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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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