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THE ENTERPRISE.
OREGON CITV, OREGON, JN. 15, 1875.
To Our Headers.
It i our desire, owing to the re
quirements of the present postal law,
which demands the rayment of post
age at this office, to hereafter conduct
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 arc 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 hopethat they may
- now be liberal enough to trust us.
Some names on our list we have al
ready dropped, and placed their ac
counts into the hands of V. "W.
Moreland for collection. .These are
subscribers we have notified before,
and their accounts have been run
ning four and five years. We can
not afford this kind of business, and
while we want as large a list of sub
scribers as possible, we cannot see
that there is any profit in dead-heads.
We simply want what is duo us, and
we must havo our old accounts set
tled up.
The I.oui-iaiia Outrage.
Sufiicient time has elapsed" since
the receipt 6f the news of the perpe
tration of a most imfamous outrage
on tUc American people by the red
oral Administration, in Louisiana,
for the masses to judge impartially
- 7 f,- o IT ntr the first
impulses of indignation to subside.
Thin wo feel, at least is our state,
imd we now propose to view the mat
ter in all its bearings, not as a local
matter in the State of Louisiana, but
in a national point, the effects of
such usurpations are not confined to
the limits of a State, but have a
bearing on our free institutions as a
nation. In order to fully compre
hend the situation, we will go back
to the last election which was held
in that State lat November.
A general election was held in
Louisiana, in November, for Repre
sentatives in Congress, State Treas
urer, Legislatures and the usual
number of parish officers. In Lou
isiana, as in many other States, the
-massed were thoroughly disgusted
with the Federal Administration,
and the result of the election showed
an overwhelming Democratic victo
ry. The people rejoiced at their
victory. 3ut this was not to be al
lowed. The present Governor,
Kellogg, know 1-hat he is a usurper
in his place, kept there and sustain
by Federal bayonets. The Demo
cratic victory wrs as complete as it
was in Now Ybrk, Missouri, ami
many other States. Yet this usurp-
-i i i i. t
ing uoveruor . iimi wc Mciiuiuiuj,
Board, and by fraud and rascality,
enough parishes were counted for
the Radicals to give them an appar
ent majority iji the Legislature,
-and there beiilr no Radical votes
cast in four orlpvc parishes, they
refused to col V them for either
side, and refenVthem to tho Legis
lature. These outrages had become
too common with the people of that
State, and the legally elected mem
bers sought to organize the Legisla
ture on tho 1th inst. This they were
-prohibited to do oy force of Federal
bayonets. -Members who had been
elected by overwhelming majorities
were marched out of tho Legislative
halls between tio armed soldiers,
and when there ""Are enough of them
'taken out to giv-jvellogg a majority,
this outrage cetel. Kellogg and
his followers, w are no better than
a set of scoundrt s, have robbed the
people and kept up a disturbance in
that State for tlie past two years,
know full well that should the Dem
ocrats have tlit Legislature, "the
usurper would ?be impeached, and
ousted from ofiltj i. This was to be
prevented, and for this purpose, the
General Government aided him by
furnishing troop, and takiug armed
possession of tho Legislative halls.
A similar outrage has never before
been attempted jby any Executive,
and in thof betteAlays of our Repub
lic, it would no'l Vive been safe for
such an attempV Thus, the unhap
py people of Loi i .iana will be forced,
ly Federal bayenets, to submit to
the usurpations jf Kellogg and his
allies, who are the office-holders un
der him, and a few niggers.
out by the Fede-1 Administration in
Louisiana, what is to prevent a sim
ilar action on the part of the Gen
eral Government in every State in
the Union? Why has not this usurper
ut Washington the same power i to
organize the next Oregon Legislature
by Federal bayonets? Ifit can be
done in one State, it can be done in
any and all of them. . But wo believe
the people are yet too free to toler
ate such actions, and we find that
tho course of the Administration is
universally condemned in every sec
tion of our country. If Grant can
organize the Louisiana Legislature,
what is to prevent him from organ
izing tho next Congress, which is
known to be overwhelmingly ncainst
him? Tho roll is ma lo np by a Rad
ical clerk, and what power can force
him to place on the list the members
elected? And then, what power is
If this were ti l end of such out
rages, wo mightlVilmly submit to it,
but if such a coLe can be carried
Hi
;
there which can give the legally
elected ' representatives their seats?
If Grant and his military satraps can
march into the Legislative Halls gpf
Louisiana and take out elected mem
bers between two bayonets, ho can
'do the same in Congress and thus
maintain his power. The same
usurpation will justify the President
to disperse Congress when it comes
to count the electoral vote for his
successor, and the people, if they
snbmit to this present outrage," will
be powerless to help it. It will "not
do to say he won't do it. The same
thing might well have been said in
regard to Louisiana. If he will .do
it to retain a Governor in power, he
is much more ait to do so to keep
himself in office. This is not a local
matter for Louisiana; it is a national
outrage, and a disgrace to the Amer
ican people. Grant, and all con
cerned in it, should be impeached
and branded as traitors to the Gov
ernment. If this monstrous infamy
does not meet with a hearty rebuke
from the people of every State,
Grant will be the next candidate for
President, and; he, with the aid of
his military, will see that no other
candidate, no matter by what major
ity he may be elected, is inaugurated.
It is a well-known fact that Grant
and his party fraudulently counted
a number of illegal electoral votes at
the last election for President. They
will count enough to elect him next
time, and take possession of Con
gress by force of arms if necessary.
This is not an overdrawn picture,
and the freemen of this country cau
not stand idly by and see their birth
right stolen by an unscrupulous
usurper who claims to be President
of a free Republic. Wo warn the
people that this is but what they
may expect in every State that Grant
and his tools dare to attempt such
outrages, and unless soon checked,
their free government is at an end,
and Grant will declare himself em
peror of the American Republic.
The Centennial Commission.
According to adjournment, the
State Board of Centennial Commis
sioners met at the. Executive office,
Salem, Tuesday, January 5th, at 2
o'clock r. m. - Present Governor
Grover, Chairman, A. J. Dufur,
Centennial Commissioner, Messrs.
Wilkins, Burkhart and Condon, and
S. A. Clarke, Secretarj'.
The following resolutions were in
troduced by Mr. Dufur, and, on mo
tion of Mr. Dufur, they were adopt
ed :
Wui:i:kas, By an act of Congress
approved March 0, 1871, provisions
were made for a national celebration
of the 100th anniversary of the inde
pendence of the United States, by
holding an exhibition of the arts,
manufactures and products of the
soil and mines; and,
TVheiieas, The President, by proc
lamation, announced the exhibition
and national celebration to the peo
ple of the United States and to all
nations, to be held in Philadelphia
in 1S7G; therefore,
Resolved, That we deem it import
ant to the present interests and fu
ture growth of our State that Oregon
bo adequately represented by her
various industries and natural pro
ductions in that exhibition.
Resolved, That our boards of trade
pioneer associations, board of immi
gration, agricultural and mechanical
associations, and all citizens and as
sociations who have at heart the de
velopement ; of our great resources
and natural wealth, be urged to co
operate with the Centennial Commis
sioners and State Centennial Com
mittee in carrying forward this great
work. , ;
Resolved, That we earnestly urge
upon the various periodicals publish
ed in this State the importance of
rendering ' assistance by procuring
and giving to our people such infor
mation on this subject as may come
within their reach, and may tend to
awaken the public mind to the bene
fits which will result to our State by
a successful carrying out of the plans
of the exhibition.
Resolved, That in ' behalf of , the
people of Oregon", we tender our
thanks as due to the O.' S. N. Co.',
the O. & C. R. R. Co., and also to
the O. S. S. Co., who have liberally
offered free trausportation over their
respective routes, for all articles in
tended for exhibition at the coming
centennial. ; -'
The board then proceeded to con
sider the appointment of assistants
in tho various counties, connected
with the work of the commission,
and the following , named ( persons
were appoiuted and requested to ren
der assistance to the members of the
board in the departments designated:
In Mr. Wilkin's department (tex
tiles and fibre) : The superintendents
of the woolen mills at Oregon City,
Salem and Brownsville; Mr. Natorp,
Portland; Williamson Bros., Albany;
Smith Bros., John Minto and T. L.
Davidson, Salem; Thos. Smith, Rose
burg; D. M. Guthrie.' Dallas; Wm.
Watson, Reedsville; Thos. Ingraham,
.Albany; F. Towers, Springfield; Jos.
Watt, Amity; Joseph Beezlev, The
Dalles; George P. HolmanSalem.:
In Mr. Bnrkhart's department
(seeds, grasses, eto.) :. W, P. Watson,
Hood River; A. R. Shipley, Oswego;
Henry Schrceder Ott, Coos count v;
Thomas Smith, Roseburg; . William
Wells, Burma Vista; Judge Tolman,
Ashland; A. S. Watt, Forest Grove';
S. G. Henderson, Amity; G. B.
Smith, Corvallis; George Belshaw,
Eugene; G. W.: Hunt, Sublimity;
Wm. Elliot, Oregon City; Josh Ham
ilton. Linn county. ...
In Mr. Condon's department (min
erals, fossil fiora and fauna.) ; David
Baffety, East Portland; Henry Klip
rel. .Jacksonville; Jce Barker. lto.se-
burg; Dr. Henry, Empire City; H.
' C. Leonard and J. (J. Ainsworth,
Portland; F. G. Lookhart, Coos Bay;
Frank Cooper, Clackamas Co.
Several members of the board not
boing' present, Mr. Dufur was re-
quested t consult with them and
! make appointments in their several
departments, to be recorded when
1 maue a pari oi inese minutes.
Board adjourned to meet again
Tuesday, April 20th.
Important Swamp L.and Decisions
State Authorities Sustained.
In November 1S71, says the Mercu
ry, in a communication to the De
partment of the Interior, Govornor
Grover announced that, In relation
to all the swamp and overflowed
lands in Oregon, not reserved, sold
or disposed of by the United States
on March I2th, 1SG0, the position of
this State is, that by virtue of the
acts of Congress recited (acts, of
,Srept723,' 1850 and March 12, 1SC0) a
competent grant and indefeasible
title were vested in the State." ' The
right to , these : lands had been
wholly neglected for eleven years by
the Sate authorities, and .had been
wholly ignored by the General Land
Office, both in the pre-emptions and
sales of the public lands in this State.
The assertions of this title brought
upon the Governor's head a storm of
invective and abuse from the" Radi
cal press of the' State and particii
larly from those papers in the inter
est of railroad corporations holding
land grants from the general govern
ment by acts of Congress subsequent
to the swamp land acts; these corpo
rations preferring to take the swamp
lands rather than go to the foot-hills
and mountains to make out the com
pliment of lands not secured in the
valleys.
Attorney General Williams came
from Washington, at the bidding of
these corporations, with copies of
the Governor's letters to the Com
missioner of the General Land Office
which he read to the 2ieoplo as he
stumped the State, denouncing this
claim of title as groundless and
as an infamous attempt to swindle
somebody. He asserted everywhere
that the position va:. not law, and
that the claim would never be allow
ed. Tho Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office (Drummond) ,J fol
lowing in the wake of a corrupt At
torney General, declared that the
State had forfeited its right to these
lands and that tho State had no right
except what his office should choose
to recognize in the segregation. But
the Executive held firmly to his
ground. Cases went to the courts
involving the whole subjict. The
court sustained the right of the Str.te.
The Supremo Court in an elaborate
ly considered case, at December
term, 1873, decided that the swamp
land act of Oregon of 1800, was a
present grant a grant in jreseiiti
that tho State had a right to claim
and dispose of tho swamp lands
wherever found, as the lawful owner;
and that no right thereto had been
forfeited. In the decision of the
Secretary of the Interior every posi
tion which has been taken by the
Governor,', and every point ruled
upon-by our Supreme Court, as far
as they are involved, have been dis
tinctly affirmed, and tho Commis
sioner of the General Land Office
(Drummond) overruled.
The Secretary, holds and decides
the Act of 1850 to bo a grant in pre
sents, vesting an indefeasible legal
title in the State to all lands at the
date of its' passage, " swamp and
overflowed lands made unfit thereby
for cultivation," and the act of March
12, 1SU0, extending the Act of .1850
to Oregon-4 was a grant in presentl
to said State of all lauds at that date
swamp and overflowed, made thereby
unfit for cultivation, with the excep
of that class mentioned in the pro
viso," that is to say, excepting lands
reserved, sold or disposed of at the
time of the grant. The Secretary
further says:
! " It is claimed, however, that the
State has forfeited her right to the
land in contest by failure to select
the same within the time prescribed
by the second: section of the . act .of
1860; that is to say, within two years
from the adjournment of the State
Legislature at the next session after
notice by the Secretary of the Inte
rior to the Governor of the State that
the survey of the land had been com
pleted and confirmed. This objec
tion is disposed of by reference to
the fact that the notice provided for
has never been given.
-Your decision is reversed, and
the tracts in contest are awarded to
the State." .
This grant is worth a million dol
lars to the State of Oregon.
A Refokmer. Gov. Gaston, of
Massachusetts, is a genuine reformer
and will .use his best efforts to correct
all official irregularities 'in the Old
Bay State, An exchange informs us
that he is already making a thorough
investigation of public institutions',
and examining into the workings of
the old prohibitory -and other sump
tuary laws preparatory to writing his
inaugural messages. This news is
very refreshing to the souls of those
who have been for so many years un
willing witnesses of the shortcomings
of the "old Commonwealth." The
New, York 'World says: Governor
Gaston is a man of sound common
sense, an able publicist, and we shall
ba disappointed if, with the aid of
the Legislature, ho does not succeed
in inaugurating a thorough reform
in the politics of the State.
A Good PAPrn We have been
favored by Mr. Chas. Kelly with sev
eral copies of the Jtetrott Free Press.
It is one of the best papers in the
West. It is thoroughly Democratic,
and we recommend it to our readers
who desire a paper from Michigan.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington", Dec. 28, 1874.
Tho Pacific Mail S. S. Company
investigation has come to an abrupt
termination through the refusal of
Richard B. Irwin to testify as to
whom he paid the $750,000, used to
procure the passage of the subsidy.
To the interrogation of Wm. Dawes,
he responds; "I paid no money, nor
authorized the payment of any, to
any-member of Congress or other
person forbidden by; oath or duty to
receive the same." Ibis reply, when
reported to the House by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, resulted
in an order commanding the presence
of Irwin, before the bar to show why
he should not be punished for con
tempt. Mr. Irwin was, however,
pronounced, by his physicians, too
ill to attend tho summons,' and
Congress .adjourned .... over-. the
holidays j. Avituout . bringing . this
part of the ' investigation to
an issue. ' The debate ! which
sprung up on tho report' and order,
was singularly illustrative of the
character and ways of Congress.
The discussion exhibited, at first,
neither knowledge of tho subject nor
sense of justice. Mr. Kelley of Penn
sylvania was the first speaker, and
as usual spoke with much sentiment
and no sense, while Messrs. Hale
and Lawrence employed vast infor
mation without intelligence, and
boldly protested without courage.
When Mr. Kelley said he had been
appealed to for mercy, all knew that
no such appeal had been made to
him, and so with the numerous oth
er speakers when they uttered their
cries of defiance, all were well aware
that they were praying that Irwin
might be made strong in resolution
and proof against punishment. The
scene was positively dramatical at
the moment when Alexander Steph
ens of Georgia staggered to his
crutches and called the attention of
the House to the fact that it had no
power to punish for contempt. The
silence was intense, tho old man
whose face resembled that of a skele
ton, had no need to raise his voice
that he might be heard. He had
been a member of the Congress that
passed the law turning the contuma
cious witness over to tho courts for
that: trial guaranteed tho citizens.
At this Bon Butler took heart and
came to the rescue. Ho; followed
the same lino of argument but from
a different motive, he saw in his
mind's eyes that the day was coming
when he or some compeers might be
called upon to answer before the bar
and refusing, bo punished, as it was
proposed to punish Mr. Irwin, and
hence ho desires that tho House
should make some decisive answer
relative to tho matter, that in case it
became necessary it might be used as
a precedent. Tho debate was soon
concluded, though not until after
some very caustic remarks had been
mado by thoso participating in the
discussion. During the holidays, a
Sub-committee have gone to New
York to examine certain books under
the charge of the voracious Hatch.
The truth is, however, that it is not
tho books that they search for, but
for a loop-hole through Jwhich they
may all escape without compromis
ing their honor(?). Hatch claims
that he is able to prove that the miss
ing money was lastj in .Wall Street
speculations by ex-President Stock
well, and covered np by placing the
amount, on the company's books,
under the head of "Expense in
Washington." It is to be hoped, for
the honor of the American Congress,
that enough may be proven in that
direction on , which ' to base a report
aud so dismiss the whole disagreea
ble subject, : but unfortunately for
such a termination, the Hon. Richard
Parsons, late of Cleveland, confesses
to having received $15,000, so that
the question arising from this con
fession becomes very simple, to-wit,
if Mr Parsons was paid $15,000 for
his professional services, t!:at oneJ
acknowledged to bo woi'th about the 1
same number of cents, how much
has been paid to the kings of the lob
by and their representatives on the
floor ? The reply to such a question
would seemingly leave but a very
small sum to be accounted for as
having been lost in speculations.
In conclusion of this subject and for
the benefit of such of your readers as
are not fully conversant with the po
sition in which Irwin now stands, I
will state that so long as his examin
ation was within the jourisdictiou of
Congress, he was bound to answer
all questions, but the moment it
passed one step beyond that (as it
has now done) he becomes a volun
teer witness, and if wrong waa done,
appears only as turning State's evi
dence and criminating others.
One lesson of the recent elections
at least appears not to have been
taught in vain, it was clearly shown
that the people were dissatisfied with
the financial record of tho last session
of Congress,and desired some speedy
legislation on the subject from the
hands of this, so, though scarcely
three weeks havo elapsed since the
convening of the present Congress,
we are presented with a plan which
the members believe will atone for
their shortcomings in the past. This
plan is in the shape of a bill intro
duced by Senator Sherman and pass
ed by the Senate during the early
part of last week, providing: 1st, for j
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY - CALIFORNIA
the reduction of the legal-tender cir
culation to $300,000,000, this reduc
tion to be offset by the issue of nation
al bank notes in the -proportion of
$100 for every $80 legal-tender notes
withdrawn; 2d, the substitution of
silver coin for fractional currency;
and 3d, the resumption of specie
payment on the 1st of January, 1879.
Much can be said against the bill,
but in its favor can be urged that it
commits one of the great political
parties of the country to enforcing
specie payments at a specified time;
that it is a first step toward resump
tion, or in a word it is a move in the
right direction. .The theory of the
bill is . that specie payments should
he begun by the Treasury ; that when
its note are exchangeable on demand
for coin, bank notes (which are re
deemable in legal tender) will also
be convertible into coin; also' that
it is the duty of the Treasury at some
time to pay its notes in genuine dol
lars. To such persons as believe that
the only currency which exists is
that which bears either the stamp of
the Treasury or of the banks, it will
appear as if the issuing of ten dollars
in bank notes for every eight dollars
of Treasury notes taken in, is merely
a rourd-about plan of inflation, but
to thoso who remember that the
printed notes of tho banks and of
the Treasury constitute, except when
the latter are used as bank reserves,
only tho currency for retail opera
tions of trade, and all the exchanges
in wholesale are performed by means
of bank credit currency, and that is
limited by the amount of lawful
money (specie) which the banks hold,
the contraction feature of the bill
will be properly appreciated. Con
sidering the possibility of sectional
division on the currency question, it
is perhaps wise to accept at this time
fruru this Congress, a compromise
measure of the sort now tendered us
by that body.
The long anticipated discharge of
employees from tho Printing Bureau
of the Treasury took place yesterday.
The wholesale dismissal, which was
in part the result of the economical
propensities of the Radical members
of the present Congress, has cast a
damper over both the malo ind fe
male elements of the Department,
and the depression of spirit is not
confined alone to those unfortunates
who awako from the pleasures of
Christinas to receive notification of
the loss of their means of-subsistence,
but permeates each remaining
class, as it is well known that a des
perate struggle must ensue, through
the presisteut efforts of the discharg
ed foveinstated. The most distress
ing feature of the discharge is that
those discharged are, for the most
part, the industrious and better class
of employees, that is, those who were
employed on account of their skill
and ability in the performance of
their duties, and not such as were re-,
taiued only through the ii'iluence of
some prominent official. While it is
probable that some may obtain a
reversal of the unfavorable edict,
the largo majority will be compelled
to seek other modes of subsistence.
The only remedy lies' in t he liberali
ty of the Congressional appropria
tions; which, if in consonance with
the accommodations of the Superin
tendent will enable- the re-employ -mcnt
of many of those who are now
classed among the unfortunates.
Now, that the regular body of
Congress has abjouruod, the "lobby"
occupies the attention of tho public.
This body, though unable in the ab
sence of the Senators and members
to secure any legislation, is yet busi
ly engaged in maturing its plans and
laving fresh schemes by which to en
trap the returning Congressmen, I
back again Irom , the enjoyment of
the' holidays. . .
In addition to tho Northern and
Southern Pacific trans-continental
enterprise mentioned in my latt com
munication, this lobby has various
other splendid jobs on its schedule, j
such as ocean cables, steamship sub
sidies, traus-AlIcghauy canals and
railways, bills for refunding the
Southern cotton taxes, amounting to
sixty or seventy millions of dollars;
Southern war claims, aggregating
hundreds of millions of money; and
bills in reference to the taxation of
whiskey, tobacco, tea, coffee and
other articles of home and foreign
production. , And then there are
hundreds of private claims, and nu
merous other matters from; all of
which the lobby derives its commis
sions. Just here it may be remarked
that the prospect of heavy dividends
for that body this session is not very
brilliant. On the other hand, all
signs of the times iudicate that there
will bo a short harvest. This ses
sion, closing on the 4th of March, is
too brief for grand enterprises or
great expectations on the part of the
country, or the lobby; The expiring
Republican Congress has been too
far demoralized by the recent rever
ses to do much more work than is
necessary to carry through the annu
al appropriation bills. The prospest
is that, with the retirement of this
Congress, the Republican party will,
in its retreat, leave its . stores and
magazines of ammunition in the hands
of the enemy; that tho party will fail
in its present endeavors to recover
tho ground it has lost, and that
the sossion 'will be advantageous to
the Treasury and to the country, only
in so fur as it is comparatively profit
less to the lobbv.
Relative to the movements of the
Oregon delegation in this city, but
little can be said independent of what
you are now acquainted with mat
ters standing in about the same posi
tion now as when I last wrote. I ho
latest arrival hore has been Ben Hcl
laday and, wife, who are comfortably
domiciled in their fine residence on
15th street. "Ben," it is reported,
is engaged as a member of the I acino
Mail lobby, but this is mere rumor
as yet, so treat it as such until fur
ther developements will allow your
correspondent to speak with more
certainty. , R- D- M-
New Papek. We are in receipt of
the North-Western Farmer, a new pa
per just started at Olympia, W. T.
It is devoted to the farming interests
of Washington Territory. R. II.
Hewitt is publisher add business
manager. It presents a neat appear
ance and appears to be well edited.
Price, S2 per annum.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
New Orleans, Jan. 7. Both
Houses of the Kellogg Legislature
were in session to-day. The Conser
vatives remain in caucus. Nothing
new reported in military circles.
Kellogg, in an ioterview to-day, said
he was willing to abide by the decis
ion of the, Congressional Cemmittee
if they would arbitrate the 1872 elec
tion. Nfw- York, Jan. 7. An address
has been issued here for an indigna
tion meeting, in view of the recent
military interference in Louisiana, to
be held at . the Cooper Institute on
Monday evening.
Little Rock, Jan. 7. Resolutions
were introduced in the House to-day,
a.ni rofri-cil fr n srAiil committee.
reprobating the recent action of thej
military in New Orleans, repelling
the charge by Sheridan of the state
of terrorism "which exists in Arkan
sas, where he has never been, and
about which he can only know by
hearsay. -" 1 " " '
, : Chicago, , Jan. 8-aA Tribune spe
cial says the;, significant feature of
the report of the Judiciary Commit
tee on the Durel impeachment case
yesterday was based mainly on issu
ing of the famous midnight order
which is the basis of the Kellogg
governm.nt, now maintained solely
by military power. The same spe
cial says there is no doubt Speaker
Blain and some leading Republicans
in the House aro working for a new
election in Louisiana. There is a
doubt whether the Senate will re
cede from its position on the subject.
Several Senators have taken such
positive positions that they can
scai'cely afford to be so inconsistent
as to change them.
Lansino, Jan. 7. At a Republican
Senatorial caucus to-night fifty -seven
Senators and Representatives were
present. After an informal ballot in
which Chandler received 52 votes
the caucus nominated him by accla
mation. The election is on the l'.)th
inst. It takes sixty-seven votes to
elect. There is little doubt of Chan-,
dler's election.
Jan. 8. The opponcts of Chandler
claim hist night's cauc-us. The mat
ter is in as great doubt as ever.
Louisville, Jan. 12. Rx-Govrrn-orThos.
R. Bramlette died at his res
idence here this afternoon,, after an
illness of several weeks, from renma
tism of the heart.
ArursTA, Jan. 7. The Republican
Senatorial caucus to-night nominated
Hamlin. . - -
New Yoick, Jan. S. The Court
room in which the Beecher-Tilton
case is being held is so crowded that
police aro required to enable the
judge, jurors and counsel to gain en
trance. The work began liy the
plaintiff's counsel peremptorily chal
lenging Austin Packard, a juror,
aud Mieheal Burns, a builder, was
chosen in his place.
VicKsni'itii, Jan. 7. The Congres
sional committee to-day examined
Judge A. 11. Arthur, Judge of the
Circuit Court, relative to the frauds
of Cardozo, Davenport and Crosby.
He produced evidence showing that
all of them had swindled the county
and State, and had administered their
offices in a most corrupt way.
New Yoi:k, Jan. 8. A Washington
special says it is anticipated that in
the forthcoming message of the
President the fact will be declared
that there have been no new instruc
tions in regard to the use of troops
issued to the commander of the de
partment in which Louisiana is situ
ated, and that Governor Kellogg
made his call on General Rinory for
troops on Monday last by virtue of
the requisition in September. No
orders havo emanated either from
Washington or from Geu. Sheridan.
General Sheridan did not take the
command until Monday night. The
message will be unusually pointed
in reference to tho situation and du
ties which have necessarily devolved
on both Congress and the'Rxecutive
by'the various complications of the
case.
Washington, Jan. 10. There ay,e
rumors of dissensions. of the Cabinet
on account of the Louisiana troubles.
It is stated that Fish has tendered
his resignation, and it seems that
three members of the Cabinet are not
in accord with the President.
Richmond, Jan. 10. Resolutions
were introduced in the Senate to-day
requesting the Governors of the sev
eral States to convene as soon as pos
sible the Legislatures of their re
spective States, that the States may
consult together and advise with
each other relative to the late inter
ference by the United States with
the 'Legislatneo of Louisiana, aud
determine to simultaneously defend
and preserve the independence and
autonomy of the States. The Gov
ernor of Virginia was requested to
tslegraph the resolutions to the Gov
ernors of other States and request an
immediate reply. ' :
Gexeijuus. Alvinzn Hay ward is
as noted for his. gederosity as he is
for his great wealth, and has time
and again done acts of unselfish char
ity. On Christmas day he made the
following donations to charitable in
stitutions of t4an Francisco: To the
Protestant Orphan Asylum, $5,000;
the Human Catholic Orphan Asylum,
83,000; to the Ladies' Protective He
lief Society, S",000; and the Boys
Girls' Aid Societv, 5,000, making a
total of 20,000.
News. Wo find the following go
ing the rounds of the Eastern Press:
The Ore gon Legislature has pass
ed a bill enabling any person who
loses money gambling to recover
double the amount so lost. The re
sult is that poker; players. deal the
worst possible hands . to themselves
and four aces to their opponents.
The point to the above is that the
last Legislature did not pass any act
whatever relating to gambliug.
Fire at Sacramento. The West
ern Hotel at Sacramento was de
stroyed by fire last Saturday night
and a number of persons wero burn
ed in the conflagration. Among
those who are known to have perisli
ed, are Simon B. Conklin and Job
Court, both printers, the latter, one
of the original owners of the Sacra
mento Union.
Xeyer. The Detroit Free Press
has just discovered that a bald head
ed man never raises his hat to a lady.
Reliable Testimony.
It cannot bo reasonably BuppoHod tf,
when a person testifies to the effleary,,'
femed3' whoso benefits he has xperi",,'
without Bolicitution. that he dots so tn
purpose of misleading the public, orfr. '
any other motive than that or gratitw
It is still more unreasonable to su,,c,
that eminent physicians would eorrob, V
theovidenee thus given unless they-'
persuaded or its truth. The proprietor"'"'
Ilostetter s Stomach Hitters are constat
in the receipt or voluntary testimonial,
kno-wledginjrtho curative arid prevent?
potency or this beneficent tonic and corr'
tive, emanating not only rrom thos w?
have relt its influence', but also rrom '
known members or the medical profess '
both here and abroad, who have witue
its effects, und proscribed it in i.s. .
nracttoo Tt. .(, , - . v" Pr'VRU
aVo disV, oV,". ',.this Point was T,
respected and r.Vr luorwid.YyT8 D,u"r
many or the ofiicin a? n-medics wMcTC
conspicuously in t he pImrinaw.iKi.jV ft r
are universally rwniiz,', toi 'V1'
tntmerUj '.nut.Vnd1
itni feers, dyspepsia, liver coiiiii,
WaI dob""y. disorders or U," &l
and nervousness, as well a ...
tortifying the sysiem aiafrnf ma'ar? '
influences and those which oiUrao. i J f 0"
ously upon the sensitive
used as a remedy ror actual dl.e
means of 1. nil, i
Physique, or of hasten ZTl
they are never resort d to in v-Vii, , , uW'
often rostore complete h" th Vhtl
Tempting l)atli.
Everyman or woman aUliet. d wffK
cough or cold, which he or st... Pike.
measure to arrest, is tempti,.K B
1 h-ro is not a dru sU.re in the l;,,ld w? ;-
may not be proewn d, and th-re is' L, . '
mcntof the iungs or t hroat teinlii' V. V '
.sumption or bronchitis, which
competent to cure. Do not smr-r col.i ,
accumulate on cold, but arr.-t the
symptoms of pulmorv disease it. a t
and invigorate the breat hing' or- i l ll'Vi.'
this wonderful remedy. " s -uh
1ikk-s Tooth-ache ic.,i..-cra !lloa.
minute. OJ(
Th- Almanac publishers c.",t7ip::liri t v
their business is destroyed bv v-r-i n"'V
ican Almanac. The if-opi,- "pr-ferit to a,V
o.li.-r, th 1-iirmi'r'sWVrtmi, Nouth-rn .V
the mim- rou Ux.-a! almanacs, whe-i thr
can get Ayr's. It lurmshcs the b.si ri.
trotiomu-aldnta, wf.uheratid jokeorti
all. and above all. medical advice wiu-
is inva'.uabl-' for every fainlh . U issviV
plied grat Is by the druggists and slw-u'-i
b pres-Tved r.u- constant r--f -rt-nee v-J
use. We are sure thai no good hoi.i-k.-e'.
t-rortiranumotrierg:M-K willingly withoti
one. .Sl'iff i,i, A'. V Citi.
All person who aspire to b.autv or i".
sona nppearaf.ee should not nej-Ieet tl a
natural enc-s. ry the hair. liv manii
has been negl- eted until the hair has l
come thin, gray, or entindv la'de-n off
Messrs Hall . I '., N. II., hay... product
an elTcetiial r-ni'-dy, call'.-d silician JUir
Rcnower, which cures all di.seass of the
scalp. This woudurtul j r-'parutioii nou
upon the glands, which supjtrt ani nour
ish the hair, restores gray hair to its origi
nal gilnr, makes the scalp white aiivl c'.tan
rentes and prevents the formation of-'
dandruff and all cutaneous eruptions ; ana
by its tonie and ntitritivo propurt;cs, re
stores the scalp to a healty sf.-if, and cre
ates a ii"w grmth. As "a dressing, it lit
unsurpassed, giving the hair that brillian
cy so much admired by all. Jlostun .ym-
"What I Know, I Know," uud tb
great surgeon Magendie. 4,;ive me tul
born facts : I cant not fr theories." This
is sound doctrine. Possibly a medica.1 mar
tinet might be able, in a plausible way, to
show why Int. Walk Fit's Vjnkoap. T.it
TKits iitjtt mtt to cur ; ludignM ion. Head
ache, Nervousness, layer Complaint. Mm
cular Hiseases, and Miasmatic 1-Vvers; tut
as they do in '-very instance eff-et that le
j'-et-, his line thevry would Iteawustenf
words. As Mag'MUiie said, the world de
mands facts, not speculative opinion.
ft'i,Yr th- very b st Photographs, c- to
HliAULKA A Kiti.ofson's liali-ry with tn
Klkva roi:, Montgomery strrt, Ha
Francisco.
XEW TO-DA V.
CALL AND SEiTLE.
VI! jtersons indebted to the UT-.d-rslgnM
for professional services arr r--sp.-ci-lully
requested to call and settlf th.-ir nc
coimts to the 1st or January, lS7ri. I dfsir.t 3
all my accounts dosed at t he lieginnin? of
the .New Year, and thos-- knowing; thr-nt-s
-Ives indebted w ill conf r a great favor on
me by making early payment.
janltr " " J. V. NORKIH.
Town Lots fqr Sale.
VOTH'KISUIVKNTO AM. PKHSO.YS
desirous of purchasing Town I,ots in
the'C unity addition tn Oregon City. Clack
amas county regm, that are now owned
oy Clackamas county, that application for
t he pureh:M will b- ivc-Mved by the Clerk
in acation ot the County Court, and act-d
!"' by the Court in term time, and value
placd on the lots to be sold.
J. M. KKAZEIt.
Jan. U.lST.'i: Count! Cb-rk.
-. ' ' EiiTUtor's Salr of Rettl ENtatr.
irni.ic x ti t: is hkiikp.y oivk.v
that by virtue of a n order made by t he
County Court, within and tor "the County
of lan'i, Jjtate of iregon. on tint ; h dav or
January, 175. in the matter orhe estate
(it Kdward S. A I tree, deceased, we, Mary A.
Altree, l-.xeeutrix, and Kdward Vald-n,
Kxecutor, of the last Will and Testament
of the said Kdward H. Altree, doccased,
will, on
Thursday, f lie lS4h clny of" Frbrnry,
1S75, at the Court House door, in Oregon
City, in I laekamas county, ."State of Ore
gon, between t h? hours of S o'clock in tho
morning and -1 o'clock in the evening of
that day, to-wit tat the hour of I o'clock r.
Al., otter for sab; at public auction the fol
lotfing described ral estate, belonfrinp to
the saiil estate and situate in said county
of Clackamas, to-wit : The south hair or
the Donation Land Claim or Kdward S.
Wilson and wife, being notification No.
7f7 and claim No. 72, being parts or sections
No. 15, ltt, 21, 22, and 2S, in township No. 2
south, range 1 east, and lioundod as rol
lows, to-wit - Iieginningnt a point 10 chain
north and 10 5u-1'.hi chains east orthe south
west corner or said .section 15, and running
thence west 40 chains; thence south KM
chains; thence east il o'J-lUO chains ; theno
north 18 50-lM chattis ; thence east 30 50-100
chains: thence north SI o7-l( chains, to
the place of beginnings containing lS.S3ii
acres.
Terms Said n a! estate will he sold for
gold coin of the United states ; one-half to
te paid down on the day of sale, and th
remaining half in nine monthsiccuretl
by mortgage on he premises
MAKY A. AI1'KKK, Execrrtrix.
KUW Altl) WAI.HKN, Executor.
Johns .t Junes, Atty's for Executors.
Jan. lo, 175 : .4
Ad mini &t r:tl or's Snip.
"jVjtyrKi: is iieuep.y given that
JLl Jennings Smith, Administratoj-of the
estate ot John Albright, deceased, as such
Administrator, by virtue of an order ot tho
County Court ot Marion county, Oregon,
will, ut OT' o'clock p. m., on
Saturday, the i:jtli tlay or February,
A. i. 1S75, at the Court House door, in Ore
gon City, in th; county of Clackamas, in
the State of Oregon, offer for sale at public
auction, the 1! lowing described real estnte,
to-wit : Th north .'a of ttfo donation land
claim in T. - R E.. of Willamette me
ridian, being part of the. N. K. of the '.
K. h of suction 14 ; the H.S W. M t section
12, and part trf the E. of tlu-N. E. t
section 11, anil part ot the N. 4 ot tho N.
V. It of s -ctioh i:r. u the cnty or Clack
amas, in th-. -Slate of Oregon, for gold coin
in hand.
JENNINGS SMITH,
Jan. 1 li75-;w4 Administrator.
NOTICE.
MM AVI EE. MARTHA J. STEWART.
. having left my !ed aud board with
out jnst cause or provocation, all persons
are hereby iiotifi'xl not to harbor or trut
her on my Account, as I shall pay no
debts or her contracting rrom and after
this date. It. E. STKWAHT.
Dec. tf), 1S74 iw.
NOTICE.
TY WIFE, MAltY E. EE ASTER, IIAV
ing left my bed and ttonrd without
Just cause or provocation, all persons f
hereby notified not to harbor or trust her
on my account, as I shall pay no debt ot
her contracting rrom and alter this date.
J. II. FKASTER.
Dec. 30, IS74-4-.