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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1880)
Jity-twa, lutro- mber 24tli, Is an ig the fullest and onr law-makers. lrovMe for the jy common earners .1 law compels all traniort freight or . g Mars, over their lines, "e, at, tlie Siitue rate of jr their !inp. and by tlie n other won!?, it compels .rporatioo owning a jxrt e, to rips freight and pass ed from competing boats, I her competing lines of trans fer said portage, in the same e same means and at the same , larges freights and passengers own lines. It prevents corpora , wning portages Iroui "discriminat 4"; iu othwiMirord, charging other lines xo or three, or eveu givatcr prices, for passing freight or passengers over their portages. It is a law demanded by our citizens, who have been compelled to pay outrageous lolls extortionate eliargjs burdens placed upou them by. the soulless greed ot corporations. Our people reroeni" ber the outrageous greed ot tho late O. S. N. Co., and they also have read the boast of the Company now owning the portages a the Columbia, that It holds the key to the transportation ot the whole Columbia and Snake rive: valleys, and ifs policy to tiivKe taint, uuiu muic bvvuic. unuuu passage of such a law, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company can continne its extortionate rates to its patrons, and can " Hscrhnlnate'" towards all competing lines 8n'as to '"freeze" them out just as the O. S. X. Co. did with all opposition or compet ing lines of steamers in the years past. Let there be no hesitation on the jart of our legislators. The law is in the Interest of the people ; it will not injure any cor poration, as it only prevents extortiouate . . 1 . 1. .1. . 1. i 1 . f. .... w ; 1 1 .. ... t crinrges over me several mics , jjivcs m each line the same privileges, and no more; and the people demand its passage. No man can desert the people for a corpora- i - 1 v, ...... ...... ...1 UUU, 1JV 'IlflfcH; " Ilut l 1. ui.ii.v u.v.n ...... survive the act. That day lias gone by, and gone by forever in Oregon. The eyts of the whoie people are upon you, gentle men ot the Oregon Legislature, and woe be te the man who forgeta his duty to his constituents. 1. There not Consider tl e Klwk in tttakiuK tlie l:niicI Ststeti Treasury Atratnst the Bucnbone Power One After weeks ot deliberation, Gen. Han cock has been forced, by tlie pressure of Northern sentiment, to state bis position In regard to tho payment of Southern war el '-tints not barred by the Constitution. He states emphatically, but in rattier a flippant manner, that lie will veto all legislation providing tor the payment of such claims that is, claims presented by "persons who were in rebellion, whether pardoned or not." He concludes, how ever, that the claims of Union men, who snflered from the operations of the war. hardly' come under tbe 3ame head ; but he objects to paying even claims of Union men "unless subjected to the closest scru tiny." Hancock may be honest in this matter, yet he leaves a loophole through which a designing man may escape. What looks suspicious iu tlie matter, is tlie length ot time taken to consider bis answer. It Is known to all the world that these claim?, amounting to hundreds ot . millions of dollar, have been presented to Congress, and tJetr payment urged for years past ; I Uflen thought it necessary to denounce tlieir payment, in the strongest terms, four years ago ; yet when Gen Hancock Is asked his views in tlie matter. he requires, according to Democratic au thority, two weeks in which to answer so 8imrle a question. But granting, for argument's sake, that Gen. Hancock i: opposed to paying any and al! ot these claims, behind him stands the Democratic party, which is determined that these ciaitns shall be paid : and it Is noticeable that the Democratic party, either in its platform or elsewhere, has made no pledges In the matter, but has continued to receive and All tho files of Congress with these claims and to consider thfm In com mittee. Therefore we consider the query of the New York Tribune as pertinent at this time : "Is there not considerable risk In staking tbe United states Treasury against tbe backbone power ot one man r Forcible Crltl-fcua. Judge Piper says Col. Larrabee la either an ignoramus or a liar and the Judge is Just dead on It," and we'll beta red apple be knows hia man pretty well. But tneo r,utre Piper bad accused Larrabee of Iqmoramiw and a liar we "-nuted the truth of tlie Kl'I AtiaOWtEOGED. i Annr-ami tkiilSMi fm T?inix-rKttc Org-mi Admit. BeeenUy Carried the State 4MP We wrnwciwirj A Washington special telegram to the Cincinnati Gnsette ssys . A copy of the Trve I", a democratic paper published at Birmingham. Alabama, ws received to-night. It has the names ot Hancock and English standing at the head of Us editorial column, and under them it pilots the following remarkable admission that thi rhnnre ot cross fraud at the State election arc true : It Is amusing to read the many different reasons given by the papers for the vote of Alabama in the recent election. Scarcely any two ot them agree, and all seem anxious to persuade tbe world that there is a reason. None as yet have given the true one. This would be damaging. It is necessary, however, that they should print it, for the enlightenment ot the people ; they already know it, and regret that it exists. They also regret that, it is neces sary to make so many and so various excuses for the result of an election in this State. They realize the ftiet, and regret It also, that gre.-t. danvige has been done to Gen. Hancock iu the race for the presi dency by the put-up majority of 95,000. The cry of fraud has been raised by a cheated and wronged people, and It Is repented throughout the land, exaggerated doubtless and it is telling fearfully against him iu the north, and blighting, we fear, chances that were bright up to the time the manipulator handled that iniquity that disgraces the legislation of last session, the new election law. Had it not been used as it was it would have failed, perhaps, of its purpose. It bears on its face fraud, and of emtte, as it was intend ed to defraud, it was so used. It was too much used, however, and tha 95,000 looks about as ugly now as the eight to seven commission did four years ago, ued to cheat TiMen out of tlie presidency. Both these democratic performance re understood by the great mass of the people and they are not so much surprised at either as the press seem to be now at the 05,000 majority. They know who planned and executed them, and what tor, nud they will not fail to say if Hancock is deleated that the defeat came to hiui through the same channel as the cheat did to Tildeu. There was, in our opinion, no necessity for so gigantic a fraud for any part3 pur poses. The eight to seven commission was a regular bonanza of the kind, and there need not have U-en an effort on the part of the " so-e illed" to pale tho laurels already won. Twenty or twenty-five thousand majority would have been enough to fully secure all the oflieers of the state and tested the working capacity of the " machine," that can grind put ballots and add up mnjoiities that don't exist. That disfranchises the people and denies them the right of a free ballot and an honest count.' tli most sacred civil right ever wreted from tlie citizen. Alabama rried bv the fraud of a nn. villai'ions election law. loses to the party m thee United States the choice of a president. ana makes, peifinps, a radical congress. Whatniav toe people hope from a party that so outrages them and their rights. Oil more tt Co. The following note, addressed to 1'r. HefTron of this citv. from Hon. J. A. Bent- ley, Commissioner of Pensions, Washing ton City, explains itself: SlE : It appears that you have employed Gilinorc & Co. to aid you in prosecuting your claim for pension. You are informed that he is not permitted to prosecute your claim in this office, on account ot his pre vious misconduct : and ins connection with it cannot fail to embarrass. If not delay its settlement. You may prosecute your claim in person, it you choose to do so, or ina- employ any one who is not prohibited from prosecuting claims before this office on account of misconduct, or disabled from acting as an attorney by some provision of law. as in case of Post master, U. S. Commissioner, or other Government officer. In his speech Monday night, we are in formed Senator Slater assailed Gen. Gar field's character. As Mr. Slater has none himself, except what little he may have gained by his salary steal," or " back- Day grab.' as it is sometimes called, he seems to think this fact entitles him to vil ity and defame men who have character as well as brains. As the charges lie made against Gen. Garfield have been refuted over and over again, by leading men. tod. in the Democratic party men of brains and national reputation we are led to believe that Senator Slater Is either very ignorant of current political matters, or a chronic liar. Worthy of Consideration. In a letter to Hon. John A. Logan, in response to an invitation to the ex-President to preside at a Garfield and Arthur mass meeting to be held in New York, Gen. Grant pens tlie following pertinent and weighty wntence : We should never be beaten until everv man who counts, or represents those who count in the enumeration te give represen taion In the Electoral Co'lege, can cast his vote just as he pleases, aud can have it counted just as he cats it. a senrence more mil 01 meaning was never written by Gen. Grant, and it is woithy the earnest consideration of every true patriot of every man who loves his country and its laws. Nine hundred thousand dollars has been paid by the Slate of Oregon to Dr. Haw thorne during the last sixteen years for keeping the insane, or. to be exact, $897,- 116 18. adding to this the amount drawn up to 1864, and it will make over one million dollars, and yet this leach upon the body politic is stiil wanting more. The editor of the Petalnnaa Courier was so elated oyer the Democratic victory in Maine that be exclaimed iu a transport, Hoop us eomebody, or we'll bust." We trust that his wish was well complied with the later news from the Pine Tree Stat no doubt rendered such a precaution necessary. Foolhardy Democracy. - Senator Slater sententlously declared that the Democratic party, " ot which he was whom," was weddird, absolutely wed ded to " free speech and free ballot." and, like other speaker of his kind, intimated that the charge of fian I and ballot-box stuffing, and shot-gun practice and all that kind ot thing in this country, as far us the Duinocratrl party was cone-erued, was all a mistake, an abolition lie, 30 to speak. The Itinociacy have fceut speakers elsewhere in this canvass who positively assert that !eare and quiet reign in the soli.l South," that free speech Is tolerated, that ilccliotis are fairly conducted, and that every voter can exercise the right of suf frage without d.mger that the Southern Democracy is devoted to tho Union '. I How can we characterize such assertions in tlie face of eveiy day facts ? Language fails us. In this connection we may be permitted to offer a little teti:no:iy which seems to give the lie direct to all such Democratic assertions of " free speech and free ballot." We first call attention to the r.ote addressed by "the Boys of Shuluida," Mississippi, to Greenbaeker Itaindell when he eut there to make a speech, and the remarks ot the spokesman of " The ' Boys" made to Mr. Uamsdell by way ot ; explanation ! " Dear Sir : We .will give you and your : parti thirty-rive minutes to pick up your j i!uda and git out of this town. Yours to; death. ThkEoysof Siiit.liu. We know you. and yon can't stay ; you must go to j the next station. Your time is passing ; ; von better get right along or you'll catch j li 1. Yon better g:t out of here while you have a eh'ince. Your a white man with a black heart, come down here to divide the Democratic party, and we don't want and won't have no such d m men in the country. Your train is coming and you get out of here. If yon ever come here again we'll tix you. "Bring a gang of your friends and we'll give them aud you to h 1. Tlie average Northerner, who is a matter-of-fact person, will be puzzled to find any evidence of toleration or of the devotion ot the Southern Democracy to tree speech and uolUical action in the above." It may be said that the Boy ot Shubuda" do not fairly represent the senti ment ot the people of that section. We. will, then, look elsewhere. The following is an extract from a letter of a mm who was formerly a Democrat anJ an officer in n Indiana regiment, but now a resident of Meridian, Mississippi, to the Iudiaua- 1 Kills Journal : I feel it to lie my duty to write to you this letter in tha hour of our despeiate need. There Is no tree speech here. Everything is under the control ot the old secession leaders. - - - 1 was oruereo to leave l'elahatchle (Miss ) a tew days ince because i remarked that GarticM is a good man. I was informed in Butler. Alabama, that if I was not a Democrat I must leave the town. I was in both places on business. The oM ' Thirty Fifth' know me and I ask tlie hoy to vote the way they fought. I will never vote another lemocrniic ticket so long as God spares my life." It may I- said that this man is a " enr- let bagger." and consequently should not be believed unless properly vouched for. Very well : let us take a few extracts from the Sunt hern Democratic press. That mn.-t represent the prevailing sentiment. The following is clipped from the Green ville, (S. C.) -.Veir. a warm supporter ot Senator Wade Hampton : Mr. Spier, who acted as chairman of the first radical meeting ot the approaching campaign, and his political associates W ilson ook ami others would 00 wen 10 take advice. The w hite men of the State deire a peaceful summer and autumn. I'liey are wearied of lea ted political strife. If they are forced to vigorous action, it will be exceedingly vigorous perhaps unpleasantly so. those who cause the trouble will suffer most from it. Bear that In mind, persons col ored and white-skinned. We reiterate our advice to the veracious and reflective Ciok. and the argumentative and profound Spier, to be careful how they go, and not stir up the animals too fieely. I'hey have teeth and claws." The following paragraph has a very decided tone and very clearly indicates the opinion and purpose of the Helena (Ark.) Yetnnmi : " The man who th'nks that he can lead an opposition to the organized Democracy ot l'hilhps county is not only prcsuinptous but extremely tiolil. tie win requite a body guard equal to the whole number ot voters in the Democratic ranks and a Gihralter in bis rear on the day of election." The following appeared as correspond ence In l lie columns 01 me iueinpnis Avalanche, and there being no comment, it is fair to assume that it received the silent approval of the editors : We do not advocate (any longer) the use of the shotgun or the bull-whip, but wo do hold that the white or black Republican should be regarded as a social leper to he shunned, despised and hated that, in future, r.e should receive no favor or recog nition, that the last farthing should be relentlessly exacted, and that all kindness of manner toward him should cease." The champions of the Southern Democ racy now on the stump may excuse such declarations as the aboye 011 the ground that they are the utte-ances of men having no influence. Very good ; Senator M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, is a man of in fluence and ability. Whatever he may have said resjiecting the treatment of Republicans or Independents by the South ern Democracy must be accepted as testi mony. In a speech delivered a few weeks since he said : Look at Longstreet ! He was begged and implored not to persevere in his course, and he drifted on and on. and floundered deeper and deeper into the mire, until he landed hard and tiist into the Republican slough ! And what lie gained ? Scorn, ostracism, odium, ill-will worse than all. tlie contempt ot the men who stood by him under thu shower of death aud destruction. He foifeited the opinion of all honest men for the sake of an office, and he begun by being au Independent." ' Unquestionably the above sentiments were intended excluMyely for home con sumption, as they are suited to the Demo cratic climate south of Mason and Dixon's line. .The Democratic sentiments suited to other portions ot the country are of another character, and are manufactured exclusive ly tor export. It is well to understand this now and make no mistake about it. Gen. Weaver is the Greenback vandldate for tlie Presidency. This is what he thinks of Geii. Hancock's "full vote, tree ballot and tair count" in the Southern States : Why, when a man votes down there, die judges ot election, who sit behind a screen so no one can see them, look at his ballot, and if it suits them they put it in the box ; but if it doesn't suit, tliey tear it up and put another that does suit them iu the box.: Such is the condition of affairs iu the South to-day. This sf atemeut he made at Cooper In stitute, New York, 011 the night of the Maine election, at the moment when the Democrat were exulting over that event. The point tor the north to catch. Is that i-i the south the throwing out of votes is no longer limited to those cast by "niggers." No man who votes the Republican ticket can expect to have his vote counted, no matter whether be is white or black. The Projet in lurtl.ma. The Times publishes a letter of an In- ' dlana correspondent on the elect iou pros ; pects aud says : Our coi respondent's J previous statements in regard to the pro gress of the Indiana chainpa ign have been I distinguished by sobriety of judgment j well calculated to carry conviction. It ! appears that disappointed in forming a ! working alliance with the Greenbaekers, : Democrats are doing their bet to sustain ' that party in the hope that its vote will com mainly from' Republicans. Should ' the strength of the third party reach any ; thing like the figures claimed by its leaders the Democratic tactic may find their jus tification 111 results. Should, ai seems ; more probable, the Greenback . strength be i less than one third of what Is claimed for ! it, a Rpublican success is haidly doubtlul In any case, no good can come from nct- i ing on the idea that the result of the cam ; pnign is to be settled iu advance by the state election of Indiana. yew York 2'iitits Mexico's Resources. The El 2acinnaJ, a City ot Mexico pa per, of September 9th, publishes two let ters from Gen. Grant concerning railroads in which he says : There is not the leat doubt that if Mexico offers opportunities to capitalists to construct railroads ot the utmost im portance to the country, they will be un dertaken by gentlemen wlo have the cap ital and the resources to construct them in the shortest possible time without enormous subsidies heretofore paid tor tins object and that wil bin a short time they will bring the City of Mexico by direct rail within six or seven days of New York Mexico could then send to the United States each year $200,000,000 of her products tropical and semi-tropical and could produce be sides the same quantity for other markets. The income of the republic would augment from $10.00,000 to 1S 000.000 to $M,0o0, 000 at least, without in any way adding to the burdens of taxation. Very much depends on the result of the coining elec tions which. If peaceably settled, will assurdly produce these gieat benetits. I urgently hope that this will be the result. In another letter be says : My idea is now for the government to issue bonus at 0 per cent, perannum. organizing a liberal system of banking. On this liasis, banks will issue notes receivable for all public debts, and thus preserve the pa pel money at par, which will facilitate the building of the road and preserve the national cicdic IfMexicocan preserve her pr, cious metal, in addition to her otlu-r prcduct. she w ill enrich herself sufficient to obviate the necessity of foreign importations. I can only repeat that it" Mexico can peace ably elect her hew president w ithout rev olution, it IS certain that her prosperity will be secured, and that both n ptiblic will unquestionably be recipients of l.iietlr Please express my views to th-' parties most interested. I am your, &c., U. S. GRANT. Ursnd Republican Demonstration at rtiiiadi'Ifritia. La?t Frida eveuiug the Republicans of Philadelphia held an old-fashioned Repub lican demonstration. Wo quote from a telegram of Saturday, to show how the Republicans teel in the grand old city : The republican demonstration this even ing was in point of numbers the lai-ftest ever witnessed 111 thu city. Broad street. the center ot attraction, was one mass of humanity from Columbia avenue oil the north of ' Ellsworth street on the south, distance over lour miles. With tonhes. banners and transparencies, hands of music :in! fireworks, the scene forcibly recalled the republican demonstration in the tall ot 1S00. The procession was under the com mand ofex-Gov. llartranft and was divid ed Into whurs. These wings counter marched the whole length of Jrfroad street, and returning on side streets to Market stuet, were dismissed. .n.t least eighteen thousand people were gathered, iresiiieut liaker introduced Senator Blaine who addressed the assembly. lie was followed bv Tho. M. Marshall of ritl.-hursr. It. Stockwel'l Matthews ot Billiiiioic. Wayne McVeigh and others. I'liou a signal from the roof ot the League Mouse, the colii'iuis moved with fronts of 1 ii!hf. It was tli Intention to clear the entire width ol the thoroughf re to admit, a trout of sixteen to each column t-nt this tailed. Over the entire route the columns marched with a iroul of eiht. When the league was reached a grand pyiotechuic display tool; place, the estimate made ny the mnnairers ot the demonstration was tlmt 35.000 men would l.artlcipnte in the iiarade. and " it is telievcd tl.nt nuuilier came near those actually in line. The pro cession was headed bv the Union League which 011 this accasion turned out in pub lic narade lot the third lime since its organization in 18(51. The narade consisted ot nine divisions, five ot which formed the north wing and four the south wings. These divisions were all made up of Garfield and Arthur clubs and other organizations of the city. and the number ol such clubs in line was estimated at over 100. Each ward club wag preceded by the veteran organization ot that particular ward, and a low estimate of the number ot veterans parading was 8000. A majority ot the 11 we hugs along Broad street were brilliantly illuminated, the streets were packed and the enthusiasm unbounded. Congratulatory telegrams were gent by r resident iioker. ot tlie least!?, to the chairmen of the state central committee in Indiana. New York and other places. The following to Marshall Jewell, of Xew York, is a sample of the others : '-Grandest republican demonstra tion ever known in Flnladelplr.a. lm uiense assemblage in trout of Union League House. Blaine is speaking to 35,000 Voters. Whole city aroused." The Alabama Stuffing Confessed. The Somervllle (Alabama) Critic, a tlior- ouah-naced Democratic sheet, of a late date, has this paragraph : To General -lames B- Weaver, Iowa You are correct about the "storting of tlie ballot-boxes in Alabama. " He "stuncd them, and w mean to do so again iu No vember for Hancock, as we did in our re cent election. Osk of the Ninety TllOtS?AM Majohitv, A Sew Business House. Mr. Wiley B. Allen, late of San Jose, Cal., in about ten days will open up a new business house in the brick on First street, below Odd Fellows Temple, lately occupied by Graham & Son as a tailor shop. He will keep music and musical Instruments, hooks, stationery and notions. Mr. Allen is a splendid musician and a straightforward, honest business man, and as the want of a store ot this kind lias long been felt, we are sure he will meet with a warm welcome and liberal patronage from our citizens. At the meeting ot the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Toronto, September 25th, L. J. Glenn, of Atlanta. Georgia, was elected M. A. Graiidslre ; E. J. Leech, of Keokuk, fowa, R. A. D puty Grandsire. The rext meeting wiil "fee held at Cincinnati, Ohio, next year, when a monument will be dedi cated in Odd Fellows' cemetery. A grand concert, followed by fireworks, was given at Horticultural Gardens on the night ot the 2Gth, in honor ot the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Superintendent Bush, iu his report to the Governor, says that lie deems the office of Superintendent of the penitentiary as un necessary, and recommends that it be abolished, and a board of inspectors be sub stituted instead. Senator Knight, ot Marion county, has Introduced a bill to create such a board of inspectors. It provides that three persons shall be chasen by the lature iu joint convention, who hold office for two years under $5,000 bonds each, , a. f fo co into ..ft"... on tbe first Moil- day in November nexr. The bill aproprWting a moderate sum tor the construction of a flsh-way at Will amette falls, introduced by Mr. Will, of Clackamas, is a meritorious one, and should pass. Such an institution would send the salmon up into all the little streams tributary to the Willamette, and affect more in propagating thi3 excellent fish than a hundred time the amount spent in attempts at artificial propagation. St. Julleu after having trotted in 2:114 is said to have been salable at $ 50.000. Now that Maud S has made her mile in 2:104, It is said that turfmen are willing to give $100,000 tor her. Big money for one little mare. As we predicted. Senator Slater tailed to tell his audience on Monday i:ight that he participated in the "salary steal," and never returned a cent, while Gen. Garfield, a fellow Congressman, refused to touch a dollar, because it was a dishonest trans action. Lieutenant General Phil Sheridan has been electRl President ot the Army ot the Cumlierland ; Gen. II. M. Cist. Corres ponding Secretary ; Col. John W. Steele, Recording Secretary ; Gen. G. S. Fuller ton, Treasurer. The O. R. t . Co. lia reo'ved to in. crea.H it capital sfrk 3.000.000, which makes the tidal stock !.r,00.000. Kiitnnclie tplode In tit Xoble House of Ie t'ltnord. The holders of the peerage ot Lord Cliff ord and of Lord De Clifford are descended in tlie male and female line respectively from the once great and powerful home of Clifford, who enjoyed the earldom of Cum berland, and who stood next to the Pcrcies in the north of England. Of late years the ancient br.rony of De Clifford has passed, through females, into one or two different families. Nevertheless, the titlf is still extant. All our readers are aware, no doubt, that the old bridge across the Thames at Blackfi iars was the work of an engineer named James Mylne. It is not often that the architect of a bridge becomes also the architect of a peerage ; and yet one of the merest accidents in the world, in wltich Mylne figured as the principal hand, conferred that very ancient title, or at all events Its revival, upon a plain Som ersetshire gentleman. The story is told at some length In the "General Biographical Dictionary" ot Chambers. Mr. Mylne happened to be engaged in making some very great alterations and improvements ' . X . I. at Klin s Weston, near urisioi, ior me late Lord De Clifford, then Mr. Southwell. who had known him at Rome, ana wno had conceived a very high opinion or ins talentvifter a sight ol his (then new bridge at Blacktrlars. On Mr. Mylne's arrival there he commenced making some plans. in the course ot which he discovered in the back part of the house a small room, to which apparently there were no means 01 access. It was resoiviu iicconiinniy w im into it from the outside. On obtaining an entrance they found to their astonishment a great quantity ot old family plate and a pile of musty papers and parchments. riiese were deciphered by tbe aid ot a local antiquary, and the result that among them were found the original records ot a bar ony granted to that family iu the reign of Ilenry 111. The family pedigree was hunted up a:;d set forth, the Herald's Col lege was consulted, the matter was brought under the attention of the House of Lords,a petition to the King to have the claim submitted to a Committee ot Prlvi- leges was duly presented and favorably received ; at last, after a shott interval, during which time every link in the chaiu of proof was closely examined and estab lished to the satisfaction of tlie committee, the King revived the dormant title and Mr. Southwell took his seat among tlie peers of England, as second on the roll of barons In 1776. The room in which these papers were found had in all probability been closed up for the sake of security, during the " troublous times" of the reign of Charles I, and had never been opened subsequently upward of a century. Tlie absence ot damp and the exclusion of air 110 doubt had contributed to the preserva tion of the precious document which con ferred a coronet 00 Mr. Southwell. The title, at the death ot this nobleman's son aad successors, fell into abeyance, which was terminated, in 1833, in favor of his eldest daughter, Sophia, who married Cap- Itain John Russn, and whose grandson is the present holder of It. Brsnons lor Snpnortinir tlie Renntll-a rsrijr ua ujuk-iuc iud uemoerattra The Republican party, in opposition to that wing of the Democratic which now 'controls it, saved the country from destruc- ion. It has given the country a sound cur rency from which in the main has resulted tbe general prosperity. It is patriotic and loyal, and regards the United States as a nation and not a rope ot sand. It seeks to maintain the Constitution and to enforce all laws made in pursuance thereof. It seeks that union and reconciliation which is the triumph of principles fought tor, and not that of tissue ballots aud in timidation. It demands that every man who counts or represents those who count, in the enumeration to give representation in the electoral college, shall cast his vote just as he pleases, and shall have it counted lust as he cast it. It believes that the perpetuity and suc cess of Republican institutions depends upon universal education, and It promotes the same by every means iu its power. Tlie "lieef cater"' was the appellation sarcastically given Mr. Slater by Bush, of Salem, iu the early days "of Oregou. Onliuanre So. 10a. Relating to City Police. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City ot Albany : - Skction 1. That it shall be unlawful for Legis-)whis)e th(J nojje ot' wnll., resembles a police whistle, within the corrate limits of the City ot Albany, unless such fierson 13 "ire,nmi wiMies ...e .u ... ance ot a policeman ; and any persou vio lating this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof before the Recorder, be fined in the sum of not more than twenty, or less than two dollars, or imprisoned in the City jail not more than ten or less than two days. Section 2. This ordinance to take effect and be in force from and after five days after its publication. Passed the Council September 28, 18S0. Approved September 2S. 18S0. D. G. CLARK, Mayor. Attent : J. L. IIai.tf.r. City Recorder. Sew 'IT-ay. Usad. Bead. Stead. CHNTSAL MS3AT IIAESET First Street, Albany, Oregon, J. It. IIER.REX, : Proprietor. WILL KKKP THE BEST MEATS OF ALL kinds the market affords, and will pay the htKtu-s cash pr.iee tor lieef. Pork. Mutton. Veal Calve' and chickens ; also. Hides and Furs liouht and so! I. J. K. HKHltKK. October 1, 1bS0-v13 ill. Xii-fst Annual 13 all GIVKN BY .Rosens H. & L. Co. isro. a.. AT PACITIS 0FZSA HOUSE; Tbursdaj- Evening, 0t. 7, 188O. Tickets iw COMMITTEE OF ARKANGEMENTS i II. J. Clark. K. Bowman. R. T. W ilson. Jos. Allison, S. SETTFJiBACII. RECEPTION COMMITTEE: w. B. Scott. D. Rankin. M. V. Brown. P. II. Ravmond, Robt. Bowman, Coll. VasClete, Geo. IIumi'hkey, Jos. Webber, FLOOR MANAGERS i M. S. MONTEITH, Jas. Foster, Jr. Ala Harris, Simon Settenbach, T. J. Cline. H. .T. Clakk. To Contractors. SEALED bids will be received at the office of thet'ountv Clerk of Linn coxinty mvtil W o'clock M. of Wednesday, October 6tb, 1880. for theconstructlon ofa DilcR vhoii in mo toun House of snid county. Bids will be received for tbe brick and brick-work, and the necessary ii-on4 untl shutters, seoaratelv or ail toxetlier. vault to De compieteu witnin w aays sner con tract is made. The county to furnish the Door Air the vault. Plans and spceidcatlons may le wen nt the Clerk's office. K. BAUM. Sept. 24, 18S0. Connty Clerk. Alraln Intra tor's Notice of Appointment. NOTICE Is hereby Riven tbat tbe undersign ed was, by the County Court of Linn Conn lv. Oreo-011. at. its reifnlnr Spnteinber term. 18S0 tfulv appointed administrator de bona nan, cum teMamtnl annrjm, ol the estate of C. A. Williams, deceased. All persons having claims aeainst the estate of said deceased, will present the same to the undersigned at Brownsville, Linn connty, Oregon, verified as required by law. wltluii six month" from the date nereot. PKTKR HUME, Administrator. ' Dated Sept.. 17, 1880-n5lvia ' Weatberford A Blackburn, attys for adrar. JUNIUS F. W1IIT1XC, ARTIST, Fresco, - Sign, Scene. P AiO - XHetorial Iaiixtiigr T-VESIfJNlNO A SPKfTALTT. XJ Rooms 6 and 7, Parrlsli block. corner First ana erry streets, Aiuany, uregon. ST. CHARLES HOTEL. ! ALBANY, : . ORKOON, Mrs. C. Houk, Proprietor. mrria hoitrw. bus imn tliorotiirlilv overhaul- X ed and renovated, and placed In first class condition for the accommodation of its guests. Good Sample Room for Commercial Travelers. General Stage Office for Corvallis. Independ ence and Lebanon. Free Costh to ' from tbe uouoe. ALBANY Albany, Oregon. Tlie Second Term will open on Wednesday, Sept. lt, 18SO. f For particulars concerning tbe courses of study and the price or mmon, appiy w Ktv. ELBKHT s. wauir, ! July 30, 1880vt3n All Itlnrtk of Lmaber. j We have for oale at ljebanon and Grass- ridge some 300.000 feet of lumber, such as seantllnff. ioists. barn timbers, boxing, fonelncr. and otlier rongh lumber. At Lebanon we have a suierior lot of dry inmhpr. mnsistinor of rustic flooring, etc. Owing to tbe lato fire, we are offering thin lumber at reduced rates. Address us at Lcbaiiou. 4Sif Cos Bros, LEGAL. OTjIMN. O. X. CHAMBF.BI.AIK, FLWN St CHAMBERLAIN, Attorneys at Law ' ALBANY, - OJXEQOIT. OFFICE-In Farter's new brick block, first door to tbe left, tip rtaira. vllnlS rowiLL, w. b. varwv, POWELL & BILYEU, Attorney at Law and Solicitors In CUancerr. ' Albaxt, . OitEOojr. COLLECTIONS prompt rv made on all no to. Loans negotiated on reasonable terms. Office In Foster's new block. nUvIl J. K. WEATHER FOItD, (NOTARY PUBLIC.) Attorney at Law, A LB ANT, t : OREGON. WILL PRACTICE IN THE DIFFERENT court of tho Slate. Special attention sir en to collections and probate matter. Orricx In Odd Fellows' Temple. 11 47 v 10 . m. 31. BLAt'KBl'RJt, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ALBANY, , , ORECOX, PROMPT ATTENTION business. OIVEBt TO ALL 23v N. E. IILMPH1UT. C.I.VOLTIITOH. Humphrey St Wplverton, ! Attorney. jnd Counselor l kw. WI L L PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUKT9 ot this State. Orricx in Froman's brick (np stairs) Albany, Oregon. IInt H. MOXTAME, Attorney at Ia-w ALBANY. OBEOOIf. "VFFICE Up stairs, over John Briggs' More, J on First street TJime C. H. HEWITT, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Office, Old 1M Office Building, Albany, Oregon. WILL PRACTICE In tbe different Courts ot the Slate. vlln&S MEDICAL. 1. IW. JOKES, M. Physician and Surgeon, ALU A IVY, OKrXMH. OFFICE At Plnmmer's Drnar Store-. to Odd Fellows T;inple. KtsinENCK Second and Washington st reets. one block south of Ana. Marshall's livery stables. . 4vi3 B. M. SAVAGS, 2JZ. D.v Mijsician anil Surgeon, KromHiis Brick, up stain. rit-kt street, Albany, vlSnlo C. C. KELLY, M. PHTSICIA2T & STJEGE02T. ALBANY, t : OBEUOX. . rrif'E IX fILMrAIN9 BRICK BLOCK. Residence one door north of broom facto ry, Lyon street. llvia Albany FuraitTire Hotis. JAf.lES DAflMALS, Manufacturer and Dealer in FURNITURE, Iledrooni Suits; Walnnt, Asb nd Maple Ffcrlor Suits ; latent Kockers. Knsy Cbairs aud Lounges a specialty. SprinG MattresseS, Extension Centre Table, Pillar Extension, ete. A splendid lot of Walnut and Hardwood Cbairs of all kinds, . Whatnots, Bookcases. Sidetoaiis; In fact, I Intend to keep a first class Furniture HousE. I am thankful for past patronage, and intend to make it to the interest of all residents of tbis city and vicinity te conic and see me. Corner of Second and Ferry streets, AI.RAXY, vl2n2) OKfWOJT. Santiasi Academy For isso-81. Fall Tern C'ommeuem Monilwy. Sept. SANTIAM ACAPKMT Is located tn IKton, . Linn county, Oregon, at the terminus of tbe Albany A Lebanon Railroad, and near tbe line of the Narrow Gauge Railroad, in a pleas ant and healthy part of the Willamette Valley. TheAcademv Is supplied with Philosophical and Chemical Bppnintuu, and a Library ot two hundred and ftftv volumes. The ground are ample and ptoacant.and tba buildinsr commodious. Board can lie obtained In Rood families at reasonable rates. Rooms can be obtained by those who wish to board themselves. Rooms will be furnished in tbe Academy, If application, be made soon. BATES OT TTjmOW. I Primary-- - - . OS Common School S 00 librta School ra 00 Commercial Conrse ...01 00 Instrumental Music $13 00 No incidental fee required. A Normal Class will be organized and especial attention Riven to tho Normal methods of teaching. Including t he Topie methods of In struction, topical reviews of all tbe common school branches, and contract ions or shorter methods in arithmetic A monthly report of attendance and standing of students will be sent to parents and guardi an. ' It will be understood that, where no previous arrangement is made, patrons will settle tho tuition on or before tbe close of each term of 10 weeks. Students can enter the-school at any time, and tuition will be charged for tbe time they are members of the school. Tbe government will be strict and Education al. Our motto Is : "Practical Education. "Knowledge is Power. Education is more It Includes the ability to control aud apply that power. Students entering the school will be consider ed in honor pledged to sustain the rules and good name of the school, by industry in doing: riillit. No others will be retained. "or further particulars apply to J. L. GILBKKT, Prfawipal. Lebanon, Sept. S, ISeO. Notice or Final Settlement. NOTICE IS IIKRKBT GIVEN that Franklin Presley, as administrator of the ostate of David Presley, deceased, has tiled In the County Court ofcXlnn county, Oregon, his final account in the nfatter of sniii estate, and said Court has appointed the third day of August, 1880, at tbe hour of one o'clock In the afternoon ol said day as tbe time for hearing objections to said au count. If any there bv, ana tor the settlement thereof. FK AN KLIN PRKSLKY, Jul)' 2d, 1S3Xv12uW : AdlinitlHtorr