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Jl)c (Enterprise.
6REG9X CUT, THLKSDU', JAN. X. 177.
Tlie Right Course.
The one thing of supreme importance
1ritb respect to existing political com
plications is that the questions which
Tex us shall be solved. The passions
of the canvass have Inul time to cool.
Men who earnestly supported Mr. Til
den and men who bitterly struggled
for Governor Hayes adhere in like man
ner to their conviction that his election
was and is desirable; but good men of
both these classes, and wise men, wheth
er they are good or not, know and feel
that the welfare of the country is of
more worth than the success of either
party or either candidate. They are
Convinced that a settlement of the pend
ing question will save the country from
the dire evils, whatever the terms of
settlement may be, and whoever that
aettlement may make President. In a
Word they care less now for their party's
interests than the greater interests which
are put in peril by the dispute, and
there is uo room to doubt that the peo
ple of this country will unite in gladly
accepting any solution of the difficulty
which shall be final, whether it shall
make Tilden or Hayes President.
There is danger, however, that mem
bers of Congress are not in the same
mind with the people on this subject,
although the receut compromise on the
counting of the electoral vote, affected
by the Senate and House committees,
gives the assertion no color. Their sur
roundings are calculated to keep parti
sanship more actively alive among them
than it is among the people, and it is in
recognition of this fact and to avert this
danger that business men are signing in
the city of New York memorials to Con
gress. These memorials are good things,
certainly, both in the effect they may
Lave on the minds of the members of
Congress and in that which the act of
uniting, regardless of party, for a patri
otic purpose must have upon the men
who so unite; but still other prayers to
Congress seem to le needed. Congress
men may not accept the report brought
in by the conference committees, known
as tho "compromise," and they should
be appealed to that the people wish all
partisanship laid aside, and the adoption
of the earliest fair measures for solving
the difficult problem. The will of the
people in this matter should be made
manifest, and it is perhapa worth while
to suggest the sending of patriotic par
tisan petitions to mpplement these pa
triotic non-partisans. To many a mem
ber of Congress the will of his party is
a stronger impulse than the vaguer will
of the people, and, lelieving, as we do,
that the great body of citizens who com
pose both parties are patriotic, we wish
to point out the advantage to the conn
try which may result from the direct
"expression of Democratic and Itepub
lican sentiment on this point. "Why
may not Democrats as Democrats, and
Republicans as lie publicans, send pray
ers to Congress, declaring their earnest
wish for an agreement on this question,
and their willingness to acquiesce in
whatever result such agreement may
produce, whether it may serve their
party interests or not ? Why may not
Democrats and Republicans in their
capacity of members of their respective
parties say, for example, the State
Central Committees of both parties for
the State of Oregon assure Congress
that they desire an agreement more
than they desire success, that as Demo
crats they prefer even Hayes, and as
Republicans that they prefer even Til
den, to a disputed succession; that they
are ready to sacrifice party for country;
that they recognize each in the case of
the other, ground for the other's faith,
and that each is ready to yield much
for the sake of an adjustment of the dis
pute? It is the dispute that the coun
try wants to get rid of, not Hayes or
Tilden, and if members of Congress can
be firmly convinced of the people's
purpose in this respect, the means of
settling the troubles that are now plac
ed befote them by regularly constituted
committees will l-e unanimously accept
ed. Delays are dangerous, and a com
promise which allows an equal number
from the Senate and from the House,
and of equal numbers politically, and
five supreme judges to decide the ques
tion cannot be far from the right course.
Knows It All.
Senator Kelly accuses Mr Turner of
Jacksonville of having been "leaky" in
making disclosures relating todispatches
passing through Li office; but is not
Senator Kelly himself leaky in saying
that no improper communicationscould
have passed over the wires in reference
to to the electoral proceedings, "be
canWsaysthe caloric provider for Sena
torial chairs,"if any improper telegrams
had passed I should have known some
thing about it"! Does Senator Kelly
wish us to underst and that he knows
something about all the improper pro
ceedings of Democracy? If he does, the
world may well stand aside and wait, for
revelations when Kelly begins to unbur
den his conscience.
""What, ho! without there!" What
has become of the Oregon electoral
squabble ? Has it been lost in a laby
rinth of committees and sub-committees,
or strangled with red tape ? Cron
in and Chadwick will arrive at Portland
on the next steamer, and we are as much
in the dark concerning that awful voto
ad we were on the day Cronin "organiz
ed himself." WLich is it, lost, strayed
or stolen ?
V
Useless Investigations.
The Congressional committees which
some time ago went to look after party
matters in Louisiana, South Carolina,
and Florida, have either concluded their
investigations, or are rapidly approach
ing the close of their labors. Onlv
themselves and tboso who, from an
overpowering sense of duty, have waded
through the mass of rubbish with whieh
they have daily cumbered the wircw,
know how utterly futile their examina
tions have been. They have iuvewtiguted
to satisfy, but the moro they searched
for the truth the further oil did it ap
pear to be.
The prime difficulty in the way of
getting at the facta in the case of the
three States mentioaed, is the utter
want of veracity, or evn of intelligent
appreciation of it, displayed by the
witnesses examined. Dick told bia tal,
but Bill proved him to be an ggregiona
li r, whila Cuffe destroyed Bill's repu
tation for truthfulness, and Samtio
pulled to tatters the good name of
every one of his predecessors. The
white witnesses were little btter than
the blacks. Mr. Smith lied, and Mr.
Jones swore to Mr. Smith' lie, and Mr.
Brown and Mr. Robinson upheld Smith
and Jones with as many oaths and as
nervations as could be testified to on
half a dozen Bibles. Each portion of
each committee, of course, took an op
posite partisan view of tha duty of the
joint body, and each found witnesses in
abuudance to sustain the opinions form
ed previously to the organization of tha
committee.
Now, the end is almost gained, to
what does all the trouble amount ? Each
committee will doubtless present a ma
jority, and a manority report sustaining,
respectfully, the views of the two par
ties represented in it. The Democratic
reports will assure Congress and the
world that the elections in Louisiana,
South Carolina, and Florida, were mod
els of peace and good will; that the ne
groes came up by thousands, from
choice, and swallowed the Democratic
pill; that there was no bull-dozing, or
if there was, it was of the mildest possi
ble tyje; that presence of government
troops was uncalled-for and mischevi
ous; and, finally, that the various offi
cials in the three States mentioned are
a pack of knaves, who resort to perjury
because' it ia pleasant and natural to
them, and whom even their grand moth
ers could not trust with five dollars.
The Republican report, being the
minority of the House committees, will
receive little attention in the House,
but will nevertheless present something
of the true asj ect of the case. In them
we shall hear of the intimidation, the
robbery, the outrages of a hundred
kinds; the midnight assassinations and
the noonday murders which have,
through almost endless repetition, be
come perfectly familiar to our readers.
We cannot expect, however, a Congres
sional committee, pressed for titne, wor
ried with a dozen urgent matters of
business, and, above all, unfamiliar with
the people and the condition of the sec
tion where tho investigation is carried
on, to unearth much that is new, and
this expectation, from all accounts, has
not been disappointed.
After all, the results of the investiga
tion are wofully meagre. Nothing of
consequence has teen ascertained that
the people of the country did not know
perfectly well before, and so tar as at
present appears, nothing whatever ha
been gained. The majority and minor
ity reports will be believed in, printed,
scattered abroad, sent co constituencies,
quoted in speeches, and held up by
each party as instances of the depravity
of the other, and there the matter will
end, leaving the matter of the electoral
question exactly where it was before.
The must tangible proof that the inves
tigations have been going briskly on is
the fact that the country will have to
pay something like $100,000 of investi
gation expenses. Nobody would grum
ble or care if the investigations had set
tled anything, but since it will most
probably leave things in statu quo, the
outlay is hardly justified by the result.
Ueautify Your Homes.
It is astonishing to see the indifference
to appearances and the lack of taste in
many of our city and county homes.
Their owners seem to think that it is
money thrown away to beautify their
homes; but let them offer their places
for sale and they will quickly realize
the difference between a house without
paint, or with one coat in a life-time,
with no blinds, no pleasant door-vard,
no tasty fences around the house, no
fruit trees, no shade trees, perhaps, no
beds of flowers, no climbing vines
about the porches, no gardens worthy
of the name, no snug outhouses, no
nicely gravelled walks; but in their
places we often find a dwelling out of
repair, out houses either not existing
or in a state of decay, fences in poor
condition, and the general appearance
of the place repugnant to our feeling's,
or, in New England language, "shift
less." We read the old sign, "This
plas fur sail." hanging on a leafless
tree. There it has hung for months,
and there it will continue to hang, prob
ably, until the owner takes a "sail"
himself over the river Styx. Nobody
wants to buy such a forlorn looking
"home;" and people in search of a coun
try place pass on till they see another
sign, "This Plaee for Sale;" and here
they find order, taste and neatness pre-
j vailing a neat cottage, or other style
I of house, out buildings in perfect re-
pair, fences neat and in good order,
shade trees abundant, aud fruit trees
I heavy with apples, pears, plums and
cherries. In tho well-planned garden
they find an abundance of strawlerries,
raspberries, currents, gooseberries and
quinces; and the place suits them and
they purchace it. Now, this place cost
but little more thau the one first passed
in regard to its beautiful attractions.
What was done to improve its appear
ance was done by degrees, and the ex
pense was never felt as amounting to
much; and so it always is with people
who commence to lay out their homes
in the right manner. While we do not
wish to be personal, we are compelled
to say that there ar at present houses
in Ciaekamaa county which in neglect
and general indiflerenee to appearances
would rival th mud cabins of Ireland,
in whieh the pig is looked upon as part
of the family. Those iople who buy
property and expect tiuie alone to in
crease its lue, and who live the lives
of Italian Lazearoni, will find thattho
whose land is perhaps not so advanta
geously sitnated, or as fertile, malting
money by beautifying, while their leth
argy will only depreciate th vala of
their land and "keep them, as they de
serve, forever Toor.
Southern Prosieritj-.
The Democrats are exceedingly fond
of quoting the utility argument in ex
tenuation of their course in weiring, bv
mingled frand and violence, the govern
ments of the Southern States. They
point triumphantly to Mississippi, Ala
bama. Virginia, Georgia and North
Carolina, and say: "Look at theoe.
They are not oppressed with tares, nor
so heavily burdened with debt as they
were before they came under Democrat
ic rule. Their inhabitants do not fear
creditors, either public or private; the
sheriffs and tha tax collectors have no
terrors for them. They are freed from
Republican rule, and, since their deliv
erance, have gone on steadily to pros
perity." Have not Georgia and Alabama be
come repudiationists.ar d have not Ten
nessee and Virginia failed to pay the
interest on their State debts? Their
prosperity, if it really exists, is had at
a dear rate when purchased in exchange
for the credit, the honor and the hon
esty of the Stato and the ruin of the
creditors.
About six months ago the commission
appointed by the Alabama State govern
ment endeavored to compromise with
the holders of the State bonds, by retir
ing the bonds already out, and replac
ing 4hem with a less amount of londs,
at a rate of interest just one third of
what the original bonds had borne.
This plan of going into informal bank
ruptcy and paying a small perc ntap.e
on the dollar of the just debts owed, is
so comfortable for the debtor, ko clever
way of ranping ti e thick skin of the
bloated bondholder, and of making him
thoroughly familiar with the truly chiv
alrous method of transacting business,
that no one can wonder at its popularity,
in the Southern States.
It is not fcurpritiing thereforo that we
are called upon to record another in
stance of Stat; gouging a little more
shameful than anything we have heard
of for many a day. We copy from an
exchange:
"The other day there was held in
New York a meeting of sixty erons.
who represented $2,000,000 worth of
North Carolina bonds. These creditors
carae together to consider whether they
had letter lose a part of the whole of
what the Statw owed them, and though
: t4im point cost them very little in the
! deciding, they could conic to no definite
result in the matter of a ermaneut set
tlement; not from the lack of disposition
to bo ait obliging as ponsible, but simply
frjm the fact that the State endeavored,
in a hald-ftcej manner, to cheat them
out of their own.
The total bonded indebtedness of
North Carolina is 37,708,000. Of thin
the State commissioners propose, with
out the least shame or scruple, to repu
diate $16,304,770, leaving the debt, prin
cipal and intercut. 21,403,296. To sot
tl this indebtedness, the State proposes
to issue new bouds o the amount of
84.145,940. about 20 per cent, having 30
j y ars to run, and Ix-aring instead of
o or 4 jer cent interest. It is hardly
necessary to say that this cool proposal
was rejected by the bondholders, who
hold out for better terms, which, uufor
tunately, thy are not likely to obtaiu.
Of course, in the end they will have to
accede to the State's proposal, aud lose
a large portion of their claim, but it
will be it'ii no good grace, nor are the
new North Carolina bouds likely to be
favorites on the market."
A State that repudiates once finds the
process pleasant, and is likely to repeat
it at the first opportunity. Thus "pros
perity" is gained , but whether it is worth
gaining at such a cost the future finan
cial history of the Southern Democratic
States will declare.
The wheat receipts at San Francisco
for the six months ending with Decem
ber were 8,659,000 centals; and of flour,
588,200 centals. Reducing the flour to
wheat, on the basis of one barrel of
flour to three centals of wheat, gives as
the total receipts the equivalent of 9,
541,000 centals.
The popular vote of the United States
at the receut election for President was
cast as foliows: For Tilden, Democrat,
4,268,267; for Hayes. Republican, 4,
027,225. for Cooper, Independent, 80,
792; for Smith, Temperance, 10,056;
and scattering, 2,791. Total vote, 8,
889,150. The daugers of spontaneous combus
tion are illustrated in the fact that no
less than four per cent, of all the coal-
! laden vessels that have left Lngush
! ports during the last five years, have
I been lost by ignition of their cargoes,
i -
! Geo. F. Hoar has been elected Sena-
j tor from Massachusetts. His opponents
were Bout well, Abbott and Rice. Bout-
' well was tho Widow Butler's candidate,
' and he was handsomely defeated.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Telegraphic News.
' Kastern.
Chicago, Jan. 18. Following is an
extract of Col. Miles' official report of
the recent battle of Sitting Bull's band:
SittingBnll as again defeated near Hie
head of Powder river. December 18th,
by three coupanies of the fifth infantry
under command of Lieut. Baldwin.
The Indiaa trail was obscured bv a
severe snow storm when near the Mis
souri, and as the reports are conflicting,
I divided mv force, taking three com
panies through Musselshell and the
Dry Fork country, and sending three
companies down the north side of the
Missouri, for companies un.ler Citpf;iin
Snyder Wins then on Dry Fork. Sit
ting Bull haJ crossed near Wolf Point,
but on the approach of Baldwin's force
retreated hn gx!n at the head of his
camp of VV lodges. He was driven
south of the. Yellowstone and his camp
captured. ith bikiit lodges standing.
togtfher V. jth CO horses, mules and
jxMtie, and everything pertaining to an
Indian vilh?e was burned up. The
Indians escaped with very little bg
gace eicejt what they had on their
backs. Lieut. Baldwin and the officers
and troop with him are entitled to great
credit. The command has marched over
500 miles, making 73 miles in 48 hours,
and endured the severity of a Montana
winter witWgreftt. fortitude. Five prorn
i: ent chief of the Sioux nation were
killed by tloir old enimies, the Crow
scouts, at t'fci point, on the 17th inst.
while o r V: in benriner a white fla,
fo'lowe.r V ontne 20 or 30 others. The
guilty Crows escaped by flight. This
flair was unfortunate, as their cominsr
in would have secured the surrender of
at least 1,000 fighting men.
New York. Jan. 19. There are two
classes of objections made by Republi
cans against the bill (to count the vote):
one is by thoe who feel that the laws
row existing if executed will certainly
give the Presidency to Hayes. They
oppose the bill because they say it is
givincr up a surety for nornet hitis that is
uncertain and they remark if the par
tv situation was exactly reversed no
Democrat could b found who would
consent a moment to abandon such an
advantage as the Republicans possess.
The second class of objections is to the
bill itself ss an unconstitutional or an
impolitic measure. '""Democrats whoop
pose the bill do so on the ground gen
erally that arbitration would take tSe
Presidency from the tr.ispof Tilden, and
they say it would be much better for
the Democracy to have Hayes declared
President by the President of the Sen
ate thsn have their candidate defeated
by tribunal that ennnot be attacked.
The bill introdrcfd by Lane pro
vides that sny settlemeut made bv a
person entitled to the benefits of the
homestead or prompt ion laws, shall
give him a vested right forfeitable only
by his failure to comply with the 1 ;w
under which lie claims, and in case
such settlement is on surveyed land
his right to enter a quarter section
shall date from the nctnal settlement,
but without requiring papers to be filed
until the survev is made.
Washington, Jan. 19. Allard, direc
tor of the Belgian royal mint, writes
Dr. Linderman. sketching an ingenuous
plan for rendering the market vrtlne of
silver more uniform, and kreping it
always nearly at par with gold. His
leading idea i to establish n coinage of
American dollars and subsidiary coins
in Europe. The consequences lie
tliinVs would le to furnish a steady
market for silver in tht quarter of the
world, since it could never fall below
the price paid for it at the mint where
it is received for coinage, whereas at
present a great quantity is poured into
the tnaiket whenever thre is tempo
rary demand and a glut immediately
ensues, which depresses the price of sil
ver far below its average value. Allard
says the royal mint at Brussels is ready
to ehnr.ge silver into American coins at
a cheaper r.i e than it could be done at
our own mints.
Nf.w Orleans, Jan. 19. The Senate
committee has virtually completed its
labors, and leaves to-morrow for Wash
ington. Washington. Jan. 18. While the
measure reported by the select com
mittee in regard to the counting of the
electoral vote will meet with some op
position in the f-'enafe, it is the jreneral
belief that it will receive a handsome
majority when vote is reached. An
effort will be ni ide to press it to a vote
after a reasonable time for discussion,
anil several Senators express the belief
that tlie final vote can bo taken after a
discussion of several days.
New Yokk, Ju. 19. Gen. Dix writes
a long letter to tlie Times, giving a his
tory of counting the electoral votes, anil
declaring that a'iy other way than by
allowing the president pro tern to count
would be revolutionary.
New Yokk. Jan. 20. Dunn & Co.'s
annual circular shows 9.009 failures in
the United States for the year 1876,
with gross nihilities exceeding twentv
five millions and a half. This is 1.350
more failures than in the preceding
year, but a reduction of 811,290 on av
erage of abilities a compared with
1875, which indicates that the wider the
wave of fintneial trouble extends the
greater tlie nnmlier of small traders are
included. Tn the percentage of failures
in the Pacific States is one in every GO
business houses; in the Western States,
one in 72; in New England, one in 50;
in the Middle-States, one in 57; in the
South, one in 61. In Canada, for 1876,
the failures were one in 32, notwith
standing its specie currency, because
of overtrading and indiscreet credits.
The circular anticipates decided busi
ness improvements as soon as the Presi
dential muddle is settled. Premonitions
of such improvement appear on every
hand, and have a 6olid basis in the near
approach of specie payments and great
and remunerative production, coupled
with general economy and reduced im
portation. New York, Jan. 22. Suit was com
menced on capias in the United States
district court acrainst Samuel J. Tilden
to recover 150,000, alleged balance due
income tax this afternoon. The capias
was issued and served on Tilden. re
turnable tlie 6th of February. U. S.
District Attorney Bliss says lie was di
rected some time ago by Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Ran in to com
mence suits against all parties who had
failed to pay their income tax, but de
layed bringing this suit on account of
the position of Mr. Tilden before the
public.
Washington, Jan. 22. Beverly Nash
colored, of Columbia testified' beforo
the house South Carolina committee
yesterday that he was one of the Hayes
electors, also a member of the Senate;
that on the day the electors met L. D.
Cmlds, President of the South Carolina
Bank told him if he could get three
Lepubhcan Senators to go over to the
Democrats ncd seat claimants of seats
r
from Laurens, Edgefield and Abbey
ville counties, ho could get money for
so doing, S10O.G00 for each one secured,
and then said there is an electoral vote.
If you will agree to vote for Tilden yon
can get 8100.000 now and $400,000 more
as soon as the thing is consummated.
Nash declined the offer.
U. S. Marshal Wallace, of South Car
olina, who is now in Washington, is in
receipt of information which leads him
to believe that Hampton and the White
League bands are about to make an at
tempt to unseat Chamberlain and over
throw the duly elected and legally con
stituted State government. Their plan,
as far as it can be learned, is to sur
round the State house, courts and de
partments, as Nichols' men did in Lou
isiana, and without resort to actual vi
olence which would call for interference
of United States troops, to quietly take
possession of government buildings and
crowd the State officers out of them.
F"orelgn.
The Marquis of Salisbury is on his
way home.
P. ssia has sent larga orders to tha
United States for arms and ammunition.
The conference is broken, and Eng
land leaves Turkey to fight her own
battles.
A conspiracy has been discovered in
France to endeavor to gain monastic
power in Germany.
State News.
narrisburg has her full share of
hoodlums.
Fifty new houses will be built next
season in Roseburg.
Umatilla county expects to get $156,
000 for its wool clip this year.
A lodge of Knights of Pythias was in
stituted at Astoria last Wednesday.
The State University has eighty stu
dents in the collegiate department.
Business is lively and many new
houses are being erected at Hoot! river.
i
I 'R. M Oilherfc has been annointed
marshal of McMinuville, rice S. D.
Gaunt resigned.
Hume's cannery at Ellensbnrg will
be completed in time for the Spring
run of salmon.
Tlie total tax in Linn countv this
year is about 63,000, of which $31,100
has been collected.
There have been but two deaths in
Nehalem valley since it was settled, and
both were suicides.
A war of words about postoffice busi
ness took place at Linkville, in which
coats were laid aside. No one hurt.
A subscription is being circulated in
Salem to raise money to pay for setting
out trees around the State house block.
The revenue cutters Edwin Albina,
Russell and Richard Rust have left As
toria, heading towards San Francisco.
The Dixie people confidently expect
the west side railroad will bs completed
to the LaCreole by the 1st of October
next.
Goo. A. Steel, chairman of the Repub
lican central committee, has been ap
pointed postal agent for Oregon, vice
Underwood.
A pretended agent of an E--vfer nur
sery recently sold a lot of bogus fruit
trees to many Washington county far
mers at exorbitant prices.
Mrs. Kinney and her mother, Mrs
Brown, of Ilillsboro. were thrown from
a wagon near that place, hist week, and
both were seriously but not fatally in
jured. Several well known characters in Sa
lem have recently been declared "com
mon drunkards." and all persons for
bidden to furnish them with "tangle
foot." T. J. Bl-ick, minag.T of the f.irraers
store at Halsey. was arrested for fortrery
list week. a note drawn in favor of Haw
ley, Dodd A Co. had been altered. He
has since been acquitted.
Lumber is what Ashl nd most "needs
at present. The building of many
houses has been postponed in conse
quence of the impossibility of procur
ing the necessary material.
A Lake county correspondent of the
Ashland Tidings says: "Swamp land
angles" are secretly prowling about
seeking some poor, honest settler's
claim whereon grass cm be grown, in
order to "gobble" it.
Tl e Oregon and California Railroad
Company will commence sinking a shaft
on the coal vein near Comstoek's mill,
and will continue work until they find a
vein sufficiently large to satisfy "nil de
mands. From this vein the Company
hope to supply all Oregon.
Mr. J. F. Silmon has commenced
sinking a shaft on his mine, situated
this side of the Lucky Queen and Ei
ther mine mines, hut located in tlie
same neighborhood. At last accounts
the shaft was down 22 feet with exceed
ingly rich prospects, and a ledcro of
over three feet in width. Mr. Salmon
will follow the ledge to the depth of
fifty feet, and then two tons of the rock
will be taken out, one ton sent to San
Francisco to be tested there and the
other to the Lucky Queen mill to be
crushed. If the prospects justify, the
corporation owning the mine will pro
ceed with the work Until the ledge is
found to be a permanent one and then
it will purchase a qnartz mill.
Major McFarland, the engineer em
ployed by the Interoceanic Canal Com
mission to report on a route uniting
tlie Atlantic and the Pacific, says that
the Nicaragua way is the most feasible.
The distance would be sixty-one miles;
theie is no natural harbor at either end,
snd the cost would be about S110.000.-
! 000. Tlie difficulty would be greater
than in making the Suez canal. Tho
Darien route would be much shorter,
but would involve tnnneling.
The Atlantic Monthly assigns to a
daughter of Kentucky, Mrs. S. M. B.
Piatt, the rank of first female poet
in America. The genius of Mr.
Piatt has been acknowledge by the press
generally. She is the wife of John J.
Piatt, himself an eminent poet.
The national Democratic executive
I committee will call a meeting of the
full committee February 2d. If the
compromise bill passes, the committee
intends to call n national convention.
Senator Morton was the only member
; of the compromise committee who did
not sign the report.
The President will sign the compro
mise bill if it passes both houses of ,
Congress. j
The Compromise.
Report of the Special Committee.
Washington, Jan. 19. The report of
the joint committee to prepare a meas
ure best calculated to accomplish a law
ful counting of the electoral vote aud
best disposition of all questions con
nected therewith, starts out with a
statement that the subject has been
most carefully considered, and they be
lieve the bill accompanj-ing best calcu
lated to effect the desired result. Theie
are various theories of the constitution
widely diverse, and though this bill con
troverts some ofthem.it does not. in the
opinion of the committee, violate any
part of the constitution. The consti
tution requires that the electoral votes
shall be counted upon a particular oc
casion. All will agree that these are
ttie votes of the States, and when found
and identified, there is only clerical
work to le done in counting them.
This bill is directed merely to ascer
tain ng for the purpose and aid of
counting what are constitutional votes
of respective States, and whatever jur
ist! iction exists for such p rrposes, the
bill only regulates the method of ex
ercising it. The constitution, our great
instrument and secniity for liberty and
order, speaks in the amplest language
for all such cases in whatever aspect
they may bo presented. It declares
Congress shall have power to make all
laws which shall be necessary and prop
er for carrying into execution the forego
ing powers, and all othar powers vested
by th constitution in the government
of the United States, or any department
or offices thereof. The committee
therefore think the law proposed cannot
be justly assailed as unconstitutional,
by any one, aud for this reason we
thiuk'it unnecessary, whatever may le
our individual views, to discuss any of
the theories referred to. Our fidelity
to the constitution is observe!, when
we find that the law w e recommend is
consistant with that instrument. The
matter then being a proper subject for
legislation, the fitness of the means pro
posed lecomes the next subject of con
sideration. In all just governments,
both public and private rights must be
defined and determined by law. This
is essential to every idea of such gov
ernment, and is the characteristic dis
tinction between free and despotic sys
tems. However important it may be
whether one citizen or another shall be
chief magistrate for the period prescrib
ed upon just theories of civil institu
tions, it is of far greater moment that
the will of the people lawfully express
ed in tlie choice of that officer shall be
ascertained and carried into effc-ct in a
lawful way. It is true, in every opera
tion of a government of laws from the
most trivial to the more important,
there will always be a possibility that
the result reached will not be true. An
executive officer may not wisely perform
his duty, courts may uot truly declare
the law", and the legislative body may
not enact the best laws; but in either
case to resist tlie act of tho executive,
the courts or the legislature, acting
constitutionally and lawfully within
their sphere, would be to put anarchy
in the place of government. We think
then to provide a clear and lawful
means of performing the great and nec
essary fiiDCtion of government in a time
of much public dispute is of far greater
impoi tines than the particular advan
tage th.-it any nu.n or party may. i:i
course of events, possibly ont iiu. i:tt
we hae t-till ei.davoied to provide
such Ltwful agencies of decisions in th
the present case as shall be the ru'.-st
far and impartiul possible, under the
circumstances. EmcJi of the branches
of the legislature aud the jndieary o.re
represented in the ti jb.i;;i;.l in equal
proportions. The composition of the
judicial part of the commission looks to
the selections from different points of
the republic, while it it is thought to
be frets from any preponderance of stip
posatde bias, and the addition of the
necesrary constituent part of the whole
commission, in order to obtain an un
even number is left to an agency the
f.itherest removed from prejudice of any
existing attainable one. It would be
difficult if not impossible to establish a
tribunal that conid be less subject to
party criticisms than such a one. The
principal of its constitution, is so abso
lutely fair, that we are unable to per
ceive that tlie most extreme partisan
can assail it, unless he prefers to em
bark his wishes upon the stormy sea of
unregulated procedure, hot disputes
and dangerous results, thut can neither
be measured nor defined, rather than
upon a fixed and regular course of law
that insures peace and order of society.
Whatever party may be disappointed in
its hopes, the unfortunate circumstance
that no provision had been made on the
subject before election, has greatly add
ed to the difficulties of the committees
in dealing with it, inasmuch as many
of the people of tlie country, members
of the respective political parties, will
perhaps look with jealousy upon any
measure that seems to involve even the
possibility of the defeat of their wishes.
But it bus also led the committees to
feel that their members are bound by
the highest duty in such case to let no
bias or party feeling stand iu the way
of just, equal and peaceful measures
for extricating the questions from tho
embarrassment that at present sur
rounded it.
In conclusion, we respectfully beg
leave, to impress upon Congress the
necessity of a speedy determination up
on this subject. It is impossible to es
timate the material loss tho couutry
daily sustains from the existing state of
uncertainty. It directly and powerfully
tends to nus tt'.e and paralyze business,
to weaken public and private credit,
and to create apprehensions in tho
minds of the ptnu.de that disturb the
peaceful tenor of their way and their
happiness. It does far more: it tends
to bring republican institutions into
discredit aud to create doubts of the
success of our form of government and
of the perpetuity of our Republic. All
considerations of interest, of patriotism,
and of justice unite in demanding of the
law-making power a measure that will
bring peace and prosperity to the coun
try and show that our republican insti
tutions are equal to any emergency;
and in this connection we can not refrain
from any expression of our satisfation
that your committees, composed of an
equal number of the opposing parties
have fortunately been able to do what
has been attempted in vain heretofore,
almost nnnnimonsly, to agree opon a
plan considered by them all to be just,
wise and efficient. We accordingly rec
ommend the proposed act to the patri
otic and just judgment of Cougress.
Signed: Geo. F. Edmunds, F. T.
Frelinghuysen, Roseoe Conkling, A. G.
Ihnrinan, T. F. Bayard, M. W . Ransom,
Senate Committee.
II. B. Payne, E. Hunton, Abram S.
Hewitt, Wm. M. Sp'rinsrer, Geo. W.
McCrary, Geo. F. Hoar, Geo. Willard.
House Committee.
l NINE NTS.
The Quickest, Surest and
Cheapest Remedies
Physicians reconr mend, and Farriers declare
that no P'.ich remedies have ever before been
in uso. Words are cheap, but the proprietors
of these articles will present trial bottles to
medical men. gratis, and will guarantee more
rapid and uutisiaotory results than have ever
bt-Iore been obtained.
TLc( ruluur Unimrnt, M'Hite XV rapper,
will euro Kheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago;
Sciatica. Caked lireasts, ore Nipples. Krostvd
r'eet, Chiliblains, Swellings, Sprains, and any
ordinary
FLESU, BONE OR MUSCLE AILMENT.
It will extract the poison of bites and stings,
and h:il bums or scalds without, ascar. Ixck
Jaw, 7iisy, 'eai finck. Caked Lreasts, Ear
ache, Toothache, Itch and Cutaneous Erup
tions readily yield to its treatment.
Henry Hlack.ot Ada. Hardin county, Ohio,
says: "My v.ife has had rheumatism for fly
years no rest, no sleep could scarcely walk
acmns the floor, he is nuw completely url
by the use of Crnlaur Liniment. We all fl
thankful to you, and recommend your medi
cine to all our triends."
James Hurd, of Zanesville. O.. sy : "The
Centaur Liniment cured my Neuralgia."
Alfred Tush, of Newark, writes : "Send mo
one dozen bottles by express. The Liniment
has saved m v leg. I want to distribute. 4c."
The sale of this Liniment is increasing
rapidly.
l'Ue Centaur Liniment, Yellow IV rap
per, is for the tough skin, flosh andmuscles of
HORSES. MCLES AND ANIMALS.
We have never yet sfn a case of Spavin.
Stt-eenv. King-bone. Wind-gall. Scratches or
Poll-evil, which this Liniment would nut
speedily bf-nt fit, and we never saw but a few
cases which it would not cure. It will cur
when anvt hing can. It is folly to sjend JJ0
fora Farrier, w h-n one dollar's worth of Cen
taur Liniment will do better. The following is
a sample of ttu testimony produced :
Jefferson. Mo., Nov. 10, 187.3.
"Some time ago I was shipping horses to St.
IOtiis. I got one badly crippled in theer.
With great difficulty I got him tothe stableon
Fourth Avenue. The stable-keejier gave me
bottle of your Centaur Liniment, which I used
with such success that in two days the horse
was active and nearly well. 1 have been a
vetinary surgeon for thirty years, but your
Liniment heads an thing lever used.
"A. J. MVAH'l'Y, Veterinary Surgeon."
Fora postage stamp we will mail a Centaur
Almanac, containing hundreds of certificates,
from every state iu. the I'nion. These Lini
ments are now- sold by all dealers in the
country.
Lwiboratorv of J. 15. Rose A Co.,
4t Lev t.. New York.
OTHERS.
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Cawtoria is th result of 20 year?; experi
ments, by lr. Samuet Pitcher, of Massachu
setts. It"ls a. vegetable preparation as effective
as Castor Oil, but perieelly pleasant to the
taste. It can lie taken by th" youngest in
fa nt, and neither gags nor gripes. lr. A. J.
Green, of I.oyston, lnd., says of it:
Slits: I have tried the Castoria and can
speak highly of its merits. It "ill, I think, do
away entirely with Castor Oil: it is plasant
and'harml -ss ,'nnd is wonderfully efficacious
as an aperient and laxative. It is t he very thing.
Tre t astoria destroys worms, regulates the
stomach, cures Wind Colic, and jwrmits of
natural healthy sleep. It is very efficacious
in Croup, and for Tei thing Children. Honey L'
is not pleasa nter to the t:)Si- a rid CasitrOiV
is not so certain in its licet. It costs but 115
cTir., in large bottles.
J. 15. Hose it Co., 4ti IVy St., New York
o
HAS JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST
stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
ever imported to Oregon City, which he offers
at greatly reduced ) rici-s. My stock of
CLOTHIXG
H:is been largely increase,! and I can show
as handsome a line oi ready-made goods iu
Men and i Soys' i'.usiness and iress tSaits.
I 'oats, etc., astr.tr be found in the country, and
at prieestiiat cannot tail to satisfy. My
DRESS GGQDS DEFART&ENT
Is fiil"d with a splendid assortment of all th
leading sty les and lashiouuble shades ot goods
Kmprex Clot tx,
yiotiuii'M, French anil
American Dress Goxl
liiit - it A 1 pa cfK,
ISrill in i1 i urn,
C'uthitteres, .vc.
IP L A iSTIST E H, S ,
Pla id, Plain and Opera Flannels, f all !or
Lleached and Unbleached "otton Flannels.
Ladim1 ami Cients I" ntier narr
Stiia tvl and Scarfs
Wool Hl.lliki Ss,
Trunks ttrttl
Truvfling Satchels.
Oil Clotit f..:r
Floor and Talile.
BOOTS and SHOES, G
I would call special attention to my stock of
Men'sand Ho s' San Francisco Roots, which I
ha ve sold for an urn lie of years past with gen
era 1 satisfaction. Every pair warranted. A
omplete stock of
HARDWARE & FARMING UTENSILS
Choice Teas, Canned Goods, and all choice
Family Ox'oeevier-C
All at Low Prices. Also, q
LIVERPOOL AXD ('.IBM ISLAND SALT.
Highest Price paid for all kinds of
Vvutzirv &Eofiacc
200,000 lbs. of WOOL Wanted,
for which I shall pay the highest cash price.
I. -SELLING.
Oregon City, Nov. 1, lT5-tf.
J. P. WARO.
GEORGE A. HARDING.
WARD & HARDING,
DR'SGGIST? AND APOTHECARIES,
K
EEP CONSTANTLY ON HANI) A GEN
erai assortment ox
TOruyjis ancl Chemicals,
Perfumery, Soaps,
t ombs and IlrnHliex,.
Trusses, Supporters,
Shoulder Urat es Fancy and
Toilet Articles,
ALSO
Keroitene Oil, Lamp Chimneys,
''. lnty, Paint, Oils.
Varniltes and Dj Stuffs,
PURE WINES AND LIvll ORS FOR MEDICINAL
PURF-OSES.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC
"Physicians' Prescriptions carefully coin
pounded, and all orders correct lv answered.
jpen at all hours of the nijrht.
"All accounts must le paid monthlv.
novl.lSTotf WAItlJt HAItUING.
HEW BLACKSMITH SH0P,
AT
John Lewis' Old Stand.
AV. OAXOXS MAS OPENED AT
J this old stand, where he is prepared to
do anything in his line.
Kllorse shoeinpa speciaiy.
Oregon City. Jlav UlKJm
OYSTERS I
OYSTERS!!
OYSTERS!!!
A T GEORGE FUCHS. OPPOSITE THE
3L Depot. Served up for customers
FRESI1 OR STEWED.
Families supplied at the rate of 75 cents per
hundred. GEORGE FUCHS.
Oregon City, Oct . 20-tf
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