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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Chester A. Arthur, President de fac
to, on last Monday delivered his mes.
sage to Congress, which assembled on
that day. We have neither room nor
disposition to give it in full, but con-
tent ourselves with a brief synopsis
The first part of the message, which
refers to foreign affairs, is composed of
unmeanlng platitudes, which every
reader will skip over. Tn the discus
sion Of eur own affairs he shows une-
quivocally that he is candidate for re-
nomination. He evidently wishes to
placate both the e'good Lord and the
good devil" He favors the national
banks and the reduction of the silver
coinage in the interest Of the Republi-
cans, while 70 the Democrats he pro-
poses to reduce the taxation and dis
pose of the surplus revenue by abolish
ing the internal revenue tax on whisky
and tobacco, or if this is not satisfac-
tory, gentle modification of the tariff
is suggested His recommendation in
regard to internal improvements by the
general government is at least original.
Seeming to recognize the fact that the
river and harbor bill had an unfortun-
ate influence in the last election, he ad-
v;ses that each Improvement shall be
the subject of a separate bill. The bal
ance of the message on the subject OF
postal mat tiers, the Supreme court, the
bankrupt law, education, railroads, po-
lygamy and civil service reform, has
been much more ably dis cussed by the
newspapers than they are in the mes
sage We must say of the message that
all that is good is pot new, and all that
is new is not good.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
oUR INDIAN POLICY.

Within the past few years salutary
change has been effected in our Indian
policy. The time has gone by when a
party of well-meaning, but foolish SEN
timentalists, devoid Of practical expe-
rience Of the races with which they
nad to deal, and not appreciating the
necessities of the case, were permitted
to shape the policy of the nation to.
wards the nations wards There is no
doubt that the question is a difficult
one to deal with. Large tracts Of land
In the western territories were set apart
as reservations for use of the indigeni-
GUS tribes. 1t was extremely difficult
and in most cases impossible, to make
our pioneers and frontiepsrnen remem
Der that the Indian had rights as well
as himself, and that the government
was pledged to respect those rights
The white man looked upon every acre
of this continent as public domain,
which he could settle upon and appro-
pirate at pleasure, and the government
did not choose to inaugurate harsh
measures against its own citizens.
There is no doubt that this is one rea-
son for much of the Indian discomfort.
| Another cause may be traced to the
lax manner in which many Indian
agencies have been conducted, the
agents acting as though their proteges
were legitimate subjects for spohation'
We are too prone to regard only one
side of the Indian question, and to ig-
more our own part in fostering diseon-
| tent.
We are led to consideration of this
question at the present time by the
manly and practical course which Gen.
Crook is pursuing with tie Apaches in
the southern territories. The policy of
this soldier is the true policy to be ap-
piled to our Indians, and it may be
summed up in the two words firmness
and Justice. He warns the Apachss
that all who are found outside their
reservations will he treated as hostiles
and summarily dealt with All the In
dians are to be counted daily, and net
allowed to leave their reservation With
out permit Assistance and encour-
agement are to be accorded to those who
show their willingness to be peaceful
and industrious, but those who 60 upen
the war path are to be treated without
mercy. On the other hand, General
Crook cautoIs his officers to deal with
the Indians in "a spirit of thorough
| justice, ard not to make any promises
which they cannot perform; also not to
assist settlers against Indians without
first examining well into the merits Of
the case; and that each officer shall be
individually responsible for his acts.
General Crook has had long experience
with the hostile tribes, and if his policy
of fr.nness, combined with justice, con
tinues to be pursued, we predict
speedy cessation Of those ac:s of blood
shed and rapine which have lately dis
figured our territories.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
THE SITUATION.

If the Democratic statesmen are as
wise as their brethren of the press,
they have entered upon an uninter-
rupted control of the government.
There can be no doubt that the excuses
gwen by the Republicans for their de-
feat do not satisfy the unprejudiced
mind To say that it was whisky, the
hosses or Guitteau's bullet that marked
the downfall of the Republican party,
is to take a very superficial view.
What did the people have to cause
them to give The Republican party an
other lease of powerl Nothing.
Theirs was and has been from the FIRST
simply a battle for spoils. The last
campaign no more evinced this than
the preceding Presidential one. Jay
Hubbellism was as we'll established
then as now. The Republican party
is ne more corrupt to-day than it has
been for years. Arthur is no more a
boss OF an interferer in State politics
than Blaine. HIS dictation of the nom
ination of Folger is not whit worse
than Blaine's removal of Coll ector
Merritt and promotion of Robertson.
Ind eed Folger is a man of considera-
BILE worth and integrity, while Robert
son is only noted for. the betrayal of
his pledged word at the Chicago con
vention. To bring the matter nearer
home, the Republicans of Oregon are
no more disgusted with Mitchell than
they are with Harvey Scott. They be-
gin to see that tho only question with
them Is one of Office. A great party
may split on some great and sudden
issue that is sprung upon it, hut never
before was party ruptured simply
over the spoils. There is nothing to
hold the Republican party together.
Its leaders have always known. that if
they once lost power they had no rally
ing principles. You cannot rally ef-
flee seekers when there are no prospects
of having offices to divide. Gradually
the leadingathinking men Of America
have thrown off the sprejudics that
made them afraid to trust the Democ-
racy. They have 9ustly Judged that
there was no leading principle in the
Republican party. and that it was only
held together by the cohesive power of
public plunder If there is no balm in
Gilead, if there is no salvation in the
Democracy, America is lost. So rea-
soned Curtin, Trumbull, Palmer,
| Adams, Julian, Blair and host of
others who attended the birth of the
| Republican party. These men de-
nounced the rottenness of the Repub-
lican party years ago, but the Ameri-
can people are an easy going, for5ear-
ing people and they Lad placed their
trust in the Republican party. No
wonder that it was hard to give it up,
considering the enthusiasm that at
tended it's birth and watched its growth.
But the people have placed the seal of
condemnation upon its brow and the
verdict is one Of business tinged with
pity, but is net, by any means one Of
prejudice. May it r. I. P.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

A WASHINGTON dispatch of Dec
Sd, says: Gen. Robert Toombs, speak
ing of Georgia politics to-day, said: "a
great many of our best men are really
taking no interest in politics The late
methods of obtaining political prefer
ment are very distasteful to our best
citizens. They won't take Office.
They look upon politics with loathing.
Geo. E. Brown, who by an organized
system controls $4,000 negro votes in
Georgia, has entered into combination
with certain democrats or men who call
themselves democrats, but they ara not
in truth; and they manage to control
everything and distribute all the offices
TO suit themselves. This is the way
Georgia politics are run. The truth is
our people have been indifferent ever
since the democrats allowed Tilden to
be counted out. After that our folks
said "What is the use of electing a
president, we can't get him into Office
after we do elect him2 Instead of fol
lowing the plain path of duty they al
lowed Sam. Randall to lead them
astray. The growth Of manufactures
in the south is not increasing. The
protection sentiment in that section is
that our manufacturing interests in the
south do not need protection.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
What it viii De.

Democrats are constantly asked what
the Democratic party will do when it
obtains control of the general govern
ment. We answer as follows and ad-
wise every Democrat to paste it in his
hat, as it will be useful in enlighter-
ing wavering Republican friends:
It will reduce the tariff, thereby re-
fusing to take money from the many
to benefit the few. It's tariff will be
for revenue only.
II will do away with the internal
revenue tax, except probably on whisky
and tobacco, which will be greatly re-
duced
1t will not allow the public money to
be voted away by the millions for in
ternal improvements, unless they a"e
something of true Importance.
1t Will stop the foolish payment of
the national debt at the rate Of $12,-
500, 0,000'per month, to probably an av-
erage of from S3,ooo,ooo to $4,000
900, thus refusing to make the present
generation work entirely for the benefit
Of Gould and Vanderbilt.
1t will correct the frauds of the pen
sion bureau, by which millions are lost
annually.
1t will discharge all unnecessary Of
fcials.
1t will correct I'll abuses and have
no more robberies.
It will reduce taxation.
1t will give rs a good, honest ane
wise administration of the general gov
ernment.
BY doing this it will follow out it
destinies and endear itself to the hearts
of the American people fit fails tt
| do these things then God have mercy
on our souls.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
Grants Letter On Porter.

A late dispatch says: A letter
from General Grant to Senator Cam
eren on the case Of Fig John Porter
dated February 4, 1882, was made pub
lie to-day. One recent magazine article
Ct Grant en- the same subject presented
all the statements made in the latest
contribution to the literature of the
case. One letter closes as follows:
commenced reading of this case with
the conviction that Gen. Porter had
beeA guilty as found by the court but
came out of the investigation with the
thorough conviction that the public
generally had done him fearful injus-
tice, and am entirely satisfied that any
intelligent man or lawyer who will
throw aside prejudice and examine
the case as | have done will come to
the same conclusion. AS stated in my
letter to the press I feel it incumbent
on me, in view of the positions have
held heretofore and my failure to do
then what [ now wish I had done, to
de all in my power to place Gen. Por-
ter right before the public and in future
history and repair my own unintention-
al injustice. / address this letter to
you, knowing you viii have desire to
do just what your judgment dictates as
being right III the matter and that you
will state to whomsoever it may seem
TO you proper and necessary my pres
ent convictions on the case.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

PRor. PALMER, Capt. Gill, and Lieut..
CharriDgtor, the three men who were
sent by the English government in Au-
gust to visit the Syrian Bedouins, and
secure their cooperation, or at least
their remaining quiet during tbe con-
tiict with Egypt, have not. yet been
heard from. It is supposed that they
were robbed and either murdered or
made prisoners by some of the interior
tribes. The event has aroused a wide
feeling in England, the professor being
an eminent scholar, and the others mer
of high connections.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
A Small Farm for Sale.

Having become tired of batching, l
offer my place for sale. with or without
household and kitchen furniture, on
reasonable terms. It contains 72 acres.
more or less. II of which are under cul-
tivation, nice young orchard, a good
sized barn and box house. with four
rooms; also, the outsdoor improve
ments. It is situated in good neigh
borhood, within a half mile of 'arge
school house, seven and one>half miles
west of Roseburg. in what is called The
French Settlement, in Douglas county
Oregon. Inquire OF me on my farm.
T. 3. OBEIEN.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09

The Garfield board of auditors have
cut down the doctors bills, at which
DR.. Bliss wakes warm and declares it
as his opinion that none OF the physi-
clans will accept the award, but will
have recourse upon the estate of the
deceased President. The bills as al
lowedare: Bliss, $4,000; Aglew and
Hamilton each, $1,000, Reyburn and
Boynton $4,000 each. All other bills
were settled.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
AGENTS WANTING
BIG S ALARIES
HORSE { WAGON FURNISHED


Free, would do we'll not to apply to
and earn what they get. We do not
wieh 10 pay salaries for we could only
do so where we Lad TO pay second
party 10 watch the first. Any SO. called
Agent that would even ask for more
than he earns, would be of no use to
any enc. and would not expect to earn
1t. We want good agents. and will do
all We can to assist them, but could not
start them in business and take all
risks OF loss beside. Parties who apply
Tor work do not want it, if they do not
accept it on terms we offer them. We
want agents who will work, and really
intend TO work when they get chance,
but not professional applicants Good
Agents of either sex can make $40 a
week.
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EnbbasG Creek
60. I z q S.
CLARKE & BAKER,
Proprintors
CLARKE & BAKER,

Having purchased the above named
mills of e. Stephens a Co., we are
now prepared to furnish any amount
of the
BEST QUALITY OF LUMBER
Ever offered To the public in Douglas
county.
We have Just purchased one of the
Weatherly, Rugg & Richardson No. l
Planess ard mathers and are pre-
pared 10 do better work
than other mills in the county.
We will furnish at the mill No 1
lumber at the following prices:
Dressed rustic..... -, $16 per NJ
Flooring dressed & matched SIS pc. NJ
Lumber dressed on one sideS14 per III
Lumber dressed on two sides$l6 perm
Rougn lumber er........$8 to $40 per NJ
We have an extra quality of lumber
equal to any found on Coos Bay. and
will guarantee to give satisfaction to
all those favoring us with their orders
Postof1ice address, Umpqua Ferry
Oregon. CLARKE g. BAKER.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-12-09
EX-SENATOR CoyK1INc saws On %

EX-SENATOR GoNKLING, says an east
ern paper, took no part in the New
York campaign, one way or the other
but it is understood that he Was dissat
isfea with the nomination OF FoIger
and privately predicted his defeat from
the start.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27
FOB SALE.

res, FOE SALE.
comer-oLD BRIcK-Apply at MAYDwELL's
k;ndersle Yard IS Union street.
AND ROCKAwAY-Apply at South
hampeFeeess stsSie, EAST Court street.
the hum4RE MACHINERY OF 4 FIRST
- 1Sf1II-Boilers, Engine, Shafting, Pull
hampsgeniiiil, Wheat mill, Elevator, cOnveyOr,
TON DELANEY, Market street, between
Iand second. Or JOHN sSs k SscoDd s,reet
a T A S1CRTFICE-Lot rs feet front by 1851
"A feet deep; price $40 per frotit loot Linden
Aiss lot o. feet front by $50 ieet deep on Poplar
street, corner Bull Run. This 10, fronts on three
The above property belongs to non-residents:
title perfect and taxes paid up.
also have for sale a large number OF dwellings
be pleased to show property to purchasers
a. L. GU1oN, Agent, 10 Madison st.
n ooD BRICK REsIDENCE-No. &c Union street,
VI between Second and Third, formerly Major
- . -' . ". A. WHEATLEY, PSI Main.
DIANo-A tlue steinway Piano; full size; nearly
u new; can be seen at Hol!enberg's Music
House. Address CASH. this office.
II at IS Charleston avenue.
TAYLOR OR MATAGoRDA SILK COTTON
JOE L. LEE, Fulton, Tenn.
or ]. T. FARGAsON & CO., city.
OWEET POTATOE PLANTs-Order of
= BUCKHAM 4 CAMPBELL. so Beale St.
COrTON -sEED-Forty tons Of eotton;seed for
Mss Sa odgPIY % 4 e co sGdse
COTTON sEED-we have good planting seed for
~ sale, OF the variety known in North Louisiana
as Denny" This cotton is very productive. and
snce itcoseiy resembles the BOYD OF best selection,
and is preferred By many who have planted them
eushel, 50 cents; less rates given by the ton Ad-
U'e'' Oasis Plantation Z FS Il IS Point 2. O.,
Coahoma county, Miss.
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PERSONALS.

Miss BETTE BOWERS, from near Grenada
Miss, is in the city visiting relatives, at 500
Shelby street.
Mrs. ]. 2. PRESCOTT and her grand-niecel
Miss Gable Beauchamp, left the city yester-
day morning for Little Rock. ~
Mrs. JAMES V. RUSSELL and daughter,
Miss Fanny Galloway, are in the city, visit
ing their parents at the Peabody Hotel.
Mr. Su.As G. BARR, of the Corinth Miss }
Subsoiter and Democrat, is in the city in the
interests of his journal, one OF the oldest and
best established papers in North Mississippi.
MISS MARY E. WADswoRTH will deliver a
lecture for the benefit of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union ON Friday evening,
April Sth, at o'clock, at the Central Bap-
fist church. Subject, "Thackeray."
Miss HAYWOOD, of Brownsville, niece of
Colenel Wiilo Haywood. editor of the
Brownsville States, is in the city enjoying a
visit with the family of DIR. w. E. Rogers,
who are also relatives of the young lady.
THE REV. DR. WHITE, of Friars Point,
Miss, has agreed 10 repeat his sermon on
"The Love of Excitement" on his return
from attendance at the General Assembly,
which meets at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th
Proximo.
THE felIn~sssss-Ssz:t5Tsf :, -stSs So
Cotton Exchange yesterday: E. NJ Hearn,
FRANKLIN; G. B. Glenn, BrownsviIle; S..W.
Pegram, Falkern, Miss; Colonel J. C. Cliff
ton, Senatobia, Miss J. II. McFerrin, Col
lierville, Tenn; Hugh Ross, Lonoke, Ark. /;
]. B. Ingram, Jackson, Tenn; J. G. Wooten,
Leighton, Ala; L. Burnett, Williston, Tenn !;
S. NJ. Alexander, Macon, Tenn.
Mrs. MINOR MERIwETHER, of this city,
lectured in the representatives hall, Nash
vile, on Tuesday night, to a full house.
Mr.. A. S. Colyar introduced her, says the
american, saying he took special pleasure in
presenting her-she was a Tennessee woman
had made her mark in the world-a lady
whom he had known from her early woman
hood, though IS matter of course that had
been but short time. lie took it for
granted the speaker would say good many
things which the audience might differ with
her about and with which he might differ,
but they would all agree with him and with
the lecturer IN one thing, and that is, that we
need more independence of thought and
more honesty and courage in uttering con-
victions. The lecturer was greeted with APP
plause several times in the course of her
lecture, and quite number of the gentle
men and ladies present pressed forward at
the close to congratulate her on her first ap-
pearance in our city. As speaker she is
graceful and easy on the floor, and is dis
tinctly heard in the remotsst part of The
hall. Womanly culture and bearing mark
her speech and gesture throughout. Her
lecture was mostly upon the condition of the
women of the past. Last night she lectured
in the representatives hall en- women of
the present.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27
LOCAL NOTICES.


HOSE and hose reels at competition prices
j. A. Baily.
SEE advertisement of fine "steinway''
piano for sale.
GASOLINE, Benzine, Mammoth and Petro
oil at zoe per gallon, at Ozanne & Mays.
The nickle counters of N. Schwartzsn-
berg, 230 Main street, will be open till 10
o'clock Saturday night.
FURNITURE, Stoves and Carpets sold in
weekly and monthly payments at r. Brandt
& Co.'s, No. 195 Main street, corner of WASH
ington.
d. CANALE & Co, 32a -MAi.A- airoet, are Just
~, gest shipment of bananas,
pineapples and other tropical ir--'t4-
brought to this city.
REV. T. J. Rowan, pastor of the Central
Baptist church, will preach at the hall, cor
ner of SEVENTH and Broadway streets, South
Memphis, Thursday and Friday nights,
April 9th and 18th, at 8 o'clock.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27
BACK TAXES.
Judge HeIskeII Does Not Prepare a Bill
I'm WestherfOrd's Interest.

Yesterday the cross-views of Judge Heis-
kell as published in the APPEAL aroused
considerable comment in the city. An AP-
PEAL reporter learned that Judge Heiskeil
was entirely opposed to Mr.. Weatherford in
the matter of back-tax collections, and that
the bill prepared by the judge was fought by
Mr.. Weatherford, who is now in Nashville
Judge Heiskell and a committee OF the
council held private meeting at President
Hadden's Office day before yesterday and
united in sending telegram to Governor
Hawkins asking him to include the consid-
Grafton of the back-tax matter in his call for
the extra session of the Legislature Yester-
day afternoon an APPEAL reporter met
Judge Heiskell, who, upon solicitation, made
the following statement to him:
"The mistake of many intrsgard to the
present tax laws, is that they suppose them
to be sufficient, if efficiently administered
Practically, the law as administered results
thus: A piece of property is sold for taxes,
and there being no purchaser at the tax sale
the State buys it in. The next year il ia re-
assessed, although bought in by the State
the previous year, and the State buys it in
again, and SO on from year to year. And SO
the property is sold annually to the State
and no tax is paid. Again, if anybody now
desires to buy any delinquent property, he
cannot buy it for less than all of the taxes
due on it. And as there is large amount
of property in Memphis, which owes more
taxes than it is worth, it is at once seen that
no one will purchase, so that the recalcitrant
taxpayer enjoys his rents from year to year
and others pay his proportion of
the public burdens, or they go
unpaid. The act defeated before the
Legislature would have remedied both of
these wrongs by selling the property to
the highest bidder, giving the purchaser
good title, and putting the property in the
hands of taxpaying citizens"
This was the object of the bill, and it was
because it was thought that the back-tax
collector was not selling the delinquent prop
erty fast enough that the bill was proposed;
and so far from the bill being proposed in
his, interest, the APPEAL is informed that
he was very much opposed to it.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-27

EcX POSITION BUILDING.
GRAND PEDEsTRIAN TOURNAMENT
Commencing MONDAY EVENING,
April 2ith, at O'Clock.
Great I23 Hours Race for $1,000 and Two-thirds
Gate Receipts.
The following Noted Pedestrians will start
DAN O'LEARY,
Ex-Champion of the World.
FRANK HIATT,
Winner OF the O'Leary Belt and Long Distance
Championship of America
=. l.. DOWNER, Champion of the South.
PAT DALE, New Orleans.
JOHN DOBLER, 70 Hours Champion.
J. CAUSTON, and others Will start.
FULL BAND.
ADMISSION ......... FIFTY CENTS.
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New Clarendon HAZEL
One Day More

ITO morrow for the sale of tickets for the
next drawing of the Commonwealth Distri-
button Company, which takes place on Sat
urday. Only two dollars for whole tickets
and one dollar for halves. Those who want
a chance should make immediate applica-
ton, at No. West Court street.