THE 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-
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- 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.