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Wit Jptaiw fkgbtoo SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1870. i . p. S. Official Paper for Oreg-oa. REPUBLICAN CODSTY COMMIT TI2I4. The members of the Republican Cen tral Committee of Linn County are re quested to meet in Albany, un 9vr FrMr February ItHn, 110, - at 1,. o'clock P. M., for the purpose of fixing the time and manner of holding the County Convention, and for the trans actjion of such other business as may properly come before it. A full attend ance is requested. t i JAS. II. FOSTER, Chm. m Dxcisios or the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has decided, as will be ( seen by reference to our telegraph summary, that the public debt cannot be paid in legal tonders ; that the issue of legal tenders was only justified as a nec essary war measure, and as that neces eity lias ceased, Congress cannot consti tutiooall authorize a further issue of legal tenders. Thus is another favorite hobby of the Democracy, knocked in the bead. Indeed, Democracy has a hard row! to hoe. Everything goes against them. And now, when they turn to the Supreme Court as their last and only Tiope, they are again disappointed. With this decision, their last remaining plank payment in legal tenders is broken Oi. pieces. The Democrcy of Oregon must either come up to the honest stand point taken by the Republican party the payment of the public debt in coin -or, in the event of pledging itself in j favor of repudiation, lose the votes of i the honest portion of the party, which : will sink it lower than any party ever sank on this continent. The 15th Amendment. Following are the States that have ratified the Fif teenth, Amendment : 1. Louisiana. 2. Nevada. 3. West Virginia. 4. North Carolina. 5. Illinois. Michigan. 7. Wiscousin. . 8. Maine. - 9. Booth Carolina. 10. Pennsylvania. 11. Massachusetts. 12. Arkansas. 13. New York. 11. Connecticut. 15. Florida. 16. New Hampshire. 17. Virginia. IS. Vermont. 19. Alabama. 20. Kansas. 21. Missouri. 22. Indiana. 23. Minnesota. 2 t. Mississippi. 25. Kbode Island. 2f. OUio. 27. Iowa. 23. Georgia. The New Treaty With China. On the 5th of February, President Grant issued a proclamation announcing the ratification of the additional treaty with China, and communicating its pro visions : Article first provides that in making commis sions to citizens or subjects of foreign powers of privilege of residing on certain tracts of land, or of resorting to certain waters of the Empire of Cbina. lbe Emperor by no means relinquishes his right of eminent domain, lie agrees that no such concession shall be construed or given to any power or party which may be at war or hostile to the United States, the right to attack eitixens of the United states, or their property, within said lands. It is also agreed that the United States hall abstain bom attacking offensively citizens or subjects of any foreign power with whom they may be at war, and the right of the Chinese Gov ernment over persons and property is retained, ex cept so fur as that right may have been expressly relinquished by treaty. Article second, provides that any privilege or immunity with respect t trade or navigation within the Chinese dominions, which may not have been stipulated for by treaty, shall be sub ject to the discretion of the Chinese Government. Article third, authorized the Kmperor of China to appoint Consuls at United Mates ports, who shall enjoy the immunities and privileges of the Consul ot Great Untain ana Kossia. Aiticle fourth, guarantees to citizens of the Cnitod States visiting or residing in China the Sums privileges, immunities and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as are there enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored na tions, and reciprocal privileges to the citizens of China in tho unitea States. JJut the stipulation is sot to be constrained as conferring naturaliza tion on either. Article fourth provides for the reciprocal enjoy ment by the citizens of the two countries of pub lic educational institutions, under the control of either, which are enjoyed in the respective coon tries by citizens and subjects of the most favored nations, and gives the privilege of establishing and maintaining schools within the empire of China, at tnose places wnere foreigners are by treaty permitted to reside.. The Chinese citizens are to enjoy the same privileges and immunities in toe United states. Article eighth says, the United States, always disclaiming and discouraging all practices of un necessary uietation and intervention of one nation in the atfairs or domestic administration of anoth er, do hereby disclaim and disavow any intention or right to interfere in the domestic administration of China in their construction of railroads, tele graphs; or other national internal improvements ; on the other hand, his majesty, the Emperor of China, reserves to nimselt the right to decide the time, manner and circumstances of introducing, such improvements within his dominions, with this material understanding, that it is agreed by tbe contracting parties that if at any time hereaf ter his imperial majesty shall ditermine to con- ' struct, or cause to be constructed, works of the character meutioned within the Empire, and shall make application to tbe United Stages, or to any other Western Power for facilities to carry out that policy, the United States will, ! in that case, designate and authorize suitable en gineers to be employed by the Chinese Govern ment, ana wiu recommend to otner nations an qual compliance with such applications the Chi nese Government in that ease protecting such engineers in their persons and property, and to pay them reasonable compensation for their ser vice. The Legislatures of Nebraska and Texas will soon ratify, so that the Fif teenth Amendment may as well be con sidered adopted, by the Constitutional majority, even should New York and Ohio not be counted, of which there seems to be no . reasonable , probability. k The States which are counted on to re ject the amendment are: Kentucky, California,' Oregon," Tennessee, Mary land, New Jersey and Delaware.1,. Another Editor Gone. The tele graph informs us that Hon. John 'Went- worth, of Chicago, died on the 5th in slant. Mr. Wentworth, familiarly known as "Long John," has figured conspicu ously in Illinois politics for many years. We believe be was the founder and for years editor-in-chief of the Chicago Dem ocrat one of the oldest paocrs in the State. He has filled various offices of honor and trust, among them Mayor of Chicago and Member of Congress. Democratic Economy. One of the ' zpecial charges of the outs Democrats -agiinsfc the ios Republicans that has been rang in our ears with all the various changes, has been thaC of the wanton waste of the people's money. Democrats have been unsparing in their denunciation of Republican officials and legislators, in this respect, and have went before the people asking to be placed in power, pledging themselves to . . T .1 1 . 11 . . jizauMuo nuo jwtG3 cvuuuujj m all traus- actions with the people's money. In the few cases where these pledges have succeeded in putting Democrats into power, have they kept their promises? In' Jfew York the first act of the Legis lature was to clear all offices of Republi can occupants, increase the salaries of all the officers and employees under the State Government, and create an addi tional number of officials to feed at the publio crib. Was this fulfilling their blodges or retrenchment r An exact parallel is found in the California Leg islature, " where the extravagance of ap- propriations and the filling of partisan pockets with the people' money, by the present Democratic Legislature, never had ,7J3 precedent. ' In Montana the Democratic Legislature protected - the Territorial Treasurer from an investiga tion when distinct charges of peculation were inade'Bgatost; ;hiB,': .took away the perquisites of Republican officials, ad- ' -de4 fo the faeilities-for atealiog by Dem. ocratio officers, and increased the annual expenses $30,000. And this is Demo cratio economy I ; In Colorado the Dem ocratic Legislature found $27,000, which an f economical .Republican ' Legislature had left in the treasury, which they not .... . . . i 0Oly gOBDtea up, uw bhihsum m vuu eiderable debt beside, and increased the Py- of .Democratic officials, to show what thej meant when preaemng economy on tha.' stiimD. , "Democracy m tbe same rear where," say its leaden and expon ente. and in the matter of clean stealing and pocketing the people's money, the assertion is undoubtedly "correct. ..This neeuliar talent for economy has been dia- played by the i Democracy whenever the rower; has been' given: and; should the people of Oregon give them control of Oar sext Legislature, we nave every rea- iron to belieTe that tne same aesire ior economu would Dromes them to emulate tho examples above given. '' "DaxADrDX DkatS. A small child of lit, ."Walleosteio, residing in Portland - felt backwards into a toh of hoi water, - aa died in ft few hours, front uijaries The Yrcka Journal says that the work on the California and Oregon Railroad is ikely to be suspended for sometime yet, as tbe country below Chico is overflowed toa great extent, making the ground so soft that men sink to their knees at every t ----- Isfep. In consequence of this" "softness, it is thought probable that work, will not be resumed until May. Small Pox Among the Indians.' It is reported that the Indians in the vi cinity of Fort Benton are dying at the rate of twenty-five per day, of smallpox. The report that Mountain Chiefs band, and others, had declared war, is pro nounced unfounded. Singular Case. The Portland pa- r T pers give an account ot a man wno en tered the Poor House there, last year, and stayed long enough to cost the county $23 75, and then left Soon after he ob- tained work, earn'ed the amount, went to the County Clerk and forked over the full sum, which is duly acknowledged in the journal kept in the office. The fare between Omaha and San Francisco, including double births in sleeping car by the Pullman hotel ex press train, leaving Omaha and San Francisco Thursday of each week, has been reduced from $178 to $154, cur rency. - A recent dispatch from Virginia City says : " It appears in getting rid ot toe small pox. the inhabitants here are af flicted with the chicken-pox." ' Of these two evils, the suffering people seem to have chosen the least. : NEWS ITEMS. ,. At a woman's Suffrage meeting in St. Louis on the 5th, one of the speakers contended that women, as citizens, had the right, under the constitution, to vote, and . declared that a test case would bo made at the next geueral election in Missouri, and carried through the Courts to a final decision. At a fire in Poughkeepsie (N. Y.), on the bth inst , a cabinet iactory was destroyed, an old roan aged eighty-five years suffocated, and three horses burned to death. A resolution for the impeachment of Judge Harrison, of the 7th Judicial Dis trict, has passed both branches of the j West Virginia Legislature. The impeachment of Geo. Reed, of Florida, was killed in the lower branch of the Legislature, by the adoption of the minority report, on the 4th, the vote standing 30 to 21. The remaining million and a half of the Denver-Pacific bonds have been sold in London, and the Company now prom ise to complete the road to Denver in four months. The rumor that an attempt to assas sinate Prince Arthur of Englaud during his stay in New York city, created quite a sensation. It proves, however, to be only a rumor." A Government detective has succeed ed in capturing, recently, eighteen illicit stills in the 4th District of Georgia. In January the Post-office sent over 237,000 franked letters, and 100 tons of printed matter, at a total cost of $53,000 to the Government. Santa Anna is looming up again in Mexican affairs. Lately an attempt has been discovered at the City of Mexico to assassinate Lordo de Tejardo, and pro claim Santa Anna. The leaders were arrested and ordeT restored. It is be lieved that Gen. Negretei; is concealed in the city, working in favor of Santa Anna A remarkable religious revolution has transpired in Madagascar. It is stated that the Queen has had the royal idols publicly burned, that she and her house hold have embraced Christianity, and that the whole province of Imcrma, in which the capital is situated, has followed the example of the Government. The move ment is porely of national origin. The Fifteenth Amendment has been ratified by the Legislatures of twenty- eight States, counting Ohio and New York. Texas and Nebraska will ratify in due time, so that long before our elec tion in June, the question of the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment as part and parcel of the Constitution, will be re moved from the political field altogether. An old bed-rock Democrat of Califor- ia, Mr. Abell, of Shasta, after lookinjj in on the present California Legislature sadly says : "L nave looked in on a good many Legislative bodies in my life, but i ll be d d it X ever saw so many No. 13 boots and six-inch hats as are congregated in Sacramento at this ft sion. - Jessie AppIegate,who has been for some time engaged in surveying various rail road routes beyond Eugene, reports that the people along the Rock Creek route, have made up a sum sufficient to pay for the completion of the survey of that route, commenced last December. There is but one other route to exmine between the W illamette and the Umpqua valleys that is known as the Coast iork route. Telegraphic Summary ses- Hon. Moses H. Grinnell, of New York, has made up the deficiency in the $50,000 fund to be presented to the-widow of the late Secretary Rawlins. The practice of torturing , prisoners in order to make them confess, which has been abolished by most civilized nations, still exists in Switzerland. " li ' ' . ; Columbus, Ohio, is horrified by a re port that a dog was seen running through the streets on Friday with a human hoad in its mouth, apparently torn from the body. v-' The Montana Pick and Plow of Jann ary 7th, says that rich placers exist east of Bozeinan, and facts enough have come to its knowledge to enable it to get op another Cedar Creek excitement, but it prefers to wait for precise and accurate in formation. This it expects soon in an authentic) shape. . , a,-,. : Deep Snow.--Advices to the 5th from Helena, state that prospecting had stopped in the Missouri river mining district on account of the deep snow. Rejected The New Jersey State Senate, on tho 8th inst, rejected the Fif teenth Anjendnjent-J3 to 8. , Oregon Matters In Congress. In the Senate on the 13th January, Senator Williams submitted the followin resolution, which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to : Resolved. That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform the Sen ate as to the necessity and expediency of constructing a harbor lijiht house at the mouth of Yaquina Ray, in the State of Oregon, with an estimate of the cost of such a structure. On the 14th January, Mr. Corbett, from the , Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the joint resolution to extend the port ot entry ot the collection district of Uregon, reported a bill as substitute "to establish tbe collection district of tbe Willamette in the State of Oregon.". . The bill was read and passed to a second reading. t In presenting a petition from the iron companies of Pennsylvania, in regard to contemplated legislation upon iron inter ests, and correcting a statement of Com missioner Wells in regard to the cost of pig-iron, Mr. Corbett remarked : "I will state in connection therewith that the cost of producing pig-iron in the State of Oregon is thirty-one dollars in gold. think this question should be thoroughly examined be tore any action is taken upon it." The petition was referred to the Committee on Finance. .On the same day Senator Williams, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill fS. No. 107 to the mouth of the Columbia river the land grant heretofore made for a railroad in Oregon, reported adversely thereon and it was ordered to he on the table. In lieu of this bill Mr. Williams, from the same committee, reported a substi tute : A bill granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, in the State of Oregon ; which Was read twice by its title, and, on his motion, recommitted to the Committee on Publio Lands. " On the 17tb, Mr. Williams from the Committee on Publio Lands, reported this bill baek to the Senate with amend ments. - ! - - ."" - Governor or Vermont Dead. The telegraph informs us of the death of Peter J. Washburn, Governor of Ver mont, at Woo&tock, on the 7th instant 1Iav4.ua, Feb. 7. Yesterday four Americans were walking along the street and wearing blue neck ties. When near the Tacon Theater, they were stopped by a man who addressed them in an excited manner, pointing to their neck ties. Not understanding Spanish, no answer "was returned. The map then drew a revolver and commenced Bring. One American was killed and two others severely wounded, and are now in a precarious condition. The fourth escaped, pursued by the crowd, shoutiug and crying "stop him." Tbo man who fired the shots has disappeared, and it is not known whether he was a volunteer or not. The American Consnl-Ueneral is investigating tha affair. Secretary Fish has telegraphed to: learn the particulars. Captain-General Derodas is highly indignant, and has ordered every exertion to be made to discover the perpetrators, offering a thousand dollars reward for their arrost. If found, they will be tried before a drum-bead court-martial and executed forthwith. People of all parties de nounce the deed. The victims of this affair ar rived from New York a few weeks ago. lbe volunteers who took an active Dart in the recent disturbances at Mantansas have been ar rested by order of the Captain General, and are now confined in Mono Castle, awaiting trial by loun-.uaruai. Sr. Loins, Feb. 1. DesDatches announce the return of Major Kid J, from a scouting expedition, to his camn of supplies. Satana, a Kiowa Chief, had been regarded as threatening hostilities, and majui Amu was seni on a tour ot ooservauon. He thinks the expedition had the effect of arresting the mischievous plans of the Kiowas. ew Iork, ieb. 7. The Supreme Court decis ion on the legal tender question is the ereat sub ject of discussion in financial circles. The decis ion, as understood in Wall street, is that tbe legal tender act was justified by the war, but that Con gress Has no power to issue any more legal tenner notes, and that all contracts made before 1862 must be paid in coin.. In this shape the decision is certainly very important ; but its influence on values hae been remarkably slight, considering the decision makes somemtllions of railroad bonds and an immense aggregate of State and city bonds payable in coin, both principal and interest ot which for eight years have- been paid in gre?u backs. It is not imnrobnblo that some of the poorer States with heavy debts, as North Carolina and Tennessee, being unatle to provide lor the payment of their debts, even on a currency basis, may be driven by this decision into open repudia tion, pleading tbe action of tie Supreme Court as imposing on them obligations they could not honor. Washington, reb. o. In uonversation witn a delegation of Georgians to-dajthe President said that previously he had been iupresed with the idea that all acts of the Lcgisltturc, previous to the expulsion of the colored munbers, had been legal and binding, and the clettioa of Senators valid : but more mature- investigation satishco. him that the present legislature was the first legal organization, and that ail action sLould commence with tho same. The President rtmarked that both himself and Gen. Sherman had great confi dence in Gen. Terry. Telegrams from Havana fully confirm the re ports relative to the continued advance of the Spaniards through the insurgent districts. Kichmond, Jfceb. . The L.egi.-latre meets tor day. The Governor's message will declare the opinion that all the offices in the Stat are vacant, and advise the Legislature to appoint a board to make appointments to fill them until an election is held. The Governor deprecates the keeping up of the hostile feelings evinced in tha campaign, and promises to be Governor of every citizen, irre spective of party or class. Acw iork, ieb. s. ihe ladies who started a broker's office on Wall street, are ail having a large share of curiosity if not of business. All kinds of rumors are in circulation with regard to their credit. One is to the effectthat they brought seven hundred thousand dollars into the street ; another, that they are .backed by Commodore Vanderbilt. ' St. Louis, Feb. 7. The notorious Fred. Bieb- usch and Alex. Murphy were arrested to-night, on charge of dealing in counterfeit money. The for mer has been arrested thirty times tor the same offense during the last sixteen years, and only convictcd once. Cleveland, Feb. 3. A laborer named Snyder was cut in two by a railway' train, at Milbury Station, while attempting to crawl across the track under the train. Jav Gould received credit, a few days since, for a contribution of $10. Ottu to the professorship of mathematics in Princeton College. It is probable that the donation was from Jay Cooke. Three gentlemen from California have put in a claim for Goat Islaud in San Francisco harbor. There is a prospect of some litigation betore the ca.se is settled. CmcAfiO, Feb. 7. The House Territorial Com mittee will soon report a bill organizing a new territory in the Indian country. The President heartily favors the project, and thinks the elective franchise can safely be extended to the Creeks, Cherokees, and other tribes advanced in civiliza tion. New York, Feb. 7. The London Lnnee says Queen Victoria has been suffering for the past few months from neuralgia, affecting the different parts of the body bad enonsh to cause alarm. Chicago, Feb. 7. Mr. Wright, of Indianapo lis, was assaulted, robbed, and left for dead on Sat urday night by four ruffians, who knocked him senseless and cut his throat. Wright was found on Sunday morning 'with his feet b idly frozen, and in a very critical condition from loss of blood. Tbe object was murder. A ruffian in a street ear at midnight on Satur day provoked a disturbance with the passengers, and being too powerful for unarmed men to eject, he actually drove the ladies and gentlemen from the car. . Judge Billings, s member of the constitutional convention, has become insane, and been sent to the insane hospital. The committee of convention have nearly com pleted their work, leaving the convention to ad just and revise the various articles reported. Los AnoELos, Feb. 8. The drought continues to be the absorbing topic amongst the farmers of this county, and business of all kinds is suffering on account of tbe prevailing anxiety. Capitalists are taking advantage of the prevailing depression to invest in real estate. More new houses are now being erected than for some time past. This week anotherprospecting party leaves here for Death Valley. Experiments with the marble, lately found in this county, are to be made, and it is believed an investigation will show that a good quality can be obtained. V : -f r i Oregon Railroads. We invite at tention to what our Washington corres pondent says concerning the prospects for aid to the railroads on the east side of the river. The statements are corrobor ated by news from other sources from Washington ; so that it would seem the reports which were current here some days ago, were not without solid founda tion. Mr. Gaston, President of the West Side Railroad Company, and Judge 01 ney, representing the Astoria and Salem company, are. working together in the matter of securing aid, haying made such mutual arrangements as practically con solidate the interests of the two roads. In our opinion this will prove a fortunate arrangement for all concerned, as the connection of Astoria with tbe interior points will especially commend itself to Congress as a necessary military measure, while the subsidy of lands for the com bined roads will be more valuable and more quickly available than that of any other road in the State. As we under stand the matter the interest in any grant obtained will be joint, so that it may be at once used for the completion of the Portland and Ilillsboro section of the road. This is of the most immediate importance to this city and, the country west of the Willamette river, and we congratulate the parties interested, in the improved prospects of an immediate re sumption of the work. It seems, from our intelligence, that tbe act of Congress granting the subsidy, is all that is now wanting to enable the ' company to close contracts lor material sufficient to com plete the first section during the coming season. As to the reasonable expectation that Congress will act promptly and fa vorably, it may be mentioned that in this case there are no adverse influences to overcome, while it may be shown that the grant of land will not only not reduce the quantity of available agricultural and pastural lands along tbe line, but will add thereto by opeoiog communication with many small valleys betweeu Astoria and Ilillsboro, winch are now practically unavailable for settlement. Oregoiuan. Advertising. Keep a good article, be honest, and let the people know what you have. Advertise. P. T. Barnum. Without advertisements, I should be a poor man to-day. H. T. Helmbold. My success is, owing to my liberality in advertising. Bonner. Advertising has furnished me with a competence. Amos Lawrence. 1 advertise my products, and make money. N. Longworth. ..' ' Constant and persistent advertising is sure prelude to wealth. Stephen Girard. ! He who invests one dollar in business should invest one dollar in that business. A; T. Stewart. A. CABOTHEBS. advertising A. CAR OTHERS 8t CO., DRUGGISTS & APOTHECARIES, AMD DEALERS IK PAINTS, DYE-STUFFS, OILS, PATENT MEDICINES erfiimery, Toilet Goods. &c wLUIan DAVIDSON, Office, No. 64 Front Street, Adjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon, Special Collector of Claims, Accounts, Notes. Bonds. Drafts, and Mercan tile Claims of every description throughout Ore gon ana the Territories, Wll.li BE MADB A SPECIALTY AND PROMPTLY COLLECT ED, as well as with a due regard to economy in all business matters intrusted to his care and the proceeds paid over punctually. Real Estate Dealer. Sept. 11. tf. Correspondence. Prepare to Pdcker.- The .Demo crats who have wailed and wept and cursed and damned over the "enormities" of the Fifteenth Amendment, may as well pre pare to act under it. We know it is "oppressive" to "rebels" obnoxious to men who hate colored people from intinct galling to the "secesh," who look upon it as the crowning triumph of the Union cause -and 'irritating" to the peculiar friends : of the ex-President of the ex Slaveholders' Conlederacy. But "what can't be cured must be endured," and the defeated party in the field, at the ballot-box, in Congress, and in the Su preme Court will now show evidences of great philosophy by cheerfully submitting to the "powers that be," and greater senile and sagacity by letting the dead bury the dead and starting out anew in the political field. The Fifteenth Amendment will un questionably be declared as ratified in a few days, and henceforward white and colored citizens, in every State of our Republic, are politically equal. Every, citizen will have tho right of franchise and be competent to vote and be voted for. Under this state of facts, we advise our Dcmocratio friends to cheerfully ac cept the situation, and begin to look pretty towardt the colored voters of this State, who, in a closely contested election, may hold the balance of power. Follow Democrats tako your colored brethren by the hand and confess your "subjugation." Do it quick, because the colored voters of this State are intelligent, and their prejudices are to be overcome by kind acts and good treatment We do not mean to advise you to court their wives or daughters "that's plsyed out" but walk np and acknowledge the principle upon which our Government is based that the majority shall rule. , , r John Pierson, 'of Nevada City, s has rigged np a water wheel to run his sew ing machine,-. ' - The Canal Around the Falls of the Willamette. Last summer the People's Transportation Company worked energetically aud successfully m cutting away the rock and deepening the chan nel of the canal leading into their basin at this place. During the same time the Company built a good substantial stone wall from 8 to 12 feet high, on the east or land side of the canal for a distance of twelve hundred feet. Tho basin and canal extends from some four hundred feet below the lalls of C-meuiah, a dis tauce of some two thousand five hundred feet. ' All this portion of the proposed canal is now built and in such good .con dition that it will not require a lock. A few days since we saw a map of this canal, drawn by Mr. LSclden, civil engin eer, who surveyed it for the Company. From it we learn that there is yet eight hundred feet of canal to build, and that iti this eight hundred feet there will be three locks. We are also informed by a prominent member and officer of the Company, that it is the intention of the Company to push forward this enterprise with all possible dispatch, and have the whole canal completed within two years from this time. We sincerely hope that this accommodating aud deserving Com pany may realize its most sanguine ex pectations. Enterprise. The condition of the farm laborer and peasant in some of the large countries on the European Continent does not come very favorably out of inspection. An able agriculturist, who has recently vis ited the principal districts, gives an un flattering report. In France he found the average wages about a franc a day. The team men sleep with the cattle, two m a bed, or rather two m a box on a sack of straw, a rudo floor being put up at one end of the sheds, the hours in summer were troni -t A.. JL. to 1 . si.. and till noon on Sundays. This was in Touraine, one of the most favored regions of France. In Prussia, the men also sleep in the stable with their bullocks aud horses, and the wages are lesss than in France. The weight of superincum bent mortgages is the load which de presses French agriculture, which exacts from it cries of distress and extorts from the French government successive com missions of inquiry. The one ambition of tbe French peasant is to buy more land. Ho will live for years on the bar est and hardest fare which will support life, and then draw from the ground hoards of coin for acquisition of more acres. So keen is this passion that he wilt mortgage deeply what ho has, to ob tain more; and at this moment a very large portion of French land belongs to mortgagies who dwell in towns. The subjoined correspondence sufficiently ex plains itself : Portland, Oregon, Hot. 15, 188. Mkssrs. Everso t Haines, General Agents New England Mutual Life Insurance Compa ny, Boston : Gentlemen On my own behalf and in the name of my orphan children, I beg to thank yon, and through you the New England Mutual Life In surance Company of Boston, for its munificence in paying- me my terminated policy on the life of my husband. On the 21st of January, 1869, misfortune compelled me to forego the payment of the last premium which non-payment in any other company would have lost me my policy but I am now overjoyed with the Teceipt of the amount of tbe policy (less the amount of the no. paid premium only), thanks to the equity of the Massachusetts Lapse Laws, that must bles many widows and their children. - I recommend tbe New England Mutual to all who would provide against possible mislortune. X sincerely thank you again, gentlemen, for the payment, and also lor your generous ana gentlemanly assistance in the matter. .Respectfully, , y BETSEY MILLER. Portland, Obecox, Nov. 15, 1859. Messrs. Eversos A IXaixes, General Agents of the New England Mutual Life insurance Com pany, of Boston : Gentlemen Having taken a lively interest in the affairs of a large and destitute family, left by an old resident of this city, who died Aug. 2 1869, and who was insured in the New Englnnd Mutual Life Insurance Company, we take pleas ure in making tbe following statement lor the in ormation ot the public : A. E. C. Miller was insured by ordinary Life Policy No. 1.I,Uj4, bearing date January 21,1863 He paid annual payments to January 21, 1868, inclusive. Since then nothing has been paid He died August 2, 1S69, over eighteen months alter tne last payment ot premium, yet yonr company working undor the Equitable Lapse Laws of Massachusetts, pays the widow and orphans the whole policy, deducting only the pre mium due ; while in all other companies doing business here.' about which we know anything, the policy would long since have been forfeited. By the New England Mutual, the widow has been pan! J4 650 oO. This we consider munifi cent, more especially when we take iuto consid eration that the family would not Jiave received a cent lrom any other company doing business on this coast. This, in our estimation, is enouzh to recommend this company above all others, This is Equity, this is Mutuality. We, therefore, rec ommend this company to the public, as tho only company mat nas no. forfeitures. V e herewith inclose you the acknowledcmenta oi me wiaow. Kespecttuliy, etc,. CINCINNATI BILLS, JACOB MAYER, GEORGE H.FLANDERS, M. SELLER. Office New England Mcti-al Life Ins. Co. 1 i No. 12, Carter's Bdildins, Portland, Oregon, Nov. 18, 1869. To Messrs. C. Bills, J. Myer, Geo. H. Flanders and M. Sellers: Gentlemen Your favor of yesterday, inclosing "Acknowledgments of Mrs. Miller," is at hand. Please accept our thanks for the voluntary justice you nave uone to mo company we repre sent. xours very truly. EVERSON A HAINES Decay of Party Okgans. The New York Worhf, commenting on the neces sity of party organs, says that " tho jour nal which is blind to the faults of its own party, as well as to the merits of the op posing party, is not the one which com mends itself to the average American. This fact the leading papers in the coun try perceive ; so that now, in place of the old slang-whanging partisan organs that used to flourish so extensively, there is a large . and growing class of journals which exercise the right to judge impar tially of the acts of either party, though in the main advocating the claims of one of them. So long as public measures can be adopted only by means of organized political parties, and so long as voters will Bide with one or other of these par ties, just so long will party organs be a necessity ; but these journals will obtain influence in inverse ratio to their blind adherence to party. . They must be inde pendent, but not neutral." . A discarded lover in Louisville wreak ed his vengeance by stealing the trous seau of the young lady the day before she was married to his rival. The Voltaire statue, for which cen times contributions were collected Sever al years ago, will definitely -be erected on one of the squares of tbe new street in Paris, which is , going to bo called the Hue da Iieimes. The Louisville, Kj-, Commercial says it is gemug to oe a enstom n that city for doctors : o write on their slates when leaving their offices, "Gone to fight a duel will be back this evening, God and the seconds willing. ' . . ALBANY RETAIL MARKET. Albant, February 12, 1870. Wheat, white, fi bushel Uats, bushel Potatoes, 53 bushel........ Onions, S3 bushel........ Flour, barrel Butter, 1J lb. Ergs, !p dozen Chic-kens, d 'ren Peaches, dried, 33 B... Soap, "P lb Salt, Los Angelos, lb Syrup, keg . $, Tea, Young Hyson tb Japan, " ; " Black, Sugar, crashed, lb., " Sea --.; " Island. " ,.... Coffee, 1 tb Candles, 9 lb ........... Rice, China. ft.....i.......;... Saleratus, lb ... ...... ....... .... , Dried plums, 9 tb. m ,.... ' Dried apples, lb..... Dried currants, lb Bacon, hams, lb..................... " sides, ...,.....!....... . " . shoulders, ft. .. Lard, ia eans, tp ib.. ....-...,.. Beans, 3S lb Devoes' Kerosene oil, gallon, Turpentine, Tj gallon Linseed oil, boiled, ?& gallon...... White lead, keg... , Tar p gallon Powder, riBe, lb. Tobacco. lb ....... ...., Nails, cut, ft) .;.. Domestic, brown, 19 yard..,.i..... Hickory, striped, yard. Bed ticking, per yard ., Bine drilling, yard Flannels, Sti yard Prints, fa t color, ' Pork, f Mutton, 3 head... Beef, on foot, "i Jb , NEW TO-DAY. B. IALTMABIM. Our Goods ar FRESH and VvarrantodPurt PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED STORE OPE2T DA Y AND NIOBT. Front Street, three doore helow Connor' 1, , Albany, feb 12'70-23 . OMgra. C L I M AX KNITTER. TIC imim ling ln elaltna of this NEW Klrf.. ft. . .ITT X U. 1 . I. . . M liav mavauiA w jvpuii iivr, w mum at no more than a brief and candid statement of . tM .!, aV tMriti. . Wit flnnftttanUv. ftUin that tk . CLIMAX KNITTER is superior to all other ma chines in the follwing respects : . '1 1. Simplicity of construction and operation. 2. Completeness and excellence of work. 3. Convenience of shape. lis and -weight of ' machine. 1 1 . ! 4. Durability of machine. '. , ? 5. Rapidity of work. . . 6. Cheapness. It is so aimpla in its construction and in its workings, that lass than half the time is required to learn to knit oa it than on others. With it tho children of the household can do all tho knitting. It is made entirely of iron and steel. A man sock can be made in thirty minute. It make the regular old old-fashioned knitting needlo stitch or loop, (with several others if desired); turns tbe heel, making it of as good shape as by hand, without any sewing ; narrows or widens. at tbe pleasure of the operator, and makes per fect toe. "Any article that can be knit by hand, can be manufactured on this machine. Persons who wish to see the machine in opera tion, are requested to call on the agent in this city. S. S. W'RKHAW & SON', Agents-for Oregon. Albany, Ogn Feb. 12, 1870.-23 . ; WAR WITH SPAIN ! CUBA TAKEN ! OUR MINISTER WITHDRAWN ! ' KorvlrrHSTANDnf o all this '' P. C. HARPER & CO. ' Hare just received from v ' San - Francisco, ' - a very large and well (elected stock of - GENERAL f MERCHANDISE ! which is orrBn ,.i . At Prices to t&e: Times !! Their stock consists, in part, as follow! : apply of -" A Urge, 5055 30 2537i 70(uil Zi $3 50(2 4 00 20 15 $2 503 00 20 u v - . 5" 23 Z3(aBU z 1 00 1 00 751 00 1S20 i4ie 12ft, H 23 (25 25 33 12 IB 18 . 1520 5 1 yard ....... ... . 1012 35 1 00 1 2S .. $1 25(g) 1 60 .. $1 62J($1 75 .. $3 75 4 25 $1 25 75)1 00 .. tl 001 25 6j7 . , 151B 16 ($ 30 .. 2550 I(d)15 50(3)62 12i 66 ft 752 50 NEW TO-DAY. second: ANNIVERSARY BALL, OF TH., - albany fire company, ,l '."" ; .oh., tb;.'-2 22d Say of February, 1870. COUSflTTEB OF ABRAaQEXEHTS t JOSEPH NIXON, r I JAS. L. row w JOS. WEBBER.' N. BATJM. M. V. BROWN, rtOOB SiSAOERI! HON. GEO R. HELM, JOHN PARKER. FRED. GRAF. V Tickets. Including Supper, 93 OO. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, ,' Corner First" ana 'Washington i -ALBANY, -' - OREGON. Et. BRENNER Proprietor. TETITH A NEW BUILDINO, T .Furnished throughout,' the NEWLY give enure eauaiaonoa to tbe traveling publio. Tho bed are supplied with spring-bottoms. The table will receive the closest atten tion, and everything the market affords palatable to guests will be supplied, - , janSS-l - HEAVY CASSIMERES AND FLANNELS! Denims, Hickory Stripes, Checks, sneetuig-s Bieacboa and vtxbioaeaoa " "AMD French Cottonades, V Canton Flannels, loavy A Spendid assortment of ? - - LADIES' DRESS GOODS I SUCH as Silks, - . Poplins, ' Brocades, Empress Cloths,. Merinos, . Prints, - , ... i Delaines, r,.. t Mohair, , Fancy Pattern, . . , , Shawls, - . . : ..- Balmoral and Fancy Notion, ' . . ." ' Trimmings," e Ladies and Misses Hoods.' Hats, Nubias, ' Ao . A good Assortment of MEN AND BOYS' CLOTHING t ! . - sbkt's rcnHiamita uudl v A complete assortment of Men' and Boy' BP AND CALF BOOTS AND SHOES, - TOBACCO , AND CIGARS. ,., '? " Also the latest style and quality of LadicB, Misses and Children' Shoe. - ;,v A splendid assortment of . ; Crocerioa, Qusestwar and Glasawaro f Hardware, Pocket & Table Cutlery, Window Shades, Lace and Muslin Car " ' tains, Carpeting. " J -MEN'S,' BOYS AND) CHILDREN'S HATS I WOOD AND WILLOW WARE. In fact, almost everything usually kept In a re tail store. - -. ..: Having bought our goods on the best terms the market will afford, and selected them with great eare. wo feel warranted in saying that wo can offer aa great inducements so customers as any house In the trade, and hope, by strict at tention to business and the wants of customers, to merit a libera patronage from the pnblie, fea, K .member the place. Th. h onse for. merly occupied by D- Mansfield Bro. I. .. . -IV G.-HARPEK & CQ. VAlbsayOet. 90, lS,- ' ' , ' V"."; ' "?.