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R A T E S OF A D V E R T I S E * » « One square or less, one insertion,.........& Each additional insertion,............................. 1 One square three m on ths,............. ^ Business Advertisements by th « m onth— Quarter co lu m n .. . . . . . ......... , ................ H alf c o lu m n ,........... ..................................... 10 00 One column.................... 15 00 Ten per cent, additional on advertisement* to which a special position ¿» guaranteed. C S^The space of one Inch, up aad down»' the column, constitutes a square. BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON JULY 15, 1874. C orrespon d en ce from all portions of Eastern Oregon is solicited for the D emocrat . M All communications, to receive attention must be accompanied by a responsible name! ■ Personal communications will be charged *s special advertisements. BUSINESS NOTICES. J. P. Atwood, II. D. J. B . G A R D N E R , (Graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons New York and of die Medical D e partment ol the Willamette University,) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Terms cash, or no patronage solicited. Office one door north of City Drug Store. n23| BAKER CITY, OREGON. [tf 1 S * M * P E T T E J iG I I ,L & C O ., 10 S ta te JRtreet, B oston , 87 Park R ow , X e w Y o rk J l u r A°ienth«ef 11Ut Street’ P h ila d elp h ia, are io r Procuring advertisem ents im o l D e m o c r a t , in the above kdvfii’tlK.iii: iU,e a u lhori/.eU to contract for ftaveitising tou r low est rates. n 3 if R A IL R O A D H O U S e T O R A T I O N D E L IV E R E D B Y T H E O D O R E T. G E E R , AT Union, the County Seat of Union County, Oregon, J U L Y 1 th , 1 8 7 4 . L a d ie s , iz e n s : — In G entlem en , F e llo w C it compliance with a kind in vitation extended to me by tiie citi- CLEMENT & SICORD, Proprietors, | zens of this place, it devolves upon J me today to stand in the place nsu- J O B W O R K . Baker City, Oregon. WATCHMAKER AND IE vVELER, ] ally filled by those who are termed T . ^ )e . ,are )now prepared to do all kinds of he P rop rietors respectiu lly “ Eourtu of July Orators; but owing e s t a b l i s h e d i n B a k e r c i t y i n 1867, U13 W O R K on abort notice and at reabona- inform me Public that they Lave pur- j to the limited time allotted to me for Keeps constantly on hand a well assorted e rates. cnaned the Baser City Hute., and have fitted j this purpose I will make no attempt N . B .— A ll Job W ork M U ST B E P A ID it up as a First Class Hotel, where they will be Stock of j to deliver an oration, but will oeeu- FO R OR D E L IV E R Y . found at all times ready to attend to the j py the time in recalling fresh to our wants of the memories the causes which led to H u n g ry and W eary, ! the designation of the Fourth of T O tT O H O T M iffilE s Y » and is prepared to do all kinds of work in In a manner that will give satisfaction. July as the accepted anniversary of his lir.e of business. H. J. G..EK, Proprietor. The Table will be supplied with the best the American Independence. This I W altham and Elgin Watches at Factory j shall do in simply a conversational M A B K E T W IL L A F F O B D . n31 Prices [ tf. H E U JT » K l t S lG Y E D W O U L D manner—deeply regretting that the respectfully ca ll the attention o f Give us a call, and then you can judge of task did not fall to the lot of some our ability and capacity to please our custo F a r m e r s and f r u i t u r o w e r s one of the many of our citizens who "W e s te r n H o t e l. mers. my extensive and varied assortment of n51tf C L E M E N T & SICOED. are much abler to perform it. But MAIN STREET,........................................ BAKER CITY. the ways of Providence are now, as they ever have been, mysteriously REID & FLETCHER, Prop’r. N e w D r u g S to re . both useful and ornamental, for winch I will unfathomable, and, therefore, like «ell low for “ M O N l s H .” H IS H O U SE has been enlarged and re a true mar yr, I will resign myself fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the SE N D F O R C A T A L O G U E . & IB © T O , to my fate with all possible compos Umatilla and Idaho stage route. Address, H . J. G E L R , Opposite Odd F ello w s’ H a ll, Main Street, ure. Stages leave this House for above and be Cove, Union County, B A K E R CITY, OREGON, low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado, n!71y Oregon- The object of these annual reun Gem City and Sparta. W o u ld respectfully inform the public that ions of American citizens should be th ey have recently received a w ell se Connected with the Hotel will be found a to revive iu our minds the incidents lected and fresh Stock o f P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS. first class Drugs, connected with the Revolutionary struggle, the hardships encountered Chemicals, S A L O O N ! L . O. S T E R N S , T. C. H Y D E , and obstacles subdued; to study the Paints, Oils, Liquors, Wines and Cigars o f the best N o t a r y P u b l ic . j nature of our Government, and the Perfumeries, quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables Patent Medicines, duty we owe to it as citizens; and to all in good order. S te rn s & H y d e , o---- o reap that benefit which is sure to ac Soaps, A t t o r n e y s a m i C o u n s e lo r s A t - l a w , crue from the social conversation and N. B .— Those indebted to either the Hotel Wines, B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON. or Saloon are requested to appear at the pleasant associations of neighbors, Brandies, L . O . S t e r n s will attend the Courts of the Captain’s office and settle. no5v3tf. friends and citizens. And I conceive T ilth Judicial District, and of Idaho and Whiskies and Washington Territories. that too much of this day, which is Cordials, W ater Rights and Mining Litigation a M edicinal purposes. F a m ily M edi at once the pride of adults, and the B o h n a & M c C o r d ’ s For cines S pe c ia lt y : carefully prepared. Prescrip gala day of children, is devoted to tions accurately com pounded, Collections promptly attended to. long and uninteresting speeches, to at ail hours o f the day or June 18, 1873.n6y n8 night. Give us a call. tf the exclusion of that which would AT THE OLD StAND OF be much more productive of inter est. good feeling and pastime. In B am berger & F ran k , deed, the Oration bears to a Fourth B A K E R C IT Y , O R EGO N. Attorney-at-Law, of July Celebration the same rela tion that a sermon does to religious B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON. olin a «fe M cCord R e sp e ctfu l worship. On one occasion Rev. T> esp ectiu lly In fo r m the Cit- ly inform the Citizen^ o f Baker City IL L P R A C T IC E IN A L L C O U R T S XYi izens of Baker City and County, and Henry Ward Beecher asked a friend and the Public generally, that they have of the State. tne Public generally, that they have pur- opened a New to dtrfine the nature of a sermon, Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. n l7y. cUased the when he received the somewhat L iv e r y S S tsu to X © .pithy response that “ a sermon is I. D. HAINES, Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that that part of divine service which has TTORNEY AND C O U N S E L O R A T Where will always be found the very best they are prepared to furnish customers with Jhe least to do with the woiship of Law, Baker city, Oregon. [ÿ ltf the best of W in e s , L iq u o rs and C igars. C-5-od.” So the oration, on an occas Single or Double Turn-outs, ion of this kind, is that part of the -¿ S t -liS O J. M. S H E P H E R D , festivities which has the least to do Either night or day, with or without drivers, One of the Finest and Best with the celebration of American In at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle A tto r n e y a t-L a w , Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the dependence. B illia r d T a b le s best o f care bestowed. W e keep nothing but And this leads to a consideration B A K E R CITY", O R E G O N . the best of Stock and Buggies. To be found in the City. “ Fred” and "B o b ” of the manner in which we usually Our stable is at the upper end of Main will be pleased at ah times to have their conduct our national celebrations — Street, Baker City, Oregon. friends give them a call. Come and see us, Everybody, and we will A great deal has been said against i * B A K E R Y . do our best to please you. onr mode of commemorating our A tto r n e y at R a w , They have re opened the bakery in con K IL B U liN & P E B K IN S. National Birthday; and eve ry now nection with their Saloon, and are prepared (And Notary Public,) February 10, 1874.-n40tf to till all orders in tins line, at short notice, and then, in the newspapers we run W E S T O N , O R E GO N. and at prices to suit the times. The Bakery across a volcanic ebullition from W i ll practice in the Courts o f this tta te and is under the care of Mr. IL E B . some captious critic, whose fault Washington Territ ry. B O H N A & McCOFiD. finding disposition overshadows his P E C IA L A TTEN TIO N P A ID TO LA N D Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874. n40tf G K IE R & K E L L O G G love of country, disparaging the Business, and Collections. n l3 tf spontaneous and unrestrained man Having completed their New Stable, ner in which the American people have now the finest and best regulated J O S E P H H. S H I N N , are wont to welcome the day on L i v e r y S ta b le which the light of personal freedom N o t a r y P u b lic IL L IA M CO N STABLE W O U LD respectfully inform the P ublic that first illuminated their pathway.— AM D In E a s t e r n O r e g o n , he mis opened the These chronic fault finders, while C o n v e y a n c e r , C o sm o p o lita n S a lo o n , Where they will carry on the Livery Busi they are always ready to raise sense W ill attend to Conveyancing and making less objections to everything as they ness in all its branches. Corner o f Front Street and Court A ven u e, A B S T R A C T S OF T IT L E . opposite V irtu e’s B a n k , where be win find it, are never ready with either a STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD. be pleased to see and wait upon his friends Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872. n l8tf remedy or a substitute. In a lecture Barer City, Nov. 13, 1872. n l3tf and the Public generally. H is recently delivered in Salem by Rev. P. S. Knight, a lecturer of some B A . R E. W. REYNOLDS, B l a c k s m i th in g note iu that city, he compared our IS supplied with the very best o f every NOTARY PUBLIC AND thing in Ins line, at mode of celebrating the Fourth of AND July with the spirit manifested at an W A G O N M A K IN G , O N E B I T DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL. n A ll tlie V a r io u s B r a n d ie s Indian scalp dance, only he Accord A D rink. H e has a F in e B illiard Table carried on by the Undersigned, at ins ed to the Indiana the predominance Office with John Brattain, Three Doors for the use o f his custom ers. of order, gracefulness and behavior. on op, at the South of B e d r o c k D e m c r a t office, B aker City, Dec. 17, MU- n32tf ou side o f the fairest. He said: H ead o f Main Street, “ What tendency, for example, has Baker City, Sept. 3, 1873.nl7m4 K a s t n e r &> R a c l i r i e r B A K E R C I T Y , O R E G O N. the booming of cannon on the Fourth of July, other than to keep alive the P r o p r ie t o r s o f t h e T . _N". S n o w s !M . -D. I wnl do as good work, at as reasonable memory of the thunder anil slaught Prices, as any oilier ¡Shop in Ute Country. Physician and Surgeon, er of the battle field?/ What is the fa. B. M cCO B D , military parade with its marcl ing, B A K E R C IT Y , O R E G O N . Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf On the East side of Powder Biver, beating of drums, tiring of platoons, O f f i c e — A t t h e C it y Drug S t o r e . B a K E B C IT Y , O K EGON. GEO. J. BOWMAN. and mimic bayonet charges, but a s. A. GAINES. M E D IC A L E X A M I N E R April 2 9 ,1 8 7 4 . n51y higher development of thebarbariau rFor th e N ew Y o r k L ife Insurance Co- GAINES & BOW M AN, war dance? What tendency is there nloif in any of these to foster 'the love of PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS. [B la c k s m ith s country and the higher sentiments Mrs. R. C. Shepherd AND of patriotism/ We might even ask to what extent those noisy demon IS A G E N T F O R strations actually crowd out the ra Importer and Dealer in k A At 111 G E X I T N e O t H T l i t l u k R tional and humanizing elements that direct from St. Louis, M o., and uoue should among civilized men form the Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf but tne very best is Purchased, we are there chief attraction of such a day?” fore prepared to Warrant all our work. It must strike every candid person W e are now fully prepared to complete any N E W SPA PE R S, that this criticism is both harsh and buggies or Wagons Respectfully offers his services to the Public FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’ unpatriotic; and that the sentiment Headquarters, Eire-proof fcln the capacity of We must On short notice, and we can say we have the is absolutely disgraceful. Very Best of Workmen in our employ. not on'the Fourth of July indulge Brick Building, 105 Front street, Portland, Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will n!7 Oregon. [tf save time and money by giving us a call and in any patriotic demonstrations lest we should be reluctantly reminded examining our work for tuemselves. JOINER AND of the deeds of valor and matchless D R . J. R- C A R D W E L L , H o rse- ©iiosing. achievements of our Revolutionary C a L > in c i-M a ls .c r . Special attention is paid to Horse ¡Shoeing. fathers, which alone made the day D e n tis t All repair work done on short notice. We worth celebrating at all. When I E N T A L B O O M S, N o . 89, First street, All kinds and every are tnankfui for past Patronage, and still see a man who is so excruciatii g!y Portland, Oregon. The late and im solicit a continuance. proved styles o f work at reduced rates. Ni D U f a O J i l l ILI I circumspect lest he may do some G A IN E S & B O W M A N . Baker City, March 11, l» 7 4 .-n 4 ltf thing to rutile his pious nature, I am Of Work in W ood neatly and promptly done. trous oxide for tne painless extraction of Baker City, Jan. 1, 1873tf. teeth. - I forcibly reminded of the story of the boy who, when a circus came to P A Y U D !! the town where he lived, asked bis BAKER CITY MARKET. W l b WATKINS, M. D. l l p e b s o n s in d e b t e d t o a . h . ’mother if he could go, and received Brown are respectiully requested to PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. oli i7. E p p in ger R e sp e c tiu lly come forward and settle their accounts, the reply, “ Oh no, my son, you mlorms m e citizens of Bauer City that F F IC E , Odd Fellows’s Building. Bosi- eitner by Cash or note, immediately. can’t go to the circus, but if you are has re-opened the dence, corner of Main and Park streets, A word to tne wise is sufficient. a good boy until noon you may go Portland, O r e g o n . OG^apeoial attention to Baker City, March 2 6 ,1S73. n46tf BAKER CITY MARKET, 1 out ou the hill and see your grand- diseases o f tne Eye and Ear. I nza Where, at all times, he will be prepared to N otice . — Hereafter no certificate | mother’s grave.” furnish his customers witii the Suppose the firing of cannon does Sew ing M ach in es—-A G rover of publication for Legal Notices will B E S T OF M E A T, & Baker, and a Florence, both new and be issued from this office Until the serve to awaken in our minds the O f all kinds, at most reasonable prices. tne very b e s t -f o r sale. For particulars, en recollection of enemies slain, and Printer’s Fee is paid. T WATCHES, CLUCKS 1 JEWELRY T Fruit Trees anil Snrnlery, T SALOON, ANDREW J, LAW HEM E, LIVERY S T A B L E MESSRS, kILRIli.Y & P IK IM B W S A L O. O N , A S. V. & M O X , L IV E R Y S T A B L E S COSMOPOLITAN SALOON. W I B A K E R CITY BREWERY, Armer & Baker’s Sewing M in e s . S J M ’C O R M IC K , Boots, Stationary, Toys, Music Ani rers of Bonis & W R. JTfl’l ü T O S H , o x J D A O 2 Baker City, April 11, 1874,-n49tf quire at tills office. NO. 10. victories won; of the defeat of our national foes and victory of our country’s defenders, are these recol lections nothing but “ a higher de velopment of the barbarian war dance?” What! Must we banish from our minds those features which have a tendency to keep alive in our mind the unparalleled heroism and un quenchable patriotism of Washing ton, Putnam, and the undaunted host who constituted the pi’imitive American Army? Must we exclude from our demonstrations on our ever welcome national anniversary those modes of patriotic demonstra tions which were regarded by our ancestry as eminently worthy of the occasion? It will be an evil day for this government when the above ex tract shall embody the sentiments of the mass of its citizens; wheu they shall be so sensitive as to the partic ular manner iu which they manifest their patriotic impulses that they will fear to give them unrestrained expression lest someone whose pride of ancestry is greater than his hope of posterity, may discover therein a similarity to the “ barbarian war- dance.” If those practices which picture tomynnind the sorrowful spectacle of Gen. Washington with his reduc ed, starving, but not mutinous army as it lay encamped in gloomy Valley Forge in the winter of 1777; or which gladden my memory with the glori ous victory at Saratogo where Wash ington, Gates and Dwight, assisted by the victorious hosts of freedom, hurled our country’s invaders into disastrous defeat and crowned the Stars and Stripes with glorious vic tory; or which cause my heart to swell with pride as I reflect on the matchless bravery of Gen. Greene, the immortal Hero of the Caroliuas; or in the unequaled love of liberty which prompted the gallant La Fay ette to leave country and friends that tyranny and despotism rniyht not gain a foothol i on the American Continent—I say if those practices of our national celebration which briug these events to my memory be foreign to civilization, and akin to to barbarism, then I bid a cheerful farewell to civilization, and welcome barbarism gladly. And as long as I am permitted to enjoy the blessings of this free and Independent govern ment, may “ our country’s natal morn” ever be welcomed by the hoarse belching of the cannon’s mouth until our beautiful valleys are vocal with the gladsome shout, and our majestic mountains recipro cate the joyful tidings that the na tion’s sons are still grateful for the blessings given by the patriot sires of ’76. Another feature of our national celebrations i3 the indispensable i‘oration,” without which celebra tions would be failures, patriotism a mockery, and the Government a myth. The oration always serves to make the children impatient, creates an appetite for the listener, and gives the “ orator” an opportunity to vent his personal spleen at the glorious Amerieau Eu-gle. It is somewhat remai’kable with what untiring per tinacity they will follow him into the isolated haunts and there deliberate ly wreak revenge for some imagina ry wrong. They will say that the American Eagle is the proudest or nithological biped that triumphantly rides the clouds, aud his dazzling plumage, as he majestically soars under the refulgent rays of the noon day sun, just beneath the veil invisi ble, shines like burnished silver, while his taunting shouts of victori ous superiority, prompted by the consciousness of being the emblem atical personification of this glorious Republic, were wafted on the sum mer breeze into the remotest recess es of infinite eternity, and finally culminated by resounding against the Throne Eternal! But alas! Poor bird! Our patriotic, though indifferent, “ orators” usually leave him there to make his return trip as best he may; and as he mopes around in deserted places, with his half fledged wings fluttering by bis side, Despair is written on his once glori ous beak. For conduct of this kind men of mv profession should be solemnly reprimanded, and, as far as my in fluence goes, it shall be done. To thus inhumanly treat an offenseless bird is a direct insult to the Ameri can Government, which it repre sents. I have also noticed another remarkable circumstance and that is, that is, that I have never yet seen —during the delivery of a Fourth of July Oration—a person who seemed inclined to fall into the embrace of somnolent Morpheus, as is the case in the delivery of other addresses, but the reason of this is obvious. A person’s dreams are liable to be of the nature of the subject last on their mind, and to pretend to dream with the subject o f a Fourth of July Oration on ones’ mind, is simply in viting an aggravated attack of delir ious nightmare. There are a great many other fea tures of our celebrations, both im portant and pleasant, which to for eigners who have been reared under the restricting influences of monar ch a l governments, have very little N. B .— All debts due tins office are payable in Coin, unless otherwise expressly agreed*; significance; but to we American#, who fully comprehend the nature of the efforts required to found o »r Government, they are fraught wiih a world of meaning. It i* well on occasions of tki# kind, as indeed on all other proper occasions, for us to bear in mind the causes which led to the Revolution, that we may better appreciate the devotion to liberty which animated the hearts of those who conducted it to a successful termination, and gave to us a Government, the most per fect yet made; and! as a brief review of those causes, with incidents con nected with them, cannot but prove both interesting and beneficial,'. I will devote a short time-to their con sideration: The firet action of the British Government which aroused suspicion aud alarm among the colonists, wa# the power claimed by the crow® to alter or revoke their charters without their consent. This, however, was submitted to without any attempt- at resistance by force, as were a great many other severe restrictions iu- their liberties. So early ns 1636» about a century and a> half before the first gun of the American- Revolution was fired, the Plymouth Colony declared by its Legislature that, “ no taxes should be imposed but by the consent of the body o f freemeu, or their representatives.” It was at this date that the subjpot of “ Taxation without representation.'" became one of general complaint and controversey, and when we remem ber that not until 1775 was any armed resistance made, we can grasp some kind of an idea of the un1- shaken determination which im pelled them to pledge their lives-*" their fortunes, and their sacred homes, to the establishment of their personal freedom. Another action of the British Government which roused the determined opposition of the colonists, was the passage o f the famous “ stamp act” of 1765’ pro viding that agreement» in writing’ in daily use were to be null and void “ unless executed on a paper or parchment stamped with a spe cific duty.” This incited them to measures of more unrelenting resist ance than any thing yet inflicted upon them; the people congregated in public meetings and the whole country arose as one man. Tlie Legislature of Virginia, which Was in session at the time, passed a series of resolutions, introduced by that intrepid and eloquent patriot Patrick Henry declaiming that “ the taxation of the people by themselves or |their chosen representatives” was their “ exclusive right.” Similar resolu tions were passed by several colonies. A Congress of the several colonies was held which passed a declaration of rights and grievances declaring among other things that “ the colo nists are entitled to all the inherent rights and liberties of his Majesty's natural born subjects within the kingdom of Great Britain.” They also addressed a petition to the King and one to both houses of Parliament which were so imbued with the spirit of genuine patriotism and of dignified remonstranco that at the next assembling of Parliament two years later, the tyrannical stamp act was stricken from the English statutes, It was in advocacy of resistance to this stamp act that noble hearted Patrick HeDrv made the famous dec laration: “ Caesar bad his Brntua; Charles I, his Cromwell, and Georg* the Third may profit by their exam ple. If this be treason, m a k b t h B MOST OP IT !” Great Britain however, determined to not relinquish her tyrannical measures of taxation immediately passed a bill imposing duties oa several articles imported by the colonists, including tea, suspended the Legislature power of the New York assembly, and established board of trade in the colonie#, independent of colonial legislation. These enactments were met by the colonists with the same spirit of re sistance as before. These were stirring events to thoee most deeply interested and were followed by similar ones including the famous Boston Tea Party wbea a party of men disguised as Indian# boarded several vessels loaded with tea, and in the presence of thousand# of spectators, broke open three hun dred and forty two chests, und emp tied their contents into Boston Har bor. Thus the condition of the colonist* grew from bad to worse, until, ia 1775 having no hope for reconcilia tion, and i eing surcharged with jQ,-13 determination to resist oppresfioi^ , aud outrage, calmly resolved I f "h* other alternation were left them ifr * take up the gauntlet with; their--T mother country and become « iU iof ni martyrs in the cause of liberty» , History furnishes no instance of* ' an oppressed people yeilding to the amount of oppression andsasrttblni power with the same calm demfea&QK’ and pathetic remonstrance^ that , characterized the American people prior to the Revolution, and the 11 patience which they exhibited, tb* - patriotism displayed,and the nQcom* q plained suffering bones ^ 4 #0-o [Continued, on Fourth Page.) a