V'o were received. Tho f.-es for the same amounted to ?L'G4- 10. During the same- time 00 Brit ish international money orders were issued ; cash received for the same, c POKs 15; fees, s2(i ."O. Ii. If. Alien, a well known citizen of La Grande, attempted to catch a span of runaway horses by the I"its, December IS-th, but in doing so ho was knocked down, ami the heavily loaded wagon, to which they were attached ran over him, inflicting in juries of which he died a few hours afterwards. The Bulletin tells of the arrest of Geo. Duncan for robbing Joseph Gal left of .?. U. They came with their family from California togeth er, were friends and kept house to gether. Gallett had monev, Duncan had none, and the fact that Duncan has been spending money freely, in large sums, confirmed the suspicion against him and led to hi.s arrest. The Asftjrinti says: The prospect of the State opening the Astoria, Nehalem, Cornelius Road seems gloomy. Owing to the depreciation of the bonds, nearly one-half of tho appropriation of $20,000 was exaust ed in the survey and location. And now comes the farmers through whose farms and private roads thU public road has been laid, and claim damages enough to about take the remaining half of the appropriation. The Dalles 3f -iaifaiie'r savs that as f ir as ascertained the live stock in O Eastern Oregon have not suffer ed much this Winter from the cold. There has been no crust on the snow, as is usual to this latitude, and cat tle men have been able therefore to drive their herds 'to feed. At pres ent, the indications are that the 0 worst portion of the Winter has pas sed, and the prospects for a mild c, Winter quite flattering. Mr. B. F. Brown, Wells, Fargo, & n Co.'s Agent at Salem, has furnished the Stnte.omnti the following figures of the shipments of treasures by that line from the office, during the year o just closed : The shipments of bul lion and dust for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1873, amount "to $2,719 81; ; the currency shipments for the same time, amount to $15,3S5 50. Those of gold cbin for the vear reached the enormous sum of $1011,211) 22, which is nearly double the coin shipments for the year 1872. G O o o . o o ,0 55 o O O O o O o o o O O o o 3 o