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SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1870.
U. S. Official Paper for Oregon.
Tbe Union Republican State Central
Committee of Oregon
Will meet at the office of Hon. J. II. X itchell, in
the city of. Portland, on Wednesday, the 19th day
of January,' 1S70, at 10 o'clock A. M., to desig
nate the time and place fur the holding of the
Union Republican State Convention of 1870.
M. P. BERRY, Chairman.
Salex, December 14,1869.
Columbia River and Great Salt Lake
Railway. ;
Stanton, Judge.
Upon tne appointment of Edwin M.
Stanton to the Supreme Bench in plaee
of Justice Grier, '' resigned, he Stale
Rights Democrat gets off one of its
characteristic diatribes upon tbe occasion,
in which the following language occurs :
'IDuplicity, treachery,; perjury and
cruelty were in his service and waited
upon his call. To promote him is
to pollute the judicial ermine, to defile the
seat of justice, and to bring into disre
pute the highest judicial tribunal upon
the earth."
Such fitful dartings of the serpent's
tongue hut indicate the rankling venom
-which still pervades the hearts and friends
of the defeated rebellion, and who are
instinctively ready to shoot out the forked
tongue and hiss most dreadfully whenever
ne of its sworn enemies, a true patriot,
looms up into conspicuous position. But
what has Mr. Stanton done to merit such
bitter . invective t True, as the head of
the War Department, he hurled hot
thunderbolts against the monster both
day and night for four long years, and as
a consequence many of the editor's po
litical friends were made to bite the dust,
and-the rest were driven to confusion.
Loving his country more than he did the
Democratic party, he did what he could
1 to make treason odious. This is the sum
of his offending. What can the Demo
crat expect to accomplish by such bitter
calumniation ? The appointment is made
and confirmed, and the nation well ap
proves it. It gnaws a file. It may suc
ceed, to the extent of its influence among
its partisans, in weakening still farther
any latent love they may yet cherish for
public virtue or respect for the constitu
. tional authorities of our country. This
and nothing more. The fame of Edwin
M. Stanton is far beyond the reach of his
traducers, and his name will continue to
be cherished in every patriotic heart dur
ing the coming ages, long, long, after the
memory of those who would malign him
have rotted into oblivion.
Cost 'of the Pacific Railroad.
The Paciac Railroad cost the uovern
mcnt, in lands and bonds, the sum of
J101?752,0OO. The Central Company
constructed 690 miles, and received, or
are to receive, a total, in bonds and Sub
sidy, S2G,364,000 The Union Pacific
has constructed 1,068 miles, the total
subsidy and bonds for which amount to
f 56,740,000. The value of the land
subsidies, granted to the two companies
are estimated at $52,141,000. It is gen
erally believed that the Companies build
ing the road are not out a single dollar,
beyond what was given by the govern
ment, and hence they are possessed of
an immense property which cost them
nothing .but a few yearsSof time and
attentidn.
" Senator Williams introduced a bill in
the U. S. Senate on the 6th ult., a copy
of which has been forwarded us, granting
lands and right of way to aid in tbe
construction of a railway and telegraph
line from the Columbia river to Great
Salt Lake. The following persons are
named as corporators :
D. W. Ballard, L. F. Cartee, J. Rey
nolds, J. R. McBride, II. L. Riggs, 1).
Cram, B. 31. DuRell, John Uailey,T. J.
Butler, T. S. Wilson, W. D. Biglow, C.
S. McGonigle, T. INI. Merritt and Jonas
Brown, of Idaho Territt ry ; L. O. Sterns,
F. W. McClary, A. II. Brown, J. H.
Shinn, J. W. Virtue, C. M. Foster, B.
31. Stanton, Thomas Wright, C. M. Coch
ran, J. Ilendershott, D. Chaplin, Green
Arnold, J. R. Wilkiuson, James II.
Slater, J W. Lichtinthaler, J. W. Fisk,
II. J. Meacham, John White, William
Barnhart, H. C. Page, James M. Leezer,
W. C- Franklin, J. W. Swift, M.E. Fol
som, William Luce, F. C. Ilorsely, B.
Whitton, W. B. Rinehart, J. G. Wilson,
C. M. Lockwood, N. Gates, B. Pentland,
II. Hofrue, O. Ilumason, B. W. Mitchell.
L. E. Donnell and A. W. Furguson, of
Oregon ; and D. Baker, J. M. Vansyckle,
A. Cox, Hugh D. O. Bryant, and W.
Wright, of Washington Territory.
J. be road -is to-commence at some
point "on the Columbia river east of the
Cascade mountains, and, running thence
through Idaho, to terminate at some
point on the Union or Central Pacific
Railroads, near Great Salt Lake. The
capital stock authorized is 530,000,000,
divided into 300,000 shares of 100
each. Th first meeting of the corpora
tors, who form a board of Commission
ers, will transpire at Baker City, Oregon,
September 1st, .1870. Subscription
books must be opened within six months
after the passage of the act. As soon
as ten thousand shares are taken in good
faith, and five per cent, of the stock
paid into the treasury of the Company, a
Board of Directors can be organized.
The right to use material from the pub
lic land for the construction of the road
is given, as well as the right of way.
Twenty sections per mile on each side
of the road, in alternate sections (except
mineral lands), constitute the land sub
sidy. If the lands adjacent to the road
have been previously disposed of, the
company may select other lands, within
thirty miles, on either side of the road.
Sections of twenty miles of the road
must be completed, stocked and received
in the usual form, before patents for land
will issue. Work must commence within
two years from the approval of tbe act
by the President to secure the benefits
granted by the bill, and twenty miles per
year completed after the second year;
and the entire road must be completed,
equipped and furnished by the 4th day
of July, 1878. The road when com
pleted is to be subject to the use of the
United States for postal, military, naval
and other Government service." It is
thought the bill will pass both Houses and
become a law during the present session
of Congress.
; Poqressiso. There are said to be
15,000 miles or railroad now in progress
of construction in the United States, and
in a short time the list will be swelled to
50,000. . This, at an average cost of
$44,000 per1 mil?, would make the capital
' invested in railroads, in this country
I alone i $2,400,000,000. England owns
15,000 miles of 'railwayi which' cost an
average pf $160,000 per mile a total of
$2,400,000,000. It is stated, too, that
our railways earned twice as much as the
same number of miles on the English
railways.";,,,? -'. V-:-:-.',..
t: Not Dead. The Roseburg nsujrn
ays that Capt. Ilaun was in that thriv-
ing burg on the 19th nit., and announced
bis confidence .in the success of his
' steamboat enterprise, stating that it
would be ready for. business probably by
the 1st; of J anuary. '. It L would seem
-from" this that the announcement of his
death, published by us recently, was
premature.'
J Omaha, Nebraska, is growing .rapidly,
and in a few s years will be one of our
, most populous western cities. The Uni
' ted States Government authorizes the
I imldiag there of a Court House and
s Post Office at a cost of $250,000. Next
i ' year a hotel will be erected worth $150,
1 000 a $50,000 Opera Housea $60,000
German school house j a Masonic Tem
ple to cost$120)0P "1,000 dwellings,
and Iwo railreads. ;. : .
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i uIiaJ' It is said that- Hon. Jesse
IflLppfegate told some one' as he passed
1 through here the other day, that Ben.
-Holladay had "ria" in his demands n
this city, and now asks $50000 instead
j S&HrsKiwr foa,f.:DECMBB. S.; S.
- Mar-farm & Sbtt shipped from iheir ware
. T louse hsst month, as foflbws t 216 barrels
' :M lard; 175 half bWels;frnitj 50half
larrels of butter, and 75 boxes eggs.
The celebration of the completion of
the first twenty miles of the O. C..RaiI
road was to have transpired on Thnrsday.
Dead. Hon. Edwin M. Stantbn died
at Washington City, D. C, on the 24th
ult. His remains were interred on the
27th at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The fu
neral ceremonies were very imposing,
and a large concourse, composed of the
President and Cabinet, Vice President,
Senators and Representatives, Supreme
Judges, officers of the army and navy,
members of tbe "Diplomatic corps, City
Council, members of the bar, etc., fol
lowed the remains to its last resting place.
The news of the death of this great and
good man, so sudden and unexpected,
has thrilled tbe nation with genuine sor
row. He leaves a fame and name on the
pages of his country's history that will
ever be revered and loved so long as pat
riotism and love of country is counted of
worth by Americans. '
Prof. Reinsch, of Boston, after a long
series of experiments, has discovered
tnat timber impregnated with a concen
trated solution of rock salt, will not burst
into a flame any more than if coated
with silicate of Soda. The salt is, of
course, cheaper than silicate, besides be
ing also a preservative against dry rot
ana noxious insects. Keinsch suggests
that salt water would be far more effect
ive tnan tresn lor use in nre engines ;
but it would be likely to injure the ma
chinery. - ' . ,?? ? -iV V- hf.'.:
jj rom Wyoming. "l is tbe way
the Tribune jubilates fwith quadruple
leads and gushing headlines, over the
passage and approval by the Governor of
the Woman Suffrage bill : 5 .
Wyoming from her roclry eyrie, Bends
greeting , to her bister States, and
invites them te come up higher even to
that advanced position on the question of
human rights which she seems disposed
to occupy. : '
Forgeting heathenish prejudices, aris
ing trom race or sex, she invites them to
stand with her upon "the skirmish line
of civilization." The Genius of liberty
is on ticket dutv in Wvominf. A 1 read v.
the advancing skirmisher has been chal
lenged, and required to give the counter
sign, he replies : "Human rights ; equal
ity before the law," to which the sentinel
responds, "the countersign is correct
pass on ' . Pass on to a better national
life to a grander civilization I Pass on,
to a condition where all mankind' shall
be politically regenerated, and stand upon
an equal plane, as they will before the
throne 01 Goal
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A bill passed the Dakota House of
Representatives by five majority giving
the women the right to vote and hold
office: -
-Letter From the Capital.
Salem, Dec. 29th, 1869.
Considering that we are in the midst
of the Holidays, we are having very
quiet times, excepting what amusements
we have in the evening, the doings at the
capital are not any more stiring than
usual.
OCR MERCHANTS
Are busy with balancing up old ao-
counts, taking account ot stocK ana
making preparations for the business of
1870. The Peoples Transportation Co.
have moved their office . from the Hol
man biick to the McCully brick, two
blocks down Commercial street. ; The
Pioneer Oil Company have moved their
office and ware room to the place form
erly occupied by John Hughes, directly
under the Secretary of State's , office.
No other changes of base have been
made among our business men.
THE RAILROAD
Is attracting much attention just now.
Quite a number of our citizens have gone
down to Oregon City to-day to ride on
the cars as invited guests', j The track is
said to be in good condition for a new
road. The propheoy is now made that
the track will be lai4 to .this city by July
4th next, and to Linn county by the
time harvest is over. I understood to
day that Mr. McClain, proprietor of
North Salem, had offered the Company
thirty acres of land if they would
establish the depot in North Salem. It
is rumored here that Uncle Jesse Apple
gate and Chief Engineer Brooks, of the
Oregon Central Railroad, had quite
quarrel in Portland recently. Their
opinions of the feasibility of the Rock
Creek pass over the Calapooia mountains
differs materially, and Mr. Applegate has
gone home to make the survey of the
route himself at his own expense.
other i,ocai.
Bcriah Brown announced last week
that he was going to start a daily paper
here; but I learn that the project will
fail. The Democracy have no faith in
liui, and don't feel like responding lib
erally.
An alarm of fire brought out the de
partment promptly at two o cloct on
Sunday last. The fire was caused by
package of phosphorous igniting in a
warehouse back of the drug store. The
fire was put out before the engines threw
water. Too much praise cannot be be
stowed upon our firemen for tbe prompt
manner they turn out to save property.
REVIVALS.
There is a series of very interesting
meetings being held in the Baptist
church in this city. Two services per
day are being held, and many are uniting
with that church. , Another revival has
been in progress at the South Salem M.
E. Church ; but I understand that daily
services have been discontinued.
BRICK.
Major Berry, Superintendent of the
State Penitentiary, is making prepara
tions to double the capacity of the prison
brick, yard.' He is getting up anew
machine, which promises to work well.
Both old and new machines will be run
next Summer. He desires to have a
supply of brick on band for State build
ings. D.
RAILROAD MEETING.
A railroad meeting will be held at the
Court House in this city n Monday
evening, January 3d, 1870. v As busi
ness of the greatest importance, affecting
the material interests and prosperity of
this city, will come before the meeting,
all who are interested in the future of
Albany are earnestly invited to attend.
Come one, come all.
MANY CITIZENS.
Telegraphic Summary.
Washington, Dec. 24. Edwin M.
Stanton died this morning of congestion
of the heart. He had been confined to
the bouse for about a week. On Sunday,
his fifty-fourth birth-day, he was visited
by Grant and Colfax, when the former
tendered him the position of Justice of
the bupreme Court, which was accepted.
Yesterday he complained of sickness, and
before midnight the symptoms became
alarming.. It was found impossible to
obtain relier. Kev. Dr. Starkey, ot the
tbe dying man was unconscious. He
died at 3 a. m., surrounded by his family
consisting ot Mrs. btanton and lour
children.
Cincinnati, Vec. 7. There was a
terrible family quarrel in Westwood last
evening, resulting, in tbe fatal wounding
of a wife and the self-destruction of the
husband, Cordelia Wilder and John R.
Wilder, known in Western cities as fur
nishers of houses of prostitution. Their
family consisted of twelve children
The oldest daughter was about a year ago
married to an attorney in opposition to
the wishes ot the lather and in accord
ance with the wishes of the mother. The
quarrel grew out of this circumstance,
and Wilder first cut his wile s throat and
then shot himself.
NEtv York, Dec. 28. The Sun this
morning says an American Annexation
Leaguo has recentiy been formed in this
ciiy with the avowed purpose of procur
ing by persuasion or force tbe annexation
to the United States of all the countries
and provinces of North America, and
all the islands along tho coast. Their
motto is that the national safety ot the
United States demands the acquisition of
all JNorth America and tne V est India
islands. Prominent citizens are members
of the league. The officers are the fol
lowing well known men : Colonel George
Gibbous, President: General George A.
Cole, Secretary ; General James E. Kerr,
financial Secretary; General James B
Volt, Treasurer. The organization is
preparing an expedition for active par
ticipation in the hostilities going on in
the ILed Kiver country against the rep
resentatives ot the Canadian Govern
ment. The expedition is to consist of
1,500 men, of whom 800 have already
been enrolled. Twenty-five guides have
been hired who are familiar with the
Red River country, and who will con
duct the troops from the last railroad sta
tion across the border line. Fifteen hun
dred Spencer rifles have been stored
away ready for use. Ammunition and
other supplies are also at hand, and no
further great expense is anticipated. A
prominent railroad man is a member of
the league and lias promised the troops
free transit to within 200 miles of the
i border line. From this point to the
place of operations, the filibusters will
make their way by forced marches. They
will depart from New York ip squads of
trom one to two hundred as ouietly as
Declared Independent. The dec
laration of independence by the Provis
ional Government of Rupert's Land and
the Northwestern Territory, has been
issued. It is signed by John Bruce,
President, and Louis Raille, Secretary.
Rupert's Land has heretofore been gov
erned by a party of adventurers known
as the Hudson Bay Company ; but this
government failing to meet the wants of
the people, they (the people) have con
cluded to run a government of their
own.
The Financial Views of Congress.
-The St. Louis Democrat of Dec. 14th,
has the following dispatch, dated Wash
ington, Dec. 10th :
The first week 'of Congress ends with
little indication of the financial views of
its members. Senator Sumner has in
troduced a bill for free banking, with a
clause limiting -the increase of currency
to fifty millions per year. Mr. Morrell,
of Pennsylvania, has introduced one for
free -banking and anew, loan at four and
a half per ,,cent.; and Mr. Ingersoll, of
Illinois, has brought in bills of free bank
ing, to prevent the sale of Government
gold, and to authorize the issue of forty
four millions more in legal tender notes.
None of these bills have been considered
in committee," and it is doubtful if-any
of them will be until after the holidays.
The idea of a free' banking system has
many supporters in both houses of Con
gress, and at present the indications are
that Secretary Boutwell's recommenda
tion for contraction at the rate of two
millions per month will not find many
supporters; ' The demand from the South
for money appears to be very strong.
The . agent - of .a prominent South
American Republic, whose business in
this conntry was - to " purchase gunboats,
has been swindled out of .a million dol
lars by a pretended ship broker in New
York city.
. A proposition to , divide Texas "into
three States is on foot, nd will be folly
developed upon" herr admission into the
Union. The names - proposed for the
new; States are Houston, Lincoln and
Texas. .'.'
VARIOUS ITEMS.
Vienna has 17,000 female voters.
Virginia has a calf that eats turkeys.
.Central Park is to have a music hall
Dante has been translated into He
brew. . . --'
The velocipede ' has reached East
Africa.
The Emperor of China is fifteen years
old.
The tallpst men in the United States
are said to come from Georgia.
Brazil haslo3t 150,000 men in her four
years' war with Paraguay.
.Medical diplomas are worth feSU apiece
in Philadelphia.
It is stated that Vinme Ream is learn
ing to cut stone in a foreign language.
They always hang murderers in Brazil,
which spoils the decapitation story.
A bad cigar is worth $350 in Hayti
in Haytien currency.
They say now , the Cardiff giant was
made in Chicago.
A New York democrat scalped his
wife to celebrate Thanksgiving day. : '
Brooklyn fat-melters are being "tried
and found wanting.
Philadelphia has gilded Btoves for
drawing room use.
Four thousand seven hundred and
thirty cafes in Paris.
Beating men to death is the latest St
Louis diversion.
Ellen Wood is the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher's short hand secretary.
All the American Presidents are to be
busted up in Central Park
James F. Wilson's declination of the
Iowa Senatorship is positive and final
Tho Nevada City Debating Club has
decided not to remove the National Cap
ital
Only seven of the active members of
the Philadelphia press of 1840 are now
alive
Sixty-two years ago, October 9, the
first steamer was launched in the United
States.
Ut eleven newspapers published in
New Hampshire in 1840, five are still
alive.
The Rhode Island cotton mills em
ploy 20,000 operatives, and run 100,000
spindles.
Susan B. Anthony received one vote
for Governor in the rfteenth Ward in
Philadelphia.
Where Seward is now, Mansanillo,one
can live on a dollar a month
Over a million of codfish have been
brought to San Francisco from Ochotsh
this season
A Kentuckian, who has twenty-seven
children, is in favor of protection for
home production.
The Italian brigands send a prisoner's
nose to his friends to let them know that
greenbacks are wanted,
Louis Reille, the chief of the Red
River rebellion, was a clerk in a St. Paul
grocery a few days ago.
A Roman nobleman is reported to have
given engagement tokens to Miss Ream.
The six young lions of Central Park
eat sixty pounds of meat daily for their
dinner.
A resolution to exclude the bible from
the public schools of Louisville has been
voted down 17 to 5.
Jennie June says that men should pay
their wives for household work the same
as they would any one else.
The amount of eutries tnaJe on Treas
urer Spinner's books during his term of
office, eight years and a half, is over
44,000,000,000.
Twenty-one babies were burned to
ALBANY RETAIL MARKET. " "
Alb art, January I, 1870.
Wheat, wnite, busbol....,,... ...... s 4550
Oats, p bushel. ........ ' ' 30
Potatoes) busBuL. .......... 2537
Onions, bushel... : 751 24
Flour, & barrel...... .,. tZ 604 00
Butter, lb r 2
Ergs, dozen SO
Chickens, i dozen $2 50 3 00
Peaches, dried, lb 20
Soap, lb &(gfbi
Salt, Los Aneelos. 39 tt 2i'ftil3
Syrup, p keg $a 25(60 2
i uu
1 00
751 00
...... 1820
14(i(16
12(g) 14
2325
25 to 33
12$1
a '
1520
5
NEW TO-DAY.
A. COW AH. A. W. STAKABD.
A. COWAN & CO.,
; WBOLESAI.B AHD DETAIL DEALERS IS ,
STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS
FIRST STREET .....ALBANY.
Tea, Young Hyson tb.
Japan, "
Black, "
Sugar, crushed, p lb .
eea .,
Island, " ..
Coffee, (3 lb
Candles, "p lb
Rico, China. & lb
Saleratus, tb
iriea plums, lb
Dried apples, 93 lb....
AJnea currants, S lb
Bacon, hams, fi.........
sides, "
shoulders. 19 lb If
Lard, in cans, 93 lb 1012
Beans, 93 lb " 35
Devoes' Kerosene oil. 93 eallon 1 00(3)1 25
Turpentine, 9Ji gallon . 1 25(gl 50
iinseea oil, boiled, 93 ealron l oz(a)i 7 3
White lead, 99 keg $3 75to4 25
lar f gallon .. . -,i 51 zo
Powder, rifle, 93 lb 75tol Oil
Tobacco, 93 $1 OOfcl 25
iaiis, out, g io oj(gMi
Domestic, brown, 93 yard 15tolfiH
Hickory, striped, 93 yard - 1630
Bed ticking, per yard.-... 25(t5ff
Blue drilling, 33 yard . IC(aj25
Flannels, 9j3 yard .........- -; 60624
Prints, fat colors, 93 yard..., -. 12J
Pork, 9j ts 56
Mutton, head $1 75o2 50
Boef, on foot, 5j3 lb 56
They offer a large and well selected stock of
STAPLE DRY
At Extraordinary Lw Pricat
GOODS t
NEW TO-DAY.
CHEAP SEWING MACHINES.
23)Q HOME SHUTTLE SEWING (5JQ
Qys&Cj Machine. A double-thread jC?
lock-stitch Shuttle Machine ; stitch alike on both
sides.
$20
chines fully Warranted for 5 years. Machines
Bent to any part of the coast by express, C. 0. 1).
A j-cnts wanted in every town on the Pacific coast.
Liberal commission.
Home Shuttle Sewing Machine Co.,
2y O. O. TRAVER,
131,' First St., Portland.
Vf7lsrk Celebrated - Common-Sense
UJs4JV f Family Machine. Both ma-
possiblo to avoid detection and delay. death, lately, in the village ot Kauozin,
f. . . . . .... . .. , , r. ! it n'i..: .1 1-
lne nrst squaa win start be tore tne lotn
day of January, and perhaps as early as
tbe first- day of that month. The last
detachment is expected to leave tho city
before the beginning of February. Four
bodies numbering 250 men each have
started for the Ked lliver country al
ready, from four cities, viz : Chicago,
Buffalo, Detroit and St. Louis, and have
probably crossed tbe border line already;
but no news has yet been received from
them.
A new saw, mill is to be erected on
Coos river, for the purpose of cutting
bard wood.
In attempting to enter Coos Bay, two
vessels, the Ida RogeTs and Nemensic,
went ashore. ' The tug Escort succeeded
in brincrins in the latter, but the Ida
Rogers sank just inside the bar, and is a
total loss.
Bkidoe Acaoss the Willamette.
We find the following in tbe Congressional
Globe of the 9th inst :
Mr. Corbett asked, and by unanimous
consent obtained, leave to introduce a
bill (S. No. 805) giving the consent of
the United States to the erection of a
bridge across the Willamette river, in
Oregon, from the city of Portland to the
east bank of said river ; which was read
twice by title, referred to the Committee
on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
i The Roeeburg : Z7syn. mentions the
death of Mr. Noah of that place on the
16th ult., from, injuries received by a log
rolling over him. " lie died on his sixiy
fifth birthday.: :
Last quotations from tbe East place
gold at 120, which sends greenbacks up
to 83 cents. This is another evidence
of the honesty and capacity of the Grant
administration, which cannot be gain
sayed by bis Democratic "admirers."
Another Paper. A daily evening
journal, to be called the Evening Vail, is
to be issued in Portland tbe present
month, by James Morrison & Co. .
On the evening of the 26th ult. three
distinct shocks of earthquake were felt
at Virginia City, Nevada, all occurring
within a period of eight minutes. -
. Sixty pounds of nice honey comb were
taken from a bee tree near SIcMinnville,
a few days since. -:-
Rio advices confirm the report of the
flight of Lopez. Of bis whereabouts
nothing is known. ' ' -
The trial of Burmester at Idaho City
was progressing slowly at last dates. ' '
Rich silver mines have been discov
ered in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
: Milwaukee has 554 saloons.
Hungary. Their mothers were at work
in the fields when a fire broke eut that
consumed 125 bouses.
A late issue of the London Times con
tained 12,000 advertisements from as
many different persons.
It is predicted in Washington circles
that the approaching session of Congiess
will be a very long and exciting one.
A fruit-grower in Barlett, Tenn., fol
lowed the advice given in "Ten Acres
Enough," and covered his peach trees
for a few inches above the ground with
tar to keep off bores, &c. Result an
equal number of dead trees.
Forty-seven men who were drawn as
jurors for one county of .Georgia were
excused from service on account ot hav
ing young babies at home, and the court
adjourned "till baby season is over."
A policeman having saved a New
Jersey lady, at Elizabeth, from insult,
she bas given him $18,000.
The United States works 220,000
threshing machines, exclusive of school
teachers, parents and guardians.
A Boston paper has a curious state
ment in regard to the effect of railroads
upon climate. It says : " The opinion
seems to be gaining strength that the
Pacific Railroad is working a great
change in tbe climate of tho Plains.
Instead of continuous drouths, all along
the railroad rain now falls in refreshing
abundance. This result has been re
marked up in other sections of the West.
In central Ohio, fori example, it is said
the climate has been completely revolu
tionized since iron rails have formed a
net work all over that region. Instead
of the destructive drouths formerly suf
fered there, for some four or five years
there has be'en rain in abundance even
more than enough to satisfy all the wants
of the farmers. The theory upon
which these facts are accounted for is
that the iron rails, which touch each
other, act as conductors of electricity,
tho great agent - in tbe production of
climatic changes. The currents being
equalized and more uniform in strength,
of course, the sections affected, will have
more uniform rains and fewer electric
outbursts, or thunder storms. . . ;
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE)
o o li o s
That Photograph Best,
ARE
BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, SCAR
LET, M0R00N, and deep ORANGE.
Those that take White, or nearly so, are
Purple, Blue, Crimson, Pink, &c.
Sept. IS, '69-2 ' , J. A." WINTER.
Executor's Notice.
THE undersigned has been appointed by tho
County Court of Linn county, Oregon,
Executor of the last will and testament of
Sait.lH. Ritter, deceased, late of said county.
Persons having claims against said estate, will
present them, duly verified, to the undorsigned,
at his residence three miles northeast of Lebanon,
in said county, within six months from this date.
J. R. SMITH.
Decembfr 13th. 1P09-16W
WAR WITH SPAIN !
CUBA TAKEN !
or
Produce I
In addition to' a very large slockcovering
everything in the line of Cottons, we
have a complete assortment of
FANCY DRESS GOODS!
Latest styles of toys' aid Men's
CLOTHING M FURNISHING GOODS!
, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Ac.
Carpet, . Wall-Paper, Paper & , Lin en
Blinds, &.C., &c.
' .. j- : .v;. . j,.
Especial attention is directed to onr stock of
IRON AND STEEL
-.. AND j
UYF.lt II, HARDWARE f
Which is the largest and most complete this side-
of Portland., j : !; , ; . :, . ;
You are invited to call and examine oar goods
and prices. - ' j - .
The highest market price in rash paid for ;
Wool, JBacon and Lard I
by
,' Oct. 30, IS69-8
A. COWAN k CO.
OUR MINISTER WITHDRAWN !
NOTWITHSTANDING ALL TniS
P. C. HARPER & CO.
Have just received from
San Francisco,
a very large and well selected stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE !
WHICH IS OFFERED
At Prices to Suit tte Tunes ! !
Their stock consists, in part, as follows :
supply of
A large
HEAYT CASSIMERES AND FLANNELS!
Denims, Hickory Stripes, Checks,
Sheetings Bleached and Unbleached !
asd
French Cottonades,
Canton Flannels,
DIRECT IMPORTATION !
M'CO-MICI-L'S
JI A Jl 31 O T O STOCK
of j ;. ' ' -i
TOYS, FANCY GOODS,
TTANKEK NOTIONS,
GIFTS, PRESENTS, HOOKS, &C.,&C.
Portbe Holidays of 18C9-7(,has arrived,
Direct from TVew York,
I
And is now on Eh ib it ion at
SANTA CLADS' HEADQUARTERS;
105 FRONT STKEET, J PORTLAND,
Where every purchaser will find
Hie Largest Stock ! " j
The Greatest Variety 1 1 : j
The Cheapest Prices !
This immense stock having been pur
chased for currjucy in New York, will be euld tc
dealers andothers in coin, at
Less Prices Than Ever Before !
Strangers and eitiuns will , find SANTA "
CLAUS' HEADQUARTERS a moat interesting
place to vie it, as the gorgeous array of new nov
elties, and the thousand comical toys therein, give
the store tbe appearance of as Kaxt.-rn
akL'SEUM OF CURIOSITIES! '
Heavy
-AND X"'
A Bpcndid assortment of -
LADIES- DRESS GOODS !
SUCH AS
Silks,
Poplins,
Brocades,
Empress Cloths,
Merinos, 1 "
Joints,
Delaines,
Mohair,
Fancy Patterns,
Shawls,
JJalmorals and
Fancy Motions,
- ' Trimmings, A-c.
Ladies and Misses IToods, Hats, Nubias, Ao.
A good Assortment of
MEN AND BOYS' CLOTHING !
OEST'S PURSia hi.no GOODS, c.
A complete assortment of Men's and Boy's
KIP AND CALF BOOTS AND SHOES,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
Also the latest style and quality of
Ladies, Misses and Children's Shoes.
A splendid assortment of
Croccries, Qaeensware and Glassware!
. . Hardware, Pocket & Table Cutlery,:
Window Shades, Laco and Muslin Cur-
tains, Carpeting.
MEN'S, BOYS AND CHILDREN'S HATS I
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
In fact, almost everything usually kept in a i
b&ii store.
Havmg bought our goods on the best terms
the market will afford, and selected them with
great care, -we feel warranted in saying that we
can offer as great inducements te customers as
any house in the trade, and hope, by strict at
tention to business and the wants of customers,
T-ft MHl 1 ? 1 a. .
m pMTODBgrJ from tttt publlO
4t-w It ...
-ememDer the place. The bouse for
"""'J wceupieo; oy l. -Mansneld ' Bro.
" P- C HARPER &CO.
Albany Oct. 30, 1RA0.-8
Pome idea may be arrived at as to tbe
extent of the stock when it is known that or
Dolls alone there are nne kundrtd amd fifty-firm
varietin! Milking that Department a perfect
BAZZAR OF BEAUTY!
Full Descriptive Catalogues now ready.
Call early to secure choice gifts.
S. J. M'CORMICK, ,
ftnfi Agent fur Santa Clans.
notioe"
To the Taxpayers of Linn Ca.
WILL RE PRESENT TO 'RECEIVE,
Taxes levied for the current year, at tbe times
aud places as follows, to-wit ; .
In November S ,
Lebanon, Monday, 22d t Waterloo. Tueedav.
23d ; Nye's School House, Wednesday, 24th f
llrush Creek, Thursday, 25th : South Brownsville,
Friday, 20tb ; North llrownsville, Saturday, 27th.
In December:
narrisbuTch. Tuesdav. November ROtb. and
Wednesday, December 1st; Peoria, .Thursday,
December 2d ; Orleans, Friday, 3d : Albaov. Sat
urday, 4th Scio, Tuesday, 14th ; Franklin Butte,
rreanesaay, lata Santiam, Thursday, 16th
Syracuse, Saturday, 18th ; Center, Monday, 20th.
As it will save time and trouble, I hope every
tax-payer will be prepared to settle his tar at the
times and placet above named. :
R. A. IRVINE.
October 23, 18C9-7tf Tax Collector..
Waltham Watches.
Lot every one who wants 'a Watcn, read this
. carefully., . ..... - . .. :
Especially if in some remote out-of-the-way place.
Now that the railroad is open, we propose to
give tbe residents of Orfoo the opportunity of
getting Single genuine Wattham. Watebes at the
Tho Lowest Wholesale New York Price
We sell more Walthaa Watehes than any other
establishment in the country, either wholesale or
retail j we send great numbers to every section of
the country by Mail and Express, earefully pack
ed, and in perfect running erder. Our plan is
this : You want a Watch, and see our advertise
ment ; now, we want you first to writ ts us fur
our Descriptive and Illustrated Price List j
will send it, post-paid, by return mall. It ex.
plains all the different kinds, tells tbe weight and
quality of the cases, with prices of each ; you
then make a selection of tbe kind you prefer, and
send us your order. - We will then send you the
Watch by Express, with the bill to collect on de
livery. .We give instructions to the Express
company to allow you to open the package and
examine the Watch ; if it suits, you can pay and
take it j if not, you are under no obligations to
receive it t and if it is taken, and afterward does
not prove satisfactory, we will exchange it, or
REFUND THE MONET.
As an indication of the prices, we will quota
one Watch of our list. The P. 8. Bajituttt,
Lever Movement, with Extra Jewels, Chronome
ter Balance, Patent Pinion, Patent Dust Cap.and
all tbe ether late improvements, Ut a Solid. Coin
Silver case,
$28 in Greenbacks, or abont $20 in Coin.
- All tbe other kinds, both gold and silver, U the
same proportion. Do not order a Watch till yoo
hav sent for a Price List, as it contains a great
deal of information regarding these Watches that
will enable yon to make an intelligent selection.
Dont forget, when yW write, to state that you
saw this advertisement in tbe Albaht Rs!Steh,
and you need not put in stamps for return post
age. Adores In full, . t
. vr: HOWARD A' CO.j" '
Jewelers and BUrersmiths, 618 Broadway, N. T.
We refer, by permission, te
Messrs. Wills, Fargo A co. N. X. and San
Francisco. - . -. t. !
I. W. Rathoxd, Esq., T. R. Bdtlss, Esq, B.
c. Howard, Esq., San Francisco. ..
W, P, Hosark, Virginia city, Nevada, J f :