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31)c (Enterprise. Hp REG UN CITY, THURSDAY, JAN. H, 1S77. The Political Situation. Within the last few days a perceptible progress has been made toward the can did temper of mind through which alone it is possible to reach a satisfactory so lution of the present complication. "We believe that more depends upon the tone and spirit in which the questions are approached than npon sagacity and ac umen in the discussions. It requires no extra ordinary taieut to deal with such subjects as are now in dispute. To canvass and count the votes given in an election is a single operation, suc cessfully performed every year in every State, by men of the most ordiuary fac ulties. Election laws are never complex. They are always framed to be adminis tered not by lawyers and priests, but by each plain citizens of moderate educa tion as are chosen inspectors in average election precincts. All that is needed for ascertaining who is elected President is honesty and fairness in those appoint ed to make the investigation. If the retnrns from any State are incorrect it is not becanso its election officers and canvassing board were incompetent, but because they were dishonest. A fair minded committee, seeking only for truth, and resolved to accept the undis torted truth, no matter which party it may help or harm, can find by diligent imjuiry who really had the majority in any disputed State. But the investiga tion must not be conducted for the pur pose of finding evidence to support a foregone conclusion, for in that case it will be so warped and colored by the bias of the committees as to be of no value. We rejoice in the improved public temper which is the hopeful feature of the changing situation. We have had enough of confident assertions. The positive and absolute assumptions that Mr.Tilden is elected, and that Mr. Hayes is elected, put forth with such an air of dogged assurance by their respective partisans, prove nothing, and tend to beget a stubborn tenacity which will make it difficult for the defeated party to yield, however clearly the facts may be against it. It is folly for either party by a provoking rivalry in boasting to push its opponents into such a posi .tion that they cannot accept the result with a good grace when bluff assertions are upset by evidence. Each party de--eires the frank submission of the other -ntken the final result shall have been reached, and the more confident each is of success, the more careful it should i be not to set the other an example of ? swaggering obstinacy. Tho first step toward an honest and peaceful count is .an acknowledgment by both parties that they may possibly be mis taken, and a willingness-to hold their judgment in . suspense during the progress of the in vestigations. On the mere face of the certificates the Republican party has succeeded, (that is overlooking Cronin entirely,) but if some of the certificates can be proved to -show a false result no honor able Republican Senator nor Repre sentative will maintain that they must nevertheless be counted. They are not to be rejected ou mere suspicion or un supported charges; but if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of impartial men that some of the certificates are fraudulent, no honest man will ask that they be received. The new facts which have been disclosed relating to the canvass in the "disputed States'' create well-founded doubts whether the Republicans carried any of those States. These doubts do not justify anybody in jumping to the conclusion that Florida, South Carolina or Louisiana belongs to Tilden. The most that the present state of the evidence requires is that the Re publicans abate the dogmatic positivo ness of their claims, admit the necessity of j&a -exhaustive re-examination, and express a willingness to accept any re sult which a final urvey of the facts may warrant. If the Republicans will assume this reasonable attitude, and the Democrats will refrain during the in vestivation from making any elaims or statements broader than the facts, we ciay expect a result which the public judgment and conscience will endorse. Again, on tho other hand, many Re publicans are just as positive that if a fair election had been held in Mississip pi, Indiana, New York and Alabama tbey would have been just as 6urely returned for Hayes as the Democrats , are sure that tho reverse would have been the ease in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina, to what they are ac coiding to the certificates of the return ing boards. Bo, if investigations are to be the order of the day, do not let them be only to appease Democratic dissatis faction, but also to resolve the doubts that exist in the minds of Republicans, theo nothing remains undone, and we can probably peacef nlly tide over what is really the most eventful period in the history of our Republic. On Monday last the Oregon Demo crats held indignation meetings through out the State. Tho purpose was to "bull-doze" the authorities at Washing ton, if possible, but the wisdom of the movement is more than questionable from a mere party standpoint, and its success is one of the impossibilities The Senate and House at Washington Lave the determination of the late elec tion in charge of the proper committees jnd there seems to be an effort on both sides to arrive at an equitable solution of the problem. Intimidation just at this juncture is not calculated to help tho side upon which it is introduced. Silver Abroad. While the silver question attracts considerable attention, it may be well to notice the fluctuation of the value of this metal, relatively to currency and gold, in Europe. In England the mar ket price lias gone up within five months nearly twenty per cent. Since tho threat ened trouble between Russia and Tur key, the depreciation of State and bank notes in Austria, accord ng to the latest telegrams, has taken the premium on silver, compared with currency, up to 12 per cent. The premium on gold, however, has risen to 27 per cent. Gold necessarily becomes tho most valuable specie comparatively in time of trouble or anticipated trouble, because, we sup pose, tho.' greater amounts of it can be carried away in less bulk than any other metallic money. Gold undoubtedly is less subject to fluctuations than silver; but silver is a more convenient circulat ing medium for the masses of the peo ple, and it is to be hoped that there will be no legislation or other cause to drive silver into the hands of dealers cut of the country. The use of this metal is a step toward a permanent specie basis. If silver was to advance to CO pence in English money, a dollar's worth in small change would be a cent and a half more than the present value of greenbacks, If gold were to advance to 110, green backs would be worth 3 cents less than silver, at GO pence an ounce. The silver commisssion and Congress must be careful not to tinker the currency so as to drive silver as small change from circulation. The Seattle Tribune says: Trade dollars, which less than four months ago were at 10 per cent, dis count, are now two and a half per cent, premium over gold, while half dollars, which were worth five per cent, more than trade dollars not long since are worth six and seven per cent, less now. It is not by any means improbable that ere another five years silver will be in greater request than gold. Such a thing has trequently been known before, and matters are now in the happiest condi tion to have it repeated. There is no accounting in reason for the fluctuations of gold, silver and.U. S. paper money. A Second Election. The latest telegrams inform us that the chief topic of conversation in polit ical circles in Washington is the feasi bility of another election to decide the Presidential question. This we look npon as chimerical. Either Tilden or Hayes is elected noio, and a second elec tion cannot do more. The expense at tending Presidential elections i3 im mense, to say nothing of the indirect losses to the country by men leaving the plow for the polls. The terrors of a second election in a State like Louisi ana are fearful to contemplate. The evidence thus far given before the Sen ate and House committees, sitting at New Orleans, shows plainly that intim idation was resorted to by both parties, and if these blood-thirsty men were called upon so soon again to face one another, before their blood has fairly cooled from the last contest, those only would cast ballots who were lucky enough to run the gauntlet of the fire arms of their opponents. To us, a sec ond election means bloodshed and an archy. If Hayes is elected President, a second trial at the ballot box might end in his defeat so with Tilden and can we call this justice ? The election as it now stands can bo fairly settled before the fourth of March, and all lov ers of their country will abide the result, be Tilden or bo Hayes the chosen one. Money Makes the Mare Go. It may be true that the 8,000 check drawn on a New York banking house and sent to Ladd & Bush at Salem was returned unused, but Cronin has al ready tacitly admitted that he received 3,000 before he left Portland, and the question that naturally arises in this connection is, whence came the money V OregonDemocrats are proverbially poor, so the money must havo come from the "outside" perhaps from Uncle Sam my's "bar'l," who knows ? While we cannot believe that Mr. Cronin would actually accept a bribe, it looks very much to us as if he was determined not to stir a step until his expenses were guaranteed, thus making a quasi admis sion that his ciise is very hopeless, and it would never do to risk his own money upon. No matter whence came the monej, we do not think it can be twist ed into a bribe, but it certainJv has the appearance of an "inducement." Had Cronin truly felt the justice of bis carise there would have been no necessity for a Patrick to come all the way to. this State to whisper words of encourage ment, or New York bankers to send money. While we cannot exactly scent out the trickery, we feel assured that there is something decidedly "rotten in Denmark. The old fable about tha camel occu pying with sufferance the tailor's house, to the ultimate exclusion of the tailor, applies very well to Diaz and Igiesias in Mexico. Iglesias, the Pres ident of Lerdo, is ousted, while Diaz ia only a sort of General -in-Command; but having effected a successful military movement, by which ho has taken the capital, Diaz, in the role of the camel, says to Tailor Iglesias: "I find it very comfortable here; if you are crowded you can get out yourself." Fredrick May and James Gordon Bennett had a duel in Delaware on the Sth. May was slightly wounded .and Ben net is satisfied with the amende honora ble. Justice now demands that these young bloods be served like the com mon herd tried for an attempt at i murder. ISiG and IS;?. It is the last night of the Old Year. 'Ere the clock marks the passage of an other hour, the year 187G, with its joys and sorrows, its sunshine and shadows, its trials and triumphs, will be garnered ' into the great store-house of the Past; j and the dawn that ushers in the Happy Nesv Year will reveal the new-made grave of another century. The changes and improvements which the last cen tury inaugurated have passed into his tory, the books are balanced, the record is closed, and by an irresistible law of God it must remain forever closed; and neither time nor decay can ever obliter ate one word imprinted there. Will this record prove our glory or our eter nal shame, is the question that naturallv arises in every thoughtful mind. GLnc" ing backward through our history as a nation, we find much to awaken admira tion and keep alive the fire of patriotism in every loyal heart. Never, in the world's history, has there been exhibit ed higher examples of noble daring, dreadful suffering and heroic endurance than that evinced by our forefathers, when, trampling under foot all consid erations of personal interest or safety, they rushed boldly into the conflict, and periled their all in the sacred cause of freedom. The result of that struggle is known to all; and the stars and stripes that waved over the bloody field of Lex ington a hundred years ago, still wave, from the far Pacific slope to the distant mountains of New England, that echo back, and mock the surgings of Atlant ic's angry main. Since the establish ment of our National Independence, the march of progress has been rapid and sure, and prosperity has crowned each succeeding year, until America stands to-day second to no known part of the civilized world in her arts, industries and manufactures, and especially in her application of machinery to production. The grand summing up of the toils and triumphs of active brains, and inventive genius for the last century, hasbeen witnessed in the great exhibition which has just closed in Philadelphia. Of the influence and effect of this magnificent display upon the minds of our own, and other nations, we have not time to speak. The pleasure and instruction it afforded cannot be estimated in words, but in futnre years we doubt not but that the Centennial year will Iks pointed out as the time when a fresh impulse was given to the national heart, and a higher order of national education and art established in this land. The events of the closing year of the century have been in some respects but the talo of other years told over again, while in others they have been more decidedly marked. Many who were dear to us have been laid away in their graves since the last new year dawned upon us, and quickened us to begin anew the task of life. No heart is so utterly seared and desolato but what it may recall some joy that has been its own, some day so bright that it seemed impossible for a shadow of care or grief to steal across the sunlight of its path. The same light has dawned and the samo twilight has crept over homes where the beacon light of love has turned steadily in happy hearts, and merry footsteps made music through the golden hours of each day; as well as homes where desolation reigned and lives wore wearily out, thwarted by fruitless efforts and disappointed hopes. The mists of doubt and uncertainty which hung over our political horizon at tho beginning of the year, have set tled into a cloud whose density is im penetrable even to the wisest "discerner of the times." While we have watched with an interest not unmixed with re gret the commotion and discoid that disturbs the nations of the Old World, we have been loth to see the danger of a like nature that threatens our own. While the righteousness and purity that exalt a nation havo been ours in a very small degree, the sins of corruption, fraud, dishonesty, bribery, intemper ance, and uncloaked "wickedness in high places" have oppressed in large measure. Beneath the weight of these our nation groans to-day, and turns with averted gaze from the grim visions of anarchy and ruin that stalk abroad and threatens to destroy the safety and peace of our fair land. How far the curse will extend, or how soon it will be turned from us, only a forgotten and offended God can know. As we consign this last and darkest page of the record to the grave of the Past, let us comfort ourselves with the thought that the grand heritage of the future is still ours. Let us seek, iu some measure, to com prehend its value. The beginning of a new year naturally suggests the propri ety of forming new resolutions and turn ing over a 'new leaf in our life history. How often these resolutions are no sooner made than broken, every heart can testify. Let ns profit by our past experience, and let it serve to strength en every high aDd noble purpose for the year to come. Especially would we appeal to the young, whose privilege it is to make life long and useful, by an early performance of, and devotion to, its duties. Your welfare and honor and blessedness lie within yourselves, to be moulded and fashioned by your own hands, as the sculptor moulds and chis els the dead and insensible marble into forms of startling' beauty and indiffer ence, and reach upward from the feign ed to be real. The prosperity of our public institutions, the interests of soci ety, the happiness of our homes, our honor in other lands and our continu ance as a republic, all will devolve upon you, as one by one tbe present actors pass into silence. Show that you have a true conception of your high dignity by the nobleness of your deeds. Con secrate your lives to benevolence, truth, and duty. Let the year 1877 mark a new era in your history, and may its record be one free from pollution, and immortalized by the imperishable vir tues of knowledge and purity. Beta. Oregon City, Jan. 1, 1877. During the last fiscal year the whisky tax amounted to $56,429,305; the tax on fermented liquors, to 9,581,208, on to bacco, to $39,705'339. An aggregate of $106,792 974, or, in round numbers, two dollars and a half for each man, woman and child in the country. Telegraphic News. Eastern. Washington, Jan. 2. Cronin, the Oregon e'ector, testified before the Senate committee to-day. Ho said he had made no arrangement with any per son whereby certificates were to be hand ed him by the Secretary of State; was convinced he was lawfully appointed iu place of Watts, and put the certifi cates in his pocket because he was afraid they would be taken from him by Odell and others. He had refused to come to Washington as messenger unless he should receive three thou sand dollars as expenses, and the money was furnished him. He supposed the money was raised among Oregon Dem ocrats by subscription. Bellinger, Chairman of the Democrat ic committee, informed witness the day before he started for Washington that he (Bellinger) had 52,000, and in addi tion to the $2,000, the $3,000 required was raised, and a note signed by Bel linger and witnesses which was deposit ed at the banking house of Ladd & Til ton, Portland, Oregon. Tilton is a New Yorker, and his politics are un known to witness. Know a man named Patrick; met him in the office of Judge Strong at Portland. Patrick lives at Omaha. Bellinger met witness on the street at Portland about 10 days previ ous to the meeting of the electoral col lege and informed him that a gentleman wished to see him (Cronin) at the office of Judge Strong. He refused to go and told Bellinger that whatever was done in this electoral muddle must be done by others than himself. Witness afterwards went to Strong's office and met Patrick, who said he had heard witness had said if a certificate as elector was issued to him he would not act, but witness informed Patrick ho had changed his mind, and Patrick said to witness, "if Tilden is President he will give you anything you want." Witness informed Patrick that if he (Patrick) was acquainted with Tilden, he might tell him ho had nothing to give which ho (Cronin) wanted. Witness was a little angry at Patrick for talking in such a manner. Patrick informed witness he supposed the reason Patrick had been sent to Oregon was that he was the farthest one West. Witness didn't know what Patrick meant. He had heard that Patrick was superintendent of a mine in Colorado. Patrick said nothing about money in interview with witness; witness never saw Patrick ex cept on one occasion before mentioned, and had no conversation with Bellinger about Patrick. Witness had read no message from the East in relation to the election muddle before seeing Pat rick. Witness knows of a Dimond in New York; thinks he is a banker. Af ter the electoral college had met and adjourned, witness saw a dispatch sign ed Bristow, which said: "It is neces sary that the returns of Oregon should be properly made up and sent to their destination." Ladd & Tilton have a banking house at Portland, and Ladd t Bush have one at Salem, and A. E. fc C. E. Tilton, of 115 Liberty street, New York are correspondents of the Oregon banking house above mention ed. Witness received a draft for money for expenses, between 4 and 5 o'clock p. m. on the Sth of December, in Ladd fc Tilton's banking house, from Quack enbnsh. There were three drafts, one on New York and two on California banks. The $2,800 was not tendered witness in cash. Dimond's name is mentioned in tho draft on New York, which is fftr $2,000. Witness did say at first he would not act as elector if the certificate was given, but changed his mind after looking up the law, and after hearing of the actions of the South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana returning boards. In answer to Ker nan, witness stated he canvassed the State with Watts, and they closed the convass at Portland. Watts being post master had been mentioned by both he and witness in a jocose way at pub lic meetings. Witness knew Watts was ineligible as an elector before tho elec tion, but said nothing abou it. Washington, Jan. -4. Gov. Grover was examined before the Senate com mittee to-day. He stated that he issued the certificates of election to the three highest electors eligible in so doing he said he acted in conformity with the Constitution and iu accordance wi:h the best legal authority he could procure; said he received a letter from Judge Hoadley of Cincinnati, in which four authorities relating to the case of inel igibility of persons to office were cited; it was a three page letter and was re ceived at the Executive office about a week before witness rendered his decis ion in tho case of Watts. Witness was unacquainted with Hoadley and with his politics; had no correspondence by letter with any persons in New York in regard to the Watts case; received a telegram from ex-Sen. Gwin stating cer tain prominent legal gentlemen thought Watts ineligible and he wanted to know by what time the question had to be settled. Abram S. H Hewitt, of New York, sent witness a communication, in which two decisions in Indiana, one in Maryland and one in Pennsylvania. were cited, as being applicable in the Watts case, and witness answered that he then had the case un der consideration. Witress has met Patrick once; he met him in tne Executive office at Salem. Patrick was introduced to witness by Senator Kelly, Witness knew nothing about Patrick and looked upon bis call at the Execu tive office as a compliment. New York, Jan. 5. A Graphic Wash ington special says: While debating bis bill for contested elections, yester day, Wright made a very savage attack on Gov. Grover. This morning, Kelly, of Oregon called attention to the matter and rebuked Wright, but the latter declined to retract asirgle word. Washington, Jan. 5. The House committee on the Pacific Bailroad to day, agreed to report the Senate bill to extend the time for the completion of the North Pacific R. R. eight years without amendment, except one provid ing that the company shall not be re quired to locate its route through Idaho before July 18th. The committee to-day finally rejected Lane's proposition for restoring to' set tlement Northern Pacific Bailroad lands in Washington Territory, and voted to recommend the passage of the Senate bill granting eight years additional time for the completion of the road, with only one amendment, which allows fur ther time for location of the line through Idaho as foreshadowed last night. Washington, Jan. 6. The best opinion is that the House won't insist on a disclosure of those New Orleans telegrams. Hewitt's vote the other day against compelling disclosure is consid ered to signify his possession of inside information that his party has no use for the sort of testimony that the tele grams will disclose. On the other hand Morton's earnestness relative to the original dispatches is believed to be prompted by knowledge that the tele grams will furnish the missing links to a complete chain of testimony, proving that the Cronin affair was engineered directly by Tilden's right bower in New York. New York, Jan. 6. A Tribune cor respondent argues that Watts was made eligible by resigning the postmastership before qualifying as elector, and claims that Henry Clay was elected Senator before lie had reached the consitutional age, but took his seat after attaining his 30th year. Chicago, Jan. 9. The Tribunes Washington special says: Opinion is strengthening that the compromise committee will agree on a bill making concurrent action necessary to reject any State's vote, and fixing such limit to depate as will allow the commence ment of work before the close of the session. New Oeleans, Jan, 9. Nichols gov ernment is in possession of everything except the State House. As yet no effort has been made to take possession of tLat building, around which thous ands of unarmed citizens are congregat ed, blocking up the streets for squares, and rendering it impossible to reach it. A force of about 3.000 of Nichols' mili tia are under arms on the levee, at the foot of Decatur street and it is reported a demand for the surrender of the State House will bo made this afternoon, and as the Ilejublicans are in a hopeless minority, it is hardly probable that armed resistance will be made. The force under Gov. Packard there will not exceed three hundred. The com mander of the U. S. sloop Ossipee has established a signal station in the cus tom house, in order to communicate with officials there. The Ossipee and the monitor Canontctts are lying off the foot of Poydras street. U. S. Marshal Pick ins is in constant communication with Washington, giving every phase of the sitnatiou. Chief Justice Ludelin this morning issued an order removing Civil Sheriff Handy, and appointed Alfred Bourges to that position. Handy was acting under orders of Nichols, and hence this action. Up to this hour not a shot has been fired or an accident re ported. Great crowds are assembled ou Canal, Camp and other principle streets. The Republicans report to regiments from Mississippi and one from Alabama are with Oerden. Foreign. London, Jan. 6. The Pera corres pondent of the Times writes January 1st: Am still of the opinion Jthe Turks will ultimately give in, but there is no doubt the great trump-card intended to be played as a last resource that of a declaration of war by Russia has turn ed out to be no trump at all. Every thing in the attitude of the St. Peters burg cabinet and conduct of Ignatieff, Russian plenipotentiary here, con tributes to the belief that Russia is afraid to go to war. The Russi in ambassador in fact hints that the affair could only be settled by joint Enropean occupation, thus revertiug to a roposal made by tho Czar two months ago. The Turks are likely to remain unmanageable and stubborn so long as they believe the conference will break up without any result other than leaving them musters of the situation. The war question was never so much muddled as now. The striking point of theconference is practically the prop osition to put Bulgaria in the hands of European receivers toad minister. This the Turks stubbornly decline, because the Sultan believes his subjects will re volt if it is accepted, which would necessarily provoke hostilities by the great powers against Turkey .who would thus play to Russia's game. At this hour the diplomatic situation gives Russia the only advantage. If she real ly desires war and Turkey finally re fuses the conference terms, wo fail to see what additional concession the con ference can offer. State Aews. The Advocate has a new head. Diphtheria is prevalent in Yamhill county. Mart Brown, of the Albany Democrat, is very ill. A Baptist church has been organized at Albany. Good crops are anticipated through out the entire State. The Corvallis Gazette has entered up on its fourteenth volume. New grass is from six to eight inches high in the John Day country. Max. Vogt & Co. are the heaviest in dividual tax-payers in Wasco county. Harris, who accidentally shot himself in Polk county recently, died last week. The gross value of property assessed in Wasco county for 1870 is $2,150,229. The Astorian of the 6th publishes a full list of Oregon exports from 1868 to 1876. A boy named Wright fell from Cross' steps, in Salem, lest week, and broke a leg. A good physician (no quack need ap ply), is wanted at Ellensburg, Curry county. Bnnko sharps are getting into the meshes of the law at Portland. Send them to the penitentiary. All along Snake river obstructing rocks are being removed under super vision of Captain Baughman. The Dalles was favored with a mas querade ball last week. Will Moody, as a tailor, carried off the first prize. A young lady of Junction put a head on an offending hoodlum at the New Years ball. Bully for the feminine. The prospects are that Douglas county will before long, rank among the best counties on the coast as a quartz min ing country. The "haunted house" scare at Itose bnrg consisted of a young lady who un dressed without pulling down the blinds. Great interest was manifested. The Black Sand mines in Coos coun ty are in full blast, running night and day, and taking out more gold than ever, giving employment to about 50 men. Representatives of the Columbia river canneries -will meet at Astoria on the first day of February to consider meas ures for the protection and propagation of salmon in tbe Columbia The Itemlzer is told by parties likely to know if anybody does, that the West Side railroad will be built at least as far as the LaCreole this year. The company has shipped a largo quantity of iron lately. Territorial News. Ripe raspberries were picked from the bushes at Olympia on the 2d inst. It is now estimated that there are be tween 800 and 1,000 people in the Leeds mining district, Utah. I Wfl are informed that the investiga tions new in progress in Boise City by legislative committees are liable to de velop considerable "crookedness." We shall see. The contract for the main work of construction on the Pnyallup valley railroad has been let to Mr.J.L. Hallet; the noted builder and contractor, who was to commence his part with a force of 200 men. Capt. Hammond at Port Townsend, has been for several years engaged in putting up cod, salmon and herring. For the past few years herring fishery has been the specialty. He turns out 10,000 boxes of smo'ked herring per annum, equal in flavor and as well cur ed as the best Eastern brands. He also largely engages in the manufacture of oil, by pressing the herring, producing an average of 2,000 gallons per month. The Seattle company started in the present month with 2,000 tons of coal in tbe bunkers, and with everything running more smoothly than ever before. Should their vessels continue on in good time, causing no detention on that score, their shipment this month are ex pected to go up to 11,000 tons. During December 6,200 tons were brought in from the mino a greater quantity than ever before, though not more than has been placed on shipboard one or two months previous. The County Paper. The importance of papers to the vil lage or county where published cannot be estimated. The home news is some thing that people cannot dispense with and which they cannot buy elsewhere. An exchange thus fairly presents the question: "For various reasons the larger cities can send out their news at quite as low prices. Families can be furnished with a knowledge of all the world for two dollars a year and postage. But there is something they cannot buy in New York or Boston local matter which interest and enterprise grows; it i3 the local newspaper which gets at the knowledge of particular necessities, to the value of individual persons and means. All the improvements begin in our small centers become important forces by personal application, and of public value by the fostering care and attention of the local press. Then tho local press is an individual power as cannot be easily swung into line to the help of selfish outside purposes. A town's interests are all closely interwov en with those of individual expression and country enterprise. Persons that neglect these for the large birds of the city are like the housewife who neg lects her own fireside for the cares of other people. The Cronin Affair. The aspect of affairs at Washington do not look very brilliant for tho con spirators who attempted to defraud the people of Oregon of their just and le gal rights. A dispatch of the 6th touches them up thusly: The Tribune's Washington special says there is obviously something bad in the Oregon business. The commit tee has already struck a strong scene in the nervousness of the Democrats, es pecially Senator Kelly and Grover.adds to tho general belief that it will K;ul to important discovery. The theory of the Oregon Republicans here is that $25,000 or $30,000 was raised i- New YorK to carry out the scheme of steal ing the electoral vote. That Tilden s intimate adviser procured the funds and transmitted them to a banking house at Salem; that Senator Kelbj, when on his way East, was turned back by dispatches from New York to over see the consummation of the job and that money was shared by the men im mediately concerned in the affair. Whether this theory is founded on facts will probably be developed in a few days. There is no more talk of count ing Cronin's vote. James Gordon Bennett is only second to Cronin in notoriety. He was engaged to be married to a Miss May, and had given a promise to abstain from intem perance, which he failed to do. The father of his intended wrote a letter to Uennett terminating the engagement. The letter Bennett showed around among the clubs, saying that he pur posely provoked this result. This arous ed the ire of Miss May's brother, and he gave the N. Y. Herald man an un merciful drubbing. The whole number of army pension ers on the rolls, June 30, 1876, was 206.559 of whom 108,390 were invalids. The whole number of navy pensioners was 3,387, of whom 1,643 were invailds. The total amount of pensions paid dur ing the last fiscal year was $28,351, 599 C9. ' The prospects for the grain crop in California look very unfavorable at present, while in this State they were never better. This country contains at least one thoughtful man, if no more. He has just introducod into Congress a bill de claring it unlawful "to make, manufac ture, distill, drink, or in any manner use any description of intoxicating drink or alcoholic stimulant after the year 1900." He thinks twenty-four vears long enough to "sober up" in, and af ter that time has elapsed, the present generation of topers will be gathered to their fathers, a new generation knowing neither cocktails nor eye-openers will spring up and the millAnniTim - - u n in TV 111 dawn. Syle Campbell, who arrived in Jack sonville last week from Goose Lake val ley, Lake county, roports that up to the time of his leaving:. December 22d. no snow had fallen in that valley, and that the grass was growing and stock was doinor well. f!tflo ing at the prospect of getting through the winter -with loss of little stock. Pentaur T, I ft! I ME NTS. . Tho Quickest, Surest and Cheapest Remedies Physicians recoir mend, and Farriers declare that no such remedies have ever before been in use. Words are cheap, but the proprietors of those articles will" present trial bottles to medical men. gratis, and will guarantee more rapid and satisfactory results than have ever before been obtained. TheCenUurLiniment, White Wrapper, will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago. Sciatica. Caked Breasts. Sore Nipples, Frosted Feet, Chillblains, Swellings, Sprains, and any ordinary FLESH, BOJSK OR MUSCLE AILMENT. It will extract the poison of bites and stings, and heal burns or scalds wit hout a scar. Ijoelt Jaw, .Palsy, Weak Back, Caked Breasts, Ear ache, Toothache, Itch and Cutaneous Erup tions readily yield to its treatment. Henry Black, of Ada, Hardin county, Ohio, says : "My wife has had rheumatism for five years no rest, no sleep could scarcely walk across the floor. She is now completely ured by the use of Centaur Liniment. We all feel thankful to you, and recommend your medi cine to all our friends." James Hurd, of Zanesvllle, O., says : Tho Centaur Liniment cured my Neuralgia." Alfred Tush, of Newark, writes : "Send me one dozen bottles by express. The Linimaat has saved mv leg. I want to distribute, c." The sale of this Liniment is increasing rapidly. Ths Centaur Liniment, Yellow Wrap per, is for the tough skin, flesh andmuscles of HORSES, MUXES AND ANIMALS. We have never yet seen a ease of Spavin, sweenv, King-bone, Wind-gall, Scratches or Poll-evil, which this IJniment would not speedily benefit, and we never saw but a few eases which it would not cure. It will euro when anything can. It is folly to spend $20 fora Farrier, when one dollar's worth of Cen taur Liniment will do better. The following is a sample of the test imony produced : Jeffkkson. Mo., Nov. 10, 1873. "Some time ago I was shipping horses to St. Louis. I got one badly crippled in the car. With great difficulty I got him tothe stable on Fourth Avenue. The stable-keeper gave me a bottle of your Centaur Liniment, which I used with such success that in two days the horse was active and nearly well, t have been a vetinary surgeon for thirty years, but your Liniment heads anything I ever used. "A. J. l"CARTY, Veterinary Surgeon," Fora postage stamp we will mail a Centaur Almanac, containing hundreds of certificates, from every State in the Union. These Lini ments are now sold by all dealers in tho country. laboratory of J. T5. Rose fe Co., 40 Dey St., New York. OTHERS. Cnstoria is the result of 20 years experi ments, by Dr. Samuvt Fiteher, of Massachu setts. It "is a vegetable preparation aseffective as Castor OH, but perlectly pleasant to the taste, It can be taken by the youngest in fant, and neither gags nor gripes. Dr. A. J. Green, of Koyston, Ind., says of it: Sirs: I have tried the t'astoria and can speak highly of its merits. It will, I think, do away entirely with Castor Oil : it is plasant and harmless, and is wonderfully efficacious as an aperient and laxative. It is the very thing. Tr-e 'astori a destroys worms, regulates tho stomach, cures Wind Colic, and permits of natural healthy sleep. It is very efficacious in Croup, and for Teething Children. Honey is not pleasanter to the tasce, and Caster Oil is not so certain in its effect. It costs but 25 cents, in large bottles. J.B. Hose Jt Co., 4i Lvy St., New York I. SELLING- AS JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST stock of RLL AND WHITER GOCDS over imported to Oregon City, which he offers at great iy reduced prices. My stock of CLOTHING Has been largely increased and I can show as handsome a line of ready-made goods in Men and Boys' Business and Dress Suits, Coats, etc., nscan be found in the country ,and at prices that cannot fail to satisfy. My DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT Is filled with a splendid assortment of all tho leading styles and lashioiiable shades of goods Empress Cloth, Mohairs, French and Ainrrictn Dress Goods 131ck Alparra, lirilliantinea, Ciuluurrrs, Ale. FLA fT ELS, Plaid, Plain and Opera Flannels, of all colors. Bleached and Unbleacheu Cotton Flannels. Ladies' and Genls' I ncierware shawls and Scarfs, Wool lilMiikrtx, Trunks and Traveling Satchels, II.. f .. Kill t lot li. lor Floorand Table. BOOTS and SHOES, I would call special attention to my stock of Men's and Hoys' Kan Francisco Boots, which I have sold for a mi m be of years past with gen eral satisfaction. Every pair warranted. A omplete stock of HARDWARE & FARMING UTENSILS, Choice Teas, Canned Goods, and all choice- Family Groceries, All at Low Prices. Also, LIVERPOOL AND CARMAN ISLAND SALT. Highest Price paid for all kinds of Country Produce. 200,000 lbs. of WOOL Waiited, for which I shall pay the highest cash price. I. SELLING. Oregon City, Nov. 1, lS75-tf. J. P. WARD. GEORGE A. HARDISS. WAED & HARDING, DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, KEEP CONSTANTLY OX HAND A GEST eral assortment of Drugs and Chemicals, Perfumery, Soaps, C"oinls and Brnahta,, Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces Fancy and Toilet Articles, .Aro. Kerosene. OIL Lamp Chimneys, Glass, Putty, Paints, Oils. Varnishes and- Dye Stuffs, PllE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL Purposes. PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC "Physicians' Prescriptions carefully com-pounded,-and all orders correctly answered. JUpen at all hours of the night. All accounts must be paid monthly, novl,1875tf WARD & HARDING. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP, AT John Lewis Old Stand. Ct W. GAXOXG HAS OPENED AT Jm this old stand, where he is prepared to do anything In his line. Horse shoeing a specialy, Oregon City, Mav 2(Zim OYSTERS! OYSTERS!! - OYSTERS!!! AT GEORGE FUCHS', OPPOSITE THE Depot. Served up for customers FRESH OR STEWED. Families surmlied at tva hundred. GEORfiF. FTTnwA- Oregon City, Oct. 20-tf
