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r lwTf etii i1 Jt'' f O o O O o CD o O O O o o o G O O o o o O O o o o the ErmnpRisE. OREGON CITT, OlAXf UX. To Our Headers. It is our desire, owing to tbe le quirements of the present postal law, which demands the payment of post age at this office, to- hereafter etaiduct our business on the pre-pay system as far as possible. In a few days we shall send out postal cards to all our patrons who are in arrears to us, and trust that they may respond prompt ly to our request to pay up, and also renew for another year. Many of them we have trusted for several years, and we hope that they may now be liberal enough to trust us. Some names on our list wo have al ready dropped, and placed their ac ooanta into the bands . of W. W. Moreland for collection. These are ubscribers wo have notified before, and their accounts have been run ning four and five years. We can not afford this Y of business, and while we want as 'large a list of sub scribers as possible, wo cannot see tbat there is any profit in dead-heads. We simply want what is dne ns, and we must have our old accounts set tled up. o Voorbees Talks Senme. Hon. Daniel Voorheos, of Indiana, made a speech on the lGth of Dec, t Washington, in that Htatc. The spocie qnestion wax the snbject of his remarks, at the close of which he spoke as follows: " It will be time enough for the Democratic party to arrange the details of a system of finance when it gets power to carry them out. But wo must now, and at all times, gives assurance that wo are on the side of tho people iri this contest, on the side of the laboring taxpaying many, and against the privileged untaxed few. Democra cy signifies the rule of the people, and tolerates exclnsive privileges to none. It recognizes no low castes. Such distinction are an abomination in its sight. Every citizen is a sov ereign by its principles. It holds tho humble producer the equal, and indeed far. more to be honored, than tho ease-loving millionaire who lives upon the toil of others. This is my Mea of Democracy, and to it I shall cling as long as I live in this world. If wo seek to make it mean anything else, we will meet with rout and overthrow. If we place the Democ racy on the side of monopoly and estate, the people will justly aban don us. If, however, we are true to our name, to onr principles, to our pledges in our platforms, on which we have obtained the votes of the people, wo have beforo ns an open and easy road to errand, complete and permanent victories. Let the repre sentatives of the r, dncing regions of the West and South stand firmly together in the next: national Demo cratic convention, rid they will have the snpport of the ljyor interests of every Stato in the-Wnion. Liet the voice of the millions who toil on their farms and work in their shops bo heard in that convention, as the Voica of many waters, and wo will once more bo what we were in our most glorious days of the past; the progressive Democracy, keeping pace and moving forward with the wishes and wants of those lpon whoso in dustry depends all the fntnro devel opment and greatness of the llepub lio. e Our Washington letters. On the first page to-day will be found an interesting letter from our special Washington correspondent. These letters are written especially for the Enterprise by a young gen tleman formerly a. citizen of this place. They are rjot gotten up on Ihe patent plan, and are intended to give our readers sush information as Will be of copecial interest to them during the sitting of Congress. They add Considerable expense to our pa per, yet we feel assured that our pat rons will appreciate our efforts in living them a pap?r equal to any in lh State in tho matter ojf general information. The ;iuthor is a young man of ability, and as he 1ms had the ' experience of the j last session, his lotters will be mor4 interesting than even those writte by him during the last session of Congress. Gov Ilradleji's Message. Governor Bradlejr, of Nevada, sent his annnal xnessa7 1 to the Legisla ture of that Stat(Vn the 30th ult. IIo shows that a .-eduction in the State debt has been mado to the amount of $630,000. Total assessed value of property, 820,630,279 23; revenue therefrom, c895,433 95. The proceeds of the mines in 1873 were 832,822,249 05, in JL1S74, first three quarters of the ye.y 822,417,625 43. The message saylthe mines and the Central Pacific Railroad fail to pay a just quota of taxes, compared with the general mass of property. The State lands granted by Congress are nearly exhausted by sales. The message recommends calling the at tention of Congress to prevent the destruction of the fisheries in the Truckee River by saw-dust from the mills in California, and takes strong grounds against a railroad subsidy n any form. A reduction of the fees of county and township officers is advised. Statement of T. ii. Crawford aud n. II. Murphy. The BitlletinhsLS repeatedly charged against Mr. Watkinds, Superinten dent of the Penitentiary, that his management of the prison has been extravagant,, and that it has cost the State fjom. t7 to $9 each to keep the convicts- Also that his books and account bare been loosely kept. Of course that paper drew its' infor mation from the Dolph-Patton Inves tigating - Committee Report. - In looking over Mr. Watkinds' reply to that report published in the Oregoni an we find the following certificates Salem, Nov. 24, 1874. We, the nndersigned,. h'ave care fully examined the accounts of the Oregon State Prison for the two years ending August 21, 1874, and find: The total cost of conduct ing the prison, improv- , , ing the -ground, digging ' I... . ditch, etc, has been the earn of $91024 73 Included in this sum are various amounts tor free f y labor, hardware, water wheel, etc., as per detail- . ed statement herewith . appended 12259 41 For cash received for brick ; brick sold on account; keeping U. S. prisoners; labor and material fur nished Cap. Com. etc., as per statement before montioned, the following sum is included 49759 63 Also, interest accrued on notes due the prison for materials furnished, tho sum of 17tt9 74 For improvements of a per-. manent character in tho way of cleaning tho ground, etc., as appears on page 80, Ledger of prison, a detailed state ment of which may bo seen at the office of the Secretary of State, tho sum of 19C:W 00 Making a total of $82855 28 Leaving as the actual out lay on the part of the State over and above tho earnings, of the prison, the sum of 8109 U The average number of prisoners, according to the affidavit of the Warden, . F. Ilolsclaw, has boen 100, making tho cost of keeping each prisoner per year, S-58 M; per week, 4 cents; per day, 10;- cent. T. II. Crawford, 1 Teacher of Cook-keeping Willamette University. D. II. Mrr.rnr, County Clork Marion county Or. Salem, Nov. 11, 1874. We tho undersigned having exam inod carefully the books and accounts of the Superintendent of the Oregon Penitentiary, of which institntion Mr. It. Dearborn is book-keeper, and we find that ' these books and ao counts have been kept in a neat, bus iness like manner, and are correct. T. H. Crawford, Teacher of Book-keeping Willamette University. Jno. E. Bointok, Treasurer Marion county. J. H. AmiERT. Cashier, Ladd it Bush. Business Prospects In the liast. An Eastern exchange gives this account of the business prospects: "Although a business depression ex ists in the manufacturing States of the East, it docs not seem to be felt to the same degreo in tho West, where, according to tho Chicago pa pers, there is more business doing this year than in 1S73. After the the panic of last year a reduction in transportatian rates led to a large shipment of grain, so that tho sur plus standing over in the spring was very much reduced. This led to a reduction in the rate of freight on the lakes, ifter the opening of navi gation, and the Western producers began the season of 1874 with more cash on hand than usual. The cash value of corn received in Chicago in 1873 was 814,000,000; the cash value of that received, in 1874 has been thus far 21,000,000, an incrdaeo of fifty per;-cent.,rand with six weeks yet to run. The crop was 'Jess- in quantity, but increased prices made up this increase of cash values. It is estimated that the farmers of tho northwest have, sold (and will sell) during the fall . and winter of 1874, 8150,000,000 of product, including hogs, wheat, corn, -"rye, etc. The prosperity of the farmers has led to business activity among the manu facturers of tho West, whoso imme diate customers they are, so that, while in the Eastern States there are well founded complaints of hard times, Chicago papers are enabled to write of there local prosperity." Is It Any Wonder? In three years the carpet-bag and negro State printing in South Carolina cost over 80,000,000. This, remarks the Cin cinnati Inquirer is more than the whole debt of the State of Ohio con tracted for canals and other internal improvements. Beforo the war, and before the thieves camo into power, all tlie expenses of Sonth Carolina were less than half a million dollars a year. Is it any wonder that the State debt of South Carolina can't be paid-that its interest is not met that one third of its real propcrtv is advertised for sale, and that there is general beggary aud destitution? This is in accordance with Grant. j "reconstruction policy," and this is i the only State which has favored him ! for a tliird term. j The city officers elected at Indc ' pendeuco are as follows: Council, i men. I. Vandyn, W. L. Hodgkin, I. 31. liiitier, r. - muiiu, Jiavor, Mike Rosendorff; Marshal, F. Lev erage; Recorder, H. H. MeCord.i. A Positive Declaration. The Radical press throughout this State has been, since tho fall' elec tions, trying to scare the people into a return to the party with the cry j of traitor, rebel, and the Confederate ! debt, charging, that if the Democra- cy of the Union get into power,- they ! would assume the Confederate debt and pay for all the slaves stolen by Federals'. 7" Of course hodman of sense believes anything 'of the kiiidy and the Radical editors -themselves do not, but they presume upon tho cre dulity of their readers, and hope- 'to hold this scare-crow up to keep them within party lines. A. n. V. Redfield, in a recent let- tor to the Cincinnati Commercial. from Chattanooga, gives the follow ing positive and plain statements in regard to this matter, and we have not the least doubt but what : he . ex presses the views of nine out of every ten of the whites' in the South. He says: ? In connection with the clamor that the Democracy will, if they come into power, bnrden the country with the payment of claims of all sorts, lot me call yonr attention to a fact that is of some significance. . . Only once has a man run for office in the South openly advocating the payment of Southern claims, includ ing slaves, and that occurred in this district in the late campaign; and tho man making the experiment was none other than General W. B. Stokes. He ran as an Independent candi date, and made the best speeches tuat wero maile m thia district dur ing tho cammiirn. He snoke in every one of tho seventeen counties. He followed tho regular candidates around, and made better speeches than either. No one, I think, who fell in range of the canvass, will de ny this, iNor'will they deny but that Stokes is a smarter man than either of his competitors. He presented his case well. Ho advo cated payment for slaves, corn, hogs, horses, cotton,, fence rails and all property taken or destroyed by the Federal armies during the late war, whether the property belongs to rebels or Union men. lie proposed to abolish distinction and pay all alike. In short, ho proposed to do precisely what the Republican pa pers charge that the Southern De mocracy want to do. He had tho advantage of having been a Colonel in the Federal army, and a staunch Republican since, so that no one could cry "rebel" against him. Well, what was the result? After a thorough canvass and a capable pre sentation of his claims, ho got just 302 votes in the seventeen counties of his district. The people voted understandingly on tho question, for his canvass was general, the crowds to hear him wero largo, and in every county he received somo votes. The lowest was two, in Polk, and tho highest "seventy-two, in De Kalb. a county in which ho had livod since ho was three j-ears old. Now, when a man has been elected to Congress five times, who is known over tlie district better perhaps than any man in it when any such man, with so thoroughly a loyal record; goes before the people- on the plat form of payment for slaves and Southern claims generally, and is so emphatically repudiated, should it not connt for something? The South in Politics. A writer at Chatanooga, Ga., un der recent date gives the following regarding the relations the South sustains in political matters, ar;1 spoaks truly a3 to tho necessity of tho Radical party keeping that ques tion lefore the people. He says: "The condition' of politics is such that tho Republican party e.tnnot hopo to remain in power unless they keep tho Southern question, in all its bearings, before tho country as the most prominent and vital ques tion. They live on that, and are not disposed to let go at this late day. The Southern field is, and is to be, a sort of political gunning ground, not only for the parties that now ex ist, but for such as may hereafter ex ist. The Poland qnestion may be taken ont of Rnssian politics, tho Irish qnestion may bo taken ont of English politics, but the Southern question will never be taken out of Amesican politics so long as the two most separate and distinct races on the earth inhabit the same territory." A Perfect Future. For foul-teen long years, says an exchange, the Radicals have been shouting and trying to believe that the'Demoeratic part- is dead. Since the lato over whelming triumph of the Democra cy, the cry set up by the Radicals is, that the Democratic party is go ing to fall to pieces in the next few years for the reason "that no two sections of it believe alike on any great public question." In this statement, remarks the New York Worhl, they have drawn a perfect picture of the Radical party, and are trying to make the public believe that it is the Democratic party. Excamtjient Election. At a reg ular meeting of Wimawhala Encamp ment, No. G, Eugene City, held on the 23d ult., the following persons were elected officers for the ensuing term: J. J. Walton, Jr., C. P.; W. J. Shipley, H. P.; W. M. Killings worth, S. W.; Allen Bond, J. W.; J. C. Church, S.J.Sol. Steinheiser, T. The installation will take place on the evening of tho 13th inst. - ; Fifth Volume. The Jacksonville Times entered its fifth volume last Saturday. It is a nio-t excellent local piper, thorough- Democia'ic, and always up to the tim". We wish it the best of prosperity, and we trust that it may be, financially, a success to its enterprising proprietor. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Dec. 21, 1874. During the past week the members of Congress have taken the first steps toward reforming the; currency by agreeing tbat there, shall be some de cided legislation at this session of Congress. It is ' believed there is a growing inclination to provide some scheme. of resumption, preceded by a process pf controction.the inflation ists to be satisfied!" by free hanking on a specie basis. Kelly's - Currency bill still. hangs in suspense, though of; eourse;it3 fate is apparent. ' The : mere thought of this bill as well as the remarks of its originator, whore in he advocates "taking away the : legal-tender qualities ' from green backs,' stamps the measure as both foolish and absurd. Bonsany Price, the distinguished English Political Economist, and a sojourner at pres ent in onr cityV considers. the mem ber from 'Pennsylvania either insane orbn the,. verge' of ' iusanity," this", though ratjier startling, is to some extent correct, for though sane on all ordinary matters, ho is . yet un sound in the oiiq sense, that he pos sesses .this' wiM "receptivity for now schomes for social and political im provement, and 'a contempt for all facts outside of tho range of his ox perionea. Mr! Beck, of Kentucky, has made a raid on tho eneriiy by offering on December 15th, a resolntion to ap point a Select Committee of five members to ' investigate tho causes which led to the dismissal of tho prosecution by tho Attorney-General in the celebrated Safe-burglary con spiracy. The resolution created a profound sonsationj and for a time it seemed as if a motion to suspend the rules for its passage, would not even bo seconded. Butler, by in stinct, fearing danger, took the lead in the opposition, though thero was a decided majority for seconding the resolntion, it yet failed to secure the two-thirds vote necessary to effect its passage. Every Democrat," and a large number of the better class of Republicans, voted in the affirmative but Butler and his followers, realiz ing the result of such an investiga tion, both to thomselves and the par ty which they rspresent, strenuously opposed it.. Shortly after the defeat of tho resolution aud when the ap pointment of a Committee to investi gate tho Vicksburg affair was before the House, Butler took occasion to make some, exceedingly caustic re marks relative to those who voted to investigate' tho Safe-burglary case, to which Bock replied with much heat, stating that the object of those who refused to vote on his resolution was to covejup the well known com plicity of oortain high officials of the Government and Dirtriet, in that transaction -'that the Government, through Attorney-General Williams, has dismissed the prosecution of the alleged conspirators becaUso facts had been developed that fastened guilt upon the said persons; and that it was necessary to defeat tho resolu tion in order that tho guilt might re main covered up and thus prevent tho . exposure of the infamous acts of tho Attorney-General and others. With such an accusation as the above from so prominent a member, it is difficult to see how the Republican party can refuse the investigation. It is believed that it must come to this in tho end, and there is the most direct authority for stating that when tho whole truth comes to be told, it will place Grant, Shepherd and Wil liams in a most unenviable light be fore the country. Tho evidence of their -complicity, especially of the latter two, ja, to a person familiar with the testimony adduced, such as to admit of no doubt. The, Hondo Judiciary, Committee bare agreed upon a Civil Rights bill which, is based, upon the Senate bill now lying upon tho Speaker's table. The Cemetery clause is stricken out, and , tho School clause materially modified. When the Senato bill comes np, ihe Committee bill will be moved a$-a. .substitute to which Mr. White of Alabama will introduce his bill as aiamendment. The Com mittee bill will, when brought beforo the House, jelfect a passage, provid ing the matter1 is not deferred until after tho holiday recess, for should such delay occur, its success would bo doubtful," inasmuch as the pas sage of the bill at that time would tend to defeat some of the appropri ation bills, thus rendering an extra session inevitable. The bill form part of a scheme designed to punish the south for lier contumacious resis tance of the Radical party. The hope of the authors is to provoke a con flict of races whereon they rely 'to intlame thej-Northern mind. The Democrats of the House will, of course, stoutly resist and oppose the passage of the bill, as have their col leagues. who form part of the Com mittee. Much interest is manifested in tho Pacific Mail Steamship Company in vestigation, undertaken by tho Way and Means Committeo. As j'et they have accomplished but little except that Irwin, the San Francisco Agent, was paid some ?7r0,(XX) for which no account has leen rendered. Irwin, who figured in this city some ses sions since as a prominent uiemler of the Third House, laboring in be half of a subsidy for tho P. M. S. S. Co., appears, drew many large checks on the company during his tay in the national capitol, one especially of 650,000. If. it. should be proven that these amounts were used in "feeing" members for their aid in Congress, the result would be the production of such anothcrscene aa thatwhich characterizes the recep tion of the proofs of the Credit Mo biher frauds, and should Irwin, who is now before the Committeo, make full disclosures relative to the dispo sition of this money, as the several members of the Committee are con fident he will, the visitors to Wash ington will be treated, this winter, to some tall swearing on the part of the accused members, in order to save their bacon. The public are not now in any mood to be satisfied with a repetition of the Credit Mobi her jndgments, and hence, it any man is caught as ' fairly as 'were Dawes, Garfield, Kelly and a half a dozen others, they will. have to step down nnd out, that is certain. ' 1 The Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad "lobbyists" are here endeavoring to - secure aid for their respective enterprises. , They will, however, even though they labor with the same assiduity and patience which has mni-L-Pil H.oi'r. the past, fail to accomplish their ob ject, unless some compromiso . is effected whereby one- company -will retire from the contest and leave the clear field to tho other. Congress is disposed to assist in establishing a competing Hue "across the conti nent," but will not shoulder the re sponsibility of extending pecuniary aid to two such undertakings, where in such large sums would be neces sarily involved. Thus the matter stands, and unless one company withdraws its claims, which is very improbable, the' end of tho session will doubtless find them without the desired appropriations. Oregon matters have as yet receiv ed but little attention, though, doubt less, before long, we shall see somo legislation pertaining to her welfare. Among the Oregonians here is D. P. Thompson, . who is deeply engaged in the prosecution of claims before tho several departments. thono-h with o what success your correspondent is unable to say. Col. W. W. Chap man, whoso bill to aid the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad hav ing received favorable consideration by the Committees of both Houses, during the last sossion, now stands a good chance to secure favorable leg islation, when called up for final con sideration. B. J. Pengra is faithfully at work on his Winnemuccallailroad bill, and will secure at an earlj date the right of way, including land grants, etc., or at least such seems to be the general opinion of those ac quainted with the matter. Chas. Xewell, formerly connected with the Portland Press, has secured u clerk ship in the Indian Offieo in this city, and is now deep in the records of our " Indian Policy" and such other interesting works with which Uncle Sam has so plentifully stocked his library, on this subject. It. D. M. The Crowning Infamy, The following dispatch from New Orleans under dato of tho 4th inst., discloses an outrage that will bring the blush to the cheek of every citi zen of the. United States who lias the least love for free government. It is a well-known fact that the people of that St i to at the last election, and previously, repudiated the Kellogg government, yet that villain by the aid of th ass who pretends to be President of a free people, U. S. Grant, assumes powers that would have cost a man in his position a fow years ago his head, manages to throw off tho will of the people and keep in power his set of thieves and rohlx'rs. This last may hi regarded as Giant Kellogg's greatest outrage, and the only question is, How long will the people submit? The dispatch says: " In the House a motion was made to proceed to a perm.uieiit organiza tion, whereupon a scene of great con fusion ensued, which was increased by i motion to .y.-al ui vnbers fi'om the contested parishes. The ltepub licans protested against organization and denounced it as revolutionary. The Sergeant-at-Arms was called on to seat members and restore order. Finally the motion to proceed with a permanent organization was carried. Li. A. Wiltz an I ex-Governor Hahn wero put in nomination, the call fin ished and result aunounccd Wiltz 55; Hahn, 2; blank, 1. A quorum having voted for Wiltz he was de clared elected, and the oath of olliee administer d. Many Republican members had left tho House; the rest started to go. Tho Speaker di rected the Sergeant-at-Arms to allow no one to pass out. Tho Clerk was then elected, and tho swearing of members began-. The Sergeant-at-Arms experiencing some troublo in preventing the exodus of Republican members, General De Trobriand was sent for at tho request of the Speak er, and cleared the lobbies of Police and spectators. General Do Trobri and asked that Vigors, former Clerk of the House, should read some let ters which he presented. Tresevant, tlie newly elected Clerk, objected. The General then asked, as he was unable to judge who was Clerk of the House, that his' Adjutant should read the letters. The Adjutant then read tho letters, one of which stated to the General that an illegal body was sitting as a House of Rep resentatives, that Mr. Vigors, the Clerk, would furnish a list of those members who had been duly elected, and as such returned by the Return ing Board. Another letter requesting the General to reject those members who had not boon returned as elect ed bv the Board. The Chairman of the Committee on Elections submit ted a report declaring eight members whoso names were given as rejected by tho Returning Board, elected. General Do Trobriand exporioncwl somo difficulty in ascertaining what members were rejected by the Re-, turning Board. Finally by the aid of Hugh CnmpKoll, General of Mili tia, and Vigors, I lerK oi ine iast House, ho succeeded in finding six who were eac h taken out into the lobby between two soldiers, as they, by advice of the Speaker, refused to go WltUOUl liuwi wiuo "'" - '"J entered a formal protest against the act of General De Trobriand, who then ordered Vigors to call the roll. Speaker Wiltz refused to let Vigors occupy the Clerk's place, and orde ed the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove him. General Do Trobriand declar ed this was uo organized .Legislature, and that Wiltz was no Speaker. He ordered two soldiers to escort Vigors to the Clerk's place, which was done. Wiltz then rose, briefly recounted the acts of the day, protested against the outrages committed upon the citizens, declared that Louisiana was no longer a sovereign Statershe had no longer a representative form of government, and concluded by call ing on the Representatives of the State to retire with him before this show of arms. The Democrats and Republicans, headed by Wiltz, then marched out of the hall and out of the State House to the number of seventy-one, to St. Louis street, fol lowed by a large crowd, who cheered heartily. -r Arrived at a hall, Wiltz, i n respon se to a , cal 1 , briefly , related the circumstances of the occupation of the hall by soldiers, then called the members together and adjourned till half v past- seven o'clock, . After the retirement, the Democratic Rep resentatives and Republican mem bers who had returned to the hall organized ; by electing ex-Governor Hahn as Speaker, and adjourned till to-morrow. - i '.-if SUMMARY OF STATE .NEWS. : Freddy Roe, living a mile south of Salem, fell into a well 50 feet deep tho other day, and ; was ', drawn' put undamaged. - '' '"' The t charitable entertainment given by the ladies of Albany, on Christmas night, was well attended, and netted $150. Since July 13tlv 1874,' tho cleric of Yamhill county has issued . 35 mar riage licenses, and recorded 1G1 transfers of real estate. Mr. Mason writes that there is plenty of good land in Goose Lake valley not yet taken np, and advises those in search of homes to come there. He reports several district schools in successful operation. A gentleman well posted in live stock matters informs the Mountain eer that during last summer over 80,000 calves were branded in East ern Oregon. It is estimated that next summer the number will reach 120,000. . Thero nre 213 Granges of the Pat rons of Husbandry in Oregon and adjoining Territories. These have an average membership of . 50 each, which gives 12,150 persons atliliating with tho order here. .'. The scarlet fever, in its most ma lignant form, is raging in Buena ista and Independence. In the former place and immediate neigh borhood several deaths havo occur red among adults. The bodies of tho two sons of Mrs. Meek, who wero drowned in tho Willamette, near Junction, on Sat urday beforo last, had not been found up to Wednesday of last week. Mr. M. Wilkins, of Lane county, who has been appointed to superin tend tho textile fabrics of Oregon in the Centennial Celebration at Phila delphia in 1870, is busily engaged in making preparations to have that department properly represented. . A man named Waters recently ar rived at Lafayette from llainesville, Mass , to take possession of a farm willed his wife by Win.. Blair, her father, from whom she had not heard for 25 years, until she found out that he had died in Oregon and left' her the property. An old resident of Oregon, Mr. David Colver, who now resides in the Waldo Hills, us lying extremely ill with paralysis. He was taken sick one year ago last June, in Indi ana, where ho was gone on a visit, but was recently brought back to tlie pluee where he now is. (He has died since the above was put in type. Messrs. Shnbrick Norris, Jo'm R. Foster and Wm. AVadhams have been appointed Polico Commission ers of Portland. H. P. Crooks, school -superinten dent of Marion county is doing the local department In the Sslcm .S7 vt 'r.- uvxn. Wm. K. Boalc, who was once sher iff of Marion county, Oregon, died in Shasta county, Cal., on the 5th of last month. On Christmas night a barn 1k? longing to a Mr. Jone, of Don via county, was de .troyed I y fire. Tiio fire is supposed to be the work of an insane fellow named Carncs, and the Sheriff is in pursuit of him. v i' - ? Asher Wall, the stage driver who was recently killed by a stage acci dent in Douglas county, is said , to have had a life policy for 81,000 in the Pacific Mutual. A letter from Summorville, Union county, states that' the woather is cold and clear but., no snow. An other writcn from near the Dalles. Wasco county, says that the weather is open and pleasant, grass is grow ing nicely, sheep getting fat, horses in excellent condition, and cattle are doing much better than usual. The Albany Democrat oi the 1st inst. .says: Charles Simpson this week bought 25,000 bushels of wheat in this city, for which he paid 02 Y cents per bushel. This is in addi tion to the 5 cents storage, aud 15 cents for sacks. It is the most liber al figure yet offered th s winter, and he f-ays ho is authorized tocontinne to buy at the same figure until fur ther notice. ' : Th Corvallis DenvKrat of the 2d inst. says: On last Sunday morning Mr. David Wood, and Mr.. Zinc, brothers-in-law, were hunting near the foot of Mary's Peak. In the course of the morning they started a deer, which ran between the two men, and Mr. Zinc shot at the, deer, the ball (a half-ounce from a Spring- field musket) r a ?sed entirely through j the deer hitting Mr. Wood who was in range; the ball striking his left 1 arm between the shoulder and elbow, tearing the flesh fearfnlly and splin tering the bone; it then hit his left wrist, tearing away about one-half the ulna and all tho flesh and ten dons from the lower side of the wrist. The Dallas L'emizer has been shown a siecimen of gold which was taken out of a claim on the North Fork of the Sautiain, by Messrs. Patterson and Doty, of Eola. It is a beantifnl specimen weighing about $9. They are preparing to thoroughly open the 'diggings in the spring, and work them in full force. They are confi dent of getting from 612 to S15 to the hand. These diggings are owntd by Messrs. Patterson, Doty & Ri, 1 all of Polk county. They are satis fied that there is. plenty of gold in t.hftf. TAfrinn aiirl if if. wns nnlv cnn rr 1 i f t after by some one it could easily bo igot at. A Q,uestiou for the new Indian Ajyeat. - ' ' TJpper MoiiALiiA, Jan. 4, 74. Editor Extekti USE Dear Sir' - Will you allow me to ask one ques tion through the columns of your valuable paper ? Is the Indian Agent aware that there is a family of liyo Indians (the head of the familr i the notorious Henry, who murdertnl his brother some three years ago, ia Oregon City); living"nowin 'the vi ciuity of Dickey Prairie .(Upper Molalla) . Theyjare a nuisance to ev erybody in the neighbbrhobtT.' and if there is a law that will embrace their case, we should like to see it enforc ed. TvoriKKii- REMOVED.VVe "omitted last week to notice the removal - of the Xetce from -Portland ; to .East .Portland. Mr. J. J. Curry has retired from tho paper, and it is now 'published by Messrs. Kelly & Itobirisdn, both printers. We wish tho now tirm the best of success. . Rlillo Tejtliiiofyl 1 It cannot be reasonably snpixjuetl (hat when a person tostlne to thi?; efficacy of a remedy whoso benefits ho hiis xiJcrienoed without solicit at ton. .that Ji dat ror Ih't, purpose of misleading tht publicor from any other motive than that of rutudj. It is still Hfcro: unreasonable to supposo that eminent physicians would corroborate t he evidence thus Riven unless they w..ro persuaded of its trut h. The proprietors f Ilostctter's .Stomach Hitters nre con stain ly in the receipt of voluntary testimonials c- knowledging tho curative anil prevent! v.. latency of this beneficent tonic and correc tive, emanating not only -from thoso who have felt its influence, but also from well known members of the medical profession, both heri; and abroad, who have .witnessed its effects, and prescribed it in their privatU practice. In the face of such evidence us tliis, to which tho widest publicity has rn lieatedly been friven, it would be absurd to question the medicinal virtues of t he Hit ters. ISItept icism un this ioint. was Iouk ago disarmed, and they are to-day as much respected and far more-widely known than many of the otlicinal remedies which fiur conspicuously in the pharumcoproln. 'I'hfv are universally recognized to 1x5 the su preme remedy "for intermittent ami remit tent fevers, dyspepsia-.- liver eo.ni plaint, general debility, disorders of the LowcU and nervousness, as well as a iu-:ins .t O fortifying the" system against inalarioii-j influences And those which ojM-rate injuri ously uxm the sensitive organs. Whether used as a remedy for actual dis"as-, aj means of building up t he broken down physique, or of hastening convulesenp.i, they are never resorted toin vain, and tie-v often ristore complete health when pr scribed remedies caunot even initial its recovery, Fatal Infatuation. Do not, as you value life, entertain th) idea that it cough is one of thus caiml local affections which riuire but littlo at tention. This Secies of inat nation Is fatal o thousands. A cough is th first menace of consumption, r.-inemlx-r that. Annihilate the danger by extinguishing thf complaint. The means await you at every drug stre. Hai.k's Hoxkv ok HoRKiiot-.Nn a.d Tar will, in every in stance, etfect a erfoet cure of .the threat ened ailment without causing naus-a, for it. is pleasant to the paint as weii s infal lible. ; i ...--,.. - q 1i kk's Tooth-Ache I mors Cure in on minute. All person who :isir to lsitity r j r sotml Hj-ponraiife Mioultl not inIl--t llit natural -iivssory the hair. Hy many iL lias boon no-rlrcted until tlu hair lui" lw- conif tt.in, srray, or cntirHy -fa-llfti otr. Messrs Hull A ti.. N. II., hav rotjii;il an rirtual rvmrdy, called iliciun Hair ICt-m-wor, which -invs a 11 li.waMt s or tri ncalp. This womlnrful r-iirat ion ous Hmii the frauds, which sii;-ort ami nour ish thf hair, n-stor-s ray h:iirto its origi nal color, makes tho sculp whit ami cl:i removes and pruvnts th Xormutloii of dandruff and ull cutaii"ous Tupt Iohn ; an I hy its tonic and nutritiv- iroprtw. ' r' stop's the scalp to k h'-alty stat", and cr ates a new rmvt h. A.-4 a dr-ssinpr, it i unsurpassed, sivin the hairthu.t brillian cy so much admired by all. Jloth't, (.W:- Vlnt I Ki, I Kn," said th Kreat surgeon Majrendie. ";iv me stulr born facts : I can- not for theori-s." Th s is sound doctrine. Possibly a medical m; tinet milit be able, in a plausible way, to show why lR. Wai.krk's 'ISF.!AR Hit TK.iis onyfit not to cur indigestion. Head ache, Nervousness. I.ivcr Complaint, Mn-e' cular IHsr-as.-s, and Miasmatic fevers ; but as they do in every instance enVct that ol-J--ct, his Hue theory would, be a. wast of words. As Ma;4'ndie said, the-worlii d--niaiuls facts, not sp-'culativ-j opinion. NIJW TO-DAY ANOTHER O P PORT UN IT Y TO IXVKST- A FHr I)TiTARS, with I'ossiur.K mrrruNs k TiiorsNis isoi-'raii'D i;y tin: 1 )S ri'()NKM I-JXT OF l'CIIUl! 1.1 I'.KAUY OK KY., TO TIM-: 27th OF FKIUSITARY, XF.XT. OF TIIKIK FIFTH AN 1 T, ST OOXCF.RT AN I DKAWINU. TIIK M A X At 1 F.M F.NT ai:f. imj:ix;i;i) to tjii: Ri-rrrKN OF Til F M O X FA I F Tl I K I 1 1 A W I X i Nllon.O NOT COMi: OFF AT TIIK DAY NOW APPOIXTl-:i..: Oito Grand Pash Gift... ...............faV,nno One Grand Cash Gift lOO.WO One Grand Cash Gift ; 75,000 Onetirand Cash ;ift.: 50.O0O )ri' Irand Cash iirt ... . 5 Cash Gifts, $ii,000 each 100,000 10 Cash Gifts, I l.tioo ouch 140000 15 Cash Gifts, 10,000 each... .v. l.Vi 000 jo Cash Gift. 5.O00 each .-.w.. lWi 000 2-" Cash (itfts, 4,0ii0 each - Km Nrt 30Oif.ll Gifts, 3,1 00 CHX-h tXUKXI AH 'ash Gifts,' -,ooo each............ 100 000 1H) Cash Gifts, 1,000 each mo 000 I'lO Cash Gilts, : oiaeach....... l-JoioOO aOiH'ash iift s, 100 each AO ono 1!,0:jo Cash Gifts, 50 ench 9.rj0Mj Whole Tickets 50. Halves tSi. Tenth, or each Couin $ j. Kleven Whole .Tickets - ' i - ' - -For Tickets, or information,. ndtlrou Tl 1 1 S. K. l.UA M LKTTJ-:. A sent and Manager, IouisvilI, Kj, KJanlw . . E. C 2 ? 2 w 2: " M r-. -i Oi 3 3. to 5 "i s 5 n .a- O 5 3 5 o o,0 I 50?o o O s- 3rg n . 2.C 2 o m ?T STn-O 3 Z e o Is - 3 sm. h td n Jan.l :w2 NOTICE. MM WIFE, MARTHA J. STEWART, having left my W and board with out just cause or provrcation, all ersons an hereby notified not. to harbor or trust her on my siccount, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting from and after t his dat". It. K. STEWART. Dec. ), 1S71 iw. ' i NOTICE. TY WIFE, MARY E. KEASTER, ITAV jL. ing lelt my bed and l-oard without Just cause or provocation, nil persons are hereby notified not to Ii arbor or trust licr on my account, ns I shall pay no debts ot her contracting from and after this date, J. Il. r UAS.TKK. Icc. an, 1871 1 1 r BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA