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THE ENTERPRISE.
OREGO.Y CIT1 03EG0.Y, BEC. 10, 1573.
Grants Message to Congress.
On account of the imperfect work-
ing of the telegraph, Hp to the time
of going to press but a portion of
the President's message has been
received. Beilg pressed for time,
we are compelled to make a very
brief summary of tho fragment be-
fore U9, promising, however, that
rest week's issue shall contain that
very important document in full:
Our manufactories and mining in-
terests have greatly increased; onr
merchants everywhere are known for
sagacity and integrity. Under the
head of Education the President
says: "As the primary step therefore
to our advancement in all that has
marked our progress in tho past cen-
tury, I suggest for your earnest con-
Bideration and most earnestly recom-
mend it, that a constitutional amend-
ment bo submitted to the legislatures
of tho several States for ratification,
making it the duty of each of the
several States to establish and for-
ever maintain public schools, ade-
auate to the education of all the
children in the rudimentary branches,
within their respective limits, irre-
spective of sex, color, birth-place or
religion: forbidding the teaching in
said schools of religious, atheistic or
pagan texts, and prohibiting the
granting of any school fnnds or
scliool taxes, or any part thereof,
cither by the legislative, municipal,
or any other power, for the benefit
of any other object of any other na-
ture or kind whatever, in connection
with this important question." The
message strongly advocates the tax
ing of religious corporations. In
1875 tho church property of the
United Stutes which pays no tax,
municipal or Stato, amounts to
81,000,000,000. "By 1900, without
check it is safe to say. this property
u tll roli n en tyi vMO,i;r, nnn ..
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nnn rcf i.T,iiti -r. -. tea minutes, Dunham became un
000,000. I would, the President easy, and sent young Tweed up stairs
&ajs, suggL-M taxation 01 ail prop-
erty equally, whether church or cor-
tHration. cxemntimr onlv tl.e W
resting place of thu dead, and possi
bly, with proper restrictions, church
edin?es."
"Our relations with most of the
foreign powers continue on a friendly
and satisfactory footing." Concern
ing the Cuban question which is
the most important topic contained
in tho message tho President re
counts the disadvantages resulting
to this country from the protracted
war in Cuba, aud the impossibility of
according to the insurgents' belliger
ent rights, while they have nothing
but skirmishes, while thev do not
possess a single port flvin- their fli-
... .
aim wimi mey are witnom any civil
government or local habitation. "I
am satisfied," reads the message,
"while the accordance of belligerent
rights to tho insurgents in Cuba
might give them hope and induce
ment to protract the struggle, it
would be a delusive hope and would
not remove tho evils whicli this Gov
ernment and its people are experi
encing, but would draw the United
States inti complications which it
has waited long and already suffered
much to avoid. The recognition of
the independence or of belligerency
being thus in my judgment equally
inadmissablo, it remains to consider
'what course shall I e adopted, shonld
the conflict not soon be bronght to
an end. I am of opinion
that other nations will be compelled
to assume the responsibility which
devolves upon them, and to seriously
consider tho only remaining meas
ures possible, mediation and inter
vention. Mediation or in
tervention seems to bo the onlv
alternative which must sooner or
later be invoked for the termination
of the strife. At the same time,
while thus impressed, I do not at
this time recommend the adoption of
any rueasuro of intervention."
The Investigation in San Francisco.
Under the caption of "A Farce! A
Screaming Farce!" the Colonist, with
a two-edged sword, cuts at the com
mittee y appointed to investigate, in
San Francisco, the disaster of the
steamship Pacific.
It says that Captain Waterman, of
that committee, is tho very man who
examined the Pacific and gave her a
certificate of seaworthiness. Then
to show how incomplete have been
these inspections, it quotes from the
sworn statement of a man named
Allen, who says that in inspecting,
Waterman simply walked through a
ship, counted tho buckets, and then
partook of a champagne lunch; the
sailors meantime returning the boats
aud buckets, which had been bor
rowed from some other vessel, for
the purpose of presenting a good
appearance during the examination.
The article then accuses Waterman
of growing suddenly and enormously
rich on a salary of 3,000 per annum,
and laughs at the idea of a true and
o jus report being brought in, in the
face of all this, and when the only
Q)ther man On the committee is Cpt.
Waterman's mate, by name, nillnian.
The article closes by asking: "Does
it not come within the province of
this or the Dominion "Government to
direct the attention of the United
States authorities to the farcical char
acter of the investigation with the
inspector oi Hulls sitting in judg
ment, as it were, oa himself?"
Tweed's Escape.
When we rea.d of Ali Baba discov
ering the magic .words which threw
open to him the accumulated wealth
of a band of robbers, or when we see
Sfalacta in the fairy piece of the
modern stage, by a single tap of her
wand change-ragged rocks into the
most brilliant crystals, we look upon
such performances as supernatural
I or froai a practical stand, as absurd
J But a performance of this kind has
just taken place in real life, in busi
ness-like New York. v llliam 2l
Tweed, ex-foreman of "Big 6," ex-
Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall
j and ex-"Boss" of New York City,
convicted and imprisoned for plun
dering tho New York City treasury,
and the New York City people gen
erally, after spending immense sums
in retaining the most astute counsel
the city could afford, has suddenly
discovered their inefficiency, and by
some mysterious agency has broken
bolts, bars and doors, and glided out
into the air of freedom. What that
mysterious agency was, we leave our
readers to conjecture from a simple
narrative of the facts of the case, as
received oy iciegrani.
It seems tliat iweea, on account
of actual or pretended sickness, was
allowed many privileges, amon
which the unprecedented taking of
afternoon drives seems to be the
most serious and reprehensible. It
is rumored that he had been gone a
week before any report of his escape
was made to the police headquarters.
The full account of his escape, and
the very patent collusion of his
keepers are contained in the follow-
ing telegram:
W arden Dunham called on Inspec
tor Dilk, at the police central office,
and stated that he had accompanied
the prisoner to the residence of Mrs.
Tweed, Madison Avenue and 30th
street, and while there Tweed had
requested permission to see his wife
privately. Dunham unhesitatingly
granted the request and Tweed went
up stairs to his wife's rooms, leaving
one of his sons to entertain Dunham
and his deputy. After waiting about
to tell his father to come down im
mediately, as they desired to return
to jail in a short time. The young
man returned and informed Dunham
his father had" gone. Dunham at
once searched the house, but no
trace of the Boss could be, found.
Leaving the deputy in charge of the
house, Dunham hurried to the resi
dence of Sheriff Connor and informed
him of the escape. The police au
thorities were promptly notified, and
the central office detectives at once
went o out scouring the city in all
directions.
Depntv Warden Gardner, in charge
of Ludlow street jail, during Warden
Dunham s absence stated that neither
he nor any person in the jail learned
of Tweed's absence until about half
past eight. A man rang the bell,
and when tho door was opened by
the deputy warden, the man whose
name was not known, nor his face
familiar saij that Warden Dunham
had sent him down to the jail to say
that Tweed had escaped; further
than this lie could not say, and he
then took his departure. It is sup
posed that Tweed left the ail about
4:30 p. "I. with Dunham. It is also
thought that the keeper, Edward
Hagan, also accompanied them, as
lie has not since been seen at the jail.
This afternoon the deputy warden
took an affidavit to Mr. lweed, who
was then in his room, but the deputy
did not know the contents of it.
Tweed was visited by his counsel,
David Dudley Field and Mr. Wm.
Edelsteiu, the latter a partner in
business with Tweed's son at one
time. Although three - unoccupied
houses adjoin the, residence of tho
Boss, none of tiitm was searched.
In 20 minutes after the police wero
notified of the escape, word had
reached every police station, and the
mounted squad was out in force rid
ing through the suburbs of the city
at full speed. Inspector Thorne re
ceived notice at once, and soon was
at the precinct station house, and
taking Sergoant Whitcomb and De
tective McGown, visited tho house
of Tweed, and leaving a force to
guard the entrance, searched the
house from roof to cellar, but not
the slightest trace of him could be
found. Sheriff Connor called a num
ber of deputies aud visited all tho
tip town police precincts. President
Matsell, of the Board of Commission
ers, was visited at his residence, and
there all imaginable plans for the
recapture of the fugitive were talked
up and put into execution. The
authorities seemed utterly bewilder
ed. Central office detectives were
sent to every part of the city where
was the least possibility of Tweed's
being found, and the officers on the
approaches to the North and Bast
rivers, were especially instructed to
be watchful. President Matsel said,
in his opinion, Tweed escaped earlier
than reported, or the police would
have been more successful in finding
at least a clue.
Sheriff Connor has offered a re
ward of 10,000 for the arrest of
Tweed.
evrspaperlal.
v
Petroleum V. Nasby will write
New York letters to the Albany
Register.
Brown & Stewart have started a
bright little sheet at Albany called
the Evening Democrat.
The second number of the Thor
ouglibred Stock Jowjtal and Record
has just been issued.
Mr. Eldridge Morse intends start-"
injr a six column weekly at Snoho
mish City.
The BcdrocJc Democrat has been
enlarged.
The Albany Morning Call has paid
its labt visit and called its last call.
G. W. Quivey, having bought out
G. W. Robert's interest in the Ben
ton Democrat, is now the sole pro
prietor of that paper.
Ellen Burgess is postmistress of
Bake-Oven, Wasco county.
LETTER FROn NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l
New Yoke, Nov. 24, 1875.
It is humiliating to look through
our great dailies and seo what prom
inence is given , to revolting crimes,
and scandals of questionable moral
ity. An educated foreigner has writ-
Lten one of our literary weeklies that
judging from the tone of the New
York press, our city must be one of
the most licentious, and its people,
for supporting such a press, of the
most degraded tastes. Murders,, to
be palatable to the majority of our
readers, must not only be doled out
in all their horrible detail, but must
be sugared with all the flash and
sensation of whicn our tongue is
susceptible. Executions must be
vividlv painted, even to the last
death struggles of the poor victim,
and to the cutting down and bury
ing. Cases of crim. con. are looked
upon as insipid if not given In all
their nakedness, and recited in the
unequivocal Anglo Saxon of every
day life. With a press of such a
character it is not to be wondered at
that we all, more or less, .are influ
enced by it, and that at times your
correspondent finds himself gloating
apparently' over just such disgusting
topics. As I am very much of a
plagiarist in my correspondence, and
as the papers are monopolized oy
descriptions of murders, rapes, and
executions, I admit that it is very
"close sailing" to steer .clear of the
Charybdis, sensation and filth on the
one side, and the Seylla, insipidity,
and bosh on the other.' To give jou
some idea of the style of literature
that now engrosses tho attention of
our people, and fills our journals, I
will give you a sample shorn of all
ts linguistic bombast, and typo
graphical tricks:
In 1SG0 there lived near the old
town of Ayletts, King William Co.,
Virginia, a wealthy jdanter by the
name of Juoane. He owned a line
mansion and large tracts of land,
oth beautiful aud remunerative.
lis wife, with whom ho received a
arge fortune, was connected with
some of the most distinguished fain-
lies of Virginia and Maryland, and
was a lady of varied accomplishments.
Ier table, over which she presided
with all the graceful dignity of the
ancien. regime, was noted throughout
the. State for its bounteous hospital-
ty as well as for its genial wit and
legant nersifiaae. Born to this aris
tocratic couple were three children,
wo girls and a boy. The latter, like
his father, was stein and determined,
but frank withal, and a good boon
companion. The girls, Miugio aud
Belle, inherited from their mother
her quick, impetuous and exceed
ingly jealous disposition. Earnest
aud ardent in their affections, they
must monopolize the heart of the
object of their love, or their big
black eyes would snap fire, aud the
Italian blood, received from their
Florentine ancestor, would show that
through two centuries none of its
sensitiveness had been lost. The
family was a very happy one. Why
indeed should not they be happy
who have health, wealth, education,
social position, and a refined and
cultured acquaintance? Alas! the
hand of death reached down and
took off their fond mother. Mingie
having lost thus a guiding and sacred
counselor, seemed to lose all self
control, and ono day, in a fit of
anger, she ran away from home -and
has never been heard of until
the other day, ia a most tragic man
ner, in this city. Last year a wealthy
brewer of convivial habits, named
Whitney, met in a house of ill repute
in this city, a girl of refinement,
beauty and education. lie took her
out of tho house, and hiring a "flat,"
or suite of rooms on Fifth Avenue,
furnished them elegantly. Here "all
went merry as a . marriage bell."
Each apparently wrapped up in the
other, no one dared intrude upon
their privacy, save an old colored
servant woman whom Mingie had
befriended in her more prosperous
days. After dinner one day last
week, Whitney feeling drowsy, threw
himself on "the lounge for a nap.
Jealousy, however, was working in
the breast of Mingie, and she up
braided him about an old flame.
"Let mo alone, Mingie, I am sleepy."
was all the responso she could get.
After several unsuccessful attempts
to get hi3 attention, sho said, "You
shall repent this," and forthwith
repaired to her room, where sho
dressed in the stylo Whitney most
admired, came back to the room
where Whitney was sleeping, took a
large navy revolver that was hanging
on the wall, and lying down by
Whitney's side, shot herself through
the heart. Thus ended the life of
one whose 6tars predicted a most
happy future thus passed away
"one more unfortunate weary of
breath."
Alas, Poor Yorick! Henry Baker,
the colored Cadet at the Annapolis
Naval Academy, on petition of the
superintendent of that nautical insti
tution, has been expelled. Ther3
was no question of race or color in
volved in the dismissal. He was de
ficient in the mathematical "bump,"
and had to be "dropped" in conse
quence; and, on account of his
uncontrollable and filthy tongue, was
sent, as college boys say, to "graze,"
in Mississippi. He will henceforth
confine His fleet manoeuvres' to some
village water-trough.
Oregon Graziug Lands.
A late number of the "New York
Times has the following:
J.M.W., Sandy Hill, N. Y., writes:
"In a recent issue of f he semi-weekly
Times was a short article on the graz
ing lands of Oregon aud Washington
Territory. The writer pronounced
Eastern Oregon to be the best graz
ing region in tho United States. I
wish to inquire whether New Mexico
and Arizona are not superior to East
ern Oregon for wool growing and
cattle raisine- crenerally, on account
of the milder climate? Can you re- j
fer me to any book or pamphlet on
Oregon which gives a general de
scription of the climate, fauna, flora,
topograph v, &c, of that State?"
Reply. We do not know of any
work of the kind referred to.. We
should judge Oregon to be the better
locality for cattle and horses than
Arizona and New Mexico, and at
least equal to them for sheep. But
all these countries have, many more
and greater drawbacks, with no bet
ter facilities for stock growing, than
the plains east of the Rocky Moun
tains and many of the valleys of the
mountains, including Colorado, Da
kota, Wyoming, Western Kansas,
and Nebraska. Mr. E. A. Curley's
work on Nebraska, mentioned last
week, gives a very fair account of
these localities, which are very simi
lar iu character.
The above - shows plainly to those
acquainted with Oregon and its ad
vantages, that there are thoso at tho
East who are almost entirely ignor
ant of tho great natural advantages
of this northwest'eoast. The idea of
comparing tho cold, bieaic and al
most barren alkali plains of Nebraska
with the rich bunch-grass regions of
Oregon, for grazing purposes, seems
to us simply absurd. There are, in
the eastern part of this State, large
tracts of the host bunch-grass range
yet unoccupied, on which stock of
all kinds will live and thrive .the
year round with - but little care, and
without any extra feed except for a
few weeks during" an unusually cold
winter, which does not occur oftener
than about once in ten years. There
are some stocU. raisers who put up
feed and keep it on hand always
against an emergency, others on the
contrary make iio provision whatever
for cold winters, reasoning that even
were they to lose their entire band
of stock once in ten years, so crreat
ire the profits of the business that
it would still be a paying investment.
This, however, seems to us a heart
less way of reasoning, and wo would
advise any one going into the stock
business to he always prepared with
feed against a cold winter. This
country being convenient to the sea
board, the markets will always be
fair not governed exclusively by
the local demand, but by the ruling
prices in the great markets of the
world. Tho improved methods lately
introduced for curing meats, by can
ning and drying, will also serve to
increase the price. When we take
into consideration the mildness and
salubrity of our climate, and our
various facilities for transportation,
we know of no more desirable loca
tion for pleasant and profitable stock
raising than this in the world.
Hops.
Well deserved praise is always
relished by frail humanity. Orego
nians naturally like to hear of their
large and superior wheat crop, their
beautiful rivers, their delicious
fruits, their flax and their fisheries;
their hops, however, is a topic it
seems that until lately, h
very little attended to, and
ing consequently of but
boasting. The following
s been
extract
from the New York Evening Post,
concerning our State and the article
under consideration, we feel confi
dent will be read with pleasure by
all taking interest in our growth and
wealth:
There was a large yield on all the
fields in Oregon. The culture there
is yet in its infancy, but the "bottom
lands of the Willamette will proba
bly prove tho finest lands in the
world for hop growing.
In the last issue of the West Shore
were some very sensible remarks on
this subject, as the following will
show: - -
"At the late State fair Mr. J. II.
Tuttle, of Lane county, received the
first premium for the best quality of
hops. From him we learn that, as a
hop country, Oregon is unsurpassed,
giving the largest yield, and surest
crops of any State in the Union.
Mr. T. states that the yield all over
this State is from 1,500 to 2,G00 lbs
acre, which, at the present low
price of the article (13 cts. lb.),
would be equal to 73 cts. bushel
for wheat. Last year hops sold at
27 cts. ft-, equal to SI 37 for
wheat. Our farmers would do well
to pay some attention to the culture
of hops. Five acres for an experi
ment would bo quite sufficient, as
ten acres will give employment to
as many hands and leave a larger
profit in ordinary seasons than 200
acres of wheat." '
John Bull, look out, or you will
not long be able to say, ,You caunt
'ave the ber, because you 'aven't
got tho 'ops, you know!"
Ax Albany correspondent sends us
the following items, under date of
Dec. 7th:
The water has fallen abont six feet
here since Sunday.
The mills will soon resume busi
ness. We are to have a mariage in high
life, Mr W. L. Fetters to Miss A. V.
Blain, at the U. P. Church, Rev. S.G.
Irving is to tie the knot.
This town will soon "sport" a
steam fire engine and yet we are
not ' Happx.
Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris will come
over from England to winter in
Washington, at the Presidential
mansion.
Quacks in Oregon.
Many years ago it was the custom
with the professional graduates of
our principal colleges to hang their
diplomas conspicuously in ' their
offices. This we admit smacks most
decidedly of egotism, and appears
like a cheap way of advertising edu
cational superiority; but when we
come to compare the harm that has
- resulted since tho decay of this little
vain-glorious practice, we feel that
a return to it would bo of most de
cided advantage. With lawyers and
ministers, the fact that the gradu
ated at Harvard or at the Squidunk
Seminary, or that even they have no
Alma Mater at all, is comparatively of
minor importance; it is of the medi
cal profession that we would speak,
and of the undoubted right that a
public has to, know that, thoso who
treat them are not only qualified,
but are warranted by some institu
tion of good repute. If. tho sheep
skin proot that thev had success
fully passed tho collegiate Ordeal
was tacked to the wall, the public
might well have confidence, and the
quacks be wiped out from all patron
age. As the custom now is, the em
piric paints "Dr." before his name
on a sheet of tin, and forthwith dons
the medical cut of cape, and medical
uncut of hair; he talks loudly of the
efficacy of the ciesarian operation in
pulmonary complaints, and the ad
vantages of bread pills in the ad
vanced stages .of delirium tremens.
This charlatan, by simply using the
prefix "Dr.," is allowed to carve
and mutilate the bodies of our peo
ple, to harass and destroy their
digestive organs, and in fact to take
their lives.
While it is true that we have a
great many skilled physicians in this
State, it is also true that the profes
sion contains a larger number of
humbugs. They are, perhaps, in
every town of considerable size in
the Stato. In the first place no man
should be allowed to collect a bill
for medical attendance unless he can
show a diploma from some respecta
ble medical college. If a man has
not got brains enough to get such a
diploma he certainly has not enough
to be entrusted with tho sick and
wounded. Let him take his proper
place among tho old women, as a
nurse, and forbear his loud-mouthed
boasts, his flaming posters, and
itinerant life. Eastern States have
passed, the most stringent laws on
tin's subject, and California in con
sequence is flooded with the refugees.
That Stato is now aware that special
legislation is needed to get rid of
those murderers, and the result will
be that Oregon will suffer from a
worse plague than that of the frogs,
experienced by Pharaoh. Let the
members of tho -incoming Legisla
ture take held of this matter in
earnest life is not a thing to 'be
trifled with! and see that proper
laws are passed to free us from theso
pests. The plen that people deserve
to be xunished for employing quacks
has no force. Every person is not
able to judgo. of a man's medical
abilities or. attainments,' and as
"drowning men catch at straws,"
sick men should be forgiven if they
reach for supports -which give such
questionable aid.
The
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v Speaker.
Michael G, Kerr, the newly elected
Speaker of the House of Ilepresen ta
li ves, has at last received tho re
waid of his long life of faithfulness
Lo his parly. For lny fourteen
years ho has kept tho confidence of
his Indiana; constituency having
been that long in Congress, and is
spoken of by those who 'know him
best as a moral, intelligent and high
toned gentleman.- The report that
the Central Pacific lobbyists were
instrumental in making him Speaker,
we look upon as absurd; for the fact
that he was the hard money nominee
in the Democratic caucus, and with
a Democratic majority in the House,
made his election a foregone conclu
sion. From an exchange we learn that it
is reported that Senator Booth of
California is getting himself in con
dition to act as tho champion of a
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and -Mexico. Sau Francisco
and the entiro Pacific coast would be
much benefitted by closer commer
cial relations. During the fiscal year,
ending Juno 30th, 1873, Mexico im
ported from the United States goods
to the value of $7,420,419, while our
importations from Mexico amounted
to S11,3S6,530. It is thought that
California and Oregon would soon
monopolize tho commerce of the west
coast of Mexico, the great part of
which is now in the hands of Euro
peans. Strong in tiie Faith. Printed
over Boss Tweed's prison bed, was
"In God We Trust." If he ganged
tho honesty of others by his own, we
cannot find fault with his meagre reli
ance on "the promises of persons,"
but must admit that wo are not a
little surprised at his temerity in
trusting to Providence. He took his
little motto from the silver trade
dollar, and it is more than likely
that the source from which he got
his pious head-piece, is that to which
he had so implicitly trusted, instead
of to the "Giver of all Good," as
announced by the dispatch.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Garnier-challenges Cyrille Dion,
the billiard ohampion, for the cham
pionship. '
Gov. Kellogg is trying to prevent
McEnery from getting the seat in
the U. S. Seneat he claims.
Philadelphia, Dec. 5. Although
the weather is very bad to-day, the
Moody and Sankey meetings were
largely attended, and considerable
interest manifested in the revivals.
Three regular meetings were held.
The one in the rooming was for
Christians; the afternoon meeting
for women, and to-night for the gen
eral public. Prayer meeting for
young men held after regular ser
vices. . ...
Sax Francisco, Dec. 4. Jacob
Underbill & Co.," hardware dealers,
have failed.
The board of managers for Cali
fornia for the Centennial Exposition
have nrenard a uetition to tho leg
islature, asking a liberal appropri
ation to advance the interests of
California exhibitors. This petition
has already been largely aud influ
entialy signed, and it is hoped many
more names will be obtained.
Sax Diego. Dec. 4. At 10:30 this
morning a dispatch was recived from
the operator at Campo, near the
Mexican line, sixty miles east of
here, asking for assistance and n
physician, saying they had been
attacked by Mexicans, supposed to
be Chavez' band.
'Springfield, Mass., Dec 4. Del
egates from Amherst, Columbia
Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Trin
ity. Union, Williams, Wesleyan and
Yale Colleges assembled here to day
and organized an Athletic Association
of American Colleges, to manage ath
letic eports at collegeregattas. ,
New York, Dec. 4th. Warden
Dunham accompanied f Wm. M.
Tweed to the residence of Mrs.
Tweed on Madison aven le, from
which house the "Boss" escaped and
is now at large. A reward of $10,-
000 has been offered for his capture.
Washington, Dec. 4. In compli
ance with his desire, Gen. A. F.
Babeock's connection with the
1 'crooked whiskey ring" will be in
quired into.
Kerr of Indiana was nominated by
a small majority to the Speakership
of the House by the Democratic
members in caucus. Adams of Ken
tucky received the nomination for
Clerk.
At the Republican caucus Blaine
of Maine was lenommated, and all
the old officers.
Rev. J. L. Townsend has been
nomiuated by the Democratic cau
cus as Chaplain of the House.
Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. G, General
Burt has resigned the Boston p'jsf
mastership, and entered the railroad
business. o
Washington, Dec.. G. The Forty
Fourth Congress opened to-day. M.
C. Kerr, (Dem.) of Indiana, was
elected Speaker of the liortse on the
first ballot. On motion of Mr. La
mar, the following gentlemen were
declared officers of the House: Clerk,
G.HV. Adams, of Kentucky; Sergeant
at Arms, , no. G. Thompson, oS Ohio;
Door-Keeper, L. II. Fitzhugh, of
Texas; Postmaster, J. M. .Stewart, of
Virginia; and Chaplain, Rev. J. L.
Townsend of the District of Colum
bia. The seats of Morey, of Louisi
ana, and Goode, of" Virginia, were
respectively contested by Wood, of
New York, and Blaine, of Maine;
both gentlemen were admitted to
membership.
The Senate was called to order at
12 o'clock by Ilsm. T. W. Ferry, of
Michigan, President, pro tein. The
j liev. I)r. Sunderland, Chaplain, of
! ferod up p.rayor. Senator Cooper, of
Tennessee, presented the credentials
? of David M. Kf-y, appointed U. S.
I Senator, Vice, A. Johnson, deceased,
iand he wa sworn in.
Bvassembling
after a half hour's recess, Bout
well of Massachusetts announced the
death of Vice President Wilson, and
said that at an early day he would
otfer resolutions relating, to his life,
character and public services. Ad
journed. Sacramento, Doc. 7. The Presi
dency of the Senate lies between
Tultie, of Sonoma, and JRogers, of
San Francisco.
San Francisco, Dec. G. Tho Cal
ifornia Rifli Association will send a
tcnm to thu Centennial.
- Washington, Dec. G. The report
of the Secretary of the Navy says
that tho navy is now stronger aud in
more efficient condition than pny
time during Grant's administration.
Tucson, Dec. 6. The revolution
ists have severely handled the Gov
ernment troops in Sonora, Mexico.
Victoria, Dec. 2. Much unfavor
able comment is made to-day, since
the publication of a dispatch from
the Dominion government to the
government of this province, an
nouncing the abandonment of the
construction of the railway from
Esquimalt to Nanaimo. It also
proposes to pay $750,000 (0 British
Columbia as compensation for delay
in the completion of the Pacific rail
way. It islaimcd that this amounts
to an indefinite postponement of the
commencment of work on the
mainland.
The Legislature is called for the
dispatch of business Jan. 10th.
San Francisco, December G. The
city officers elect will be installed
to-day.
The Chief of Police has put a man
in Harrington's cell to prevent him
from committing suicide. He is the
one who tried to kill and rob the
broker's boy at the Palace Hotel last
week.
The Chinese house s here say the
Chinamen on the Pacific had $70,000
which was lost. ' -v '
Baltimore, Dec. G. The Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Cov an
nounces a drawback of three cents
per hundred pounds on all grain
brought to this city from western
points which passes through their
elevators for exportation to foreign
ports.
EW YoRK Dec 6. The $6,000,
000 suit against Tweed has been
postponed to Thursdav to give the
sheriff time to consult counsel, he
being now a party to the suit owing
to the escape of the defendant.
Warden Dunham has been sus
pended by Sheriff Conner from his
functions a3 warden of Ludlow street
jail.
Senor De Aldama; the Cuban
agent in this city received a letter
yesterday from Camaiyagua, giving
an account of the operation tof the
first and second divisions of the
Cuban army since January list.
The insurgents have been especially
successful in the eastern department,
and all the enemv ha? ,
do is to protect the plantatio to
Gnantauamo and Santiago d "1 1,1
. Trenor W. Park has be4Q ffri
suit against the Tribune to r el
100,000, for damages done ,6r
character in its recent 7 h,
the Emma mine business.
u asuington Dec. 5 Tl
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SH. CrtncT,
86 938.475; Department of State IT'
19o,2G7; ar Department. SS7 iiA'
Department of Justice, S3.S5o'oio'
Depjirtmen t of Agricu 1 ture, $o5l v'
Grand total $314,G12,C06 vOA'ot,d-
J-ne appropriations for the fiscal
ending jnno oO, 1876, were 316
S64.592 less than estimates, ami i
xne
8G1
esiimaies lor the
fiscal
June 30, 1877
year ending
are S4.G12.C0S larger
than estimates for
year.
the
previous
Secretary Bobeson's report of th
naval service for the a ear .how"!
that the number of vessels of .vttrr
class and description now borne hi
t.ie navy register is 147. ftJrf,.;-
1,195 guns and
152,492 tons
iireuient, many of these
ai-A nai'i;
Vepl flf lit Ho nr- v. - O
liiiue, as part
of the efficient force for river crni
ing or lighting purposes. Tha
steamships number 52, of which K
iuSo, oo oi me vnoJe number
being ready for sea Trhen required
I he ironclad fleet consists of
vessels, 21 monitors, 2 torpedo shint
and 3 never launched, of all vessohi
SO are available, including 16 iron
clads and 2 torpedo boats.
All the Pacific Coast Senators and
Representatives were in their seats
to-day except the Nevala Senators
and Liaho delegate.
S. S. Fenn is here to contest Got
Bennett's right to admission as dele
gate from Idaho.
Senator Sargent has asked for a
reduction of the duty on wool.
The Centennial Commission pravg
Congress for a $1,500,000 appropria
tion. New Yoi:k, Dec. 8. O. Erlichs &
Co have just received the fowllowing
dispatch from their agents at South
ampton: "The Deutsehland ran
ashore on the long sands. Fifty of
the passengers and crew are reported
drowned. Part of the passengers
an 1 crew landed at Harwich, Tues
dav evening.
SUMJ1AKY OK STATU Ni:tYS.
The Courier savs much summer
fallow is lying idie, owing to tho
unusual wet season, which has pre-
vented farmers
from
sowing their
fall grain.
The steamer Calliope was sunk at
the wharf in Portland last Sunday
morning, by being struck by pass
ing drift. o
A Mr. Emil Bories has presented
to the worthy tditor of the Yanjhill
Reporter a new pair of slifars. Did
wo not know Snyder to be a most
graceful writer, we might be tempted
to look on this piece of generosity as
a cutting insinuation that judicious
clippings would be preferred to LiH
! original matter.
Rev. Mr. Flummer, of the Episco
pal Church, has arrived at Portland.
The Statesman says the amount of
wheat shipped by Thompson, at
IIuley, isestimated at CO, 000 bushels;
llax seed1 to Tionccr Oil Mills. Sa
lem, 30,000 bushels, with 30.C00
bushels still in store; wliile the firm
of Bassett & Co. (the Grange firm)
estimate their shipments at 00.000
bushels of wheat, with about 60.000
bushels in store awaiting higher
prices. 3 c
The vessel lost on Destruction
Island was the Emily Farnnm, and
not the Atlanta, as elsewhere stated.
The two men lost were Johnlloag'in
and a Chinese steward.
Portland streets and cellars are
flooded,
Portland had a slight fire on Fri
da' night. c
It is said that the new bridge over
the Blue river has been washed away.
Mr. Loebe's store was robbed at
Astoria last week. The thief had
picked the clerk's pocket of the
store and safe keys. o
A Masonic Land and Building As
sociation incorporated at Astoria on
the 22d ult., with a capital stock of
$10,000.
The drift wood is making it very
lively for McMinnvillhtns around tho
bridge across the Yamhill.
The Granger Store at Myrtle Creek
is reported as doing a good business
under the management of F. M. Gab
bert. They report sales of $1,200
in twenty days. All sales made on
cash basis as no books are kept.
300,000 pounds of fine wool has
been received at the Salem Woolen
Mills during the past week. A large
quantity of coarse wool is in course
lof shipment, which will be used W
the manufacture of blankets.
Tax-paying time in Linn coudIt.
Sheriff Itice reports taxes levied in
that county this year at fifteen mills;
taxable property assessed in Linn
county this year. $3,000,000 cand tha
county cut of debt.
Notwithstanding the heavy rains
for the last six weeks, the trains
have made regular trips, except a
detention of two hours on one trip.
Both express and freight trains on
time daily.
PfirmPM ftbmit TTaUev sold more
wheat at one dollar a bushel than
mail KOllth
at
of
Albany. About 115,000 bushel
brought the above price.
The annual session of Salem grange
P. of H. met on Saturday.
Mr. Leinenweber, the owner of
tannery, was drowned at Astori i on
Monday by the capsizing of a skiff.
Mr J. II. Lvon was elected chief
Engineer of the Portland Fire .de
partment, and W. A. Hart first as
sistant. Transactions of the Boseburg Land
Office for November: Cash entries
317 acres; 20 homestead eDtries em
bracing 2,340 acre.3; 26 finai home
stead entries embracing 3.701 acreB;
35 pre-emption filings; 3 donation
certificates issued; ono mining appli
cation filed. o
Oil
J 'J xieasury has sent to C
gress his book of estimates for t
, -, - j -u.njg jure an iJ7t
ilie recapitulation
of estimates for
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