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c O THE ENTERPRISE. ffREGQ.X CITrToBECOS, FEB. 37, 1S74. DMOCBiTie state Tcoxventiox. a Democratic State Convention for the 8tte of Or'on. is hereby died by the Democratic State Central Committee, con Tened In Portland. Oregon, this, the 22d day of January. A. D., 1374, to meet at the city of Albany, Oregon, on Wedneday, tlie ISth laj' of March, 1J74 for the purpos-J 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 cat for Hon. John Burnett for Congress in lg:i, allowing one delegate in' said Convention for each one hundred or fraction of flity, so cast. The several counties of the iitatc will be entitled to delegates in said Convention as follows : Baker Benton Clatsop Clackamas... Columbian.. Curry Coos lKulas Oram Josephine.... Jackson Tatal Linn Iane Marion Multnomah... I'oite Union C mat ilia l'illamook Wasco Washington . . 12 . u . l j . i .. j . o . ti . 1 . 3 . 6 .121 y j Yamhill. It is suggested by the Committee that the several counties hold their Primary ou ventions on Saturday, the isth.day of Feb ruary, at. 1 o'clock p. m., and their County Conv.-ntions on Saturday, the 7th tlay ot March, at the sam? hour. In those count i s where thes;; apMintuients do not uxe.rt the convenience of the Democracy, it is expec ted that they will make the necessary changes through their County Committee. W. U Will I K, Chairman IVnn. State Central Com. J. J. Walton, Jr., Secretary. Democratic County Convention. The Democratic voters of Clackamas county aro requested to meet at their usual places of voting, on Saturday, February 2Sth, 174, for the purpose of electing delegates to the County Con vention, which will le held at Oregon Cit3', March 7th, 1-74, at 11 o'clock a. in., for the purpose of selecting seven di le gates to attend the State Convention, which will meet at Albany on the lstii day of March nest, and to transact such other business us mav properly come before the Convention. The various precincts are entitled to delegates in the Convention as follows: nty 10 7 ...-.!! I lt 1 Cu.. -r A Tualatin 1 Upp'T Molalla 4 Union 1 Pleasant Hill 1 Marshfield 1 Canfmah 1 'ascaJfs - Harding's - I.owr Molalla a Marquam's 3 (anbv 2 Mllwaukie 1 ! is .vego 1 Rock Cref k Beaver Creek Total 2 I Spring att-r ' i Kagle Creek 3 .... 4S The Committee rec.mmied that the Democracy turn out in full force and attend the primaries. Jiy order ot the .mimiiu-e. A. NOLTNKU, Cha airman. The Salary iucs ion. The press of tliis Shite for the past three mouths has had much to say in regard to the fees now paid to some of the county ofiieers. We have recognized in most of these articles a simple, attempt in the part of the writers to deceive the reader. A poi son who usually has strong profes sions for economy, is not always the surest to exercise it when placed in position. The . principal opposition al present is to the pay received by the Sheriffs and Clerics, and we shall therefore confine ourself to these two county ofiieers. In 1870, the Legislature, under a spirit of econ omy, passed a bill reducing' the fees of theseflicers about thirty-live per cent., but the last Legislature, at the nrgent solicitation of the smaller counties in the State, re-established the former fee-bfll. Had they done this aud no more, it might have been well enough; but they were not sat isfied, and in many cases not only fixed the fees the samo as they were before, but increased them from twenty to twenty-five per cent. This was a puro outrage perpetrated by tho Radieal party, and one which should condemn them before t o people, lint let us take a praetiei.l view of masters. Tlo present bill in the "larger counties gives these two officers exorbitant salaries, yet in the smaller counties it only gives them tho wages of ordinary clerks. In or der to equalize 1 1 1 i matter, we be lieve that the two officer?, and in fact all others, should receive astipulated salary for all county work, and then let them have a moderate fee bill, which is not paid by the general tax payer but by those who get into liti gation. For instance: Give the Sher iff, we will say, of this county, j?l, 500 per annum for all county work, and the Clerk 800; then let them charge tho present fees, or some what reduced, and give them twenty five per cent, of all the fees they may thus earn, and pay tho balance into the county treasury. This would, we believe, make t lie salaries of these officer amply high to secure good men for these positions. The Sheriff should have more than the Clerk, for he has expenses and hardships to un dergo which tho Clerk has not. By this process we believe that from $3,000 to"i?5,000 annually would be paid into the county treasury, and theminey would not come out of the general tax payer, but from the few who are o unfortunate as to get into litigation. In Multnomah and other large counties the salary could be placed at a less figure; but in coun ties where these officers have but lit tle to do the salary would have to be put at such a figure as to justify good and competent men to take these positions. Another change o should be made, and that is in the manner in which the taxes are paid. There can to no good reason as signed why the Sheriff should col lect tho taxes from persons who are perfectly willing to pay them, and allowed by law. This money should be paid directly to the County Treas urer until such a time as it became necessary to proceed to collect by levy. The salary of the county treas urer in this county, at present, is S500. The per cent on the taxes will sum up to about 1,100 Suppose w e increase the salary of the treasurer to $900 and we have a. saving here to the county of $700. Quite a little sum. The people who elect their own officers should select no one not pledged to the reforms demanded on this salary question. The offices of sheriff and clerk are always a bone of contention. Make them equal in sal ary to private occupations of a simi lar character, and we will have less aspirants; and when the people get a good man there will be none anxious to oust him. By adopting the plan suggested above, we believe that at least $5,000 per annum can be saved to Clackamas county, and this sum will not come out of the tax-payers, but out of those who are continu ally in litigation, and will diminish our taxes. The per cent, of this class is very small not to exceed one tenth of the tax-payers. Let no man go to the Legislature who is not pledged and known to be in favor of some reformation in these matters. A Dead Radical Tarty. We have for years past heard the Radical cry that the Democratic party was dead, and that it would make no longer any light againstthe victorious Iladical majority. We th n held the opinion that we should live to write the obituary of the Rad icals of Oregon, and at the same time unfurl the Democratic banner aloft for the protection of the op pressed of all nations. Corruption, dishonesty and usurpations have hastened the time to pronounce the last sad (to us joyous) duty upon a disorganized and scattered party, which in the future will only be re membered for its misdeeds. "We had concluded that the cohesive power of public plunder, would keep it to gether for the next campaign, but that was not even sufficient. The death of the party in Oregon was formally promulgated at the meeting of the Iladical Suite Central Com mittee, at Portland, last Thursday. While it showed sufficient life to ; call a convention, it did not contain, at the time the call was made, but eight representatives out of the twenty-two counties. The Chairman, Mr. C. W. Parrish, resigned his po sition and also as a member of the Committee from Multnomah county; Gov. Ballard, of Linn county, lion. W. W. Bristow, of Lane, and Hon. B. F. Nichols, of Polk, all tendered their resignations and took their formal leave of the party to which tlnur names in the past gave some semblance of respectability. There were twelve counties represented, and these four withdrawing, left eight. Thus it will be seen that the call issued by order of X. B. Night, a pettyfogging politician of Salem, is by no means the call of what was formerly known as the Republican party. We should not rejoice at the demise of our enemies, and when dead we should forget all faults. But as this tail has a head yet at Wash ington, which manages to keep up n show of live, we must keep it before the people untill the diseased mem ber reaches the fountain head. This will occur in 1870. The Iladical par ty in Oregon is no more, aud let us now remember its few deeds of vir tue, and correct its many vices. While we cannot forget the robbery by it of our school funds, tho cor ruptions of Sam May and Woods, the stealing aud dividing up of our swam) lands, and the debts created by them; and still later the election of J. H. Mitchell-JIippcll to the Sen ate; the enactment of the present fee bill, the nonsensical equalization act, and tlie passage of an imperfect, and in some features, an oppressive 'school law. We shall have to forget these by an honest and economical administration of our affairs for sev eral years to come, and when we shall have brought back our State affairs to the condition in which the Radiealstookthem, with over $31,000 cash in the treasury, wo may then east the mantle of charity over the defunct Iladical party, and forgive their transgressions, but never again trust them to rob and bankrupt our State. The Radicals of Oregon to day are no more, and the only hope they have is in bush whacking around and trying to deceive tho people un der some new name or organization. Let the people look closely at every move this defunct member of the tii- i . , ... nauicai party makes, and "nip it in i the bud." Radicalism in Oregon is dead, and it "pegged out" from the jiTeets of dishonesty and corruption. The letter MeComas wrote to the Statesman last Fall should have been added to his circular wherein he an nounces himself as the unobjeetiona- ! ble candidate for Congress. It would just finish that document off so nice ly. Letter writing appears to be one of Mc's. weaknesses, and when he can't get them into a Democratic pa per, he gets them printed in such ; loyal sheets as the then Salem States man . A large band of sheep were re cently sold in Polk county &t 3 10 ( r'' h"T. Takes It all Hack. A short time since the Oregonian published a letter from the New York Wo7-ld, written from Portland, in which it was stated that Mr. Hill, ed itor of the Oregonian, had seen the contract between Mel J rum and Wil liams. This the editor denied the following day, and said that the let ter got into its columns without his knowledge. Since that time the or gans of the Federal clique have been pitching into the Oregoniau and inti mating that the editor had lied and wished to get out of it. But the Or egonian of the 23d comes square up to the work and declares that it does know that there was a contract, and is ready to prove it. It says: "The truth is that our sole fault in the business was, not that we act ed from ill-will toward Judge Wil liams, but, on the contrary, we al lowed our personal regard for him to l.ad us to stop short of tolling all we knew about the obje .'tionab'e agreement. Anil now since the Judge sees lit to let his dogs loose on our track, we propose to give him the benefit of the rest of the truth, as suring him and the seurvy broo 1 lie employs, that we can afford to take the responsibility of going to the bottom of this matter, if he and they can afford to challenge the inquiry. We therefore say unequivocally and directly that the agreement between Williams and Meldrnm was no fic tion, but a fact, and that, although we never saw it, we know plenty of good responsible men who have seen it, who will testify to the fact any day when called upon to do so. Here now is an opportunity for Mr. Wil liams to come to the front, and vin dicate himself if this tiling is not true. In his famous but most unfor tunate floodgate' letter, Judge Wil liams could have had no reference to the Orcgoittat, for at that time no word against his personal integrity had ever found a place in its col umns, nor indeed, until now, except that one allusion which was pub lished under the circumstances al ready related. We have seen tho eastern papers literally full to over llowing with charges of personal dis honesty against him, and sometimes we have feared they were not wholly groundless; but we have still depre cated these attacks, and refrained from taking any part in them. We have not desired to "floodgate" him nor have we taken pleasure in seeing others do so. But his mouthpieces insist upon having the truth out. and ho does not muzzle them. So let it come. The story about this Wil-liams-Meldrnni agreement is true, and we engage to furnish tlie proof if an investigation ef the case be or dered." Let us here state that while m Eugene City, recently, we found two responsible citizen: who informed us that they xan the. contract, and if Mr. Williams will only give them an' op portunity, thoy will produce the evi dence to show that it was signed in his own hand writing. Let this charge be investigated, and lot the first witness he Hon. . p. Thomp son, the next, John W. Meldrnm, and then bring in Jake Hoffman. If these are rot enough there are plen ty of others who satr the contract. Tlie following telegram may re lieve some from their past doubts as to Williams' guilt in this mailer: Poi-rnANri, Dec. IS, 1873. George '. Kilmnnl, Chairman of the Scuat.' J loliciani Conuuitl-'e. Sir : Hon. 11. P. Boise, ex-Chief .Justice of Oregon, and myself saw a contract mad;; in 1872 between Attorney Gen eral Williams and Surveyor Mel drum . in which Meldrnm agreed to pay 2,000 to Williams for two Unit ed States surveving contracts of 5,000 each. Contracts written and signed by Williams. B. J. Pl-.N-OHA. His Vaiii y Bias 5;en T.i-ich?.!. Some heart less person or persons have tickled E. S. McCom is' vanity to such an extent as to cause him to announce his name as a candidate for Congress. It is true that it takes no great ability to make a Congressman n iw-a-davs. on! tho Demo.- are not yet preparo-.l to get down to Me Comas' kind of talent. In his card, he savs: "And believing that the Democracy of the State aro desirous of bestowing the nomination for that position east of the Cascades, in case a candidate can be found who will not prove objectionable to the peo ple of the State." That very sen tence would let him out. In case the Domo 'ra 'y of Ogon should conclude to nominate a man from Eastern Oregon they v- ill try and find one conifn'tcnt. for the position, and also one who is not a continual tor oil MeComas mav have been nattered by a deceptive public into the belief that ho is the very man that embraces the qualifi cations for the position, but when lie comes to the Convention he will find it harder to "set that up" than he has in'times past found to "set up" Union county. His late efforts in behalf of tlie people of K istern Or egon have been with an eve for Con gress. A good joke. Wo thought so when we saw it announced that he was going around stumping that sec tion, as he claimed, for railroad in terests, but really canvassing for Congress ! Will Me. give the public a few of the names of the influential Democrats who he claims have urged him to get his vanity so eleva ted? He will probablv not'have such high appreciation of himself when he leaves the Albany Convention. A pvivate letter from Yakima Val ley. W. T., states that the stock looks well, and that the farmers hare com menced plowing. - The contemplat ed voad to the Sound is causing con siderable talk. The Yakima mines excitement is still increasing, and many contemplate trying their for- iuUC3 ,u lue uanes tuis coniiDg spring .- ti - History Repeating' Itself. After reading MeComas' circular wherein he announces himself a can didate for Congress, we could not help thinking how a certain aspirant for the Senate in 1858 was shelved by writing a single letter. It was about as follows : A prominent politician of this State at that time, had got into trouble by pledging himself to too many aspirants for the United States Senate, and how to get rid of one of these was no little trouble to his mind. The idea finally struck him, and he lost no time in carrying it out. The Legislative members were 3et to be elected, and the vote on tho Constitution was also to be taken. At that time certain Demo crats contended that no member of the party could vote for a free State, and against slavery, and maintain his standing in the Democratic party. Mr. B., who had led Mr. W. to ex pect his influence for Senator, knew that there would be a large majority of Democrats in tho first Legisla ture who held the above doctrine, and if he could get Mr. W. to write a letter taking the negative side of the question, he felt satisfied that it would relieve him from anv further trouble. Accordingly Mr. B. sug gested the points for Mr. W. to make, and urged him to write ar?d publish to the State his views on the then distracting question The un suspecting Mr. W. took tho sugges tion in all earnestness, and wrote a strong Free State letter. Mr. B. sug gested various alterations in it, and finally Mr. W. got it so that it met with the approval of Mr. B., itnd the letter was published. In due time the Legislature nut, and, of course, Mr. W. was hardly mentioned in con nection with the. candida-'y for the Senate. This rather astonished him, and he said: "I wrote that letter at the suggestion and earnest request of Mr. B.; I showed it to him and corrected it to suit him. It did not meet my views, but then he (Mr. B.) said that it was just the thing that won Id me,' and bv G- U u lid iix nv. i" While the calibre of MeComas and Mr. W. are not to be compared, still their vanity is about equal, and the circumstances arc very similar. Some fellow evidently wanted Me( 'omas to do something for him, and lias flat tered him into the idea that lie is i good candidate for Congress, but wanting to be sure that lie could not get the nomination, dictated what to put in his letter, and is now no doubt laughing in his coat sleeves over the success he has made in letting Me Comas "just iix himself. If there ha 1 been nothing else to iix him. To the Democracy vT Oregci:.' Wo publish the following circular letter for the benefit of our friend, believing that every candidate should at. least have his claims presented through tho pre-;s when he expresses them so pointedly as Mr. MeComas does. The allusions to Mr. S later will probably not have the desired j eil'ect among that gentleman's friends in getting many voles for MeComas. Wo give the letter for what it is ! worth, which is as follows : Gentt.kmkn' and Fur.pow Crn.r.:; : ; Having received numerous letters j from prominent Democrats of East- j ern Oregon, and having also been : urged by many influential Democrats j west of t!o Cascades, to allow my j name to be presented to tho Demo- j eratie State Convention as a eandi- ' date for Member of Congress, and j believing that, the Democracy of the j State are desirous of bestowing tlie j nomination for that position east of j the Cascades, in case a candidate can ! be found who will not prove ohjee- tionabie to the State: and having be come t horoughly satisfied in my own mind from letters now in my posses sioii, that Mr. Slater's course in re ceiving and still retaining his allot ted portion of the infamous "Back Sah'ry Grab" of last Congress, to gether with the disgra-o that he heaped upon himself by throwing "cold water" upon our ticket last June, will result in his defeat in the Convention. I therefore desire to say to my friends throughout the State, that should I be placed in nomination I will use all my energy in securing the success of the Dem ocratic party, and in case of election I will devote inv entire time in be half of the interests of the people of j Oregon. Very respectfully, i " E. S. MK'OMAS. A MrsTAK!2. The Eugene Guard j asserts that an attempt was made, j and failed, to organize a Grange of Patrons of Husbandrv in Corvnlis and that J. C. Avery and G. B. Smith were refused admittance. No attempt to orgamVe a grange here was over made, ami tho gc-ntlemon who aie mentioned above, have been mem bers of Willamette Grange, in this county, ever since it's organization. Democrat. Division or Texas. The Radicals of Texas are considering a plan to divide that State into two States. This would make a Radical and a Democratic State. Some of the Rad icals propose to introlues an en abling Act in Congress for this pur pose, in accordance with the prece dent of West Virginia. Newcastle, Del., Feb. 25. At 1 o'clock this morning twelve masked men entered the jail here, seized, gauged and bonne! the warden, burst ooen the door of the cell, and let out Frazer, recently sentenced to im prisonment for life for murder, . and the burglars Lawton, Hurlbnt, Car- . . . . , , ter ana rope, eaca in uouer ten jears , Telegraphic News. St. Louis, Feb. 18. The first anu al session of the State Grange of Pat rons of Husbandry commenced at Booneville to-day." Nearly ever county in the State was represented The State Grange Mas organired las May, with 300 subordinate Grano-en- since which time their number has. increased to over 1,700. Philadelphia, February 19. The large cotton mills here are being closed on account of the strike of the operatives mostly women who de mand a return to the wages paid be fore the po.nic. Two thousand opera tives are thrown out of employment by the strike. Nashville, February 10. The State Grange held their "first annual session at Gallatin yesterday. Near ly 500 subordinate Granges were rep resented by over 500 delegates, in cluding many ladies. Among the questions discussed was the estab lishment of a plough and cotton man ufactory at Nashville. - Sr.Lours, February 20. A Demo crat Topeka special saws : A Com mittee on State Affairs, who have been investigating the accounts of the late Treasury Hays, have found gross irregularities in his manage ment, and will report a' resolution recommending his impeachment. It is said that the State will not lose anything, as Hays, bondsmen are re sponsible for all liabilities. Cincinn ati, Feb. 20. Tlie temper ance crusade in Ohio continues. At Xenia five saloons were closed to-day. At Oxford, about all have been closed, The work has been begun in Dayton, but accounts differ .is to the result. Cor.T-Mr.u.s, O., Feb. 21. The wo men's prayer meeting this morning, notwithstanding the rain, was very large and much interest was mani fested. A special request was made for prayer by Christian people every where, that their efforts may be crowned with success, and that they be given wisdom to conduct the cam pnkni that is to bo opened next week. Xi:w Yokx, Feb. 20. It js said that 3.0(10 women in this citv have odered their services since last fun- day to the conductors of the Union Temperance Prayer Meeting, to in augurate the war against King Alco- huh pore lie i: iiii; Drodhivu onu-n s leni cc Society has resolved in pub- aeotings to devise some moans to prevent liquor selling on Sundays. A largo number favor adopting the Western plan. A praying crusade against the sa loons will begin to-morrow in this city. The war began yesterday at Alderman Bo roach's place, 'the women taking advantage of the ab sence of the propietor to pray in his saloon. The women uf Oran-'o. W J. 1 'cgm to-dav. r:w Y i:i: b. 21. Honrv Ward Beedier had a large congregation hist night. He said that" history would not show a parallel (o the ef fort now making in the West to ssip- , . . i , i. i i i , , joe.-,;, iii.un oi iii-.;ng. wnicn no ciiar- aotorizod as a scour -, of the house- hold. It is an evil, ho- said, wnicn 1 T has defied legislation, but now under tne providence arisen a moral of God ili cyclone a perfect tempest ot lnniu-nce. New Oiu.eans, Feb. IS. A meet of citizens, under a call from thi committee of 70, mi t to-night am; adopted re-ol liio.-'s prutcsiin-j against tho truth of the impntatioi. to at th-" citizens nY:'.iesct in tin- K iorrg movf-mcn;, ana ashing Con- gre ;s to declare t!. e loyal Govern- it. elect 1 i:i 172, with McEnery. .- or;:er a no al auspices. lUCIfUSTKK. lass., if TV! ). T and Ke (states e-f Steohen Abb- Forster. Sarah Wall and .Marietta v i.agg, who reluse to pay tares until women can vote, were offered for i sah; by th-? tax collector tn-d tax collector to-day to j . . i" . -i e .1 mi i. pay the taxes for 1S72. Thi named was bought in by a f; last u.l out no no 1 id for the olhors Nr:w Yon:-:. .Feb. from Baltimore. 21. A di.-qmfeh announces the in of ex-Senator j Wit fall, of Tt xa i':ur,.:::: ii . , r enrnary 2't The trucing cotton and. woole mill op eratives hind a meeting to-night am! resolved to a Thereto their demands. Manufacturers state that tho hands have only injured themselves by this action, as most of the mills have now em hand large slocks of manu factured goods, and were runnig un der the luat possible expense in or der to give employment to the hands. Twelve miile and about two thou sand operatives in Kensington, Penn., are idle, owing to a strike for an advance of fifteen per cent, over the present rate of wages. xVASUNoroN, Feb. 2d. -Washington's birthday is more generally cele brated here than it has been for many years. Flags on public and other building :iro numerous, and but little business is done in tlie De partment'.. Nr.w YoiU, Feb. 23" Washing ton's birtl d ty is being commemora ted by a very general suspension of business, it being a State holiday. However, the United States Courts are in session, but the Custom House i and Po!offiee recognise the day The gold room at the Stock Ex change, the Produce Exchange and other similar places are closed. PiiinAPKLa-niA, Feb. 2o. The cot ton and woolenmill employes are on a slri at ii -nsington. They met ro-dav and to remain idle until owners consent to give lateen per cent, advance on present rates. It is stated that weavers, under prices now ruling, can only earn from 1 to 87 a week. Pour Jmsvis, N. Y., Feb. 22.-At 2 P. M. to-dav an engine ran off the track at Uniondale. of the Jefferson -branch, between Susquahanna and Carbondale, and fell down an enbank tnent sev.-ntv-iive feet, instantly kill ing conductor J. R. Har.ling. engin eer Cramer, fireman Daniel Cramer, and brakeman Thomas Rip. Ni:w York, February 21. A dis patch from Maseneck, Department of North Carolina, says the shooting of Steve Lowcry, the lar-t of the Scufrlotown outlaws, causes general rejoicing in Robeson County. Yes terday large numbers Hocked into Lumberton. where the body lay. Lowery, wlien shot, carried a rifi, three pistols and a knife. The re wards offered for his body amount to 86,000, which will be paid to the three young men wdio did the shoot ing. Washington-, February 23. The rresiaent lias nominated Benjamin c: r - oiuip&oa lor purveyor General of Oregon. Congressional News. Washington-, Feb. 20. Charles A. Tweed, formerly of California, and now a member of the Arizona Supreme Court, is nominated for re ippointment to the same position he President Grant xvas interviewed' to-day on Indian affairs. He made great complaint of the manner in which the Indian policy of the ad ministration has been treated by newspapers. He said there was ap parently a concerted effort to misrep resent and pervert the results of the policy, a determination not to give credit for good accomplished, and to hold tlie administration responsible for abuses and frauds which aie the outgrowth of the old system. Under the old system it was impossible for any portion of the Indian apportion ment to reach the Indians them selves; under the new administration of Indian affairs by far the largest part of goods and annuities went to the Indians directly, and the talk about corruption, and statement about outrages, proceeded largely from men whose profits and whose opportunities for swindling Indians have been cut off. Under the for mer system Indian plunderers were so powerful that an honest man had to resign from office. This has now been thoroughly reformed, and the dishonest agent is the exception where formerly he was the rule. In sjiiteof all our efforts some have suc ceeded in circumventing and cheat ing the Government, but as fast as discovered they are cast out. He ex pressed himself positively against any control of Indian affairs by the army, except in punishing refractory tribes who refused to accept the Gov ernments kind proffer of good treat ment. He is highly pleased with the good results obtained by religious agents, who, he says, worked well. He cited the ease of Indian Commis sioner Smith as one of peculiar hard ship and injustice. Newspapers had for months abused him without stint and when he was vindicated main tained perfect silence and ignored the f;U.trtf while Smith's wife had been driven insane bv tlie attacks on her husband. Tlie President thought there should be a new statute for the punishment of liars. The Commissioner of Indian Af fairs has informed Itcprcsentative Lutirell that, regarding thai destitute condition of Indians in Shasta and Siskiyou counties. California, and in compliance with his recommenda tion that pro', ision be made for their relief, tho ease ha-, been reported to the Secretary of tho Interior with the request that Congress be asked to make an appropriation lor the pur pose indicated. There are about W0 Indians, most of whom arc in a suf fering condition. Washington. Feb. 22. The Ser ate Appropriations Committee will propose the abolition of the po'al system of free dolive of U: is. i j. ue latter on tr.o grounn tJiat large 'C!... i. sums arc- spent f people of a fev con utrv at large is climated that ar the. benefit of the cities, V. I.ich the is taxed to pay. it such change:; v. ouh! no:-. v cover the s : i r.i a u ; iicr.eic n cy irtmcnt for the en- o in the postal dep siiiULT vear. Was::in;:ton. Feb. propriation (' -mr.iiti an amcndmej.t to th o;j.The o w o i propof-e . postal i.i .v, so ! ! as to profi le after Juur eo:ieai:co in mail.', of ::0:h, ifxt. amnh-s of i merchandise, pa-kagfrs of eh )t nir.g. 1 1 cuttings, roots, iron, samples of metal and mir.eralot :u specimens and bound books shall cease. Washington. Feb. 2-5. The Sub Committee of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom the snb- j,.tq Vi ;ls rvet ..onr-ici! t' rreii. nave agree.; h to re :t all claims for hu depredations be turned, over for set- i n t lenient to the United States Courts for the respective districts where de predations h;ive. been committed. The Senate Committee em raiboads have lia d uuMei consideration the bill granting Government aid to the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Bail read, but came to no conclusion. Wasuinoton. Feb. 21. In Con gi ess to-day, Mr Kelly presented a petition f rom the cii izens of Oregon asking for the passage of thv bill to aid in the construction of the Port land, Dalies and S.dt Lake Railroad. Beferred to the Committee on Pub lic Lands. Territorial Nevis E!ein-. Indian Harry will hang at Port Madison on the. 20; h prox. Prof. Rutan is conducting a sing ing school at Port Gamble. Snow fell in the Walla Walla val ley on the lith inst. to the depth of four inches. Mrs. H. D. Blanc-hard, of Seattle, was admitted on Thursday to prac tice as an attorney at law in all tho Courts of the Territory. A postoftice has been established at Dan. Favor's on the Alpowai Creek, W. T., and Dan Favor has been appointed Postmaster. Tt has become a settled fact that the headquarters of the department of the Platte will be moved from Omaha to :. place farther west. Two cases wer dcei led against the Union Pacific Company dnring the late term of Court at Cheyenne. One is for 14,700 and tho other for 2 "i,000. Rev. L. T. Woodward has been appointed by Bishop Peek to fill the vaceivy on Puget Sound District,, occasioned bv the suspension of Rev J. F. DeVore'. Colorado ought to be happy as the man for w lni.se reruovel from the Governorship she formerly petition ed President Grant has just been re appointed to the position. Denverites are indignant at the probability of the removal of -the Colorado Capital to P no! i!r o n,1 nearly all Colorado is indignant at the removal of the late Governor Ebberts and the appointment of Me Cook. Private Michael Cullen, Company M, Eighth -Cavalry, committed sui cide at Fort Union, Colorado, on the 30th nit., by shooting himself through tho body, just above the heart. Domestic" trouble was the cause of the deed. Charles L. Williamson ami George M. Munroe, prisoners confined in the Ogden city jail, cut through some planking,"tore out some abodies on the south side of the cell, ami made their es-ape taking with them i Lie nun Summary of State News Items. There are five prisoners in the Linn . V Uli . J J till A Washington county LaLveleven months old , weighs 45 pounds. Hil name is Lusbv. The Good Templars of Albany aro having a revival. Wheat is 75 cents per bushel in Corvallis; oats 37. There are five saloons and two G breweries at Albany. Hereafter the Oregon Granger will be printed on new type. O Capt. Hamblin launched his sloop, ' 'Eliza," at Astoria last week. Cayotes frequent the streets of La jrrande in the dead of night Col. I. It. Moires, of Salem, is se verely ill with inflammatory rheuma tism. Forest Grove needs a policeman to protect secular meetings from dis turbance. The municipal election in Jackson- Q ville will take place , next Tuesday, March Cd . The Society of the M. E. Church South is erecting a place of worship at Tangent. A teamster of Corvallis wants to buy a few miles of good road to lay down in that city. Jeff Collins was confined in tho Union county jail on a charge of lar ceny, recently, lie didn't stay over night. George Mansfield and F. Wayne have been publicly declared "com mon drunkards" by the City Fathers of Corvallis. The Straighten-up-Mary Jane, and show-our-breastpin-attitude has su perceded the Grecian bend with the Albany belles. The Daughters of llebecea at Al bany, talk of getting up a grand fair and supper in the course of two or throe weeks. Corvallisites are circulating a pe tition to the Governor of Nevada askimr a pardon for Dick Baker iu Dick Bent. Five farms in the Waldo Hills, fif-0 teen miles from Salem, have recently r been sold at prices ranging from $14 to :?20 per acre. A man from Baker City recently caught l.oOO pounds of mountain trout, and sold them in that markot for ten cents per pound. Ih v. John Day of Je.Torson, has been appointed to take the place of lov. John Rooik in the pulpit of tho M. E. Church (if South Salem. A protracted meeting at ShedJ, un der tho auspices of theM. E. Church has converted many persons daring the past two weeks. The ball given bv Hit? Hook A Lad der Company at MeMin ville, on the 20th jntt.. was a splendid succs. Over one hundred couple were pres ent. A fine school house is soon to be creeled, on Dr. Geary's farm, four miles southeast of Al'bnnv. It will be a two-story frame, and will cost So.UUO. Tin CotfUr suggests that Yamhill county buv one hun- ; re e.-l :. -s of l.'Olo rTiiT:-:!cii: rr fl.n Sif J - . . . ..... . . . towu-uio and convert it into a iir ground. The G.io.l Templar Sociable, on too was Jeth. Sah m. grand, affair. The Union an 1 present in all llianco were both ineir giory. St. Chiir. who was arrested on a charge of setting Portland on fire last August, has been acpaittej. ha -ing proved that he was not in Port laml at that time. Tho g n u sackcrs at V. e Farmers Warehouse,, Corvallis, are now en caged day and night, in onler to keep the W. R. T. Co's. steamers supplied with cargoes. A Chapter Lodge of 11 -nl Arch Masons is being organized in liti gene. Among others interested in this work we notice ExGovernor Whitr-aker and Dr. Baley. The Oregon Presbytery of tho Cumberland Presbyterian Church, will convene in the C. P. Church at Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon, on the 12th day of March, 1S74.' Mr. Abbott has arrived at Pendle ton with his press, and expects to issue the first number of the new pa p r about the 1st of March. The Umatilla Tribune is the n line suggest ed. Jackson county hatn personsTand firms who each pav orer '100 taxes. Of those, 21 pay "over $200; 8 pay over -?o00, 4 pay over $100; anel tli O. O. M. Road Company pays over SV'-oo, O W. 15. Singleton, of Rosebnrcr stood almost in the same place and killed seven eleer out of nine shots, cery shot taking effect but one. The work of destruction only occupied about ten minutes. A burglar who attempted to enter the residence of E. L. Bristow, at Eugene, last week, was discovered by the son of Mr. B., and was shot but not hurt bad enough to prevent his escape. Father Gibney, Catholic priest, who has officiated at Corvallis dnis ing the past four years, has gone to Astoria to establish a church there He is succeetleel in Corvallis by Fath er Mac ken. James Cham!ers. an enterprising1 farmer of King's Yaliey, ha-s been turning over tho soil at a li-ely rat during the; winter, lie w ill lave 550 a 'res in grain this season, and will smile if wheat brings a dollar this year, Gov. G rover has commissioned Hon. Ransom Beers, of Humboldt Basin, Baker co., a Notary Publio, and has reappointed Wm. E, Sniitb, of Cornelius, Washington co., and J. D. Biles, of Multnomah co., to the same office. On Tuesday last D. Johnson, guar ilian of D. II. Perkins, a minor, sold at auction, "all the right, title, or in terest, "'which his ward had in the townsite of Lifayette, to Yamhill co. for 250. This quiets the county's title to the property. The remains of tho late J. W. Smith, ex-SheriiT of Polk county, were received at Salem recently, hav ing been sent by express from San Francisco. The remains were placed in the Odd Fellows' Hall over night and taken to Dallas next day for in tern ?nt. O O o G G