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O o O O o O O o o ' o o o o O C O 0 o O o c o o o 0 O o o O n it" iiii Krrp Your 3Io2!cy in Oregon. Anions other things that Oregon , needs besides immigration, is the keeping of money made within' its boundaries at home, here, where it belongs. In early days, this Slate was kept poor by the fact that people I i i n. ... came here only to make money, then to retnru to the States, taking with them every dollar of their wealth; fimlit is only lately that some of our oldest residents have r.t last conclud ed to make Oregon their future homo, nnd those who came among us have any idea of becoming permanent set tlers. Others who amassed large for tunes in legitimate vocations have gambled them away in the stock markets of San Francisco, or squan dered them in riotous living in some of ihe cities? of the East, - All these things ot course, tad" a tendency to keep this, a young State, in compar ative poverty, but now that we are well under way, and with people of means domiciled among us, wo look for something different, wo want to seo tho money made in this Stato in vested in this State, and not sent away to other State.i and foreign countries for business ventures. Surely if the dollars can be made here in the lirst place, does it not stand to reason that this is the proper place to keep them? There is noth ing which so impoverishes a new State as the constant drawing off of its life-blood for the benefit of others. Oregon is like a great warehouse feeding the capitalists, but never re ceiving anything in return. The money which is sent to the San Francisco banks by many of onr business men, if used here as used there, in manufacturing and other enterprises, would not only emieh them and- the State, but make them blessings iustead of curses to the community. It is self-evident that wherever capital is unlocked and us ed, laborers, mechanics, farmers and business men crowd in, and by their very presence increase the capitalist's pelf and tho monetary standing of the entire "commonwealth. O If the San Francisco and foreign banks can uso Oregon's money to such an advantage as to be able to pay a round percentage, why can't onr capitalists do as well by invest ing it similarly here, in railroads, Csteamboats, or manufactories? Upon what meat does this our California feed that she should jrodnee the only men with brains enough to make money with money? "We frequently read of how the Chinese are ruining the country by sending all their money to the Celes tial Kingdom, but fail to seo any difference between this practice of the Mongolians and precisely the same thing among the Caucassians. In our eyes the one is as much a c "Chinaman" as the other, c Stephen Girard is credited with saying that after the first ten thou sand dollars are made, money-making becomes an easy pastime. How is it then that tho people who arc able to make money here out of nothing, vrho Livo according to Girard gone throngh the hardest part of the fight, should so abjectly publish their in ability to enter into undertakings, beneficial to themselves and their fellow-men, by shipping off their hard earned dollars to afford an easy "pastimo" to foreign business men? English IVheat Market. For somo time past the MarJi Lane Express habeen predicting a rise in wheat, but as yet that much desired event has not occurred. Tho latest report from that paper is under date of tho 2Sth nit., and is pretty much tho same in its tenor a3 its prede cessors. "Tho grain trade for the week has been dull and uninterest ing. Tho imports have been moder ate, although it is doubtful whether the atocks on hand are as larrn fts havo been imagined. Warehouses are fairly filled, aud notwithstanding ft steady decline- which has been in progress sinco tho end of 1S75. We aro now approaching a period of crit ical importance regarding supplies. The large fleet from Southeastern Europe which has recently been an o inenbus on trade has been almost cleared out, and tho stoppage of hipmeuta from ice-bound ports must greatly reduce tho supplies. Add to this tlus diminution of farmers' stock and we can reasonably conclude that flirt nlof 1i r.T, 1. . ... 4 0 O feature of tho praiu trade now is that our near continental neighbors are not so well supplied, and a relaxation of rates hero would tend to an in quiry from there. Altogether, trade seems healthy, subject only to the contingencies of moro than usually je.M-V'ther and increased supplies winch now seem improbable." With u U3 last issnn tlm T.ofivcfto Courier entered upon its eleventh Volume, and, wo hope, a Ion"- series of usefm yeaia. A part san sheet, lu a county in which there is another paper, to live this long shows that its conductors are made of the proper staff, and as such are an ornament to Oregon journalism. -If Webster bo right, that sarcasm is a "keen reproachful expression," then Mrs. Dnniway called the discov ery she made in i our last allusion to :! by xU proper name. 37 ot't a ir 1 1 TH Troubles. Some time since the-Sultan of Tin" key offered amnesty to all the insur gents who would lay down thtir arms and return peaceably to their homes; but the c-Sciteable Ilcrzegox lnians :,tonte.,ec?rnii3 defied him, and now that su dime individual sends an ultimatum to Servia and Monte negro demanding the recall of their sjiln'ncfs from the Insurgent ranks . , . moijti, lintr penalty of his ... .... forthwith occupying both principan i ties. Judging from the numerous skirmishes which have taken place since the reception of the Porte's ultimatum, the Insurgents give it as little heed as the proffered amnesty. Garibaldians, adventurers, and romantic- young men from all parts of the world are flocking to the sup port of the Ilerzegovinian standard. Twenty -eight thousand Insurgent refugees are in Dalmatia, and say they will stirve rather than return to a home ruled by Mussulmans. Af ter tho end of March Austria tuys they must shift for themselves, as she can no longer subsidize them. In Upper Ilerzegovinia the Insur gents are about to resume active op erations, and hope to t;o complicate Austria as to bring her into the fight on their side. Typhus, small-pox and diphtheria are prevalent among the refugees. The Carlist war in Spain is virtu ally over. Don Carlos has met with nothing but a series of serious re verses for the last three weeks. At one time we hear that Carlist battal lions refuse to lire on Alfonsists and surrender; at another, that the only troops the pretendev has are hemmed in aud starving; that the material of the Carlist official paper has been seized and the niachinerv for coining Carlist money. Later dispatches say Carlist parties are soliciting amnesty by thousands, that the breaking up of the entire Carlist army is immi nent, and that lou Carlos has cross ed the frontier into France, and from there has issued a manifesto which puts an end to all warfare, announc ing that ho generously relinquishes the struggle in order to promote the peace and happiness of the Spanish people. Letter From Ncvr Hv.eden. Nmv SwiaN, Ogn., Feb. 22, TO. I havo seen a number of communi cations to your pa2er from Sandy, all speaking of this country in the high est terms and well they may, for the deepest and richest soil in the eonn tv is to be found right here at the foot of the Cascade mountains, though this neighborhood has all the modern improvements Al- not we would wish, our soil is not oulv r icii and easily cleared for the plow, but we have a good range for stock and the country is just rolling enough to carry off the surplus water; to say nothing of the clear streams which eross our roads at nearly every quar ter section. Furthermore we have good natural roids all the way to Or egon City; and surprising as it may seem, there is just as good land un occupied in this neighborhood, 07Jy fifteen miles from the railroad, as that now under cultivation. To show how rapidly this section is being set tled, ar.d how bright are our pros pects for schools and cburche3.iu the near future, I have to say that there aro already ten families beside my own, and two single claimants within a mile and a quarter of my saw mill. Most of the residents hereabouts have conic within tho last twelve months, two families of Swedes among the number report more of their country people coming. Next summer ray nearest neighbor intends starting a store, and then we think we will be able to get the mail, which now passes by Sandy and in tersects the. main line at Highland, to come this way. This is but a small part of our bright future. A Germain living near by has eighty acres of land, which ho in tends to share with his brut her and brother's family when they arrive in the spring, lie arguing that eighty acres is more than one man can prop erly cultivate. This farmer is nor setting out hops anil clearing ground for barley, o v hich he proposes to make us some good lager beer in the fall, and then we shall bo in a great measure aro all elf-supporting (V). We waiting very anxiously loc Oil A 11 LKS CUTTINtS . this beer. k Yep.mct. Of course there will always be somebody to say that U.ibcock was guilty of every count in tho indictment; be this as it may, we cannot help congratulat ing the people that one who is so intimate in his relations with the President of the countrv. ha3 been cleared by a jury, of all attempt at fraud. Taking this view of the trial, tho conviction of Eabcock would havo been a national disgrace that a thou sand honest Presidents could not havo wiped out escaping from which, makes tho verdict a source of rejoicing. New Daily. The first number of tho Diiih Ohirtplui has been laid on our table It is published by Messrs. Murphy & liagley, of Olympia. It presents a neat typographical appear ance, and is qaite a pretentiousVheet, such a3 the proprietors mav well be proud of. We have received the prospectus of tho Wehoot Magazine to be pub lished at Portland. It will bo a thirty-two page monthlv. and its i first appearance will bo on the 19th ; of April. Ttrmj 2 vcar. Review of I'liroptuui CONGRESSIONAL. SEX ATE. Washington, Feb. 2d. Conover introduced a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of mservice'abJe material, and for other purposes it directed him to sell such au amount of unserviceable material in possession of tho Xavy Department as may bo necessary to conduct experiments to determine the practicability of converting the preseut cast-iron guns now on hand into efficient rifles, and to transmit to Congress at its next session, a re port of the progress, costs and re sults of said experiments. Anthony, from the committee on printing, reported back the resolu tion recently submitted by him in regard to the publication of debates in the Couyrextloital Record without amendment, and asked for its imme diate consideration. He said it had been suggested to lum. that' a week was too lonj; to allow a speech to bo reserved for correction. He had no objection to make the period shorter if Senators desired to have it so. Anthony moved an amendment to the resolution by striking out all the latter part in regard to corrections speeches and the timo within which they shall be returned to the report er, Sec. After discussion, Frelinghuysen moved to recommit tin: resolution to the committee on printing; agreed to. Frelivighnysen. from the commit tee on agriculture, reported favor ably on tho House resolution to print extra copies of tho report of the commissioner of agriculture for the year. 18 3; passed. Allison called up the House bill making an appropriation for the sup port of the military academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S77. The first amendment reported by the committee on ajpropriations was for additional pay of professors for length of service, 0,800. West said tho law fixed the iank and pay of tho professors, and said if their pay should be reduced the pay of every ofiieer of the army must be reduced. Mr. Davis argued that Congress should reduce the expenses of the military academy. It was too much of a burden upon tho peoole of the country, lie would vote for a re duction of the army; for such a re duction as would he sensibly felt by the people. After some further debate, Kelly gave notice of an amendment which he would submit at the proper fim. providing that after June 30, 1870. each of tho professors at Yw'st Point whose term of service exceeds ten years shall have the rank, pay and allowance of colonel. Those whose term of service exceeds live years and less th;m ton, flu; rank, pav and allowance of lieutenant colonel, a-id the others the rank, pay and allow ance of Majoy. Pond i i went in tho discussion, the Senate o executive session, and soon after adjourned until Mondav. Feb. 28. Jones presented the credential.. of his be IT. colleague, Wm. S. Senator from Sharon , Nevada to (or six vcars from March -1. 17. Tl icv were read at lencrth.and Sharon was escorted to the h:s colleague and the oath of oMeo administered hy Ferry, President pro tern. Wright, from the committee o:i civil service and retrenchment, re ported favorably on the Senate bill fixing the salary of the President of the United States: idaced on calen dar. Eaton said the people of the coun try demanded retrenchment, in every branch of tho service. He hoped the majority of the Senate would go with the majority of the other branch of the federal legislature and so far as possible, cut down the expenses. After father debate the amendments reported . by the committee above mentioned, were agreed to, yeas 33, navs 11. The next amendment reported by the committee was to strike out of the House bill the following: For sixteen musicians for companies S2. IOC. provided that scefirm 0 and 10 of the act approved March 3. 1875 and prior years, and for other pur poses, bo and the. same are hereby repealed, and insert in lien thereof the following: pav of military acad emy band 11.PS0. A long and somewhat smusing debate ensued in reference to the west Point and Marine hands. Pending the discus sion tho Senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. Feb. 10.- The chairman from the committee on finance reported ad versely on the Senate bill to amend section f. 13S of the Revised Statutes of the United State, permitting national banks to organize with a capial of only S5,000 in towns, irre spective of population. Davard. from the committee on finance, reported favorably on the Senate bill extending the time for the redemption of lands held by the United States under the several acts levying direct taxes; pasped. Morton rose to a personal explana tion, and read tho published testi mony of J. Ti. Lyon before the House committee on foreign affairs yester day with regard to the Emma mine. He said the "report of the testimony would lead to the imprrs-ion that he had accep.ted a fee of S20.000 in the case referred to. and had participat ed in aw effort to havo Judge Me TCean removed, in which was not a syllable of truth. Morrill of Vermont, submitted a resolution instructing tho committee on public buildings and grounds to inquire into tho expedioncj' of allow ing artists having samples of there work on exhibition in tho national statuary hall at Philadelphia, to ex hibit tho same at the Centennial exhi bition at Philadelphia, after making proper ai raupemcnts for its safe leturn; agreed to. house. Feb. 2L- Hale, of Maine, offered a resolution reciting that charges have been made and spread at length on tho record serionslv reflecting on Geo. F. Seward, late Consul General to Shanghai and now Minister to China, and directing the Secretary of Stato to furnish the committee any information or facts bearing on the truth of such charges; adopted. Bobbins offered a resolution call ing for information as to army offi cers holding consular or diplomatic nppointmeuts; adopted. Morrison offered a resolution au thorizing the sub-committee of sev eral committees that aro charged with investigation to cor.duet them COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, with power to send for persons and papers; adopted. Fort, from the committee on Ter ritories, reported a bill to prevent the useless slaughter of buffalo in the Territories; passed. The bill maks it unlawful for any one, not an Indian, to kill, wound or in any manner destroy any female buffalo or any greater number of buffaloes than are needed for food or market. The House then went into commit tee of the whole on the state of the Union, Ulackburn in tho chair, on the bill amending the laws granting pensions to soldiers and sailors in the war oflS12, and their widows. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to place on the pension rolls the names of the surviving offi cers and enlisted and drafted men. including militia and volunteers, of tho military and naval service of tho United States, who served for ten days in that war and were honorably discharged, and thesurviving widows of such officers and men, providing widows were married prior to 1850. Pensions are to be at the rate of J?8 per mouth, and the act is not to ap ply to any person now receiving pensions at Hint rate or over, or to any person receiving less than 8 per month, except for the difference up to 8 per month. It directs the restoration to the pension rolls of all names stricken therefrom on account of sympathy with the rebellion, and in case of their death their widows are to be entitled to the pension and to arrearages. The subsequent mar riage of the widow is not to prevent her from receiving arrearages, and in case there is no widow, arrearages are to go to the pensioner's minor children. Hopkins moved to amend by giv ing pensions to those who served 5 instead of 10 days as provided by bill; adopted. Cabell moved to strike out the pro viso which provides that the widows of soldiers must have been married previous to 1850; adopted. Collin Baker moved to strike out all that portion which provides for returning to the pension rolls the names of thoso soldiers stricken therefrom on account of sympathy with the rebellion. In the course of tho discussion Hunton stated that the number of tho persons who would be restored to the pension rolls under the bill, would be only 450, and their animal amount of pensions only 83,05. The amount of arrearages are not ex actly known. YTithout disposing of it the committee rose and the House adjourned. Feb. 25. Swain, from the com mittee on foreign affairs, reported back the correspondence furnished the committee by the State Depart ment with reference to Gen. Schenck's connection with the Fmma mine. He stated tho action of the executive department of the government ap pears to have been limited to a recomirendation in a telegraphic dis patch to Gen. Schenck. dated the 28th of November, 1871. that he should retire from tho directory of the Fmma Mine Company, which recommendation Gen. Schenck ap pears to have acted upon after a week, although the fact did not ap pear to have been communicated to the press until tho 12th of January following. The correspondence wan referred, back to the committee for further consideration. Ti com then called on the uitice for r: Th House went into commith cf th h on the private cal endar, bills. House and after passing a number of the committee ro-:e and the adjourned. Ke is in the Speaker's chair to- aay. Holman presented a memorial by 1 ,010 Soldiers of Indiana in the late war asking for tho equalization of bounties. Swann. from th1 committee on for eign affairs, reported a resolution instructing the committee to inquire further into tho connection of the U. S. minister at tho court of St. James with the Emma mine, so called, with power to send for per sons and papers, and leave to sit during the session of the House. Speaker Cox, in the chair, called on States for bills in addition to bills relating to public business. The following were introduced: liv Mead, to define the power:; and duties of officers of infernal revenue, and further to provide for tho col lection of taxes em distilled spirits. By Willis, to simplify the existing laws imposing duties on imports and reduce tho rates thereon: also to re store, the duty on tea and enlarge thrt free list. coffee, and By Waddejl, to restore the frank ing privilege. By Nance, to provide stationary chaplains in the army. By Young, to authorize payment for all cotton seized after 1805. By William, to repeal the act for the resumption of specie payments. He tried to have immediate action on it, but not being able under the rules, he withdrew it. Bv Oliver to repeal act in reference to the amount of silver coin which shall be a legal tender and to enact a substitute therefor. Bv Biddle, directing compensation for the uso of property during the late war. By Burchard, of Wisconsin, (by request) to encourage nnd iro:note telegraphic communication between this country and India. By Goodin, for tho protection of agrbmPure from injurious insects. : By Kidder, of" Dakota, declaring the Black Hills open to exploration and settlement. By Liuttrel, the resolution of the California legislature asking legis lation to cheapen telegraphic com munication. Motion for the adjournment of the House at once after tho call of the States for bills was made by Morri son to prevent a voto on the motion which Holman intended to olf.r, favoring tho repeal of the specie resumption law of last yoar. Just before the close of the roll call, the motion to adjourn was apparently lost: but the result was changed by Foster, Hale of New York, and Blaine, announcing iheir votes in the affirm ative, which made a total vote of aves 118; noes 114. Speaker Kerr laid before the House a message from the President urging the necessity for an immediate ap propriation to supply the deficiency at the lied Cloud Indian Agency. Kelly, by unanimous consent, in t rod need a bill empowering the Sec retary of the interior to pay the Smithsonian Institute an librarian of Congress to report such measures as will most effectively restore the writings in the orignal manuscript of the Declaration of Indeendencc, with the signatures appended thereto, now in the pate it office. Saylor, frm the committee on pub- j lie lands, reported a bill to amend j the act to encourage the growth of I timber on the Yestern prairies; also a bill explanatory of the timber cul- ! ture act; recommitted. The House went into committee of I the whole Ulackburn in the chair, on the bill amending the law granting pension to soldiers of the war of 1S12, the question being on the motion to strike out the section restoring to the pension list the names of persons stricken therefrom on account of sympathy with the rebellion. Neal, Jenks, Cook, Kosson, Ilurl burt, Caswell, Hooker, Vance, Town send, Williams, Henderson, Hill, Atkins, llegan, Hoar, and Cox, dis cussed the bill in all its bearings. - The committee arose, and the House, on motion of Holman, order ed the bill to be recomitled. Luttrell offered a resolution de claring it be the opinion of the Houso that the Secretary of tho Treasury should at once commence the issue of the silver coin accumu lated in the Treasury as a substitute for the fractional currency; referred. TIUAZU It A PI! I C N MS '!. naslern. New O it leans, Feb 25. Gov. Kel logg has issued a proclamation con vening the Senate in extra session to commence immediately on the ex piration of the present regular ses sion on Thursday March 2d and con tinues during the space of ten days, during which time it is thought he will be publicly impeached. Council Blvits, Feb. 2d. Susan 15. Anthony says that Mrs. Tilton first Confessed hero adult-jry with I5eecher to Mrs. Stanton and subsequently to her. She regards tho Plymouth Advisory council as a whitewashing move. New Yoke, Feb. 20. Pierre M. Irving, known to tlie public chiefly as biographer, and in some sense the literary executor of his uncle, AYashfugton Irving, died in the 7-lth year of his age. On the 18th of December last a petition in bankruptcy was filed against Duncan, Sherman & Co, by 20G creditors; on tho 21th of the same month an injunction and stay of pj-occedings were ootanieii (y d 1 Mexico and other creditors. To-day Judge IMauehard decided to dissolve dl the injunctions and dismiss a i ! proceedings except those in ;aui ruptey. A meeting of tho committee who are endeavering to secure the media tion of the U. S. government in pro curing tho release-of Capt. Condon, an American citizen now con Lined in an English prison for complicity in the late Fenian movement, was held this afterr oou. memori Ll to i resi dent (5 rant on the subject was ivad, ana l:;e sccurii;i: CoiiglVS reoon or r the adlu progress made in ion of Senators and sman to . It M: the movement was ; decided to hold a Cooper Institute on iillWi I ted mass meeting in tho 17th of March, and enlist public sympathy in behalf of . condeiau- ed. and a committee w, as a " )i : i i 'w to make arrangement.-. -V re.-: r, : n ;t was adopted asking the co-op. -ration of all Irishmen in the i.i.iVLnn.iit. The women iicre.i'vm is are going among employers lo have them pay their wo-kme i on Mondays instead of Saturdays in order to lessen Satur day night ;:nd Sunday ilrunkeiiess. Manager An ire, of Gilmore's cele brated orchestra, starts for California to complete arrangements for a series or grand concerts beginning in San Francisco about the middle of April. Emma Thursby, soprano, Sohs't, baritone, Levi and Ai buckle, cornetis.ts, will assist. Tho argument began to-day in Brooklyn Supreme Court on the dcmuircr in the case of Frank Moul ton against II. W. Beechor. The question to be decided is whether, after an attorney entering a nolle pro ''( i case against Moulton, the later has the right to bring a case against Beechcr for malicious pros ecution. C itMi. Butler and Boger A. Pry or appeared for Monlton. Mr. Shearman is assisted by Abbott for Bceeher. Sr. Irn-is Feb. 27. A feud has existed for some time between J. N. Hawkins, of the Carrol ton (Mo.) Joni-itul, and A. S. Kerolf of the Dditornif, which culminated Friday last in Kerolf, shor.tingHawkins four times; once in the face twice in the breast and in the bowels, inflicting wounds from which he cannot re cover. - YicKsnvna, Feb. 27. The steamer Mary Belle, owned by J. Frank Hicks and Alf Grissall, burned to the water's edge this afternoon. The origin of the fire is unVnown. No lives lost and none injured. Tho Mary Belle was the largest steamer on the Mississippi, and was value at about 00.000. Washington,-Feb. 50, The lie-' publican Senators bad a caucus to day on the bill to restore to the pen sion roll the names of all persons dropped for participating in the re bellion. The caucus decided that, as tlie bill allows payment of arrear ages of pension during the past fourteen or fifteen years, which are estimated to amount to several mil lion dollars, tho bill ought not to be passed in tho present condition of the treasury. This action will se cure its defeat in tho Senate. Senator Sharon did not make his appearance at the capitol yesterday but will take his seat on Monday. He has engaged for the so ison a large suite of rooms, formerly occupied by Senator Hager. Special Agent Gov. Morris is here making reports to the Treasury De partmont concerning his inspection of custom houses, ttc, on the Pacific coast. His examination seems to have developed nothing of an extra ordinary character. Jones says that without excep tion all the newspaper articles pur porting to describe what his bill or speech on fio silver question will contain is unauthorized, incorrect or imperfect. He withholds n de scription of tho plan uutil explana tion is ready to accompany it. Washington, Feb. 'S7. Spine members of the Democratic caucus i committee on financial platform nn i disposed to abandon the effort to ; reconcile coiiictiug views, while oth ers think an accommodation may 3et be reached notwithstanding the tie voto yesterday ou tho proposition to change the time fixed by law for moral resumption of specie pay lame'y: 1st Jan, 1S7D, but menis. name roo Hiring- the national banks to annually set aside and retain an amount of gold equal to three per cent, of their euthorized circulation; also requiring the Secretary ef the Treasury annually to set to set aside and retain an amount of gold equal to three per cone of the outstanding legal tender notes, as steps in advance of general resump tion. The committee on banking and currency have before them an orig inal bill which requires a reverse of live per cent. The colored people of this district are preparing to send delegates to a convention of colored people of the United States, in Nashville, on the Sth of April, for political purposes. Cincinnati, Feb. 2S. A Time;' Evansville special says the tornado at Princeton, Ind., last night blew down ten houses and burned one. As far as herd from, one lady and a boy were seriousiy injured. Washington, Feb. 27. The su preme court has decided that the eastern terminus of the U. P. lb 11. is on the Iowa shore at Council Bluffs, and that the Omaha bridge is a part of tho road and must bo operated in connection with the whole line. The bill reported favorably from the- Senate committee on civil service aud retrenchment,, to-day in regard to the President's salary, provides that from and after March 4, 1877, It shall be fixed at 25,000 per annum. New O it lean.s, Feb. 28. Kellogg has been acquitted by a vote of 25 to 0. Wash tng ton, Feb. 2S. Jas. E. Lyon of Haeine, Wis., is giving tes timony before tho committee on foreign aiiairs concerning the Emma mine. Col. J. W. Grassy, private secre tary of Senator Jones of Nevada, died in this city to-day of pneumonia after a brief illness, Memphis, Feb. 20. The city is en tirely given up to the King of Mis rule. Business is entirely suspend ed, and all the principal streets pre sent a dense mass of surging hu manity; prominent amid, all are great crowds of grctesque maskers, representing every conceivable char acter. BoiiTON, Feb. 23. A party of 15 young men left this city last night for Arizona, being the advance guard of a colony forming here to settle Chi qnito valley. Evans villi-:, Ind.. Feb. 20. Pri vate advices to the Journal indicates that the storm, which was sodestrnc tive at Princeton, visited Henderson and Christian counties, Kentucky, doing an immense amount of dam age. Ne w YoitK, Feb. 2S. ilio steam ship Farraday arrived at tlie fracture of the direct cable yesterday, picked up and buoyed both ends close to gether, and is now awaiting favorable vveathoi to splice. Cincinnati, Feb. 28. Miss Bessie Turner delivered her lecture to a fair audience at the Grand Opera Hoase. Subject, "The lleason Why." clgli. h Pk.bert Watson !eted negotiations boat crew to go to DON, has -' foil Feb. '. com oare; Bod for' th je i tlie coming regatta s.- isoa. The crew will be composed of 31 obert Bagnell, bow. Nicholson, 3 Libert Climbers, -and Boyd himsvlf as stroke oar. Boyd has challenged any crew in l'ie;ia;id to row o er t he e"-iam oion course on t he Thames or Tync. If this challenge is not acccpbn'l he will assume the title of champion. The fo ir will then proceed to America as the representative English crew. The Magdeburg !nzvlti says the census of Alsa-ie and Lorraine shows a decrease of 20,000 in population since 1871. The falling off is largest in Lorraine. SciioNEi-.ix K, Feb. 20. The inunda tions in Germany have caused fear ful damage. Tlie water entered 000 or 700 houses in this town, most of which were tlooled to the roofs. The inhabitants had barely time to escape through tlie attics. Over 00 houses were wrecked. Thf. waters are now subsiding. The newspapers aro, ap pealing for contributions for the 'suf ferers. London, Feb. 27. A Vienna dis patch reports that floods have des troyed seventy houses in Pesth. Home, Feb.' 27. The King's sig nature lias been forged to a hill for two hundred thousand francs. Sev eral arrests have been made, but the guilty one is confessedly tho Marquis Mantizazza, of Emolan, who added that other forged bills for a greater amount are in circulation. Trieste, Feb. 20. Moro Garibal dians have been arrested at Castello "Via, while endeavoring to the Herzegovinians. join Mapiup, Feb. 23. An official announcement has been made of the end of tlie carlist war. Paris, Eeb. 20. Don Carlos, accompanied by Com t res, left Miner ton yesterday evening for Paris. It is reported be intends going to England. London, Feb. 20 A special says the accounts of tho devastation from the inundation in Hungary are heartrending. A hundred manu factories and sixty other buildings at New Pesth havo been undermined and have fallen. It is feared that when the water recede;; a vast num ber houses in Bnda and other places alony the river will fall. Twelve thousand of the eighteen thousand inhabitants of Althover are home less. Hongkong, Fell. 2S. It is report that the Japanese mission to Corea has-been successful, Corea bavins acceded to the demands for better protection oj Japanese subjects. A company of native Chinese merchants has hopn formed in Hongkong for the purpose of carryitg on a direct trade between China, England nnd the United States. Constantinople, Feb. 23. It is stated that tho Prince of Montenegro has recalled tho Montenegrin officers at the head of the insurrection. Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Feb. 20. From and after the 19th April, tho Pacific Mail Company will run two steamers a month to Victoria. t The boiler of tho steamer Ancon, of Goodall, Nelson & Perkins' line, has been taken out and a new one will at once be put in. When ready for sea, the steamer will be put on tho northern route, calling at Vic toria and Puget Sound ports. The California Pioneer Society has positioned the legislature to pass . bill appropriating 50,000 for the centennial exhibition. This organi zation also proposes to erect a hand tome building on tlie exhibition grounds 126 feet in length by nearly 50 in breadth, to be used as head quarters by Californians. San Fkancisco, Fob. 20. A two mile and repeat, and a three-mile and repeat race, are talked of to come oil' at Bay District grounds March 1th and 11th. Hockhocking, Golden Gate and others will enter. The officers last night captured one of the numerous faro banks on Kearney stueet, with tho dealer, John Massey, ono visitor, and about 1.200. David Meeker, one of the twenty three corporate members of the Odd Fellows' Savings Bank of this cit-, has come out in a pamphlet address, now ready for distribution, to eight thousand depositors in the bank, in which he makes serious charge of mismanagement of the affairs of the institution under the presidency of Abram Block. Winnemucca, Feb. 27. A sicken ing accident occurred here last night. The eastward bound freight train, due at 10 P. M., ran over nd crushed to death Henry Schmidt, a German, from St. Paul, Minnesota, who was endeavoring to beat his way on the trucks of n freight car. Cinco, Feb. 27. 20,000 worth of property was destroyed by fire hero last night. San Qcentin, Feb. 27. The work shops at the State prison burned about 2:55 this afternoon. The esti mated loss is about 750,000. No insurance. Great excitement pre vailed among the prisoners. All are safe. The building was supposed to be set on fire by prisoners in the attic in the paint department. Tho prison is heavily guarded to-night. San Fi:ancis! 0, Feb. 28. A de tachment ot the police and of the National Guards was dispatched from this city to san Qaentin this evening to assist in guarding the prisoners, w ho numberd iu the neighborhood of one thousa:id. Telegrams state the convicts thus far show a disposition to behave quietly. San Fii.-vnci.soo, Feb. 2S. Some fears have been expressed by many parties during the morning of a raid ou the Odd Fellows Savings Bank, const:euent upon the publication of Meeker's pamphlet ; but the officers state that the extraordinary calls on the resources of the bank was not sufficient to cause the slightest un oas.1310.ss. Applications Lave been made for deposits during the day. They have mostly been for snall amounts, and where apparently made in the ordinary course of business, were promptly honored. The f.-.mons Bine Gravel mine. Sucker Flat, Yuba county, valued in the neighborhood o: ioO.COO is to be sold at Sue rill's sale on March IGih. It ij rumored on app irently goo 1 authority that new stock of Consoli dated Virginia will soon be issued. merea-ing tin 11 !! uber of shares 5 to 1 . It is repor i ti:at the are only waiting to peifcct their ia rangemeiits far hoisting aud milling, so as to declare a dividend of three dollars on the new stock before issuing. Vall.vjo, Cal., 28. The Spalding court-martial met this forenoon, all the members being present, xeept Com iu ler Fit.hngh. who is "in the Harmony court which has not yet adjourned. San Euan-;sro, IVb. 20. The delinquent list, of the second assc-ss-me!t of .500,000 ou the stock of the Bank of California, as published to day, :;:i 1 shows only nine delin quents in tlie present list. The total amount. unpaid is 20,000. The HKHt t.f the.) are cases ta.tt cannot be reached in the ordinary wav. (J vXYoNvir.r.i:, Feb. 20.-- William Spieer, proprietor of t:. Overland Hot id of this place, died at 5 A. M. to-day .of paralysis, lie. had. iii.s life insured in the North Pacific Life Association of Portland for 1,000. He leaves a wife and four children. Pout Town:eni. Feb. 20. The convention to elect delegates to th National lle2ublican Convention held its session yesterday. Hon. O. Jacops and Dr T. T. Minor were chosen delegates, and Col. George and Elwood Evans, alternates. Tiie( sentiment cf the members of the convention seemed to be strongly0 in favor of Jas. G. Blaine for President, though no instruction were given. v i.iv t il I dl ah lialll Otitt. The following is an extract from the inaugural message of the present Governor of Minnesota, to the Legis lature, January, 1S70: The importance of the subject in duces me to direct attention to the G condition and prospects of the North ern Pacific Hail road. No State, with the possible exception of Oregon, has no much at stake as Minnesota', in the early completiou of that great work; and it affords me pleasure to be abte to congratulate our people upon tho improved prospect ofho company charged with its prosecu tion. Instead of resorting to a tedi ous and expensive adjustment of their interests through a receiver, or wast ing their substance in litigation, tho various parlies coucemed quietly came toge ther in a spirit of concilia tion, and effected a speedy and eco nomical settlement, the 'result of which is that tho reorganised com pany is in possession of 550 miles of completed road, and the large lauded domain appertaining thereto, wholly free from debt. The road it its struc ture anel appointments is unsurpassed by any in the country. It traverses a region from Duluth to Bismarck une qualal on tho continent iu wheat growing capacity, which is bordered on the north by the rapidly settling Canadian province of Manitoba. An extension of COO miles westward will carry the road into the heart of tho rich mining Territory of Montana, and thus furnish an :idditionrd mar ket for the agricultural products of the State, and greatly aid the general government in the difficult transpor tation of Indian and army supplies to that inaccessible region. On all accounts the construction of at least tho additional section of 500 miles should be pushed with the least practicable delay. The poitions of the road already completed aro pay ing their expenses and give an earn est of what tho greater work will do for tho country. Jacksonville is- being revivalizetl. G o o 3 O o G