3i)c (utcrprisc.
OREGON CITY, IIIIRSM', JAN. i, 1S77.
Encourage Homo Industry.
Tha man who tlooa uot encourage
home industrv is an enumv to tho conn-
try in which ho lives. Enconrage the
mechanics at home rather than those
abroad. Let the cost of home ami for
eign manufacture be eiiual, or a little in
favor of the imported article, and wo
say, all the time, encourage the mechan
ics we have here, liviug with 113 and
spending their money in tho county.
But we do not urge this point on th
principle of charity beginning at home;
this is no charity matter. You serve
your own interests when yon encourage
a skillful neighbor to make an article
you need, ucder your own immediate
personal inspection. The proprietor of
a wagon is satisfied that one of such
strength and adaptability to tho purpose
in view, could not be imported for the
money it cost him here, and therefore
he feels it to be decidedly to his interest
to enoourage our home mechanics. This
view applios to our ship carpenters, to
our blacksmiths, to our merchants, to
our boot-makers, to our what not ?
Our merchants sell a9 cheap for the
quality as elsewhoro, our jeweler is
, said to be one of the best on the Pacific
Coast, as are many other of our mechan
ics and artisans. Even patronizing your
home newspaper is lending a hand to
ward the general advancement of the
place some to the contrary, notwith
standing. And inasmuch as we are in
need of people, therefore we say encour
age the immigration of the mechanic,
rather than be continually crying out
for men with capital, or importing from
abroad what we can buy at homo. Yet
this broad principle cannot be said to
be good policy, and as tho San Fran
cisco Ifasj), speaking on a similar sub
ject, truly says: "In this State, inas
much as by encouraging home industry
such industry as the Chinese are en
gaged in does not benefit this State
much. The earnings of the coolies go
to enrich China rather than tho United
States.
If one half of the work performed in
this State was performed by white la
bor, then tho above lino of policy wonld
be excellent; but it is pretty hard to ask
our consumers here to help China in
preference to helping their own people
in Europe. Encourage white industry,
we say, by all means."
The Cronin Case.
0 Things are looking very "fishy" for
the Groverites at Washington. The
Governor and his satellites may have
been able to thwart the will of the peo
ple in this State temporarily but when
the light of a Senatorial investigation
is thrown on the rascality its criminal
ity is made manifest and the most ob
tuse or dyed-in-the-wool Democrat is
compelled, at least, inwardly, to admit
it. The testimony delivered before the
committee by the llepnblican delegation
of witnesses shows conclusively that
Cronin (acting urder instructions) be
haved in a most audacious and high
Landed manner. Secretary Chad wick
band the certificates to Cronin, and be
cause the justly elected Hepnbliean3
refused to act with him, and Cronin
thereupon refused to deliver the certifi
cates organizing and electing himself
elector, Governor Grover and Judge
Hoadley, and all the lawyers in the
land may fill column after column of
our newspapers with citations and legal
logic but they can never convince s
that it is justico for a man fairly beaten
at the polls to usurp authority and de
feat the will of the majority.
Appropriation for the Mind.
The proposed Congressional approp
riation for the blind, while its object is
certainly to be commended, can hardly
be termed a prudent step. If Congress
takes upon itself the expense of print
ing books for the blind, why not of
teaching the deaf to hear, the dumb to
epeak, or the lame to walk. Those
classes of unfortunates have as much
elaim to Government aid as the first
mentioned; and although many will be
found ready to declare that tho Govern
ment should care for the unfortunate
of every class, to do so properly would
give ua more Governmental machinery
than could bo safely run. Asylums for
tho unfortunate classes are in our mind
lunch better mauaged when in private
hands, or when their officers are watch
el by a jealous municipal, State or
county Government, that people having
the good of the cause at heart will be
sorry to see tho responsibility for these
institutions hampered by the red tape
of a Government administration.
The slangy snob who drivels through
the columns of tho Portland Child's
Own like a sniveling school boy over a
blotted copy book, calls his dishonor
able conduct in reforence to our sub
senbers, "untiring energy." If what
we haveen of his conduct and heard
of it in another region, is what he calls
"nntiring energy," then may the deity
which presides over honorable news
paper men preserve us from such quali
fications.
The annual report of the Commission
er of Agriculture shows that there were
distributed during the past year one
million five hundred and twenty thou
sand packages of vegetable and field
seeds and textiles, including near 05,
000 vegetable, 372,000 flower, GG.O00
wheat. G4.000 tobacco and SCO cotton
seeds. They were collected from all
parts of the world because of tueir p.
. . culiar excellence.
Washington Letter.-
Washington, D. C, Dec. Ptii, 1SG. '
Winter is upon us, not with the bleak,
stormy aspect with which it greets more
northern climes ; but with a mild and sof
tened look and reluctant step, as if it re
frains from robbing us of our ulorious and
golden Fall ; tho flowers in our yards hive
only just now ceased to bloom, and furs
and ulsters are slowly being called into
requisition. With its advent comes the
enlivened aspect of our streets and the
many evidences of renewed activity in our
business marts.
Pennsylvania Avenue, with its new
pavements, affords a magnificent drive
and unexcelled promenade, and as tho
many brilliant equipages, which have so
long been debarred from its use, Hash I y,
days and incidents of j'ore are vividly re
called. The sidewalks are again lined with
familiar faces. Here may be seen each
morning tho Chief Justice of the highest
tribunal in the land leisurely wend ins bis
way on foot to the white-domed capitol
beyond, preceded ana followed by grave
Senators and boyish members of our Con
gressional Arcadia. Lobbyists, male and
temale, hangers-on and ex (Octants of Liod
only knows wtiat with eager faces ami
anxious eyes, pass hurriedly by; Later in
the day, the fbreijrn ministers emerge from
their ret i racy, and take the constitutional
stroll. Dr. 'Edward Thornton, with tall
and stately figure, whito locks and siiie
whiskerM ;Schwarjs Sep born, with Teuton
ic cast of features ; Bartholdi, Shickin.and
numerous other titled attaches, military
and naval dignitaries ; all join in the surg
ing throng and swell the crowd of passing
pedestrians. The prand boulevard thus
echoes to tho sound of hurrying feet.dash
1ns vehicles and joyous conversation, un
til the darkness of eventide dissipates the
gathering and twinkling lights admonish
them of nousehold comforts or domestic
cares. Again we meet the President, dress
ed in neatly-fitting black, with the inevit
able cigar protruding from half parted
lips, and accompanied by his son Fred
or 'Lys. In general anjtcaranco ho greatly
resembles his old adversary anil prede
cessor, Andrew Johnson. The same lines
of rigid determination mark the features;
the same reserve and stability of manner
are apparent ; ami yet, withal, the eyes are
re-assuring and speak of a geniality of
temperament unknown to the world at
large. Now and then the habitual retiracv
of demeanor vanishes, and a merry twin
kle of the eye or a kindly smile announce
a pleasing thought or a noticed eccentric
ity of some passer-by. Quickly lie raises
his hat to the salutation of those around
especially the ladies; and seldom fails to
recognize a lYiend or acquaintance in the
strolling throng of humanity.
Many are the notables that now lend
attraction to this grand street, and deenly
suggestive is their presence, to one famil
iar with Washington life, of scenes long
since wrapped in the mantle of the past
of the days of ante bellum aristocracy and
'family' pretensions; of tho new requime
and its short-lived splendor its fetes and
parties, balls and receptions; of visiting
foreign potentates and titled grandies ; of
fair women frail as beautiful ; of men no
ble, and men notorious; of high-life scan
dal and low-lite gossip a veritable collec
tion of facts stranger and stranger than
fiction. Hut on it all we relentlessly turn
our back, and, sharpening the ever-present
quill, steal away to the HaTTs of Congress
to chronicle its acts and describe its (mist
deeds. Very little interest centred in the open
ing proceedings of the Senate, anil the
Senators were slow in taking their seats.
The first to enter were Senators Morrison,
of N. C, and Cockrell, of Mo. On the Ko
publican side, Mr. Key, of Tenn., came to
his seat early, and immediately engaged
in writing, continuing until the" body was
called to order. Senators Kernan, liayanl,
Thurman, and others of Democratic iersu
asion.soon came in, making a busy group
of talkers on that side of the Chamber.
Mitchell arrived early and occupied the
seat formerly used by lJuekingham, of
Conn. lie received quite an ovaiion upon
the successful termination of the canvass
made in Oregon, and, ere the day was
over, secured sfecial distinction in tho
form of the chairmanship of committee on
transportation routes a position fnllv de
served, and one which will necessarily be
well administered. Contrary to general
expectation, senator conkling appeared
in his customary place, and, with the ex
ception of his eyes, which are swollen by
neuralgic pains, looked as robust as of
former days. The galleries slowly filled
up, and by 12 o'clock all available seats
were occupied. The only interesting oc
currence of the day was the 'swearing in'
of Jas. G. Blaine, the new Senator from
Colorado, and Gen. Samuel Price, appoint
ed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Senator Caie"rton, of W. Va. Mr.
lilaine was warmly congratulated, anil
Messrs. Chaffee, Tiller and Price Avere also
the recipients of welcoming words. Mr.
C bailee has long been a delegate froni the
Territory, which has since expanded into
a State, and i:, therefore, 110 stranger in
the Congressional circles; with his con
frere the case is, however, different, but
time will doubtless develop dormant
legislative abilities, and adapt him for the
nign position ne is now caiiea uon to
occupy.
JTo the crowd, the House of Representa
tives seemed the objective point, on Mon
day last; and the members the cynosure
of the many inquisitive visitors now in
our midst. While the number of persons
present was not so large as at the opening
of the 44th Congress, last session, the gal
leries were still uncomfortably filled, while
the doorways were thronged with a large
number ot anxious laces, whose owners,
failing to get seats inside, contented them
selves as best they could by peering over
me snouuiers ot the more lortunate ones
111 front. On tho lloor. from the hour of
10 o'clock, there was the usual scene of
bustle and confusion, and the buzzing
noise of conversation was omni-present.
Members who had been re-elected to the
45th Congress congratulated each other
heartily, while those who had entered for
the race but had failed to win were objects
of general condolence. Radical Kepubli-
i.ii3 0iui;iuaiiy rauicai ucniocrais grasp
ed each other cordially by the hand, and.
;"' nmo oeing, 1110 bitterness of tMilit
leal warlaro was lorgotten. The organiza
tion began in tho preliminary attempts
orgamzi
n f t fr n nl
Vilaw by tuo door-keepera to clear tho
Jlall ol all but thoso entitled to the privi
lege of the lloor. This resulted in the ex
clusion ot about one-third of tho crowd,
leaving on tho sofas and the scats of ab-
si-Mniieimiers a large number of persons
gifted with that sublime quality called
cheek. Many, finding ingress to the gal
leries impracticable, rushed for the re
porter s inclosure, and, if the majority of
t be crowd were veracious, every paper in
Lowell s Directory received representation
atv enioralle dy- At 12 o'clock,
tlerk Adams nervously mounted the
Speakers platform, his head crammed
W': Yr is ot J1.0"1'10 ning power, and his
'""" .'""J VM. 10 lne necessity of th
nnmng over in his mind a brilliant ex
mpore speech; Clymer attempted th
Ujicult feat of balancing his nrLt,
proportions on a handy chair arm; Ran
dall solemnly surveyed the 'baldness' of
Ins friend ' Stewait," and looked pro
foundly grand, in a closely buttoned c-o-t
and martial air; while Morrison and Sav
ants upon Congressional proceeding Of
tho prominent Democratic membershe is
pcrnaps less given toeiaboration of speech
although constantly participating m del
bate. When occasion rerniir. i,
make long and exhaustive arguments but
it is 111 sudden parliamentary skirmishes
that he is held to excel. His figure is large
and commanding, his frame is erect and
he stands stiffly against any amount of
bullying; while his shrill voice is as pro
trusive as a gimblet. Whenever a point
'ul" lK "rt. last session, he was on
ti -a- viiuu 111,111 1 I
he appropriation committee, were if not
always successful, at least continuous.
The Ohio member was undoubtedly the
readier debater, but still Randall was nev
er discouraged or demoralized his on
'Is! n1Olnnirt - P
"UUT, ' il,,u own exposed position. A
tapot the gavel, and ail was' still. The
Democratic candidates for theSpeakershin
were Promptly on hand. Sammy Cox
seemed m exec lent spirits and, as usual
was in front polishing his eye-g asses and
ior iisiies-My wanuerea and profoundly
pondered. A few minutes sufficed the
agony was over, and Samuel J. Randall
of Pa., was declared elected. Of tho new
Speaker .there is but little to say.his person
.uiu iwmu r ueniLi laminar to an
slaughts1 being vigorous ruA his subse
quent retreats creditable. The mantle of
the lamented Kerr has fallen on able if not
immaculate shoulders; but whether or
not the ermine will' In) sullied by contact
with the person of Philadelphia's 'word
politician, remain-" for the man and tho
future to decide. iNear the uoor sat ijue
Jcans' Williams, Governor-elect of Indi
ana, his shirt collar slopping over his
coat, and his long legs dangling from a
tipped-back chair. (Jen. Danks, tho man
who so readily changes his politics, and
Lnmur, the man whochangesliisspecches,
sat side by side, chatting vigorously. II.
Wattersoii, of Ky., with his strong culture
indicating face and closely croped light
hair, sat on the right of the main aisle,
holding pleasant converse with a bright
lad his foster-sister's child, llolmah, a
shade older than last session, was turning
the leaves of a compendious rule-book.
Luttrell, of Cal., passed hurriedly in,
grasping the proll'eved hand of a friend,
and, with a whispered word to Hanks,
sank into his seat prepared for a season of
hard and arduous labor. Townsend, of
Pa., sat bold and upright, his globe-shaped
head covered with honorable white hair,
his body with sombre black broadcloth.
In front of the reporter's desk sat Smith
Kly, who has just been elected maj-or of
New York City, and lien Hill, the 'lire
eater' from fia. Ilolman was the first to
orate and, strange to chronicle, forgot to
employ his familiar 'I object' form of elo
quence. Ranks followed, and soon the
bp 11 was fairly in motion and a session
inaugurated which may prove of memor
able importance and historic significance'.
Singular as it seems, Proctor Knott took
no part in tho organization. He walked
about, his whito mustache, fat face and
piercing eye coming up at the most unex
jected joints ; whilo his conversation par
look or the jerky order of articulation.
Watterson the observed of all observers
from time to time roamed around like a
feline in a strange garrett, always looking
for a something or a somebody that he
could not find. It may have been that
true to his journalistic breeding, he circu
lated around, picking up items and trying
to fill his position as nominal member and
bona fido correspondent. However, he
has a striking liguro and is no ordinary
man. Apparently about thirty-five years
ot age, 01 medium height, and polished
manners, he is too well known as a writer
thiough tho editorial columns of the Lou
isville Courier-Journal to require extend
ed introduction. Alex. Stephens, who oc
cupies a seat near the centre of the Demo
cratic side, looks less like a ghost than he
did last session. Decidedly he has im
proved, sits upright, calm and sweet-tempered,
notwithstanding the dreadful tu
mor at -its deadly work upon his thigh.
A silk hat covers the head, kid gloves tho
delicate hands, and, near by, rest a pair of
crutches to support the 92 pounds of frail
but energetic, humanity. Stephens' old
seemed unusually skyward in its ambi
tions yearnings, j I is blonde mustache and
gleaming eve-glasses stood out in bold
relief sweet emblem of Democratic; dig
nity and contemplative serenity. LaFay
ctte Lane is but an early adjournment
lings our notes to an abrupt conclusion.
The Hall is soon deserted, and, led by the
impulse of tho surging throng, wo pass
through the corridors and out into the
bracing air of a chill December day.
The current topic of conversation in po
litical circles (and one of local interest is
the Oregon electoral complication. There
are many Democrats who are venal
enough to exult over the action of Gov.
(rover; but again, there are others, mid
some of the leading members of the
House, who deprecate the course pursued
to get Tilden tho desired vote. The more
conservative, averi ing that although elec
tors honestly chosen in some of the South
ern States have been deprived of their
rights, vet they cannot countenance (iro
ver's plan of 'procedure ; for, to assume
sucli a course as equitable would be to
weaken the allagatioii of wrong, which
will be the solo basis of opposition to the
reception of returns-from Louisiana and
Florida. The Republicans justly denounce
the proceeding as a gross outrage on the
people of Oregon and the nation at large.
The squabble may, however, in the end
be productive of'a salutary result, and
effect some agreement between the now
antagonistic House and Senate, as to the
manner of conducting the count. So ex
asperated are many prominent Senators
with the whole farce or (J rover's executive
wisdom, that many openly assert that,
inasmuch as the SL-nalo is 'sole judge of
tho qualifications of its members, the
Governor may experience some slight (?)
difficulty when he applies for admission
thereto. "Verily, the way of the trans
gressor is hard.' R. M. D.
Build up ;i Homestead.
The feeling that you are settled per
manantly in a place will induce you to
work to improve your claims, to clear
away the timber, to "slash" the brush,
to dig up the stump-, to plant orchards,
to build comfortable outhouses, and
each successive improvement is a bond
to bnd you still more closely to your
homes. This will bring contentment to
the family. Your wives and daughters
will fall in love with the country;
your sons will lovo homo bettor than
carousals, and prefer farming to meas
uring ribbons or professional loafing;
and you will be happy in seeing the
contented and cheerful faces of your
families. Make your home beautiful,
convenient and pleasant and you as
well as yours, will love it above all
places; you will leave it with regret,
think of it with fondness, come back to
it joyfully and seek your chief happi
ness around your home fireside. Wo
men and children need more than meat,
bread and raiment; more than an acre
of wheat spread around them. Their
lovo for the beautiful must bo satisfied;
their taste must bo cultivated; their
sensibilities humored, not shocked. To
accomplish this good end, home must
be made lovely.conveniences multiplied,
comfoits provided, and cheerfulness
fostered. There must be sunshine and
shade, luscious fruit and fragrant flow
ers, as well as wheat and potatoes. The
mind and heart, as well as the
fields must bo cultivated, and
then intelligence and contentmont will
bo the rule instead of the exception.
Stick to, improve aad beautify your
homesteads, for with this good work
comes contentment, and the wealth of a
contented mind is past calculating by
ordinary computation.
Constitutional.
Wo are informed by lion. R. "Wil
liams, attorney for the Locks Commis
sioners, that Judge Sbattuck sustained
the constitutionality of the Locks Law
in a decision rendered last week. We
believe none of the Portland papers
have made an item of it, which is not
strange as two of them have insisted
that it was unconstitutional, and they
apparently, did not desire to th row
Judge Shattuck in confusion by pub
lishing his dissent from the opinions of
the aforesaid legal luminaries.
Chicago proudly proclaims herself
the Porkopolis, rice Cincinnati,ontdone.
Last year she packed 1,000,000 while
Cincinnati was compelled to content
hereself with a modest half million.
seat was graced with the portly form of
Willis, of'N. Y., who, of course, in his 2o0
pound's of fairy-like lightness, filled it
well. Fernando Wood's aristocratic chili
State News.
Baker City has the Black Hills fever.
Wheat is one dollar per bushel up the
valley.
Salem is to have a mining stock
board.
A Baker City miner has fallen heir to
825,000.
The Camilla Urso Troupe will short
ly appear in Portland.
Columbia Godspeed of Baker City,
chopped a thumb off the other day.
The University at Salem has more
medical students this year than ever be
fore. A brother of Judge J. J. Hoffman, of
Portland, was drowned at Astoria Isst
Thursday.
Andrew Stewai t, of Yamhill county,
has been adjudged insane and sent to
the asylum.
A Mrs. Stowell, of Eugene City, had
her pocket picked of 25 last week, on
the mail train.
Stealing blankets and going to jail
for it is the way the boys enjoyed the
holidays at Eugene.
About 800 persons attended a watch
meeting at the M. E. Church in Port
land last Sunday night.
The City of Chester, designed to run
between Portland and San Francisco,
sailed irom tw York last Saturday.
Buena -Vista had a ball Christmas
night, and the dancers got away with
whisky by the jugful, says the llemlzer.
The value of the cargo of tho Norval,
which cleared from Astoria week before
last, was 53,205 08. The Woosung.
1,GS8.
Seventeen vessels cleared from As
toria during the month of September
with cargoes valued in the aggregate
of 972,234 04.
Oregov is now shipping wheat to a
dozen ot more European markets some
of which are in Great Britain, France,
Belgium, Spain and Holland.
John Parker and J. N. T. Miller,
who acted with Cronin, W. B. Laswell
and Henry Klippel have been summon
ed to Washington by request of Senator
Kelly.
Charles Harris living near Eola, on
Wednesday of last week, accidentally
discharged his rifle, the ball parsing
through his upper lip, nose and skull.
He is not expected to recover.
The State Natural History Society
met at Portland last week and elected
the following officers: Thos. Condon,
of the State University, president; Ilev.
P. S. Knight of Salem, secretary: O. B.
Johnson, of Forest Grove, curator.
The Aslorlan. says: Upper Astoria
can not be classed any more as of old.
It is now "Middletown," and upper As
toiia is beyond it, on towards Tongue
point. An immense amount of business
will bo carried on iu that vicinity the
ensuing season.
The fall of snow in the mountains
thus far this winter has been unusually
light. Ou tho McKenzie route last
week the ground was covered two incites
deep for a distance of ten miles. Or
dinarily, at this season of the year, there
is from two to ten feet in that locality.
One James Brown made an inde
cent assault upon Mrs. -Smith, a deaf
mute, at Salem, on Saturday, and as he
had not $t0 with which to liquidate, he
was sent to jail for 10 day 3. The peni
tentiary would havo been too good for
him.
A correspondent writing from Dora,
Coos county, says Ilobt. Willis, who
lives in that neighborhood, raised two
bushels of Holstein oats from one pound
of seed. Tho seed was imported from
Holstein, Germany, and was procured
by Mr. Willis from tho department of
agriculture at Washington.
Six pile-drivers are now in daily con
tract use at Astoria. Two owned by
Capt. Geo. Flavel, and four others
ow ned by Messrs Rogers-& Smith, Dean
Blanchard and the Columbia liiver
Fishermen's Packing Co. When all
are active 1,200 piles can bo driven
daily.
From all parts of the State come fa
vorable reports of the condition of the
crops. Better weather was never ex
perienced for agricultural purposes, and
a larger area of ground has been seeded
this Fall and Winter than has been
known before in the history of the State.
Should no severe frosts occur during
January and February we may expect
an abundant harvest next season.
The following well-known students
are candidates for graduation at the
Willamette University, during the pres
ent college year: Classic -T. C. Jory,
G. B. Gray. Scientific Nettie Cooke,
Sarelia Griffith, Qnincy A. Grubble.
Ida Hutton, Frank Irvine, Emma Jones.
Anna Lawrence,. Ada May, Bertha and
Althea Moores, Nellie Meacham, F. M.
McCully, It. J. Nichols, O. A. Peebles,
Leuora Boss.
The party engaged on the survey for
the cascades canal are progreesiug well;
the principle linos, both with the tran
sit, and level have been finished, and
lines of level on the cross sections are
now being run. The field work will
probably be completed in about three
or four weeks, and will include the to
pography of the country in the immedi
ate vicinity of the proposed line and
the hydrography of the river for a short
distance above and below the Cascades.
We are glad to notice the pacific tone
of the press of each party both in Ore
gon and other States. It shows a
healthy sentiment pervades the com
munity that will allow nothing, save of
the most outrageous character, to tempt
them to take up arms. In a crisis like
tho present, when two great parties are
facing one another in all party spirit,
for each to forbear striking a blow is a
lesson that monarchists may well heed
then men of both parties love their
country too dearly to again stab her
full of war wounds.
In PI liladelphia last year there were
1,848 teachers who drew salaries
amounted to an . average of
$533,81. Tho salaries of prin
cipals subtracted there is left for
the hardworking assistant teachers an
average of $497 a year a magnificent
sum. This it is now proposed to re
duce to S448. The pay of the Phila
delphia policeman is $912 50; and the
teachers think of applying for situations
as patrolmen.
Telegraphic News.
Eastern.
Tallahassee, Dec. 27. Tho result
of to-day's canvass elected Drew Gover
nor by 1' 5 and the Hayes electors by
20G; Davidson. Democrat, to Congress
by M0; Erisbee, Republican, by 320.
Governor Stearns has his remedy
against Drew's usurpation in an action
of quo warranto, which he will doubt
less bring in good time.
: New York, Dec. 28 The Times'
special from Jacksonville says the Sen
ate committee continued inquiry into
the conduct of the election in Florida
to-day. Members of the committee say
that evidence already taken far more
than sustains all that has been alleged
by Republicans concerning frauds com
mitted by Democrats, and that instead
of Hayes' majority being 1,000, either
the Republican national or State tickets
have, on a fare vote; 2,000 to 3,000 ma
jority in the State. The committee have
never been witnesses of such an outrage
perpetrated upon the people as that
which has just been committed by declar
ing Drew elected Governor when the evi
dence is overwhelming that he has been
beaten by 2,500 votes.
By the burning of an express car on
he Erie railroad, near Buffalo, nearly at
million dollars in greenbacks were de
stroyed. Of this amount the treasury
department have been able to identify
from the charred remains only about
$7,000; so that the government will gain
by the loss of the express company about
$993,000.
A report from Washington that treas
ury experts were engaged in examining
money partially burned by recent fires
ou the Erie Railroad, by which safes
containing a million dollars were de
stroyed, is incorrect. There has been
no loss of "safes containing money on
the Erie Railroad, and no loss of a mil
lion dollars in safes on any road.
Washington, Dec. i0. Tho Senate
committee on privileges and elections
commenced taking testimony to-day in
the Oregon case. Chadwick, Secretary
of the State of Oregon testified that the
first intimation he had of Watts being
postmaster was after the election last
November. Witness canvassed the vote
of the State in the manner prescribed
by law. Nothing was said on that
about Watts being ineligible; did not
preparo the list of electors' votes, forth
with; the vote of each was attached and
under the seal of the State. Governor
prepared the lists after looking over
tho law on that subject, as he aud wit
nesses in conversation agreed to com
ply with acts of Congress and Statutes
of Oregon as nearly as possible in the
matter, said Crouin received the highest
number of votes for elector on the
Democratic ticket. The law of Oregon
requires me to canvass the vote in the
presence of the Governor and other
!Stato oljcers. On the day fol
lowing the canvass the point as to
whether the Governor had a right to
appoint Cronin in place of Watts as
elector was raised, as Watts was post
master ou the dayof election.
Ex-Senator J. W. Nye, of Nevada,
died at White Plains, New York, on
Christmas day of softeniug of the brain.
Chicago Dec. 29. The Tones' Cleve
land special says: About S o'clock this
evening an express traiu on tho Lake
Shore railroad, went through the bridge
a quarter of a milo east of Ashtabula
station, where the road crosses Ashtab
ula creek. The train included 11 cars
and was drawn by two engines. A
blinding snow storm was falling and
driven before the furious gale, making
it impossible to see more than a short
distance. Of the eleven cars six were
coaches and contained dining-room
cars, all of which went down the plunge
of 75 feet. As far as can now be learned
there were 175 passengers on the train,
of whom between 30 and 10 were killed
outright. A special train, with tho
officers of the road aud all the physicians
that could be hastily summoned and
appliances for ILe care of the wounded,
left Cleveland at 8 o'clock. The con
ductor of the train was in the baggage
car and is safe. The driver of one of
the engines, Folsom by name, has his
leg broken. No cause for the accident
can be ascertained. Tho train, while
moving slowly, broke through the
bridge. -The cold and storms are very
severe, and the work of recovering the
bodies progresses slowly. The scene
is described as terrible beyond prece
dent. One of the injured is Edward
Tru worthy, of Oakland, California, his
wife and daughter are both probably
killed.
Washington, Dec. 30. John C.
Cart wright, Republican elector, corro
borated Mr. Odell.
Witness said he left the room for a
moment. Upon returning he found
Cronin there. Cronin stood near the
door when a knock or renort of signal
was given from the outside. Cronin
opened the door and Chadwick called
Cronin's name, and then handed him
an envelope. As the door opened wit
ness noticed a large number of men in
the senate chamber, and saw several of
them rush towards the door. He recog
nized several of them. These were men
of both political parties assembled in
the senate chamber, Minto, city marshal
of Salem, was in the chamber, and wit
ness called him into the room whera
the electors were, and asked him
to guard the door. Witness
then asked Cronin if he would, produce
the certificates of election, and he re
plied that he would when Minto left the
room. Minto then left and Odell lock
ed the door and put the key in his
pocket. Cronin then" refused to pro
duce the certificates until the key was
replaced in the door. This being done
Cronin took a paper from his pocket
and commenced reading it. Witness
started toward him for the purpose of
ascertaining what the paper was, and if
it was being read correctly.i'whereupon
Cronin put the papers back into his
pocket. The two candidates for elec
tors on the ticket with Cronin were in
the room, and witness asked that they
leave. Cronin said ho thought they
had as much right there as any one else,
and told them not to leave the room.
Cronin then asked if the Republican
electors refused to. act with him, and
witness told him they did not, but they
wanted him to produce the certificate
of elecion. Cronin said: "I might
as well give you to understand, first as
last, that I don't intend to produce the
certificates!" Witness moved the cer
tificates be delivered to the chairman as
soon as the college was organized.
Dr. Wafts account did not differ ma
terially from Cartwright's. His post
office was worth from two to three
hundred dollars per year. Ho never
knew he was ineligible until after the
election. He resigned, and was re
elected at the college.
Secretary of State Chadwick was re
called and testified concerning the lo
cation of the rooms in the State house,
and other matters of detail.
George A. Steel, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee
of Oregon, testified he knew nothing of
Walts' ineligibility until after the elec
tion. More unimportant testimony
followed. Adjourned till Wednesday.
Manv attempts have been made to ex-
! plain the $8,000 mentioned in sub-
poennes of Senate election commiiiec
for Oregon telegrams. The basis is a
statement that Senator Kelly, while en
route from San Francisco to Washing
ton, together with Morton and Mitch
ell, received, at a station, a hat full of
telegrams, which caused him to return
immediately to Oreg u. It was direct
ly reported-that tho dispatches, were
from Tilden, instructing Kelly to secure
a Democratic vote in Oregon. Subse
quently it was ascertained that other
telegrams were sent from New York to
some person in Oregon or San Francisco
promising money, and that evidence
abounds that money was sent and nsed.
Morton is annoyed that telegrams have
been destroyed or placed out of reach
but is confident that the case is clear
without them.
St. Locis, Jan. 1. Governor Grover
of Oregon passed through here to-night,
en route to Washington.
Chicago, Jan. 2. The Tribune's
Washington special says: Democrats
will give Grover a reception Wednes
day, and have engaged a building for
an imposing Tilden inauguration.
The Oregon witnesses testifying be
fore the Senate committee each received
$560 for mileage, except Odell and
Cronin.who.being subpoenaed in Wash
ington, are paid only per diem witness
fees. These disbursements have al
ready nearly exhausted the committee's
share of the Senate contingent fund al
though mileage for witnesses subpoenaed
west of the 100th meridian has been re
duced from 10 cents per mile to 7.
Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, Dec. 28 The Chron
icle this morning publishes a lot of in
terviews with leading stock brokers and
operatives as to the cause of depression
in the market, and. the probability of
Consolidated Virginia passing the Jan
uary dividend. The general result
seems to be that none of them know
anything about it. The bulls claim that
the depression is the result of a consjji
racy on the part of the Bonanza firm,
Sharon and others, to break the market
and gather in the stock, while the bears
assert that the nines are in a bad way.
Others again say the decline is solely
due to the necessities of marginal hold
eis. Floor! aud O'Brien say nothing.
Experts who profess to know the actual
condition of the Bonanza mines vary as
much in their views as operators. The
report on the street that the Nevada
Bank had changed the amount of its
loans per share on California and Con
solidated Virginia is emphatically deni
ed at the bank counter, money being
loaned on either at the rate of $25 per
share, as heretofore. Other banks de
ny the correctness of the recent rumor
that they refuse even ten per cent, of
the market value on acconut of distrust
of the state of affairs, alleging they are
still loaning as usual to about one-third
of the market value.
What's the matter with the Mud -Silver
mines? We haven't heard any
thing from them lately, except a won
derful story that appeared in Brick
Potm roy's paper abo-.it silver clinging
toMhe canoe of a hunter who crossed the
stream (?) in quet of gama. Surely
the "puffing fund" hasn't given out al
ready, or is it the mine or the people's
confidence; undoubtedly something
that formerly gave tho "enterprise"
momentum has becoraa exhausted, but
exactly what that thing is we do not
pretend to say.
By reason of the starling of the
steamer S. T. Church on her career on
the Willamette, freights have declined
to a gure that would have saved the
shippers $400,000 if she had been built
in the beginning of the season. This
illustrates the benefits to be derived by
the farmers in sustaining a line which
can not be bought off by the monopol
ists. We are informed her owners will
only run long euough to carry off her
contracted freights, leaving the field
until it becomes advantageous to run
acrnn.
3. r. WARD.
GKORGE A. 1UM)1G.
WAED & HARDING-,
DR'JCGIST? KD APOTHECARIES,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A GEN
eral assortment of
Drugs and Chemicals,
Perfumery, Soaps,
ComlH and brushes,,
Triiftgvft, Supporters,
KliouMer Braces Funcy and
Toilet Articles,
...... ALSO.,
Kerosene Oil, Lamp Chimneys,
Cilaits, Puliy, JPaints, Oils,
Varnishes unci DyeStutTs,
PURE WINES AND Liai'ORS FOR MEDIl'lNAL
riRPOXES.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC
R7"PbysicianR' Proscriptions carefully com
pounded, and all ordors correctly answered.
K-Hpen at. nil hours or the nijiht.
SVAH accounts must be paid monthly.
novl,1875tf WAKD & HARDING.
IMPOBTAST
TO WHOM IT KAYCOHCERH!
BEING DESIROl'S OK ADOPTING A
now rule of business, I would reouost those
indebted to ine to come and
Pay Up Immediately,
And save Inconvenience and expense, as I
have ueiormineu 10 coueei wnat is due me.
I have reduced the prices on Goods creatlv.
and can assure all that I can give
Bargains to Cash Buyers
Come and see for vour own satisfactloi .
A. LEVY.
JOHN SCHRAM,
3Iain St., Oregon Cit j.
MANUFACTURER AND WPCRTES OF
m
Sartdle,. Harness,
Saddlery-Martl-
ware, etc etc..
WHICH HE OFFERS AS CHEAP AS
can be had In the fctate, at
WHOLESALE CR RETAIL.
warrant my goods as represented.
JOHN SCIIRAM,
Saddle and Harness Maker.
Oregon City, Oregon, Nov. 1, ltJ;5-tf,
Pefjtaur
T SMISfiENTS.
Tho Quickest, Surest and
Cheapest Remedies
Physicians recorr mend, and Farriers declarer
that 110 such remedies have ever before been
in use. Words are cheap, but the proprietors
of these articles will present trial bottles to
medical men, gratis, and will guarantee more
rapid and satisfactory results than have ever
before been obtained.
Tle ( enlaur Liuiment, White Wrapper,
will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago,
Sciatica, Caked Breasts, Sore Nipples, Frosted
Feet, Chillblains, Sweliings, Sprains, and any
ordinary
FLESH, BONB OR MUSCLB AILMENT.
It will extract the poison of bites and stings,
and heal burns or scalds wit bout a scar. Lock
jaw, ZVilsy, vv'eak Rack, Caked llreasts. Ear
ache, Toothache, Itch and Cutaneous Erup
tions readily yield to its treatment.
Henry I'.lack, of Ada, Hardin county, Ohio,
says : "My wife has had rheumatism for five
years no rest, no sleep could scarcely wallc
across the floor. She is now completely ured
by the use of Centaur Liniment. We feel
thankful to you, and recommend your medi
cine to all our friends."
James Hurd, of Zanesville, O., say : "The
Centaur Liniment cured my Neuralgia." ' "'
Alfred Tush, of Newark, writes : "Send me
one dozen bottles by express. The Liniment
has saved my leg. I want to distribute,
The sale of this Liuiment is Increasing
rapidly.
.... , . A Vll... TP
per, is for the tough skin, llesh andmusclea of
HORSKS, MULES AJfD ANIMALS.
Wo have never yet seen a case of Spavin,
Sweeny, Ring-bone, Wind-gall, Scratches or
Poll-evil, which this Liniment would not
speedily benefit, and we never saw but a few
cases which it would not cure. It will cure
when anything can. It is folly to spend i2l
for a Farrier, when one dollar's worth of Cen
taur Liniment will do better. The following is
a sample of the testimony produced :
Jeffkrsox. Mo., Nov. 10,J,S73.
"Some time ago I was shipping horses to St.
Touis. I got one badly crippled in the car.
With great difficulty 1 got him tothe stable on
Fourth Avenue. The stable-keeper gave rive a
bottle of your Centaur Liniment, which I used
with such success t hat in t wo days the horse
was active and nearly well. 1 have been a
vetinary surgeon for thirty years, but your
Liniment heads an vthing I ever used.
"A. J. M'CARTY, Veterinary Surgeon."
Fora xsi.-ige stamp we will mail a Centaur
Almanac, containing hundreds of or'rtificates,
from every state in the Union. These Lini
ments are now sold by all dealers in Vho
country.
Laboratory of J. 11. Rose A Co.,
40 1ky St., Nkw York.
OTHERS.
Casioria is the result of '2(1 yenrs- experi
ments, by Ir. SamiK't Pitcher, of Massachu
setts. It is a vegetable p.rej aration asctfectivo
as Castor Oil, but pence ly pleasant to the
taste, It can Ijo taken by th-: youngest in
fant, and neither gags nor grijicR. lr. A. J.
t'reen, of lioyston, Irid., says of it:
tsiu.s: I have tried the Cnstoria and can
speak highly of it s merits. It will, I think, di
away entirely with Castor Oil : it is plasant
mid harmless, and is wonderfully efficacious
asan aperient and laxative. It is t he very thing.
Tr-e t'astoria destroys worms, regulates tho
stomach, cures Wind Colic, and jermits of
natural healthy sleep. It is very cKcicious
in Croup, and for Teething Children. Htmey
is pleasanter to I he trisie, and Caster Oil
is not. so certain in i:s effect. It costs but 25
cents, in larg boltles.
J. Is. Rose & Co., 4ti Ivy St., New York
Sheriff's Sale.
BY VIRTUE OK A RF.CRFE AND
writ of execution issued out of tho
Circuit Court of t he State of Oregon for the
County of Clackamas, elated the -7th day
of November, A. 1'. ISTti. and to me as
Sheriir directed, in favor of Karl Selig and
against Charles 1 rome, lor the sum of
Seven Hundred and Thirteen iVltiO lkllars
with interest at tho rate of ten per ovnt.
per annum from the i7fh day of i-epteni-ber,
A. 1. l7t, and tho costs and disburse
ments in said suit t;;xcd ul Forty-live 00
103 lioilars. Now, thereftHv. for "want of
personal j ronerty out. of which to satisfy
sai! judgment, I have on this the l.th day
of l--ceinb.'r, A. 1. 1.S76, levied upon the
following described real estate to-wit : TIiBq
east half of the north west quarter of section
eighteen, township ll.re south of range one
wet, situated in Ci:ckan. as county, Oregon,
and on
Sr.f T-.rtay, f?:e ZCiit Hay r.f January,
A. 1. 1S77, at 10 o'clock A. M., of said day at
the Court House door in Oregon City, Ciacka
r.isis county, Oropon, 1 will sell all the ripht.
I if.e and inr.er-: s". ol the above named Charles
Derome to the abov.? described real estate to
satisfy the above named Judgment, interest,
costs and ac.ni ing costs, at. public auction to
the highest bidder for cash tome in hand paid.
J. T. API'EKSjON.
SherifT Clackamas county, Oregon.
Oregon City, lec. VI, !S76-w4.
FINAL SETTLEMENT.
'V'OTICK IS HEREKY CdVEX Til AT
X Sarah A. Hroughton has filed her final
rlrrt ami '3 rrt .it r 1 1 n c "l I T i r i yo vJ 1 . T t
estate of Willhun F.roughton, deceased and
prayed tho Court, to sot a day for final settle
ment, whereupon it wasonlorvdthat Saturday,
the 2th day of January, 1K77, be and the samo
is hereby set apart for the hearing of objec
tions to said account and report.at which time
all jwrsons Interested can appear and mate
objections if any they have.
N. W. RANDALL.
Count v Judge.
Johnson A MeCown, nft'y for adm'x.
Oregon City, IJec. 15, 1S70-W4.
HARDWARE, IRCN AMD STEEL,
Hubs, Spokes, Rims,
OAK, ASH AND HICKORY PLANK.
NORTIIRUP & THOMPSON,
March 31, lS76-tf. Portland. Oregon.
I. SELLTHSTG- .
IT
AS JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST
stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
ever imported to Oregon City, which he offer
at greatly reduced prices. My.stock of
CLOTHIKG
Has been 1 'i r"-f 1 v ! n tn ..c.t.1 n..i t .
. ... r ........ v. im x SHOW
as handsome a line ot readv-made goods In
Men and Roys' Business and Dress Suits
Coats, etc., as can be found in the country.and
at prices that cannot fail to satisfy. My
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
Is filled with asplondid assortment of all tho
leading styles and fashionable shadesof goods
EmprrwiClalli,
.Holiatrit, French anil
American Dress Goods
Rla U A I pace a,
itrilliantines,
CanluaF, t,
FLANNELS,
Plaid, Plain and Opera Flannels, of all colors.
Bleached and Unbleached Cotton Flannels.
Ladies and Oenta t nderwara
Shawls and Scarfs,
Wool lilankets.
Trunks and
Travrlinc Satchels,
llataaiui Cap.
Oil Cloth for '
Kloorand Table.
BOOTS and SHOES,
1 would call special attention to my stock of
Men's and Boys' San Francisco Boots, which I
have sold for anum le of years past with gen
oral satisfaction. Every pair warranted A
omplcte stock of
HARDWARE & FARMING UTENSILS
Choice Teas, Canned Uoods, and all choice
Family Groceries,
All at Low Price's. Also,
LIVERPOOL AND CAMAS ISLAND SALT.
Highest Price paid for all kinds of
Couittry Produce.
200,000 lbs. of WOOL Wanted,
for which I shall pay the highest cash price.
M
Oregon. City, Nov. 1, lS75-tf,
I. SELLIXC.