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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.
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