31)c (Enterprise.
qEGO. ClTIf, THURSDAY, MARCH 28. 1878.
Republican State Convention.
The Republican State Convention is
hereby called to meet at Salein on Wed
nesJay, the 17th day of April, 1878, at
10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of nom
inating candidates for the various State
offices, to be voted for at the election to
be held in Jane next. The Convention
will be composed of 177 delegaes,baaed
upon the vote cast for Hon. K. "Williams
for Congress at the November election
of 1876, being one delegate for each
county.and one for every hundred votes
and a fraction over fifty:
Paker 4
Henton 8
Clackamas 11
Coos 7
Clatsop 5
Columbia 3
Curry 2
Douglas... 11
Orant 4
Jackson 7
Josephine.......... 8
Lane 11
Liake 3
Linn 15
Multnomah 22
Marlon 29
Polk 7
Tillamook 2
Union 5
Umatilla 6
Wasco 6
Washington 8
Yamhill. 0
" It is recommended that primary con
ventions be held in the several precincts,
unless otherwise directed by the County
Central Committees.on Saturday, March
30th, and that the County Conventions
to elect delegates to the State Conven
tion on Saturday, the 6th of April next.
UAVID (JOODSEIr.,
W. C. Johnson, Chairman.
Secretary.
The Primaries.
On Saturday, the 30th inst., the Re
publicans of this county will hold their
primary elections, and it is to be hoped
that our people will not on that occasion
be overcome with any lethargic apathy
that will prevent their taking an active
part. It is at these first elections that
the Republican ticket is in fact made,
timl those "who. wish to see our strong
and representative men put upon the
ticket must not stav awav from the
polls. The indifference often manifest
ed by our best citizens at the primaries
occasionally results disastrously for
the jobbers and wire-workers "set up
tickets pledged to vote for their own
kind. What wo want is the honest sen
timent of the full Republican vote of
this county, which is good, and will
tend into the field as leaders none but
:good men. This county is undeniably
Republican by at least two hundred
majority, and we can only lose it by in
sanitv at the primaries. There must be
no dead weight to a ticket in the person
of some man whom the entire party can
not unanimously support, for he will
but drag down the others. It is much
easier for one bad name to weaken a
whole ticket than for good men to pul
through an unpopular man, just as one
decayed apple will rot a whole box o
good ones before they can make the bad
one at all toothsome. The coming elec
tion threatens to be very closely con
tested, and it is here at the threshold
(hat we must begin to prepare for it,
A good ticket and success is certain
while neglect on the park of our repre
sentative men to see that primaries are
-conducted with a view to nominating
-only good men for office i3 as sure de
feat. Be sure to vote, study the names
on yonr ticket, and show that you take
-some interest in good government and
the success of your party.
The Beaver Creek Democrats "de
nounce the action of our present Coun
ty Court in purchasing a court house
site, when the connty is already pos
sossed of one; and demand an explana
nation by the county officials, for the
prodigal manner in which our taxes
have been expended."
This resolution bears the ear-marks of
the leader of the unterrified in this
county, and it 6hows how easily the
Democrats of Beaver creek allow "the
wool to be pulled over their eyes."
Will the Beaver creek denouncers point
out the site possessed by the county,
and, if they find it, will they tell us
how much it would cost to place it in
condition for a court house site ? An
attempt was made by certain parties to
""bull dose" the county court in regard
to tho county addition; which they
said would be forfeited unless the court
house was erected on a certain block.
The county records were overhauled,
ana in was iounu luai me county naa a
clear title, and the threatened law suit
was dropped without any further talk
It is our firm belief that over two-thirds
of the citizens of Clackams county are
in favor of erecting a court house be-
a 1 fm m
low tue umn, ana xor our part, we
would be perfectly willing to leave it
to a vote of the people at the coming
election, as to tue proaigai manner
in which the officials have expended
our taxes, our Democratic friends
should keep very quiet. It is a well
known fact that at the time our pres
ent county judge was elected four
"years ajro an indebtedness of over
12,000 had been incurred by the Dem
ocratio officials, and that too in s
"prodigal manner." The Republican
officials have paid off this indebtedness,
built several expensive bridges, pur
chased a site for the court house, and
will leave the county out of debt and
money on hand when their term of of
fice expires. How does this compare
with the administration of our county
affairs by the Democrats? If the Dem
ocratic officials could have shown
record like this four years ago they
would not have been so ignominiously
consigned to realms of obscurity.
The Indiana Democracy is for green
back inflation.pure and simple.without
a smell of silver, and for paying the
bonds in "our own repudiated notes
This will be ITendricks banner for the
.Presidential nomination. It is the same
that rendleton tried.
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- The National Party.
The new party organized at Toledo,
Ohio, a short time ago, to be known as
the National," expects to gather in all
the fragments of other parties. The
working-men's party4 is expected topull
right into lint, although the platform
has nothing in it very encouraging to
the laboring classes. The Greenback -ers
and "Women Suffragists are to be
bundled into the new party, all in a
heap, and this conglomeration is under
the control of Brick Pomeroy and Ren.
Butler. If these leaders do not weigh
down the party, we shall be greatly
surprised. It was doubtless a clever
idea to givs it the name of Working
men's Party at first, in order to delude
that class into it, but the platform
adopted and the men who have as
sumed control of the National Party
do not make such alliance very encour
aging to genuine rorking-mon. They
supposed that the party was originally
organized to advance the interests of
the working classes, but in this they
are to be disappointed. They Can see
no special benefit to accrue to thorn
from the advocacy of cheaper money.
What they most desire is plenty of
work at fair prices, and good money in
payment.
We claim now, as we always have,
that constant tinkering with our fi
nances is a curse to the country; keeps
values constantly unsettled, therefore
causing capitalists to hesitate about
investing money in any industrial en
terprises, and striking a heavy blow
at the working-classes, whose prosper
ity depends upon a regular, sound fi
nancial policy, which does not embar
ass investments.
We have always believed that our
bonded indebtedness was a curse, that
hundreds of millions of dollars are
locked up in intereat bearing bonds,
that ought to be developing the wealth
of the country, and thus giving em
ployment to the needy millions. But
we have the debt on our hands and we
should make it as light for the people
as possible, by funding it in bonds at
so low a rate of interest that men of
energy and business tact can secure
money at a low rate of interest to em
bark in business.
This would be reform enough with
out the hodge podge National Party,
the leaders of which, we believe to be
the purchased tools of the bondhold
iner aristocracv of this country that
have set a most glittering bait for la
boring gudgeons.
End of Cuban Insurrection.
After a long struggle, the Cuban in
surgents have begun to surrender it
is true, however, that their terms are
honorable. We regret that after a nine
year's combat she has failed to accom
plish her independence, altliongn we
must congratulate the people at large
on the peace and prosperity to their
bankrupt island that must follow. We
regret the surrender as much for Spain
as Cuba, for she would bo in a far better
condition to devote.her whole energies
to a recovery in some degree of her old
grandeur, without the heavy weight of
a remote dependency tenanted by an
excitable race. We regret it for the
TJniaed States also, for history will not
hold us altogether blameless in per
mitting so cruel a contest to be carried
on at our very doors, in our own wa
ters, without taking far tuoro effectual
means to bring it to a conclusion than
we havo ever done. Yet, as it is, the
insurrection has not been barren of
fruit Cuba, at least, i to have a large
share of her own government. A plan
for the gradual emancipation of slaves
is also at once to bo set on foot. Al
these are assuredly great gains, and
until the honesty 'of the government at
Madrid in fully carrying out the re
form has been fully tested, it is a sin
and a shame for the blood-thirsty Cu
bans who remained in New York, and
only smelt the smoke of battle afar off,
to attempt to relight the flames of war
in the devastated island.
The Greenbackers.
The Clackamas County Greenback
party, consisting of about twenty-five
members, held a convention in this city
on Thursday last, and for some inecrut
able reason postponed the nomination
of county officers until tho April 20th
possibly wishing time in which to sum
mon courage for the Btep, which must
ultimately come, into the Democratic
camp. The over-worked mechanic Ed
munds told some terrible stories on the
government and its mismanagement of
its finances, which made his hearers
imagine that the Senators and Congress
men at Washington are almost as big
fools as the Edmunds-Lawson crowd in
Oregon. The young man who wanted
to inquire of Edmunds, since he knew
so much about money and how to make
billions with it, why he had not settled
that little account with the Enterprise,
was suppressed as a bulldoser and Lou
isiana intimidator. The good work,
however, goes bravely on, and the Scio
Greenback club still has three strong
members and the Independence club
has dissolved for the want of vitality.
Verily Edmunds is a power in the land!
Mr. Hendricks repeats with empha
sis that the Presidential question is set
tled till 18S0. Congress, he frankly
says, and not the Electoral Commis
sion, gave Mr. Hayes the Presidency,
and consequently his title is a valid
one. He is opposed to all efforts to re
open the subject, and he will not bo a
party to any scheme to do it. He has
no knowledge of any such scheme, and
doesn't know what Mr. Tildens plans
and intentions may be, a3 he has never
spoken to him on the subject.
Chinese Immigration.
The speech of Senator Sargent on the
Chinese qnestiou, in the Senate, was tho
ablest exposition yet made of tho evils
which threaten this coast from the im
portation of coolies. From statistics
and careful estimates he reaches, the
conclusion that there are 108,000 Chi
nese in California alone, at present.
The great majority of these have come
cut under contract with the Six Com
panies, a powerful organization of Chi
nese merchants, who make a business of
importing them at so much a head. In
reviewing the character of this immi
gration, Mr. Sargent rightly enunciated
the principles that should guide us in
dealing with tho question, and correctly
stated the objections to allowing the
Oriental hordes to overrun this country,
in the following words:
If America holds out inducements to
emigrants to come here to .better their
condition, it has been the implied un
derstanding that they shall be fit for
and become citizens cf this country,
adapting themselves to our laws, merg
ing in our population, and cementing
into the fabric of society upon the same
terms and conditions as those which
appertain to the peopla born on the soil.
Our fathers rounded here an American
civilization, republican in form and
spirit, and anything which contravenes
this debases or destroys it can not bo
consistent with the traditions of the re
public or within the meaning of the
declaration that America is the home
for the oppressed of all lands. The
Chinese fulfill none of the requisites of
the immigration which our laws are de
signed to encourage. They remain a
distinct, indigestible mass in the com
munity. A residence of nearly thirty
years in California has done nothing
toward assimilating the Chinese to the
body of our people. They occupy their
own quarter of the city ; still use their
own dress and language; worship in
their own joss-houses; govern them
selves by their own laws, even to the
execution of the death penalty against
offenders; persevere in their heathenish
vices, and live with entire selfish ex-
clusiveness. They do not seek America
as a home or to becomo citizens or to
enjoy or maintain its institutions, but
merely to drain it of such portion of its
wealth as they can acquire, always with
antmo revertendl and, failing to realize
this intention in living, secure the ship
ment of their bones to China after death
A Theory Exploded.
The theory that members are elected
or defeated by the people of their re
spective districts is exploded by the
present Democratic Congress. A num
ber of Republican members have been
ousted without any regard to justice.
Darrall, Republican member from Lou
isiana, who was unseated recently, had
20,000 majority over his opponent on a
lawful count, and 1,C00 majority on a
so-called Democratic count, ne held a
certificate of election, from both Gov.
Kellogg and Gov. Nicholls. His oppo
nent, nevertheless, filed a notice cf con
test, and the Heuse, which is made
judge of the qualifications of its mem
bers, voted him in without any regard
to the expressed wish of the people of
Louisiana. During all the years that
tho Republicans controlled the House
we never heard of such an outrage be
ing perpetrated.
Generally Conceded.
It has been generaly conceeded that
greenbacks are not money, and conse
quently not taxable; that the Dalles &
Salt Lake Railroad is seriously crip
pled, and our chances of direct eastern
communication rather slim; thr.t Eng
land and Russia are growing very war
like in their attitudes on account of the
former's determination that the Czar
shall submit all tho peace conditions at
the Congress; that the silver bill has
nut been bo disastrous after all; that
Hayes is acting consciesciously, yet
ha3 enemies within hi3 own party; that
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
is scheming for the capture of Oregon;
that there are more candidates in each
party for office than there are offices,
and that the Democrats are going to be
beaten to death in th.3 coming election
in this State.
Once more the European horizon is
clouding up in consequenco of differ
ences arising between the powers ou
various points connected with the pro
posed Congress. It is difficult to arrive
at a clear understanding of the case
from the accounts which pass over the
wires, but at present it actually appears
as if the nations who looked on com
placently when Russia and Turkey were
engaged in a deadly struggle would
now deprive the victorious Power by
diplomatic intrigues of every advan
tage thus dearly purchased. The de
mand that every point of tho treaty of
St. Stefano should be submitted to the
decision of all the powers represented
at the Conference seems to bo prompt
ed by sudden arrogance in view of Rus
sia's condition at the end of a bloody
and expensive struggle, while all other
Powers have fresh armies at their com
mand and enjoy the full benefits of les
sons taught the military world which
cost them nothing. The feeliDg in
Russia is certainly growing more and
more averse to a Congress, the people
being of the opinion that if every
prize of the last year's struggle is to be
taken from them, they might as well
prolong tho contest until some tangible
advantage falls to their lot.
In the course of his speech on the
Diplomatic Appropriation Bill in the
House on the 11th inst., Abram Hewitt,
(Tilden's right bower) in a short di
gression on the Presidential Commis
sion and Civil Service Reform, used the
following significant language:
I wish to say distinctly that Hayes
has his title (to the Presidency) be
yond the reach of any proceeding, po
litical or otherwise, except iu his own
conscience. If there has been a wrong
done, it has been done not by the Pres
ident.bnt by the Electoral Commission.
His title is irrefragable and sacred, and
therefore he oan afford to march firmly
forward in the execution of pledges
which he has iven, '
COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Washington Letter.
Washington. D. C, March 8, "78.
Our Senatorial solons again found
themselves prostrated with their ardu
ous labors yesterday, and therefore took
the usual Thursday's adjournment over j
to Monday. We are unable to indicate
just what they did of an exhausting
nature, and simply take the fact as
granted because they did adjourn. Sen
ator Sargent, of Cal., vented his spleen
against John Chinaman in unmeasured
invectives, and included in his diatribes
ail who upheld " him of almond eyes,"
for he poured all into one general seeth
ing cauldron of sin and iniquity whose
presence in this country can work out
only deepest injury to our morals and
our prosperity. We are rather sceptical
as to the soundness of his views, and
are inclined to think there is a " nigger
in tho wood -pile " in this Heathen Chi
nee question, for bur own observation
and the testimony of thoso not in the
political ring, is adverse to many of the
Senators' assumptions. The House, of
course, is at work with its sleeves rolled
up, bet it cannot make any headway
against tho President's veto of tho tim
ber bill, nor is it able to give Sunset
Cox a pretext to make himself famous
again by a smart and pert saying, hence
the members are down to hard work and
are playing smash with things generally.
The families of our cabinet officers
will have some rest ' from the burdens
imposed upon them by the past winter's
receptions, since etiquette does not
compel them to open their houses to
the great unwashed throng of citizens
until January next. A visitor to the
city, however, need not hesitate to call
upon the wife of a secretary to pay his
or her respects and leave a card. Such
a visit is informal and short, and as it
imposes no burden of return call, upon
the Mrs. Secretary, the visitor will be
welcomed. Mrs. Hayes receives callers
nearly every evening of the week.shakes
hands with each one and has a pleasant
word to say to all as they pass in and
out of the red room. No one remains
more than a minute or two, since the
constantly changing company prevents
continued conversations with her. The
wive3 of the secretaries receive in the
same informal manuer, hence all those
whose curiosity prompts them to see
not only the lions, but the lionesses of
Washington, should include Mrs.Hayes
and the houses of the secretaries in
their round of calls and sight-seeing.
We are pained to notice that the State
of Virginia is putting herself into the
humiliating and inexcusable position of
beggary and repudiation. The pitiful
cry of poverty and high taxes pleaded
in benaif or ner action, has no more
foundation in fact than obtains in ev
ery State north of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers, and she should not submit
a day to the outrage which unprincipled
olSco seekers have forced upon her,
in a depleted treasury and a bankrupted
credit. We Know V irginia s resources
and powers, for we have spent many
years among her people, and we say,
deliberately, that sue is as able to-day
to pay her interest and running expenses
as Ohio or Massachusetts, hence we
have no patience with repudiators, and
with present impecumosity.
Murphy, the great temperance lectnr
or, departed from us last week with
considerable mud sticking to his gar
ments, in tue way of rows, motioust and
such doings with the Young Men's
Christian association, who charge him
with more a love for money -making thaq
doing good to his fellow man. This
charge, however, we think, more due to
some misunderstanding than fact, and
, , . . .
regaru me wnoie imbroglio as some
thing of a family quarrel in which both
parties thereto are partly in the-n'ghi
as well as the wrong, lint it is eviden
that we have an element hem which no
Murphy can reach with conviction, for
we have had as fine displays of late of
good old-fashioned Democratic love for
bourbon, both iu acd out cf Congr--c3,
as prior io ibia tezrperccwo revival. Our
bourbon pap; -, tc3 Foci, daclares Clly
that its recent statemeni thnt certain
Democratic Senators were in their seats
so much under soporific influence to
be unfit for duty, was only a joke, but
from our observation we think there is
more truth than poetry in the assertion.
The House grows more economical
than ever and more hostile to our de
partments, beiDg determined to reduce
the clerical forces to such extent as will
seriously cripple the Cabinet officers in
the adjustment of accounts. Tho war
of 1812 soldiers are now by law entitled
to pension, and their claims will be
poured into the Pension department for
settlement, and yet not an additional
clerk will be given by the House, though
it knows the present force is insufficient
for current business. As for the treas
ury it is particularly an object of Dem
ocratic spleen, and while its members
refuse its appropriations and additional
force they renew the old war cry of
great frauds to be unearthed next week
by the investigating committees.
Our recruiting officers now assest that
hard times are giving them better men
than any time since the war. They are
able to go bask to the old minimum of
size, 5 feet 4 inches, and then get per
fect selections. Until recently tho min
imum was 5 feet 2 inches, and besides
men were enlisted who had imperfect
knowledge of "our language, and no
questions wore asked as to tho recruit's
antecedents, henco the army had some
of the worst of characters in it. Now
the soldiers must give references as to
past standing, and as a consequence
some of tho very best material of our
country is donning the uniform.
.General Howard is here attending the
suits instituted against him by tho gov
ernment to recover certain moneys
claimed to have been absorbed by him
while in the freed men's bureau. It is
too bad that a brave and gallant officer
like him should be subjected to so much
persecution. He never stole a dollar,
and the government only lost through
the dereliction of his officers, for whose
crimes he is no more responsible than
General Grant was for that of th& pay
master who robbed the treasury of
400,000 and was pardened out after 12
month's incarnation in prison that he
might drive fast horses on Pennsylvania
Avenue. Junius.
Th6 Judiciary Committee of the
United States Senate has been instruct
ed to inquire into tho expediency of
providing that all claims against tho
Government exceeding 4.000, shall be
proacouted in the Cirouit Courts of the
district where they originate. Some
regulation of the kind seems to be
urgently required, and would close the
door of the National Treasury against
a host of unmst and utterly fraudu
lent claims. ' ' ' '
State News.
The Greenback party of Linn county
claims to have over 300 voters.
R. P. Earhart is spoken of as a Re
publican candidate for Secretary of
State.
The Catholics of Portland contemplate
the erection of a cathedral to cost about
$40,000.
There is a controversy now to decide
whether Monumental mine is in Grant
or Umatilla county.
Joseph Cunningham, almost 84 years
of age. died in McMinnviile on the
14th. He came to Oregon in 1845.
The post office of Wapinito has been
established in Wasco county, Orepron.
with Jerry Young as postmaster.
The mountain streams of Southern
Oregon, owing to the late copious rains
are "booming" and the miners are
happy.
Thus far during the present, term of
the circnit court at Portland, twenty-
three persons have been sentenced to
tho penitentiary.
The jury in the Stiles case failed to
agree and be has been discharged.
They stood eight for acquittal and font
for conviction.
Joshua Brown wa3 killed at Canyon-
ville by a man named Skelton. The
murderer has been caught and now lan
guishes in the Roseburg jail.
The Oneatta steam saw mill at Ya-
quina bay, sold at assignee's sale on
the 21st for 2,900. The mill originally
cost 815,000. Judge Thayer was the
purchaser.
Hon. L. L. Rowland, present State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
is mertioned as a Republican candidate
for Governor. He is well qualified for
the place and could be elected.
James A. Miller, a former propri
etor of the Jacksonville Times, now of
Athens, Ohio, writes that a considera
ble immigration from that section will
start for Southern Oregon during tho
coming summer.
It is said that Gen. John F. Miller
has beaten A. H. Brown in the Marion
primaries for control of the delegation
of that county in the Democratic State
Convention. The office of state treas
urer is the bone of contention.
C. W, Hughes and wife, of Forest
Grove, having had domestic trouble,
separated. A short time after which
Hughes stole tho child .from his wife
and started for Yamhill county, since
which time he has not been heard of.
C. T. Williams, tried at Albany upon
an indictment for murder in the second
degree, having killed a man named
Fields at Browusvillo recently, was
acquitted last week. The jury was out
but twenty minutes. The Register says
the virdict gives universal satisfaction.
The Dalles Mountaineer says that
travel and lreight has increased so rap
idly this year on tho Columbia river,
that the O. S. N. Co., have found it
necessary to already commence making
three trips a week to Walnla from that
city, and once a week from Walula to
Lewision and all points on Snake river.
Clatsop county Greenback ticket
nominated last Saturday, Joint Sena
tor, Dr. Dodd; Joint Representative,
Thos. Dealey; Commissioners, J. F.
Bender, J. F. Barrows; Sheriff, John
McCr.nn; Clerk, C. W. Shively; Treas
urer, I. Bergman; County Judge, P.
Callender; Assessor, J, R. Shephard;
School Superintendent, D. S. Elliott;
Surveyor, H. Gerhart.
W. S. Chapman, editor of the Port
land Dee, and W. R. Siruble, of tha
Telegram, had an altercation on Thurs
day cf last week, at Portland. Struble
was knocked down by Chapman, and
he drew a pistol and fired at him, and
although within a few feet of his mark,
micscd him, tho ball going through the
windev of a broker's office. The
trouble arose from on article in the
Telegrcn reflecting severely oa Chap
man. Ho arrests were made.
following is tho ticket placed in the
field by the Democracy of Benton
couniy ct their convantion held on the
20th inst.: For Stato Senator, John
Burnett: Representatives, J. Hughes,
H. Green end Wm. Burnett; County
Judge, W. S. McFadden; County Clerk,
W. T. Webber; Sheriff, J. D. Johnson;
Treasurer, Thomas Graham; Assessor,
Jacob Medio; Connty Commissioners,
Hugh Aerrin and John Priest; Survey
or, J. W. Webber; Coroner, Dr. J. R,
Bayley.
The Mountain Sei&ial man sava he
wiu not get up at the dead hoc? ol the
night and burn his last shirt in order
to make a light by which to work and
think, and lie, and write ia ords? to
placo some individual in a lucrative of
fice who has never ever subscribed for
his county paper. Mo. is right; any
man who don't take his county paper
ana Keep posted on the wants and
wishes of the citizens of his county ia
behind the times, and should bo al
lowed the privilege of Btaying at home.
The Linn county Greenbackers have
placed the following ticket in the field:
For State Senators, Dr. Hendricks, of
Harrisburg, and Hon. J. T. Crooks;
for Representatives, James Forgy, F.
M. Dannols, George Luper, W. J.
Steward, Blevins and Fill
pott; for County Clerk, J. C. Small;
for Sheriff, C. W. Curl; for Treasurer,
S. H. Maine; for Commissioners, D.
Myers and Aaron Condra; for School
Superintendent, Frank Irvine; for As
sessor, Theodore Davidson; for Sur
veyor, George A. Grimes; for Coronor,
J. K. McClucr.
The following is the Greenback ticket
in Marion county: Stato Senators, L.
Bleakney, R. H. Scott and John Por
ter; Representatives, J. P. Robertson,
J. K. Buff, Thomas Fitzgerald, C. W.
Scribner, J. H. Cooley and P. A.
Graves; County Judge, J. C. Hutton;
County Clerk, J. M. Pitman: Sheriff,
E. H. Bellinger; Treasurer, J. Y. By-
- T "1 T fT,
ron; commissioners, xj. o. xnurman
and S. D. Knight; Surveyor,
Col-
burn; School Superintendent, William
Simpson; Coroner, (no nomination);
County Central Committee, D. Clark,
J. Porter, J. C. Hntton, E. J. Thur
man and E. H. Bellinger
Tho House Committee on Revision
of the Presidential Election Laws has
agreed to report in favor of a constitu
tional amendment by which a plurality
of eleptrgl votes shall bo sufficient to
elect, - .
Young men who think of going to
Walla Walla to secure employment in
the various trades and pro.fessiojis. axo
gaution'ed not to do it..
Soldiers havinc lost both
both hands, or
both feet, aro recom-
mended bv the House committee to get
a monthly pension of $72, while those
losing one eye, or one hand, or one
foot, $24 a month.
Attorney General JOgdon, of Louisi
ana, has filed application for a rehear
ing in the Anderson case.
NEW TO-DAY. "
NEW GOODS!
SPRING GOODS!!
X. SELLING
HAS RETURNED FROM SAX FBAN
cisco where he bought the Latest Styles
In Gent's and Toadies' Spring and Summer
Goods which he calls attention to, one and
all. Give him a call before purchasing else
where. He will sell the same at
POrtTLAKD CASH PRICES.
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Boots. Shoos,
Hats, Groceries,
Crockery, Hardware,
Paints. Oils.
Doori, Windows, & Blind,
t B.-ict SaM.dlng, two doors sooth, of Drue
Store.
Oregon City, March 23. 1878-tf.
SHADES SALOON
H
-rfS OJT HAND THE CHOICEST
Liquors, Wines & Cigars,
And an Oyster Stew at all times. Good bed
and a night cap for 25 cents. Her rail's U. S.
Beer 25 cents per quart.
C. F. MAVHEW, Proprietor.
Oregon City, March 28, 1878-tf.
NOTICE.
TJ. S. Land Office, Oregon City, I
Oregon, March 20, 1878. J
COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
V at this oflice by Alonzo P. Laverty, of
Clackamas county, against Bartel Tirnmonds
lor abandoning his homestead entry, iso.
2915, dated .Nov. 11. 1875, upon the west of
southwest Ji section 22, township 6 south.
range 2 east, in Clackamas county, Orcpon.
wun a view io me cancellation oi said entry
me saiu purin's are nereby summoned to ap
pear at tins omce on the 2olh day of April,187K
at 11) o'clock A. 51.. to resnond and furnish
testimony concerning-said alleged abandon
ment. 1j. T. HAKIJi, ItegiSter,
rah2S-4t. T. It. IIAKUlSON, Itoceiver.
DRESSMAKING.
Miss Mary rough ton,
HAS OPENED A DRESSMAKING Es
tablishment in H. Cauiield's building,
corner of Seventh and Main streets, where she
is prepared to do all kinds of cutting, lilting,
etc. Tailor system of actual measurement.
Oregon City, March 14, l77-lni.
CAi&IBi? 1 EMUS SEES?.
rPIIIS CELEBRATED HEVERACiE FROM
X L. Feurer's lirewery, at Portland, is cou
stajitly kept on draught at
JACK TRP!3ATH'S SALOON.
It isthe best beer in the city, ami we invite
the public to call and give it trial.
Oregon City, March 21, lS78-tf.
NOTICE,
TJ. S. Laxd Office, Oregon City, )
Oregon.. M:reh 1, 187S.
COMPLAINT HAVIXCi liKEN ENTERED
attbisofliee by William lteed, of Clacka
mas county, agai nst John I?onrty for aban
doning his homestead entry. No. 27S, dated
July 0, 1).5, upon the we.st i of northwest
section 22, township 4 south, aange 4. east, in
Clackamas, county. Oregon, nilha view to the
cancellation of said entry -the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at this office
on the 18th day of April. 1878. at 10 o'clock A.
M., to resfond and liirnish testimony con
cerning said alleged abandonment.
L. T. BARIN. Register.
mch21-lt. T. It. HARRISON, Receiver.
NOTICE.
U. S. Land Offick, Oregon City,
Oregon. March Hi, 1878. ) .
-tOMPLAIXT HAVIXCi PEES ENTERED
at itfisomce by James II. Rood, of Mult
nomahcounty. atrainst. Jonathan WrisrlTt fi
abandoning his homestead entry. No. 28tf),
uam-u cm-jh.. isio, upon tne east a north
east H sect ion K I townshin 1 south, nnw 4
east, in MultnomVh county. Oregon, with a
view to the cancellation of said entrvtthe
said parties are hereby summoned to appear
at this office on the aid day of April. 1878, at
10 o'clock A. M. to respond and furnish testi
mony concerning said alleged abandonment
K T. PAR IX, Register.
mh21-4t. T. Ii. HARRISON. Receiver.
NOTICE
U. S."Land Office Oregon City,
Oretron. March 16. ir I
CCMPLAniT HAVING BEEN' ENTERED
nt this office by John Schunrstein. of
uacnamas county against Frederick W.
fVK3? iora?Mvnoning hta homestead entry
JNO. bhsi, dated May 28, i874, upon the west
OI ilort.hwPRf. W nns? 1. .( o f ..1 O I n.
township 3 south, range 2 east, in Clackamas
wilm a view to tne cancella
tion cf said onrrv t Ho ciri not4AB v.Awv.-
. . air; itciruj
day of April, 1878, at 10 o'clock A.M.,to respond
uuu luniusu t-skifiiony concerning said alleir'
ed aim donment. L. T. BARIN, Re-r r.
mh21-4t tT. R. HARRISON, Receiver.
MOTICE.
U. S. Land Office, Oregon City.l
Oregon, March 11, 1878.
PLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
- at mis omce oy tsatnuel II. Dlx of Clacka
rars county agalnet J. Melr for abandoning
ma uviiicovriiu unir, o. am, uatea July zy,
1875, upon the E. 34 of N. E. Section at.
lawuDuipsoouin.iuingea iAst, In Clacka
roas county. Oreeon. with a view to th ran
collation of said entry: the said parties are
nereoy summoned io appear f.t this QtQce on
ihe 1st day of Mar, 1878, at 10 o'clock A. M
to respond and furnish testimony concerning
emu uuegeci suanuonmenc.
L. T. BARIN, Register,
mcbll-Iw. T. R. HARRISON. Receiver.
NOTICE.
U. S. Laxd Office, Oregon City, )
Oregon, March 11, 1878, )
COMPLAINT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
at this office by Thomas B. Oordon, of
Clackamas county, against W. P, Johnson for
abandoning his homestead entry. No. 2ti62,
dated December 10, 1874, upon the east H of
northwest ii section 22, township 4 south,
range 2 east, in Clackamas county, Oregon,
with a view to the cancellation of said entry ;
the said parties are hereby summoned to ap
pear at this oflice on the 17th day of April, 1878,
at 10 o'clock A. M., to respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged abandon
ment. Ii. T. BARIN, Register.
mchl5-4w. T. R. HARRISON, Receiver.
C'OTi TREASURER'S A'OTICE.
VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
A there are funds now in my hands appli
cable to the payment of county orders en
dorsed on or before the 1st of June, 177. In
terest theron will not be allowed after this
date. J. P. WARD,
County Treasurer.
Oregon City, March, 11. 1S78.
Final Settlement.
In the County Court of Clackamas County,
State of Oregon.
In the matter of the Estate of Richard. Haw
kins, deceased.
NOTICE IS HKRfillV GIVEN THAT
Arthur Warner, administrator of said
Estate, has rendered for settlement and filed
in sa'd Court his final account of Us admin
istration of said Estate, and that
Monday, the lit day of April, A. I. IST8,
being a day of a regular term of said Court
nas oeen appointed uy said Court for the
hearing of objections to said final
and for the settlement thereof by said admin
istrator. A1U11UU WARNER, Adm'r.
AGENTS.
The folio win? named trentlemen trill mrmtrn
subscriptions and advertisements for the
Enterprise :
Portland .
Astoria...
New Era...
Norton
Bonne's Ferry,.,,,..,..
Molalla
Pleasant Hill..........
E. D. Dement.
W. E. Dement
Dr. J. Casto
..Capt. 7j. C. Norton
., Chas. Wilson
.Maxwell Hamsby,Jr
J. E, McConnell
., G. W. Prosser
J. T. Chit wood
..... H. W. Lake
.........B. C Lewis
Oswego ,..,.....;.,,
1'HinHSCUS .,....,
Eagle Ceeek.............
Sandy.........
.8, B, Hatch
NOTICE.
U. S. Land Office, Oregon CTffy, 1
Oregon, March 6th, 1878. J
COMPL.AIXT HAVING BEEN ENTERED
at this otrlce by John P. Oage, of Clacka
mas county, Oregon, against (ieo. W. Roork.
for abandoning his homestead entry. No. 2978,
dated March loth, 1876, upon lota Nor. 1, 2, 3,
14, 15 and 1 of section 5, and the N W k of
the N W H of section 4, township 5 south,
rano-a lft vest. In Tillamook county. Oreeon.
with a view to the cancellation of aid entry :
the said parties are hereby summoned to ap-
- - rt: K 1UK Maw A I
pear buis uniuc r"j
fore atiitnvincit A. M to resDond and give
testimony concerning said alleged abandon
ment, li. X. BAtU.T, HCtlBVCi.
March 7. 187fMt.
THE GOOD SAMRITAJ DOSFITAl-
Board of JIanjfer.
Kt. Rev. B. Wlstar Morris, D. PretidmU,
Hon. M. P. Deady Vice PrenidrtU,
Gen. J. H. Eaton, Seeretnry.
Mr. George Good, Treasurer,
Rev. George Plnmmer, Mr. C. H. Lewis,
Capt. Geo.IL Flanders, Dr. R.B. Wilson,
Dr. Giisan, Mr. James Laidlaw.
Mr. Henry ilewett. wir. i-n n. iwu,
, Mr. Henry Failing.
Attending Ihyridan, C.C. Strong, it. IK
Consulting J'htfitian,
R B. Wilson, M. J. T. Gnlselan, JC.
R. Giisan. St. TK
This Hospital is in a high and baHhfnI
place, in the northwestern part of the City of
Portland, and commands a beantifnl vlw of
he valley and mountain. It bas eoovenien
bath rooms, lavatories and closets, and the
building is well supplied with hot and cola
water. It employs skillful and attentive male
and female nurses, and has superior accom
modations in the women's ward and la. pri
vate rooms for lying-in patients.
This is the Marine Jpital for Crregon.
United States seamen entitled to Hospital
treatment will apply to Dr, C. C. Strog. Ie
kura's building. First and Washington mtm or
at his residence, Salmon st, near Fourth.
OEft W. BOYD, Superintendent.
Mrs. B. Corwixics, Matron.
February 14, 1878-8m.
ESTABLISHED 1HGO.
R.
S. & A. P. LACEY,
ATTORN EYS-AT-UW.
S23 Seventh Street, Wnihington, D, C.
Patents and Inventors.
We ""secure Letterf Patejtt on Inven
tions. No attorney fees in advance in appli
cations for Patents in the United States. NO'
charges unless the patent is granted. No
additional fees for obtaining and conducting
a rehearing. Si'cial attention given to In
terference Cases before the Patent Office, Ex
tensions before Congress, Ipfringoment Suits
indifferent States, and al) litigAtion apir
taining to Inventions or latents. We als pro
cure Patents fin Cunada and other roreign
countiles. Send Stamp for Pamphlet giving
full instruction and terms.
XT, S. Courts and Departments.
Claims prosecuted intheSopreme Court of
the United States. Court of Claims, and all
classes ofjwar claims before, the Executive
Departments. Arrears of Pay and Bounty.
Officers, Soldiers ana Sailors of the lato
war, or their heirs, are in many cases en
titled to money from the Government, of
which they have no knowledge. Write full
history service, and state amount of pay
and bounty received. Enclose stump, and ft
full reply after examination, will be given
you without charge.
Pensions. O
AIT'Officers, Soldiers nl Sailors, at present
disabled, however slightly. frm wounds,,
ruptnre or other injuries, ordiseases received.
or contracted in the line of tint y in the late ,
War can obtain a pension. Many now draw-
ing pensions are entitled to increase.
V. S. General Land Office.
Contested Land Cases,Private Land Claims,
'Mining .Pre-emption. andt i omesiead, fasets
presenled before thr General .Land Officer
and Depart ment of the Interior.
Lund lVarranlii.
We- p.TV cash for Ponnfy Land Warrants
and Additional Homestead Serip. We invito
correspondence with all parties having any
for sale, and give firtl nasi explicit instruc
tions whew assignments are imperfect.
We conduct our ltijsness in seperate?
Bureaus, having therein the ass.ssance of
able and experienced lawyers and clerks,
and give our close personal supervision t
every important pnper prepared in each,
ipise. Promptc attention thus secured to all
business intrusted to ns.
Liberal arrangements made with attorneys
In all classes of business. Address
R, S. & A. P. LACEY", AUornfy, washing
ton, I). C
We preferc to- Hon M. O-' ErroFy.
dentad National 1.. ashinpton. D.t.i
C. K. Prentiss, Esq., Car Oermaa Am
Natlonal Bank, Wnshington. I. L. ; -Eewev.
Prfgt. Har.Natl. Bank, CaC'An?s
Hon. H. Waldron. V. Prst. 1st Natl. Ba,
Hillsidale, Mich.; J. R. HannS.E sq.. Cashier
City Natl. Canfc, Denver, lol, :J. D. Knox,
Esq., Banker, Topeka, Kansas.
FINAL SETTLEMENT.
In the County Court of Clackamas County,
State of Oregon.
In the matter of th estate of Mary Prosser,
deceased.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
iy Atrhur Warner, the duly appointed Ad
ministrator of the estate of Mary Prosser, de
ceased, has rendered and presented for settle
ment, and filed In said Conrt, his final ac
count of his administration of said cst-ate.and
that Monday the first (1st) day of April, A. D.
li78, being a day of a term of said Court, to
wit: of the April term, A. D. 1ST8, has been
duly appointed by said Court for the hearing
of objections to said final account. and for the
final settlement thereof with said adminis
trator. By order of said Court made Febru
ary 22, 1878. .ARTHUR WARNER.
Feb. 28, lS78-5t. Administrator.
Si
ummons.
XN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE
of Oregon for Clackamas County. W.
Eugene Dement, plaintiff, vs. T. J. Matlock,
Hopie C. Matlock, John S. Smith, James A.
Weston, and L. U. Allen and C. II. Lewis,
partners doing business under the firm nanae
of Allen A Lewis, defendants. Suit in equity.
To James A. Weston, one of said defendants.
In the name of the State of Oregon you ar
hereby summoned and required to be and ap
pear in the above named Court on or before
the first day of the terra thereof la be held on
the 4th Monday of April, A. I. 1CT8, and
answer the complaint tf plaintiff filed in the
above entitled suit, or for want thereof the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in said complaint, which, as
against you, consists In substance In asking
for a decree against you for $1,075, gold coin,
with interest at 1 per cent per month since
Aug. 5, 1875 ; and also the forclosure of a cer
tain mortgage given by you and one John S
Smith to secured the above mentioned sum
Auk. 5, 1875. to T. J. Matlock, wkich is rpmnl.
ed on pages 334, 335 and 336 in Book "E." of
the record or mortgages in Clackamas mnntv-
Oregon. This summons is published Pur
suant to an order of Hon. K- D. Khaiinpk-
Judge of said Court.
Dated Feb. 20, 1878. feb2S-6w.
JoiiNSON.EMcCowif, Macrcm, plfT att"y,.
Summons.
XN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE
1 of roir.in for Plnclrn m oa v,, .
., , ; - .-... iT, a' v mvji mo
will Ami estate tf l:wtiol iron... .1 ,
h . Unit n nil F.ln'.cti I f .1 n-n. . . , . . .
- - - ....... .u. j 1 nst(j-
plaintiffs vs. David McLaughlin, defendant
Suit in equity. To said defendant: In the
name of the ..State of Oregon, you are sum
moneil nnil r(inirof1 t l.n : .
atiove named Court, on or before the first day
of the term thereof to be legiyi and held on
the 4th Monday, the 22d day of April, A. D.
1878, and answer the complaint of plaintiffs
filed against you in the above entitled suit, or
for want thereol the plaintiffs will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the eom.
nlaint. Said relief mnilcla In .ilx..nu 1 -
quiring you to cancel a certain mortgage
given 10 you by uanlel Harvey to secure $20-,
(mm) and recorded on pages 377 and 378 in
Book A. of the record of mortgages;! Clacka
mas county, Oregon, and excluding you from
O PI IT linn in t 1 .1 . . . .
.. vx liiuicM in mu property aescnoeu
in said mortgage.
mis summons is published pursuant to an
order of E. D. Shattuckt Judge of said Court,
dated the 13th day of February, A. I . 1878.
JoiiNsoN.Mel'owN, Mackcm, pl'ffs aXfjSi
Oregon City, Feb, 21, 1878-0 w.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. k
rBTHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
JL duly appointed by the County Court of
Clackamas County, Oregon, as administrator
of the estate of Adam Weatherston, deceased,
iate of said State and county, all persons havi
ing claims ajrninst said estate will present
them duly verified with proper vouchers to
me, the undersigned, at tho Sheriffs oflice at
the Court House in Oregon City, Oregon, with
in six months from the date of this notice.
All persons owing said estate will call and
settle the same.
Dated Oregon City, Oregon-. Te). II. 1S7S
febUlt, J. T. APPERSON AdmT..
BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR
Sale at this office. Justices of tao Jaotk
oan got anything In tbelr line.