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Newspaper Page TextTHE ENTERPRISE. 0 KEGfl. flTT, I1REC0.V, FEB. 36, 1875. Home Production. Much Las boon said of home man ufacture and home products. But the subject is as fresli as though this were the first time it was ever men tioned. Home product! What does it mean? "We can give but -one an swer. It means prosperity. It means homo comfort. It means the enjoyment of the" "fruit - of -our own industry, instead of giving it to swell the wealth and luxuries of transpor tation companies and dealers in the East. ' Itmeans homo and noth ing else. To enjoy this prosperity is what we are after. How is it with Ore gon? What has she done to "let her light shine?" Nebraska, admitted into the Union in 1807, with a population of 50,000, swelled it to 125,000 in 1870. This was the reward of effort. Every citizen took an interest in ad vertising her resources. The Legis lature made liberal appropriations. Newspapers and pamphlets were published and circulated broadcast throughout the Cast and Curope. And the result a population of 300, 000 in 1S75. And all this in the face of a most sterile climate. Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, and all the West ern States have advertised liberally for immigration, and they find that it pays, and it pays well. Popula- ! tion and wealth have built up pros porous States. Oregon has been distanced on the first quarter. Will she nuietly submit? Or will she shake off this Mickawber slumber and, at the eleventh hour, awako to labor. Wo have every inducement. We have climate and soil unexcelled for the most valuable products. Why' should wo not make our Oregon the Eden of America. Let us see. Oregon fity, with a million horse water pow er has been singing away her riches and is woary of Waiting for the hum of busy industry to give her remu nerative toil. Do you doubt it. Look at Indianapolis. In 1825 it was a nick in i the woods. To-day she has her 100,000 souls gathered by the song of the anvil, the whiz of the spindle, the1 buz of the saw, the grum base of the plane and the gen eral bedlam of industrial life. The people are awakened every morning by the shrill "notes of a thousand whistles, and her daily commerce is drawn by a ljundred locomotives over a score of! roads. Iler people laid that it pays to advertise, and it pays them wella ITov is it with Or- o ri. r....i qi- T..n'c. iw - i:Ll OI 1 Itbil VJUiLilwU U.11KL L . JULJllia (til; living illustrations. The former, by her manufactiies has become the superior of the once mistress of the west.' Chicagoans let the world know her latitude and longitude and the good cheer she had in store for the waiting thousands destined to come. She advertised her natural wealth and it tnrncd her frog ponds into Nicholson pavements, and Skunk Slough into a highway for commerce on its way to distant parts of the earth. She advertised, and it paid, and paid her well. Tho same may be said of Cincinnati and North Bond, Cleveland and Sandusky, De troit and Toledo, Omaha and Coun cil )lu lis and nearly all the towns of the west. Thrift or dearth has been measured .by tho enterprise of their people. What shall we do? It is not all machinery, though it plays its part so well. We have a yielding soil I not barren. Think of the fortunes! thrown away. Land a score of miles from San Francisco, is worth 500 pvr acre. Twenty bushels of wheat per acre will not pay for that in vestment. The owner must look for something bettor. Qne man put out .several acres of cherries, and for years they have yielded him 30 per tree clear profit above the labor of producing. Oregon can do as well. Near Stockton a rauchero become a millionare from a few acres of Law ton blackberries. Our climate and soil insures us that Oregon can beat it. In Napa valley a man plant ed ten acres of hops, and two crops gave him a ban J some little fortune. In Alameda a man cultivated three acres of currants and cleared two thousand dollars in a single year Oregon can raise a better currant at le.s cxi'cnse a::d equal profit. The Sacramento boot and sugar refinery purchased 510 acres of land, ereeted b .iildings and machinery at a total cost of 225,000. On their own and rented land they raise 1,100 acres of beets. Tho yield is about ten tons per acre, and will keep the factory running for eight months, and turn out 10,030 barrels of sugar, at 813 per cwt., being equal to 8130,000 Cannot Oregon produce her own su gar? We have a better soil for tho boot, and can vtu.se more to the acre. Note the followiugcomparativeyield: California 10 tons England 18 France 12tol5 Illinois 10 Wisconsin 10 Let us put Oregon beaver land down at 20 tons, and our high, allu vial soil at 15 tons per acre Bat still other industries are ope-n to us. Our forests are teeming with timber that far excel in beauty and durability the Druidical oak -and ash of England, or anything that' the at i-a i produce. Our oak, ash and - 1 Ml maple are as good as the world can produce for cane chairs, parlor and bedroom sets. These can be manu factured and shipped east a remu nerative rates.. The oak and ash cannot bo excelled for wagons. Near Oregon City is a Wagon of , home manufacture, and the ask felloes have been in constant use for eigh teen years, and are still in good con dition. In fact the entire wagon looks as though it had seen but mod erate wear for three or four years. What is the use of our farmers ship ping their wheat to Curope and send ing the proceeds east for wagons, when we have better timber and it would be economy to import work men and feed them where the work is needed. Here is a hint to the Grangers. The present custom gives them about seventy cents, a bushel for their wheat. The propos ed regime would insure them two dollars a bushel. Which will yon choose? A Bimple appeal to facts and we will close the whole matter: A chair and furniture manufactory with- a capital of 250,000 will give employ ment to two hundred men, who will receive for their wages each year 180,000. This sum will bo distrib uted in the neighborhood where they live. The market for the pro duct will be the Territories on the Pacific, Mexico, Central and South America,the Islands and the East, and the annual return for the shipments foot up 500,000. The manufacture of wagon and farm implements is still more profitable. A company with a capital of 8300,000 will give constant employment to 250 mechan ics, who will receive annually for their labor 8225,000. And the pro duct of the factory will bring an in come of over a million dollars every year. Let Oregon City have these two factories, and she will have an income of a million dollars a year. These four hundred and fifty me chanics will distribute over four hun dred thousand dollars a year among the people for food, clothing and other comforts and luxuries of life. This industry will call into active life carpenters, blacksmiths, machin ists, shoemakers, tailors, and the thousands etceteras of civilization. These are no vain musings, but are facts taken from the experience of manufacturing towns in tho east, such as Indianapolis, Moline, Battle Creek, etc. What say you? Shall we have idlo mechanics and empty pockets, or shall we realize this wealth of labor. Here is a gold mine better than was ever locked up in a ledge of quartz. In fact we have the wealth of tho world at our feet if we will but apply the means to secure the prize. We can if we will! Shall we? A little more sleep a little more slumber, and our eyes will never see it. Doesn't Want to Reformed. The Radicals have got it into their heads that their party needs reform ing, and that it shall be reformed; and the result of this conclusion is that every Radical in the land is call ing on all other Radicals to begin the work of reformation. And yet the work remains uncornmeneed,and the prostrate party lies as motionless and helpless as a harpooned por poise. Tho difficulty about the mat ter is, theSt.Lous J?..7m.iV thinks, that the party does not want to be reformed; that is proved by the fact that it has gnashed its teeth upon everv one of its members who at tempted to reform it in earnest. All the organs are just now bewailing the failure of reconstruction; and yet when Greeley, Schurz and Trum bull two years ago intimated that re construction was a failure, they were cast out and stoned. If the party was thoroughly reformed, there would be none of it left. Singula it ir Impervious. The London Times closes a long article candemning President Grant for his course in regard to Louisiana as fol lows: "He may be impeached, it is true, by a vote of the Democratic majority of the House of Represen tatives which will first meet for active work eleven months hence, but the Republican majority in the Senate will survive even his own power, and so while he 'is in alliance with the politicians he is safe against any effective rebuke. The virdict of the nation has its moral weight, of course, but General Grant is singu larly impervious to any influences that cannot be measured by the coarsest tests. STtrLTiricATioN. The Republican Senators, says the Sacramento Union, in caucus have resolved to present themselves to the world as a lot of political blunderers. They agree to vote that the Kellogg infamy is in fact, but not in law, the government of Louisiana. They agree that is not the lawful government. And then they agree that, though Kellogg has a better right to govern than McEn ery, they can't say so, because the evidence don't show it. No course could be more stupid than this, and it proves that the senate caucus is not fit to deal with the subject. The b.wrc Jt ate. Aiieuigan is sharing the same fate of New Eng land. Her rural papulation is de creasing, while the cities are growing in number. The population of the State is l!,3:"Mj,SO0, an increase since 1870 of 152.52G. Ten of the oldest agricultural counties show le"ss pop ulation than they Lad four vears aro. Visit to Olympia. i." Last week we made a hasty visit to Olympian We left here on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday we took the steamer Beaver at Portland for Kalama'; reaching that place at 10:30. At 11:20 we took the cars for Tenino, arriving there at 3:30, when we took the stage for Olympia, which place wo reached at 5:30. ...The roads' were in good condition, and the country over which we passed is mostly tim bered, interspersed with a few. small prairies. On arriving at Olympia we were soon comfortably quartered at the Pacifio hotel, kept by Mrs. Howard, who seems to thoroughly understand her business and keeps a most excellent hotel. This was our first visit to Olympia, and we mnst acknowledge that wo were much sur prised at the appearance of the place. The town contains abont 2,000 inhab itants, is beautifully laid out, with wide streets, shade trees on almost every street, and splendid sidewalks." The buildings look well, and some of the residences are really hand some. The town presents a very pic turesque appearance, being located on an arm of land which is almost entirely surrounded by the beautiful waters of the Sound. The business houses seem to be in a prosperous condition, many of them carrying large stocks. The public buildings reflect credit on the enterprise of the citizens. Tho town is well supplied with excellent water, and to us the place presented every indication of present and future prosperity. There aro five papers published in the place, and of course wo felt at home among so many newspaper offices. The first we "struck" was the Standard, owned and edited by that old veteran Democrat, John M. Murphy. We found him in his usu al happy condition. Bagley, of the Courier, was our next victim, and though a Radical, wo were very favor ably impressed with his appearance and " make-up," Gun, of the Trans cript, by no means a small gun, was our next, and in company with friend Murphy, we enjoyed a social hour in his sanctum. Time did not allow us to call on the other two, but we shall do sp when again we visit that place. On Thursday wo "fixed" eight members of the Order bo that they could become petitioners for a char ter to organize an Encampment, and the petition has been duly made and forwarded to Baltimore, and the En campment will bo instituted on re ceipt of the charter. In company with onr friend Mur phy we paid a visit to Turn Water, about two miles this side of Olympia and called on our young friend Mr. W. Crosby and his young and ac complished wife (he got her from Oregon City). There appears to be a great deal of business done in this place, and our young friend Crosby seems to have his hands full. The place has an excellent water-power, which is used for a saw-mill, pipe factory and grist-mill, besides other factories. In tho evening, in com pany with n. G. Struve, Esq. .Grand Master, we paid a fraternal visit to Wester- Lodge, No. G, I. O. O. F. We are not going to flatter the mem bers of that Lodge, but wo say, with out successful contradiction, that they are as fine a looking set of men as ever mot within the walls of an Odd Fellows' Lodge room, and their officers are certainly up to the work and show that they feel the responsi bilities of their high and honorable positions. Under the head of "Good of the Order," short addresses were made by several of the visiting mem bers including ourself. The past and present condition of Odd Fel lowship was presented, and while there was not a single Lodge in the Territory in 18G7, now there are six, with a membership of near three hundred, of which there aro one hundred in Olympia alone. After the close, tho visitors and members of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, and Wes tern Lodge, No. G, were requested to take up a line and march for the Pacific hotel, where a most sumptu ous supper had been prepared by tho two lodges. The brethren were seated, and C.-C, Hewitt, P. G. W., took the head of the table. After all had done justice to the rich and bounteously spread viands before them, short speeches were in order, and to our great surprise, we were then first informed that this was all in honor of our visit among the brethren in that place. Brother Struve made the opening remarks, and of course, after this information, notwithstanding wo were nearly "too full for utterance," we were required to answer. It was an occasion that will ever linger among the pleasant memories in our life. About 11 o'clock the party ro.se.highly pleased with the evening's programme, and were thoroughly impressed with the beauties of Odd Fellowship in the Northwest. They have the true ma terial there to make good Odd Fel lows, and their proficiency shows that Grand Master Struve has per formed his duty at home as well as abroad. He is aliv to his Avork, and the two Lodges of Olympia will compare favorable to any in the jur- lsmction, ii we may not say iu tho Union. Harmon v an.l hvrt!.Q-i feeling exists, and tho contentious of jthe selfish world are shut out from j the hearts of it members. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Exports from Portland. We find the following statistics of (i the exports from Portland, Oregon, in a letter from that cityto the San Francisco B ulletiu: : ; .''' ' .Six years since not a! vessel was loaded from Oregon for Europe with wheat or flour. Last year there were 81 cargoes of wheat and flour sent to Europe, Honolulu, China audRio Janeiro. Quite a number more will be dispatched with the balance of tha wheat of last harvest at least 10 more vessels, making 100 in all. In 1808-9, 30,305 bushels of wheat and 200 barrels of flour only were ship ped to Europe, amounting to 836,447. During the last six months of 1874 thero were 74,715 bushels of wheat and 28,811 barrels of flour shipped to Europe, and a few to other for eign ports, valued at ' $1,020,302. The shipments to San Francisco dur ing the same periods are equally striking as indicative of the same progress. In 18G8-0, there were shipped from Portland to San Fran cisco 58,G7 bnshels of wheat and 82,- 581 .barrels of flour, valued at $42, G1G. During the six months ending December 31, 1874, there were ship ped to the same port 440,G15 bushels of wheat and 49.837 barrels of flour, valued at $791,274. There is at least a third of the wheat of the harvest of 1874 to ship yet. If there was mutu al confidence established bctweea the merchants, shippers and farmers, the wheat production of the State would increase t 111 more rapidly in the years to come than it has iu the past. Not Dej$atei at Ann. Tho Presi dent has approved tho Finance bill recently passed, and accompanied his approval with a message which, in one respect at least, remarks the Nation, is very remarkable, and illus trates the extraordinary way in which the majority in Congress attends to some of the most important business of the country. Tho Currency bill, wo need hardly say, was intended to be one of the most important pieces of legislation since the war, being neither more nor loss than an attempt to rescuo the currency of a great commercial nation from the disorder of fourteen years of war and turmoil. If ever there was a bill, therefore, which called for careful debate, it was this. In any other civilized leg islature, it is safe to say, it would have been discussed for a couple of weeks in eaeh House, and light thrown on it from every quarter, and it would probably have been prepared after a careful inquiry by a committee. As a matter of fact, however, it was not debated at all, and was concocted in a caucus. In the Senate, it passed almost on a brief statement from Mr. Sherman. In the House, it was not even referred to a committee at all, and was put through without com ment under the previous question. The Only Presidents. The elec tion of President Johnson to tho U. S. Senate, says tho H.ruminer, re vives the question of how many Pres idents have been connected with pnblic ollico after their retirement from the Presidential position. The second President, John Adams, was a member of the convention that amended the Constitution of Massa chusetts, 1820. Ho was chosen President, but declined to serve on account of his advanced age. Ex Presidents Madisou and Monroe were members of the Virginia Con stituti onal Convention, 18-50. It is said that Mr. Monroe - officiated as Justice of the Peace in the locality where he resided. Ex-President J. Q. Adams was seventeen years a member of the House of Representa tives at Washington after he retired from the Presidential chair. Presi dent John Tyler was a member of the celebrated Peaco Conference which met at Washington in Febru ary. 1801, to see if some mofisuro could not be adopted which would avert a civil war. Those are the only precedents for the re-appearance of Ex-President Johnson in the political field. Committee's Report. From the following dispatch, dated the 20th iust., it would appear that Grant and Sheridan had not made a success in the selection of a committee to inves tigate the Louisiana troubles. The Committee does not propose to go back on itself. The dispatch says: The Louisiana committee will re port through Foster on Tuesday, and a minoritv report will be submitted by G. F. Iloyw. The report of the committee, which will be signed by Phelps, Potter and Marshall, will adhere to the original views present ed iu the sub-committee's report, and will contain a recommendation that a resolution urging the proper authorities of Louisiana to give con trol of the lower House to the Con servative members be adopted by the House. Some of those signing the report will express their willingness to support a resolution formally rec ognizing the Kellogg government, but this resolution tho report does not urge because the rights of Kel logg have not been established by any evidence taken by the commit tee, but are admitted upon general rumor, and as the best possible solu tion of present difficulties. Modoc War Claims. A Washing ton dispatch under date of the 20th inst, says that the House Committee on military affairs have reported in favor of the bill for the payment to the State of Oregon of 72,031, and to the State of California $4,021 on account of the expenditures' in the Modoc War. The Pendleton Tribune says- Dur ing the recent storm about 47 head of horses came down into a ravine near Umatilla Agency for shelter, and i ii! , . mercy or the storm, huddled together as they will in ex treme cold, weather, while the snow buried them ahve. It is said by our informant to be a strange as well as pitiable spectacle to witness these animals protrudins? f like stan mart; s . es ; iie sta.u-s, marking a sad calamitv.-j TELKGRAIMIIC Washington, Feb. 17. The award of $197,000,. gold, made by v the Brtish and American mixed com mission to A. H. McDonald, a Brit ish subject, s resident of Louisville, Ivy., has "beien' paid by the United States Government. The clfuni was for loss sustained by the burning "of cotton during the war, and was orig inally for $2,500,000, and was the second largest claim adjusted by the commission.. . ... , Memphis, Feb. 17. Lantion O. Hayes,' for many years ' a""prominent politician in Tennessee, died, here last night. , - ' i , V. i ;; Nkw Youk, Feb. 17. Arrived at Liverpool Bark Hermine, Portland, Oregon. Representative Luttrell says that although he has informed his friends in California that he would decline ft re-nomination, ho has now, at the request of a number of Democrats and '-Independent Republican' Con gressmen, reconsidered his deter mination, and will ask to bo returned in order to carry on to success in the next House his movement for the in vestigation of the Central Pacific Railroad and Contract and Financo. Company, and his fight against tho postal ring and other corruptions. CnicAuo, Feb. 19. The young wife of the newly-elected U. S. Sen ator, Jos. E. McDonald, of Indiana, died suddenly, in Indiauapolis, yes terday. She was married only six months ago. Sr. Paul. Feb. ID. On the first ballot in joint convention S. J. Mc Millan was elected U. S. Senator by a vote of 82 to 01 for Lochreu. Mc Millan is the present Chief Justice of the State Supremo Court; is a man of moderate ability, but unim peachable integrity; has always been a Republican, but having been on the bench many years, has not been an active participant in politics. Washington', Feb. 19. The read ing of yesterday's journal, this morn ing, showed thero were passed last night 13 bills granting pensions to individuals. In the Senate during the consider ation of the Indian appropriation bill, Mitchell submitted an amend ment authorizing tho Secretary of the Interior to remove all bands of Indians now located upon the Alsea and Siletz Indian reservations in Oregon to a new reservation two miles south of Siletz. The amend ment was amended so as to provide that such Indians shall not be re moved from their 2rosent reservation without their consent previously ob tained, and as amended was agreed to. An amendment in committee, appropriating $30,000 for payment for improvements of settlers on the Round Valley reservation was reject ed. Washington-, Feb. 21. Ohio Re publicans in Washington, recogniz ing that the coming election in Ohio will be the opening of the Presiden tial campaign of 1870, met at the residence of Secretary Delano, and after an interchange of views, deter mined upon the early opening of a vigorous, aggressive campaign in Ohio. Commissioners were appoint ed to co-operate with the State exec utive committee at Columbus, to prepare for tho canvass. Postollices discontinued Muddy Station, Linn county, Oregon. Postmasters appointed R. A. Ben sell, Newport, Benton county, Ore gon; G. W. Bates, Silkum, Coos county, Oregon; Robert S. Hatha way, Coveland, Island county, W. T., Chandler Huntington, Mouticel lo, Cowlitz county, W. T. The Secretary of War has sent to the Senate the recommendation of General Howard that a small armed steam vessel be stationed in the wa ters of Alaska to prevent illicit liq uor traffic. KxoxvimYE, Feb. 21. Senator Brownlow has purchrsed a half inter est in the Knoxvillo lhtihf and M'cch hf Chronicle, which will hereafter be knows as the W'hi;f and Chronicle. The daily appears this morning with B r o w n 1 o w' s sal u t a to ry . B vrriMOK:, Feb. 21. At an im mense Catholic temperance demon stration at Maryland Institute' to night. Father Didier administered the pledge to 300 numbers of the society of St. Vincent. There is the greatest excitement ever seen here since Father Mathew's visit. mm x. vitv, x eo. o. v. letter re ceived by Chas. Collins, editor of the 7Vji?.j direct from the party that left here in October for the Black Hill gold mines, says they, number ing thirty, are comfortably quartered near the centre of the hills. Have had no trouble with Indians. Have plenty of provisions, and are pros pecting with success. This is the first reliable news from this partv. Chicago, Feb. 20. Everek Cham berlain, a well-known and eminent journalist of this city, died yesterday at Jacksonville, Fla., where he was temporarily residing for his health. A dispatch received here last night states that the second comptroller of the treasury decided that the' bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha is a part of the Union Pacifio rail road, and instructed that Government freight shall be paid for pro rata per nine over it me same as over other portion of the road. any A verdict was given yesterday against the New York and "New Ha ven railroad company for about 810,000 in favor of a man who was robbed of that amount while travel ing on the road. The court held that the company must protect its patrons. New York, Feb. 22. The anniver sary of Washington's birthday is ob served by a general suspension of business, closing of federal, State and municipal offices, services in the churches, special performances in the theaters, firing salutes and ring ing chimes. In Washington, the banking in stitutions and public schools are closed. Dispatches from Philadelphia and other places show a very general hol iday. Chicago, Feb. 22. A Times' Washington special charges that Sec retary Robeson loaned the London banking house of Jav Cook, MeCul lough & Co., $1,000,000 of the gov ernment's money, to save the firm collapse dnriug the crisis of 1873, taking for security a quantity of old and new railroad iron, already twice mortgaged for more than its value; and the correspondent quotes alleged' official documents in proof of the allegation, and says Wilson, of Indi ana, declared a few he would move for ana, declared a few a committee to investigate, if it was not so late in the session. Nashville, Feb. 22. The celebra tion of : Washington's birthday was a graDd affair." Business was entirely suspended; ; Fully 25,000 people were; in the streets. Cannon were fired and a thousand . American flags displayed;' The : thing of principal significance was that federal, confed erates and colored people vied with each other in expression of senti ment, ignoring past - differences - and fully recognizing a united nation. - -CON'UK I-!"lON Ali NKWS. ; The committee on territories being entitled to the floor, the Senate bill granting the right of way to the Se attle and. Walla Walla Railroad Co, was discussed and rejected yeas, 15, nays, 23. Pratt, of Indiana, from the com mittee on public lands, reported ad versely to the bill granting the right of way through the public lands to tho Canyonville and Galesville Road Company, in the State of Oregon, and it was indefinitely postponed. The House committee on foreign affairs authorized Myers to report a bill supplementary to existing laws on the subject of immigration of coo lies. It prohibits U. S. Consuls from granting permits to American vessels to transport any immigrants from Oriental countries who have entered into contracts for immoral purposes; provides penalties not exceeding 5,000 fine, and five yeais imprison ment against any person employing or holding women under contract for prostitution; and also heavy penalties against bringing into the United States any coolies without their vol untary consent, or contracting to supply involuntary coolie labor or endeavoring to hold coolies under such contract; and all such contracts are to be declared void. The bill also prohibits the landing in tho United States of aliens undergoing sentence for non-political crimes, or whose sentence has been remitted on condition of their emigration, and of women imported for purposes of prostitution and provides that all vessels shall be subject to inspection j to ascertain whether any such per- i sons are on board. Bonds may, how- ever, be given by the master or own- ' er of any vessel to permit the lauding j of such persons conditioned on his j or her return within six months to j the courtly whenco brought. Any j violation of this act will subject the ; vessel to forfeiture. The bill, though j prepared by Myers and perfected by j the committee, is largely based upon ! various measuresintroducodbvPage. i of California, to which State its pro- I visions will mainlv applv. j Washington, Feb. IS. At 9:30 ; this morning, Edmunds offered the following amendment: Strike out tho resolution for the admission of Pinchback and insert the following: That tho committee on privileges and elections be and is hereby in slructed to report forthwith a bill declaring that no constitutional gov ernment exists in Louisiana, ana providing for the election of gover nor, lieutenant governor and mem bers of the general assemdly of the State of Louisiana, and all other State officers which by the constitu tion of that State are to be elected by the people thereof. Ransom then took the floor, and spoke at some length of his desire to restore peace and good will between the North and South. Ransom spoke till noon when he was obliged to stop on account of exhaustion, and asked the privilege of being heard here after. Boutwell then took the floor. At half past 3, Morrill, of Maine, appealed to Morton to allow the res olution for the admission of Pinch back to be laid aside, that the Indian appropriation bill might be consid ered. 'Morton declined, saving its dispo sition was of more importance than j tho appropriation bills. If thev fail- ; ed, an extra session would have to be called, and the responsibility would not be with the Republicans." Morrill, of Maine, then, nt 4 r. r., moved to l:ty the resolution for the admission of Pinchback on the table. Carried, 30 to 22. - Whshisgtox, Feb. 22. Bradly, of Michigan, from the committee on public lands moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill for the sale of timber lands in California. Ore iron and Washington Territory, in quan tities not exceeding on hmidred uud sixty acres, and in other territories not exceeding forty acres, at a mini mum price of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, exelnding military and Indian reservations and mineral lands. Agreed to. Myers, of Pennsylvania, from the committee on military affairs, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill sepplementary to the acts in re lation to immigration. Agreed to. This is the Chinese and Japanese prostitution bill. The rules were suspended and the bill for the reorganization of tne quartermaster's department passed. Under this bill the department is to consist of one quartesmaster general, with the rank, pay and emolument of a brigadier general; four assistant quartermaster generals, with the rank, pay, etc., of a colonel of caval ry: 8 deputy quartermaster generals, with pay of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry; 11 quartermasters of rauk and pay of major of cavalry; 13 assis tant quartermasters, of the rank and pay of captain of cavalry. The bill also abolishes tho grade of military storekeepers as soon as the present incumbents cease to occupy position. Washington, Feb. 23.' Edmunds, from the judiciary committee, sub mitted a report on the question whether the contract of 1872 with the Pacific Mail Company for subsidy is still obligatory. The committee report it is not obligatory, mainly, because tho company did not furnish the ships required for additional ser vice at tho proper time, and that the postmaster geueral had no legal au thority to accept vessels when they were tendered him, and his action cannot bind the government. The Coolie and Timber lands bills passed the House to-day. They were bTth Page's measures with some modifications made in tho commit tee, and he is entitled to credit for persistent industry and energy in pushing them through. The requi site motions for suspension of rules were made by members of the com mittee reporting them, and they passed without debate or division. An effort is being made to obtain a daily mail from Albany to Lebanon. The cars ' made muttnn io, of sheep belonging Mr0!1'? heiVl near Jefferson, a few S.y.rhn". ' Linn County Circuit Court venes in Albany a the secCl ?n' -March. The doffi. The Altony Ulster says- Tl Mckenzie canal proiect i i hd ceiving strength InTTX nlanty Its completion thousands of dollar to the Taln property along its line. lu9 o! The Knappton start in f all otici week, after a general overhaul These mills supplied Astoria wiS nearly a million and a half iZt oi lumber, dressed and roush last 11 at the same time loading veU IT' tinuaUy through the year. n" Stock of all kinds in Tillamook i3 in good comation, there being pW of grass and no snow. No snoVW fallen in the valley this winter. The Yamhill Jiejjorler says; Tho leech is doing its subtle work'in tho fiock of Mr. John C Baker, takinr his-eheep off at the rate of one or two a day until he has lost about 3f There seems to be no remedy for this plague but a change of pasture; and several farmers who have had exj)er ience with it, inform ua that a chang from tho low lands of the vallev to the neighboring hills will bring'iui mediate relief. Rev. George Chandler ha boeu able lately to walk out fnto Lis own door-yard, and has spoken a time or two. The ladies of the Albany Aid So ciety last Tuesday sent by Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express $31 7-3 in coin and clothing to the amount of about uu to tne Jvansas snnerers. A Grange Store is shortly to he opened in Albany, and it promises to be an extensive affair. The Wheatland Mills, owned hv Messrs. Miller & Hendricks, were entirely destroyed by fire on the lf.ili inst. The fire is supposed to have caught from the engine. Loss, about $24,000, of which $10,000 was cover ed by insurance. It is stated that fall wheat in Polk county was not injured by the Irot. The quartz mill of Klippel, Beek man Johnson, on their ledges oa Rogue river, is now iu working or der and running constantly. Mr. Klippel, who arrived at Jacksonville! last Saturday, from the ledge inform! the 7V0-.V that they have 125 tuna of quartz taken out already and the mill is pounding it up at tho rate- of thn-u tons per day. A training track has been laid off on the land of Congressman Nusinith in Polk county. The track is oim mile long and the ground a deud level. There are in the Eugene City school district, between the as;-s of t and 20 years, mules and l'Jl tuales; total, 117; increase m er year, 23. Number not atteiulin. school during the past year, lO'.; in tending the district senool, lt'.O; at tending privato schools, 2."0. Iln-rn are 27" legal voters against 25ii hit year. The Aluen Fruit Drying Conmanv, of Salem, have jut shipped aliut five tons of dried fruit wu:ch is all packed iu nice shape for market. About two-thirds of this is apisl- and tho remainder pears, all of wl'ich is in first-rate condition. From parties who have visit-vl Gal ice ('reek, .the J'laiudailcr learn.-, that the nature of the mines has i.ot been exaggerated in the least, but on the contrary the press does not ilu them justice. Gov. Grover ami Secretary Cii.id wick have the Modoc war bonds an I coupons to sin with lO.tUK) .niiu tures. They might say with I'.ml that "save these ' bonds," they have no gn at pressure of work. " So saji the Jc o?-d. L. F. Williams, Esq., has lo(u ap pointed his deputy by C. I). IMIiu ger, Es!i.f clerk, of the ISupreii." Court. The Pioneer Oil -Mills, at Salem, have contracted with the farmers if Douglas eounty for their flax-seeJ f the coming season's crop, paying SI 30 per bushel at Roseburg. Mr. D. G. Leonard of Scotts, Wasco county, says the stock in that section of th John Dav country seem to be doiug well. The weather there has been quite warm and pleas ant. All the hill-sides exposed to the sun are bare of snow. From the Walla Walla papers, wo learn that large numbers of stock have perished. . Salem Grange has forwarded currency to tho sufferers from the grasshopper plague iu Nebraska. Mr. J. L. l'arrish, of Salem, pnt his loss at several thousand dollars from the effects of the cold weatber on his nursery 1,000 Monterey cyp resses, alone, are dead. Hon. Geo. A. La Dow, of UmatillA county, has been suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism. At last accounts he was convalescing. An ordinance has been passed by the Dalles City Council prohibiting boys under sixteen years of age from being on the stteets after 8 o'clock r. m. in the winter, and 9 o'clock p. m in the summer. The Surveyor General of Oregon advertises that ho intends to remove his office from Eugene on the 31st vl March, and open it in Portland on the 1st of April. The Govornment snag puller ar rived at Corvallis on the 13th inst., and the captain informed the editr of the Gazette that it would, in all probabilities, take a month or more to remove snags in the river above that point. There is to be a railroad meeting at Monroe, Benton county, on Sat urday, tho 27th iust. Not loss than fifty persons passed through Roseburg during the wee en route for Galice Creek. The income of tho Corvallis Libg ry Association amounted to during the year 1874, and the expeB' ditnres were 411 50. Capt. L. Coffin has beettPPOJJ register of the new land olhce to t established at the Dalles.