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tibtcQon Statesman AND UNIONIST. SALEM. FRIDAY, is::: JAN. 14 The Vhto ltepubtieaua State Ccnfrt& ('mini lire f On gn ' Vill meet at the office! of Hon. J.CL Mitchell, n the city of Portland, on Wdnedayf ibei 19th day of January, 1874, .it 10 o'cloek, a.m., to designate tb t'nre and place for the holdhig of tho Uaton fccputtlctih "State Convention f l8--: ' M. P. BERRY, Chairman. Salem, Deo. 14, 1849. ...... ' 'The following a iL members appointed int&GS: Baker cwanty.C.M. Foster Benton, T B.Odeneal ; Coos, II. H. Looe Carry, M. Riley ; Colnmbla, J. Q. CapW ; Clatsop, A. Montgomery ; Clackamas.B. Killen ; Donglas, T). C. Underwood ; Grant, J. Bobinson ; Jack won. J. J. ComstocV, Josephine, S. White ; Lane, W. W. BriaToMr ; Linn, E. P. Itassell ; Marion, M. P. Berry , Chairman ; Mnltnomah, J. K, MfocheRW Polk, J. L. Collins ; Tillamook , T. B. Handley ; Umatilla, J. II. Flak i Union, T). W. Litchtenthaler; Washington, W. D. Tiara.; Wasco, Lemuel Lyons; Yamhill, Dr. J. w. wtt. rh UaUa Repabllra Central Com mittee f IIk Caaty, Will meet at my officer tn Dallas, on S alar day, Jan. 29, 1370, at 11 o'clock, a. for the transaction of Important tuBroees. A full attendance is desired. Members Bridgeport, W. H. Helm j Luck- iamuto, Isaac 18. Sutler; Coma Vista, II. K. George; Moamouth, W. Wateraouse; Rick real, R. C. Perelral; Bethel, W. S.Baxter; Salt Lake, L. M. Waltoee ; Jackson, Paris McCain; Dong las, Jf. A. Xowbill ; Eola, Thos. Pearce; Dallas -J. L. Collins, Chairman. A LIBERAL OFFER. M'eekJj GHbscribera Take Notice! To all who pay up thi'.r stibscriptions to the Weekly Waterman, within six months irom the commencement df Hhe year, we shall send as a presenttforone year, the American Stock Journal, a standard magazine, devoted to the Interests of farmers. Remember, that the year commenced with most of yon August 1st, 18G9. To all subscribers who have prepaid, and to all who shall subscribe and prepay for one year before May 1st, 1870, we make the same offer; r Many of oor subscribers will find no date on their address, which means that they owe us from Angast 1st, 18G9. If such will pay np to our agents, or send ns by letter ihree dollars, prior to February 1st, they will -receive the Stork Journal for one year. If subscribers will all remember to pay up their subscriptions within six months, that will satisfy the Statesman, and enable us to pub lish more matter. We stand ready to go to more expense as soon as our readers pay up an 1 furnish the means. The 1st of January is an excellent time to pay up and be square with the printer, and we offer inducements to secure that you may do BO. Take Notice. We have continued sending the Weekly to all whose names were on the lists of the old Unionitt. We intend, before the next issue, to discontinue every subscriber who has not paid the amounts due the estate of Mr. Hunt ington;, as we have no proof that we can col lect from them if the estate cannot To Our Weekly Subscribers. ' We'are bow in the filth month of the publi cation of the JStatksmak, as the change of proprietors 'was made on the 1st day of Au gust. Duiing that time we have made no re quest for payment of subscriptions, desirous that yon should have full opportunity to test, and so fairly approve or disapprove our eourse. Determined to do our best and let the people be the judges, we have been gratified by realizing a success, which, although moder ate, has been entirely satisfactory. There are about three hundred new subscribers on oar lists, and we constantly receive additions, as well as friendly assurances from all quarters. Of course it takes money to run a newspa per, and more' of it than most people suppose. Bo we would simply say that we shall always be pi pared to send receipts to those who can pay up. ., A great campaign is approaching and we are anxious to be on hand, and always be found -in the front of battle. Great battles are seldom fought on credit, so if yon help ns out with cash, yon will tupply us with the real sinews of war. The proprietor is anxious to enlarge and improve the Statesman, and it depends entirely on the support he receives whether he ean be able to do so. We propose to give the people of Oregon at good a paper at thry trill pay or, and to raako it a success by making it in all respects a people's paper. If you know any good man who wants the Btatbsmas, send ns his name, with the understanding that he pays for it in six months, and seoner, if be can. It is part f our faith that every sober working man ia the land ought te have a State paper, and that every tnaa who . wants to read. one, is good for the subscription price. We desire to call the attention of our readers and friends to the fact that are now publish about as much again of matter as the Ambricam Umoiust contained at ihe time of discontinuance. We shall increase the Statbbhah to the size of the largest paper now pablished in this Stole when fire hand red met subscribers are ad ded to our list, and anything oar friends can do to help ns to reach that number will be fully appreciated. , We repeat again, that the Statesman shall be as good aad as large a paper as- the people will way for. Please ex amine the direction of your paper aad see if the date on the tag is the data U which you ihave paid up. Where their is no date named, the subscription commenced August 1st, 1869. Quite a aramber have sent as the subscrip tion price and paid np in advance, to whom we tender our "best thanks. Money cast akwayj be Jsent ns through tho tnaail at our risk, if sent with the knowledge .of postmasters. We have secured tbefoUoylug gentlemen as Agents : L. 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If they ortyrtake tho offender ia all diiwi-Hr)3 it trill co doirtrt go iiard with bint. .; . funding the Iffittional -Debt How to fund tbe debt and fedw.ee interest thereoti is tfce most important question for our Natwrtal financiers to decide and act Hpon, 'Colony's IiebkQ, a commercial paper published at St. Louis, considers this subject aad reviews C&i projects now before Con gress in the following article : The projeets for funding the debt at a lower rate of interest, have almost uoiformly fcUU-d to provide any inducement for the people to buy tho bonds to be issued. Mr. Morrill's bill provides for the issue of bonds bearing three and nixty-five btindreths per centum interest, to be sold at par, and the proceeds nsed to redeem the five-twenties. That would be an excellent thing for the Government if anybody would buy the bonds. But as long as one per cent, per month is obtainable anywhere in the country on the most solid security, it is impossible to conceive of any considerable amount of three sixty-five bonds being taken up. The European market affords do relief, for though capital is abundant there, and the rate of interest might be satisfactory, they lack the confidence in our Government which they must feel before they will take our bonds at par, and neither our d'gnity nor our interst will be subserved by offer ing our securities at a discount in Europe. So long as our six per cents are quoted abroad at a heavy discount, it is idle to attempt to place our three-sixty-fives in the same market at par. Nearly all of the funding projects are open to the same fatal objection. The bonds they provide for would fall dead on the market, and not only fail to aid in the desired reduction of the interest, but by their failure weaken our credit and bring our financial policy into contempt Jour nalists, indeed, have suggested a plan for free banking, based on the new, low interest bonds, but Congressional minds have foiled to perceive its plausibility, and that there are objections to it cannot be denied. Senator Corbett, of Oregon, is the first Legislator who has contributed to the dis cussion a ray of light. His proposition iiiy not be original. It is, at any rate, new to us, and strikes us as a possible, if not, indeed, an easy way out of the difficulty. lie proposes to issue $1,000,000,000 in thirty-five-year bonds, payable in coin, and not taxable in any form, principal or income ; the bonds for tli first three years to bear six per cent per annum, and for the next six years five per cent, per annum, for the following six years four and one half per cent per annum, and lor the following twenty years four per cent per annum. The interest for the first fifteen years will thereby average five per cent per annum, or ior the whole time of thirty-five years it would average four forty-three one hun dredths per cent per annum. It is contended by Senator Corbelt that the bill oners an inducement to those hold ing five-twenty bonds to accept this bond ia exchange for those they now hold. It would give the bondholders ine same rate of interest that they now get for the next three years free from tax, and a fair rate for the following twelve years, and by the expiration of that time the bond would find a place in our trust and savings institutions and in foreign markets, where four per cent , free from all tax, would be considered a good interest. This one thousand millions being funded into such a bond for tbirty five years, the balance of the five-twenties and other bonds could be paid or funded into a bond bearing a lower rate of interest long before the thirty-five-year's bonds should mature. - ' The New York: Tribune urges, as ' a fatal I objection" to Senator Corbett "s scheme, that it postpones any reduction of the interest for three years. Mr. Greely hopes to have the whole debt funded at four aud one-half per cent, long before the lapse of three years. It is easy to bope'' and "wish" so and so, but in financial matters man should be able to show some reason, for the faith that U in him. This is wbere Mr. Greely fails as a financial authority. Mr. Corbett, on the contrary, is a practical business man, who knows that neither Americans nor Europeans will buy bonds for any other reason than to make money. If, by by bis plan he can begin a substantial reduction of the interest within three years, he will have done the country a signal service, Mr. Greeley to the contrary, notwithstanding. .Beauregard as an Inventor. G. T. Beauregard whose capture of Sump ter opened the rebellion, has accepted the situation so far as to turn bis capacities, which certainly cannot be small, towards useful purposes. lie has beaten his sword into a plow share and gone to work to rebuild, what so many of his associates in destroying are etill whining over, the prosperity of the nation. lie has invented and lately patent ed an apparatus for propelling cars on land and boats in water by means of wires stretched over head in lieu of a track and operated by stationary engines ; the ar rangements of clamps, and devices for dis engaging, is said to be very ingenius. Beau regard himself gays : This improvement of mine is destined, I believe, to create a rapid increase in the number of street railways in and about cities, and of canals in the country, by materially diminishing their current or run ning expenses. Moreover, in the northern latitudes, where, owing to the ice, canals lay idle part of the winter, they will be used in oonneclion with the stationary en gines and endless wire ropes of my system, as so many railways for properly construc ted cars and boats. When these arrive at any locks, they w ill be easily transferred from one level to the other by a lifting plat form. Tue speeches delivered ns eulogies of the deceased Senator Fessenden are crit ically reviewed by a correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who shows much delicate ' perception of character radoing it Morrill, of Maine, is commended as delivering a most elegant tribute to the nemory of his colleague. Sumner who bad of late years been Fessenden's most bitter antagonist, is Beverly reviewed and compared to Brutus, at the grave of Caesar, while th5 remarks of our own Senator are alluded to as follows : Judge Williams, of Iowa, now of Oregon, one of the most sturdy and splendid natures in congress made a speech scarcelv so soft and delicate as Morrill's, but, as the eman cipation of a Btronger manhood, even more exhaustive and interesting. He took the delicate sketch of Morrill, and added some vigorous touches, which made the portrait bolder, yet in no whit disturbed its truth fulness. This speech, also, was a surprise tome, who, from toe daily work of Williams, had ao reason to suspect such a literary development in bim. When he remarked that Fessenden was so careful not to do wrong that sometimes be seemed afraid to do right." be stated in the gentlest, yet truest way, what perhaps, was a weakuess in his subject You cannot ake to your fireside a speech from the Latin or Saxon mote worthy of the utterer and the theme than, this of Williams', its appearance in the Globe is an answer to all objections against printing the full debates of Con gress : for the Nation of men te whom they beta belonged could not afford to let such finely and cotemporaneous literature perish. The defects of the speech are the flourish at the bottom of it and some o'er violent simile The Herald finds in the Republican (Wasbiogto City) of Dec. 23d. an item which must liar: escaped tbe operators. It is to the eilecs that " The President has re moved the four priacipal officers of Wash ington Territory -Governor Flanders, Chief Junice Dennisoo.Coliector of Customs Wil son, and United States Marshal Rite it haying been prowl ihat they bolted the regular nominated Republican ticket at the l-4st election of Territorial Delegate." If it is not a sell, it shows that Gwit retains an other of the good point of Jackson's doc trinef . and perhap the beat of ilia lot Sadly Scared. The Albany Democrat has got the Chi nese question so prominently developed that it actnally amounts to a panic. An old lady, afflicted with hysterics, could not exceed the symptoms of any Democratic journal that coufines its mind, for weeks at a time, upon the single question of Chiaesc immigration, and its effects and conse quences. The evil grows in their imagina tion as they feed upou it, even as the dis ordered stomach creates a nightmare from the indigestion of wholesome food. So our Democratic neighbors, with minds oppress ed with tho idea of a hundred millions of Chinese which is the lowest figure tbey try to digest at once have fearful visions at the sight of one single pig tail waving in the air. The Democrut ridicules the intention of Williams' bill to prohibit importation of Chinese, because it denies that any are brought here against their will. The inten tion of Senator Williams' bill is to prevent the bringing of Chinese to this coast in any number or manner, save as single individ uals, bound to no service and free to en gage at will, at such price as they may choose and in any labor or occupation. The bill prevents Koopmanschip & Co. from bringing over thous. nds and tens of thou sands of coolies, bound to serve so many years at a price agreed on ; prevents the introduction of lewd women, or of any Chinawoman or female not forming part of some family. In fact, the bill, it enacted and faithfully executed, will break up the infamous coolie trade and prevent the im portation of Chinese prostitutes, which are the crying evils Democracy has niado so much complaint of. A Democratic politician is so much like the Irishman's flea that "when you putjour finger on him be isn't there." They have spoken and written, and spouted and print ed denunciations of the coolie trade, and now, when steps are' taken to ubolUh it, somo of them have the manhood to say that it is the only form of Chinese immigration they approve of ; others say there is no such immigration as that of coolies ; and some others say that white is black and the bill doesn't mean what it says. As there is no pleasing them, we shall probably have to go on without them ; carefully watch the coolie trade and pass tbe bill to sup press it, and keep the infamous women out of tbe country. If tho time shall ever come when the Chinese will flood the country and Asiatic suffrage become a possible contingency, the chances are tliut our present opponents will have effected a change of base and claim every Chinaman for his brother. Now, the fact is, that whenever tho Chinem quest on assumes national mugmtude, and Chinese immigration amounts to more than a mere supply of needed labor, the Repub licans will be found as ready as any party to check, control, or even abolish it But our opponents must have something to howl over, and, as a Merciful Providence has de prived them of other argument, let them wave tbe Cbinoee pig tail in tbe breeze and shout any battle cry they please. Killing vs. Murder. Now that men and women, too, seem to vie with each other in a reckless disregard of human life, when it is generally under stood that juries will not find a man guilty of murder, under certain circumstances, be the evidence what it may ; and espe cially in the lace of the fact that many journals, and some of them laying claim to leadership, openly commend the action of a man who shot another in cold blood and without warning, commend this action be fore tbey see a particle of evidence against the victim ; it is with pleasure we read the following from the able pen of George W. Curtis: If we justify a. husband in killing a man whom be accuses of stealing his wife's af fections, we must justify the wife for kill ing any woman whom she may accuse of beintrbis paramour or of diverting bis pref erence. Thus the most precious lives might be sacrificed to a whim of jealousy, or to a groundless suspicion. The justifica tion of assaults, by what is called injured husbands, serves, however, to show how in grained is tbe feeling that a man's wife is in some way bis property. If a husband shoots tbe alleged seducer, or merely the guiltless confidant of his wife, tbe public shrugs its shoulders and remarks that the victim ought to hare countei tbe cost. But if the wife should shoot a poor woman of tbe town because of her husband's offense, or any innocent woman whose society her husband sought, there would be immense consternation. And yet, is not the marriage vow equally binding on husband and wile? If the husband may punish what be calls offense against bis honor, may not tbe wife avenge outrages upon ber ? There is but ono remedy, and that is to insist, by the oonvictlon of plainly proved offenders, that offenses sbali not be privately punished. If a man attacks you on the highway, or breaks into your house, you will justifiably defend yourself by every practicable means. But to justify a deliberate attempt at murder, by a man's allegation that his honor has been assailed and bis domestic peace dis turbed, is to relax the foundation of civil ized society. If a wife's affections are alienated there is at least room for suspic ion that tbe husband's conduct bos not been such as to retain them. Certainly tbe common welfare demands that there be some better reason than "outraged honor" offered in extenuation of murder. The Annexation of San Domingo. A dispatch dated Washington, Jan. 8lh. says a treaty for the annexation of San Do mingo was negotiated by President Baez and our commercial agent Perry, at the city of San Domingo., The treaty, with tbe secret message of 'General Grant, will be sent to tbe Senate on Monday. They pri vately assert Sao Domingo to be of Us much importance to us as the island of Cuba, as the acquisition of the one will more easily lead to the possession of tbe other. Although this last treaty cennot be published or made known at present, it, no doubt, contains the following propositions : 1. Tbe United Slates stipulates to pay $500,000. ,i 2. Tbis money is to be devoted to liqui dation of all the obligations of San Do mingo, including its redemption of its cur rency, which is represented to be compara tively small in amount 'X In case the obligations assumed by tbe United States exceed the before mentioned sum, tbe publio lands of San Domingo are pledged as security for the excess. 4. For the liquidation of tbe obligations, disinterested commissioners will be appoint ed bv each contracting patty. 5. In consideration of tbe discharge of these obligations ban Domingo cedes all forts, docks, customhouses, and all other nnblic buildings, arsenals, etc., and com plete jurisdiction over the country. 6. Saa Domingo will be annexed or ac quired as territory and not as a State, and will be subject to legislation by Congress in the sanw manner as other Territories. 7. Tho treatv will be valid to all intents and rjnrnoses. when the rate fixed by the Senate of tbe United States is confirmed by a vote of the majority or the citizens or San Domingo. A young man named Upton was drowned near Astoria on the 6th Inst. Tte Late Earthquake. Earthquakes can not be called uncommon occurrences, in California, but the one which shook them up as the old year went out was so wide spread and caused such general consternation as to be worthy of mention. By the various telegrams we were informed of the wide extent of the shake through the country south of Oregon and now we hear of the people of Nevada being badly disorganized at the same time. The Enter prise of Virginia City described tho occur rence as a night of terror to allVhe town and villages in that section. During the whole night of Dec. 28tb, tbe shocks were never more than ten minutes apart Walls, chimneys and whatever was built of brick or stone, were thrown down. Hotels were speedily emptied of their occupants, the streets were filled all night with excited and alarmed people, animals all showed signs of fear and by their performances added to consternation cf the luckless Nevadians. The following passage is the close of a graphic description of the scene in Virgin ia city : A great many ladies were so badly fright ened that they fainted ; children cried and clung to the garments of their parents; dogs howled, and the horses and mules in the stables broke their baiters, and crowding to gether, raised a terrible hubbub. In one hotel up town three ladies fainted at one time ; one made a dash to jump out of a window, while another, in slippers and night-clothes, make a break out into the street, with her husband in full chase. In the big hotel down town the ladies got in the parlor and held a grand pow-wow, which was about half prayer meeting and half lu natic asylum. The prisoners in the County jail were much frightened, as they might well be. for the jail is on the first floor of the Court bouse a very tall buildiog. Among tho prisoners confined is a coWvred woman half Indian and half negro known as " Bell Creole." This woman was almost frantic at times, and was in herself a whole camp m-eling. She prayed some powerful prayers, but occasionally forgot herself and outswore "our army in Flanders." Mississippi. Tho Radicals, aro jubilant over their late election. They gay that they beat tho combin ation of soreheads, bolters, and ragtag-and bobtail which undertook to nflfilliato with the bedrock Democrats under the name of Nation al Republicans, with greater caso than they could have expected to beat a Democratic tick et under true colors. Dent, the Demooratio carpet-bagger, did not rccoivo( ono-third of tho votes oast. Alcorn, tho successful candidate for Governor, has boon a resident of the State thirty years and commanded many votes on personal merit. Tho Legislature i? Radical by four-fiflba ma jority in both houses, and will meet, elect Sen ators, ratify4ho lath amendment and adjourn to await the action of Congress, on their ad missiou to representation. Qovernor Alcorn refuses to be inaugurated until tbo question is decided, which will no donbt be beforo long, as the way tho citizens of that Ktate want to work shows that they mean business, they can no longer be induced to stay out in the cold by the specious reasoning and false promises of those who would keep them out of Congress simply as a subject out of which to make capital. Democratic Economy is receiving a new exposition in California, according to our exchanges from there. Complaints are made on all sides of the reckless manner in which the Legislature is bestowing its patronage and the peoples' money. It is said that the pay of their numerous pages, porters, com mittee clerks, Ac. have already reached the aggregate of $2,000 a day, and tho force is each day receiving accessions to their nu'm bers. The pay of attaches during the re cent recess amounted to about $25,000, that was for holding office during the holidays. The estimated expenses of the session are $400,080 and one writer sums the matter up by saying that questions concerning dis bursements are all reduced to this one: " Does tbe money go into ths pockets of a good Democrat V If so it is all right, no matter what may be the proposition. Tub members of the Harvard crew who rowed in the international boat race on the Thames are out in a card concerning the article on that subject in Harper's Mag azine for November. They say they have mfule a rule to keep silence regarding all misstatements that may be made, and that this rule compells them to speak now, that they may deny the authority of the writer to speak for them. He had no authority to write as " Secretary of tbe Harvard," and moreover, bis account is incorrect They received the best of treatment from the English people, and were fairly beaten. All the members of the crew siitn this card with the exception of Simmons, who is in Europe, and can not be beard from in time. A Suicide occurred at Marysrille under peculiarly touching circumstances. Mr. C P. Pollard, a prominent citizen of that place, who was extensively engaged in the drug business, bad been watching by the sick bed of his wile for several days. Her disease was erisipelas and on being finally informed by the physicians that she must die, the hus band gave himself np to despair. On the 24th of December while Pollard was asleep, worn out with watching, his wife expired and on awakening and learning tbe fact he immediately withdrew to a chamber, lay down on tbo bed and blew out his brains with a revolver. He was buried by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a mem ber. Mexican affairs seem to Le again becom ing complicated. Our neighbor on tbe south seem to be unfortunate in respect to governments. Scarcely recovered from the I attempt of Europe to force a monarchy upon them, which united the people against their common invader, they are already falling into disunions among tbem selves. Their present good Republican form of government is meeting with much dissatisfaction : tbe local insurrections are assuming alarming proportions, and no one need be surprised to hear of a great civil war breaking out any day. The Mercury deals out- a little more "steamer Ann" to its admiring friends, but on the whole rather weakens in the attack. Having gained all tbe new subscribers that can be got on that issue, of course there is no use. in keeping up that clatter longer. What next! The Sacramento Record has an acconnt of a child twelve months old getting bead first into a pail containing three pints of water. When the parents wbo had left the child in charge of one a little' older re turned, tbey found it dead. Tbe Polk county Tunes boldly indorses Munger's repudiation resolution in Con gress, and denounces tbe Bixty-four Demo cratic member who voted to condemn all such i ropositions irrespective of party." If more of them would show their colors, the contest in Oregon this spring would be a very easy thing. TELEGKAPHIC SUMMARY. f . LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. New Orleans, Jan 7. In tbe Legislature yesterday, the bill repealing tbe gambliog laws, passed to a third reading. Gov. Warmouth's message congratulates the Legislature on the improved condition of public affairs and tbe good feeling existing between the people of both races, lie takes a cheerful view of the political situa tion, and speaks of the general prosperity of the State. Ho advises tho co-operation of Arkansas, Mississippi. Louisiana and tbe General Government for the assessment of special taxes for levee purposes, and favors the encouragement of great works of inter nal improvement, education, and immigra tion. A largo proportion of the message is devoted to tho consideration of ttate finances. FROM MEXICO. Havana, Jan. 7. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 1st says Gov. Seward is still at the Capital. He was expected to leave Vera Cruz with Senor Senear, editor of the S'ujlo, and a prominent politician who has since died. Congress has appro priated $30,000 for the relief of bis family. Great fif shets bad occurred in Ibe prov ince of Chia Pas. The water bad com pletely washed away many of the farms lying on the borders of the rivers, and it was computed that no less than 2,0J0 lives were lost. The revolution in San Louis Potosl is in creasing. In Puebla the insurgents had captured several towns, defeating the Gov ernment troops, and capturing and exe cuting Gen. Bocardo. Fears "were general that the revolution is daily increasing. A CANADIAN RAILROAD. Ottawa. Jan. 7. Notice has been given in the Official Gazelle that an applica tion will be made to Parliament at its next session for an act of incorporation for" a company, to build a railroad from Ottawa to Fort Garry, on Ued river, and thence to the confine of l!i hisli Columbia ; al.o, for the const ruction of a brunch thereof from Fort Garry to the most con venient point on the. United Slates line. with power also to build steamers and other vessels, and to navigate tho river Saskatchawun and its branches, and tbe rivers and lakes traversed by the railroad ; also, that the credit of the Dominion be ex tended to aid such company by granting mortgages on wild public lands along the route, in proportion as the worK proceeds The name of the company will be the Canadian Pacific Railroad and Navigation Company. EUIIOPR. London, Jan. 7. Sir Curtis Lampson has written a letter to the Times, ridiculing the anti-Iiepudiation declination in the annual message of th Governor of New York. He takes occasion to remind dov. Hoffman that it is owing to his action that Fisk has control of the Erie Railroad, aud that he is ri8p'iisible for that fraud. London, Jan. 8. The Saturday Revieie in an article ou American finances thiuks that' the chances are decidedly against the repu diation of the national debt on the part ot the United States, because its payment is easy and profitable. Paris. Jan. 7. A story has been exten sivelv published on tho continent lately that President Grant will soon visit the sovereigns ol Europe, and that he will make a trans-atlautic voyage, accompanied by a fleet of iron clads. Mr. Win. Douglass has issued a challenge to the world to race bis yacht Sappho to bandy Hook, on tbe 4th of July. The trial of the editor of the Raphael for the violation of the press law, has been concluded, Charles Hugo and Felix Piatt, chief editors, were sentenced to four month's imprisonment and a fine of 1.000 francs. They were also sentenced addition ally to four month's imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs for having distributed among the soldiers in the barracks, an ar ticle calculated to foment insurrection. UTER. WASHINGTON NEWS. Washington, Jan 9. Several surveyois in Pennsylvania and Ohio, recently, had their commissions revoked by Commissioner Delano, lor the violatiou of duty, especially for failing to have stamps properly can celled. Generals Garfield, Howard and others addressed 3,000 persons on tho proposed international t air, amid great enthusiasm A son ot Lopez is in Washington. His mission was to make terras for bis father, but the news of Lopez's evacuation of Par aguay makes it against bim. The Postmaster General received a letter from the President ot the International Steamship Company, stating that the con struction of the first two steam vessels was agreed upon, and they expect they will make tweuty-nve miles per nonr in smooth water and cross the ocaan in average time ot eignt days. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. New York, Jan. 10. General Fremon publishes a lengthy card in the Tribune of this morning defending the Memphis and j'.ipaso 1'acitic Kaiiroad company, wneren be says it ia expected to have at least 75 miles of tbe road in operation before the close of the year. Forty-eight thousand acres of land near Atchison, Kansas, have been sold to an . Emigration Association of Glasgow, for SLG5.000. The men leave in February or Marcn. A steam tug returning this morning from quarantine caught fire and the crew were fo ced to escape in small boats. Tho tug wa: burned. Montgomery, Jan. 0. The Supreme Court of Alabama has decided that there has been no property in slaves since 1S(3. and th.U every judgment given by any of the courts of Alabama from lSCtl to 18tJ5 are null and void ; also, that ull officers, courts and Leg islatures were mere usurpers during that period. CALDWELL, THE FORGER. New York. Jan. f). A Mnntroiil ononiil says Judge Curlin discharged Caldwell . 1 T T , t f jfcsi.riu.ijr. ne recapea oeiore new papers could ,be served, walking out cf the court room and locking the door in the High Con stable's face, wbo was about to serve a warrant on bim. Cincinnati. Jan. 9 .Edward Clurk, of Covington. Kentucky, killed his three-year old son this evening, by pointing at him a gun supposed to have been empty, and pulling the trigger. The gun proved to be loaded and tne charge of shot went through tue Doy s head. New Orleans. Jan. 9. About two hundred and fifty Chinese arrived here yesterday ana lett immediately tor Texas. EUROPEAN. Madrid, Jan. 9. Tbe ministerial crisis has terminated. Senor Rivers. President of tbe Cortes, has accepted the Ministry of the Anterior. Admiral lopeto of tbe Marine and Senor Sagosta of the Department of date. London. Jan. 9. A Trade's Union riot occurred at Thorncliff colliery, near Shef field, yesterday. Much excitement prevails at Sheffield and in tbe surrounding coun try. TT1E ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. Rome, Jan. 8. Several extra Roman Fathers signed tbeir names to a petition to the Pope, praying His Holiness to present to the Council an opportunity for declaring tbe dogma of Infallibility. FOR PEACE RIVER. The H B. Co.'s steamer Otter leaves for tbe North about the 15th inst. A party of miners, for Ominecka diggings, will go up on her. Washington, Jan. 10. Gen. Sherman to day announced the death of Gen. Mower. Sumner "has prepared an elaborate bill for ref unding tbe debt at a lower rate -of in terest It is highly spoken of by all. Morton has a bill to prohibit the arming and equipping of vessels tor foreign ser vice. This ia intended particularly for Spain. Among tbe nominations by the President is that of E. L. Applegate, for Surveyor General of Oregon. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Tho Senate has confirmed (be nomination of L. Sawyer as Judge of the North Cir cuit Tbe President sent in the treaty for tbe lease of Samana Bay and the annexation of San Domingo. Ibe v ice President sutinut- ted several communications from the Cab inet Secretaries in answer to resolutions of tbe Senate on various subjects, and from the National Typographical Lnion. praying for tbe favoiable consideration of the post al telegraph bill, pending lathe House; also various petitions for tbe abolition of the franking privilege, the recognition of the independence of Cuba, etc. A large number of bills were introduced, including one for the annexation of British Columbia, in the subjects for negotiations with England. Stewart moved to take up the bill enti tling Virginia to representation in Congress. Sumner opposed action on the bill until a committee investigates the condition of af fairs in Virgiuia. The bill was taken up and an animated discussion ensued. Drake moved an amendment providing that any future reconsideration by a State of its ratification of tbe Fifteenth Amend ment should operate to exclude it from rep resentation. The debate continued, without reaching a vote until the Senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. In the House a large number of bills were introduced, tbe most importaut of which was a bill apportioning Representa tives to Congress, by Paine : Section one provides that after March 1, 1872, the House of Representatives shall consist of three hundred members. If any new States be admitted aftr the next cen sus, tbeir Representatives shall bo addition al to tbw three hundred. If any Stale be reduced in numbers by this apportionment, Mich reduction fhall not take effect in the forty-second Congress, but its Representa tives that come to Congress in excess of the number fixed by the apportionment shall be additional to the three hundred. If the Representatives from any State shall be in creased by the apportionment, such addi tional Representatives shall be chosen by a vote at largo. The remaining actions provide that V.r ginia, Mississippi. Texas and Georgia shall be included in the apportionment ; and pro vide the detail for carrying out the bill. Bingham introduced a joint resolution de claring Virginia entitled to a representa tion in Congress and moved the previous question on the passage. The main ques tion was ordered, 78 to 58. Benjamin mov ed to reconsider tbe vote ordering the pre vious question. Afier much fillibusteriog tbe vote was reconsidered. Finally the resolution went over. MISSISSIPPI AFFAIRS. Memphis. Jan. 10. The Avalanche's Jack son, Mississippi, special says Gov. Alcorn refuses to be inaugurated until the State is admitted into the Union. The Legislature will meet and ratify the 15th amendment, elect United States Senators, and adjourn until after the admission of tbe State. Montreal, Jan. 10. The Carleton county court house was burned yesterday, and a large number of papers were destroyed, but many of the most valuable documents were saved. Troy, Jan. 10. Th North Adams Sav ings Bank was robbed last night ol" 1 3iJ,000 iu U. S. bunds. Concord, Jan. 10. A iarge brick build ing in Railroad Square was burned to-day ; loss, $35,000 ; bail insured. Detroit. Jan. 10. A small house in w hich a woman and eight children were sleeping was burned last night Five children per ished in the Hames. Memphis. Jan. 10. Judge Hudson to-day issued an injunction against John Johnson, Mayor elect, from qualifying, on the ground that he was not a citizen of tbe United States. Chicago, Jan. 10. Fischer. Sheriff of Cook county, who was shot some time since by his mistress, but recovered, has disap peared, lie is supposed to have deserted bis wife and children and left an office worth $20,000 for the woman who attempt ed his life. SanFrancisco.Jan.il. The bark Dash ing Wave, now over 300 days out from New York for this port, has gone into Valpa raiso in distress ; Captain and mate sick, and the crew in a state of mutiny. The Dashing Wave was previously detained at Rio for somo time for repairs. At the ar nnal meeting of the stockhold ers of tbe Pacific Railroad, held tbis after noon, the old Directors were re-elected. EXCITEMENT AT LOS AXGELOS. Los Angelos, Jan. 11. The arrest yester day of tho Mayor and Common Council of this city upon an indictment by the grand jury for malfeasance in office, continue to be tbe theme of exciting conversation. Last night tbe band visited the jail and gave a serenade under the impression that the of ficials were incarcerated. ' Home Again" was the first tune Many ftatements have been made concerning alleged illegal issue of city scrip, and several libel suits will grow out of tho matter. The grand jury reports the fraudulent issue of city scrip at upwards of $20,000, and asks the coun ty to restrain its redemption. The impres sion prevails abroad that the city has an enormous' lioatiing debt, the amount of which is only known to the ring. Several thoroughbred trotters have late ly arrived from tho East via the Pacific Railroad. Several Eastern capitalists, seeking land ed investments, are visitinir this section. FROM NEW YORK. New York, Jan. 10. John Hyler, ex-Congressman from New Jersey, died yesterday from injuries inflicted by a drunken man somo weeks ago. The murderer is in cus tody. Tho clergyman of this city, reported to have eloped with a young lady ot his flock, is tho Rev. Cook, of the West Seventh street Methodist Episcopal Church. He leaves bis wife and two children behind. Henry Ward Beecher's salary has been increased from $12,5Ul) to $17,500. Washington, Jan. 11. Secretary Boutwell last night lectured for the benefit of the charity fund of the Grand Army of the Re public, a( Lincoln Hall, which was filled to overflowing. Tho report of Capt Raymond, of the En gineer Corps, describes Yukon River, in Alaska, an the third largest in the world. JAPANESE INDEMNITY. In reply to a resolution of the House, Boutwell says that the Department of the Treasury has no information relative to the payment of $600,000 by Japan as indem nity for aggressions on our commerce, as stipulated by the treaty of 1864. tbo books showing no such amount deposited. Fortress Monroe, Jan. 10. The Spanish frigate Isabella Cattolica, accompanied by one gunboat, has arrived, having parted company with others which are expected to-night. Boston, Jan. 10. Nine of tbe crew of tbe Miantonomah deserted on Saturday, four of whom were arrested and returned to the vessel. Tbe election of Judge Richardson late Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Presi dent of the Hartford and Erie Railroad, gives much satisfaction to tbe stockholder. Richmond, Jan. 10. Amidee Savran, tho French Consul, died yesterday lrom para lysis. A fire yesterday morning, at Burnvillo, destroyed tbe railroad depot, hotel and a number of adjoining residences. San Francisco, Jan. 11. In the matter of tbo collision between the steamers Ori flatnme and Pacific, a rigid investigation will be bad ; meanwhile tbe Captains of both vessels have been suspended from duty. The libel case of J. Slratman has been continued. A large crowd assembled to-day on the corner of Clay and Montgomery street", and created considerable excitement, caus ed by the report that a man from San Joa quin Plains was endeavoring to secure 40 or 50 Cbinamen to go there and dig a canal at fifteen cents per cubic yard. V bite men refused to go at that price, bence the resort to Cbinamen. Tbe bark Mist, with coal for San Fran cisco, was burned at sea. NEW ORLEANS ELOPEMENT SENSA TION. Nfw Orleass, Jan. 11. Crook, tbe di vine wl-o eloped with a young lady, a member of bis cburch, has hitherto possessed the entire confidence of bis flock, but it is feared his evil courses were ot of recent origin. He believed to have been tbe prey of black mail ers for some time post in consequence of bis secret indiscretions, and driven to tho wall by their importuuities be finally resolved to secure the person of a poor trusting child and fly. He departed on Saturday, leaving letters to his wife and tbe father of MLss JohDson, con fessing hi crime, The detectives are on his track id several directions. Tbo girl i? un doubtedly ruined. Her brothers are following sod a bloody tragedy will probably end this painful drama. TENNESSEE CONSTITUTIONAL C0N . VENTIOX. Nashville, Jan 10. The Constitutional Convention met at noon to day. John C. Brown was elected permanent President, hav ing been a General in the Confederate army. On taking the chair he made a brief speech, conservative in tone. Other permanent offi cers were elected. London, Jan. 10. A writer in tbe Daily Xeic to-day, while reprobating Sampson's sneers at American credit, recently published in the Timm, proves that by the ditt'erence in exchange, the United Suites five-twenty bocds at 86 are really higher in price than British consols at 92. GENERAL NEW?. Ltxx Coixtt. The Register of the 8th instant give the following as tbe shipments from that point during December: One hundred and thirty half barrels lard ; 28 cases lard; 11 cases bacon; 20 gunnies bacon ; 148 boxes eggs pi half parrel eggs; 52 kegs butter; 4 cases merchandise ; 143 packages merchandise ; 7 sacks beans ; 50 boxes butter; 29 half barrels fruit; 21 boxes apples ; 59 sacks flour, (country brand ;) 2 coops fowls ; 5.780 sacks A. S. M. flour The Lin.i County Agricultural Society proposes to donate $500 to the railroad The remains of F. M. Koontz arrived in Albany on Wednesday, having been brought from California, where be died, lor interment by the Odd Fellows and Masons A young Irishman of Albany was pronounced insane and will be sent to East Portland. Two substantial bridges have been buiit aorossbe Calipooia, above Brownsville, at a cost of $2.099 Rev. Joalr Powell is not deau. lie haa been very ill but is better A wagon containing eleven persons was upset near the residence of II. A. Johnsou, and turned completely over. Strange to say, the party escaped with slight bruises and much um 1. Poktlaxii. By all the papers we see that they have been having very slippery times in Portland, several persons having received severe falls. The Herald mentions Mr. B. F. Goodwin. Cashier at Ladd & Tillon's, who fell with such force as to break his wrist. William Currier also fell and sus tained severe injuries Mrs. Morden, the mother of B. L. Morden, County Clerk died on Sunday after an illness of more than six weeks. The Evening Gill was delayed by an accident The steamer Ajax left San Francisco on Saturday List. , DorciJis CorxTV. The Ensign of the 8th sas: A son of Mr. Leighman, who re sides some six or seven miles from Oakland, was found dead near tbe close of last week. The boy, wbo was ten or twelve years old had gone out to hunt birds several days be fore, aud not returning when expected, search wu3 made lor bim, which resulted in finding bis body, lying several feet from his gun. with a wound that bad evidently caused bis death. From the situation and appearance of the body, it is thought that the young hunter had slipped and fallen in such a manner as lo discharge the piece, and inflict a fatal wound A new Pre cinct has been established which includes Camas Valley. It is called Camas Valley Precinct Sales of Land in tbe month of December weie light There were sold 1.3ti5.(i9 acres; taken for Homesteads, 3.- 73LG9 ; Pre-empted 1,920 ; total 7,017,38. Pokti.axo. Jax. 12, Tho Oregonian says that the bark Whistler sailed on tbe 11th. with one of the largest cargoes ever taken from that place in a sailing vessel cut by the mills in Portland during tbe present year A West Side Railroad meeting was held at Ladd & Tilton's on i uesuay , uu j'loceeuiiigs reporieu The Aiav nassed the Montana bound South ou Monday morning ; she should be in port before this blow, even if it extended to that latitude The funeral of Mrs. Nordet was attended by a large concourse ot sym pathizing friends. Idaho. The Statesman has an account of a difficulty between A. C. Schwatka and C. li. Bail, from which it appeals that Bail u dertook to cane Schwatka, but didn't, b cause he didn't like the looks of tho 1 ter'a derringer The unnual election it Of City officers came off ou the 3d of Jan II ary A colored man. named Wil IS Moores, reported having found a dead In dian in his bed. On investir,uiini ln,l lan Jack was found shot throneh the heart n nd wrapped in a blanket, lying on Moore's oca. .Moore was put under $2.01)0 bail await trial . . . . . .The Statesman is still pu lishin? the evidence in elie I!nrinmit..rM, to b or ford case, and promises to publish the whole case in inn. it is quite lengthy. Polk Cor.vrr The Times tells rf an in. tended wedding, squelched at the eleventh hour, after the license had been issued. Tho damsel's father, rifle in hand, having enjoined further proceedings The public installation of Friendship Lodge No G L . O. F., was a success. The Times says Ihe supper was worthy or the gods ; the speech, by Jud -e Whitson, brief, vetbanpv and the party lotb to disperse although the Sabbath was close at their heels. VoitTLAxn. Jan. 13.-Tbe Ecening Call says : A man named Morgan, living a few miles west of this city, accidently shot him self on Monday last while bunting. The char-o of shot passed through tbe foot, a little forward of the iustep. inflicting' a painful and dangerous wound Mr F M. Bates who was expected to'arrive'on he steamship Ajax. with a company of theatricals for Oro Fino Theatre. U a pas senger on the steamship California, Sow due at this port The Oregonian says that the Council re fused fo raise their Street Cominisssoner'e salary to $1,800, as had been proposed. A petition is being circulated in Portland, asking the United Stales Senators and Red resentatives in Congress from Oregon to use their influence to secure the abolition of the franking privilege. It is receiving numerous signatures The whirr t Moffet A Stephens, which was token down by piling on too much freight, has been re paired and made quie strong as' . brought 250 tons ol freight. , From the Herald we learn that a man named Robert Scarborough, on Monday Jan. 3d, left his home, in Wakiakum county' W. T., for a deer hunt. He gaw a doer' and in the act of crossing a log, over the Cathlaraet, hesl.pped, and at the same mo ment threw his gun. When it struck the ground an explosion took place sending the charge through the regioLf bia thighf He was found shortly after and conveyeS lo bis borne. He lingered in crreat until the following Wednesday, JaJh7 and then expired. : ' olb' iOW IS THE TIME TO ' Subscribe for the Statesman. A Splendid Chance, ; - An ExtraortSnWy Offer. 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From oim palace to the other, with a width of about fifty feet, tbe line of the route was covered witu a yellow sand, to soften the passage, foi you must know tnat the Place du Car rousel is paved with a flinty stone, which makes a terrible clatter when driven upon by vehicles. On both sides of this road bed ot sand were drawn up in double file the National Guard. Behind them stood tbe police, and behind the police the multi tudes who came to see. In various spots in the court were stationed little knots of troops. The safety of the Emperor deem ed to bo guaranteed beyond tho possibility of a doubt. Precisely at ono, in the direction of the Tuilleries I heard a blare ot trumpets, and looking up I saw from tbe central pavilion of the palace a soldier waving slowly the flag of the country. Immediately fol lowing came tbe concussion of a heavy dis charge of artillery stationed at the Inval ides. about two miles distant. All Paris was thus advised that the Emperor was en route. A faint huzza and the uneasy surg ing of the crowd beyond, advised me that the supremo moment was near. First a squad of hot semen, then two or threee car riages with occupants, the hoi8i"s gaily decked and the vehicles trimmed w itb gold. "There be is!'' shouted a few. "No." No 1"' auswered tbe police and others. Another detachment of cavalry, followed by a coach of glass and gold, drawn by majestically caparisoned steeds, the driver and the foot men shining gorgeously in tbeir gold i.ico and tiuselry. Loud cheers arose around me, and peering over tbe beads in front, I saw the Emperor, a stoutish looking man, with thin gray hair, seated easily in the carriage, dressed in soldier's uniform, and frequently lifting bis hat to the multitudes. Beside bim sat a little gentle faced boy, the Prince, wbo also acknowledged tbe cheers by rais ing his bat I stood with a little knot of Americans, and we all felt disappointed at the apparent lack of enthusiasm in the crowd. Once, in fact, we gave a hearty ' Vive V Empereur " to show them our re spect for the bruve uiau that was passing by, for, however much our democratic in stir.ct miy revolt at the abstract Imperial tyranny, and however much we may feel like deriding such glaring pomp as marked the cortege that passed before us, we can not restrain our admiration of so w ise and intrepid a ruler as Napoleon III. . His Majesty passed on and entered ihe grand Hall of the Louvre, wbere he deliv ered his short address of not more than fif teen minutes reading, and then returned by the same route to tbe Tuileries. From Min ister Washburne, who was present at the delivery of the address. I learn that the Emperor read it in a full, round lone, with great deliberation and emphasis. At one poiut in it. wbere he said, France is anx ious for liberty, but accompanied ,y order; fur the latter 1 ansirer," the cheering was immense. Anoth r incident is of foiuo iu-t-rest. When the Deputies were announc ed, and the name of Uochefoit call .-d, th 't o ws a very decided laugh of derision in tho Assembly, followed by hearty cheers for tbe Emperor. liocbefort is ono of those brass-mounted fellows upon whom no in cident of this kind could have any effect. The man knew very well that he was not ia the house of his friends, and probably cull oled himself by the reflection that iY the IS ooo votes who returned him from tbo First Circumscription r Paris could hare a fair rhnke at my Lords and Ladies " of the galleries and benches around bim they would ina!.e short work of their laced coats, cocked hats and other 'gewgaws of state. The temper of tho " r nghs " who collected lo stH the show was shown iu their treat ment of the distinguished personages w tio attended the Emperor on all stale occasions. These aristocratic worthies in leaving the palace were obliged to pass out of tho court into tho Rue de Rivoli on the one side and tbe Quai do l'Ecole ou the other." These streets were so jammed w ith people that the carriages containing tbe Lords and Ladies were frequently choked up and stop ped for minutes at the time, during which, rough men and women crowded against the wheels and peered impudently in at the windows. At one io.ni nt a knot -f mis chievions Americans, by way of experiment, started a groan, which the crowd quickly caught and continued for some time, wind ing up with cheers for liocbefort Tho be havior or tbe dignitaries under all this rude ness an'd I suit was a pattern ol nonchal ance. Tbey wele i sed lo it. I suppose. Navigation- or the Rko Ska. -To make a canxl across the Isthmn of Suez, and so connect the Meditterraiean and the lied Seas, is one thing ; to render the Red Sea easy of navigation another. At present the most careful seamanship cannot securely guard vessels against accidents. Tbe sea is tull of coral reef and shoals. Only tho other day we reported Ihe loss of a ideatn er larger than the Scotu in this perilous high way. When the road becomes crow ded, we may look for a much larger proportion of accidents. It U ,.,-,. r t.ipbt ,las steaming between Suez and Aden, and du ring the wl ole of that tin,., the Captain of the Penmsnlar and Oriental steamer-tho line which plies between England and india-is scarcely ever off of deck, and riVeu,takcs off u'9 And yet wi'h ail this vigilance, three of these vesstU have been lost within a very few years. It 'I Proposed, we believe. Hut the Red Sea snould be beaconed nnd buoyed at the ex pense of England and France. It would be a noble work, and it is impossible to doubt that some hundreds of lives woi-' ' be saved by it. To the ordinary pas i ger tbe discomforts or a Red Sea pas ;. be tearful beat, the Intolerable tensie of the air. the gloom and depression produ d by all the surrounding circumstances. . , quite enough to race, without the prosp. t of shipwreck and death being added. Goon Huxtixu. The Democrat Bays tha. lust week, three hunters Wiley, Johns, Davis and another" killed forty-flvo deer ia two flays in thoCtwcado rflotinuins above Sweet Home valley. That la what mwht bo called finding gme, it U hardly huntipg it