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THE ENTE
OREGON CITT, OREGON, l EB.'20, 1S71
DEMOCR ATIC STATE COXVEXTIO.V.
A Democratic .State Convention lor the
State of Oregon, is hert.-by called by the
Democratic State Central . o.n mitt-i , con
vened In Portland, Oregon, this, the 22d
day of January, A- D., 1374, to me-et at the
city of Albany, Oregon, on
Wednilay, the IStH flay of March,
174, for the purpose of nominating candi
dates to be voted for at the general election
In June next, for Congress and the various
State and District offices then to be filled,
and for the transaction of any other busi
ness that may properly come before it.
The apportionment of members of said
Convention among the counties is based
upon the Democratic vote cast for yon.
John Burnett for Congress in 1872, allowing
one delegate In said Convention for each
one hundred or fraction of fii'ty, so cast.
The several counties of the State will be
entitled to delegates in said Convention as
follows :
Baker
lie ii ton
Clatsop a..
Clackamas.-..
Coluin bia
Curry
Joos
louglas
Oram...
Josephine
Jackson..........
Tatal
Linn
I .tine
.Marion
.Multnomah..
I'olk
L'nion
Cm at ilia
Tillamook
Wasco
Washington .
Yamliill
12
10
12
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121
It is suggested by the Committee that the
several counties hold their l'riinary Con
ventions on Saturday, the 2ft h, day of Feb
ruary, at 1 o'clock P. M., and their County
Conveutions on Saturday, the 7th day of
March, at the same hour. In t hose counties
where these appointments do not. meet the
convenience ol the Democracy, it is expec
ted that they will make the necessary
changes through their County Committee.
w. c. wiiriK,
Chairman Dmu. State Central Com.
"J. J. W alto.v, J k., Secretary.
democratic County Convention.
TUe Democratic voters of Clackamas
county are requested to meet at their
usual places of voting, on Saturday,
Felruar3r 2Sth, 1574, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the County Con
vention, which will be held at Oregon
City, March 7th,lS74, at 11 o'clock a. in.,
for the purpose of selecting seven dele-
q gates to attend the State Convention,
which will meet at Albany on the lsth
O day of March next, and to transact sueli
other business as may properly come
before the Convention. The various
precincts are entitled to delegates in
the Convention as follows:
Oregon City
I-inu City
Cutting's
Tualatin ..
Upper Molalla..
Union
Pleasant Hi II....
Marshneld
ltock Creek
Beaver Creek....
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1
4
Canem ah
t asoailes
Harding's
l)wt r Mulalla...
Manuiam'a
1 l an by
1 I M il wiinkie
1 j Os .u p)
2 I Sj rinx att-r
3 I Kui;le Crerk
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Total .?.
Tiie Committee reeommed that tht
Democracy turn out in full force and j
attend the primaries.
By order of the Committee.
A. NOLTNKlt, Chairman.
Primary Conventions.
One week from to-morrow, Satur- i
day, the 28th inst., the Democracy
of this county will meet in Primary
Convention for the purpose of se
0 lectinglelegates to attend the Coun
ty Convention, whose duty it will be
to select seven delegates to the State
Convention, and to place in nomina
tion a full ticket for county officers.
There has heretofore been too much
of a disposition on the part of the
voters to neglect attending these
primary meetings, and in many cases
afterwards, find fault because cer-
tain men were either elected dele
gates or placed in nomination. This
is wrong. Every voter who lias a
proper appreciation of his sover
eignty, should attend the primary
conventions, and there aim to secure,
by all liouorable means, such dele
gates as will support the various men
he may desire to receive the nomina
tion for this or that position. Here
it is that the voter first begins to del
egate his authority into the hands of
others; and if he delegates this power
prudently and wisely, he will have
D cause to find fault with the names
placed in nomination. Every voter
tdiould be as promptly at the primary
conventions as he should be at the
polls on the day of election. Let the
people this year attend the primary
conventions, send up to the County
Conventions the very best men there
are iu the precinct, and then we shall
have a ticket which will suit and
meet the wishes of the people of the
county. The selection of delegates
to the State Convention is an im
portant trust conferred upon the
delegates. It has been customary to
select those who "would go," and in
many cases not those who were apt
io represent the wishes of the people
that sent them. This has not been
the case so muchn this county as it
hsin others. This is wrong and
fruitful of great evil. The delegates
should ascertain who is willing to
.pend the time and money to attend
the Convention, and if it is known
that they will represent the wishes
of the people, select them; and
where there is any doubt, elect those
who will represent the sentiment of
Gthe county. They should be men of
experience in such matters, and men
who will act in harmony together, as
with a divided delegation but little
can be accomplished, while with a
united vote from a county as large as
this, they cannot fail of having great
influence. The primaries are the
places that the work begins. If the
attendance at them is small, the peo
pie may rest assured that the ticket
nominated will not meet their hearty
approval. Men who luive an object
in view always attend the primaries,
and unless the masses attend, the de
signing ones will secure the dele
gates and accomplish their ends. Let
Qevery Democratic voter be on hand
G on the 28th inst., as there he virtu
ally votes for the ticket he expects to
support in June, select good men to
the County Convention,, and then
r.bido tlic-ir aetion.
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The Independent Movement.
At this time we note qnite a dispo
sition throughout the State to go in-
j to the "Independent business." We
have no objection to our Radical
friends resorting to this means to
undo what they have become power
less to accomplish within their own
party organization. But Democrats
have had no hand in bringing about
the present state of affairs, and con
sequently have no ground to desert
the party which has maintained its
integrity and organization under all
adverse circumstances for the past
twelve years. The Radical party is
responsible for all the corruption
and extravagance existing in the Na
tional Government. This they now
cannot correct unless they resort lo
the " Independent" dodge. Let them
do so. In our State affairs there can
bo no just grounds for Democrats to
leave the party which four years ago
took the administration of affairs and
brought them out of chaos. The
j Radicals had robbed tho,sehool fund,
5 j bartered away the school lands,
i j nearly lost to us the University and
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.in auiji i.o;o.-, .tun nun iiiii me ouiltr
into debt; they had violated every
trust that had been imposed upon
them. No such charges can be made
against the Democratic administra
tion. The Legislature of 1S70, which
was Democratic, passed a bill to re-
duce the fees of officers, and elected
Colonel Kelly U. S. Senator, besides j ticket, in our view, and the plat
doing all in its power to secure the j form, should be placed in nomina
rights and interests cf the State. ! tion first. As far as we have ob-
I The next Legislature, Radical bv a
I arge majority, not only restored the
former fee bill, but increased the i dates; m fact, all the various corn
county officials' pay in many install- ' mittees have simply called the Con
ces. They immediatly commenced volitions f.r the purpose of nomiiia
to divide all the swamu lan.'ls amonir ting delegates to the State Conven-
the various rings; elected J. II.
Mitchell to the Senate, and created a
number of new offices; .squandered
hundreds of dollars to maintain
hangers-on in and about the Legisla
ture, and was most recklessly extrav-
agant with the people'.-, money. This
3 j record they know the people will not j
:i Mi.lmsP l.mwn tliAv :irn en. Ten iniin ,r i
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j i to bring into their disaffected ranks
a ' a few Democrats to give their inove-
1 j nient repectability anl thus pull the I
s wool over tlie eves of the people. In
counties where this movement is
most active, it is generally endorsed
and supported by every old broken-
down politician who in the past has
had his hand in the pockets of the
people, and has been set aside, or it
is sustained by men who know thev !
are not trusted by either party, and
take this step to become leaders of a
"great reform party-." Democrats
should be cautious how they are de
ceived by these shallow pretences.
It is the wolf in another garment.
There is nothing which Democrats
need reformation in that they cannot
get in their organization. There is
nothing of which a Democrat need be
ashamed in the management of anv ;
county which has been in the hands
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of Democrats for the past two years,
and the same may be said of the
State. Then why should Democrats
join this disaffected element of the
Radical party, who claim their or
ganization has become too corrupt
for an honest man to remain with it
longer? What principle do these
would-be reformers advocate that has
not been 'a leading plank in every
Democratic platform ? There is noth
ing, and if they are honest in their
wish to reform the counties which
have been in Radical hands until
they have become bankrupt, and de
sire a change, let them forsake their
rotten party and come like men up to
the polls and vote for true and honest
Democrats. Let Democrats who
have any grievances or wrongs to
correct come up to thtir own primar
ies and there correct them by select
ing the very b?st men in the county
for every position of trust, profit and
honor. It io true, that an occasional
Democrat niay be found who
is willing to go to the reformers;
but you will find such a one to be a
man who has had his pretensions for
office and place repeatedly disregard
ed. The Democratic party to-dav
as of years past, has no reason to be
ashamed of its record, and Demo
crats who are such from principle,
and not from selfish and personal
interests, need not go into any inde
pendent movement to secure the re
form Radicals are seeking. Those
who have heretofore supported the
Radical tickets, whether they were
honest or dishonest men upon it,
now find that they " sewed to the
wind, and now reap the whirlwind."
Let no Democrat be deceived with
this false cry of the Radicals for re
form. The truth is, the men who
lead it, in the main, have lost their
hold on the organization of both par
ties, and now cry out reform for the
purpose of getting into office, many
of whom have been discarded by the
people for faithfulness to public
trust. The only and true reform for
all who desire it, is to come out of
the Radical ranks and support the
democratic nominees who are always I
pledged to reform, mtpfr tv ...n,iii
faithful discharge of public trust. '
Aotning more could be asked, and !
nothing more could or should be j
desired. i
Contrary to our expectations, we
have not received our report from
the late "Hen Convention," held at
Portland. It would not surprise us
if our correspondent has been tamp-
2S!th by th mana" of t,je
Should the Convention Nominate the
County Ticket I
It is a matter which should receive
the serious consideration of the dele
gates that may be elected to attend
the County Convention, whether it
is best, in view of the early date of
! the Convention, to place in nomina
tion the County ticket. The argu
ment is good that if a man has a
proper character to fit him for the
office to which he is nominated, it
will stand the test of time. This is
about all that can be said in favor of
such an early nomination. Yet there
are many other considerations against
an early nomination. It is three
months before the election, and the
candidates to be elected number fif
teen. From the time they are placed
in the field until the day of election,
they are virtually deprived of fol
lowing their usual avocations, pro
vided the Convention selects men
who have any occupation and none
other should be nominated. We want
no professional politicians and Ave
knov of none who are seeking office.
Hence you are taking men from their
legitimate business for this length of
time. It is true that it may be in
convenient for some of the delegates
to attend two Conventions, but we
have a doubt whether that inconve
nience will equal the burdens placed
upon the candidates by a three
months' campaign. Besides, the Statu
I served, there is not a call issued in
j the State to nominate county candi-
tion. The County Committee of this
county were willing to leave, the mat
ter to the judgment of the Conven
tion, yet a majority expressed them
selves as of the opinion that it were
better to postpone the nomination
until some future day. Let the del-
egates selected consider this matter,
and see whether it would not be best
to defer the selection of county can
didates until after the State ticket is
in the field. We have no particular
choice in this matter, but are of the
opinion that postponement will do
o harm, while it may prove of great
benefit to the success of our ticket.
A fair expression from the delegates
in- the Convention, either way, will
meet with our endorsement.
x nev
are the proper judges
Tim Arnioi:. Oar Radical friends
will remember, when they condemn
the present fee-bill, that our old
friend Bush. Wilson, the present
County Clerk of Benton county, is
the author of it, and that it was in
troduced into the Lower House by
that model Radical economist, Jas.
G ingles, of the same county. These
are both leading Radicals in that
county, and both will probably be
candidates for office again on the
Radical ticket. Bush has been Clerk
of Benton county for the last ten
years, but we apprehend that his
time is about up.
EniKSE City. We took a hasty
trip last week to Eugene, being the
firot time within the past four years
that we have visited our old home.
We were very agreeably surprised at
the marked improvement that has
taken place in the city during that
time. There have been erected a num
ber of new brick buildings, andsome
very line residences. The town pre-
scuts a g
ood
healthy appearance,
and, as we heave always predicted, is
bound to be one of the leading places
in the State.
Tim AsroniAN. This paper has
been changed from a tri-weekly to a
weekly, and enlarged to seven col
umns, with a "patent-outside." We
thought it rather unwise to attempt
a tri-weekly, and are satisfied that
our old friend Ireland would have
been financially better off to have
commenced with a weekly. He gets
up a good local paper and deserves
success.-,
Good. The Porlland reporters in
the proceedings of tlie late hen con
vention at that place, reported that
Gov. G rover, in his reply to an in
vitation to address the convention,
expressed sympathy with the move
ment. The Governor published a
card in the Ori-jo,iian of Wednes
day, in which he respectfully denies
having expressed any sympathy in
the movement. Few sensible men do.
Ar.itcsTKD. Daniel P. Baker, alias
"Dick Bent," an escaped convict
i from thr Nevada penitentiary, where
he was confined for robbing Wells,
Fargo & Go's. Express, under sen
tence of thirty years, was arrested
last week by officer McCoy, and
taken back to Nevada. He had resi
ded at Corvallis for about two years,
and during that time married at that
place.
Intfuesting.- n interesting open
.. . mieresiinopen
T IL William. frnni B
t-uJr!l win oe found on our firs
St.
I,aS- J-ho truth is being verified,
TVno-r i.,.n. . .t . T--, . .
0. x., uu ueiuT man w imams,
but as the two rogues have fallen
out the public is getting some of
their dark ways brought to light.
Tejiperance Union. The State
Temperanee Union mot nf s.lom inct
! Tuesday. The attendance is quite
COURTESY OF BANlx-'SSsjS
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
Our Special Washington tetter.
"Washington', Feb. 2, 1S7L
The Pacific Coast came in for more
than its usual share of bills in Con
gress, during the past fortnight.
Senator Mitchell proposed a bill "to
ascertain le lwB ..fined by the
citizens of Oregon, by Indian depre-
dations," and another "to create an
additional unA .lUtviet. in Ore-roil."
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Jell iiUIIL. UI lUlHUlill.!. jui.iluuvm
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two in relation to California matteis.
In addition to these, four more we're
introduced, all having in some de
gree, reference to the Pacific States
and Territories, as follows:
Houghton of California introduced
a bill providing for "a uniform reg
istry of sea-going vessels, and other
maratiine matters." This was framed
under the suggestion of parlies who
desire to establish a shipbuilding
business at Belli ngham Bay, Wash
ington Territory. It is claimed that
the French and English Lloyd's dis
criminate unjustly in favor of iron
ships, and that American built wood
en ships cannot fairly compete with
iron ships, because the registry in
the United States is not i-bserved
with anjT respect in Europe. An
American ship cannot obtain either
passengers or freiget in England un
til she is registered at the. English
Lloyds, and there the owners find a
disposition to sustain the credit of
iron-bottoms in preference to all oth
ers. Tlie object of Houghton's bill
is to establish an American author
ity which will be credited in other
countries, With this law it is claim
ed that our ship-builiding interests
i will be revived and the superiority
of wooden vessels le esfi-1 ) ished .
The next bill was that introduced
by the same gentleman, from the
Committee on Pacific Railroads, pro
viding for "the incorporation of the
transcontinental railroad." Connect
ed with this there are several amend
ments, the first of which prohibits
tlie company from consolidating with
any competing railroad from the
Mississippi river to San Francisco.
Congress reserves the right to regu
late the freight and fares whenever
the public good demands it. It also
makes provision that if the company
fails to build tlie lead as rapidly as
required they forfeit all tlie rights
granted in the franchise. Mr. Hough
ton says the true method of prevent
ingmonopolv by ra l In a I .v
is to en-
courage the buildin
f many rail-
roads, but also to provide that if
they fail in the least to comply with
the conditions of their franchise,
their rights shall be forfoiled; the'
latter provision being, in his opin
ion, the only way to prevent compa
nies from monopolizing the natirnal
routes of travel by locating pap--r
railroads. The route chosen for this
rnd is up the Arkan-as vaMey to
Colorado, and thence by the most
pra-'iieahle route to San Francisco.
It is probable that v hen this meas
ure eues before the Ho'ise for con
sideration, it will meet with much
opposition from the Democratic por
tion of that body, who will take this
o -casion to set forth a new phrase of
the doctrine- of State rights. They
will endeavor to amend it so as to
provide before the act can h'-com.o
operative that the company must first
be incorporated by the several
ferent States through which it i
run.
The third bill is one for "the ex
tension of land surveys in Alaska."
I Tt appears that at the last session of
Congress a Mil was parsed lor tm-j
sale of coal lands, and provision was
made so that tracts of ur.surveyed j
land should be held by performing a I
certain amount of work, and eontin- j
uing tlie same until surveys were
made', when the holders would have
the preferred right of entry. A num
ber of speculators, hose headquar
ters are in San Francisco, suc.-eeded
in getting the coal-fields of Ahe-ka
included inthisaet. They have form
ed companies and dispatched agents
to take possession of valuable coal
lands in that Territory, and now, in
order to perfect their grabs, they ask
Congress to extend the surveys over
them. Commissioner Drummond has
addressed a letter to Senator Mitch
ell, in opposition to the scheme.
There is also a rumor of either com
binations to control and monopedize
the resources of that Territory, but
there is a disposition among mem
bers of Congros to investigate all of
them, and there will soon bo a move
ment made toward having a commis
sioner appointed to examine into the
whole matter.
Lastly, the Mormon Question,
which has engaged the attention of
the House Committee on 'Territories
for the past fortnight. There are two
bills intended to remedy the e i's
now existing: One being introduced
by General Mclvee. the chairman of
the Committee, and tlie other by
Judge Poland. The latter gentle
man's measure is more moderate in
its requirements, than the bill first
introduced. The right of women to
vote has been thoroughly discussed
by various gentlemen, among them
Mr. Cannon, the present delegate,
and Mr. Carey, the district attorney
of the Territory. It is now propo.-.ed
to abandon its further debate and
proceed to the discus.'.ion of other
proposition of the bill.
The Louisiana trouble is not yet
ended. At a Cabinet meeting held
recently, it was unanimously divided
to send no message, but allow Con
gress to proceed wit'.i the matter,
without any suggestion from the
President. It is vouched for on
good authority P. B. S. Pinehback,
the contestant for the vacant Louisi
ana seat in the Senate, will retire.
and thus rid the Senate of its bone !
of contention.
The Oregon delegation are well at !
work. Stitzel is a member of the I
Capitol Police, having obtained the J
7osition through the inflnenee of i
Mitchell. He now is in receipt of a
salary of S?l,00o per annum. Chap- j
man iiiu iis cl aeeo;iion-,nel Iiowi- i
ing, but has great expectations. Jas-
per Johnson is a now arrival, and is i
luisily engaged in pushing through I
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the departments some claims ob
tained while he was in Texas. Re
port says that so far he has been
quite successful.
Jesse Carr. of California, and.Ino.
Carr. of Arizona are in the city, j
awaiting the time for the letting of j
the mail contracts. It is rumored
that they intend to obtain control of i
those mail routes which run north of j
! San Francisco. A rcrofr j
R. D. M.
!
Telcgranlilc Xews.
asuington, Feb. 10. Repre
sentative Xesimth and Colonel Chap
man, of Oregon, had a hearing to
day before the House Committee on
Railroads and Canals, upon the sub
ject of the Portland, Dalles and Salt
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kEt,- York. TVl.nmrv 19t n
l meeting of the Cheap Transportation
i Company, yesterday.
v, information j
eople's freight
e built across;
given that a p
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ranroau wouia soon do bunt across,
the eontinent, which would be man
j aged in the interests of the people
After the work is fairly begun it. will
be completed in three years.
Philadelphia, February 10. The
case containing the bodies of the
Siamese Twins was opened to-day.
The bodies were not in a good state
of preservation, owing to decomposi -
tion Having aireaay set in wiieii tne
partial emuainieiu was uiauu ut
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Mount Airy. It is thought, however,
that an antopsv will successfully
determine the mam point of interest.
Boston, February 10. The School
Board, by a vote of 7 to o5, refused !
to reconsider the recent vote against ;
the admission of women tu member- :
ship.
Hai:ti oi:p, February 11. The lie- '
publican State Convention met here j
to-day, and nominated Henry 15. liar- i
ison for Coventor and .1. T. Waite i
for Lieutenant Oovernor. !
Ni:w Yoiiic. February 11. Tt is ;
projiosed to dispense with St. Pat- j
rick's Day parade this year, and give j
the money which it would cost for !
the relict ol the pool.
Atlanta. February 11. At Jatt-
ledge (hi., last night, L. M. Wood
i.oisonod Ids three i hildieii and then
shot himself. His wife had deser-
ted him.
Sandusky. O., February V-,. Rush
B. Slone. ex-President i f the Cincin
nati Sandusky and Cieaveland Rail
road., was arrest -d to-day and held in
opliOO bail, n seventeen distinct
charges of embezzlement. It is un
derstood that further charges will
be made. Civil suits for some SioO,
()'.!( have already been commenced,
and Sloaiie's property iu Chicago,
Boston and Saiii'.usky has been
levied, on.
Cu'.cao;-. February Rh The First
National Gold B.ink'of Quincy, Illi
nois, was robbed last night, of ;?lt)0,
t it ii ) in currency ami a large ip.iantity
of bonds uhd other valuable papers.
No cine to the robbers.
Boston, February Pi. The House,
of Repie: entidives, this afternoon,
voted. 118 to SO. to rescind II
ner censure resolution. 'jl
resolution, xiie m-i.aie
I has done likewise.
Washington, Februay lo. Gen-
eia I li. 11. .lllal , oi:jn-ll.nvi:i.n-ut m
! Indian Affairs for Washington Terri
i tor v. who was suspended from office
in
Vm -i-mbei- last bv Inspector L
(
Kemble has been fullv exonerated
from all blame, and was re.-tond to
hi. office to-day by order of the Presi-
de:.d.
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renorls received ny mm ;
: i ne l eeeiiL mui i.e.
bv the Sioux I
Indians, am
ai ne ou... ;
Chicago to -day t" superintend
action that might be necessary,
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any j
u eu-
oral r- nermau re oiu-o
Ernie
il'. mellt
he vail of the Interior De-
nl t :ir hca-Uiuarters
i AsuiNvi io , i eoi u.u j v.m i j.wvcr was mat oi tne missing ier
e:a! Sheridan telegraphed to General i man, Spidell, who is thought to have
Sherman from Nov lork. yesterday, pt.t.n murdered at Jacksonville, last
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Coieetlll'r Hie itii v--vi..-- .. -i , . . . .-
to .. , .;. . . ... ! its last regular meeting, held in Al-
l ioss; i lie even ii ou ii. - l . i-i -n.i iii-r.
-i . T banv iebrnarv loth. e-'ect-.l L. ('.
irom Jolt liiley oy ran io v ..iV . ! f Xtr. - ,vT. of
to march to Rod Cloud Agency 7 j ;' ,,n, : .V 'l' " 1 "
.f,:-ie,.ve.-vartv of Indians that of J' h- otai,1i'
oopo-e Evcrv Indian w ho mis ma- ui jemocrai-.e v. enirai v ommu-i-
u ', d' south "ol the -North Platte tee for Washington county have is
shotild be demanded and held as an J'lied a call for a County Mass Con
accomplice in tin- min der of Lienteii- venlion, to be held at Hil!sboVo, ,
ant Rvd.inson. Tiu ir ponies must j the ah day e i Marc n, for the pur-
bo ery poor now.
be scarce; so the
aiid giime mu.d ;
occasion
ti trive '
the
Sioux a lesson :o
long
liler.
d
S'.i 'ins to me iavoraoie. -ui o.iiiiiou i
i c i' . ii.- - . i . . m :
,1 !.
i..; t'.iat t he Sioux should never have
an .Vrcliey awav iroui me .'a;ouun j
River. j title of the la w society will be "The
Washington, February lo. Tl.e Oregon Scientific and Literary Assy
following sire the postal changes for ! ciation.
the Pacific Coast. The total valuation of the taxable
ii . i... t :,.i.. 1 T W'JU ' , -
X o.-ui.aie: s ;i;.,o,mico j.cw " o-
cox. or lie i l '.is, v asniiigion i.yonni ,
Oregon; A. T. Roice, Hillsboro,
Washington Coui.tv, Oregon ; James
A. Mastersoii, Walla Walla, Wash
ington Territory ; S. D. Maxon Van
couver, Ciarke Com ty, Washington
Territory.
Ai.!.::NTowN, Pa., 1--bruavv Id. A
frn
:i:t train on the Lehigh and S is-
qneuanna itaia-oaa, neiv.eon i ani -o'cloi-k
this morning, ran intoasdide
i...i ...... l .....i
near I-itatesoam station.
j '.in;
i '
ed the track, and eighteen cars
were pilot
1
each other. Xo
one on the train had, as far as could
be ascertained, escaped injury. i'ne
bodv of th
i i
engineer, Daniel Shan- i
non. was found under the engine
cnnsideijblv burned. The fireman
and brake-man were badly
and burned. Three others
ported killed. A stove in
ncaiue.l
are re
the ca
boose set fire to the freight, an. 1 nine
cars were burned.
Hostox, Febrn iry 1-S. Win.
Strulevunt haslieen arrested for mur
der on the niuht of the loth instant
at ILdif ix, Massachusetts, of his j
uncles, Thomas ami Simon Strnte
vant, an.l Mary Ruckley. His over
coat, w Ii it-li he said he lost, was found
I in tlie
the dwelling ef the murdered
family.
Xkw Yor.K, February IS. The St.
Louis and St. Joseph Railroad was
sold for :,n0:k0':o to-day. It was
bought iu the interest of the bond
holders by Chas. W.vHassler
Pmi.APiiLi'iiiA, February IS.
Stokely's majority for Maj-or i
neai ly l,10d. Two women are elect
ed School Directors on the Republi
can ticket. The Democrats gain
members of the Common Council in
three wards. Colonel McClnre said
la-t night that he was cheated out of
the election, and a rumor prevails
tl at he will contest it.
Xf.w Yor.K, February IS. The
Committee of the Catholic Union are
preparing a pilgrimage to Rome Uy
jhe Catholics of this country. It
is
propose-.! to h ave not later than the
middle ef May.
New Youk, February 18. Ex
President Raez, of San Domingo,
has gone to Washington.
Vancouver Register. Ry circu
lar we lc-aru that the Vancouver Ji.j'-
Isfer will resume publication on the
2Sth inst., Mr. Washburn being the
publisher, and II. F. Hicks, Rsei
assuming editorial control x tt'
is a thorough newspaper man an 1
will make the lifter a live local
paper. We vhh it success.
Summary of State Xews Items.
The Brownsville Grange numbers
over sixty members.
Albany wheat buyers are offering
SI per bushel for wheat.
A Public Library Association has
been formed at Eugene City.
Chickens are selling at S6 per doz-
en in tlie market at Baker City.
The average hop yield in Oregon
js placed at l!,000 pounds per. acre.
,
. .
luiamooK county is said to be tuo
'finest place inthe world -for sheep
; iau-
j Albany Odd Fellows will probably
j build a hall during the coming sum-
j mer.
j . T , . ,
j Another Masonic Lodge will prob-
; ably be instituted in Albany at an
;
i . . - . ... .
1 iiurrisburg Urange has M
j members and apidications are still
! comin" in
j The whale skeleton will soon be
! ready for exhibition in the Oregon
: Museum.
Wheat SI per bushel at McMin- ' ments during the war.
ville. Eggs "iU cents per doz. at the : In the Senate to-day Mr. Mitchell
same place. j called up the resolution introduced
T. xt ry e o i 1 by him on Dec. od, instructing the
Dr. George H. Chance of Salem rv.. -M, , ... Tii tf -,
.i i .1 . Committee on Indian Allans to in-
has recently been granted a patent Jrft into tho expediency of ascer
on a dental plugger invented by , nin tl, tlamages incurred by the
11111 citizens of Oregon in consequence of
Lewisville, Polk county, contains '. Indian depredations. He said that
two stores, two blacksmith-shops, after a long residence in the West he
one harness-shop, and four secret or-
! ganizations.
:
j Caanty Grange 2 was recently
; organized 1 at C ondne-- Scoooliiouse,
j by J. H. Sirntli, of xlarrisburg, with
ii memoer.s.
Some of the1 citizens of Coos conn-
Ty are planting oyster beds as an ex-
perimenr, wan a view oi planting
more extensively if successful.
A brace of Salem hoeidlums arc in
jail for an extremely fowl proceeding
on their part, to-wit: stealing some
Shanghai chickens. '
j oi wregon were oppos,,i to tlie peace
There remains in store at Harris- : policy of the Government. The res
burg, some (".0,1)00 bushels of wheat !ution was referred to the Commit
unsold to shippers, although it has tee on Indian Affairs,
been purchased from the farmers. Washington, Feb. 10. The bill
The Supreme Court having dis-
poseu t;l
all tlie business before it.
has adjourned, A special session has
been appointed tribe held. on the 17th
of Aug. next.
At Lebanon, the other day, as Mrs.
Samuel Claughion was carrying a
i SI1
ck of wood it slipped from her
arms, one end st
the
knee-
ap
j .Uld i,roaking it
Daniel Clark. Grand Master of the
Grangers in Oregon, is one of the
. ice l ri'sn.eiiis ol li:e t neap 1 rails-
j l'onaiioii c onvenuon lately
' h',J"
jt
is the general impression that
I the
corpse recently found in Rogue
n Jl I - - t m
I-'ail.
( '.m 11 i V Tl-i :i Sll Iff TCiv'f.- ,,f "-.o;.
jnll eountv, w as at Salem last
wee
an.
I'
sid th
ie ,-,taie tax lor tliat eonn-
! tv, which amounted to ll.L'ot !'S."
j The property tax was ?I0,:i80 OS.
Poll-tax, ;.;sV:j.
The Central Ce-uneil of the P.:
lIOS(- (U semung iieiegaies io xne next
etaie ou eniion.
The teruisof consolidation betwee
ii .. L' . . . . a . r i i i r a . .
me oocieiv oi aiurai nisiorv
the Capital Library Association of '
oaicin, nae oeen a:;reeu upon, rue
proliert v ol .lackson coiuUvas cop-
ied from the Assessors books, is 1
o2'.),o.r.?. Total number of polls, at
4 each, g 1,-11. The total amount
of taxes is :.7,17;i U'J-
The residence of A. Steiwell at En
gene City, with its entire contents,
was destroyed bv lire on last Thurs-
lav evening, during the absence of
! the family. Loss, about ;"). K"!); in
su red for ;1 ,'.(:).
We sent bv steamship to San Fran
cisco. ilnring the last month. ''.d.7
sacks. 1 .lo."i packages of wheat; also j
.s. .! Parrels ano i.mosacKs ot Hour
; T'.v sailing ve
el 7,0 0 barrels were !
I'i cen Ki tne same li.vr.
' '
. 1 i i T . ..l
At a meeting of G rant county farm
ers the following resolution, among
others, was adopted: ?:;,, fro!, That
we will neit- er' dictly nor indi
rectly give our support to any pro
fessional politician for the purpose
of (devilling him to any offie'e of
honor and trust.
A meeCng of the State Horticultu
ral Society will be held in theeitv r.f
Portland, on the '2'ih day of Febru
ary, 1S74, for the purpose of ar
ranging a premium list for the next
State Fair. The met ting will be held
at the office of the Patrons ejf Hus
bandry. The Oregon Pioneer and Histori
cal Society, organized at Astoria a
number of years ago, have made ar
rangements for having a goeid old
fashioned time, on "the occasion of
the next annual meeting, which is
announced to be held on Saturday
Feb. 21st.
At the last meeting of the. Wash
ington county Agricultural Society.
R. Inibrie, (I. M. Raymond and L.
Patterson, Mrs. David Lenox. Mrs.
N. Raymond and Mrs. Sarah Patter
son were a. pointed a committee to
revise the premium list, of 1X74. The
Committee will'meet March 25 1S74
at Hillsboro. ' '
The man Greathouse, who mysteri
ously disappeared from Silverton,
about six weeks ago, and for whose
ghastly remains the citizens of that
burg have been constantly looking
ever since, now writes from Califor
nia for his clothes and "back pay,"
and gives as a reason for his abrupt
departure that he wished to avoid
some "youthful indiscretions."
The Christian Messenger, published
at Monmouth, by Prof. Campbell,
has again made its appearance. It
is well edited, full of good reading,
and oagbt to be liberally Buxtaiced.
Congressloiial Xews.
Washington, Feb. 10. A bill re
ported by Harris, of Mass., to-dav"
from the Indian Commission, iu re
lation to the Xez Perce Reservation"
Idaho, proposes to purchase theGl(j
acres of land within tlie Reservation
claimed by the American Board of
Missions under the Donation Act of
ISiS, which granted to every mission
station throughout the territory f
. , 1 1 . . l
that that time, the same amount of
j land as to actual settlers.
: Washington, Feb. 11. The miv
Washington, rc j. ii. 'I l.r a,.
-,,,-,, tkh ,,i,. -, ."j
, House Military Committer l!"
I been printed for the private n Vr
members of the Committee only. jt
, provides for a sweeping reduction in
! the arm v among.others, of live re-
! imeuts of cavalry, two of artillery
, flnJ ouu of iufll'ntrv. officers who
. he nPCessarilv 'affected by th0
reduction to receive one
. - . T I
years li-n.-
when mustered out. Important id
terations are also proposed m the se-
lection of officers as Commanding
Generals. The bill provides for the
appointment of Assistant Surgeons
and Assistant Quartermasters from
officers who served in those depart-
felt justified in saving that the cry of
liiiuans naving iieen wronged bv the
Government or citizens was untrue
He denied that the people of Oregon
had wronged the Modocs in anv
manner, and quoted from the report
oi me j:uuan commissioners m re
gard t the Modoc trembles. He said
the Commissioners were either igno-
rant . ot the facts, or else w re guilty
j of misrepresentation. He next re
viewed tlie Modoc troubles, and ar
gued that the insolant dorian r.f
: .t,,nTt t
i-tam Jac-K arid his bar
I l"; derated. He said lha
and could not
at the vcordrt
lor ascertaining tlie losses bv the cit-
lzens of Oregon and California in
the Modoc troubles, provoked an ex
cited discussion, in which Shanks de-
fended the memory r.f Captain Jack
and his Modoes, and state, that when
Gen. Can by was holding ,i.s confer
ence with CV.pt. Jack the militnry
line.s were being closed around the
Modocs. The bill v. as opposed by
G. F. Hoar, as establishing a danger
ous precedent. Garfield Vaid if the
bill pas.-ed it would open sluices from
the Treasury to claims from Ohio
and Indiana ari.-ig out of the Mor-?-u
ranis, and from Pennsylvania
arising- on! of loss.f-s from Lee's in
vasion, ami
left in the
th.-re would not be a cent
Treasury. Finally, on
Garfield, the enacting
mothwi
f
e.aur.e was f-frieken from the bill in
the Committee of the Who?.?, and the
bill w.-ts defeated.
W'vkii -no-ton. JY7. 11. TCendall
has introdnc d u bill ceinpelb'n r. if
road e-e-meanies to obaiM iatent- to
their land gr.Mds. ami tbus ,,nf then.
m i
Tn
position to share v,d taxatihn.
as.' ,f f;li!l.re Io cni-nilr el,.
land-- t-i reve rt to the (Jove: i-nient.
WASinso.-oN. F. b. P'..- In the
Senate, fn-day. Miteh.-ll introduced
a bill nuf hori.ing t':e eonstrwtinn
i brid--e- a,-i.ss !'; M'i'iu-nr.n.
river at Salem. Ore-on. Jeferrov: .oj
the Com?nitt' on Commerce.
Cnievo,,. I-.l,i-nary 14. A special
to the Trilu... rtfering to the infor
mation on tl.e mo'efv svsfcni. which
the Wavs and Means Comm.ft.O
ans Commiff-
have !!"'!;
s-e
'red. s;ivs tlwi ii,f.i,i.
b'-rs -.f the Chaiaber of Commerce
a:!.i st -pecir.I a- enf will be l-eard
next Tuesday. Khirtliurr -.. -,.!.,; .
i ar( j.romised. There isevidei in
ui,n
nanee fo show that the. inform
ers of Custom. of.ieials 1
iave made it
, a business it is to look ft..r r'.r.
j House affairs in large mercantile
houses by them to see that errors in
i invoices sr.ffcient to condemn the
i whole should be allowed to creep in.
; If anything like- a fight is made upon
! Customs othVhds it wiU result in the
j discovery of frauds such as must end
j m wholesale reform,
i Wasihn-oton, February If.. Tn
j the Senate, to day. Kelly presented
1 ! Ti..flf'or r.f il, .,a: r
i oil- ohmis oi iireon
in regard to e?iarres aeainst Ids od
hagne, Mit-hcll, nnd asking the
same to be investigated bv the" Sen
ate. KelJv said he had been acqu; in
te.1 with Mitchell for twelve vears,
and knew nothing that would be de
rogatory to his character. In nr.
' ,'7,, ,0f,rort ,fc to
... .. ....Hi una Me f-aid notlling
in favor or against him that matter
should be left with the committee.
He moved that the subject be. refer
red to the Committee on Privileges
ami Flections, and it was so ordered.
Mail CoNTncj.s Awakpf.i). The
follon-iug are the awards for postal
service in Oregon: Portland to As
toria, Oregon Steam Xavagafion
Company, f 10.000; Portland to Cor
vallis, Jesse D. Cnrr. VS.-100: Port
land to Salem. C. X. Xobh-tt. ?1.405;
Portland to Dalles, bv steamboat,
Z.-mas F. Moodv, S15,5:r; Astoria to
Nestockton. H. C. Weat, SI.50O,
Corvallis to Newport. J. K. Dixon,
J1.42T); Port Orford to Gardiner:
Hall & Rusbev, SI, 1)05; Roseburg to
Randolph, Abram Thnsh, Sl.oOO;
Ashland to Lake Citv. Halton & Gar
rett, The Dalles to Upper
Ochoeo. Chairman Brothers. Sl,7f0;
The Dalles to Roice Citv, Win. De--laey,
$S,500; Umatilla 'to Plensant
Grove, and Union to Walla Wal'a,
T. B. Church, ?2.475 and S1.T50, re
spectivelv; Pendleton to Seotts', C
C. Huiitley, ei,r00.
WASH1NGTOK TEHK1TOBT.
Olympia to Astoria, J. L. Stout,
84.7.0; Seattle to Seliome, Samuel
Coulter, e-kOOO; Walla Walla to
Missoula, Wm. Glover, SR,000;
Port Townsond to Sitka, Alaska, S,
Garfielde, 2S,00t).
The Progressionist, a gooel loyal
paper, of the HippoLMitchell stripe,
published at Cornelius, has litigant
printing on the brain. By the way,
the telegraph Informs us that some
one has got his postofllce commis-.
sion. Propably he will now go back
on the Radicals. We thought he
would bo ousted when he published,
that "independent" leader a few
weeks ago. Is that the enure, Pro,
Davis ?
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