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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Th6 Legislature of 1872 repealed all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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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