3l)c (Enterprise.
OREGON CITY, THURSDAY, MARCH 11 b77.
Tho Forty-Fourth Senate.
Od the 17tli tbe U. S. Senato adjourn
ed sine die, having closed its bright
career with the confirmation of the col
ored man, Fred Douglass, for U. S.
Marshal fur the District of Columbia.
Fortunately for the country, the Re
publicans bad a majority in "this body,
and all the rascally efforts of a distract
ed House to shove tho people into an
archy were suddenly and firmly check
ed. Both parties were ably represented
in this body, tho giant minds of each
Bide meeting daily in the grand arena
for the settlement of mighty questions.
The elegant Conkling, the mighty Mor
ton, the grand and simple Thnrman,
the polished Bayard, the ready ..Blaine
and keen Mitchell all were members of
the late Senate, and all gave it addition
al lustre. Such a body of men could
meet in intellectual tournament with
the bravest knights that have ever lev
eled the lances of their eloquence in
any public assembly in the world with
out fear of defeat or even wound.
Of course as individuals they often
erred, but as a body they were invinci
ble. It is true Blaine sprang to the
front and imagined himself on the pop
laT side in opposing the confirmation
of Hayes' appointments, bnt wily Mor
ton hooked him in with that cane of
liis, before he had gone too far, and
when the vote was called every name
presented by the President was hand
somely endorsed.
Our own Senators, Kelly and Mitch
ell, hare been ornaments to our State.
The charges against Senator Kelly were
empty, and Mitchell magnanimously
expressed himself as so believing. It
:is true Senator Kelly did not raise much
bustle in "the halls that have echoed to
the tread of either Bayard," but he is
said to have been one of the best work
ers, in a quiet way, in Washington.
Having a genial, honest manner, he was
a great favorite in the different depart
ments, and while other Senators were
exhausting their eloquence in the Sen
ate chamber over some pet measure,
TKelly was taking a short cut with his
through influence on "the outside."
We think the Democrat must be bit
" terly partisan who cannot also see the
good done and attempted by Mitchell.
lEvery bill of importance to this State
has been introduced by him and fought
.for with a genius and tenacity rarely
seen. Being a man of natural ability,
.lie sprang immediately into the front
-rank, among those gray heads of vis
dom we have all been taught to so
deeply revere, and has nobly maintain
ed his position. Admitting the truth of
every foul story concerning this Senator
which have ever been circulated by the
: most debased of Democratic organs, we
defy any man, of any party, to point to
one single instance in Mitchell's life as
?a Senator which calls for condemnation.
'The appropriations so sorely needed by
this new State.'the increased mail facil
ities are all creatures of his handiwork,
and we cannot see how Democra's, as
Oregonians, having as they pretend the
true interests of their State at heart,
can so ungratefully assault him. He is
the best Senator who has ever been sent
from this State, and has done more for
the people the Oregonian and Standard
'to the contrary, notwithstanding.
The next session of the Senate will be
of rather a diminished Republican ma
jority, yet there will be enough at all
times to teach Democrats that none of
their rascally measures can be smuggled
in, and enough to stand by President
Hayes in any policy he may assume for
the good of the country. We are as
sured another four years of peace and
plenty.
Groyer Investigation.
Although we never actually believed
the charges of bribery brought against
Senator Grover, yet we oan not but feel
a certain apprehension when we learn
that a committee of Senators will visit
our Statu to investigate the methods re
sorted to by Grover to win a Senatorial
chair. To say the least, matters are
looking very serious for our ex-Governor,
and tho insinuations which we
once considered so vapid, and the
charges we looked upon as gross libels
on an honest man, are assuming a shape
that makes us feel decidedly less reso
lute iu our faith in that gentleman's
character. We hope, as all honest
Oregonians should hope, that the
charges brought against L. F. Grover
may be disapproved, but that we have
grave doubts is a fact impossible for us
to conceal.
The Standard may rest assured that
if we have succeeded in closing the
mouth of bo pretentious a gun as the
Oregonuvi it is worse than useless for a
little pea-popper to pepper at us; and
furthermore, that toadying to the Ore
goiiSau does not wound us in the slight
est, except so far as it prostitutes the
dignity of Oregon journalism. It was
entirely unnecessary, by the way, for
the writer of those absorbingly inter
esting articles on "The Eastern Ques
tion" and "Republican Principles" to
tell us that his library consists only of
one McCormick's Almanac and two
Patent Office Reports, because tbe
meagre amount of reading displayed in
them makes that fact painfully ovulent
Put away his empty bar'l,
Hold his presidential clothes;
He has vamosed np Salt River,
Led and lit by Cronin's note.
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Tho Late Congress. j
The lame, inglorious ending of the
Forty-fourth Congress renders it some
what difficult to recall the loud-mouthed
boasts with which it entered npon its
disappointing career. It represented
not merely a popular majority such as
would ordinarily suffice to insure at
least a successful, if not brilliant term
of office, but it represented so com
plete a reversal of popular opinion as
sufficed to clothe the representatives of
the majority with more than an ordinary
prestige. The Republican party had
been tried and had not failed to ex
perience the results of an excessive and
too long-continued preponderance; it
had begun to act as if it had no opposi
tion to dread, and its legislation and
administration were alike matters of
dissatisfaction. It3 offices were badly
filled and badly administered, its reve
nues were wasted, its laws were weak or
worse than weak, it had failed to secure
peace at the South and prosperity at
the North, had bungled the finances,
bungled the tariff, swindled the In
dians; in a word, it had done the things
it ought not to have done, and it had
left undone those things it ought to
have done, and its power must come to
an end. The long-talked-of tidal wave
swept it away, and the Forty-fourth
Congress came in to illustrate the mean
ing and beauties of "Reform."
Never was there a Congress which
had a more signal opportunity of con
trasting its fidelity, ability and patriot
ism with the record of its predecessors,
and never has there been a more com
plete and pitiful failure. On general
principles, the possibility of evolving
any ideal legislation out of the re
sources of Domocracy was to be doubt
ed, and the personal character of the
new Congress did not promise much.
We failed to understand why four
years' fighting as rebels and ten years'
sulking in an unr2pentant spirit should
qualify them to make laws for the
country, and we had seen too much of
Democrats here in Oregon to rate its
ability or honesty very highly. It
would be easy to elect a better Con
gress than the Forty-third had been,
but it could not be done by sending a
collection of Confederate Brigadiers,
small country lawyers, average ward
politicians and professional "Reform
ers" to Washington to legislate under
the stimlating influences of malice, cu
pidity and ignorance.
The fact has more than justified the
worst anticipatioa made beforehand.
We are spared the necessity of specify
ing the offenses of the Forty-fourth
Congress by the reflection that the
popular verdict which placed these men
in power has already been reversed, and
their barren scepter snatched from
them after the first humiliating failure
of a single session. It is not a strange
thing in tho history of Constitutional
Government that power should bo
taken away from a party which in six
teen j-ears of undisputed sway had
fallen into errors and excesses; but it
is almost without precedent that a party
which had been swept into power on a
wave of popular feeling, and which
had entered upon the discharge of its
function with every prosjject in its
favor, should have been repudiated and
should have had seven-eights of its
majority wiped out before it had had a
chance to repeat in a second Bession
the follies which disgraced its first.
After this verdict from the people it is
not worth while to waste words in
characterizing the conduct which com
pelled such a hearty condemnation, and
if wo have no reason to expect any
thing brilliant from tho Forty-fifth
Congress, we are justified in asserting
that it must be better than its prede
cessor, since it cannot be worse.
Running Into Debt.
We believe it was Horace Greeley
who wrote: "Half the young men in
this country, with many old enough to
know better, would go into business
that is, into debt to-morrow if they
could." Most poor men are so ignor
ant as to envy the merchant or manu
facturer.whose life is an incessant strug
gle with difficulties, who from month to
mouth can barely evade the insolvency
which sooner or later overtakes most
men in business; so that it has been
computed that but one man in twenty
of them achieves a pecuniary success.
It is almost preferable to be a convict
in the penitentiary or a Chinaman
grubber" than to pass through life
under the harrow of debt. Let no man
misjudge himself unfortunate, or truly
poor, so long as he has the use of his
imbs and faculties, and is substantially
free from debt. Hnnppr nnlA
hard work, suspicion, unjust reproach!
are disagreeable, but debt is worse than
cuuiary oongations as
juu uuui pestilence or famine. If
you have but four bits and can get no
more lor a week, bnv m-mloa
aV r
iuau owe live cionars. Of course wa
know that some men must do a bu
si-
ness that involves some risk and must
give notes, but we do not consider him
in debt who can lay his hands directly
on the means of paying all he owes at
some little sacrifice. We speak of bad
debts, that which involves risk or sacri
fice on one side, obligation and de
pendence on the other, and from all
such, let every young man in the
county pray to be preserved from ever
more. The pangs of conscience may be
terrible, out we doubt if they are mora
depressing than the visits of a creditor,
Some of CrrHnVaploLTta now inti
mate that he was led into the Oregon
business. Ya-03, by the nose,Togto
The Ex-President,
The quiet retirement into private life
of the man who during eight years has
wielded a power far exceeding that of
many constitutional monarchs, must
bring a shade of disappointment, if not
shame, to a certain class of bilious
prophets, who have vainly tried to stir
up a Brutus against the American t,;esar.
But if any one of the prophets, from
the N. T. Herald down to the Portland
.... i
Standard, ever believed their predic
tions, or if any of the army of followers
who have eagerly caught up and passed
about the sinister prognostications,
shrieking "Caesarism," were really hon
est in their silliness, they all owe Mr.
Grant the apology of acknowledging
they did him injustice, and thmy ought
to feel so happy over the escape of their
country that this trifling reparation
should come to them without difficulty.
Lookicg at it in the light of common
sense, it hardly seems possible that
men intelligent enough to be left at
large should have really thought that
the country had anything to fear from
President Grant, or that President Grant
was a man to bring danger on this
country by his unpatriotic excesses or
usurpations. If the country had no
other guarantee, the personal character
of tho man was in itself an assurance,
and the very traits and acts which led
his enemies to set up their howl were,
when rightly considered, proofs that
the great General was as far removed
as possible from any intention of per
verting either his popularity or his
power to injure his country or to serve
his own personal designs.
If he had been the man the Demo
cratic Oracle declared him to be, he
would not have urged a policy which
he knew to be unpopular, but which he
defended because he thought it best for
the country. We do not say that he
was always right in his policies, but we
do say that there never has been a Pres
ident whoso administration has been
more singularly free from personal am
bition, or who has more steadily con
sulted the public good at.his own ex
pense. He thought the country needed
San Domingo as a military necessity,
and he has never ceased to think bo,
though he has borne without a wurd a
load of approbrium on that account
from a nation which plumes itself on
the barren purchase of Alaska. He sent
some troops into the Southern States,
not because he thought he was strength
ening his own power or popularity, but
because he thought the country needed
such discipline; and whenever any line
of action has seemed to him to bo in
accordance with his duty as President,
he was no more hesitated to follow it
on account of any personal unpopular
ity which might follow from it than he
would have hesitated to follow up a
sound strategic movement because it
lacked the approval of his solicitors.
Ho lias been so far from seeking mere
popularity in his own actions that he
has even taken upon himself the burden
of unpopnlar measures and acts which
represented the force of the party rather
than any wishes of his own, and has
been blamed in many cases where, no
doubt, his personal wishes were oppos
ed to the pressure to which theyyielded
But whatever the faults of his admin
istration, they are such as will sink out
of sight in the perspective of history,
while his great servicos will rise into
increasing prominence as tho future
learns to take a more comprehensive
view of the past. He will take his place
with those to whom tho country owes
its deepest debt of gratitude, and his
record will be unmarred by one single
blot or stain of the heart. He has kept
his hands pure in an age of corruption;
he has respected the law during a long
tennro of dangerous power, and he
hands tho country over to his successor
with everyone of its most precious
rights and safeguards strengthened and
secured. If he has in his civil admin
istration failed to do some things which
we all had wished, he does not need to
shift the blame either on the political
necessities which hampered him, or on
the disturbed condition of the country
which thwarted him. He has only to
ask of posterity to judge him fairly, to
remember that it is not often given to
one man to be great both in military
affairs and civil administration, and to
rest content in the assurance that there
is nothing in the career of the President
which shames the glory of the General,
and that his place in history will come
close after Washington and Lincoln in
the bright role of those who made and
saved the nation.
It would seem from Key's disposition
to appoint ex-rebels to office, that Willie
Watkinds has had a narrow escape from
having another honor thrust upon him
He wanted to be something somewhere,
and had we known it in time we should
have tendered him the tow line, for, al
though we know his natural antipathy
for omce-uolding, a sense of public duty
constrains us to force him into every
vacancy.
The Ohio Prohibitionists h ave taken
most of the current "isms" under their
special charge. They have adopted a
platform favoring the prohibition of the
liquor traffic; opposing the employment
in me public service of persons who sel
liquor or are addioted to the habit of
drinking: liauor: dmnHnn fpmalo nnf
frage and compulsory education, and
favoring the use of the Bible as a text
nook in the publio schools, and the ob
servanoe of the Christian Sabbath. The
matter of dress reform and oomnulsory
vaccination have been postponed until
next season.
Gov. Newbold.of Iowa, delivered the
best inaugural address ever listened to
from a Governor. After taking the oath
of office he said, "I will do the best I
can.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY. CALIFORNIA.
Are ReYiyals Lasting in Effect ?
Everyone recollects the revival which
fairly shook Oregon City from center to
circumference, over a year ago? The
question now arises, how much perma
nent seed was sown, and what lasting
effect has it had upon those who were
so deeply engaged in the work? We
do not wish to particularize, neither do
we desire, in the slightest degree, to
nsinuate that the aim of revival meet
ings is not good; due now wuj
there to-day who are strict members of
the churches they joined during the re-
igious excitement? This is a serious
subject, and one well worth extending
consideration.
Shortly after the close of the Moody
and Sankey meetings in London, a con
vention of ministers was held to sum
up the benefits, if any, derived; and
after a long and careful deliberation by
that body of eminent men, they arrived
at the conclusion that very little good
had been accomplished and serious in
jury done the cause of religion, lhe
fact that the city of London contains
such, an eminent divine as Spurgecn,
who has spent bis whole life-time in
laboring for the souls of men, is enough
to convince any one that so great a work
as that claimed by Moody and Sankey
could not be accomplished in so short a
time. The reaction at the present time
is greater than though the revival had
never occurred. Protracted meetings
create in some an unnatural religious
fervor, and unhealthy excitement which
we cannot look upon as otherwise than
deleterious to religion s holy cause
Reaction is the inevitable result of the
extremes brought about by the undue
mental agitation. Every moral reform
must be the work of a life-time,
and not of a moment. Excitement, be
ing unnatural, must invariably die at
least as it originates, and extreme cold
ness is as sure to follow undue enthusi
asm as night day, or the man who un
naturally beats his blood prior to buf
feting the snow-storms of life. We do
not have to leave our own town for ex
amples of this "backsliding" of a back
sliding that when once commenced car
ries the victim farther beyond the bor
ders of morality than he was before ht
joined the church, and we sincerely
hope that the good men who have these
religious meetings in hand will discover
some way of bringing in the lost sheep
so that they will stay, and become as
their preceptors, honored members of
our community.
"A Mutter of Taste."
The speech of Senator Kelly on the
Oregon case, which ws imperfectly re
ported by the newspapers, says the N.
X. Jirentno 1 ost, oi a recent date, is m-
teresling as it appears in the Congres
sional Record. Mr. Kelly tell how $(5,
200 were spent to secure a Democratic
victory ia the State. It was expected
that the question of Watts' ineligibility
would come before Judge Boise, a cir
cnit judge, "a member of the Republi
can party." Kelly describes Boise as
not only "a gentleman of distinguished
legal ability," but also "a gentleman
who is above reproach. The acute
Kelly, who understands politics and
human nature, believed that everybody
"is more or less influenced by his party
associations. It may be unintentional.
says the philosophic Kelly, "but still
there will creep over him influences
So it was believed to be expedient to
employ Kepublican lawyers to repre
wui wia jLeroocrata beiore tins incor
ruptible judge, this "gentleman abovo
reproach. A firm of three Republican
lawyers were retained by Kelly, one of
wiiom by the oddest chance happened
to be the editor of a leading Republican
newspaper iu tha btate. The influences
which crept over these three Republican
lawyers, or one Republican editor, were
fco.uuu. iveiiy sujs that the tee was
large. We agree with him, especially
as nothing was done in court to OArn it,
whatever may havo been dona in the
newspaper. Kelly goes on to account
for the money. A special messenger
was paid SiiOO of it to "bring down Mr.
Laswell," who it was supposed might
have received the largest vote next to
Watts, and who might be wanted. Tho
remaining 3,000 went to Cronin.
It may have been in bad taste for
Cronin to charge for doincr most of " the
work as much as the three Republican
lawyers did for doing nothing. It might
have been a tasteful thing for him to do
to make no charge at all for securing a
glorious Democratic victory in Oregon
Let us not judge Cronin harshly, how
ever. He knew there was Democratic
money in Oregon, 8,000 of it. Can we
blame him for wanting a share of it ?
Who was better entitled to a share?
Kelly asks with frank simplicity wheth
er there is any harm in paving a man to
do his duty. Kelly evidently agrees
with our own Morrissey, who recently
avowed his entire willingness to hire a
public officer, or a whole board of om
cers, to do what was right. He wouh
engage in this ethical enterprise as
cheerfully as he would buy a lot of pigs
in the market. But, if there is no harm
in paying a man to do his duty, is there
any harm in a man's receiving payment
for doing his duty. Let us not judge
Cronin harshly.
Perhaps, as Kelly says, this matter o
83,000 was a mere "matter of taste.'
Perhaps everything that has been going
on in this Presidential business is
matter of taste. We suspect, however
that there Btill are some persons who
will regard them as matters of morals
and very bad morals, too.
Those fao-simile letters which were
intended to brand Hayes as a "Know
Nothing," and which were sent broad
oast over Oregon by the Portland Stan
dard, during the campaign, received a
contradiction when Hayes appointed
Scburz to the Cabinet that even that
ready paper will find difficulty in ex
plaining. "
New Hampshire re-electg Jones (Dem
ocrat) to Congress, the other two mem
bers being Republicans. The House
will stand: Democrats, 119; Republi
cans, 144,
Good Again.
The confirmation by the Senate of
Hayes' appointment of Fred Douglass
to the position of U. S. Marshal for the
District of Columbia is a crowning
feather in the head dress of that body
worthy of its bright record.
The aristocratic bar of Washington
sent its objections to the Senate, they
presumably not liking to have a colored
officer in their courts, but the protest,
as we say in newspaper parlance, was
tossed into the waste basket, was
snubbed in fact, and Mr. Hayes sup
ported. So long as the President will
appoint Democrats and Conservatives
to office the rabid "outs" are partially
molified, but so quickly as he stretches
his hand to do a generous deed to the
poor negro who carried him on his
stalwart shoulders into the White
House, they raise a howl, aa if for
sooth they were a self appointed set of
national dictators. Democrats, yon
should know your position, and learn
that the vanquished are as rarely per
mitted to general their victors &s "beg
gars are to become choosers."
Captian Howgate's Plan for Arctic Ex
ploration.
The House Committee on Naval Af
fairs, in making a favorable report on
Captain Howgate's plan for polar ex
ploration, and recommending 50,000 as
an appropriation for the service, say:
"This plan requires a colonization
party of at least forty hardy, resolute
men" enlisted in the United States for
such service, provided with supplies
for at least three years: a strong, sub
stantial building transported on ship
board, and the principal depot to be in
Lady Franklin Bay, between 81 degrees
and 82 degrees, or. if possible, as high
as Cape Union, between latitudes oz de
grees and 83 degrees; the United States
vessels to be only used for transporting
men and supplies to the location of the
colony, and to make annual visits there
to with fresh supplies and keep the col
ony iu communication with the outside
world; military discipline to be enforc
ed by officers selected for their fitness
for the duty, etc.; an astronomer and
two or more naturalists to be selected
by the National Academy of Sciences,
and one or more members competent t
make meteorical observations. The re
gion proposed for tho colony abounds
in coal and in fish and game, and never
before has an opportunity offered so
promising in its results as now presents
itself.
Coal Miners' Troubles.
The New York Herald's special fro."
Scranton, of the 17lh inst., says:
Serious troubles are apprehended
with striking miners. There is much
excitement in town. A delegation wait
ed upon tho Mayor this evening, and
their leader addressed him as follows:
We represent the starviug workmen of
Scrauton. I have a family of eight
children, who have lived on bread and
water for two weeks. Now we have
water, but thb Lord only knows wher
the mean is comma liom. we come
to demand bread, and unless we have it
within 43 hours, we shall take it by fair
means if possible, but by foul if neces
sary. The situation is certainly critical,
notwithstanding reports to the contrary
circulated by merchants and others who
fear their creilit will bo afieeted.
The blue-glass vagary, says tho De
troit Free 1'rexs, is likely to be held re
sponsible for an immense brood of med
ico-scientific theories or quackeries. St
Louis already has one of these which is
called by its inventor tha "color cure
It is based on tho propagation of the
electro-magnetic currents. The human
system absorbs the solar rays in differ
ent proportions, and when they are
properly balanced so as to cause an
equilibrium of temperature there is per
fect health. Every human being has
its characteristic color, to the influence
of which it is peculiarly susceptible.
When a man is sick he Las either too
much or too little of his own color.
The color doctor has only to find ou
a a i t .
wnat tue color is ana wnemer mere i a
surplus or a dificiency of it, and then,
when the diagnosis is completed, to re
store through electro-magnetism
chromatic equilibrium.
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A Boston corresponpent of the Hart
ford, Conn., Courant, writing about the
services of Moody and Sankey in the
former city, says:
"There is not a little bitterness and
considerable contempt expressed for the
revivalists in private circles, but it is
almost all confined to people who have
not heard them. There are mauy fami
lies here in which there is a prohibition
put upon attending the tabernacle ser
vices. Amusements are allowed, the
opera bouffe and the burlesquers; but
when it comes to asking to hear Moody,
the unpardonable sin is committed.
These are not imaginary instances; I
know of more than one of them, and of
parents who actually pride themselves
upon occupying this position."
No one enjoys fun more than the edi
tor of this paper-he has even been known
to sacrifice work in its pursuit but of
all the fun he has ever experienced the
funniest is the threat of corporal pun
ishment from the irritable little cock
sparrow of the State Rights Democrat.
This is too good in fact too good to
"keep," so we transfer it to one of the
little Oregon City hoodlums, a youth of
Martin's own calibre and kind, with
the hope that the next time Brownie
tries to be funny he will advise us in
advance that we may divest our vest in
order to save button bursting.
There is some sarcasm but more truth
in the following paragraph from the
New Orleans Times, in which it speaks
of the decision of the Electoral Com
mission in the Louisiana case:
"Whatever else may come of the de
cisions of the High Joint, the doctrine
of state s rights has been established by
the highest political tribunal ever set
up in this country. The South has gain
ed by a peaceful arbitrament what it
strove by four years of war to gain by
the arbitrament of arms, and it is not a
little remarkable that it has been gained
against her will."
Telegraphic News.
Eastern.
Washington, March 16. The Presi
dent sent following nominations to the
Senate to-day: Frederick W. Seward,
of New York, to be Assistant Secretary
of State, and J. N. Tyner, of Indiana,
to be first Assistant Postmaster Geneial.
The following confirmations havo been
made by the Senate: George E. Cole,
Portland, Oregon; John J. Smith, Oro
ville, Cal.; Silas H. C. Konnz, Helena,
Montana.
Washington, March 17. The Senate
confirmed tho nomination of Frederick
Douglass as U. S. Marshal for the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Henry Finck as
U. S. Marshal for the Eastern district
of Wisconsin.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
Among the unsuccessful candidates for
the U. S. Marshalship for the Northern
District of Illinois, was Ammer Still-
well. .He was admitted to a private
audience with the President and pre
sented his papers. The President care
fully looked them through, and then
looking Stillwell in the face said,"Your
papers are unexceptionable; there is
nothing in your record which does not
seem to show that you are fully quali
fied for the position, but there is one
objection to your appointment to any
federal office; that is your wife is a fa
vorite cousin of Mrs. Hayes." Stillwell
left the Presidential office convinced
that the fact which many thought would
insure his appointment had rendered
his defeat inevitable.
Chicago, March 19. Tho executive
committee of the Right Worthy Grand
Lodge of the Independent Order of
Good Templars is in session hero con
sidering important business. All parts
of the Union and Canada are represent
ed. Col J. J. Hickman, of Louisville,
R. W. G. T., who has just returned
from England, and Hon. S. Hastings,
of Wisconsin, P. W. R. G. T., who has
been lecturing in New Zealand and Au
stralia two years, have imparted some
valuable and interesting information
concerning their work. It has been
decided to hold the annual meeting of
the Right Worthy Grand Lodge in
Portland, Me., in May next.
Washington, March 19. U. S. Mar
shal Fred Douglass received his com
mission to-day. He was the object of
great attention from tho crowd visiting
the State Department.
Several Southern delegations remain
in Washington urging the President to
inako certain appointments. To one of
these the President to-day said he would
take his timo to answer the applicotions
made to him.
Gentlemen from the South who have
interviewed the President in the interest
of Nicholls and Hampton, are express
ing themselves very hopeful that this
week will terminate all anxiety on the
subject.
HAKRisBtroo, Pa., March 20. On a
ballot for U. S. Senator, tho voto in
the Senate was Cameron 31, Dill,Deni.,
18, Clyiner, Dem., 1. In tho House,
Cameron 11G, Dill 74. Curtin 1, Jack
son 1. The fiual vote will bo taken to
morrow iu joint convention.
Colusihi'S, O., March 20. Stanley
Matthews was to-day nominated by the
Republicans for U. S. Senator. The
Democrats made no nomination. The
House proceeded to ballot, which re
sulted as follows: MAlthews C4, Blank
34, Alfred Gaither 6, Frank Hurd 1. In
the Senate 20 Republicans voted for
Matthews aud 13 Democrats for Blank.
Both Houses will meet in joint conven
tion to-morrow, to officially declare
Matthews elected.
Chicago, Maich 20. Tho Jo'mal's
Washington special says the story has
been circulated that the administration
is preparing a financial policy to secure
early resumption. Secretary Sherman
is reticent on the subject, but several
members of tho Senate lni-iucial com
mittee say there will le uo radical de
parture from the policy heretofore pnr
s n ih 1 .
Secretary Sehurz says, iu answer to a
question about the status of Congress
men with regard to recommendations
for appointments to nffice that what he
desires is information not importuning,
and on this basis alone would Congress
men bo consulted.
Secretary McCrary has issued the fol
lowing circular: Th civil employes
now in the service of the United Skite-a
nndor the War Department are hereby
informed that hereafter removals will
be made in thi3 department for cause
only, and promotions will be ordered
upon the sole ground of merit. Every
official must understand that retention
and advancement in the service will de
pend upon a record of behavior and
efficiency and not upon external infiu-
ence. rto political tesi is requireu oe
yond au earnest support of the consti
tution and its amendments, and proper
respect for the rights of citizens gjar
antcd thereby. Industry and faithful
ness in tho discharge of duty, a good
moral character and strictiy temperate
habits will be required and enforced,
and heads of bureaus will report prompt
ly nnyfeaseof idleness, neg'ect of duty,
incapacity, drunkenness, or any immor
al or dishonest conduct, and in case of
a vacancy the report thereon will be
made accompanied by the names of the
most reliable and efficient clerks in the
same office, division or bureau from
which list the last vacancy shall bo Oiled.
Foreign.
London, March 20. The yews pub
lishes a letter from Rome containing the
following: The extreme section of Ul
traraontanes are at this moment enlist
ing Adherents to the cause of Rome.
Various .Jesuits bearing instructions
from Father Beck and the General of
Jesuits have arrived at the Tatican from
Florence. Father Beck warmly coun
sels the project. I have positive assur
ance that Beck and his adherents prom
ise little short of a speedy re-establishment
of the temparal power of the Pope.
There is no doubt steps in this direction
have long been preparing. Catholio
societies in Austria and Germany have
pledged themselves to co-operate. One
essential feature of the plan is that the
next conclave is to be held in Rome, so
that the new Pope may be proclaimed
as a prisoner, like Pius. Cardinal Sim
eoni approves and supports the plan,
and the Pope has himself written letters
to the Emperor of Austria, King of
Belgium, President McMahan and Ex
Queen Isabella. A series of express
instructions has been issued from the
Vatican to avoid a collision with the
civil authorities, but at the same time
to keep up a pressure on Catholic pow
ers to obtain their adhesian to the cru
sade for the resuscitation of the Roman
question. The Vatican has obtained
lists of volunteers prepared to serve
under the Papal flag, and large sums of
money have been deposited in France
and Eugland.
Rojje, March 20. At the consistory
held to-day the Pope nominated several
bishoDS. amoner them I?pv t?;ci T,
non for Halifax, and Rev. John Mr.
for St. Augustine, Fla. lorci
The Pope pronounced a brief alio
tion, reaffirming with increased vehen!"
ence his declarations of March 12th a
adding that he would raise a pro'es'tl
fore the whole world against the attemni
to deprive him of libertv of speech
L
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One1 Kind for the Human Family.
The Other for Horses and Ai,ai.
These Liniments are simply tha w,,j,,
tbe world. Their effects are littla iass
amrrelous.
Th Whltfl T.i im.al 1. .i. . i
family. It will drive Rheumatism, n,t
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most cutaneous eruptions; it extracts tral
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bites and st inps of venomous reptile u iuT
dues swelling and alleviates pain rf evert
kind. When pains or bruise s occur, it u t',
most potent remedy ever discovered to h
the injured parts. The Centaur Linimeut k
used with great efficacy for Sor Throat, r
ache. Caked Breasts, Earache and nca! 1
The following is but a sample of b i
testimonials : 4i
"Indiana Home, Jeff. Co., May 2S, L7
"I think is my duty to inform yon tDkt I
have suffered roucb with swollen m
elioi-tls. A few Bottles of Centaur Lininiett
hasailn the wrk for me. I have nut hrtu
free from these swellings In eiht yar.
Now 1 am perfectly ivelL. The Liniiutt
ought to be applied warm. B. BROWN "
The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, it 'i
handy, it is cheap, and every family should
have the White Centaur Liniment.
Tht Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapt
ed to the toujjh muscles, cords and flesh o
horses and animals. It has performed mor
wonderful cures, in three years, of Sj-aTin
Strain, Wind-gMls, Scratches, Sweeny,
general Lameness, than all other rf"indiei
in existence. Head what the great Expreis
men say of it i
"New York, January, lsrt
"Every owner of horses should give th
Ckntaur Liniment a trial. We consider it
tbe best article ever used in our stables.
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"K. PULTZ. Supt. U. S. tx. Sstabl.-s. N. Y '
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continually using some liniment. It tealt
Galls, Wounds, Poll-evil, removes Swrllics,
and is worth millions of dollars annual y to
Farmers, Li very-men, Stock-growers, shf-ep-raisers,
and those having horsed or cattle.
What a Farrier cannot do for $t, thj Cb
taur Liniment will do at a trifiinq; ee.
Thes Liniments are sold by all d-aitr
thronhout the country. They ar warrants
by the proprietors, arid a bottle will t. ive
to any harrier or Physician who deslrrs ta
tost Iliem.
Labratory of J. B. Rope fc Co.,
48 Vex St., New Vohiz.
GSfEY.
o
IMtoIifr's Cisstori.- is a complete sn! st i
tatp for Castor Oil, and is as pU-aant to ta'is
as honey. It, i? particularly adapted to
inn and irritable children." It destroys w.ire.i.
assimilates the food, r-uulrtes t tje stnina.-h,
and cures Wind-Colic. F-w remedies wre
rffierieious for Feverish rt?s, Cr up. Won:.!,
and Whooping Coutrh. Castoris is a svi i
and purely veic--tab!e preparation, mop' e:T
tive than Castor Oil, and nither tr:"5 i--r
gripes. Prepare! by Messrs. J. H. Kos- i Co..
-i'i Iey St.. New York, from the n cij e of bum
uel Pitcher, M. L., of Dartislablo, .Mass.
.
I. SILLIXG
1.TAS JUT RECEIVED THE L.6lGIsT
.2. JL stock of
mil kUB WIHTEH G00I
ever imported to Oregon Cif v. which hs ofl rs
at greatly reduced prices. My slock of
CLO
JClI I UN VTT
Has been largely increased and I can thof
its handsome a line of ready-tnada g-od3 in
Men and Boys' i'-nsiness and Press Sijit,
Coats, etc., as can be iound in the country ,aud
at pricesthat cannot fail to satisfy. My
B8SS SOSEG f-EFARTMIHT
Is filled with a splendid assortment of all tli
leading styles and fashionable shadesof s;oJs
Empress Plot Jl,
Mohairs, Frencls ari
American Dress Goods 0
Ulack A 1 parr a,
lii illiiic Jiues,
t':is!imre&, die.
A.NNELS,
Plaid, Plain and Opera Flannels, of ait color.
Bleached and Unbleached Cotton Flajiuels.
IMliea'1 antl Gents' I'nitnmn
Shawls n net Srurf,
Wool Blankrts
Trunks and
Traveling Satchels,
Huts and Cm pa.
Oil Cloth for
MoorandTakli.
BOOTS and SHOES,
I would call special attention to my stock of
Men's and Boys' San Francisco Boots, which I
have sold for anumlio of years past with gen
eral satisfaction. Every pair warranted. A
omplete stock of
HAR5WARE& FARE." IKS UTEfiSIL
Choice Teas, Canned Ooods, aod all ho!co
Family Groceries,
All at Low Prices. Also,
LIVERPOOL MD CARMAN ISLAND SALT.
Highest Price paid for all kinds of
Country Produce.
200,000 lbs. of .WOOL AVantfd,
for which I shall pay the highest cash price.
Oregon City, Nov. 1, lS75-tf.
J. P. WARD.
GEORGIA. nAEDI.
WAKD & HARDING,
CR'JGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES.
KEP CONSTANTLY OX HAND A:JE
ieral assortment of
Drugs and Chemicals
Perfumery, Soaps.
Combs antl .Brushes,,
Trusses, Supporter.
Shoulder Brace Fancy an1
Toilet Articles.
A.I.SO
Kerosene Oil,
Ola km, Putty,
Lamp Chimneys,
Puinls wi.
Varnished and
Dye
Plan's
PtRE WINES AND LIB ORS FOR MEDICINAL
rrfirosEs.
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC
fWPhysicians Prescriptions carefully com
pounded, and all orders correctly .answered
it7"Open at all hours of the night.
ft"AIl accounts must be paid monthly.,
novl,1875tf WAUD& IIAIUIG.
SINGEH SEWING MACHINES!
SOLD ONTHF. MOSTFAVORABLETERM
Small MllVTIII.r PIVDIKTS. tires'
reduction for cash down. Inquire of . w.
IdOOltE, at Casedy's Store, Orepon Cily. or
send to the subscriber for terms. E. K. 1Iero.
Canvassing Ageut, C05 358, Portland, Oregon-