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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT, M. II. ABBOTT, EDITOR. SATtTRDAY.....;....BECESIBER 1, 18GG, People's Transportation Co. . .Honied monopolies, sooner or later al ways prove a curse, instead of a blessing, to "any community. They, should, there fore, be discountenanced by all hating at heart the permanent well-being cf socie ty; Monopolies are frequently engines x)f tyranny They favor the rich and grind the pooh , Monopolies are purse Jroud and insolent. Their constant and Uniform tendency is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. a Young as Oregon is she nevertheless is already cursed with monopolies, not the least of which is the People's Transp or tation Company. We do not pretend to know peisonally those who compose this Company. .We have as yet taken but lit tle trouble to inquire. . It is sufficient for lis to know that as a Company they have no opposition j that hence they are a mo nopoly, getting rich off the people of Or egon by exorbitant charges for freight or passage. Sometime last August a box of books, belonging .to us, all the way from Pitts field, Illinois rta Gape Horn and San Francisco, arrived at the wharf at Alba ny. It cost us as much less about one fourth to get them from Portland here, as it did from Pittsfield to Portland. In other words, it cost us nearly as much to transport our books fifteen to eighteen thousand miles as to have them brought seventy-five or eighty miles 1 It was not o good day for the P. Trans. Company to charge, either. We once moved some household furni ture from a point opposite Louisiana, Mo., to Stillwater, Minnesota a distance, by, irater, of seven or eight hundred miles; an 1 although it was the- first boat of the eaason, and the rate3 of freight had not teen reduced by competition, yet the charge was only seventy dollars. Last August we moved ahout the same amount aud kind of household goods from Port land to Albany, and were charged seven ty dollars therefor ; but on our express ing some surprise, the very gentlemanly purser very graciously deducted ten dol lars!1 A year ago we were merchandizing in Monmouth, Polk county, Oregon. We replenished our stock several times, and in at least half the instances we sent down to Portland for goods by teams, because it co?t us no more, and teamsters would re ceive the greater portion of their pay in merchandize a thing the People's Tran. Company would not do, of course. They want the pound of flesh next the heart,4 It is somewhere in the neighborhood of J eighty or eighty-five miles, by water, from hera to Portland. Let a man get aboard here at noon, and instead of going right! along down, and being in Portland by1 daylight next morning, as heshould, he eimply drops down to Salem, and lies at that place all night paying fifty cents for a bunk; and the following day, at 3 or 4 o'clock, he reaches Portland. Then, a gain, they take their own time in return ing. We landed'in Portland a week ago last Wednesday, and by the following Friday were ready to return. On inqui ry W3 found that no boat would arrive at Albany till the next Tuesday ! and the alternative was thus presented us either to lie over in Portland four days or else go heme on Friday in one of the delight ful mud-wagons of the stage Company. We chose the latter. Now, no good rea son can be .given tor such long delays. They are inexcusable. But the P. T. Co. are a monopoly a rich, purse-proud, ex acting monopoly and they do as they please in this matter. We do " not wish it to be inferred that we were charged more than anybody else in the above specified cases. So far as we know they were the usual rates, made out in exact conformity to the scale of the People's Transportation Company. We give the Company credit for treating all alike in the matter of freight charges. If they haVo inserted, their fangs into ns quite deep, we have the exquisite satis faction of knowing that they bit others just as deenly and fiercely. If, while they trailed and called us brother, they smote" us under the fifth financial rib, it is some Consolation to us to know that they have very nearly disemboweled others. Not only do the P. T. Company charge exorbitant freights, but in the matter of meais iur pssseugtia na-v mil tv luruiMiu e t :i x r. fair equivalent. As we have already in t timated, last week we visited Portland. i Of course we jumped aboard the first ' boat that came along, which happened to !be the Fannie Patton. The purser, Mr Church, was just as smiling and obliging as ever. We took two meals on board Bupper and breakfast. We are not very fastidious in our gastronomic tastes : but arc quite easily satisfied in such matters But when we pay four bits for a meal, we do expect to . have something near its e quivalent set before us, whether we par take of it or not; and having but recent Jy been engaged in the hotel business, we claim to know what a meal should be for which , a half dollar is charged. The breakfast furnished us, to which we have tbove alluded-, consisted of a piece of very ugh beef, cooked till it was dry and quite asieless. We set it aside. The coffee s black a tar -water, newly eold nd without milk. We took a sip or two and pushed it aside. Butter was rancid and smelt like 4 nigger perspiring freely of a hot day. After tasting it wo contented ourself by merely pointing our case-knife at it. Rolls were warm, but clammy and too eour for our palate. Of vegetables there were none except Irish potatoes. These we had, first boiled, secondly fried, and thirdly boiled, and fourthly fried a great variety of murphys all will readily admit. The waiters were slow, confused and simpering. This was our breakfast. We went before breakfast to the wash room and washed, but oh! horror on top of horror ! when we essayed to wipe we found the towel as wet and dirty as a dish rag. We suppose it safe to say that thir ty to fifty poor pilgrims had used thatr tow el that morning era we went to the wash room for the purposes of ablation. Why should this Company charge so exorbitantly ? Why so much more than in the States? Money there is worth 12 per cent per annum. It is about that in Oregon. Steamboat hands there receive $30 to $40 per month, and we are told that is about what they get here. Fuel there is worth $3 to $4 per cord; and it worth no more here. Provisions are ac tually cheaper here than there. The old Willamette river is not nearly so difficult and dangerous to navigate as the Missis sippi and its tributaries ; besides it never freezes sufficiently to impede navigation; while the northern Mississippi and Mis souri rivers,' for several weeks, and some times months, are closed by ice ; and of course the capital invested in boats nav igating them is unproductive during this ice-embargo. Again we demand : Why should the People's Transportation Com pany charge so much more for freight, or passage than they do in the States ? It may be said that there is not business e nough to keep the boats fully employed. But this is" untrue. They are loaded down, a3 a general thing, each way, and ordinarily have more . passengers than they can comfortably accommodate. The true solution to the question is this : The People's Transportation Company are heartless, soulless, monied monopoly and true to the ancestral fame of all mo nopolies, they pluck the public goose while they can, because just now they have the power. But we trust this will not always be true. Ihey may have no opposition this year, nor next ; but they cannot expect always to have things all their own way. This coast is full of sharp-sighted capi talists; and in due time they will see that the Willamette river offers strong. induce ments to them to invest some of their capital in an opposition line. When the steamship Montana first made her appear ance at Portland, there were those who prognosticated that she would soon be hauled off for want of sufficient encour- gement. But she etill continues in the trade, and there is scarcely a citizen of Oregon but is either directly or indirect- y benefitted by the Montana. Long may he wave! We hope to live to see the day when an opposition line of steamers on the Willam ette will be in full and successful opera tion. We here and now pledge ourself in advance to do what we can to have it suit ably encouraged by the public. "Radicalism and Ruffianism." a a recent scathing article under this head on the many insults offered to the resident during his tour, the Metropoli tan Record says : "It is not surprising that Radicalism has at last developed it self into ruffianism. The idea upon which it started was in conflict with or der, and the teachings of its apostles led inevitably to such results as the country has lately witnessed. Hostility to the Constitution, to established laws, to the rights of the States, and to political in dependence, formed the ground work up on which the Black Republican party was organized. It is not strange that, as the party thus organized became strong, and its leaders corrupted by the prolonged possession of officejXit should finally be. come what it is to-dav the head aud heart to lawlessness and rascality. It e would be more strange to see such a party elevatinj; itself to respectability. Evil doctrines never lead to good results, and the doctrines of the 'party of greal moral ideas' were and are essentially evil." Never. Pred. Douglas says that "he stands forth just as God made him.", Wc beg Fred's most humble pardon, says the iew xorK uav J300K, but uou never made him. God made white men and negroes, but He never made mulattocs. They are the origin of men's sins and crimes and so distasteful is their exist ence to the beneficent Creator of every thing good, that he dooms them to cx tinction. God will not even permit the nondescript beings to .exist permanently on His footstool, but in the third or fourth generation, punishes them with annihila tion. We heard of a Yankee and his wife at one of our hotels ihe other day, says the Brenham (Texas) Banner, who had brought a hired negro woman along to wait on them. They told the worn; that they would pay her regular wages but that she would have to pay her own board. Her wages were ten dollars month, and her board twenty-five dollars At such rates how long will it take the negr waach to clear thousand 4olltri What the Radical Xeaiiers Will Doi A late number of the Oregon Herald contains a letter from some correspondent, from which we extract the following "Our country is about to pass a terriblo ordeal. It is evideut ta me that th is coming Congress .is about to ro-cnact the scenes of Cromwell in Ire land, and the scenes of Hobespterre, Danton and Marat in i ranee, and inaugurate in this country an otherreign of terror. First, it will impeach the President, depose him, appoint some one of their lavoritos to act ae President, and perhaps Aan Mr. Andrew Johnson. Then they will establish negro suffrage in the Southern States. Then they will appoint a commission to try Confederate offi cers for treason," convict and hang them and con fiscate their property. They will then disfranchise all who were in any way connected with the Con federate cause, and confiscate the Southern land under the pretext of paying the expenses of the war. Then they will invite the negro to insurrec tion and lay the blume on the whites, appoint an other conimission to try those acoused of participa tion in the riots ; then more hanging of white men, more confiscation of lands and more dis franchisement. Then they will accuse prominent Northern men of treason, appoint eotnmissieners to try "Northern : traitors," hang the richest of them and confiscate their property, and commit the poorest of them to hostile. Then they will com mence a crusade against the Mormons, acer.se them of treason agaiustthe Federal authority, try, convict and hang their rich men and confiscate their property. Then commcnee a crusade against the Catholics, accuse them of conspiring against the Government, appoint commissioners to try, convict and hang the Bishops, Priests and rich laymen, ami confiscate their property, and dis franchise all Catholics. In the meantime the Frtedmcn's Bureau will be working the Southern negroes and pocketing the proceeds of their labor." Whoever he may, be, we agree with this writer. We believe that the Radical leaders are aiming to produce all these re sults; and that if they do not it will be because of their being checked by a pow er greater than their own. The future peace and quietude of this' country de pends greatly on Andrew Johnson. We are about to pass through another terrible ordeal. ' lias Johnson the requisite nerve and couraee for the occasion ? Those who know him best claim that he has. We shall probably soon see whether this confidence in him is justifiable. Under the leadership of Stevens, Wade, Sum ner and Bingham, Congress we have no doubt will attempt to impeach the Presi dent. Of course if they attempt to im peach they will be successful not because he is guilty at all, but because so corrupt and unprincipled a Congress will find the meaus wherewith to convict him, whether uihy or innocent. His conviction and execution are a foregone conclusion ; and Johnson once out of the way all the other results, so correctly depicted by the Her ald's correspondent, will naturally and in evitably follow. The Civil War through which we have passed, although suffi ciently terrible and bloody, will be as nothing when compared with that which will thus be inaugurated; because that wa3 a war between sections, while this will be a war between individuals nnd mmunities a war something like that which, during the last six years, has fpread havoc and desolation throughout the State of Missouri. We hope Johnson will have the cour age cf a Jackson. , A large majority of the whole people of the United States are with Johnson, and they would sustain him in any policy of his own and their self-preservation he might see proper to adopt, whether it should be to seize- and imprison the ring-leaders of the faction opposed to him, or the more summary and just punishment of hanging them up by the neck until they are dead, dead, dead, A bold and successful coup d'etat, on the part of President Johnson, is all that will save our countrv from all the horrors of 'another bloody Civil War. Magnanimity. The Radicals, says he Santa Clara Argus, have expunged the word which- heads this parasrranh a w a rom their vocabulary, and eradicated the virtue it represents from their . hearts, if ever it had a place there. They speak sneeringly of the desire expressed by w a Southern men that the past should be forgotten, and that fraternity and union should be cultivated between the North and the South, declaring their willingness to accept the situation and "let bygones be by-gones." The Radicals affect to think that the South has nothing to for give, but everything to be forgiven. The devastation of their homes and their im poverishment, in the eyes of the fanatics are nothing in comparison with the hein ousness of their attempting to set up s government of their own and failing'to do so, when, had they succeeded, the world would have characterized their achievement as grandly glorious ! Had our Revolutionary sires succumbed to the power of George III, it is painful to con template how enormous would have been their criminality in the eyes of modern loyalty. "Life nnd Campaigns of Lieut. General Thomas II. Jacksox (stonewall Jackson) by Piof. R L. Dab ney, D. D., of the Union Theological Seminary, Virginia. Illustrated with steel por trait ana eleven diagrams." Such is the title of a work just placed on our tabic by the traveling agent for Linn county. Some time in July last we read this book with great interest. Eve rybody men of all classes men enter taining all kinds of political opinions the abolitionist as well as Democrat, should read this work. Doubtless there are tens of thousands who think that Stonewal Jackson fought in a bad cause and for an unworthy object. We do not here under take to say whether he was right or wrong in this ; but no one can read t. is life him without being convinced of at least two things the first of which is that he was a great General; and secondly, that he was one of the purest and noblest o v;iirisuaus inai ever uvea in any age or country. ' , General Toombs" of Georgia, is about to leave Paris for Switzerland for the benefit H oi hit health. BY TELEGRAPH. ; News by t Atlantic Cable. Liverpool, November 21. evening Breadstuff closed3rni. London, Novj21. Lord Stanley in reply to a letter a regard to his ships seized by the Uniid States Government, points out that nj arrangement can be made to consider sich claim. The Times BaysaUhough the Federal Secretary of the treasury believes the bonds of the Unitcl States will be paid in gold, it would be btitter if Congress should secure auch paymeitby law. The Admiralty tourt is in case of the rebel cruiser Rappihannock, has ordered the representative! of the V. S. Govern ment to give securities in thk suits where they are plaintiff. Paris, Nov. 2llIt is Paid that the irench Government has received news that Maximilian's reign in Mexico is vir tually ended. It is further reported that the Government has stopped the shipment of stores to Mexico. London! Nov. 21. evening Consols closed at 90 for mi'ney ; 5-20's 10. John II. Snrratt Diseovered. John If. Surratt, one of tire accomplices in the assassination of Fresidunt Lincoln, was discovered serving in the Papal ser vice at Rome, under the name of John Watson, lie was arrested upon the de mand of Gen. King, American Minister, but afterwards run the guard, leaped over a precipice and escaped into the Italian territory, the Italian authorities are en deavoring torecapture him. A Btgns Uoveritmeut. Nashvilie, (T nn.) Nov. 20 Judge! Henry Cooper, of Murtrecsboro, well knowu throughout the State, decided on Saturday in a case pending before him, that the presint Government of Tennes see is bogus, and the franchise law un constitutional The case in question will be carried into the Supreme Court. The decision is nost important aud its effects will be immediate. Destitutlcn and Indlnn Murders. t. Lous, Nov. 20. We have late advices from Montana. The snow had fallen to a great depth in the region of ? or t Ben tea. The plains were covered to a depth of three feet, and several west ward bound trains with women and chil- l enduring intense suffering. The ndians were taking advantage ot their lelplessness. Oter twenty women had been carried off; their husbands aud chil dren being previously murdered. The steamer Miner, owned by the American Fur Company arrived from Montana this eveuiug with 100,000 in gold dust. Jlore Failures. Boston, Nov. 20. There are rumors o-day, that two firms have failed in Fede ral street for seventeen million dollars. heir assets will be of no value whatever. The import trade of Boston this year will amount to one hundred million dol- ars, adding change and rc koniug value in currency, lhe business ot Jiostou, therefore, has reached the highest figures ever known in her commercial history. Speech of a Xew Jersey Senator. Frederick L. Frelinghuysen, lately ap pointed Scuator in New Jersey vice Wright, deceased, made a speech at New ark the other evening, saying he should enter the Senate unpledged by any par ticular hue ot action, and would endeavor to promote the interests of the whole country without regard to color. He believed the Republican party is the par ty of progress, and that the presideothad grievously erred in not gathering the ruits-ot the war. lie heartily endorsed the Constitutional Amendment, and should insist upon its adoption by the Southern States. , It the south despise our terms, they assume a fearlul responsibility, and if they refuse to adopt the amendment the oyalists which compose Congress have power to decide on the qualification of its members, and having that power have al so power to decide on the qualification of voters. It is the province ot the Republi can party to promote tne brotherhood ot man, and it is the purpose of God to ele vate the Whole race, because the march of Liberty will go forward until the whole race is brought to an elevated coudition Troops Around Washington. New York, Nov. 21. The Herald's Washington special says there are fifteen or twenty thousand troops concentrated n Washington, and between that city and Baltimore. Florida and North Carolina on the Amendment. CniCAGO, Nov. 21. Gov. Marvin, of lorida, in a message to the Legislature, ikes ground against the -Constitutional Amendment. Gov. norths message to the North Carolina Legislature opposes the Amendment and recommends the Northern States toeucourage the settling of negroes in their midst. Union Soldiers Pass a Resolution. The Army and Navy Union of this city passed a resolution last night by a two thirds vote, declaring that the Constitu tional Amendment ou!ht to be rejected but that the' conservative papers ot the country should advocate the extension o suffrage to negroes under proper restric tions. Seward on Mexican Affairs. In reply to a question that Secretary Seward was conspiring with Napoleon to trample- out the Monroe doctrine, and to effect other analagous purposes, the Times this morning says editorially, when the documents setting forth more recent ne gotiations concerning Mexican matters come before this country, which they wil soon do now, it will be seen that there has been consistency abi vl- our diplomacy from beginning to end such as has character ized few negotiations of equally important ana prolonged kind. It will be found that the interests and honor of this coun try and the traditions and sentiments o: Us people have been most studiously re garded and firmly upheld throughout, and aiso the just rights of the Republic o Mexico. And to descend to details for the information of all concerned, it will be discovered that we have neither ac knowledged the claims of the French usurpation nor agreed to assume its debts. I We have several orders for the "Democrat," on hand, all desiring their subscriptions to commencB wieh the first Lecture of Rev. II. II.' Spalding. We have filled all orders as far as we can y but the first numbers containing the Ieo- Jturfe tit jhtuBtd. Important' Iteveiatlons. 1 We clip the following fr the New Vnrk Herald, furnished bv itsWashing 7 , w. ton correspondent, under date of October 22d: ; 1 V "When President Johnson was on his late trip in the West, a Uuited States Senator and two Major i Generals of the army, who belonged to his party were ap- proached at Indianapolis ,by a prominent conservative Republican, who had been Colonel of an Indiana regiment during the war, and who is now a Captain in the regular service, and irbo made the touow irfg startling statement : He had been making speeches for the Republicans in Indiana, in August last, and at the request of Governor Fletcher, of Missouri, visited that State and made one or two conserva tive speeches. "He was told by Governor Fletcher that his speeches . were too tame that the most radical of declaration"! were wanted in Missouri j that the people must be told that the Republicans had decided that the Rebels should not vote : and that the State was to be carried by force of arms if necessary. Governor r letcher al so told him that he had 80,000 muskets in the State in loyal hands, and that they should be used if necessary to carry the State. The Indianian told Governor Fletcher that he was a Republican in la . 1 - . f principle, but did not approve ot sucn measures aud would not advocate them. Governor Fletcher thought him merely weak-kneed, and answered him that he would come into the harness after a bile. "A few nights subsequently he was present on invitation at a secret meeting f Radical leaders at the Lindell Hotel. About fifty prominent radicals were pres ent, including Gov. lleteher ot Missouri. Gov. Oglesby, of Illinois, and Senator ates ot Illinois, lhe whole plan ot the mpeachment of the President was dis- ussed, even to the arrangements of fili ng Washington with the armed foree of Boys in Blue to protect Congress, and Uo to decide who should succeed John son in case Vice President Foster, as his successor, should not prove equally posi tive, and pliable to the will ot the Jacob us. 'Butler, Governor Morton of Indiana, and others were discussed. Butler was ooked upon as lacking courage, and Mor ton was feared as being too ambitious for the purposes of the conspirators. Gene ral Grant was mentioned as too conserva tive, and Sherman was accounted as a Copperhead. Finally Senator Yates was ecided upon as possessing more stamina nd less scruple than any other available man. It I'resident Johnson ottered seri ous resistance, and Foster did not act igorously, Yates was to be put in to con trol affairs. . ''When he was about leaving St. Louis. the informant in the case was requested by Governor Fletcher to ask Governor Mor ton, of Indiana, what number of arms he could spare to missouri. Governor Mor ton replied when the message was deliver ed, that he could not say that he had any to spare: that there were about one hun dred thousand stand, with pleuty of ara muuition iu the arseual; he would see what could be spared, and confer with Governor Fletcher. "Out of this correspondence grew the conference of the Governors at Philadel phia, which, it is now well known, was for the purpose, among others, of distributing arms throughout the country. Uutsiue of the statement of this officer there is ndubitable evidence iu the bauds of 'resident Johnson of thr secret ditriu- tion of large quantities of arms throughout the Northwest on various pretexts, allot' which, however, are legal aud plausible enough. "While the startling character of this story causes U to be iuerdulously received by many, the character of the officer muk- ng the statement, the known desperate characters of the leaders implicated in the scheme, and much corroborative evidence received, cause it to be generally believed among the President's adherents. "The actual facts regarding the rumor ed resignation of Secretary Stanton are about as follows: He is now encased in making out his report, and as soon as it is finished he will undoubtedly retire. His resignation has been precipitated bv by the discovery lately made that Mr. Stanton has filled nearly all the vacancies n the regular army without the knowl edge or assent of Mr. Johnson. "He has been for some time making out the commissions and forwarding them to the appointee's, with orders to them to re port to Gen. Grant for duty. Gen. Grant g them, as appeared from the face of their paper?, duly appoiuted by the President, has assigued them to duty, and they are now at service without the knowledge of the President. On learning this fact, the President, very angry, sent for Mr. Stanton and demanded an explana tion. The result was. the retirement of Mr. Stanton as soon as he could make out his report, on which he is now engaged. Almost a Prophet. The National Intelligencer says, "Mr. Calhoun, so far back as 1837, proclaimed a great truth when he said : 'Emancipation itself would not satisfy these fanatics; that gained, the next step would be to raiso the uegroes to a social and political equality with the whites, and that being effected, we should find the present condition of the two races re versed. They' and their Northern mas ters would be the masters, and : wo the slaves ; the condition of the white race in the British West India Islands, as bad as it is, would be happiness to ours ; thero the mother country is interested in sus taining the supremacy ot the race. If Mr. Calhoun had been a prophet he oould not more exaotly predicted what is now taking place." Mrs. Burdell Cunningham. The San Francisco Times says: "Lato Eastern papers state that this lady, who created such a sensation in New York some years since, was among the victims who perish ed by the wreck of the ill-fated steamer Evening fetar. Ihisis an error. Mrs Cunningham is at present a resident o ... . m . this city, one some seven years since married a gentleman named Ilaynes, who is possessed of considerable property at Loretto, .Lower CaUtorma. xPress General Forrest, having sold his planta tion, announces himself a cotton Japtor and commiseLoa merchant; Hen. Rutler'a "Confiscations." The "confiscation" of the candelabra in the Jesuits' Church, to which the Cosmopolitan alludes, says the World, was a case of such atrocity that we may as well give the particulars for the bene fit ot the moral Massachusetts district in which Butler is elected to Congress. boon after Bntler went to Pnew Orleans, he fixed Ms "eye" upon the largest and handsomest residence on St. Charles street, and decided to take it for his head quarters. He went into the house, ex amined it from cellar to attic, and the next day sent a summary order to - the lady occupying it to leave the premises, carrying nothing with her but her own and her children's clothes. Her hus band, the owner of the property, was then in Richmond, as a Burgeon to the Confederate army, lhe lady, in great distress, sent for one of the priests of the Jesuits' Church of" the Immaculate Con ceptionand calling his attention to two maenificent silver candelabra standins: on the mantle-piece, she told him to take them as her gift to the church. "Butler is ?otninr into my house, and I shall never see' these ' tiling again." Butler came, and missing the candelabra, he de manded to know where they . were, and, when told, he sont and took them from the altar of the church. ' It is a fact that he and his followers fairly stripped that magnificent residence, and turned it into a drunken brothel, whose nightly orgies made it a nuisance to the neighborhood. u hat was left of Dr. C.'s property has long since been restored to him by the Government. Will Butler send back the plate, pictures and linen f It is a fact that Butler broke open General Albert Sidney Johnson's tomb in search of inon- ey. it is true that he stole sixty thou .... . . sand dollars in cold from the Smith Brothers, for he has only lately been compelled to reluctantly disgorge it. It is equally true that by theft, and by trad- Hng with the -"rebek." furnishing them with food and other means to enable them to fight against the Federal army, he and bis brother amassed enormous fortunes. Trouble with Tubkey. A. serious embroglio in our relations with the Divan has arisen, as follows : Sarki3 Minasian, who has for many years acted as the resi dent atrent in Turkey for the sale pf Dr. J. C Ayer's medicines, driven bv the in crease of" his business to a necessity for more room, built his warehouse in Con stantinople several stories higher, after having obtained the necessary permit from the authorities. The Inmans of a neigh boring mosque, which overlooked the premises, demanded a large present in money, which was refused. They then applied to the Grand Yirer, for the en forcement of an obsolete law, which had been disregarded two hundred years, re quiring him to take down the building to eighteen feet, which was granted, and they commenced the work of demolition. Minasian then applied to the American Minister, who notified the Sublime "Porte that American property could not be thus trifled with, and that the demolition must cease. Then commenced the usual course of Mussulman prevarication . and promises, but no real redress. Finally, Minister 31 orris informed them that if their depredations continued 'he should order the U. S. ships of war to enter the Bophorus, and Messrs. Ayer's medical warehouse would not be alone roofless. A stroke of his pen could have laid the en tire city under the sweep of American cannouT backed by men who are not schooled in the lesions of fear. This brought them to their senses and a speedy redress. Minasian has now arrived in this country, to present the case to our State Department for indemnity. At length it is something to say among the peoples of the earth "I am an American citizen 1" Columbia Republican. "Powerfullymean," was the expression used in the Eastern Express office in Portland. Maine, when the head acci- entallj fell out of one of three barrel? of peas sent from Lowell. Massachusetts, free, for the destitute Porthnders, and a note also fell out requesting the consignee to "sell for the most you can get and ljr- ward the proceeds." The French Minister of War receives. as 3liuister.S16.000 a year as Senator, SG.000 ; as French Marshal, fb.000 j as Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, 0.000. Total, $34,000. " Besides he is odged, lighted and warmed and his horses ed at Government expense. Charles Dickens has been offered $8,000 to write a novel tor the New York Tribune. Exccif tor's Sale of Land. TfcTOTICE ia hereby Etven, that, by Tirtne ot an urucr oi toe vonniy vour oi xjiuu County, btate of Dregon, at tne movemDer Term, thereof. 1SC6, the undersigned, Executor of the last will and testament of Morgan Kees, deoeascd, will, on Saturday, the 8m day of December, A. D. 18t(5, at the Court House door in the city of Albany, sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, the following described Real fcstate belonging to the estate of Morgan Kees, deceased, to-wit : That piece or parcel of land being and lying in Town ship A o. 11, South, Kange 1 West, Willamette Meridian, m Liun county, Oregon, known as "Isa- ao V. Kees' Donation land claim, xsotmoation 1158, containing 320 acres more or less. Also that piece or parcel of land known as the Samuel Kees land claim, being the JNortneast quarter pi section 6. m Township Iso. 11 fcouth, Kange 1 West, Vi!laiaett Meridian, : in Linn county State of Oregon, containing 160 acres, TERMS OF SALE Gold coin, payable two- thirds of the purohase money on the day of sale j the remainder m 3 months won approrea secu Executor. E. F. Rcssei.l, Attorney. Albany, November 8, 1866. no!0n!34w . , Final Settlement. Estate of Thomas Henrv. Sen., deceased. In the County Court of Linn County, and btate oi ur esron. NOTICE is hereby given, that R. H. Craw ford. Executor of the last will and tasta ment of Thomas iicnry, Sen., aeceasea, niea m this Court at the November term thereof, A. D, 1806, his accounts for, and prays a final settle ment of the same. It is therefore ordered by the Court that said application be neard on Tuesday, the 4th dav of December, 1866, at the Court Room in Albany, in said county, and that notioe thereof bo published in the State Rights Democrat for four successive weeks. ' EDWARD R. GEARY, .. County Judge. November 8, 1866. nol0nl3iw I. O. O. F. nnilERE will be regular meetings of the Degree J of Rebecca, on every xriday evening at i o'clock, at the Hall of Albany Logde No. 4, 1. O, O. F over Norcross' Store. Brothers and Sis ters in good standing are invited to attend. E. S. MERRILL, N. -G: M..L. aux,pec'y. 15tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ALBANY BOOK STORE! E. A. FREELAND, BOOK-SELLER AND STATIOuEfV -i r Albany - - - .Oregon - COSSTA1TTLV 09 BilfD i STANDARD A5B MISCELLANEOUS . EOCIJ; Juvenile, Toy, Gilt and Blank Book, -GOLD' HKI, ASD - SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY! Of ever; kind nsfed in the State. n&r BOOKS IMPORTED TO ORDER, it Dclnl61j ehort notice. HATS, j 4 HATG. MEUSSDORPFER & BRO., .Manufacturer! and Importers of, and Wholesale ' ,; an4 Retail Dealer ia HATS A3STX)'o-AJESa HATTERS' MATERIALS, No. 73 Front Street, Portland, ARE - BECEI3TIKO, IN ADDITION TO their extensive Stoek, by eTerj Steamer, all ibe LATEST STYLES of Sew Yirk, London and Parisian taste, for Gentlemen's and Children's Wear. Which the will aell , . CHEAPER THAN ANT OTHER HOUSE ON THE COAST! DEALERS IN HATS Will crnso!t their own interest by txauiininr u Stock bei'ure purchasing elsewhere, r . Hats of erery stjle and Description . . MADE TO ORDER, . ALSO NEATLY REPAIRED, AT T. C. MeussdorfTer & Broa No. 72 Front Street Portland, O'gn, Cor. D and Second St ... ..MsrjSTille, Cal. No. 125 J Street Sacramento CaL Nos. 635 k 637 Commercial St...San Praneiseo. Sr Wholesale Hobjc at San Franeisco No. 618 Commercial thrensh to 637 Clay streets. Dec 1, 1S66 T2nl6tf INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC MISS PHIIMELIA ABBOTT IS NOW PREPARED TO GIVE " LESSONS on the Piano Forte, at her residence !in Al bany. She refers to those whom she has taught both here and in CorraUis. , . . TUITION: i Per quarter, 24 lessons., $15 0 Use of Pino for practicing ..:... 2 50 T2nl6tf , SherilTV Sale. BY TIRTUE OF A WRIT OF EXECUTION : and order of sale issued from the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon and County of Linn, ,, and to me directed, in favur of Thomas Monteith and against Berry Evans "and Franklin Presley, administrators of the estate of Sidney Smith, de eea?ed, for the sum f etvht hundrvd and eighty -dollars and fifteen cents interest, ar.1 costs and' acerning eost3, I hare on this 2Sth day of Xovem-- ber, lb66. levied upon, aud on . Satttrday, the 29th day of Deeemler. 1866, between the hours of ten oc!.cn, a. m., aud four e'clock, p. v., will expose to pablio aueiit n to the . bightst biddt-r, in fri-nt of the Court Honse door, in said Linn county, the following dtjseribcd real property to. wit : All ot the Donation L'nn Claim or terry ET-an.. No. 5.222, in Township X. fourteen (14) south of range three (3) west, Willamette Merid- . iau, situated m Lion tonn'r. Oregon. - HARVEY SMITH. . Sheriff of Liim Couoty, Oregon. -November 29, 1866. v2nl$4w Xoiice to llie Tax-Payers oTLinR Counts. - HAVING COMPLETED THE CANVASS OF; the preeincis according to law, the books ait still open at the Court House, in Al) any, for SO days from the data of this n -tice, where the same may be settled ; after which, if not settled, your property will be sold to satisfy the amount assessed against you. HARVEY SMITH, Tax Collector. Albany, Oregon, Xot23, 1806. n!64w 4 WOlTDERlil THE GREATEST WONDER (IF THE WORLD ! 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