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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
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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.
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