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OREGON CITY, THURSDAY, FED. 8, 1S77.
Supreme Judges in Polities.
The critics of the counting bill show
a lively sensibility in respect to tbe pur
ity of the Supreme Court. This sensi
tiveness is praise worthy; but let us see
whether there is really any good reason
why it should jnst now take alarm.
"Let ns have no dragging of the Su
preme Court into politics" is the first
comment of ninety-nine out of every
hundred persons who objected to tho
passage of the bill. The precaution Mas
wise. We should protest to the lsst
against dragging the Supreme Court
into politics. Jlather than do that we
would abolish the Court. Cut what is
fairly meant by dragging the Supreme
Court into politics? Clearly it is not
dtagging it into politics to permit its
judges to hold opinions on national
questions in common with their fellow
citizens, or to take an intelligent or pa
triotic interest in them. It is not doing
bo to allow the Court to interpret the
Constitution in particular cases when
the interpretation may have a practical
bearing,because it would unsettle many
well-established principles of onr gov
ernment to refuse to accept the author
ity of the Court in such matters. To
interpret the Constitution aright, it is
necessary that the judges not only take
an interest in big governmental ques
tions, but shall be exceptionally well
informed about them, that they shall
be, so to speak, constitutional and po
litical experts. It is then, not dragging
them into politics to regard them as a
body of men able, alert and trustworthy
in these matters.
The duty which is devolved upon the
judges 13 an exceptional one. They
never have had to do it before, and
they never will have to do it again.
They were not appointed to do it. No
appointment is in reserve for doing it.
It would be impossible to select from
the forty millions of Americans five
public officers or five private citizens
whose decision would receive more re
spect or bo less open to cavil or sus
picion than the decision of these five
judges. This last mentioned considera
tion is one of the necessities of this
peculiar case, and it ought to outweigh
the undue scrupulonsuess of the critics
of the counting bill. We say limine
scrupulousness, because we have no
doubt the judges will come out of
the commission unscathed.
Lay On Maedulf.
In attempting to answer our inter
rogatory concerning the Democratic
money that was used to ,-hush" the
Oregonian in the Cronin case, that or
gan dodges the question, aud makes a
Billy appeal to its past record, remind
ing us not a little of Topsy, who "jis
growed," boasting of her long line of
ancestry. The editor then in a frenzy,
not unlike that displayed by a Malay
running a muck, slashes to the right
and left entirely indifferent as to whom
Ee may strike. In the first place, the
weak kneed editor of tho paper afore
said knows that his charge that the
Enterprise is the organ of the "Wrest
ling Joe chaps" is unqualifiedly false,
and that since our management of the
paper, no reference of any kind has ap
peared concerning the case to which he
thus slangily alludes. And further
more, no gentleman who had any in
terest in the "Wrestling Joe" affair on
either side, ever had any interest in or
anything to do with the management or
this paper. This blind fling is like a
man whose face has been slapped in
Portland for taking a bribe, attacking
General Diaz, in Mexico, for revenge
being "without pith or point" and as
foreign to the case as Terra del Fnego.
The statement that we display more
zeal than discretion iu insinuating that
the Oregonian hal anything to do with
the G rover business or that any other
paper but the Enterprise said it had,
presents a couple more samples of the
parsimonious way in which the editor
of the "only paper" has of dealing with
truth. In order that he may no longer
remain in the blissful state of ignorance
that prompted him to cherish the idea
that tbe Oregon press has not attacked
his double dealing, we respectfully re
fer him to the Salem Statesman, the
Portlard Bee and the Albany Democrat.
As for our insinuating falsely tha: the
Oregonian had something to do with
the Grover business, we will simply
say that we did not insinuate any such
thing, but actually charged it, and as
to the falsity of the assertion, Mr.
Bellinger's testimony that he engaged
the Durham, Thompson & Hill firm
i i j .
pariiy Decause one oi its members was
editor of an influential Republican pa
per, ought to set all argument on that
score severely at rest, and if Mr. Mac
beth wants ns to expatiate any more on
this little piece of treachery of his, he
has only to say "Lay cn Macduff," and
we agree to give Irnu "enough on t.
We have several times noticed in our
State exchanges that one or two gentle
men have been looking around through
the Willamette valley for a suitable site
for woolen mills. Mr. Griswold, it is
said, is undecided between Salem and
Albany; while Mr. Hoyt, formerly of
the Sulem Mills, was last week visiting
Eugene City with a view to erecting
there a large factory. The natural ad
vantages of Oregon City for such pur
poses are unsurpassed, we believe, by
any place in the world, and if these
gentlemen referred to want to erect
mills where their motive poner will be
almost gratuitous, we advise them to
"vibit us before purchasing elsewhere."
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The Florida Vote.
We have deferred writing our lead
ing cditoiial until the last moment iu
the hope that the position of the elec
toral commission, in the Florida ques- j
tion. would assume some definite shane
but are compelled to go to press, in re
spect to this subject, almost entirely in
the dark. There was an uuoflicial re-
port that a vote on the question was to j
have been taken on Wednesday, but as j
we have received no news of "such ae- !
i
tion we ore linwerless tr wn o nnvtlnnrr !
of a positive character. Humors
are
rife that the vote will be of a partisan
character, thus giving the Hepublieans
the advantage of one ballot, but per
sonally we are inclined to the belief that
the Judges of the Supremo Court,
whose tenure of office depends upon no
President, are men above mere party
spirit, and who will vote according to
the law and evidence.
Should States Control the Indians!
Among the plans for the settlement
othe vexatious Indian question, there
has lately been one suggested, or rather
hinted at, which may be more prodr.ct-
j ive of practical results thau would at
first be supposed. The hint is conveyed
in a bill introduced into the House by
Mr. Seelyo, which provides for the
transfer to the States of New York,
North Carolina and Michigan of the
care of all the Indians within their re
spective boundaries. The State govern
ment is to assume control of the Indians
in each State, and, though their num
bers are not great, provision has to be
made for them by the Indian Bureau,
jnst as though they were roaming over
the western prairies.
This, of course, to Oregon, and other
States haviug large numbers of Indians,
is a great improvement on the bill that
was introduced into the last House, that
each State provide for and control its
own red men, and taken as a whole ap
pears to us as a fair way of meeting the
question. The leading difficulty, how
ever, in the management of the Indians,
has been found in the multiplicity of
agencies, and officers who have been
appointed to the care of the savages.
When so many have betn employed,
abuses have naturally and unavoidably
crept into the service. The appointing
power had to be exercised in the case
of so many individuals that it was a
matter of impossibility for t he fitnesa
of all tbe appointees to be known.either
personally or by reputation, to the ap
pointor, and not nnfrequently bad ap
pointments were made. When these
in regard to the service became known
to the public, it was at a time when
party prejudice ran high; advantage
was taken of every mistake, and even
the slightest step on the part of one
official was magnified to a crime by ex
cited partisans eager to excuso their
own shortcomings by casting what
measure of blame they conld on their
opponents.
The transfer of the care of the In
dians to tbe army was a great btcp iu
advance of tho old policy. It removed
much of the causo of complaint, and
even if no change were made in the fi'.
ture, there is good reason for believing
that a greater degree of peace and pros
perity will hereafter prevail in the
neighborhood of tho hostile and disor
derly tribes. Hut it is far from certain
that the acme of perfection has been
reached in tho Indian matter. TLc bill
of Prof. Seelye may be a stepping stone
for something better. The Indians in
New York, .North Carolina, Michigan,
Oregon, and every where else in the
country can not be be said to be amena
ble to State authority. They are in the
States, but not of them. Only in ex
ceptional cases are they punishable by
State laws. They have thus an advan
tage even over the whites living in the
same State, because their conviction of
any crime whatever, is more difficult in
United States Court than before a
State tribunal. In putting tho Indians
under the control of State authorities,
the latter will become resnonsible far
their good behavior; and since it is a
matter which immediately concerns the
State government, the savages will bo
looked after more closely than they can
by the General government. Each State
government may be empowered to make
a thorough canvass of its Indians and
may receive fium the government their
annuities as a lump sum, for subsequent
dirtribution. Not many years, however,
will elapse, ere annuities will become
a superfluity, and the Indi ans will be
taught that as by this new arrangement
they will bo admitted to citizenship,
and their first exercise for that right
will be the duty of earning their own
living. The objection of this transfer
of the Indians to the State authorities
is found iu the fact that the States and
Territories which have most Indiana
have fewest whites and governments
perhaps not as well fitted to carry the
scheme into execution. But it should
be remembered that in the case of the
three States mentioned, the plan is pro
posed to be tried as an experiment and
that, if it succeeds there, its operations
may gradually be extended elsewhere
The guardianship of the urmv is doubt
less the best for the present.'but when
ever a charge is made.the plan of Seelye
is eminently worthy of consideration.
Always ably edited, though heretical
in politics, tbe Stamford has a new pen
in control of its columns, propelled bv
Mr.Sidney Dell, of Georgia; and though
we cannot endorse his views on r-ovc .
ment. we mot cordially welcome him
to the Oregon brotherhood of journahsts
as a valuable acquisition.
. been added tothepnuhi
gion round about Colfax'
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T.
Presidf-nt's Message on Resump
tion. YAsni.NGTOs, Feb. 3. The following
is the President's message to Congress
on tbe subject of resumption of specie i
r.-lViacus
To the. Senate and House of Represcnta-
tt'res: Bv act of Congress, approved
Jan 14,1875, to provide for the resump
tion of specie payments the first of Jan-i,..v,-
istt) fWo.1 s the date when
such'reoiiinption is to begin. It may
not bs desirable to fix an earlier date
when it shall become obligatory upon
.1 - . 1 A.- 1 .j4-. . 1
iug legal tender notes, in coin, on pre
sentation; but it is certainly most desir-
able, und will prove most beneficial to
every pecuniary interest of the country
to hasten the day when the paper circu
lation of the country and gold shall
have equal values. I believe the time
has come when by a simple act of tbe
legislative branch of the government
this most desirable result can be attain
ed. I am strengthened in this view by
the course trade La taken in the last
two years, and by the strength of the
credit of the Uuited States at home and
abroad. For the fiscal year ending June
o'J, 176, the ex)orts of the United
States exceeded the imports by $120,
213. 10-; but onr exports include 10,
.r't;'J,;21 of specie and bullion in excess
of the imports of commodities for the
six months for the present fiscal year.
From July 1, 1S70, to January 1, 1877,
the excess of exports over imports
amounted to 175,118 G9, and imports
of specie and bullion exceeded the ex
port of the precious metals by $6,192,
117. In the same time the actual excess
of exports over imports for six mouths
inclusive of specie and bullion amount
ed to $113,737,010, showing for the time
lMug accumulation of specie and bul
lion in the country amounting to moro
than $21,000,000. In addition to the
national product of these metals for the
same period the increase of gold and
silver for six months is not far short of
$00,000,000. It is very evident that un
less this great increase of precious met
als can be utilized at home in such a
way as to make it in tome manner re
munerative to holders, it must seek for
eign markets as snrely as would any
other product of the soil or manufac
tory, and legislation which will keep
coin and bullion at home will in my
judgment soon bring about practical
resumption, and will add the coin of
the country t: the circulating medium,
thus securing iieulthy inflation of a
sound currency to the great advantage
of every legitimate business interest.
The act to provide for the resumption
of specie payments authorized the
Secretary of the treasury to issue bonds
of either description named in the act,
approved July 1, 1870, entitled an act
to ant! the refunding of the na
tional debt for not less than par in gold.
With the present value of the 4 per
cent, bends iu the markers of the world
mey coum uo exenancreu at iar lor
gold, thv.s strengthening the treasury
to inr-et final resumption and to keep an
exefc.-s of coiu over the demand pending
its permanent use as a circulating me
dium. At home all that would no re
quired would be to reduce the volume
of legal tender notes in circulation, and
to accomplish this 1 would suggest an
act authorizing the Secretary of the
TreasnrT to issue four per cent, bonds
with forty years to run before maturity,
to be exchanged for legal tender not s
whensver presented in sums of fifty
dollars, or any multiple thereof, the
whole amount of such bonds, however,
not to exceed one hundred and fifty
millions. To increase home demand
I for sp.eh bondJ 1 would recommend that
they be available for deposit in the U.S.
Treasury for banking purposes under
the various provisions of law relating
ro rational banks. I would suggest fur
th?r that national banks be required to
retain a certain per cent, of coin as in
terest received by them from the bouds
deposited with treasury as required by
their circulation. I would also recom
mend the repeal of the 31 section of the
joint resolution for the value of silver
Coin, approved January 22, 187G, limit
ing subsidiary coin aud fractional cur
rency to fifty millions. I am satisfied
that if Congress will enact some such
law as suggested thev will give relief to
the country in its effect, and for which
ihev will receive the gratitude of the
whole peojde.
U. S. Grant.
The Mark Lane Express fays that if
ever there was a time when it was nec
essary to stimulate improvement, not
only in the breeding but in the fatten
ing of Irish cattle, it is the present
Within the past twelve months a trade
has grown up with the United States
which has already interfered with the
operations of Irish cattle dealers. The
importation of living animals hence was
of comparatively little damapre to the
Irish. Their just ground of apprehen
sion rests in the dead meat trade. "It
must be confessed," says the writer
quoted, "that tbe American trade, more
especially rne trade in dead meat, is a
hard nut to crack, for when the bound
less resources of North America for the
breeding of cattle are taken into account,
it is clear that tho opposition to the
home trade arising from supplies of
living animals imported from Conti
rental Euro2e, dwindles into nothing
with what may be expected from the far
West." A correspondent of the same
paper writes, "almost a panic has been
creatt vt in the agricultural districts of
Shropshire aud Staffordshire by the re
port of large quantities of frozen beef
coming from America or Canada." But
at present the price of English beef re
mains what it was a year ago.
Tiiis is what Beecher says, in hi3
newspaper, about the new anti-Plymouth
association of Congregational
ministers: "For the benefit of our
non-ecclesiastical readers it should bo
added that an association is a minis
terial club; that it possesses no ecclesi
astical powers; that it sends no dele
gates to any of the church councils or
conferences, and that it does not even
assume to advise the churches on ec
clesiastical qnestions. There is jnst
the significance in this separation tbat
there would be in the division of any
other association organized for the mu
tual benefit and enjoyment of its mem
bers." The significance is that nearly
all the Congregational clergymen of
New York and Brooklyn would not re-
m--ii.'j m an organization
Bc-echer was a member.
of which
COURTESY OF BANCROFTLIBRAHif
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
It Loots Bad.
Tbe Oregonian contains daily tirades
against Gov. Grover and Secretary
Chadwick for their action in the Ore
gou electoral matter, and yet it is in
evidence before the Senate investigat
ing committee that the law firm of
which the editor of the Oregonian is a
senior member received three thousand
dollars for arguing the legali y of Gro
ver and Chad wick's action. What sort
of demagoguery s this anyhow ? Lith
er the Oregonian editor must admit that
for pay he he!xed steal a Democratic
electoral vote from Oregon, or that
Gov. Grover was right and all this
newspaper tulk is just to hold tbe
Oregonian.s standing with the party
Either feature of the dilemma looks
bad enough for the Oregon tan, and must
make the public doubt the sincerity of
its edtioriul frothings. Albany Demo
crat. Salt on Wheat.
The useful effects of salt on wheat
has been shown by recent experiments
on tbe farm of tbe Iloyal Agricultural
Society of England. An acre of wheat
dressed with 300 pounds of salt yielded
39 bushels of grain while an adjoining
acre without the salt dressing yielded
only 29 bushels of wheat. On another
field salt was sown, then it was plough
ed twice aud sowed with wheat, and
there were 10 bushels of grain per acre
harvested. A farmer in western Massa
chusetts uses salt at the rate of three
bushels per acre in growing winter
wheat with success, and thinks tbat it
prevents rusting of the straw.
Tho citizens of Gothenburg, Sweden,
have adopted a new method of dealing
with intemperance which is well worth
consideration. Under the Swedish law
licenses to sell iLtoxicating liquors are
sold to the highest bidder, the number
of licenses being fixed on the "local
option" jinciple, subject to the power
of provincial governors to decrease the
number. The licenses have sold, how
ever, at so high a price, that the pur
chasers have been pushing sales to the
utmost, and tbe result has been that in
temperance and crime visibly increased.
To put a top to this tbe citizens of
Gothenburg determined to adopt a sys
tem under which the proprietors of
public houses would derive i.o benefit
from increasing the sales of intoxicat
ing drink. A company was formed
which acquired all existing licenses and
undertook to conduct the business in
the interests of temperance, and to pay
over all profits to public pnrposes. The
managers of their houses are bound to
supply meals at reasonable rates to all
comers, to refuse credit for liquors, and
to sell spirits according to tariff', and ac
count fur all liquors received from the
company. The results have been high
ly satisfactory. The number of houses
has been reduced one-half, tbe convic
tions for drunkenness and crime in the
same projiortion.and the receipts of the
city from this source equal tho poor-
rate.
Capt, James B. Fads, who received
an installment of $500,000 last week for
his work cf opening the mouth of the
Mississippi, is in his fifty-seventh jear
and a native of Lawrencebnrg, Ind. At
a very early ago he evinced a strong
taste for machinery, and at eleven with
out any instruction madea miniature en
gine that worked perfectly with steam,
lie has struggled upward to tbe posses
sion of a lar e private foi tune.excellent
health and thoroughly American taste,
passing such grades as apple peddler,
clerk, Mississippi wrecker, proprie
tor of the first glass blowing establish
ment in the West, and builder of twenty-seven
iron-clad and mortar boats.
Hon. George F. Hoar is the youngest
son of Samuel IToar the distinguished
free-soiler of the pioneer days of nnti
salvery agitation. Blood will tell.
Oregonian.
Mr. Lair Hill, is the son of non.
llev. li. C. nill, the distinguished and
very able leader of the Secession Demo-
cracy of Linn and Benton counties of
the pioneer days of the late rebellion
"Blood will tell" particularly if it has
a $3,000 grab cut of Tilden's "bar!" to
help it.
Small Farms. An exchange hits the
nail on the head when it says:
Small farms make near neighbors,
they make good roads, they make plen
ty of good schools and churches; there
is more money made in proportion to
the labor; less labor is wanted, every
thing is kept neat; less wages is paid
for help; less time is wasted; more is
raised to the acre; besides it is tilled
better; there is less watching of hired
help; tho mind is not kept in a worry,
stew and fret all the time.
The New York Railroad Gazette re
ports a considerable increase in railroad
construction in the United States in
187G over either of the two preceding
years. It figures up a total of 2,351
miles, which will probably be somewhat
increased by further information. The
increase over 1S75 is 52 per cent., or
about 80." miles, and over 1874 16 per
cent., or 323 miles. It add3 about three
per cent, to the mileage of the country,
bringing it up to 75,560 miles.
The past year has been, on the whole,
an unfavorable one for the Maine ship
builders. The number of ships built
was less, as was tbe tonnage, than in
1875, and considerably less than in 1S71,
Tbe total number of vessels built was
138, with a tonnage of 73,573.34. valued,
estimating the cost at $50 per ton, at
$3,678,GG7. In 1875,152 vessels, of 75,
0G0.15 tons, were bnilt, and in 1874 253
vessels, of 122,548.74 tons.
Cronin complains 4bat the Eastern
newspaper men have been unjust to
iiim WIipti we find floatinir tbronerh
j the press such paragraphs as the follow
ing, we can appreciate his feelings: "In
cold weather Cronin is obliged to j
' cover his nose with a horse-blanket." 1
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Telegraphic News.
i:afetern.
Washington, Feb. 4. The Senate
military affairs committee have agreed
to recommend the passage of tbe bill,
urged by the Oregon Senators and ap
proved by the interior deartment, pro
viding for the appraisement and sale of
tbe Dalles military reservation to tbe
highest bidder at not less than one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per acre.
General Colby has arrived to promote
passage of tbe Klamath Indian reserva
tion lien lands bill. Senator Kelly has
given notice that he will call it up for
action next Thursday.
New York, Feb. 5. The Times' Wash
ington special thinks Grant's message
was presented at an unfortunate time,
when the country is exercised about i
counting the votes, as the House was j
when the message was received, aud .
pointsknown before its recommendation
meet with opposition from tbe silver
money people, because they intend to
force tbe dollar of our fathers into cir
culation as soon as possible. Congress
men generally are indifferent, thinking
greenbacks can be as good as gold.
Washington, Feb. G. It is unoffi
cially stated the electoral sommission
will vote on tho Florida question to
morrow at three o'clock, but the decis
ion will not be promulgated till Thurs
day. It is said only Senators and Rep
resentatives took part in tbe discussion
to-day, the judges apparently acting as
such and not as partisans. Republican
members of the commission say they
think the judges will, however, divide
politically, and Judge Bradley's vote
will decide the question.
The fact tbat Field presented an ex
parte report of testimony taken before
the House investigating committee, pre
tending it was complete, though really
he had carefully eliminated all cross
examination and answers that would
prejudice hi9 case, has cost him all tbe
inllnence he had before the committee,
and has caused even Proctor Knott,
Sparks and other Democrats to de
nounce tbe act, who chastised him se
verely iu the secret session. He made
a very humiliating apology and no ac
tion was taken, and at his request no
record was made of tbe affair. Prof.
Seelye has been in a state of violent in
dignation for several days at Field's
conduct, but says to-night, having re
lieved hiinsalf in secret session, he feels
better.
The Indian appropriation bill, as re
ported from the Senate committee, in
creases the items for general services in
California, Oregon, Arizona and New
Mexico $10,000 each over the amounts
voted by tbe House. The Senate com
mittee also increase the appropriation
for New Mexico Apaches from $100,000
to $125,000, and restore the usual items
omitted by the House, for agents at
Hoopa valley, California, and Papajo
ageucy, Arizona. The item of $300,000
for tbe Arizona Apaches is unchanged.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill, us completed by the House com
merce committee, contains only tbe fol
lowing items for the Pacific coast: Sac
ramento and Feather rivers, $20,000;
Wilmington harbor, $30,000; Lower
Willamette and Columbia rivers, from
Portland to the sea, $20,000; Upper
Willamette, $20,000; Upper Columbia
and Snake rivers, $15,000.
Secretary Mo: rill is dangerously ill
at Wormley's hotel here, with typhoid
pneumonia symptoms. Physicians en
tertain grave doubt of his recovery.
New York, Feb. G. The Tribune's
Washington special says: An influential
Democrat, chairman of one of the lead
ing investigating committees of the
House, remarked to-day that if the
final decision of tbe electoral count
should be adverse to Tildcn, he will
not accept the result witho.it further
testing his rights in the courts. This
chairman says Tilden will certainly be
gin the biggest lawsuit of the century
to obtain the office if he is dezlared to
have been defeated.
Foreign.
Sr. Petersburg, Feb.4.- -Prince Gort
schakoffs circular note, which is ad
dressed to Russian representatives at
the courts of other guaranteeing powers
is published in the Official Gazette to
day. The note first calls to mind the
fact that through Russia's initiative an
understanding between the great pow
ers was brought about at the beginning
of the Eastern crisis. The agreement
was disturbed by the rejection of the
JLerhu memorandum, but was shortly
afterward restored on the basis propos
ed by England. Tbe powers at the con
ference unanimously submitted their
demands to the Porte, who declined
them. Prince Gortschakoff considers
that Europe, by its united diplomatic
action, has proved that it is deeply in
terested in tlm maintenance of peace in
the East, and that it was recognized to
be its duty, as well as its right to co-operate
for that end on behalf of the gen
eral interest. The Russian government,
being guided by tho desire to maintain
European accord in the new phase of
tbe Eastern ques ion, Las, before com
ing to any decision in tbe matter, in
strncted its representatives to ascertain
for certain what course the government,
to which they are accredited, means to
pursue.
London, leb. u. ibe limes in its
leading editorial says: Gortscbakoff's
circular will not, we fear. tend to lessen
the distrust with which Russia is view
ed in England. It will be regarded as
an invitation to begin war, from which,
if Turkey has no allies, Russia would
certainly profit. The English govern
ment will certainly reply with the ap
proval of Parliament that England will
hold herself free to guard her own in
terests, and the general interests of
peace. England will await events. If
Russia is more precipitate she must act
on her own responsibility.
The Way It Was Done. This is the
way witnesses testified in regard to tbe
election in Mississippi:
Witness admitted that the Republican
judges of election in Hinds county were
generally ignorant negroes, aud it was
easy to get them intoxicated. In the
election he admitted tbat duplicate keys
to the ballot boxes were furnished to
one of tbe Democratic judges in every
polling precinct in the county.
The Oregon case in Washington rer
minds us of the line in Pope's essay on
Criticism, which, "like a wounded ser
pent, drags its slow length along."
Many dispatches have been read, and
though nothing startling has been elic
ited from them, the work still goes on.
Democrats say that the investigators
will be unable to make out a case, while
on the other hand tho Republicans are
very saDguine and promise rich revela
tions in the near futnro.
State News.
There has been no snow at the Dalles
this winter.
No snow this winter in the valleys of
Eastern Oregon.
Good prospects for excellent crops
in Wasco county.
A steam grist mill is to be erected at
Junction City this season.
Sim Reed, Esq., has 1,000 acres of
land in cultivation near Amity.
The saloons of Portland pay a yearly
license of $15,400. How much do the
whisky drinkers pay to the saloons ?
The Albany policeman is able to be
around, but is not able to throw any
light on the subject of his recent attack.
Another rich strike is reported in the
Lucky Queen mine. The mill is run
ning well, and everything prosperous.
Clarence White lost part of one of his
fingers in tho machinery of his father's
quartz mill on Conner Creek, Baker
county.
The Indians on the Columbia, be
tween Celilo and White Bluffs, are be-
i.i.
coming very troublesome as came
thieves.
Dr. C. C. Glass convicted of man
slaughter in 1873 and sentenced to the
penitentiary for 5 years, was pardoned
lust week.
The body of an unknown man, much
decomposed, was lately found on the
beach in Clatsop county on the 2Utu ult
and buried.
J. W. Kanoff speculator at Eugene
City, has left for parts unknown, and
his creditors waDt 10,000 to make
things square.
There were no marriage licenses issu
ed in Polk county during January.
These mild winters are playing the mis
chief with matrimony.
A Fifth Degree Grange was organized
in Marion county last week. The next
meeting will be held at Butteville the
first Monday in March.
On the morning of Feb. 1, Harvey
Kanoff shot and killed Scott Osborne,
on the Mackenzie, about 20 miles above
Eugene. They had a dispute over some
land .
At Prof. McCraw's singing school at
Tangent, a young hoodlum conducted
himself in such a manner as to make it
necessary to put him out. He did net
see fit to' go, and two students persuad
ed him. He is said to be recovering
slowly.
The Independent says Mr. T. B. Flint,
who lives near Scholl's ferry, in Wash
ington couoty, has been astonishing
Eastern people with Oregon apples.
He spent the early part of the winter in
the East, where he found plenty of
people to astonish with Oregon produc
tions." The Rofeburg Plaindealer reports the
transactions of the land office at that
place for tbe mrnth of January: Six
hundred and eighty-nine acres sold for
cash; 218 acres mineral land sold; 19
homestead entries filed; 7 final home
stead proofs made; 27 pre-emption fil
ings; 4 donation certificates issued.
Territorial News.
The railroad to the Seattle coal mine
is almost completed.
Mr. Waite is putting up a telegraph
line from Walla Walla to Dayton.
Nicholas Owing has been confirmed
as Secretary of Washington Territory.
The litigation about a part of tbe town
site of Seattle has terminated in a de
cision in favor of tbe city.
John Wesar and family of Vancouver
had a miraculous escape last week by
leaping from their wagon just ns an
immense fir fell and broke the vehicle
into a hundred pieces.
Wasco Count y 3lud Springs.
Not long ago, says the Detroit Free
Press, it was announced that silver had
been taken from the Mud Springs,
Wasco County, Oregon. A little air of
romance was given to tbo alleged dis
covery, which may have made it more
attractive in the eyes of wealthy San
Francisco speculators. Being men of a
strong practical turn of mind, however,
they set about satisfying themselves of
the genuieness of the discovery before
investing much of their money in it.
For that purpose samples of the silver
mild were placed in the hands of Prof.
Thos. Price for analysis. He discov
ered that the mud was "salted," and
that the precious metal it contained was
the pulp of a quartz mill running on
silver ore altogether foreign to the
mud itself. Assays made showed that
the samples contained from $200 to $3,
000 per ton in silver. Before making a
final report to the capitalists interested
in the results. Prof. Price subjected
the mud to a seiie3 of tests which de
monstrated conclusively that the alleg
ed discovery was a barefaced fraud.
Some of the samples contained free i
c-old. chibride of silver, other silver
fillings. Crushed quartz was also
found in some of tbe samples, which
viewed undera low-power microposcop
showed free gold angular quartz prov
ing that the ore had passed through a
battery.
A woman with a bee's nest in her hair
would probably be a lively spectacle;
but Joaquin Miller tries, in the N. Y.
Independent, to make such a thing ro
mantic as follows:
If all the world a garden were,
And women were but bowers ;
If men were bees that busied there
Through all the summer hours ;
Ohl I would hum the garden through,
For honey, till I came to you.
Then I should hive within your hair,
Its sun and gold together;
And I should hide in glorv there,
Through all the changeful weather.
Already little Governor Chadwick has
made a hack at the head of the redoubt
able Bill Watkinds, and the commotion
among "the unterrified" as to who shall
be the future superintendent of tbe
penitentiary is said to be intense.
If a man will sell his influence as an
editor for $1,000 and betray the party
he pretends to revere, how much would
it cost to buy him back into that out
raged o-ganization? A very little would
be a good deal in a case of thi3 kind.
Tilden is becoming alarmed at his
prospects with the tripartite commis
sion. It is now reported that if the
final decision is adverse to Tilden, lie
will contest for Lis rights in tha courts.
EiyTAUR
One Kind for the Human Family.
The Other for Horses aud Animals.
These Liniments are simply the wonder of
tbe world. Their effects are little less than
a.rvelous. ... . . , .
Tim White Liniment is for the human,
family. It will orive Khcurnatism, Sciatica
and Neuralgia from the system ; cures Lum
bago, ChillOlains, i.ook-j.t., fnts. , Itch, aud
most cutaneous eruptions; it fxtraeis frost
from frozen hands and feet, and the poison of
biles arid stints ol vew.mous re(.nu-s : it sub
dues swelling and alleviates pain of every
kiud. When pains or bruis-s occur, it is the
most potent remedy ever discovered to heal
the injured purls, t he Centaur Liniment is
used with great efficacy for Wore Throat.Tooth
aehe. Caked Breasts, Earache and weak Back.
The following is but a sample of numeroui
testimonials:
"Indiana IIomk. Jeff. Co., May 23, 1ST3.
"I think is my duty to inform you that I
have tiiffrrvd mucn with swollen tert and
chorda. A few bottles of Centaur Liniment
has done I lie work for me. I have not been
trv from tries' swfllins In Wshf years.
Now I am perfectly well. The Liniment
ousbt to b applied warm. li. KKuWN,"
The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, It Is
handy, it is cheap, and every family should
have the White Centaur Liniment.
Vellow Ontii ur Liniment is adapt
ed to the tousrh muscles, cords and flesh o
horses and animals, it has p-riornied more
wonderful cures, in three years, of Spavin,
Strain, Vind-Kds, i-ieralehes, Sweeny, and
general Lameness, than all other remedies
in existence, ltead what the great Express
men say of it :
"New York, January, 1871.
"Every owner ol horS' s should jiivi th
Centack Liniment a trial. We consider It
the best article ever used in our stables, o
"II. MAHSII, Supt. Adams Ex. Stables.N.Y.
"E. PULTZ. Supt. IT. S. 1.x. Stables, N. Y.
"AL. S. OLlN, Supt. Nat. Ex. .Stables, N.Y."
The best Patrons or this Liniment. re Far
riers and Veterinary Surgeons, who are
continually using some liniment. It heals
(Jabs. Wounds, Poll-evil, removes Swellings,
and is worth millions of dollars annually to
Farmers, Liver.v-men, Stock-growers, Sheep
raisTS, and t hose having horsed or cattle.
What a Farrier cannot do tor f20, the Cen
taur Liniment will do at a trifling coKt.
These Liniments are sold by all dealers
throughout the country. They are warranted
by the proprietors, and a bottle will be given
to any 1-arrler or Physician who desires to
test them.
Labratory of J. II. llose & Co.,
40 Dey St., New York.
Honey.
Pitcher's Castoria is a complete substi
tute for Castor Oil, and is as pleasant to take
as honey. It is part icularly adapted to Teeth
ing ami irritable children. It destroys worms,
ass inil.-iti s the food, regulates the Stomach,
and cures Wind-Colic. 1 -w remedies are as
flieacious for Feverish ness. Croup,, Worms,
and Whooping Co'iglu Castoria is a 'scientific
and purely vegtl.'le preparation, more effec-tiv-;
than Castor Oil, and neither gags norn
trripes. Prepared by .tlessrs. J. li. Kos? S: Co., u
41 Iey St., New York, from the recipe of Sam
uel Pitcher, M. L., of Barnstable, Mass.
II
AS JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST
stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS G
ever imported to Oregon City, which he offers
at greatly reduced prices. My stock of
CLOTHIKG
lias been largely increased and I can show
ns ImndsoiiK! a line of ready-made goods in
Men and Hoys' Business and Dress Suits,
Coats, etc., as can be found in the contitry.and
at prices that cannot tail to satisfy. My
D?tLS3 GOODS DEPARTMENT
,1s filled with a splendid assortment of all the
lending styles and fashionable shadesof good
.Flol-nirx, French ant
American Dress Goods
Illark 4 I purr a,
Brill ian tines,
CasSimereg, VC.
FLA TsflNr ELS,
Plaid, Plain and Opera Flannels, of all colors, o
lUeached and Unbleached Cotton Flannels.
Ladies' nnd Gents' ( ndemire
Sla 1 and Srai f,
Wool Blankets, O
Trunks und
Traveling Satrhels,
llatsand la p.
till l lotu for
Floor and Table.
BOOTS and SHOES.
I would call special attention to my stock of
Men's and I5o. s San Francisco Boots, which I
have sold for anumlie of years past with gen
eral satisfaction. Every pair warranted. A
omplete stock of
HARDWARE & FARfiiriO UTENSILS
Choice Teas, Canned Goods, and all choice
Family Groceries,
All at Iw Irices. Also,
LIVER TOOL AXD CARMAN ISLAXO SALT.
Highest Trice paid for all kinds of
Country IroIuce.
200,000 lbs. of WOOL Wanted,
for which I shall pay the highest cash price.
Oregon City, Nov. 1, lSTo-tf.
J. P. WARD.
GEORGE A. HARDIN O.
WAED & HARDING,
PRIGGISX? AND. APOTHECARIES,
KEEP CONSTANTLY OX 1IAXD A GEX
Leral assortment of
Drills ana Cliemiea.lt?,
Perfumery, Soaps,
C'onibsand lirughea,.
Trusses, Supporters,
Slioulder Ilracei Fancy and
Toilet Articles,
ALSO....-
Kerosene Oil, Lamp Chimneys,
Gluss, Putty, Paints, Oils,
arnUhes and lye Staffs,
rURE WINES AND LKIEOES FOR MEDICLNiL
PURPOSES.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC
fcyPbysieians' Prescriptions carefully com Ifv
pounded, and all orders correctly answered. Z
KVOpen at all hours of the night. i
All accounts must be paid monthly. i
novl,1875tf WARD & HARDING. t f
GEORGE THOMAS, r
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER,
OREGON CITY,
One door north of Haas' Saloon.
,4 LT, KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Xa. made to order on the shortest notice, a
pood fit or no sale.
Repairing neatly done.
Jan25-ml.
lerms cash,
OYSTERS!
OYSTERS!! 9
OYSTERS!!!
AT GEORGE FCCHS', OPPOSITE THE
Depot. Served up for customers
FRESH OR STEWED.
Families supplied at the rate of 75 cents pep
hundred. GEORGE FUCHa,
Oregon City, Oct. 20-tf
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