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flTT, OREGON, JAN. 23,171.
Pemocatic Sta'e Convention.
The' Democratic State Central
Committee which met "in Portland
yesterday, designated the 18th day
March for the State Convention, to
he held at Albany. County Conven
tions to he held March 7th, 187-1.
The Approaching Canvass.
The Democratic State Central
Committee met in Portland yester
day and fixed upon the day for hold-
ing the next State Convention. This
will soon be followed by the an
nouncement of the time for holding
Othe County Conventions. Thus we
are again on the eve of an important
State election. The election is gen
eral being for a full State ticket,
Legislature, and for the various
county offices. The Radical party
are scarcely able to muster their bro
ken columns, and to all present ap
pearances, there is scarcely any
doubt of the success of the Demo
cratic party. Yet, being thus fully
O assured of our success, the party has
q nothing to venture its success upon.
At no time lias party discipline been
so completely relaxed in the minds
of the people as at present, and a
bad step will hazard our now appa
rent triumph, ande may terminate in
defeat. The Democracy goes into
the campaign without any divisions
or conflicting interests, and never be
fore was there more complete harmo-
3 ny. This should be maintained, and
nothing done to create distentions
within the ranks. In placing the
tickets in the held, the very best
men should be selected. Lot the of
fice seek the man, and not the man
the office. In order to get a good
ticket for countv and State officers,
it is the duty of Democrats to look
well to the primaries. This is the
commencement. From there the
masses of the people must speak, as
they then delegate their power to
others, and the County Convention
delegates its power to a still smaller
number. Let the people attend the
primaries and select good men for
the Count' Convention. And that
Convention being composed of men
who represent the wishes of the peo
ple, when they come together will be
able to select from the various parts
of the country, suitable men to be
placed in nomination. This Con
vention should select the best men
in the county for delegates to the
State Convention, men who know
-j enough of the persons who will prob
ably come before that body to give a
correct opinion as to who should re-
ceive their votes,
danger. "When
Rut there is still
the prospects for
success are flattering, bad men often
G.
get nominations, and do from those.
who aim to perform their duty hon
estly, as thev believe. Itmavas well
be understood by professional trick
sters that a nomination at this tiiiie
(D is by no means an election. The peo
ple, the voters are not bound tight
enough to any jtarty to vote for a
man unworthy of their support, no
matter what party places him in nom
ination, and defeat will meet them
on the day of election. It is highly
important that every candidate on
the ticket shall be able to carry the
full strength of the party, besides re
ceiving the free and independent
J vote, which at present is bound by
no party shackles. At this crisis the
party cannot afford to hazard its
prospects of success, and we caution
the Conventions and the people to
be cartf al in their selection of men.
Let them be true Democrats, free
from any charge that may be detri
mental to their integrity. Lot them
be public-spirited and honorable cit
izens, and their success is assured.
Pjt should either the County or
State Conventions be run by profes
sional office-seekers, and the wishes
of the people disregarded, the defeat j
of the party will surely follow. Lot !
Democrats cast about for the mate- J
rial to make up their respective tick- j
q ets, and discuss the merits of the
probable candidates, and if there is
a single objection which will not
stand the .Tetrersonian test " Is he
honest? is he capable?"' let him be
put aside. "We want none other on
our ticket; and none other can be
elected. The time will soon be at
band when the people will have to
select their servants; let them profit
by past experience. The platform
will havo a material
termining the result
influence in de
No man should
O be elected to any Convention who is
not positively known to besound on
the present issues before the people.
Anti-monopoly and protective-tariff
men have no right in Democratic
Conventions or upon Democratic
tickets. The next election is to be a
test between the people and Federal
officials, railroad monopolists and
bonded aristocrats. This must be
the issue, and the people will win
the victory if they are only true to
themselves.
The Yikgixia Senatorial Elec
tion. A Richmond, Ya., dispatch of
Jan. 13th, contains the following:
The House and Senate voted sepa
rately for U. S. Senator to-day. The
result of the combined vote is:
Withers (Conservative), 123; Wick
ham (Republican), 0; Lewis (Re
publican); Evans (colored Repub
lican , i.
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Our Special Washington Letter.
Washington, Jan. 5, 1871.
Legislative. Executive, and Judi
cial news for the past fortnight em
braces but little. Yet, prominent
among that little, is the examination
of the report of CommissionerDrum
mond of the General Land Office, in
regard to the case of Surveyor Gen
eral Ilardenbergh of California. It
discloses acts on the jiart of the lat
ter, of the grossest corruption, fraud
and extortion in office. The Corn
mis doner makes no recommendation,
but it appears that Ilardenbergh,
hearing of the decision, resigned his
! Tuition, and his successor has been
i apiointed. hese disclosures place
a quietus upon the report in circu
lation, that Ilardenbergh had been
unfairly treated by the Commission
er. The several Executive Depart
ments have commenced the work of
revising and setting forth in detail,
the public expenditures for the cur
rent year, and the practicability of
reducing such of the estimates as
can be accomplished without seri
ous detriment to the public service.
A rumor is being circulated that
Col. Thomas A. Scott left in this city
last week a draft of a bill to aid the
Northern Pacific and Texas Pacific
Railroads, providing for a loan by
the Government to the two roads of
650,000,000 in bonds, or 823,000,000
to each. It is also rumored that Sen
ator "Windom of Minnesota is to en
gineer the bill in the Senate, rmd
that a combination of Southern and
Western interests is being effected in
New York and Philadelpia, to be
prepared for action immediately af
ter the holidays. Twenty -eight Sen
ators are already claimed to have
been secured for the measure. Mr.
Houghton. Representative from the
Southern District of California, will
aid it to such a degree as to enable
the Texas Pacific Jtoad to complete
their track to Fort Worth, thereby
rendering available the Company's
Texas Land-Grant subsidy. The
probability is that a middle measure
will b-? proposed as a compromise.
The reminiscencies of the Modoc
war will be revived in Congress this
winter. Mr. Luttrell of California
will probably introduce a bill for the
relief of the widow of He v. Dr.
Thomas, the Peace Commisioner, al
lowing her the same amount as is
usually given to the widow of a lieutenant-colonel
of the armv. Other
matters connected with the war are
being investigated. The Quartermaster-General
has given notice that
persons having claims for transpor
tation or supplies, furnished during
the Modoe troubles, against the Gov
ernment, shall forward their vouch
ers to the Department, and that he
will favor the immediate payment of
all just claims.
During the past week the city has
been nearly depleted of Congress
men, who had left for their homes
to pass the holidays, but now the
usual number of M. C"s. are to be
seen in the various resorts of the
city. A very large proportion of the
"Third House'' have also migrated,
the 2rospeet of their husiness was
not very encouraging, and it is some
what doubtful if the impecunious
lobbyist will return to the attack.
Much depends upon his backers. If
they will furnish the funds in ad
vance, of course he will return. If
not, I suppose the people of Wash
ington will have to endure the pain
of his absence for a.season.
The appointment of the Hon. Ca
leb Cushing as Minister to Spain,
vice Sickles, resigned, meets with
much approval in the political cir
cles of this city. The policy of our
Government regarding our relations
with Spain, will soon 'assume such a
distinctive and positive form as to
prevent the possibility of a- recur
rence of the Yirginius affair. Propo
sitions will soon be submitted to
Spain of such a character, as to in
sure, in theeventof their acceptance,
peace and tranquility upon the Island
of Cuba, either through a compro
mise between the insurgents and the
Madrid Government, or some equal
ly effectual method.
The holidays passed off very quiet
ly New Year's Day being as usual
characterized by a large number of
receptions. The President and many
other prominent officials gave recep
tions, most of which were brilliant
affairs and passed off as pleasantly as
could be desired. Ax reroir,
11. D. M.
Wuat Should he Dose. T h e
Treasury report shows that the
Treasurer holds intrust for National
P.anks, says the New York Herald,
over three hundred and ninety-three
million dollars to secure circulation.
The Government pays on this to the
national banks nearly twentv-four
mill ions of dollars per year interest,
at six per cent., although it gives
back to the banks in their own cur
rency over three hundred and forty -eighi,
millions to invest and make in
terest on over again. These favored
institutions, in fact, have ninety per
cent, of their capital in ll.Mi'r hrm.le
to use, ami yet receive from the Gov
ernment six per cent, upon that cap
ital. Mr. Richardson wants money
and proposes to tax commerce and the
necessaries of life to obtain it. If
he will propose to sweep away the
national bank circulation and make
nil fn i" lifnrtr. t . i
wucm,, UA oue uenomma-
tion, legal-tender, he will save nearly
twenty-four million dollars now giv
en as a bonus to the national banks
3 : it. . . . '
ami jusi ue so much richer without
taxing the people at all.
Should Re Done. Since it has be
come generally known that the Gov
ernment is paying thousands of dol
lars annually for carriages, drivers
and iootmen tor the various officials
in Washington; we see no reason why
the suggestion of the St. Louis Jie-
publican should not be ci rried out
That paper says that a "Carriage
Committee should be added to the
standing Committees of Congrp"?.
tarn
Some
Tilings
Wanted.
"We find the following in the Asto
rian, signed, "Many Oregonians,"
and a .request to all " newspapers
friendly to the best interests of Or
egon," to copy it. In accordance
with this request, we cheerfully give
it place in our columns :
Oregon's losses.
The farmer of Oregon gets $10 per
ton for his wheat, and the carriers
get about $25 per ton for the same.
Rut the ships are not owned in the
State hence Oregon's loss is $25
per ton on Wheat.
The furnishers of stave bolts re
ceive about six dollars per cord, and
the ship ten dollars per cord. Ten
dollars per cord are lost on stave
bolts to the State.
1 SHIP OWN EES WANTED,
to save these large sums to the State
of Oregon. Ships are valuable, and
this State produces the best of lum
ber, spars and iron, for ship build
ing. SHIP TAKDS WANTED.
On the Columbia river," to retain
at home the expenses of ship build
ing. To build vessels near the mills,
where it can be done cheaply.
AN INDEPENDENT STEAMJiOAT CO.
i3 wanted on the Columbia river and
tributaries, to carry the products of
Oregon to the sea board, where deep
vessels may load with dispatch.
It is reported that the Columbia
and Willamette river steamboat Com
panies have an understanding, a mu
tual agreement, te limit their routs
and preserve a monopoly. The farm
ers on the upper Willamette cannot
r rr. t 1 t
grant earned to the s.'np
cargo in the Columbia riv
awaiting
er, without paying two or three com
panies, and having the grain rehftiid
led before reaching the ships. The
boat loaded at Salem should prceeed
directly to the ocean vessel in Asto
ria harbor, below all obstructions;
but instead of this, she stops twelve
miles below the Summer month, and
:i0 miles from the Winter mouth of
! the Willamette, and passes the grain
I ( wharf charged) , over to another
boat, of diflierent owners, to carry to
the Columbia river.
Farmers, Citizens of Oregon : We
appeal to you ! Look to this matter
of transportation! See the large sums
the State is continuously deprived of
by the costly way of shipping which
benefits only the wharves at Port
land, and enriches the steamboat
companies. It is this kind of busi
ness that enables shippers to give
California farmers this year
THIKTV-ONE CENTS PEIi BUSHEL
more than the Oregon farmer re
ceives for his wheat. Read, retieet;
understand the facts. Then, act for
yourselves.
Did the Democratic press ol Ore
gon rise up and denounce G rover for
the excessive tax engendered by his
partisan Roard of Equalization?
Not it. And why? We ask the Ex
tekpp.ise to explain. Rut in so doing
need we look for the lopping off of a
litigant head? Progression i.st.
We are astonished to see the able
editor of the Paogrcssioitst so igno
rant on a subject uon which he
should be informed. What did the
Governor have to do with the tax en
gendered by the Roard of Equaliza
tion? (and which is not being collect
ed.) It is true he appointed the
Roard, but it was in conformity with
an an passed by a Radical Legisla
ture, and because they proposed to
carry out the provisions of that act,
the Governor s-hould be censured.
As for our litigant head going off, if
the editor of the Progressionist is a
printer, we will ask him to explain,
by way of answer, how much has the
bill benefitted us ? Rofore the pass
age of this bill we set our legal ad
vertisements, like our Radical pre
decessor, in brevier, and charged $3
per square of ten lines, or less, and
1 30 for each subsequent insertion.
Now we give twelve lines of nonperiel
for $2 30 first insertion, and 1 for
each subsequent one. Will our
friend tell ns where wo have been
benefitted by this act? The fact of
the matter is, we have lost one-third
by the act, of the amount we formerly
received for legal advertising.
While it may benefit some, it will
not apply to us, and our friend need
not think that we consider ourself
under no obligations to any one for
the litigant act, or for the appoint
ment. We are sorry that our friend
feels so badly over the fact that he
had accident ly published an editorial
which was out of his usual line, and
properly arraigned the Radical party,
lie has already re pented of thi3 mer
itorious act.
Dabing Robbery. Wednesday af
ternoon, says the JSeirs, Col. Evans,
agent of Wells, Fargo & Co. in Port-
aud, received a telegram from N. L.
Pierce, the company s messenger on
the N. P. R. R., announcing that his
box had been relieved of a package
of legal tenders worth $8,000. It
seems that the robbery was commit
ted upon train, as the box was to all
appearances un tampered with at the
time of its being placed on board the
cars at Kalama, and with Mr. Pierce
at his post it is hard to devine how
the robbery was committed unnotic
ed. Col. Evans immediately tele
graphed a reward of two thousand
dollars for the arrest and conviction
of the thief.
Asa general thing of late days they
(the Democratic papers) have been
so busy looking up the rascality of
the Republicans that they have lost
signt of their own rascalities alto
ge t h er . Progression ist.
les, and it has kept them pretty
busy to find out a very small portion
of Radical rascality.
The Market Price. The Louis
-;n.. t .
mijb vuwnervoiMfl savs : "Jjet us
have peace," said the President in
one ot his inaugurals. The market
price for that ussful article, accor
ding to the estimates of the War De
partment, is 830,000.000 a year for
the army, and $35,000,000 for the
j uu-vy.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, '
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Congressional News.
TVashixgtox, Jan. 15. The House
Military Committee will resume con
sideration of the case of General
Howard to-morrow.
Mr. Taige will offer to-morrow a
resolution instructing the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations to report a
concurrent resolution advising the
President to open negotiations for
the modification of the treaty with
China, so as to check or altogether
prevent the immigration of Chinese
to this country. The resolution will
probably be referred to a Committee.
McCreery's bill for the regulation
of Railroads is now ready to report
from the House Committee on Roads
and Canals. It is expected to be the
one theme of principal discussion,
but probably only so much of it will
pass this season as provides for com
missioners to secure railroad statis
tics which shall form a basis for fu
ture legislation. The bill will be
strongly backed by legal talent and
as strongly fought by railroad money
power.
The Secretary of the Interior has
sent to the House a draft of a bill
providing for tne establishment of
reservations for the Indians of the
Colville Agency in Washington Ter
ritory, and for the Coeur D'Alene
Indians of Idaho Territory.
Washington, Jan. 17. In the Sen
ate Mr. Morton delivered a speech in
reply to that of Schurz, yesterday,
and argued against contraction of
the currency or abolition of the na
tional banking system, declaring that
there was not currency enough in the
country, and less now in proportion
to the business and wealth of the
country than there was five years
ago. He cited Austria, Russia, Italy
and Germany as countries of Eu
rope which had made the most pro
gress during the last ten years, in all
of which the currency ranged from
3 to 23 per cent, below par. He de
nied that the currency system hud
anything to do with the panic, and
insisted against any patent plan for
the resumption of specie payment.
Mr. Howe introduced a bill on the
subject which he explained, provi
ding for the gradual resumption of
specie payment, without increasing
or decreasing the volume of curren
cy. The House Committee on Civil
Service will report a bill reducing
the number of Deputy Commission
ers of Internal Revenue, and provi
ding that a vacancy in the office f
the First Deputy shall be filled by
appointing the existing Deputy.
Mr. Mitchell of Oregon introdncf d
a bill providing for the con: tructi n
of the Portland (Oregon), and Salt
Lake Railroad, ami a telegraph com
pany. He said the measure was in
the true interest of commerce, and
was approved by the people of the
whole North Pacific Coast; that the
people of that section were actually
suffering for the want of cheap trans
portation, ami the construction of the
road would result in a great saving
to Government in the transportation
of troops, mails, etc. The bill was
reierred to the Committee on Rail
roads.
It Squeals Like a Rat. When
such an organ as the New York Times
caves in, and discusses in dolorous
tones the question whether the party
organization lor which it has so oiten
sacrificed conscience itself, i.s doom
ed to the fate which overtook Pha-
roah, and Ins host, an exchange says
that we may well accept the conclu
sion that the so-called Republican
party is, in street boys' dialect "a
goner." It did not need this con
fession on the part of the above-
named paper to establish this fact;
the proofs of the approaching: and
speedy dissolution ot the Kadical
pntv are all about us. They are in
scribed in characters so plain that lie
who runs may read. Rut the Fall
elections, pouring down their ava
lanche ol concurrent testimony, and
thus emphasizing and establishing
the evidence already existing on all
sides, have proved too much, even
for such a faith f al party organ as the
New York Times; it squeals now like
a rat caught in a steel trap.
A Warm Spring letter to the Dem
ocrat says: "We have had a very
mild winter so far, and from pre-ent
indications it is likely to continue so
for some time. We have had only
about five inches of snow here, while
at the Dalles they have had nearly
eighteen inches, a subject for weath
erites to discuss, the distance beintr
only about one degree north. If every
degree north makes a corresponding
difference I don't want to go to
Alaska very soon. Our cattle here
are fat enough for beef, having re
mained in the same good condition
that they were in last fall."
A letter from Warm Springs to
the Albany Democrat says: "We
have had two accidents during the
winter one of which proved fatal. A
little son of J. R. Smith had his leg
broken by a saw log rolling over his
body. Rut under the skillful care
of Dr. I'linn, it is about well again.
The other was a child of Marcus W.
Walker. It was placed in a high
chair near the fire, when falling over
so near the fire that it was almost
roasted before thev found it. It
died in two days after the accident,
having suffered untold agony.
Mr. Wm. Cummins, of Junction,
during the week disposed of his farm
near that place, consisting of 050
acres, for the round sum of $22,500.
The same was bargained off last
spring for $19,000, but owing to
some informality the sale was not
completed. It is a fine tract of land
and will undoubtedly prove remun
erative to the purchaser.
The Oregon Granger figures the
profit on raising wheat in this State
at thirty -two cents a bushel. This is
based on an average selling price of
eighty cents a bushel, which the
Granger figures is the average during
eleven years past. It computes, the
cost of raising wheat at forty-eight
cents, which is probably about right.
Lane county has provided for pay
iner half the expense of buildintr a
wagon bridge across the the Willam-
ette at Springfield. The remainder
will be raised by subscription. The
bridge will be" of very substantial
make, and will be elevated far above
high wateT mark. The length of the
bridge will be SfW fet.
Summary of State News Items.
There are a good many cases of
measles in Eugene.
The freight trains only run three
times a week now above Junction.
Barges are now extensively used on )
the river in carrying wheat.
Farmers and stock raisers of Lane
county offer 15 a piece for coyote
scalps.
The people
of Jefferson
the Santiam
want a
at that
bridge
across
place.
A special term of the Circuit Court
of Multnomah will be held on the
21th inst.
C. W. Parrish has been appointed
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the
1th district.
Capt. Miller, of the Beaver, has
discovered a new shute through" the
insland of Peoria.
The house built at Junction, de
signed for a printing office, was blown
down last Friday.
Several immigrants from Iowa
were out in Washington county last
week looking for homes.
The Jacksonville S-'nttnel states
that the late rains have set the miners
at work in that vicinity.
Dr. W. F. Alexander, of Linn
county, has so far recovered as to
enable hiru to be out again.
LaGrande's big worm is sixty-four
feet long. Its former residence was
the stomach of Alex. Bowman.
A rumor now circulates in Yamhill
countv that work on the Westside
Railroad will soon be resumed.
One J. J. Domes, formerly of Al
bany, but now of somewhere else, is
mourned by hotel keepers, et al.
Rev. A. C. Fairchild, of Eugene,
received $10 last week through the
pleasant medium of a donation party.
The reward offered for the recovery
of the body of Groathonse.Silverton's
missing man, has been increased to
$:50.
Petit larceny prevails at Portland
from small filching by boys to gen
teel shoplifting by well-dressed wo
men. Dr. Sharpies, of Eugene, has the
contract of dosing t lie paupers of
Lane countv, for the next vear, at
$230.
The new woolen mill at Albauy
will probably be erected on the Wil
lamette river, just below the Farmers'
Warehouse.
A little boy, son of Mr. John Giez
tle. of Tillamook, was seriously burn
ed last week by falling from a chair
into a hot fire.
'Antoino Mesplie. aged sixteen, was
killed at the farm of his uncle, near
the Dalles, by the accidental dis
charge of his gun.
The" gold fever is raging in Port
and a number of jersons calculate to
abandon their positions and go to the
mines in the Spring.
A man named Henry C. White,
better known as Hen White, was
i shot and killed in a drunken row at
Linkville last Sunday night.
M. P. Lock, of Polk county, who
hid a ramrod blown through his
hand about two weeks ago, is suffer
ing intensely from the wound.
The. M'Htnt ' liru rr says there is now
a good market for fat cattle east of
the monntaine, and Robert Mays has
sold 115 head at $-'50 per head.
A Salem jeweler has an old high
cased brass clock which was brought
across the plains over 20 years ago
by the late Hon. J. G. Wilson.
The Christian Messenger, at Mon
mouth, Polk county, will resume
publication in a few weeks, Rev. T.
F. Campbell continuing as editor.
On Sunday afternoon of last week
the rite of baptism by immersiou was
administered to eight persons uniting
with the Baptist Church at the Dalles.
IXmiel Martin, of Dixie Precinct,
Polk county, committed suicide on
the 11th. He was about 33 years old,
unmarried and lived with his father,
Jacob Martin.
An appropriation equal to one
half the sum to be used in construct
ing a bridge across the McKenzie at
Hayden's, was ordered by the County
Court last week.
Mrs. Ford, relict of the late N.
Ford, of Polk county, died on the
4th inst., at the advanced age of 71
years. She came with her husband
to Oregon in 1813.
Railroad taxes in Linn county are
$3,132 25. The next largest taxpayer
in the county is m. Cochran, who
pavs $537 70. One hundred and for
ty persons pay over $100 each.
The viewers of the proposed road
from Salem up the Santiam and
across the Cascade Mountains to
Eastern Oregon, will start out to
look up the route some time in April.
The Portland Evening JW'irs says
the gale of Saturday was very severe
on the river, and steamboats were re
tarded bv it, and the passenger trains
on- the O. fc C. R. R. were delayed
by fallen trees.
The tax levy of Linn county for
1873, and now being rapidlv collected,
foots up $02,000. The tax rate is
sixteen mills on the dollar. Aftor
paying the State and school tax,
there will remain for county purposes
about $25,000.
One hundred and twenty-nine citi
zens of Eugene swore off drinking
ardent spirits on New Year's day.
One hundred and eighteen naegone
back to their oups, ami the other
eleven are hanging on the verge and
around the saloons.
A correspondent at Ellen sburg,
Curry county, says: On the last
trip the schooner Alaska.from Ellens
burg, the Captain, George Kimball,
jumped overboard in a gale of wind
off Cape Mendocino, on the 15th
inst., and perished. No cause is
krown for the deed. He has relatives,
I believe, residing in San Francisco.
Everything in Polk oounty wears a
bright look. The farmers are plow
ing and sowing fall grain, and great
" . - 1 T fl .
! preparations are being made for next
! harvest. A large amount of new
' gronnd is being plowed, in some
places tracts of from 50 to 200 acres,
The fall grain looks well, and the
, farmers are hopeful of a good harvest
next AP."onf
Territorial News Items.
The mumps are prevalent at Oljm
pia. Gov. T. W. Bennett left Boise City
on the 13th for Washington, D. C.
There were five inches of snow at
Olympia on Monday, and still snow
ing. Great interest is taken in the move
ment now on foot to secure a mint in
Salt Lake.
The members of the Utah Legisla-;
ture, with but one exception, are
polygamists. j
During the past six years, CIS new
buildings have been erected in Den
ver at a cost of $1,382,000.
Utah has shipped in the past vear
10,000,000 pounds of crude bullion
and 25,000,000 pounds of ore.
In 1S73, Denver claimed to have
done a business of $15,(XJ0.0O0, and
increased its population 5,000.
Several Olympians started for the
Cassiar gold mines on Sunday. They
take sleds and a complete outfit.
Montana has a population of about
20,000. The production of gold and
silver amounted to $3,000,000 last
year.
, . . ..
l. A. A. Denny declines to serve
lversity Regent, to which he
ected by the last Legislative
Hon
as Uni
was elected
Assembly
A proposition is before the Legis
lature of Arizona to grant lands to
persons who will sink artesian wells
in the Territory.
J. J. Yalentine. of Wells, Fargo fc
Co's express, estimates the yield of
gold in Washington Territory during
1873 at $200,303.
There are now twenty-seven organ
ized granges of the Patrons of Hus
bandry in Colorado, with over seven
hundred members.
Pueblo, Colorado, which had a
population of 10 in 1807, now claims
5.000. Its merchants in the past vear
sold $3,000,000 worth of goods.
Colorado's penitentiary is as full as
it can hold, and the jails throughout
the Territory are also full of crimin
als, waiting their turn in the peni
tentiary. The dwelling of Mr. E. L. Willey,
in Oakland, W. T., was entirely con
sumed by fire, last Saturday after
noon, the 11th in-t., with most of its
contents.
Gen. Barnnm, well known in Ore
gon, lectured in Salt Lake City on
the 11th inst., on Evolution of Sects
on the Seven Great Religions of the
World.
The Indian Commissioner has or
dered that no more rations of corn be
issued to the Apaches, because use it
to make an intoxicating liquor called
"tiz-win," and get drunk on it.
Parties are making arrangements
at Dayton, V. T., to establish a wag
on and carriage making establisl -ment
on a large scale. A tannery es
tablishment is also being looked up.
A Mrs. Pleasant, of Fort Laramie,
has hiied a paper for saying that she
has murdered three husbands, when
the fact is sh hasn't murdered but
two, the third one getting away with
a broken rib.
Utah ranks with California in the
production of precious metals. Ne-
vada leads all theP
icihe Coast States
and Territories at
proposes to beat
next two vears.
present. but'Utah
that Stata in the
Senator Ramsey's bill to organize
the Territory of Pembina, pronoses
to divide Dakota on a line running
east a:id west along the 40th para'el
of north latitude, or about in the cen
ter of the Territory.
In the District Court sitting at
Steilacoom last week, Charles Lyttle
was found guilty of murder in the
first degree, for the killing of an In
dian in Steilacoom. lie was senten
ced to be hung on the 20th of March
next.
The Olympia llho says: "Every
thing looks extremely favorable for
our home railroad. The contract for
surveys was concluded on Monday
evening last, on favorable terms, and
everything is settling down to a de
gree of business confidence that is
cheering.
According to the Territorial Treas
urer, the total property valuation of
Colorado Terrirory has increased
from $10,015,521 in 1870 to $35,009,
030 in 1873. By the census of 183,
the population of the Territory was
39,801. The population at present,
based on the September vote is 101,
800. The Arizona Miner says that men,
women and children are now being
murdered in Sonora, by Indians from
American reservations. The Indians
are armed with breech-loading rifles,
given them by the Peace Commis
sioners and by privileged traders,
who have influence enough with the
Department of the Interior to be al
lowed to traffic in fire-arms.
The Denver papers of Dec. 31st
give accounts of three suicides in the
Territory the preceding week, Martha
L. Harper, of Boulder county, by
hanging, aged 20, cause, morbid reli
gions sentiment. H. B. Ring, a well
known citizen of Denver, by taking
morphine, cause, financial reverses;
ttUtl Aliciiaci u. x wiiveiBuw, ui uuu;-
mont, by taking strychnine and
shooting himself twice. A Mrs. Mor
rison, of Denver, also attempted to
peg out bv taking inorphine, but
failed.
The Arizona Miner rejoices over
the rain which has fallen there, and J
closes an article on the subject as
follows: " No such storm has visited
our shores since '05 and '00. The
snow on the Turkey creek divide was
fourteen feet deep; at Groom's creek
six feet, and on Prescott plaza three
feet. The mercury stood at sixteen
degrees below zero for a week; whis
ky froze in a soldier's stomach, be-
tween Prescott and l ort Whipple one
night, and he was found dead in tho
morning,
The reports from Silverton contain
nothing new concerning the search
for Greathouso, exoopt that the
searchers have discovered what may
turn out to be a clue. Suspicious
tracks of a horse with a man walking
at each side have been traced to a
wnA v it.. 4hinin nt3 tVlA C- lVl
is now being prosecuted in that di-
reotion.
Telegaphic News.
Austin, Jan. 11. Both Houses of
the new Legislature have appointed
committees to confer with each other
and with the Governor with regard to
a settlement of their difliculties.
Atlanta, Jan. 15.--The ' Legisla
ture met yesterday. The Governor,
in his message' takes a cheerful view
of affairs. The State debt is $80,
000,000, and the estimated value of
taxable property is $250,000,000.
Washington, Jan. 11. President
Grant has withdrawn the name of
Hon. Caleb Cushing as Chief Jus
tice. Cushing indignantly denies all
aspersions upon his loyalty,
The Senate to-day confirmed the
nomination of Geo. Crook as Rrig.
General.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 11, The Le
gislature met to-day. The Republi
cans organized the Senate, having
one majority. The Reformer - or
ganized the House, having a niajori
ty of 17. Gabriel Roncke was elect
ed Speaker.
New Haven, Jan. 15 The Prohib
itory State Convention has nomina
ted a ticket, headed by II. D. Smith,
and adopted resolutions condemning
the hypocrisy of both political par
ties and declaring the License Law
a fraud.
Austin, Jan. 15. The Chair
of the cornmjttee appointed b
House of Representatives of the'
Legislature vtnt to the Gove
Vusttn, Jan. 15. The Chairman;
bv tho
11th
overnor
to day and presented resolutions of
the House requesting liim to order
j the Secretary of State to deliver to
the Committee the returns of the
j late election, the Secretary having
I refused to deliver them to the Com
I mittee. The Governor informed the
Committee that he did not consider
j they had anv right to the returns,
i but if the Chairman would go to tho
' office of the Secretary of State and
I take them, he would not be resisted.
He accordingly went with an officer,
: the Secretary showed him the re
I turns and he took them away, the
j Secretary filing a protest against the
i act. It is now supposed that the in
j auguration of Slate officers will take
phu'e this even in', if the canvassing
of the vote docs not take too long.
It is thought that Governor Davis
will yield without trouble.
New Yoiiiv. Jan. 17. Robert Tur-
j nor of Potosi, Viseonsin, arrested
j for the murder of his brother, has
I confessed to having murdered about
j fortv persons.
Washington. Jan. 17. The Yir
ginius naval C ourt has adjourned,
and the findings are t!c:t the sinking
of the Yirginius was unavoidable
under the eirenm-daves.
Austin, Jan. 17. Gov. Davis still
holds on to the Executive office of
the State. Everything is quiet.
Cooke declined the proposition of
Davis to leave the que.-tion of right
ful Governorship to the President,
saying ti-athe held his right by legal
election iind qualification.
Toceka, Jan. 17. The Senate to
night pa -S' d, by a vote of 21 to
the resolution condemning the back
pay law, praising the present Con
gress for repealing it, and reaffirm
ing their faith in the Republican
party. An amendment condemning
the President for signing the bill
failed to pas -yeas six, i;oes 21.
New YoiiX. .Tan . 20. A special
I from Rich::. 'id
:ik(M t!i' announee-
j m:nt of the sudd.
i amo'ie twin-; o:;
! ut th-ir n -iden-e
lih of the Si
(lav morning,
it;:'
:d Moiv.it Aircv,
Chang had been
lute- to drinking
been quite feeble
) lr.in'ii so jis to
r. to bod. On Fri-
i Surrey cu
ntv.
ted
ha.
muni adn'.-'teM of
liquor. IT,
for several
av
contine t he hn th. r.
day night he becau:
pi red suddenly
v. u si, aim ex
t four o'clock
on Satnr
rg. Eng bn'arno
terribly shocked and roared wildly
for awhile. Two hours from th
death of Chang lig alo died. The
wives and families of the twins am
in the deepest affliction.
Washington, Jan. 19th. M. R-
Waite, of Toledo. Ohio, has been
-nominated for Chief Justice. All
parties agree that the nomination is
a lit one. Mr. Waite is 58 years of
age, and is a son of the late Chief
Justice Waite of Connecticut ; and is
a lawyer or thirty-eight years' stand
ing. Mr. Mitchell's bill provides that
the proposed extension of the Port
land, Dalles & Salt Lake Railroad,
from the Columbia river to some
point on the Pacific railroad between
Ogden and Kelton, shall be open for
free transmission of United States
mails and Government supplies, in
consideration of which the Govern
ment is to pay the interest on tho
Company's bonds to the extent of
$10,000 per mile.
Cincinnati, Jan. 19. A special
dispatch from Charleston, Ya., re
jiorts a great fire in that city. Loss,
$100,000; insurance, $35,000.
Washington, Jan. 20. Waite's
nomination thus far meets with no
opposition except that the nominee
is unknown.
Chicago, Jan. 20. Between three
and four o'clock this morning, a firo
broke out in the Union Central De
pot buildings, at the foot of Lake
street, which were entirely con
sumed. New York, Jan. 20. A large num-
ber of men were discharged from tho
navy yard to-day, and more will bo
dischared soon.
James Sullivan, Independent Dem
ocrat, was elected State Senator to
day, in place of II. Genet.
Memphis. Jan. 20. The Supreme.
Court of Mississippi unanimously
decided that the late State election
was Constitutional, and Gov. Ames
will be shortly inaugurated.
London, Jan. 11. News has been
received from Cartagena stating that
the Government troops on entering
the city shot eight insurgents who
were trying to escape.
Madrid, January 11. On entering
Cartagena the Government forces
found the fortications and buildings,
badly damaged by the bombard ment,
A portion of the force which was
engaged at the siege has marched
against the Carlists.
Havana, Jan. 15. Col. Esperada,
with 050 men had a battle with the
insurrents near Melanez. the fight
lasting over six hours. At last the
Spanish forces had to retgeat before
superior numbers.
RadicaLi Committee, The Radical
Central Committee is called to meet
at Portland on 19th of February, to
make arrangements for a grand fun
eral next June. Hon. D. P. Thomp
tha Committeeman from th?
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