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Retak e o f P 1. ir receaing irrame ..-is vr.-r VOL. 2. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1S70. . NO. 37. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BT COLL. VAIVCL.EVE. ferries ox corker or ferrt and fibst-sts. TERMS- T)ne Tear Six Months Single Copies -IN ADVANCE. ii. ..Three Dollar Two Dollars Tea Cents ADVEItTISLNQ RATES. Transient advertisements per Square of ten lines or less, first insertion, $3; each subsequent Insertion, $1. Largor advertisement inserted on the most liberal terms. JOB WORK. Having received new type, stock of colored Inks, eards, a Gordon Johher, etc., wo are pre fea ed to exeeuto all kinds ot printing in a better manner and fifty per cent, cheaper tnan ever ba tore offered In this city. Agents for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription, advertising, etc., for the Register : HIRAM SMITH, Esq ....Ilarrisburg. Judge S. II . CLAUGHTON- Lebanon. PETER HUME, Esq -Brownsville W. R. KIRK. Esq E. K. AVHEELER. Eq Scio. T. II. REYNOLDS, Esq- Salem. Oio. W. CANNON, Esq Portland. L. P. FISHER, Esq 'Frisco. BUSINESS CARDS. A.' WHEELER, otary Public BROWNSVILLE, OREGON. PORTLAND CARDS. F. RUSSELL, Attorney at Law, P. FERRY, Notary Public. LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS made an attested. Conveyances and col lections attended to. I2'6D I. BURMESTEK & BELLIXGEU, LTTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, Albany, Oregon. Okfice Iu the Parrish Brick. 2S o 3. IIAIYIOAT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ALBANY, OREGON. FFICE On Main street, opposito Foster's Brick. , 1-09 HDSSELL & FERRY. Real Estate Brokers & Collectiiis Agents, Portland, - - - - Oregon. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE Sale of Real Estate. Real Estate Litigation, aud the Collection of Claims. Office, North-west corner of First and Wash ington Streets, Portland, Ogn. feb26-T0-25 S. P. SMITH. GEO. B. COOK. THE OCCIDENTAL, FORMERLY Western Hotel, Corner First and Morrison streets, Portland, Oregon. Messrs. SMITH A COOK have taken this well known house, refitted and refurnished it throughout, built a large addition, making thirty more pleasant rooms, enlarged the Dining and Sitting rooms, making it by far the Best Hotel In Portland. A call from the traveling publie will satisfy them that the above statements are true. SMITH COOK, Props. N. B. Hot and cold Baths attached to the house for the benefit of guests. SO Portland, August 15th, IS69. AJIEKICAI EXCIIAjYC.12, CORSER or Front and Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. Xa. P. W. Quimby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of tho Western Hotel.) Hiltabidel & Co., rkEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PRO visions, Wood and Willow Ware, Confec tionery, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Alain street, adjoining the Express office, Albany, Oregon. I E. A. Frecland, DEALER IN EVERY DESCRIPTION OF School, Miscellaneous and Blank Books. Stationery. Gold and Steil Pens, Ink. etc.. Post offiee Building, Albany, Oregon. Books ordered "from New Y'ork and San Francisco. I S. XI. Clanghton, ""TOTARV PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. Offico in tho Post OSce building, Lebanon, Oregon. Will attend to making Deeds and other convey ances, also to the prompt collection of debts en trusted to mv care. I . B. MITCHELL. X. DOLPH. A. SMITH. Mitchell, Dolph & Smith, ATTORNEYS aso COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Proctors in Ad miralty. Office over the old Post Office, Front street, Portland, Oregon. I JAMES A. WARNER, Civil Engineer & Surveyor. IS PREPARED TO DO SURVEYING AND Engineering. Uses improved Solar Compass. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Residence on 4th St., opposite Dr. Tate's residence, Albany Oregon. nI9-6m rOWKLL. t. TLIS5. Powell Sc Flinn, A"" TT3RNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in Chancery, (X,. Flinn, Notary Public,) Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances promply attended to. I m. n. RrnriELD. r. ir. spixk. P. M REDFIELD & CO.. ONSTANTLY on hand and receiving, a large stock of Groceries and Provisions, . Wood and Willow Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Con fectionery, Yankee Notions, Ac., Ac., Wholesale and Retail, opposite R. C. Hill A Son's drug store, Albany, Oregon, 5oct9 ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Corner First and Washington Sts., ALBANY, - -. - - OREGON. H. BRENNER, Proprietor. WITn A NEW BUILDING, NEWLY Furnished throughout, the proprietor hopes to give entire satisfaction to the traveling publie. 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. Jan2-2I FRANKLIN MARKET, Main street, - Albany, Oregon. meats or All Kinds, '.. . a r OF THE VERY' BEST . QUALITY, THIS HOUSE is tbo most commodious in the State, newly furnished, and it will be ths endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gueste comfortable. Nearest Hotel to tho steamboat lamlinj. ;55g"- The Concord Coach will always be foui at the landing, on the arrival of steamships ar river boats, carrying passengers and their bar gape to and from the boats free of charre. House supplied teith Patent Fire Extinguishers. COSWOrOIxITATV nOTEL. (ronnEr.tr arkicosi's,) Front street : s s Portland, Oregon. THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING PUR chased this well known Hotel, are now pro pared to offer the traveling publie better accom modations than cru be found elsewhere ia the city. Board aud Lodging $2 OO per day. The Hotel Coach will be in attendance to con vey Passengers and bnggage to and from the Hotel free of charge. J. B. SPRENGER. Office Oregon & California Stage Company, B. G. Whitkhouse, Agent. 2tf JVew Columbian Hotel, N-s. IIS, 120 and 122 Front street, PORTLAND, lis OREGON ED. CARNEY, PROPRIETOR. The Largest, Best and most Convenient Hotel in Portland! Located in the center of business and near all the steamboat landings. Board and Lodging' From one to two dollars per day according to the room occupied. jgw Rooms newly furnished and well ventil ated. Supeior accommodations for families. The New Columbian Hotel Coao'' will be in attendance at all the landings to convey pas sengers and baggage to and from this Hotel 17 J&r- Free ol Charge ! E9 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LADIES' EMPORIUM. Constantly on hand. 30-om G. B. H.AIGHT. ALBANY SHAVING SALOON. mHE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING OPENED fi a New Shaving Saloon, on First street, Al bany, Oregon, invites all those wishing a Clean Share, Hair Dressing, or Shampooing, to give bun a eall. JT. H. BACEENSTO. Albany, April 2, 1870.-30 'AIsDAIVlf BATH HOUSE. mtlE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT JL fully inform the citizens of Albany and vi cinity that be baa taken charge of this establish ment, and, by keeping clean rooms ana paying atrict atfntic 3 to business, expects to suit all those who may favor him with their patronage, Having beretofore-earried on nothing but First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons, he expec's to give entire satisfaction to all. Children and Ladies' bair neatly cut and nampooed. JVSKJfH WJiiiU.fc.K- sevI9y2 - MRS. A. J. DUNIWAY, DEALER IS Fashionable Millineryaiift Fancy Goods. Follows Dress and Cloak Making in all their varied branches. BLEACHES AND PRESSES STRAW GOODS In Latest Style and best manner. ST A 31 P FOR BRA ID AND EMBROIDER Y. Corner First and Broadalbin streets, Albany, Oregon. janlnl7-70 C. ME A LEY DEALER IN A MANUFACTURE OF FXJR.IIITXJH.E 2 and CABINET WARE ! 136 deling-, Xto., Corner First and Broad Albin streets, ALBANY, OREGON. J&t- PARTICULAR ATTEHTIOJT PAID TO ORDERS OF ALL KINDS in his lino. October IS63-8 rURXINCr. - TITRATING. n- i'TvJU. -Si" ' -c: am m - o w w f ca o F ALL KINDS, printed at the very lowest -- vmerea, at tuis etnee. J AST PRBPABED TO DO ALL KINDS OP" TUBNIKG I I ke'p on hand and make to order RAWHIDE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS, AMD Spinning Wheel. Shop bear the "Magnolia Mills.". JOHN it. METZLER . Albany, Not. 28, rs8-I2 Judge Them by their Fruits. The great cry of the Democratic party, almost from time immemorial, more par ticularly oo the eve of an important elec tion, has been " economy in the public expenditures." The present canvass is no exception to the general rule. Every little cross-road politician in tho State constantly and persistently harps upon the word " economy," claiming that the Democratic party is now and always has been' " wedded to economy." Yet in making this assertion they aro entirely without facts to prove it. Facts and figures are all against them, as we have showD, time and again. The tacts are, wherever tho burdens of debt and taxatioa have fall most' heavily upon a State, wherever great wrongs and absolute thefts have been committed upon tho people of a State, the originators and connivcrs at, and accomplishes of, these wrongs, in every case, are traceable to the Democratic party. You may look at the history of any State in the Union, where the Democracy have had control of the finances, and in every instance you will find that the burdens of taxation have been increased, without any adequate re turn. You will find that instead of using economy in the public funds, every spe cies of robbery has obtained to put money in the pockets of tho " faithful." During the late session of the Legislature of Cal ifornia, which was overwhelming by Dem ocratic, the doctrine was publicly an nounced in the halls of the Legislature, that to the " victor belong the spoils," and the doctrine enunciated was carried out to the utmost. The history of the outrages and corruptions perpetrated by that Legislature in the name of Democ- racy, will forever remain as indelible marks of the meaning of Democratic economy and honesty. Xo pledges made to the people previous to the election were deemed too sacred "to bo broken, aud promises and pledges and sworn duty were all cast aside at the dictation' of party plunder. So palpably dishonest and venal, outraging all precedent even in the history of this party of broken promises and unredeemed pledges, were the acts of this Democratic Legislature, that bed-rock journals of the party died out with very shame and disgust. And when this corrupt and rotten Legislature closes its session, the universal opinion of every respectable journal in the State is, that it was the most corrupt, dishonest and venal body of men that ever assem bled at any capitol to transact the busi ness of a State. Where will you find a worse tax-ridden people than are the denizens of New York ? Yet this great city, the metrop olis of the country, holding it may be one-half of its wealth in her coffers, is now and has been for years under the iron rule of the "economical and honest" party the Democracy. Under Demo cratic rule, in every instance, the burdens of the people have been increased, and that too by the most useless and extrava gant expenditure of the public moneys, to call it by no harder name. When the great voice of the people took the control of Jhe State of Indiana out of the hands of the Democracy and gave it into the keeping of the Republican party, with it they gave as a memento of the " economy and honesty " of years of Democratic rule, a depleted treasury and a debt of ten millions of dollars; and this debt was further increased three millions of dollars by rebel Democratic warfare against the Union during her late troubles. To-day, by an honest and economical administration of the finances of the State, the Republican party stand credit ed with having paid seven millions ef this debt, created by a Democratio " eco nomicaL" administration, and before the first day of next January will have paid the entire : debt. Tho State Roard of Sinking Fund Commissioners give notice to holders of State stocks, that said cer tificates of indebtedness will be redeemed in full, on and after July next, upon pre sentation at the office of the State agent in the city of New York. Thus we might go on giving illustrations, showing that this Democratic cry of "economy and honesty " in the expenditure of the publie moneyes iinply means an increase of offi ces under Democratic patronage, and an increase of salaries and fee bills for the benefit of Democratic office-holders. Wherever Democracy rules there you find proscription of the most persistent and radical type, and any measure that is thought to be demanded for tho perpetu ation and security of its power and euiol ument is adopted, no matter how wrong or unjust, o what its cost to the people The facts of history, the recorded events of the times, bear us out in these asser tions, and they cannot be successfully or i . 1 4 11 1 1 ,- trutnruuy ueniea. '. : Slander. Scio, May lltb, 1870. Editor Register : Sir I send yon an artirlo on slander, by Rev. F. 6. Cassady, wbich I think certain frentlcmcn (excuse the expression), writing for the S. R. Democrat, might find it profitable to carefully peruse: Human nature discovers its deep moral virus in no one thing more than its fearful capability of slander; and oh the record of its moral obliq uity this vice is undoubtedly its deepest and darkest stain. - Slander lives by feeding on hu man character; and marvel is it that its despica ble agent is considered, the world over, as a mon ster iu human flesh. And yet in almost every community the slanderer is a literal fact; he takes bodily shape before our eyes and is sewn in call walks iu life. Representatively, at least, be is ubiquitous, and therefore absolutely unescap able. In the analysis of slander several vices are found to enter into the composition. Its first ele ment is falsehood. A man can never be slandered by the truth, however much" ho may be damaged by it. As his reputation should never be more tbau his real character be must stand of right on his personal record ; and if the truth hurts in that case, the fault lies at his on" door. But not to speak of the sheer fabrication frequently invented by the a Rents of this vice, it is very patent to any mind of ordinary perception that the truth itself may be so represented as to convey an actual falsehood. Nor is the tongue, the ordinary in strument of slander, always necessary to a lie ; indirection is often tho most efficient method of accomplishing this result. Bwift portrays to the very life this species of slander in the following lines : " Nor do they trust their tongues alone. But speak in language of iheir own ; Can read a nod, a shrug, a look, - Far better than a printed book ; Convey a libel in a frown. And wink a reputation down; Or by the Tossing of a fan Describe the lady and the man." Another essential element of slander is theft. The moral enormity of the slanderer is seen in what ho steals or attempts to steal ; and judged ty this standard he is the meanest kind of a thief. What is more valuable or precious to a man than bis character? Is it not his life in a sense most important and as such worth everything to him ? Life, without that honorable recognition wbich character gives to a man, is hardly worth the pos session ; ana ytt it is alter tnis precious jewel, his very life, that thj sljnderer hunts. There is a keen edge and pungwit truth in the oft repeated words of Shukespeare : - "Good name, in man or woman. Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'Tis something, nothing ; but he Who filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him : But makes me poor indeed. The slanderer, whether successful or not in bis desperate work, is always a thief in motive and design. Often there is not elasticity enough in the bow to send the arrow to the mark, but that is not the fault of the archer. If the slanderer fail to wrest the diadem from tbo brow of virtuous merit, it is from sheer iuipntency that his purpose miscarries. lie aimed to d so, and is, per con sequence, a miral highwayman. The limitation of his influence, as expressed by Her vej-, is not without its comfort to every true character : "Slander that work of poison, only finds An entrance to ignoble minds." Another ric3 which enters largely into the character of slander ismaice. "Malice is a dispo sition to injure others without cause fur mere per sonal gratification," says W bster. If these terms describe the character of a slanderer, how despicable, beyond all utterance, is he? To be eapablo of hating virtue and of seeking to wrong I moral excellence and all this from pure malevo lence of heart argues a spirit that better befits I pandemonium tbau the pale of human society ! j Aud yet there are such spirits abroad all over the lafe oi civilization. vi nere aro mey not, reader Who has not seen them ? In bis portraiture of the Ui.iboli'S of detraction the great bard has forcibly as truthfully said : , "Slander ! Whose edge Is sharper than the sword ; whose tongua Outrenums all the worms cf Nile: whose Breath rides on the frosting winds, and Iot!i belie all tho corners of the world: Kins, Queens, aud States, maids and matrons, Nay, the secrets of the grave, this ripcrous Slander enters." We complete our analysis of slander by remark ing that, iu addition to falsehood, theft, and mal ice, by wbich it is ever characterized, t animus is especially mean and ata dly. The most des picable of all cowards is the slanderer. He needs to wrap about him the investiture of night before he can essay his demon-like work. Not unfre quently, under the sacred name of friendship, does he covertly aim a blow at the virtue and purity which stamp him by comparison with his. villainy. He does not take the responsibility of open opposition : but must needs strike, eoward- liKe. in the dark, as the serpent bites in tbe grass. vt nen most a lricud in proiession, men is ue uivs a fiend in reality. His love is that of Iago to Othllo Ruin. 1'opo throws tbe character of the dastardly slanderer in true colors upon the can vas, when, in speaking of the method he observes in doing his work, he says of him : "He damns with faint praises, assents with civil leer. And, without sneering, teaches the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, aud yet afraid to strike, Just hints a fault aud hesitates dislike." But the real man that man who rears the su perstructure of character high enough for the world to gaze upon its noble proportions win have enemies. It cannot be otherwise. The ex cellencies and virtues which adorn his character are in themselves a silent rebuke to the ignoble and vulgar herd ; and that which cannot be imi tated will be most certainly traaucea o, mem. So it has been all along the history of the .ages and so it is now. These human cormorants fol low in the wake of manly excellence and virtuous merit. "As ravenous fishes do a vessel follow That is new trimmed ; but benefit No farther than vainly longing." J. M. JOHNS. THEIR RECORD, . From the Salem Statesman of the 13th instant, we get GROVER S CHINESE RECORD : Grover having denied at Portland, in his publie discussion, that any negotia tions had been had for the employment of Chinese in the Salem factory, and pro nounced the charge made by Uov. Woods a false, the 9reog7?uiMxf'yesterday (12th), says : I he statement is no " slander, nor was it originated by the Oregonian. We made the statement in the first place on the authority of the managers of the lac tory at Oregon City, who, from the na ture of their business are likely to know. And secondly, we called upon the agent of the Chinese companies in this city, wl o states that propositions have been made by the Salem factory company to the Chinese, with a view ot introducing this class ef labor in their establishment. The Chinese consulted their agent about the matter, and expressed a disinclination to go, through fear of receiving violent treatment from mobs at Salem. . During the discussion at Oregon City, ' Wednesday evening, Gov. Woods repeat ed the charge, and called on Mr. Jacobs, of Oregon City Mills, who rose and said: " I have never addressed an audience of this size on political subjects,- but as I have been called on to state what I know about the matter in question, I will sim ply state that some time ago I had a con versation with Mr. Doland, Democratic Treasurer of Multnomah county, and at that time agent for the Chinese, in which Doland told me that Mr. Grovcf had written him a letter that he wanted to negotiate for Chinese labor for the Wool en Mills at Salem, but that he would delay a final arrangement of the matter until he could see how that kind of labor would work in the mills at Oregon City." Mr. J:icobs avowed himself willing to make oath to theso statements. Mr. W. C. Johnson also arose and stated that Mr. Doland told him the same thing. We are informed that Mr. Grover did not find it convenient to, take any notice of these statements. Of course Grover had a right to talk of hiring Chinese and to hire them, and to work them when hired, but then why need he go and deny it so fiercely. The President has nominated N. 6 Store to be postmaster for San Francisco. To fully aud completely establish the fact that the manufacturing company of Salem, in which Mr. Grover is the main pillar, have been negotiating for Chinese labor, we publish the following affidavits. taken from the Oreyonian of May 14th : State of Oregon, ) M - Clackamas County, j I, It. Jacob, dosolctrnly swear that some time in the fall of 18G8, and at several times, I had conversations with W. P. Doland, acting agent of tho Chinese in Portland I was managing agent of the Oregon City Woolen Mills. Air. Doland was extremely anxious to have me take Chinamen in the mill at Oregon City. Among other things he stated in the fall of 1868, in his office over Randall's store, in Portland, that the Salem mill was about to employ Chinese; that he had just re ceived a letter from Mr. Grover, the agent. of the Salem mills, proposing to take Chinese ; that they were waiting for roe to do the same, and then they would go in.. Mr. Grover he said was only waiting to see the result here, and then would take them. (Signed,) R.JACOB. Subscribed and sworn to before me May 13th, 1870. F. O. McCown, Notary Public. mills, is a question I am unable to an swer. W. C. JOHNSON. Subscribed and sworn to before me, May 13 th, 1870. F. O. McCowK, Notary Public, in and for Oregon. From the Statesman of the 13th inst., we get a full expose of SCnOOL FUND TRANSACTIONS SHOWING WHO SWINDLED TnE FUND. We give below the names of the only two men who have ever swindled the school or university fund by payment of depreciated currency in place of coin bor rowed. ' - B. F. BON HAM, the candidate on the Democratic ticket for J udge of the Third Judicial District, having borrowed coin, on the 27th of Marcb, 1865, paid the County Treasurer $540, and on the same day' paid the Slate Treasurer, $378, both amounts be ing raid dollar for dollar in currency worm about tico-tiirat a the tnnnrtf-our. rowed. These figures are taken from the public records and will not be denied. BEX. HAYDEN, the apostle of Democracy in Polk and Democratic candidate for Legislature, offers the following interesting record: The commissioners of the University Fund, as any one can learn by applying to the agent of the board have Ben. Hay den's note, dated Nov. 13,1861, for $164 at that time all transactions were on a coin basis secured by a mortgage on ." river lot No. 2, section 1, N. E. quarter of N. E. quarter, T. 8 south, R 4 W," in Polk county. The only payment on this note is dated April 5, 1867, (at which time currency was worth only 70 cents), and I. R. Moores, agent of the Board, has certified on the back of the note that on that day Ben. llaydcn paid him $200 currency. He owed the University Fund $200 coin and paid currency worth 70 cents on the dollar. RECORD OF AN HOD EST MAN JOSEPH O. WILSON, Republican Candidate r Congress, gave his note to the University Fund Commissiotfers.Oct. 12th, 1858, fjrS180, with interest at 15 per cent, per annum. The interest was paid up at that rate un til Oct. 12th, 1861, at which time the then State Treasurer, Hon. J. D. Boon, employed his legal services to forclose a mortgage given the Fund by J. E. Par rot and wife, for $1,200 for which servi ces he was to icceivc $50, the same, by agreement, to be credited as a payment on his note, held by the Treasurer as above. This note was settled as follows: 00' Amouut originally borrowed $170 Interest from Oct. I2tli, 1851 to Dec. 2-'d, ISCfi, at li per cent, per annum 132 i!i Total Prin. and Int. Dec. it, i860. The House Judiciary committee have agreed on an important bill regulating the mode of determinating the ratification of an amendment to the Federal Consti tution1, based on one introduced by Bing ham.- The first section makes it the duty of the State Executive to forward certifl- - cates of the ratification to the State De partment, where they shall be on file ; the second declares that after the certificate' of ratification has been given it shall be unlawful for any State officer to certify to any repeal, nuless Congress shall hate; proposed to repeal j and if such, certificate of repeal is received1 tho State Depart ment shall make no account of the same, but it shall be void and of ho effect ; thd third section declares that after thre fotlrths of the" .States havo ratified ny amendment, 'persons o attempting to re peal, either by Color of State law or .by " ordinance, shall -be deemed guilty. of misdemeanor, arid on Conviction be sub-1 ject to imprisonment. . . ' " Terrible Railroad Accident. A St. Lbdis (Mof.) dispatch of the 13th says that a train bearing the dead from the collision at Eureks yesterday, ar rived this morning. The inquest was held: The accident was a terrible one. The engines came together with such Te locity as to smash them both to audi' tinguishable fragments. The tender and baggage car, with two forward passenger cars, were absolutely splintered." Thef engineer of passenger train saw the smoke stack of the freight locomotive as it was coming around the curve, and whistled down the brake, which order was prompts ly obeyed, and the brakes of the passen ger train were tight when the engines came together. . " ' The Indians are again at their devlish work in Dakota. In one family the mother had been killed arid the daughter,' thirteen years of age, carried off, the fath er making his escape: The excitement was so great that it was feared the coun try would, be entirely depopulated. : A fight occurred between Sheridan's troops and the red devils, in which the latter were badly worsted, and a large amount of stolen stock recovered. .$302 45 S3. California Crop Prospects. San Francisco, May 9th, 1870. -Editor Reoisteb : Dear Sir I avail myself of the opportunity of penning you a few lines in regard to the crop prospects of this State, which I trust you will give a place in your paper, as it is no more than right that the farmers in your part ef the vailey should have the benefit of the grain market if, there is any prospects of an advance in prices. It is now a well settled fact that we will not have more tnan half a crop of grain in this State. Should we not have any more rain, say inside of eight days, we may not have more than one-third of a crop. Your farmers will do well to hold all their oats till, say about the 18th of July, when they will be able to realize much better prices than they can obtain at this time. All kinds of feed grain will rule higher for the next twejve months to come. Very truly yours, II. J. A. " The burden of Federal taxes " con tinues to-be one ef many fruitlul themes with the Democratic press of Oregon. But they, never give the Government credit for expending five dollars in Ore gon for tbe benefit of the people for eve ry one dollar il lakes from, them in. taxes. State of Oreoon, ) Clackamas County, f I, L. E. Pratt, being firftt duly sworn say : That while I was agent of the O. C. M. F. Co., in the winter of 1865-66, W. P. Doland, the thenacting agent ofl the Chinese in the city of Portland, called me into his place of business (Randall's) in Portland, and proposed to furnish Chinese laborers for the Oregon City fac tory, and said at the same time he was negotiating withthe Willamette Woolen Manufacturing Company of Salem, to employ Chinese operatives in their facto ry, lie turtner saia, in substance, that we (i. e. the O. C. M. F. Co.) would have to employ them to compete with the Salem Company. (Signed,) L. E, PRATT. -Subscribed and sworn to before me, on the 13th day of May, A. D. 1870. . F. O. McCown, Notary Public, in and for Oregon. State of Oregon, ri..i. r r S3. I. W. C. Johnson, do solemnly, swear that for two or more years before May, 1868, 1 was one of the Directors of the Oregon City Woolen Manufacturing Company ; that Mr. W. P. Doland, then acving agent of the Chinese in Portland, ascertained from some source, thai" I was opposed to the employment of Chinese in said Uregon City mill at that time , that several times while I was such Di rector, Mr. Doland called me into Ran dall's Music Store, where he was staying, to endeavor to change my mind on the subject. In. theso conversations he stat ed to me more than once that tho Salem mills were proposing to take Chinese op eratives, and that we must do so, or they would run us out of the maiket, by mak ing goods eheaper than we could. He further stated jhat these two companies were afraid of eath other upon this, mat ter of employing Chinese, but that they could and ought to agree to' both put them in at the same time, and that the Salem Directors and agents were ready for such arrangement. Whether or not Mr. Doland in his anx iety to secure employment for his clients, misrepresented the maoagcrsof Ike-Salon CREDIT. i By legal services in 1861 $ SO" ; By coin paid Dec. 22, 18G6.. 100 Bv currency paid Dec. 22d,...;. "'66, $200 at T6ie.....M 151 50 $302 50 We call attention to' the fact' that Judge Wilson paid 15 per cent, interest at the same time Ilayded and Bonham were only paying 10 per cent., and that he paid full inteiest from Oct., 1861, to Dec. 22d, 1866, on the $50, which should have been credited at the tiuic. He overpaid the interest $37 50. He paid more interest than he ought, and his case offers a proper opportunity for " equitabLft-adjustment." The account should have been settled thus : Oct.12,1861 ,Princ!pal(Tn tcrost being paid)$l 1 0 CO Cb. By legal services '01 "50 00 Amount at interest,.. S120 00 Interest to Dec. 22d, 18G6 5 years 2 months and 10 days at 15 per cent 93 05 Amount justly due .......$213 05 Paid coin $100 currency, - 2C0 Leaving an actual cash balance due Judge Wilson, in coin, after payment of note and interest or, . The new Constitution of Illinois was I signed on the 12th by all the members ut nve ol tne convention wnicn iramcu it, and will be submitted to a vote of the people on the last Saturday (30th) of July hext. An- address to the people has been issued setting forth the prominent features of the Constitution.- The press f Chicago generally commend the new Instrument;. Their Homestead Policy. It is edifying to find the Democratio press contending that the public lands should bo reserved wholly for homesteads for the people, and that none of them should be given for the construction of railways. That party comes up in an entirely new character, when it appears as the champion of homesteads. It always re fused to pass a homestead law ' while it had power. " It was not until ilay, 1862, when the Republican party was in the ascendant, that the bill to grant home steads to settlers passed. Then every Democrat in the Senate save oe Toted against it, and every Senator identified with the Republican party voted for it. Senator Stark of this State voted square ly against it: Senator Nesmith dodged the nuestion. An examination of the Conaressional Globe for tbe second ses sion of tho Thirty-Seventh Congress, Par Third, page 1951, discloses these significant facts. In February precediug the passage of the bill in the senate it was betore the House. The only opposition it met was from the Democratic side. Among those voting nay, when the bill was put on its passage, was Ueorge is., fehiel, the l)em ocratio Representative from Oregon. A Democratio Representative from a State whose citizens bad each been given i souare mile of land by the General Gov eminent voted against a homestead act designed to secure to actual settlers the benefits of a home upon the public dot- main'. From this it will be seen that Oregon, then represented wholly by Dera ocrats, gave no rote lor the measure which the Democratio press hero now professes srymuch to admire. The record ot tbe party on tnis subject is not such as to inspire the country with much cbn fidence in its present professions-. Ore ffomatt. . 1 .. .. A Portland club has the followng que-' iiga - proposes ior discussion : tteq big. maw ache harder than- a little man Before the House Committee on Appro-1 priations, Maj. Powell has moved the ap propriation ot $15,000,000 lor the survey of the canyons of the Colorado river: Dead. Theo. Clay, son Of - HWry Clay, who for nearly fifty years has been da ibthftte of the Lexincton lunatic asy- turn, is dead. .4. It is announced that the Varioloid has broken out among the inmates of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Jacksonville, . Illinois. ' DiALoabE oSt Newspapeb'S. How docs it happen, neighbor B., that your children have made so ranch greater progress in learning and knowledge of the world, than mine ? They all attend the same school, and for what I know, enjoy equal advantages. : : Do you take the the newspapers. neighbor A ? 1 No, sir. I do not taker thfcm myself: I ' sometimes borrow one, just to read. Pray wbat have newspapers ' to dd with the education of children? " . Wby, sir, they have' a vast deal lot do- with it, I assure you. I should is soon think of keeping them froni School, as to wtturia iron mem tne newspaper, ll is a little school ia itself. Being new 1 every week it attrac s their attention. ' and they are sure to pertise it. Thus . while they are storm's their mind With useful knowledge, tbey are at the same time acquiring tbe art or read rag. I Rave often been surprised that men of rmderstanding should overlook tho im portance of a newspaper ifl a family. . in truth, neighbor IS.: 1 frequently think that I should like thenr,- but I can not afford the expense. i;au't afford the expense? What, let me ask, is the value of two or three. dollars a year, in comparison with the pleasures and advantages to be derived from a well conducted newspaper? As poor as I am, I would not for fifty-dollars a year deprive myself or tbe happiness l now enjoy of reading Mdf hearing my children read and talk about what they have read in the newspapers. And then, tne rejection' that they aro growing up useful and intelligent members of society. Oh, don't mention the expense pay it in advance every year,- and your will think po more of it. The hair-dresser of the Kiflprcss re ceives fifty thousand francs a year, salary, besides perquisites. As the Empress- getting a Rule bald, & though! that cuttitfg her hair might sate it; and con sequently the iottRhtelaine braids are Coin out of fashion, and the hair will bo worn short and curled eloeg to the head, like a uian'sr. - f J I. s.--. sBf.