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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.
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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.
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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
!
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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.