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IljTcr.ly John 0:1.
O O .l-.-itli of Ilevcrdy Johnson,
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which is announced in this issue, oc
curred on the evening of tlie lVUi
of Annnolis. Marvland, the
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place of his birth. Attending cir
cumstances lead to the conclusion
that ho' was stricken with apoplexy
when'he fell, inflicting the fatal cbn
tulion from which ho died instantly.
3lr. Johnson was born on the 21st
day of May, 1790. lie passed through
a col Jegiate course at St. John's col
lege in his native State, after which
he" studied' law and was admitted to
the bar in 1815. Two years later he
commenced practice in Baltimore,
where he has since resided.
f .As a lawyer Mr. Johnson was em
iuentlyiuccessial and soon attained
n high and enviable position. He
was elected State Senator in 1821.
and re-elected in 1825V In lSw he
was chosen United States Senator, and
was afterwards appointed, by Presi
dent Taylor, -Attorney-General of
'the republic. In 18GS, Mr. Johnson
q was sent as United Minisfqr to the
Court of St. JameJ; and during his
stay there effected a treaty with the
British Government for the adjust
ment, of the Alabama claims, which,
however, failed to receive ratification
by Congress. lie returned home in
18C9, being succeeded by Mr. Mot
ley. Paring his long professional
career he has occupied a position as
a jurist unsurpassed by any other.
Althoa'i at the timo of his death he
was in his eightieth year and en
feebled by age his great intellect re
mained in its full vigor. The place
ho occupied at the bar of the Sn
prerae Court of tho United States
will nht easily be filled.
Utiles for Headers.
We have no doubt that the major
ity of the readers of the ENTr.r.cr.TSE
take a certain interest in its welfare
and would like to see it well main
tained. It keeps you posted on cur
rent events, and perhaps occasionally
gives a few practical suggestions. If
Cnr readers- in return wish to
have their paper ably sustain
ed, vre submit for their con
sideration seme rules dictated by
actual experience. Subscribe and
pay for 3'our paper. Send your
priuting and advertising to this ofliee.
(Help to make the paper interesting
by?sending in items and communica
tions. Lay aside all fears that the
roprietv will grow rich. Do not
expect too much from the editor,
but be content in believing that Jc
lifts done tho .best he conld to make
tho paper interesting. Remember
that the editor is only mortal, and
that very seldom indeed is one found
. with the wisdom of Solomon. If the
editor be-not as intelligent as yon,
remember that itls no fault of his,
and that vou should be content with
a-' knowledge of
your superiority,
o
without airing it on the occasion of
ft typographical error. These rules
well applied would make a wonder
ful difference in the exchequer of
tho. E,TTEi:pursn.
-Oregon's
Appropriations.
r It is very true-that; the Oregon
Senators and our solitary member of
the House have been looking after the
interests of our State with all requi
site vigilance; and it is also true that
bills asking appropriations for this,
that and the other thing havo been
introduced inP our behalf, but
"will it all amount to anything?
Will these bills v ever bring the
mouey? Our delegation may call
for. appropriations from the "vastv
deep,." but will they come, that is
the question? From the very eco
nomical stand made bv the present
House, by ita cutting down of all ex
travagances and everything that has
a7a. appearance of the unneces
sary; by its vaunted opposition to
apything in tho shape of a subsidy,
we .are led to believe that even should
our delegation perform superhuman
feats in Congress aud in the lobby,
Oregon's rivers and railroads will re
main iu blissful statu quo.
.Tiie .Oveklasu Mail. The Ore
yamkni goes after Postal Agent Un
lerwood with a sharp stick for the
non-fulfillment of contract to run a
daily mail from Redding to Rose
burg. It seems that the stages make
tho trip every day, but leave the mail
to.be forwarded from San Francisco
by steamer. This dereliction of dnty
confines Oregonians to one mail a
week, which, to newspaper men, is
no trifling iuconvenience. The gov
ernment paysfor a daily mail be
tween Redding and Roseburg, so if
Mr. Underwood does not wish to
undergo the "decapitation process,"
he had better see that we have it.
The Democratic State Convention
will convene at Salem, Wednesday,
April 1G, 187G, ot 11 o'clock A. M., to
select six delegates in the Viiimn.il
(Democratic Convention, candidates
forjudges of the Supreme tVjrt in
the second, third and fifth judicial
districts, and for prosecuting attor
neys in tho several judicial districts,
ami for the transaction of such other
bnsiness as may bo thought proper.
O "The next time the-Albany HegisUr
uses two of our editorials, in one
issue, without crediting them, we
will recommend its readers to at once
--ibsrile for tho F.Ti:nrRfnr:.
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A Good Bill.
We,. have lately read with pleasure
of a bill having been introduced into
the Now1 York Legislature ,with the
aim to protect married women in the
enjoymeut aud control of their sepa
rate property.
In endorsing this bill we do not
wish f o be pounced upon as a woman
suffragist, any more than Horace
Greeley wanted to be considered a
secessionist when he signed his name
to Jefferson Davis's bail boud ; we
think this bill just and right, and as
finch defend it.
The bill provides that any married
woman possessed of separate proper
ty may enter into contract for the
purchase of real and personal estate,
or for any other purpose, or ;may
take upon herself any obligation with
like effect in all respects as if she
were unmarried. The bill also pro
vides, that "the real estate of the
husband ; of any female . who may
hereafter marry shall not be liable
for any dower right in said female
prior to the death of said husband,"
and provides still further that on the
decease of any -married woman pos
sessed cf real estate, the husband
shall have a marital right to her real
estate undisposed of by will, equiva
lent to dower. The intention is evi
dently to put husband and wife on a,
basis of equality in respect to the
owning and disposition of separate
property. A peculiarity of the bill
is the extending of the operation of
the law to all "females," instead of
being confined to those of the human
race this, however, we ; presume,
will in no way interfere with its
efficiency.
A Jiig Scheme. ,
The Albauy Democrat seems to
have no very high confidence in the
actual business intentions of the gen
tlemen who havo recently been ad
vertised as the future publishers of
tho Portland Bulletin:
We see by the Orefouiau, that arti
cles of incorporation have been filed
in the proper ofiices, bv Messrs.
Wm. F. Cook, Wtm A. Duilcy, and
Wn. A.. Hart, of the "Bulletin Pub
lishing Company of Portland, Ogn.
The business which the corporation
is formed to engage in is, and shall
be, tho publication of daily and
weekly newspapers, and the execu
tion of printing in all its branches
in the city of Portland. The amount
of the capital stock of the corpora
tion shall be 20,000, divided into
200 shares of 100 each, duration 20
years."
Yes we think wo catch the idea of
I these three Williams. When Holla-
day comes home and he and Flax
brake want to start up the now
defunct Bulletin, won't they have to
pay those three Bills at a high figure
to get their coloration out of the
fields? It is a pretty sharp scheme
on the part of tho boys, and we hope
they will make it pan .out.
ffi A Good Crx. Our foreign minis
ters, as a general thing, are men well
to do in this world, and accept the
positions more for tho honor than,
any monetary attraction. The cut
ting down therefore of tho pay at
tached to these ofiices we look upon
as thoroughly just and n move in the
right direction. The bill as reported
from the committee on appropria
tions appropriates 922.817, and fixes
the pay of ministers to Great Britain,
France Germany and Russia, 'at
11,000 each; to Spain, Austria, Bra
zil, Mexico and Japan, 10,000; to
Italy, S,(00; to Portugal, Switzer
land, Belgium, Netherlands, Den
mark, Sweden and Norway, Turkey,
Venezuela and Hawaiian Islands,
6,500 f each; to Chili and Bolivia
(one " mission) , 6,500; to Pern,
Ecuador and Colombia (one mission)
6,iK)0; to the Argentine Republic,
Paraguay, and Uruguay (one mis
sion) 0.500; to Guatamala, Costa
Rica, Honduras, Salvador and Nicar
agua (one mission) , 10,000; and to
Liberia, 1,000. .- .. f . .........
' Dully. This is ; the way Bro,
Bull hits ' politicians who refuse to
take the Eisl Oreaonhtu :
o (Hon.) 'T. II. Cann, says the Sun
linel, has returned from California.
v e thought sof tor we received an
epistle like this:
"Pursuant to instructions from
the Postmaster General, I beg leave
to inform you that your, paper ad
dressed to Thos. li; Cann, is not
taken out, but remains dead iu this
office. Reason, ho does not' want
it."
Perhaps Mr. Thos. II. Cann, when
he depends upon the people for office
may. want the East Ore'jonian. If
ho does he can have it" by paying
for one year in advance. Selah!
.
The Springfield Republican , iu its
Presidential calculations, arrives at
the following conclusions: "A man
whose whole strength is wholly with
and within the party Mr. Blaiue's
case will not fill the bill. With
Mr Graut, Mr. Morton, Mr. Hayes,
or Mr. Conkling, Repnblican success
is simply impossible; with Mr. Ad
ams, it is possible; with Mr. Adams '
and Mr. Bristow, it is, certain."!
This ia Sam Bowles opinion, and we 1
give it for what it is worth. j
When a ladysnses the word scis
sors" as a lut resort, we pitv her
resources; but when at the same j
time she 'lists the scissor to make (
clippings from the Estekikise, in !
order to give "snap" and vitalitv to
, Ler paper, it behooves us to congrat
ulate her on a display of good taste
and judgment rarely found among !
iemaie journalists.
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The Owyhee Aralxnehc says the
Majrsrie mine, in tho Wo
1 dmiriot, is richer ILan ever.
-h.fi vfr.
Summary of "the Babcoclc Trial.
The first witness for the Govern
ment was Wm. J. Barrett, ganger
of tho ring. Ho acknowledged that
' acting Under instructions from supe
rior otboers, lie connived at frauds
while at Bevins fcFi azcr's rectifying
house, and used to find on Saturday
evening an envelope in his overcoat
pocket containing from 100 to 200.
Two whisky barrel heads with the
ganger's stamj) on them were pro
duced in court, with the stnb books
I from which the stamps were- talsenr
On comparison, it was shown that in
each case the stamp on the barrel
registered the contents ns forty -six
proof gallons, while the correspond
ing stnb. reported only five proof
gallons to the collector for taxation.
Everest said Joyce onco sent hira to
the snb treasury with a pact age of
1,000 in small bills, to get two 100
bills. He brought them back and
Joyce put them in envelopes, and
told him to take them across the
street and put them -in the letter
box. Witness said he did so. He
was asked if ho observed the direc
tions ou the letters. Before he conld
answer, the defense interposed an
objection, claiming that the prosecu
tion were now trying to show that
Babcock'n name was one of these
letters. ?aud that evidence- was not
competent. A long argument ensu
ed. Edward. W. F razor testified to hav
ing seen, in whole, of in part, tele
grams j or what purported to be tele
grams, in the, hands of Joyce, inform
ing him of the contemplated visits of
the revenue agent. Witness always
straightened up his house on such
occasions and it almost always hap
pened agents came after information
had been recnived.
J. W .'"Douglas, ex-Commissioner
of internal revenue testified as fol
lows: Several revenue ngenls Mere
sent to St. IiOiiis in 1872, but I re
ceived no definite information from
them. Later Brooks and Hge were
sent especially to look into Bevins Sc
Frazer's affairs and that firm paid the
government 40,000 as a compromise.
When I sent Joyce to California, it
was to get him out of the way of the
agents, whom I sent here and who
complained of an excessive attention
on his part.' wining and dining them
so they could not do any work. I
had a conversation with Rogers with
regard to the investigation in the
West." I remember showing a copy
of a 1 u 1 1 e-r reec i ved , w r i 1 1 e u 1 y B r o k s,
saying thatdelay would prove eqnally
profi table to the Government and
gratiying to ourselves, or something
of that kind. A copy of the letter
was shown to me at the-White House
by Gen. Babeock. He said the agent
had shown it to him, and he was
afraid I was being deceived by these
men. He said he would hold mn
responsible for their conduct. I told
him I had gr?at confidence in the
men. Hl said, What might a sensi
tive man like Logan say if he saw
that letter had been given confi
dentially, and requested me not to
say where I read it. Some two or
three months before Richardson
went out of oiiice, I had a talk with
the President, and told him things
were crooked in St. Louis, and I
thought, if proper investigation was
made, it would result largely to the
benefit of t lie treasury. He concurr
ed with me. Afterwards Bristow
came into oilice. an. I we talked Hie
matter over. He concluded to wail
until' the elections were over. He
waited, and then there were a num
ber of senatorial elections, and we
had to wait until they were over. We
were in the midst of the Presidential
election, and that was another ob
stacle. After that we arranged to
make transfers. After I addressed
tiie letter to the Secretary, and the
transfer of supervisors was made, I
had acoversation with the defendant.
The conversation was commenced
by him calling my attention, to t-he
subject. He told me it was an un
wise measure, and would result in
bringing such a strong pressure on
the President that tho mler would
have to be recalled, whi-'di would be
unpleasant for me. The conversation
was held in the White House. Tiie
President was not present I don't
remember to have had any other
ronversatiou with tho defendant
about the matter. The transfer was
to take place on the 15th of February.
I notified the parties, by telegraph,
on the 4th that the orders would be
reversed.
Nearly the entire morning session
of the next day. (Saturday) was taken
up iu trying to trace, certain tele
grams not yet admitted,' to 'prove
that they were received and sent back
and , forth . between 'Joyce and Mc
Donald here and Gen. Babeock in
Washington. Finally the defense
waived this proof asto one dispatch,
and allowed the following, admitted
to bo in Gen. Babcoek's hand-writing,
to be real:
, Washington, D. C, Dec. 13, 1874.
To Gen. John McDonald, St.
Louis, Mo I succeeded. They will
not go. I will write yon.
Signed, SYLPH
Deputy .Commissioner Rogers,
who was recalled, testified that ho
had a conversation with Babeock
with regard- to the transfer of the
revenue agents. Babeock said ho
had beared Douglass was about di
recting the transfer of the agents. I
told him an order had -thai morning
been issued. He expressed regret,
as it would bring political pressure
on Douglass, and he would be forced
to revoke the order, and that would
work disastrously to him. Douglass
was, at the time spoken of , candidate
for the courtof claims. There would
be more or loss odium on him (Bab
cock) on account of the failure of
the enterprise, when the order was
revoked. That interview came abont
by my messenger bringing mo either
a note or a vcrbd communication
from Babeock. There was not a
word said in conversation with Mr.
Babeock, at his lio ise, in regard to
breaking up the frauds here. I do
not know that thu revoking of the
order changing th supervisors caus
ed u h olinm on 1xo'iglas that he
was not appointed. In the conver
sation with "Babeo -k. I told him I
shoald report tht- iniervicw to Doug
lass. On oiws cxinjin'i'ion the witness
said: (leu. Bib-'ir-k expressed great
friendship for D : t.'as. I do not
know of any ii !. f-ice brought to
bear, except from - vuor, to have the
order transferring M loervisors revok
ed. I think I made application by
letter to Gen. McDonald to secure
his assistance. I had no suspicions
of him at tho Ti:n - The revoking
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COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Tof the order by the President would
t create an impression that Mr. Doug
! l,.., rai,n!:orl The leading ob-
I ject of Babeock was Judge Douglass,
I although he spoke-of .one; more ob
I ject, viz: saving the President from
being annoyed.. . - ' l.
President Grant -was examined as
a witness in this case at the W fiite
House. His testimony was most
complimentary to Babeock.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
' Washington. 'Feb. lOreling
thTiTs"eu7Tr6ni the co'mmiftee on ju
! diciary reported, -with amendments,'
the Senate bill to amend . the -f our
j teenth section of the .bill , establish--'
ing tho judicial courts of the United
j States; approved.--- '; '' ""
The Senate resumed consideration
of the bill for an ext nsion of time
for the construction and completion
of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Sargent moved to amend the.
second section so as to read, "That
this extension is granted upon the
express condition and understand
in that . where pre-emption ; and
homestead claims were initiatory or J
private entries and r locations! Mere
allowed . npou lands; embracing in
the grant to said company,, prior to
the receipt of orders of withdrawal
at the respective district land offices,
the lands embraced in such entry
shall not be held as being within the
graut to said parties lawfully entered
under provision of . section," &c;
agreed to. -; . '. ' -
IMmunds submitted : au amend
ment to the fourth section sor as to
proide that the act shall not be con
strued to efiect existiug . private
rights otherwise than herein pro
vided; and further, that this act
shall, as well as the charter' of the
company, aud other acts and ; resolu
tions relating thereto, be -.subject to
alteration, or amendment or, .repeal,
at the pleasure of Congress; agreed
to. - ' - -
Ingalls moved to strike .out the
proviso in the second soctio'n, that it
should not apply to land. hereto
fore patented to the company, nor to
entries already canceled nud upon
which the purchase money or other
consideration had been returned to
tiie respective parties in interest;
agreed to.
.The bill having been considered
as in committee of, tho whole, and
the amendments proposed by the
committee on railroads agreed to,
without further amendments the bill
was reported to Senate and -amendments
made in committee agreed to.
After some discussion the bill pass
ed; yeas o5, nays IS.
Feb. 11 AVhyte moved that the
Senate adjourn to-day. to meet Mon
day next; agreed. to.
Withers, from the committee on
pensions, reported a bill granting a
pension to Elizabeth Thomas, widow
of tho late GeneralThomas, U. S. A.;
placed on the calendar.
Fdmunds presented the meaiorial
of the Washington Monument So
ciety, asking an appropriation to aid
incompleting the Washington mou
ument; referred to the committee 0:1
public buildings and grounds.
Tho chair laid before tin; Senate
the unfinished business, being the
Centennial bill, upon which R in
dolph was granted tho iloor. He
spoke in favor of the bill, and re
plied to the objections raised by 31c
Croery, Norwood and others.
After debate by Jones, Capert.on,
A 1 corn , Fre) i :igh uy sen , 1 1 1 nsoin ,Con -
over, iUerrnnon and ivnilsuurv, the
bill was passed without preamblo by
the following votes:
Yeas Allison, Anthony, Bayard,
Boutwell, Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Carpenter, Clayton, Conkling, Cono
ver, Cnvjin, Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey,
Fdmuiiiis, I-'relinghuysen. Hamlin,
Harvey, Hitchcock, Ingalls, Jones
Florida, Jones of Nevada, Kelly,
Logan, McDonald, MaMillan.Maxev.
Mitchell. Morrill, E. M. Morrill of
Vermont, Morton,- Ogiesby, Pad
dock, Peterson, Randolph; Ransom,
Robertson, Sargent, : Spencer, Wal
lace and Widom 41. .
Nays Alcorn, Cooper, Goldth
waite, Hamilton, Howe. Kernan,
Keyes, McCreery, Merrimou, Steven
son, Wadleigh. Thnrman, Wllytle
and Withers 15.
English, Christianey, Sherman,
Gordon and Cameron, of Wisconsin,
who would have voted for the bill,
were paired with Booth, Cockrill,
Davis, Norwood and Saulsbnry, who
would have voted against it.
Allison said his colleague (Wright)
was necessarily absent. Had ho
been present he wquld have voted
for the bill. .
Feb. 11 The resolution for the
admission of P. B. S. Pinchback, as
Senator ; from Louisiana, "was . then
taken up on motion of Mortou.
Kelly presented tho memorial of
the Walla Walla Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, of Washington Terri
tory, asking an appropriation for the
construction of a canal at tho Cas
cades of the Columbia river, Oregon;
referred to the committee ou com
merce. Also, tho petition of citi
zens of Columbia county and Walla
Walla. W. T., in favor of passing a
law annexing Walla Walla and Co
lumbia counties, to tho State of
Oregon. . ; . ;
Mitchell -called up the Senate bill
extending the timo for the comple
tion of the Oregon Central railway
and telegraph line from Portland to
Astoria and McMinnville, Oregon.
He submitted an amendment similar
to that incorporated in the bill ex
tending the time for the completion
of the Northern Pacific1 railroad,
passed last week, to protect '. home
stead rights and entries made prior
to the time of notice of withdrawal
of lands from the market, which was
agreed to. Mitchell said the only
object of the bill was to extend the
time for the completion of the road
had been constructed except about
80 mips. It ma-do no additional
land giant whatever.
Feb. 14. Frelinghnysen called up
the Senate bill to amend certain pro
visions of the levisod statutes of the
United States relating to th trans
portation of animals. The 1CV was
then read and passed; yeas 30, nays
The President pro tcm announced
ho had just signed the bill aiding
the Centennial celebration of Ameri
can independen -e.
After a short executive session the
Senate adjourned.
Feb. 15. The House pension bill
was discussed.
Clayton, from the ' committee on
military affairs, reported, with
amendments, the Senate bill grant-
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ing the right 01 way ior a lunioati
and telegraph line to the Walla
Walla and Columbia River Railroad
Company across Fort Walla Walla
military reservation, in Washington
Territory; placed on the calendar.
After executive session tho Senate
adjourned.
large, and stated the committee ieit
v -Washington. Feb. 10. The Speak- , tmt 110 material interest would suf
cr presented a memorial of citizens of j fer )V tie redaction; the billpassed.
Louisiana praying for" relief against diourued.
cerium political eviis eiisiiug iuj
that State; referred." ' j
-The Hotise went rnt'rf corn mitt eo of!
the 'whole, Ilastings of Nev, YorkinJ
Hie "chair, on the consular and diplo-
mafic appropriation' bill, and'. wa-sM
f addressed by Hale, Blaine and Chit
. teuden;agamsv the bilLaud. by . lian-
d ill and Tarbox in favor. , ,
FebML At 1:45 the House5 went
into committee of .the. whole, Hast
ings in the chair,' on the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill.
, Seelye moved to increase the sal
ary of the secretary of legation to
China, when acting also as inter
preter, from o,000 to 4,000.
Tucker moved to strike out the
mission to the " Hawaiian Islands;
agreed to. "' ; - .
" Hewitt moved to amend . by pro
viding for only one minister at G,
500 for Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way, to reside at such place in these
States as the President may from
time to time direct; agreed to.
The consular . bill, so far as the
committee of the w hole is concerned,
came up as reporter".. All of the
amendments adopted in the commit
tee were agreed to in the House ex
cept that abolishing the mission o
the Hawaiian Islands, biirwhich-a
separate vote was demanded'.' The
amendment was agreed to, yeas 130,
nays 87. A vote of ayes and noes
was then taken 'ou the pass;igo of the
bill which resulted, ayes l'Jl, unes 2.
It appropriates about 914,000, be
ing a reduction of 40,000 from last
year's bill.
. Adjourned till Monday,
Fob. 14. Under call of . States, . iu
addition to private bills and for bills
for works of internal improvements,
public build in gs, &c, the following
bills were introduced and referred:
By Banks (by request), in relation
to bounties to nine months', volun
teers. By Meade, to provide for the pay
ment of United States notes, and to
strengthen the public credit. -
By Jcncks, to repeal the third sec
tion of the iv-t of 1874, establishing
national bank redemption agency.
By Riddle, of 'Tennessee, directing
tho transmission of printed matter
through t'ie mails when postage
tnercon is msulucient.
By Baker, of Indiana, to mike
banking free and to repeal resump
tion act.
By Harrison, for the 'repeal of the
resumption acts and for the purpose
of preparing the way for the resump
tion of specie payment. It directs
the Secretary of the Treasury, when
ever national bank notes are with
drawn from circulation, to issue in
their stead an equal amount of legal
tender U. S. notes. But he is not
to issue them except when the aggre-
gate amount
of nn redeemed
legal
tender notes and national bank
notes in circulation are less thau the
aggregate amount of b;t'i classes of
notes that were iu circulation on the
1st of January, 187o. It also re
quires nafional banks to retain, as
part 'of their resources, all . tiie gold
received by them as interest on their
bonds held by the United States as
security for their circulation, until
the amount of gold retained shall
equal one-third, of their circulation,
which gold so retained shall lie
security for their circulation and de
posits. Tt also requires the Secre
tary of the Treasury to retain, from
the gold received for customs duties,
1(5,000,000 annually until the
amount so retained shall bo cq'ial to
one-third of the amount of legal
tender notes at such time unredeem
ed, which g:dd so retained shall be
taken from tho sinking fund. When
ever the amount of gold retained in
the. Treasury shall be one-third the
amount of tho unredeemed legal ten
ders, then tho Secretary of the
Treasury is to redeem legal tenders
to the amount of 12,000,000 annual
ly," using for that purpose the gold
received for custom duties, which
gold is to be taken from the amount
ordered to be set apart for the sink
ing fund. The bill was referred to
the committee on banking and cur
rency. , By Fort, for preservation of forests
on public domain, adjacent .to
sources. of navigable, rivers, aud
other streams. . ? - - ...
The House rejected the resolution
offered by Ihi1-0 i'1 favor of specie re
sumption ; yeas 88; nays 137. ;
Feb. 14. Hale moved to suspend
the rules and adopt the 'following
resolution: . - - .
Whekeas. The currency now used
among the people of tho United
States consists of national bank notes
and greenbacks, the latter being, the
debt of the Government, widely dis
tributed among the people, and' tho
former being redeemable in green
backs and subject to like fluctuation
with it: ...
'Whkiuus, ? Tho - United-States
Treasury has thus far failed to meet
its obligations and to redeem its
notes, thereby depreciating the value J
of tho people's money and keeping t
at a long discount,-, which deprecia
tion varies from day to day, causing
risk and uncertainty . in business af
fairs to tho great prejudice of all
legitimate industry and enterprise:
Wheheas, Congress, by its enact
ments and both political parties by
resolutions adopted in their several
national conventions, stand com
mitted to an early resumption of
specie payment ; therefore, i . '
Jlcwlred, That prompt measures
should be taken by such legislation
as is needed to render effective the
policy of resumption of specie pay
ments, by placing in the hands of
the Secretary ; of tho Treasurj' all
necessary powers to carry out the
said object, to the end that a. sound
and stable currency may bo pro
vided for.
Morrison suggested that the reso
lution be referred to the committeo
on banking and currency.
Hale I think it better to have an
expression of opinion ' of the House
now. I want to see whether caucus
ing has done our friends' on' the
other side of the house any good.
A motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution was lost yeas
SG; nays 137. ' ; '. . ; ;
Wheeler from the committee on
appropriations reported a fortifica-
- riJi.,vi4'M; - A"'rf -
tion bill, and asked for its considera
tion at this time. The bill appro
priates for the protection, preserva
tion and repairs of fortifications,
10.000r-"for,armatnenfc of fortifica
tions
as, 163,000; torpedoes for harbor
'ens,-, c;J 50,0003 : TottilJJ-
000. He said that the appropria
tions for former vraw. had Ueen- too
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Iastern. 1 mi
Boston. Feb. 10. The second trial
-o pier. for the murder of Mabel
Young, termmeil to-day. iiie ver
d icr was ghilfy orfiYn ftTcf In" theTi rs t
degree. .Jt:!t:-J l,v f
NewLUxiVonC Feb. 10. The Bank
of . Commerce was: (roUbed , Tuesday
! night. On Wednesday the bank of
ficers were unable to open the vault.
An expert accomplished it at night,
when the loss of "821,000 was discov
ered . ' ' ' "" ' - - '
The burglar who entered the Na
tional Bank of Commerce, 'on Tues
day night, has been discovered in
the person of Geo. C. Pocker, ono of
the tellers of that institution who j specie payment by requiring the
has made a confession. : All the miss- j national banks td retain a percentage
ing property of the bank, $21 5,000, j of the gold received by them as in
has been recovered.' !. ' , ' j terest ou ..the, .bonds . deposited with
Pottsvilt.e. Pa.. 'Feb." 10'. Last tho'Treasui'er of the "United States
night Chas. McAllister and Patrick tj as security for . their circulating
Munley were arrested near -Mahoney
City for the double; murder in Sep
tember last of Chas. Senger and Wm.
Uren. - The former was boss and the
latter a miner in Heaton's colliery.
Saturday has been fixed for tho ha
beas corpus hearing of the case. Tho
men were charged with' the murder
of Policeman Yost, at Tamaqua, some
months ago. ''"'
Memphis', FebilO.The Arl'Jmiches
Jackson, - Miss.,f special says Con
gressman ! Wells testified 'before tho
committee of the Legislature yester
day. ' His testimony is - considered
damaging to Gor Ames. Postmaster
Pease, of Vicksberg, testified to-day,
Cordoza.State superintendent of edn
catfoh; will'ertainly be ousted- .The
evidence against him is 'overwhelm
ing. There : is serious dissention in
regard " to ' the impeachment of the
Governor. " The impression revai!s
that articles of impeachment cannot
be sustained if pressed.'-' :
The Appnul's special Says 'Wells
testified he knew about Amos assert
ing that tlie killing of fifteen or
twenty negroes- would be a benefit to
the party.
Pirrsiox, Feb. 12. This afternoon
a terrible explosion occurred in the
Fxter mine; belonging to the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, located in
West Pittston. Four men were killed
and many wounded.
'Philadelphia, Feb. 12. John W.
Fletcher, convicted of the murder of
Wm. Hauley, was sentenced to be
hung.
New Yoiik. Feb. 12. The steam
ship City of Galveston, Capt. Evans,
from Cape Haytien of New York,
went ashore on the night of the 5 h
on May Agune Island, West Indies,
and it is supposed she bilged, as a
heavy sea w:us running at the time.
The vessel was collee laden and car
ried thirty passengers. She will
probably prove a total loss.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Finuegass,
of California, arrived to-day w ith J.
Nicholson Elbert. arrested on a bench
warrant from the U. S- court of this
district, charged with counterfeiting.
Samson Rosenblatt, arrested . at San
hrancisco 011 a requisition of Gov.
Tihlen, also arrived.
Presach N. Rubenstein was found
guilty this evening of the murder of
Sarah Alexander on the 'outskirts of
Brooklyn on December Pith last, aud
was sentenced to be hanged on the
4th of March.
New Yonic, Feb. 13. A .reduction
of fully :y,i per cent, in rents is prob
able throughout the city this spring..
There was a large congregation at
Plymouth Church "this; morning.
Brficher's subject was on attaining a
high moral state. ' In speaking of
tho advisory counsel, lie said; out of
172 churches invited to take part in
its proceedings," 125 havo accepted
and would be represented.'' "
Boston, Feb. 13. The Parker Fra
ternity Society' voted' to-'dar to ex
tend a call to the-Rev. Moncnre D.
Conway, of London, England, to be
come their pastor. It is 'thought
he will accept and take the desk for
merly occupied by Theodore Parker '
Baltimouk, Feb5 13. The fnnerai
of Reverdy Johnson took place this
i. r-, at the family residence".- The
streets-in the vicinity were crowded.
It is estimated that 10,000 people
were assembled. The services were
conducted by the2 Revi J. S B
Hodges, of St.f Pauls, and A? m!
Randolph, according, to the ceremo
nies of the Episcopal church. . Many
friends of", the deceased; statesman
were present, among whom were
some of the most distinguished per
sonages in tlie land.
Bridueto.v, " Feb'. 14. Chas. ' K.
Lnndis, recently acquitted, on the:
ground of insanity, of the murder
of Carruth, the Vineland editor, . has
been prononneed sane by Judge
Reid, after examination of witnesses,
and discharged from arrest.'
!Ntw YoRk;;Feb. 14 In an Adams'
Express suit to-day, U. S. Circuit
Judge Wallace ruled that tho express
company's receipts and printed con
ditions constitute binding contracts,
and that where the shipper fails to
state the value of his package'he can
only recover the fifty dollars limit
of liability stated in the receipt.
The scene in Beecher's church last
night is a general topic ' of interest.
Beecher's courage ,and boldness
and determination challenge resppct
and increase confidence in, his inno
cence among -thoughtful men. , Re
ferring to the'eoming advisory. coun
cil, he said: "You that receive the
brethern into you households ought
to set up within your hearts a senti
nel of honor. They come together
upon this council to hear impartially
and give such advice , as . the Lord
may inspire in them upon the , facts
that shall , bo presented; , you 'must
not attempt in households to bias
them by your kindress in the sli ght
est degree, or beguile them from the
fullest discharge of their duty."
Cheyenne. Feb. 14. One hnn,lrn!l
I and fifty men left here' to-day for the
TTM1 - ......
ulick xiiuB. . a party, who came in
last night reports that daring the
eight days of his trip from Custer,
he counted 185 wagons en route for
the hills., Two hundred more are
outfitting here now and will , start
tins week. The incoming trains
bring scores of gold seekers daily...
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WASHIXGTON, Feb.
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four of the. bill granting eight years
extension of time for the completion
of tLe'Northern Pacific Railroad is
as follows; That the extension of
of time, granted by section one of
;this act'shall not appl rto the branch
.line of said 10 id froln Lake l.:t
d'Oreilio across the Cascade moun
tains to Puget Sound in Washington
Territory', and at the expiration of
for the construction of said branch
line as heretofore, tho lauds granted
therefor nnd not then cann'-d by said
company, by the construction of said
branch line of road, shall be restored
rttr t b ? pti blic dohi ain',"" T6"bi"VIeaI t
with as other public lands, -under c
the directions of tlie Spcrctary of tho
Interior.
,''li"eIDemocratTc ineinber'sj uTcon
verpationT' ?toHUyf?saj - they don't
U 1 I n Ir'' i li an -l 1 1 " Mi m ft .T I PC. -...1 1
in forming a financial plank, a a
conciliatory spirit .pervaded the
, caucus last night; ! The" dpinm was
j generally expressed- Unit it would be
impracticable to .resume specie pay
j ments'on' the 1st of Jan.. 1879, as
1 provided by tho. act of Jan. l'JtC.
j 1875: therefore that provision
' should 'be repealed and measures be
!staken for a gradual, resumption' of
notes, and also requiring the Secre
tary to retain a certain percentage of
gold as part of the sinking fund, for
the purchase or payment of the pub
lic dept. This, the Democrats say,
will be the basis of action of the
committee in their report 4to the
adjourned meeting of the caucus on
Thnrsday next. ' '
The committee on commerce to-day
agreed to report to the House a bill
to amend ' the " Revised Statutes re
garding commerce and navigation
and the regulation of steam vessels,
by which' " among"" other" things," all
sail vessels will bo required to bo
furnished with proper signal lights,
and.dnriug the night time to show
alighted torch .upon that point or
quarter from which any steamer
shall be approaching.. The penalty
for non-compliance with these pro
visions 'will be r2'X.
The chairman of the committee on
ways and means ha addressed-: the
following note to the cleark of tlm
committee:
'House - of Rexjo.sextatives.
Washington. D. C. Feb. G. 187U. (
Dr. .. P. lltmhlclon. Clerk Ways
and Cleans Committee Sin: Tho
charge so often denied by you, that
you had named a son alter the as
sassin of Mr. Lincoln, I have, uutiP
now. wholly disbelieved. Reeut
i developments, which show your son
; to have been named, or recognized
by the name of John. W. B. Hamble
ton, gived at leat a semblance of
truth of .such charge. With tho
slightest appearance of the truth of
sueh chaVge I h.tve but one dutv to
i peforin, that is to accept your resig
nation, offered son.e time ago, which
1 do hereby.
Respeetfnllv vours,
V. If.. MORRISON.
C'aairniia Cmnniltee oa Ways and
Means.
The House postofUce investigation
developcs the facts that postal service,
bttweeu ?.Is.-M.ala, Montana, aud
Walla Waiia wu.s eoutiuue'd after
Postmaster Moore at the latter place,
showed it cost si, 000 2'cr transfer
for six months. Also that the postal
agent reporting tiie facts and his pay
reduced, nbd More' 'was removed.
.Sotre bad swearing of the witness,
special agent llarlbook, drew out
the admission that among those w ho
had aided Peter.-son in l,i.s contract
system were Seuator West and Secre
tary Belknap.- Peterson will be re
membered as the beneficiary in tho
straw bidding system in the Southern
postal route contract.
.The President sent the following
nominations to the "Senate to-day:
Register of Laud oilice, , Chas. A.
lioterts, of California, Humboldt,
California; W. R, Welles, f Oregon,
Roseburg, Oregon; Chas. Hudson,
of New York, to bo agent -for Mari
copa agency. ' ' "-' 0 " - -
Nw Yoiac, Feb. lo. The Advisory
Council of Plymouth Church opened
at 2:15 o'clock, with delegates from
about 140 churches, -occupying the
body of the. church. The gallery
was rilled ehiellv by ladies.
Boston, Feb.14. Gilford White,
a lawyer of this city, has been arrest- w
od and placed under 10,000 bonds,
the dttectivesihav-ing! traced., to his
possession $'50,000 of bonds stolen
from -a gentleman' "".hi, Ne'v 'York
about a year since.
Dkxvei:, Feb. 15. The constitu
tional convention, after two days of
earnest discussion, adopted a' chapter
on tho elective franchise, which re
qnires ihejirst State JLiegislatnre :to
provide by enactment, for tlie s'ub
missioivof the w-om'amssufTrage'ques.;'
tion to aoto of the people.
! Washington, Feb 15. T. J. D.
Fuller-died yesterday in Yirignta.
He was four times elected to Congress?
andinlS57 v. us appointed second
auditor of the treasury by President
Buchanan. " : ' "'''
: Washington, Feb. 14. The Secre
tary of War has submitted a request
for an appropriationof 500,000 to'
nwet the deficiency in the appropri
ation for the pay of troops from Jnne -;
15th to o0, 1S75. He expresses the
hade that this will be done before
the regular deficiency bill shall bo .
passed. About twenty two hundred
original measures have been intro- -duced
in the House .'during the
present session. v '
' Pacific Coast.
Sak Fhancisco, Feb. 12. Mr.
Lick says that if a single Cinamah is
employed in the construction of the
Mt. Hamilton road the supervisors
of Santa Clara county shall not 're),
ceive a cent of his money.
The Sacramento river is still rising.
Winnemucca. Feb. 12." Winn
Lmncca Tins jnst completed odo of hy
tinost public halls , m the State of
Nevada.. .. -
Great, excitement prevails in the
Jersey mining district, in the south
ern part of Hnmboldt county. It
bids fair for au excellent camp.
The political chieftains throughout
the State are brushing np their bat
tered helmets for the "coming fray.
Each party has on - an average six
aspirants for every office. Either
there is too innch ambition or too
few offices in Oregon, which is it ?
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