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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
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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
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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
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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. '
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iwiieimmants to the Qninby bi
vancing freight on certuiJ i '
but inakino- no m Z J,n oIases.
rates... At
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The amendments are favoraU V'
railroad, and. the entire m ti
rigorous than the ent;-! ls
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