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O o ' C 35E to r o C VOL. 8. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1874. O NO. 13. 0 - jy If tr4 n H WAS THE EBTEBPM A LOCAL DEr-lOSiUiiC ?JW3?A?I? j v o it t n i: j Farai?r, Kiisin.'ss Mi:i, Family Circle. I ISSUniJ F.VEllY I'llIDAY. Y. XOLTXEl'-J, EDITOR AXJ) PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PAPES FOR CLACSAUAS CO. OI-'KICE In lr. Th"s door to J.!in Myi rs' stor. sink's Brick, noxt t up-stairs. Terms f Suli-ii-riplion ! Sin tl Copy ! Vi-jir, In AOvaiio " .six M .III h- .. 1.50 Tonus of A il vcri N3 ngi Transient alv rt is'Mie'ril s "mHieliii;? '.'S, sl S.piar of I .O'l Vi all l.'-al ti..:i- -lirii'S oil'1 w-''li Kur eaMi ft:ils--ia Out" ( 'nl ii mi ii, i '! :it ins rtion. v.-ar l.' IJu.imi ti-l.iHI 40.1M 1 -!.': Hall" tiuart -r" " '- -Itusim-ss Card, 1 s.jnar It C S I -V K S X V A j: I) s. T. V. PJIYSiCIAX A srut; r.ov, o n n ; o .m c i t o j: iu: o y P7"( !!!, Main sir.- -stairs m C!ia rma n's ''rick, ;i u;i 11 t. t. V. li, VA .VI. D. 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K4tulills!i-t iiiri' ' I'.', 1st tin- ol:! stiiml. Mai is Slrtt. (ir, gu;i City, (iniroii. An a-sert ne iit ol V. at lies, .Tewel rv.aad s t ii l'li.iaias- Weight 'locks .,8 nil 1.1 will-'!! are warranted to tie as C!-ui-i r''pr tt -ne 1. W M- pa iri 11 tione on short notice, and thankful for ln-i patronage. p. 4, V7ALL5G'8 P30 CCJOERY. lln iltl i z C'iritr llllil Ki'tiiit Sti.-1. of Stark. Dfn rt r 03EGCH. 5-T.ANK P.OOKS KCI.FI AND r.(.H"XI y to any i!-i:rel pattern. M asic 1 Mik, Maaziie s. Newspapers, etc., Iioiind in ev urv va riet v of st v le known to t lie 1 rrade. rders ironi t'lae c.untry promptly at tended to. OREGON CITY ESEVVERY. Jfcnry Humhol, W I.WINU I-CKCHAS- '; ! B B ...! IS.. ..I.,. v .. l-.r.-w. - - --- cry wishes to iniorin the pijt.lio that he is now prepare! Jo manufacture a No. 1 qual ity of . .t (i H li 1! li F. It, ns rood as can he ohfainetl anywhere in the'state. Orders solicited and promptly rilled. KEW Y 0 H K HOTEL. (IVut fell os Gafthaus.) No. 17 Croot Street. Oeixisite the JIall I Steamship liiitiuig, POHTL.VM), OKi:'OX. H.EOTIIFOS, J. J. WILKENS, Proprietors. Hoard Week r.onr l Week with I.od.ring; lioartl "t Dav ...... . fi.f . i.tw I ; j j ; j , ! "Ol.l wonvin. if you and I weredead, Where would the money go?" The good dame lifierl her silvered head, And shrewd grey eyes, as she sadly said, "Oidy the hord can know." "If the I..ord knows, then." said the gray old man. " We wont I ot her to tind it out ; I want to keen it as long as I can : e ve lieen forty y ertv's l.an. us under n- We shall live twenty more, no doubt ' Perhaps" and the kindly voice i was slow. "It's a matter hard to tell ; I'm thinking of thirty years ago, When the old oak cradle was here, von know, I a:ii -thinking of little Nell." Tin' farmer's face And lie implied rrew Mack as sin. the loir with his shoe Till its red heart lrok md its thews nil in. And out of the new Game and the din Thousands of white stars llew. P.ut Ihe dame kept on, ".She is in the town. And the man you hated is dead s thistlo And the child is us fragile a down, Willi ilaxen ringlets and hrown ; eves of rv like Jier mother s. she sai ,i " And s!n', poor soul, is like one for h 't il, Ijoi .); iug mi l longing to die. Joan .Morrison, wliat are your stacks ;I' -. il l l ? Your tYuiti d (iclds,and your bank hook worn. Oiilv u uii-led lie. For down in vnii know. our heart, John, well Tin-re's a dread you never have What was the cause of her life's great woe. die I'-aig for your pardon on till !. r heart was broken ? .Jo! in Morrison, ci n i. the hall, 1 1 ! ro. in i! the foot of the stair. Theiv t! ,1,-iU'f o t lire upon the d 1 V :i iiear a so did yt.ni hear Of ' F.ii her'' Yes, Xellv is tliere." ; rant's .11 - A ret llci ealetl. !' Tn his v.: tructive ' coin." Mr iimti- Ul li ; iiblican. .ceeilingly piquant and iti L iff; of Abraliani Lin . Ward Lainon has given several iiitherto unedited 1 1 1 e tiiiii ch.-f iters of political history. Here is otic of them. ' Ivd'ore the Chieago Convention of iSo) assembled it became evident to Air. Lincoln's friends that the only c'liaiu-e of beating Mr. Seward lay in arranging a combination of interests against him. Accordingly they went to work and arranged it. It was a i;:i.icATr. pikci-: of nrsixr.ss, but tltt! average Illinois politician of those days was not very heavily bur dened with scruples nor squeamish about the means achieve his ends. ich he took to How delightful to not the .change which has since tak ace in his character ! en place 111 his These friends of Mr. Lincoln, as suming to siieatv in his name, ap proached in:, c.vr.i'.i; n. smith, ok Indiana, and Simon Cameron, of Pennsylva nia with a proposition of a verv bu siness-like and practical nature. If these gentlemen would contract to trail fertile vote of their friends in the Convention to Mr. Lincoln, the lllinoisans would in turn gnarrantee tliem seats in Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet, supposing him to be elected. Mr. Cameron's representatives were at first disposed to haggle and stand out for better terms. They demanded for him the position of Secretary of the Treasury, lint this demand was pro nounced matbmssable, and hnallv the original bargain was ratified. The delivery of the votes followed in due time. A FTl'll TIIK ELKOTION- it became necessary to inform Mr. Lincoln of what had been done, am what he was expected to do. He was both annoyed and distressed, but his friends insisted on the performance of the bond. Ihey told linn that hi; honor as well as theirs was involved and-their arguments finally prevail ed upon him to tender Mr. Smith the promised portfolio, lint at Mr. Cam eron lie stuck for a long time so long that the latter supposed for a season treat the Dargain was off, aiu actually wrote to another Pennsvlva man, . r. v ens, proposing to re tire in ins tavor. Air. .Lincoln was thoroughly informed of Mr. Camer on's antecedents and character. H was assured both by letter and wor of mouth, that the man was noton ously corrupt, a shameless and un scrupulous intriguer, possessed with a mean ambition to occupy positions of exalted trust, for which it was well-known, he was j Hopelf.SSLY INCOMPETENT. j He was told that Mr. Cameron never j dared to offer himself as a candidate ! for the snlVrages of the people?: that j pn-h oihees as he had held h id been j bought of corrupt legislatures: that I his appointment would be a scanda ; and atfront to the party ami eonntrv -o. Lincoln felt tho full fo-.. of these ot.jeeiu.ns. He said ; "All that x am m the world the Pr and all r.K- T . .1 , " i owe 10 mat opinion of me wh,eh the people express when 10 t-a me nonest t m Um X'. n 't olU Vley tUnk of honest Uld Abe when he .mnnintc s;;. C ameron tobe his familiar adviser?" He told Col McClure that if he saw 111 10 uiiiKe nis charfres ofr.-,;o r ameron spec-mc, an-1 produce the proof, the appointment should not be made, lint the pressure was too sirong ior mm. .Mr. Cameron insis ted on his bond. oing on to Snrino- tield to look afterits fulfillment. T1?a friends to whom the new President was indubted for his office were also equally as strenuous. . Mr. Lincoln The Old Man's Question. ?:VVV:l a"- Ir- Cameron went into the W ar Department. THE AMEKICAX PEOriE have surely not forgotten the history of his brief stay in that Department, They have not forgotten the stench of corruption which presently issued from its doors and windows and which hna-ny grew so offensive that the representatives of the people under the lead. anion r,M,,.c r at.. Dawes - undertook to investigate and 1! . . 1.1 ! uscoer uie source. Thev have not i forgotten, either, that Air. Cameron suddenly resiirned nn,l t.,r- !.;,.- ,..if oft to lijissia. Uut few of them are aware of the whole history of that "resignation," and the account of the atl'air which Col. McClnre ha-i furnished Mr. Lamon will have all the interest of a disclosure. "I saw Cameron on the imhf of the day that Lincoln removed him. We met in the room of a mutual friend, and he was very violent AGAINST LINCOLN for removing him without consulta tion or notice. His denunciation of the President was extremely hitter, for attempting, he said, his person al as well as his political destruc tion. He exhibited the letter, which was all in Mr. Lincoln's handwrit ing, and was litterally as follows. I quote from carefully treasured recol lections: Siiiion Cameron , Sue. of ; Ikai: Slit I have this day nomi nated Hon. Edwin M. Stanton to be Secretary of War, and you to be Min ister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Itussia. Very truly, A. Lincoln. "I am sure there is no material er ror in my quotation of the letter. ("AM ERON'S COMPLAINT was that lie had no knowledge or in that he had no knowledge or timation of the chanue until Chase 'ave hi 111 the letter. "Mr. Cameron and myself were then, as ever before and since, and as we shall ever be, not in political sympathy, but our personal relations were ever kind. Had he been entire- y collected he would probably not i.ive done what I heard and witness- d; but he wept like a child and ap pealed to me to aid in protecting him amst the Presidents attempt at rsonal degradation, assuring me that 'under like circumstances lie cer tainly would defend me. In mv pre si nce the proposition was made and letermined noon to ask Lincoln to illow a letter of resignation to be an tedated, and to write a kind accep tance of the same in reply. The ef fort was made in which Mr. Chase joined, although perhaps ignorant ot ill the circumstances of the case, find it succeeded. The record shows that Cameron voluntarily resigned, while, in point of fact, he was sum marily removed without notice. In many subsequent conversations with Mr. Lincoln he did not attempt to onceal the great misfortune of Cam eron s appointment, and the paiaim necessity of HIS 11KMOVAT..." And this man, foisted into a place for which ho was totally unlit by an immoral bargain, branded by the censure of the House of Represen tatives, kicked in disgrace from the Cabinet hv Air. Lincoln this man is the same Simon Cameron whom the present Administration delights to honor ; with whom it takes sweet counsel; whom it has placed at the head of the most dignified and re sponsible Committee of the Senate; thrusting aside Charles Sumner to make him room; upon whose profi ciency in the arts of political in trigue and corruption it largely re lies for a new lease of power. Here is a fact for the consideration of hon est Republicans. It concerns them intimately. A Xovel Lottery. From t ho Green Ray (Wis.) Advocate. We referred briefly last week to a novel lottery which took place at Hol landtown, in this county, by eleven widows and as many widowers were mated for matrimonial alliance. The facts as we learn them from the re port of "the committee" which re port comes to us signed by "M. Yan denberg, Secretary"' are as follows: It seems that there were residing in the town eleven widows and twelve widowers. We presume it was a member of the benevolent society who first proposed that the eleven widows should become helpmeets to eleven of the widowers. At least report says that, "thinking it economical to have them married, and not know ing how to pair them, a committee was selected to hold counsel as to the best mode of coupling. It took this committee one hour to decide as to the method, pending which decision we may believe there was a fluttering among the hearts of the widows. It was decided to dispose them by lot, and "consequently," says the report, "the name of all the widows were placed in a box, and likewise the names of the widowers." The drawing took place at 5 p. m. Monday, Dee. 8th, at which time it was decided that Mr. R. Men ton should be married to Mrs. lie Bruin, Mr. M. Menton to Mrs. Yink, Mr. Bode to Mrs. Yandenberg. Mr. Fnr stenberg to Mrs. Kersten, Mr. J. W. Wassenberg to Mrs. Wilde, Mr. N. Yerkulleu to Mrs. Perrenboom, Mr. Wevenberg to Mrs. Heesakker, Mr. John Kobnssen to Mrs. Tillman, Mr. L. Tenrnsen to Mrs. Yan Doren, Mr. R. Herremans to Mrs. Rolf, Mr. So cre to Mrs. Yan Bloemer. The twelfth man is D. II. Penter- mann, and although he is the hap piest man in seven counties over the narrow escape which he hal, yet the committee are casting about for some means to supply him with a partner advertising that if there are any widows in the neighboring towns who would like to take Mr. Penter mann, "applications can be made to Peter Kersten, President." Oregon From the Ked Rods Democrat. "What is known as Eastern Oregon is that portion of the State lying East of the Cascade range of moun tains, embracing Wasco, Umatilla, Grant, Union and Raker counties. It is bounded on the north by the Co lumbia river and Yashington Terri tocy, on the east by Snake river and Idaho Territory, on the south by California and' Utah, and embrace's considerably more than half of the area of the State. The country is well watered by the Columbia and Snake rivers and their tributaries. The valleys along the various st reams which flow through the whole ex tent of this portion of Oregon, are tine agricultural and hav lands; the foothills immediately surrounding the vallevs are already beginning to nTtiaet attention, and tire looked on by those who have tested their pro dnetiveness, as being equal to the valleys for every tiling except hay, and for small grain and fruit they are the best. The whole country is covered with bunch grass, and the higher the al titude the liner the grass becomes. The mountains which surround the vallevs are, as a general thing, cov ered with fine timber, consisting of the various kinds of pine, lir, an taniarae, while cottonwool ami wil low are to bo' found along the water courses in the vallevs. The moun tains abound -with bear, deer, am elk. with other small game, while tin streams contain excellent trout aiii various other fish. The mines of Eastern Oregon are a great source of wealth. The placer mines have been worked since 1Mj2 and are still paving well. Quartz mining is carried on extensively am luds fair to be the leading business of this portion of the State. There are being new discoveries of quartz made almost daily, and new null :md other machinery for working ouartz are being constantly erected The mines are the markets to which our farmers have to look for the sale of their surplus products. Our farm ers are not farming as extensively as they would if they could find ready sale for what their land would pro dnce. We are want of the means o quirk and cheap transportation to outside markets. As it is now the great staple is cattle. The climate is pleas mt both Win ter and Summer. Farmers, as a gen eral thing, do not have to feed their stock cattle during the winter. The water is pure and healthy. There is plenty of land that can be bought cheap, also plenty that can be taken as homesteads or entered. There is considerable land in this portion of the State which has not yet been sur veyed. We do not claim that we have all the good and no evilsto contend with in this section of the State. The Yv'il lamette and Rogue river valleys are line bodies of land, but we have as good on our rivers and creeks, and our uplands tire better, for all pur poses, than are those west of the Cas cades. Our lands are as good or bet ter than those for agricultural pur poses, and as for stock grazing, the people of that section of the State seek and use ours. Our winters are pleasant, with just suflicient cold weather to make our country healthy and invigorating. We have none or very little of the rain with which the people east of the Cascades have to 5 contend from about the first of De cember until in the Spring, some times as late as the first of May. Our country is as rich as any other por tion of the Pacific Coast in mine rals and the precious ores, and the interests and resources are so diversi fied that we care not what a man's occupation may be, he can find profi table employment. AVe have traveled all over the State, and the better we become acquainted with this portion the more we become convinced that this is a good place for either a rich or a poor man to locate, if he wish es 10 enjoy goo.i health ami niaKe a pleasant and comfortal 1 i home. W; have a wealthy and contented popu lation, which is steadily increasing. We have good society, schools, churches, etc., in advance of any other country of our age. And, the probabilities are, that at no distant day, we will be connected with the outside world by one or more rail roads. Then, indeed, will this be : favored land, and if a live, energetic and healthy man cannot make a liv ing here, and accumulate wealth, he might as well sell out and quit busi ness. The Greeley Tribune sees a won derful influx of great people into Colorado, as follows: First, Grace Greenwood came to Colorado, follow ed by some of the sons of English nobility. Next, Anna Dickinson picks out a lot. Next, Countess Xo ailles builds a cottage. Xext, the Empress Eugenie; and now we hear that Gen. Grant is to follow suit. Finally, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, brother-in-law of Queen ietoria, is to pay us a visit. v e predicted tins last winter while in New lork. fhev have only begun to come. Why ' Well, the scenerv is grand over whelming. But the great induce ment is the drv climate, giving health No wet feet, as in Switzerland, no damp garments, no snow to speak of no heavy atmosphere, no clouds, no fogs, no mists, no swamps. It is a clean piece of mechanism. Here are twelve inches of rainfall again eighteen in Utah, twenty-two in Cal ifornia, fifty-two in the Atlantic States, fifty-four in England, forty- two in I ranee, twenty-two in Italy twentv in Palestine, and fourteen say. in Persia. The dryest country in the world. Invalids come, too and well they mav: and the wearv disappointed, and heart-stricken the fallen seeking rest. Castcrn C'at-Figtds at the National Capital ism Washington Women Hate I-acli Other. Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette. Washington society is a fearful piece of mechanism. Like a huge building filled with Donderous wheels, w ith swift running belts, and cogs of all sizes, the first whipping y the visitor as if ready to snap oil lis head and tear him limb from imb at the first deviation from the straight path between, and the sec ond ready to snan oil' a finder or grind up an arm if either were care lessly lifted such is the structure. here at the capital, called society. THEKE ARE CEKTA1X PATHS between all these horrid machines where one mav walk in safety and inspect iltem at will, but let there 1 1 m . no a careless step, or never so light a slip, a failure to stoop low enough where this belt runs, or to walk erect enough between the cogs, or to stop short, and at a proper instance from the piston and driving rods, and the remorseless machinery snaps and grinds and pounds without hesita tion, and without regard to the suf ferings or cries of the victims. This week the fires are being lighted in all the engine-rooms of this machine shop, and next week it will be in full motion, roaring, hissing, ami grind iug awav. HI T, TO DIJOP THE FIorilE, a previous letter set forth the terri ble commotion in society here be cause a certain number of its leaders could not endure the thought of a certain ambitions woman, of whom they were all bitterly jealous, be coming the "first lady of the land. STKAStSE TO SAY, the question of rank in the social structure of official life has never vet been settled here any further than to agree that the wife of the Presinent is ex-oflicio, so to speali first lady that is, all are expected to call first, on her, but she is not ex pected to return the visit of any. On account of this exemption she is not held to be in society, and so the question remained as to who, in the activities of social life, would be first lady. TIIKIiE WAS A LOXG STRIFE between t lie families of the Chief Justices and those of the Vice Pres idents, but years ago this was virtu ally settled in favor of the former, though each succeding occupant of -itlicr position has fretted, and fum ed, and protested that the decision was unjust, but it hnallv passed from the common law of thedrawing- ;om into the written law and now nearly all the books agree unon who is first ladv. Bevond this there cer- ainlv is nothing settled, and some .vill not agree that this is. Cabinet adies. Senate ladies, and the wives if th? Justices of the Supreme Court ill claim the next place, and have fought for it vear alter year ior near- y half a century. THE LADIES follow the rank of their husbands. and but for the former there would be little attention paid to the matter. But for v.-omeii who have nothing to do but to drive around in their dash ing carriages and command first at tention where they can, and pay at tention only where they are obliged to stay at home or acknowledge them selves second, the question of rank is the pivot around w hich their whole hollow lives revolve. So stubbornly do some insist that the Vice Presi- lent and his household outrank that of the Chief Justice, that to-day there are some among the dignita ries here who, rather than face the uncertainty of the question, in mak ing up their dinner parties carefully avoid inviting the Chief Justice and the Vice. President for the same oc casion, lest one should be offended because the other was assigned the post of honor at table. But despite of all doubts that the parties in in terest keep alive in the general dis cussion of this MOMENTOUS NONSENSE, the majority agree that the rank runs smoothly down to the fourth degree in the social house that Jack Built: The President, the Chief Justice, the Vice President, and "Mr. Speaker." Beyond this, "society" is in a "cat fight." and every once in a while a feminine paw reaches over into the domains of the four, and calls forth spiteful spittings that are terrible to j hear. Four classes are claimants for the fifth rank. The Justices of the Supremo Court, the Generals of the Army, the Admirals of the Xavy, the Senators and the Cabinet. Each of these demand to be recognized as fifth, and each declare that their of fice is of superior rank to all the bal ance. There have been bitter wars in former times .between Cabinet la dies and the Senate, and, the latter outnumbering the former ten to one, have at least the advantage of "the last word." Then THE SENATE LADIES have usually two other contests on their hands, one of a comparatively mild character with the ladies of the Supreme Court, and the other in their claims to precedence over the wives of foreign Ministers. There have been many cooler things about many tables here than the ices be cause some aspiring wife of a Sena tor was obliged to see a lady of the diplomatic corps led out first to din ner. In all other parts of the land where women meet the first thing each settles for herself is w hat all the rest have on. Here the dreaded ques tion of rank rises next after identity c- iKiau mhii saiisiaction, or lips take on a firmer set. as each re cognizes her place and then comes the question" What is the thing eariuL; 1 "Time cuts down all, both great and small." How about the provision aiiu grocery onjs ; The Alaska Seal. But by far the most valuable fur that passes under the, name of seal is that of the sea-otter, or Alaska seal, which, while it has the habita. of the seal, forms a connecting link between it and the otter. A large portion of this fur is obtained from two islands, St. Paul and St. George, in latitude about oG3j degrees north, in the sea of Behring or Kamtschatka, about 250 miles northwest of the pensula of Alaska. Ihese islands were sold by Russia to the United States as a part of the Alaska Territory. When in 18C.I, General George II. Thomas was seut by our government to examine and report upon the country, lie es timated the fur-bearing seals, or sea- otters, seen each summer on these islands.at from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000 lying in the rookeries and covering hundreds of acres. For the last fifty or sixty years, the Russian Govern ment had limited the number of skins to be taken yearly at some 80,000 or less. As liener:il 1 Iihiivk recom mended the hunting and killing of these animals should be regulated by law, Congress, in 1STO, adopted sub stantially the Russian system; and in a few weeks the Alaska' Conn an v. of which Hon. P. Haven, of New Lon don, Connecticut, is a prominent owner and influential officer, leased Irum the United States the islands of tt. l'anl and St. Cieorge. The com pany contracted to pay a rent of 855 000 per annum, and a revenue tax of 82 0 on eac fur-seal taken and shipped from the islands. Two United States officials are stationed on each of these islands to see that the company complies with the con ditions of the lease, and to count the skins as they are shipped to San Francisco, where they are again counted by the custom house officers. The number taken annually must not exceed 100,000. The catch in 1872 amounted to iG,0G0 .skins. The sea otter is the boldest swimmer of the amphibious tribe, for troops of them are met with .'500 miles from land. When holding a fore paw over their eyes, in order to look about them with more distinctness, they are call ed sea-apes. They are exclusively found in the North Pacific Ocean and and on its borders, between the 4'Jth and Glth degrees of latitude; and, al though living mostly in the Avater, they are occasionally found on land very far from the sea. Their fur is exceedingly fine, close, soft and vel vety, perfectly black in full searon, but at other times of a shining, deep sepia, or of a rich chestnut brown. The longer hairs are silky and glossy, but not very numerous, and are easi ly removed. The Chinese prize the fur of the sea-otter so highly that formerly they paid for the skins from sixty to seventy-five dollars each; but thev value them somewhat less now. It slill remains the choicest, most expensive, and most fashionable fur of its kind in the market for gen tlemen's sets, ladies' saeques, turbans, boas, mulls, etc., and consequently all inferior furs that resemble it are made to imitate it. Popular Science Monthly. . - A Chance for He form. Washington Cor. Cincinnati Commercial. Many extremely zealous advocates of reform and economy in the public service have developed in the House during the last day or two, and it is suggested to them particularly to those who are at the head of promi nent committees, where extravagance can be readily checked that there is room for the exercise of the virtues they extol, in the various depart ments here, w hose clerks and other officers are furnished with horses and carriages at public expense. The Secretary of the Treasury has, for instance, a carriage and span of horses; the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has a double ami single car riage and a span of horses; the Ap pointment Clerk of the Treasury De partment has a carriage and horse; the Superintendent of the Treasury building, an officer unknown to the law, has a carriage, a buggy and a horse; the Supervising Architect has a carriage and horse; the Second Auditor has a carriage and horse; the Treasurer has a horse and car riage; the Superintendent of the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing has a horse and carriage; each of the As sistant Secretaries have horses, car riages and drivers. All these horses and carriages are bought by the Government and kept at the public expense. There is a stable just below the Treasury build ing which is used for this puruose. and a superintendent of stables, who 1 1 . . . nascnarge ot the concern, lsemnlov- eo anu paiq rsiuu ner annum nn.l four assistants are furnished him at V-i per day, each. There are seven who do nothing but drive these vir tuous ohicials 111 governmen t vdi hd who are on the rolls of the depart mem at .00 per month each. The otner departments of the Govern ment are not suffering for transpor tation facilities. The Attornev-Gen- or-il l..a 41. 1 i . " .o tiiicu noises ana two car riages, with drivers and footmen, w ho are paid as messengers; the Secretar ies of War, Navy and Iuterior, and the Postmaster-General are likewise iurmshed with public conveyances for themselves and families, while all their principal subordinates are equally well supplied with horse tiesh. A little might be saved by looking into this matter and prohib- 1 A. 1 At . .. iiing me application of appropria tions to the officials who have no shadow of legal right to them. George Washington's mother's dinner-bell was recently sold at an auc tion in Fredericksburg, Va. It bears the date of 1GG7 and was purchased many years ago at a sale of the effects of Washington's mother in Freder icksburg. It weighs six-pounds,and is one of the good, old-fashioned, sweet-toned ringers. Pioneer Association. Bctteville, Jari. 13, 1S74. Since holding the first annual meet ing of the Ol-fccnn "Pionoo. Ucvi'ii. tion. which convened at Rnttevillfl on the 11th of November last, fre quent letters have been received by wie uiucers 01 tne organization from different sections of the State asking for information relative to the obiect of the Association, and the organic rules regulating the admission of members, A:c. You will confer a favor upon the Board by giving place, to the follow ing synopsis of the rules by wJUich the organization is governed! 0 The object of the Association ia to collect from living witnesses such facts relutiug to the pioneer, and early history of the Territory of Ore gon, as the organization may deem worthy of preservation, and to this end the Secretary solicits communi- -cations from the meiubersand all early pioneers, whithersover they may now abide. All information thus received touching the object in view, will be faithfully filed with the archives of the Association. The Board of officers consists of President, Vice-President, Secretary and - Treasurer, w ho are chosen by ballot at the annual meetings. The present incumbents ar,e F. X. Math ieu, President; J. W. Grim, Vice President; W. II. Rees, Secretary. and L. C. Cooley, Treasurer. ah immigrants, male and lemaie, who resided within the bounds of the original Territory of Oregon, un der the joint occupancy of the coun try by the United States and Great Britain, and those who settled withiu. said lerritory prior to the first day of January, and are now citi zens of Oregon, are eligible to mem bership. Persons having the above qualifications, choosing to become members, are required to subscribe their names in the register kept for that purpose, or may forward the same to the Sec. to be recorded, giving date of arrival in the Territory of Oregon, where from, native State or county, and year of birth; and to pay into the Treasury an admission fee of 61, and a yearly due of like amount at each annual meeting; pro vided, that no admission fee or year ly due be exacted from the lady members of the Association. But 1. 11 persons who are now members, or may hereafter become such, are re quired to forward to the Secretary their photographs, that the same mayO be framed and arranged prior to the next ensuing annual meeting after becoming members. o The Board would respectfully ask the further favor of jour columns for the purpose of giving to the pub lic the conclusions of a meeting of the officers of the Association,' held in Aurora, Marion county, on the 13th ult., to determine upon the time and place of holding the second an nual meetingof the Oregon Pioneers. The members generally having ex pressed a desire to change the time of holding the next regular meeting from November to June, and the se lection of a suitable point on or near the O. it C. R. R. for convening, ac cordingly the Board held an inter view with Dr. Keil, of Aurora, to as certain if it would meet the approba tion of the citizens of that place, and whether suitable accommodations could be procured for so large an assemblage as may be expected to come together at that season of the year. The Doctor with commenda ble generosity, assured the Board that every suitable convenience at his- command should be at their dis posal and held in readiness to accom modate the pioneers and th6 younger persons in attendance, should they see proper to designate Aurora as their place of meeting. Satisfied with the eligibility of the place, the kind and ample accommodations of fered by Dr. Keil, the Board with en tire unanimity, decided that the Oregon Pioneer Association w ill hold its second annual reunion in Aurora on the 10th and 17th of June. 1874. And as a meeting of the early pion eers of Oregon Territory would be incomplete without their old time- worn friends beyond the border, it was further agreed to extend a cor dial invitation of the Association to the early pioneers of Washington Territory, that they, too, may assem ble with the members around the re kindled camp fire, and rejoice with them as in by-gone years in the in terchange of friendly greetings. A programme, announcing the reg ular order of business, speakers for the occasion, etc., will be given to the public in due time. The papers of Oregon and Washington Territory will please inform their readers ac cordingly, and oblige the Association. W. H. Rees, Sec'y O. P. Association. The Oregon Inventor. Frank A. Crouch, the young Oregonian whose wonderful inventions were described in the Orefonian a few months ago, has obtained a patent for his improv ed steam engine. His new principle making an engine consists in super heating steani beneath the piston-rod in the cylinder, thus producing mo tive power by a succession of explo sions, as it "were, and forcing the piston-rod by successive , sudden blows of seper-heated steam. It is demonstrated that in this way the motive power of an engine is increas ed five-fold without increase of con sumjition in fuel. Orefonian. Needs Amending. The Jackson ville Sentinel says that the bill intro duced in Congress to pension the widows of Gen. Canby and Dr. Thomas needs to be amended by ad ding the names of Mrs. Brotherton. Mrs. Boddy and dtfrs. Schira, the husbands of whom were also killed by the treachery of the Modoes. These ladies are equally entitled to pensions. C v. o o o o