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Anti-Resumption Act.
This Lill has passed tli3 lower House
of Congress, and whilo it 1k1 not vasa
by a strict party vote, thorgreat majori
ty in its favor were Democrats. The
lower Ilotiso is in the hands of the
Democracy, and they had it in their
power to either pass or defeat the bill.
We can see no good reason why this
bill should bo repealed at this time, un
less it is to ?keep a currency, which
should be reduceda3 soon as the Gov
ernment is able to do so, on the coun
try for an indefinite period. The law
creating greenbacks was passed as a
war measure. The country was forced
to create a currency which the people
Were willing to use for the time-being,
but they expected the Government to
act in good faith and redeem its
pledges as soon as the cation was able
to do so without serious injury to the
prosperity of the country. That we
have reached a time when specie re
sumption is feasible, is evident from
the fact that greenbacks to-day are but
a very trifle lower than gold, and at
par with silver.
Were the Government to say to the
people of this country that it was ready
to take up the whole volume of its
paper currency, there would scarcely
be one-tenth part of it presented for
payment. It is true, if there is a sur
plus of paper money in the market,
it would bo cancelled. But if trade
and commerco should demand the
present volume of currency, thai trade
would keep it in circulation and it
would bring the pa-por of the Govern
ment at par. The inflationists iu Con
gress are in favor of the repeal of the
resumption act. They argue that re
sumption means contraction. But it
does nothing of the kind. Resump
tion really means inflation. If the
trade of the country required the en
tire volume of currency now in circula
tion, none of it would be cancelled. It
would all remain iu circulation. There
is to-day over sixty millions of dollars
in coin in the IT. S. Treasury, and three
or four times that amount locked up in
private vaults awaiting the action of
Congress, and if the bill does not be
come a law, will he thrown upon the
market. Resumption would bring the
330,000,000 of currency in the coun
try to a par value, thus augmenting the
valne of that currency several millions
of dollars, while the funds now locked
up would come into general circulation.
" But our inflation friends say that it
will retire greenbacks and cause a
stringency in the money market. Un
less there is a surplus of currency, the
law of supply and demand will regulate
the matter. It is now very apparent
that the Government is able to resume,
nnd that, too, without injury to any
one. To repeal the present act, is
simply placing the greenback in the
same position it was Avhen first issued.
It would bo to say to the holder, that
you have a dollar but its endorser does
not know when he will bo able to pay
it. The Government should take no
step backwards iu this matter. Lot the
present law stand as it is, and the Gov
ernment show a disposition, at least, to
pay its honest obligations and not
threaten to rejmdiate the paper it has
issued to the cone try. We trust that
President Ilayes will, should this re
pealing bill pass, placo his veto upon it.
The New Imliaua Senator.
It is reported that Mr. Hendricks had
no desire to bo Senator, because he be
lieved that it would bo well for a states
man whose ambition reaches forward as
far as 1SS0 to avoid the embarrassments
which are likely to grow out of the
questions of 1877. Mr. D. W. Voorhees,
who has been appointed to the seat left
vacant by Senator Morton.probably has
no hesitation to meet these present
questions Judging from his course
heretofore, there is no financial absurd
ity which ho will not readily adopt and
advocate. A good many politicians
have been reformed of late, and we hope
that Mr. Voorhees is among them. If
he is not, Gov. Williams could not have
takea a longer stop backward toward
the blindest and darkest Democratic
Bourbonism thau iu giving him a com
mission as Senator.
There is considerable excitment at
Washington concerning pending events
in the Souato. The Republicans count
ed on a working majority, bnt it is
a bad outlook at present. Patterson, of
South Carolina, ai.d Conover, of
Florida, voted with the Democrats on
an importanquestion, and it is doubt
ful whether they can be depended up
on. Sharon is at San Francisco deeply
engrossed with mining stock, and in re
ply to frequent telegrams pleading with
him to come to the rescue, "he tells his
brother Senators to go to the classic
shades where it never gets cold. The
contested cases from Louisiana and
IBonth Carolina are nnIer consideration
and they will most likely cause con
siderable strife.
Telegraph reports a -disastrous Hood
m. ir'nia whLh has destroyed an im
mense iimcunt of property. Quite
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sThe Silver kill.
It is a matter of congratulation to the
Republicans that the silver bill is an
act which depends for its passage main
ly upon the Democrats in Congress.
Republicans have shown a commenda
ble disposition to oppose all tendencies
toward the coinage of a currency which
will not pass at par value in all the mar
kets in the civilized world.
Tho proposition embraced in the bill
before Congress is not only calculated
to flood the country with silver, but is
a direct assault upon the business and
financial integrity of the Government.
Tho Government has pledged its repu
tation to pay its obligations in gold, and
if the coinage of silver were of a stand
ard value, there could be no serious
objection. But it is proposed to make
a silver dollar which does not contain,
on an average, but about 92 cents, as
compared with the standard values of
the world. The people objected very
seriously to having forced upon them
a paper money which did not represent
A permanent and actual value; but that
was a forced measure, and was submit
ted to with but little fault. Our com
mercial interests are advancing to such
a basis as to warrant the anticipation
that wo shall be on the same footing
as other nations. Gold is the only
real and permanent currency in the
world. To create and coin a depreciat
ed currency is only calculated to re
move from general circulation that cur
rency and have it supplanted by the
cheaper or less valuable medium of tho
trade dollar. We can readily see that
to coin and place upon the country a
dollar worth only 92 cents is calculated
to take from us the gold wo have now
in the country. It is unjust and im
proper to all classes to say that a silver
dollar should bo taken at par, without
regard to amount, while a man is forced
to pay a premium on everything he
buys. Even if silver is made a legal
tender, the bankers and brokers will
hold gold at a premium, and no law can
compel them to exchange it for a depre
ciated currency. We shall have, in
stead of a depreciated paper currency,
a depreciated metallic money," which
will not even have the merit of conven
ience which is in the paper. The green
backs to-day are at par'with silver, and
we see no necessity for present legisla
tion to bring into existence now com
plications in the finances of the nation.
It is a move on the part of the rich
owners of silver mines to force this iu
famous bill on the people, and wo see
that the Democracy has hit upon a new
system of repudiation. By it the obli
gations of the people are,repudiated to
just the amount of ".the difference be
tween gold and silver, 'which, at the
value proposed in this silver bill, is
from eight to ten cents'on each dollar.
The people will hold the rcpudiators
responsible for this act.
No Interest in Politics in America.
A celebrated Englishman who has
recently been travelling extensively in
this country was asked what had most
impressed him in his intercourse with
the people. He replied, "The lack of
interest in politics."
He was answered that if he were here
during a Presidential election he would
not complaiu of any want of excitement;
the people take their interest in politics
periodically and spasmodically.
"Ah," said the Englishman, "I did
not mean interest in elections, I meant
interest in politics."
What an Englishman or a continental
man understands as .politics scarcely
exists in the United States. Possibly
tho conception of nine tenths of the
voters of politics is in undivorceable
connection with oflice. Nearly all the
talk of a group of men who are called
politicians, when they talk, is of offices
and candidates; great policies are rarely
discussed. Thus it happens that "pol
itics" has become in the main a merely
porsonal matter, and the intelligent
Englishman finds our "politics only a
struggle between the "ins" and "outs."
With a permanent civil service, the
officers of which are selected solely on
account of intelligence and honesty.and
whose tenure is not liable to be disturb
ed by anything except their own unfit
ness, intriguing for office will no longer
be "politics," and we may hope that
the voters will turn their attention to
real politics. Hartford (Conn ) Courant.
The Senate claims committee on tho
27th reported a bill giving the court of
claims jurisdiction to adjudicate Ben
Holladay's claims for extra expendi
tures and losses incurred by him for
mail service between tho Missouri river
and Salt Lake in consequence of a
change of route and Indian depreda
tions. The bill was reported by Cam
eron of Wisconsin after receiving the
unanimous approval of the full com
mittee. Ben's money bags are in a de
pleted state, and it will be quite a wind
fall for him if the claims are allowed.
The San Francisco Workingmen are
talking rather loud in regard to the
Chinese question. They seem deter
mined to accomplish their aims l?v
brute force, and they will make a bad
move if they attempt it. This organiza
tion sent a telegram to Presideut Hayes
a few days ago to the effect that thev
had banded together for the extermina
tion of the Chinese, peaceably if they
could, forcibly if they must.
The United States man-of-war Huron
was wrecked on the rocks north of
Norfolk, Va., on the 21th. Out of 184
officers and men only 31 were saved.
The Huron was caught in a heavy g.ile
and while trying to hold on heal to the
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Washington Letter.
Washington-, D.C.. Nov. 10, 1877.
Ohio's great statesman, Tom Ewing,
got himself out of his dilemma by ac
cepting a substitute for his anti-resumption
bill. With his own measure on the
Speaker's table, he could neither go
forward or backward, as his stupidity
had effectually put it into chancery.
But the substitute went into the com
mittee on the whole, and Thomas is a
wiser if not a sadder man. Hereafter
he will not so pompously inform the
Speaker that ho does not intend to per
mit amendment, or he will take more
care to avoid Dogberry's quandary as
to his jiroper name. The new bill will
be discussed at leDgth prior to being
put upon its passage, for the debate al
ready had upon it shows that there are
members in the House utterly unwilling
to resume upon any basis, and are de
termined that no test shall be made of
the Government's ability to resume. Mr.
Sherman is positive that he can resume
without any detriment to the country,
provided some little favorable legisla
tion is given him. Rut this he cannot
obtain fram the House.for it now seems
evident that its temper is adverse to re
sumption, excepting on a silver basis.
The Bland silver bill went through the
House under the gag of the previous
question, and is now a bone of conten
tion in the Senate committee on finance.
With Messrs. Morrill and Dawes, Re
publicans, and Bayard and Kernan,
Democrats, diametrically opposed to
the bill, it will be overloaded with
amendments or strangled bodily, unless
Mr. Wallace, the ninth member of the
committee, votes with the four favoring
it. No matter what the committee does
with the measure, it will meet with rig
orous handling when once reported to
tho Senate, for it has both able friends
and enemies among the Senators. Its
bullion coinage clause will give tho
Nevada miners a profit of 8 cents on
each dollar coined, s Senator Bayard
claims, and he insists the Government
and not the individual should have all
profit involved by the mere acts of coin
age. Stanley Matthews, on the other
hand, favors the bill, and claims the
President will not veto it should it be
come a law. Mr. Matthews does not
pretend to speak by direction of the
President, but doubtless is corsect in
his'surmises, as Mr.nayes shares largely
of Gen. Grant's views as to certain Jaws
demanded by the country which he
would approve, though assured they
were unwise, aud trust to rigid enforce
ment as a means of enlightened and
changing public sentiment. Hence we
take it, that whatever silver measure is
agreed upon by Congress will be ap
proved by the President. But what
form tho measure will assume under the
attacks to be made upon it by both
Domocrat3 aud Republicans, is beyond
our pen. Party lines will bo wholly
ignored in licking it into shape, and we
will have the queer spectacle of bitter
est political opponents cheek by ;owl in
favoring or opposing tho bill. Mr.
Sherman has paid a visit to that vener
rble fossil Mr. Wood, chairman of the
committee on ways aud means, and dis
cussed to limited extent some matters
of mutual interest. We use that word
mutual because we suppose Fernando
ha3 some interest iu doing what is best
for tho country, and yet wo are hardly
satisfied on this point, inasmuch as he
has for u life time made national inter
est so wholly subordinate to his imli
vidnal concerns, that it is somewhat
questionable whether he can now in his
important and responsible position ig
nore the person for the country. Mr.
Sherman characterizes the Bland bill as
a delusion and a snare, being wholly
impracticable and subversive of the na
tion's best interests. Yet he exhibits
socio lack of discretion in this, as ho
forgets that there is not a man favoring
it but what is wiser than the whole ad
ministration at least in his own conceit.
The vote by which the bill was passed
does not show the temper o the ilouao
as many voted aye who are unequivo
cally opposed to its becoming a law,
and have seut it to the Senate hoping it
would bo killed there or so amended as
to deprive it of objectionable features.
The army bill in the House exhibits
another Congressional anomoly iu the
division of party by it, raany of the
Deomcrats still look upon the army as
the great ogre which is to eat all work
ing men and southern Democrats, and
therefore wish it wholly wiped out,
while others of the true faith from Tex
as desire it increased because of tho
Mexican troubles down there. But
notwithstanding the diversity of views
among the members, it is not likely
that the strength of the army will be
increased or diminished at the present.
Gen. Sherman's statement that it does
not number over 20,000 men satisfi 2
the majority that further reduction is
not at present desirable, and will take
no steps to allay Mr. Blackburr's fears,
who is so very ajprehensive of further
slaughter and subjugation at the hands
of an army which exceeds 15,000 men.
We cannot understand why this great
Kentucky statesman should develop
such fright. His State has the Judge
Advocote General and a supreme judge,
and these, in connection with Cassius
M. Clay as giant-killer, it does seem as
if ample protection can be given the
honorable member, even should we fill
up our depleted regiments to their max
imum. An additional safeguard against
danger is given him by New Jersey in
electing Gen. McClellan governor, with
all his lines of defense and retreat. The
Senate has had little to do but adjourn,
because the House has accomplished
nothing for it to act upon. But when
the bills now in the committee rooms
are reported there, it will have full
hands. At the Government printing
office the force of printers on the Con
gressional Record have not been cm
ployedon half its time, owing to con
tinued adjournments, and the conse
quent lack of speech making in Con
gress. The army bill, however, opens
up tho ball, and from this time forward
the typos will have a chance to earn an
honest penny, for there is abundant
promise of prolonged debate and bun
combe speeches, which, instead of being
delivered in the House, are seut to the
llecord for publication. The Postofiice
Department will endeavor to secure the
passage of a law defining and simplify
ing postage on all mailable matter. It
ha3 prepared a bill which divides mail
able matter into three classes first, let
tors and postal cards; second, regular
i rittted matter; third, miscellaneous
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COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
ed to go into tho mails at one cent per
ounce. John Quincy Adams is dead
again. A man of this name aud mem
ber of a respectable family in our
neighboring city, Alexandria, became
dissipated and drifting down into the
gutter and into the lowest slums of our
city.was recently found dead in an alley
near where he made his sleeping place.
He was buried in our Potter's field, for
he had become so degraded that even
his family had cast him off, and none
were left so low as do him reverence.
Struggle Tor.C'oiitroi of the Senate.
Washington', Nov. 27. The Senate
proceedings were witnessed with intense
interest by more than a thonsaud spec
tators, who filled the galleries and oc
cupied all available space oi the floor.
Many members'from the house and dis
tinguished visitors from abroad were
among those who sat or stood behind
tho outer row of desks of Senators.
Judge Davis, tho first speaker, was
listened to with close attention, and his
reasons for immediate action on Butler's
credentials were received with great sat
isfaction by the Democratic side of the
chamber. The effect of his plausible
remarkswas however utterly dissipated
by Edmnuds' i reply, which instanlly
followed. With consummate force and
keenness he referred to Davis' argument
in favor of sending the Eustis case to
the committee on the ground that it in
volved questions of law. The Senator
should have seen the benefit of an in
vestigation and report from the commit
tee, and asked why he should now seek
to force action by the Senate upon an
other case, involving both legal ques
tions and matters of fact in advance of
any examination whatever by a com
mittee. With equal effectiveuess Edmunds
inquired if tho Senator was, as ,ho had
stated, equally as anxious for a speedy
settlement of all three Senatorial con
tests, why ho should not vote to take up
tho Kellogg-Spofibrd case, which had
been already fully examined and report
ed upon. Ho also showed that Davi.-
was entirely mistaken regarding the
action of tho Houso concerning the Col
orado case. In tho course of further
remarks he scornfully denounced tho
pending resolution as an effort to do an
extraordinary and an anomulous thing
by means of a race and scramble of jar
tisansh'ip or corrupt bargain and sale of
votes. His .subsequent explicit asser
tion that he believed such bargain and
sale will bo, proved created a decided
sensation, as ho is known to be very
cautious in making suca statements, j J
Patterson's speech was maiiily devot
ed to assertions that he had nut aban
doned tho Republican party.
Couover's speech was to tho same
effect but was much better phrasediand
produced a better impression, for Pat
terson s manner was painfully excited,
undignified and loudly aggressive. Hi3
attempted explanation of reasons why
he valued Butler's friendship and of
the naturo of their conversations was
also, very weak, and after Edmunds'
motion forj 4aa investigation of the
charges of corrupt bargaining was sub
mitted, his ilfipeals to" the Senate for
"fjir play," etc., were most frantic in
their style and awakened not only pity,
but contempt.
Thurman, however, made a very strong
and effective speech in opposition to
this motion for investigation, besides
denouncing its evident iurpose of pre
venting action on the question at issue,
lie rL-terred to the cjsl's of Caldwell
and Spoucc-r who hud been sworn iu be
fore any investigation of similar charges,
and intimated if all UL-wspapc-r charges
were to be investigated, amotion of the
same sort might soon bo in order re
garding KelJogg. Ho called attention
also to the face that tho South Carolina
indictments and Patterson and Couo
ver's intention to vote for Butler's ad-mis.-;:ri
had been known for Several
months, and yet the Republican major
ity in the Senate had subsequently giv
en them important chairmanships.
Might not such action, he sarcasfieallv
suggested, be considered indicative of
sinister designs, or tho holding out of
"inducements' for their adhesion to
the party. All the day's able argument,
exciting eloquence and brilliant display
of ."dexterity t:i iarliamc;itary tactics
have failed, however, to change a single
vote. The proceedings have degenerat
ed to-night into a simple contest of en
durance, the object being one side to
obtain aud on the other to prevent a
vote upon Thurman's resolution before
the commencement of to-morrow's reg
nlar session, when, if the resolution is
adopted, tho Butler credentials must,
nnder the rules, lie over a day for
action, and tho Kellogg case will come
up as tho fiast in order of business.
Republicans are, to this end, incorpor
ating whole volumes of evidence into
their "remarks," which, read in cxtenso
at the clerk's desk, bid fair at this hour
of midnight to accomplish their purpose.
The plan of Edmunds in making dila
tory motions was formed in conjunc
tion with other Senaters. in he belief
that vice president would rule that the
new legislative day began at noon. It
was learned too late that he had differ
ent views.
Democrats appear in earnest and as
sert confidence that Butler will be seat
ed by the session of to-morrow's ses
ate. If so, nobody can predict when
the session will end. ' Kellogg's friends
are equally sanguine concerning Lis
admission to-morrow by the votes of
Patterson and Conover. Perhaps both
will be admitted as a compromise. The
facts taken by the Senate committee in
South Carolina are startling, and
Christiaucy and Cameron have doubted
the expediency of broaching them in
the present era of conciliation, but
events of the iast few day3 caused Cam
eron to make a vigorous burning speech
unmasking the dark Kuklux deeds in
Laurens and Edgefield.
The groat f trnggle for the control of
the Senate assumed another phase and
was temporarily suspended after con
tinning without intermission for twenty
eight hours. The all night session, as
anticipated, was mainly consumed by
the reading of fvoluminous evidence,
adopted by Wadleigh, of New Hamp
shire, as a portion of his remarks.
Successive clerks becoming hoarse with
such elocutionary efforts, were relieved
by grave and reverend Senators like
Burnside, who. at tho request of Wad
leigh, rambled through such passages
us he would 'indicate, much after the
manner of a first class in reading. The
monotony of this proceeding was, how
ever, interrupted occasionally by i
speeches or colloquys, for winch the
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his opinion, demanded careful examina
tion and laying the groundwork for
more elaborate argument when the cre
dentials shall come before the Senate
for final action. Dull speech making
by Merrimon, of North Carolina, and
some other long-winded, tedious mem
ber, and an able defense of the fairness
of the Senate committee of investigation
in South Carolina by Cameron, of Wis
consin, together with roll calls on mo
tions . to adjourn, etc., occupied the
time time until after tho regular hour
for the daily meeting of the Senate had
arrived, then a motion by Mitchell to
make the pending resolution a special
order for a special meeting to-morrow
was voted down, and the Republicans
allowed a final vote to be taken upon
the question of discharging the commit
tee from Butler's credentials which was
of course decided in tho affimative by
the usual majority of two, Patterson,
Conover aud Davis adhering firmly to
tho Democrats.
Territorial Xews.
Mrs. Dr. Shoue, of Dayton, Wash
ington Territory, falls heir to $141,000
by the death of a relative in England.
Diphtheria has broken out in several
places in the Palonse country.
Land in the vicinity of Colfax, W. T.,
is reckoned to be worth about ten dollars
per acre.
Malson's slaughter house near Seattle
was burned about four o'clock Thurs
day morning. There was a good deal
of dressed meat and tallow in the build
ing, and a few live sheep and pigs. It
was an incendiary's work.
Palonse Gazette: A railroad from a
point on Snake river near Pine Tree
rapids through tho centre of Whitman
county, to the valuable pine and cedar
timber at the head of the Palonse river,
is sure to be built.and that at no distant
day.
The salmon catch of 1S77 on Puget
Sound is estimated as follow: 10,000
cases at G, and 2310 barrels at 7 50;
total value. 870,325. Says the Seattle
Tribxne: With the intentions of the fish
ermen of 1877 known to us, we feel that
it is safe to estimate the value of the
187S catch at not less than $150,000
with tho probability of its being in ex
cess of that amount rather than other
wise. Coos Bay News: There is talk of start
ing a new paper at Linpire City, to be
devoted to the cause of temperance, and
to be Republican in politics.
Carl Voight, an educated German
physician, of Portland, has been ad
judged insane and sent to the asylum.
The Ilarrisburg correspondent of the
Albany Observer writes that paper that
Mr. James Grimes, one of the business
men of that place, left his home on the
loth to go to Portland, since when
nothing has beon heard of him.
Geueral E. B. Babbitt, an old resi
dent of Portland, was struck down last
Sunday with paralysis. So severe was
the stroke 'that he is both speechless
aud helpless, bciug ouly able to move
one hand.
An old lady 50 "and a son 21 years of
age arrived at La Grande recently,
having walked nearly the entire dis
tance acro.-ss thu .plains from Indiana.
The old lady carried a pack weighing
about 75 pounds.
Information is wanted of John Pngh,
who went to California from Madison,
Somerset county, Maine, several years
ago. Address Mary Pngh, Madison,
Maine.
At the President's reception in Rich
mond an old gentleman from Albemarle
county, Virginia, a brother of ex-Gov.
Gilmer, said to the President: "I am
an old Henry Clay Whig; God bless
yon, Mr. Presideut; I voted for Tilden,
but you have made the best President
Since Monroe, and if you run again I
will vote fcr von.
Tho 3(1G members of the two houses
of Congress include 230 'lawyers, 10
bankers, 17 merchunls, 15 editors, 12
farmers and planters, 20 physicians, 7
manufacturers, 5 officers of railroads
and live school teachers.
From tho present outlook it seems as
if the Democrats vill gain control of
the Senate, and then tho country will
have a slight insight as to themeaningcf
Bourbon rule. The resumption act will
bo repealed, the silver bill jassed,
and the south will come in for claims
and subsidies. But it will amount . to
naught as Hayes will veto them all, and
they cannot overrido that.
DIED,
At Korfc Collins, Colorado, Nov. l(i, of pneu
monia. Alphonse r.aUooque, only brother of
the late George LaUocque.
NEW TO-BAY.
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
U. S. Land Office, Oregon City, )
Orearon, Nov. 2Hd, 1S77. )
"VfOTICK IS JIEKEBV GIVEN THAT IN'
lA liursusmco of instructions from the Com
missioner of the General I, and Olhce, under
Authority vested in him by section 2,455 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, we
ahiiU proceed to oiler at public sale on
January IXli, A. D. 1878,
at t his office, the following tracts of public
lands, to-wit : I xts numbered 1, 2 and 3 of Sec.
32, T. 9 S. It. 2 V lots numbered 12, 15 and 16
of Sec. 21, and lot 8 of Sec. 2(i, T. 1 S. K. 10 V.,
and lot s 5, , 7 and 8 of Sec. 2, T. 5 S. of It. 3 V.
All persons having pre-empt ion rijrhts toany
jortion of said lands are advised to make
proof thereof and payment before the day
designated for said sale; otherwise their
riiihts will bo forfeited.
T. 11. IIAUItlSON, OWEN WADE,
NoviUwt Iteceiver. Register.
Guardian's Sale.
-VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
pursuance of an order of the County
Court of Marion "county, Orepron, made on
the 15th day of October, A. Ij. 1877, I will offer
for sale to the highest bidder, all the right,
title and interest of Deo Wright, Orr Wright
and Ella Wright, minor heirs of Joseph A.
Wrisiht, deceased, of and in and to the follow
ing described pareels of land situate in Clack
amas county, state of Oregon, to wit : I.ot 3
of section lfl and the S. W. H of the K. E. if,
and lits 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 20, all in T. 4
S., R. 2 K. of the Willamette Meridian, con
taining ItiO acres more or less. The interest of
said minors bPlng each an undivided one
third interest in said above deseriled land
Said sale will take place at the Court House
door in Oregon City, Ciaekamas county, Ore
gon, at the hour of one o'clock P. M. on
l- riday, th 31at day ut December, A. D.
1S77. Terms of sale gold coin in hand.
R. C. RA.M.snV
Guardian of said ninors.
" is-. ri r ??
Notice to Contractors,
TP IPS WILL HE RECEIVED FOR THE
1 construction of a sidewalk up the bluff on
Fourth street, until Saturday, December 1st
at 1 'clock P. M. For Hans and sciflca
tlons enquire of the committee ap;ointed by
the Council for that iurpose.j vqTTKT
It. MORTON,
J. LOG US,
Oregon City, Nov. 20, 1S77. Committee.
FALL AHD WINTER OPENING
In Latest Styles of
IJUV GOODS, CLOTHING,
XJN1J EK V.TE A II,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,
CKOCKR1ES, HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, CBOCBEBT,ixtSi
WINDOWS, DOOUS,
BLINDS, ETC.,
Just Received and for Sale
Low for Cash I
AT
Produce Boiifflit And Sold.
Oregon City, Nov. 8, 1877-lt.
CLIFF MOUSE.
OK EGO N CI TV, OREGON.
T. V. RHODES,
Proprietor.
Tmii!int Hoard. SI to S3 TMr IJ. .
f Single Meal...- 50 "
Board ;)cr ! - - J '
Board aud Loniiiy. wetk ' SO OO
The Table will be supplied with the best the
market affords.
Hall .Suppers furnished ou short notice, and
at reasonable terms.
Nov. IS). 1ST5 :ef
E. L. EASTHAM,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Oregon City, Okegon.
Special attention given to business In the
U. S. ljand umce.
Oflice in Myers Brick.
auz30;7.
BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR
Sale at t his ollu-e. Justices of the it-aca
can get anything Ln their line.
DR. W. R. JOKES,
DENTIST, 1111?
WOULD INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT
ho has located at Oregon City, and is
prepared to do all work pertaining to dentis
try in the b:-st manner. Full sets of t.fth
?i". other work in proportion and warranted.
fllc' directly opposite Charman's store.
Oregon City, Oct. 25, lf77-3m.
Johnson, MrCovn & .llafrnm, Att'ys.
Final Settlement.
fn the matter of the estate of Lafayette "May,
deceased.
rOVi ON TATS DAT CAME F. ft.
i Noyer, Administrator of the above en
titled (-state anil filed his tinal report and
vouchers for final sett lenient, and moved the
Court to set a day for a final hearing and ex
aintnation of the same; whereupon it was
ordered and adjudged by the Court that a
term of this Court be held on
Saturday-, tlie tli laj of Uweitilier, IS 1 7,
for the purpose of hearing object ions to sard
final report and account, and for th- final
heiiring of said matter, at which time the
next of kin and all persons interested can ap
pearand make objections lo such linal ac
count and the settlement t hereof, if any they
hiive. It. is further ordered by tiie Oitirt
that notice of this irlT ho givn by pi;b
lishing a eop-.v thret.f for iVutt weo-ks-successively
ia the Oregon Crt y hM'KKi'RlsE,
ii weekly n.rs.-paper p.ibl slieu in the county
of Ciaekamas. N. W. RANDALL,
Attest - County Judge.
W. If. II. IVit'T?,Couui v Clerk.
Oregon City, Nov. 8, l77-it.
PiOTECE.
U. S. Laxd Office, Oregon City,
Oregon, Nov. 1). 1877. )
10MPL.V1XT HAVING HEEX ITNTKFt
ed at this oitce by John Otten.of Marion
county, Oregon, against John I.. I la worth for
abandoning his homestead entry, No. 2k;iH,
datcdCO.'t.ober l', l87-, iion the east ?- of the
N. E. h Section 31, Township 7 sout h, raujre I
east, in Matron county, Oregon, with tv view
to the cancellation of Siiid entry r the said
parlies kiu iieieLy summoned to appear at.
t his oj':i"e on the 1st !i day of December, IS,,,
at 10 o'clock A. M., to r spond and furnish
testimony concerning sahl aileged abandon
ment. OWEN WAl'K, Register.
nov22-it T. It. HARRISON. Receiver.
G i TATE On.
In the County Court of th State of Oregon for"
the county of Clackamas.
In the matter of the estate of James Howell,
deceased.
To Andrew Howell, Wm. Howell, Maagie
Rodgers, John Podge rs, and other iersns
interested in the estate of James Howcli,
deceased.
WHEHEAS THE DTLT A PPOIVTEI)
Administrator of said estate has tiled in
said Court a petition praying for an order to
sell the real property of said estate: now,
therefore, in the name of the State of Oregon,
you and each of you are hereby personally
cited to a ppear In the County Court of Clacka
mas, State of Oregon, on
Tlie lirst Monday ii January,
that being the 7th day of January, and the
first day of t he regular term of said "court for
1S77, then and there to show cause, if anv ex
ists., why an order of sale should not be made
as in said etitioii prayed for; said land lejrig
described as follows: Beginning ht.lo chains
E. of the S. W. corner of don at ion claim Noti
fication No. 77tK, in sections 5 and ti, T. 4 S., R.
4 E. ; thence E. 37.."ii) chains ; t hence N. 2.25
chains ; t hence E. 6.50 chains ; thence N. 15.50
chains; thence W. 4.25 chains ; t hence N. 1.70
chains; thence W. 30 chains; thence N. 4.75
chains ; thence W. 10 chains ; thence S. 21.20
chains to the place of beginning, containing
84 acres. Bv order ot
N. W. RANDALL, Count v Judge.
Attest : W. H. II. Kocts, Co. Clerk.
L. T. Baiun and M. C. Athev, ntt'ys for
adrn'r. Oregon City, Nov. 8, lSu-it. i
Johnson, JlcCown & Maprnm, Att'ys.
Administratrix' Koticc.
JTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I
L have been appointea Administratrix of
t he estate ot John iingonourger, ueceaseu by
tiie linn. County Court of Clackamas County,
State of Oregon ; therefore till persons having
claims against said estate are notified to pre
sent .them to me with proper vouchers,
attheoiilee of Johnson, McCown A Macrum
in Oregon City, within six months from the
date of this notice.
Kit EUE1UCA II ACEX551RGER,
Nov. 8, 18. .4t. Ad in 'x of said estate.
FRESH OYSTERS!
Slewed or 25 saw,
AT THE PLOUGH SIM ft.
I FAMILIES SUPPLIED WITH THESE
delicious bivalves, opened ready for use
at 75 cents ht hundred.
Oct. 2,T7-tf. J. THEMRATH.
CT Greatchance to make money.
1J I-i A J lf you can't get gold vou can
get greenbacks- We need a person in everv
town to take subscriptions for tho largest,
cheapest and best Illustrated funnily publica
tion in the world. Any one can become a suc
cessful agent. The most elegant works of art
given free to subscribers. The price is so low
that almost everybody subscribes. One agent
reports making over iM in a week. A lady
agent reports taking over 100 subscribers in
en days. All who engage make money fast.
Von 'nn i vofe ; vour t bue to t he business,
READ! READ!! READ ! a
We call the attention of all who want
to buy goods to give us a call and eomi)a
prices before .buying elsewhere, s the re
nant of stock must be closed out in a ah"'
time. n
SECOND AM) LAST CALL!
Those who are indebted to us roust makf.
payment within thirty day, after that ti
accounts will be placed in the hands oflT
officer for collection. a
ACKERMAN BROS.
Oregon City, Sept. 20, 1877.
KOQRE & PARKER'S
Celebrated
TURBINE WATER WHEELf
Kl. WALLACE,
Agent lor
Clackamas County,
And the State in general. This is one of th
best wheels in use on the Pacific Coast and
gives perf ct satisfaction in everv Instant?
Any one purchasing a wheel which does not
come up to the guarantee, if properly put uT
the money will be refunded and all dmmmgtm
paid. For further information apply to v
L Wallace, at JCnt ting's Mill, near Vinil"
Clackamas Co., or at this office.
Sept. !.'$, 1877-bmos.
THOMAS CHARMAH
ESTABLISHED
- 185J
DESIRES TO INFORM THE CITIZENS Op
Oregon City and of the Willamette VaL,
ley, that lie is still on band and doiog b
ness on the old motto, that
A Kimble Six Pcnceis Better Ova Slow Shilli,
I have just returned from Sau Fraiic!c
where I purchased one of the
LARGEST AND EEST SELECTED
STOCK OF GOODS
ever before offered in this city ; and conshttnl
part, as follows :
Boots and Shoe si,
Clothing, Iry Goorfs,
Hats and Caps,
Hosiery of Every Desert ptfcKi.
Hardware, Groceries,
Oils, Paints and
Sash ami Doors,'
China-ware, Queenware,
Stoneware, Crockery,
Platedware, Glassware,
Jewelry of Various Qualities
And Styles, Clocks and
Watches, Indies and'
Gents' Furnishing
Patent Mcxlleiricj, Goods, Fancy No-"
Rope, Farming tious of Every
Implements of Inscription
All Kinds, Carpei,
iiaitings, Oil
Cloth, Wall Paper, ,!.
Oj the above list, I can say my stock to tt
MOST COMPLETE
ever otTered in this market, ansf was ele;.
wit k especial care for the Oregon City trxn.A
of which I now otrer for sale at the
Lowest rViarScet Rales.
No use for the ladies, or any one else, tt
think of going to Portland to buy poods lor I
am Jt iermint-ti to Sell i'lteup and not to allow
myself to be
I'XDERSCLD IX TIIE STATE OF CREtCl-
Alf I risk is a fair cftnic- nnl ;:iK-k p?-'
incuts, believing us I do that
s
Twenty Years ExpcricKce
in Oregon City enables me (o know fi'.e t
q,iur.'tuents of the trade. Come one and all
and see for yourselves that the old stand ot
THOMAS CKAKMAX
cannot be benfen to tjnstity vr price. It woul.l
be useless for me to tell yoa alf t he ajvantsp
I can off.T you in the s.le of goods, as -rry
store that advertises does that, and protstty
yoa have b;-eu disappointed. Ail 1 wish to
se.y is
Com, and Str, and Examine far Vocrsrlves,
for Ido r.nt wish to make sny mistake.. Jiy
object is fn t' Hail my old triends now tbat I
am st ill it-ive, :m;dosirons in seli goods cheiip,
for c:is'i, or m fori such terms fts agreed upen.
Trs:i7L:-i:n' .ill for the liin ritl patrouage berV
fori; i-. s'.ow.'d.
TIIO.S. CIIAKMAX,
JIttin Street, Orcgoat City,
Igal Tenders and County Scrip taken t
market rates. TIIOS. CHARMAS.
B3T0,0o0 lbs wool wanted bv
nov. 1, T5-tf TIIU.S.CIURMAT,
WM. KXIG1IT.
GEO. KNIGHT,
KFIEGHT BROS.,
CAN BY.
OBEGOJ",
Dealers in
SRIXftLKS, CEDAR POSTS, GROCEB
IE.S, CL.OTIIIXU, HOOTS, SHOKS,
K A HI W A It K,
Ami everything-usually kept In coo
try store.
We invite tho public to call and examin
our stock before going to Oregon City or Port
land, as we are selling as cheap as any house
in the State. Come and get our prices.
Those indebted to the firm will please call
and settle immediately, and safe costs.
novS-tf KNIGHT BROS.
LUMBER M.UMBER!
Olifrss. Cutting-,
"rOULD INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT
T he has purchased Bisby & Cutting" "
mill, eight miles east of Oregon City.andthat
ho is prepared to furnish .
FIR AND CEDAR LUMBER,
of every description at low rates.
Cedar Ceiling, Rustic, Water ripe, Fence,
Post s, etc.
ItMohn Myers, agent ln Oregon City, wilk
keep a supply of Lumber, of all kinds, always,
on hand. Oct. 15. 77-tf
NEWSPAPER LAW.
The following is the law as ii stands. In
reference to newspapers and subscribers :
Sec. 1. Subscribers who do not give expre
not tee to the contrary, are considered wishing
to continue their subscription.
Sec. 2. If subscribers odet the diseontin
ance of their periodicals the oublishers mT
continue to send them until all arrearage
are paid.
Sec. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse tX
take their periodicals fsom the office to wbica
they are directed, thev are held respond"1
until they have settled thebrbills and ordered
them discontinued.
See. 4. If subscribers move to other P"8";
without informing the publishers, and tne
papers are sent tothe former direction,, they
are held responsible. ..
Sec. 5. The Courts have deoldeU thai Te--fusingtotake
periodicals from the ofiVe.
removing and leaving them uncalled for,
prima facia evidence of intentional fraud.'
See. 6. stny person who has received a ne"
pajier and makes use of it, whether he ba
ordered it or not, is held In law to be u""
seriber.
L. JACCAIiS,
Dealer ijj
FLAIR, HAT, STRAW, OATS, POTATOES,.
i. it.,
i-.R&iH SACKS AsVD mini
illiil
w.