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o o 3 THE ENTERPRISE. OBEGuS CITY, OREGON, APR. 2, 1875. To the Citizens of Oregon City. Next Mouday evening the property holders and tax-payers, for the first time in the history of this place, will he called upon to vote a tax to main tain the public schooir "Our readers are all familiar with the past history of the school, but we -will-say this much fj in (explanation; that hereto fore, the school has been under the directiqnof the City "Council, work- 1 1 a ing unuer & special act, which au thorized that body to levy a tax sufiicient to maintain the school. Th6 Legislature of 1872 repealed all special charters for public schools, and hence it was decided that the law unaer wnicn me council was acting was illegal, and since the 14th of December, the school has been conducted by three Directors. The Council, under the former charter, ho collected annually five mills on the dollar for school purposes, and our citizens hare paid it cheerfully, with but few- exceptions. Xow, the Directors ask that a tax of three mills be levied. This sum will give ample meaifci to sustain the school the entire year, besides making some very nec essary repairs to the school house. Oregon City has obtained a State reputation for the excellency of her i public school, and it now comes di rect to the ijjroperty-holders and tax payer:, as to -whether they are "willing to retain this- deserved and enviable reputation. They are called upon to say by their kotos as to whether they are in favor f public schools or not. To vote apinst a tax, closes the school, and! e people in other parts will know tf I it is no place for them to come to U have children to edu cate. It wili close up one of the most beneficial institutions for the prosperity of the town wo have, and while all institutions of a public character carry with them their ben efits, this i3 the greatest of all. The money paid for teachers is well in vested. They do not take it away, but as soon as they receivo it, they pay it back to our property-holders for rent and other necessaries of life. If they accumulate anything, they invest it among us, and thus enhance the value of our property, and the school is the means of not only bring ing a desirable class of population to our town, but is retaining many here who would leave if the school is closed. Let the tax-payers of Ore gon City refuse to vote a tax, and it will reduce the value of real estate in this place tho first year over ten per cent. This is a matter of busi ness as well as duty, and every good citizen owes it to society and the rising generation to contribute of his means for the support of the these public institutions. There is not a town in tho State that does not sup port her public school by a voluntary tar, and it would certainly be a most humiliating position for our city to have it heralded over our State that our citizens are so near-sighted that they ' refused to support their school, only as far as the State mon ey will do it. We have heard of but little oppo sition to the proposition to levy a tax, and we trust that it will be voted unanimously. The present Board of Directors have looked to the inter ests of the school, and have discharg ed their duties most faithfully. Three successors are to be elected and while we do not wish to bo un derstood as advocating the present incumbents' claims to the position, wo doubt whether men more inter ested, and who take a greater pride in public school matters can be obtain ed. They have systematically visit ed the school every week, and ' in every respect discharged their duty. They have employed a good corps of teachers, who are giving general sat isfaction, and we have .every reason to expect that they will in the future perform their duties as promptly as in tho past. Those who have a per sonal interest in tho change of direc tors should not bo consulted. The school should; not be run by a clique who desiro to' divide the positions of teachers among themselves at the ex pense of the public good. Should such a move Kucceed, the people will bo disappointed, and it will bo im possible to again secure a vote in favor of a x tax. We trust that the wisdom of the tax-payers will show them that it is to their pecuniary and to the public interest, to elect good men, who will have tho interest of the public to servo and not their own, and to vote a tax to sustain a good and prosperous public school the ensuing year. The following are the requisite nnalifioationa for a voter at the school meeting: Sec-, 4. Any male person shall be entitled to vote at a school meeting who i.i twenty-one vears of aire and has resided in the district thirty days immediately preceding: the meeting. and who has property in the district snDject 10 as-sessment and taxation. Section 44 also provides that any widow with children to educate and taxable property, has a right to vote. .We trust that the school meeting may be fully attended, and that the best interest of our town and school may be determined in a vote for srood "directors and a tax to support and -maintain the school, which is at present a creiit to onr place; and of incau-uiaDie oeneus. Of the First Magnitude. t It was the aim and intention of the condemned Radical majority in Con gress, in passing: the so-called Civil Rights bill, to perpetuate their pow er in this" country. It was so avowed in debate!, and by . the "papers which sustained it. Herein there must be this proposition, that the bill is ac ceptable to a majority of the people of the Union; otherwise, to pass it would be a mistake as a party meas ure. It will be a mistake a mistake of the first magnitude. Ita introduc tion and , passage by the Senate, in the estimation of the Cincinnati En quirer, cost the Radical party nearly its entire white vote in the South in 1874 and to some degree that of the North. If this is the fact already, what will be tho result of its final enforcement?. In its application, the bill will apply to Radicals as well as Democrats. The former are just as averse, if white, to have negroes sit down with them at the public tables, at hotels, or at places of amusement, or in railroad cars, as are Democrats. Political equality is one thinr, social equality is quite another. There are thousands of Radicals who will sus tain tho first that will oppose the second. We welcome the practical test of the issue caused by this bill. You can't legislate men into society by human laws. The reverse has been the theory of total abstinance reformation, and it has been a great failure. So far as places of amuse ment are concerned, the law is plain ly unconstitutional. They are pri vate shows held for private purposes and at private charges. They are not answerable under the law apply ing to common carriers as hotels and railroads are. They are not bound to admit any person unless they choose, and they can make such dis tinction in rates as they please. We want no better issue to go before the people than that of the repeal of this scandalous measure. While declar ing that there shall bo no distinction "founded upon race, color or pre vious condition of servitude," it makes by its very terms an impor tant one. If two blacks have a diffi culty or two whites of a personal character, the matter is to bo deter mined by local and State tribunals, but if it is between a white and a black, the latter can bring tho case into the United States courts, of which there are but one or two in the State, and thus put his adversary to a great expense, even if he is in nocent of the offense imputed under the law. Then, again, if an obnox ious wbito man while obtaining ad mittance to a public table at a hotel was rejected with a kick he might not obtain more than five dollars damages. But an obnoxious negro may obtain five hundred dollars, and at the same time have the other party imprisoned for a year. These dis tinctions of race and color the white people will not sustain in favor of the black, and they will vote down the party which has so little sense a3 to adopt it. The next Congress, the inquirer thinks, should lose no time in repeal ing the infamous Negro Equality bill. A law to that effect, it says, would go quickly through the House of Representatives, and it believes there will be conservative members enough to pass it through the Senate. This is upon the supposition that it will not be declared unconstitutional in the meantime by the Supreme Court. Senator Carpenter, of Wis consin, maintained and showed to the last that it was a violatian of the Constitution, as expounded by the Court, in all its main features. British Columbia. Great Hurricane at VictoriaHouses Unroofed Y alls Thrown Down - - Damage to Shining Victoria, March 25. An equinoc tial hurricane swept over this C.'ty yesterday afternoon, doing vast dam age to property. Many buildings were unroofed and blown down; trees were uprooted, the telegraph demol ished, and ruin and devastation are visible on all quarters. Bark Stella had to cut away her masts to keep from drifting ashore in the harbor. The schooner Industry sank in the harbor with a cargo of coal. The schooner Alert lost lier boats. Aa far as heard from no lives were lost. A man named Heathorn -was struck on the back by a flying brick and severely bruised. Two gentlemen .stood in front of the Victorv shoe factory, on Government street, when a brick wall and veranda supported by iron pillars fell over them, and both had a marvelous escape. The roof of a house in Langley street struck the telegraph wire and jerked it out of the instrument in the office on Front street, three blocks distant. Victoria, March 26. Grave ap prehensions were felt for the safety of the mail steamship Mohongo.from San Francisco, which was exposed to the full fury of the gale on Wed nesday. The Dominion steamer Sir James Douglas was just getting ready to proceed in search when the Mo hongo fired her gun off Race Rock at 7 o'clock this morning. She is the worst looking steamer that ever enter ed this port. Her wheel house is stove in, her pilot house gone, and all over her are traces of the fearful time she has experienced. The gale struck her 100 miles southwest of Cape Flattery, and just then the ma chinery stopped working, and Capt. Thorn was knocked down and had to be carried down senseless. None of the passengers expected to reach shore again, but through the skill and able management of the officers the Mohongo arrived safely in port. AGGREGATE OF THE- APPBOPRIA- Tioxs. The aggregate sum of the twelve general appropriation bills passed during the late session of Congress is about 3175,000,000, apart priations. 1 Plain Statement of Facts. In a speech recently delivered by HonrB.' H." Hill, in .the Georgia Legislature, that gentleman reviewed the reconstruction policy of the Rad ical party in a most able manner. the outset of his remarks on the sub;, ject he very pertinently asked, who gave Congress the right to recon struct a State? But,: just- after .the conclusion of - the civil - war, it was of no use totalk abou VCori gressidn- al power. The conqueror had the powerT-J-that is" the will . of the con queror became the supremo law of the land instead of the Constitution! That being the case, while they were engaged in the work of reconstruc tion Congressmen ought to have taken ,an oath to support the conquer er and not to , support the Constitu tion. But the truth was, the , haters of the Constitution well knew-it could still live with secession aband ed and slavery abolished, and they had determined it should not live. Therefore they had resolved to keep up the war on the South in some form, and reconstruction was tho form adopted. Reconstruction was an ordeal by which they disfranchised the virtue and intelligence of the country, and authorized the ignorance and vice of the country to build and control new governments for the people, as the only means of keeping the Southern States in accord with Radicalism. After a long time the Southern people thought that "reconstruction" was over, and they would have peace. Secession abandoned, the Union pre served; slavery abolished; slaves all freemen; freemen all citizens; citizens all voters; voters all rulers, then the conquered thought the con querors would come back to the Con stitution. Not yet. If thoso who provoked secession and then com menced war upon the South, if they were satisfied with the Constitution and dissatisfied only with the i insti tution of slavery, why, when slavery was abolished, were they not satisfi ed? If they waged war only to pre serve the Union, why, when the Union was preserved, were they not satisfied? If the only object in recon structing the States was to secure what they called the fruits of the war, when the work of reconstruction was complete, why were they not satisfied? Horo is the great truth and the people should see it: The real cause of dissatisfaction, from the begin ning, has not been cru ' account of slavery, or with the Southern master. The real underlying cause of dissat isfaction with the Radical leaders in their fanatical crusade has been dis satisfaction with tho Constitution itself. Therefore it is that they have not been satisfied, and therefore it is they will not bo satisfied until the Constitution is absolutely subverted and destroyed-. They mean to have a strong government. They mean a centralized despotism. They have not the manliness to confess it, but their whole history is demonstrative proof of the fact, and the American people are stupid, indeed, if they re quire further evidence to convince them that such is the case. . ,. The Radicals took their own course as they saw fit, and they refused to be satisfied. They sent their miser able creatures down South to take charge of the negroes and plunder the people of those States as long as they had anything to take, and then they issued bonds all over the coun try, and put under mortgage every thing that the Southern children and children's children, will be able to make for the next fifty years, and still they are not satisfied. Now, what does this mean? There is no war, yet the military is still em ployed. Reconstruction is over, and yet the States have no free dom. And interference is as active and bigoted, and as aggressive this1 day as it ever was, and more so, for usurpation as it advances, always in creases, both in impudence and ras cality. We have seen a great deal lately about Louisiana, that poor, impover ished, insulted, downtrodden State, and there seems to be much popular sympathy for Louisiana. She truly merits such sj-mpathy. But are the people of the United States so thoughtless as to suppose that these Radical rebels against the Constitu tion have any especial hatred for Louisiana? Not at all. They like that State just as well any other be low Mason & Dixon's line. They like one of the Southern States just as well as they do any other of them. Every stab which the assassins send to the heart of throttled Louis iana renders them only more skilful in stabbing the next State. They are establishing precedents, because precedents submitted to become law. Every blow struck at Louisiana i3 aimed at every State in the Union, because every blow at Louisiana is a blow at, the Constitution of the Union. After &. correct and thorough de piction of the Louisiana imbroglio, Gen. Hill said: Two hundred and fifty years ago tho House of Com mons wrested from the House of Lords, in England, and the King, the right to sit in judgment, solely, on the "election returns, and quali fications" of members of that body; and, frcm that day to this, it has been conceded to be the established, constitutional, universal right of legislative bodies. That right has been destroyed in Louisiana. One House of her Legislature determined its own organization. It decided who were its members. The decis COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, ErilKELEY, CALIFORNIA ion did not suit the authorities at Washington, and " Piegan Phil. Sheridan was sent there, and at Gov ernor Kellogg's request that branch of the Legislature was interfered with and five members taken out by force. If this course Of procedure, can continue, unrebukedby.popular, opinion, there, right there, is an end of all independence, and consequent ly, of all power, not only m the State Legislatures, but in-State Govern ment. . For if the Legislature be not independent the State is powerless. It can have no will except as it ex presses it through ,its Legislature. The ruinous results of this condi tion of affairs will not be confined, if unchecked,- to tho Southern States but will be visited upon the Northern members of the Federal Union. ; Grand Encampment. : On Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock, the Representatives of the various Eucampments of Oregon met at the Odd Fellows' ; Hall,' in ".. Port land, in pursuance ' of ' a call ' is-1 sued by A. Noltner, S. D. G. Sire, for the purpose of ; instituting the Grand Encampment of Oregon, : un der a charter issued by the . Grand Lodge of tho United States. The following business was transacted: Present, A. Noltner, S. D. G. Sire, Patriarchs, C. Kelly, J. T. Apperson. A. J. Appersen, E. St. John, J. W. Jordan, C. O. T. Williams, J. M. Bacon, and Patriarch Julius Mayer, of Orange Grove Encampment, No. 31, of California. ' The following officers were ap pointed: Charles Kelly, Deputy Grand Sire; E. St. John, G. E. H. P.; J. M. Bacon; G. Scribe; J. W. Jordan, G. S. W.; C. O. T. Wil liams, G. T.; A. J. Apperson, G. S. ' The petitioners for Grand Encamp ment, to wit: Patriarchs A. J. Mar shall, No. 1;T. G. Schwatka, No. 2; J. M. Bacon, No. 4; W. S. Newbury, No. 5; James Garden, No. G. The D. D. G. S. then instituted the Grand Encampment in due form. The following Representatives were reported as being entitled to seats in this Grand Encampment, to wn: , No. 1, Wm. Braden, Joseph Bach man, J. M. Caywood, J. N. Dolph, T. A. Davis, H. A. Hogue, C. He gele, U. E. Hicks. J. H. Lyons, E. St. John, A. J. Marshall, C. C. Phil lips, E. H. Stolte, J. P. Walker, J. W. Whalley, A. G. Walling and Al. Zeiber. No. 2, E. K. Miller, I. R. Moores, George II. Chance, A. L. Stinson and F. G. Schwatka. : No. 8, E. J. W. Stcmme. No. 4, J. T. Apperson, A. J. Ap person, C. O. T. Williams, C. Kelly, A. Noltner, W. P. Burns and J. M. Bacon. N. 5o, W.S. Newberry, Fred. Graf, J. T. Backensto and R. Saltmarsh. No. G, James Garden, B. F Dorris, E. L. Bristow and J. J. Walton. The Grand Encampment Degrees were then conferred upon tho Rep resentatives present. The Grand Encampment took a recess until o'clock r. m. At 7 o'clock r. m. the Grand En campment met. Officers and a quo rum present. The' following Representatives, who were not present at the after noon session, were presented and re ceived tho Grand Encampment De grees: No. 1, Patriarchs J. M. Caywood, J. N. Dolph, T. A. Davis, II. Hough and J. II. Lyons. No. 3.E. J. W. Stemme. The Grand Encampment proceed ed to the election of Grand oflicers. The following officers were elected to their respective offices: A. J. Marshall, No. 1. . W.G. P. F. G. Schwatka, No. 2. . . . G. H. P. Jt P. Backensto, No. 5. ... G. S. W. J. M. Bacon, No. '4 G. Scribe I. It. Moores, No. 2 G. Trcas. J. J. Walton, Jr., No G. J. W. The following officers were ap pointed: E. H. Stolte, No. 1, G. Sentinel; Wm. Braden, No. 1, O. Sentinel; A. J. Apperson, No. 4, G. Marshal. The following committee was ap pointed upon Constitution and By Laws of this Grand Encampment, also Constitutions of sub-Encampments: J. T. Apperson, J. N. Dolph and J. H. Lyons to report upon the third Monday in May. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That when this Grand Encampment adjourns it adjourn to to meet on the third Tuesday in May 1875, commencing at 5 o'clock p. m. Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Encampment be returned to the Oregon & California Railroad Company for their kindness extend ed to tlii Grand Encampment by conveying them for half fare. The additional tax on whiskey may be briefly characterized as an advance in Democracy. State Journal. The editor of that sheet will either be required to take a poorer quality or reduce his usual great demand. We are not satisfied, however, that his free indulgence in "fire water" entitles him to a good standing as a Democrat. The above quotation might have come from some other with a better degree of propriety than from our young friend Samuel. Numerous Bills. The total num ber of bills introduced into the House during the Forty-third Congress was 4,869. The first was introduced by Mr. Dawes and was entitled "A bill to provide for redemption of loans," and. the last by Maynard of Tennes see, which provided for the payment of the Senate and House telegraph operators. In the Senate 1,361 bills were introduced, the first of which was Charles Sumner's Civil Rights and the last a private bill granting a pension to Jacob Nix. A fit end ing. Morally Certain. By a vote of 141 to 95 52 majority the House instructed the President to let Arkan sas alone. Had the House adjourned without taking -this action, the Springfield Republican thinks, it is morally certain that Arkansas would have been invaded before fall. As it is, Mr. Grant will probably think twice about it. Letter from Eagle Creek. : - Eagle Creek, March 29, '75. Editor Enterprise: We feel r a high interest; "in the subject . of flax culture ill this' county, andrish to niake at 6 w remarks in accord with your several'interesting and 'truthful letterson this all-important subject. We are aware that flax has been rais ed to some considerable extent for several years past, in some of the -valley counties, of this State,- for the purpose Of supplying" the Oil Mills at Salem with sufficient seed to cany on a successful business: 1 ' - i ' It is ' almost v unnecessary to state that it has been a grand success to both the producer and the manufac turer; for, those persons engaged in its culture before putting in the crop are aware of the price they will real ize per bushel for their seed,-"which' is a great advantage possessed over those engaged in raising other kinds of grain; for they , are often disap pointed to a great extent in prices, as the farmers of this State were in last year's wheat crop. We need no better testimony of . the prosperous condition of the manufacturing com pany than that of furnishing the necessary seed to put in a crop, and agreeing, in advance, to pay a certain price for the quantity raised, after the amount furnished for seed is re turned, in order to induce farmers to engage in its culture Now, if flax can be raised in Linn and Marion counties for the seed, it can also be done in Clackamas; for wo are confident that there is as rich soil and as well adapted to flax cul ture situated in this county as in any other in Oregon, and we are deter" mined that this project shall not go untested. We conceive many advan tages that would arise from this branch of agriculture ia our section of the county. First, a great part of this county is broken and hilly, which makes our access to market, at present, rather difficult; and the marketing of a crop is more of an item, with us, than it is in other localities of our State. The main object held in view by the farmer, is tho valuation of the article raisod, and if we put our surplus in to as small a bulk as possible, we not only save the time and labor neces sary to market the same, but may spend our time at something relative to growing a second crop, as hauling can only bo advantageously done at the time of the year when labor is most needed, and easily done on the farm. We are much in favor of a diversity of articles raised by the farmer for sale; for the reason that should ho be engaged in the grow th of any one particular grain, and that should prove to be of no demand, he would be entirely shut out, while if he had a fair amount of several dif ferent kinds, should lie fail to receivo a fair compensation for one, would in all probability make it up in some thing else. These, we deem, within themselves sufficient inducements to prompt those so inclined to engage in this , important enterprise; while there are many other advantages that would really accrue from such cul ture. The enterprise of a factory (as stated by you) to manufacture bur laps, for the reception of grain and other produce, is ono of paramount importance, and offers the greatest rising advantages to the people of Oregon, and also to a company or corporation that would carry such an enterprise into effect. Think of tho many thousand dollars that are yearly sent out of the State, perhaps never again to return, for the pur chase of sacking ' to hold grain for shipment... This .for. one year would more than erect the necessary bnild ings and procure sufficient machin ery to carry on a successful business. Such a factory would manufacture an article far superior to anything of the kind shipped to this country, as those which we receive are of an in ferior quality, and in reality are un fit for the purpose for which they are used.- In the accomplishment of such an undertaking, we wonld not only retain this vast expenditure of money within our State for circula tion, but would be provided with a business sufficient to furnish a large number of laborers with constant employment. - Oregon is possessed, if properly developed, of the neces sary advantages of a great and almost unequaled State; but time has, to a great extent, changed her conditions and circumstances. The gold mines of California are exhausted; the min ing regions of Eastern Oregon and the adjoining Territories no longer pour within our midst their great surplus of wealth. We, therefore, assume a different standing, we are compelled to look to our own resour ces for our support; and as our in come is, to some extent, thus cut off, we ought to guard against our outgo ings. The question of labor also is one of great importance to our peo ple at this time. It is a question which should . be duly considered, and acted upon accordingly. We contend that the present price paid for daily labor is too much; to prove this, we will take our immediate sur roundings. Notwithstanding the su perior advantages of Oregon with reference to wealth, still we have some poor people, and there are some in this immediate vicinity who at times actually suffer; this is in some instances on account of their own business, and in others they are un able to procure work. Why is this? There is plenty of work that ought to be done. The simple reason is, that wages at their present standpoint make it obligatory in the farmer to hire as little as possible, while if they were revised or put down to a living standpoint, our country would soon, assume a more prosperous ap pearance; .and the many persons now out of employment would readily nfind work-i'In jbhis we speak of white labor as we: uave use-; ior no other, neither do' we wish the white people of our land to.be compelled to com pete with the-heathens from China, as we have always considered them a curse to our State, and still entertain the , same opinion. We hope that this question will, in due time, re ceive the careful considerationof all whom it may concern, and tho many farms now tended by one or two per sons, where there could be twice the number easily furnished with em ployment, bo worked to their utmost capacity; and give Clackamas as well as other counties in our State the appearance of "being inhabited by civilized people. Yours, &c., I i ;. Jack-Kiitt:. Particulars of 'the4 Murder of Daniel McMahon. Jacksonville, March 25. One of the boldest murders ever committed in this county has just come to light. About the 20th of Februaay last two men from Douglas county, named Wm. Carey and Chester Bardon, drove away a band of 1,400 sheep be longing to Daniel McMahon, who was herding them on Little Butte creek, about twenty miles from hero. Carey and Bardon claim ed to have bought them, but as Mc Mahon was missing, foul play was suspected. On Sunday last, Deputy Sheriff Kent, of this county, and Sheriff Livingston, of Douglas, ar rested the two men on Elk Creek, in Douglas county, "and on Tuesday they were brought here and lodged in jail. The evidence, altogether circumstantial, wa3 very heavy, and it is said that Carey the younger of the two, has made a full confession, detailing every circumstance of the bloody deed and directing the officers to the spot where McMahon's body was concealed. A party left here this morning, accompanied by the coron er, to search for the body and hold an inquest on it. Full developements are expected to-morrow. Jacksonville, March 2G. The body of Daniel McMahon, who was murdered by Carey and Bardon, on Little Butte creek was fonnd yester day morning, it was secretea in a small gulch and lightly covered with brush and stones. The body was not in the least decomposed, and was eas ily identified. MeMahon had been shot in the back of the head while showing his sheep to the two men, who pretended that they wanted to buy them. An inquest was held and the body brouprht here to-day for burial. Tho coroner's jury charge Vv m. Carey and Chester B. Bardon with the murder. They will have their examination here to-morrow. Jacksonville, March 27. Bardon and Carey were brought before Judge Watson to-day. Both waived exam ination. Bardon was committed to answer the charge of murder, and Carey held on a charge of grand lar ceny. It is improbable that they will have their trial until the next regular term in June, as the grand jury has just been discharged. Mc malion was buried here today. The funeral was largely attended. There is considerable excitement here. Some talk of lynching both of the prisoners, but the general desire is that tho law take its course. Declined. We must decline to publish "Fair Play's" letter from Eagle Creek. We would say that we think our correspondent entirely in error "when he thinks that ."New Comer" intended any disrespect to ward the parties mentioned by him, and had we supposed he did, we can assure him and the parties interested that the communication referred to would not have found a place in our columns, as we have too much re spect for them. . 1 Shasiefcl. -Dr. Carpenter, of Sa lem, was arrested . last week on a charge of attempting "body-snatching." The charge was . proven on him, but the Justice before whom he was tried, let him go, on the ground that he was drunk. We have known Dr. Carpenter a long time, and we are truly sorry that he is guilty of such a charge as this. A Fraud. A person by the name of P. Hiatt, claiming to represent Kansas sufferers, has been asking aid from the people of Oregon. He is published as a runaway from that State and deserting hi3 family, elop ing with another woman. He is a fraud, and the people should not trust him with their money. Good Advice. The St. Louis Re publican wisely says: Let the south ern people leave the Administration and the Radical party to the angry north, with nothing to divert or dis tract it in the reckoning; let them remain silent and passive while the reckoning goes on, and the next Presidential election will be to the Radical party simply a day of judg ment. Partin-o Salute to Ben Bctler. This is the way the Louisville Courier-Journal salutes Ben Butler: Good-bye, Benjamin. Exit, Benja min. Get thee to a nunnery, lienja min. We'll none o' thee, Benjamin. Thy jig is up. Thy comb is cut. Thy goose is cooked. Vanish. Evap orate. Skedaddle. A Curious" Fact. It is stated as a curious fact, says the Examiner, that no President was ever elected in the United States of politics different to that of the Speaker of the House last preceeding his election. The next House will bo Democratic, and the Speaker of that House will be a Democrat. Resigned. U. S. Treasurer Spin ner has resigned, to take effect July 1st, 1875. SUMMARY OF TAlTli The Astorian of the 27tK S Emma Holden, a little S f?tl E. C. Holden oi rant, was hurt severely while r,f on some timbers at the shin vo?nS : ucuv v soar foil her, hurting her head consijeraT0 aiNL.bruising her limbs badll i h she is getting along very bu . f.h? Tochers' Institute for foimi judicial district, including thVi h ties of Clatsop," CoIumbra aahA0Q11 Multnomah and Wwhin' AsLia, School Su&SSSSff Clatsop county, is chairman of committee of arrangements. 9 O The Eugene Guard of Satnr i " - ' says: On Monday night lJgj from Corvalhs arrested two men?! robbery and took, them below n appears that they had been employ to sit up with a sick man. The J died during the night and they T camped with all his personal pro The following persons were elected at Salem by Chemeketa Lode o l I. O. O. F., last Wednesday night ai delegates to the Grand Lodge that meets at Portland in May: F n Schwatka, J. W. Jordon and J H Haas. ' Mr. Miller, who arrived at HiU boro recently from the Yakima coun try, states that out of 1,500 head of V sheep which Bobt. Imbrie, of Wash ington county, had in Cliekltat Co W. T., only about six hundred were at that time alive, the remainder hav ing perished during the severe wea ther. Eastern Oregon comprises a terri tory of 58,000 square miles, nearly two-thirds of the entire area of the State, and has nearly 15,000 inhabit ants. Six hundred children are enrolled for attendance in the public bcuooU of Salem. The Salem Flouring Mill is so im peded by the back water that onW two of the eight run of stones are ia motion. Mr. L. II. Bonsonf of Union, die last -week. It will bo remembered that the wifo of the deceased was ta ken away by death some two weeki previous, leaving her husband to fol low . so soon. IW his death seren children are left orphans. The eld-3 est being only" fourteen years of age, the sympathy of an en I ire commun ity is drawn out toward tho severeh stricken ones. About 40,000 bushels of wheat, unsold, remain in warehouses at Al bany, belonging to owners who Lave refused to sell, preferring to take the chances on the prices next year. The Oregon conference of the M. E. church last year collected S48 !' for the Freedman's Aid Fnnd. TLe Eastern Oregon and Washington con ference collected 1 10 for tho Mine object. An election for Recorder of Baker City came off last week. J. M. Shep herd received 41 votes and E. V Reynolds, 33. I tribe of the Order of Kod M0 -was organized at Marshfield on tlrf 21th. - --- , 'The Baker City DtirHrat is in formed by passengers from Portland that there is considerable mail ni.ii ter scattered along the road on each side of the Bine Mountains. The Democrat savs: The Director: of the Linn County Agricultural So ciety met last Monday and resolved to hold the fair' this year as usual. Mr Ilenry Bvres 'and Dr. Wooil- ruiThavc bought the Rosebnrg Phi- fra'e-. newspaper for Sl,200. It will be cor ducted for the present on Independent Republican principle!. The Odd Fellows propose to start a Library at Portland. An excellent idea. Tho fnrnipr Tfulenr nf TTin M. Ramsby, on Molaila Prairie an oi 1 ! -a 1 uunciing wuica was used as a smose and tool house was burned on Fri day evening, the 2Gth ult. Loss about $300. For the first time since the mail started regular trips overland froc Astoria to Forest Grove the carrier failed to get through last week. Tit snow had fallen to the depth of thrw feet in the mountains beyond ens lem since his trip of the 17th. Mr. J. W. Will, of Aurora, inforc? the Record that much of tho vrhri low lands, flat prairies, etc., in ih portion of the valley is killed ottf and the land will have to be ploveu again and resowed. The wheat ci uplands, or rolling ground, has get erally held its own and looks well. There is some excitement at Ocl) co about Silver Creek, about H- miles southeast of Princeville. J:t said to be a good farming, stoct w growing and mining county A man who wintered there l-; winter says the winter was tine, Re quite a number of people are goic? to move there this spring. A breeding establishment, for the improvement of all classes of stoct about being started at Col. Nesmith' farm, in Dixie, Polk county. G S. X. Arrigoni, host of the Of cidental Hotel, in Astoria, offers hotel, fnrniture and fixtures for sal Tho Farmer learns from Mr. J. Wills, of Aurora, who pays ianc attention to bee culture, and Las saf ceeded well with the Italian be that, so far as he knows, bees bavf wintered well and suffered nothic;' from the severe cold weather. ; -has twelve stands, which are kept 1 a nominal cost, and his honey yi is sufiicient for family use and V Q spare some for his neighbors. I"01 two years past he has cultivated tb Italian variety, and finds they " hardier, more industrious and stotf more honey than the ordinary bee- Besides demolishing an nnfinisli building in Astoria for Shaw & &) blowing down a historic structn used by J. M. Shively as a barn, moving Wm. Headington's nevr tfi. penter shop from its foundation, sundry smaller items, the high of Tuesday night played havrc i; Knappton. Two large smoke stac belonging to the main mill thrown down, the front to the stv buildings was blown out, and roof connecting the mill and lafll yard was blown down. All dams? will be speedily repaired. V- O c