The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-02-17

| you may take, must be decided upon your
own responsibility, and will be ON your in
! denendent authority. After full consider
a. ON of your suggesti n that it may bs ne :
essary To conduct the same negotiation at
more than one point, the president has di-
j rected that the third assistant secretary OF
state accompany you. Should the oceasion
which you anticipate arise, you are aut!.o-
rlzed to give Mr.. Blaine necessary instruc-
tions, his official rank in the department
and his detail for official services on this
mission being sufficient to authorize him.
without formal commission, to execute your
instructions Your expenses and those OF
the third assistant secretary who accom-
panies you going and returning, and such
as are Incidental to your residence in South
America and the mission which YOU are on
will be allowed by the department in conf
dence that with due regard to the propri-
cites IN your position and duties with which
you are charged, the expenses will be rea-
sonahle and carefully regulated. You will
receive herewith an allowance of $1,000,
which will be charged to your expense
account. In final Sc tlement of your ac-
count for expenses you will be required to
furnish this department with a certificate
that the amounts char. ed have been actually
expended for that purpose. You are au-
thorIzed to expend for clerical services while
engaged on the special mission a sum not to
exceed $780, for which you will return
proper vouchers. Your compensation for
the special mission is hereby fixed at Sl0,-
600, OF which allowance not to exceed $lGCO
will be made to you forthwith, to be charged
to your compensation account. You are
also authorized to draw upon tae secretary
OF state from time to time against your
compensation allowance in sums not to ex-
coed $1,000 monthly, commencing from
January, 1882, provided the total amount
OF such drafts shall not exceed $4,000 leav.
ing the remainder to be adjusted at close
Of your mission. l am, ETC.,
New York, Feb l3.-The Lincoln Club
celebrated tonight the 73d anniversary of
the birthday of President Lincoln
Lincoln, Feb l4.-The star route case
opened to-day with Fred E. Cleary, post
master of Sidney, on the stand. He refused
to testify lest he might criminate himself
Mireola, Texas, Feb. l4.-two bridges
were washed away in q recent great storm
on the eastern division of the Texas Pacific.
Richmond, Feb. l4.-The boiling read
jnsters agree to abide the decision of the
caucus.
OF thirty Belgian mechanics who went to
Aspinwall to work on the Panama Canal,
eight have died of isthumus fever.
Minister Logan says he hopes to secure
the unanimous cooperation of the countries
to which he is accredited, at the proposed
congress of republics of North and South
America, in Nov. snext at Washington.
The congress would he attended with the
happiest results, should n full agreement be
reached. 1t is to be hoped that efforts for
the suppression OF war between countries of
the American continent will not be frus.
trated.
A bill has been introduced in congress to
polygamists from holding office,
or from being delegates in Congress.
Senator Slater delivered speech in the
senate recently, in which he specially adj
vocated the improvement of the Yaquina
Bay, with a view of making t.le Oregon
Pacific railroad, now in process of construc-
tion from that harbor, an effective compe-
ting line.
It is said that the subcommittee of ways
and means will recommend, that the tax on
all articles, except spirituous, vinous and
malt liquors. tobacco, cigars and cigarettes
h,,r repealad