rtgon Statesman AND UNIONIST, SALEM, FRIDAY,? : : : : JAN. 28 vnion REPrni.icA.tv xxrrKn- TIOl OF TmECOX. The Union Republican vdwrstvf tbe State of TJregew ritt meet Mtke tity of Portland, at 10 v'clock a. m., on Tborscky, the ?th day of -April, 1870, 4n Deksgrte Convention, for the tmttpoM of .placing ia nomination a State Tick et to be snpporteiat the approaching election tn Jane, rtd the transaction of seh other oWwa shall properly dom before aid Convention. ' CoontSea will be entitled to delegates as fo lowr: Baker...... ....... 7 Benton... .v.10 Clackamas 12 Clatsop...... 3 Cooa 4 Curry 2 Columbia. 2 Donguw tyrant.. 7 Jack on 40 'Josephine ...4 Lane 12 fihin... 18 Marion 24 Multnomah 20 Polk.., 11 Tillamook 2 Umatilla 5 Union . 6 Washington 9 Wasco ... 6 Yamhill. II The Conmiteee recommend that the County Convention Tor the election of Delegates be heldtn Saturday, the 26th of March, 1870. B order oT the Slate Central Committee. M. P. BERRY, Cbairmar. T. B. Odikeal, Secretary. Sortland, Jannary 19. 1870. tUEETING OP MARIO COUNTY ' CENTBAf. COMMITTEE. The Republican Central Committee of Ma rion eouoty is hereby raetxt to meet at the Court noose,' in Salem, on Saturday, Feb 12th, 1871, atl o'clock, p. m., for tho pur pose of making arrangements for holding a Republican County Convention, and to attend to such further busimssi as may properly come before tbe-Gosamittee. The Central Committee, appointed by the County Convention in 1883, Is composed of the following members : . East Salem, J. II. Moores; Salem, John Minto ; North Salem, D. Jefferson ; Belpasst, 8. Brown ; Fairfield, M. Ilagcy ; La Dish, C. II. Davis; Chnin poeg, John B. P. Pictto; Abiqua, II. M. Clinn; Howell, Wm. Greenwood ; Butteville, BI. Ehlen ; Silrorton, L. S.Davis; Lincoln, J. G. Peebles; Jefferson, C. B. Roland ; Au- - "rom, K. Duval ; Sublimity, J. Barker. - J. II. Moorbs. Ch'n. Co. Com. The Vmlm Republic Central rom- mittce ! Plk Cwnlr. "Will meet at my office, in Dallas, on Satur day, Jan. 59, 1870, at 11 o'olock, a. m., for the transaction of important business. A full attendance b desired. Members Bridgeport, W. II. Helm ; Luck famute, Isaae M. Butler; Buena Vista, II. N. George; Monmouth, W. Watcrhonse ; Rick real, R. C. Percival ; Bethel, W. S. Baxter; 8alt Lake, L. M. Wallace; Jackson, Paris McCain; Douglas, N. A. Newbill ; Enla, Thus. Pearcc; Dallas, J. L. Collins, ' Chairman. CAMPAIGN RATES. We propose to make the Statesman, during the coming campaign of ISro, a live advocate of Republican principles, and we offen the Weekly at tlie exceeding low price of . Oste Dollar tmr Six Jttoatha, And to all Republican Clubs, or Connty Com mittees, who may desire to have this paper to use as a campaign document, we offer it to all who may send in the present month, (Janu ary) nntil after the election, for seventy -five cents for five months. For Five Dollars. The Okkgou Statesman one year The N. Y. Independent oae year. . The American Stock Journal one year. .$3 00 ,. 2 50 . I 00 An elegant engraving of Wen. Grant. . 1 00 i ' An elegant engraving of Suchyler Colfax. 1 00 Total .$8 SO The above can be bad for fire dollars paid to the Oacoosr Statesman. ' Owxs Up. Open confession is said to be good for the soul, and so the editor of the - Marysville Appeal mast feel relieved after Asrrvini, V. ! tinrdAti MiftntMn VMM alnna lie says in a late editorial in an argument on some loeal question : "We believe flour reached the high figure J of $32 per barrel, in the fall of 1852, but ro 1 mained at that price bnt a fow weeks. Scarcity s was the real eause, but the speculators were set slow in taking advantage of the fact. At that time we were an employe in a "flour mill" in San Francisco. "Our house" bought condemned government floor, which was sour, wormy and bitter, and after mixing it with fresh Oregon flour, resacked it, about half and half. We made two qualities. The "straight government" flour was called "China," be cause it was sold for Chinese consumption." That's what has been the matter with Ore gon flour in the markets of the world. Virginia is admitted to the representation In Congress from which she voluntarily withdrew nine years ago. We welcome our wayward sister," but what think our Dem ocratic lire III re n of the press who have been no badly cut up because tbe mother of (be Presidents was not in tbe Union t Every Democrat in Congress voted to keep her out in tbe cold. No doubt they aro sorry to be. obliged to stop howling about Ha And what of the Democratic voters of Ore gon who thought their Representative voted to deprive a sovereign State of her repre sentation in Congress ? Sympathetic fellows, tbey are. " New York divorce lawyers can do pretty well without going to Indiana. A case is now in the Supreme court wherein it appears, that Eugene A. Joe obtained a divorce from his wife on the testimony of five witnesses that she had been living at the Girard House in that city as the wife of a man there, when th trntb was, the yonng woman had never been twelve miles from Boston, in her life, except ' one trip to Portsmouth with her husband, nev gt saw either of the witnesses and never heard anything of the ease till she saw a copy of tbe decree against her. We did intend to publish from the Glebe, cf December 17th, tbe debates in Con greaa, wherein tbe leaders of the Democrat ic party condemned in unmeasured terms iha Rnrmdiatlon doctrines, nf Mnnirer and - 1 o the Oregon Democracy. But tbe Herald promises to print and circulate 5,000 extra copies preparatory to its going over to the "New Democracy" of the East, and that is enough. J It is pr? posed in Congress io give a pen sion to Mrs. Lincoln, tbe only woman in tbe world wbosei husband ever died for this country and the country did sot provide for bis family. And now we can expect a grand economical bowl from those jour nalists wbo devote tt eir energies to fighting dead men and their widows and orphans. Waxts More. Mr. Henley, of the CalL fornia. Legislature, who kept out of dan ger dnring tbe "late unpleasantness," is a candidate for coercion. He wanU the workl to know that California "wmtld not euhuU, io the Fifteenth Amendment, if it was adi.pt!-" Wonder what he will do about il 1 ' ; 1 BuflTjI'i bat an entertainment called "The Cyclogpal IVychomantenm and Pnsmat; Cornucopean' The Election. ; The June election is drawing near, and the shadows which this coming event 'csts before it already begin to be Seen fiilfing wcross tbe pass of more than one of our self-de voting citizens. Straw are already announcing themselves openly as candi dates for office ; others are being talked uboat ty Tbetr friends, and others again, too doubt, are laying their plans to obtain (pledges from friends, relying on a coup de inain to accomplish what might not come to pass were tho matler thoroughly can vassed by the people. There is something radically wrong in tbe popular view of this thing of office holding and office-seeking. Tho theory' of the government is that the people, for their benefit and of their free will, choosb from their number those who are most capable of performing those duties that the public weal requires should be allotted to some authorised person. That is the whola of the theory, and should be the practice. The people should select for all offices the men who could do Ihe most for tbeir mnsters, the sovereign people of the United States. Popularity is in reality no argument jot fit ness for any pnblic position. Not even past services entitle sny one to a demand on tbe people in this respect Tho laborer is worthy of his hire, bat no sane man will employ a laborer to do that lor which he is physically unfitted, simply because he has done some other work well. And so it is in this respect ; we want, in every office, the men who will faithfully and nnderstand ingly do all that tbey should ito. anl all that they cau do, for those who put them in their places. If it were practicable, it would le advan tageous to elect candidates without formal nominations, especially in local positions, where national questions are not affected by the belief or opinion of the officer. But it is not practicable, Irom tbe fact that de signing men would keep tip organizations and by their concerted action could defeat a much greater number of people, acting without system. The only way, under pre, ent circumstances, is for every citizen to go into party organizations, and let good men ft rive to keep these pure. There are, for iustance, to be two candidates for a certain office, and each party will nominate one ; it is useless for j-u elector to vote for any one else, for bis vote would affect nothing, hence if tbut elector stays away from con ventions and allows both sides to nominate bad men, he places himself in a position where he must vole for a bad man or not at all. It is useless to say such men oifght not to be nominated, you know they will be nominated if you let them. It is useless to say you will no r-the candidates of a party if tbey r-iit suit you ; you can not help either voting or. consenting that one or tho other should succeed and unless you exert yourself to see that good men are put in nomination yen forfeit your right to criticise whatolhers have done. Then let us see every good citizen take an interest in these first movements of the campaign, find out who are candidates, (lis ouss their respective merits, go to the con ventions and Bee that good men are nomin ated, and then to tbe polls and vote like a "man. Scratching wi" lot puriiy tbe filthy pool of politics, grumbling not cure the ills, abstaining from the subject will not defeat tbe tricksters. But let every man see to it that the party nominates good and fitting men, and then see that they are elected. Minorities. Tbo Territory of Montana proposes to adopt a system of minority representation. That is, they talk of trying some one, which is not decided, of the several systems fjr giving the party in a minority a represen tation in the same ratio to that of the ma jority, as their numbers bear.' The Territories at the present day seem disposed to lead the way in a great many proposed reforms. Washington Territory elects female officers ; Wyoming enacts fe male suffrage, anl now Montana tackles the intricate subject of minority represen tation. Probably every thinking person, has seen the desirableness of this thing, but the practicability is another thing. Tbe most casual observer will admit that if the people of New York State, for in instance, cast 350,000 votes for one set o1 Congressmen and 360,000 ior another tot, those wbo voted in the first named number are entirely without representation in Con gress. Indeed, the members elect may be of such principle that tbe minority would rather have no representation at alL Bnt the profoundest students of political econ omy have tried in vain to point' out some better theory. It seems that this enlighten ed ago should be ablo to make some im provement on a system 2,000 years old. and yet none have' been able to ehow the way. John Stewart Mill, tbe political student par excellence, has proposed and is advocat ing a plan, which is pronounced by Ameri cans who have investigated the subject to be altogether too complicated, and that is sufficient condemnation. Others have their own pet theories, but none as yet have been submitted to tbe test of practical experi ment This is at last proposed by the moun tain Territory, and one sncn move.ment will go farther than a hundred able vol umes towards bringing about some system wherein a very large majority, if not the whole number of citizens, may have just weight given to tbo expression of their views. The Oregon Herald would make capital for Its cause if possible, and has found that Mr. Dawes favored cutting down the esti mates, so tbey quote Mr. Dawes to show that the Radicals are extravagant, and there on found a long discourse. But in another column the same paper states that " tbe whole committee is with Dawes" in this mat ter ; and still further, that Ben. Butler is with Dawes, and further yet. that the De partments have all reduced their estimates to the lowest possible figure,and thus Dawes and Butler.two Radicals, aided by tbe Rad ical Committee and a Radical Congress, bave saved tbo people thirty million dol lars in this one transaction. The Radicals are doing pretty well, and the people will be likely to slick to them. The insurrection in Hayti seems to have lipcn more successful than that in Cnba. The insurgents, after utterly destroying tbe forces of the Imperial General, Salnave. have offered a reward of $5,000 for his head, and bave offered pardon to any of bis late followers who surrender within 48 hours. Ik ever a session of Congress meant busi ness, tho present one does. Among tbeir many good moves is a bill to prevent the acquisition of title to Government lands in California by any but actual settlers. This knocks the Democratic ten -cent -an -acre swindle out of time. Letter from Polk- Specimen ScanndreU. Ed. Statksmax : I understand from re liable sources that a pair of scoundrels bave been through the southern part of this county and Kings Valley lately, swindling the farmers out of their money. It is esti mated that they gobbled up about $3,000 along the Luckiamute. In this wise tbey operated : An express wagon, or something of the kiad, with two rascals and a lot of secohd-hand remnants in it, and a pair of smoking horses before it, rushed frantically up to a farm bouse, where the Inmates aro supposed to bave some money ; one scoundrel, who has no license to peddle in this county, rushed into the house with his arms full of specimen goods ; and hurriedly informs them that two large houses in England bave tailed for five hundred millions of dollars. bave sent two millions of dollars worth of goods to this country to be sold in ninety days ; sec ondly, has but a minute to stay his tinte is worth'a hundred. dollars an hour ; will be around again in two weeks with the speci men goods be exhibits, lor sr.le in large quantities, to-wit: splendid two-busbel grain sacks at a bit apiece calicoes, five cents a yard the best of silk goods from two bits to fifty cents a yard, and every thing else in proportion. But now he has nothing with him but broadcloths, cut off in suits, and some fine shawls. Hero scoun drel number two comes in with bis arms lull of broadcloths and shawls. Time pre cious ; worth $100 per hour ; round again io two weeks - well you broadcloth lor five stiils English goods, best quality, for$G5; canrt sell in less quantities, can't retail ; shawls, $25 to $50. Farmer is bewildered everything so good, and so rheap. Round again in two weeks. Out comes farmer's purse $65. then twice $G5, then three limes S05. and sometimes four or fivo times $05. change hands so fine, so good, all best English good?, never such bargains offered before, time flies, one hundred dollars un hour, pop goes the whip, away go the two scoundrels as it Satan was niter them, out of sight. Farmer turns to examiue the prize he has secured, and finds each roll of English broadcloths to contain six or seven yards of very inferior old second hand rem nants ; wife finds her S500 India shawl, which she has got at a bargain of $50. to be just exactly like the one worn by the squaw that washes for her, and may be bought at any of the stores for Si 50. Then they begin to reflect that tho agent of the failing Br tisa bouses may not pos sibly get around in two weeks, with the treasures of which he has exhibited such excellent specimens. I understand that tbey actually bilked ono widow woman, with a largo family of boys, in Kings Valley, out of $210. I wish the transactions of Ihese rascals to be published far and wide,, that those, at least, who take ihepajters may be forewarn ed. And if these swind'ers come into this county again. I hope some one may have them arrested as common swindlers, and peddlers without license. We have a good jail for the benefit of such, and a penitenti ary at Salem. A Huge lTInaler was captured last week on Soap creek, near the south lino of Polk county, by two farm et 8 by the names of Miller and Tripp. It has the head, feet and, ears of a lion; is about three leet high, and between seven and eight feet long ; Iho color of a grizzly bear ; tail like a wolf, about fifteen inches long; arms eighteen inches in circumference, breast and throat about as large as a three year old horse. This animal has been the terror and scourge of that part of the coun ty for several years, destroying horses, cat tle, hogs and sheep. It has been repeated ly hunted with the best trained bear dogs in the country, but always whipped its pur suers, and sometimes killed them. The dogs once fought it so courageously that it took to a large willow tree ; but the tree broke down under its weight ; it did not want to fight, being too full of mutton ; but when the tree broke down, it sailed in and made dog-hair fly, and dog blood flow, till they were glad to retreat end let it alone. It never was known to attack persons but once ; then it attacked a couple of school boys, who frightened it away with matches. It is said to bave infested that part of the country for about twenty years, growing bolder every year, till within the last year or two it pot to coming around the farm bo.:ses at night and sometimes killing the watch dog almost on tbo door ; and this winter it killed a pet deer on Mr. Blake's door step. It was an implacable enemy to dogs. It seemed to fully understand the character of gunpowder, and always kept out of the way of any one with fire-arm?. It was caught by one bind leg iu a bear trap, set for it by Mr. Miller, at a drift, where it was in the habit of crossing Soap Creek. When tbey found it, tbe leg was bitten off. except tbe bain-strings, and this would have been, if it had not spent too much of its rage on the trap, and: broken out all its teeth be fore it got tbe leg entirely off. F-elih Be f Fire-arms. Last Saturday afternoon, two yonng men at Buena Vista, in Tolk county, went out to shoot at a mark, and fired at a fence post, in point blank range with the house of Mr. Fletcher. Tbe ball missed tbe post and struck the window (where u little girl had but a moment before been looking at them,) knocking the glass all over the room where Mrs. Fletcher and the children were, but fortunately wounding no one. Ths bright young men, on being asked why they ban died their arms so recklessly, answered that lhey had no idea the gun would shoot so far. If tbe little girl had remained another moment longer than she did, she would have certainly been killed. People should be careful in handliirg fire-arms about a town or city, and fools should be careful about handling them anywhere. As Oregon Ladt.- The Washington cor respondent of the Albany' Journal, in speaking of reception days, thus compli ments the wife of our Senator Williams : Mrs. Williams was assisted by Mrs. Sa vier, of Portland, wbo, by tbe way, is an accomplished and beautiful lady, and Mrs. General Miller and Mrs. Hutchinson, of San Francisco. It is universally admitted that in fine personal appearance, intellectual en dowments, and brilliant conversational powers, Mrs. Williams bas no superior among the leading ladies of the nation who now grace the elite society of the Capital, and it is hardly necessary to add, that on this occasion she presided with ber accus tomed grace and dignity, entertaining her numerous friends in a manner which was satisfactory and highly pleasing to all. A great many Senators, Representatives, Judges, officers of the army and navy, and other distinguished persons, and nearly all tho people from the Pacific coast, called during tho day. Mr. Long, of Mendocino, fishes with gun powder. He exploded a quantity of Giant powder in tbe river and caught forty-two fish which were stunned by tbo concussion. GENERAL MEWS. Washington TERitiTonr. We find the following items in the Transcript : ' Mr. A. M. Collins, lato of Arcada, Mason county, died last Saturday of heart disease. Mr Collins was one of the oldest settlers of the Territory The committee appointed by the Legislature to select the Peniten tiary grounds near Steilacoom. met last wet k and selected and surveyed the same. ..... .Tbe bark Osrayn. Capt. W. II. Mars ton, from San Francisco, went ashore on Whidby Island, about five miles ast of Partridge Point, on Friday night dnring a heavy squall. About fifiy feet of her keel was Knocked out, leaving the tide to flow in and out of her hull There are five vessels in port at Seabeck. The last one in, tho Fremont, came up in eight days from San Francisco ..On Wednesday morning there was three inches of snow on the ground at Seabeck. but it soon went off. The snow in Snoqualmie Pass is 18 inches deep.. Elwood Evans. Esq., will deliver the next lecture of the Library course, on Tuesday evening. Subject An nexation of British Columbia The buildings at Fort Steilacoom were sold at public auction last Saturday, to the Terri tory, for the sum of $850 in currency, they being bid off by the committee appointed by the Legislature for that purpose. As h well known, they were purchased for a Ter ritorial Insane Asylum. There are twenty six buildings in the collection, several of them well built, and needing but very lit tle repairs on atiy to make them suitable for the purpose We learn that for some time back efforts hare been made by parties to hold the land claims of Charles Wren, out of which has grown considerable trouble. On Wednesday, some of tbem were ejected by the citizens and escorted out of the couuty. Another party, who still hold possession, is bound over to ap pear for trial at Steilacoom to-day. Monday and Tuesday of the present week were cold d lys lor this climate, tho ther mometer ut one time going down as low as 1'J degrees. About a couple of inches of ico formed on the little pond near the Cap itol. Alaska. We have received the Timet com ing down to Dec. 25lh. Tho editor is absent and iu place of his history of curly times in Alaska, "John Abstract" is doing some hugo ly burlesque articles. Editorially, the paper is very much opposed to the order prohibiting the importation of alcoholic or malt liquors except by permission of tho Military author lioi. In the advertising columns wo see the names of a good many old C&Tisgortians, and from their lively style of advertising seem to bo wide awa.no yet. Items aro scarce. Io the City Council of Sitka Mr. McKnight City Recorder, presented a report giving an estimato of the probable receipts and disburse ments fur the current year, lie estimates the receipts at $2,784, and tho expenditures at $2,800. : The report was received, read, ac cepted and ordered filed. The Mayor read an order issued by the tienernl commanding the Department, authorizing the Post Commander to issue rations to distressed Russians. Tho U. S. transport Xewbcrn, Freeman mas ter, arrived hero on Tuesday last, at 5:30 o'clock, a. in., having on board the following passengers : Bvt. Lt. Col. Coppinger, U. S; A., Acting Asst. Surgeon Iligginbotham, U. .S. A., and Messrs. David Shirpser, II. Span ior, David Martin and about forty U. S. sol diers. The Newborn left San Francisco on December 6th, and after a pleasant run of three and a half davs arrived at Esfjuimalt harbor, British Columbia. Saw the U. S. cut ter Lincoln and U. S. M. steamship Constan tino in Johnson's Straits on tho 13th. Tuocblks with IsniANS. Tho Port Town send Message bas news by the steamer Con stantiuu of a disturbance at Fort Wrangle, Alaska, which commenced by an Indian at tacking the laundress of the Post and biting olF one of her fingers. Ciptaiu Durrows sent a Slo men to take the Indian, dead or alivo, and they took him dead. In revenge for this the Indians threatened to attack the troops, and word being brought to the Sutler, Mr. L. Smith, that Indians were lurking about, he started out about 2 o'clock in the morning with a revolver and lantern. Near tho house ho discovered ono of the savages and bailed him, but was immediately shot down by a charge of buckshot, lie lived about 20 hours. Capt. Burrows made demand for the murder er, which was refused he then sent for the Chiefs, but they refused. After giving them ample time, he shelled the town, which caused them to capitulato, and the murderer having been given up, was hun . 1 Portland, Jan. 21. The Commercial in forms us that Judge Strong is lying danger ously ill of pneumonia Portland was vis ited by a violent storm of wind, was so severe as to cause apprehensions for tbo safety of ves sels now duo A new building is going up at the corner of Mill and Fourth streets, de signed for a Catholic school for boys Among the troupe of actors engaged by Mr. F. M. Bates is a Mr. Nobles, an Eastern act or, of great ability, who will assume the star characters ...The St. Helens Academy closos tbe present term this week. Tbe next term commences on the first of February. Tho Orcgonian states that Andrew Duckcr left his room dressed for tho bail of tbe Em met Guard, but did not attend the ball and has not been heard of since. JIo bas relatives in Washington county, was lately from tho mines, and was supposed to have money with hint. The rain on Sunday night filled the streets with water and overflowed tho cross ings with mud and water. Poui.T.Axn, Jan. 26. The Oregonian an nounces the arrival of Mr. F. M. Bates on the Montana, with a large troup of actors, several of whom are strangers in Oregon. Strangers iu Portland bilk the livery stable men The trial trip of the Mary Bell was entirely satisfactory, and she will run regularly to Astoria The Oka- nagan was snagged while towing the Live Yatikec down the river. She was beached and repaired and went on A large lot of wool came up on the Montana The remains of Hiram Smith arrived on Tuesday. Oltmpia. Olympia. the Capital ot Wash ington Territory, is the first town In size and population on Puget Sound, located at the head of that great "inland sea," about 160 miles from tbe coast. It has, therefore, the principal offices ot the stage line from Portland, and the line of steamers to Vic toria. Tbe population is about 800, with probably 150 families. The. town was first settled in 1840, and was incorporated as a town in 1859. lt derives its name from the beautiful range ot mountains, which skirt the coast, whose tops are covered with perpetual Bnow. The growth of the town was materially retarded by Indian wars of 1855-6, and it was not till since tbe close of the late national war, that business on the Sound bas revived in such a degree as to make its progress rapid and permanent. Tbe mail from Portland, Oregon, arrives and departs three times a week. SlandarJ. Fire. Tbe Portland papers Aave the fol lowing dispatch. We were Unable to ob tain any further particulars : Corvallis, Jan. 25. An old hotel, occu pied as a dwelling, in the lower part of the town, caught fire about 4 o'clock this morn ing, and was partly consumed. Tbo in mates escaped uninjured. Building dam aged considerable. Committees. We publish to-day calls for the Central Republican Committees of Ma rion and of Folk, tbe former to meet Feb. 12th at the Court house in Salem and the latter on Jan 29th at Judge Collin's office In Dallas. It is to be hoped that our peo ple will not neglect any of these Commit tee meetings, for tbe times demand that ev ery well-wisher of the Stale should be up and doing, that we may be no f nrlber dis graced by such proceedings as were wit nessed in September, 1SG8. The faw mills of Truckee, Cab, are in expectations of getting the job of sawing lumber to build. 300 miles of snow shed for the railroad. It is estimated to ' requite fiO.000,0. 0 leet of lumber. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY- Washington, 20th. The Committee 00 tho District ot Columbia, in joint session, re ceived the delegation from the Woman's Suffrage Convention, about twenty in num ber, nearly all ladies. Mrs. SUntcn. Miss Anthony, Mrs. Hooker and oilier addressed the Committee, who listened attentively, but gave no intimation that they would grant the prayer for female suffrage in the District of Columbia. A delegation of gentlemen interested in leather appeared before tho Ways and Means Committee yesterday, urging the en tire abolition of the duty on leather. Mr. Grant, brother of tho President, was one of the delegates. G. Walters, of Milwaukie, acted as spokesman, and presented the case very tersely and ably, lie said, before the war there was a largo exoort trade in leath er, which is now wholly broken up, becauso the Canadians, who pay no duty nor inter nal revenue on leather, can undersell in. Ho said foreign and domestic hides nre not used in making the samo articles, and there fore do not come into competition. Commissioner Delano estimates all ex penses attendtug the collection of Internal Revenue for the cutreut year will amount to $15,000,000. St. Paul, 20tb. The wealthy Amsterdam capitalists who are now building the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, have offered to build the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad from the Red River to the Missouri River. The terms oi their proposition are of a very lib eral character. This would place tbe Min nesota Railroad in connection with Mon tana at least three years sooner than under any. other policy. A new route Irom Chicago to Omaha, via Chicago, Burlington and Quinuy Uailroad. was formally opened this week distance 497 miles. Providence. Jan. 22.-- Kli;is B. Pitcher, a prominent citizen, cmnm'tited filicide lai-t night, in consequence of the failure id' a firm whom be bad largely endorsed. Philadelphia, Jan. 22 Dr. TandU was sentenced to ono year's impi i-omni-nl and 11 fine of $2,000 for the publication of ob scene books. St. Louis Jan. 22. The jury in the libel suit of Eliza Buckley vs. the St. Louis lie pnUican for $25,000, after being out sinco Thursday, returned a verdict giving the plaintiff $5,000 damages. Louisville. Jan. 11. -George D. Prentice died at four o'clock this morning', aged fix. Paris, Jan. 22. About :5.5()0 troops have arrived at Ln Crenzote, to prevent disorder among the striking workmen. Ilt'titi Hocbeforts trial lias been con cluded, und he was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a U0.000 francs. The sentence includes the depriva tion of political rights, but does not disturb his position as Deputy in the Corps Leg islatif. THE '-NEW DEMOCRACY." - New York, Jan. 20. A new party was organized last night in this city, under the name of the "New Democracy." The foun ders say this is -a big party on fundamental principles equalized with reference to the people of all classes. They propose to bave changes made in the platlorm for the vole of women. The new Democrats favor Ihe absorbing 01 all railroads anil tele graphs 6y tbe Government, and employ ment given to everybody who wants woik, by the national or local authorities. NEW YORK LEG IS L AT I'll E. The match between Mace and Allen is largely discussed among the sporting men. many declining to bet on tho pround that Allen will have pleuiy of roughs Irom Si. Louis to cut the ropes in case the fight goes against him. There aro 207 cases of small pox in this city, and 18 in Brooklyn. The disease is decreasing iu both cities. There is a rumor afloat that the Spanish agents have put in circulation nearly one million bogus Cuban bonds. The Omuner eld says there is every reason to believe Ihe report to be true, though the Spaniards say it is a base falsehood. Helen M. Shafer, of Troy, was sentenced to the penitentiary for fraud in drawing pension money after her marriage. Albany. Jari. 22. In the Assembly to day Mr. Litllejobn introduced a resolution directing the Senators and requesting tho Representatives in Congress, to vote for the reduction of the compensation of Congress men to three thousand dollars per annum, and a reduction of mileage and the aboli tion of the franking privilege. - FROM THE RED BIVER COUNTRY. Chicago, Jan. 22. Tho .Vfic AVifion. tbo organ of the insurgents, ha commenced publication at Fort Garry, Itsiys: "We regard the Hudson By Company's Gov ernment" obsolete, never to be resuscitated. The Dominion Government, by criminal blunders and ross injustice, has forever alienated this people. We consider it too far distant to intelligently administer our nffairs." It thinks "Ihe L'nited States Re public offers that system of Government w hich would would hot promote order and progress, and open up rapidly this country of magnificent resources; but in our pres ent dependent condition, we hold it our du ly to advocate independence for the people of Red River as a cure for all the present ils, and annexation will follow in time." Havana, Jan. 17. Anions the passengers by the steamer Cleopatra, from Vera Cruz, were ex-Secretary Seward ami parly. St. Louis, Jan. 18. A largo meeting of French here last night adopted resolutions denouncing Prince Bonaparto f( r killing Noire, and expressing a hope that the entire Bonaparte family will soon disappear from public notice. CONGRESSIONAL TEMPEKANCE SOCI ETY. Wash ingtok, Jan. Hi. The Concessional Temperance Society held a meeting to night, Htthe Metropolitan Methodist Church. The house was densely crowded witli ladies and gentlemen. Senator Wilson was present. The Secretary read the following recommen dation of tbe society ; -iielievin the babitnal age of intoxicating li quors, as beverages, causes misery to every man and woman and child, over ten years old. and that one million of members of" christian churches, millions of children in the rabbath and pnblie schools, nnd millions of others might be persuaded to pledge their fait h, truth nnd honor, wholly to abstain from the use of intoxicating driuk, it is recommended that sim ultaneous meetings in thpir several towns, townships, cities and wards, be held on the 25 of Febnary.next. the birth-day or Washing ton, to unite in the organization of Union Tem perance Societies, baned 011 a simple pledge of total abstinence, and to adont practical meas ures to have such a pledge presented ; to poverty, suffering and crime, theie is a safety alone in total abstiuence ; that a personal pledge of co-operation, will have the effect to tend to secure and maintain such abstinence. The Congressional Temperance Society sug gests aud recommends to ministersof chnrches, all temperance organizations, human pliilan thropists and patriots throughout the land, to hold this meeting. The Secretary believes that if concerted and vigorous effort be made to that eud, one third of the nat ion would.with in a few mouths, be thus pledged. Senators Pomcroy, Willey, Patterson and Buckingham, Representatives Whitmore and Kerry, and Vice President Colfax, said that it was pro posed to bold a meeting every two weeks, dn ring the session of Congress, and that church es would be procured for that purpose. City or Mexico, Jan. 10 The revolution in tbe State of San Luis Potosi is increasing. The Government members of the Legislature are still held prisoners. Some Federal gener als bad joined the insurgents. Tbe otDcers of the Federal troops in that State report tbe force not strong enough to operate against the nsarpaiion. Federal troops in Duraugo, nnder General Ilara, had pronounced against tbe Na tional Government. Tbe inhabitants of sever al districts of Morebia bad also pronounced against tbe National authority. A detachment of Federal troops was sent against them, and defeated the. rebels. - In the State of Pueblo the re he Is continue to maintain a defiant atti tude. Their leaders have issued a decree par doning all Imperalists. The family of Presi dent Juarez will soon sail for Europe. Milliflol's mill, the largest in Mexico, Was de stroyed by hre. One thousand operatives are thrown out of employment. . A conducta of $80,000, on tbe way to Mex ico, was appropriated. CONGRESSIONAL. Wasnington, Jan. 24.-Mr. Wilson offered a jomt resolution granting a pension to tho widow of President Lincoln. Referred to Committee on Finance. Among a large number of bills intro duced were the following : fixing compen sation of letter-carriers at $1,200; for an increase of the number ot Judges of the Supreme Court ; to regulate the mode ol determining the ratification of constitution al amendments ; granting 100 acres of land to soldiers who served in the late war ; to adjust the payment of pensions on a gold basis ; granting agricultural school lands-to several Territories. VIRGINIA ADMITTED. Washington, Jan. 24. The Reconstruc tion Committee, this morning, agreed to re port the Virginia bill as passed by the Sen ate with the recommendation that it be adopted by the House. The House afterwards passed the Senate Virginia bill, without amendment, by a strict party vote. GEORGIA AFFAIRS.. Senators Thayer, Morton and Ben. Butler visited the President to-day to ascertain his decision in the case of the Georgia Legisla ture. The President has expressed the opinion that Gen. Terry should be allowed to manage reconstruction in Georgia in whatever way h's judgment and discretion might suggest, lie. believes Gen. Terry a sound lawyer, and better calculated to un derstand the position of affairs in Georgia and to know what course to pursue than anybody else. Unless Gen. Terry should do something flagrantly in violation of law, he ought not to be interfered with. He was invested to a certain extent with abso lute power as Military Governor, nud hav ing asked for instructions, he bad directed Secretary Belknap to telegraph Gen. Terry that tho Administration would sustain him in the views contained in his communica tion, and to go ahead. The reply of the General of the Army to the resolution of Mr. Brooks, ahking author ity for certain military officers acting iu connection with the Georgia Legislature was received. It states that the military are not ai-.ting as a committee, but as a board out-ide the Legislature, to assist Gen. Terry in the execution of his most unpleasant of fice, tbe duties of which were imposed upon him by Congress. Mr. Brooks declared that the military au thorities had no powir whatever to inter fere with the Legislature ol Georgia ; that it was- an entire assumption of power on the part of Gen. Terry, anil entirely law less. He hoped he was not misinlormed that Gen. Sherman and the President were about sending special messengers to go and correct these illegal proceedings. Mr. Butler defended the action of Gen. Terry as simply carrying out the Recon struction act and laws of Congress. He declared authoritatively that he had been, and would be, sustained by the Adminis tration. TENNESSEE CONVENTION. In the constitutional convention, the fran chise committee presented two reports; the majority report gives the right of suffrage to every male citizen. 21 years of oge, who has paid a poll-tax; the minority report re jects colored suffrage, aud proposes that it be submitted as an independent proposition to the people. A long debate followed, but no vote was taken. BURIAL OF PRENTICE Louisville. 24th. The remains of George D. Prentice were removed from the Masonic Temple to Christ Church this morning, where a solemn aud impressive service of the Episcop 1 Church was pel formed, after which the remains wel t' buried in Uave Hill Cemetery, with Masonic honors. Nashville. 24th. The House unanimously adopte 1 resolutions deploring tho death ot George D. Prentice, anil tendering sympathy to Kentucky in her loss. FIRE LIVES LOST. St. Louis. 21th. Four business houses were burned at St. Joseph, Missouri, yester day. Win. Bowles, biother-itl-law of ex Congressman Loan, was sleeping in one of the houses, and perished in the llames. While the firemen were endeavoring to res cue the body, the wall fell, injuring two of them mortally, and lour otl:eis severely. New York, 22d. Wheeler & Wilson's ex tensive sewing machine lactory at Bridge port, Conn., was burned to-day. The loss is heavy. BILLTARD MATCH. Chicago, 21th. Rudolph has accepted Deery's proposition, to play a game of bil liards for the championship at San Francis co, Feb. loth. CIGAR-MA K ERS' STRIKE, Cincinnati. 23d. The cigar manufactur ers, to the number of :I00, are on a strike. The employers recently reduced wages to two dollars per thousand. The strikers say they will stand linn, because there has been no reduction in the price of cigars. EUROPE. London. Jan. 21. Mr. Gladstone has is sued the usual notice to the supporters of the Government in the hoiie, to be iu ti.eir seals ou the 8th February. A project has been introduced here look ing to the establishment of a ste tmer and railway route from Ar.stralii and New Zea land to London, via San Francesco, Port land (Maine), and Gilford-Haven (Wales). It is thought the trip may be accomplished through these points in about forty days. The 'lhnrs has lour columns reviewing Mrs. Stowe's book on the Lord and Lady Byron matter. The wi iter admits the like lihood that Lady Byron was driven insane by her bur-band's pa-sion for mystification, and really believed him incestuous. CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Jan. 21. Steamer arrived from Hong Kong with 700 passengers : 3!)0 of them women. F. S. King first oRicer d'tetl at Yokohami. . Rudolph Gurnat, a Russian, fell over board and was drowned. Two gamblers, Mellon and King, fought with knives over a gamo of cards. Both are badly cut. Two others, Casimacher and Grasstnan, quarrelled in the same way and the latter was shot dangerously. W. Johnson, a crazy man. broke three panes of plate glass in the Bank of Califor nia, he was sent to Stockton. Mc Guinn, a butcher,, outraged a little girl, named Mary Ryan, lie was arrested and the crowd were with difficulty prevented from lynching the fiend The officers fought their way through 2,000 per sons and lodged the villain in jail. San Francisco. Jan. 25. Gold closed in New York last night at 121 J, Legal Tenders quiet, at S2JS3. Sterling, 10!)10'JU. Liverpool wheat last night 9s. ld.,0s. 3 Flour Apart from the usual local de mand the market is quiet at the following rates : superfine in sacks per 196 lbs. $4 50 I 75 ; extra io sacks $5 255 50. Wheat COO sacks choice, private ; 1.400 sacks fair milling $1 50; 500 sks. good $1 57J; 2.100 sacks choice, sold. about a week ago. but not then reported, $1 C2jl C74 per 190 lbs. Barley no sales to report. Quotable at $1 20(31 30 per 100 lbs. Oats No sales to report. Quotable at $1 25 I 50 per 100. Los Angeles, Jan. 25. In the trial of Mayor Turner in the County court to-day, the District Attorney aiid two assistants for the prosecution, and four lawyers for the defence, appeared in tho court room. Tho prospects are that a jury will not be ob tained to-day. One hundred cases aro on tho District Court calendar three for murder. gWALL STREET BROKERS PAY TAX. Operators in Wall street whn forgot to pay the tax on their money-making capital are rap idly discharging their obligations to the Gov ernment. Yesterday one legal- representative of the broker paid $10,000 into court uu be half of his client., and other checks will lie handed in to day. It is believed that the whole amount that will be paid by broker against whom anits ha .e been commenced will be over $100,000. It is stated that some $1,001,000 worth of stock of the Chicago and Hock Island Railroad bas been quietly put on the market and WhII street, much to the dugast certain parties waiting for a rise in that stock. SUICIDE SENTENCED. Terre Haute. Ind, Jan. 23. Captain Good rich, formerly of the llth Cavalry, and Treas urer of the eftys shot himself through tbe bead this morning. Tbe cause was intemperance and pecuniary trouble. He leaves a wife and several children. - 1 Pittsburg Jan. , 23. Alderman Edward Lynch, of this city, has been sentenced to leu months imprisonment in the work bouse, for misdemeanor iu office. NATIONAL CURRENCY. Mr Morton's bill to provide for a national currency and the equalization of circulation, was taken up. Mr Sherman said, the bill provided first, partial equalization and distribution of ban currency among the Suites ; second, that free banking, on a coin basis, with the present dis tribution of bank circulation, was grossly and palpably unfair to three Slates Massachusetts. Khoiie island and Counecticnt which, with three millions population, bad seventy six millions of circulation. The rapidly growing Western States, where credit was most need ed, has scarce threejdol la rs to the inhabitant, while the Southern States were practically without banking circulation He s-iid thU uu fair distribution grew out of the palpable vio lation of the law by the Comptroller of the Currency aud the Secretary ot the Tieamry. Mr. Sherman proceeded at length to review the provisions of the former banking laws and the currency of national banks. He relerred to the advantage of the national baukiug sys tern over State banks. With the correction of the injustice of distribution, it would be the very besr. The West demands more circula tion ; the East, enjoying a monopoly, demands contraction for three years. The remedy tor this has been sought. Mr. Sherman said that in no eveut, during the eupeuiou of specie payments, would he favor an increase of bank circulation without withdrawing circulation of some ottier form, to avoid an expansion of the currency. Two measures had been proposed : First; tbe withdrawal of the greenbacks, but the iIoiie would iiolcoiisenl to this. Another plan was that adopted by the Senate Commit tee the withdrawal ( lie three per cent, cer tificates now held by banks, reserved iu place of legal lenders. The banks to be authorized will le orvam.rd only in New York, 011 tbe PaciQc coast aud iu the South, where large Iran tf.icti"ii are laired ou gold Values. COXGKESSU t.NAL Washington, Jan. 25. In the Senate, Sherman presented a petition from mer chants of Cleveland against continuance of the income tax. Fenton spoke ag iinst any expansion of tbe currency, and in favor of un early re turn to specie payment. Sumner moved to amend the banking bill by substituting a bill, recently introduced by him, for an increase of bank circulation to ,$.100,000,000 upon the retirement of greenbacks. Morton spoko in opposition to the bill, because it would substantially result in tbe reconstruction ol the currency. He did not acquiesce in Ihe opinion that the price of gold would continue to decline until a return to specie payments. He thought the provisions of the bill for establishing banks ou a coin basis might be a success on the Pacific, but he was confident that it would practically fail on this side of the Rocky Mountains. Stewart favored the bill ns experimental, and calculated to prove benelicial to the people of the Pacific States. Davis advised a more equal distribution of circulation in notes, and not to allow this bill to be defeated by being cotnplictt ed with a general measure, lie moved to amend so as to present the simple proposi tion of mote equal distribution 4of bank circulation. In the House. Julian, from the Commit tee on Public Litnls, reported a bill pro viding that no title can be-acquired to any agricultural public lands in the State of Calitornia not heretofore disposed of, ex cept by settlement under homestead or pre emption laws. The bill passed. Wheeler introduced a bill authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad to issue bonds and to secure the samo by a mortgige. Re ferred. Travis introduced a bill to amend an net passed yesterday lor tho admission ol Vir ginia, providing that tho word "oath,"' whenever used, shall be construed to in clude aflirmation. The Speaker suggested that no official in formation had been received of the act hav ing become a law. The bill lies on the ta ble for the present. REDUCING THE ESTIMATES. Chicago. Jan. 25. A Washidirton snecial cr o , says the introduction from the House Ap propriation Committee of the annual ap proiatiation bill, brought up tbe fact that the whole committee is with Dawes in ob jecting to the Department estimates. They insist on the most rigid economy in ex penses. . The committee intend pursuing the policy of reduction in estimates to be acted on iu other bills. Nearly two-fifths of the present reduotieu is in expenses for Congress, showing that the committee is not actuated by any special hostility to the De partments. REJOICING IN VIRGINIA. Richmond, Jan. 25. News of the final passage of the. bill admitting this Stale, was received after dark. There appeared to be a general feeling of relief, but no demonstration of joy like that which fol lowed Bingham's unconditional bill iu the House. A salute of 100 guns was fired in the park. About 5,000 persons were present two-thirds colored. Gov. Walker spoke for a few minutes, congratulating the people on the admission of Virgiuia. He predict ed a slorious future for the State. LOSS OF A SHIP. Tho British ship King Lear, of Cardiff, for Hongkong, foundered off the British coast. Thirty-five lives lost. Letter from Coos- Em rii: k City, Jan. Kith. 1870. En. SrATK.sM.vN : The Scriptures informs us that where ' little is given little is re quired." So in our case, where little trans pires, but little news may be expected. The good people of Coos Bay were some what panic-stricken a lew days since to seo appear in our midst the LT. S. District At torney, Mr. Cartwr ght. and U. S. Marshal Young. Fears of warrants and arrests visions of dungeons and prisons hastily flit ted across the public mind. But a genial smile nd pleasant greetings soon dispell ed the accumulating fears ; and it is be lieved by the parties at present, that a sat. isfactory arrangement of this affair con cerning the taking of timber from the Gov ernment Lands can be had. The community of Empire City have been honored with a visit from Col. Craig, the bilk." He soon commenced his confidence operations, representing himself as a phy sician. Confederate surgeon, Missionary, Sic. If the good people of Corvallis, Salem or Albany, want a. writ of arrest, now is a favorable opportunity, for officers are ready and willing. i Empire City is improving very rapidly. Many substantial buildings are being erect ed, among others may bo mentioned a town hall by A.C.Rogers, 32x00. Empire con tains at present six hotels, four saloons, four dry goods stores, two drugstores, three law offices, and a number of fine dwellings. The Independent Order of Good Templars bave a flourishing lodge of some sixty members. Tho second quarter of tho District school under the supervision of Miss Anuie West is near its close, and has been very accept able to patrons generally. The weather is fine at present. More anon. Jlstixo. Woman Scffragb 1.1 Esglasd. Woman suffrage is already an accomplished fact in Eagland. Kansas and Mississippi have been outsiripped by conservative Britain. At tho last session of Parliament, when tho munici pal suffrage bill was before the House, on mo tion of Mr. John Bright, a clause was added giving the franchise to women who possessed tho eame qualifications as male voters. It passed and has been speedily taken advantage nf - Two thousand women are registered in Birmingham, and over eight thousand in Man chester. Slavery in Egypt, both of white and black, does not seem to be on the decrease, notwithstanding the Viceroy professes to oppose both the trad i slaves- and in, eanuebs, A correspondent of the Ohio State Journal bas beea amoBg the lv pi m of that coolry and takea notes ot what be aw. II could not oVtaia access to tie warts for thesalo of whites unless he bougbt is wvxiyin or girl. bt W the anarket for the sole of blacks access was easily ob tained, as draleis were very anxious to dis pose of their -stock.". Prisoners aro brought from Soudan and places up tbo Nile, and collected at Osiot, whence tbey are brought to Cairo in squads of one lo five. If a vessel is overhasled, that num ber are easily passed of as a part of the ship's complement. Arrived in Cano, they are retailed out, if possible, or otherwise sold to brokers, wbo keep their pens in the very Capital of the Viceroy, with but little secrecy. Eunnchs aro the most expensive, young healthy ones selling as high as $1,000 to S 1.500. White women are next in de mand, and if handsome they being quite as much. While tbe common black aitielo sells readily at $75 to $150, skilled labor brings the best prices, showing that these disgusting black rascals know what they are about in imitating Ihe crimes of their superiors. A Mil nil A L OFFKK. Weekly Subscribers Take 'otlcc I To nil who pay up (lit ir subscriptions to tho IVeekljf S'lalctmau, within i.x uemihs from ihe coinnieiM-eiiteiit of the year, we shall send as a present, for rne year, the America. Stock Journal, a standard magazine, devoted to the interests ot farmers. ltmeiDoer, that the year commenced with most of you August let, 1809. 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