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c3 o O O O o THE EH1 3--; 3j 2ki!ib9B OllEllflN UTV. TOW MAV 13. l"?7P. Are AVe in Our Decline? Oregon City lias sustained another blow aimed at her material prosperity, by tho taking off of the steamer E. ., N". Cooke, which has plied between , hox and0 Portland. Almost from "'"'.tijae initneniorial our citizens have had daily1 connection with tho me tropolis by boat, which has been of great benefit to tlio community and has been exclusive patronized by our freighters, while tho travel has been more evenly divided between the railroad and steamboat. It behooves us as citizens to see to it immediately that a boat built by tho citizens for this trade shall atbnce be commenced and sustained, as the convenience of shippers not to say the danger of being harmed by inimical freight tariffs by the powerful corporations that are seemingly to control tho transportation rontes hereafter do mand that each business man and property holder shall conjointly take steps to protect these interests now seemingly in peril. Wo understand it is tho intention that tho boats of the O. S. N. Co. lino will touch here occasionally when they aro hailed, but no spasmodic service every sec ond or third day will answer. Hero is a town with two of the largest llouring mills in the State, haying a capacity of CO tons of freight per day. A Woolen Mill, whose freightage will also count considera ble; tho Tub Factory, and the Alden Fruit Drying Company, all adding their quota to business, besides tho numerous extensive orchards between hero and Portland, and the Oswego Iron Works, whose manufacture acr grogatcs ten tons per day, counting eoll these streams of commerce, it appears plain to us that there would be no difficulty in sustaining a daily service between here and Portland; the interests of our city demands it, and a little conjoint effort on the part of our citizens will seenro it for us, beyond a doubt. Tho Centennial year must not usher in tho era of Ore gon City retrocession and decay, un less it is confessed that all ambition and enterprise havo died out from among her citizens. Clymcr and Belknap. The defense offered by Belknap is generally regarded as not ovr strong In ono part it look3 like a substantia confession of wrong doing. In an other part it is a rather feeble am' not very creditable attempt to throw the responsibility upon another per son. There is one assertion in the defense, however, which deserves a cood deal more attention than it fleems yet to have received. Bolknav Bays that Clymer, tho chairman o the investigating committee, toll him that it would bo necessary to report in favor of his impeachment unless ho resigned his office; ant" therefore Belknap did resign, believ ing, ho says, that tho warning was, in effect, an agreement not to msh proceedings in tho event of his resig nation. Of course this is dd defense for Belknap, even if Clymer intended to make such an agreement. Ho had no authority to make it. Assuming, however, that Belknap tells the truth and attaching tho least importance to Clymer's intimation interpreting it simply as a timely warning what excuse has Clymer to offer for point ing out a way of escape to the guilty Secretary? Supposing that tho Sen ate decides that an officer cannot be impeached after he has resigned, who tben will appear to hare obstructed justice and defeated the prosecution? Were we a Democrat of tho most ultra stripe, we could not do else than ask that Clymcr be investigated by his own committees. If he has cheated tho Democrats of their just prey, be should suffer for it. Farming and Politics. o Oar farmers need not bo told by us that this is a very backward sea son; but we do feel that a little ad vice from us, on the eve of elections, jnay not be misplaced. A day's work flow is worth more to our farmers than all the ideas or satisfaction that ihey may get from a hundred stump speeches. We advise them therefore to speed the plow and stick to the work until tho last handful of wheat is scattered. It is true, Cincinnatus of Rome and our own Minute Men left their plows in tho unfinished farrow for tho public good, but this was done only on grave occasions, when war threatened the welfare of fhair country; no stump speeches or puparatively trivial election would have lured them off. Tho same we hope jfc be with our farmers. Furthermore, as there undoubtedly will not be as much grain raised in Oregon this year as usual, those who now work and succeed in getting good crops will get all tho better prices; let politics alone until all your wheat is under ground, and oiben run for President of the United States if you wish. Mr Villard, president of the O. C. R. R. has agreed to build the road to Amity f in time for the next crop, providing tho farmers in that vicini ty will furnish him with 300,000 frushels of wheat and pay 12 cents per bushel for freighting it. The Hawaiian Treaty. Tho recent treaty ratified by tho Senate and the House of Representa tives, between the United States and tho Hawaiian Islands, by which in consideration of our admitting their productions, notably sugar and rice, duty free into tho United States, we aro to enjoy the same hospitable dis tinction with our productions from his sable majesty King Lnnalilo, in his imperial dominions. By this treaty the Sandwich Islands will be greatly enriched while the United States will lose not less than one million dollars per annum in duties; it will not cheapen sugar in the minutest degree here, but the tariff difference will go to swell tho coffers of the Cannibal Islanders. It is the biggest fraud that has been perpe trated for many a day, and Senator Booth of California, who fonght it long and persistently, is entitled to great credit for his position on the question, which will shine brighter in contrast when tho transparent fraud becomes moro apparent. The secret of the whole affair is that plantation properties have been much depressed for several years past in the Sandwich Islands; ob serving this some long-headed ring capitalists conceived tho plan which has now been consummated, and bonded tho said properties for small consideration in conqjarison to their actual value with the project a fixed fact, and have awaited the grand climacteric to bring out a huge speculation. It erds in adding another disgrace to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate to bo approved by our dolt of a Presi dent and Undo Sam must raise a million dollars in revenue from somo other sources. There can bo no reciprocity with the Islands to confer a similar benefit to the United States, as they only take from us the baro necessities of life which from our contiguity, they were obliged to order from us, willing or unwilling; but our solons who descant so eloquently on protection to homo interests are now trying their hand at protecting the Congoes, Kanakas and Cannibals,at the expense of our own tax-ridden communities, who must bo further burdened m consequence. Vive la Humbio. Slandering Presidential rant. Aspi- It is always a sign of political ex citement when tho leaders of both parties aro made targets for venom ous shafts, and the subjects of slan ders. Half a dozen distinct efforts havo been made to fasten some stig ma upon Secretary Bristow. Two or threo virulent charges of misconduct are maliciously pressed against Gov Tilden. A transaction between Geo II. Pendleton and his nephews, in which the worst that can bo said is that tho uncle received large fees in attending to tho nephews' business while the nephews themselves pro test that they would havo been glai to double them if they could, has been distorted into somo monstrous wrong upon plundered orphans and a plundered government. Newspa pers havo been making charges for weeks past against Mr. Blaine, with as iittlo loundation in iact as the crime attributed to Pendleton. The people who start these stories mistake the character of the American people and the possibilities of a Presidential campaign. One distinct charge of corruption clearly proved may ruin tho best candidate, but clouds of uusustainod calumnies never hurt, and are often a positive help. The Republicans have been busy pushing tho stones against Governor Tilden Thev have not as yet damapred him an iota. The Democrats are doin themselves no credit by their obvious efforts to spread a drag net which may possibly lisn up sometumg asrainst '.Bristow. Mr. Bristow has shown himself to be too good a man o deserve such treatment, and it will bo an advantage not only to Bristow but to tho Democratic party when hese investigation committees find out that charges which end only in honorable acquital are a humiliation and a defeat to the prosecutors. The Indians and the War Iepartment. The agent manner of mismanaging the Indians has been dealt a stagger- ng blow by the recent bill passed jy the House. This so-called "peace policy," independent of the outrage- 1 I 1 1 1 J. ' A . ous irauds luac uaa crept imo us system, has been proved a failure. Tho wily red man was as gentle as tho proverbial lamb during the blasts of winter, when game and ammuni tion were equally scarce; but with the buds and sunshine of spring has he not invariably dug up his buried tomahawk and with a "whoop" start ed for tho immigrant trails and the scattered settlements of tho frontiers men ? In spite of the wit of Democratic Cox and tho beautiful sentiments of Republicans the House has passed, by a large majority, the bill to trans fer tho Indian bureau to the War Department. This is perhaps the wisest act of tho session. The Gov ernment will save half the appropria tions, peace will bo restored to the frontiers, and the welfare of the In dians themselves will be promoted. S"-iUi -nt SeUat0 venture to defeat this bill CONGKESSIOXAL. ! SENATE. i Washington. May 15, During j the morning hour a number of rc- ports of an unimportant character 1 were made from various committees. ! The Senate then went into session to j deliberate on the question of juris diction of the Belknap impeachment. When tho doors re-opencd, the Senate, after some unimportant leg islative business had been transacted, adjourned. May 10. Sherman from tho fi nance committee reported adversely on the Senate bill reduceiug the in terest on public debt; to provide for a safe and elastic currency; for tho speedy appreciation of the value of treasury notes and national bank notes to that of coin, and to guard against panics and inllation of bank credits. The committee was dis charged from its further considera tion. Kelly, of Oregon from tho com mitteo on public lands, reported an amendment to tho Senate bill relating to pre-emption claims. Placed on tho calendar. Also, favorably on the bill to create an additional land office at Colfax, W. T. Placed on the calen dar. Mitchell of Oregon, called up the bill introduced by Sargent yesterday to rostrict immigration of the Chi nese to the United States, and also the. resolution recently submitted by that Senator ia favor of certain mod ifications of the treaty witli China, etc. He said the importance of this question and the magnitude of the evil sought to be remedied had in dnced him to vary from his conrse of keeping silent in the Senate. The Pacific States and Territories more than any other portion of our coun try, were tho theater in which this evil, dangerous and threatening to our moral, social and intellectual status was exhibited in all its terri ble aspects. No more important subject could be presented to Con gress than that of Chinese immigra tion. It was one which Congress could not evade or ignore. The alarming inllnence of the Mongolian race to our shores menaced the stability, purity and integrity of onr morals. Tho 2eople of the Pacific Coast were being injured by this species of im migration, and was it strange that tfcey appealed to Congress for relief. He referred to the remarks of Sargent, delivered a few days ago, and the testimony produced by him. and said it showed that the effect of Chi nese immigration was to degrade tho institutions of 07. r country, establish within our borders a system of serf life. The people of the United States should have somo regard for them selves. The question now was wheth er our civilization, strong and pure as it is, can afford to stand tho dead ly vices which necessarily result from flooding onr land with these base and degrading pagans. It was a question whether our land should be overrun by pagan people, uneducat ed and guided by neither God nor conscience, but only to the gratifica tion of their lust. Tho Chinese would never become attached to the constitution of the United States nor tho peace and good order or our country. He read various extracts to show the evils of Chinese immi gration, and said the question o welcoming those from Christian countries to onr shores was ono thincr. and throwing open our doors to thispajran Asiatic race was another. Could Congress, upon the ground of humanity, upon tho doctrines cf ex patriation, upon the principles of the Christian relicrion. a I ford to have our land deluged by an in fin x of the pa gan race? It had been said that there was no danger; that but fow would come, and there was no cause for alarm. But statesmen who believe this would believe a lie. Already the tide of emigration across the Pacific had commenced in China, and to-day the Chinese are coming bv thousands into California, Oregon and Washington Territory. They brought with them proverty, disease, crimo and pestilence in their worst forms. He read from papers show ing that 2,l.rS Chinese had recently arrived at San Francisco in threo days, and argued that they wero com ing to this country at the rate of 50, 000 yearly. The man who said that this flood would not increase in vol ume and power mistook the signs of the times and failed to correctly trace tho inevitable logic of events. Some thing must be done to restrict im migration. The general doctrine that the subject of any country had a right to abjure his allegiance to his own ruler and acknowledge allegi ance to another country is proper; but there arc exceptions to all rnles. Tho Chinese do not want to become citizens of the United States. Ask them if they desire to better their condition, and they will answer m broken English, "Me nolikee Melican man." He argued that they did not add to tho wealth, prosperity or dig nity of tho United States. If tho Chinese wore allowed to come here. tlm neonle of the second Centennial would eat of bitter fruits, and drink of poisoned waters. Mr. Merrimon inquired 11 any por tion of the Chinese on our western coast were naturalized and if o, did they belong to the voting population. Mr. Mitchell replied they were not n nfn ml i zed and did not desire to be, and therefore the doctrine of expatri ation would never apply to them. Sargent said the people ot the 1 a- cific coast do not want to have them naturalized. If they should be, forty or fifty thousand of them would be taken to the polls ny iuer masis, tho companies owning mem. ine peoplo of that section would soon have no voico in their affairs. Mitchell resuming, argued tuat negotiations should ne commenced tho Secretary of Stato with the Chinese government to havo some modification of the Burlingame rpntv. He (Mitchell would ap proach any legislation by Congress to remedy the evil with extreme can-Hrm- lm't If the evil could not be abated without such legislation, then etitbamade. Ho hoped the reso- nflons snbmitted by hargent to effect some modification in the treaty would bo agreed to. The people ot he Pacific coast were discontented on account of this matter, and it was the duty of the government to in- . P ll.! .UfiftMiTAnl a mre into the cause 01 iuijuus"-"" 1 -m T T . "1 .1 and apply a remedv. rie appe.nen to Congress, to tho President, to tho Secretary of State, and to the people of the whole country to come to the rescue and crush these terrible eviis. Sargent's bill, introduced by him COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY 3-esterday, to restrict immigration of the Chinese to the United States, was referred to tho committee on commerce. Subsequently Conkling, with tho consent of Sargent, moved that it bo referred to the committeo on foreign relations. A sharp debate ensued between Conkling and Edmunds as to which committee it was proper to refer the the bill, and it was finally referred to the committee on foreign relations. At 1:45 P. M. legislative business was suspended and the consideration of the articles cf impeachment against Belknap resumed. On motion of Edmunds, the gal leries were cleared and the doors closed. kocse. May 12. Luttrell introduced a joint resolution authorizing the aj pointment of commissioners to asscr tain on what terms a mutual bene ficial treaty of commorce with Mex ico can be arranged. Glover introduced a resolution setting forth that L. H. Fitzhugh doorkeeper of the House is not a fit person to hold the position of docr keeir and that he be dismissed; re ferred to the committee on rules with instructions to report as early as possible. May 15. The House passed the bill under a suspension of the rules allowing Mrs. Fitch to receive her diamonds free of duty, and soon af ter adjourned. TEI.EGAI1JIC 'KVT.. Eastern. Washtn-oton, May 13. Tho House committee on judiciary have not yet perfected the bill recommended to the committee two months ago by Representatives Lawrence and Knott, to secure indemnity to the United States from the Pacific railroads, by retaining in tho Treasury all tho money which is or may be owincr to them and applying it forthe payment of money due the government. Theso gentlemen say that if the bill shall pass it will save to the govern ment $150,000,000 or more, which, would otherwise be forever lost, while it would invade io lights of property or priviles secured by law. Tho proposition of Sydney Dillon, in behalf of tho Union Pacific Railroad" Company, to retain the lands at o-i 50 per acre as payment for the indebtedness, was considered by the committee impracticable. Although tho Morison tariff bill is among the special orders, it is not likely to be reached for several weeks, as the general appropriation bz ! Is take precedence. ' Xono cf tho members who converse about ad journment say that Congress can ad journ before the middle of July, ac cording to the present prospect. The total payments of silver up to Saturday were about 1,423,000. There ia no doubt that Richard Harrington, under indictment in the safe-burglary case, has tied the country. It is thought he is in Canada. Tho extradition treaty with England does not apply. A larger number of counterfeit notes have recently been received at the redemption division of tho treas ury than ever before within tho same length of time. Washington, May 11. Offices established Albina, Multnomah Co.. Oregon, W. D. Walsh. P. M. ; Gal ice, Josephine county , Oregon, Geo. F. Green, P. M.; Dairy, Eake coun ty, Oregon, Wm. Roberts, P. M.; Sietkam, Coos count-, Oregon, Wm F. Flook, P. M -Mill Plain, Clarke county, W. T. Lewis McLane, P. M Postmasters appointed F. Craft Brownsville, Linn countv, Oregon Martin V. lloontz, Ha'.sey, Lii county, Oregon; Charles 11. joxter Unity, Pacific county, W. T. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Texas Pacific Railroad Com panv, held in Philadelphia a few days ago, two million dollars were subscribed to eloso the gap between Dallas and Fort Worth, and from Sherman to Paris. It is expectei to nave trains running on theso por tions of the road within six months Throckmorton's bill for extending the time for the completion of the main lino will be reported on favor ably by the House committee soon and a very cheerful feeling prevails among the friends of the enterprise Chicago, iuay 10. me jmtes Clinton, Iowa, special says: Millar D. Groat passed here yesterday en route homo from the Black Hills, and tells a graphic story of tho dan gers and privations of life at Custer City. Ho says he and four others dug faithfully for seventeen days and got six dollars in specie apiece. That was the average luck in that vicinity. He says people are coming awav from tho Hills, as the Indians are getting more troublesome While returning, his party was at tacked by Indians at Indian creek and lost their horses and all their valuables, one man was wounded and his comrades earned him on then- backs to Fort Laramie. He believes thero i.s gold in paying quantiti there, but there can be no profitable mining until the country gets set tied, better transportation facilities and the Indians quieter. New Yokk, May 12. Reports from various places in Maine and New Hampshire announce very do structivo rloods in the rivers, and the tho waters stul rising. Great excite ment prevails. No loss of life has thus far occurred, but tho destruc tion of property is immense. New xoek, May LJ. Ihe execu tive committee of the Now York Lib eral Republican last night passed a resolution that inasmuch as no liber- al organization is Known 10 exist in any State except New York, they fail to recognize tho organized existence of the Liberal Republicans whom in their national capacity recently issu ed a call for a National Convention of the party they claim to represent. They therefore advise tho liberals of New York to await tho action of tho conventions at Cincinnati and St. Louis, with a view of supporting the least objectionable candidate thereby nominated. Charleston, May 15. Nearly the whole of the business portion, of the town of Darlington, in this State, was burned this morning. Whole blocks were destroyed, and the. loss is estimated at upwards of $1,000,000; only partially insured. ' New Yokk, May 15. Some of tho delegates to the Inflation Convention say the Convention at Indianapolis will probably nominate General Butler for President and George W. Julian for Vice President, BANCROFT LIBRARY, OF CALIFORNIA, Indianapolis, Ind., May 15. The National Convention convenes in this city next Wednesday for the nomi nation of a national ticket. The names of Judge Davis, B. F. Butler, ex-Treasurer Spinner, and Senator Booth, of California, are prominently mentioned in connection with the nomination for President. Repre sentatives will be present from near ly every Stato in the Union. CocNcin Bluffs, May 15. The Un ion Pacific run its first through train over the Missouri bridge to-day to its eastern terminus at Council Bluffs, in obedience to tho writ of mandamus ordered by the supreme court of the United States. New Orleans, May 15. A Times special dated Summitt, Miss., 15th, says information was received here last night of a row between tho ne groes and Whites at Laurel Hill, West Feliciana parish, near the Mississppi line. On Friday night about thirty negroes went to the store of a white man in tho vicinity and called him to the door and riddled him with bul lets. A posse from Bayou Sara went out Saturday for the body. The ne groes would not give it up and a fight ensued and three negroes were killed. Two white men are missing. The negroes are gathered together and 1,100 are said to bo in arms. The whites are going down from the neighboring counties into Mississip pi. A serious fight is expected. A special to tho Republican dated Bayou Sara, La., May 15, says: Eight colored men have been shot dead, 4 hanged, and abont 20 wounded. No whites were killed. Persons just from scene report sixty blacks killed, but this statement is considered as exaggerated. Twenty colored men are reported as being held as hostages. Their fate is uncertain, but tho supposition is they will bo killed; also that the number of negroes killed willrever be known, precautions having been f.ken to remove the dead secretly. The num ber of regulators under arms is said to bo 500 from east Baton Rouge and East and West Filiciana and Wilkin son county, Mississippi. Tho color ed people are said to be arming for self defense. On Saturday and Sunday night numbers of colored men crossed to Point Coupco to es cape thoso who aro hunting them. Washington, Ma' 15. The Attor ney General declines to interfere in tho matter of tho sentences of Ma guire and McKee, cither by pardon or modification of sentence. New Yokk, May 15. The JWJ'.v Washington special says. Blaine's frionds p.re jubilant because he is completely exonerated. This does not end jjiaine s trouoies however. There is another vagr.o charge after it that he was given land grant bonds of the Little Rock road to influence tho making up of the House com mittees in 1872, while he was speaker; but the committee to-day very prop erly declined to hear the testimony. By the report of the Naval Investi gating Committee, toon to 1 made, it appears that at the sale of the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the Pennsylvania Railroad Comnanv, last Fall, instead of tho land alone were hundreds of thousands of dollar's worth of half dismantled buildings, naval stores, etc., left on the grounds, and which the purchase; of the rail road company did not include. This report will reileet severely on Robe son and possibly deem his removal from ofh'ee necessary. New Yoi;K, May K'k The Ih ruhUx Philadelphia special predicts a change in the Contenm-vl manage ment. General ILiwlev's re-election pre.- n means eerru: Cleveland, of Jersey fit; , now first is his antag- vice prs onist. sident, is named I'oreign. Paiuh, Mav 13. At the recent sitting of tin; Council General of the department -f Vancluse. member spoke in opposition to the proposed suhserihtioTi for the monument to bo erected by the Franco-American Union, asserting that tho Americans showed ingratitude toward the French during the late war, The Prefect refuted this assertion, and recalled the fact that during the late war he was Prefect of Dijon and in presence of tho invasion tho delega tions of Americans brought him ad ditional subscriptions altogether mor than 200,000 francs. Tho re marks of the Prefect were received with applause by tho citizens present at the discussion. Lonixn, May 12. Oxford has finally decided not to send a crew to America. Madrid, May 14. The Spanish Congress has passed a clause of the constitution providing for religious liberty, by a vote of 220 against SI. Kagcs.v, May 13. Late disjiatch es from Athena say a vessel which arrived from Salonica brings news that the American Consul was not in Salonica at tho time of tho murder. Tho Christians took his carriage which chanced to bo at tho railroad station, put the girl in it and drove her to consulate provisional council, and the mob met in tho mosque. The governor was present when tho con suls were murdered. He merely protested and treated tho matter lightly. The Turks lied past the corpses and spat upon them. The body of the French consul had thirty-four wounds. It is reported that tho bodies of tho murdered consuls remain unbur- ied at Constantinople. The excite ment is so great that it would be dan gerous to attempt a funeral until reinforcements arrive. A general panic prevails. The lower classes of Mohammedans are purchasing dag gers and revolvers witli money sup plied by thoso hoping for the mas sacre and plunder of Christians. Travlers are leaving en masse. Eu ropean residents aro sending away their families. Tho Bulgarian in surrection is extending. Pauis, May ld.-Fiqaro asserts that at a councils of minister yesterday it was decided to propose to President MacMahyn the name of M. D. Mar- cere, Republican under secretary of state, as successor of tho late M. Ricard, minister of the interior. Queer, radical Senator from Mar seilles, is dead. London, May 15. The Mark Lane Jwjircss savs vegetation has made ittle progress since last week's report n consequence of the continued low- ness of temperature. Autumn sown wheat is stronrr enoutrh to withstand the cold, but barley and oats are suf fering considerably. Thousands of acres in Essex have been sown with barley and other crops, the condition of the soil rendering it impossible to sow wheat. Tho backwardness of cereals, however, is not itself cause for alarm, and the chances of disastrous frosts are daily becoming more remote. There is little change in local trade, somo cargoes of foreign as well as some English wheat have been taken for contract, but the ex port demand is generaly confined to these transactions, and Holland, France, Belgium are buying direct from New York, Odessa and other shipping ports. Supplies of foreign lately have been inconsiderable, but with the opening of navigation at St. Petersburg, we may expect an increase, although it is propable that tho earlier shipments thence will bo mainly for Germany which has brought a considerable quantity there. Maize has been freely taken for summer shipment, the very mod erate prices tempting buyers. Pacific Coast. San FiiANcrsco. May 13. Another assessment of 8130,000 has been levi ed on Chas. Jost, proprietor of An tioch distillery, for spirits alleged to have been illicitly, distilled in 1874 and 1875. Jost claims that tho as sessment is made so as to compel him to confess the unlawful proceed ing on the part of distillers and government officials of which he knows nothing. He will'memorial ize Congress to that effect. San Fkanctsco. May 15. As the steamer City of Panama, which arrived last night, entered her berth at the Mail dock, she ran into the Austrian steamer Zelandia, damaging her so that one of her water-tight compartments filled, and her stern sank in the mud. She will be raised and repaired in a few days. Santa Baudaka, May "lG. At the anti-Chinese meeting held in this city last evening, resolutions were unanimously adopted by thoso pre sent, who pledged themselves not to patronize any person using capital as means of making a livelihood, who gives preference to Chinese la bor over that of white. SUMMARY OF STATE NEWS. Tho sawmill at Albina is in tion. opera- Tho Lane county jail is without a tenant. Tho O. to Amitv. C. R. R. is to bo extended Harrisburg with flour. is supplying Eugene The Lewis Brothers are doing Southern Oregon. Malicious persons are shooting horses in Wasco county. Tiie woolen mills at Ashland aro doing a good business. The Eugene City flour mills re sumed work List Monday. J. J. Comstock is to build the new hotel at tho Albany depot. Every team and plow in tho vicini ty of liaise y is in tho field. Beef cattle aro worth -4 cents pound on foot at the Dalles. Samuel Allen, an eld resident pr of Marion county, died last week. The public schools of Eugene have closed until the 1st of October. A Iittlo son of II. White, of Union county, was drowned last wot k. A i:w schooner is being De.'.n it Co.'s vard.s on Coos built B.iv. at l he machinery i.s being placed the new revenue cutter at Albina. m Boys still continue to frequent the dnnese opium house at Portland. (3,000 eases of salmon were shipped on tho John L. Stephens last week. iiie iemocranc county conven tion of Multnomah meets to-morrow lamhiil county is making ranid strides in tho way of clearing brush land. Tho stores of McGosney and Davis at Ilillsboro wero burglarized last week. Tho Democrat don't want Linn county divided, as thero is somo talk of doing. Sheep raisers of Wasco county have formed a Wool-growers' Asso ciation. Grangers of Yamhill connty pro pose to celebrate the Ith of July in grand stylo. Sherry Corbyn will havo a theatri cal troupe in Portland during the Jubilee week. The residence of Mr. F. Rosen crants at Salem was destroyed by fire last Sunday. Three Chinamen wero arrested at Marsh field last week for fighting alle same 'Melican man. Largo flocks of sheep aro being taken from Umatilla county for the Victoria market. The steamer Welcome broke her shaft, last week while cn route from Kalama to Portland. An insane young man in East to choke Portland has been trj'ing some of the little boys. A boat puller, name unknown, was drowned at Tongue Point, down the Columbia, last week. Tho city council of Albany have voted the Chief Engineer (Joe Web ber) a salary of $1(X) per annum. Prof. T. M. Gatch will retain his position as president of tho Willam ette University for another year. Rev. Mr. Stratton's (of Albany) physician has forbidden his preach ing in his present stao of health. Marston's store, at Gaston, was burglarized last Friday night, and $300 in clothing, jewelry, etc., taken. The lans are completed for the O. S. N. Co. improvements at As toria, and work is to be commenced soon. Tho City of Salem is tho only stea mer on either the Columbia or Wil- lameiro river mat lias a piano board. on Another unknown wreck has drift ed ashore at Yaqnina Bay. It is a vessel of about 100 tons; new or near ly new. Rev. R. Bentley, B. D., will de liver the university sermon at the Willamette University on the 2Sth of this month. ism lennent, a horse train jtat 1 uruaiui, was Kicked lval. at jast ounuay and nad one of lu"j broken. orS() rib The Methodist minister at Grove had a donation party last wpaI and netted S8t. Wl VIVJC'J Orty turn come ? r The parties to the Astoria abortion case were James W. Eaton and Nelli Poland, both of Portland. So sav the Astorian. Norton Wcisner was drowned near Canyon ville on the 20th ult., in the South Umpqua, by the upsetting 0; a small boat. " A new townis to bo laid out no the north fork of the Santiam, atSmith'a ferry, which will probably be call "Weatherford." . The new steam engine at. Albany works to a charm. The firemen aro so proud of it that they had a parade and a photograph thereof taken. Rev. Mr. Ellis, pastor of the Con gregational church at Forest Gro? has asked to bo released from his en gagement, which has been granUd At the last session of the district court at Pendleton, James C. Maxon and Benjamin Berry were convicted of robbing the mail.and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. The O. & C. R. R. will issne half fare tickets to persons attending the Pioneer's Reunion at the Salem Fair Grounds next month. Tickets will be good from the 11th to the 17th of June. A. Cantrell, of Benton county, has sold the fleece from his ilock of An gora goats, aggregating 1.C00 pounds of very fine mohair. The yield of wool is equal in weight to that from sheep, and is more valuable. The annual meeting of the Univer salist Convention for tho State of Oregon, will meet at the town of Ze na on the 8th of June next. Teams will be waiting at Salem and Lincoln to carry visitors to that place. Wm. Montgomery and T. J. .Neff, late of Platte Co. Mo., have purchas ed a largo farm in Marion countvaml will soon have in operation a distil lery, to convert much of our waste fruit into brandy. The machinery has already arrived in Portland. The commencement exercises of the Pacific University, at Forest Grove, will commence on Monday the 5th of Juno and close on the 7th. Tho graduating class for this year is as follows: Miss Ella Watt, H. Ta miro, J. T. Martin, KinSaito, Agero, and Nosoa. Edward Atkinson com pleted his course but will not be present, havinggonc East. The Jackson county Democrats met on the 13th and nominated tho following ticket: Representatives, T. F. Beall, Thos. Wright; county judge, Silas J. Day; commissioners, Samuel Furrv and A. Miller; countv clerk. E. D. Fond ray; sheriff, J. W. Manning; treasurer, John Orth; as sessor, O. N. Anderson; school superintendent, E. J. Farlow; sur veyor, J. JeflVies; coroner; Dr. Cal lender. Tho following is the Republican ticket for Multnomah county, nomi nated 011 the Kith: For senators, M. C. George, Wm. Barnes; representa tives, G. Tibbetts, T. J. Matlock, J. B. Huberts, D. Goodsell, W. S. Newbury and Isaac Blum; sheriff, W. W. Spanhling; clerk, Jas. A. Smith; commissioners, T. Wood ward and P. Kellv; treasurer, F. Harbongh; assessor. O. M. Barnard; surveyor, (J. . Jim-rage; school superintendent, II. II. Northrup; coroner, A. P. DeLiu. Onr Road Tax. We think it would bo an improve ment on the present way of leaving it optional to pay the road tax or work it out to make the payment compulsory and then hire men to do tho labor. In this way the work would go on steadily and be done in a much better way, for the men could bo "bossed" to a better advantage and by tho practice of constant em ployment would learn to accomplish much moro in the same time allowed the "green" hands under the present system. Wo will not speak of the appearance of the thing, for that of course has very Iittlo weight, but wo cannot help thinking that when for tho same price our country can regu larly hire tho work to bo done well, we do very foolishly to go out our selves, like members of a chain-gang, only to make a botch of the work. -o- - Col Forney does not confirm Brick Pomeroy's story that Booth was mov ed in part to his assassination of Lincoln by his failure to get his friend Beal's sentence of death by a military court changed. Tho story, it will bo remembered, included the statement that Col. Forney accom panied Booth and Senator Halo in a visit of appeal to tho White House. Yet there is other evidence that thero may bo something in the story. Speaker Kerr seems to realize that his ill health forbids his continuance in public life, certainly to the ex tent of declining re-election to Con gress, this year. His retirement will bo a great loss to his party, his state and the country. He is one of the ablest and purest men now in pnbl tc life, and if tho Democratic party had the sense, the virtue and the courage which he possesses, it could not long bo kept out of power, ne is now on a vacation from the speaker's chair. It is said that Dr. Nichols, of the Government Lunatic Asylum and Boss Shepherd's Ring, whoso invest tigation in Washington is yielding such shocking disclosures of cruelty, calls himself a Democrat. This is an additional reason for making tuo inquiry intohis misdeeds as searching as possible. Ring Democrats, either in or out of Congress, should receive no mercy from the honest repvesen: tatives of the people. 1?