THE EfJTERPRISiOBEGO.Y CITl', OREGON, MARCH II, 1S7G.

Judge Not Hastily.

The country is full of rumorsabout the Attorney General's mis-

management of the recent Govern-ment prosecutions, and if half thatis alleged can be established he mustLave been prostituting his office toprotect thieves and swindlers. It isstated that before and during theBabcock trial ho concerned himselfwith great zeal on the side of the

. defense ; that he caused the prosecuting officers at St. Louis to discloseall their evidence to him in advance,and then laid it before General Bab-

cock ; that the chief bureau ofdefense was in the Department ofJustice at "Washington ; that a greatdeal of testimony was suppressed"with Mr. Pierrepont's connivance ;

that witnesses were intimidated by athreatening letter addressed to thewestern district attorney, and imme-

diately communicated in some mys-

terious way to General Babcock'scounsel ; that tho prosecution wascontinually thwarted by the principalland officers of the Government ; inshort, that ever since the indictmentof General Babcock the TreasuryDepartment and the Department ofJustice have been fightiugeach other,the Treasury prosecuting the rings,and the Attorney General practicallydefending them. In like manner itis rumored that Mr. Pierrepont pur- -

o poses, by direction of tne l'resictent,to put a stop to further disclosureslike that of Mr. Marsh by prosecu-ting the men that make them. Nobodysupposes that there is any desire toacquit General Belknap. GeneralGrant and all his friends are tooangrytit the Secretary who has beenfound out, to show him any leniency ;

but if there are any move scandalsin theobackground it is the deter-mination of the White House cliquethat they shall not be allowed tocome out.

Such, wo say, are the reports incirculation. We regard them withgreat suspicion. We believe that ifnot false they are greatly exaggerated,as the testimony thus far given byMr. Pierrepont before the HouseCommittee shows. Mr. Pierrepont isa gentleman of whom we prefer tothink well. When he entered thoCabinet it was supposed that GeneralGrant's incongruous political familygained something in respectability.But the country cannot afford torest in an uncertainty as to tho storiesnow in circulation. Mr. Pierrepont,if they are untrue, cannot afford, to

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leave them unrefuted ; the Jlepubli-ca- n

party caDnot afford to shirk arigid investigation of them, and Mr.

O Pierrepont will not dare to takeadvantage of any legal quibblesthat might save him from answeringa pointed question. Such rumorsdisgrace the nation almost as muchas the crime of General Belknap.The House of Representatives in itspresent investigation must bring outevery atom of truth. There must bea searching inquiry into the Depart-ment of Justice in the Babcock case,the consequence of the Dyer letter,the manner of its publication, andthe reported proceedings to indictjuarsH and intimidate tne variouspost traders whom the committee hasstill to examine. If Mr. Pierrepontis innocent of the misconduct impu-ted to him, let him be vindicated, notmerely for his own sake but for thehonor of America. If he has beenunfaithful to his duty for the sake ofpleasing the President, (we cannotsuspect him of. ignoranco) let theHouse enforce his speedy and dis-graceful expulsion. But wo cannot

ohelp feeling that he is a slanderedman.

oA Great Improvement.

The President has suddenly begunto unload with great vigor, not to sayviolence. It is a question whetherit is not too late, but his sinkingadministration can yet be saved fromntter shipwreck, this is the way todojt. It was high time, certainly.Schenck should have been dismisseda year ago, or rather should neverhave been appointed. But, perhaps,it is as well that he ha3 held on thuslong, for nothing but the very des-peration of the present condition ofaffairs Gcould have secured so good

n appointment as that of Mr. Dana.Jle is just a3 far as it is possible toget from Schenck, or. from any ofGrant's set. He is a statesman, adiplomatist and a gentleman ; hispresence at tho English court wouldrecall the times when the countryfelt that its honor was secure in thehands of its representatives abroadOur only fear now is that a gentlemanso far removed from, the petty workings of zealous politicians may failto receive the confirmation of the(Senate.

Post Trader Fraud e.

Tho entire country will approachthe seething lake of corruption whichhad its fountains at the War Department with Sorrow and indignationWhen the magnitude of the fraudshas been gauged there will be suchan uprising against the heads ofeysbem which has flooded the countrywith disgrace that purity will beplaced above iarty, and the guiltypunished with 1full measure of theJaw and that public scorn whichis more terrible in its withering

(Offsets. Every day the telegraphbrings us new exposures fresh .

humiliations

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What We Know About It.Chas. L. Bangs of Hillsboro, 111.,

writes to enquire "what farminglands are worth ia this vicinity, whatare tho prevailing diseases of thoWillamette Valley, and is there muchthoroughbred stock in this vicinity?"

First, the price of farming landsdepends much upon the improve-ments ranging all the way fromS2 50 to 40 or $50 per acre. Goodfarms cau be had partially improv-

ed at from $10 to 15 per acre. Webelieve lands are cheaper, all advan-tages considered, in Oregon than inoany other State in the Union.

Oregon is generally consideredvery healthy, yet during the pastwinter typhoid fever and diphtheriahave been quite prevalent through-out the Willamette Valley. This isattributed to the unprecedentedlywet winter. Our summers are re-

markably pleasant and healthful.Little attention has been given as

yet to the rearing of fine stock inthis vicinity, yet the matter is beingagitated, and several of our farmersare purchasing and importing im-

proved breeds. We think a mancan do better at this business herethan in any other part of the State,for the reason that he would haveless competition and his profits, as amatter of course, would be larger.Wo do not think a man 'who wished.to operate on a very extensive scalecould do as well here as in socio fewother places, but for the man withmoderate means, Clackamas countyoffers inducements ' unsurpassed byany other country, on this coast orelsowheie.

A person who is willing to workcan make money at any calling here,but this is no place for young menwho are hunting "easy jobs. Wehave a circular, prepared by theState and eounty committees on immigration, treating of Oregon generally, and of Clackamas ounty pai ticularly, which we are happy to send topersons who will send us a two-ce- nt

stamp for postage. We believe Ore-gon to be thetountry for persons whopropose to "go west," and believe itspresent and future will satisfy a rea-

sonable man beyond his brightestanticipations.

A Card from the Committee onFire Water.

Oregon Cur, March 2S, 1876.Mit. Editor: The Standard, of

Portland, in its issue of the 21th ofMarch, charges by implication thatthe Fire and Water Committee ofOregon City either were benelittedor allowed some other person to cor-

ruptly peculate in the purchase of400 feet of hose. Of course wo pre-sume his informant was Jos. Buchtel;as there are false statements therein,and will givo you the facts. He saysMr. B. offered the White Anchorhose at $1 23 per-foot- . M. B. neverat any time made such an offer, nordid anyone else, to either the commit-tee or the Council. He further saysthat Mr. B. offered to Oregon Citythe "Patent Electric," an inventionof his own, if they would buy thehose he represented as a token of regard for the people of tin place,where he formerly resided. Mr. B.never made any such propositionprior to tne purcnase ot tue nose.Ho may have said so to Mr. McCownafter he had been informed of therejection of his bid.

Mr. Buchtel, out of tender regard,did offer to furnish his telegraphic-attachmen- t

to his White Anchorhose at ten cents per foot, or 40, incase we purchased oi mm. . Air.Buchtel's proposition was partly inwriting and partly verbal, and was,in substance, that he would furnish

White Anchor hose at the sameprice wo could btiy genuine ''Carbol-ize- d

hose," and take pay in scrip, andif the city wanted his telegraphicaparatus, be would charge ten centsper foot extra. The committee considering his telegraph practicallyboth useless and expensive in OregonCity, and having already on hand600 feet of colbolized hoso, and knowing it to be good, did not think itwise to buy an experiment, as wehad.been offered common white rub-ber bose at 75 cents per foot in SanFrancisco. We do not know whether"White Anchor hose" is better orworse than common white rubberhose. Wo purchased tho Carbolizedat SI 28, delivered here. The SanFrancisco price is !gl 25; in otherwords, it cost 12 to ship and insurethe hose. His remarks about thepurchase of couplings in Portland,if hose was purchased elsewhere, doesnot need very much space to explain.

F. M. Albright,F. O. McCown,C. N. Greenman.

Mr. Buchtel's written propositionis embodied in the above statement,in substance. M. C. Athet,

City Recorder.

The Chicago .Times has a Washing-ton dispatch purporting to explainthe conduct of Hallet Kilboum inrefusing to give to the Congressionalcommittee the names of his associatesin the real estate ring in the Districtof Columbia, or to allow an inspec-tion of. his books. This dispatchsays the ring was composed of. Sen-ator Sargent and two or three otherSenators whose names are not givenAldrich and some three or for otherpoliticians of the Democratic sideKilbourn and Boss Shepherd: andthat Kilbourn's books would showthat fact and the profits made byeach. Kilbourn was the broker ofthe ring. He is now in prison forcontumacy, but he remains firm inhis rsfusal to peach on his pals Hecannot be imprisoned by the Housebeyond the currept session, and. . . marnnlrl rn 11,. 1 -v. iu iuB euu unless theceedings in the criminal court shallforce him to the reom'r ,iic-,-

i wuuico.Oregonian.

Family Quarrel.

Taking as we do neutral groundin the political arena, it is amusingto note the disclosures made whenmembers of the same ring fall outwith each other. Much has beensaid at different times by Republicanpapers about a Watkins ring at thepenitentiary, but no facts being inour possession, we let those rumorspass unnoticed, knowing full wellthat whatever might be the jobberyor rascality carried on within thepenitentiary walls, no hostile news-paper possessed the means of learning the facts correctly. Now, in whatwe are going to relate, we do not wishto take shies, but simply to statethe facts as given by the parties tothe controversy, Mr. H. C. Myers,late Warden, and SuperintendentWatkins, of the penitentiary. Itseems Mr. Myers, after resigning hisposition as Warden, stated to partiesin Salem that Watkins was interestedin the boot and shoe manufactoryof W. Jackson & Co., carried on bythe employment of convict laborthe penitentiarv. Watkins deniesthis charge, and ia a letter to MrMyers demands that he retract histatements through one of the dailypapers of that city. He also bringsforward. Walter Jackson, of the saidfirm, who states that Watkins has noconnection with the manufactory inany manner. R. II. Dearborn, clerkof the penitentiary, makes a statement in which he certiQes that WJackson & Co. are now chargedon the books with six hundred andninety-on- e days' labor of convicts atfifty cents per day, for tho quarterending February 20. 1876. Watkinsreport for the said quarter endinr Februarv 29. 1876. shows butcj

four hundred and seventy-fou- r dayscharged to W. Jackson & Coleaving two hundred and seventeendays' work unaccounted for by Watkins. Since these two showings aroso widely different, we will not tryto explain or reconcile them, but givebelow the statement of Mr. Myers aspublished in the Oregonian of Wednesday :

"Now yon will please examine thesuperintendent s report published inthe Mercury, Statesman, Standard,and Okegonian, for the quarter endinerFebuarv 29, 1876, and you willfind Walter Jackson & Co. werecharged with 474 days instead of691. Well, how is this? Simplysaid superintendent .nnds that lie isabout to be caught, and he xroesand has the balance charged up several davs after settling with Jacksonfc Co. Now this is identical with hisboot and shoe business. After hefWatkinds finds that he is aboutto be exposed in his speculation,ho get3 some one .to take his interest,and then goes for a certificate statingthat he has no interest. Books wereopened and a contract let for convicts to manufacture boots and shoeswith W. H. Watkinds. one of thecomnanv. 1 uese are stuuhorn lactsnotwithstanding the statute reads.on page 702, section 13: 'The super-intendent, warden, assistant warden,shall not receive the labor of anvprisoner tor their individual prontor use. or be interested directly orindirectly in any contract upon whichsuch labor is employed or used.'

Now. if the lobber wants me tobring proofs, and have such published for tho people of Oregon to read,I will do so, and that too. from thevery best men of the country plentyof proof, and that which is reliable.Will you have it? Thine in theright." ,

II. C. Myers.

Bourbon Blunders.

The stage direction in Spainappears to be exit Don Carlos ; enterQueen Isabella. That is said to betho arrangement of King Alfonso,who, when the war is over, will meetthe ex-Que- at tho French frontierand escort her in regal state to Mad-

rid. This wo look upon as the char-acteristic madness of Bourbons. Noth-ing else could suggest so suicidal astep. Adissolutequeen.who wasdriv-e- n

from a throne by the people, is tobe forced into position again as oneof the earliest results of a successfulwar. King Alfonso will have troublesenough to face and overcome withoutthose of his own making. The Phil-adelphia Times is of the opinion thatif the king introduces hisdisgracefulmother he will have to shoulder hercrimes and blinders. The youngking has a rough road to travel. Allhis enemies have not left Spain withDon Carlos, and he should strengthenhis position by judicious action, notweaken it by acts of folly. But heis a Bourbon, and any crooked pathis possible to him and his adherentsa it was to the Stuarts of England,and we must say, that from presentappearances it looks very much as iftheir fates would be identical. Theselfishness of tho Stuarts alienatedfrom them all their supporters inEngland aud Scotland , brave, devotedgentlemen, as many of them were.That, we fear, will ultimately be thehistory of theBourbons in Spain.And there is no better way to makethe whe.elof certain fate revolve withincreased rapidity than to install theprofligate Queen Isabella in theroyal palace in Madrid. The affectionof the son will not cover the outrageof the king.

The New York Republican StateConvention, which convened at Syra-ous- e

on the.2lRt and 22d insts., in-

structed the delegation (35 in num-ber) to support Roscoe Conkling forPresident at the National Convention.

Mr. C. Rutherford of Walla Walla,has invented a now style horse coller.

--1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT

The Belknap Investigation. ;J. S. Evans detailed the circum-

stances surrounding his obtainingpermission from Marsh to remain . atFort Sill. Belknap told Evans hehad promised Marsh a pface andMarsh had selected Fort Sill. Evanssaw Marsh, who appeared to under-stand all about the matter. He wentto New York with Marsh, where awritten contract was signed. Evanssaid he was introduced to the Secre-tary of War by Gen. Rice of Iowa,and paid him a thousand dollars forthe introduction. He thought thiswas enough, though Rico wanted$1,500.

Geo. II. Pendleton testified beforethe judicial committee that neitherBelknap nor any member of hisfamily immediately or remotely re-

ceived any money whatever from himresulting from the Ke'ntucky CentralRailroad.

Caleb P. Marsh being sworn testi- -

nea. in Montreal jl looted overthe printed account of my testimony.With one inconsiderable addition itis correct. The addition is that Ireturned to the Secretary of Warafter I had gone to New York withMr. Evans, and requested the Secrotary to make the appointment ofEvans as post trader. I came toWashington in answer to a note orrequest of Mrs. Belknap. I camehere and called on her first. Shetold me she had prevailed on him togive me that appointment. She saidI had better go and see him I did so.I think I produced letters of recom-mendation from Judge Bohnmann,of Cincinnati, and one possibly fromJob Stevenson. Evans made hisfirst quarterly payment to me a monthor so after our contract. The firstremittance I made was to Mrs Bel-knap. I have said to Mrs. Belknapthat she might expect a present whenshe spoke of getting me the appoint-ment. I sent only one jmynient toMrs. Belknap; 6he died a few monthsafterward. I can't say when the sec-

ond payment was made, except thatit was about three months after thefirst; sent half of it to the Secretary ofWar; do not remember the corres-pondence with General Belknap,except when Evans asked for somefavor at Fort Sill. He supposedBelknap understood where themoney came from without any con-versation upon the subject, Witnessmight have said to him' "Here are$1,500," or a present of money; hewas under the impression theat Bel-knap knew the inonev came fromFort Sill. In answer to the questionhow lie came to make the present toMrs. Belknap, witness replied thatGen. Belknap must have known thearrangement he made with Evans,for he had asked the Secretarv to.ippoint Evens to his place, and theSecretary did so. In answer to thequestion why lie should voluntarilyand without solicitation, offer toGen. Belknap aaonev constituting atransaction that would disgrace him ?

lie said I do not know, The firstmoney I sent was to Mrs. Belknap;the next was to Gen. Belknan.Whether this was in consequence ofany arrangement with her, 1 am lincertain. I had no idea the transac-tions would be made public. I dufnot consider them criminal, thoughif known, they would disgrace him.lie said his reason for paying themoney to BelkiM must have been inconsequence of some arrangement, onthe night after the funeral of Mrs- -

Belknap, with Secretary Belknap orMrs. Bowers. He was sure he gotsome impression when at the funeralthat he might send tho monev tohim.

Gen. Peck testified before thecommittee on expenditures in theWar Department that post traderswere assessed for political purposes,and that during the last presidentialcanvass he paid from 6,000 to $?S,- -000.

J. J. Fisher testified that the firmof Evans & Co., post traders, con-tributed money for political purposes,iu pursuance of a request in printedcirculars. He didn't understandcontribution as compulsory, butthought it safer to pay the amountapart froru political consideration.

Mr. Evans testified that duringhe last presidential canvass he, in

compliance with a circular receivedat Fort Sill, sent 300 to the KepuD- -

ican committee in Washington, andlad sent $150 dollars to the same

committee within the last six monthsLincoln's presidency, but was notnow mixed up in politics.

C. P. Marsh brought again beforethe sub-committ- of judiciary, hisattention was called to an article inthe New York Tribune, of Marsh1872. in relation to post tradershipat Fort Sill, stating that Evans had

aid Marsh 15,000 a year tor the-dac-

Marsh testified that he callodGen. Belknap's attention to thearticle, and asked who could havewritten or inspired the article, (jren,Belknap said lie supposed it to bethe work of Gen. Hozen. Marshexplained the reason why he went toMontreal; after giving ins testimonybefore the committee on expendituresin the war department, he appre- -

iended when he read the debate inthe House, which appeared on themorning of the day he left New York,that he might be indicted for acrim- -

nal offense, hence his anxiety to getout of the way of arrest.

Mrs. C. P. Marsh testified thatshe had known Mrs. Bowers, nowMrs. Belknap, since 1860. Two orthree weeks ago at Arlington Hotelwitness asked Mrs. Belknap whethershe ever reoeived any money onaccount of the claim; witness toldisr she had heard that she received70,000. Mrs. Belknap replied thatthe claim was for only 100.000, and

iow could I receive 370,000?" Shedid not know of Mr, Pendleton pay-ing money to Mrs, Belknap on ac-count of Kentucky railway - claims,or of making her presents. Shenever heard the Secretary ofWarsavanything about the contract betweenher husband and Evans.

On cross examination by Mr.Robbins, witness said the understoodMrs. Belknap as denying she received anything, and meant to conveythat ircmreBsion." I

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Marsh was again recalled but noth-ing of importance was elicited,Clymer seemed to wish to convincethe rest of the committee that hehad not Marsh away w henhe went to Montreal. Alvin C.Leighton, James Leighton, and SethArnold, Post traders, were examined,and statements were elicited thatGen. Hendricks received largesnms for obtaining one of the

and that 8300 a monthwas paid Orville Grant and 100 con-tributed for electioneering purposes.

Gordon Daniels testified that trad-ershi- ps

were procured from time totime for money, and a trader at FortBasconi informed him he had to give

1,000 for his place. He had heardthat John Dent, brother-in-la- w ofthe President, controlled four or fivesuch appointments.

COXGKESONAir

SENATE.Washington, March 27. Spencer,

from the Committee on the Districtof . Columbia, reported back favor-ably the petition of colored citizenspraying that the 14th of April besetapart as a holiday for Governmentemployes, accompanied with a jointresolution providing that all personsemployed in the various departmentsin Washington be granted a holidayon the 14th of April, 1876, to attendthe unveiling of the Lincoln monu-ment in Lincoln Park, Washington.Passed.

Ham ill, from the Committee onPostoffices and Post Roads, reporteda bill fixing the rates of postage onthird class matter.

Jones, of Florid, offered a resol-ution calling upon tho Secretary ofState for information as to how muchmoney, if anj there is in the handsof his department paid by the gov-ernment of Venezuella on accountof the awards of the mixed commission between the United States andVenezuela. Passed.

The question was taken on the firstamendment proposed by the SenateCommittee, as follows ; For salariesof Envoys Extraordinary and ministers Plenipotentiary to Great Britain,Fiance Germany, and Russia, fixedby the House at S14.05G, the committee moved to strike out t?14,0ob andinsert 17,570. The Senate agreedto the amendment.

The Sena.e went into an executivesession and soon after adjourned

Washington, March 28. Edmundscalled up tho bill to relieve S. J.Sholfon, of Mississippi, of politicaldisabilities imposed by the lourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Cameron, of Pennsylvania, movedto amend by adding the name ofJoseph Johnstono, of. Georgia, aman who deserved pardon just asmuch as anybody slse,

Edmunds said probably the Senator from Pennsylvania is not conversant with the method adopted bythe committee in granting this relief.The committee insisted upon it thatthe person should make applicationfor pardon, and if the committeefound the applicant Reserving, audhad behaved himself since the war,they considered the matter. Heasked Cameron to withdraw hisamendment, and when Johnstoneshould make application for pardon,it might bo taken up. The amend-ment was withdrawn.

Edmunds said the application wasbefore the Committee on Judiciary,aud it would stay there until thecommittee got ready to take it up andconsider it, and they would riot takeit up out of its order. When theyreached it in order of business, thevwould consider the case. The ques-tion was taken and amendment lostand the bill passed.

Frelinghuysen called up Senatebill number thirteen, to amend thefourteenth section of the act toestablish the judicial courts of theUnited States, approved September24, 1789.

Debito ensued, but the morninghour expiring the bill weLt over, andthe chair laid before the Senate theconsular and diplomatic bill as theregular order.

Tho Senate proceeded to considerthe bill, the question recurring onrestoring Italy, which was strickenout by the House on a yea and nayvote. It was restored. The amend-ment on restoring several posts whichhad been stricken out by the Housewas taken up.

Sargent explained that in all theseamendments the committee were onlyconforming to the existing laws.0

Sherman and Hamlin urged thenecessity of conforming to the exist-ing law, and spoke against the generalprinciples of engrafting new lawsupon appropriation bills, pendingwhich the Senate went into executivesession and soon after adjourned.

HOUSE.

Washington, March 27.Bills were introduced by Jones, of

Kentucky, for the distribution ofofficial patronage of the Governmentat Washington equally among theStates of the Union. ; ,

By Hancock, to authorize the com-missioners of internal revenue torefutd the taxes collected on thesalaries of State officers.

Willis introduced a bill to restorethe national credit by funding thenon-intere- st bearing debt into fourper cent, bonds, and to repeal somuch of tho resumption . act as requires the Secretary of the Treasuryto redeem all outstanding legal tenders by January 1. 1879.

Itandall moved to suspend therules and adopt a motion to haveevening sessions on Tuesday, Wed-nesday, and Thursday of this weekfor the consideration of the legislative and judicial appropriation billThe motion was agreed to ; yeas, 152;nays, tl. ,

The House then went into Committee of the Whole, Saylor in the chair,on the bill providing for the deficiency in. the engraving and printingbureau of the Treasury, and for theissuance of subsidary silver coin.

Townsend, of Pennsylvania, offeredan amendment providing that silvercoins shall be exchangable at par forUnited States notes in sums of notless than S3, ai.d shall be receivablefor postage and revenue stamps andfor all duties to the United Statesexcept customs in sums of not overS5, and shall be redeemed on pre-sentation in such sums and undersuch regulation as shall be prescribedand that the total issue of silverooin shall not exeeed 850,000,000Speeohes were made by Landers ofIndiana, and Phillips, of KnnL.,against the bill, and Eames. of RhodeIsland,Ct,J and

,.t Burchard, of illino s inoii'"-ri i vt ll

Various amendments were offeredby Wells, of Missouri, Holman, andTownsand, of New York, andothers. .

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The committee then rose and re-

ported the bill and amendments, withthe understanding that five minutes'debate will be allowed in the Houseand votes taken on each amendment.Adjourned.

Washington, March 28. Gordonoffered a resolution directing theJudiciary Committee to inquire intothe expediency of preventing the usenf the United" States mails in carrying lottery advertisementsv Adopted..

The Speaker laid before the Housetwo communications from the DistrictAttorney of the District of the Dis-trict of Columbia, .. informing ttheHouse that the grand jury had foundan indictment against Kilbourn, therecusant witness in the real estatepool investigation, on five counts,and another from Thompson,

informing the Housethat the United States Marshal of theDistrict of Columbia had come tohim and reqnested that Kilbourn begiven into his custody, : which he(Thompson) refused to do. and ask-ing further instructions from theHouse.

New, of Indiana, defended theaction of the House in the case ofthe prisoner Kilbourn. He said thepower of Congress was as great inthat respect as of any court. '

The question whether the recusantwitness should be surrendered ; tothe judicial authorities of the districtto be tried tinder the indictment foundagainst him for refusing to testify,was discussed at considerable length.

Glover, chairman of the 6electcommittee on the1 real estate pool,offered a resolution : ordering theSergeant-at-Arm- s to deliver Kilbournto the Marshal of the District ofColumbia for trial for misdemeanor.

After considerable discussion theHouse proceeded to vote on the sub-stitution offered by Hnrlbut, and itwas rejected ; yeas, 32 ; nays, 192.

Glover's resolution , was adoptedwithout yeas and nays.

TEI.EGKAPIIIC .NEWS.

Eastern.New York, March 10. The steam

ship ureal Western from .Mediterranean ports, went ashore nearAmityville, Long Island, late onSaturday night, and it is likely tobecome a total wreck. The crewwere saved.

It is now alleged that B. P. Rog-ers, the absconding receiving tellerof the Fulton bank, Brooklyn, de-frauded that institution out of 50,-00- 0.

TiiO detectives are said to havetraced Rogers to Knoxville, Ten-nessee.

Gaiveston, March 25. A Brownsville special to the Aeics says thocommander of t lie gunboat Rio Bravoloaned General Eabarra six bags ofpowder, about 150 pounds. It isreported this loan was made at thesuggestion of t lie American Consul atMatamoras Mr. Wilson, and thatGeneral Potter considered it in vio:lition of orders received from Wash- -

l. Tho loan was effected theday before vesterday. On Thursdayevening General Labarra visited thegunboat Rio Bravo. He crossed theriver in a small boat sent from RioBravo. He did not call upon GeneralPotter. General Labarra is con-structing

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a fort at the lower edge ofMatamoras. Don Antonio Torgarihas been released upon a promiseto pay 5,000 to a forced loan. It isreported that Diaz will attack Mata-moras to-nig-

Washington, March 25. TheAmerican minister to Mexico willreceive instruction from this govern- -

went to use his good offices in thenterest of the preservation of peace '

in that country. "

Lane's bill for the payment of theModoc Indian war expenses, us re-ported from the House Committee,provides only 870.000 for Oregon,churns, and $4,400 for California."

Postmasters appointed John A.Smith, Spragne river, LakeCo.,Ogn ;

II. niggins. Friday Harbor San Ju-i-

Co.. W.T.Boston, March 27. Thomas W.

Piper, formerly sexton of the WarrenStreet Church, and convicted of tiiemurder of Mabel Young in t.iatbuilding on the 23d of May last. Wasto-da- y sentenced to be hanged.- - ::

Lawrence, (Mass.) March 27.Some five or six thousand mill 'oper-atives here are idle to-da- y owing tothe stoppage of many ' mills in con-sequence of the unprecedented highwater. All the mills on Spickel Riverare stopped. ; '

New Yokk, March 27. John S.Harris, of California, arrived at Baltirnore a few days ago with twelveAngora goats, which he brought from inAsia Minor, after a difficult journey,lasting a year. They have alreadycost him over S525 a piece. Harris ofhopes to make tliem profitable' in theSierras of California. This is thefirst importation of the kind. - .

Washington, March 27. TheHouse Committee on Postoffies to-da- y

heard the statement of Governor D".

P. Thompson' of Idaho.1 He saidthe recent testimony of Mr. Barlowwas Calculated to injure him - unlesshis transaction with Barlow should beexplained. He stated his bid for the byroute from Kelton' Utah,'-t- theDalles,1 Oregon, was 8124,500, but 'was underbid by a man named De-Lac- y,

who secured the. contract.After some months Thompson's de-posit was returned to him. Shortlyafter that himself and Barlow dis-cussed the probability of DeLacy'sfailure. Thompson stated that inthat contingency he should claim theroutei He considered he had a claimon the department, but the depart-ment had none on him. As a resultof this conversation Barlow pur-chased Thomson's revisionary inter-est in this contract for S15.000Y Soonafter DeLaey failed, and Barlow tookthe route as Thompson's

New Orleans, March 23. Capt.Wilds, of the bark Magnolia, 800 Intons, from Liverpool in ballast for allPassagulia, arived here to-da- y, andreports a vessel wrecked off Chandlerisland on March 18th. Jas. Mor-rison, mate, and three men weredrowned. The - others escaped tothe island and the vessel went topieces during the storm of Sunday,the 18th. ...

Washington, March 28. SenatorMitchell made an argument beforethe House committee on commerceurging an appropriation for the con-struction of canal and looks at theCascades of the Columbia river.

Surveyor General Simpson leftfor Portland to-da- y.

In the Senato Mitchell of Oregon,

J presented a bill to provide for theh irKV f 1 1 I r I f hi f in un7ia ... .. . w.i mcr inOregon. Referred to the Committedon commerce.

Thie district convention to Say toelect delegates to the cNationalRepublicau Convention at Cincinnatiwas controled to some extent byopposition elements; but in theopinion oi tue majority of the con-vention did not represent the Repub-lican voters of this district. The'resultjwas the withdrawal of a mejority of Republican delegates, andanother convention will be held soon

. atwhich delegates to the Cincinnaticonvention will be elected to con-test the seats of. Sayles,; Jk Bowetfand A. M. Green, who were electedby to-da- y '8 convention, .

A bill .was introduced by SenatofWright to-da- y which purposes togive to the Covington, Columbia andBlack Hills Railroad Company, ofNebraska- - a ".national charter, underthe name of 'Sioux City, Black Hillsand Pacific Railroad, with rightof ; way' and .authority, to constrnctand maintain a railroad from SiouxCity through ' Nebraska, Dakota,Wyoming Idaho and Oregon to thecity of Portland, all to be completedwithin fifteen years, sis ; ; .

The change of postmaster at Salem,Oregon, was made at the instanceof the Postoffice Department on ac-

count of the repeated violation of itsregulations as to the manner of doingbusiness, and Senator Mitchell wasrequested to nominate a successorimmediately, ,, . .. , .

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.The Senate confirmed John M.Coghlan, of California, as chiefjustice of the supreme court of Utah:W. C. Fox, of Missouri, as U. S.consul at Brunswick: Germanr

iso action uas Deen taken as yet bythe Senate, in regard to the nomina-tion of Dana as Minister to England.

l'oreign.London, "March 25. The corn' . . .L T ' - Itiraue since ine ueginning oi tne week

has rather gained strength andvalneshave slowly and steadily improved.

.The provincial- - markets . yesterdayreported a suiiung advance on wheat:but with the fine weather, the inquiryis becoming smaller in London

London, March 25. A Madriddispatch reports' that recuiting forCuba is actively progressing. Thesoldiers serving under .Don Carlosare allowed to enlist.

In the House of Lords to-nig-

the royal title bill passed its firstreading. ,

A dispatch dated Naples, Sundaynight, says the eruption of Vesuviuscontinues with unabated vigor.

Havana, March 2C The Diarosays the present crop of sugar ' willmake about 100,000 boxes, aud valu-ed at 630,000 000 less than last year'scrop.

Ragusa. March 27. Ali Pasha.Governor of Herzegovina, MustaphaPasha and Yassa Effendi, pacificationcommissioners, and Baron Bodick.Governor of Dalmatia, are here con-ferring about the method of dealingwith the inhabitants of Herzegovinawho have taken .refuge in Austrianterritoiy.

London, March 28. Advices re-ceived to-da- y from India report thatthe steamship Iowod from Sheehrhad been wrecked in tne Arabian Sea.She had on board about five hundredpilgrims, ehienv Persians, bound toBushicre. Three men supposed1 tobo the the only survivors reachedHodeida.

Flouesce, March 28. The suitbrought against Larkin G. Mead, thoAmerican sculptor, by a former em-ploye, concerning the Lincoln mon-ument, which rwas originally decidedin favor of the defendant and subse-quently appealed, has again resultedin a complete victory for Mead.

' Litertooij, March 27. The shipLanarkshire arrived at Liverpoolfrom Astoria. -

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i . ; Coast..San Francisco,' March 27. In tho

Spanlding court martial to-da- y Wei.II. Cnllon testified to being the holderof two forged navy certificates writ-ten by Pinney, and signed by Spanld-ing. He asked Spaulding about themand ho stated that they were "goodand would soon be paid. ......

The Freyer . process for' reducingores is to be tested in a few days. Agood dealof interest is felt in miningcircles as to the success of the pjo-ces- s,

which, if it is what it pretendsto be, will revolutionize the gold andsilver mining of the coast.

San Francisco, March 25. At thegreat two-mil- e and repeat' race,which came off to-day- ,. Chance won.Best time made 3:41. - '

San Francisco, March 28. It hasbeen definitely arranged that an anti-Chine- se

mass meeting shall be heldUnion Hall next Saturday evening.

The Committee on Chinese Immigra-tion; recently appointed by the Board

Supervisors, have published anappeal tor the public - of - the' PacifioCoast for an, expression of their feel-ings on the question of the hour.

Mendocino, March 28.A terribletragedy occurred in a house of ill- - .fame at 9:30 o'clock last night, whichresulted in . tho deatli of one of theinmates named Lena Mitchell and aman from San Francisco named FrankMitchell. Both were shot and killed

Aarry Klienschmidt.

The Tancour er' Independent tellsstory of a woman at that place whoswallowed a small snake while drink-ing in the dark. That the snake re-mained in her stomach a year, andwas only induced to leave his cosyhabitation after being drenched forsome time with strong brandy"straight." We have known brandyto. bring snakes out of a person'sboots, but never , before out of thestomach. .

The Walla Walla Spirit says JoelWood worth made the riffle acrose theBlue Mountains after eleven davs o;f ohard labor, spiced with considerabletough . swearing with ' his ; teams.

a letter to ' his wife, ' ho cautionsmen against starting into the

mountains now, unless they are pre-pared to catch Mary had a littlelamb." ' ' '

The Olympian says Mr. Cisco, ofthat place, learns by private letterthat rich placer diggings have beendiscovered near Kearney, in Wyom-ing Territory, yeilding "from . ten tofifteen oents per pan. The gold issaid to bo equal in quality to anyever obtained from the mines of Cal-- '

ifornia.' - . .

Three hundred head of fat muttonsheep sold at Pendleton the otherday for S3 per head. They werepurchased for the Victoria market.