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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.
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; 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
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One Grand Cash Gift lOO.WO
One Grand Cash Gift ; 75,000
Onetirand Cash ;ift.: 50.O0O
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10 Cash Gifts, I l.tioo ouch 140000
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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
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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.
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