vTsTo&ci3dFrr for Oregon.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1870.
. r.lnu County Union Conrentlon.
In pursuance to the call of the late Colon Re
publican Central Committee, held at Portland,
March 28th, last, for the next State ConTention,
the Union voters of Linn County are requested
to meet at their respective places of voting in
their precincts, on
Saturday, March 19th, 18TO,
to choose delegates to represent .them in the
County Convention, to be held at the Coi'BT
IJoi sk, in Albany, on
Thursday, March 24th, 1870,
at 11 o'clock A. SI., for the purpose of electing
Eighteen Delegates to the State Convention, to be
held io the city of Portland, April 7th, next.
The several Precincts are entitled to Delegate
as follows:
Albany 8
Brownsville 5
Brush Creek. ........... 2
Center ...... 3
Franklin Butte...... 4
5cio.... t 4
Bantiain ................. 3
Total. ,
Harrisburg.. 5
Lebanon a
Orleans 4
Peorisu. .. 3
Sweet Home......... 2
Syracuse......... 2
Waterloo. 2
, 52
J. 11. FOSTER,
Chairman Linn Co. Central Com.
County Convention. ;
As will be seen by the call at the head
of this column, the County Convention
is to meet in this city" on Thursday,
March 24th, 1870, for the purpose of
electing delegates to represent Linn
county in the Republican State Conven
tion to meet in 'Portland on Thursday,
April th, 1870-. It is recommended
that the Union voters of Linn county
meet at their respective places of voting
in each precinct on Saturday, March
19th, 1870, for the purpose of selecting
suitable members of the Republican party
to represent them in the County Conven
tion. The total apportionment for the
fourteen precincts is fifty-two. It is
hoped that the different precincts will
Tespond promptly to the call, and that
the delegates elect will, to a man, put in
an appearance at the County Convention
in this city, on the day above mentioned.
With a good ticket in the field, vigilance
and prompt action on our part will give
us a grand and glorious victory in June.
Already the enemy is marshalling his
hosts and preparing to battle fiercely ior
power, - with the hope that through su
nineness. and want of & thnrann-h annre.
K 7 O f 1
ciation of the great and momentous
questions of the hour on our part, they
may win the battle. If Republicans will
wake up to the importance of a victory
in the coming election, and go to work
ia . earnest and harmoniously, we can
carry the State triumphantly at the com
ing election, 1 and place Oregon for all
time to come on the side of freedom and
equality before the law. V
he Fifteenth
ratified by
Proclaimed as Law.-.
Amendment,: having been
more than the requisite two-thirds of the
. State Legislatures, will, in a few dajs.be
proclaimed part and parcel of the Con
stitution of the United States. As our
colored population will then have the
privilege of voting, we expect to see our
Democratic friends drop their old cry of
" nigger," and "go for him " with hon
yed words and protestations of everlast
ing friendship, to induce him, now their
brother, to cast his vote for the Demo
cratic ticket, swearing that it was thro'
the efforts of Democracy that he now en
joys the blessed privileges hitherto only
granted, to white men. And when we
see the Democratic white man and his
proselyted colored brother (late " nig
' ger ") marching arm in arm to the polls,
in the fullness of our heart we shall ex
claim, par nobile fratrum. ;
The Cubas Situation. Washing
ton Specials ef the 19th announce that
the State Department will . send to Con
gress a batch of documents bearing on
Cuban affairs, including the Sickles cor
respondence. The friends of the admin
istration ' say this will fully justify the
course the Government has pursued tow
ard Cuba, ' The President freely says his
personal sympathies have always been
with the insurgents, but they are losing
ground, and bo good would result from
the recosmition of belligerency. There is
no probability that anything will be done
by Congress unless it is the adoption of
an attitude of strict neutrality.
Mistaken. The Mercury says: ''The
Register vents a big growl because the
city printing of Albany was given to the
Democrat." Not at all. We merely ob
ject to the manner' of giving. We stand
hy our statement of the case, and if our
oo temporary can see anything commend
able or honorable io the transaction which
gave the Democrat, the printing, we are
free to confess he has less heneety than
we gave him credit for. -
.A. Progressive Democrat. While
the Fifteenth Amendment was under
discussion in the Kansas House of Rep
resentatives, a Democratic member said
that " while he belonged to the Demo
cratic party, he belonged to the present
ae." To brove it, he voted for the
Amendment. . ,
Pardoned. On the 21st, Governor
Woods pardoned Henry C Vaughn; sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life from
Benton county, for killing Frank j Mat
tock, sheriff of Umatilla county. ' The
petition presented to the Governor, pray
ing for the pardon, "was signed by eight
hundred of the best citizens of Oregon
Brief! Editorials
Ex-Senator Nesmith and BeDj. Hayden
are Democratic speech-making together.
The Grand Ronde Sentinel, reports
that wheat in that valley is scarce, and
the price up to $1 25 per bushel.
; Rich gold diggings are reported as
recent discoveries in Baker county, on
Salmon creek and Ryan gulch. .
A . new Democratic club, called the
"Blossom," has been organized in New
York. They train in Nasby's back
room.
A prominent citizen of Ohio lost his
purse containing $3,000. Upon its be
ing returned to him by a young man,
his gratitude was so great that he im-
ineuiaieiy pronerea tne young man a
cigar for his trouble. There was liber
ality for you.
f There were 723 divorce cases before
the Chicago courts last year, 469 being
successful. Of the successful ones, 305
were brought by wives.
A bill has been introduced into
tne Uaiilornia .Legislature giving premi
ums for the ten plows capable of turn
ing forty" acres per day, to be put in
operation with the next ten years, aggre
gating $30,000. 1 :
The great " catch" Lord Ainsley, the
English blackleg, reoently married to a
New York belle, has absconded, leaving
his deceived wife to bear as she can the
ridicule and rebuffs of society.
The "funny cuss" of the Herald, who
wears those good clothes and does up
the " lokes," offers to pay the thief ten
cents upon the return of his " ambril,"
but promises, if he don't return it to
hunt him up, run the " utnbril" down his
throat and open it !
From the manner in which the capi
talists of Portland are going into splen
did brick buildings, improving streets,
and starting up new enterprises, we
should judge they were in no apprehen
sion of being " busted out" by any other
rival town. We are proud of onr little
metropolis and are glad to witness her
prosperity.
Salem is making rapid strides in
growth and prosperity. An immense
amount of money has been expended
during the last season in public and pri
vate dwellings. Reed's Opera House, in
point of style and elegance, will vie
with any other building on the coast.
If energy and liberality will build up a
large city, Salem is largely endowed with
the proper elements.
On the night of the 18th the steam
er Emma, on the Lower Mississippi,
struck a snag, which careened the boat
and upset the stove in theladies cabin,
setting fire to and entirely consuming
the vessel. Ten or twelve lives reported
lost. A terrible gale prevailed at the
time, and it was intensely cold. ;
Deserters say that Lopez is construct
ing canoes to cross the Paragua and
descend the Parra ; that he has fortifi
cations, defended by 700 men and four
guns, at Pandero, on the Araguay river,
and that he is habitually drunk.
The Kenebec river, of Maine, is on the
rampage, the tee freshet being without a
parallel in that section. Many bridges
have been washed away, and immense
, damage to other property done.
G. R. Sypher and Leonard Myers pub
lish cards denying that they ever re
ceived money for procuring cadotships.
Ben. Holladay is expected to arrive in
Portland about the 4th of March.
The bill making Portland a port of
entry has passed the Senate, and will
pass the House as soon as it can be reach
ed in the regular course of business. It
is rumored that H. W. Scott, editor of the
Oregonian, will receive the appointment
of Collector of the Port.
The "Military Commission having as
certained that Butler, of Tennessee, has
Bold Cadetships, he explained to the
Committee that the money was used
partly to assist in electing Stokes Goyer
nor and the balance he divided between
himself and other politicians. Golladay,
of Kentucky, is also implicated.
There is a prospect of a row among
the Democrats of .Jackson county, , The
Sentinel says : It ia known .that . the
"bed-rocks" have already held a caucus,
and in all probability made up a ticket,
which will be formally proposed for
renomination at the -next party conven
tion. when . the county 1 delegates, who
represent a great majority of the voters
of the party, will have a charce to again
publicly sanction the authority, of their
town masters.
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The emigration from GermanyMo the
United States is expected to largely ex
ceed any previous year.
The official organ of Paris says that
on the approaching trial of Prince Pierre
Bonaparte it will be proven that he was
provoked and used his legitimate right
m 1 i e T. ? . 1 .1" 1
In one of the Eastern States, twin
brothers have been sent, to the peniten
tiary five years for burglary. . The twins
were but seventeen years old. ;
Judge Stanton gave up a practice
worth $50,000 a year to take the office of
Secretary of War.
A jealous husband in New York saved
his beautiful wife from the machinations
of a city youth, by stealing her teeth and
stopping her supply of money
The Portland, Mc Mionville & Astoria
Railroad bill passsd the Senate on the
19th.
Venezuela is praying to be annexed to
the United States.
-The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
have passed both branches of the Texas
Legislature.
Admiral Faragut was reported better
on the evening of the 20th. -.
It cost $25 to see Prince Arthur dance
in New York. '.
Typhoid fever is prevailing in Doug
las county, j
Political Situation. The Even
ing Vail in an article on the political sit
uation in this State, considered ia refer
ence to our material interests, says :
" We are on the eve of great corporation
enterprises that have selected the State
as a field of investment. "What is State
policy regarding them ? Oregon capital
has tended toward wool-growing, and we
care not what may be the party designa
tion ot the individual who has embarked
in the pursuit, he is a protectionist and
an ally of the Republican party." This
is well put, says the Uregoman, and a
similar remark may be applied to a gen
eral manufacturing policy. Our State
is one of immense resources and possi
bilities, and it can be rightly developed
only by the promotion of manufactures in
all the multifarious forms to which they
maybe established here. And it is only
by protection against foreign competition
that they can be established. This is
the policy of the Republican party, and
Who Rochefort Is. G. W. Smal
ley, writing to the New York Tribune
from Paris, thus speaks of Rochefort :
One word about M. Henri Rochefort,
who is just now the best abused man in
the English press. In the hrst place he ;
is by birth Vicomte de Lncay, of a fam
ily going back to the Crusades. For
that he is neither better nor worse, only
it is a complete answer to the common
charge against him that his hostility to
the Emperor is the hostility of a man
sprung from the lowest classes to a man
of princely and imperial rank. If blood
is te count, M. Henri Rochefort is of
older and better descent than the nephew
of a Corsican adventurer.' He is hated
in England because he is the irreconcila
ble enemy of the Emperor and of the
brapire. 11 a .Bourbon were on the
throne and Rochefort striving to upset
the Uourbon, the dislike to him would
be the same in England. - Most English
men care little who rules r ranee. What
they want is that somebody should rule
it who is strong enough to keep the peo
ple in order and their trade with England
free from disturbance. France to them
is simDlv a market. - Thev denounced
Louis Napoleon while contending against
Louis Phillippe more vigorously than
they denounce Rochefort contending
against Louis Napoleou ; .and for the
same reason, when iSapoleon overthrew
the Republic they, went over to his side
after a time. When the Republic
shall have overthrown the Empire they
will once more be on the side ot the lie
public. -' " " -
Fully i Accounted"' For. - Brick
Pomeroy is the King of the repudiators,
and he says that the1 king of the bond-:
holders owns the Democratic party. lie-
ferrinj; to the ovation in New York to
the English Prince, Brick says :
And Mr. Belmont, Chairman of the
National Democratic Committee, is the
first kid glove snob to wallow in the mud
of Fifth avenue, like a floundering "gold
fish, to meet, greet, and fete his Royal
Highness. And this, too, is well.
Belmont owns the Democratic party.
English capitalists own him. The money
of foreign bondholders' runs Belmont's
party and Belmont's Wall street shave
shop, where not one cent of income tax
is paid by Belmont to the Government,
though his profits are millions each year,
Telegraphic Summary.
Thus, observes the Albany Journal,
it is the policy for the development of 1 by the confession of the paper which
Oregon.
In a Dilemma. The Democracy of
California are in a bad fix. If they per
mit the negroes to vote then they will be
ousted from office, and if they refuse the
ntgro the franchise, then California will
be refused representation in Congress.
At least this ia the way they foofc.?lt up,
and they are in a sad dilemma thaVeat.
They started off under a full head of
steam, with much vain boasting and val
orous words, and soon got to the end of
their string. Poor fellows, no wonder
their ardor is dampened, for they, tod,
see the hand-writing on the wall.
The Buffalo police are in pursuit of
the fast drivers, and a few days ago ar
rested a deputy-sheriff, a police justice
and other well known citizens. The
deputy-sheriff was taking a prisoner to
the lock-up, when he himself was arrest
ed in his headlong course. '
Philadelphia requested visitors to its
Academy of Natural Science to make
contributions to its building fund last
year, and with unparalleled generosity
they responded. The amount received
during the year was but a fraction less
than one cent for every sixty-four vis
itors.
Clergymen's Excursion. From
Chicago we learn that an : excursion of
clergymen to San Francisco is being ar
ranged for the Summer, embracing all
who desire to ge at half rates. They
will probably leave Chicago sometime in
June.
Typhus Fever. A malignant form
of the typhus fever, called cerebro spinal
meningitis, has broken out in Erie, Pa.
Five deaths have occurred in three days.
Death occurs in from twelve to seventy
hours from the time of attack. :
Terrible Snow Storm. Letters
from Fort Abercrombie say that on the
11th inst. the most tempestuous storm
this Winter was experienced. A party
of soldiers got lost in the blinding snow
storm and perished. ' '
represents the sentiment of the Demo
cratic masses, the Democratic party is
owned by English capitalists, through
their possession of the man who holds
that party in his hand.' And that ac
counts for the earnest efforts of Demo
crats to secure the modification of the
tariff in the interests of English import
ers. We agree with Pomeroy. Belmont
and the Dt mocratic party arc owned by
English capitalists.
The jVeir says that the project of
cleaning out the drifts in the Santiam
river before Scio is being agitated. That
paper claims that the river would be
navigable fjr small boats to that piace
during the winter months. And even if
this should be found impracticable, the,
cleaning out would prevent the river
from overflowing its banks in times cf
high water.
The Farmer, in an article advising
farmers what kind of wheat to sow, says
that the Sonora wheat and Noe Island
wheat make inferior flour ; while the old
Oregon white winter wheat has no equal
for rail sowing, and makes flour which
stands high among the superior brands.
The Australian Club wheat and White
Chile wheat are each commended, espe
cially for spring sowing.
A Michigan man, while walking a
street in East Saginaw, was struck in
the face by one of a small nock of nymg
pigeons, and both fell. The man had
his cheek torn, one tooth knocked out
and several loosened. The pigeon was
killed.
In California slang a geologist is a
" rock sharp," a minerologist a " crystal
sharp, a botanist a " weed sharp, a
naturalist a " bug ' sharp or a "toad
sharp." A " quartz sharp" is a man who
understands ores.
In reply to the objection of the coun
sel for the defence, a Virginia justice
said he didn't care about "consecutions,"
and would try de case anyhow, and if dey
didn't have satisfaction, "dey could re
peal agin' his excision."1
Life in Texas makes a man suspicious.
A gentleman struck a match in a hotel
. ,1 i , . t
room the otner aay,;ana ,nis Drotner
immediately fired at the sound suppos
ing it to be the cocking of a pistol, and
shot him dead.
Flight of Blackbirds. Probably
the most extensive, flight of blackbirds
ever witnessed in this locality since its
settlement by t Uncle am, says the Sac
ramento Reporter, of Friday, occurred
about 4 o clock F. M., on Wednesday.
Passed. The Chattanooga railroad
bill appropriating $3,000,000, has passed
the Senate of the Louisiana. LegisJatureJ The flock, winging its way southward, ia
. i a . - l . , l r . i . 1 ' , i
esumaiea to nave presenreu a column iu
line of at least tour miles, and about
with . amendments, in which the house
will doubtless concur.
Declines. Gen. Reyuolds declines
the honor of an election to the United
States Senate from Texas. ?
twenty feet in depth. .''.,
of self-defense. It is generally believed
the Prince will be acquitted, v. .- ; - -
The National Intelligencer denounces
the Democratic leaders of to-day as
"Bourbons who forgetting nothing, still
dream of - the old republic," and who,
through " leaden stupidity," are totally
'unequal to the occasion." It was ap
parent enough that there was something
the matter; and we accept the intensely
Democratic Intelligencer as sufficient au
thority. ' 1 ' -
It is thought the present session of
Congress will last until midsummer. ,
, Very III. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
is very ill, from a severe attack of pneu
monia. ' ': -' ,-
Suit Withdrawn.- James Fisk, Jr.,
has withdrawn his libel suit against
Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield Re
publican.
A Port Elizabeth (South Africa cor
respondent of the New York " World
writes of a great excitement which ex
ists there over the reeent discovery of
valuable diamonds. One : diamond was
sold there for 11,500. The last steam
er took over 300 v diamonds. It says
that
: Tho greatest excitement has been re
garding the discovery ot ZoU diamonds
on one farm. On the day before the
discovery the farm was virtually, sold for
2,000 in blnebacks, worth about two
shillings to the pound sterling, bnt on
the day of the discovery the owner re
fused. to close a bargain with the hrst
buyer, and sold it to another party for
2,00U in coin,. . j -
The first criminal brought before
Judge Shepley, for trial in the United
btates Circuit Court, in isoston, was a
young mulatto, accused of forgery, who
reported that he was once a servant ot
Jeff. Davis. - ' ': ' ' "- :- .
:A recently .married man in Wilming
ton,- Del., ill ..treated his wife and re
ceived , therefor a severe beating at the
hands of his mother-on-law. He humbly
promised not to do so any more. . ,
Strict orders have been, given through
out the Russian empire' to prevent any
manifestation on the anniversary of the
emancipation of serfs, which occurs on
the 2 th of February. . ,
The Democratic Boston Post suggests
that its Democratic brother of the Mem
phis Avalanche be "scalped and supplied
with respectable brains."
Forty-three 2-borse wagons arrived at
Sacramento a tew days ago, from South
Bend, Indiana, i Price, $110$130. ,
The latest proposition of. railroad re
form is that made by JIarper't Weekli.to
introduce a special calaboose on evening
trains ior arunsen passengers. ..
Chicago, Feb. 31. The 15th Amendment will
probably be officially promulgated by the middle
of the week. There will also be a resolution of
fered ia Congress doclaring the amendment rati
fied, and bills will be proposed to enforce its pro
visions. ..
Memphis, Feb. 21. Calvin Clark was mur
dered on Ninth street, by A notorious desperado,
named Halsev. Clark was moving to Little Rock
Mill, lialsey rode up to tne wagon ana snoi
Clark, in the presence of his family. The Gover
nor's of Missouri, Texas and Arkansas have uf
forred large rewards for the arrest of Halsey.
Mrs. Shaw, a passenger on the steamer Ozart,
was caught in the machinery near Pine Bluff, unl
crushed to death.
St. oLcis. Feb. 19. Jesse W. Heath, City
Register, an old and respected citizen, died to-day.
A concurrent resolution was ottered in tne leg
islature, instructing Senators and requesting rep
resentatives in Congress to more in the direction
of giving the right of suffrage to Indians.
Chicaoo, teb. ia. A neavy snow storm nas
been raging all day, and much enow has been
drifted by the nigh winds. XI is now clear ana
growing cold.
jUostox, jreo. iy. A aispaicn irora uoncora,
N. H., reports a great frashct in the upper Con
necticut valley, and much damage ; bridges and
barns having been earned away, the people are
alarmed and many families are leaving their
booses for safety. ,
Cincissati, Feb. 19. The members of the
Kentucky Legislature arrived here this afternoon,
on invitation of the City Council. There was a
grand banquet at the Burnett House to-night.
Albany, Feb. 19. The storm last night did no
material damage.
Notice has been given by employers that the
wages of bricklayers, plasterers and stonemasons
will be reduced on March 1st, and workmen have
resolved to strike,
New York, Feb. 19. The O'Neil Fenians
have, within a few days, accumulated a great
number of arms at their headquarters, indicating,
it is said, an early movement on Canada.
reoige Arensburg, a compositor in the Timet
owe, yesterday set Z.U04 ems ot solid minion in
an hour. This is said to be the fastest type-set
ting on record.
Chicago, Feb. 21. J. L. Phepps, s farmer liv
ing near Lincoln, 111., in a fit of frenzy cause
unknown shot his wife through the bead, on rn
day last, and then blew his own brains out.
In Beardstown, III., on the 17th inst., a des
perate character named Wilcox, was beating a
drunken man in a saloon, when one of the propri
etors of the saloon interfered ; whereupon, Wil
cox drew a revolver and nred, killing one of the
proprietors and mortally wounding the other. The
murderer was taken to jail, an J on Friday night
tho friends of the murdered man gathered and
quietly captured the sherilf, and took the keys of
the jail for tho purpose ot taking V llcox out to
hang him. lie showed fight, having obtained an
iron bar, when they shot and killed him and took
the body out and hung it to a tree.
Buffalo, Feb. 21. Commodore Stephen
Champlain, the last surviving commander in the
battle of Lake Erie, and who commanded the
Scorpion, from which the first and last shot of
that battle was tired, died this morning.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Robert Barton has
commenced a libel case against the Bulletin, and
claims $j0,000 damages. The complaint is based
on a telegraph dispatch from VV hue Fine, pub
lished in the Bulletin of Feb. 3, 1S70, referring to
his arrest on a charge of perjury.
A certificate of incorporation of a new journal
to be known as the Suit, was filed in the County
Clerk's office to-dny. It is to be daily and weekly
in its issues. Capital $I0l,lH)u. Trustees Win.
Bell, Win. McCabe, J. K. Phillips, and E. A
Stevens.
Coroner Jetterman resumed the inquest in the
case of Marcela McCann this evening. Mrs. Mc
Cann died in the latter part of July last and was
buried. Subsequently it was ascertained that she
had been poisoned. The body was exhumed and
arsenic wa found in the stomach. Her husband
was arrested, charged with her murder, but as no
evidence against him was elicited at the Coroner s
inquest, he was discharged. A witness named J
McCann, who could not be found at the time,
turned up a few days ago, and testified to-night
His testimony was not material, and the jury did
not change their original verdict.
Boston, Feb. 19. The trains on many of the
New Lngland railroads were delayed by the wash
ing away of tracks bv the heavv rains yesterday
Skowuegah, Feb. 20. The Kennebec river is
at an extraordinary highth. The ice freshet is
without a parallel iu that section. Many bridge;
above are washed away. The Kcnn bee and
Portland railroad U washed out in one place for a j
distance of fifiy feet to tho depth of thirty feet, i
Augi sta, Feb. 21. The freshet to-day was the
most destructive ever known in the Kcunebec ,
river. Tho water rose twenty-five feet above low
water mark. Immense damage has been done
along the river.
11 allow ei.l, Feb. 21. Thewhole iusiness por
tion of Water street is overflowed, and some
stores have six feet of water" on tho first floor.
From one to two hundred houses flouted from
their foundations and are overturned. Many fam
ilies are homeless.
Chicago, Feb. 21. A Time New York special
says a meeting of influential Dtjm'ocrats opposed
to the Tammany ring was held 'yesterday. The
Legislature having adjourned over, the meeting
was largely attended by members and other lead
iug Democrats of the city and State. The occa
sion developed greater anti-riug strength thau
many supposed. The movement is directed against
Sweeny, Tweed and Connolly, the Tammany
leaders. Anion; the leaders of the new move are
Samuel J. Tiiden, a. 11. Green, Controller of
Central Park, who is said to bethe anti-Tammany
candidate for Mayor, Sheriff O'Brien, Congress
man John Fox and three State Senators. The
Wvrld has proclaimed war to the knife against
Tammany. The above leaders of the now move
have already received the popular title of the
Seven t calpers.
Chicago, Feb. 19. A Tribune' t Xkvi York spe
cial says very little ice has been harvested on the
Hudson river. Agents for several companies
have gone to Maine and Canada to secure sup
plies. Two thousand dollars in counterfeit five cent
nickles were seized yesterday in Brooklyn. Two
arrests were made.
Walt street operators predict considerable ex
citemenf in the gold market this week. The
bears are said to nave made a heavy pool to de
press the price. ,
New York, Feb. 27. Lst evening a heavy
rain storm set in and continued till midnight. A
heavy tide then rose, and the basements on either
side of the city were flooded, and much damage
was done to property before the morning cleared
up. Thus far it is the coldest day of the season.
Tb Mormons held services at Williamsburg
yesterday." There was a large attendance and
much enthusiasm. They were addressed by newly
arrived Missionaries from Salt Lake. The prop
osition to build a Mormon Church on Grand street
in Williamsburg, excites considerable indignation
among the inhabitants.
Kev. Mr. Cuvler preached a sensation sermon
on the late Voorhees murder, last evening. He
attributed the tragedy to liquor, and declared that
rnm-sclline and murder go hand in hand. He
charged that men who sold the poison that crazed
the brain were accomplices in the crime, tie re
ferred to the Bvron-Stowe scandal, and took oc
casion to cast a vollev of stones at the ooet. lie
thought that the whole and only true story of
Byron life might be summed np in one sylla
ble, "gin." ; : .
Correspondence from Salt Lake City shows that
the passage of the act to give the women suffrage
in Utah, was the work of both Mormons and Gen
tiles, the Legislature being Mormon and the Gov
ernor Gentile. The two parties entertain different
views of the way in which it will work.
Alice Carey, the poetess, is dangerously ill of
paralysis, j ;. . i -.
WOIIAM DAVIDSON, '?
Office, No. 4 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-
wnn - .1 .1, - - ! . - . . . . .
NEW TO-DAY.
A. CABOTHEBS.
a. SALTVABSB.
gon and the Territories, WILL BE MADE A
SPECIALTY AND PROMPTLY COLLECT
ED, as well as with a due reranl to
all business matters intrusted to his care and the
proceeds paid over punctually.
Real Estate Dealer.
Sept. 11. tf.
A. CAROTBEBS & CO.,
DRUGGISTS & APOTHECARIES,
us siiiiia m
PAINT S, DYE STUFFS, OILS,
PATENT MEDICINES,'
Correspondence.
The subjoined correspondence sufficiently ex
plains itself:
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 15, 18.
Messrs. Everson Haines, General Agents
no x.ugiaua .mutual lale Insurance Compa
ny, Boston :
Gentlemen On my own behalf and in tha name
of my orphan children, I beg to thank you, and
through you the New Em-land Mutual Life In
surance Company of Boston, for its munificence
in paying me my terminated policy on the lite ot
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 mv doHot
but I am now overjoyed with the receipt of the
amount oi tne policy (less the amount of the un
paid premium only), thanks to the equity of the
Massachusetts Lapse Laws, that must bless many
widow's and their children. I recommend the
New Enerland Mutual tn nil lm. wmilil nrnvidn
against possible misfortune. I sincerely thank Q L fy
jwu gul1euieu, lur payment, iuu su
ior your generous and gentlemanly assistance in
tne matter. Respectfully,
BETSEY MILLER.
Perfumery, Toilet Goods. &c
Our Goods are FBSSH , mni
PBESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED
STORE OPES DAY AND SIQBT.
Front Street, three door below Connor', , . ;
Albany, feb!2'70-23 Ongw
KNITTER!
Portland, Oreoox, Nov. 15, 1869.
Messrs, Kversoh & Haines, General Agents of
tne JNew 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,
18(H), and who was insured in the New .England
Mutual Life Insurance Company, we take pleas
ure in making the following statement for the ln-
ormation of the public :
A. E. C. Miller was insured by ordinary Life
Policy No. 1.5,1)04, bearing date January 21, 186.1.
lie paid annual payments to January Zl, lens,
inclusive, bineo then nothing has been paid.
He died August 2, 1869, over eighteen months
after the last payment of premium, yet your
company working under 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 paid f4.6aU 50. This we consider munifi
cent, more especially when we take into consid
eration that the family would not have received a
eent from any otber company doing business on
this coast. This, in our estimation, is enough to
recommend this company above all others. This
is Equity, this is Mutuality. We, therefore, rec
ommend this eompany to the public, as the only
company that has no forfeitures.
We herewith inclose you the acknowledgments
of the widow. Kespectrullv, etc,,
CINCINNATI BILLS, .
JACOB MATER,
GEORGE H.FLANDERS,
M. SELLER.
TN presenting the claims of this NEW KNIT
TING MACHINE to popular favor, we aim
at no more than a brief and eandid statement of -iu
actual merit. We eenftdeDtly claim that th
CLIMAX KNITTER is superior to all other ma
chines in the foUwing respects ! -
. Simplicity of construction and operation.
2. Completeness and excellence of work. -
3. Convenience of shape, sise and weight of
machine. 1
4. Durability of machine. '
5. Rapidity of work. .
6. Cheapness.
It is so simple in its construction and in its
workings, that less than half the time is reqaired
to learn to knit oo it than on others. With it the
children of the household can do all the knitting.
It is made entirely of iron and steel. A man
sock can be made in thirty smefe. It makes
the regular old old-fasbioned knitting needle
stitch or loop, (with several others if desired) ;
turns the heel, making it of as good shape as by
band, without any sewing ) narrows or widens, .
at the pleasure of the operator, and makes a per
fect toe. Any article that eaa be kait by band.
can be manufactured on this machine.
Persons who wish to see the machine ia opera
tion, are requested to call on the agent ia this city.
S. S. WARsTHAlW & SOW.
Agents or Oregoa.
Albany, Ogn., Feb. 12, 1870.-23 -j. fij
WAR WITH SPAIN Z
::
Office New Esglasd Mctttal Life Iks. Co. "
No. 12, Carter's Bdildixo,
Portland, Oregox, Nov. 18, 1869.
To Messrs. C. Bills, J. Myer, Geo. H. Flanders
and M. tellers:
Gentlemen Yonr favor of yesterday, inclosing
"Acknowledgments ot Mrs. Miller, is at band.
Please accept our thanks for the voluntary
justice you have done to the company we repre
sent, lours very truly,
EVERSOX i. HAINES.
CUBA TAKEN !
OUR MINISTER WITHDRAWN 1
ALBANY RETAIL MARKF.T.
A lb an r, February 26, 1870.
Wheat, white, p! bushel 50 (Si 55
Oats, " bushel ' 30
Potat jes, 'p bushel.. 2537J
Onions, "P bushel. 75 I 25
flour, -fi barrel S3 50(4 00
Butter, "rt lb 20
Eegs, "rX dozen ........ 15
Chickens, i doxen $2 603 00
Feacnes, dried, 33 lb... ... (uizO
sbap, t R sidiOt
Salt, Los Angelos, 53 lb 2i(ai3
Syrup, 'rS keg $5 25(5,60 2
Tea, Young Hyson i tt 1 00
Japan, " ... .. ..... UO
Black, " 75ai 00
ugar, crushed, H lb 1820
Sea H(a;10
Island. . .. 12(a14
Coffee, p tb 23oi25
Candles, m Z5(u.33
Rice, China. f lb 12(16
Saleratus, 53 ft 16$
Dried plums, p tb 1520 I
Dried apples, "r lb 5
Dried currants, lb ...................
Bacon, haras, 33 tb
sides, '
' shoulders,. 53 tb
Lard, in cans, j3 lb 1012
liean?, i3 lb . .. S(a,5
Devoes Kerosene oil, 3j! gallon..... 1 60(3)1 25
Turpentine, gallon $1 251 50
Linseed oil, boiled, 5jt gallon........ $1 62$ 1 75
White lead, 53 keg $3 754 25
Tar 53 gallon $1 25
Powder, rifle, 53 ft) 751 00
Tobacco, 53 lb fl 00 ($1 25
Nails, cut, 5 lb 6J7i
Domestic, brown. (3 yard.... ,15(a)lot
Hickory, striped, 53 yard 16(5)30
Bed ticking, per yard 25(5)50
Blue drilling, 53 yard I625
Flannels, 53 yard .-. , 50(5)62
Prints, fa-t colors, 53 yard.. '. (5)121
Pork, 53 ! 56
jnuiion, f neaa ......... ............... $i 7S(a)Z oO
Beef, on foot, p B 5(5)6
SPONTANEOUS . COMBUSTION OF THE
Human Body. Mr. A. B. Flowers, of
Alexander. La., writes to the Scientific
American, that tho statement made ia a
recent article on this subject to the effect
that no one has ever witnessed a case of
spontaneous combustion in. the human
body, is a mistake, as he was . himself.
with 'several others, an eve witness to a
caso of the kind... The person who was
the victim was a hard drinker, and was
sitting by the fire surrounded by Christ
mas guests, when suddenly flames of a
bluish tint gushed Irom his mouth and
nostrils, and he was soon a corpse. The
body, he states, remained extremely warm
ior a much longer period than usual.
.Large Reward. A reward of 415.
000, and , no questions asked," is ad
vertised.in the New York Herald for
the return of 270 yards of lace, etolen
from a trunk in the basgage car of the
New York Central Jlailroad, some ' time
ago. .Tho lace is valued at nearly $1,000
per yard. . , ,; :-,.
KOTWITnSTAXDIXO ALL THIS '
P. C. HARPER & CO.
Have just received from '
San Francisco,
a very large and well selected stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE I
WHICH 19 OrrKBBD .
At Prices to M tie ' Times !!
Their stock consists, in part, as follows :
supply of
A large
HEAVY CASSIMERES AND FLANNELS!
Denims, Hickory Stripes, Checks,?
Sheeting's Bleached and Pn,blchwd
.. A!U -. ... - ....
French Cottonadcg, '
. Canton Flannels,
ECoavy
NEW TO-DAY.
TREES, GRAPEVINES AND PLANTS
FOR SALE AT THE
ALBANY NURSERY.
Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum & Cherry Trees
S Best Selection of Grapes in the State.
Gooseberry, Currants, Strawberry, etc.
O UNA HUE EST AX. TREES,
Shrubs, Monthly Roses, Hone suckles, Dahlias,
Gladiolus, etc., etc.
&-ORDEMS SOLICITED'
3. A. MnjLARS.
Albany, Oregoo.-lm24-70 "t
The Best Goods at tho Lowest Prices.
JOHN O. HODGE A CO., 327, 328 and 331,
Sansome street, gan Francisco, California,
keeps the largest stock of Stationery, Blank
Books, School Boole, wrapping paner. nlavinr
cards, pocket cutlery; rsutors, scissors, notions,
o., to oe found on the Pacific eoast. Prompt
attention given to supply the trade, and satisfac
tion guaranteed. .
n24-lm JOHN 6. HODGE 4 CO.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
Corner First and Washington Sts.,
ajjUAJNY, -. - - OREGON.
Xf. BRENNER, Proprietor.
0 ; .
MTITH A NEW BUILDING. NEWLY
V Furnished throughout, the proprietor
uure. k give enure sausiaeiioa to tne traveling
public. The beds are supplied with spring-bottoms.
, The table will receive -the closest atten
tion, and everything the market affords palatable
to guests will be supplied. . janzy-zi
XOTIOB.
PARTIES OWING FREIGHT BILLS will
eall and settle immediately. ' - ' " ,
On and after January 1st, 1870. no freight
will be delivered until charges are "'.
, . BEACH A MONTEITH.
"Albany, Deoeinbe 1st, X870-13
A Spendid sssortmeat of . . J :': J f
LADIES' DRESS GOODS;
- SUCS as ,; .-V;
Silks,
Poplins,- . -
Brocades,
Empress Clotlis, '
JHerinos,
... Prints, ,. , , .'. : ,
Delaines, ! .
Moliair,
Fancy Patterns, ". ,
Shawls, , .
.... Balmoral and
Frtmr-u N'ntlnmm :
' Trimmings, dhc.
I Ladies and Misses Hoods, Hats, Nubias, Atu
' A good ' Assortment ef
MEN AND BOYS' CLOTHING! f
GEST8 UB!U8BlHO GOODS, , ni j,
A complete assortment of Men's sad Boy's
RIP AND CALP BOOTS AND BHOBS,
.. : TOBACCO AMD CIGARS, jur,-;!
Also the latest style sad quality ef
Ladies, Misses j find Children's Shoes.
A splendid sssortmeat of
Croceries, Queeasware aasl Glassware I
Hardware, Pocket & Table Cutlery, -
Window Shades, Laoe and Moslin Cnry
. ' tains, Carpeting. ' ,
MEN'S, BOTS AND CHILDHKN'S HATfl
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE.
t v. almost every thine usually kept In a' re
tail store. '
Having bought ear goads oa the hast ersas
the market will afford, and selected thesa with
great eare, we feel warranted la saying that we
ean offer est great ladseements to easterners as
any house In the trade; sad hope, by strict at
tention to business and the wants ef customers,
to merit a liberal patronage from the public
sm. Semember the place. The house for
merly occupied by D. Mansfield A Bro. ;
- P. C. HARPER & CO.
Albany Oct 20. MM? . ; ' 1:' 1 1