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2? I o o o o o o o o o o c o o O O G O THE ENTERPRISE. OREGON CITF, OREGON, MIR. li, 1375. "All Men have Equal Rights. Speaking of the Civil Rights bil -which pissed Congress and is now a law of the land-, the Examiner says Stripped ol a verbiage and laid M. A bare to the eye CiTil Rights bj of investigation, the is truely an attempt to enforce sod equality. It is an attempt to pu' i uy tne imposition of a fine or imprisonment a declina tion on the part of a free-born white citizen to assoc?.te with others of a certain class. Now, equivocally ad mitting the proposition to be true, that "all men have equal rights un der the law," it is quite plain, to us, that this bill, the ostensible purpose of which is to force or render effective this universally admitted political axiom in social relations, in reality strangely violates it, for it clearly in fringes the proposition "all men have equal rights" by interfering with the natural rights of white men. The advocates of the bill, basing their support of it on the fact that negroes are excluded from the dress-circle of theatres, from first-class hotels and rail way" carriages, from many restau rants from white schools, etc., main tain that such an exclusion violates the above proposition. The bill pro poses to remedy this by punishing such refusal. 9 It will not be denied that a number of white men may form a Club, the qualifications for admission to which shall be that the applicant have blue eyes. No man with black, brotfn or gray eyes can become a member. That this proceeding is not a viola tion of the legal rights of such men is evident. Similarly, the blue-eyed men inay nbuild a hotel, or theatre, or railway, to which the same quali fications shall apply. It is a natural right of the blue-eyed men to act in this way, if 'they choose, and nono can object to it. , In fact, such a pro ceedure is in vogue throughout civil izea society. JLnousanus of associa tions are iformcd the qualifications for admission to which are established by the men forming them. Against this there can be no complaint. It as the natural right of such men so to do- In some,: the qualification is wealth; ill others, age; in others. birth-place; in others, character; and so on asbitraril r. This is exact ly the case with hotels, railroads, theaters, or any other establishments kept by private persons for public nse. The owners of such establish xnents have perfect and undeniable right to say who shall be admitted and who shall not. If they deter mine to exclude negroes, their right of so doing is unquestionable. It must be remembered that no one de nies, or presumes to question, the right that black men have to estab lish similar institutions, the qualifi cations for admission to which shall be that a man is black. No one doubts such is their right. With regard to public institutions-schools, hospitals, public cemeteries, etc., the same is true. Every city and State has the right of building sepa rate public institutions for the two Taces, and .no man or body of men should interfere with such a proceed ing. All demanded by the above proposition "all men have equal rights" is that the facilities afforded in the respective white and black schools, hospitals, cemeteries, etc., should be equally good. Obviously this axiom would be infringed were a distinction made between the facil ities for education in the white and Tlack schools, or between the treat ment of patients in white and black hospitals, or anything of that kind. But as long as the institutions of each class have similar facilities, and there is no doubt as to the right of establishing and maintaining such separate institutions, any attempt to regulate or interfere by legislation with such a privilege is a grave in fringement of the rights of man of the rfghts of self-government. We have shown, leaving out of consideration the unconstitutionality of this bill, its tendency to rekindle the partially quenched embers of sectional animosity; its impairment of our common school system; its damaging effect on the negroes, and its mny other abominable qualities that on the great ground of the natu ral rights of men, Congress hasobso lutely no nght to tsake it law. That which is attempted to be regulated in no manner falls within its, or any other legislative body's, sphere of action. It does not need much in sight into the motives of men to see that the reason for its passage is a desire on the part of the Radicals to farther humiliate' the South. It is to us strange that when a people have bo entirely, bo freely, so uprightly, accepted the result of the war as the Southerners, that there should still exist a set of men, calling themselves honorable, who persist in such das A .31 - f A. M wwuiy eaora to degrade them. It looks as thoagh the desire to oppress another is an ingrained sentiment of some human beings; that the passion for kicking a man ; when he is down ' is the natural characteristic of, nt ,' least a portion of mankind. On no - other ground can be explained such - malicious .a od persistent efforts , at Southern humiliation. The idea of the Radicals seems to be that as the South revolted and by force of arms was worsted, that which most be comes the conqueror is not sympathy and heroic commiseration with a fal len foe, but the binding of shackles on every limb of his body, and sub jecting him to every indignity, and trampling him into the dust with chains and shames. Certainly a more noble and elevating procedure woul be to consider that when opposed to us they believed themselves right just as firmly and truely as we did Thev were sus tained bv their ideas of duty and loyalty just as wo were and now that the war is over one fought with such heroio valor on both sides now that peace has spread over us her downy plumes, and the result has been accepted so fully and truely, they should be treated, not as recaptured galley-slaves, but as returned brothers. Such sentiments find no echo among the leaders of tho party at present in power, fortu- antelv not for very long. Their en ergies are all directed the other way to grind, to oppress, to humiliate For such is the purpose of this bill. disguise it as they may by the shal low pretenses of false philanthropy. Bids Fair. Grant's ambition to be re-elected for a third term, though it cannot be gratified, a cotemporary asserts, bids fair to cost the country millions and millions of dollars. His illegal in terference with the affairs of Louis iana and Mississippi, and his threat to overturn the Government of Ar kansas, have already had a most blighting effect upon the business interests of the whole South, which is reflected upon many important branches of trade and industry in the North. His mad message to Congress upon the Arkansas ques tion may cost that unfortunate State very dearly, even if nothing comes from it beyond the effect it has al read' produced in deranging trade and industry there. The attitude of the President has naturally excited alarm among those who have busi ness relations with the people of Ar kansas, and tho consequence is a de preciation of the credit of Arkansas merchants in the business centres of tho country. Northern" merchants refuse to mako advances to tho pro duce dealers of that State; the facto ries in St. Louis and New Orleans in their turn, alarmed at the prospect of tho revolutionary measures indi rectly threatened by Grant, dare not extend the help to planters which it is absolutely necessary that they should have in order to get in their crop, and utter ruin stares that im portant interest in the face. With the bankruptcy of the planters, ex treme want will come to the negro laborers depending upon them for em ployment and supplies, and thus the blacks as well as the whites will be compelled to suffer the greatest pri vations, all in consequence of Grant's despotic determination to force him self for a third term upon a people who have at tho polls expressed em phatic condemnation of him and his corrupt Administration. 3Iore Ways than One. - The Southern people will find more ways than one to kill the Rad ical Civil Rights Cat, and wo see that their Legislatures are at work in the interest of tho white people. A dispatch from Richmond, Virginia, says that Gilman, of that city intro duced a bill in the House to punish parties creating disturbances in ho tels, theaters, etc. It provides that persons who create disturbances in hotels by boisterous demands for ac commodation, after the proprietor or agent has declined to entertain for want of room or other reasonable specified causes, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment. In the case of theaters, managers have the right to issue reserved seat tickets, stamped not transferable, and when a person not the original purchaser demands admittance the door-keeper can refuse him, but the money must be refunded, and if he refuses to take the money and thereby creates a disturbance, he will be liable to arrest and fine. In both cases half the fine goes to the hotel keeper or manager as the case may be. There are similar provisions in regard to steamers and railroads. Another dispatch states that the proprietors of hotels at Chattanooga, on the passage of the Civil Rights Bill, closed their establishments and opened private boarding houses. This Radical infamy will have a hard journey, and while it may have been a gratification to the Radicals to pass the law it will trouble them to enforce it. New Hampshire Election. The returns from the New Hamp shire election are so badly muddled that it is impossible to make head or tail of them. On Wednesday, the Oregonian came to us with the an nouncement that a private dispatch had been received that the Radicals had got away with the State. The latest dates, however, indicate that the Legislature will have to elect the Governor, and that body is claimed to be 13 Democratic. As to Con gressmen, the First District is con ceded to have gone Democratic, while the Third is claimed for the Radicals. The present delegation in Congress is one Democrat and. two Radicals. So far" as heard from the Democrats have lost nothing, but we predict that they gain1 One, if not the entire delegation, and that the State J has gone Democratic. Another Step Toward Despotism. It appears that the Louisiana ex ample has gone into the Radical State of Rhode Island. While we regret to record any advance toward despotism.it is but what we may expeel when tho people are endors ing the infamy which has been prac ticed on the Southern States. The Governor, who is a true Radical, has come to realize the - revolutionary condition of the Administration par ty, and his protest is firm and to the point, j Rut while he so emphatically asserts . the rights of the State of Rhode Island, he should concede equal rights to all sovereign States. The dispatch should be read by all who still entertain the slightest idea' that the officers of tho General Gov ernment do not proposo to revolu tionizo our system of government. The usurpations will apply as well to the Northern States as to the South, and when they endorse any violation of the Constitution as a matter of vengeance upon any particular Statet they may rest assured that it will sooner or later come home to them selves, and little Rhode, ever true and loyal, has the first installment. The dispatch is under date of tho 6th inst., and says: Gov. Howard, of Rhode Island, presented to the Senate of that State, yesterday, the report of the chief constable relative to official interfer ence of U. S.. Marshal Coggshall, at the recent seizure of liquors, which were under the protection of tne State. On presenting the report the Governor made a speech, in the course of which he said: In the col lision between the officers stated and the United States, he was called on by a member of the constabulary and informed of the existing difficul ty and asked to interfere in the mat ter. Although there was no doubt in my own mind that I-. might direct a portion of tho military establish ment of the State to sustain the State officers and the law, yet prudence re quired that the question might bet ter be decided by tho court rather than by tho intervention of the mili tarv. I therefore directed the con stabulary to mako no further effort to seize the liquor then held by the U. b. Marshal and the chief of police. As a result this has been placarded as a victory on tho part of the U. S ALarsnal anil ins deputy, i agree fully with the universal opinion that these attachments are collusive and a thinly disguised shame, and I share the general sense of mortification at the indignity to which our common wealth was subjected. I realize also the gravity of the situation and rec ognize it as our imperative duty to take measures for a proper and early adjustment of tho question. There have been dinned into our ears for thepast six months. threats in regard tolort Anderson and revenue cut ters, but so long as these threats are words, they have been treated as such; yet when it is gravely stated by a respectable and intelligent jour nal that troops from 1- ort Adams and the U. S. revenue cutter, Samuel Dexter, had been placed at the dis position of the Marshal, it seems proper to ask why is this done ? It must be for the purpose of waging war on the people of a State who. from its settlement, have been not ed for their intelligence, conservat ism and patriotism. Your presence ere, Senators, is a mockery and a farce when such proceedings as these are sustained by the Federal govern ment, lour honorable judiciary ami executivo may as wen resign their offices and leave the control and direction of the State affairs to the subordinates of the U. S. govern ment. No graver question has been forced upon the State since its first settlement. It is a vital question, for in it are involved the sovereignty of the State and its harmonious rela tions with the United States. The ittle Stale of Rhode Island is enti tled on such points to equal respect as larger States or the general gov ernment itself. The Next Speaker. There is evidently a studied pur pose on the part of interested parties to talk of Randall, .of Pennsylvania, and "Wood, of New York, for Speaker of the next House. The Democracy of the country want neither of these men: They are salary grabbers, and that is enough if there were no other objection. Massachusetts may elect a salary grabber for Senator and the Republicans of the Senate may choose a salary grabber for their presiding officer, but the masses of the Dem ocracy won't relish any sauce of that sort. If the leaders of Democracy can't give the country something bet ter than salary grabbing they had better retire. The people will put better men in their places.. Kerr, of Indiana, is a good man for speaker, and well qualified for the position. Eastern Argus. In reference to tho above, we take occasion to say that we heartily en dorse the sentiments expressed there in. Some time since the Oregon City Enterprise suggested the name of the Hon. M. J. Durham, of Ken tucky, as a fitting person for the Speakership. We feel confident, from our personal knowledge of that gentleman's qualifications, that no better could be found as the presid ing officer of the next Democratic House. He is eminently fitted for the position, both by education and experience. Mr. Dunham is a high minded honorable gentleman, and one who will give entire satisfaction to the entire country 'if elevated to the position. Salem Mercury. Thet Don't in Oregon. A dis patch from Burlington, Vermont, says: A. J. Crane, late collector of Inter nal Revenue of tho 3d district of Vermont, who plead guilty to embez zlement, as disbursing agent of the Government, and to making false en tries as collector, was seutenced to 18 months imprisonment and to ray a fine of 82,000.. . . They are only : requested to file their resignations in Oregon when they make false entries. At least, that seems to Lave. Ken the case of a late Uollector at Portland, if are correctly infoimed. we COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, rTTT3t,"rT TTV P.ftTTCnPTJTA I Address to the South. The Democratic Congressmen Coun selling their Constituents. The following address has been is sued by the Democratic members of Congress from the South and South west: the Southern States Ynn l.ox o confided to the under- signed in this conjunction of affairs the delicate and auuomi mn. compuea lor wnai is lermeu. iu ma guarding in the Federal Congress torical department ' of the several your puunc intercom, j".- ;o an,i ,,oi-n. You will there fore pardon the liberty we take in addressing vou at a period so critical upon a matter affecting your destiny and that irniir nronerty. You can not bavA failed to observe the persis tent efforts of some of the leaders of the Republican party to revive the animosities of the late war, which, fc criving place to a snirit of nonnnrd and unity in every section of our common country. It is impossible to predict certainly the effect of "these appeals to passion We believe that through the honest representation of a few upright and concientious federal officers and the agency of an able and independent public press, and of many citizens -without regard to party, the true condition of the Southern States and the real sentiments of the Southern people are being gradually made known to our fellow citizens of the North. We hope for their favorable decision when fully apprised ol all the facts. The great ends of good government will be reached when the people of all sections forget that we have ever been enemies and come together again as in the early days of the Republic, emulating each otu er onlv in devotion to the best inter ests of the whole country. With this exalted position in view there is nothing inconsistent with the honor and manhood of a brave people to resolve to suffer with heroic patience, whatever be their provocations and wrongs, looking through the fearful present to the hopeful future, and repelling unjust epithets and gratui tous insults with digmned nioaera tion Trft fiverv white man in everv neighborhood in the whole South regard himself as a commissioner of the peace maintaining the kindest relations toward the black man, re membering that the responsibility for the extreme poverty to which we have been reduced and the corrupt governments to which his vote has subjected us rest not so much upon him as upon the bad men who, with the assurance of federal support, have, by appeals to his worst pas sions, sought to make him our ene my. While we labor bv all honest means to convince him of the truth that our interests and his are identi cal, and that both must be preserved by good government, and that those wno stir up strile between us are the enemies of both races, let us, at tho same time, see that he is fully pro tected in his guaranteed right to vote as ho pleases in all elections. Lot us continue to deal with him honest ly and fairly, and let us continue to cordially invite to our midst those of any political party who either seek to know the truth or to find homes upon our soil. We do not exagger ate when we admonish you of the disheartening fact that everv street disturbance, every homicide, of whatever character, by whomsoever committed, by black or white. Re i.i : 't puuncau or uemocrar, such as are incident to every community upon earth, is perverted into evidence of "a spirit of lawlessness and violence and a purpose to accomplish politi calends. We well know, the gross injustice of such charges, which have weight only where ignorance of our true condition prevails. Strenuous efforts aro now being made bv those who misrepresent you to induce the passage by Congress of the most dan gerous measures, m order to irritate our people, to drive them to despair and to provoke them to violent out breaks, iu ordor to furnish an excuse for applying for military interfer ence. We express the hope that a majority of the present Congress will not be found ready to sanction such legislation. If it be accomplished it will be against the protest not only of Democrats, but of the moral worth and statesmanship here of the party in power, ana of such Republicans as Uryant, Evarts. Charles Francis Adams and others, whose patriotism and sense of justice are known to tho entire country. Wo may, however, mistake, lhe most extreme, oppres sive and unconstitutional measures may bo imposed upon you. . In such an event we would appeal to the wis dom and patriotism of a longsuffering people by every hope of the future for continued forbearance and hope ful reliance upon the virtue and sense of justice of tlie American peo ple for the ultimate vindication of our rights, the protection of our lib erties and 'Safety of our Republican form of government. Too Much for Him. Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin, one the most subservient Radicals of the Ad ministration wing, could not swal low the dose .fixed up in the Civl Rights iniquity. Iu closing his speech on the bill he said: I can understand how an orator like the Senator from Indiana could inflame the "passions of a popular assembly and rally it to the support of the provisions of this bill; but I coniess my aswuisuuiein uuu my sor .. . i ... row that he can carry along with him the highest Court of the land, the Senate of the United States, and pass the bill throughout all the forms of enactment. I am consoled, however, by the confidence that if it shall be come a law, the judicial Courts will intervene to vindicate the Constitu tion. Six Republicans in the Senate re fused to vote for this atrocious en actment, namely, Owen S. Ferry, of Connecticut, Morgan C. Hamilton, of Texas, Tipton, Schurz, Sprague, and Carpenter. , A Good Idea. The ' New ' York Herald publishes a' communication which offers a purely - original plan to induce Grant ; to .resign. It pro poses a dollar subscription to recom pense the President for the salary he would obtain , for . the remainder of the present term and for that which he expects from his much coveted third term. Centennial. Permit me to again call the atten tion of such of our citizens and peri odicals as take an interest in. having Oregon fill j a creditable position among her sister States at , the com ing exposition of 187G, to the impor tance of obtaining reliable data, and preparing voluntary contributions of information, to bo condensed and prise a condensed statement of dates names and place: of Territorial, mu- njcjpai amj rr0vernmental organiza- tions of early settlers for mutual pr" i tection; with the final result and progress made up to the present time; the establishing of the first school, with the progress of our ed ucational and literary institutions, and tho working of our present free school system: the organization of the various religious societies and Sabbath schools, together with their growth, and their civil and political influence on the progress of our State. Secret benevolent organiza tions, with their moral, social and beneficial effects, and the progress they have made up to the present time. In fine, a condensed state- ment of our social, religious, educa tional, civil and political progress since the first white settlements wore made within our territory. This in formation can only be obtained by voluntary contribution and assistance of those of our citizens whoso life has been identified with the early settlement of our State, and of those persons whose professional duties and occupation have rendered them familiar with the early history and present condition of such institu tions. Will thoso of our citizens wBose knowledge, educational and professional ability renders them competent and makes it a duty they owo to our State, assist in organizing a plan which shall make this impor tant work a success. The annual meeting of the Oregon Pioueer Historical Association, held at Astoria on the 22d and 23d of this month, adjourned to meet in Port land on the 10th of March next, for the purpose, among other things, .of devising and systainatizmg a plan lor carrying iorwa'il tins worn. iie State Board of Centennial Commis sioners will be called to meet at the same time and place, when wo hope to see a large gathering of the liberal minded and public spirited citizens from all parts of our State, and es pecially from our own city, who, we hope, will either decide that Oregon is not of sufficient importance to ap pear before the civilized world be side her sister States in this , histor ical department of our nation s cen tennial birthday: or else that wo can and will make a creditable display of our native resources, material wealth, and tho educational, political and social progress wo have made as a part of the American pople. A. J . urrrn, Corner Alternate for Oregon. Portland, Feb. 25, 1S75. Thk Rksclt. A telegram from Little Rock, Arkansas, under date of the 5th, says that the legislature ad journed to-day till .November 1st. In the House, notices were gjven of bills to change the name of Clayton county to Poland, and JJorsey to Say lor. Maxwell, colored member, offered a preamble and resolution which was unanimously adopted, setting forth that as it is fully ascer tained that the present government will be fully sustained by tho Gener al Government, and as it is the duty of all peace loving citizens and law ful authorities to build up the coun try and encourage industry, educa tion and immigration, that the mem bers of the general assembly, indi- Vldliaiiy UNO L'-uiincM, iiieuye themselves to support the State gov ernment and endeavor to secure peaco and harmony among all classes. Deserved. The San Francisco Commercial Herald gives handsome meed of just praise to tho woolen mangfacturers of Oregon, and says that "the cassimeres of the Willam ette Mills are valued for their uniform good quality and tasty styles, and readily taken by the trade on receipt here." The sales of goods made in these mills during last year in San Francisco aggregated nearly a quar ter of a million of dollars. Tht Herald says that during the year there has been a marked improve ment hi the quality of the manufac tured woolen goods received from Oregon. The fabrics of the Salem. Brownsville aud Oregon City factor ies will compare probably with those of any other factory in the land in aimost every variety, ana in some articles are superior to any elsewhere made. Prorably. A Senator from Ver mont, while the bill to correct an error in the codified naturalization law occurred, leaving out the word while, said, in reply to one of the Senators from California that a Chi naman could be naturalized under the present law, that he thought it an improvement as it was, and that the Chinese ought to be naturalized. We don't want many Vermont Yan kees of this Senator's kind in Oregon out we hope he may be forced to come to Portland and t residence on Alder street along with his kind and equals. Some of these Eastern Senators are not the equal of the' rat-eating heathen, and this fellow is one of them. James Bradford, of Lane counts was held .-to: answer a charge of tha larceny of a watch last week. - SUMMAKY OF STATU JjRWS. Wheat is quoted at Albany at G2 cents per. bushel. N .. - Mr. J. Lamson states that the grain in the upper end of the Yamhill Val ley" was not injured ? by the cold weather in the least. . ' ' The North Bend Bugle is to be the title of the newspaper to be started at North Rend, as every town on Coos Bay is henceforth to have its own organ. It will be conducted by a joint stock company, with V. R Sinipson, . Leon . Mansur. and . Joha Kruse as trustees. as,, o . .Lianceneiu, or Amity, nas sown 170 acres of wheat in the last week, and thinks he will be able to get his whole crop in in good sea son. The Pioneer and Historical Socie ty of Oregon, at the annual meeting held on the 22d and 23d ult.-, took stejjs to open a public libiary at As toria. - . Thirty conversions resulted from the revival meetings at Albany. . , Eight persons in Salem in one family aro sick with the scarlet fever. A, M. Simpson, the high priest of Oregon ship-builders, is at New Brit ain, Conn. A Eugene jeweler is fixing up a clock which has been running since 1828 almost half a century without repairs. Grandpa Henkle, of Corvallis. was visited by many of his friends on the 3d inst., it being the 87th anniversary of his birth. A largely increased acreage of wheat will be sown in Lane county this season. The Eamier has entered upon its VII th volume. A CO-light gas machine has been ordered for tho court house at Sa lem. We clip the following from the Hilisboro Imlciiemlent: Ulvsses Jack son asserts, and we think he is about right, that nearly all the wheat in tho Tualatin Plains is killed, or so badly damaged that it will not make a crop. 31r. Jackson has 110 acres that is killed, and his timothy is injured. The game law is not understood on the Wapato Lake, some claiming that they can hunt as much as thev please. This may prove rather dear sport about Court time. A letter dated the 23 ult., from Tillamook to the Itilce,tlcnt, says: A ledge supposed to bo rich in silver has been discovered near this valley. A company of 25 men are at work on this ledge drilling and blasting and developing the mine. They will send some of the rock to Portland to-morrow to have it assayed. Stock of all kinds in Tillamook is coming through the winter in good condition. The grass is green and The farmers are plowing and sowing grain. Their winter wheat and oats look well, not having been injured in the least by the win ter. Mr. Chas. Wheeler, of Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, writing to a friend at Corvallis, under date of the 1st ult., says: Snow is twelve feet 1 T ' t - 1 .If 1 teep as j. wrire, aim inseii anna number of friends will leave this place as soon as possible, as we can not stand these hard winters. The writer inquires about Oregon so mi nutely that it is possible that himself and friends will settle here. Captain Allen, of the schooner Alice Kimball, reports having taken soundings while crossing the Yaquina iJay JJar, on his last trip in, and found twenty-four feet the bar at half-tide. of water on Ho beat in against an east wind. It is now a fixed fact that Corvallis is to have an Alden fruit-drvintr es tablishment. A meeting of the stock holders of the Alden Fruit-preserv ing company of Corvallis' was held at Judge Chenoweth's office, last Monday evening. The capital stock was fixed at '5,000, in shares of 100 each. It is reported that the bill provid ing for the removal . of the Indians from tho Alsea reservation to the Siletz, and throwing open the lands occupied by the Alsea Indians to set tlement by the whites, had passed both houses of Congress , and been signed by the President. Tl le meeting to devise wuvs nn.1 means to finish the Shite University met at the court house in Eugene City oil Saturday, Feb. 27th, 1875. at 10 o'clock a. m.,- pursuant to pre vious notice. R. B. Cochran was chosen President and John Kelly Secretary. The several precincts in tho county were nearly all represent ed. It was determined to use in creased efforts to raise funds to finish the building. A correspondent of the Record, writing from Independence, eavs: A merchant (?) of Independence went into the pork business and when he rendered the lard he mixed over 1,500 pounds of tallow in with it. His tallow cost him 7 cents, his lard brought him 15 cents, so ho made a nice thing of it. But look a little further. The lard was sold at Port land, and the greater portion shipped to Washington Territory and Idaho. Now this lard will not keep as sweet as if it had been rendered pure, and of course will spoil on somebody's hands, who is sure to curso the Ore gon farmers for practicing such a cheat. - ' The Coos Bay Xeirs of the 3d says: A man named Noble was paid off at one of the coal mines about ten days ago, and on the following night camo down the bay iu a small boat with two other men. They stopped at Bay City, which is a favorite resort for miners, and woke up McKay of whom they bought several dollars' worth of crackers, sardines and whis key Noble was very much intoxi cated, and kept showing outhiamon ey to the other two men. At length they went away and McKay returned to bed. The next morning a can of sardines, a half dollar and a hat were found upon the wharf Noble was not heard of afterward, ; either t in Empire or anywhere else, bo war rants were got out for their arrest and placed in the hands of Constable Siglin, who arrested one of them at Empire, who was held to answer, , , Nashvim.e, March 3 A ! introduced in tho Tenni 1 ture to-day repealing UuVy g hotels. Thi, is ?G eat M 1CeD?H rights bill, by allowing hotel8?1Vil under the name of private l ,n,n houses.1 I mate hoarding CmcACfr. March a t consin Semite v...A". l,le Wis- committee on railroad the peeiaj the pvm1;1. .u ieuger sharp debate, the ZZ?- aft" agreed to and th i ' n were will come passed. fuus luan entire Potter 1. firms, representing all i - 8even wholesale1 business and ShTh.0' close business relations with m t Plo of Arkansas, teleg ed J?' Poland to day, thanking i ? , ia noble speech and successful effi" ' in behalf of quiet and good J ment in that State. g STerQ' Little Pocl, March 4 Tl,rl genera rejoicing here and elsew L" throughout the iState over tl Z of Congress in adopting ToW?10n olujion Joint resolution ?lJZ both houses yesterday thlniir, members of Congress ; the resolution and pledging thesfito ' Government to see that nn,i -ZX exact justice should be done all men Senator Hancock, Republican, intro duced a resolution requesting tie Governor to disband the militia and declaring that the Republicans ac cept the situation as it is St. Pafl, March 4The Senate last night passed the Morse railroad bill, already passed by the Houge by a vote of 28 to 13. Th V,iii ' pedis the onerous railroad legislation oi mm year. LouisviLLE.March 5. The maca er of the public library hall, to-nigh refused admission to a negro xVo applied for a ticket to-the first circle, among white people. There is a gal lery set apart for the colored people and no white people are allowed there. New York, March 5. A private dispatch from Washington says that a person having papers to serve ou Hon. N. G. Schurnaker, in connec tion with the Pacific mail subsidy, arriving here from Washington yes terday for that purpose, ionnd that Schurnaker had just sailed for Europe by the steamer Suvres. Schurnaker' family is in Europe. Moxt;omi:i:y, Ala., March 5. The House of Representatives, by a unan imous vote, expelled a negro member named Gaskin, for proposing todo certain things in his legislative ca pacity for 300. Wilmington, N. C, March 5. The first case here under the civil right bill came before U. S. Commissioner McQuigg, to-day, a negro complain ing of a saloon keeper for refusing to sell him a drink. The CommisHioner dismissed the case on the ground that the civil rights ply to saloons. bill did not ap- New York, March 5. A dispatch from St. Johns, N. F., savs on Tues day, JMarch 2d, the ship Violetta, tronx I- raoe.) to Sai . ai,.,,, 1..7, -with salt and sugar, was abandoned I in the ice in St. Mary's Bay. Tho captain and crew were saved. Peo ple from the shoie went to save the ship, but a northeast gak scattered the ice, and 20 of them were lost and 22 are still missing. The Union Pacific and Central P. citic railroads and Pacific Mail Steam ship Company combination has re sulted in a prompt advance iu rats of thi-ongh-frtight from 50 to 100 per cent. Washington, March S! The Pres ident has nominated I). S. Wade for chief justice of Montana. Representative Wheeler receivo.1 this morning from New Orleans his articles of adjustment, signed by 11 members of the Conservative caucus an ample number to secure the desired result.. He at once tele graphed Governor Kellogg to for ward by express to New York the pa pers now in the office of ti e Secretary of State, w hich were used in the con tested cases before tho returning board in November last. The ref erees will meet on Thursday next at the office of Wm. W. Phelps, Now Y'ork, and proceed with the hear ing. ..v . .:.' New York. March 8. Mrs. A- C. P. Smith, widow of the late ierrit Smith, died at Peterboro, on Satur day, aged 71. Indianapolis', March 8. The leg islature has been called to meet in extra , session Tuesday, March 9th. Governor Hendricks, in his procla mation, gives as reasons therefor the disagreement between the Senate and House at the present session, a fail ure to pass laws indispensable to the administration of the State Govern ment, including revenue and general appropriation bills, and because thereof the public welfare requires a special session of the general as- oemwjy. Fall River. Ma: ss. March 7. Hon. Jas. Bnfhngton. Representative from the first Congressional district, arrived home this morninir from Washington with his family. He went to the residence of his son-in-, law, where he died within an hour. He was 5S years old, and had boon indisposed for a long time. The Political Situation. Leav ing Louisiana out of the count, says the Ecaminer, the political situation in the United States is as follow) The Radicals have a majority on joint ballot in twelve States, and the Democrats in twenty-one. In two the balance .of power is held bf the Independents, who, in their sen'; atorial elections; have acted with th Democrats. The Democrats notf control the entire government, the executive, and both branches of the Legislature in sixteen States, the Radicals in nine, and the Indepen dents in one. In eleven States the O government is divided, but in every case the - Democrats ,. control branch whiolr was elected last. the : In ?a' drunken row, ' on the ll'a inst. , at . Newport,, an Indian known as "California Jack," was kicked and beaten in a most desperate and bru tal manner. His recovery is douh" f ul. Two of the white participant in the row.:, left, thd ,bay last Sanda morning. j r. ' i.;?i.. iwiieimmants to the Qninby bi vancing freight on certuiJ i ' but inakino- no m Z J,n oIases. rates... At It The amendments are favoraU V' railroad, and. the entire m ti rigorous than the ent;-! ls o O o o e