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o o I - .a.. : r - -i--- THE ENTERPRISE. OREGON CITY, ORLGffN, JAN. 23, 1S75. Important Declsiouv la the case of Siusbn vs. the State Treasurer, the So me Court sns- tained the decisfo' of the Court be- low, and ordere le Treasurer to pay soiij warrant. he decision, so far, decides in favor of this particu lar" warrant. In order ' to 1 compre hend tho matter more fully, it is accessary for us to state the case as ft appeared before the Court. A few days after the adjournment of the Legislature, the State Treasurer re ceived from the United States the sunn of $7,000, currency, for keeping U. S. prisoners. Simon held a war rant issued in November 1872 for the sura of 500, which had been pre sented and endorsed " not paid for want of funds." When this $7,000 was received by the Treasurer, the warrant was presented for payment, but the Treasurer ref usod payment, on. the ground that the Legislature failed to make any appropriation for outstanding warrants, and hence the action to compel payment. The Court held that this money was re ceived from other sources than taxa tion provided by tho Legislature, and hence was applicable to the pay ment of old warrants in tho onler in which they were issued. But the Court, in the main question at issue, sustained the State Treasurer in Ins position, that the money now being received for taxation, is only appli cable to warrants issued since tho commencement of the fiscal year, and that the Legislature failed to make any appropriation for the de ficit or indeWednes.iof the State pri or fo September 1S- In our opinion tf Ys is but a just and proper concluUa to arrive at. In the general appropriation act j passed by the Legislature, there was j appropriated but a little more than the indebtedness of tae State at the commencement of the present fiscal year, and to interpret the act that it applies to the dclicit warrants Dwould simply defeat the objects of appropriation for the following two years from the second Monday of last September. V hile it will be unjust to some who hold State war rants issued prior tojthe second Mon day of September, Jtere can be no doubt of tho souiliess of such a decision in point oi .'aw. Tho Leg islature which was vorn to provide for the payment of deficits which ex isted at the time of iheir meeting, is ' responsible for this neglect. Their plain duty was to provide means for the pavinent of! tho iState indebted- 1 l x . I. r 1- r ii.- ncss nun aisu iu raijt: miius iui iliu estimated expenses Vr the ensuing two years. This tljy neglected to to do, and with the 1 must rest tho responsibility. The present revenue of the State will not bo much moro than enough to pay the current ex penses, and hence tho old debt will have to take its chances beforo V o next Legislature. The cry that this debt was created by the DemocraticA adaiinistration is false. ' The Statladministratiou has no power to cret.io indebtedness or issue, warrants not previously au thorized by act of tho Legislature. The Legislature of 1'72 was Radical, and that body brought into existence the present indebtedness, and it was their plain duty wh jn they appro priated so much mor jl than the reve mo of the State foilhe two years following SeptembeAS72, to mako provision at that time to meet their extravagant appropriations. But that body fearing that tho peoplo would find out their extravagance had they increased tho Stato tax, and hence they failed to raise the money, and now wo have ife outstanding warrants created Wlthein unpaid, and the last Legislature, desiring to keep up an appearance of economy, appropriated barely sufficient to meet the actual expenses of tho Stato for the two year from Septem ber last. That this debt should bo paid, no good citizen will deny, but that both Stato and warrant-holder are injured by the negligence of-;tho Legislature is beyond question. The decision of. the Court will have some very beneficial cllects on our Stato finances. The warrants which will hereafter bo issued, will be paid on presentation, jand the State can now go into tho market as a cash customer. Heretofore the State has been compelled to pay the dis count on its paper, and consequently paid from 10 to 15 per cent, higher for her necessities than private indi viduals. This is as contemplated by our Stato Constitution. The framers of that instrument never had in view C the creation of nuy debt that could not be paid on presentation, and so far as the present fiscal two years are concerned, we shall beona Constitu tional basis, and all w rrants issued will be paid on presentation. This will result to the benefit of our State. It inakes but little differ ence (with the exception of the war rant speculators) whether the State pays interest on old or new warrants. Had the decision goto against the Stato Treasurer, tho State warrants would have been at le ast 20er cent. lire ft Of 1 discount, and the Stata would h ive tMc Muto Lnivcwity tliesom oUSjO. had to pay this sum, as thoso wuo . Tuis is a handsome contribution, and furnished anything to the' State 1 ve hope thit enough of the rich citi would have added this discount to zc.ns Df Lane county will follow this their proposals. Nov tho interest t, , ., will have to be paid on warrants worthy example until tho sum neces which have already boon discounted. , ary to . complete the - building . is Some have charged that this will j raised. ir leave .a 'surplus in the State Treasury unused. We are reliably informed that this is not so. Whenever there ia any surplus in tho Treasury, it is proposed to pay -.out the same on old warrants, in the order they have been issued. The Treasurer will only keep on hand such, sums as-: ho may know will be called for prior to his receiving other funds to meet them. We regard the action of the Stato Treasurer in this matter as most beneficial to the State finances, and whatever stock-brokers and those in their interest may say, it was the only course left for him after the failure of the Legislature to make the necessary appropriation, and if any have fault to find, let them place the responsibility where it belongs, to the model Legislature of 1874. We shall publish the able opinion of tho Court m our next issue. What Is Kxpected by the Kadicals. The Radical party has no hopes for power beyond the next Presiden tial election, unless it can contrive to disfranchise some of the Southern States. Tho Louisiana affair is only an index to what we may expect in 1870. The managers of the Radical party propose to keep up divisions in such of the Southern States as they can control, so as to prevent their " electorial votes from being counted for the Democratic candid ate. For instance: It would be al most impossible for the Democracy to expect to carry enough of the States to elect their candidate with out the votes of some of the follow ing States: Alabama, Florida, Texas, Teunssee. Virginia. Geoacria, Arkan sas, and Louisiana. If theso States can bo kept under military govern ment, or subjection, so as to prevent their votes from being counted, or returned in favor of the Radical dic tator through fraud, then tho Radi cals can again hope for success. The Louisiana aiTair is only put out as a feeler, and should Grant meet with the support ho expects from his par- i ty, he will extend his plan to the end that the next President must bo himself or the person dictated by him. The corruption of the Radical party has been such that the office-holders will readily support any and all usur pations which will tend to keep them in oiHee, aud prevent tho people from finding out their rascalities. The policy selected by Grant is nothing but that which emanates fvom the dictations of the oflicc-holders under him. It has been charged that hjf administration is a failure, and that he is responsible for the loss of the elections last fall. Now he proposes to regain the losses he has sustained, and for that end ho will resort to any means in his power. With the aid of the scallawag carpet-baggers " in tho South, the use of such despotic tools as Phil. Sheridan, and any number of Radical pap-suckers all over tho country, he will find no troublo in finding apologists for his usurpations, and the first-named will not bo slow to keep up the impression all over the North that a reign of ter ror exists in tho South,, and thus give an excuso to send the soldiers down there to prevent a return of tho electorial vote, for the Democrat ic candidate, aud forge them in favor of Grant or his tool. In our opinion, and we are by no means an alarmist, Grant does not propose to let go of tho power he has had and the Radi cal ollicials will be ready to sustain him in any and all of his plans to keep them from being ousted from office. . If the peoplo do not look well to their rights, tho time for a free ex pression at the ballot-box is close to an end, for evidence of this we need only refer to Louisiana, and unless they declare in terms which tho Chief Despot cannot misunderstand, that any attempt on his part to force himself or his tool on tho people by the unlawful means indicated, will not bo submitted to, ho will dis franchise enough States to hold on to the power he now has. We are not in favor 'of revolutions and un lawful means to protect the rights of tho people, but should the Radical party attempt to hold on tothooflices by th means now indicated by tho recent action of the servants of the people, we believe it to be but just and right that the people should as sert their rights in a more potent way than by the ballot. Let no Rad ical sophistry and evasion lead the people away from the true pnrposo of the office-holders. These are their objects and aims, and unless the peo ple look well to their sacred rights, tho traitors in power will have them bound hand and foot and powerless to resist the destruction of our once froc Government. Flourishing. Wimawhala En campment, No. G, I. O. O. F., was instituted at Eugene City on the 8th of February, 1874, and on the 1st inst.its membership numbered fortv three. That is a good year's work, and the Patriarchs, are fully up to tho work. IV some of the older En campments don't look out they will bo outnumbered by" their younger member. - Hanusome. -We sou by the-Eu- geno papers that Mr. S. Ellsworth ri-rn f ! as a fllirisf m.'ii nvoswnf in . 1 . .... Resigned The lteasou, A short time ago, Henry Klippel Esq.; who had been on the ;. Capital Building Commission, and who had discharged his duties with credit to himself and benefit to the State, ire signed. Mr. Klippel had so satisfac torily discharged his duty that, not withstanding all the the charges which had been brought against the old Board, he - was the only., ono elected by the Legislature ou the first ballot. Mr. Klippel, becoming engaged in olher business, found it necessary to resign, and in his res ignation to the Governor recom mended that Mr. E. L. Bristow would be a suitable person to suc ceed him. This Mas certainly a high compliment to Mr. Bristow, as Mr. Klippel had been with him on the Board for over a year, and knew his qualifications for tho position. In accordance with this recommen dation, the Governor appointed Mr. Bristow. But Mr. 15. soon found that the newly elected Commission ers, Messrs Boise aud Stapleton, were disposed to run the thing, and in tended to make a "butt" out of him. This he was too much of a man to stand, aud finding that the new Board had taken tho " hit in their mouth," he resigned. The new Board has had no experience in tho plans and specifications, and it will j take some time before they can thor oughly understand tho work they are to perform. Mr. Bristow's expe rience would have greatly aided them in the work, but the other two Commissioners being conceited and self-important, had no disposition to allow another any voice in tho mat ter. Mr. Bristow, sooner than to sacrifice his self-respect aud become a cipher to Boiso and Stapleton, ten dered his resignation, and now tho two can run it. We are informed by thoso who know, that the present Board has already mado a fatal mis take in dismissing the architects who have had charge of tho building since its commencement, and while we know Mr. Piper to bo thoroughly competent in ordinary business of this kind, and probably fully as well qualified as the old architects had ho commenced with tho building, yet no man can now take tho plans and do as well in behalf of the State as those who had charge of the work from its commencement, and the ro sult will be that tho work will not be finished as required by law. We arc further informed that tho present Board of Commissioners are not tho managers of the building, but what is known as tho Water Clique, which erected tho Marion county Court House, are the leading spirits of the Board, and that a huge job will yet bo put on the State by this clique of politicians. Wo regarded the election of Judge Boise for this position as as outrage in tho start, and believed that the Board should have been composed of mechanics who knew what they were about. There were several in nomination, but the Inde pendents were determined to elect a lawyer to superintend tho erection of a building. The folly of these selec tions will be apparent, and we pre dict that the erection of tho Capitol of Oregon will be used for the bene fit of tho Salem Water Clique. Wo shall keep a watch on their future movements. Supreme Court Decision. The Salem Record of the 18th inst. has the following in regard to the decision of tho Supremo Court in the case of Simon vs. State Treasurer. The italics are ours. The position of the Treasurer, plainly stated, is that the Legislature last fall appropriated $387,107 CG for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the Stato Government for the next two years; that warrants then issued and unpaid, over ami above tho means on hand to liquidate them, constitute a deficiency notcon templated by the wording of the law passed last fall, which specifically set forth that the appropriation is for current expenses for the years 1874 to 1876, and so cannot be con strued to include warrants issned iu previous years, which were protested by the Treasurer for the want of funds to pay them and endorsed to that effect - - - The decision of tho Court below affirmed, as follows: The act passed appropriating 1,000 per annum for the traveliug expenses of the Centen nial Commissioners required that the amount should bo paid out of any money in the Treasury not oth erwise appropriated. The petition shows that there is now in the Treas ury $7,000 U. S. currency, derived from other sources than taxation, and therefore applicable to be set aside by the Treasurer for the pay ment of this warrant. The Court holds with petitioner that such is the case, and that so much of thisamount as may be necessary shall beset aside and the warrant paid from the pro ceeds thereof, but the Court also pro ceeds to take up the position set forth in the Treasurer's answer, that the act of last fall appropriated money for the current expenses of the State uovernment for the two years ensu ing, and not to pay off the old deficiency existing in. the svtpe of warrants out standing for payment of expenses incur red in former years, jfhe language of the Court is not as specific as it might lie made in this respect, but we read it as plainly endorsing the position of the Treasurer that he considers himself instrucfetl by law to use the pro ceeds of taxation, coining into his hands to iiy the current expenses of the tveo years commencing in September last, tfte btrth of the f sal Car. The Treas urer so understands Hm while paying the Centennial warrant uireciea will use the t resent r nues to meet the current expenses of COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BiiRXELEY. n AT.TfiiiPTJTA j A Scheme for Holding to Power. In the President's message was a recommendation ;ostf nsibly to en courage American shipbuilding, but in reality a deep scheme for the Radicals to hold onto power and', the emoluments consequent on the con trol of the Government. The organ of the administration at Washington takes np the suggestion and endorses the scheme. .Tho New York JVttlion, which has heretofore endorsed neaily "all tho outrageous schemes of the Radical party, but which of lato has become' thoroughly independent, mentions this interesting idea as fol lows: " One' of the most remarkable of the plans just now thought of for reviving the fortunes of tho Repub lican party, is a gigantic scheme of "public improvements," carried out at the expense and under tho super intendence of the Government! This scheme has actually been produced and recommended to the present Congress by tho organ in Washing ton as a good piece of work ' for the coming winter. It shows how both the First and ' 'the Third Napoleons kept the people at work in "develop ing resources" and "transforming" cities, and then asks whether this Government has nothing to do but to "collect taxes to pay salaries and the interest on the public debt." This question it answers in the neg ative, and says that ono of tho great objects of tho Government is "to enable the people in their collective capacity to undertake enterprises which are too gigantic for private capital." Therefore, wo aro to let the reduction of the debt alone, or apply all our surplus revenue to "improvements which will tend to revive business, and give labor and food to the laborer." In other words, we are to set up a great "na tional workshop," to convert tho laborer into a proletary, and the Government into an almshouse. Such schemes, produced in a paper of tho intelligence of tho Washington llcjaihlican, would, of course, bo hardly worth notice by rational men if it wero not for two things: the first is, that we have a President who makes the Republican his organ, and has the "public improvers"' like " Boss" Shephcd for his friends and companions, and who invites a man ou trial for a criminal offense of a grave character to a reception at his official residence while the court is sitting and tho case pending. The second is, that tho leaders of the Republican party aro mon who, as was shown in the inflation debates, are not likely to be deterred by its economical or political monstrosity from taking up any scheme which is likely to keep : them in power. Therefore, it is. not Huchari table to predict that wc .shall witness between now and .March the introduction of a great many wild plans for reviving industry, begiuning with the "three sixty-five" craze, and ending with canals, railroads, cuttings, excava tions, tunnels.and other undertakings likely to attract voters and furnish offices." Death of Dr. Wiu. II. Ilanchctt. Dr. W. II. Ilanchctt, a well-known physician of Eugene City, died at his residonco at that place on the 11th inst., it the 00th year of his ago. JiJp had been a citizen of thatj place for over fifteen .years, and has : ever maintained a high character for abil ity and integrity. As a physician, ho had great success, and as a citi zen ho was enterprising, generous and ever ready to aid in any measure that was for public good. The writer of this had moro than an ordinary acquaintance with the deceased. Ho was our family physician during onr residence , in Eugene "City. He leaves a wife, to whom he has been married over 39 years, and who was the object of his devotions. She has indeed lost one that cannot be re placed to her, and in her sad bereave ment she has the sympathies of a large circle of friends. Dr. Hanchotte was born in the Stato of New York; ho studied med icine under his father, aud after at tending a coure'of. lectures, located in Coldwater, Michigan. In 1350 he came to Sacramento,where he follow ed his profession for some time, and engaged in other business. In 1859 he came to Eugoue City, and has re sided there ever since, enjoying the esteem and confidenco of all who knew him. " Peace bo to his ashes. Elected. Tho Nevada Legislature has elected Wm. Sharon v a resident of San Francisco, United States Sen ator from their. State. It is stated that his wealth purchased the elec tion of his Legislature, and that it was simply ratifying the sale for that body to go through the form of an nouncing it. He is a Radical, of course. Nevada now has two men in tho Senate who connt their wealth by the millions, and this is their only recommendation. Roth are said to have paid wH for their scats, Liberal. Since Uncle Sam has concluded to charge postage on ex changes, the newspaper . fraternity have found a friend in their time of troublo in the generous offer of Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co., to carry all exchanges'free over their express routes. This is indeed a liberal prop osition for which the publishers will be duly thankful. Such generosity on the part of a private company de serves to be porperly acknowledged. Long before the farcical conclusion of the notorious "safe-burgfaay trial? f at Washington, says the "IZxaminer, the charge had been distinctly made that the officers of the law upon who was imposed the duty of summoning witnesses and preparing the case for the prosecution was obstructed in every conceivable way . by persons intimately connected with the Na tional Administration, including sev eral politicians high in the estima tion of the President, some of whom are plainly designated as for in stance, Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, and Secretary of the Navy, Robeson. The prosecution of Harrington and Company is a total failure only be cause the Grand Jury that found the indictments was illegally constituted and the question very naturally sug gests itself whether the "arrange ment" of the Grand Jury was, or was not, a part of the grand conspirioy. The J ury, which failed to agree as to tho cases of Harrington and Whit ney on the trial, was notoriously in competent; and no one doubts that a new trial of their cases, before an in telligent and unpnrchasablo jury, would have a very different termina tion. Everything connected with the safe-burglary business is involved in suspicion, amounting to conviction in some minds, that persons of high rank in the Administration at Wash ington are deeply implicated in that infamous plot; and the potent influ ences at work to prevent an investi gation of the alleged connection of Government officers with the efforts to screen the conspirators lc-nds a good deal of forco to the suspicion. In tho House, on the 14th, Mr. Beck of Kentucky asked for a sus pension of the rules in order to pass a resolution for the appointment of a select committee to inquire whether any officer .of the Government, or of the District of Columbia, or other person, had beon instrumental in ob structing the administration of the law in tho district, . especially with reference to the safe-burglary 'trial, but failed for the lack of a two-thirds vote in tho affirmative. Many hon est Radicals ia the. House aieauxious that an investigation bo made, but the " friends of the Administration" are numerically strong enough to do feat any such purpose. . -Jv . An i5i:U'j:s of l"Jai-IrRkc. The San Francisco Examiner re gards Geo. II. Williams as tho " worst in tho deck of the Radical party. It has this to pny of aim, which is noth ing but tho truth: " Attornay-Gen-eral Williams has been at the bottom of nearly all the prosecution aud plundering of the South. Of all her enemies he has been tho most venom ous, the most inveterate and the most remorseless. Whenever there has been an order or a measure that bore hard against tho unfortunate peoplo of Louisiaua, or Mississippi, his sin ister countenance has shown through it. A lawyer vithont a knowledge of law, an official incapable of intel ligently discharging the duties of his office, au adviser of the President who only gives baneful advice, cal culated to divide and disturb his country, he may be pointed out as tho most mischieveous man of his time. His last achievement consists in 2ersuading the President to send Sheridan to New Orleans to perform, not the duties of a soldier, for Gen. Emory could have performed those, but to praetieo the trade of the exe cutioner. But history is full of con solation for us, and furnishes hope that even Williams will some' day meet with justice. The fato of Jef fries and of Strafford should make him shudder." Not l'or Specie. The Sacremento Record, a Radical organ has no faith in the ability of tho country to return to specie pay ment, and calls tho Radical Senators who have agreed to the proposition, a set of "muddle-heads." It says: Tho currency bill agreed on in the Republican caucus might as well be let alone, for it will not amount to anything even if it passes. A propo sition to resume specie payments in 1879, without repealing the legal ten der clause, and by loan, has the double demerit ' of being so distant as to lack significance, and so cir cuitous as to lack force. The propo sition to remove the charges for coin ing bullion is a sensible one, and should have gone into operation twenty years ago. The proposition to substitute silver for fractional cur rency is likely to send silver up; but in the abseuco of any modification of the legal tender clause, it will not meet the expectations of its; advo cates. The bill, in general terms, is wholly adequate to the demands of the situation; a. pottering, unsatis factory measure which really means little or nothing. Of course it would settle nothing, since it might be re pealed half a dozen times over before it went into operation. The idea of fixing the date of specie resumption four years ahead is particularly bril liant, and worthy the muddle-heads which have for so long a time been showing the country -what an im measurable quantity of ignorance Congressmen can carry without be ing swamped by it. Radical CATECiSii. The San Fran cisco Examiner is responsible for the following: Ques: What is law and order ? Aus. Fraudulent returns of elections to beat the Democrats and Liberals. Ques. What is the meaning of a : protest against fraud by the people? Ans. It is a mob. SUMMARY OI STAT 12 NEWS. The Santiam canal was frozen up. so. tight that those., who : depend ed for water from that source had to hang up till the ice thawed. L '; The weailier in Eastern Oregon has been quite cold-during. the past two weeks."- The Columbia has been closed both above and below. Else where we give the latest accounts of the weather received from that sec tion. P. K. Murphy was arrested last week - at Gervais for- stealing- $52 from a man near Albany. The Benton County Democrat wants Webfoot winters iu future,, in-, stead of tho present close imitation of a New Fngland season. So say we all. The Common Council of Corvallis having appropriated the sum of $250 toward the erection of a hook and ladder house, the citizens' are called upon to subscribo the balance. Tho Benton Democrat says: A twelve year old sou of Mr. G. W. Bothers, of this county, met with a serious and perhaps fatal accident last Wednesday. He was hauling wood, and whilo descending a hill, a largo log rolled off the sled and over the boy, breaking his right arm above the wrist, and crushing his face and head in a fearful manrer. We learn, says tho Stde Journal, that a scoundrel attempted a das tardly outrage upon the person of a little girl eleven years old, near Junction, not long since. The fa ther went after 'him with a shotgun and ought to have had his man. Thomas J. Gordon, of Eastern Or egons started from that section across the Cascade mountains for this val ley last week, and came near losing his life. ,At one time, whilo on a sideling trail, he lost his footing aud rolled down the mountain side soma distance. His horse also fell down tho mountain side and was lost. Mr. G. finally reached the settlement at Sandy almost worn out, aud was kindly eared for. Tho snow was 15 inches deep at Roseburg on Wednesday of last ; week, and 7 at Eugene City. Last Tuesday it was about four inches deep here, which is the most we have had. Undo Bob Kinney, of Salem, gave sixty sacks of flour for tho benefit of the sufferers by grasshoppers in Ne braska. The Indcpsu lad says: It is feared that the wheat in Washington coun ty is badly winter killed, there hav ing been no snow to protect it from tho severe cold. Tho MoMinnyillo Reporter has closed its fourth "volume. Tho freeze has laid a temporary injunction on operations of the Salem flouring mills. The Stato Printer announces that he will have the new State laws in book form aud ready foe distribtion about three weeks from t!ii time. Gov. G rover has appointed tho following persons notaries public: Wm. M. Ramsey, of Lafayette, for Yamhill county; S. G. Caudle, of St. Helens, foi- Columbia county. Linn county pays $23,000 State tax this vear. Nkw 'OitLEiss, Jan. 13. IJoth houses of the Legislature to-day passed a resolution requesting Con gress to immediately institute an in vestigation into the allairs of Louis iana.' TitEXTox, Jan. 13.-r-Tho House adopted resolutions strongly con demning action of the General Gov ernment in Louisiana matters. The Sanate received the resolutions nnd tabled them for the present. CoLUAtrsrs, Jan. 12. lioth houses passed resolutions condemning the interference of Federal troops in Louisiana. Moium:, Jan. 14. Tho Grand Jury in the Uuited States Circiiit (Joint", in session since December 2lh, were discharged yesterday. They found no indictment agaiust anv of the Snmpter county prisoners, nor against thoso arrested in Mobile charged with killing two negroes on election day. The majority of the jurors Svere Republicans, five being ne groes. AiiiiANY, Jan. 15. A large meeting was held at Tweed le Hall last even ing, to express indignation at the re cent action of the soldiers in New Orleans.- Xouc of the speakers al luded to the - President's message. Some of them held President Grant solely responsible for, the whole affair. Aliiany, Jan. 14. The Assembly to-day, by a partyvote, adopted res olutions condemning the interference of the military in Louisiana affairs, and especially condemning Sheri dan's baneful 'proposition, approved by the Secretary of War in the name of the Administrntion. Nkw York, Jan. 14. Whilo here, there are sharp divisions of opinions about the accuracy of the facts of the President's message, it has in spired a general feeling of relief on the part of thinking men of all par ties, because, while it asserts strong provocation from the Conservatives for military intervention, it carefully avoids asserting the latter as a prin ciple of justifiable policy. The Sun, II "orld and Herald, how ever, violently denounce the mes sage. - Lostox, Jan. 15. A mass meeting at Fanned Hall to protest against the use of the millitary in Louisiana was held to-day. Over 3,000 persons present. Win. Gray was President, and Governor Gaston, ex-Governor Bullock and Charles Francis Adams wero among tho Vice Presidents. Resolutions were adopted condemn in & the use of Federal troops in State affairs a3 subversive of a Re publican form of government; also, condemning the dispatches of Sheri dan and appealing to the people of Louisiana to conttnue the forbear ances they have shown under trying circumstances. Tho allusions to Sheridan were received with cheers and hisses,, which interrupted the reading foi- some minutes. Baltimore, Jan. 15. Alarge meet ing was held to-night to protest against the action of the United States troops ia New Orleans. Rev erdy Johnson was tho principal speaker. Religion u RcTs Oeorjje II. Atkinson will hi,i regular services in the Congregation Church, in this city, on tho first anl second Sabbaths of each mouth.-Morn- l in services vi o clock. On tho first Sal bath at Holmes School Ifoiim at 3 o'clock, P. M. MARRIED. At the residence of KM. John Tarnall. Jan. 10th, 1S7 ). by Kid. John IJariiall, Mr. Ison C. Vaughan arid Miss Nancy J. Ilungate, all trf Clackamas coutttr. Oregon. DIKI. William T., eldest son of C. F. and N.J. l'eatie, aged 20 years, 7 months and . The. many friends of MrJ'and Mrs. Reatie heartily svmnathize with them in their-sad bereavement. William was " an "exemplary young man, and w.iKjiiM aooui ro step inio nianiiorxt wIlfMl tlto ilowtffwnr tX .all IhtiKra li..:.. - - - - - - - ' - w . . v ' . .... fttjljlf called him to a bettor and happier "'"in. x eace oe 10 ins remains. Reliable Texllmony. It cannot bo reasonably supposod that when a ierson testifies to the efficacy of a remedy whose benefits ho has experienced without solicitation, that he does s6 for the purpose of misleading the public, or from any other motive than that of sratltii'da. It is still more unreasonable to suppose that eminent physicians would oorrobonvt the evidence thus given unless thoy rer persuaded of its trut h. The proprietors of Ilostetter's Stomach IlitU-rs arc constantly in the receipt of voluntary testimonials ao knowlcdging the curative and preventive ltoncy of this beneficent tonic and correc tive: emanating: not only from thoso who have felt its influence, but also from well known members oft he medical protVssinu, both here and abroad, who have wilnt-stnl its effects, and preserilel it in their private practice. In the face of such evidence an this, to which the widest publicity has re peatedly ben given, it Mould be absurd to question the medicinal virtues of the Ha ters. Skepticism upon this point was lonjc auo disarmed, and t hy arc to-day as much resjx-eted and far more widely known than many of the ollicinal remcdieswhieh flours conspicuously in t he pharmacopoeia. They are universally rveoni"d to be tho su preme remedy for intermittent and remit tent fevers, dyspepsia, liver complaint, general debility, disorders of tho bowel and n'Tvi ti.siivss, as well as a means of fortifying the system against malarious influences andthos" which operate injuri ously upon the sensitive organs. Whether usd as a remedy lor actual disease, as a means or building up the l.r.cen down physique, .r ot hastening convalesenef, they are never resorted to in vain, audthev often r-stom complete health when pre scribed remedies cannot even initials its recovery, TIe IL.cie C:i e tliat ."Vcvrr Fail. "Th- nlmosph'T! of piny woods is pnod for consumptive patients."' says Ur. Krn tus Wilson. Nodoiibt it. is; "hut JIai.i:m Honky ok HoitEHrM) AM) Ta i:;?vha rged with tin? concentrated essence ol iie nnmi valuable oi all meiijciiial trees, the Atis Jialsamea, or linlm of CJilcad. and tcmwr etl with tie? healing and purifying juice of the iior-'hound plant and with tie- purest honey, will tlo more in one day to cure a cough or cold than the air f pjfIn wfx.ds couid do in a t w lv-morith. riKE'sToorn-Acirr. Drops Cura Inniis minute. 'tyimf I fin nv, I Knnit," said th great surgeon yiagendie. "Give me ttuie born facts : 1 fare not for theories." 1 uii is sound docf ri;ie. Possibly a medical mar tinet might le.-ahle . in plausible wav. In show why lut. V.f.KKRs Vi.vkoar I.it tk:ih on ;hf mt tit cure IndigeM inn. Head ache, Nervousness, l.iver l.oniplaint, Muk cular liseases, and M i.smat ie h ever ; hut as they do in evry instance effect t ht ol jeet, his tiiif theory would l it Knsti uf words. As MnendiH said, thu vroridd--muud facts, not speculative opinions. " rir th- v"ry t IU--ro;r:vp'is, -go to Kkaih.ra Se l.'Ci.oKsoN"s all--ry with an Ki.kvatoi:, Moiit-unery S!r-ct, Sua Francisco. . II Iersons indebted to the utid'T'ignnd lor professional s-rviees ar-j r-sp-tei-luily r-quest"d to call ami sett ! th--ir ac counts to t he 1st ot January, I S7-. I desire all my accounts clos-d at the Iteginning of the. New Year, and thoe knowing tle.m-s-lvi-s indelit -d w ill confer a great tavoron me hy making earl v payment. j-nl"tf J, v. NOIU1IM. Town Lots for.Salo. "VOTICKISCIVKX TO AM. I'Kl'.soN.S x desirous of purchasing Town Lots In t lie Cou ut y ad .lit ion to i r-gon City, t 'IhcL. amas county Oregon, that ar-- now owned by Claelcamas county, that application Itir t lie pur.-has .sill O received y the Clern in vacation of t'v ounty Court, and noted ujk)I! by the Court in term time, met value placed on the lots to sold. J. M. KKAZKU. J.m. 12 County Clerk. Eire iilor's Sale of Real Estate. Pnu.ic n tk r: is iikukby c;ivt:n that by virtue of an order made l- th. ounty Court, wit hiu and lor tlx? 'oimty of Ijiim. St ate of Oregon, on the -4th day of January, 1S75, in tin matt' r of th estitle of Kdtvnrd ft. Aliree, deceased, we, Mary A. Altree, Kxocutrix. and Kdward Walden, Kxecutor, of t lie last Wilt and Testament of the said Kd.iard S. Altree, deceased, will, on Thursday, the 18th day of February, l.ST.S, at the Court llouso door, in Oregon City, in Claelcamas county, JState of Ore gon, between t in? hours of v o'clock In the morning and 4 o'clock in tho evening of that day, to-wit : at the hour of 1 o'clock r. m., offer for sale at public auction the fol lowing described real estate, belonging to I he said estate and situate in said county of Clackamas, to-wit : The south half of the tarnation I-ind Claim of Kdward S. Wilson and wife, Ixring notification No. Ts7 and claim. No. 72. being parts of ect ions No. lo. It;, 21, 22, and 2, in township .No. 2 south, range 1 cast, and bounded as fol lows, to-wit Ilcginningat a point 10 chains north and I'CiiJ-loochainseistof the south west corner of saiii section 15, and running thence west 40 chains; thence south I( chains; thence east. J50-HW chains : theno north IS 5(MiO chains ; thence east 30 frKlOO chains; thence north Ml S7-10O chains, to the place of beginning, containing lSSSi acres. Terms Said r-al estate will 1m sold for gold coin ot the United States; one-half to no paid down on the day of sal., and tho remaining half in nine months, secured by mortgage on the premises, SI AU V A. Al.TltEi:. Executrix. EhWAIUi WAI.HEN, Kxecutor. Joiin-s a Jonks, Atty's for Kxecutor. Jan. lo, l.-47. :.4 A '.in; ini str;:!or'.s Sale. TOTICK IS IIKUEP.Y. lilVKN THAT iJ Jenninffs Smith. Alminist rator of the estate of John Albright, deceased1, as such Administrator, by virtue of an order of the County Court ot Marion county, Oregon, w ill, at one o'clock i. m., on Satiii ilay, Mi i:llh liny of Frbruarr, A. I. 1S75, at the Court House door, in Ore gon City, in the county ot Clackamas, in the State of Oregon, otr- r for sale at public auction, t he following described real estate, to-wit: The north 'a of thu donation land claim In T. " S. it,, 2 K., of Willamette me ridian, being pan of the N. K. i of the N. K. ot Section 11; the S. W. ij of Section 12, and pa it ot the 11 J of the s. K. 1 of section 11, and part-of the H oitheN. W. H of s-ction 1H, in tho county of t lack amas, in the State of Oregon, lor gold coin in hand. - ' JENNINGS SMITH, . Jan. 13 1375 ;w4 ;-Ut, Administrator. NOTICE. MM WIFE, MARTHA J. STEWART, having leit my bed and board with out just cause or provocation, all persons are hereby, notified not to harbor or trust her ou mv account, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting from and after this date. H. E. STEWART. ; Dec. 30, 1371 i w. NOTICE; - fY WIFE, MARY E. FEASTER, IIAV ! iM. ing left my bti and board without I just, cause or provocation, an persons ro , lierobv notified not to- harbor or trust her i on my account, as I shall pay no debts of !. . .r . . . 1, t ntA ner contracting 'rout aim hiht no ""- .. .. , J. II. FEASTEU. Dec. 30, 1871-lw.