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.
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' '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.
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Division of forces rauat bare been ex
emplified in a recent elopement ease at Chi
cago.! The nsmrvage .come 1y wire, that
" the detect ivt are on lils track la evral
dtrectiona." 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'
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A Sight of the Emperor.
(Correipondence of the Missouri Democrat.)
Pakis, November 30th. I saw the Empe
ror yesterday: Tbe occasion was bis pass
age from the Tuilleries to the Louvre to de
liver his address to the Chambers of Dep
uties. Tho route was simply a straight line
from west to -ast across the Place tfu Cu
rujei, a distance ot not more lhau live
hundred yards. The I'lace du Carrotisd is
an immense area inclosed on all sides by
the Palace buildings.
Tbe hour for tbe appearance of -His Maj
esty was fixed at tine o'clock. On arriving
at tbo spot I found the immense space filled
with Eoldiers and the populace. 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