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The Latest.

Of course the trivial objection to Sla-

ter, the Republican elector from RhodeIsland vr&s ridden over with scarcely apause by the House and Senate. Weare glad to note the honorable coursepursued by many Democrats in stand-ing nobly by their agreement and theutter detestation they manifest at thelittle handful of hot-head- s who seek tofilibuster, and by trickery too shallowfor a Tombs lawyer, def rand Hayes ofhis justly wou fruits. Honth Carolinahas gone to the Commission, but aseven Wade Hampton never claimed thatState for Tilden, the votes of Secession'scradle may safely be put down for theRepublican candidate for the. Presiden-cy. The next "striking point" will beVermont, but as the of thatState has not even had a Governor'scertificate to back him, little apprehen8ion is felt by Republicans.

Growing lieautifuHy Loss.

Retrenchment, like chickens andcurses, i3 coming home to roost. TheDemocrats raised an Ebenezer at theclose of the last session of Congress inview of the fact that the expenses ofthe Government had been reduced bvtheir efforts about SG0,r00,000 andevery party choir in the country gathered round, and began the Presidentialcampaign with a full chorus Te Deumthat their eyes had been permitted tosee the beginning of an economicalreform. It must, therefore, have beensomewhat of a vexation to the righteousepirit of Mr. Sam Randall to boobliged to confess that the reductionafter all was but 30,000,000. Rut howhe must have groaued in spirit when aTlepublican member, Foster wo think,showed that the actual reduction wasbut 23,000,000, from which at the firstbite must be taken 0,000,000, whichwe believe has been appropriated by adeficiency bill. It is also intimatedthat the residue of 817,000,000 is to bestill further reduced by other deficiencybills, and the Democratic face wouldlengthen at the prospect were it not forthe breadth and exceeding hardness ofthe Democratic che k.

Hayes and the Contesting Gov-ernors.

We hope none of our Democraticfriends are so foolishly sanguine as tolay the flattering n.etion to their soulsthat Hayes will recognize the Hamptonand Nicholls governments. We do notsay whether or not the DemocraticGovernors are entiled in justice to

Recognition, but maintain that the con- -

summation nopoa lor iy Democrats isas impossible as the meeting of thepoles. . Should Hayes atttcmj.t to makesuch a faux pas there arc v. ise headsnear enough to instruct hiia that itwould be suicide, nend ricks himselfexpresses our opinion of the impossibilitv of such action on the part ofHayea, in the following words:

"The statement that Hayes will re-cognize the Nieholls government inLouisiana is absurd. He could not doso without stultifying the methods towhich he will owe his place. To recog-nize Nicholls would bo to say thatPackard is not elected by the votes inLouisiana, and yet he himself, Hayes,was."

County Court House.

The Clackamas county croakers, whoare continually speaking of hard timesand who invariably predict worse in thefuture when the subject of a new courthouse is broached, can learn something,perhaps, from the following little itemclipped from the Union County Sentinel:

Whoa the question of building a finebrick court house for Union county wasbeing discussed, we kuow a number ofmen, long headed men, wise men, infact, (in their own opinion) "nail-driving- "

smart men, who boldly assertedthat county warrants would "depreciatein value to forty or fifty cents on thedollar. Union connty lias a fine brickcourt house almost completed; one thatwill answer tho demands for the nexthalf century, the finest court houseeast of the Cascades; one of which thecitizens of Union county may well feelproud. County orders aro selling atninety cents, coin, and Union county isin better financial circumstance than.any county in Eastern Oregon.

Mr. Randall and Mr. Cox will notceaso harping on the reduction in expenditures which have been effected bytheir patriotism, but we should liko tohave some explanat;on made to show uswhere the saving comes iu, when millions of dollars have been expended inuncompleted public buildings which areallowed to lie idle for the want of anappropriation. Reducing the expensesby impairing the efficiency of the Gov-ernment is easy enough, but wo shouldbe willing to sacrifice some of tho reduction in order to secure a little moreefficiency.

Hill of the high-price- d journal, madea fierce charge upon us a couple ofweeks since and with a grand flourisof trumpets announced in a quotationfrom Macbeth that it was to be war tothe knife. Last week we "let loose thedogs of war" and immediately the val-iant Lair hunted his hole and pulled itin after him, calling names and makingmetaphorical faces at a third and inno-cent party. "Our voiee is still forwar." Cock-a-doodle-do- o!

Week before last a man named Cro-nin attempted to rob a stage coach inCalifornia. Take them all throughthey are what our merchants might cada "job lot."

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Nearer Resumption.

It has been some four years since thedecline in the gold premium stimulateda well meaning, but misguided, Secretary of the Treasury to attempt re-

sumption in silver, in lots not to exceed five dollars. Since then, as beforeour opinion has been that the resourcesof the Government from taxation wereinsufficient to enable us to resumespecie payment and that aa issue ofbonds for the purchase of gold and theredemption of greenbacks was the in-

dispensable condition to resumption.President Grant now comes to the re-

lief of the country with precisely thisscheme. Our gratification to find off-

icial coincidence with our humbleopinions is enhanced by the reflectionthat the idle clamor against the bondsand in favor of greenbacks has almostwholly died away, its echoes lingeringyet only in the brains of a few dement-ed and visionary statesman of a veryobsolete pattern. Few who havewatched the course of the financialquestion can forget how strong the in-

flation cause was at one time, and howpersistent it has been at all times. Assoon as the defeat of Liberalism wa3 anaccomplished fact, the uneasy spirits ofpolitics, who are now metamorphosedinto Reformers, took up the greenbackquestion with unshaken confidence, andactually succeeded in conveying theimpression of a strength they havenever been able to use. Eat theircause never had any real power, theyhave dispersed, or rather abandonedthe field of finance to join the Tildencrowd, and to-da- y the coast is clear andthe path unobstructed for tho real andfinal solution suggested by the Presi-dent in his message.

We regret to hear that Congress istoo busy to attend to the affairs of thecountry, and that the men whom wesend to make our laws are so ignorantof the merits of a question which hasbeen before the public for ten years,that they will not bo able to form anopinion on tho message during awhole month. This, however, is some-thing which is the act of Providence,and offers cause for no repining. Butwhat we regret more deeply to notice istho news that the worst enemies ofspecie payment are trying to persuadethemselves that if they let things aloneand take no risks, specie payment willcome of itself. If these gentlemen aresincere they cannot object to making atrifling effort iu the'same direction. Ifspecie payment is inevitable such aneffort can notsprevcnt it, and if speciepayment needs assistance such an effortwould be of the highest value to thecountry. If resumption is likely tocome from natural causes and withoutthe need of legislation, it must be in ac-

cordance with a sound finance and so isentitled to support, and support couldnot be given better than in the mauneradvocated by tho President.

Letter from Portland.Portland, Feb. 2G, 1877.

Editor Extektkise: Feeling thatperhaps you are in need of a few wordsof sympathy and consolation from yourfriends, I offer you my few words ofcomfort. I see that you are still unableto convince that honorable and distin-guished gentleman (?) , the editor ofthe Oregonian, that you are owner andeditor of the Enterprise. You are ina worse predicament than that celebrat-ed boy who paid too much for his whis-tle, inasmuch as you are not allowed toblow your whistle after you hve paidfor it. Perhaps, if the honor was worththe money, a small retaining fee. say ofa few thousand dollars, might be aneffectual eye-opene- r. Such things havehappened in this sinful world, youknow. But pluck up courage, my dearfellow; doubtless, by the time you arrive at the mature age of either of thehonorble gentlemen (the one who willnot permit you to own a newspaper andthe one wtio is obliged to own it againsthis wishes) you may be cons deredworthy of the honor, but I fear youwill have to cultivate a good crop ofwrinkles, a few gray hairs, a carewornappearance, or even, perhaps, a littlebald spot on the top of your head mightdo tho work for you. 1 am sincerelysorry for the Hon. W. C. Johnson, asit is not every man that is afflicted withso terrible a misfortune as owning anewspaper. But console yourself, Mr.Editor, by thinking that Oregon Hillsare not unchangeable, as Democraticfriends can testify, and Hills are muchless formidable obstacles to overcomethan mountains might be. If at anytimo you become faint hearted, or yourpurse grows lean, just look forwardfour years, to the next Presidentialelection, when, perhaps, others besidethe "principal newspaper of Oregon"will receive a back still'ener of a fewthousand dollars, particularlv as thatvery unwilling member of your firm isa legal gentleman. You are aware Ipresume, that the latest discovery inmedical science is a plaster composedof a mixture of gold and silver forstrengthening weak backs, ami bright-ening obtrnse intellects; its effect onthe undersjanding is almost magical, asit has been known to change a HillDei Fremiti. C. D. J

"Professional honor" is good; we ad-mire it. It is charming; the editor ofthe "leading paper" has exhibited him-self as one of its great champions. Solikewise did Judas Iscariot.

David Dudley Field's name wasstricken from the roll of the New YorkLar Association a couple of years aofor conduct unbecoming a gentlemSnand a lawyer.

Badly irtruped, the stillhunter thatwould a wooing go, who lit oa "emi-nent .counsel with a hand organ.

Tho Count.

The two" houses of Congress met injoint convention on Saturday at noon,and the decision of tlie electoral com-

mission touching the votes of OregoD,was read. The grounds of the decisionwhich is in favor of the Hayes electors,i3 that said electors appear to have beenlawfully appointed, and they voted assuch at the time and in the manner pro-

vided by tho constitution of the UnitedStates and the law; and the commissionare further of opinion that by the lawsof Oregon the duty of tho canvass of allthe votes given at the election of Presi-dent and Vice President was imposedupon the Secretary of State, and thatthe Secretary of State did canvass thesereturns, and ascertained that J. C. Cart-wrigh- t,

W. H. Odell and J. W. Wattsreceived a majority of all the votes forelectors, and had the highest number ofvotes for that office; and by the express-ed language of the statute those personsare deemed elected. That in obedienceto his duty the Secretary of State madea canvass and tabulated statement ofthe votes showing this result, which,according to law, he placed on file inhis office on the 4th of December, 1S76.

All this appears by the official certifi-

cates, under seal of the Secretary ofState, and was signed and delivered byhim to the electors, and forwarded bythem to the President of the Senate,with other States. That refusal of theGovernor of Oregon to sign the certifi-cate of election of persons so electeddoe3 not have the effect of defeatingtheir appointment for such electors.That tho act of the Governor of Oregonin giving to E. A. Cronin a certificateof election, though he received onethousand votes less than J. W. Watts,on the ground tho latter was ineligible,was without authority of law and there-fore void. That although evidenceshows that Watts was postmaster at thotime of his election, that fact is render-ed immaterial by his resignation bothas postmaster and elector, and his sub-sequent appointment to fill the vacancyin the electoral college; that in conse-quence of the foregoing, and upongrouuds before stated, the paper pur-porting to be the certiScato of tho elec-tDr- al

vote of Oregon, signed by E. A.Cronin, J. X. T. Miller and Jno Parker,is not the certificate of the votes pro-vided for by the Constitution of theUnited States, and ought not to becounted as such. The members of theCommission agreeing to and approvingof the decision are S. F. Miller, Jos. P.Bradley, W. Strong, G. F. Edmunds.O. P. Morton, F. T. Frelinghnysan, J.A. Garfield and G. F. Hoar.

The presiding ofiicer asked whetkerthere were any objections to the decis-ion. Senator Kelly objected to this de-cision on the following gro-.uuls-

: First,that Watts was not elected; second, thathe was net appoiuted; ttiird, that hewas disqualified to receive an appoint-ment as Pr sidential elector, or to sit assuch, as he held an office of trust andprofit nnder the United States; fourth,that Cronin was elected Presidentialelector for Oregon, and in accordancewith law cast the legal vote as suchelector, and that such vote shouhi becounted. The objection was signed bySenators Kelly, Wyte, Cooper, Maxey,Norwood and Hereford, and Represen-tatives Lane, Poppleton, Jencks, Vance,Throckmorton, Wike, Wiggintou andLuttrell.

The presiding ofiicer asked whetherthere were any further objections to thedecision, and there being none, he an-nounced the Senate would withdraw toits chamber.

After considerable discussion, theSenato adopted tho decision of theCommission, and tho House rejected it.

When the Senate returned, objectionwas made to the electoral vote of Mor-rill, of Pennsylvania. The objectionwas overruled as invalid, and a recesswas taken until Monday.

Pennsylvania has been counted bythe two houses in joint convention forHayes and Wheeler, and Rhode Island,coming as next in the list, was objectedto.

There teemed to be a certaia amountof speculation among Democrats as towhether Judge Bradley would give adecision against his party, but no suchsuggestion was ever made with regardto Judge Clifford or Judge Field. Itseems to have been taken for grantedthat these "two eminent and nnpartisanornaments of tho judicial bench wouldgive an ojjinion in favor of their partyevery time, and tho event has confirmedtheir impressions.

W. Lair Hill, editor of the "onlypaper," when proved to have tenderedhis services to the Joe Thomas party,assumes tho role of high-tone- d profes-sional honor, and still denies the fact,because forsooth, "he never" (he says),"tendered his services in any case."But poor Hill has sadly degenerated,since his professional tone and honorcould not prevent him from beingbought with $3,000 from Tilden's 'barVand we think, as the sequel has proved,that Tilden paid very dearly for theOregonlan whistle.

In the language of the day, Demo-crats, "the jig is up;" or as a certainPortland editor would term it, jacta estaha. Hayes and Wheeler will bepeaceably inaugurated on the 5th ofMarch, and if yon wish to elect yourman four years hence, commence nowto lay your snares, for in the time ofpeace there i3 nothing like preparingfor war.

The talk of the Democrats that theeight RepubUcans of the electoral com-mission voted a3 partisans, reminds usforcibly of the solitary juror who spokeof the obstinacy of the other eleven.

What it costs to go through an elec-

toral college, $8,000. Up-Hi- ll business,Sammy says.

Watts on the mind; heavy readingfor Democrats.

COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

The Blue-Glas- s Cure.

General Pleasauton is one of thosewell-to-d- o fossils who exist in Phila-delphia and who would never be heardof beyond his own pale, except by somepeculiar windfall or blind-lac- k discov-ery. Although we cannot make theGeneral exactly the Christopher Colum-bus of our pubject-hea- d, he is still akind of Amerigo Vespucci. Others be-

fore the corpulent Philadelphian foundthe curative properties of blue glass,but he, we understand, is the first towrite a book on the subject, and attractgeneral attention all over the world.Newspaper wits and paragraphists flinga good deaPof fun at the old Quaker,but he has indisputable evidences ofthe good effect of the azure glass cure,and will not be laughed down.

As to the exact effect of blue light,the orinions of scientific men differ.andit is too early now to discuss the sub-ject from a scientific point of view. Itis certain that many physicians of NewYork City and elsewhere are now givingtheir attention to the subject, and thatthe demand for blue glass is increaoingevery day. One of the Chicago hospit-als, we are informed, has one of itswards fitted np with blue window panes;and a shipment of one hundred caseswas lately made in one day from NewYork to that city, where the physicianshave been studying the effect of bluelight for some time past. The matteris under discussion also in New Yorkhospitals.

As we understand it, sunlight jjassesdereetly through colorless glass, havingno effect whatever upon it, but blueglass catches and retaius heat, and aroom lighted by blue panes is said tobe warmer than one with windows ofordinary glass. General Pleasantonthinks the bluo light imparts curativequalities to the atmosphere, therefore;and that it acts upon the health of thepatient in that way, as well as directlyupon the nerves.

Professor Butler, who has severalaquaria in New York, writes to one ofthe japers of that city that his fish havebeen noticeably livelier since ho hasencased them in blue glass. In hothouses its effect is .very marked; thepart of General Pleasantou's graperyunder bine glass far outstripping inproductiveness the vines left under theplain white panes. In regard to theeffect upon the human system we aretold that in diseases of the eye it isvery useful, which appears to be natur-al. It is also used for nervous diseases,including nemalgia and nervous head-ache. General Pleasanton tells, in aletter to a Chicago paper, how he curedhimself by a sun bath ia a blue lightedroom from the effects cf a severe fallfrom his carriage, and how at the sametime he converted his physician so thatlie now acknowledges the merits of blueglass. Taking a serio-comi- c view cfthe question, why would it Dot be t

good idoa for persona afflicted witlheadache.3 and nervous cornvlaints tocarry a piece of glass with them largeenough to cover the effected part, andwheu in pain to simply (if the sun beshining) lay on the panacea ? A mantraveling from here to Portland couldput his blue 'glass against the car window and be cured of his headache in a"jiffy." It is not said whether it provides or strengthens tho brain, so wedo not as yet recommend it to our Democratic confreres.

Ptddlers in the principal eastern citiesare said to doing an immense businessjust now in this g ass, and we daro saythe excitement will run so high thatbald-heade- d men will imagine they caumake their hair grow by simply inserting a piece of it in their hats. In caseany of our people should like to experiment on this subject, which is cow exciting so many people, wo herewith givea "boiled down" interview held by aNew York newspaper reporter withGeneral Pleasanton: Any one sufferingfrom local disease is simply to obtainwindow'panes of dark Mazarine blue,French the best; place it in front of theordinary window glass, so that the lightwill pass through the blue immediatelyupon coming from the ordinary glass,the diseased part to bo exposed to theblue rays. The treatment is particularlyefficacious in all diseases of the spineAny one using this cure will not be inueotea to tue uencral in a pecuniarysense, he only asking that those attempt-ing this method will give him a fullaccount of the experiment whethersuccessful or otherwise.

The N. Y. Times of the 24th nit. says:It is hoped after the vote on the Oregoncase we shall hear no more about thepartisanship of the Republican mem-bers of the electoral commission. Inthis decision the partisanship is all onthe Democratic side, and the law andfacts with the Republicans. That thethree electoral votes of Oregon werelegally cast for Hayes and justice, a"wayfaring man, though a fool," canappreciate; and it may 6afely be leftwith the people to judge of the impar-tiality of the seven Democrats who in-

sisted only two of these votes should beso counted. It was a cheap display oivirtue to refuse to recognize the vote ofCronin. It was a very discreditabledisplay of partisanship to hold' theGrover conspiracy had succoeded incheating the State out of one electoralvote, and counting out of its choice forPresident.

The modest Miss (?) Emma Abbottwill not finger a piano in public if itstands bare legged.

Mr. Moody, says the Boston journal-ists, bears a remarkable resemblance toPresident Grant.

A case of petty Laircenj $3,000.

Traced to its Lair 3,000.

Telegraphic News.

Eastern.Washington, Feb. 23. At 3 o'clock

the commission took a recess of half anhour to allow time for Senator Thur-ma- n

to be sent for prior to taking a voteupon the question whether the Repub-lican votes of Oregcn should be count-ed. All the members of the commissionstato the decision is already virtuallydecided, as eight of the members, in-

cluding Bradley, have announced theiropinion in favcr of counting the threeRepublican votes.

The Electoral Commission proceededto the residence of Senator Thurmau,who was .very ill, and there adopted bystrict vote of eight against seven a reso-lution offered by Senator Morton, de-claring that the votes of W. H. Odell,John C. Cartwright, and John W.Watts, the Hayes electors for Oregon,should be counted. The commissionpreviously voted on the question of theadmissibility of Cronin's vote, and re-jected it unanimously.

New York, Feb. 24. The Herald'sIndianapolis correspondent interviewedHendricks to-da- y. The latter give upthe election as a defeat. He' continued,very decidedly: "The Commission, hav-ing gone according to law, the resultwill be the election of Hayes. I do notthink they acted according to the spiritof the law. Their decision will not besatisfactory to the country, and thelonger this people think upon it themore they will bo condemned. But forthe Commission bill the Senate wouldhave elected Hayes and the House Til-den. Both would have been inaugurat-ed. Hayes would have had the supportof an army of office-holder- s, and otherresources of tho government, leavingTilden nothing to fight with, had a fightbeen deemed advisable. The statementthat Hayes will recognize the Nichollsgovernment in Louisiana is absurd. Hecould not do so without stultifying themethods to which he will owe his place.To recognize Nicholls would be to saythat Packard was not elected by thevotes in Louisiana, and yet that he him-self, Hayes, was."

The Times' Columbus special says:The people of Fremont, Ohio, regard-less of party, will give Hayes a grandsend-of- f for Washington next week.

Postmasters appointed A. J. Lang-worth- y,

Aumsville, Marion county, Or.;Jas. Laird, Sitkum, Coos county, Or.;J. B. Morris. Snmmerville, Union Co.,Or.; W. L. R. Monroe, Whittle's Ferry,Lake Co., Or.; Win. Farrant, Bay Cen-ter, Pacific Co., W. T. ; D.N.Taylor,Fall City. King Co., W. T.

New York, Feb. 27. Tho World'sWashington special says: It is saidHayes, perhaps, will take the oath ofoffice Sunday noon next in the execu-presenc- e

tive mansion, in the of Grantand the cabinet and the Chief Justicewho will administer it. It is net Inspresent intention to arrive here untilthe count is completed, but if it delaysuntil Friday he will leave Columbus onthat day for Washington and becomethe guest of Sherman until he takespossession of the executive mansion.

The Herald's Washington special says:The filibustered have made up theirminds to do the worst they can. Theyhave been visited and argued with to-day by tho moderate and prominentDemocrats. They say they will havetheir way and will obstruct and delaythe count of the eight States which re-main as much as they can. If the fil-ibustered carry out their purpose, theresult will be the whole country will bekept in a state of suspense and anxiety,and business will be deraDged for noreason whatever. Tilden has not evena ghost of a claim to a single State yetto be counted, tue JJemocratie committee having declared that South Carolinawent for Hayes on the face of the returns.

Pacific Coast.San Francisco, Feb. 27. The Call

this morning publishes a detailed account of the circumstances connectedwith the recent burning of the courthouse at Salinas, at which it appearsthat a defalcation of 15,000 to 2U,000has been discovered in the accounts othe tax collector, and that the deputycollector, m. ii. Kumsey, is supposedto have gambled off most of it, losing aportion of the amount with faro dealers,but to a great extent in poker gamesWilli a number of prominent citizens,including several connty officials. It isalso intimated that a close ring exists,wuicn uas been plundering the counts'for years, and detective officers fromSail Francisco have been workincr upthe ease, and stato that the affair is theworst that has ever came under theirnotice, even the courts seeming to con-siderable extent to be disposed to affordthe ring every opportunity to make outa good case. Popular indignation isvery high and the citizens of the betterclass avow a determination to sift theaffair to the bottom. There is a honethat Rnuisey may be induced to turnstates evidence. Tho ring has moneyaud a lot of desperadoes in its interest.who can be hired to commit perjury oracts of violence in defense of their em- -ployers.

Profits of a Paper Currency.

The Government is likely to make alarge profit by the loss and destructionof fractional currency. During the lasttwo months, nearly 2,000.000 of thispaper currency has been withdrawnfrom circulation and silver coin substituted. The withdrawals have been entirely confined to the last three issues,there having been scarcely a dollar sentin from the first and second issues, al-

though the government report shows7,400,000 of these issues still outstand-

ing. It i3 more than likely that thegreater portion of this amount has beenworn out or destroyed. It is not thekind of money that people would belikely to hoard, and if it had been inthe bands of .bankers or brokers it undoubtedly would have been presentedfor exchange. In this country of ametallic currency, people can hardlycomprehend the amount of hard usagethat the fractional paper currency receives, it is crumpiea into vest pockets, allowed to become wet, is handledroughly, torn and defaced to an almostincredible extent. Seven millions ofdollars seems a large amount to wastein this manner, but we have no doubtit has been done. Nobody feels thepoorer for it, and it goes some distancetoward paying the public debt.

Eminent counsel with an oreran attheir baoks are worth S3.000 to thoswho have "bar'ls" of money at theircommand.

Territorial News.

Herring fisheries are attracting atten-tion on the Sound.

Seattle is reducing expenses by dis-

charging police and putting out lights.Sixty head of sheep have lately beep

killed near Olympia by dogs.Messrs. Kelly & Co., of Seattle, are

putting up large quantities of cod liveroil.

Each resident of Ada county, Idaho,has been taxed 2 for the support of ahospital.

About twenty five have thus far beenconverted at the Methodist revival inOlympia.

Walla Walla has a revenue of nearly15,000 and still keeps head over heels

in debt.A petition is in circulation to have a

daily mail lino between Waitsburg andSpokane falls.

It ia a fixed fact that Walla Wallacounty's wheat crop will far exceed anyever produced there.

Over one thousand families have set-

tled in Stephens and Whitman countiesduring thn past year.

The Indians at Walla Walla havebroken up their winter quarters andsilently slipped away.

The Grangers around Olympia areerecting a commodious warehouse atthe Marsh ville bridge.

The coming season bids fair to be-come one of universal activity amongthe loggers on the Sound.

A boy named Frost was crushed todeatli by a falling fir tree on the UpperSkookum Chuck last week.

The Olympia Transcript says N. H.O wings, the new secretary of Washing-ton Territory, is a Colorado man.

W. H. Borr. a Seattle juror, invalid-ated the virdict by taking supper at ahotel. He will be imprisoned and fined

350.William Law, a pioneer on this coast,

and a resident of Clalam county, W. T.,for twenty years or more, died in Vic-toria, B. C, on the 7th ult.

The Olympian says: At LaConner.W.T., five children died recently from thospotted fever in one family alone. Sev-eral more are ill from the same malady.

The government authorities at Vic-toria have dispotched the gunboat Rock-et to Bella Bolla to institute further in-

quiries concerning the step.mer GeorgeS. Wright.

As soon as the weather will permit,two companies will leave the garrisonat Walla Walla for the Wallowa conn-tr- y

to keep out Joseph and his bandand keep white settlers iu.

Death Warrant of Christ.

The Courier des Etats Unis says: Chancehas put into our hands the most impos-ing and interesting judicial document,to all Christians, that has ever been re-

corded in human annals; that is, theidentical death warrant of our LordJesus Christ. We' t ranserilw the docu-ment from a copy of the translation:

SEXTKNCKRi-nd- t rrd bv Pontius Pilate, nctins: (Jov- -

ernor of Lower ialshe. that Jtsu.s ofNazeretii shall sutlV'r death on the (,'ro.s- -.

In the year seventeen of the Kmpire ofTiberius t'avsar, and the Uh of Maivh, 'hecity of the holy .Icrusalciii : Aneas andCuiapUas hein priests, sv.'-- i ilia: toi s of thepeoi.L of iod, I, Pontius i'il.Ue, io t t noyof the pra.-or- .condi'inn .i s:is of Na-.ai---t-

to diu us the cross bet wet !: i ; ; thi.-ve- s

the great and notorious evidence of thepeople saying

1 . lie is a sed ucer.Id. lie is seditious.3. lie is the enemy of the I;iv.4. Hec;dls himself'falsly.thesortorOod.5. 1 le cal is himself the Kiogof Israel.

He entered into the tei;;i le. followedby a multitude bearing palm branches int'aeir hands.

Order the centurion Qunitus Comeiiuato lead him to the place of execution.

Forbid anv person, whomsoever, pooror rich, to oppose the death of Jesus.

Tho witnesses that signed tho deathwarrant ot Jesus are:

1. Daniel Hobani, a Pharisee.2. Janmis llorrobable.3. Capet, a citizen.Jesus will go out of the city by Lhc gifc

Streneous.The above sentences are engraved c;i acopper plate. On one side are written

these words :"A similar plate is sent to each one ofthese tribes."It was found in an antique vase of white

marble, while excavating in the city ofAquila, in the kingdom of Nanles. in th.fi.year 10, ana was mseovereu rjv the Com-missariat of Arts attached to the Frencharmies. At the excavation of Naples itvim louiiu enciosea m a uox o: ebony, inuib sacristy oi t.iurrem.Nl I Dpnimn nf thA Cnmtnlabin nf Affocaused a model to be made of the nlate.onwhich he had engraved the above sen-tence. At the sale of his collection of curiosities it was bou'ht by .Lord Howardiui iJ;i irancs.

The Mormons, animated by the ex-

ample of Moody and Sankey, ar6 pre- -

pariugto commence a work of evangelization in Now York and Brooklyn. TheHerald declares that only churches thatare as earnest as the Mormons can doanything to arrest the movement. Brigham Young's religion is a captivatingone to the sensual and the ignorant.andwhen he begins to drag his nets in tho otwo wicked cities they will take in thou-sands of fish whose moral utility has al-waj- -s

been doubted, and whose absencewill leave the waters of life in a muchbetter condition cf purity than ever be-

fore.

An Armenian has arrived in Londonwith power from the Turkish government to sell the Holy Land.

Market Keport.Portland Market.

Iegal tenders, 94 buying. S5 selling.Flour Extra, $! 25; superfine. $o 00.Wheat f 1 9) cental.Oats U0e.fcj,ti5c. lj bushel.Barley $1 25 i cental.IfclCOIl Siflos 1 if lt.lfi. -- 1 1 i' -- "vumers,1(X10J4.Irfird In kegs, loc. ; in 101b tins, 15cButter Fiesh roll, 20&2c.Fruits Lried annles in caoi-- c c . .

7; plums, nitless. 12ffil4, T V1S'prunes. 17c. ' i

f.gKS iUC.Chickens-F- ull grown. $3 00J 00 dozenffifStv18 6alted-6fc- s cul,s- - olf--

Wool 2trq,-Z2c-.

Feed Rran JIK.tio si , . .oil cake, $3 50. ."on.8. SKofffi ;

tay-na- ied. f!7f 18 U ton ; loose, $U(3,$15Potatoes &x34iie. bushelOnions l(qil if,.Mutton Sheep $2(J2 50.

Oregon City Market.Whea- t- 1 ro busnei.Oats-o0sif- i!)c. 0 bushel!Potatoes 50c. bushel.Onions $1 50 bushel.fd? l?1 I52 9 sack or 6 00 bbl.Kutrie8" : P1UW8Eggs-l-Sc. dozen.'Chickens-Gro- wn, $3 SO dozen.Bacon Sides, 14c. $ ft ; hams juI;ard-15(- 16c. t lb.

ton.Wool 22c. $ ft.

One Kind for the Human Family.The Other for Horses and Anlmalj.

These Liniments are simply tho wonder ofthe world. Their effects are little ltss thnanirvelous.The White Liniment is for the humanfamily. It will drive Rheumatism, Sciaticaand Neuralgia from the system ; cures Lumbagro, Chillblains, Lock-ja- Palsy, Itch andmost cutaneous eruptions; it extracts frostfrom frozen hands and feet, and the poison ofbites and stings of venomous reptiles ; it sub-dues swelling and alleviates pain of every

kind. When pains or bruises occur, itisthmost potent remedy ever discovered to healthe injured parts. The Centaur Liniment iaused with great efficacy for Sore Throat, Tooth-ache. Caked Kreafits, Earache and weak Back.The following is but a sample of numtutestimonials :

"Indiana Horn, Jeff. Co.. May 38, 1878."I think is my duly to inform you that Ihave u0rcl much with inollta ft a4chord. A few bottles of Centaur Llnimtat

has done the wrk for me. I have not bnfree from these swellings in eiht years.ow I am perfectly well. The Linimentought to be applied warm. B. BROWN,"The proof is in the trial. It is reliable, It Is

handy, it is cheap, and every family shouldhave the White Centaur Ianirnent.

The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapt-ed to the tough muscles, cords and flesh ohorses and animals. It has ierformed morswonderful cures, in three years, of Spavin,Strain, Wind-gall- s, Scratches, Sweeny, andgeneral Lameness,' than all other remediesin existence. liead what the great Express-men say of it :

"New Yosk, January, 1S7L"Every owner of horsi-- s should qpve thoCextacr Liniment a trial. We consider it

the best article ever used in our stables."II. MARSH, Supt. Adams Ex. Stables.N.Y."E. PULTZ. Sui t. U. S. 1.x. Stables, N. Y."AL S. ULIS, Supt. Nat. Ex. Stables, N.Y."The best Patrons of this Liniment are Far-

riers and Veterinary Surgeons, who arecontinually usinir some liniment. It healsti lis. Wounds, Poll-evi- l, removes Swellings,and is wort n millions oi aoiiars annual ly 10Fanners. Liverv-me- n. Stock-jrrower- s, Sheep- -raisers, and those having horseii or cattle.

What a Farrier cannot do for $20, the Cen-taur Liniment will do at a trifling cot.

These Liniments aro sola uy an aeaienthroughout the country. '1 hey are warrantedby the proprietors, anu a oome win oe givnto anv larrier or Physician who desires totest them.

Labratory of J. E. Ilose k Co.,46 Ley St., N kw York.

HoiiEY.Pltrhtr's Cas'oria is a complete subst-

itute lor Castor Oil, nni is as pleasant to takeas ho:ity. it is particularly adapted to Teeth-ing and irritable children. It destroys worms,assimilates the food, rviruhites theVtomach,and cures Wind-i.'oU- e. Few remedies are agefficacious for Feverish ness. Croup, Worm,and Whooping t 'ougli. Castoria is a scii ntifloand purely vegetable preparation, more efft'O-ti-v

tlian Castor Oil, and neither gags nortrrip'S. Prepsir.-'- l by Messrs. J. H. Itos A Co..4t 1 ey St., New York, from tiie recipe of Jiaiu-n- el

Pitcher, M. D., of Barnstable, Mass.

T. SEL LINGAS JCST RECEIVED TIIE LARGESTH stock of

FALL AMD WINTER GDOOever imported to Oregon City, which he oG nAt greatly reduced prices. My stock of

CLOTHIN"G- -

Has been largely increased and I can showas h s:;. ;.-!-. i.--' a line of ready-mad- e goods inMvii and Boys' Business and Lress Suits,(.'oats, etc., as can be found In the country ,andat rivcs.t hat cannot fail to satisfy. My

DRESS CCGDS CEPAHTMEHTIs fined wiih a splendid assortment of all thleading stj lea and fashionable sbaUeeof good

Lot press "!( !,X.Itjairs, French cniiAiwriran Ores Utxwls1Z La f li Alpncciv,

Viriiliii lit cues,CiiKliuvervs, r.

1 X, A :fNT ELS,PlttiT, rtain ami Opera Flannels, o' all colors,Bloaehed and Unbleaehc-- d C ottoa Flannels-Ladies- ''

ante CJeiita' rndrmar QShards and Scai-fp- ,

Vi.K.i Blanket,Trunks u;wl

Traveling Satchels,liuU it rid Caps,

Oil Cloth forfrloorid. Tabic

BOOTS and SHOES,I troald call speeiRl af.terdior to my stock cf!en'and Hoys' San Francisco BootsH which I

have srld for anirmbe of years past with irei- -oral satisfaction. Every pair warranted. Aomplete stock of

HARDWARE & ?ARIfi3 UTENSIL&Choice Teas, Canned Goods, sad mil ebV

Family Groceries,All at Lo.v Prices. A5o,L1YEKT00L AND CABM 1SIA5B SALT.

Highest Price paid for all binds of

CJossKtry Produce200,000 lbs. of WOOL IVanted,for which I shall pay the highest cash price.

I. SELLING.Oregon City, .Nov. 1, IS75-t- f.

J. P. WABn. OEORGS A, BAttDIKQ.

WARD & HARDING,PRiGGlSTS AND APOTHECARIES.

KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A?GENassortment of

Drugs and Chemicals, -Perfumery, Soaps,

lombaaml Brushes,,Trusses, Supporter..6"J",1,ler Braces Fancy andToilet Article.,.ALSO.,

Kerosene OH. tj.m rCilasH, Putty, Paint, Oili, c

amines a. 1 D, st-- ff.

ri RE M IXES AXD Liai ORS FOR MEDICINALPURPOSES.

PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., ETC

pounueti, and all orders correctly answered.J Yl7 "ours oi tne nighi.AUnccpunts must be paid monthly.novl,l87atf WA11D & HAKDlIG- -

GEORGE THOMAS,BOOT AS1D SHOEMAKER,

OREGON CITY,One door north of Haas' Saloon.

ALL KINDS OF BOOTS AND SHOESto order on t he shortest. nnti aTfii i no Bale' Repairing neatlyiQvL,done,

4 .M . .

NEW BLAGKSMITH SHOP,

John Lewis' niri0.thT:nSA--

GA OPENED AT

doanything in his line."" " to

" enoeinga sneelalvOregon City, May 263m

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