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AX "EYER-DUIUXG BURDEN."
We have before us a speech from
Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, of Pennsylva
nia, delivered in the House of Repre
sentatives, January 31st, I860, on the
subject of "Protection to American
Labor." It is a pamphlet of over thir
ty pages, and we suppose is consider
ed a "big thing" by the Radical ; for
Mr. Mai lory, it seems, has sent hun
ureas and thousands ot them to his
Radical friends here in Oregon. In
fact this is about all he has done for
his constituents, of a public nature,
since he became a Congressman ex
cept to draw- his salary and several
thousand dollars mileage.
TVe have perused this. speech quite
carefully, and we call attention to the
following sentence :
"The fields now under culture, the houses now
existing, the mines now being worked, the men we
now employ, cannot pay our debt. To meet its
annual interest by taxing our prejcnt population
and developed resources would be to continue an
rer-during bnrden."
Isn't this treason? Isn't Kelley
"disloyal V He says we "cannot jxty
our debC If tre should sav that our
present national indebtedness cannot
be paid, Are would be called "disloy
al," "copperhead," and the like. Isn't
Kelley a "copperhead" when he as
sumes the same ground ? And isn't
3Iallory somewhat coppery when he
franks Kelley's pamphlet to his con
stituents ? Does he not, by that act,
endorse the sentiments it contains 'i
The Radical leaders hereabouts should
see to this thiug. It is bad enough to
have a genuine "copperhad" like our
elf utter such a sentiment ; but isn't
it going a little too far isn't it too
much for our Radical friends to en
dure, for Kelley to enunciate such a
dogma and Mallory to endorse it?
We think it is.
Great Britain owes a large national
debt ; but her statesmen don't think
of ever paying it. Yc the interest is
much less than ours, and their taxable
property is vastly greater; and our
national indebtedness is much greater
than that of Great Britain. We think
it is probable it will be, as Kelley
says, an "Ever-during Burden." So
the hard-working man mav as well
conclude to bear it patiently. We
say the laboring man, for the rich
man the pampered Bondholder does
not help bear the "cver-during bur
den." He is exempt. When the war
was in progress when the "nation's
life" was in peril, and stout arms and
brave hearts were needed for its de
fence, the poor man the honest la
borer was, by the Conscription Act,
forced to become a soldier. We have
seen a husband and father, whose
family were entirely dependent on him
for support, torn from the fond em
brace of his loved ones ami forced
into the federal arm v. We have seen
sv
his family reduced from comfortable
circumstances to absolute want ; and
in some cases his wife has entered
upon a career of prostitution for a
livelihood he meanwhile fighting for
sixteen dollars per month, in green
backs. We have seen that same man
come home bereft of a right arm and
otherwise fearfully maimed for life;
yet he continues to bear his due pro
portion of our enormous public bur
dens. For 1dm there is no exemption.
Again : we have seen a rich man
drafted. What did he do ? go to the
war? Not he. He simply goes to
the county jail talks with a man
charged with, rape, signs his bond of
300 that he will duly appear before
the Circuit Court for trial, and turns
him over to the tender mercies of the
Provost Marshal. In other words,
our rich man procures a substitute for
$300 in greenbacks, and then laughs
at the draft. He remains at home
with his wife and children, talking
about "treason," and "traitors," and
"copperheads," and "loyalty tothe Gov
ernment," and "secessionists," and all
that sort of thing; and becoming still
richer by shaving, and swindling, and
fat shoddy contracts. Suddenly the
Government is hard up money is
wanted. What does our rich man do ?
He takes his greenbacks, which are
jtaiable, worth fifty cents on the dol
lar, and loans $100,000 at par to the
(Government-rthe Government issuing
ihonds exempt from taxation to him,
the interest and principal of which
jare payable, at certain sjecified times,
in gold. He does all this to save the
"nation's life, as is alledged ; but. it
is easy to .see ttat there isn't a single
ingredient of patriotism in the entire
transaction. Ho is actuated solely
and entirely by self-interest,
Now, why docs this itch man de
serve such consideration at the hands
of the Government? What real ser
vice has he rendered the Government?
What sacrifice has he made ? Abso
lutely none at nil. The poor laboring
man who was torn from his wife and
children who served his country for
the miserable pittanco of $10 per
month in greenbacks who came home
maimed for life, to find his home
blasted and desolate who continues
to bear his duo proportion of our
"Ever-during Burden," really sacri
ficed a million times more than the
purse-proud bondoerat. What justice
is there in continuing this unjust sys
tem of taxation ? Why should one
third of our taxable property be ex
empt from taxation ? Why should we
longer pursue a policy, the direct tcn
dencv of which is to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer ? Voters !
let us change our laws. Let us select
men to represent us who will repeal
these odious statutes; let United
States Bonds be taxed; and failing in
this, let our gigantic public debt
Kcllcv's -"Ever-during Burden" be
repudiated.
A FEW CALI'MXIES NOTICED.
We have a small crow to pick with
Rev. P. Stewart Knight, Congrega
tional minister of Oregon Citv. In
his Narrative Report last June he
substantially villifies the Old School
Presbyterian church, the U. P. church
and the Baptist church of Albany.
During the year past it seems that
while other cities of Oregon have been
blessed with revivals, this city has
experienced no such "showers." Rev.
Knight thinks that the chief obstacle
was that these churches did not unite
with Rev. Damon in his efforts to
have Rev. Earle visit Albany. That
is the complaint in a nut-shell. He
says that there are "impassable barri
ers" to a union with these aforesaid
churches, bv the Congregational
" OCT
church of this city ; and he substanti
ally charges that these barriers areal
together in them ; that they are full
of "darkness," axA "hatred," and "sec
tarian exclusiveness," while Rev. Da
mon's church is brimful of "light,"
and "love," and "Christian liber
ality." We have no fault to find with the
Congregational church of Albany.
Wc hope it abounds in all these graces.
But its pastor, or Rev. Knight, we
are not certain which should not
covertly chargte the other churches
with a lack of them. He should not
monopolize all the "light," and "love,"
and "Christian liberality" in Albany.
He should be modest in this thin"
and not think of himself more highly
than he ought to think. It is just
possible that the Baptist and Presby
terian churches of this place posses
as much of a spirit of "charity and
forbearance" just as much of "a
spirit of prayer" as much "light,"
and "love," and "Christian liberality,"
as the Congregational. Wc have no
objections that Reverends Knight
and Damon should pray for these re"
cusant churches ; but wouldn't it be
well for them to pluck the beam out
of their own eyes first?
Perhaps some one may say that, as
editor, we have no lousiness to meddle
with church matters. With all such
we respectfully beg leave to differ.
We detest meanness and wrong wher
ever we find it ; and wc do not intend
to relinquish our right to apply our
editorial scalpel to them, whenever,
in our judgment, it shall become nec
essary. The Democrat suras up as the consequences of
the Democratic split of that year I860, the ciril
war, the fire hundred thousand dead, the widowed,
orphaned and maimed, the millions of debt, alt of
wbjch he eloquently charges upon the criminality
of the radicals. We beg to differ, and to differ re
epectfully, and take this opportunity to express a
pleasure in being able to take a band in political
argument without being met with d'srei-pect. We
conceive it possible to be a radical Republican and
for our opponents to be ever so democratic, and
still for all to act like gentlemen. Salem Iteeord.
Wc concur in this sentiment ; and
we beg leave to assure the Record that,
in the numerous hot and acrimonious
contests in which wc have been en
gaged during an editorial career of
about twenty years, wc have nver
been the aggressor. In every instance,
without a solitary exception, our op
ponents commenced the warfare. Our
rule is always to treat an opponent in
a gentlemanly manner as long as he
does us; but whenever an opposite
mode of warfare is inaugurated, we
usually pull off our gloves, roll up
our sleeves and pitch in ; and before
the "mill" is ended he usually finds
that there are blows to receive as well
as to give. But it is very distasteful
to us, although some doubtless may
think otherwise. Wc much prefer to
conduct a discussion in a gentlemanly'
manner, free from offensive personali
ties ; -and we repeat, we always do
so unless forced, in self-defence, in a
contrary direction. The editor of the
Record will permit us to express the
wish that our future editorial inter
course will be as it has been in the
past pleasant and agreeable.
Riciimoxd, August 28. Official
investigation develops the .existence
of an armed secret negro organization
here,
Ilontlholtlcrn v. the People.
The thirty millions of people in tho Uni
ted States, who do not hokl government
bonds, wero compelled by law to accept
legaj-tcnder greenback notes for nil their
debts and obligations, oven if tho pay
ments wcro stipulated to be paid in gold.
Tho three hundred thousand bondholders
who loaned their greenbacks to tho Gov
ernment greenbacks which cost thctu on
ly forty to fifty cents on tho dollar have
no just causo of complaint if they aro
paid off iu tho same currency they loaned
to tho Government, and if their debts aro
liquidated iu the same manner that other
debts aro. Is a bondholder's debt in ore
sacred than a debt ur flour, or other nec
essaries of life which can bo cancelled
with greenbacks ? If tho bondholder is
paid in greenbacks he will be better off
than other people, fur ho will get the
sauio currency he gave, while the most of
tho public obtained a paper liquidation
for a gold debt. If a greenback can ex
tinguish an obligation created in gold,
shall it uot be competent to discharge one
that was created in greenbacks?
fisaT A radical cotctuporary finds fault
with the principles of the Petnocratio
party because, he pays, tWe principles
are so old! He declare he ban seen tho
celebrated resolutions of 170S-9 embodied
in every Beniocratio platform sinco ho
was a boy. Who shall deny that hero is
a powerful objection ? Just think cf it;
a principle must be rejected because it is
old ! The ten commandments aro still
more ancieut than the reolutioos of the
Democracy; and perhaps it is because
the "loyal" think the statute of limita
lions may be pleaded in bar of tho in
junction "Thou ehalt not steal," that so
many of them eagerly robbed the govern
ment and plundered individuals during
the war aud since. We think, however,
when it comes to a hearing in the court
of Heaven, they will find that plea bad on
demurrer.
Mount Hood. Colonel Williamson
and party arrived last evening, aud from
the general appearance of the party, we
concluded they had not only descended
into the crater of Mouut Hood, but had
actually been in close contact with the
other 'place" However, Colonel Wil
liamson informed us they had a pleasant
time considering the climate influences
they had to encounter. h!ix of the party
ascended the extreme summit, and Colo
nel I). C. b'mith, of Illiuou, descended
the crater, which Lieutenant Hucr (of
the Engineer Corps, ',. S. A.) estimated
to be 100 to 120 feet in depth. Colonel
Smith found no distinct pub-crater from
which heat or tnokc was perceived, but
did discover vapor, or some other light
substauce, i.-suing from seams, and which
seemed to posses the qualities ol sulphur
aud arsenic. Caverns in different direc
tions were discovered under the tnotr,
but were not explored. The party were
six hours iu making tho ascent from the
now line to the summit, and there re
mained one hour and fifteen minutes, and
returned in two hours. The temperature
of the atmo.pherc on the summit was 45
deg. Fahrenheit, and wa very sensibly
experienced, owing to the lively exertions
required in the ascent. The weather was
fine, and Cubnel Williamson took all ob
servation nccesary to settle the bight of
Mount Hood, which the Colonel is yet un
able to determine until other observations
are consulted, but he informs us that the
hight of our pet is about 11,000 feet, and
may vary a few feet over or under that
number. Lieutenant Huer informs us
that to the eastward of the crater, he with
another gentleman, discovered a volume
of steam or vapor ascending from the
mountain, resembling much the steam
from an escape pipe of a steamer. Ono
incident wc mention, aud that is the par
ty had a gay time "sliding down hill."
Uy accident, one gentleman slipped and
went speedily 'down the side of the moun
tain about ouc hundred feet, and it went
so well that all descended in the same
primitive manner. They arrived safely
to where they had left their horses, about
one and a half miles up from the snow
line, without any accident but the severe
usage the scats of their pants had under
gone, rendering a change of garment im
peratively necessary to one of tho gentle
men at least. Oregon Herald.
Sound Sense. The Atlanta Intelli
gencer, for an "unreconstructed" journal
talks good, square North American Eense,
when it says:
"We have two currencies one for the
people and ono for tho bond-holders.
The people aro obliged to take legal ten
der for their debts, while tho bond-holders
have gold. The Jogal tenders are
good enough for the masses, but tho bond
holders must have something better!
Tho money of the pAplo is subjected to
State and Federal taxation, while that of
the bond-holders, derived from their
bonds, is exempted from it. Tho bond
holders, therefore, have cold currency
and no taxation, and the people have a
paper currency with a heavy taxation."
Information Wanted. Tho Idaho
World contains the following :
Sarah M. Cowperthwaite, of Danville.
Connecticut, wishes information of her
husband, Franklin Cowperthwaite, whom
she last heard from while ho was in
Dalles City, Oregon. She is bed-ridden
and destitute. Idaho and Oregon papers
are requested to copy, and any person
who knows of Cowperlhwaits's address or
whereabouts is requested to forward mfor
mation to his poor wife, at Danville, Con
necticut.
Yaquina Bay and Corvallis Rail
road, The Corvallis Gazette Eays :
Article? of incorporation hac, during
the past week, been tied in the County
Clerk's othec, and also with tho cecreta
ry of State, by Messrs. Richard Irwin, T.
i. Odeneal, John Kelsay, F. A. Cheno
weth. M. Wise, Stephen Robnett, Dr.
Graham, Charles Gay lord, E, Holgate, R.
G. Simmons. Hiram Flickincrer. William
Fleidner, Ed. Fox and M. Jacobs, for a
railroad from Corvallis to' Yarjuina, Bay.
Frem the Umatilla Press.
I Ins Nnll luongli.
In our first issue after the adjourn
ment of the Umatilla Convention wo
announced that we acquiesced in the
action of tho Convention in refusing
to pass tho resolutions introduced by
us as a minority report, and ninco that
time have made no refl'tvurn thereto-
not having even published the minori
ty report, as we liad n perfect light
to, and as many thought wo ought to
have done. The editor of the Herald
having passed that age in which mod
esty is looked upon as a virtue, has on
two occasions referred in a style of
special pleading, known to lawyers,
to those resolutions, asserting once
that the resolutions finally passed re
ceived the sanction of every member
save the editor of the Pre, and in his
issue of tho 21st inst., that "It is due
to fhe Democracy of Kaxtcrn Oregon
to say that the radical sentiments of
the etlitor of the Jrem had not one en
dorser in the Convention recently held
in Umatilla, iu which five counties
were represented." Now we simply
say the above assertion is untrue, ami
as to the applicability of a harsher
term, we leave it to the gentleman's
own conscience. There were others
iu the Convention who did not vote
for the resolution adopted, and as to
the "radical sentiments" of tho minor
ity, there were not three men in the
Convention who did not endorse them,
but refrained from MUpporting them
because they did not consider it the
time or place to announce u platform
of principles; because their "authori
ty, according to party rules," to pass
a series of resolutions, was quentioned
and denied by the editor of the Herald.
Mr. Brown, in his remarks againnt the
passage of the minority report, assert
ed that "there was not a letter or line
which he could hot indorse that he
had stood by these principles all his
days that every Democrat in the
house tui)ported and indorsed them."
That the editor of the Herald may
not quibble on thin point, or raise Ji
question of veracity, we publish the
following communication from a dele
gate now. in this citv, aud shall, if thi
is denied, procure thereto the signa
tures of the remaining delegates :
Umatilla. Atl. 23, 1S57.
K-litnr I'rr:
In reply l yvur tt"ustt, taking for my ietof
the iitirnett of lh? I'euiixrraiie Contention
milch rmtlt l hi t'lnaliiU on the 2itb u!t., in
rrtr J In the rj.rt of thm tu'twtUy of (hi Com
tnittre on ll-n,utiun, I urihoiutinljr nwcr,
fr tnymlf, that I en4oM?4 tttry pentiinfttt en-tiiiif-J
in tint rtj'rt, nl tbt I l.clkre thrut to bo
tba rttiueut of ir ry 1.mjvt1? tociakr of
that Convention. I ecruinlr i!h!tr!ooI Mr.
V.romn of thv lltrnht, it WUre hloineSf ii:iqoH-
fiedly in favor of them. The Contention, liowtr.
vr, locml li-eoccMiun Inopportune fr tbcirenun
ciati..n. It. 1Ubios,
Those resolution condemning the
"adoption of measures for policy' are
in themselves a condemnation of the
course pursued by the Herald ami
lull v justify us, ttt retorting that one
such "cmuromimti'i tianer a the
Herald 4is worth as much to the radi
cals as half-a-dozen" of their mil vow
darted orjaus.
v stated a week or two ago, "If
those who basely deserted the Democ
racy are satisfied of their error, let
them come to our ranks and vote, but
bevoud that they imit earn bv devo
tion to a cause which thev well iijh
ruined." To this the Herald savs:
"The man who would return to the
Democratic nartv on such an invita
tion as that would be too much of a
sneak ever to be trusted." All this
may, be true if politics shall be classed
among mercantile pursuits if Demo
crats are to be bought, not made if a
Marshalship h the legitimate price of
one renatorship ol another and the
benignant smiles and patronage of a
Democratic editor another. When
the Herald boasts of the chamres
which it has made iu the affairs of
Multnomah county,he should recollect
that merchandise always changes
hands at a slight advance on the old
price.
If straws show which way the wind
blows, or the finger-mark ol the Her
ald of to-day is any indication of its
course on the morrow, wcll may the
Democracy look around themselves
and ask: "Must we go into the next
canvass with compromises and humil
iating concessions?"
Let Democrats look well to the fol
lowing, from the Jlerald :
Let tfaote men who ircfcr defeat to nnr com-
1romie with those with n hutn they hure dUagrccd
icretofore, take to tbenm-ive no tart of tbo elory
of the Democratic triumph in Connecticut, for
that wm achieved by cotmtrotuHe, aud Gov. 1-n
eluh wm a very earocet War Democrat. Let
them offer no aid or rrmpatby to the Democraoy
of California, for they are running for Oovernor
an original He publican, who voted for Lincoln in
1660; and Col. P. II. Sibley, a Republican candi
dal for CongrcM in ISfiO, U stumping the tate
fortue Ocmoeratio ticket.
There is a secret meaning in the
above reference to Connecticut and
California politics, of which wc warn
our friends. JIow natural the deduc
tion ; hov facile tho step from the
"organ s policy into the arms of some
lacivious political hag, bought for a
time, and faithful only while in tho
harness. Let us imagine the Democ
racy going into the light with Gov.
uibbs for Congress, and tho Ishmael
ite of the Itebublican party, David
Logan, stumping the State for the
Democratic ticket. That would be
policy. Gov. Gibbs could very easily
and truthfully say that "lie was dis
gusted with tho Union party :" he
would acknowledge that he had stray
cd a little from tho fold, but was sorry
for it, and would come back , if wc
would send him to Congress. The
parallel is good Ilaight and Sibley,
uioDs ana .Logan.
But says the Herald, in its tilt
against nonesty :
"Tbnt man l tho representative of no principle
woo wiu not labor by all honest means to make
irieuds for that principle."
Wo say to that amen ; but to say
one thing, and mean another, is not
honest. To conceal the truth is not
honest. To receive a vote by the
promise of offiae is corrupting and
uangcrous m its tendency, it we
would fight oppression and wrongful
legislation, let us fight the principles
Dy w men those acts are justified.
There is no one more sincere in ex
pression of regrets at the fact that the
Jlerald has not the support of a single
Democratic paper in the State than
we. Jb or the last month we have been
absent from the editorial sanctum,
and have patiently submitted to the
efforts of the Jlerald to misrepresent
the sentiments of the Democrats who
composed that Convention. Had his
deftin? for tho unity of the jiarty been
equal, to hi nnmenes to dictation, he
Would have imitated our silence, and
not have made that pablic property
winch, in our only reference to the
Convention, we said "was none of the
publicV Imsiuess."
That Convention decided that It
Was not legitimate for it to announce
a phttfonil'of principles, and in that
we; acquiesced la that extent, and
0 that alone, did the Convention re
ject the minority report. Wo trust
he Herald will be content to declare
ts own vieu's without attacking the
opinion of men who are, -with him,
equally devoted to Democracy, - It
may be successful iu breaking down
the 'f-w, but in so doing it may itself
e injured. It would rf quire only one
such victory on his part to ruin the
Democracy. Ihe Jlerald WUI una
that we do not "rave exclusively on
our own hook." Peace if you desire
it, Mr. Brown; war if you will per
sist. We have remained silent for
bur week's, and it is now your turn to
mietice the same virtue.
IntllfMi l.xtcrniluntlofi.
Hinoo the military commanders on the
Plain have undertaken to estcrmiotto
tho Indiana, it U a matter of some inter
est to know tho extent of the task. Wc
herd'yre subjoin tho following statement,
giving the uuiuWh of tho different tribes
united iu the present confederation against
tho whiten:
A in-hiJf.
........ ... ,.
7,060
3.000
6,000
a.ODo
20,000
4.000
2.600
500
2,(i00
A rab ..
lUackfcfrt.,..
.... ..... ......... .. ...
Crow,,
C1ijiiiiu(1h.
....... ........
wf ini ,,,,.,...,. ...... .......... ...............
L-I -
LttM-ennr. ........
Oroa Ventr....,
Minat&rt
Xavjt
7.MJ0
Sioiu ; M 22,000
Total 7S.O0O
Thcc arc only the prominent tribe,
most of which arc more or m hostile,
and such an wny not he drawn into the
confederation of which lld Cluud an the
head will cany on the fight independent
ly. MliouM the league to a complete as
inaicateu, cumpriajftg many fcinall tribe.
not uhov enumerated it would itoibly
embrace 100.000 ml. This would ona-
blc lied Cloud to bring 25,000 to 30,000
warrior in tlt field, the most of them
well mounted and wrdl armed.
A well-informed correspondent of the
Bontou AdrrrtUrr give a otateuient which
i anything but refreshing in thcac times
cf budnexH tanation : Intimate made
at tten. (rasu htsndquarter thow that
tho present expenditures in !ro.scculin"
the Indian war ara fully one million dol-
ar per week. In eae it m determined
o inaugurate n vigorom campaign, ex
penditure will be needed to meet the
the want of the increased force of about
five million per week, 'ihu far, iuce
the trouble began, crcry Indian killed has
cost the (iovernuient one million dollars
and the live of about ten white men. The
C'otamh'Mouer cf Indian Affair i very
anxious that Ccngrcw hll give him au
thority to fend a CVmtmnion to treat with
the tribe, n hi information lead hiui to
believe firmlv that the difficulties can be
settled by xueh a C'ymmWicn within three
month. The iuimen cxponfo of the
war i having weight will cnatorj, and
it is probaMe that the resolutions restrict
ing the work cf the fusion may be tu-
pettded to consider several points con
nected with Indian afFtur; among others
that of raising two or three regiments of
mounted men west ot the river.
The President has appointed a Min
ister to Mexico named Marcus Otter
berg. Who is he 'i The people wish
to make his acquaintance If a states
man hang him up homcwhere as a cu
riosity j if a fool, let him sit for a por
trait with the members of the Badical
Congress. St. Jamii Times.
Let him be fool or what not, the
President is obliged to appoint such
men as the Senate will confirm; and
everybody knows that they will reject
any man who has heretofore shown
any capacity for the place. If he is a
fool, he will just suit the Senate.
Drownkd A young man by the
name of Wm. Maon, of Monmouth, Polk
county, was drowned on tho 21st ins.vat
Independence, loung Mason was bath
ing in the Willamette river with a young
man by tho name of Bowman, and while
attempting to swim to a point of land was
carried by the current below it, and in
his endeavor to swim against the current
became exhausted and sank to riso no
more.
His body was found on the 23d inst..,
not far from where he sunk. Mr. Mason
was a brother of J. V. Mason who was
killed about a month ago by fallling from
a bridgo near Kola. Unionist.
Gai.ve.stox, August 28. The
a a 1
epi-
domic is increasing again here ; ono
hundred and eighty deaths occurred
during the week. f
Maco.v, Ga., Aug. 28. A colored
meeting wras held hero to-day ; 0,000
people were present. The Atlanta
(Radical) platform was adopted.
Bexkington, Vt., Aug. 27. A mill
belonging to the Bennington Powder
uompany expioaea to-aay, Killing a
men ; the damage was heavy j cause
unknown.
Nashville, Aug. 27. Tho" order
disbanding the State Militia has been
1 1 ' C i
revoKeu in consequence oi a vioieni
disloyal element in some localities.
Brownlow's maj'ority is over .50,000.
"Washington: Aug;. 27. General
Hitchcock, of the volunteers, has been
mustered out.
London, Aug. 27. Accounts from
Spain confirm the report that the rev
olution in Arragon is successful. The
General commanding tho royal troops
was killed.
Berlin, August 27. Bancroft pre
sented his credentials and had an audience
with tho King this morning. Bismarck
gives a grand dinner in his honor.
, Pauls, August 27. Napoleon in a
speech at Arras, said : "I have faith in
the future. All governments often seek
to divert attention from domestic troubles
by foreign war, but strong governments
should only resort to war as a means, of
upholding the houorof tUsi aatfan
Lebanon Correspondence.
Editor State Hight Democrat:
From almost every point of the Wil
lamette valley the spirit of improvement
is on the march, The farmers are im
proving and enriching their lands ap
plying the inventions of agricultural sci
ence to develop their bounteous resources
and were it possible to exhibit a panarama
of tho magnificence of the valley of
" mists" pointed to by the fingerpost of
Nature, there are but few among us with
sufficient credulity to accept it as a plaus
ible reality. Taking into consideration
tho agricultural resources of Linn Coun
ty alone, it can be made susceptible of
sustaining a population of at least one
hundred thousand inhabitants. Of course
there is no one that reflects upon this
thought, will be so crude and vissionary
in his speculations as to expect to be reg
istered as a living unit of that dense mass
of human kings that is to fulfil the grand
ultimatum of this mountain guarded val
ley. ,
Unless there is some .disturbing cle
ment cast Into the 'complex machinery
that shapes the detmics of peoples and
nations, eluding the prescience of mental
deductions, we can deecry a time in the
rapidly ' approaching future, when the
dense forests of evergreen firs that rear
their tall spires along the crystal streams
that meander our fertile valley that
mantle the foothills and even the moun-
tainsidc, will disappear before the inno
vating hand of civilization, and the now
wilderness and was-to places will be crowd
ed with golden harvests decor Ated all
over with tidy cottage homes and politi
cal mansions, the happy abodes of a Icm
ogenious people whose fraternal and in
discriminate intercourse in its. various re
lations will make the very air musical
with tho melody of contentment and joy.
Many of our broad acres that nature
seems to Ins protecting by the grand up
standing forest of firs and the deep-rooted
fern will become in the "course cf
human events" the habitations of revolv
ing multitudes endowed with the highest
order of intelligence, basking in the sun
shine of afiluence and refinement.
But, "why," it may bo asked, "should
we speculate iu those remote results whose
fulfilment oan only be seen and enjoyed
by generations that aro to succeed the liv
ing of the present?" As paradoxical as
it may appear, they who live to witness
the close of the first decade after the great
intcroceanic railroad shall have been com-
doted, and the main trunk or connecting
ranch extended through the Willamette
valley, will see thrifty villages teeming
with inhabitants where nature now reigns
supreme in her silent granduer unmark
ed by the touch of art. , Towns that at
present only number a few hundred, will
enumerate more than as many thousands.
Salem, Albany, Harmburg, Kugene and
other places unmentioncd gecro to'have
caught the shadow of "coming events,"
and arc preparing to meet the expansion
consequent upon the great influx sotting
in from the East. Even Lebanon, that
stands like a root in dry ground, is show
ing visible signs to enlarge her dimen
sions and increase her population. For,
her enterprising cttiiins within the last
year, have actually put in tho course of
construction one dwelling house, a Free
mason's Hall, a Good Templer's Lodge
tore down an cid barn and set a stump on
fire.
This, upon the part of the .citizens cf
I,ebanon is unprecedented, and can be ac
counted forupon no plausible reasoning,
but, thatlhey scent the iron horse afar
off, perceiving the start and outcome they
must either clear the track or be run over
bv the fire snorting steed. Just at this
time the spirit of Lebanon enterprise is a
little diluted with the decoction of a new
Eldcrado discovered cast of the moun
tains. A correspondent of the Demo
crat lately visited the "Paradise Found"
whose glowing account is abstracting
largely from our town and vicinity. A
lost leaf from ''OchocoV journal or some
other enchanted excursionist was acci
dcntly found containing tho following po
etical raphsody to tho modern Land of
Canaan.
"There it countrjr, a glorious country on Oeho
eo Rirerj
Wcro I to tell bow it is you'd think tho like was
never.
The ground U full of gold and the river runs
wine and brandy;
The rocks will make rudding and pie and the
cider sugar candv.
As you ride along the deer and bear will greet
you thus;
Here's knife, and fork, and poco of bread knock
down and cat us.
This marvelous Ochoco country is sure
ttfhavo a moving effect upon Lebanon
already several of the long rooted resi
dents of this place are pulling up with
tho view ot a transport cast of the moun
tains. Thoir departuro gives a twinge of re
gret, but they leave attractive openings
for others to tako their places. Lebanon
offers peculiar attractions to those wish
ing to take stock in pleasure, profit and
distinction, lhero is ample room for one
of tho largest towns in the State, and is
only wanting capital and population to
make it so. The people are perfect mod
els of virtuous professions and chari
table practices. There is no venemous
intcrchango of backbiting between neigh
bors no defamatory reports set afloat
against good men and women, whose au
thor can bo invariably traced to a " man
in tho mountain." The most cordial and
ingencous intimacy is maintained in socie
ty and particularly upon the part of some
ot tho ladies who, lav themselves open
freely; The people are unexceptionably
temperate, which is owing to the Good
Templars, that have planted a Lodge here
that looks flourishing and productive, and
especially do some of its members appear
in a thriving condition.
We have superior advantages of Edu
cation. Tho Santiam Academy, a proud
mpnument of Lebanon enterprise, is here
and is controlled by the Methodist church
offering excellent facilities for educating
the youth. Although the Santiam Acad
emy was not commenced until about thir
teen years agoone large room is entire
ly finished, and, another is under contract
.and the work is progressing finely just
now. The institution is mainly depend
ent upon voluntary subscription, but the
trustees very dextrously dovetail the tree
school fund of this district into its sup
port. A bequest of an estimable citizen
consisting ot tho interest arising from
SI.0QQ to be a peYpctual donation to the
Santiam Academy is made, a gracious gift
to the teacher yields na benefit to. the
public, and only serves as a tempting bait
to catch hungry teachers. Tho tuition is
$5 in the primary department and higher
branches in proportion. Tho last year
each scholar was taxed fifty cents a quar
ter for unknown incidentals, as it was un
precedented, some think it a cleaver lit
tle trick of financial legerdemain. The
doctors say this locality is distressingly
healthy, and their seedy appcaranecf fully
corroborates what they sdy. Good board
and comfortable lodgings can be had cheap
and more than satisfactory Not only do
wc find the people healthy, hot even tbo
domestic fowls maintain an astonishing
exemption from disease seldom see a
dead one. From this production we may
excite a smile from ono and a frown from
another, but wc are indifferent as it i
intended to bo
Pbobo.vo Publico
floukes on tiik next president.
The New York Evening Pott, a Radical
newspaper, makes s calculation on the
voje for President 18G8. The figures tre
on'the prcsumtbn that the southern states
will participate in the election. New
York with its S3 electoral votes, and
Pennsylvania with 2G electoral votes, In
diana with 13 electoral votes, New Jersey ;
with seven, and Missouri with 11 votes,,
arc counted fcr the republicans to taake?
the vote in the electoral college stand :-
Republican electors 220 ; Democratic elec-
tors 99. The loa. of Nw Yo;, Penn- -nylvania
and New Jersey will defeat this .
calculation, ktrd there is every reason to
believe that not only will these states bc
carried by 'the Democrats, but also Ten- -nessce,
Missouri and Indiana. If we are
right in this calculation, the Democratic
majority in the electoral college will be
79.
Of the Junancial condition of Jjihnr
County 9 Oregon, up to July 3rd,
1H67, jmbluhul by order of the
Jioord of County Commissioners.
Cr.
Dr.
43,426,7
827,91
To delinquent taxes prior to Ju-
ly Gth. iSfifl .
44 Tax List fvr JS66, as return
ed by Akih,t,
" additional asset sments by she
riff, .........
?i 0,953,9 4
CoN'IBA.
By tax collected by SfberiT fur
year ending July 3rd, $f7,...27,1&1&
polls collected by J!"g&r 319,99
' errors corrected on tax roll for
1SS0 M 229,10
" balance on delinquent tax roll
j r'wrto July 6, J8f. ..6,691,28
delinquent tax fur 1SGG i6l,Cl
&0.95S.94
Total vt delinquent tax, $12,558,S9.
Cuunfy Treajivrer in ace't ttith J J an Co.r-
To tax collected for year ending July
3rd, lSCi .......... ..... ...... ...276 2,09
" Revenue from all other ource,. , 4,861 ,3
daeTrcarorer for orer-payments ......... 396,2?
COXTBA.
By State Iteronue paid,.. .. 18,602,17
" Orders redeemed. ....17,70,37
" amt placed to credit ; being
ain't overdrawn for District
Fchool porpwes for year end
ing March, I860, 534,90
44 p'd out of ca. Foods on school
apportionment of lat year, 1,378,62
' on co. apportionment to dis
trict schools for year endin
March 1. 1S6S. ........... 4,497,49
" UUoouat on legal tenders, 95.65
" old notes oo hand,
151,24
43.009.84
Payment by Treasnrer orer funds of. the connty
on hand, $395 22.
LlAirLITIES 1XD DlSBt RSEMEXTS Or THE COfS-
rr, Ji lt 3rd, 1S67.
Cr.
To Jacob Kees' note, amount,
Dr.
3,506.00
2.100.00
1,73S,00
i Calvin ( raves' note,
O. II. Uaber,... ....... . .......
Orders not paid wned prior to Jn- -
ly 6th, 1SCG, ........................... ......... 6,795,60
" duo general school fund.......... 759.32
district school fund, 1,378,02
" Liabilities incurred prior to Jnly 6, '68
and then allowed..
.....3,066,45
19,342,79
Liabilities incurred since July CA,
leGG, nz:
Salaries and fees of Co. officers
and Prosecuting attorney, 5.C74.S3
Keeping prisoners nnd expen
ses of state causes, .1.731,30
Roads and bridges....... .........3.243,87
Interest on notes .'......394,28
Support of indigent poor.. ...818,61
Stationary and printers' bills. .....213,85
Per diem and mileage of jurors, 905,40
Loan from A. Wrfctman,....;. 1,000,00
Miscellaneous orders....... .697,86
Due Treasurer for over-pay-
ments. ..396,22 - 1 5,0 S 6,22
$34,429,01
CONTRA.
Bypajmenton Kecs note... ......... .........1.1 60,00
" " " Kaber's " .. .... 104,23
44 44 44 Grave 44 26 60
44 Orders redeemed issued prior to July
6th. 1866 . 5,000,00
Orders redeemed issued since July
6th, 1866,...:. " :....r. ll,460,0O -
to Amount paid District school fund for
year ending March 1, SS66, ...... ......... 1,378,02
44 Remaining indebtedness of the co. 15,300,71
- ' : i $34,429.01
Showing" tho debt of the county reduced during
the y'r, $4,042.08.1 . . .
A. W. STANARD, Co. Clerk.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.:
DISSOLUTION.
T
IIE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EX-.
isting between tho undersigned has this dar -
been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Zistelius .
will pay all debts of the firm and receive all dues..
A. BERGMANNV ,
U11U liiOliUUttll,
Albany, Aug. 31, 1867 v3n31t
Farm for tSale
. n it irai Aftnr inini. ATI mmhui i n i 1 1 inn rv 1 a.
1 1 ... L.ir ...i v . -v -1 r l
neii iiuprorea sou scarij ui aouer icuca, wim ,
.u-,.t tore ..... ..J... .14:.:.. .j i i
farming condition ; also an orchard of about l,C0O
dence, 22x40, with a doublerehlmney,aadeontaia.
ing sufficient room for a good sized family.. There :
is also on the place a substantial' frarae- $arn,,
48xS0; with other out-door buildings and eonve-I
inences for faimhtg fin-poses. Tie fam is situate,
four miles below Albany, near the Salem aad Al
bany stage road. (
TERMS OF. SAL1S: I effcr the fcoore property
at $10 per acre one-halt of the money required
at time of sale and 3 early installments, allowed on
the remainder.
For further particulars apply on the farm, Uo
ISAAC MILLER. SeN.
July IS, 1867 T2r 493m
G. W. G II A. Y, I. I. S
SUB GE ON DENTIST, ALBANY, OGNm
Perform 3 all operations in the
line of DENTISTRY in the most
PERFKCT and IMPROVED man
ner, Persons desiring artificial te?th.
would do well to. give him a. call. Office tip-stair
Baker streets a,u25-lj
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