Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1871-188?, February 05, 1875, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextO CD O o t o o o o o o o THE EHTEBFBiSE. OSEG'JX CIU, OBEGOX, FEB. 5, 1S75. A Delusion and Fraud. Tbo Radicals in Congress, feeling the importance of doing something toward relieving the country from it3 present financial policy, has passed an act to resume Epecie payments four years hence. This is but a po litical dodge, and is only intended to carry thfc Radical party over the Presidential campaign. The best evidence of the hypocrisy of this measure is in the fact that in no part of the finance measure passed by Congress do they provide for the destruction of the currency now in circulation, but ov. the contrary, al low it to remain as a reserve to be issued at tho option of Congress Our readers will remember that a short time ago there was a reserve in the U. S. Treasury of 341.000,000, and when the financial crisis came, Cthis reserve was drawn upon. What is to prevent Congress or the Treas urer of tho United States from using currency as long a3 there is no jiro- vision for its cancellation ? Nothing If greenbacks are money now, they will be even after resumption takes place, and they will then be as much legal tender as they are now. It is the principle with the Radical party that the prosperity of our couutry dependa an an increase of tho circu lating medium, and this move looks o to us as if it was" only intended to deceive the people of the tr:e object of tho party in power. The present finance bill gives unlimited power to banks to issue then! promises to pay, without the restriction irapossed at present. This, then, is but another mode of increasing the currency. The banks are permitted to go into operation Avhencvei they can deposit the Government bonds, and there is nothing to prevent j the country from being flooded with national bank currency and tho Treasury is author ized to issue more greenbacks instead of reducing them As an enlarge ment of the circulating medium, this is the same as if -additional green backs were direciv issued by tho G says tive reduction of t.Te prreenback. issue to three hundred millions will pre vent any great expansion of the cir culation by narrowing the basis of o b:ukiug. Rut the framers of the bill havo guarded against this restric- q tion by refusing to have the redeem ed greenbacks destroyed. They are to be kept where they can boissued again if a financial stringency shall require it. That they will bo so is sued, our experience under the panic of 5873 demonstrates. Tho moment that they are wanted to prevent a crisis they will come out, clear up to tho 400,000,000, and we are not sure that that will be the limit. Tho question is, as the New York Sun well states it, whether the infla tionists will uso the power of expand ing tho paper circulation thus put into their hands by the bill. We conceive this to be the only material question about the measure, and it is a mere question of ability. They will do it if they can. Rut tho fact that money is cheap, and that large amounts are lying comparatively idle, stands in their way. It is not necessary to go to the Treasury for a fresh supply of greenbacks or to is sue more bank bills in order to sup ply any business want of the country. There is money enough to be had for the asking, already in existence, if proper securities are offered. There may be a few exceptional districts of the country whero it is otherwise, but this i3 the general rule. We see it is assumed in some quarters that nothing of this sort will be done, aud that the paper issues will not be materially disturbed one way or the others That paragon of financial as tuteness, Mr. Routwell, holds this view, and thus calls the measure an -endorsement of his plan of doing nothing as the best way to treat the subject. This view is original, if not profound. Congress is to permit unlimited banking on a paper basis, -and go for specie payments four years hence. . This Mr. Routwell call3 doing nothingnd ho claims it to bo his plan. It may turn ouf, that the situation of the money market, the condition of the country, the spread of just and conservative views on tho whole subject, may co-operate to prevent the enlargement of the pa per issues which the bill permits; aud the great conservative influences .of the money power might even do much to coerce a return to sound principles, under the pretense that .the bill was an honest one, and meant a return to spot-jo payments. Rut on the other hantA'ircuinstances may arise under whicf Inflation will grow rampant and preUod to a most dan gerous extent. Tiis may be so be cause the bill i errnits it; and it is very illogical a:-1 unsafe to say a thing will not happen because there are no good reasons why it should not. This is a Tey springy and elas tic country, and nobody can set a limit to its enterprise or its impru dence. The bill? offers no practical hindrance to anything in this direc tion. It merelJfcuggests a drag by making an empty declaration that at the end of four years the country will resume specie payments. And overnment. It lay be contended the .c.r?zuj?lltLiai me prospec the answer to this declaration is only too palpable. This" is that resump tion is impossible without prepara tion, and no preparation is proposed or contemplated. When the time comes four years hence, therefore, it is only necessary to make this reply, and everybody will be compelled to recognize its force. The declaration will then bo withdrawn, and resump tion postponed on the ground of ne cessity. These facts prove that the bill is but a political dodge to tide over tho Presidential election, and that it permits an indefinite expansion of the currency to everybody who seeks inflation as a remedy for the existing stagnation in trade and spec ulation. From a financial point of view, the measure is simply undig nified and disgraceful. -- Senators Elected. Recently the following named States have elected Senators: Massachusette, Hon. II. L. Dawes, present member of the Lower House. Mr. Dawes' election i3 another tri umph to tho anti-Rutler wing of the Radical party of that State. He has been one of the most active members of'the Lower House in exposing the extravagance of the present Admin istration, and is generally regarded a a good and honest man. Rhode Island has elected Gen. Rurnsides. The General is a Radi cal, but not of tho ultra type. In New York the Democrats have elected Judge Francis Kiernan. He was candidate for Governor of that State against Dix, but like all others, fell in that fatal campaign. lie is the choice of the people of New York, a gentleman of fine abilities, extensive attainments, and of pure and upright character. There is perhaps but one other person in the Empire State that would have given more general satisfaction, and that is Gov. SeymOnr, who refused to allow his name to be used. We are satis fied, however, that the ability, wis dom and patriotism of Mr. Kiernan will show to tho country that New York has made a most judicious se lection. In Tennessee, we have tho old war horse Andy Johnson. While we are not a particular admirer of Andy's, the selection is a most excellent one, and his presence in the Senate will be a terror to the Radicals. lie is honest, fearless and independent. Notwithstanding tho Radicals hate him so, nono have ever brought a solitary charge of dishonesty against him, and all agrco that he left the White nouso with clean hands. That is something worthy of praise in these degenerate days of our Re public. Michigan has let that drunken, blood-letting, worthies Senatorial loafer, Zac. Ghandler, out and elect ed in his place Judge Isaac P. Chris tiancy. The latter is spoken of as an honorable and high-minded gentle man, of good abilities. He has been seventeen years one of tho Judges of the Supreme Conrt of that State, and part of the time Chief Justice. Hg was elected twice to tho position by tlio unanimous voice of both parties. This speaks well for him, and his past political recoid puts him down as a man that cannot be controlled by any party motives. In Indiana Joseph E. McDonald has been elected by the Democrats. Mr. McDonald is said to be an able man, honest and in every way fitted for the high position. In Wisconsin the chance3 are that Matt. Carpenter will be defeated. This is certainly a desirable end. Illinois, Virginia, Missouri and Minnesota have not yet elected. The indications in Illinois are that a Conservative or Democrat will be successful. In Minnesota the prob abilities are that tho Radical eau The rest will elect Democrats. Tak cus nominee will bo defeated, ing the Senatorial contests thus far, and the Administration has been badly defeated. Roth Chandler and Carpenter were the special favorites of the Grantites, and their defeat is a victory to the opposition. What was done with the 3Ioney. Richard R. Irwin appeared before the Ways and Means Committee on tho 21st ult., and submitted the fol lowing list of persons to whom ho paid money: Charles Albert, $7,000; O. J. Aver ill, 810,000; J. G. Barrett, (?) 10, 000; E. R. Carmaek, 82,000 or5,000; A. R. Corwin, S,G0O; L. E. Chitten den,85,000; R. H. Cheever, 500; H. O. Fant, $12,000; John W. Forney, 825,000; Samuel A. Hatch, about 820,000; S. R. Ingham, 10,000; W. Moran, (don't recollect) ; A. W. Ran dall, 810,000; John D. Rice, 825,000; Wm. R. Shaw, 810,000; C. H, Mer rill, 8500; John G. Schumaker, 8000 000; A. H. Whiting, 8100,000. The list included all persons employed by him, and he knew only two others employed by him, viz, William S. King, to whom he paid $12",000, and R. C. Parsons, who received 810,000, both by order of Stockwell. The infamy of 'this transaction is assuming a more damaging aspect than even the great Ci-edit Mobilier fraud. Sach, however, is a Radical j Congress. Hon. R. Roone, Speaker of the Lower nouse of the General Assem bly of Missouri, is a great grandson of old Dan of Kentucky fame. He is as good a Democrat as his great- grandfather was an Indian fighter, I and that was pretty good. A Tribute to Sheridan. The Examiner gives the little tyrant Sheridan an appropriate no tice in regard to his ability to tell the truth. It is one of the most scathing articles we have seen. It says: "Of all the bad persons brought prominently before tho pub lic in the progress of of the late civil war, wo regard the brutal bully Sheridan pre-eminently the most despicable". From first.to last in his military career, he has played the braggart and the tyrant. We believe tho creature to bo totally devoid of physical or moral courage. No hu man being, with an iota of true man liness in his nature, would have mado or executed his vile threat to so despoil the valley of Virginia that " a crow, in flying over it would bo compelled to carry its own provis ions for subsistence." No human being, who was not destitute of every instinct of honor and heroism, would havo massacred in cold blood the. poor savages who fell in death at his command. No human being, not a fit inmate of a felon's cell as an ene my of mankind, would have so lost all senso of shame as to call upon tho President of tho United States to proclaim hundreds of his fellow-citizens banditti, aud ask that official to turn them over to him to deal with by military commission. Such a beast in mortal shape might reason ably expect death at tho hands of any respectable man in tho commu nity from which he promulgated such a proposition. That tho san guinary dastard has not been killed, not murdered, for there is no murder in such a case, in open daylight in the city of New Orleans, by some do cent negro, is a matter of astonish ment. No such insult was ever before offered to an intelligent com munity without speedy and justifi able redress. Tar and feathers, and riding on a rail, should have been tho most trifling compensation awarded him for his depreciatory comments upon the people of Louis iana. Rut perhaps he may undergo more pain by what appears a milder punishment." If the fellow has a mind or soul, capable of perception or sensation, he must suffer some what from such scathing sarcasm. The Difference The most positive fact3 wo can present to chow the diiferencc be tween tho Radical Government and Democratic, is the figures of the cost of carrying on the administration under the different parties. During tho ten years between 1300 and, 1870, most of the States wer; nndor Radical rule, and the comparison with the twenty years prior to that time will givo us a fair idea of the cost of Radical luxuries. The total amount of State, city, end town ta:es collected in the United States in 1870 was 8-280,591,000, which was almost 87 a head for the entire population. The total amount of taxes collected in 18G0 was 834,180,000, which wdf'out 83 a head for the entire population. It costs, therefore, more than twice as much to take care of a man in his State, county, and municipal rela tions in 1S70 than it did ten years before. Tho net ordinary expendi tures of the Federal Government in 1870 were 8104,421,000, which was 84 30 a head for the entire popula tion. In 18G0 there were 800,000,000, which was 81 94 a head. In 1850 they were 837,105,000, which was 81 60 a head. In 1840 they were 824,139,000, which was 81 40 a head. It will be seen that while there was an increase of 54 cents in tho per capita cost of government from 1840 to 1800 there was an increase of 2 26 in the rate of the last decade the rate being more than doubled. In this estimate we do not include the annual interest on the debt; this, added to the net ordinary expendi tures for 1S70, would make the per capita cost about 88. A Good Suggestion'. An ex change says there is no reform more needed than a change in the law in legard to tho time when members of Congress shall enter upon their du ties. In 187G, and thereafter, all Congressmen are to be elected on the eamo day in November. This should bo supplemented by such a change in the statute that they will take their seats immediately after their election. At present they do not do so for thirteen months afterward. The old Congress meets in Decem ber after their election, and sits until the 4th of March. In that time, as we are threatened in the present in starce, they can pass the most im portant laws which have been con demned by public opinion. . m " A Relic of the Modoc War. In the cabinet of J. W, Virtue, Ranker of our city, says the Rebrock Demo cral, can be seen a knife of ancient make and model, which onco belong ed to Capt. Jack, of Modoc notoriety. On the handle was inscribed " Knife of Capt. Jack the great Modoo War rior Chief;" on tho blade " stained with the blood of A. R. Meacham." It certainly looks very bloody, but whether it is Meacham's or not we will not vouch. ' m m j- . m Elected. J. S. Drummond Las been elected Mayor of Victoria. We offer bim our congratulations on his BUCCeES. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, BFRKFJ.F.Y. P.AT.TRnRTJTA As we Predicted. Some time since we stated, that Grant's object in sending Sheridan down South was to create disturb ances so that he might be justified in keeping the electoral vote from be ing counted against bim in 1870. A correspondent of tho New York World gives us sufficient to show that our suspicions were well found ed. A disgusted Radical Senator, sickened by Sheridan's brutal sug gestion that he be left to deal with the "banditti" of New Orleans, has let the cat out of the caucus bag. Tho reason for tho protracted delib erations of tho Senate caucus is now made plain. Grant has all along been master of the situation, but re fused to como to terms with the Sen ators unless they came into Lis poli cy, and supported his third-term pre" tensions. Kellogg was duly instruct ed by Williams to postpone action of the Returning Roard until the Senate was definitely heard from. Williams conducted all the negotia tions, and told tho Senators plainly that their tenure of power depended entirely on Grant. In this position ho was ardently backed up by the carpet-bag Senators. Grant's ulti matum was sharply "duck or no din ner. le said, in enoct, "Support iue, and I keep your party in power. Refuse to support me, and I will let np on the Southern whites and over board you go. You cannot bo Pres ident, any of you, for I moan to be that myself. Rut you can stay as you are, provided you support mo." Morgan and Logan kicked against this for a good while, but finally yielded. Coukling surrendered at once. Tho nomination by Grant of somo Liberal Republicans to impor tant offices hurried tho causus pro ceeding, and the programme was finally adopted. It is as follows: 1. Third term for Grant. 2. Civil Rights bill signed by Grant. 3. Sherman's Finance bill accepted both by Congress and tho executive. 4. Money put where it will do most good under pretense of favoring transportation schemes. 5. A new war in tho South to compel Grant's re-eloction. It was thought the action of the Returning Roard would provoke the White League to violence; but Grant had private advices to the contrary, nence Sheridan was sent to New Or leans. The object here war. two-fold to drive Louisiana into insurrec tion and to mortify Sherman into resigning. His present position is dangerous toCiesar's plots and plans. Rut Sherman cannot be got to resign. IIo has quite as much "stick" in him as Stanton had, and Grant will find ho has crossed the Rubicon in vain. AniiKtas Scene in the Senate. A dispatch from Washington to the-New York Tribune, under date of the 11th ult., gives an account of a rather amusing scene in the Senate. It says that Mr. Clayton, having in troduced, in December a resolution calling for the report of Major Mer rill uu the Coashatta affair, desireu that it be taken up and passed to-day. This brought the Democrats to their feet, Mr. Davis asking if this was the same Major Merrill who was un der arrest for certain crimes. Of course Mr. Clayton was entirely una ble to answer this question. An at tempt was then made to get the re port through General Emory, Mer rill's superior, so as to cover not only Merrill's reports, but Emory's orders and reports. Mr. West said he was anxious for information from all points, but, "assuming a tragic air," ho asked Senators if they were aware of assassination in the air, "in the very Capital of the country?" Mr. Thurman asked if Mr. West meant Donn Piatt's Capital, or the Capital of tho Nation. Mr. West then read from the Capital a part of an editorial referring to tho probable assassina tion of the President and Congress, and also an abstract from the Tribune referring to these absurd reports, amid tho laughter of members. Turning to Mr. Thurman, he asked if there was any man who could be facetious over such a matter. Mr. Thnrmaa responded that Nature never intended him for an actor, but that he could not witness tho role of Rombastes Furioso without being facetious. He referred West to Donn Piatt and the Tribune, and told him that the idea of there being assassin ation in the air here was tho "airiest bubble ever found in an empty head." Mr. West did not pursue the subject further, and no action was taken on the matter. Raker City. A correspondent of the Statesman from Raker City, un der date of tha 13th ult., pays: New discoveries are reported sel dom at this tiruo of the year. Four or five new ledges have been claimed near this city, within the past two months, by Messrs. Lawrenco and Reynolds. One, the Ironstone j3 now being prospected; 'oy themT'and indications promise a well defined Ide of an average width of four feet of paying quartz. A run will be made on quartz from this mine at the Virtue Mill, soon. Tho Rye Valley aud Connor Creek Mill are all running on Rood ore, and will throw somo money on. the market before spring. Up to this time money matters have been as dull as you could imagine. There could be S10.C00 loaned in twenty -four hours in Raker City, on good securities, if it was to be had; but there is not more than 8500 to loan in the city; and that on two or three months time. The real condition of this portion of the State is simply pitiable, and there is no hope in the future unless it be the passage of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad bill, or at least the construction of a rpad by some means at an early day, SUMMARY OI' STATE NEWS. A man named Wesly Parker was arrested in Portland last Friday for printing and circulating obsceno lit erature. From what we can learn, it was something of the Dr. Loryea kind. E. O. Norton has retired from tho local editorship of the Record He takes a similar position on the States man. James Rickey, father of Postmas ter Rickey, an old citizen of Marion county, died at his residence in Mar ion county last week, at the age ol 72 years. On Tuesday, at the depot of the O. & C. R. R., at Albany, while han dling freight, Mr. A. N. Arnold had his right thumb badly crushed and lacerated. On the 27th ult., Articles of Incor poration of tho Salem and Santiam Ditch, Canal, Milling and Manufac turing compauy, were filed at the Secretary of State's office. The com pany is composed of 11. C- Kinnev, S. R. Scott, A. W. Kinney, and W. S. Kinney. Tho object is to bring a portion of the water of the Santiam to Salem for milling and manufac turing purposes. An Eastern Oregon paper of the 20th says: Grand Rondo valley con tains about sixteen inches of snow on a level. The coldest day known here since the settlement of the val ley was that of Jan. 17, 1875, the mercury settling down to 20 degrees below zero. All the branches are frozen up so that the stock cannot get water. The Roard of Directors of the Linn county Agricultural Society met last Saturday, and chose C, P. Rurkhart, President; J. A. Crawford, Vice President; W. W. Parish, Secretary; F. Parton, Treasurer. In Raker county, tho late cold weather caused the loss of quite a number of cattle. Stock in good con dition .would lay down and never get up. On the Connor Creek ledge, Raker county, fifteeu stamps are running constantly on rich ore. Their clean up for the present month will not fall short of 810,000. The Dalles Mountaineer has not heard of much loss of stock yet, prob ably owing to the dryness of the snow, which prevented a frozen crust from forming, so that cattle could travel without cutting their feet. It was reported on Monday that about 81,000 worth of sheep had perished from one band. Wo hope this was rather a solitary instance. The Raker City Democrat of Jau. 20th says: Yesterday, in tbo bank ing house of J. W. Virtue, wo had the pleasure of inspecting the first lot of silver bricks ever run in Ore gon; tho proceeds of three weeks' run of Green & McDonald's five stamp mill, on rock from Green's discovery. The bricks weighed 41 pounds each. W0 line in silver and .05 in gold. They keep their mill running day and night, and lare shipments will come in every month. Rev. Mr. Summers informs the lieorter that the Sunday School children of St. James' church, Phil adelphia, have given to Rishop Mor ris, now in that city, the neat sum of 810 as a present to its namesake in McMinnville. Renewed interest is being taken in the bars of the Santiam, and the ear ly spring will find largo numbers of people in that region, prospecting for placer diggings and gold and silver-bearing quartz. The keels for the new vessels at North Rend and Marshtield. are be ing got out in the woods back of Ut ter City. Mr. Q. A. AuuUls will soon start a plow factory at Salem. T. reo prisoners male their escape last week from tho Penitentiary. Two have been recaptured and 8-00 is offered for the third. The mining excitement in Southern Oregon is by no means confined to the Galice creek discoveries. There are numerous parties of prospectors tramping the gulches and hillsides ill all directions. Rich specimens of cinnabar and gold-bearing quartz are brought in daily. The Democrat says an Indian squaw last Saturday, slew her liego lord near Albany because he threatened to "copper her dome," as was his wont when excited by fire water. One-arm Brown snatched her up, we believe, and took her off some where. Alfred Kinney, Esq., of Salem, has recently puschased and present ed to tho Raptist church, the house and lot now occupied by Rev. Adison Jones, to be hereafter used as a par sonage. The people of Lane county are re quested to meet at their usual place of voting in their respective precincts the 20th day of February, 1S75, and choose delegates to a county meeting to be held at Eugene, on Saturday, the 27th day of February, 1875, for the purpose of devising ways and means to finish the State Univer sity. II. M. Thatcher, Esq., of Linkville came to Jacksonville on Tnesday of last week. Ho reports everything quiet out there, with tho weather moderatly cool and the snow about a foot deep. Stock of all kinds is do ing finely, as ranchmen are prepared to take care of them this season. Wm. F. McCary, postmaster at Baker City, died Jan. 21st, and on t', 22d, Geo. II. Tracy had a cloxx circulation that (Tracy) bo ap point - x. The Record says: R. C. Kinney's health lately shows no sign of im provement. The wounded limb ren ders him helpless, so that he has to be lifted from one position to anoth er, and confinement wears upon both mind and body, to the alarm of his family and friends. Mr. Cary, who lives east of Salem, reports that a number of his sheep are dying this winter, and the Record hears that in other cases breeders are losing many animals in the same way. They die fat and apparently in good condition, the cause being dry feed, probably, and it is said that feeding half a pound of wheat, whole or cracked, each day to sheep will pre vent this mortality, a fact that should be proved and then mado publio, as many deatlia occur from this cause. Whpat straw is said to be very excel lent feed for sheep and better than dry Ipy. COVUREKINAL NEWS. Washington, Jan. 28. In the Sen ate the House bill granting the right of way and depot grounds to the Or egon Central Pacific Railway Com pany through public lands of the United States, from Winnemucca to the Columbia river at Portland, was amended and passed. Mitchell, of Oregon, introduced a bill making an appropriation for the improvement of the Coquille river, Oregon, by the construction of a canal connecting its waters with those of the Pacific O cean. Referred. At the expiration of the morning the Louisiana discus sion was resumed. The House sat all night, the sub ject being Rutler's Civil Rights bill. Tho House is at a dead lock. The Republicans are determined to hold out til Monday, when the rules may be suspended. The discussion in the Republican Senitorial caucus developed great lack of harmonizing views among those present. It is now considered probable that enough of the Republi cans will join the Democrats to pre vent the passage by the Senate of the proposed resolution for tho recogni tion of th;- Kellogg government, and that therefore Pinchback will not be admitted. New Orleans, Jan. 28. Re fore the Congressional Committee to-day Colonel Henry A. Morrow testified that he had, after much inspection in various parts of the State, found no hostility to tho Federal govern ment. The people do not regard the negro as entitled to the position he holds. He cited a case where a jury of black men, not one of whom could write his name, sat in a case involv ing 8180,01)0. As a rule the people only objected to give the negro riguts to which his education did not enti tle him. Colonel Morrow was exam ined at great length. He gave as the result of his investigation that the people would submit quietly to a fair and impartial election without the presence of the United States troops, and would abide by the re sult. He stated that in politics lie was a Grant man and a friend of the President. Washington, Jan. 30. The Sen ate committee on elections is tied on the admission of Pinchback. Carpen ter's return will give a majority against him. Tho World's New Orleans corres pondent says Kellogg wants Pinch back to fail to get his seat in the Sen ate on his new credentials, as he has resigned his credentials under tho original election. This will leave the road open for Casey's election to tho vacancy. The negroes in the Legislature who idolize Pinchback vow vengeance on Kellogg. The Republican Senatorial caucus to-day, during a five hours' session, concluded to support the President on the Louisiana question in all he has done, and proposes to do. It is said eight Senators dissent from this position. Washington, Feb. 1. The Repub lican Senators have agreed in caucus to a resolution endorsing the course of the President with reference to affairs in Louisiana, recognizing Kel- j logg as Governor of the State. A resolution embracing these declara tions will be oilered and undoubtedly j passed by tho Senate during the week. It seems altogether unlikely that Pinchback will obtain a se;it in the Senate at any event. He has not in any of the caucuses received a major ity of the Republicans in the Senate, though he did obtain a majority of those present in the caucus. Complains. The Dalles Moun" taineer complains about the mail regulations from Portland to that place. The Dalles wagon road would give the people of Eastern Oregon a connection with Portland in the win ter. Rut we believe that the Mouu t liueer supported Roby Mays for the Legislature, and he was run by O. Humason, aud ihe latter got his pay from the O. S. N. Company to de feat the appropriation for the road. If the people send men -from Wasco county that can be run in the inter est of the O. S. N. Company by their attorney, they must take the conse quences. It is well known that if it had not been for Roby Mays, and the attorney of the O. S. N. Compa ny, the bill providing for the Sandy wagon road would have passed. Let the people of that section remember these facts, and next time elect men who cannot be run in tho interest of the Columbia river monopoly. The bill to construct that road was about one of the most meritorious acts be fore the Legislature, but the attor ney had determined to defeat it, and received his fee. We shall have more to say about this some other time. Monopolized. The Oregonian has now a monopoly of the telegraphic news of this State. We learn that it pays 81,000 per month, and takes the reports more fully. This shuts out tho Bulletin, and gives the Ore fonian a complete monopoly. What the result of this business enterprise will bo we are not prepared to One thing is certain - at tLeHadS papers ",v-nlch havo been asserting that the Oregonian was on its last legs, are sadly mistaken. Tho Bulle tin has materially changed its tone on the financial question, as now it declares that the unlimited wealth of the Oregonian publishers is the cans of this movement. A dispatch of the 3d informs us that Matt. Carpenter is defeated. Angus Cameron is elected by a com bination of the Democrats and bolt ing Republicans. He pledged him self to the following platform: Hard money, tariff for revenue only, and the supremacy of civil authority in time of peace. Good enough Morgan for tho Democrats. Sad Afflictios. Tho Pendleton Tribune cornea to us this week' in mourning, beoauae of . the death of Tryphena . M. Abbott, daughter- of the 'editor. We earnestly sympathize with Bro. Abbott in his affliction,. TULECSRAPIIIC-NEWS. - New Yokk, Jan. 28. A meeting wa3 held to-night by a number of residents of California prior to its admission as a State, for the purpose of making arrangements for a reu nion to take place in this city. Gen eral II. Y. Gibson was elected Presi dent and Francis D. Clark Secretary. Letters " were read from General Sherman, Gilmore Meredith, of Bal timore, and others. On motion it was resolved that the union be held on the evening of February 11th. - Raltimoke, Jan. . 29. Rishop Whitingham, of Maryland, has refus ed to countenance the consecration of Dr. Dudley, and refuses to sign his credentials. tIIe bases hisactioa, as is understood, on the language of St. Paul in the third chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy," wherein the apostle says: "Bishops shall ho husbands of one wife." Dr. Dudley having been twice married, the Bish op holds that he is ineligible to tho Episcopate.' Washington. Jan. 29. Golden, contractor for carrying the mails be tween Redding, California, and Rose burg, Oregon, having failed in tho matter, the Postmaster-General is in consultation with Representative Luttrell with a view to give tLe con tract to Taggart & Co., of North California. New Yokk, Jan. 30. In thq. "Min nesota House of Representatives yes terday Cook-, Republican, introduc ed a resolution called upon William S. King to viudicate himself, or failing therein to plaee his resigna tion iu the hands of the Governor. It went over under notice of debate. St. I'aci, Jan. 30. The Hons of Representatives adopted to-day, with one dissenting vote, the pream ble aud resolutions setting forth al leged connection of William S. KiDg with the Pacific Mail Subsidy affair, demanding of him at once to go be fore the committee anil satisfactorily explain his connection with the great scandal, or at once place his resignation a representative elect to Congress in the hands of the Gov ernor. A Washington special to the Trib une says the Arkansas case, it now seems probable, will be changed by legislation this session. Iti is now well known" the President, at a recent conference with the membois of the investigating committee, dis covered that he is not in accord with the majority of that committee. Tho majority, it is said, favor the di: avowal of the Garland government and the restoration of Brooks. Tho President is weary of State-making, and does not wish to have the Louis iana experience renewed in Arkan sas. This difference is likely to de feat any proposed legislation. Thurlow Weed publishes a dis criminating letter of congratulatioa on Andrew Johnson's election to the United Stat. s Senate. While con ceding Johnson's infirmities of teir. per, he remembers with gratitude his personal integrity and patriotic, unflinching njiionism, ai;d says he endeavored faithfully to sustain Mr. Lincoln's reconstruction policy, with'out Lincoln's tact or temper. New Yokk, Jan. 00. Bishop Wil mer, of New Orleans, in a private letter to a friend here, says the army of the United States could not have done what the Congressional Con -mittoe has done to win back the friendship of an abused people. Since the report was made, public pruyer for Congress has been read in churches in which it has not been heard since the close of the war. The people here knew they had friends in Congress and foe:; but did not realize until now that they had representation. Washington, Jan. 31. The Sec retary of War has sent to the House a report of the Quartermaster-General and Commissary-General of Sub sistence, giving the costs to those departments of the Modoc war, amounting, in tho aggregate, to 8111.00O. The following changes in postal matters have loen ordered for the Piiei tic coast: Office established Hendry ville, Coo.s county, Oregon, S. D. McGrath. Postmaster. Post masters appointed Robt. CGeorge, Marysville, Baker Co., Oregon. New York, Feb. 2. A Harrisburg dispatch gives an account of a flis trracefnl scene in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives yesterday during a parliamentary contest over a petition,-in reference to the con tested election case of Republican Wolff. A member came in conflict with the Speaker, who finally order ed him to be put uuder arrest, when the Republican members rallied to his defense and forcibly took "him from the Sergeant-at-Arms. The public debt statement shows an increase of 81.08,000. New York, Feb. 1. Dispatthes from New Orleans say efforts to compromise between theTlepublicans and Conservatives- are progressing favorably so far. A consultation was held last night by Kelloprg and Pack ard, Representing the Republicans, and Leonard and Jeffries, Democrats, and Mr. Frye of the Congressional Committee. The basis proposed ig nores the election of 1872, and rec ognizes the Conservative success of 1S71; the five deposed members to be reinstated, and the House ot Rep resentatives recognized upon tl"9 Conservative basis- Qons ervativoS to recognize Kellogg as Governor, -New Okleass, Feb. 3. The con gressional committee to-day exam ined Charlos WJ Rnrt, ' merchant, who came to Shrevcport two yean ago from New York. He testified to the cordial treatment received from representative residents of the city and country, and their desire to have representative northerners settle there, and their loyalty to the Gen eral Government; also to the peace ableness of tho election last Novem ber i to tho depression of" business and shrinkage of values caused by high taxation and maladministration. The opposition to Republican officers Was due to their corruptness. Where they were honest and capable they wero as well liked asanybody. L. R. Sters, of Shreveport, mer chant, corroborated this testimony. Tho Polk county farmers -being well - prepared with food and shelter for their stock; lost but few or none dnring tho cold storm. ' ? r Tho Astorian 'came out on'Thnrs day of last week as a daily. We are glad of th6 prosperity of ourconteW porary. -J r '-"" ( Mr. .Daniel Simons,' "of Ibanoii, died last week, in bis 92d year. ' ;