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RKAT t'OSTKST ON PASSAfiE Oi' vvjbisrssoi: uumioao hull. Eudof ths Railroad Con lrov:?rsy Ore "-on Politics Democratic Itepudiatiou Plat torin. disgraceful to tUe State, danger ous to all public interests, aud damaiue to the Credit of our Hallioad Uonds, etc. "WASstxcTos Cjtv, D. C, April 2P, TO. EDtTOa Oregoni an : Oregon ia ahead. The West bido Railroad Dill to-day psed both Houses f Congress, tbo first an 1 ot.ly land grant bill passed this session, or likely to for several months. At the pioncor of the land grant fitrhl and repre sentative of tho land grant policy, it deserves more-than a paxsing notice. : For nine Io g wedks wc have labored to reach a vote on t'10 mea.-nre la the House, and the success with which wo have been held back by tho enemies of land grant, aows their strength. But the accumulating -forces to-day bore down nil oppe-dtion and reach - j lat oiu on the ihlc. rlolman, Jlomocrat ft Indiana, had tho floor, and with Fernando propnso to pay any aiorc interest, and therefora like the bankrupt trader, they would have the na tion pay down oe-hali, and call it square. Tudo that, wo mustraiac in cah; about' thirteen hun dred millions, auJ to withdraw which immensa enm from tho circulating medium of tho world, and concentrate it in one place, -would of itself produce a financial crash throughout Europe and America. The 't reasury has generally a1 out one hnudrud millions available, and would therefore have to borrow nearly tho whole of this vat .I'D on ut. How would you bcrrow? Give your nte give coir bond, bearing interest, because the Government could not get it in any other way without continuation. Where would you borrow ? li'Toaro vonr bondholders in ri spons; to your cull; from the four quarters or the globe and the very ends of the ea::b widows and orphans, life insurance, annuity and trust funds oT every de scription, answering t your Democratic " adjust ment," aud ready to accept your fifty per cent, and go home and reflect on the gratitude of Re publics. But yon have no money, and then sirs, whm von ass ior it, in cxchaiifje for new bands, Wood, used an their hour in set speeches, riolat- ! or in an;.' other way, you will be told amid the ins their agreement to let Mr. Smith have time to j gibe?, gc.T, contempt aud eieercation of all man explain the bill, liy arrangcnieit. Fiteh of Xe- j kind, that you hare repudiated yonrconfrner, you ada, was to miko tho leading speech in favor of j have dishonored your own papor, aud if you will the land grant poli y. which he did eloquently i do that once, you will again, and you can have no and ably, speaking forty minutes. The floor was j money, except on a gambling speculation ten then given first to AicCornmk, Democrat ot .110., ca?its on tne uoii.-ir lor your new bonds : and to iiwc mil pej ram. ui me present. It WOUld COet the governmental? or ten timet what we bow owe. And the same depreciation of 'tho bonds, and mul tiplication of the present would occur if the Gov ernment offered to replace fitly per cent, cr any other amouut les than par, of the present bonds, with new bonds, or any other form of pretended payment. Dots any one doubt sneh a result? If so, let hiin repudiate filly per ccut. of his own notJ, and ee how much credit ho will gain by it. that Lithe inevitablo result of tho Democratic "adjustment" scheme, and no man can diprore it. ACTUAL ItErCDIATIOX. Now for tho repudiation part ol it. Tho bonds of tho United States were sold by its fiscal agent. Jay Cooke, who disposed of them to banks, bank ers, trustee!", corporators, and private individuals of every rank and station, and received fur them trom tiinety-five per cent to par which was paid into the Treasurv. Tho Lrauac tion between i.ir. Cooke ami the purchasers of bonds was a straight forward business transac tion, just as he it) now selling North Pacific Kail- road bonds, iu which a lair price was paid for the bonds, and no man can now dispute it. Since tho original transaction most ot tho bonds have changed bauds at from 87 to 3d in gold, aud I- l question it oue-lourth of theut are now held by original purchasers, and the fourth is made up of trust fund for charitable and benevolent socie ties, and willows and orphans, whom t- despoil of their incomes, honestly accruing, would be no less a crime tnan to steal the bread of charity from the hands of orphan children. To summon for three minutes, to slato the position of the Land . Committee in favor of tho biil ; then tea minutes to Sin lib. to answer questions. It being near five o'clock when Smith gut tha fl "or, and tho House becoming impatient, although by general consent be was authorized to take his owu time to explain, yet feeling the great importance of reaching a vn!1 before an adjournment, which would have defeat ed us, he called the previous question. Speaker ttlaiue rapidly pressed tho vote, first by acclama tion, then by "division," thou by " tellers," and finally by the ayes and noes, and when it was fi nally apparent that wj had the House, then com menced the sidc-Rghls. Greater excitement bad never been seen on the fl-or before and nt words f mine can portray tho intense feeling of nearly two hundred members, all talkin r, mo5t of them on thoir feet, aud many in hot blood. The irre pressible Ingersoli was pitching into Saai Cos M?ck was pitching int Trimble, hi colleague; Wilson, of Minnesota, was firing awav allloluiau; fcmith, of Iowa, was tearing away at Hawlev, of Illioors (both members of the Laud Committee); Mayunrd was gesticulating mildlv at tho whole Dcmofcratic side ; Sargent was firing away nt all the opposition generally; and Hoot, of Arkansas, was rallying his Southern friouds; while Eldridge, of Wisconsin, with oaths both loud and deep, and clenched fist, was denouncing his Democratic frien.lis as miserable faotionists." It was plain that tho Mest Sido bill was not on trial, but tha two b un ited "other Land Grant bills donating one hun dred millions of acres, for twenty thousand miles of railroad, and looking to the investment of a less in Congress, but would bean actual damage to prospects for further aid to railroad and other improvements, and they could, serve the State best by staying at home. You. propose to with draw Ore.on from all snpport and sympathy from all tlie rest of the nation. Then what can we do ? Your triumph would discredit onr rail road bonds now being negotiated here and abroad. Cap.talists would say, "if you Oregontans will re pudiate the national debt, in which we are now interested, you will swiudle us with your railroad bonus, aud I won't touch them." The State of Mississippi Is an example. They repudiated their Stato debt, and over since that day, their State and railroad bond have been the curse of the stock market. Better for Oregon that universal blight should blast our nest crop, yea. that plague and pestilence should visit us, than we should be disgraced and damaged by a ver dict for repudiation and dishonors I had intended to say something of tho Demo cratic oppo-rttipc to bur railroad interests ; but this letter is already too long, aud it must be en tirely unnecessary, since the Oregon Democratic platform is plainly adverse to asking for Govern ment aid. Friends to railroad improvements ought to know that a Democratic victory is tho end of further aid to our proposed roads, and ei ther vote against the Democracy or stay at home. I know it is a bitter dose to ask Democrats to stand by and consent to a victory for their old op ponents j but remember that a victory for Fay fc Co. is not the triumph of your party, but a mere faction of it. You that ara not politicians and never expect to be, have something at stake in Oregon, aud you ought not to let desig: iag dem agogues ami professional offico seekers, so use your political prejudices and party associations, as to make you their tool to do tho State an irro parable injury. And as we have ofteu to choose the least of two evils, so may you not well reason this case, and taking that which may appear to you thz lesser evil (although to me, tho positively right) U it not bettor for you, for tho State, and for all, that men be sent to Congress who can command tho support of the Government, nnd thus secure untold blossings for our new State, now struggling for its railroad and river improve ments, its survey, lighthouses and commrece? li this not. better than ti t.-t am.-H r;. t-.- currency, , . o n.iw.l nut 1,,.1, , t.: run you 10 a political netl, and tho State to ruin? Republicans can need no urging to work iu tho no.t canvass, tt'itu on unexccptionally good ticket, and a platform pledged to the honor, just ice and progress of the eountry, we ought to tri umphantly elect every man. " Very respectfully, J. GASTOX. V. S. Official Paper for Oregon. vole, had nreninitAtml 1! tV.;- r..Z ..i (;- 1 " iheso bondholders now to take fifty per cent the contest. But tha battle was brier under the ' '"r tbMr ,bo!u1 would bo m-W repudiation of opcrationsof the prcviousquestion. and thoSpeak- I ,h!l mueb ol ao boncs:l.v contracted debt, and no ' er soon ann.-mn.l ,K Cn.i -.,.,, ot r... ,1,. t;n i amount of theory can make anything else out of it. and 68 aeaistt it. That the Goverumeut was swindled oat of vast i m m 1 s-nis of money during the war. there can be no i ! doubt ; and that tho suppression of the rebellion an ltnnortant letter, written bv J. (J aston. j cost twice as much as it ought, may be readily I 11 . .1 . ... : admitted; but it was neither tho purchasers or "l-t 10 lne Urrjonjan, WU1CU every TO- j tne Holders ot these bond who did the swindling. , or increased the cost of the war. Tho swindling SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1870. Read It. We publish this uiorniDg SESATJB WILLIAMS. Io this letter I desire to say a. wnrd personal of Senator Williams. No matter what may have bceu heretofore said, justice re juires me to say that he bat labored faithfully for the interests of Oregon on this question. Senator Williams has. occupied very difficult and embarrassing position ; and in he boat of this railroad controversy, aud under the iressure of thopacuniary interests of tho men en paged in these railroads, hH motives have not gono unquestioned. A different f-eliug or state tf affairs conld not have been expected. But now that tha battle is over, and both enterprises are fairly successful, mainly by his labors, we should not hesitate to do bim full and complete justice. - For myself, I am now entirely satisfied that bo has acted conscientiously in the matter, and to the best of bis judgment and ability ; and although we did not agree as to what was right and best ior West Side interests, yet his proposition is doubt less the bost thing we could secure under the cir cumstances. Many persons in Oregon think it a very easy job to secure a railroad laud grant. It is tbi yery reverse. It is tho most diSienlt piece -oJesi3ltioti in Congress : and anything lass -.than the most careful management, and untiring efforts, will result in failure. To such manage ment, and to such efforts, Senator Wiliioms smier- ter iu the county should read. The wri- was done by parties who always gain by war j ter while at the eapital of the nation was j ill a position to see how terrible would be j the resuk to the State should the party j of renudiation be victorious. and who received from the Treasury tho money honestly and patriotically paid in by the people wno won ino Donas Ior their casa, in order to save tho nation from total destruction; while the increased cost of the war, if I mistake not, resulted from the action of Northern Democrats, who went aronud howling, "you can't whip "cm," thus, en couraging the rebels to prolong a bloody and hopeless contest. And such is the cafe in all civil wars. Ihey.cost more than wars uf conquest. j.1 is impossioie now 10 reaen tne swini.tinsr con tractors and punish them f..r their crimes ; but it bed-rockers claim that it means repudia is some satisfaction that tho law roouires seces.-ion j .- 1 r - r . sympathizing Democrats to pay their Share of a tlOU anP'HCr taction affirm that it debt th5V h.-ind tn nil,. PATIXO Tas DOSDS. I knOW It Will h4 flM rht Mm Ji.1,.?.r n-Ao n cha?cd with greenbacks worth only fifty cents on j 'Undemocratic and absurd." too dollar, that may btj true, and vet itdoM not It is truly diverting to see the turn- ing and quibbling of the Democracy over i the '-vital Stlt resolution." "While the means payment of the debt iu full, and tho promulgation of any other mcanino' is eUect either the legal or equitable obligation of the nation to pay the bond asjt stands. The cur rency was depreciated by the enemies of the coun- added all his political influence (afcd I tell you I try, not by its friends. Depreciation was a that is a power bore) and hi deserves wcil of our people without distinction of party. It is an un usual thing for a Senator to leave his seat in the Senate, and go into the IIousj as lobbyist; but Senator Williams did that kind of work (and so did Mr. Corbet!) ; and had it not been for such T . - j !.,. i , i i , ., , .. --uw., vuu um H juu uaie uiuij i.y tee ears untu 7nT. 1 1. . : : . , j kiuw-".( never reaei.ei a nearmg. in stead of being, as it is, the ji,-t and o,!y land grant bill yet paasad at this session. -. iutiier cn'Icd. I trust I have said enough on this subject ; but not more than eandar and justice demanded. And I also sincerely hope this railroad contest between the East and West Side may now have an eud. It bas been productive of evil, and evil only, al though the contest itself was unavoidable after the organization of the Salem Company. With the disincorporate of the East Side O-egon Central, all incentive for West Side opposition to the East Side enterprise was removed, and has ceased in r . . t i Arrangements have been made here, which, if properly encouraged by the people on the line of tie read, wiil secaro tho early completion of the West Side road. And I may also state that the Xorth Pacific Road, to the interests of which Senator Corbett has devoted his effort? this ses sion, is no w a certainty . , OIICCOS rOLITIC3. As there seems to be a necessity for everv man to speak out for tho right ot this time, yoa must ' excuse a few worda on the political situation in Oregon. I have carefully read the proceedings and platform of tho lato Democratic State Con vention in Oregon, and most confess to both sur prise and astonishment at the depth of ibo " pit " it was necessary to sink iu order to reach tho -" Eed Rock." It is dangerously low down, and if -there is any other place lower it is certainly not to be reached through a political convention. What do the Democratic leaders in Oregon mean? Their so-called platform has been repudiated bv ninety nine hundredths of their party in tho nation, and ite only representative among the seventy-eiht : Democrats in Congress, ia the notorious Mangen. . To strip the Albany platform of the giitteriuo and senseless generalities and bungling verbiage with which it is beclouded, it resolves itself into just two propositions. First, The civil and politi cal dtRrntnKll,mAiil and i ha !n.i;....t l . . f- - , u-w,v uiuiiwtcu,iait)u;ii of the enfranchised colored people. Second, The repudiation of the national bonds. All ever tbo Northern States, and in most of the South, tho sensible leaders of the Democracy - are accepting the situation in good laith and treating the colored people, before the law, as the Constitution treats them ; and it is a matter for deep regret that the free State of Oregon. . should now produce a political Convention that s:is up a nowt tor the restoration of the good old days when demoralized fathers could sell their own dang biers into ulaverv and nrostitutinn. ni when the slave driver, with his bloody insisnia of , i. - t-. u -.i i i . , r . . . imju umuuiiijt iron, couiu crv ftis nrr- viu irate nnuer tne snadow or the nation's capital and flout bis ernel flag in the face of the Goddess of Justice. . Thomas A. Uendrieks of Indiana, cer tainly the ablest and wisest of the Democratic statesmen, came out in a publio speech a few davs " ' fi -J W UiUlfl WllH eUl Cltl- Vlf' ),?ure to the D-oes the legal and equi table fulfillmsntof the 14th and 13 h amendmeuta, an his position is genera ly appr.ved by the Democratic press ,- while the Democratio Legisla ture of Maryland is making haste to provide eaual educational advantages to colored children. If there anything secure.! by, "assurance made doable .are," it the civil and political rights of e negroes t and it is only the " knawing of a fight againat it now. -Revolutions never go backward and this legislation for the black man cannot be undone. " No ! as well the tall i -And pillared Alleghany fall As well Ohio' finnl frtu . .' " Jtoll backward on its mighty track." .JJJ" robel " pirif which would attempt U undo the political resulu of the war to crush the rebellion, would refuse to pay the ex pense of the war. But we ought to expect a little common esse, a little " method in their madness" cal matter of dollars and cents. But if these Democratic leaders can explain their "equitable adjustment" theory to any audience of Oregon oters, without either proving themselves to be fools, or, that they have measured their hearers a such, then they are entitled to a point. "That to relieve the eountry and to restore prosperity we favor an equitable adjustment of tie bonded debt of tbo United States ;" and it is quite plain, says Mr. Humason, that don't a repudiation But it doer, for oil that, and now "let us anaiyie it. To carry out this Democratic adjustment, Congress most needs pass a law, declaring that w owe but fifty per cent, of the bonds, (as that if -the amount which I presume is deducible from the words, "i i cress ;d mere than two fo!d," used ia tha Sams section of, the platform with the ad justment e'ause;) and calling on the bondholders so come forward, and bo severally adjusted, and take their mon jr. The Democratic l-adcr don't nition of the enemy, as much as powder and shot, Aa an evidence of the chagrin and disappoiajment felt at the effort of their standard bearer, Mr. Slater, on Saturday and what was worse, it w.is used by the enemies ' last.thtj Democracy, assoon as the speakin" ia our midst. The purchr.seis of bon is had everv i . . . . .. ( incentive to appreciate the currenev aud ho'd it ul03cj ruslied pell-mell out of the house, ,?"!i"alar '"A"? ree?Wka went t leaving him, in his exhausted condition: to w , J Who is Authority? The Jl Democrat says tho 8th resolution does not mean repudiation, and abuses all of iU cotemporaries who claim that it does mean repudiation. Jas. D. Fay claimed that the resolution, he Loins tn author, did mean simple, pure and unadulterated repudiation; and still asserting that re pudiation is the dividing line between the Democratic and Republican parties,ho has been nominated for the State Senate by his fellow-citizens of Jackson county, thu3 receiving their endorsement. In deciding th meaning of the Sth resolu tion, who shall we take for authority, the man who wrote it, or the unsuccessful candidate before tho Convention for a State office'? Fay said before the Con vention, and he still asserts, that "equit able adjustment" means repudiation, and his people have not condemned but re warded him. Yvre not only have tho au thority of Mr. Fay, the author of the res olution, for saying that "equitable adjust ment" fcieans repudiation, but we have the assertion of every honest Democratic leader in the State to the same effect. Is the Democrat tryiDg to disorganize and break up tle party ? . , , The greenback charge against Judge Wilsou is a sample .of the " electioneer ing dodges" used by the Democracy during the present canvass. In every instance these charges have been proven utterly false and without even, color of truth. It constitutes the sole and only weapon used by Uicm to dtfeat the nom inees of the Republican party. The qual ifications of our candidates are undisput ed, the truth of the principles advocated by them eanuot be successfully combattnd, therefore are they compelled to resort to slander and downright falsehoods against their characters to prejudice the voters of Oregon against them. Do the voters of Oregon approve of such means to blacken the character of good citizens aud divert their atteution from the true issues of the canvass? No; and the election of the entire Republican ticket in June will put the seal of condemnation on such meanness. Cyrus Y. Field has been before tire Foreign and Land Committees of Con gress, advocating the China Cable enter prise. It is warmly endorsed by prominent Government officials and members of the U. S. Senate and House of Congress. The cable as proposed will run to the Sandwich Islands, Midway Island, Yoko hama and Shanghai, the total length, al lowing 20 per ceat. for slack, being 11,121 miles. News from Exchanges. A man whose name we could not learn, says the Jacksonville Sentinel, a miner, had his legs broken, and was otherwise, seriously injured, by a bank caving in on him, while mining in Josephine county, last Wednesday, 11th inst. Accidents of this class are getting alarmingly ftequent, and seem to indicate a want of duo cau tion among our miners. The annual meeting of the Christian Brotherhood of this State will transpire on the 16th of June, at their place" of meeting on the Rickrealjn Polk count'. The meeting will coutinue over two Sab baths. The Baptists arc iuvited to send messengers to share in tho deliberations and take part in the exercises of the meeting. The ratio for such messengers is one for every twenty-five members sending. The Oreyonian states that articles of incorporation have been filed by a compa ny proposing to bridge the Willamette at Portland. The capital stock is put down at 6200,000 dollars, in shares of 100 each. The Statesman gives the following de scription of the new hotel building, Com mercial Hotel, now in process of con struction in Salem : The basement con tains one large saloon, two cellars and a barber shop. The ground floor has two fine stores corresponding to the cellars, a shop or office over the barber shop, and the dining room, office and kitchen. The upper stories are arranged in the best possible manner to combine comfort and convenience; there are 27 suits of parlor and bed rooms, besides the public parlors and a great number of single and double bed rooms. Everything is laid down on paper aa it i3 to be built, and it is evident that this is really to be a first class housel The paper above quoted says the road to Salmon river is to be cleared of fallen timber and put in good condition for pleasure seekers during the coming sum mer. A new and better route has been discovered to Tillamook, and messengers have gone to consult with parties there as An Auti-A loony" Party Letter. w e copy the following letter, witli the editorial comments thereon, from the Portland Commercial of the 14th : Tho letter copied below was enclosed to us for publication by Mr. James M. Johns, of Scio, Lian county,i whom we personally know to be au active party man, and also one of the most influential gentlemen "in that strong Democratic county. Here is his letter : Scio, May 9th, 1870. Editor Commercial : It has been a long time since I sent you anything for publication, but as I have been carefully scanning the political field I am some what amused to see the dodges made by political aspirants and their friends. For instance, when the Albany Convention met, the Democrats of our part of the State in " Old Liun " were almost unan imously in favor of Repudiation, and ex pected to incorporate a plank of that kind in their platform; but the "Bloated Bondholdinjr, Democrats " eaid " nay you will defeat the party; you must change the Sth resolution ; you may couch it in language to mean auything or nothing; but we who expect to be nominated must have a platfurm.as near like one the Re publicans will make as possible, because we are not half so much interested in the borjd question as we arc in securing our owu election." Now, 'I take the position that the masof the Democratic party are in favor of Repudiation, but we have bondholders and aristocrats in the Dem ocratic, as weii as in the Republican par ty, and that class of men generally man age (whether by free use of their cupoiis or not,. I don't know,) to get nominated for the most important offices, and, when elected, work in harmony with the " Bloa'ed Bondholder" of the Republican party that we hear so much about. Now I take this position, and the masses of the Democratic party will hold me out in it: that whenever you take the Repudi ation question out of the party, the non bondholding classes of the Democracy have nothing to contend for, yet, part of the Democratic press of the Stato are contending and trying to prove that the Democracy are in favor of paying the bonded debt of the Uniied States. Tl.e Albany Democrat says (and what it says is copied in the Press at Salem,) " that every man of intelligence knows that the bond question cuts but an insignificant figure in the political campaign aud just as surely as the people of this State i-thin" A friendly separation has bceu effected j between ex-Queen Isabella and her hus- down, the government weiit down, and i else calculated to secure the i,:ves;mut in bonds. ; find his way to the hotel as best he could, j band, Don Francisco bv which the Don the bonds wore oflkred to the public to ever - i ri t - . TT ' J body not to the few. It was a fair open contract i Uu ,eavlnS thc Court House, poor Slater gats 840,009 a year, tied up tiaht, and ti-r. , c,8'T,crnm-,t T ,Kl'u'a':srei bJ cn" i looked so heart sick and forsaken that we eimes on land and sea, at home an I abroad, and in our own councils ; and there was irreat ri.-k in advancing any money on its bonds. Those who did buy bonds ran the risk, nnd showed their con fidence aud patriotism, and aided the government to put down its cn?mies. Fay, Grover & Co. cer tainly did not aid in that w.-. They weroof the party rbo declared, 'you can't whip '. m," or like tho bed-rocker of Polk, aided the rebtls bv de claring "a cord of greenbacks not worth a whoop in hell ;" and it is not their province now to dis pute tbo bonds sold to the nation's friends in open market, unless they will first go over squarely and range themselves under tho banner of Jefferson Daris. It was by reason of this very raonev, ad vanced by the bondholder, that the rebellion was crushed, peace restored, and the .currency and bonds brought nearly up to the gold standard. The bondholders thus honcsrlv mada monnv I,v their risk, but because they made money you can't tura rounu on mcui ana roo tneasv- AS AltGCKEXT FOB 0BEG0SIA5S, Many years ago this same government passed a law contracting to give every family six hun dred and forty acres of land in Oregon if they would go there aud settle on it. Many thousands of hardy pioneers from tho Western States came to Oregon, and closed the contract with the Gov ernment. They took SJme rUk of Indians, etc.. but now tbey all have fortunes in their lands and beautilul homes, what think yeu, Orcon farmers, ot a political party which would now say, mat tiecauso we, who came to Oregon at a later day, can only get one-fourth as much land as you ai l, and that in the mountains and brush therefore we favor an "equitable adjustment?' of vue lauu esiar.es in uregon, so tnat you old Dona tion claimants must surrender to the rest of ns, or the public, thre-fuurtbs of your land ? There is a fairly parallel ease in every respect. The government wanted the country settled, and it of fered an inducement which involved great risk to tnose who accepted it. But like the purchaser of me oonu, a rcwara was coupled with the risk ; it i uir contract, anu inose wno availed them selves of this offer, in both cases, have made money by their risk; and the government can now no more interfere with the rights of its bond holders, than it can with the rights of the Oregon Donation Land holders. There never was a more luminous proposition to rob men, than is con tained in this "equitable adjustment" repudiation scheme. Why, it is worse than the Democrats say of the present tariff on woolens ; under which the Democratio candidate for Governor made all his money. I have heard the Democrats in Con gress, day after day, denounce the operation of that tariff, as "swindling," "stealing,? "robbery." These are the words ; aud now bow would Mr. Grover like to have a law passed to "equitably adjut" him out of bis profits, honestly made by virtue of this tariff, in the manufacture of wool at Salem. How does ho like his own medicine? I cannot bcliere that the Democratic farmers of Or egon, who have received their lands- and homes from the government, and who wrfuld scorn to re pudiate their own obligations to nlara thorn ; such a iale and dishonorable to repudiate the nation's debt, and hrino- i i K i.n .... on the name of an American citizen, of which I uvuur tuey aw justly prouu. tb war o nisasTEn. But suoh a move must be disastrous in every view of the ease. Instead of "relievine the coun try and restoring prosperity," any proposition uiauo iu uugrrns, nj a party aoie to carry it oat, to enact this "equitable. . cuijuttment" swindle, would be the signal ot the most terrible and dis astrous financial crash ever witnessed in any eountry. '-- The ink would not dry on the approval of such a law, until every factory, milt and work shop, from Lowell to Oregon City, would be dos ed and their operatives idle in the streets, lour hips would rot at your wharves, your grain be come worthless, the plow stop in the furrow, your railroads stop where they are, and nine tenths of your merchants and tradera be hurried into the vortex of general ruin. The national debt is now the business capital of our home and foreign commerce, having supplanted State stocks, and it cannot be disturbed without involv ing everybody in loss and many in ruin. But the pecuniary lose would bo nothing compared ito the loes of national honor and good same. It is far easier to pay a large debt honestly than & small one dishonestly ; and it Is not only because hon esty is honor and justice itself, but it is also be cause it is cheaper, that makes it the best policy. " A CALAMITY TO OnEGOX. But I again ask, what do the Oregon Democrats -f i u 1 . triumP P" ueh a platform would be a calamity to the State. Your Repre sentative and rmnator would not only be power- reany ptucu nun. 1'oor ibiater ; poor Democrats, it seems to be a case of mis placed confidence all round. Their Record. Oa the first page of to-day'a issue we give a few facts in the past history of certain leaders in the Democratio party that place them in no enviable ligfft before the honest voters of Oregon. And while the record cf these men proves them not entitled to the con fidence of oar people, it also proves that the charges against the honesty and in tegrity of Hon. J. G. Wil-on, Republican candidate for Congress, are not only un founded, but absolutely and wilfully false. the ex-Queen keeps the balance. Gen. Canby is to succeed Geu. Crook in the command of this dooartmeiit. He is expected to start for this coast about thc first of July. The Free Traders in Congress bave been flatly snubbed. Recently, Mr. Gar field, in his speech on the tariff bill, ex tended an invitation to the seventy Dem ocratic members who talk free trade for general effect, and vote for protection to special interests near home, to declare the faith which they have tried to make the people believe was in them. Only two Democrats came to their feet, and unre servedly proclaimed themselves to be in favor of free trade. It will afford advo cates "of free trade very little consolation to know that these two champions were Cox of New York, and Mungen of Ohiol . The " bloated monopolist,", Grover Democratic candidate for Governor, not satisfied with the immense gains he has been enabled to pocket through the tariff oil foreign gooda which discriminates in favor of American manufactures, wishes to still further increase his worldly store by the employment of Chinamen. The proof that the Salem company have been negotiating for ChiGese operatives is so overwhelming, that even Grover hasn't the cheek to deny it., , And. that China men will bo employmed in the factory after the election there is not the least doubt. t . -" Note Tnis. J. Gaston, Esq., the man who has been urging, with all his power for years the interests of the "West Side Railroad, writes from Washington City that to the efforts of Senator Williams is mainly due the success pf both of the Oregon Railroads. If Senator Williams had not aeted in good faith throughout in working for the west side interests, Mr. Gaston would have been the last man in the Stato to endorse him. Read the letter. 1 . Caterpillars are stripping trees and shrubs in the Uttpqua valley. It is feared fruit trees in many localities will be en tirely destroyed. On the 14th at Ogden, Sussex county, N. J., Matties Lawrence was shot by James Havens, for improper intimacy with Hayens' wife. Can't Stand it. Elder Philip Mul key and one of his sons, John Milloirn, E. W. Rhea, and John Zumwault, among the best Democrats and most sterling men of lane county, have genre on a visit to the States eastward. They cannot, perhaps, stand on that Albany platform. We have learned that we were in error a day or so since, in stating that the rail road to start from the Central Pacific at the north bend of the Humboldt is to enter the Willamette valley ac or near Eugene City. The bill, as we are in formed by a person who has received private telegrams concerning it, provides that the road shall connect with the Or egon and California road in Rogue liver valley. This arrangement seems to have been opposed by the Central Pacific folk. and tp have been carried through in spite of their opposition. A railroad constructed on the route designated would place all parts of western and southern Oregon in direct communication with the great trans-continental trunk line. - to uniting forces and m;iking a road to 'i become imbued with the idea thatRepu diation is au issue, just as surely will the Democracy be defeated io the coming June election." If the above is true, I pity. the intelligence of the Democratic party. As to becoming imbued with the abjove idea, they knew that to take that J principle out of the party there would not be enough left to sit as judges of el ection, outside of the bondholders. These things beiug trite (and I defy successful contradiction) the only question for thc people to decide in the. coming election is: Whether wo will put a f-?w thousand dollars into the hands of men calling themselves Democrats, or give it to Re publicans ? As we must give our money to one or the other, the questions are : Who will do the taost for the interests of Oregon f Which party mill build our railroads? di our canals ? briu population to cur State ? settle and improve our lands and develop the resources of our younjr State? If the Republican party can and will do these things,' then we, as sensible men, will support that party, and if the Demo cratic party, then support that. Sensible men can redily determine which party tbey will support. Yours, truly, James M. Johns. counect with the one now- going to Sal mon river. The Bohemia mines still engage the attention of the Umpqua people." Iu several town3 in Oregon the citizens have already taken iuitiatory steps towaid celebrating the Fourth of Julv. According to a statement of the Farm er, the average rain fall of Oregon last month was les3 than either Maine, Massa chusetts cr Ohio, and but a fraction in excess of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Illinois or California. The total fall, given for Oregon is i. S3 inches. From the Reseburg Ensign we learn that purchasers uf cattle and theep have made their appearance in that seetiou, and that the Dixon brothers of North Umpqua h;id disposed of between five and six huudred head of cattle at twenty five dollars per heal. EAGXJS WOOLEN BULLS Although U is not known fur a certainty that this Factory is going to run ' this Suinmer our friend Wheeler, who has established such an enviable reputation for low prices and fair deal ing, as well as tor the excellent quality of the goods kept, has on hand a largely increased stock, which he intends to sell at the same reason able rates as heretofore. Our friends in that vicinity will do well to make a note of this. ' 28 WILLIAM DAVIDSON, , Office, No. 64. Front Street, Adjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon, Special Collector of Claims, r, Accounts, Notes, Bonds, Drafts, aud Mercan tile Claims of every description throughout Ore gon aud the Territorits, WILL BE MADE A SPECIALTY" AND PROMPTLY COLLECT ED, as well as with a due resard to economr in all business matters intrusted to his care and thc proceeds paid over punctually. i . Real Estate Dealoiv -Bept. II. tf. " Timo tests the Merits of all Things, "iai. For Tkity Tear ! PERKY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER' Has been tested in eTery variety of climate, and by almost every nation known to Americans, It is the almost constant companion and inestimable friend of tho missionary and the traveler, on sea and land, and no one should travel on our Lake or Rivers without it. It is a speedy and safe remedy for burns, cuts, scalds, bruises, wounds and various other injuries, as well as for dysentery, diarrhoea, and bowel complaints generally, and is admirably suited for every race of man on the fare of the globe. Be sure you call for and get th genuine Pain KilU-r, ns many .worthless nostrums are attempted to be sold on the great reputation of this valuable medicine. Directions accompany each bottle. Price 2octs, bUcts, and l per bottle. S M by all medicine dealers. May70-37 NEW TO-rDA Y. Ph 4 mm e s s s a 2- S - . to o u " r, S W O K. E-i r-5 ti a & o ft . CD US o c H . ks a it C : a wm M H . 05 H PI 0 H o u 3 . e : t fa 2 rt B e: mm Q U it m - o i u 1? Max Stabbed. The Sentinel says : A man by the name of "Billy" Williams stabbed a man by the name of John Tod hunter in the back, at Cottonwood, Cal., on the Sth inst. The knife went to Tod hunter 8 heart, killing him instauly. It is said that there had been an old fued between them, aud to this the terrible deed is attributed. The victim leaves a wife and children behind him. After committing the murder, Williams made his escape, and up to tho latest informa tion received from there, had not been arrested. What would you think of a citizen of Albany who accosted another resident with: "You have my note for. $100, drawn five years since, on which I have paid twelve per cent, interest annu ally. Now 1 wish to ! equitably: adjust' this matter. As I have paid you SOU in terest, on the note, the sixty dollars should be subtracted from the principal, which would leave me still 40 in your debt. Now, I am willing to pay you the $40, 'equitably' your due, and lift the note?" you would say that he was either a fool or a knave. Yet this i3 one of thc defi nitions given to the Sth resolution of tho Oregon Democratic platform. The Speaking on Thursday. We have only room to say that the discussion between Gen. Palmer and Mr. Grover, at the Court House on Thursday, was largely attended, and. the elosest atten tion paid to the remarks made on the oc casion. Gov, Woods, -who spoke in be half ef Gen. Palmer, acquitted himself in bis usual masterly manner, aa was proven by tho outbursts of applause with which his speech was reoeivod. If Grover had made no speech he would have received wore votes in Linn county next June. Up to May 7th the Idaho Democratio Convention bad balloted seventy times for candidate for Congress, bnt had come to no definite result. Thev had rnn .t u several days, and seemed to be as far from a conclusion as ever. President Grant to Visit this Coast. We copy fiom the New York Sun : Mr. George M. Pullman, of Chicago, the celebrated discoverer of sleeping cars, has just returned f rom Washington in good spirits from having succeeded in a very delicate and ditlicult negotiation. Mr. Pullman has arranged with President Grant and a select party of his" friends, including members of the Cabinet, to make a journey to the Pacific coast soon after the adjournment of Congress. The precise route by which the Presidential excursion will reach the Uuion Pacific at Omaha is not yet determined. Says the Salem Stattsman of the 18th: The Bedrock Democrat has information that three men who stole horses from the Indians were acquitted. This is a m;s ttike. They are at Major. Berry's cooi- lortaoie hotel now.- This suggests a joke. When Sheriff Thomson arrived with his five prisoners, an acquaintance asked how that affected the vote of Umatilla county. lie replied, I am sorry to say it, but they are all Democrats hut the Indian, and he was not a voter." One of the longest sentences in maga zine literature is to be found in Lippin cotl's for April, in an article. upon "Flor ida." It fills over a page of double columns and contains more than eight hundred words. The writer must have taken as a model Rufus Choate's "Eulosy on Daniel Webster," one sentence of which covers four and a half pages. An inventive genius, some three miles east of Alameda, (says the Envinal) has now' m process ot incubation seven hun dred hens' eggs, from which he expectg to realize an equal number of chickens, with the aid of artificial heat generated by an ordinary coal oil lamn. Tho in rj.j U1 - ... . t"e w vju BuciVfK. in iin air fnrht hj. , - , , .I. lit IOWA, una tne Hatching process can be easily heard by an attentive listener. A few days ago, a nico young man put a sheet around him to scare a dutchmao. The Teutonic gentleman says, "I just jump off my wagon, and vip der ghost all the time. I would vip him if he was a whole graveyard." Some one asked thoyonng man what ailed his black eye, and he said he had received bad newt from Germany. Financial and Commercial. Gold in New Yo7kll4S. Legal tenders at Portland, S7c. The Oregonian gives the following iu regard to Portland market: Wheat, white, 7o77Je; red, 7Dc. Oats, 50c. Ground feed, S25 1? ton. Bran S13. Market almost entirely destitute of green apples; eggs scarce and higher 20c ; vegetables scarce and unreasonably high. Wicat in San Francisco at SI So" to S2, as to quality. Oats steady at SI 50 1 80. Eggs, choice Oregon, 2125c $ doz. " Wheat and oats are quoted higher in this market, with a possibility of a still further increase. We quote white wheat at6570c; flour, S5 bbl ; oats, 37e; butter and eggs remain-as last quoted. The following dispatch states the mat ter somewhat differently from the way we heard it : Eugene City, May 17. Yesterday afternoon while A. M. Cornelius, sawyer of thss.place, was oiling the journals of the saw, by some mishap fell ou the saw, wnicli was still in motion, cutting. him. very badly across the shoulders and cut ting his left hand, breaking the bones of the second and fourth fingers up in the hand, which were taken off, leaving the first ai.d third all right. He is doing as well as could bo expected. Notice. Internal Revenue Income and Special Tax. rpiIE INCOME aud SPECIAL TAX. for l Linn county, as per Annual List, are now due. Notice i3 hereby given that I will be at Albany on the 27th and 28th, and at Brownsville on the Sth, days of Way, 1S70, and at Ilarris burg on tho 1st, and at Peoria on the 2d. days of June, 1870, to receive and receipt lor said taxea. W. CHAPMAN, May 21, 1670-37 Deputy Collector. J. C. MENDENIIALL, :: TV t si i- - Publio. &LBANY, OREGON. T EQAL INSTRUMENTS O" ALL KINDS Ji made and attested. lections atteuded to. Conveyances and oel- 36-"70 A dispatch from Eugene City, dated May 17th, states that : Two Germans from Illinois purchased 1 r flm--. a ,... n(,,wit fVnif t tiiltlCil nt) i UUUIJlJf lU-UMJr UUMUU VIA v""-"-"" 4 g acres of land in outplace, mountin to au some $28,000. O e of theru leaves here J overland to-morrow tor Lducago, ioriiiPir families and friend. The other remains here. Sheriff Van Buren, of Douglas county, passed here this evening for Salem, hav ing in charge three prisoners from that county. : ' . ' " . No Help Wanted. A carriage .was passiog a hut in rural New York, when t.ie driver heard' screams within as if some one was beini? murdered. Leaving his team, he ran to the hut and asked what was the matter. The wife brushed the tangled hair out of her eyes, and looking savagely at him, said: "We're bavin a little hell of our own, and we've got devils enough to run it j don't need your help." The carriage passed on. The property assessment this year of Thurston county. Washington Territory is $1,100,000, or about $150,000 more man tutu 01 last J'C;ir. BET ON THE ELECTION! Any one who wants to win can do ao by calling on O- IIILL & SON," WIIO, thankful for pa.-t patronage, still in vite tho attention of Linn county t al.t to their unequalled stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINT & VARNISH BRUSHES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, ; ALCOHOL, KEROSENE, WINDOW GLASS, . . TRUSSES, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. Amenta for Dr. D. Jay no A Pun's preparations, H. II. II. Horse Medicines, etc. Do you like medicine for its bitter or nauseat ing tacte te have that description- Io too want the effect with an aromatic' taste T After taking a few doses of our Elixir, 'twill be so vary pleasant that your prejudices ' i - . Must surely turn awry ' and the preparation t . . Will lose the name o physio, (but not the effect.) i s J t": Physicians and customers from the country may rest assured that their orders will be prompt ly attended to. Prescriptions carefully and cor rectly compounded. ; . - Have you the impolite guest called a corn T Wa , sell "Corn 81ayer," which surely does the Work, without pain. Do you desire a book ef aay kin a Gold Pen, an Album, Stationery, er suoh ? Vfl a. uriggs is wita us, fur tne accommodation, of i laioi tun ulul wim a coil. -si . w t. ,- Do you want a fine Watch, a set of J,,lr, cheap or dear ? J. D. Titus sells the same, under iue same rooi. - . Come and see us. Buy a Book. Buy a Watch. Buy a Pill Buy something or nothing,' but com and see us, anyway. A well sprinkled floor and a cool drink of -water io the summer, and a warm stove surrounded by comfortable ebairs in winter, constantly kept f'T the accommodation ef all - - Albany, May 14, '70-34 TUB . . . ' " O O Uu O . It 3 That Photograph Best, . . A B. E - ; . ", , BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, SCAR LET, M0RQ0N, and deep ORANGE, - Those that take White, or nearly ao, ara " Purple, Blue, Crimson, Pink, &c, fqd. is, 'C3-3 r ; j, , wixiEit.