The state rights democrat., May 25, 1867, Image 2

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JX XX. AX1X30TT,
Sditor.
SATURDAY MAY 25, 1SG7.
"Tbo Constitution is a law for rulcrt and peo
ple, equallj ia war and in peace, and covers with
the shield c f its protection all classes of men, at
all times aid under all circumstances ; and no
doctrine involving more pernicious consequences
was ever in rented by the wit of nan than that
any of its j revisions can be suspended during anjr
of the great exigencies of the Government. Such
a doctrine leads direct j to anarchy and despot
ism, and the theory of necessity, on which it is
based, is fiisc."--ici'H lis Suprtm Court,
TIUP TO THE CASCADE 2IOUX
T.VI.VS. Having been quite closely confined to
business for over a twclfemonth, and
feeling the need of relaxation, ure recent
ly accepted an invitation from Mpssrs.
Hackleman, Alexander and Wheeler,
all cf Lin a county to accompany them
on a trip to the Cascade Mountains. Ac
cordingly we put our hunting apparatus
In first rata order, laid in such provisions
and xnado such other preparations as vre
deemed nocessary for such an occasion.
Our companions, at the outset, were A.
Hackleman and Martin Luper. In con
sequence of a pressure of professional du
ties, Dr. Alexander could not go a cir
cumstance much regretted, not only by
him, but the entire party.
The first point of importance on the
route is the town of Lebanon. The coun
try between it and Albany is among the
best and raost beautiful we ever beheld
It forcibly reminds us in its configuration,
its productiveness, and its neat cultivation,
of the country immediately around Jack
sonville, Illinois; which Schoolcraft onco
pronounce 1 the Eden of America. In so
far as surrounding scenery is concerned
it excels any lands around Jacksonville.
.Several krsre hills, Knox's Butte, and
jhe Cascade Mountains in the distance,
covered with, verdure, reaching high up
into the clouds, each and all lend an in
terest and impart a charm to this section
of our nolle county, which must be seen
in order to be fully appreciated. 7"Jie
-crops on the route look well, and give ev
ery promise of a rich harvest. As usual,
in this Vtllsy, the husbandman's labors
will be amply rewarded.
. The town of Lebanon is a neat, tidy
place, in the midst, of a very fertile
district of country. It is distant fron
Albany, fourteen miles, and was oops a
prominent candidate for the county eat
.of Linn ccunty. Here vre oyertco Jason
Wheeler, Esq., one of our party, Having
&iro horses-, we abandoned oar friend Lu
per'a vehicle, and traveled the balance
cf the route on horseback- Night over
took us tt the residence of John Gilliland,
Esq., in Gvreet Home Valley. Nr. G.
lives just at the foot of the mountains.
He settled here in 1853, .and has remain
ed here ever since.. At t&at time he
could have claimed lasd ia the Willamette
Valley; -but he chose to posh out to the
extreme verge of the frontier- That he
has selected a healthy locality is evident
from the act that h& has had so occasion
to send for a physician, since he has been
there, except once, and then only in con
sequence cf a severe cut with an axe.
Sirs. Gilliland, for the last fifteen years,
has made all her husband's clothes, three
pair of patit?loons excepted. At first she
was very much dissatisfied with the place,
but now so spot seems so dear as their
farni in . S ;reet Home Valley. Mr. G.,
eing a staunch democrat, takes, and pays
for the State Rights Democrat.
Next morning we continned our journey.
Our road wound around the mountain.
Nooned at Htcsley's bagging a pheas
ant and grouse on the way, Here 3Iessrs.
Froman and Baber, with their wives, were
encamped. They were drinking . the
.healthful waters of Soda Springs, hunting
and jerkicg the venison they had cap
tured. 31 r. Hensley, the owner, of. the
ranch, is an industrious bachelor pre
fering the solitude and majestic scenery
jof his mountain home to the civilization
f the Valley. . - . .
Sometime in the afternoon we reached
Upper SocTa Springs ten miles distant
and encamped. These Springs are similar
to tijose at Hensley's; but there is more
jiron in the b, and they do not cfierVesce
;as freely. . ;They are situated in the cen
iter of the "Burnt Woods which, when
vwe were there, abounded in" wild game.
After prrpacking pur Animals and rest
ing a little we started out from camp with
our friend Hackleman, to procure "pamp
Tn flit" iri r mnrAa n van'ienn A a li!a
was our first attempt at deer-hunting since
our arrival in Oregon, we trust the reader
will pardon U3 if we cro somewhat into de-
--tail. Mr. naekleman, who, it was ar
ranged, shoula lead off, is a number one
hunter, ;. He settled in Albany over twen
ty yeirsago, and owns a section of the
best land m Tiinn rmnttr rT-nf. wlint Tia
has laid ofi into lots (and-sold) fronting
Jthe river. He ia tough and wiry, and
spends much of his time in the mountains.
Carrying a double-barreled rifle throwing
a hajf ounball; and being an excellent
shot, the consequence is that when he
4raws a bead on a buck, or bear, or elk.
hey are almost sure to bite the dust. -?3uch
was our companion on this occasion,
yfce mountain beingsteep and the weath
er sotjswhut warm, he "started out at a
regular slo y gait, having on a slouch hat,
woolen shirt, pants and brogan shoes, the
soles of which were full of . tacks. We
were similtrly clad, except we wore a
vest, collar, neck-tie and a pair of brogan
boots without tacks in fact the foIcs were
rather sleek than otherwise. EvcrvboJy
who knows our friend II. will testify
that ho bears the reputation of being
somewhat lazy. When wo started out,
seeing him taking the slow and lazy gait
aforesaid, wo soon passed and led him
thus changing entirely tho original pro
gramme. Tho following extract from our
journal tells how our trip up resulted. ,
"Took hunt with IlackUman. Led me up a
rcry steep spur of tho mountain. Io places it was
at an angle of forty-five degrees; at others 60 and
CO; some others were perpendicular. Started out
quite brisk II. behind. But before a great while
ho came poking along and passed me. vlot hands
tuck full of briers, face scrateeil, footing pave way
and slid down ten or fifteen yards. II. still climb
ing. Got up and pitched in again. Came to a
fir tree five feet in diameter. 11. went over easy,
Attempted to do likewise. Took hold of a smalt
limb to pull tip by limb broke and away I wenf
down hill again. Looked up- saw II, still climb
ing f Kan round the tree, and by extraordinary,
effort caught up with II. Wore briers moro trees
several more slides crab-wise. Wind began to
fail me. U ttill climbing. Tongue rery dry and
parched. - Water! water! oh how I wanted a cool
drink of water. Tmrcled a half mile and pnuie
to bench or table-land. . Here II. took a seat on a
fallen tree and rested. I rested. Felt very sirk.
Tongue stuck out ever so far t II. told me to un
button vest; now untie choke-rajj. Obeyed orders
and tclt better. Cool mountain Creeses came along
and in a short time I was all right again. Went
to climbtug apain ; moved along slowly and did
much better. Ucgan to get hang of it. Wind some
improved. Knee-joints about to cave. Regretted
that my lifo was uninsured. Came to another
tailo or bench; reted; went on again; more briers
more slides down bill more fallen trees more
short breath more tugging and perspiring more
cool brectes and finally a cool mountain stream;
Drank heartily and bathed face and tetaplos. Oh I
bow refreshing! . Started up the mountain again.'
It. told me this was the best exercise in the world.
It would remove all 'antifogtnaticV and make
a new man'of me. I didn't doubt it at all; but
wanted to know where tho deer were. Replied we
would knock over one directly. More dead Qrs -more
brkro more slides down-hill-ytuore pufSng
and blowing and finally tuoro table-land.
Wc might continuo this extract from
cur journal ipdoSnitcly, Uut fearing we,
shall weary the reader we dssist. Let
this tsu5ce. After resting a while we
commenced to descend the mountain, ta
king an entirely different route; and reach
ing enc of the benches aforesaid, we saw
two deer within sixty or seventy yards of
us, walking off. II. fired at one; we tho
other; and one fell dead in his tracks, but
it wasn't ours! Cutting off tho hind
quarters, and leaving the balance of the
carcass, we each took one and conttpued
our journey down the mouotoiu-r-the wri
ter hereof sometimes losing his foothold
and sliding ten to twenty yards down hill;
but our friend II. maintaining tho same
old, regular gait, till we finally arrived at
camp..
Reader, did you ever eat a meal of vict
uals oat in the woods? When we got
into camp pur comrade, Luper and
Wheeler, bad a rousing camp fire, and W.
had made a good cup of codec, and roast
ed tha pheasant and grou.e above referred
to. In addition to this we had good light
bread, some sweet butter and some bacon.
Those not satisfied with all the.e dishes,
cut slices of venison and bacon, and pro
curing a long switch or stick, and impal
ing the meats aforesaid on its end, held
them over the camp fire till thoroughly
cooked thus procuring a morse Ult for 'a
king. We ate very heartily "you bet!"
sveoison, grouse, bacon, coffee, bread all
rapidly disappeared under our inanipula
tions; then, wrapping up in a couple
of pair of blankets, we laid down on the
ground, with no other shelter than the
sky, and slept souodly all night a feat
that we had not before performed for a
twelvemonth.
The next hunt we took wo were accom
panied by Mr. Wheeler- He, too, is a
regular hunter and almost always brings
down bis game when he fires. He settled
in Ocgon about twenty years ago, apd
owns one of the best farms io Jtao county
He was anxious that we should .capsize an
elk; so he gradually led us up to the very
top of one of the highest peaks. W
found it far easier to climb tho mountain
than it was the first day. Lungs seemed
to inhale one-half more pure cxhilirating
mountain air than formerly. When quite
well up we broke the foxe-ehoylder of a
buck. Mr. W. put hi3 crcy-hound on
his track, . W subsequently learned that
the dog overhauled tha buck, in the midst
of the fiantiam nearly opposite camp
and such a contest as ensued between the
dog and deer, is seldom witnessed. An
Irishman in camp told us he "niver saw
anything 'to aqual it" They fought for
a half hour the buck invariably making
the dog release his grip on his throat by
plunging under water. The dog finally
gave it up as a bad job, and hauled off for
repairs -the buck, mangled, wounded
and bleeding, escaping, and the grey
hound returning to his .master. We are
convinced that a well-trained grey-hound
owing to his amazing flcetness and
courage is invaluable to a hunter in the
mountains. .
A short time afterward, while wc were
descending the mountain, a large buck,
with velrety horns, emerged from behind
a fallen fir, and stood in fair view, looking
at us a moment. In an instant we ' fired
and the buck fell and rolled down the
mountain, some fifty or sixty feet. On
firing we exclaimed: ."There L I guess
I've saved, your bacon!" Wheeler, who
was some fifteen paces distant, exclaimed
"What! did tou shoot?" ' "Yes, "did you
Bhoot?""; "Well, I did. Don't you see
the smoke coming from ray cun?" "Yes
Alont you see tho' smoke coming from
my gun?'1 "Ye?Ido, Well that beats
me' The' truth was we both fifed so
exactly together that tho r.eport of pne
gun could not be distinguished from the
other.- A subsequent examination proved
that we had shot the buck through the
region of the heart, and Wheeler's bal
entered him near the fifth'rib and ragged
toward the left foreshoulder. u Both shots
were fatal. ; The buck did not know what
hurt him.
Cutting off the hind quarters, and leay
ing tho balanco of the carcass, we descend
ed tho mountains and in duo time arrived
in camp again; whoro, a most excellent
supper gotten up in Kclley's best stylo
awaited us.
We might continue writing, detailing
tho exploits of oursclf and others in
ho hunting lino, but wo desist, for fear
of wcarving our readers. Wo simply add
hat, tho next day, we went out alone, and
killed a young doc; which, when wo had
discmbowlcd and decapitated, we packed
into camp, and skinned quartered and
lung up, in truo - hunter stylo, on a sap
inir. After .sunper, our - comrades,
Iacklcmun and Luper, started out, and
about dark returned, each having killed
a buck. This, by tho way, was somothing
of an achievement for L., ho cover hav
ing killed one before.
Iu conclusion wc would say, if you are
roublcd with indigestion, or other ail
ments, go to tho mountains, roam over
them hunt, fish, camp out. take it rough
and tumble, and if you do no corno bapk
a better map physically yes, and morally
too, wo aro much mistaken. - Thcro is
no need of , going, to California, or the
Sandwich Island to recuperate, so long as
ho Soda Springs, the wild game, tho
mountain trout and the healthful brccscs
of the Casoado Mountains remain. -. -
powuon Judge Dead.
Kver sinco Judge Paady rendered his
decisions relative to Avery and Iliglcrand
McCall vs. McDowell, the Iladical press
havo dououn?od him without atiot or mer
cy. They thought that the "loyal" Avery
ought to hold on to the public teat, and
that it was little short of , treason to oust
im and award his place to tho "disloyal
copperhead," Bigler. They thought, too,
that Hull-Hun McDowell a military up
start and atrap who illegally ar rented
and, imprisoned one McCall, because,
when Lincoln was assassinated, he uttered
some language considered disrespect ful
should not be fined to the tunc of nearly
seven hundred dollars. The Sacramento
Union says ,JDeady, Justice," must "he
taken in hand;" and accordingly it pitches
into him in true Iladical-Jacobinical Mvle.
And that pink of propriety, the Oregon
City Knterprbo though profes-sodly neu
tral ia politic approvingly copies thft
remarks of the Union. The Salem "Un
ionist also, is after Judge Deady. It
says the brief time that he "sat upon the
dizzy height of the Circuit Court bench
down in California, has had a remarkable
expanding effect upon his vanity, which
no is uciuucu cnougn io eci uown as
talent."
So they go. While Judge Dcady ren
ders decisions which, io tho opinion of
the Had i tali aro "loyal," ho is one of the
most erudite and profound of Jurists;
but the very moment he decides contrary
to their partizan opinions and tenets, the
whole trite empty their, vials of wrath
upon his head. It should bo a matter of
devout gratitude that some of those whose
shoulders are covered by the judicial cr
mine, have some respect for law and the
obligations which their oath of office im
poses. Judge Deady has simply done
what the law, honestly construed, requir
ed him to do, but for doing this he will be
hounded and read out of his party by
Radical headers.
The poplo keep the Radical party in power to
feea ani educate tbo n:rro. What a beautiful
bcaj-t the Iladical party is of "God and morality,'
taxes and niggers. Allany Democrat.
Conxtdcring that Con ere s has made a large an
propriation from the public treasury to sare the
Democrat $ political friends at the South from star
vation, and that the wide-reaching benevolence of
the orth is giving millions mire for the same ob
ject, decency, if nothing else, would seem to re
quire that this talk about "paying taxes to feed
negroes" should stop. The whites of the South
are receiving moro assistance than tbo negroes ;
and the nation is now paying taxes to preserve the
lires of the who fought to destroy it. These be
ing the fact), the Democrat and its kind would do
well to keep silence on this subject Ortgnmian.
It is not truo that "Congress has made a
large appropriation1 or indeed any appro
priation, for the starving widows and or
phans of the South Senator Trumbull did,
indeed, move such an appropriation, and it
passed the Senate ; but such men as Beast
Butler, of the Radical party, killed it in the
House. They will vote money to maintain
niggers in idleness, but utterly refuse to vote
one cent to preyent whitd women and chil
dren widows jand orphans of "deceased
rebels" from starving. , ?
It is true that these "whites of tho South'
are receiving assistance j but it is exclusive
ly voluntary. No one gives a cent becauao
compelled. How much, Mr. Oregonian
have you given in behalf of the starving vie
tim's of your abolition war ? Are you not,
away down deep in your heart, actually glad
that these "whites of the South" are famish
ing for bread ? Do you not, in your excess
ive jJ 'loyalty," bejieve that jtheya.nj receiving
their just deserts ? j
The Majority in Connecticut.
Our readers ara aware that the majority
for Governor, at , the late Connecticut
election, was a fractipn less .than one
thousand. On Congressmen, tho Demo
cratic majority was 2,300. The first dis
trict gave 500, the second, 2,000, and the
fourth, 1,000 ; making 4,000. . Against
these, the ihxjd district gave a Hepubli
cai) majority of 1,700, r leaving: a " Depio
cratic majority in the Stato of 2,300--f
The Democrats are in minority of one
in the Senate, This ,waa occasioned by
the defeat of one of their candidates, by
four votes. Twelve more votes only at
tho polls would have given the Democra
cy .control pf both . branches of the Con
necticut Legislature. ,. IIow. easily : those
twelve votes might have been obtained if
the Democrats had only known the neces
sity of them! " ?
WIHiutiHI Vnlley itnl Camrade
Mountain Wugoit Iload Com
pany. As the .public generally aro more or
less interested in the operations of this
Company,' we havo been at considerable
trouble and some expense to collect the
following diets J . a -, f
' The Company was first organized on
tlw 10th clay of March, A. D., 18G1. The
following named gentlemen wcro the In
corporators i Luther Hlkins, D. M. Hal
lard, Jphn Settle, Isaao Coryell, John
Powell, Morgan Kccs, Jacob Kecs, V.
Jones and D. Richardson. The capital
stock'was $30,000. Tho object of tho
Incorporators, at this time, was to mako
and keep in repair a Wagon Hond, with
tho necessary bridges, ferry boats and toll
atcs; faid Road to couimcuco opposite
Corvallis and cross tho Cascade Moun
tains, at the most, eligible point, to the
Deschutes River. The Articles of Incor
poration ncVo subsequently so amended
as to beg'm the Road at Albany and run
boundary of the fStaie. . following is
a list of thp officers a.nd stoojthojdrs of
tho Road at the preseut time t -
PrbiMent, J. L Foster: fiocrctarr.W. W. lar-
rlnh Treasurer, li. Urlnglej lJlrectrs, L.Klkins,
Slartia Luper, Ir. W. V. Alexander. Jason Wheel
er, John 1'owtH, John ltm.
,Shar Uubler John Fettle, Vim. Foran, John
flilliland. A. C. lluusnsan. l5ton rurr, II. IJ.
Falley, Jacob lUland, Arohy Joues. Bauiuel Hard
man, Allen X'arktr, C. F. IWkuii, tjeo. . Vilrb,
vm. llauton, Vr. feimoiji, Wn. Z. Ms, li. F.
barter, Thomas .Summer, Col, IVrman, lV ley
iimtsv, II. Usbtr, A. IVaree, John (Iriiwiaan. Bl.
phen Thomas. A. llacklcman, A. Cowan, J. A.
Vt bite, W. B. Elkln, J. Norcross. C. Cowan. l)r.
It. C. JHH, I). Simon, Dr."Tal. J. KIxob. Thomas
J. Fowcil. ' !
Sitico the Company was organized,1
Congress paned the subjoined act to aid
in tho conitruction of tho Road :
AN ACT granting lands t tho State of Oregon to !
rat . , ... .
ai i in mo roiisiruciion or a military road from !
Albany, Ore job, V tbeeaMt;n bquudary of laid j
Htate. , i
IJe it rcatud by the Fenate and 1Iou of P.i pre-
sentatives of the tulud Htatj of Ami-riea in Con.
grs aetnb!d. That there be, and hereby l,
granted to the Hae of Oregon, to aid Io the en
siruetiunef a military wagou road from Albany, !
Oregon, by way or tanyott City and the mot fcas
Ible pass io CMcade ranxe of tnounlains. Io the
etru oundary of the Hate, alif male sections
of public land, desijrnated by odd number, tbrco
ikK-tiun er mile, to b scircted within six talh
of said rad: lr lJed, that the lands bersby
gtanU-d shall bt exelrsirrly applied in tho con
st rue t tun of sail rjl, and shitil bedipod of on
ly as the work pro-rvo. ; and the same shall b
applied to no other purpn ahaterrr : And pro
vided further, that any and all lands heretofore
reserved io the CniUd BMtes by aet of Congnss
or other competent authority be, and the same are,
referred froia the operati ons of this act, exrept so
tar as may ie stceiary v locate the rout of
said road through the same, in which rate the
right of way is granted, subject U lU approval of
the l'reldent of tha United Hates.
Hec. 2. And bt it farther fcnarted. That the said
lands hereby granted to said Hutt shall btdispo.
ed of by the legislature thereof for the puipo
aiareata, ana lor no cinrr; and the si4 roaJ
shall b and remain a public highway f x tb uw
of the t ornm?ct of th United Hatrs, fr from
tolls or otaer thtr$c upon the trai)rtatl u of
any property, troo, or mails of tho United
Flat.
Hr. . And be it farther enacird. that said road
shall b cn true ted with such" width, graduation.
and bridges as to pen&it of its regular ta as a
wagon rd, and in eh other special mmmr as
the rUt of Of;n mar preseriL.
Src. 4. Aif-f ix it further enacted. That the
lands hereby finnte I to mi J Hate shall jdlpod
of only in the foUnrlnj wanner, that is to say :
that when ten stitrs'of said road h!i be enmple
td, quanfiiy of tnd it rare .ting thirty sec
tions for aid fiad may it old, s(iizrtaniu to
said eompleted piirtioo f said read j ard when
the Uofercor f said Hate shall certify the Sec
retary of the Interior that any tn e ntiouuu
miles oj sold road ara complete!, then another
quantity of laad hertby frrantel, not cxceedlne
thirty sections, may b sold, coterminous to said
completed porw'-m of said road, and o from tim
to time unttt sii I road is completed ; and if said
road is not cosjpleed within five year, no further
sate shall be made, and the land remaining un
sold shall rertrt to the United States.
- Approved July 5,
We receatly passed over that portion
of the road lying between Gilliland' farm
to Sweet Home Valley, and running to
within four or five miles of Hncklcman's
l'a in the moantains ; and wc can testify
that it U amoqg tbo best mountain roads
wo' ever traveled over. Most of it is
much better than the County Road this
side of it. Tho Company hare also re
cently finished a trail for stock by which
crossing of the Santiam i avoided, with
one exception, and that is whero it docs
not amount to much being, as it is, pear
the source of the East Fork of said river.
Much labor has been expended on it, and
the Company have succeeded in construct
ing a trail second to nono on tho Pacific
coast. It is perfectly pafe for alj kinds of
stock, sheep pven not being excepted.-
The following aro the Hates of Toll on
the Road to the several points naaip4 i
TO JEfrCHCT RIVEB ,
Four horse or mule team, loaded....... ... U Od
Twu " " 4 00
One " " " " 2 P0
Ox team, 3 yoke...;.. 6 00
Kvcry additional yoko of oxen ,
Cattle per head, except calf ei.. , 37
Sheep " "
Hors " " . 10
Packed animals, per head. I 00
Loose horses or males, per bead ..... , 60
All animals unpacked. " " ................. 50
Horso and rider..,. 1 00
Teams returning empty half price.
TO rilB LAKE t
Four horse or mule team, caoh way............. 3 CO
Two
u
00
One
14
44
it
44
' 44
44
60
00
Ox team, 3 yoke,
Kttch additional yoke
Horse dndjrider
Footman. . .
60
75
26
TO SODA 4PRI0S
Four horso or mule team .........
2 50
Two horso or mule team..... 1 50
One horse or mulo team 1 00
Horse and rider,...
Loose animals. tcr head 25
Footman i... .......... 25
Ox teams, the same as horse or mulo teams.
Actual immigrants from tho Atlantic States,
first trip. half price
The Road and tho Trail are both now
open to Canyon City; and from thence
roads diverge to almost every point in the
eastern part of the 'State. A; drove
two hundred beef cattle passed 'oyer i
this week, nd:wa understand others will
soon do likewise. ' It is unquestionably
the best and most direct j? oute to Idaho
and Montana Territories. : ; i '
The people of Ohio are growlim; that
they had to pay in taxes to the Federal
Government last year over $70,000,000.
That ; is within five millions of the high
est sum tha.t the wholo United States ever
paid in one year under any Democratic
adraioistratjon. Qhio h?is now to pay oyer
$05,000,000 annually for the luxury ot be
ing as black as a negro's face ia politics.
Portland Correspondence.
Portland, prcgon, May 10, 1867
Editor Statt ilighh Democrat t
With your permission. I propose to give
tho numerous rendcra of tho Democrat a few
item from the "Emporium," or metropolis
of Oregon, -
, I don't presume for fi second that it will
be anything new to ny that hefo, an in all
other places of tho North Pacific, btisincs of
nit clauses is beautifully dull, . and coin
scarce. About the only thing our citizens
hare to boat of is pleasant weather, and
good health generally, and that Portland
still improve, and the onward march of
wealth atill progress. The imaginary ex
pectations of a populous city to be fed by
a market and the yield of gold and silver
from the mines on the Kfwtern border have
passed away ; and she U moving with a last
ing permanency, with all eyes turned toward
that which is the bono and nincw andthe
living foundation of oil agricultural coun
tries tho farming interest and products of
the Willamette Valley and urruundi ng cbun
try promUing in future not to step beyond
the growth and demand of that portion - of
tho State from which she receives her sup
port j guided by the old proverb t "Experi
ence is a dear school but fools will learn at
no other, V Notwithstanding tho dullness
of buincMS and scarcity of money there are
several fine substantial brick and wooden
buildings being erected this spring, and con
tracts let fus othurs during the summer and
fall. The street improvements move steadily
on. Tbo merchants and buyinees men ap
pear to bo reducing their surplus expenses
to suit tho time, awl look cheerful. Where
on firm retires, cr closes business, another
akes its place, -
The different foundries end tnanufsctur-
ng establishment appear to have a demand
yr all the work they can do, but Complain
of the scarcity of amalgam.
Opposition between this city -and San
Prancifceo has closed, and freight and paag
gain raised to living rntts. Jn stood of hav-
ng two or three stenmers a week we now
mve one, which appears to be capable of do
ing the business and supplying the wants of
the tradtii, shipping and traveling comma-
nity. The opposition was an injury to rori-
and, but a great Lneft to Ihp State at large.
ho low prico uf fright gavp tljc farmers
an prrrtunity to hip thtir fruit and other
iroduce, which they could not have done un
Jer the old rates ; and it compelled the two
old roonopolie the C. S. X. and C. O. L
M. S. S. Companies to haul off their old
rotten ship and place at the hand of our
people new, Haunch and and commodious
steamer, which the traveling public have
reason now to be proud of, and fur which
the people appear to feel grateful.
Tilt RIVCBS.
The lower ViUaroctte is rising very fast,
catifted by the back-water of the Columbia,
the water now leing at the top of the lower
wharves of the city, and covering the fiats
and low-land. The rie in the Columbia is
what is kc-jwn lb "June vl.Ul
conies yearly, and is caused by the melting
snow in the mountains at the head of the
river.
This Court ho been jn session fo;rl!j t.nt
two wc'k, and has dipo-l t.f svpral im
Iortant caes. The business uf tjip Vt ft.
District and Circuit CourU mncrciingsry
fast. There is quite a Urge docktt the pre
ent term. Judge Ueaiy presides witn mat
dignity, promptness and ability for which ho
is characteristic, reqoring all persons in at
tendance and the officers of the Court to bo
in place and dichargo the duties assignee
them. But few of tho courts ia Oregon are
conducted in the prompt and . business-like
manner as the U. S. District and Circuit
Courts, and in which the rules and the strict
letter of the law it carried out and enforced
as in the latter. Jurymen and witnesses
who fail or neglect to appear in obedience to
tho process served on them, nre brought into
Court by a writ of attachment and required
to show cause for contempt.
IT. S. MAftSIIAI, .
The people of Oregon may well feel proud
of their present United btates Marshal, Sir
A. Zicber. Ho is a prompt and vigilant of
ficer and faithful in the discharge of his du
ties, besides being a clever, sociablo and affa
ble gentleman, and in every way qualified
for the office.
; it At.ru wilcox.
Of tho present Clerk of the above Courts
and U. S. Commissioner, Ralph Wilcox
nothing need bo said, as thcro are but few
people in Oregon but that know and fro fa
miliar with the Doctor, All know of his
efficiency and general qualifications as an
officer, and that he has always acquitted
himself with honor and ability in tho many
capaciiies in which ho has served the people
of Oregon since the year 1845. '
BMUOOLISO. !
Several wejl , knW Persons of y
were arrested and brought before the JJ, ft,
Commissioner this morning,' who are charged
with having recently been engaged in the
business of smuggling liquors from the for
eign port of Victoria. Sonic of tho parties
were released on bail, and others coramittod
to jail upon failure to obtain the required
bail.; Yours, &c, : J. F. M.
Got BaK.w-A.ji old OrcRonian writes
us that, he has just ycturcd from a visit to
California, whither he has been eojouring
for a long time, prospecting for a better
and healthier clime than Uregon possesses.
He visited and spent some time in all the
principal valleys in that State, but after
giving all of them a thorough examination
he was glad to turn his weary feet toward
the land of "big rod, apples." Ho reports
inhabitable land in Calif drnia rated at from
$40 to 200 dollars per acre. He prefers
a region where land is cheap and. crops
are certain to one whero it takes a fortune
to buy a home and droughts are of fre
quent occurrence! Taking into consider
ation all the advantages and disadvantages
both countries possess, he is glad onco
more to get back, and will be content ,to
remain an Oregouian.i Unionist.; 1 ;
Left. -Mr. ChaseHossers, long known
as one ot the partners in the City Market,
left yesterday tor Albany, where no m
tends doinir businss iu future. Mountain
eer.
IIY TELEOUAPII.
compiled vsom tnt omeo szftAiD
. rt it-.- n t t . , ' tjjwi.u)i oi me nation ior ar
VERA Ciiu, May 5.-.Tm penal repor t fcistaocc ifl the organization of the Ilepub
ny Miramofi s death. The Liberals l'.n r.nrtv ,. t. A,..t. vViUC FUUm
dc
who were besieging Qucretaro were defeat-
edbvhim and driven towards San Luis
1,t.ui
Maximilian purposes to convoke the
national Congress. It is stated that he
tad arrived in Mexico at the head of 8,000
troops on the 29th of April ' ; '
PcdorDiaz was defeated, leaving all his
,,,, rnr
art.l cry and 1,500 prisoners, ,
Ihc above is deciea by a passenger by
tlin II
Mexico on the 25th ult. He is i confident
" - ' 7 " n v m m
iiii,uy uue iw aiaics
., . - - I r . I
irie garrison was snort or ammuntion. i
There is good authority for announcing
the death of Gen. Pedoljarada; also,of
.uanuei uriza, irom woudus.
Crimo was rampant at Vera Crux.; u
-' ClildAOO," May '15. -A courier from
the plaicagirci the particulars of the siege
of Forts Buford and Union, whieh lasted
iiaz, witn utwv men doseiy Dcsiegca reporterf, and kecpsqniet.r i:.,;-
both aqueducu' and had cut off tho inbab- Washinotow, IUj 17th-The So
itants and the supplv by the artesian wells, preme Court aurioc the session inst clos-
m a ; t h . 111111 ..iB- a is
three months. The Indian force number- peach men t testimony was not subsigtiatetL '
ed 3,000. The first attack was made on by other witnesses. -the
19th of December,' Only one man The Presid ent to-day appointed Oeorgo
was killed daring tho entire siege. The Bancroft Envy Extraordinary and Mini$-
garrison euffcred for want of water until a ter Plenipotentiary to Berlin '' . r-v
well wa dug. 7I he safety of the fort was
due to a division among the Indians, who
could not agree on a plan of operations,
and several times foughtamong themselves
killing a number. FortBuford isgarri-
sonca py company u-jim ncguiars;
mere areoo somicrsBuu ivciuzcns. xnc
Indians pxprescd a detcnniDation to ex-
tcrrqinate the whites.
yho Demopratic njajorlty in Kentucky;
over both parties, i44 2,000, ,
Halt Lake, Mayl4.-tTbe telegrapb-
ic lino was cut vesterdav hx th TntKn
and repaired to-day. They ran off stock
last night at I'olc creek, between Jules-
burg and 31 ud springs, aud chawd the
ambulance coming west from Pole creek
this morning, , V,
Salt Lake, 3Iay 15thf The stage will
make only two trips per week from Coop
er's Creelf ta Jj'orth Platte until the line
is fully protected by military.
Iho stage party had a skirmish with
the Indians oa the night of the 13th, and
report tho country full of Indians. The
ratlrroad party was attacked on the same
night. Cine maq was killed and cop bad
ly wounded.
San FttAXcisco, May 15. Revenue
Agent linchman, last evening, seized an
illicit distillery in-a cellar, corner batter I
and Henry streets. The still has Wen
tn active operation pearly two months.
It has a capacity of one hundred gallons
a day. The workmen eC3ped through a J
trap door, and have not been caught.
ibos. II. fcelby, Treaiairer of the pouth
cm Relief Fund in this city, yesterday
lorwarded by telegraphic transfer 10,bOO
in gold coin to New York. Total amount
cnt from the Pacific Coast thus far, $50,-
suo.
Ciianzcn who inccnuiarjr. anxri(k t
, , . .IS 4 u . Oviiivil nl Jvi VI w.i,VJI-
public meeting, was held to bail in forty I
thousand uoiiars to Keep the peace. . j
IiaIv Ima lrtfr tvrli til-
J " . - -I
MOBILE May IO. IWO Whites and
One colored man were killed in the riot:
and eight whites and a large number ot
colored' men wounded. Kcllv has cone
3 - - . m
' ii i . i' 4 - i .
a 3I,.r,-f.mfrt- A notin. h : Kosn
i.aMv- Lt K"vp iv ovwwu v '-
er.
Baltimore, May 15. Cricthton k
coo, commission mcrenaois, nave lauca ;
the liaDlllllCS are one nunarea ana nity
thousand dollars.
Niagara, witn je juavis, na arrived.
kw York, May 16. Tho times, spc-
cilal pays, there is a deficit in the balance
of Sub-Treasurer Whit taker's rcnort. oft
t,.r!-.l f l,...,en,J A,Ma rrar ,Lnn
, , -ti- .i t
Ran d of the money is believed to have been
loaned to Thos. 1. Mav. President of the
First Naional Rank, one of Whittaker'a
sureties. The latter holds paper ncarlv
to the Emourt OI thp dehClt. ; May a-
afoncd all his nronertir tn the finTrnmnt
.
is believed to be worth a million.
There was a heavv run Tcsterdav on
the National Bank In this eity. Its con-
ditioo. was quite critical, when three pri
vate capitalists came to its relief.
capit
4- TrDune correspondent applied to
noil i or permission to puDiisn liootns
tf.i. r-
inary i vne repuesi was eranxea tnut uon
rcterred Jhe request to btanton, who re-
fused it, Jhp piary ia pot to bo publish-
?d ii ne can pervent it. inc rresidcnt
apd HoU are wijling that it should be pub-
lished, with the Congressional testimony.
New York, May 16.Jeff Davis, ac
companied by his wife, her sister, Joseph
Davis, Dr. Craven and others, are at the
New York HoteJ. It is understood they
will be the guests of Charles O Connor.
The ! proprietors of the hotel have taken ,
the greatest care to avoid a mob. A squad
of pojicemea attended them from the
wharf. ; There was no' exitcment. It is
started that they will leave for Montreal
to-day. ' " ' "
Four men were killed and fifteen or
twenty wounded in the Mobile not. - The
shooter was arrsted. Shots were fired
from bouse tops and windows. The ne
groes were attacked simultaneously, four
blocks off. Tho , affair is undergoing a
rigid investigation. Troops patrol the
town. Kelly has , gone to Montgomery,
it being inadvisable fof him to speak in
Mobile in the president "excitemcntl
' j Richmond, May 15.--Tho Richmond
papers say tho release of Davis has done
more to promote good will-between the
North and Sonth than anything since the
warj t Nearly all warmly commend yree
Chicago, May, 10.The.TrbunojB
Omaha special says the Indians continue
troublesome near Fort Sedgwick. Han
cock's movements will drivo thenr awayv
J ; The4 Ncwbraska Legislature meets to
day.
: WiLLiAMSPORT,Pa May 16.-Logao,
Dem6crat7was elected Mayor by a majority
of seventy-eight. '-
Chicago, May 18. -The Journal's St.
Joseph special says the steamer Denver,
the fastest boat of the St.; Joseph and
Omaha line, was burned at the wharf, to
day. The loss is 860,000.'
The Kansas. Republican State, Central
Committee adopted resolutions providing
for a canvas of the State on the basis of
impartial suffrasa. Some discussion arose
on tho question of female suffraga. Every
, ndictioa is that tho proposition in favo
of women voting will cary at the next elec
tion. ' -i
ffNEW York, May 16. The National
Union Committee have issued an appeal
vw n. v
ed0rc on the levee hid a L"l
.t . . . . Tf w" t VJt'
fCred. Twa of the latter wf in EZa
Tha miller m
UvTa tTLS - w uaa
JnouJAUln
,.r ? f ..
;oiuuj -vucuNTCiv -cvinpsrea UIO
white tod black racea, Soldieriinterrnr,t
him The W,tm t
il r, W 1 1 H . ill H W I Tl SSH..1 ItTT I lArl Msv
visited thii morning by Jtxde Rnsscll
and lien. Wruvf II
I " - BV1VU JUdlr
cd. dis&osed of 200 eaa fcain m
nn th ilt ...
It is a matter of comment that the
Court recoanitcd Tm . a fltat i K
Union. ' by allowine an iniunction to .
train payment of certain bonds, t - ;
The ' Judiciary Committee hate ecni
for Oeoertl Baker to explain why bi&hav
- ; r
The blcwiog of Judas and Iwachar
will cercr meet; that the same people, or.
nation, should be both tha Hnn hi
and the ass between burdens, neither whi
it be, that a people overlaid with tax,
snouia ever Decome martial and yaliant.
Lord Baton. :"'
4 ' ' " ' ' '-" ,
Whitewash that wilinotRcs ott
Mix up half a pailful of lime and waler-
readJ forwlntewasblng; make a starch of
half a Pnt of flour, and poor it into the
whitewash, while hot; atir it well, and it
18 reaaJ or sp
(SHS!
NEW ADVERTISE3IENTS,
t
1 BOOT AMD SHOE MAKER,
(OjJpPl't0 lis EtaU Rights Democrat OJw,) it
FBST BT, - - - - - - ALBANY,
Msoofactsrer of tfcs Ixst quality of Tint
FRENCH CALF BOOTS:
Also, a Eoperior article of rood
, , . , .
BOOTS FOR FARMERS' WEARw
"
mpiuriagBna iuenaixtg .-,
Dods on sLort notice and at rtrj how Prices
Oar work will bo guaranteed to rire entire satis
faction. , my25T2a41tf
ALBANY FERRY I
i -wi w wm ms waion coaoues, x a,
are
titd p the
LOWER FERRY
I .
fit Linr tli Ptr Ttnat. la inrh mtnn.r in
Ueeere to the rnblie better facilities, at all aeasoes
f tbeyesr.tbso can be bad elsewhere. 11 Boat
"IT '
CURKEOT COAT.
1 i ..... .,. . .
"1 W l as Ut aim, vium SBJ tip-.
I tion. Liring' quite near my Boat Landior, in
Beatoc eoonty. I am enaMed. at .11 boars, to se
I commodate tsepablie. Mj boat issecared.oT a
"?Ir ZJZ?'?"?
dnrabilitj. 3Ir connection with tlie Upper Fen7,
j heretofore exytio, bae receoUj been severed,
Bates of ferriage are the aame ae tie Tpper
a. riAuvi,
Protsnotorl f "
police CO creditors.
TfOTICE IS hereby" GIVEN THAT THE
11 onJrsi:.Tiel has been duly appointed Ad-
miffi. trator of tbe fcsUte of John -N. DonoeU. de-
I ceased, bj the Conntj Court of Linn coantj, Ore-
-. ih M iit m.t- iser4 i u 1
I Therefore, all persons harinr claims aralnst
f "d ? noti&td to present the same to the-
.1 ii-tiirai f.-ir IlnarLnf with the ttroner enB-
-t,n l0f. at par m. Linn eonntT.JOrtH;
within six months from the date hereof. .
s- RU"D Administrator.
Jgcy Cbasoe Jrtw,
T2niHw ; " AttVs for Adm'r.
.'".(
WOOL ! WOOL I WOOL i
100,000 .LBS. OF. TTOOL
WANTED within the next two weeks, for : which
Pfia. TVitr Aasli Tritt -ill tia Ti 1
I .
' . . t gradwoHL,
,2t5if Pan Praaeiseo Store-
' :
UTolicc to Creditors.
XTOTICE IS nEREBY -GIVEN THAT THE
nndersirned has been duly appointed Admia
. . . .-. t f ri:. J .u... Jt
by the County Court of Lion county, at the Maj
Terra thereof, 3887. ; ,"?f -r.t
Therefore all persona hsring claims againit
said estat are hereby notified to present the same
duly Terit ed, at Albany, Oregonwithin six mootb
from the f atehereot, ,. j. 0. BUSIINELl ,
- v ' , . - Administrator
Crasoi , A nxut, Attorneye for Adm'r.
May It 1, 1S6? T2n404w : --. 7: r
1AKE ; NOTICE !
(IN, THEIR FIRE-PROOF BRICK; ALBANY),
r Are now reoeiTiisg their floods-;,,- &
DIRECT PROS! SAN FRANCISCO I
And we invite tbo attsation qf buyers to
, , ..oar Stock of : K--:r -v
3jE&3r GOODS!
FAfjifYRRnriFkiPS ! ;
BOOTS AND- SHOES 1
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THRESnEBS.
MOVERS. r
, REAPERS, l" ' . :
. ' , V . aANG-rLOTfV
v ' ..:; ; We are Agent for all kinds of ' r
Agricullt ural Implement a I,
V J. BARROWS. A CO..
WOOL! WOOL! WOOL!
"For which we ' " '
Pay tlio Ilislicst Irie in Csslal
pi4T2n2Sff ' J. 5ARR0WS 4 CO-