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OBEGO.Y CITl', OREGON, MARCH II, 1S7G.
Judge Not Hastily.
The country is full of rumors
about the Attorney General's mis
management of the recent Govern
ment prosecutions, and if half that
is alleged can be established he must
Lave been prostituting his office to
protect thieves and swindlers. It is
stated that before and during the
Babcock trial ho concerned himself
-with great zeal on the side of the
. defense ; that he caused the prosecu
ting officers at St. Louis to disclose
all their evidence to him in advance,
and then laid it before General Bab
cock ; that the chief bureau of
defense was in the Department of
Justice at "Washington ; that a great
deal of testimony was suppressed
"with Mr. Pierrepont's connivance ;
that witnesses were intimidated by a
threatening letter addressed to the
western district attorney, and imme
diately communicated in some mys
terious way to General Babcock's
counsel ; that tho prosecution was
continually thwarted by the principal
land officers of the Government ; in
short, that ever since the indictment
of General Babcock the Treasury
Department and the Department of
Justice have been fightiugeach other,
the Treasury prosecuting the rings,
and the Attorney General practically
defending them. In like manner it
is rumored that Mr. Pierrepont pur-
o poses, by direction of tne l'resictent,
to put a stop to further disclosures
like that of Mr. Marsh by prosecu
ting the men that make them. Nobody
supposes that there is any desire to
acquit General Belknap. General
Grant and all his friends are too
angrytit the Secretary who has been
found out, to show him any leniency ;
but if there are any move scandals
in theobackground it is the deter
mination of the White House clique
that they shall not be allowed to
come out.
Such, wo say, are the reports in
circulation. We regard them with
great suspicion. We believe that if
not false they are greatly exaggerated,
as the testimony thus far given by
Mr. Pierrepont before the House
Committee shows. Mr. Pierrepont is
a gentleman of whom we prefer to
think well. When he entered tho
Cabinet it was supposed that General
Grant's incongruous political family
gained something in respectability.
But the country cannot afford to
rest in an uncertainty as to tho stories
now in circulation. Mr. Pierrepont,
if they are untrue, cannot afford, to
leave them unrefuted ; the Jlepubli
can party caDnot afford to shirk a
rigid investigation of them, and Mr.
O Pierrepont will not dare to take
advantage of any legal quibbles
that might save him from answering
a pointed question. Such rumors
disgrace the nation almost as much
as the crime of General Belknap.
The House of Representatives in its
present investigation must bring out
every atom of truth. There must be
a searching inquiry into the Depart
ment of Justice in the Babcock case,
the consequence of the Dyer letter,
the manner of its publication, and
the reported proceedings to indict
juarsH and intimidate tne various
post traders whom the committee has
still to examine. If Mr. Pierrepont
is innocent of the misconduct impu
ted to him, let him be vindicated, not
merely for his own sake but for the
honor of America. If he has been
unfaithful to his duty for the sake of
pleasing the President, (we cannot
suspect him of. ignoranco) let the
House enforce his speedy and dis
graceful expulsion. But wo cannot
ohelp feeling that he is a slandered
man.
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A Great Improvement.
The President has suddenly begun
to unload with great vigor, not to say
violence. It is a question whether
it is not too late, but his sinking
administration can yet be saved from
ntter shipwreck, this is the way to
dojt. It was high time, certainly.
Schenck should have been dismissed
a year ago, or rather should never
have been appointed. But, perhaps,
it is as well that he ha3 held on thus
long, for nothing but the very des
peration of the present condition of
affairs Gcould have secured so good
n appointment as that of Mr. Dana.
Jle is just a3 far as it is possible to
get from Schenck, or. from any of
Grant's set. He is a statesman, a
diplomatist and a gentleman ; his
presence at tho English court would
recall the times when the country
felt that its honor was secure in the
hands of its representatives abroad
Our only fear now is that a gentleman
so far removed from, the petty work
ings of zealous politicians may fail
to receive the confirmation of the
(Senate.
Post Trader Fraud e.
Tho entire country will approach
the seething lake of corruption which
had its fountains at the War Depart
ment with Sorrow and indignation
When the magnitude of the frauds
has been gauged there will be such
an uprising against the heads of
eysbem which has flooded the country
with disgrace that purity will be
placed above iarty, and the guilty
punished with 1full measure of the
Jaw and that public scorn which
is more terrible in its withering
(Offsets.
Every day the telegraph
brings
us new exposures fresh .
humiliations
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What We Know About It.
Chas. L. Bangs of Hillsboro, 111.,
writes to enquire "what farming
lands are worth ia this vicinity, what
are tho prevailing diseases of tho
Willamette Valley, and is there much
thoroughbred stock in this vicinity?"
First, the price of farming lands
depends much upon the improve
ments ranging all the way from
S2 50 to 40 or $50 per acre. Good
farms cau be had partially improv
ed at from $10 to 15 per acre. We
believe lands are cheaper, all advan
tages considered, in Oregon than in
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any other State in the Union.
Oregon is generally considered
very healthy, yet during the past
winter typhoid fever and diphtheria
have been quite prevalent through
out the Willamette Valley. This is
attributed to the unprecedentedly
wet winter. Our summers are re
markably pleasant and healthful.
Little attention has been given as
yet to the rearing of fine stock in !
this vicinity, yet the matter is being
agitated, and several of our farmers
are purchasing and importing im
proved breeds. We think a man
can do better at this business here
than in any other part of the State,
for the reason that he would have
less competition and his profits, as a
matter of course, would be larger.
Wo do not think a man 'who wished.
to operate on a very extensive scale
could do as well here as in socio few
other places, but for the man with
moderate means, Clackamas county
offers inducements ' unsurpassed by
any other country, on this coast or
elsowheie.
A person who is willing to work
can make money at any calling here,
but this is no place for young men
who are hunting "easy jobs. We
have a circular, prepared by the
State and eounty committees on im
migration, treating of Oregon gener
ally, and of Clackamas ounty pai tic
ularly, which we are happy to send to
persons who will send us a two-cent
stamp for postage. We believe Ore
gon to be thetountry for persons who
propose to "go west," and believe its
present and future will satisfy a rea
sonable man beyond his brightest
anticipations.
A Card from the Committee on
Fire Water.
Oregon Cur, March 2S, 1876.
Mit. Editor: The Standard, of
Portland, in its issue of the 21th of
March, charges by implication that
the Fire and Water Committee of
Oregon City either were benelitted
or allowed some other person to cor
ruptly peculate in the purchase of
400 feet of hose. Of course wo pre
sume his informant was Jos. Buchtel;
as there are false statements therein,
and will givo you the facts. He says
Mr. B. offered the White Anchor
hose at $1 23 per-foot. M. B. never
at any time made such an offer, nor
did anyone else, to either the commit
tee or the Council. He further says
that Mr. B. offered to Oregon City
the "Patent Electric," an invention
of his own, if they would buy the
hose he represented as a token of re
gard for the people of tin place,
where he formerly resided. Mr. B. J
never made any such proposition
prior to tne purcnase ot tue nose.
Ho may have said so to Mr. McCown
after he had been informed of the
rejection of his bid.
Mr. Buchtel, out of tender regard,
did offer to furnish his telegraphic
attachment to his White Anchor
hose at ten cents per foot, or 40, in
case we purchased oi mm. . Air.
Buchtel's proposition was partly in
writing and partly verbal, and was,
in substance, that he would furnish
White Anchor hose at the same
price wo could btiy genuine ''Carbol
ized hose," and take pay in scrip, and
if the city wanted his telegraphic
aparatus, be would charge ten cents
per foot extra. The committee con
sidering his telegraph practically
both useless and expensive in Oregon
City, and having already on hand
600 feet of colbolized hoso, and know
ing it to be good, did not think it
wise to buy an experiment, as we
had.been offered common white rub
ber bose at 75 cents per foot in San
Francisco. We do not know whether
"White Anchor hose" is better or
worse than common white rubber
hose. Wo purchased tho Carbolized
at SI 28, delivered here. The San
Francisco price is !gl 25; in other
words, it cost 12 to ship and insure
the hose. His remarks about the
purchase of couplings in Portland,
if hose was purchased elsewhere, does
not need very much space to explain.
F. M. Albright,
F. O. McCown,
C. N. Greenman.
Mr. Buchtel's written proposition
is embodied in the above statement,
in substance. M. C. Athet,
City Recorder.
The Chicago .Times has a Washing
ton dispatch purporting to explain
the conduct of Hallet Kilboum in
refusing to give to the Congressional
committee the names of his associates
in the real estate ring in the District
of Columbia, or to allow an inspec
tion of. his books. This dispatch
says the ring was composed of. Sen
ator Sargent and two or three other
Senators whose names are not given
Aldrich and some three or for other
politicians of the Democratic side
Kilbourn and Boss Shepherd: and
that Kilbourn's books would show
that fact and the profits made by
each. Kilbourn was the broker of
the ring. He is now in prison for
contumacy, but he remains firm in
his rsfusal to peach on his pals He
cannot be imprisoned by the House
beyond the currept session, and mar
nnlrl rn 11,. 1 . . . -
ceedings in the criminal court shall
v. iu iuB euu unless the
force him to the reom'r ,iic-,w
r . i wuuico.
Oregonian.
Family Quarrel.
Taking as we do neutral ground
in the political arena, it is amusing
to note the disclosures made when
members of the same ring fall out
with each other. Much has been
said at different times by Republican
papers about a Watkins ring at the
penitentiary, but no facts being in
our possession, we let those rumors
pass unnoticed, knowing full well
that whatever might be the jobbery
or rascality carried on within the
penitentiary walls, no hostile news
paper possessed the means of learn
ing the facts correctly. Now, in what
we are going to relate, we do not wish
to take shies, but simply to state
the facts as given by the parties to
the controversy, Mr. H. C. Myers,
late Warden, and Superintendent
Watkins, of the penitentiary. It
seems Mr. Myers, after resigning his
position as Warden, stated to parties
in Salem that Watkins was interested
in the boot and shoe manufactory
of W. Jackson & Co., carried on by
the employment of convict labor
the penitentiarv. Watkins denies
this charge, and ia a letter to Mr
Myers demands that he retract hi
statements through one of the daily
papers of that city. He also brings
forward. Walter Jackson, of the said
firm, who states that Watkins has no
connection with the manufactory in
any manner. R. II. Dearborn, clerk
of the penitentiary, makes a state
ment in which he certiQes that W
Jackson & Co. are now charged
on the books with six hundred and
ninety-one days' labor of convicts at
fifty cents per day, for tho quarter
ending February 20. 1876. Watkins
report for the said quarter end
inr Februarv 29. 1876. shows but
cj
four hundred and seventy-four days
charged to W. Jackson & Co
leaving two hundred and seventeen
days' work unaccounted for by Wat
kins. Since these two showings aro
so widely different, we will not try
to explain or reconcile them, but give
below the statement of Mr. Myers as
published in the Oregonian of Wed
nesday :
"Now yon will please examine the
superintendent s report published in
the Mercury, Statesman, Standard,
and Okegonian, for the quarter end
inerFebuarv 29, 1876, and you will
find Walter Jackson & Co. were
charged with 474 days instead of
691. Well, how is this? Simply
said superintendent .nnds that lie is
about to be caught, and he xroes
and has the balance charged up sev
eral davs after settling with Jackson
fc Co. Now this is identical with his
boot and shoe business. After he
fWatkinds finds that he is about
to be exposed in his speculation,
ho get3 some one .to take his interest,
and then goes for a certificate stating
that he has no interest. Books were
opened and a contract let for con
victs to manufacture boots and shoes
with W. H. Watkinds. one of the
comnanv. 1 uese are stuuhorn lacts
notwithstanding the statute reads.
on page 702, section 13: 'The super
intendent, warden, assistant warden,
shall not receive the labor of anv
prisoner tor their individual pront
or use. or be interested directly or
indirectly in any contract upon which
such labor is employed or used.'
Now. if the lobber wants me to
bring proofs, and have such publish
ed for tho people of Oregon to read,
I will do so, and that too. from the
very best men of the country plenty
of proof, and that which is reliable.
Will you have it? Thine in the
right." ,
II. C. Myers.
Bourbon Blunders.
The stage direction in Spain
appears to be exit Don Carlos ; enter
Queen Isabella. That is said to be
tho arrangement of King Alfonso,
who, when the war is over, will meet
the ex-Queen at tho French frontier
and escort her in regal state to Mad
rid. This wo look upon as the char
acteristic madness of Bourbons. Noth
ing else could suggest so suicidal a
step. Adissolutequeen.who wasdriv
en from a throne by the people, is to
be forced into position again as one
of the earliest results of a successful
war. King Alfonso will have troubles
enough to face and overcome without
those of his own making. The Phil
adelphia Times is of the opinion that
if the king introduces hisdisgraceful
mother he will have to shoulder her
crimes and blinders. The young
king has a rough road to travel. All
his enemies have not left Spain with
Don Carlos, and he should strengthen
his position by judicious action, not
weaken it by acts of folly. But he
is a Bourbon, and any crooked path
is possible to him and his adherents
a it was to the Stuarts of England,
and we must say, that from present
appearances it looks very much as if
their fates would be identical. The
selfishness of tho Stuarts alienated
from them all their supporters in
England aud Scotland , brave, devoted
gentlemen, as many of them were.
That, we fear, will ultimately be the
history of theBourbons in Spain.
And there is no better way to make
the whe.elof certain fate revolve with
increased rapidity than to install the
profligate Queen Isabella in the
royal palace in Madrid. The affection
of the son will not cover the outrage
of the king.
The New York Republican State
Convention, which convened at Syra
ouse on the.2lRt and 22d insts., in
structed the delegation (35 in num
ber) to support Roscoe Conkling for
President at the National Convention.
Mr. C. Rutherford of Walla Walla,
has invented a now style horse coller.
-1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT
The Belknap Investigation. ;
J. S. Evans detailed the circum
stances surrounding his obtaining
permission from Marsh to remain . at
Fort Sill. Belknap told Evans he
had promised Marsh a pface and
Marsh had selected Fort Sill. Evans
saw Marsh, who appeared to under
stand all about the matter. He went
to New York with Marsh, where a
written contract was signed. Evans
said he was introduced to the Secre
tary of War by Gen. Rice of Iowa,
and paid him a thousand dollars for
the introduction. He thought this
was enough, though Rico wanted
$1,500.
Geo. II. Pendleton testified before
the judicial committee that neither
Belknap nor any member of his
family immediately or remotely re
ceived any money whatever from him
resulting from the Ke'ntucky Central
Railroad.
Caleb P. Marsh being sworn testi-
nea. in Montreal jl looted over
the printed account of my testimony.
With one inconsiderable addition it
is correct. The addition is that I
returned to the Secretary of War
after I had gone to New York with
Mr. Evans, and requested the Secro
tary to make the appointment of
Evans as post trader. I came to
Washington in answer to a note or
request of Mrs. Belknap. I came
here and called on her first. She
told me she had prevailed on him to
give me that appointment. She said
I had better go and see him I did so.
I think I produced letters of recom
mendation from Judge Bohnmann,
of Cincinnati, and one possibly from
Job Stevenson. Evans made his
first quarterly payment to me a month
or so after our contract. The first
remittance I made was to Mrs Bel
knap. I have said to Mrs. Belknap
that she might expect a present when
she spoke of getting me the appoint
ment. I sent only one jmynient to
Mrs. Belknap; 6he died a few months
afterward. I can't say when the sec
ond payment was made, except that
it was about three months after the
first; sent half of it to the Secretary of
War; do not remember the corres
pondence with General Belknap,
except when Evans asked for some
favor at Fort Sill. He supposed
Belknap understood where the
money came from without any con
versation upon the subject, Witness
might have said to him' "Here are
$1,500," or a present of money; he
was under the impression theat Bel
knap knew the inonev came from
Fort Sill. In answer to the question
how lie came to make the present to
Mrs. Belknap, witness replied that
Gen. Belknap must have known the
arrangement he made with Evans,
for he had asked the Secretarv to
.ippoint Evens to his place, and the
Secretary did so. In answer to the
question why lie should voluntarily
and without solicitation, offer to
Gen. Belknap aaonev constituting a
transaction that would disgrace him ?
lie said I do not know, The first
money I sent was to Mrs. Belknap;
the next was to Gen. Belknan.
Whether this was in consequence of
any arrangement with her, 1 am lin
certain. I had no idea the transac
tions would be made public. I duf
not consider them criminal, though
if known, they would disgrace him.
lie said his reason for paying the
money to BelkiM must have been in
consequence of some arrangement, on
the night after the funeral of Mrs-
Belknap, with Secretary Belknap or
Mrs. Bowers. He was sure he got
some impression when at the funeral
that he might send tho monev to
him.
Gen. Peck testified before the
committee on expenditures in the
War Department that post traders
were assessed for political purposes,
and that during the last presidential
canvass he paid from 6,000 to $?S,-
000.
J. J. Fisher testified that the firm
of Evans & Co., post traders, con
tributed money for political purposes,
iu pursuance of a request in printed
circulars. He didn't understand
contribution as compulsory, but
thought it safer to pay the amount
apart froru political consideration.
Mr. Evans testified that during
he last presidential canvass he, in
compliance with a circular received
at Fort Sill, sent 300 to the KepuD-
ican committee in Washington, and
lad sent $150 dollars to the same
committee within the last six months
Lincoln's presidency, but was not
now mixed up in politics.
C. P. Marsh brought again before
the sub-committee of judiciary, his
attention was called to an article in
the New York Tribune, of Marsh
1872. in relation to post tradership
at Fort Sill, stating that Evans had
aid Marsh 15,000 a year tor the
dace. Marsh testified that he callod
Gen. Belknap's attention to the
article, and asked who could have
written or inspired the article, (jren,
Belknap said lie supposed it to be
the work of Gen. Hozen. Marsh
explained the reason why he went to
Montreal; after giving ins testimony
before the committee on expenditures
in the war department, he appre-
iended when he read the debate in
the House, which appeared on the
morning of the day he left New York,
that he might be indicted for acrim-
nal offense, hence his anxiety to get
out of the way of arrest. j
Mrs. C. P. Marsh testified that
she had known Mrs. Bowers, now
Mrs. Belknap, since 1860. Two or
three weeks ago at Arlington Hotel
witness asked Mrs. Belknap whether
she ever reoeived any money on
account of the claim; witness told
isr she had heard that she received
70,000. Mrs. Belknap replied that
the claim was for only 100.000, and
iow could I receive 370,000?" She
did not know of Mr, Pendleton pay
ing money to Mrs, Belknap on ac
count of Kentucky railway - claims,
or of making her presents. She
never heard the Secretary ofWarsav
anything about the contract between
her husband and Evans.
On cross examination by Mr.
Robbins, witness said the understood
Mrs. Belknap as denying she receiv
ed anything, and meant to convey
that ircmreBsion.
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LIBRARY. F
Marsh was again recalled but noth
ing of importance was elicited,
Clymer seemed to wish to convince
the rest of the committee that he
had not '-spirited" Marsh away w hen
he went to Montreal. Alvin C.
Leighton, James Leighton, and Seth
Arnold, Post traders, were examined,
and statements were elicited that
Gen. Hendricks received large
snms for obtaining one of the au
pointments. and that 8300 a month
was paid Orville Grant and 100 con
tributed for electioneering purposes.
Gordon Daniels testified that trad
erships were procured from time to
time for money, and a trader at Fort
Basconi informed him he had to give
1,000 for his place. He had heard
that John Dent, brother-in-law of
the President, controlled four or five
such appointments.
COXGKESONAir
SENATE.
Washington, March 27. Spencer,
from the Committee on the District
of . Columbia, reported back favor
ably the petition of colored citizens
praying that the 14th of April beset
apart as a holiday for Government
employes, accompanied with a joint
resolution providing that all persons
employed in the various departments
in Washington be granted a holiday
on the 14th of April, 1876, to attend
the unveiling of the Lincoln monu
ment in Lincoln Park, Washington.
Passed.
Ham ill, from the Committee on
Postoffices and Post Roads, reported
a bill fixing the rates of postage on
third class matter.
Jones, of Florid, offered a resol
ution calling upon tho Secretary of
State for information as to how much
money, if anj there is in the hands
of his department paid by the gov
ernment of Venezuella on account
of the awards of the mixed commis
sion between the United States and
Venezuela. Passed.
The question was taken on the first
amendment proposed by the Senate
Committee, as follows ; For salaries
of Envoys Extraordinary and minis
ters Plenipotentiary to Great Britain,
Fiance Germany, and Russia, fixed
by the House at S14.05G, the commit
tee moved to strike out t?14,0ob and
insert 17,570. The Senate agreed
to the amendment.
The Sena.e went into an executive
session and soon after adjourned
Washington, March 28. Edmunds
called up tho bill to relieve S. J.
Sholfon, of Mississippi, of political
disabilities imposed by the lour
teenth Amendment to the Constitu
tion.
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, moved
to amend by adding the name of
Joseph Johnstono, of. Georgia, a
man who deserved pardon just as
much as anybody slse,
Edmunds said probably the Sen
ator from Pennsylvania is not con
versant with the method adopted by
the committee in granting this relief.
The committee insisted upon it that
the person should make application
for pardon, and if the committee
found the applicant Reserving, aud
had behaved himself since the war,
they considered the matter. He
asked Cameron to withdraw his
amendment, and when Johnstone
should make application for pardon,
it might bo taken up. The amend
ment was withdrawn.
Edmunds said the application was
before the Committee on Judiciary,
aud it would stay there until the
committee got ready to take it up and
consider it, and they would riot take
it up out of its order. When they
reached it in order of business, thev
would consider the case. The ques
tion was taken and amendment lost
and the bill passed.
Frelinghuysen called up Senate
bill number thirteen, to amend the
fourteenth section of the act to
establish the judicial courts of the
United States, approved September
24, 1789.
Debito ensued, but the morning
hour expiring the bill weLt over, and
the chair laid before the Senate the
consular and diplomatic bill as the
regular order.
Tho Senate proceeded to consider
the bill, the question recurring on
restoring Italy, which was stricken
out by the House on a yea and nay
vote. It was restored. The amend
ment on restoring several posts which
had been stricken out by the House
was taken up.
Sargent explained that in all these
amendments the committee were only
conforming to the existing laws.0
Sherman and Hamlin urged the
necessity of conforming to the exist
ing law, and spoke against the general
principles of engrafting new laws
upon appropriation bills, pending
which the Senate went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington, March 27.
Bills were introduced by Jones, of
Kentucky, for the distribution of
official patronage of the Government
at Washington equally among the
States of the Union. ; ,
By Hancock, to authorize the com
missioners of internal revenue to
refutd the taxes collected on the
salaries of State officers.
Willis introduced a bill to restore
the national credit by funding the
non-interest bearing debt into four
per cent, bonds, and to repeal so
much of tho resumption . act as re
quires the Secretary of the Treasury
to redeem all outstanding legal ten
ders by January 1. 1879.
Itandall moved to suspend the
rules and adopt a motion to have
evening sessions on Tuesday, Wed
nesday, and Thursday of this week
for the consideration of the legisla
tive and judicial appropriation bill
The motion was agreed to ; yeas, 152;
nays, tl. ,
The House then went into Commit
tee of the Whole, Saylor in the chair,
on the bill providing for the defici
ency in. the engraving and printing
bureau of the Treasury, and for the
issuance of subsidary silver coin.
Townsend, of Pennsylvania, offered
an amendment providing that silver
coins shall be exchangable at par for
United States notes in sums of not
less than S3, ai.d shall be receivable
for postage and revenue stamps and
for all duties to the United States
except customs in sums of not over
S5, and shall be redeemed on pre
sentation in such sums and under
such regulation as shall be prescribed
and that the total issue of silver
ooin shall not exeeed 850,000,000
Speeohes were made by Landers of
Indiana, and Phillips, of KnnL.,
against the bill, and Eames. of Rhode
Island, and Burchard, of illino s
Ct,J ,.t -"unois,
in
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Various amendments were offered
by Wells, of Missouri, Holman, and
Townsand, of New York, and
others. . '
The committee then rose and re
ported the bill and amendments, with
the understanding that five minutes'
debate will be allowed in the House
and votes taken on each amendment.
Adjourned.
Washington, March 28. Gordon
offered a resolution directing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into
the expediency of preventing the use
nf the United" States mails in carry
ing lottery advertisementsv Adopted..
The Speaker laid before the House
two communications from the District
Attorney of the District of the Dis
trict of Columbia, .. informing tthe
House that the grand jury had found
an indictment against Kilbourn, the
recusant witness in the real estate
pool investigation, on five counts,
and another from Thompson, Ser-geaDt-at-Arms,
informing the House
that the United States Marshal of the
District of Columbia had come to
him and reqnested that Kilbourn be
given into his custody, : which he
(Thompson) refused to do. and ask
ing further instructions from the
House.
New, of Indiana, defended the
action of the House in the case of
the prisoner Kilbourn. He said the
power of Congress was as great in
that respect as of any court. '
The question whether the recusant
witness should be surrendered ; to
the judicial authorities of the district
to be tried tinder the indictment found
against him for refusing to testify,
was discussed at considerable length.
Glover, chairman of the 6elect
committee on the1 real estate pool,
offered a resolution : ordering the
Sergeant-at-Arms to deliver Kilbourn
to the Marshal of the District of
Columbia for trial for misdemeanor.
After considerable discussion the
House proceeded to vote on the sub
stitution offered by Hnrlbut, and it
was rejected ; yeas, 32 ; nays, 192.
Glover's resolution , was adopted
without yeas and nays.
TEI.EGKAPIIIC .NEWS.
Eastern.
New York, March 10. The steam
ship ureal Western from .Mediter
ranean ports, went ashore near
Amityville, Long Island, late on
Saturday night, and it is likely to
become a total wreck. The crew
were saved.
It is now alleged that B. P. Rog
ers, the absconding receiving teller
of the Fulton bank, Brooklyn, de
frauded that institution out of 50,
000. TiiO detectives are said to have
traced Rogers to Knoxville, Ten
nessee. Gaiveston, March 25. A Browns
ville special to the Aeics says tho
commander of t lie gunboat Rio Bravo
loaned General Eabarra six bags of
powder, about 150 pounds. It is
reported this loan was made at the
suggestion of t lie American Consul at
Matamoras Mr. Wilson, and that
General Potter considered it in vio:
lition of orders received from Wash-
l. Tho loan was effected the
day before vesterday. On Thursday
evening General Labarra visited the
gunboat Rio Bravo. He crossed the
river in a small boat sent from Rio
Bravo. He did not call upon General
Potter. General Labarra is con
structing a fort at the lower edge of
Matamoras. Don Antonio Torgari
has been released upon a promise
to pay 5,000 to a forced loan. It is
reported that Diaz will attack Mata
moras to-night.
Washington, March 25. The
American minister to Mexico will
receive instruction from this govern-
went to use his good offices in the
nterest of the preservation of peace
in that country. "
Lane's bill for the payment of the
Modoc India n war expenses, us re
ported from the House Committee,
provides only 870.000 for Oregon,
churns, and $4,400 for California."
Postmasters appointed John A.
Smith, Spragne river, LakeCo.,Ogn ;
II. niggins. Friday Harbor San Ju-iu
Co.. W.T.
Boston, March 27. Thomas W.
Piper, formerly sexton of the Warren
Street Church, and convicted of tiie
murder of Mabel Young in t.iat
building on the 23d of May last. Was
to-day sentenced to be hanged.- ::
Lawrence, (Mass.) March 27.
Some five or six thousand mill 'oper
atives here are idle to-day owing to
the stoppage of many ' mills in con
sequence of the unprecedented high
water. All the mills on Spickel River
are stopped. ; '
New Yokk, March 27. John S.
Harris, of California, arrived at Bal
tirnore a few days ago with twelve
Angora goats, which he brought from
Asia Minor, after a difficult journey,
lasting a year. They have already
cost him over S525 a piece. Harris
hopes to make tliem profitable' in the
Sierras of California. This is the
first importation of the kind. - .
Washington, March 27. The
House Committee on Postoffies to-day
heard the statement of Governor D".
P. Thompson' of 1 Idaho.1 He said
the recent testimony of Mr. Barlow
was Calculated to injure him - unless
his transaction with Barlow should be
explained. He stated his bid for the
route from Kelton' Utah,'-to the
Dalles,1 Oregon, was 8124,500, but
was underbid by a man named De
Lacy, who secured the. contract.
After some months Thompson's de
posit was returned to him. Shortly
after that himself and Barlow dis
cussed the probability of DeLacy's
failure. Thompson stated that in
that contingency he should claim the
routei He considered he had a claim
on the department, but the depart
ment had none on him. As a result
of this conversation Barlow pur
chased Thomson's revisionary inter
est in this contract for S15.000Y Soon
after DeLaey failed, and Barlow took
the route as Thompson's
New Orleans, March 23. Capt.
Wilds, of the bark Magnolia, 800
tons, from Liverpool in ballast for
Passagulia, arived here to-day, and
reports a vessel wrecked off Chandler
island on March 18th. Jas. Mor
rison, mate, and three men were
drowned. The - others escaped to
the island and the vessel went to
pieces during the storm of Sunday,
the 18th. ... - '
Washington, March 28. Senator
Mitchell made an argument before
the House committee on commerce
urging an appropriation for the con
struction of canal and looks at the
Cascades of the Columbia river.
Surveyor General Simpson left
for Portland to-day.
In the Senato Mitchell of Oregon,
J presented a bill to provide for the
. . w.i mcr in
Oregon. Referred to the Committed
on commerce.
Thie district convention to Say to
elect delegates to the cNational
Republicau Convention at Cincinnati
was controled to some extent by
opposition elements; but in the
h irKV f 1 1 I r I f hi f in un7ia ... .
opinion oi tue majority of the con
vention did not represent the Repub
lican voters of this district. The'
resultjwas the withdrawal of a me
jority of Republican delegates, and
another convention will be held soon
. atwhich delegates to the Cincinnati
convention will be elected to con
test the seats of. Sayles,; Jk Bowetf
and A. M. Green, who were elected
by to-day '8 convention, .
A bill .was introduced by Senatof
Wright to-day which purposes to
give to the Covington, Columbia and
Black Hills Railroad Company, of
Nebraska- a ".national charter, under
the name of 'Sioux City, Black Hills
and Pacific Railroad, with right
of ; way' and .authority, to constrnct
and maintain a railroad from Sioux
City through ' Nebraska, Dakota,
Wyoming Idaho and Oregon to the
city of Portland, all to be completed
within fifteen years, sis ; ; .
The change of postmaster at Salem,
Oregon, was made at the instance
of the Postoffice Department on ac
count of the repeated violation of its
regulations as to the manner of doing
business, and Senator Mitchell was
requested to nominate a successor
immediately, ,, . .. , . ; ., . ,
.The Senate confirmed John M.
Coghlan, of California, as chief
justice of the supreme court of Utah:
W. C. Fox, of Missouri, as U. S.
consul at Brunswick: Germanr
iso action uas Deen taken as yet by
the Senate, in regard to the nomina
tion of Dana as Minister to England.
l'oreign.
London, "March 25. The corn
' L T ' - It . . .
iraue since ine ueginning oi tne week
has rather gained strength andvalnes
have slowly and steadily improved.
.The provincial- markets . yesterday
reported a suiiung advance on wheat:
but with the fine weather, the inquiry
is becoming smaller in London
London, March 25. A Madrid
dispatch reports' that recuiting for
Cuba is actively progressing. The
soldiers serving under .Don Carlos
are allowed to enlist.
In the House of Lords to-night,
the royal title bill passed its first
reading. ,
A dispatch dated Naples, Sunday
night, says the eruption of Vesuvius
continues with unabated vigor.
Havana, March 2C The Diaro
says the present crop of sugar ' will
make about 100,000 boxes, aud valu
ed at 630,000 000 less than last year's
crop.
Ragusa. March 27. Ali Pasha.
Governor of Herzegovina, Mustapha
Pasha and Yassa Effendi, pacification
commissioners, and Baron Bodick.
Governor of Dalmatia, are here con
ferring about the method of dealing
with the inhabitants of Herzegovina
who have taken .refuge in Austrian
territoiy.
London, March 28. Advices re
ceived to-day from India report that
the steamship Iowod from Sheehr
had been wrecked in tne Arabian Sea.
She had on board about five hundred
pilgrims, ehienv Persians, bound to
! Bushicre. Three men supposed1 to
bo the the only survivors reached
Hodeida.
Flouesce, March 28. The suit
brought against Larkin G. Mead, tho
American sculptor, by a former em
ploye, concerning the Lincoln mon
ument, which rwas originally decided
in favor of the defendant and subse
quently appealed, has again resulted
in a complete victory for Mead.
' ' Litertooij, March 27. The ship
Lanarkshire arrived at Liverpool
from Astoria. -
... U
i . ... ; -r-Pacilic Coast..
San Francisco,' March 27. In tho
Spanlding court martial to-day Wei.
II. Cnllon testified to being the holder
of two forged navy certificates writ
ten by Pinney, and signed by Spanld
ing. He asked Spaulding about them
and ho stated that they were "good
and would soon be paid. ......
The Freyer . process for' reducing
ores is to be tested in a few days. A
good dealof interest is felt in mining
circles as to the success of the pjo
cess, which, if it is -what it pretends
to be, will revolutionize the gold and
silver mining of the coast.
San Francisco, March 25. At the
great two-mile and repeat' race,
which came off to-day,. Chance won.
Best time made 3:41. '- '
San Francisco, March 28. It has
been definitely arranged that an anti
Chinese mass meeting shall be held
in Union Hall next Saturday evening.
The Committee on Chinese Immigra
tion; recently appointed by the Board
of Supervisors, have published an
appeal tor the public - of - the' Pacifio
Coast for an, expression of their feel
ings on the question of the hour.
Mendocino, March 28.A terrible
tragedy occurred in a house of ill- .
fame at 9:30 o'clock last night, which
resulted in . tho deatli of one of the
inmates named Lena Mitchell and a
man from San Francisco named Frank
Mitchell. Both were shot and killed
by Aarry Klienschmidt.
' The Tancour er' Independent tells
story of a woman at that place who
swallowed a small snake while drink
ing in the dark. That the snake re
mained in her stomach a year, and
was only induced to leave his cosy
habitation after being drenched for
some time with strong brandy
"straight." We have known brandy
to. bring snakes out of a person's
boots, but never , before out of the
stomach. .
The Walla Walla Spirit says Joel
Wood worth made the riffle acrose the
Blue Mountains after eleven davs o;
f o
hard labor, spiced with considerable
tough . swearing with ' his ; teams.
In a letter to ' his wife, ' ho cautions
all men against starting into the
mountains now, unless they are pre
pared to catch Mary had a little
lamb." ' ' '
The Olympian says Mr. Cisco, of
that place, learns by private letter
that rich placer diggings have been
discovered near Kearney, in Wyom
ing Territory, yeilding "from . ten to
fifteen oents per pan. The gold is
said to bo equal in quality to any
ever obtained from the mines of Cal-'
ifornia.' - . .
Three hundred head of fat mutton
sheep sold at Pendleton the other
day for S3 per head. They were
purchased for the Victoria market.