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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-
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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
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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.
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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.