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THE ENTERPRISE.
ORESSX CfTir,, OREGON, J.L. . 2.9, 1875.
Caught in Theii-Trap,
It is nnuerstood tliiat tho friends of
certain members of ; the Legislature
have purchased a laj-ge share-of the
outstanding Stato -warrants, and that
the recent decision iof theSnprenie
Court has rather ulyet their expec
tations. These sanf Yellows who are
holding the -warranNJhvere about tlie
Legislature and did all they could to
cut down appropriations, and when
they secured the passage of tho bill
appropriating in all $3S7,0O, while
there was already an existing debt
f $287,000 unprovided for,
they concluded, then!) was rich pick
ings in discountinglthese warrants.
No man of sense Yild expect the
Treasurer to pay )iq entire debt
out of an appropriation of $387,000.
This certainly should have been ap
parent to the Legislature. It is an
evident fact that the last Oregon
Legislature intended to repudiate
the State indebtedness. But the ob
ject of those who secured the passage
of the appropriation bill was not
this. They thought they would get
their money out of the appropria
tions made, and that the State Ad
ministration would be required to
run on credit for the next two years,
and thus bring it into bad repute
with the people, and give them a
chance to shave tho warrants. But
this little game has been most beau
tifully checked, and instead of ac
complishing the end desired and giv
ing the warrant speculators the mon
ey to buy up new warrants at a great
discount, they can have the privilege
of keeping their old warrants until
such time a3 the State may be able
to redeem them, while newly issued
warrants will bo paid on presenta
tion. This is one of tho most affec
tnally "sinched" games that has ever
been played by a set of sharpers who
hadciiothing but vengeance in nil
their acts, and theyi got beautifully
"sinche
Grant appears to be not only edic
ted to getting drunk, but he seems
to havo a predilection to falsify facts.
Ilis message to Congress in regard
to Louisiana matters is nothing but
o a plea to justify himself and his tool
Sheridan in their course, and if he
i3 correct, it ,comes to a question of
veracity between himself and tho in
vestigation committee of Congress.
They state just the -opposite to what
Grant asserts to bo true. Grant
gained considerable notoriety in the
controversy between him and John
son, in which he was proved to have
misrepresented faetfi. "When Grant
cn f.,r violated his oth of ollice as to
o ' - a
foster and protect tie drunken Dur
pll and enforce at
Ihe point of the
bayonet his midnif
orders, he was
prepared to falsify
ry fact to clear
himself of tho odium resulting from
such action, and his recent acts be
ing of preater'magnitnde, wo are not
astonished to find hinvTplacing him
self on record against all existing
evidence. While Grant has shown
himself a .usurper, he also seems to
give unmistakable - proof that he has
O no regard for veracity.
m
SaorLD r.E Thted. The California
papers suggest that Gov. Bradley, of
Nevada, should refuse to sign the
certificate of Mr. Wm. Sharon, who
has been elected to the U. S. Senate
from that State. It is a notorious
fact that Sharon is not' a citizen or
residerTt of Nevada. Tie secured his
election by buying the Radical Leg
islat ure. California once-plaveA the
pame game on Oregon and- elected a
Senator for us, and we think this
game ought to be stopped. This
would test tho matter, and we trust
that Gov. Bradley will act on the
.suggestion.
similar. A person picking up a
Radical paper now would naturally
suppose they were reading the war
editorials printed by them in 18G2,
with this exception; then it was de
nied that the war was for tho nigger,
now it is proclaimed to bo for the
nigger. The "rebel," "secession,"
etc., is as prominent now as then.
If any one is a rebol at this time,
however, it is the Federal authorities
who dispersed tho Legislature of a
sovereign State. They are the trai
tors and rebels this time.
Struck the Right Ket. A gen
tleman writing to us fron Salem on
private business, closes his letter as
follows:
You struck the right "cue" "when
you alleged that the present mem
bers of the Capitol Commission are
working into the hands of the " Sa
lem Water Ring." I5oothby:is tho
power behind the throne. r .
"Our Toilet." The Memphis
Avalanche makes this unkind refer
ence totho claimant oJ the Governor
ship of Arkansas: Chickens come
homo to roost, but! Volney Voltaire
Smith, the Attamis Charlie Ross,
dosen t. He roost,
in Washington
on the gable end
of despair.
he ragged edge
PossiBLE.--An exchange says that
if the movement for a "religious
amendment" should ever assume
formidable proportions, it might end
by putting God in the Constitution,
but it would begin by raising the
devil in our politics.
To lie Hanged
In accordance with the sentence of
the Circuit Court of Marion county,
Thos. Oerrand is to be hanged at
Salem this -Friday ), afternoon. For
the past; ten Joys the Salem papers
have been most active in urging
upon tho Governor to' reprieve the
murderer, and have even brought it
into politics. Writers in these pa
pers have sought to irnpune the
motives of the Supreme, Court and
also those of the Governor, which is
certainly out of place in this connec
tion. While we have no prejudice
in this matter either one way or the
other, we regard . these efforts as to
tally at variance with the pep.ee and
safety of society. " This person is a
hair-breed, of an. age when he knew
that the tailing of life was punisha
ble by death. The plea that he was
ignorant of our laws , will not hold
good. There is no nation or tribe
but what punishes murder with
death, and there is not a youth over
the ago of ten years which does not
know this fact, whether lie bo Indian
or white. Gerrand has had. every
opportunity to get a virdict of a less
decree than murder. He has had
able counsel and has had two trials. .
Between the first and second trials
these same huniantarians were busily
at work to manufacture public opin
ion in behalf of the murderer, and
the second jury brought in a virdict
murder in the first degree, and both
trials wero appealed to the Supremo
Court, and all the advantages taken
of technicalities; yet the crime of
willful murder was clearly establish
ed. After all these circumstances
in behalf of the murderer, we cannot
see that the public could expect tho
Governor to interpose his clemency.
Our laws provide that when a willful
and premeditated murder is commit
ted, the penalty is death. Twenty-
four men in this case have declared,
under oath, that this was a premedi
tated and willful murder, and now
for one man to set aside the virdict
and defy the law is asking more than
we think the Governor is justified
under tho circumstances . related.
Tho same argument which is now
.being used in behalf of the murder
er, wonld in a few years be equally
as good to have him pardoned out of
the Penitentiary, and thus he would
be set at liberty to again slay anoth
er. Xo man, unless ho be a fanatic
on this question of capital punish
ment, can deny successfully but that
the security and safety of society de
pends mainly on this provision of
our laws, that when a man takes the
life of another in 'cold blood, with
premeditation and forethought, ltis
life pa3's the penalty. Remove this
restriction and we shall find that life
is not secure in our public streets.
In the case under consideration the
culprit has had every chance to light
en his punishment, and twice the
number of men required by law have
pronounced him guilty of tho crime.
Let the law be enforced ! "
Since the abovo was in type, a dis
patch from Salem under date of tho
27th, states that tho Governor has
commute tho sentence to imprison
ment for life.
The Oreiron
Press on the
(Question.
Louisiana
The Oregon press on the Lonisian
question is almost a unit against tho
course pursued by the Administra
tion. It may be figured up as fol
lows: All the Democratic papers,
and the Oregonian, Astorian, Yam
hill Reporter, Salem Record, Albany
Register, Dallas Ilemizer, and the
Coos Ray News, against. Those sup
porting tlie Grant usurpation are the
papers controlled by Federal patron
age, and can be put down in a small
space, as follows: The New North
west (Mrs. Duniway's paper, whose
brother is Collector of Customs, and
her husband holds a subordinate
position under him), the Bulletin,
Statesman, State Journal, which is
now run by the Surveyor General's
son, and tho Jacksonville Times,
owned by B. F. Dowell, who use3 it
to court favor with tho administra
tion to aid in collecting his claims
before the various departments.
Out of tho forty odd papers printed
in Oregon, not to exceed six support
the infamous proceedings of the Ad
ministration, and- all of them are
directly or indirectly kept up by
Federal patronage and have their
orders what they must do. This is
a fair index of the position of the
press of the entire country.
. -
The Astorian" on the Situation.
.The Astorian, an independent pa
per with strong Radical proclivities,
gives its views on the Louisiana
question and takes decided grounds
against the action of the Administra
tion. The following extracts wo
take from its issue of the 14th inst. :
Now to come home with this sub
ject, we feel forced to accept our
former conclusions, that the whole
proceeding is a party scheme in rec
ommendation of Grant for a third
term. We have never believed that
"the White League of New Orleans"
were guilty of suspending negroes,
methodist preachers, Yankee school
masters, "to convenient black-jacks
between heaven and earth," and Mr.
Phelps, the member of Congress
from New Jersey, one of the Con
gressional Committee sent to New
Orleans to investigate affairs, in
forms us that Here follows the
extract from Mr. Phelp's report,
which we have heretofore published. J
" If this be so, it fullv cor
roborates the expression of opinions
given above, and saddles the blame
and responsibility Tron Kellocr'r.
fixes him as an usurper, and proves
conclusively to U3 that there are no
"union men" in Louisiana suffering
for the interference of an armed
force to protect them in their rights
as citizens.
Will Nothing Make Them Pausef
The New York Time-;, for ability,
character, and influence, is the prin
cipal -newspaper which represents
and advocates the principles and pol
icies of the Republican party in this
country, and here is what it- says of
the present- condition of things, in
Louisiana:
" Such a despatch as that which
Gen. Sheridan sent to the Secretary
of War ou Tuesday is not warranted
by ary facts known to the public
could scarcely "warranted Under
any conceivable circumstances. We
have ncver published- such a -document
before, and we must say that
nothing like it has ever been seen in
a country under a constitutional gov
ernment. It almost induces one to
believe that the world has gone back
two or three hundred years in the
theory and practice of govern
ment. Cromwell did, indeed, serve
the Irish pretty much as Gen. Sher
idan proposes to treat Louisiana; but
most of us were under the impres
sion that that system of government
had been definitely abandoned. We
are at a loss to : mako out what are
Gen. Sheridan's ideas of the Consti
tution under which he lives, or of
the functions of Congress, or of the
powers of the Executive, to say noth
ing of the idea of tlie powers which
may rightfully bo exercised by a
lieutenant-general in the army. Ho
first of all suggests that Congress
should pass a bill declaring a certain
class of the people of Louisiana,
Arkansas and Mississippi 'banditti.'
How many he would include in this
class does not appear, nor does he
explain since what date in our histo
ry it has been U3iial for officers in
the army to presumq'to dictate to
the legislation it shoukf'adopt. But
a moment afterward a still better idea
strikes him, and he sayg, ' It is pos
sible that, if the President would
issue a proclamation declaring them
banditti, no further action need be
taken except that icliidiicould devolve
upon me.' If this'means anything, it
means that Gen. Sheridan would
forthwith proceed to hang or shoot
as many persons as lie c noose to
bring under his own description of
'banditti.' Vie have then a plain
proposal that the President shall de
dare an indefinite number of citizens
' banditti,' and that Gen. Sheridan
should then deal with thorn' without
benefit of judgo or jury. 'This would
certainly be resolving government
iuto its primitive elements, but there
is a: shorter cut still which Gen.
Sheridan might have recommended.
It is for the President to declare the
Constitution and sill its amendments
annulled, shut up Congress, put
down all (lie newspapers, and then
proclaim himself Dictator, with Gen.
Sheridan as his sole Minister and
chief executioner. If Gen. Sheridan
had advised. this course at once, he
wonld scarcely havo shown a greater
ignorance or disregard of law than
he has done in his most extraordina
ry, and wo must add disgracef nl,
despatch of Jan. 5."
If Gen. Grant and his wild and
deluded followers for advisers ho
has none-wero not mad, they would
listen to warnings liko these, uttered
by tho most important organs of
their party, and abstain from the
crime3 they are committing.
Going 15ackV.ii Himself.
The Oregonian has boon making it
very tropical for tho Bulletin on the
Louisiana question for tho past two
weeks and lias fairly got away with
it. But tho nnkindest cnt of all
comes from the Record of the 22d
inst., which gives tho present editor
of the Bulletin the following notice:
The Bulletin of-vesterdav alluded
to tlie fact that the State is StfOO.OM
in debt, and makes tho following
comment: " That is what we owe to
the partnership between the Demo
crats and Independents in tho last
Legislature.", -
Last spring wo issued an edition
of 5,000 extras, containing an appeal
to the people of Oregon to cut looso
from old political, parties and organ
ize a independent movement. All of
the evils of political history were
summed up, occupying two columns
of space, showing the corruption of
both parties and the necessity of
treating public affairs with common
honesty. The call . was gotten up
with much ability and being espe
cially interested in the subject we
furnished the 5,000 copies for $60,
and paid $5 out of ourown purse to
express them to different parts of the
State. Ten dollars of the , sum
charged has never yet been paid us,
and we are willing to lose it because
the effect was good and the indepen
dent movement resulted in an honest
controlling power that banished all
political prejudices from thelast leg
islature. We are willing to lose the
ten dollars, even though assured at
the time that the author of the spirit
stirring call would see that we were
paid, but we are not willing to have
the aforesaid author add insult to in
jury by attempting .to asperse the
independent movement he had so
ably helped to idan. Snrely he
might edit the Bulletin without stul
tifying himself in this way. " It is
an ill bird that fouls its own nest."
The Oregon - Sentinel says: Mr.
Mace, of this place, has shown us
some specimens of tho first goods
ever manufactured from mohair, or
the fleece of the Angora goat. The
samples comprise three grades of
dress goods, of fine quality and dif
ferent colors, and were manufactured,
by Hall, Turner fcCo.,of Jamestown,
New York. The cloth very closely
resembles the finest alpaca goods,
and bears the lustre of silk, which
no amount of wear will destroy, while
the cloth is much more durable than
any other of the same texture. Ex
perts in dress goods here pronounce
the samples superior to any other
goods.
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Mr. M. A. Twine writes the States
Rights Democrat, from Reno, Neva
da, under date of January 10th, giv
ing an account of a lamentable shoot
ing affray which occurred there a
few days prior to the date of the let
ter. " It appears t'.mt two men named
respectively B. R. Smith, and J.
Condra, entered into a discussion
with pistols, during which six shots
were exchanged and both men killed.
Smith was formerly a resident of
Linn county. The letter give3 no
i further particulars.
WAS 1 1 1 XO J X LETT lilt.
YV asiien-gton, Jan. 4, ISTo.
Seldom ha3 our. city experienced a j
season embracing in its passage snch
a varied array of events; and occur
rences as lias characterized the pre-
i gross of this. Excitement has reign
ed supreme first entering the-pre-cincts
of the social world, and then
passing fo tho confines of the politi
cal. Scarcely one month has elapsed
sinc Society entered upon its'career, necessarily be early reached,- proba--vet
in that short time it has welcom-- JJi?111" present
yet
ed tho arrival of royalty, entertained
and feted ildanced, supped and -conversed
with it, arid finally surviving
the angnibh of a parting from "it,"
has entered upon the festive and
gladsome scenes of tho holidays with
apparently increased gest und enjoy
ment from the fact of having so recent
ly hobnobbed with a "crowned" head.
And now these too have passed away,
wearied by.iits . unwonted round of
pleasure, we find. Society retiring on
its laurels contenting itself with
the customary afternoon recep
tions, and transferring, the' excite
ment to tho-world of politics. The
caldron of which is now boiling and
seething with the fresh complica
tions iu the affairs of tho nation a
natural conseqence of Radical (mis-)
rnle for the past six years, each day
brings with it additional troubles for
tho once domineering but now crest
fallen and cringing Republican,. fac
tion. Thick and fast como dark rev
elations of crime and corruption
Louisiana and Mississippi uplift their
voices and give to tho world their
tales of woe and oppression, unpar
alleled in the annals of tho republic.
Public opinion in tho meantimo is
not idle, but justly inflamed by the
disclosures of such bare-faced fraud
and villainy, calls loudly for reform
and reconstruction, but in vain. The
truth dawns upon the country at last
that bo long as Radical rule is con
tinued we must remain satisfied with
a recital of wrongs douo, and injur
ies Committed, and only with the re
turn to power of the old and reliable
Democracy will we witnoss any steps
toward a return of national prosperi
ty. As stated in a previous commun
ication, Congress is making strenu
ous effort through wise and useful
legislation to secure salvation to the
party, thus securing to the country
at large the passage of at least a few
beneficial measures, and though ac
tuated as it is by base motives for
which failure is a foregone conclu
sion Cougross will however be en
titled to tho equivocal praise of hav
ing secured some good legislation,
through means which reflect upon it
no credit. Deeming the designs of
that body and the future fate of the
various measures under considera
tion, worthy of tho attention of the
readers of the Entejifrisk, I shall
present for their consideration a brief
revio.v of matters and things, as they
now are in the Halls of Congress.
Congress will conveno to-morrow,
remaining in activo session until its
labors aro concluded on the Ith of
March r.ext. There aro already ma
tured many measures of the utmost
importance, and many others are
still in tho keeping of tho commit
tees. The most prominent with the
country is, undoubtedly, tho Senate
Finance bill, which is now tho spe
cial order for Thursday next, in the
Houso. Naturally there is consider
able anxiety dependont on tho course
which will bo pursued by individual
members and this is augmented by
thc disposition on the part of some
to hesitate over technicalities of ex
pression which, it is asserted, aro
found in the bill. The failure to in
sert a provision for the absolute can
cellation of the Treasury notes when
retired, has presented" ground for
complaint on tho part of some mem
bers. But taking all in all the opin
ion appears to prevail that perfection
cannot be attained in the framing of
a financial remedy, and that the bill
offered is as perfect as can be expect
ed from a Congress, where views so
diverse are entertained. At any rate
the safety of the bill is now deemed I
assured and the principal cause for
alarm comes alone from the dread
that an unextinguishable discussion
may arise that, will consume the
hours of the session.
Next in importance comes tho vex
ed question of transportation. There
is aifunder-current; of feeling exist
ing to pass some bill which will tend
to the reduction of the freight tariff
by affording enlarged accommoda
tions, but the exact locality to bo
favored, and tho particular project
to be supported has not been abso
lutely determined upon. Thus far
delay has been occasioned by the
failure to receive the reports of the
recent examinations authorized by
Congress with the view of developing
the most feasible route. But these
documents are now ; in the course of
preparation envi
1 will 1 irt em 1 ni ? : I fn
the Houso at an
early dny. The
opening of the Mississippi
receives
the most favor,, both from its econo
my as compared with the others
and its national character. Another
measure nearly consummated, but
almost suffocated in a conference
committee, is the "Little Tariff Bill."
Two principal causes for retention
the tax on gold sales and the tax on
tobacco sales exist, and the failure
to agree on these will probably stifle
the bill. Should this occur, another
measure will' lie brought forward by
the Ways and Means Committee, the
principal item being the restitution
of the duty on tea and coileo. Do
I scending to the social scale, the first
in oruer ana lrunorfanoA efn,ia thr.
Civil Rights bill, which, during tho
past month, has been so vigorously
assaulted and amended. As remark
ed in a previous letter, the Judiciary
Committee stands ready to present a
modified
"'-) " u i.v,ii, UCIClt Ul
the cemetery andmixed-schonlclaiis-
jiiuu.iuiv command a majori
ty vote, although it is stronglv op
posed by the native Southern" ele
ment. This bill is tho first in order
on tno Speakers tabler'and must
week
uru aiso several impor
tant propositions for amending the
vuuBuiunuu, oi wnicn senator iUor
ton's resolution . providing for the
modification of the present method
of electing the President, is the most
prominent. This now assumes po
tential significance in view of the
consequences which might ensue by
a division of Congress underthe
present system. Another important
problem is presented in the scheme
for re-organizing the Supreme Court
of the United States, now overwork
ed" and : incapable of fulfilling the
vast duties demanded of it. There
are many other measures of tho ut
most' importance awaiting action,
many of which must die through the
want of snllicieut time for their con
sideration. Of course, the appropri
ation bills must bo passed, and as
they are now as far advanced as the
preliminary stages of legislation go,
it is likely they will be early com
pleted. Altogether there is every
prospect that the end of the session
will be marked with tho successful
attainment of many objects now ab
solutely required for the country and
the people.
With reference to tho first action
of Congress when re assembled, we
shall doubtless behold some heated
discussion between the Northern and
Southern members relative to the
recent troubles in Louisiana, it is un
derstood in political circles that such
persons as Senators Gordon, Flana
gan, West and Edmunds are prepar
ed to speak upon the subject, so with
such a prospect, the motion when
brought up promises to be produc
tive of something more than usual in
the speech-making line, and the mat
ter will at least be thoroughly ventil
ated, which is to the" public "a con
summation devoutly to be wished."
Before concluding these remarks
on the subject of Congressional mat
ters,. I must refer to the plan now on
foot regarding tho Indians, that is
the settlement of the status of such
as reside in Indian Territory. There
are many propositions pending, but
tho Committee are endeavoring to
prepare a measure which will be ac
ceptable both to the Government
and the semi-civilied Indians. It
is anticipated that a bill will bo fram
ed giving them tlie right of suffrage
and also enabling them to enter lands
under the homestead and pre-emption
acts. The additional feature is
also proposed that they bo permitted
if in consonance with thctr wishes,
to go outsido of the limits of tho In
dian country to enter upon Govern
ment lands. The Committee deem this
tho best way to entirely civilize the
various nations, but to accept of these
propositions it is required that they
annul all their tribal relations and
stand oa the same footing with oth''r
citizens. This la.it proposition vir
tually throws tho matter opcu to all
Indians, whether residents of Indian
Territory or not, so that even those
of the Willamette Valley will stand a
fhanco of possessing the right of
suffrage. Just think of it! Who
next?
The Orcgouians i:i this city are in
their usual good health and spirits.
I). 1'. Thompson is pressinghis
claims through the Indian OTk-g,
and busying himself generally n mon
th o various Depart nient and Oilie ials
connected therewith. B. J. Pc-ngra
is laboring earnestly for ucoessf ul
legislation upou the Wiinu-mucca R.
R. bill, aad appears sanguine of se
curing at least this session a portion
of his request 'the right of way,
Ut,1 "rant etc. Col. Chairnaii, our
other rail:o;v.I luaii,
like his friend,
is drterdv immersed in
( .... . i
c;;s:on.i:
business, though only in so far
.ftVick Hi 7 1). amlS. L. road.
i it
In
his case half the light is won, tho
committees having reported favora-
hi v on the und'.
lertaking, so the lutnre
for it is not
but on tho
so dark as it might be,
contrary, one of rare
promise. - .. .
Legislation relative to Oregon mat
ters has been neither frequent or im
portant, for aside from a few minor
appointments-'by the President and
subsequent confirmation by the Senate,-
nothing regarding that section
of tho Union has occurred, which is
worthy of any extended remarks,
brief mention having been received
by you prior to this through medium
of the telegraph, so I shall not re
peat, but close my communication
by remaining '.'Tours truly,
. . . R. D. M.
Who has laed!
The Bulletin has implicit confi
dence in the varacity of Sheridan.
The following dispatch from Shreve
port, under date of the 23d seems to
put a question of truth in a doubtful
light, and if northern merchants of
that place tell tho truth, Sheridan
and the Radical usurpers of that
State have unquestionably lied.
From all the evidence beforo the
country, Sheridan has not only lied,
but slandered the people of the
South. The dispatch says:
A card is published to-day signed
by a number of northern residents
of Shreveport including 1 traders,
cotton buyers and-planters, express
ing astonishment at the recent re
port of Maj. Merrill to Gen. Sheri
dan of ostracism and prosecution of
colored and whiterepublicans in this
section, denouncing tho statements
in whole and detail as utterly falso.
They say the relations between the
whites and blacks is nnusually
fricndly, arising doubtless from the
fact that to a great extent they acteft
and voted together last election.
They think the good order here
quite remarkable, considering the
fact that parish 'officials and repre
sentatives who were elected byj GOO
maioritv in as orderly an election as
was ever held, had been for a second !
time cheated out of their rights.
They concluded by saying the state
ments referred to are so outrageously
false and groundless they could only
have originated in crazy brain and
conceited malice.
SUMMARY OF STATE XEftS.
Gov. Curry has succeeded in ne
gotiating the salo of the entire inter-'
est of The" Dalles : Military Road
Company.; Two San Francisco gentlemen-are
the purchasers. The
lands of this companv comprise
! 900,000 thousand acres, the greater
j part nrst-eiass agricultural land.
! !r,.o' Arr; -r :r i -rv
iUin. , ID JM., lit! Ul XJ. iX.
French, of the Dalles, died on the
Ll3thr ater-an illness- of - only- three-
days.. r -
The Columbia river is completely
blocked up with ico from Mamaluso
Ishmd to the Dalles. And the pros
pects are that it will remain so for
somo time to come. , .
At Buena Vista, between Albany
and Salem, loaded teams crossed
with perfect safety on Monday and
Tuesday of last week. Such a thing
was never known before.
Wheat is quoted at 70 cents at
Salem. -.,. : --. - -?r.
Governor Grdver appointed yes
terday Mr. John Boston, of McMinn
ville, a Notary Public for Yamhill
county.
Tho Oregon State Temperance Al
liance will hold its annual session
in Salem on Monday the 17th day of
February, 1875.
There are 905 volumes in the Odd
Fellows Library at Salem.
Tho roof of the new court houso at
Salem flooded the inside of the build
ing during tho late melting season.
Mr. Meaeham and Geo. Harney, a
Rogue river Indian, with the family
of tho latter, have gone overland to
California on their way East.
F. G. Scbwatka, of Salem, had
been an Odd Fellow 39 years on the
20th inst.
Austin Morris, you are called for.
Address lock box No. CO, P. O., at
Albany, Oregon, and get your leg
acy. Prof. T. M. Gatch has resigned as
a member of tho common council of
Salem .
The number of school children in
the Salem school district is J ,S5.
A petition to the Governor, asking,
the pardon of Gerrand, is in circula
tion. Tho Gazette says no stock has per
ished in Benton county from the
freeze so far as reported.
A few more days of cold weather
and oak wood would havo been
worth S10 or $12 a cord in Eugene.
County Treasurer John G. D;iy
has paid iuto the State treasury the
amount of taxes due from Lane coun
ty, about 818,000.
Benton county has 7S tax-pavers
who pay over i'-WO each; B who'pay
over 200 each ; 4 over soOO; 2 over
400; 1 51 S; and 1 S7GS.
About Sheridan stock in doing
well. The farmers aro well provided
with feed for their cattle, and ex
cepting in a few cases where stork
is straying about the country uncar
ed for, there is not any suffering.
Tho M. E. Church at Bnena Vista
has just been completed, and will be
dedicated next Sundav by Rev. I. D.
Driver.
Mart. V. Brown has secured a
I'oachme
1 Vt' ! ; 1 -
to
light up Lis new building at Albany.
E-afayette Grange on Christmas
day rai:-od for the suffering brothers j forth in former speeches." 11 ;
and sisters of .-.eras. .a .-:.-. 2- com. j kerned having made any concession.
On Friday morning r.f last week, j to the Republicans in the contest or
the train from the south run over a i of nuking any iorms with other can
heard of bovkies just abovo Cress- j uidates, and d'.-cl-irt-d that he was
well three were hilled. j elected en the broad platform of tho
r,.. r i .i '-Constitution.
lhe loss o. sheep uuring the ro-:- ' ri!r,vnto. ' Jnn.: 7.-General
cent storm in Don?!as count r was ! -., : , , . , . , .
not gro t. Yonnrr lambs have fared H btr!'tw
worse than anv other .stock.
j-;ie Jacksonville hues says iifiy is j Milwapxfj:. Jan. 2ft. The - first
plentiful and cheap in Southern Or- ; ballot for United States Senator" to
egou, move having been saved last j day stood: Senate Carpenter, 13;
summer than usual in th;
J. B. Van Baron has been ar.::oii:l
ed agent for tho O. V i :-tage Com
pany at Rosoburg, instead of Al.
Burroughs, who takes the Y"i?ka
of lice.
The Dallas Item her h::s again
changed hands, Mr. Casey retiring
and F. M. llubell taking his place as
one of the tho proprietors. The
publishers are Hammond & Rnbell."
Nick Thoss, one of the original
locaters of tho Yank ledge, Jackson
county, writes Jos. Wetteror, that,
by the aid of a small furnace, he has
melted out about $200 in s'Jver from
rock taken out of this ledge. ,
x Hon. W. R. Dunbar, G. W. C. T.,
organized a lodge of Good Templars
at Harrisburg on Thursday, tho 21st
inst., with 3G charter members.
The annuaimccting of the Pioneer
and Historical Society of Oregon
will be held in Astoria on Monday,
the 22d of February 1875, at 1
o'clock p. M., for the election of
officers for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of the general busi
ness of the society.
A private telegram from Jackson
ville says that the neighborhood
about there is becoming much excit
ed about the discovery of rich mines.
New lodes aro found almost every
day, and though the snow on the
mountains is deep and the weather
xery bad, men are prospecting in all
directions.
A gentleman living near Parkers
ville, in the northern end of Marion
county, informs the Record that the
rec&nt cold spell has frozen tho bulk
of the vegetables and winter fruit in
that vicinity, and that people resid
ing there will have to send to more
favorable localities for a supply to
last them until next summer.
The Ilillsboro Independent learns
that Mr. J. Wilkes, an intelligent
and active farmer who lives near
Greenville, raised a lot of as tine car
rotts as can be grown in anv country,
on his farm this year. One of these
carrotts measured 22 inches in
length. Now then, if any man in
this State can beat that let him como
to the centre. '
Tho States Rights Democrat, speak
ing of the city finances for tho year
18 1 4, says: There were received into
the treasury during ihe year $5,
7G0 37, and paid out $5,554 19; leav
ing a balance in Treasury at the close
of the 'year of $315 10. This, we
believe, is the best showing ever
made since the city has been a city.
TKLEGRAPHI C N GW.S.
, 'New Ha vex, J an. 20. The Repub
lican State Convention to day nomin
ated I. !Ll6yd Green for Governor;
Charles' L English for Lieutenant
Governor; Augustus Finn, Secretary
of State; A:. B. Arnold, Treasurer;
R. B. Crawford, Controller. Tho
resolutions reaffirm adherence to tho
jirinciples of the Republican party,
favor hard money and endorse the
President's message on Louisiana
matters!'" -.
New York, Jan, 22. Col. Aug. F.
Allen, Democrat ic member, of. Con
gress "elect 'fr6m"tfio thirty-third
New York District, dieda his jesi
dence, in Jamestown; yesterday. He
was C5.years .oIage... e--,
Boston, Jan. 2. Henry L. Dawes
was elected United 'States Senator oa
the second ballot -to-day. A
Lincoln, Jan. 22. Tho Legisla
ture on joint session"5. to:day elected
A. S. Paddock, -formerly acting Ter
ritorial Governor, to the United
States Senate. i; 1 -l '' -u
Nashville, ...Jan. 23. The two
Houses met at noon to-day and re
sumed balloting : for United States
Senator. On the 31th ballot, Brown
received a' complimentary vote of 32,
and was then. withdrawn. Johnson's
vote did not increase until the 43d
ballot, when lie .received 30 votes
Bates, 32, Stevens 23, scattering Z,
absent 4; necessary for a choice, -10.
On the i5th ballot Johnson received
43, Bates 48, Ewing 4, Brown 1. On
the 49th and last - ballot Johnson re
ceived 42, Bates 45, Stevens 1, Ewing
7, Henry 1. Tho convention then
ad journed till-Monday noon, amid
intense excitement.- - .
St. Paul, Jan. 23. The balloting
for United States Senator yesterday
showed no change Ramsey 58, Don
nelly 52, Davis, 24, scattering 17.
Pet tit, a member of the House and
chairman, reports that the State
Committee bolted the caucus .nomin
ation on the ground of Ramsey's re
ported attempt to " purchase the vote
of one of the members. Both Houses
adjourned till Tuesday.--
Madison, Jan. 23. In tho Repub
lican cansus to-night 5') members
were present. Carpenter was nom
inated for United States Senator bv
a vote of 4t to Washburn's 13, Rub
ble 1, an-l Fairchild 1. Tho vote
was then made ; unanimous. The
Democratic caucus mot aud adjourn
ed without making a nomination.
New Yokk, J-.ui. 23. Whil .tea
importers generally favor the pro
posed tariff on teas dealers, think it
will yield but lit'.le revenue for a
full year to come, because of the un
precedented accumulation cf stock
in New York, and the fact that tho
new crop will have left the Asiatic
ports before the new tariff goes int.)
alfect. It is estimated, if the law
goes into effect March 1st, there will
be a stock on hand of , 1)0,000,00)
pouiH.s, besides the new crop impor
tations. Chicago, Jan. 25. Tho -L.ter-f
v",v'.- Washington special says tho
debate over the admission of Colora
do developed a strong opposition,
although, of twenty-five Sonators
present over ore. half were in favor
of admission. The subject will como
up to-morrow. The chances of theG
maiding act being reported siennt
vrv good.
Nashville, Jan. 20. The enthu
siasm and excitement over-the aiee
ti.u of .Tohr:so:i sis UuLtexi St:Ue ;
Senator is iudeseribable. lie iu:ule
a speech this evening j a crowd, o;
tO.tXH) person., announcing ' his nd
herrneo to lhs Democratic principles
i .-.o.-i i:av . xt o;i liaViIi'T V-11-11-
drawn, Burirsside received (12. to 42.
I : mgg, 10; se;tl feting, 4. House
! Carpenter, 4; Bragg, 35;. scattering,
j 18. Tho sen tiering vote wasclividod
between Cole, Dixon, Rublee, Ortou
I :nd Washburn." f ' - i
CTiK-.voo, Jan. 20. The Chicago
Jlf-i! savs strange rumors are afloat
concerning tho lire in the Navy De
partment. . It is boldly alleged that
it was" intended" to destroy ugly pa
pers which Congress had called for.
"Washington, Jan. 27.-The Presi
dent has sent to the Senate the nom
ination of Caleb N. Ihornbury for
Receiver of Public Moneys at tho
Dalies Land District, Oregon.
ri.VUitlKD.
At Graham's Ferrv, Jan. l. 1S75, bv
J. W. Graham, J. P." Mr. Chas. Willis,
of W ashington county, and Miss Sarah
M. Jleator, of Clackahias-ccainty,- Ogn.
Jl-li.-lI( Tmtimon'. -
It cannot bo reasonably supposed that
whon a jierson t estiii.-'s to the efficacy of a
remedy whoso benefits he has experienced,
without solicitation, that h?docs so for tho
purpose of misleading the imblic, or from
any other motive than that of gratitude
It i.i still iaoro unreasonable to supposo
that eminent physicians would corroborate
the evidence thus given unless they wer
persuaded of its truth. Tho proprietors of
Hostel tor's stomach Hitters are constantly
in the rtcij.t of voluntary testimonials ac
knovlodr:nr tho curative aud preventive
potency of l.hi.s bijnelici nt tonic and correo
tive, emamvtin not only Trom those -who
have felt its influence, but also from well
Known members of tho medical profession,
both here and abroad, who have witnessed
its effects, and prescribed it in their private
practice. In tho face of such evidence as
this, to which t he widest publicity has re
peatedly been iven, it would b absurd to
question the medicinal virtues of the Bit
ters. Skepticism upon this Mint was Ion;
ajro disarmed, a mi t hey are to-day as much
rr-spected and lar mord.widely known than
many of the oflk-inal rem edics which figure
conspicuously ia the pharmacopoeia. '1 hey
are uuivi-rc,ai!y recoguixret to ba the su
preme retn-'dy for intermittent and remit
tent fev rs, 'dysi.--.vsia. liver complain:,
general debihty," disorders of the bowels
and nervousness, fs well as a means of
fortifying the system against malarious
influences and those which operate Injuri
ously upon the sensitive organs. Whether
used as a remedy for actual disease, as a
means of building up t hs broken down
physique, or of hasttnins couvalesenee,
they are never resorted toin vain, andthey
often restore com plots health when pre
scribed remedies cauuot even iuitbato its
recovery, . .' . ;
"What I Know, I Know, said tha
jrrent surgeon, Magendie. "Give me stub
born tacts : I care not for theories." This
is sound -doctrine, l'ossibly a rneiljcal mar
tinet mibt be able, in a plausible way, to
show why Dr. Walker's Viseoas Hit
tkrs ought nut to -cure J nctigestlon. Head
ache, Nervousness, Liver Complaint, Mus
cular Diseases, ni rias m at ic Fevers j but
as they do in e-rsry instance effect that ob
ject, his fin theory would be a waste of
words. As Maendia aid, the world do
mands facts, noL speculative opinions.