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2Es THE EU1 OREGOX CITV, OREGON, APRIL 7, 13761 'm-Exportalle Money. Tho more we think about the mon- ey question the more thoroughly am . i n .1 . ... ... that indeed "soft," ana that they know not wbat they ask. Would not some thing a little more irredeemable, a Hitlo more intrinsically valueless an swer their purpose better? The con traction of the money that made them hmvlso in the West, several years ago, and was in fact far more severe than the embarrassed debtors of Ohio need fear will result from an actual return to specie payments, however promptly effected, would not have liapyeaed if greenbacks and national bank notes had not be.ii good all over the conntrj and free to go where they' pleased. They -were not suffi ciently "non-exportable," to use a term inflationists love, for though it is true they onnnot bo exported to foreign countries unblest with legal tender acts, yet, between State and State, specially in the East, they are very exportable indeed. And so the "West, about the time in question, found out all the money that was in excess othe ability of the impover ished agricultural districts moved Eastward and piled itself up in the vaults of Eastern banks. Then was witnessed the strange spectacle of Ohio writhing in a monetary strin gency, while New York was glutted with tens of millions. All was rose color in tho one, all sombre in the other. In New York rents advanced; in the "West they declined, and rap idly as New York improved, the lands west of the Alleghany moun tains depreciated. Cincinnati busi ness men well recollect that at this time their trade was stagnant, while New York merchants were rolliug in riches, after tho fashion of irredeem able money prosperity. To understand how it was possible for irredeemable currency to prevail m the East and to eontruct in' the West at the same time, we need ouly to consider what would have happen ed if tho paper money had attained Currency throughout the world, such as gold and silver euioy. In that case whatever portion of it was re dundant, whatever of it was in excess of tho true wants of trade, must have gone abroad, carrying to other coun tries somo of o-jr inflation, to raise prices there while working a contrac tion and full of prices here. Now, though tho paper whi jli was so pro fusely -distributed during the war throughout Ohio, for hay, grain, and other war supplies, for soldiers' pay, bounties and transportation scatter ed in such profusion as none need ever hope to see again, unless a long bloody war can bo got up for the purpose, could not travel to Europe or Asia, it oortld find its way to New xoriv, x'luiacicjptiia, jj utimore, or Boston, easily enough, and accord ingly thither it wont, and went by force of its own law. The inflation its emission had first caused enfee bled industry, encouraged extrava gance, and created debt. Of dimin ished production, waste, and debt, came povert'. To bny supplies which the crops were insufficient to pay for and to satisfy debt, a large volume of tho money went Eastward. Aud even while yePthe people gave thanks as for quails. and manna, and toiled and spun twenty-rive per cent, less than of yore, it was Hitting away; ex porting it3elf to places where capital was strong enough to hold it, never to return unless it should be earned with sweat and paid for with value. xVnd tho same thing would occnr again if an act of Congress can com pel a given amount of money, good all over the country, to combine it self within certain limits, or keep it from going and coining, as the laws of trade demand. Had Congress been able to confer upon greenbacks, ad ditional to their other virtues, that of being non-exportable as between State and State, so that they would forever stay in the one in which first let loose, Ohto and tho rest of the "West need not) have been 'inflicted with the contraction they suffered ,.,o J it our recollection is correct) in or about'1803. And those who ch oose to thinkcontraction was'a misfortune despite the abundant proof that it was a mercy and a blessing, because timely,) should seriously consider whether a currency cannot bo devis ed that slfall be so very worthless that it wiU keep itself closely within .tho bonds or neighborhood in which it may be emitted. Healthy REPmLicANisii. Min ister Orth is about leaving Austria to return to his country. We pre sume his object in returning is to make the canvass for Governor of Indiana.- It is a sign of heart ly xve- Qpublicanism when American States men are willing to give up high po sitions abroad for tho honor of be ing Governor of one of the States of the Union, and Mr. Orth is to be congratulated onthe impulse which 0' brings hini homo A special to the Xew York Sun intimates that Dana's rejection is be 'oauw of frendship for Bristow. A poor excuse. - W. TVti "-rizo R. Lowis a stage driver at New rds'ter. B. C. won the ?TMC in the Kesttlo lottery. Chinese Question.0 In our sister State, California, a movement is on foot which will probably be successful in procnring ! some modification of theBurlingame j treat' which tl,e immigration to tIlis country of Chinese may bo rcgu- I latod. - Stens hte been taken to Steps have aTtill passed by the legislature to memorialize Congress asking for such modification of that treaty. Mass meetings are being held to dis cuss this question, participated in by the better class of citizens, show ing th :t Californians are in earnest in this matter. By the recent de cision of the Supreme Court of the United States, all local or State laws on this subject were declared un constitutional and therefore void. So the only remedy . for this evil, if evil it ia, lies in the power of Con gress to modify our treaty relations with China. As this is a question that affects only this Coast to any considerable degree, it is no more than right that the people here should be conceded the privilege the power to regulate in their own way, and and granted the matter not be made the victims of the sick ly sentiment of the people of New England and others of the East, who have always sympathized with the bloodthirsty savages of the frontier, and have invariably taken sides with those savage butchers against the hardy settlers of the West. "We have no doubt such people as we have mentioned will be horrified at this movement against the Chinese, yet if upon investigation this proves to be an evil fending to retard the progress of the Pacific States, Con gress is bound to provide us a remedy. Too Good. To unthinking Oregouians, who are comparatively beyond tho reach of official patronage, the bill intro duced by Jones of Kentucky to make the distribution of the General Gov ernment's offices equal throughout the States, is particularly M-elcome. At first flush the bill wears the re semblance of everything that is truly fair and just, but by looking into the fact that the Stales do not repre sent equal numbers of population, the fallacy of the measure is clearly discernible. If we had in Oregon, with oar population of hardly more than one hundred thousand, the same amount of official patronage as the State of New York. whose chief city nlouo contains more than nine times as many people as now draw the breath of life within our entire State there is no man so obtrnse or so ambitious of power who would not admit tho situation to be a gross in justice to our more populous States. In one sense the bill is good, but unless materially modified or amend ed, .it will be too good ever to pass tho House and Senate. A Wicked Sensation. Guy Fawke"s has broken out at Washington, and the New York Sun prints a startling storj- to the effect that "it is reported that there is a conspiracy to poison the Democratic members of the House." Some fif teen or twenty of the representatives it seems were sick at the time this article was printed, but we are loath to believe that Republicans are iu any way accountable for it. The Republicans have their faults, it is true, and nothing, would give thm more pleasure thai the annihilation of the Democratic majority which is ransacking and exposing the skeletons in the executive closets, but they would scarcely go into the poisoning business, Borgia-like, on the whole sale. Tho trouble is, judging from dispatches received . since the pub lishing of this sensational story in the Skm that the House is wretch edly ventilated, and then this is the first winter many of tho members have spent at Washington, aud they are not yet accustomed to its ways. A Timely Question. It is natural to ask why any one - - 1 . 1 .1 1 wi iviron flirt man or mm suuum - right to sell goods to soldiers sent to distant forts, and thus be enabled to charge them exorbitant prices for articles they cannot obtain from their commissary, and must therefore buy. Public officers are corrupted, and both Indians and soldiers robbed outrageously. Indians are compelled to sell their skins to licensed traders, and in consequence virtually give them away, while tho calicoes and trinkets they buy are charged to them at many times their cost in the East. Eet the system be abolished, and trading everywhere thrown open as far as possible. Since the expos ure of Belknap and the robberies at the frontier parts, we presume the proposed superintendence of the In diaus by the War Department will hardly be a success, though the mis erable plundering? of one man ought to destroy the advantages of anv bet ter system for governing the Indians than we have at present. Goot asdBadLtov.-Aii exchange graphically paints "good" and "bad luck" as follows: "Bad luck is sim ply a man with his hands in his pockets and his cigar in his month looking to see how it will come out.' Good luck is a man of pluck, with Ins sleeves rolled up and working to make come out right." The two pictures- may he xn on our reo "ovnorf! .,-.i;r t; i CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Washington, March 31. Morton's Mississippi resolution, ordering an , investigation into the late election in that State, after a long debate, was passed by a vote of 27 to 19, and the Senate adjourned till Monday. April 3. Morton introduced a bill to amend certain sections of the act to enforce the right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States; referred to the judi ciary committee. Cockrell, from the military com mittee, reported adversely on the bill to construct a telegraph line from Fort Can by via Astoria to Portland. On motion of Mitchell, the bill was referred to the committee on commerce. Adams, the clerk of the House ap peared and announced that the House had adopted articles of im peachment against Belknap and had appointed managers to conduct the prosecution. Adjourned. Washington, April, 4. West from the committee on railroads, reported with amendments, the .Senate bill to survey the Anstin-Topolov.ini po -Pacific route: placed on the calendar. The impeachment managers on the part of the House of Representatives, appeared in the Senate at 1:25 and were escorted to seats provided for them on the left of the presiding officer. After proclamation by the Sergeant-at-Arms, the articles of im peachment against Belknap were re ceived from Eord, Chairman of the board of managers. The reading of tne articles of im poachment was concluded at 1;55 P. M., when Ferry, president pro tem of the Senate, announced that the Sen ate would take the proper order on the subject of tho impeachment of Belknap of which due notice 'would be given to the House. The man agers then retired. iiorsE. The Senate bill declaring the 14th of April next a public holiday in the District of Columbia to allow the officials to witness the unveiling of tho statue of Abraham .Lincoln was taken up and passed'1 The House then proceeded to vote on the bill appropriating $03,000 for the deficiency in the Treasury print ing bureau and for the issue of sub sidiary silver coin. The following is the text of the bill as passed: That there bo and hereby is appropriated out of anv money in the treasury not otherwise appronrinted, the sum of one hun dred and sixty three thousand dollars to provide for the engraving, print ing an. I other expenses ol moving and issuing United States notes. Section 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to issue silver coins of the United States of tho denomination of ten. twenty, twenty-five and fifty centsofan equal nmnniit of" fractional currency. whether the same be now in the Treasury awaiting redemption, or whether it ho presented for redemp tion, and the Secretary of Treas ury may, under tho regulation of the Treasury Department, provide for such redemption and issue by substitution at regular sub-treasuries and public depositories of the United States until the whole amount of fractional currency outstandingshall be redeemed. Sectiono. That the silver coins of the United States of the denomi nations of one dollar shall be a legal tender at their nominal value, for anv amount not exceeding fifty dol lars in anv one payment and tho silver coins of th United States of denomination of less than one dollar shall be a legal tender at their nomi nal value for any amount notexeeed ing $25 in anv one payment. Passed yeas, 122, nays. 100. ' April 3. The following resolu tions were introduced: By Wells, to amend the internal revenue laws and to provide for the better collection of taxes on distilled liquors. By Oliver, incorporating the Sioux City, "Black ' Hills and Taeitic R tilroftd Company. BvPiper.concurrent reso lution Cal. legislature in relation to Edward O'Meagher Condon. By Tjut troll, a resolution of the Cali fornia Legislature relative to im proving the harbor of Mendocino. Blackburn offered a resolution ro nuesting the President to inform the House whether, since the 4th f March, 109. -any executive offices, acts or duties, and, if so, what, have been performed at a distance from the seat of government established by law, and for how long at any one time and in what, part of the United States, and also, whether any public necessity existed therefor; adopted. The Honse adopted, under sus pension of the rules, Pagets resolu tion requesting the President to ne gotiate for a modification of the China treaty so as to confine it to commercial purposes only. The river and harbor appropria tion bill was reported .and ordered printed and recommitted. It has about $915,000 over last .year. 'The bill authorizing the sale of the Pawnee reservation in Nebraska passed . Lord, on behalf of the managers of the impeachment of the late Secre tary of War. asked leave for the managers of tho House to retire, in order that they might proceed to the Senate and present the articles of im peachment in due from and manner; ieave was granted. Schleicher, chairman on the Texas frontier troubles, reported a bill to provide for the protection of the Texas frontier on the Lower Rio Grande. Tt authorizes and requires the President to station and keep on the Bio Grande river, from its month to the northern boundary of Hie State J of Tamanlipoos, above Laredo, two regiments of cavalry in addition to, infantry, for garrison duty, and to keep each troop up to the full strength of 100 privates. It also au thorizes the President in view of the inability of the Mexican government to prevent the inroads of lawless j parties from Mexico into Texas, to order the troops to cross the Rio Grande and use such means as may be found necessary to recover stolen property, and to check the raids, guarding, however, against unneees sarv injury to peaceable inhabitants of Mexico. The bill was ma le the speernl order for the 20th of April, and from day to day nntil disposed TKT.GC.KAPIIIC SEWS. Eastern. ;.": Worcester, April l.-r-The latest estimate places the, damage bv the dam at 82(10.000. r "::' Boston, April 1. A bill for the taxation of church property was re jected in the House by a largo, ma jority. Jackson, April 1. The Mississippi Republican convention sends- four teen out of sixteen delegates to the Cincinnati convention for Oliver P. Morton for President, and adopted resolutions endorsing his course. The colored convention declare him to be the unanimous choice of the colored voters of Mississippi. Galveston, April 1. A Browns ville special says it is reported that the President has directed that the foreign residents of Matamoras shall be protected against the exaction and j Utl UAIUU - ities. Washington, April 1. Tho river and harbor appropriation bill, when reported from the House committee, will contain the following items from the Pacific coast: lor the im provements of the Sacramento and Feather rivers, 815,000; for San Joaquin river below Stockton, $20, 000; for Wilmington breakwater, 8330,000; for Oakland harbor, to finish training walls and dredging between them. .$75,000; for the im provements of the upper Willamette from Portland to Salem $15,000; for the upper Columbia and Snake rivers, $15,000. The committee also provide for surveys of San Luis Obispo harbor, Coos Bay and mouth of Ooquille river. Washington April 2. Postmaster appointed P. V. Wustrow, Alsea, Benton Co. Ogn., Michael II. LeitcU, Litchville, Whitman Co., W. T. Chicaoo. April 3. The grand jury in tho U. S. circuit court have found an indictment against Hon. J. D. Ward, formerly a member of Con gress from the third district of Illi nois, and subsequently U. S. district attorney here, for complicity in the whiskey frauds. Detijoit, April 3. In the munici pal elections held to-day in Michigan, at this hour indicate that the Repub licans fully maintain their ascend ancy. "New York, April, 3. Connecticut to-day i;e-elected Tngersoll by a re duced majority of from 4,000 to 5,000. Waite, Republican, was elected, to Congress to fill the vacancy occasion ed by thedeatli of Starkweather. The legislature will be Democratic; the honse bv 30 or more and the senate 17 Demo-rats to 4 Republicans. The weather was very stormy which kept manv voters at home. Washington, April 3. In the House. Morrison introduced a bill to amend the existing laws in rela tion to duties on imports. It pro poses tho following changes: To in sert iron ore sixty cents per ton, also to insert in lieu of the words "hair of alpaca goat or other like animals," tho words "alpaca, p-oat, camel, cow or calf," also to insert beans 20 cents Ter bushel, peas 15 cents per bushel. In the provision for ivory, to strike out "chess balls" and insert "billiard halls;" to strike out the paragraph commencing "oils, essential oressin or," and insert the words "bay loaves $1 05 per pound;"' also to put on the free list mosaics not used as jewelry or intended to bo manufactured into jewelry. The Senate in executive session confirmed H. M. Thatcher postmas ter at S leni. - Nrw Yot:tc, April 3. The llrntlfs Brownsville special of yesterdav says Poiforia Diaz presented himself with 100 men to attack Matamoras, Barra commanding. The town sent out 300 men to receive him; these pronounc ed for and joined Diaz. The national guard, 1,000 strong, in the city, and the artillery, refused to fire a shot. Tho ninth cavalry, however, held firm, and after some fighting, Birra seeing ho was betrayed, left with a squad of the ninth cavalry for Brownsville, where lie now is. Diaz is in Matamoras, where he was re ceived with enthusiasm. New York, April 4. The Sun says, oditoriallv: "It is announced that Wm. II. Wyckham, Mayor of this city, has taken sumptions apart ments at a hotel in St. Louis for his use during the meeting of the Demo cratic National Convention. His idea is to obtain tho nomination for Vice President. His chief hope is said to rest in the rebel element, founded especially on the circum stance that he employs as his private secretary, Colonel Burton B Harri son, wiio was private secretary to Jeff Davis in the days of the Southern Confederacy." The Sxa warns Democrats of the rebellious element, and intimates that bad as Grant is if the choice lay between him and rebel sympathizers, Grant would be elected. The Sun's Washington special says it is reported on undispntable au thority that in a few days evidence of an undispntable character will be furnished, showing that tha Govern ment has employed notorious black mailers, who are publicly known as thieves, and who are utterly disrepu table in character, and that, such are now in the employ of the Govern ment in important confidential po sitions. CoiUMnrs, O., April 4. Complete returns show that the Republicans have elected the water works trustee, police commissioner and six out of eleven members of the city council. Cleveland, April 3. The munici pal election passed off quietly to-day. The indications are that the Repub lican city ticket is entirely elected by a large majority. The Republicans also probably elect 14 out of 18 coun cilmen. Denver, April 4. Tho municipal election here to-day passed off quiet ly. The vote polled was not very heavy. Dr. Buckingham. Democrat, is elected Mayor over F. M. Crocker, Republican, by a majority of 180. The Republicans elect four aldermen out of six. Calais, Me., April 3. The Repub, licans have elected the Mvyor by 200 majority. Richmond, April 3. L. L. Robin son and Jess-3 Mitchell, both highly connected, fought a, duel with pistols near here to-day. Mitchell is dead and Robinson's wound is fatal. Syracuse, . April 4. At the pri maries to-day, to send delegates to tho State convention, the anti-Tilden Democrats carried seven wards out of eight. PinLPELiniA. April 4. Wool (. na torn'". f?n' and medium, 1420c. .The regular coinage statement for the month of March makes the fol lowing showing: Gold $3,099,480; trade '.dollars, $791,000; subsidiary silver coju, $1,038,21 1 ; cents, $J4,700. Total coinage, $5,543,390. ;New Yoioi, April 4. - Dana has been rejected. The injunction of eecrecy lias not been removed," but it is sate to say the vote was about It for, to 30 against him. The llerahCs Washington special says the action of the Supreme Court on the Enforcement, Act has caused - a good deal of excitement among Representatives, especially the Sen ators,, and thef amendment offered ,to-day by Morton is intended to show this feeling. Morton don't .expect the Democratic House to pass the bill, but says he means, if possible, to get the bill through the Senate. so.jis to have it discussed in the House and let the Democrats tm on record against it. This they will readily do, but it is doubtful if the amendments to tho Enforcement Act can be made interesting to thepnblic. Memphis, April 4. All indications seem to point to a flood of at least as great magnitude as has ever resulted from high rivers. In the bottom lands all the bayous seem full, and from Cairo down 'the water is very high. The bottom opposite tho city is flooded back to Madison, and trains to -Little Rock are- discontinued. Many persons living in the bottom are being com tolled to move out 10 the hills. . It is feared that a large amount of stock has been lost. Cot ton plantations will sutler heavily. Washington, April 4. Wigginton, in the House, offered a resolution re questing the President to open nego tiations with the Chinese government for the purpose of modifying the 2roviaious of the treaty between the two countries and restricting the same to commercial purposes. iMtieign. - London, March 31. Fifty thous and dollars have been recovered from the wreck of the German steam er Schiller. The plague in Asia Minor has reached Bagdad, where there are ten cases daily. The proposed retirement of "the Czar of Russia appears partially confirmed. It is stated t but the Czarowicii will bo entrusted with the regency during the summer, be ing temporarily invested with the full tower of the sovereign. St. Petehsjjuko, April 2. The Czar goes to Ems at the end of April via Berlin, thence to Jugnehoim, thence back to St. Petersburg to witness uic regular military maneu vers. He afterwards goes to Hel signfors, Warsaw ami Livadia, re turning to St. Petersburg in the au tumn. The Emperor of Brazil and the King of Denmark will visit him during the summer. London, April 2. It is reported from Berlin that Von Moltke will probably resign as chief of staff of the army He will le succeeded by General Wartensleben. A Berlin special says the negotia tions for the pacification of Herzego vina are now regarded as having failed; The towers seriously con template armed intervention. If this .should trove unavoidable, tliey will give notice of their intention to maintain the peace of Europe. ' Havana, April 2. Jn the court room yesterday, after an angry con troversy over a claim, Sen or Chez Isnagua shot fatally the Marquis of Argiulin. Tho parties were wealthy and well known. London, April 3. Latest advices from Abyssinia say the Lgyptians are fortifying strong positions com manding the passes. They will gar rison these and withdraw the remain der of their troops during the rainy season. The budget, as submitted by the chancellor of the exchequer, estimates the expenditures for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1877, at 78,014.000 and the revenue at .77.270,000. The chancellor proposes an increase of a penny in the pound in income tax, whicii he anticipates will give the government a surplus of 305,000. Livi:iircoL, April 3. The receipts of wheat for the past week from At lantic torts has been 0,700 quarters; 'Pacific torts, 17,250; other sources, 82.000. Receipts of corn, 3,500 qrs. Sierra Leone, February 28. The war at Cape Pal mas is about ended.. The late fighting was about three weeks ago, when the Greboes attack ed the town of Topman, but were repulsed with havy loss. The Uni ted States frigate Alaska had arrived at Cape Pal mas.' The Captain was instructed to arbitrate between the Liberiaus and the Greboes. There was to be a meeting on the 20th of February, when it was thought the treaty would bo signed. Mr. Rob erts, ex President of Liberia, died at Monrovia on the 24tii of February, and was buried with military honors the next day, Pacitic Coast. Sax Fbaxcisco, April 1. Recent disclosures of semi-ollicial character render it bej-ond doubt that frauds of a most extensive character have been perpetrated on the customs de partment at this port. Close obser vation and careful estimates show that goods, the duties on which would amount to not less than 5, 000,000 or S6,000r000 annually, enter the country without paying a cent. , Well executed conterfeit trade dollars are circulating here iu large quantities. Tho citizens' anti-Chinese com mittee met last evening. The com mittee was notified that Governor Irwiu would - preside at the mass meeting on Wednesday evening. San Francisco, Apri 1 3. O Leary, the pedestrian began his walk of live hundred miles this moruing, and at 11: 30 had completed thirty miles, bis opponent, Harry Roe, having made but twenty three. Both men are in first class condition. O'Leary's fastest mile was made iu 9 minutes and 4 seconds. Roe's 14 minutes and 4 seconds. Sax Fhaxcisco, April 3. At 1 P. M. to-day the following cable dis patch was sent to Tung. Wall Hospi tal, Horgkong, "Chinese immigration must. sto -The excitement increases every dav uyaiuss our people. (Signod) Yuxo Company." The . passengers by the steamer Constitution from. Panama, renort that a uassencrer cr.mn on lif.cr.i of Mazathn. Just as the vessel . wag getting under way it was found he had purchased a through second- ..-la.s ticket to San Francisco from a passenger, who had just landed. It had been issued in the name of the original purchaser, and was not transferable. On learning these facts there Twas great manifestation of indignation among several subor dinate officials, and one of them, said to be tho qnartermasfer, .whose name is given as Odcil.'seized thoindivid- rial and' chucked him overboard. The rion was in imminent danger of drowning, ;lnt seized a trailing rope, and on the intercession of the passengers w ith" "the' eaptain, and j offering to be responsible for his j fare, he was taken pn board,, The passengers uniio in condemning tne acts as utterly uujustinable and in human. San Fra-ncisco, April 4. A prom inent member of the city government states that if is well known in certain circles that previous to the commun ication from the Mayor to. the Board of Supervisors, suggesting the pres ent anti-Chinese movement, a plot had been formed by secret societies to burn Chinatown, and eradicate the. evils of Chinese immigration in a summary manner. , ., Sacramento, April 4. Shortly af ter midnight, the Legislature ad journed sine die. -.-,'.. San Francisco, April 3.- The board passed a resolution that all prisoners in the county jail and city prison should have their hair crop ped on entrance. The resolution is intended as a blow- at the;Chinese tig tails. SUMMAKY Ol' STATE XIJHS. Several fine dwellings are building in Lafayette. The mean temperature of last mouth was 31.82 dog. Douglas county's "big radish" weighs twenty -four pounds. Albany is going to have an "Olde Folke's Conserto" on the 15th inst. East Portland wants a tire engine, and we can't see why they dont get it. The Clatsop county jail has re ceived the addition of a large iron cell. The Albany city marshal made the month of four arrests Maich. " during The first salmon of the season was canned at Hume's fishery on the 31st ultimo. The June rise of the Columbia has already commenced. Higher water than usual is expected. There wore fifteen days of last month upon which lain and snow fell, and fifteen cloudy davs besides. mJ - - - The O. & C. Railroad pays into the treasury of Marion county for taxes the sum of $8,483 20. W. C. Griswoid of ;Maxion connty pays $830 taxes. He pays the largest tax of any man in the county. Eight marrige licenses were issued by the county clerk of Marion coun ty during the month of March. Last week 1,000 head of cattle were driven out of Baker county destined for Arizona or Wyoming-. A Portland hoodlum was lately fined s5 for using improper language to school girls. Server him riu;bt. II. M. Thatcher has been continu ed as postmaster at Salem, vice T. B. Rickey removed. It is said there are cattle buyers in Umatilla county commanding a capi tal of not iess than 50,000. The reform school question is again Peing agitated at l'ortiami. All talk. One hundred and fifty steerage passengers arrived at Portiund on the last steamer. The Portland directory, published by A. G. Walling, is just out. It is a d:-oided improvement on former ones. During his absence from this State. Mr. A." J. Dufur's address will bo v.enionnjai Hooin JNo. VJi, .Walnut street, Philadelphia. Mr. C. H. Stewart has retired from the Albany Democrat, on ac count of failing health. It is now said that the Albany sui cide was Sam Langherty, instead of Jack Frost. Who next? Gov. G rover Sam Hughes, Notary Public. has recommissioned of Forest Grove, a The grave of the defunct Modoc chief. Captain Jack, was opened a few days ago, and the body had dis appeared. He is oil" for the Centen nial. A shooting affray lately near Fort Klamath, resulted in the death of a man named Parker. A man named West did the shooting, and West's wife was at tho bottom of it. James Thompson, a seaman on the brig Prepetna. on the last trip to San Francisco, fell overboard and was drowned. He was a native of Ireland and aged about 22 years. Donovan's mill, situated about a half mile from Hood river, was burn ed down on the 2d inst. The mill was rented by Captain Walling. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Loss, $800. A vacant dwelling, in Portland, was lately entered by hoodlums and damaged to the amount of $150. The boys had carried away all the available lead pipe and some of the gas fixtures. One freight train has been taken oft the O. & C. R. R., and hereafter but one will be run; going south on Monday. Wednesday and Friday, and north on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, till further notice. In Lane county there are G5 dis tricts; 1.95G males and 1,828 females over four and under twenty years of age," and 2,017 pupils in school, with a daily average attendance of 1,408. The Cabell mine, in Grant county, opened less than two years ago, and worked with imperfect facilities, has turned out nearly $100,000 in gold and silver bullion, principally silver. On :last Saturday morning, as a young man named Adolphus Jordan attempted to como ashore from the steamer Calfornia, at Portland, he stumbled, lost his balance, fell into tho river and was drowned. The body was immediately recovered and $1,000 in erold dust found upon his person. It was this weight probably that prevented him from rising after he sunk the fir?t time. r . mm Several buildings are going up at Albina, The' base ball rnenced at Salem. season has com- Thirty-six men are constantly em-ploj-et at the iron works at Albini The jf Ashland woolen factory ha f ! ! W. B. L isswell is a candidate for Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. - -A tebpgrapu-ia talkel-of - by the Wertern Union between Albany and Lebanon, Linn Co. Xtax levTof 37ftOO"Tof ei" to buy a lot and bnihl a school house at Albany, on the "3d inst. ' ' r A rich"' ledger has been discovered in-Baker; countywshowing rich rock in free cold and four feet wide. ' Joe Webber has been nominated as a candidate for Chief Engineer of the Albany j'Fire ' Department, by No. 2s. j The : net receipts from the course of lectures given for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A., at Portland, wer $206 95, ? - . ere ' ! A.'Linu county woman got a pin io her ear seyeral month ago, and a few days ago1 the doctor got it out, and somebody says she is glad. r Tho "boiler and machinery f the new revenue cutter, building at Ai bina, arrived last week The cutter is expected to be launched by the 1st of May, . . ....... Captain W. H. Gray has presented to the State Library six copies of his History of Oregon, which he has recently published.- .This history begius in 1792 and comes np to 184. Tho Jacksonville Times gives the particulars of the recent robbery of Kahler k Bros.'s drug store, wherebr $600 -was abstracted from the till and sale. It was one of the most darin and successful robberies that ever occurred in that section. The Mountaineer says: Mr. Wm. Kavanagh, the mail carrier froni Canyon City, Grant county, to Scotts, in Wasco courlty, was drown ed last week at the forks of .Rock creek, while attempting to ford that stream. Eleven hundred head of beef cat tle have been shinned from Hood' stock and stable ards, at the Dalles, by J. M. Baxter and Jackson k. II u mason, since the season opened this Aear, for Portland and tbe Sound markets. Shepherd, of the ZWvWr D?moci-rt, goes after his delinqnent subscribers thusly: "Will some of those indebt ed to us please bring us something to eat, we aru about out." If Lis patrons fail to respond after this pa thetic appeal, we shall indeed think they are hard hearted. The Roseburg Plaimlcaler o savB: The largest train that ever left this place went from here on Saturday last, consisting of 19 cars loaded with 190 tons of wheat besides tbe passen ger, mau, express and baggage car. Each box car weighs 17,000 pounds, making 323.000. and the loading con sisted of 380,000, making a grand total of 703,000 pounds, exclusive of the passenger, express, mail and barr- gage cars and tho engine. Mr. J. Henry Brown, secretary of the Pioneer Association of Oregon, states that the tiausactions and ad dresses of the reunion of 1S75 have been printed and are now in tie hands of the bookbinder. This year's transactions niake a pamphlet of 83 tages, and will bo very inter osting. as there is a great deal of history containedin the addresses of J. W.'Xesmith and Geo. L. Cnrry The Society is in a prosperous con dition. . - , - . The Orcqonina savs ninety-six ar rests were made by lha police force of 1 ortland during the month of March. cation ( The following-is the classiti f crime: drunk and disor derly, 58; assault and battery, 9; va grancy, 7; murder, 1; insane, 3; dis ondoily, 5; obtaining goods under false pretenses, 1; abusive language, 3; perjury. 1; housebreaking, 1; lar ceny, 1; defacing a building, 1; threat ening to kill, 1; held as avituess, 1; cruelty to animals, 1 giving lodgings, 1; refusing to clean streets, 1. Tbe 3 ?rctfr says: iVIessrs. Tarrish & Miller, of Marion county, who largely engaged in the cultivation of flax and preparing :the lint for mar ket, are in . communication with Mr. Henry M. Crane, of New York State, with the view of inducing liim to come to this State and engage in manufacturing tbe flax raised by them and others. Mr. Crane is re ported to bo an experienced spinner and weaver; and has the necessary machinery and means With which to carry on a manufacturing business. We now have the gratifying intel ligence that ?.Ir. Crane will soon be in our State with machinery, and will commence operations sometime during tho early part of the present season. Silver. Those people in the East who like the feeling of hard money in their pockets, real, tangible hard coins, which wear and burn holes in Ore gonians' pockets, and clink against one another with an audible jingle, will shortly be made happy. Not that the Sherman sham resumption act is going to bring about the speedy redemption of greenbacks in gold. Forty resumption acts could not do that, in the present condition of af fairs, because gold is too scarce, and the United States cannot, with ber debt held abroad and the balance of tradoi against them, procure or retain enough of that particular precious metal even to begin paying gohl coins for the, greenback notes. Bnt we have plenty of silver, a plethora of it, and if it will afford satisfaction to our Eastefn brothers to have silver coins substituted for fractional cur rency, it may as well be done. " Kit Carson's body, acoording to L. A. Allen of Kansas City, does not lie in a neglected' grave : in Southern Kansas. Mr. Allen claims to hare been presentwhen Carson was buried with Masonic honors at Taos, N.
