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ai-j : ALBANY, OliEGON, DEC. 8, 1S70 THE OEEGOX VOTE. On the afternoon of Monday, Decem ber 4th, as previously announced, Gov ernor Grover and Secretary Chadwick, in the presence of a largo assemblage, proceeded to canvass the vote of Oregon, with the following result : For Electors -Odell received 15,20G; "YVAtts, 15,200; CarlwrigU, 15,214; Klippell, 14,136; Cronin, 14,157; Las woU, 14,149; Clark, 500; Sutherlan, 510; Curl, 507; scattering, 4. The first three electors were for Hayes and "Whee'er, the second three fur Tilclen and Hendricks, the three last for Cooper and Carey. It will bo teen from the above that the Republican Presidential majority is 1,057. For Congress Williams, Republi can, 15,347; Lanej 14,229; scattering, 8. Dick Williams' majority, 1,118. At the close of the count, the Gov ernor announced that, in the matter of the e eel ion of a member ot Congress, certincate would issue upon ue canvass to iicliard Williams. In the matter of the electors, a protest had been filed in the office of the Executive against the issuance of a certificate to Mr. Watts as ar. elector, dn the ground that lie (Watts) is ineligible, Laving been postmaster at Lafayette on the day of election, ar.d instructs the Governor that Lis duty is to issue certificates to the three qualified 'candidates ha'ving the l:ighest number ot votes. The protest was filed December 2d, and is signed by It. II. Thompson, J. C. Ainsvvorth, Geo. L. Curry, C. U. JJellinger, J. S. White, J. F. Miller, J. II. Reed, W. F. Trimble, James, K. Kelly, W. II. Ef fltiger, W. W. Thayer, IJ Jennings, D. 11. Acker, A. D. Shelby and T. Fatter Bn, and is accompanied by an ailidavit of four citizens of Yamhill cnuuty as to the persoral identity ot , Watt and as to the fact of his being postmaster up fo November 14th. The board ad journed until half pa-t nine a. m. Tues day, to give time for parties to tile counter statements, when the quotion raised could beanjuetl and investigated. After hearing arguments from Sen ator Kelly and others, lasting through the entire day of Tuesday and until ten o'clock at night, Grover took the mat ter under advisement until Wednesday morning, when he decided not to give a1 certificate of election to Dr. Watts, but to issue a certificate to Mr. Cronin, one ot the candidates for Elector on the Tilden ticket. It is gene-ally believed that the Governor was acting under or ders from Tilden. And here is an ac count of the finale of the whole matter, as given in the columns of the Orcgo t inn : The hour of 12, noon, (Wednesday), when the electors! college was required to meet and vote, having arrived, the Republican and Democratic electoral candidates assembled in a committee room opening iu tlie Senate chamber. The certified list of electors containing the names of Messrs. Cartwright, Odell and Cronin had been prepared by the Governor and weie handed to Secre tary had wick, who attached his oflicial pignature, and placed thereon the seal of State. Then placing all three lists in one envelop, it was sealed up. Mr. Ohadwick then presented himself at the 3oor of the room where the electoral candidates were assembled and rapped npon the door. It was opened and Mr. Cronin was standing just inside, ready to receive the envelop, which was Land ed to Lira, by Mr. Chadwick. After the lapse of a short time, Mr. Klippel ap peared and called for J. 2ST. T. Miller, of Jackson county. Mr. Miller, who Lad ot course been selected asoneot the tools in carrying out the plot, was on band and went into the room Then John Parker, of Linn county was called and, like Miller, he was not so far off but that Rill Watkinds soon led him to - the door, a nd ho also was admitted. Then the whole plan was understood and all were able to form a correct idea of what was going on inside. Cronin refused to give the certified lists to Cartwright and Odell, and they refused to recognize Cronin as a qualified elec tor. Cronin assumed that a majority of the certified electors refused to act because they declined to acquiesce in his illegal assumption of the office, and bo he declared their places vacaut, and filled them with Miller and Parker, and the three proceeded to cast what the i Democrats claim is the electoral vote of Oregon, a proceeding which, were it not of such a farcial character as to excite ' derision, would be considered as .one ot the rrreatest frauds in law and trece- dent on record. That upon the refusaL f the electors to act Rrith him, Mr. Cronin should have cast Lis vote for Mr-.. Tilden and sent or carried it to Washington is no matter of surprise, lor, though he was not elected, the .fraudulent oilicial notice of election , riven Lisa by the Governor would at If:. ' '-V ..... , least give a color of justice to his as sumption of the right to cast a vote; but that he should forcibly retain pos session and refuse to give to the two persons named with himself therein the certified lists was an outrage more glar ing, if possible than any other act in the infamous Democratic programme, and iil comports with the reputation which Mr. Cronin had earned for fairness and honorable dealing, and which will carry him, with his companions in the fraud, to an early political grave. Having filled his rump college with Miller and Parker, the vote was cast, it is said, two fbr Hayes and Wheeler and one for Tilden and Hendricks, Miller and Park er casting the former and Cronin the latter. The bogus arrangement was finished, and it is said Cronin was selected to carry the thing to Washing ton. That the Oregon Democracy think they have played a fine little game and laugh over their victory. Republicans can rest assured, that it will Iks dearly bought and fruitless, and that the votes of Grover's rump college will be disregarded in the count ot the aggregate electoral votes for President is certain. THE CnOWXIXG 1XFAMY grove j:. OF GOV, Grover, as a member of the returning board, appointed himself Dictator, Su preme Judge, opened Court on Tues day, heard arguments from Senator KelJy, II. Y. Thompson, Judge Thayer and Eftinger, why he should, as the Supremo Judge of Oregon, refuse to give a certificate to the man who was elected Presidential K'ector by 1,057 votes! And this hold-all-thc-othces man, Grover, acting Governor, claiming to bo a United States Senator, and as suming the authority and prerogatives of Judge, informs the people that they are not competent to decide whe they shall .have as Electors; that to him be longs all power ; and he uses it to de clare that Mr. Cronin, with 14,157 votes is ejected Presidential Elector over Dr. Watts, who received 15,203 votes! What do the people of Oregon say to this last an! most stupendous outrage upon the freedom of the people? With such men as Grover in high places, what are the liberties of the peo ple worth? The will of the people, as shown at the ba!Iot-bov, is set aside without reason or law; the sacredness of the ballot is laughed to scorn, and the people are told they have no rights whielya Democrat ic-U i lited-States-Sen-ator-Julge-Govcrnor is bound to ro sject. Will the people of Oregon sit quietly by and ennlt this unprincipled demagogue to rob them ol their rights? COXGRESS-XX. 1 LTOMMEXTS THE J'RESS. OF Congress met on the 4th inst. The House was called to order by Clerk Adams. A motion to admit the new members elect from Colorado and Maine, before proceeding to the election of Speaker, was voted down, the Dem ocrats outraging all precedent by their votes iu this matter. Samuel J. Ran dall was elected Speaker, the vote be ing: Randall, 161; Jas. A. Garfield, 82; C. G. Williams, of Wisconsin, 1; W. R. Morrison, 1; G. F. Hoar, 1. Following are a few ot the press com ments on the opening ot Congress: The Triumif; -says: The Democratic House starts on its homestretch badly. Its refusal to allow members havintr prima facie title to seats to be sworn in before the election ot Speaker is con trary to precedent and in violation of the dictates of common sense. Its Sjaker began badly in making a parti san speech on taking the chair, and as the third officer ot the government at the present time, his allusion to the President was outside ot all official decorum. The House went on from bad to worse with its exclusion of mem bers elect from Colorado and South Carolina, and the Speaker seems to have followed its example with his final rul ing. Altogether it was not a day for Democrats to be proud ol. The Times editorially says: The arrogance and bad temper of Randall's speech on taking the chair, and the con tempt of parliamentary- precedents die played in his first ruling as Speaker, gave the key note to a session likely to be marked on the part of the Democrats by a great deal of turbulence, demagog ism and reckless partisanship. There is some reason to hope the Democratic Senators will behave more rationally than their party associates in the House. There is, ot course, a certainty that the overbearing tactics by which tlie popu lar branch of Congress will be controlled will lead to several discreditable and ridiculous blunders, but it is evident the bullying and bluster of Confederate colonels who were so successful in mak ing a beer garden of the House at fre quent intervals last winter will be re inforced by some of the choicest efforts ot im orthern demagogues. During the present session, the House will be con- ouctea like tne democratic campaign in reliance upon sharp practice, bragga docio and brute force ot unreasoning party discipline. The JleralrPs editorial Fays : The ac tion ot the majority of the House of uepresentatives vesterdav in case of the member elect from the new State ot Colotado, was uufortunate and ill-advised. The Democratic party in Colo rado took part in the Presidential elec .tion in that State, and the Democrats all over the Union counted Colorado as a State that would probably elect a Democratic electoral ticket. It had been the result, no one will believe that the majority of the House ot Rep resentatives would liave raised a ques tion as to the right of the State to be present in the electoral vote. The at- j tempt to embarrass the admission ofi Colorado, would fail; it would besides J fatally damage the JJemocratic position which at present we are unwilling to believe that it will be made. THE ELECTORAL VOTE HAVES. FOR Louisiana has gone for Hayes. Flori da has gone for Hayes. South Caroliua has gone for Hayes. The. vote has been counted, and notwithstanding the un blushing frauds, false witnesses, false swearing, ballot-stuffing, destroying re turns from precincts and parishes, the majority for Hayes was so large it could not be overcome. Now let the heathen rage ! We are to have an honest man, a capable man, a Republican, fbr Presi dent, who will administer the affairs of this government for four years from next March. 1 light, honesty, truth and jus tice has prevailed. God reigns. XERRASKA ALL RIGHT. The Gov. of Nebraska labored un der the impression, until a few. da3s be fore the day appointed by Iaw for can vassing the vote ot the State fbr Presi dential Electors, that the duty J of can vassing said vote devolved upon him. Upon looking into the matter, and finding that the law entrusted (he mat ter to the Legislature, he hastily issued a proclamation convening that body ; but it was thought impossible j to con vene the Legislature in so short a time probably six days as the Democrat ic members placed every obstacle in the way, determined that there should le no quorum. Rut in sp:te of Demo cratic opposition a quorum was obtain ed on the 6th, and the electoral vote ot the State cast for Hayes ar.d Wheeler. -t- jry .SHALL DECIDE ? There seems to be a wide 'difference of" opinion as to the power ofi the Pres ident of the U. S. Senate in the matter ot the I residential vote. The Coiisti tuti.m of the United States hays that the President of the Senate shall "ojx?n all the certificates'," in presence of the Senate and House, "a;id the vote shall be counted." Precedent, at least, gives the matter wholly and entirely into the hands of ti e President of the Senate, who heretofore has counted the vote and decided who was elected President. If past usage is to govern the next count, the Proident ot the Senate has the power and will decide who is Presi dent elect for the coming four years- - i THE IXDTAX WAR Gen. Crook's whole force marched on Monday for the junction of Little Powder with Powder river, where a supply ca.rip is to be establi shed, from which operation against the hos tile Indians will be made during the winter the very best time to fight In dians. Sitting IJull and Crazy Horse are supposed to have, together, a force of between 1,500 and 2 000 warriors- Crook hopes, with this campaign, to forever crush out Indian rebellion. THE E AST Eli X Ql'ESTIOX. Telegrams state that tlie Turks are preparing fbr the struggle with terrible earnestness, fortifying and strengthening Widden, Rustichuk, Silestria and Shumla. The Russians are Lurrying their preparations, and present indica tions point to a bloody and devastatiii"1 war between the two powers. The cer tainty of a screat war has disturbed financial matters to some extent, and has advanced the price of breadstufls largely. TILDE X HOPES TO IWY ELECTOR AL VOTES. The N. Y. Times Washington spec ial says Democrats are hopeful ol being able to buy a few electoral votes for Cooper, and thus throw the election in to the House, when Tilden will have a pretty good ehow to be elected. Shot in Mie Back. The Servians are not a military peo ple, and in their present War with the Porte they are extensively officered by the Russians. It is said that many, ot these Russian officers have been shot down from behind ! The Servians were urged into a disastrous enterprise,; to- which they were not very strongly ; in clined of themselves and now when they cannot escape service by wounding and bandaging their own arms, they take revenge by shooting down the officers who have voluuteered to lead them ! . -.; - i It is not alone in battle . that men, figuratively, if not literally, are often shot down by their own allies and pro fessed friends. Many a civil enterprise, as well as military exploit, has been wrecked by the treachery of those pro fessing to aid it. - ; If yon wish to succeed in life as who. does not ? be cautious with whom you nnito in joint undertakings. Tlie unwilling and over-persuaded are never to be depended upon; neither are those of a fickle disposition, or who are'capable of betraying a friend. In every calculation it is not merely the enemy in front who must be taken into account ; but also the liability to be shot down from behind.. Comlensrd Uglitiiing. Congress has resolved to investigate Southern affairs. A New York Tilden elector says Hayes is surely elected. - Germany refuses to participate in the French Exposition of 1878. The British Government proposes to surrender tlie forgers, Brent and AV in slow. Half the coal mines in Pennsylvania have closed. 4.500 minors out of 3 work. Revolution is progressing in Mexico. Gen. Diaz occupies the City ot Mexico, and President Lerdo and Ministers have fled. According to Govs. WicklifTe and Bigler, the Louisiana returning board have returned as elected the Hayes electors, five Republican Congressmen and 'a majority in the State Legislature of 26 on joint ballot. , : ' A telegram from Tallahassee, Flor ida, ot the 6th, says Hayes official ma jority m Florida is 930. The Republi cans elect the Governor, Lieut. Gover nor, and bothlwiembers of Congress. Whoop ! ' ' Tilden's friends now say, since Ilaj'es has a majority ot the electoral votes, that the House can do nothing for him, unless by hook or crook it can refer the whole thing back to the people, and have a new election ! Tilden seems to have lost his head with the balance of the crazy Democrats. If it were possi ble to have a new election, Tilden would be worse brat than ever, even if he spent the balance of his fortune. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, says he has been -elected, and he intends to le Governor Largo bodies of men had assembled at the State capita', and an outbreak was hourly expected. The Sena'e and Rouse, in joint session, can vassed the vote, and declared Ch.amlier lain elected by 3 044. Gov. Cbamlier lain is hourly in danger of assassination. The end is not yet. A telocram from Columbia, S. C, December 4ih, says : All day special trains have Won arriving, bringing bodies of men near'y all of whom are armed with rifles. With blankets roll ed around their necks and haversacks slung, they look very little different from the old-time Confederate soldier. South Carolina ha always been fore most in fomenting trouble. Trade dollars aie at par in San Fian cisco 98c in Portland. Rubber Self-Paufelietl. Simon Feldt, a rich German farmer, living with bis mother and two sisters, near Fa3'0tte, Pa., was awakened about midnight by a peculiar noise i.ear his bedroom door. Suspecting burglars, he jumped out of bed, upsetting a chair and making considerab'e noise. In stantly the sound of rapidly retreating footsteps was heard on the stairs. Feldt seized a shot-gun that stood in the cor ner of his room, and ran to his bedroom window, which was open. Just then the form of a man appeared, running across the garden. Feldt fired at him, but the retreating burglar ' kept on his way, scaled the fence, and disappeared. Detached from the farm-house, but only a few feet from it, is a summer kitchen or wash-house. Under this is a large cistern, the mouth of which is in the center of the floor, covered with a trap door. This door, however, has always been left open as often as closed. There is a door in the end ot the wash-house next the dwelling, and another in the opposite end, owning towards the barn. These doors are never closed, as the building contains nothing that any one would care to steal. The next day one of Feldt's sisters went to the cistern to draw some water by means ot a bucket tied to the end of a rope. The trap was open. She let ler bucket do. vn, and it came in con tact with something that prevented its sinking. Miss Feldt looked down into tiie cistern, and started back in horror at the sight that met her gaze. Plainly revealed by the light that streamed down through the opening was the face of a dead man. The rest of the body was dimly outlined in the surrounding darkness. . The woman ran into the house screaming. The body proved to be that ot the .thief, who had fallen headlong into the cistern, striking his head against the. side of the opening with such force as to cut the gash in it that was seen, and jio doubt so stunned him that he was drowned before know ing what had happened to him. Ttte t'anse or t'le Sploion. "I would invite yon to my house, brudder Jackson," said Deacon John son, as he emerged from the church last Sunday evening, "but I danno as we'll get any supper dis night, de cook-stove am so dretfully out of repair." "What's de matter wid de stove?" 'Why, you see cold wedder am com in' on an' wood's gittin ska so an' high, an I've 'structed de folks to bo berry ekonomikal in de U6in' ob it. We'se bin buyin' in small lots, an' last night bein' out ob fuel I sent one ob my boys ober to a neighbor's to borrow a few sticks. De man or his family had gone to bed owin' to de lateness ob de hour, an' dat boy, who would 'spise to do an unhonest transaction, wrote out his note for de value ob de wood, an' drop in' it iu a prominent place in do wood shed, sbouldered an armful an' brought it home." "Jess so." . "Well, a tiro is kindled, de teakittle pat on, de ole woman she is gittin de supper. AH ob a sudden puff went de stove, zoom ; ke swish, kuslush went something, and as I tumbled over I saw de ole woman makin for de roof wid de teakittle and de stove plates followin' her, while de boys and de gals was as brack wid smut as de ace ob spades. De stove's goose was cooked for a fact." "What was de cause ob de 'splo shun ?" "I'm strongly 'clined to believe dat dar was powder in dat wood, an' dat de powder was done put in dar by dat white man to catch some theiviir nig gers who nebber buys no wood, an' bressed ef I don't think dat man 'spects me, kase lie couldn't find dat note, an won't make any 'poligies." "Dat am an outrage." "For a fact, an' de chillen's supper was spiled, too." Keokuk Const itu (ion. A Forgetful Man. His wife sent him up town for "sum thin' or ruther" early in the evening. On the way he met a friend, and they sjent a halt hour in an animated dis pute as to whether Hayes or Tilden had th.e best chance for an election, and, when he had left his friend he had en tirely forgotten what Maria Lad sent him after. It was in vain that he tried to think up his forgotten en and. For three long, weary hours he wandered around trom saloon to saloon, seeking to stimulate his unreachable brain and prick up his memory. 'X was no use. The more he stimulated the more he didn't remember. He hated to go home and acknowledge as much to his wife, and so he just dropped on his friends to gather their sympathy. Af ter he had managed to scrape consider able of the article together, and just as the chimes ot St. Zavier Church was chiming the midnight i hour the tele graph clitor opened a dispatch and re marked that the Associated Press 'an nounced the death of Dr. , the fa mous phy-ician of . "liy the jumping Juniper Jupiter, I remember now," said the visitor, rising s'owly from his chair and turning as pale as a cholera patient; "I remember now. My wife hail the cramp-colic and srnt mo to bring the doctor! D n politics! I wonder ir she's alive yet!" And ho shot out that dour fr the doc tor without stayii g to hear what the chances were in New York. Jo.-Kis RoIt'riiJ"s T.ithi Ill2j;'S- A .To'uv-lmro negro, while waiting fbr the tiain to out last night, struck up with se ei a' oM aeiiainlatices. "How is Jeems Kobcrson :" aki d one, after the usual "time of day" had been pass ed. "Didn't "ii 1 earn 'bout Jim ?" que ried tne ,!ohcsloro daikey. ain't heard fum Jim since he cut hiose fn de ci. am g:n !:c anrt down wid de biliiusnes, is he?" "Ol. no ! Jim ain't sick, an' he ain't been sick. He dis wanted for ler ride Mars Bob Proctor's mule de udder Sun day, an' de mule 'peered to have antid- der lngairemei'.t. 1 done bin fool wid dat mn'e leforo, an' I tole Jim he bet ter not K't tangled up wid her. Rut he 'lowed he wuz a lus-doetor : an' den he axed me fer a chew of terbacker, an' got de bridle, an' cotch do mule, an' got on her well, I spec I better go git my ticket. Dey tell me dis train goes a caliyhootin." ''Hold on, you ain't told us about Jim," remarked one of his dusky audi tors. "I done tole you all I know. Jim got on de mule, an' she sorter hump herself, an' den der wuz a scufile, and whendedus' blow why I see do nigger on de groiiu', on' de mule cat in' at de troil wid one uv Jim's gallusses wrap ped ronn' her hine leg. Den arter wards de kurn'er lie cum an' scd Jim die sorter accidental-hke. Hit's des like T tell you ; de nigger wu.n't sick a minuit. We'l I got ter be gittin' on. So long, boys 1" An Iiwlil.'iit of War. When the Russians crossed the Dan ube in 1 Sol the inhabitants of many towns and viilnsres fled. Some poor fugitives were attacked by a party ot Rashi-l iazoiiKN. J I -.esc monsters nrea on the helpless Bulgarians, killing men, women and infants, and two days after wards when Captain Hyde Parker, of Her Majesty's steamship Firebrand, went on shore he was confronted with dead and mutilated holies that were scattered on the lx?ach. He was chiefly attracted by two poor childten, one about tour years old, the othecan infant often months, who lay wounded and famishing. The elder child had five slugs in his left arm, and the little one a ball through its tiny wrist. Watched over by the gallant captain, and petted and caressed by his crew, generous and warm-hearted as British tars are ever, tlie little Bulgarian orphans grew strong and healthy. Her Majesty, who was at Oslwrne at the time, heard of the case, and signified her intention of tak ing these Bulgarian children under her own immediate protection. They were trained for the sea, and are alive to day, holding good positions. THE CAKF.n i. 9IAX. Soon after noon yesterday a stranger entered a Woodward Avenue hardware store and asked if they kept shingle nails there. Being informed that they had a dozen kegs on hand, ho further inquired : "Are they genuine shingle-uails, or only imitations ?" "They are shingle-nails, of course." "Let me see them." ' A handful was placed on the counter before him, and he took several nails to the door where he could get a stronger light. Af ter scanning them thoroughly he tested two or three between Lis fin gers and said : "Well,-they seem to be all right, and I'll take five pounds. r I don't want to appear Captious, but I bought some shingle-nails along here somewhere about a month ago, carried them home, and what do you suppose . they turned out to be ?" - "Six-penny ?" answered the clerk. 1 "No' sir. They were , shoe-pegs, sir !" f.- ..'.-;. "That was strange," mused the clerk. "And another time when I ordered shingle-nails," continued the stranger, "the clerk put up four stove-handles, three nutmeg-graters and a coffee-mill. Can I build a cow-shed out of coffee mills ? Can I shingle a barn with stove handles? Can I clap-board a smoke house with nutmeg-gratefs ?" "Curious mistake, that, said the clerk. "And another time, when I asked for shingle-nails, they put up tour corn poppers and a match-safe. These thinss Lave sunk deep into my soul, and you mustn't blame me for seeming particular. Now, these are nails, are they?" 'Of course.' "Shingle-nails?" "Yes, sir." "Just write it ou this card and give me your name, the name of the firm, the number of this store and the date ot the month. I don't want, to make trouble, but if I find when I get home that you have put me up bath-brick and harness-snaps in the place ot shingle nails, I'll come back here and make it warm for you !" Detroit Jrree JVess. An Irishman being a lilllo fuddled was asked what waa his religious belief. ''Is it my belal ye'd be asking about ?" said he. ''It's the same as the Widdy Brady. I owe her twelve shilling lor whisky, and she believes I'll niver pay her ; and faith that's my helafe too." Not having received a copy ot the Portland Standard this week we fear it has defuncted. Word having reached here from Cal ifornia that Mrs. Griffin is not expected to live, the Dr. starts for her bedside by first steamer. Miss Lizzie Westlake is thought to be out of danger, and slowly recovering. Blain is looking for those handsome suits this week. Kaptist concert next Wednesday night, free to all. Xew Xo-Iaj-. TASKS ! TAXI'S) ! Parties who havo not puid their city taxes tor 1S7'!, sire herehy noliliwl that payment miisi he made iiinwdiafcry. and save cost. lxu;er time cannot he Riven. F. M. WKSTKALh. City Marshall. Dec. S, 1S7C 2v. km:-iox or r!Ki:crronv. "VTOT'ICK is lu retiy irivrti lllat tliere ilt Tie n i.1 l-H'i'tinof tlie sleek holders of Linij Kn uine I loiiieeny. No. '2. m 1 he fmn'i h Monday ol li'cenn'i. Is7;. iit lhcr lun- of 7 o'clock 1. M. of : t':t.v. n! ' Tic l-.a!l (f I. inn Kn:rme 'o.. No. 2. for tin- pniTK.s: of elect ins" six il ir- nrs'n crve one.ve-ir. .1. K. WKATHKKKOIM". Sec. I.iim Kijin; Co.. So. '2. Th is c.l h tin y of I 1S7S. , nil v9 St:( CESSOU TO A. CAROTI1ERS & CO., VL.3le5s.lo sad Xletail Doalar ia . Medicines, Oksmicals, Pai&ts.QilGjG-lass. a fcij. srrn.i of 'g-oiSet s:il I"!si.-y Ai-i-ies, PUEESS "V7HTS3 A1TD LIQUORS, For medicinal pm-pmcs. E-i-r I'lSKSCJtll'TIOXS cnrcfnllY eomponnilctl au iill luuvs. 'o nor el' at:I Kllwortla nil AI.IiAW, UliiXJtlS. v9 STERLINGS' EXPRESS FliOM X RL I I X 13 CIT "Y VIA OARDIHER AND" SCOTTSBURB, 'oililCf li!K Wt l , l'ni-;;o A- '." JKxprvM sit Irni:iH Mai Ion Daily (Sundays ext'tet.) A!l IStikinrss fusiii'ustcd to my Care I'rwmptly Attended To. . , Patroaago cf tho Pu'elic Solicitod. A. P. Postsiastcir, wUl to my Agent at Smpiro City. Fare cucli way, : : &7 5o JAS. A. STKKI.IXG. Dec. 8, 187fi-nllv9 ALBANY ALBANY. OREGON. THK FA TXi TKT1M of this tnHntion l.etn on MONDAY, SEITKMBEB t. with the following . w-ill lSTti, Fnenlty of IiiKtruction : Rev. II. W. STKATToX, A. M., President, ninl l'rofewaor of Mental ami Moral Science Kev. I.. J I'OVV KM.. A. M., Fiulessor ot Matlt ciiiaticsand Natural Sciences. II. H. HKWITT. A. M., Professor of Ancient Ijinffiiftire. Miss MAKIA 1UV1NK, Teacher of Primary Dt'Twrl ment. Mias KLVA EEEY5IAX, Teacher of Instru mental Mnsic. I. II. UNJK, M. PM Lecturer on Physiology and Ilyjjleno. CnleiKlnr First Term hesjins Soptotnlier 4, 187S. Second Term lieKina tiovemlier 13, 1870, Third Term begins Jiimmry , 1877. Fourth Term begins April , 1S77. Vacation of one, week Unrins the holidays, t'losina exercises of the school year, June 15, 18V7. Itnte of Tuition j Primaiiy Depaktmkst, per term........ $s 00 Common Knolish Bkamciikh, per term.. 8 00 IIjghkr Branches, including Preparato ry Ijitin uud Ureek 11 00 COI.I.ROIATK, Including Higher Latin and fireek. Advanced Mathematics, and Mental and Moral Sciences, per term.. 13 00 French and German, each, extra.......... JJJJ Instrumental Music - 11 J fee of Piano..-.. .- " Incidentals r' Tuition In all cases required In advance, j ' Punctual attendance, neatness, promptness and ireutleuuuily and ladylike deportment will lie exported from ull who may lieeome mem hern of the school. i,. J. POWt4.ii. Saltmarsh. . THE ELECTIOK. Following is the latest report wc have been able to obtain before going to pre, vitb regard to the rresklentia! election : Hayes. Tilden. Alabama , , . , A rkan.sas . . . . Connecticut . Colorado California .., IeLnvare.... Florida Georgia Indiana .... Iowa Illinois Kentucky . . Kansas . ... . Louisiana 1U 6 0 3 6 3 4 It 19 It 21 li 5 7 8 13 8 5 1 It 33 9 il 3 ,0 St 23 2S 4 7 Maine .... Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Minnesota . MNsotirl .... .... r s . i. : . . ' . 4 .... .j. .... .... ..H ilie.lllir;(I ,i,v New York. is i New .leraev -enrasKa.... - t . ; 444 .Nevada Ncf Hampshire .44. 44444 jortii enrol ina OKECOJST Ohio Pennsylvania .. Kliode Island.. South Carol inn. Tennessee .... . Texas Virginia West Virginia, Vermont Wisconsin Total .... . 444 .444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4? 44 41 12 8 11 5 10 185 184 Xcw To-Day We IIixvc IT, PRESSED TEEEA SANTA; OR, IVZountaizi 33silxiz5 1VOSSLD FOIt i'OLBS KINASES OF LOiS, AX1) S'OIt ASTHMA AXD II !l i: U 31 A T I S JI , Felcctcd and patliemT on IHe s-pnrs of Tk Sierra Xev.-nla .Mountains. The leal fount! in tlie hotter climate?, hen dry, contain titty nor cent, of resin- nr gold colored gnmr tlie properties of wliieh aretinnt!atinganil liealinj?. and esiieeially adapted to the wants of tlie system in trae of I.nng ili- ease and Kheinnafisnk. The high estimate vrfifeh tlie Spanish placed upon ir on aitonnt of its medicinal qualities is manifest from the name they gave to it. insiiiy Ters ' Vertmsanta. or "-Herb ffh Kriints." Tlie native Southern tivs;oii ami Northern tiifornif have u-td it iiiiineinorially as a Klienutatic remedy. The white population fi the re gion where it grows hive used ! jirijfd! it as a throat ami long medicine. Jr .- time they called it Iniif Weed; bnt give valuable- ter-tmiontalji as to ifes virtue in curing Klieiimatism. When vim pen one of orrr packages, keep ir excltnlctt trom the. air as uuich a possible. I have used it in my family for fonr or five years, and regard it as one ot the beat family medicines we ever nsed. A tinct- ' tire is in.mnfrretnred from-it in Cktrrniiafl, and sold at 73 cents per omi-e. A single one of our packages make eight ounce of tinctnre. -which is worth $5. The otirub from which Ibis valuable met I i cine is gntli i ivtl. is only found m a narrow belt of eorrntry in Sotitlierti Oregon, and along tlie Sierra Nevada Mountains, ami is snpposedl to have been gnilierext from Mount Client thousands ol years ago, and the i;ii ex tracted and sold in Kgypt and in Tiro be fore I lie times of Solomon. Testimonials. ! Dr. N'icklin, of Kngene Vttj, wits I 4Yoiir-I5alm is imio- ot the best preserved herbs I ever saw, and is worthy fahiglier price tlian yon put ttjon it." Itev. S. K. Kaymond, of Oakland, Ore gon, says : I went to California to recov er from Consumption. The Doctors there gave me tip. and told me if f ImhI nny friends I wi-slied to see I had better go and see them, as 1 could live bnt a little whjjle longer. ; On my way to Oreg'ii I com menced nsing Mountain Balm: it helped tne; I continued its use until it cured me of the disease."' 1 - Mr. YY T. Osliorne, iof Eugene City, says : "I know a young imm who ipiearedv to be in : the last stages ot consumption, and by using Mountain Balm or Yerbasan ta he became a healthy yonng man." - ' Joseph P. Moore, Esq., of Milvillc. Cnl., sys : "1 have lieen acquainted with tlie shrub known as Yerbasanta for 20 years. and know it to lie a very valuable medicine, both for the Lungs and Bhettniatism." Mr. Kimball, ot Kimball & Wclton, lied Blults. Cal., sa vs : "I Iwve been acquaint ed with the shrub known as Yerbasaiita, for many years, ami know it to be a creas Lung medicine." 'I left Missouri with the consumption. Reached Kock roint, Jackson county, Or., and was taken down. 1 took a tincture of Mountain Balm, and chewed the leaf more or less, and In four or live days It cleaned out my lungs liaudsomely, and I resumed my journey ; ami now, alter several, months, my lungs still seem well. A. B. . . For sale nt the drug storeo Bell & ParWr, and John Foahay. 7.v3