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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. Jtl. II. ABBOTT EDITOR, (SATURDAY DECEMBER 2, 1SGG. paullingf lectures. TVe oall attention to that part of Mr. Spaulding's lectures, in to-day's Demo crat, relatiye to the seizing of tho Lap wai Mission by tho Government. If his statement is entitled to credence he has fceen most foully wronged by the federal GoTernment. Under the ciroumstances, as set forth by him, his titla to the land should hare been regarded as among the best on the habitable globe. lie first re ceived a title to it from the Nez Perccs Indians sn 1S34, who lhen)wncd it: and next by an act of Congress of 1848, con firming Jus titla to 610 acres - of land.r Yet, notwithstanding all this, the Gov ernment has seized and occupied his land, and have denied him the privilege of building "anywhere on tho old mission clair of G40. acres, or indead, anywhere en tha Reservation." We aro happy to f ajr that this act of gross injustice to an eld pioneer and missionary, was not per petrated, by a Democretic administration, but under that of the "martyrod and sainted Lincoln." Mr. S. was a Lincoln inan, and wo believe be would not mis represent this afiair, Lincoln, claimed by his followers 0 be an '-'honest" and x ery godly man whose pictures in tho shops represent him with spectacles on pose piously and devoutly reading his Jjible the dear, blessed little Taddathis Jcnces, and his affectionate wife at his back this saintly man permitted his un derlings, in the face of the most urgent and pointed remonstrances, to drive off an old pioneGr and missionary from land he Lad occupied for more than thirty years, and whose title to it, under any adminis tration less corrupt, would have been re spected and deemed absolutely indisputa ble It was such damaging facts as the Above which caused the Oregonian to re fuse to publish Spaulding's Lectures. People's Transportation Compauj On the Cth instant the Stockholders of &is Company met in Salem and elected the following named persons to serve in the several positions designated for the year next ensuing : A. A. McCully, President ; Edwin X. Cooke, Vice Presi dent; Joseph Kelly, George A. Peas and L. E. Pratt, Directors ; g. T, Church, Secretary; Gore 3Jarshall Chief-Engineer. "We have inquired of several persons in Albany as to the politics entertained by these ofljeers ; and we are told that jthey are all Radicals except Marshall. JTo one we liave yet met knows him ; he, too, may be a Radical. We regard the fact that these officers are all of the Radical party as very sig nificant. We do not pretend to say that any distinctions are made by the Com pany against Democrats and in favor of "Radicals. We do not say that they charge Democrat more for freight or passage than they do a Radical. That is not our point. It is this : Aggregated capital has a great deal of inherent power, and hence may wield great influence. The Transportation Company, as a matter ' of course, must have a large number of men in their employ. 2fowt suppose an elec tion pending- These employees are vot ers. Will any of them vote the Demo cratic ticket ? Xotat all,. Why? Be cause, if they should, they know full well they would lose their places, and others would be duly installed who would vote to suit the officers of the Company. We do not charge that these officers will issue an order to this effect, Jfot at all, That vrould be too plain and palpable, and apt to defeat the end in view. But there are many ways to make known their wishes besides this; and it is net to tya supposed that me a, as adroit and shrewd as these men are known to t e,4" will not employ them pending an important election. 3.uch is the history of aggregated capital the world oyer. In this view of the case fre hope no Democratic capitalist will in Test a dollar in the concern, " To do so is, in a political sense, to draw razor across his own throat. It is affording aid and comfort and the sinews of war to the e.ne- WaA ---, Thus much for the political aspect of the People a Transportation Company. Now let us look" at it in another light Wheat is now selling in Albany for fifty cents per bushel. This is all that wheat buyers can now afford to give; . and they are not at all anxious to invest 'in wheat jevea at these low figures. The People's Transportation Company are charging 0 cents per bushel for- delivering' wheat in Portland ; whereas it should be delivered there forr five cents per bushel. Any un interested "business man in Albany will concur with us jp tfcip; a'nd some say wheat ought to be shipped to Portland for four cents per bushel. Suppose now that Mr. Douthit, pr one oT theijurkbart-or Mr, Price, pr Jason Wbeefer,' or Itey, Mr. Irving, or Judge Geary, or. any oth er stiff farmer wants to ship 1,000 bush els ot wheat below. At twenty cents per bushel lie must pay the P. T. Company -uu ; wnereas, it the price were only fir cents, ne would he would pay the mode ratp gum - of $50 only! In other words, fee has to pay the Company $150 . more tkan 'hs ought tq pay, or than he would pay if there wjsre any opposition. "Vfe appeal to the public are we not right when we say that the Company is a crush ing, grinding, soulless monopoly? Some one may ask what good do we expect to accomplish by our opposition to tho People's Transportation Company ? We frankly admit that wo aro not sure that we shall accomplish any good. The Company is a heartless, soulless monopo ly; and they have matters, connected with the navigation of the Willamette, so arranged that it will be pretty hard to compel them to mend "their manners. We understand they claim to own the land on both sides cf the Falls. If this bo true they have a decided advantage over an opposition line of steamers, Yet it is a difficulty that can, apd wo believe ona day will be overcome, A fair county road runs rountf the Falls, and that they cannot pontrol, Company with suffi cient capital should bo formed, not ouly to build good boats above and below the Falls, but to erect warehouses, and to do everything else that would be found nec essary to ensure successful opposition. If we can do nothing more wo can cer tainly, by publishing facts, prepare the peoplo of the upper Willamette to sus tain an opposition line whenever oue shall be started. The next time an opposition line starts up, let every man, woman and child patronize it. Of course tho P. T. Company will put down tho prices still lower than tho opposition. They may possibly offer to take passengers for noth ing and give meals besides. This they could easily afford to do with tho money they have already wrung from tie publio. But let no one, who really desires to pro mote his own good and that of tho com munity ia which he lives, patronize them iu any manner whatever. It should be a part of his religion to give the People's Transportation Company's boats a wide berth in such a contingency ; because, as soon as they can break down the opposi tion line, they will again adopt tho old prices perhaps even a higher scald to make up for lost time. lie who would, under such circumstances, throw a solitary dime into the already plethoric purse of the P. T. Company, virtually cuts Jiis own throat. Tho farmers and tradesmen of Linn county alone could build boats, and ship their own produce and merchandise, and save money by the operation. They would save more than money enough to pay for tha boats the first season. If tbsy had boats of their own they cculd realiao at least fifteen cents more per bushel for wheat than they now do, and all other produce in proportion. We tru3t the time is not far distant when a successful and permanent line of opposition steam ers will be running ou the waters of the Willamette. We again pledge ourself to do all we can to produce so desirable a result, Unsineia Matters Explained We have received a note from Ij. L. Brown, Esq., cf Brownsville, Lion coun ty. Though of a private business nature, we extract the following froni it for rea sons which will be apparent as we pro ceed ; Friksd Abbott : I send to.you by the Lcarcr, Mr. LewU $ paid to me by Dr. L. Hieklin, which he says he owes for advertising. J. W. Bunch has juit spoken to me ia regard to his subscription to the 'Democrat.' lie says that he was in the office and paid the money to a man with a scar on hi face. 1 paid it the Saturday before Circuit Ceart, and begare him one paper; also the club for this office, lie wants yon to send the paper on and he will see yoa abott it-" The "man with a scar on his face" is unquestionably John Traverse, who, until a few weeks past, was a member of the firm. The money paid to him, above al luded to, was not entered by him upon the books, consequently we did not know that 3Ir, Bunch had paid his subscription un til so informed by this Utter from our agent. Nor are these the only cases of this character. Every week sinco Trav erse left Albany cases like these have been developed. We allude to them now thus publicly because we desire to do justice in the matter to our patrons There may be others who have paid the - "man with a scar on his face," whom he has pot prop erly credited; and if they should be dunned they will now know what is the trouble, and will not censure us for so "(Jo ins. While we have our hand in we may as well say that this lnan with a scarbn his face came to us under the wing and quasbrecommcndatidn'Of Beriah Brown; and of course we supposed he was all right; he alsa possesses a fair and gentle manly bearing; but he proved himself to be an unmitigated scoundrel. On ascer taining his true character we told him there must be a dissolution;' and he final ly made, and we accepted a proposition for him to withdraw from the concern. We raised the money and paid him off he assigning to Abbptt & Brown all his title and interest m all debts due the establish mnt. Scarcely had he left, however, ere we discovered that, in several instances, he had receive.d money from various indi- yidpala, for which no account Jiad been fendercd-r-rthus defrauding us but of what was our just due, and placing us in a, false attitude to some of our patrons. We overhauled te' gentleman in Portland and made; him .disgorge some of the money he had thus wrongfully abstracted. is unaouDieaiy a great villain and scojin drel. yfe can prove that he confessed inac ne is a deserter Iroin the federal army. 4 nofc approve of the manner in which, in seyeraj instances, the war was conducted ; but we neverthclsss pub liolyltook tho ground that if a man volun tarily joined tho federal army, and re ceived tho bounty, &e., ho was iu duty and honor bound to stay tho stipulated time, and that if ho deserted ho ought to pay the penalty. Wo can also provo that ho took out somo of our private letters, opened them, read them and burned them. IIo also received several letters directed to the firm, but never mentioned tho fact to us, and destroyod them thus causing confusion in our business matters in sev eral ipstanpes. Wo can prove, too, that ho attempted to open, with falso koys, a private drawer of ours, in our absence just aa any burglar and villain would. t Wo can provo, also, that ho proposed to certain Republican gentlemen of Albany that, if they would let him uso tho eld ''Journal office" materials, ho would fun. ifish all tho mcaus necessary to carry it ou with, and publish a genuiuo "Union" paper. lie solemuly asseverated that he was a true 'Union" man, and that if he could only have an opportunity ho would 'fight Abbott," and thus prove it ; that ho was no Democrat, and never had been, and the only reason why ho had been connected with the State Highia Domo ocrat was because ho wanted to make a living. We have aboa letter in our pos session, written by a gentleman of San Francisco to Mr. Chprry of this place, in quiring if he (Cherry) knew a mau in Albany by the name of John Traverse, a printer; and whether ho was living with a woman. This man further writes that his wife had left him ; whither she had fled ho knew not, but ho had good reason to infer sho was in Albany, living with the "man with a scar on hw face," afore said. We presumo it is unnecessary fur us to add that this "man with a scar on his face" was alo a smooth-tongued hypocrite and liar. He who could defraud xu and pocket money not his own who boasted tq a few friends that he is a deserter from the federal army who attempted to get into a private de.k of ours by force and false keys who took out, epenod, rcud and destroyed some pf our privatp letters who could forswear his principles aim ply and only to gratify his malice nnd he on whom strong suspicions rest that he has criminally interfered with another man's marital rights such a man, we say, would ycry naturally be a great liar and b'pgerite? Jo some respects he resem bles Oily-Oainuioq, a central character iu Tittlebat Titmouse. If ho only had the pQuragc pow to kilj juinsclf his rcsem- blanco to his UJustri&us prototype would b much morfi ilrjMnand complete Tax on $ferHie T NIflt Ooo of th liM yipst burdens that is now pre.HMOflr ppan t)iQ Uhorittir plae of this! country, ar,4 WflmmiY tf IhQ J Vine States, is the rjrM crjminaliy unjust sys tem ol taxation unJgr TVIWH they m Ifr boring. ! To our mind, nothing U clare)? thar, the capital of a country and not hbor should pay its taxes. Wo are utterly lOr capable of comprehending either the jus lice or fairness of a taxation syetem, which compels the man of toil, who labor assiduously for twelve or fifteen hours a day, in order to support a wife and half a dozen children, who.e food is of the coarsest quality, while his garmenti, and those of his wife and little ones scarcely respond to the merest demands of decency, should absolutely pay more. of the govern ment dfcht than the lordly millionaire who counts his treasures by hundreds pf thou sands of dollars. Take fur example, on the ono hand, tho poor mechanic of San Francisco, who, penniless as a pauper, has by bis unaided strong arm, to support a family consist ing of himself, his wife and sir children : and on tho other band let m? tako fhp capitalist who has a million, dollars n bank, owes not a cent, and has poithf wife, children nor ward depending, on him for support, Now which of these individual, we ask, under our present indirect taxation system pays tho most to wards supporting the federal government ? The man ot money may place at inter est a sufficiency of his capital to bring him $Q00 per annum, keep the remaiqder on deposit in bank, watching and wait ing his chances lor some grand specula tion, and pay not ooo cent to the govern ment, more than if he owned uot a dol lar in tho world. Tho only revenue which th federal tax-gatherer derives from this millionaire is sumnied. upJin'the, duties, which "ho pays on the victuals and clothes necessary for one man, Kven these he- often pur chases at a rate far below their real value, owing to tho fact that the laboring produ-1 cer is lorccd to B5" .them at ruinous re? duccd prices, in order to enable him to meet the imperious demands of creditors. On the other hand our poor mecbanicr or what is the same thing our poor farm- er-T-nas eignimouins u ieea, eigni oacKs to clothe, and sixteen" feet to be supplied with shoe leather, and every time he un dertakes to meet .any of these wants he must pay a tribute to the government. . A glance at our largo table of prices current, witn accompanying ust ot duties, will show that out of every three dollars, which this mechanic expends for boots and shoes, he pays at lcasj; from seventy five cents to one dollar to the general erov ernment rthe .duty upon leather being from 25 to 3o per cent upon ijts value.-r Un every pound ot sugar, tea, coffee, rice, starch, soap, salt, nails puiu-inatting : on every box of matches, every can of fruit and every gallon of molasses he pays at about the same rate, namely, two dollars to the mejehant and one to the govern ment. ' Now. inasmuch as it cpsts this labor- mg mecnauic, ironv lour 10 nve umes as much money, to feed and clothe his fami ly of eight, persons, as it does the man of dollars to feed and clothe himself, is it not clear that the former pays at least from four to five times as much as the lat ter towards defraying the expenses of the government?1 ' ' v f V ;r .," " All this, too, he must do by' the unaid ed power of his muscle, in addition to sup-1 porting his family, nor uo uie govern- mental burdens wmcu uio law neaps upon tho toiling mechanic, stop even here, for if at tho end of the year it is found that he has anything left, out of his twelvo months' earning, our benign tax man-re lieves him of five dollars outol every hun dred that remains. In the mean time our loidly millionaire has fared sumptuously, at his pnsp, added not a cent to tho coun try's wealth and keeps sale and sound in an iron chest his hoarded thousands un touched by taxation, ready to buy at ouo Gfth of its value, tho very homestead which pinching povorty is perhaps driv ing that samo laboring mechanic to place in the market in order to buy bread with which to feed his hungry babes. Wo maintain that this whole system of indirect taxation should bo swept from our statutes, and every tax-payer bo bur dened according to tho value of his prop erty and his consequent utility to pay. buch ia our present system ol taxation, and nobody denies its justice. If then it is fair that each citizen fthould contribute iu proportion to his wealth, towards sup porting tho stato government, where ia tho justice of a different njlo iu easy of tho general government ? Jn other word if it is r3ht that the state should tax only tho woaltloifits citizens, it is not wrong for the United .btutcs to tax only their nfrnhi Inn ? ?" Th i:icrtIon. The Radical have little cause to crow over the results of the late olecttons. Wo fsco nothing in them to di.-icourago the Democratc party, a a partynothing to dampen the ardor of Democrats nothing to iuduce them to give up their gloriou old organization. In tho future their prin ciples must triumph. y Although tho re sults are not all the Radicals expected they are nufBcimly decisive in their favor to render it certain that they are to havo full control of ths next Congrc, and what fol lows a surely, that the Union is to be kept divided for an indefinite period un til after the aext Presidential election cer tainly. In thcFo results, aya the New Hampshire i'atnot. w? nee the amc re markable ntaiu of affairs which has existed in the Xortl during tho last ix yearn. Tho people tf the North are jut about equally dividel uxn the great question of the'day. There is no uch preponder ance in the votes of either party as to in dicate any grtst and lasting majority. It ii ouocf the uost marvelous things in his tory, nays the Journal of Commerce, tjiat for bo long a lime, from election, to elec tion, in the midst of the utmosLexcitemcnt, through war and peace following war, the votes of tho immense governing popula tion of the Northern State uhould remain j ust about conlly divided on the grandest questions ever hubmtttcd to the decision of a peoplo. Here arc lessons for the world to learn it this state of affairs. There are a!io lemons for the couutry to learn. And that paper, always calm, temperate and patriotic, proceeds to point out those lessen s$ follows It is plain enough that the majority of the cit:zcns of tho United States are op posed to tho course taken by Congress, and in fayor of the pcl'cy of tho President. Half the people of the North, ancj all the people of the Houth, aro agreed in thi. Oa the other hanh'u ja plain that the mi nority of the. people, and a very decided minority hi that r,Q'.f ruh and vf'Al contin ue to rule the country. It is not a rule of tha rnaj&pty qnder which tho iuhabi: P . 1 I' !i, I CJ. janisoj i.ne iJRucj piaip are w jive. A nQtm fact ji plain and oir-'ht to be dis tinctly rccoiiiized hcnccfurlh. Neither the Itcpullioit) Ror the Hemocptio party is dead. It has hewn yery hiien safd tint the mbsion of the Republican, party wai accomplished. Politicians have talker about the disjecta membra of that party, and imagined that a new party could be formed out of the conservative portions of: the old. I he lesson of this week, is that! the Jtcpublican party is not dead, but i firm, united and htrong, and there is no such thing as conservatism in it. The Re publicans have steadily advanced as their leaders directed or drove, and every Re publican votes the Radical ticket and ku3 tains the Radical party in Congress. Th- exceptions aro so few that they are not worth counting. We cxprcssedt this opin ion some time ago, and the elections thus far held confirm the view. There is no yisible revolution in politics. Fho domi nant party holds together, just about equaled by the opposition, only holding pflWPF- py a Tcry pujau oriucrn majority ani jt.s raewjber arc Radicals, prepar ed o p9Ft it is accpniplishing Radical measures,. The VamWfUW fifty s no wore dead than the Jiepubiican. 'jio firpl Pf aftlio-. ton havo only W8iinc4 tbjsni an4 tho blows of successive defeats. jaye (pjy wer ded it into a more compact rnas.s., Jt pojjs its huge voto, just as heretofore, gaipipg some in ono place, losing somo in apptbpr, but always the same old party. It s ar rant nonsense, in the face of such an elec tions as this iu Pennsylvania, where Mr. Clymcr poJIs one half the immense vote of tho State it is arrant nonsense, we say for any man lookipg at suh a fact, to talk of the Democratic party as dead. Roth parties live,' botJt arc dangerously I6pg lived. If either one. of them were dead apd buried it is probable that a new party would spring up and carry tho country. Rut that cannot be. Tho elements of long life are abundant in both organizations. As it is tho fate of tho naf ion is to depend on the future action of theso two political parties. They stand faco to face, just about even in numbers. They aro hos tile to each' other. They are bent on di rectly opposite purposes. They are equal ly determined in their claim of patriotism. If the party in'power attempt the revolu tionary measures which havo been threat ened, the other party will unquestionably stand by the Constitution and laws. In view of this state of facts, it becomes the duty of all men to look earnestly to ward wise calm measures, such as will not tend to excitement and collision. ' The pe riod is dangerous. Tho country is in a critical position, no less so than it was in 1860. ' It is evident that Radical measures have now all the support they can receive from the people, .'he Radical majorities will .hardly ever bo any more than now. It is a plain case of one half the people of the North against tho other halt. Let not the majority venture too far in view of such a stato. It wants but a jew votes to givo'all the power into other hands. It wants but the execution of one threat made by such men as Butler, to plunge us into a contest, by the side of which thejate war 4Youiu beeija out cunu s pijy- Qy TELE C R A PH. San FitANCiBCO, Deo 51.rThe Kant" ern lines aro both down beyond Salt Lake; no Kastcrn news. Tho steamer America left this morning for San Juan del Sur. Among the pass engers is Mark Twain, the humorist. Private dispatches from.Acapuloo state that (Jen. Castangncy had arrived at San Rlas from (juadalnjarn, to march overland to tho City of Mexico with the troops re cently driven outof'Sonora andSinoloa by tho Liberal. IIo found, however, that tho contemplated movement was im pOHnible, from the fact that Losada,' the Mexican Imperialist Coinmaudcr at Tepee, who had been unwavering in his devotion to the Kmpiro ninco hi defeat lust sum mer by Corona, and tho failure of the French to furnish relief or money to pay his men, had at lant gone over with his whole force to the Liberals, and uniting hi troopH with those sent out by Corona from Muzutian, was waiting iu the moun tains to attack tho French column in over .'ie!u:iiig numbers. Tho forces of M ar tii.cz, 110 strong just returned from the campaign in Sonora, alo joined this force, and it was tho intention that ths march overland would ueccHsarily be abandoned by Caatangucy, who wou Id be compelled to advance hw forces from-the aciSc Coast instead of from Vera Ciux. , , San Fuancihcq, Dec. 10. Oen. Mc dowell has issued order, giving accounts of successful expeditious against Indians in Arizona. Two rauchcriu have been destroyed, one containing a largo amount of winter store, GO killed, a number tak en prisoner, and some horses captured. The expedition was accompanied by ornc Pimo and Arapaho Indian, who are high ly complimented for valuable fcervices rendered. Two hundred persons have already se cured paage ou the Mcamer Colorado, which ail on her firht trip to Japan and China on the firct of January. Hon. Johnny Mokkikhkv. The fal lowing letter, received yesterday by over; land mail explains it it If: A.NKON UoVHK, Si'UI.Vt'l SfllEET. ) Nkw Vouk, November p, 100. Tv the. editor of the Ih ralth. Su: My attention ha been called to an editorial artitL in tho Jhmld of thia ky, in which it is aid that I hae bein indicted for '"burglary and other offence." It i a duty not only to myself, but to the people of the Fifth Congressional Dis trict, for for whose support I am a candi date, that I ehould tat the fact. Wheii I was a boy, but ixteen years of age land a few friend were engaged in an alterca tion with a party of young men, and in that altcrcatiou there was a door of a house kicked open. It was charged that I was one of those who open the door and struck ouc of the opposing party. An affidavit was made by one of tho men engaged in tho quarrel that I had broken open the door aud fctruek him. I w indicted 'for burglary and aault and battery. The in dictment fur burglary was never tried. The District Attorney regarded the charge a too frivolous 1 3 be prosecuted, and sum marily difsmiwed it. I wa tried for the atfeautt and battery and found guilty. JJcfore entering upoii. my canvass for the position to which I aspire, I referred to lay past lif, which until within the lafct tight year, wa one of adventure, in con sequence J the poverty of my parents and the few adrantages I had in my carlyyouth. I commenced to Jalcrfr my cwu livelihood and to a-sist in tho support of my father and mother at the early age of ten years. At that time most buy are under the in f.uenee &f domestic discipline, and have the ad ran tags of regular educational training- I It, tlicrcfwre strange that J should hare commitM Arfora jq piy early life? 'fhera are but few b'ys tint harp not been guilty ol trifling assault an.) battery, Jf had influential parents and friend J wu)4 havo, been permitted, probably, to have escaped with a reprimand; but, haying nq one to say one kiud word for mcTa paor, rough boy working in a foundry-rsufTcred the slight penalty due to my boyish folly uuring my wuoio lite no man can say that I have ever wronged him, defrauded him of a dollar, or even broken my given word. I have had during the last eight years buisncss relations and connections with many of tho best men of this city. and not oue of them will say I am other than a man ot my word and of strict integ rity: 1 have endeavored by my conduct to atone for the mistakes of my youth. Al though successtul in accumulating a com petence, I have never forgotten that I was onco poor, I have never turned a poor man Iron my door, or deserted a friend in his need, There has been much criti cism, iu the newspaper in referepco to my being a candidate for Congress. It is nat ural that I should meet with groat oppen sit f on. 4. mau who has passed through siicb varied an4 strange scenes of lifo as I hayo musj, pipect to, piake bitter enemies and Warn? ffipngs, nncj jealousies and hosr tilities .are inseparable from political con tests. Uut, Jr. fidftor, f wj statp to you my motiyes i.n bglnS ft canJdat fop vjongress. I havo one boy, who is now twelve yiearu of age, who will havo the benefit pf tho best education this country can afford, and will have bettor opportunities than I had at bis age, to start upon an honorable ca reer. I feel it a duty I owe to him, my only child, to make my record as clear and honorable as .possible, that my manhood may atone for the follies and errors of my youth, and leave behind me memories of which my son in alter years may be proud and that will cast no shadow upon hia path through life f I respectfully solicit, as an act of justice that this reply should be published in your paper. John Morrissey. Anecdote or the Late Duke of Wellinqton.t rWheu Arthur Welles ley, with, the rank of ensign, went to In? dia, he had plighted his trotn to a pretty and handsome girl. ' During hio abspnee his afftancjd was Bcized with tha small pox. She . was sadly pitted. In these circumstances, Miss wroto to her lover relieving him from his -engagement. 'Lliis young Boldier, at once an honorable man and polite wrote back, Mtat it wast herself, and not to her face, he wasepgag ed." r This amiable girl .was in the sequel, Duchess of Wellington. . J The Day Book says, if the .AboHtion party shall continue to rule' tho destinies of the country,' it Intends to go straight .1 x - .0 i i " : uuwtf tu tuij j)fifuij-ion 01 negro euam-jf. Markets, &c. AVe clip tho following from McCrakcnj Merill& Co.'s Market Report of December 8: Trade during the fjrst week of Scom ber has been more than usually quiet, partly owing to tho rain, but attributable to the few arrival seaward, Not that there is any scarcity of merchandise in the market : far from it but for the waqt of ships to carry our large surplus props now pressing to the seaboard. It is for tho lack of this needed tonnage that all interests at present suffer and languish ; nor do we look for any material revival in buKincss until after the Holiday season. We remark the arrival of thenewsteam hhip Oregonian, 08 days from New York the shortest passage on record; Capt. Rraiard in hi memoranda says the run ning time was but Ct days, having anch ored four days. The entire passage was very pleasant, with fine weather most of the time. This steamer comes consigned to J. W" Ladd. She was built with an eye to the Oregon trade; but as the oppo sition North is so very brisk, and freight and passage low, it is not improbable that ho will bo sold. Her cost doos not fall much short of 8000,000. The brig Alert Yokohama, brought over B15 cases of Japan Silk Worms, for re hipmcni tq France. These will go for ward by the outgoing steamer Montana, via Isthmus. Arrangements havo been made with the different line of Oregon steamers to carry the IJ. S. 3Iails. This will be a great ac commodation during the winter season. Heretofore 7 or more days have been con sumed in carrying the same to and from Portland; now 70 hours will, onthe aver age, bo all that i recuired. Letters to be thus conveyed must be endorsed "Per steamer. Now that the Rump feel that Constitu tional amendments will not be adopted by the Southern States, they come out and show their hands, and declare that, had they been adopted by every State, they would then have reluscd admission to Southern Representatives until the South had adopted negro suffrage. As the time allowed the negroes in Florida to legalise their relation as bus- band and wife, was about expiring, hun dreds of couples were married every week. NKW A DYKRTISKM ENTS. HE SAN FRANCISCO STORE ! Jl Lit S CIRAIMVOIII,, Prop'r. ALBANY - - - OREGON. rilHE FUIiHCRIP.ER WOULD INFORM THE JL con of Allan v nl ricioilj tbt bo now hcuj4: th corner trick ttoro Corner of ririt and Washington Streets. IIo i&te&i to lull Good AT THIJ LOWEST PRICE ! CA3JI Oil J?l6llJOm The j u'jilo wnal'l do we'l to examine ir.j CockU tsk-rft furch&tfi elc.Uere. My wuck cut jUu, ia 'art, MfoHowt : 3D"5T GOODS, CLOTHING, GROCERIES GENERAL MERCHANDISE! A GOOD STOCK OF THE BEST LIQUORS i:y?r Ilrouirjjt totliln Market ! fhicb bo intends f 9 eelj JULIUS FRADWpnL. Pee. 22, rSnlfilj' "' STOP THAT THIEF! Or A COUGIll IT IS STEALING FROM YOU YOUR HEALTH which ia ae&ror to 70a than all your wealth. Hi-tcnth of the diseases prevalent in this cli mate gpring from Colds and Coughs. HENLEY'S R. O Y A U 3 ALSAM challenges the worM to prodnce apj thing in the shape of Medicine thaj Will Remove and Eradicate a Congh, what form the disease might assume. "Henlej's Itojal Balsam" is the Best Medicine in the world for Bronchial or Pulmonary affoctions. For Croup or Whooprng Cough, there is nothing on earth that can equal it. All Mothers and Nurses ought to hare a bottle close by them ; it will give a Child relief in twe minutes. It is entirely veg etable, and will prove a blessing to the human For Yb benefit of Suffering Humanity. I bare fcppo rijjiljjie.d ?m yery fcrere eoogb for 15 years, aud in thai time hare tried all the reme dies I heard of, but all to no purpose.' I had' no faUh in anythinjr. " Mr," Smith "p.orsuadod ' ihe to (ret a Dotue ot "uemey Jlvoyat jtsauaro: ana 1 freely acknowledge that I was perfectly attonphcd with tho miraculous effect it had on me." It gaj-e mo relief tho first night I used it'. I slept well without eoughinf. I did nor know what to make of it. I hare taken apout tpreo bottles, and lcef well and heartv. thark God! . There is not money enough in Oregan to liire mie to be without some of it in my house, for fuarof another attack. ' ' THOS. II. THOMPSON, Front Judge JtXarquam, I have used "Henley's Hoyal Balsam," mysolf, and in my family, and find it a first rate Medieine for Ooughs and Colds, X hereby rooommond it to 4o publio ' P. A. MA11QP4M, From iIri pnlmcrj - Mr. Uttie girl had tne "VThooping Cough. Ipro curodone bottle of Dr. Henloy'a "Royal Balsam" -4rit aoted liki a charm. The first spoonful I gave caused her to throw up a quautity of phlegm, and sho was relieved right away, and slept well. Be fore the eh'ebottle was used up she was well and hearty.1 I really think it is a poifect God-send. BARBARA PALMER. ; From F. "DoWitt,- Merchant. To the PuBtic I had a bad cough for a long tune. A friend urged me to get a bottle of "lien ley's Royal Balsam." He said it cured him.' I got a bottle, and, sure, enough, it bad a splendid offeot.' It dried the cough up in a snort time,' J hereby recommend it to the publio. "'C , v.. - , P. DsWITT. For Sale by Settlemier.A Co., AlpWy. , ; r-.Ulti Dr. Wm. UCTiXKY. PropV, ' PortlSud, Oregon. Dec.22,'66 y2nl9tf . K NEW ADVEIITISEMENT3. IT. J. tflLTiBIDKL. I r. M. BED7IELD. FAMILY GROCERIES I . t-AXD RQ-v-isiosrg, 7 WOULD A5J?OU!?CP TO TJIB CItl-. sen of Albany, and rkirity, that we have opened a GROCERY STORE At the old stnX of J. toreros, adjoining tho Express Office, ia AMI AM' - - OIlEGOHr, THKRE WItL BE KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND A good 'apply of FAMILY .GROPERIES, CONFECTIONRYI CIGARS AND TOBACCQ, WOOD AND H'lLLOXV WAKE, TOYS AND ALL KINDS OF YANJCEC NOTIONS. 5 OLD Cheap (of Cash or Copntry ?rodDtf W J. IIILTABIDEL k CO. Dee. 22, T2nl91y NATIONAL COLLEGE; BUSINESS AND COMMERCE! Cor. Alder and Front Street, PORTLAND ... OREGOW, SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES! fpiIIS COLLEGE IIAXKS FIRST Q?f THE J, COAST, and offer advantages for acquinrg " a 1'ractical Iiu'ues Education superior to any other school. Till: COl ItSi; OF I-TKrCTION Is conducted on the plan of the best Commercial Colleges in Europe and the Atlactie States, combining , THEOUY AXD PRACTICE, By ma&s of Banks and Basinets Offices, thai fa miliarizing the fe'tttdent with all the differ ent kinds' of LtmneM in th ; shortest possible time, and least expense. THE BUSINESS COURSE Embras-fre Book-KerptB (by Single and Doable : Entry), FenmannLip, Commercial Calcula tifn, Correrp'n4ence, Commercial Latf, -Actual JJuinr , LectuM on Ae counts, Dasiness Ciutotas, Mer jjiptilp Ethics, Ac, Ac.' TERMS; FcholariLips, ejrabracins the whole Bustoesf coarse, t.eguiar ana special ijtc ta res, time unlimited, with privilege of reviewing at any future time $5(k There are tin Vacations. Students enter at art? time. For farther rarticuUrs address the FresidcnL or. call at the College. M. K. LAUDEXSLAGER, Tres t. n. M. De Fbssce, Sec'y. w Iee. '66, nl"3m GOOD GURB AND PLENTY OF (T, BENNETT HOUSE, iALi:.H OSEGO!f L. JAY p. TURNEYi HAVING LEASED THE ABOVE NAMED Hotel, is 'prepared (9 accommodate the frayr tUug public, andoXE hcxdheo eccruas BOijv eu, in a gQNd utyle as any House on the" Coajj. Fie has determined to rnake the !BseaBett'tasgoo$ as the be'st,' and letter than any public lio? ir Saliiijj .' IIViU oon epmplete'some important 19-. proyrHcrj'ts, w hich will add' greatly to its appear; ' nee'andcewfurfftn('iptynd; io merit and hopes toreeeive his'shiVj;' Vf'p Hfff6: ' " Ie llaj 'stHru'red 'tne 'serines pf J.'Cnfleyt (Jtp'oVn to be fh'e Mtooli m Safeja, and op.?pf the best m Jbp whole cpnnjry), and other crnpe:: tent persons to manage jbe "culinary department and" U resolved to set as eood a" table aa e'an" "Ka. found any where cb in Claptrap, pomp an.dflioV. fiumtnery and fine furniture', bet in ad abundant supply of the very best the market affords. ' His Bar-Room will be kept warm and 'lighted; and well supplied with newspapers, periodieal and other suitable reading matter, and kept in- a manner wnicn wui make 11 an agrecaoie jxspri. . -t In short, he intends making an effort to please all. wno stop at toe jjkssett xiqcse. Ana oe most respectfully reqpests b fripnd ererywhere. ' to giro the old and well knjwa. stand at least one' more trial before concluding they can do aa well elsewhere, and promises if they are not well treat' ed, apd properly cared fqr, pmd af M.fJFgr re; it will not be the fault of the public'! most ooeaicni ana most numoie scrvanr. f L, JAY S. TURXEY N. B. Furnished rooms, with or witho'nt board by the day, week or month, at the "Bennett"; charges moderate. L. J. SJ. T. : Salem, Oregon, Not. 12, 1S66 v2nl8tf 81icrifPs Sale. Tl T VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF EXECUTION" I3 and order ef sale issued from the Circuit Court of the Sfate of Oregon and County of Linn, and to me directed, in favor ol Thomas Monieith or J a.m. Tt.,.,n l. 1.1: T 1 administrators of tho estate of Sidney Smith, de ceased, for the sum of eight hundred and eighty dollars and fifteen cents interest, and costs and accruing cost?, I have pn this 2Sth day of Novem ber, 1866, levied upon, and on " ' ' . ' , Saturt?aythe 29thdflyofPeccrnler, 1G$ betweon the hours of ten o'clock, i.. m., and four oclock, p. v., wUl expose to publio aueton o tha highest bidder, in' front of the Court Houm door, in said Linn county, the following described real property te.wit:' " " ' . ' a ai ' . m Evans south ion, Biiuaiea in Aiinn t;ountv. Urecon - Sheriflf pf Linn CoiantyV'Pregoia. Noyembcr 29; 1866. v2nltAw H 8hcrilP Sale. BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION AND OR der of sale issued oiit of the County Court of the County of Linn, in. the State of Oregon, and Jo me directed, in favor of J. II. nardeinari . Utut against James W. Savage, for the sum of throe hun dred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty-one cents' ($387 31), in JUnited-States gold -eoinf interest and costs and accruing costs, I have' on TheSta4 day of December, 1866, levied upon, anc ftiO Monday, the 21st day of aary between the hours of , 10 o'clook A. m. and 4 o'elooK r. m., I will expose to sale at publie auction, .in front of the Court House door, inlaid State and; County, to the highest bidder, the following, de-. scribed real estate to-wit i It being part of t he Donation Land Claim of Charles Williams, Noti fication No. 2004 and Claim No-72, Townsida No. 12; south of Range 4, West, of the "WiiUmeUJi Meridian, in tha County of Linn and the Slate F Oregon, together with, all of ihe appurbsnahccC thereunto belonging. J ' ; ' . ' :"' 1 l HARVEY SMITH, Sheriff"!! V ,-of Linri County, Oregon j . By. J. W. B raJtoei 8 teg, "Deputy. ' rr ? Dated at Albany, Oregon-, December 20,. 1805, T3ui94w- J .t pi ine iJ.onation l.and Claim of Berry . No."5,222, 'in'Tpwnship No. fourteen (14 1 of rnge three fo)VesV XViilamette i Meridi'