Editor
SATURDAY.j.lDECEMntlR. 21, lSG?.:
'TTjhe democratic pwtfgrm.
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A WHITS GOVERNMENT
Thold tfeat tils government was luatle on Iho
"WHITE BASIF, by WHITE MKN, fur thebencflt
of WHITE MEN and their posterity forever.
Further, I hold that the negro is not eapablo of
elf government," Stephen A. Zhuglae
...vtTKt' " REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. : '
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Henceforth, Ue Republican party,, from St.
John to the Pacific, is a unit for Universal Liber
ty And IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE, "regardless o
CAT&ftACE ORCOLOR. Those who are hos
lilcto this principle will go to their own place as
Jndas did.' (.Vete York Tribune. ...
THE SPEECH OF GOV. WOODS.
According tftprctious announcement, Gov.
"Wooii Visited Albany on last Tpesday, and
in Ike evening delivered a political speech in
tie Court House, ostensibly to tho "Grant
Club," tut rcallj.to a-promiscuous assem
Wagej one-third .of ?whom, at least, 'were
Democrat, wh6 were attracted thither by
curiosity aia.1 a desire to see the Governor
&nd hear him declaim. - Before he began,
Oeorge R.'IIelai, Esq., stated to him that,
in accordance Vith the wish of several Dem
ratshe'woVd divide, time" with him,
with his permission ; that the Governor might
epeakf first, Mr. Helm would reply and Gov
ernor "V. might close the debate. This prop
osition; he declined, owing, as he faid, to tho
fact that the Good Templars' Festival would
be hold immediately after the close of the
meetingl '."He could not accept the proposi
tion without materially interfering with ar
rangement made by his friends prior to his
arrival: " Under Ordinary, circumstances he
would he most happy to meet Mr. II. in de
bate. In addition to these reasons he added
that he was not well, and really should be
underho care, of the physician.
After sundry other preliminary remarks,
the'speat ef attempted to show that tho Dem
ocratic party inaugurated the War, and that
therefore they are responsible for all the evil
result of the. War. lie dwelt quite length
ily on this point, and we are sorry to say he
employed the most shallow sophistry to prove
it j--also a partial, falsification of history.
What are he. material facts? They are sim
ply these i That Mr.' Lincoln was elected, in
18w' by the Republican party, on the world
renowned Iogm i that this country cannot re
main half free and half slave: that it must
be either crop thing oa the other. This itself
"is equivalent, to a declaration of war on the
South. -I He was a sectLonal President. If
trufc to the pledges made prior to his election
hecrasl waron the domestic institutions of
the South." In his speech in Philadelphia,
whUe; eVhtt; to .Washington to take his
seafhelsaid'th'at he "would rather be assas
sinated on this spoil than surrender " that
"sentiment in the Declaration of Independ
encewhich gave Liberty not alone to the peo
ple 6f this eountry but to the icorld for all
future. time.,lT -,Tne Albany Argus, a leading
Republican; paper, .four days after the elec
tioaof Mr, Lincoln, said :
We. sympathise' with, and justify tie South, as
far aa thii their righte hare been invaded to the ex
treme limit jxtttible yithia the forme of the Constitu
tion, and, beyond this limit, their feelings hare
beeirmstilted, and tbc-ir interests and honor avail
ed by almost every possible form of denunciation
and Invet'tfve;, and if we deemed it certain that
the real i"tt of the Republican party could be
carried into the administration of the federal Gov
ernment and become the permanent policy of the
cation," we. should think that ail the instincts of
elf-preservation" and of manhood rightfully im
pelled thed to a e sort to' revolution and a separ
Atioij.from the Uni jn, and we would applaud tbeta
And wish them rUod-sjieed in the adoption of such
Areniedjr." f ;" "" "' . .
In.'perfept'keepihg 'with this virtual decla
ration of yt&fi the Republican party con
fitantly,resisted all attempts, at Compromise
und, pacification. They derided the proposi
tions of 4the Feae $ Conference. ; They reject
ed witty dvsdairt uul. scorn the: Compromise
Resoiuficns offered by Mr. Crittenden ; al
though solemnly assured by Mr.? Douglas, in
his place in tho" Senate'that Toombs, and
Pa vis and Wigfall,: and' indeed the entire
South'onld accept thetn'as a! finality. The
trntn fs th.erVant'ed to uiaujjurate a .War
witfftheou'tn' in1. order to .'abolish' Slavery
and tbus cafry.out Lincoln's fevorite dogma
tnat principle, en- vrnich ie was elected.
Chandler openly proclaimed that .the Union
needed. blop4-letd,ngi ';When Fort Sumter
wasbombacdedXincoln-was in his seat, and
had bpeh for Some time - : and both branches
of C$n'gree were 'Republican. The Demo
cratic "party 5 were -in the minority in that
body, and hence were utterly, powerless to
pass any; Comproiniae . measure whatever.
Propgsijipn after proposition was submitted
by themv-Only to bi rejected with-contempt
by the'Republleaa leaders. Under such a
fitat(?ef faets it is simpry absurd to hold the
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Dentocraticr partv. ; responsible for the War
andltpKseguencesl'' Itls a fair rule in
politics, and one ignored only by the dema
gogue tlut a party is responsible for all pub
lie acs occurring -under its administration,
especially if., that party; have the President
ana A.'majoricy in v-onress, as; tne . uaaicais
havaha4;err p inee MrP - Lincoln election in
186J,J;rAnd;it.s.jheerfolly and arrant dem-'
agogism to attehipt'.to.hold the Democratic
party responsible either forthe inauguration
-of . thSWafy'"o'r for any 'of its consequences
Another ' thought ' on '' which Governor
Woo3s dweli at seme length incidentally was
that ine 'War was in defence of the Life of
the Jatiori."" ' What is' thejife of this na
tion ? Is it territory? .Wo, ..'There. '.was as
much, "life" in tjiis nation when there were
onlyhrrWnSta'es as there is now that we
havehirty-s ;i That which constitutes our
Jife-j:qur,,y".tality-ris our , -Constitution and
the laws' ma$e la'pdrsiiaice thereof.! Every
body with any candor will admit this J Now,
the oScial records of the country will show
most eocelusiFely thai the South never made
Tvar on! the Constitution and Laws. . Had the
Confp4era'en: successful not a single pro
visicii of 6ur' Coe stitutibn or, : Laws would
have beca altered.' ' They would have remain
cl j ast as they were unless we ourselves saw
fit tcIiaige 'them',' The 'South' wanted "to1
be ieif alote:" '; T h 3y ' fo.ught ; not to wrest
territory' from tho North,' hot to overturn the
Liberty, we enjoy, but for a separation of the
rcrtbfrcrj the .cuth aud an: independent
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existence Hence, unless it can bo shown
that mero territory is the "life of tho nation,"
it is all balderdash and downright demagog
ism to talk about the War as ono for tho life
of the Kation. Tho actual truth is, it was a
War inaugurated by tho abolitionists, head
ed by Lincoln, to abolish Slavery, and to en
rich and perpotuato the Radical party in
power.
The next subject wo Blmll notice is Recon
struction. 4 Gov. Woods endorsed and defend
ed the present Reconstruction Policy of Con
gress, in the abstract and in the concrete
in letter and spirit ; and in doing so ho piled
up sophistry worse than ever. It is irapos
Bible, however, for us to follow him in detail.
Wo have neither the time nor room for this
at present. Of course ho could not , speak
fully on Reconstruction without referring to
Negro Suffrage and Negro Equality general
ly. Take away theso from Reconstruction
and you deprive it of its marrow its back
bents its essence its vitality. The Gover
nor claimed that his party wcro forced, by
tho rebels themselves, first to frco tho no
groes ; next to make soldiers of them ; and
thirdly to give them the ballot ; and ho de
clared these soveral steps to bo right j to bo
in strict accordance with all staudard authors
on International Law. In other words, he
must emphatically endorsed the doctrines of
Negro Suffrage, and Negro Equality. Rut
in the next breath ho virtually stated that he
was not in favor of having either of these
dogmas here in Oregon. Negroes should not
vote here with his consent; and herein ho
manifests his dcm&gogisin. If negroes in
the South should vote if it is a "natural
God-given right," as Gov. W. claimed
then all negroes, whether in Alabama or Or
egon, should bo enfranchised. Thero should
he no discriminations ; and the Radical party
are actually carrying out this policy. The
negroes, in all tho Southern States, are en
franchised ; and not only placed on an equal
ity with the white man, but raised above him
In many respects. So of the Territories :
the negro votes, or may da so, in all the Ter
ritories. " And by the fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution, every person born in tho
United States is a citizen, and every citizen
is clothed with the elective franchise ; hence,
as Thai. Stevens justly and logically con
tends, everybody white and black of every
tribe, kindred and tongue, and every nation
ality, born on American soil, may vote and
none can hinder. Moreover, while Governor
Woods was in California, canvassing fur Gor
ham,' betook substantially the above posi
tions. He shall not be allowed now to dodge
the issue. .
Sometimes what a public man omit to say
is as ominous as anything ho can utter.
Gov. Woods found time to discuss several
dead issues at length ; bat he failed utterly
to give us bit views on the Banking System,
the taxing of U. S. Bonds, the Tariff, or to
propose a plan for the liquidation of the
National Debt. We regard his utter silence
as ominous, and as indicating his desire to
thrust them in the back-ground and keep
them in abeyance.
In closing this somewhat lengthy, article
we desire to say that we entertain for Gov.
Woods, personally, none but the kindliest of
feelings. We are dealing with him, at pres
ent, as a politician ; and be must take the
blows usual in such cases. We regard hira
as the ablest speaker belonging to the Radi
cals in Oregon. But he is not a statesman.
He lacks profundity. II skims over the
surface very gracefully, just as a swallow
gyrates through the air. He has an easy
flow of good language, his action is easy and
graceful, and some of his sentences are quite
impassioned. He is very ingenious, and
evinces a fair knowledge of human nature,
but he lakes depth He ii not profound ;
and hence will never rise to the dignity of a
statesman.
Abraham LixcoLX.-r-The .final ver
dict upon the character and public
cervices of Mr. Lincoln, will not, we
apprehend,' be very, flattering. He
was not one of thosn men who made
circumstances, but was made by cir
cumstances. He suffered himself to
be moulded like clay in the hands of
extreme Radicals. It was Ids hands
alone that broke down the barriers of
the federal Constitution, and : depriv
ed American citizens of : those safe
guards whicb the wisdom of our fath
ers created. It was lie. who taught us
the mysteries of martial law;, of ille:
gal arrests; of a suspended habeas
corpus of drum-head courts ; of im
prisonment and exile without even
the form of a trial. It was he. who
opened the flood-gates ; of tyranny
which spread over a once happy land,
like the lava of Vesuvius, to curse and
to destroy The French. Jacobins
murdered thousands in the name of
Liberty; lut Lincoln in the name of
Liberty, stabbed Liberty herself; "If
this be treason, make the most of it.
. , That 'Hat." the "Triple Thunder
er" has been presented by a lady with an
"emblematical hat." It seems he has
greater success here in exciting the ad
miration of some : of the fair sex than he
had in retaining the affections of some
elsewhere. ' ; '
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Democratic Meeting-. Af Democrat
ic meeting was held at the Dalles on
.Thursday evening, last. The Mountain,'
cer says of it: ; v J "
" John Williams, Esq., President'ofthe
Dembcratic Club, - presided.';1 Hon.' Ben.
Ilayden, of Polk County;' was introduced
by the President, and made a very good
and forcible epeechj spiced with a number
of anecdotes. :Mr. James II. Slater, of
Baker County, was next introduced, and
delivered a forcible argumentative speech,
reviewing; the Constitution, advocating
state rignts, tree traae ana airect taxation.
His speech was well received by the aud
ience. Col. Kelly, of the Dalles, then
made a few remarks on taxation and U. S.
bond?, whe"n the meeting adjourned. The
Democrats in this county are organizing
lor the coming campaign in June next,
and already feel confident of success
"When amcknocketrjiihs at vmir watch.
tell him plainly that you have no time to
spare.;
PL, A I It KOAIN.
, Tho Orcgonian and Journal are
urging tho construction of Plank
Jloads in tho Willametto Valley. Tho
Journal says that "nothing is mort? ap
parent than tho necessity of Plank
Hoads ;" and tho editor thinks that
ono running from Albany to Browns
ville would bo profitable to tho stock
holders. Wo adviso tho readers of tho Dem
ocrat not to bo unduly excited over
Plank Roads. Wo need better roads
than wo havo in tho winter in Oregon;
but for ono wo do not believe that
Vlank Roads will supply tho demand
in this respect. We acknowledge
that they seem to bo just tho thing for
this country. Lumber, and all other
materials entering into their construc
tion, are reasonably cheap ; but they
nevertheless do not stand tho test of
experience.
Plunk Roads had their origin in
Canada. For a time they seemed to
work so well there that several were
soon after constructed in the United
States; but most, if not all, have long
ago been abandoned as worse than
worthless. Some of our readers in
Oregon are well aware of the fact that
wo are not speaking unadvisedly on
this subject. About fifteen years ago,
believing that Plank Roads were the
great Panacea fur all the inconvenicn
cies and disadvantages of wet wrath
er and bad roads, wo advocated with
might and main, the construction of
one running from Florence, on the Ill
inois river, to Pittsfield. Distance
twelve miles. Florence was the ship
ping point of a large and ftTtilo dis
trict of country ; and it o happened
that at the very timo when the far
mers most wanted to ship the bulk of
their wheat, pork, tc, the roads wcru
muddy aud sometimes almost impass
able. Wc pointed out the advanta
ges which would be secured by a good
road one that would be :ts jood in
winter as in summer. We showed
what an immense saving there would
be in time and wear and tear of horse
flehh, and how great the reduction in
the price of freight; and the result
wis that, in due time, nearly every
body was convinced that a Plank
Road would be a most excellent thing,
a most profitable institution. A'
company wa9 duly organized, book
were opened, stock was subscribed,
surveys were made, the road located,
rights of way obtained, the contract
let, and the road built, with all the
parapharnalia of good bridges, toll
gates and toll-houses. For awhile the
Plank Road affairs went on swim
mingly. The "goose hung high."
Everybody was delighted. The road
was so smooth and so nice, and it af-!
forded such easy traveling in wet i
weather. Teamsters paid their toll
cheerfully, aud it was deemed a spe
cies of treason to say aught against
the Plank Road or any of its stock
holders or officer. Thia happy state
of things continued during the win
ter and spring seasons. Summer
came, and its heats twisted, and warj-
ctf and curled up the planks. Occa
sionally rain-storms would wash away
great sections of the turnpike. Sun
dry planks, at sundry places on the
route would break in two, thus caus
ing dangerous traps for horses. The
dirt on the ends of the plank would
wear off. All these things annoyed
teamsters. Besides, during the sum
mer season the dirt road was prefera
ble to ;tho plank it was about as
smooth and was not so hard on teams,
and there was no toll to pay, a very
important item. ?The Flank Road
was repeatedly repaired, but after
running it awhile it was found thatj
so far from being profitable, it was an
actually sinking concern. It managed
to eke out a miserable existence for
two or three yearn, when it was actu
ally sold, by the sheriff, for debt, and
brought only a little over $300.
When it finally went down it did so
amid the execrations aud maledictions
of nearly tho entire community.
Teamsters and merchants men most
particularly interested were espe
cially jubilant over Us downfall, and
they fell back on the old dirt road
with absolute pleasure. -,
Thus it ha resulted with other
Plank Roads with which we are more
or less conversant. They have all ul
timately been abandoned and regard
ed as -worse .than useless ; and we
opine that what is true of the States
and Canada will prove true in Oregon.
Much as we desire to see good roads
here, much as we know they are
needed in the winter'season we nev
ertheless cannot, with tho knowledge
we have, advocate the construction of
Plank Roads in this Valley. If our
friends take stock in them they shall
not hereafter have it to say that they
did bo from anything we said in their
favor, .. -
Its ilisTOBY.r Macauley says "the his
tdry of England is the history of a snc
cession of reforms." The history of the
Radical party is that of an unbroken train
of wrongs and outrages. .
Do Right. Find out what is right
and then, act it out and leave the result
to God. Do not be afraid that any evil
can possibly come of your doing right, ei
ther to yourself or country.
For tbt Stato lllghti Democrat.
Itloiituuu Kilning IntcrcMtM.
Sterling, Montana, Nov. 25, 18G7.
Editor Stnte Jtiyhtt Damoerat l
It has boon tho lot of every mining section
on this continent to havo its death-knell
sounded far and wide, by thouo who hoped
thereby to ndvanco their own pecuniary in
terests, or by thofio who had been unsuccess
ful in finding tho much deaired treasure ly
ing on the surface, long before any symp
toms considered by tho "wiso and prudent"
unfavorable, had made their appearance
Montana, though in her infuncy, as a mining
country hm not escaped the common lot of
her older sister mining sections in that re
spect. The effect of such reports will of
course exert wo mo detrimental influence
coming, as they do, from "influential sour
ces" j but such can only be temporary when,
as in Montana, daily developments are prov
ing tho contrary. New sources of wealth
aro constantly cheering those who havo re
solved to see the end or gain the prize. While
the placer mines aro still producing fall com
pensatory yields, ns they will for years to
come, aud while there is yet a vast area of
country cast and south of us, occupied by
hostile Indians, that han not been farther
pronpivted than to know that gold there ex
ist, we havo in addition thereto hundreds of
undoubted gaud lead of gold mid nilver, the
yield of which has been well tested, and are
only waiting capital judiciously supervised
to uiako them produce numt satisfactory re
sults. One obstacle to tho development of
our lead hai been that they are, to a great
extent, held by too many claimants, cutting
them up into fractions of two hundred fovt
or lens, which renders it inconsistent for one
party to develop his or their portion, as there
by the interests of six or eight parties Mould
bo advanced at tho expense of one. AH can
not unite in equally disbursing the cxpeim-s
of development, as in wont cases a majority
arc men of no mean, still owners, perhaps,
of million of slumbering wealth. Cure has
been taken, in the discoveries of I a to days,
to securo tho entire lead to tho contnd and
ownership of one party; so, if the party Imj
not able to develop, they can donate a portion
to some one who has means to do so. The
laws of Montana only allow 2,2oo feet taken
in a body on a lode or vein, though extensions
may bo made as far an the lead can bo found.
Kn: It claimant is entitled to two hundred fet
by pre-emption, though by purchase one par
ty can hold the entire eleveu claims, The
obstacle jut mentioned has not been so lu-uvy
a draw-back to the juartz interest as tho
failure of so many quartz mills that havo
been ereriel without regard to utility or
Iiracticnbtlity. Many eastern capitalist
ave sent on and erected such order of ma
chinery as have proven a dead loss to them,
both in cot of machinery, trumj-ortatton
and erection. It seems thai some men will
not allow themselves to profit !y tho ezperi
eneeof others, but trut that their theoreti
cal judgment can bring about result that
practical experience na" pronouneea unat
tainable. Inventor Kant have no means of
tcstm? their machinery on a large scale, hut
make them on a small scaiefuid therefrom
moke their calculations as to tho capacity of
the wadiinery, ucver failing to make it auf-
hcent to meet tne uernanu. lut wiicu an
outlay ha bi?eu incurred that should have
erectca a goo4 mul iu rtljcicncy is found
wanting.
Capitalists have not only incurred loss and
failure in their mining investments by adopt
ing a bad order of machinery, but alo in
many instances by not sending out, or em
ploying litre, as their superintendent, prac
tical and stirring businc men. Failures
cauea irojn ettiier oi the consi-iorauons
named nut only prove deleterious to the in
tercets of those who have invested, but also
tend to depreciate the value of quartz stock.
I hose who are on the grouna can reaJily see
where the fault lies, while thorn who are at
a distance, aud perhaps desiring to invest if
results are satisfactory, only attribute the
failure to the inferior quality of the ore. We
are gratified that a less feverish spirit of spec
ulation is giving place to a more deliberate
consideration of securing machinery better
adapted to the reducing nnd separating pro
cesses. The Mida Mining Company, super
intended by Prof. Ward, located at Sterling,
is the first to adopt a thorough and full order
of California machinery. As the mill has
been in operation but a few days satisfactory
tct have not been made to prove the extent
of its adaptability over those previously in
uie. Many are watching the results in order
to avail themselves of any advantage that
mav be gained by adopting a similar order.
Taking into consideration the large number
of quartz leads, the size or width of vein,
and the rich quality of the ore, we feel justi
fiable in predicting for Montana a high rank
among the leading mining sections of tho
globe. Every facility is great. Water power
is available in almost every section ; wood
for fuel is bountiful, with few exceptions,
and coal of good puality has been lately
found iu different localities. With a large
extent of agricultural lands, we have com
bined a pasturage fur stock superior to which
no portion of the earth can boast, Cor quanti
ty or quality. And to desire a more health
ful climate would be to wUh that humanity
was not at all subject to the ills of disease.
No good reason can bo assigned why a quartz
mill in Montana, with good machinery prop.
erly superintended, should fail to make the
owners thereof wealthy in a very few years.
True, every exnenso here is greater than in
Colorado or California, but what of the ex-
fienses when tho income is proportionately
arge? Wo to-day have leads by tho score
and I believe I could safely say by the hun
dredslying idle waiting for capital, that
will produce a yield of twenty, thirty and
forty dollars nor ton. To make asafecalcu
Ution wo will call the average twenty dollars
per ton, A 15-stamp mill will crush thirty
: ai "
tons in twenty-tour nours. mat cives a
gross yield of six hundred dollars per day,
which in one year, or 300 days leaving out
Od for Sabbaths ana stoppage from other
causesgives a net profit ot 51OU.UOU.
With the improvements that are now being
made in machinery for reducing ore and sep
arating the metals, we regard the certainty
L..11! i
ui .buccchs tor uiosu noiuing largo quartz in
terests in Montana, only a question of time.
L. B. Stateleb.
; Qoe-ah Valley. Mr. Huntington
gives an interesting description of the re
gion through which he passed east of the
mountains. The finest region of all seems
to be the Que-ah valley, situated on the
Des Chutes, where, for 30 miles in length
and from 10 to 20 miles in width, lies a
rich and valuable agricultural district,
which will some day form ono of the most
valuable among the eastern counties.
The Des Chutes forks in this valley, and
to the east and west of either, and with
in the forks, lies this large body of land,
waiting settlement so soon as the Indian
tribes are . pacified. A few pioneers aro
now settled there, but their condition is
not safe. Several Indian bands have al
ways wintered there tho ono bo nearly
destroyed by Lieut. Small was one of
them. This region is east of Eugene City,
and is of a frosty altitude, but capable of
sustaining a large population on its rich
bottoms, and pleasant, open, wooded up
lands. Timber is abundant, an its
streams are beautiful. Salem Record.
II Y TELEGRAPH.
compiled rnox rnc oanaos hciuld
Washington, Dec. 10. Tho Presi
dent's communication giving his reasons
for the suspensiou of Secretary Stanton,
is purjiisneu to-uay. no says oi otanton,
in his condemnation of the Tenure of
Office bill, that the Cabinet meeting was
most emphatic, all tho members after the
death of President Lincoln, favoring the
scheme of reconstruction adopted, which
Stanton had himscll prepared for Lincoln.
Tho proclamation organizing a govern
ment for North Carolina was issued in
pursuance of tho scheme, with tho ap
proval of every member of the Cabinet
present. Tho President's difference of
opinion with Staton began with tho acts
relating to suffrage in the District off
Columbia, and the reconstruction bill of
March, 18C0. The President affirms that
Stanton withheld dispatches stating the
probability of a riot at Now Orleans until
after tho riot occurred. lie refused to
send instructions to prevent disturbance,
Tho President attempts to prove the illc-
gallity of the efforts to check his rcspon
nihility by depriving hitu of his right to
select his own agents.
Tho President has nominated W. II.
(Jibbs for Governor of Idaho, Alex. K.
Lowcry for Register of the Land Office, at
Marysville, and James F. Swain for Post
master, at Ucntcia.
Wevcr Iteflcetlon
The Rochester 'Democrat has an article
on 'The President's Salary' which reflects
severely ou the late President Lincoln aud
his surviving partner. The Democrat ad
vises us that nearly all the expense of the
White liuuM; are pan by Congress
and that all the "rcrrnt Presidents" have
saved largely out of their twenty-five thou
sand a year. It goes on to enumerate the
bills that ate paid out of the public treas
ury and tbvu shaking of the re tent Pres
ident, H i '
" Kven bis balls and dianer parties are
pani tor emi 01 me puuue purse, vj i
least Xr. Lmrtdn c&ntrttrd to find yul-
He fund ftrf tivt jiurjxjte, t tome cay ot
other."
The Democrat then gives the items Ibr
the support of the Presidency from the
last appropriation diii, aou ' wini wn usu
al and commendable candor" explain in
justice to President Johnson that they are
not chargeable to m. it ays:
With the exception of tueliht and fuel
they arc extra appropriations made neces-
arv uv tho absence or tne nrucies rnrntu
ff 1ii Mr. Lincoln.
- ...
One of the extra appropriations h 575,-
000 for refurnishing. According to the
Democrat, then, Mrs. Liucoln is the par-
tv who ftoie the furniture from Ine rule
.. . r. . lift .
House to the tune of tho above figure.
shout which so much was aid by Thad
Stevens and others when the appropria
tion bill was made up. -AVArjr I nun.
Jl'ST So. The Christian Advocate
says that doggeries exert more influence
10 controlling elcetmos than good Chris
tian people do. This may be so, and why ?
How many of the names of Jiro. Ben-
sun's flock can we find enrolled on the
po'l bo k of the city of 1 r:bnl in favi.r
of Mr. Jeffries, a Christian gentleman, as
against Recorder Hoffman, whose strength
as against his christian opponent wan
owing to the fact, notoriously, thut he had
a large clement of the whisky influence
subsidized in Hi favor?
Christians arc pretty sure to become
the faithful auxiliaries of wh'u.ky when
whisky comes out on tho right fide of
politicks. v c will not say that the edi
tor of the Advocate voted for Hoffman
and whisky, because wc do not konw he
did, yet circumstances point very strongly
in that direction.
Ijft the Advocate marfhsl its hosts to
the support of euch men as the Democratic
candidate for Recorder at the last election
in Portland, in the future, or, in default
thereof, keep mum about whisky control
ling more votes than Christians. Consis
ten cy would dictate aa much, at least.
Sahm Chronicle.
Felix Quick was arrested in Alton, tho
other day, on a requisition from Governor
l'letchcr, of Missouri, charged with com
mitting a murder four years ago. in Wash
ington county, Mo. Some four ) cars ago,
he in company with two accomplices, in
the gui.e of army officers, went to tho
house of a wealthy old farmer in Washing
ton county, Mo., whom they knew to have
money, and upon some pretense or other
called the old man out of the dwelling,
when Quick fchot and killed him. The
ruffians then entered tho house and hung
up tho wife and daughter of tho murder
ed man by the neck, and made them con
fess where tho money was hidden. In
this manner they managed to find- where
some 8800 in gold was kept, which they
took and mado their escape. The son of
tho murdered man has spent $20,000 in
his search for the assassins of his father,
and ho has at length succeeded in secu
ring tho arrest of all but one.
'
Mr. Greeley's autobiography has been
written down to his apprenticeship. He
says of four years of his life during which
he was learning to be a printer :
"I have never since found at once books
and opportunity to enjoy them, so amply
as while thcro ; I do not think I ever be
fore or since read to so much profit. They
say that apprenticeship is distasteful to,
and out of fashion with the boys of our
days; if so, I' regret it for their sakes. To
the youth who asks: "How shall I ob
tain an education?" I would answer,
"Learn a trade of a good master. I hold
firmly that some boys may thus better ac
quire the knowledge they need than by
spending four years in college."
JGSrThe Warm Springs Indian Scouts,
under command of Captains Darragh and
McKay, arrived in town on Monday last.
They have done good service this season i
having killed and captured ninety-three
Snake Indians. They will be paid off
and mustered out of tho service in tho
course of a few days, when they will
again return to the reservation. Dalles
Mounatineer.
San ford Conover as A Shoemaker.
-Sanford Conover, the individual who
was for so long a time a source of items
for the reportorial corps, is now learning
the trade of a shoemaker in the Albany
Penitentiary. He varies his work with
occasionally writing a petition for-.hia par-
don on the sole of a shoe.
JCSSrThurlow Weed, who appears to
know a good deal about Mrs. Lincoln,
says: it may asi do inappropriate 10
say that Mrs. Lincoln received 10,000
from one, and $5,000 from another, con
tributor in New xork, before Mr. Lin
coln's death, and porbably without his
knowledge.
Up in tub Would. Frederic Hudson,
late managing editor of thcNew York Her
aid at $10,000 a year, began in that offiee
as a messenger boy at a salary ot $2 a
week.
MARRIED ;
At the resldcnes of Jss, X. fim'tb, Eswnire. near
Halcm, Dm. 11th, hy Kv P. 8. Knight, Mr, O, P,
Tcml to Miss Emma tfmfth.
At tha ri'fidcnctf of t?i bride's father, 6n the lib
Inst., by Hon. W. C, Wbitson, Mr, M. Blasts and
Miss Annie . fcufns, all of Polk county.
At Jackfoorill, o. Z7b, by U. is. Jiayden,
Allen Rook to Mary Ann Arthur.
At Umatilla, on tbs lVtb of Nor.. by Jadtre Wtl.
son, K. 8. McCorsas, K., of La Grande to Mbj
II. M. Welch, of Iowa City, Iowa.
At IUweburir, Nor. 2Ctb, by Iter. T, A, Woo.
James Fflf Watsoo to Isabel C. Flint.
Nor. 24lh, by Iter. U. V. Jlow, Jlenry Jr. Kaylor
to Mary C. Kow, of Clackamas eonuty.
At the reMuntn of Nathan Conner, by Iter. J,
Harer, Nov 7tb, U Ilasbrook to Miss E IS Con
tier. tofU of Polk county, Oregon.
Ia Lane county, Oregon, Nor. 6th, by Eev. J. 8.
Ztangtas, Samuel Harris to Martha Vnncatn,
At the residence of the brWe's fatbes, by Iter.
J. W. Turner, Nor. 2tb, K4ward B. Wileox to
Mary F. Tlssrd, all of Mattnemab county.
At Portland, Dee 4th, by Iter Bclieu, W B
Bcott, of Hat! Juan, CaU&rn, to Era A. Morgan,
of Portland
At Wb Why's Island, W. T., Nor. 18th, by Rev.
P. K. Highland-, 8. V. I Is we. Esquire, of Olympia,
V Mist ISsttW, daagbCr of Cptaia J H Hwift-
At Health, W T , fcee ilb, by Rer IJamel Bag
ley, Mr Am Brown ami Miss Annie M Peebles.
At (Jrand Prairie, W T , No IHth. by I. LDe
beauy J T . Jb a N 0uU t Charlotte fciomon.
On the Walla Walla river. Nor 23rd, by Iter C
EetU, iieoTj?e T Berry to Ham Loai 3 Derrick,
In Oreiron City, hn I4h, by Iter P 8 Knight,
Mr W C NVn to Miss Aldi'e Good,
At Portland, Deceuber Hit, by Rev Dr Benegs,
II Parker to 3fatfm A Boone.
At Port Townn3, W T, December 2nd, A J
Hill to Kate kuter, both of Port Diseuaejy.
At Pert Twniend, Nr 2Sth, by lUvercnJ Elli
ot, William UiMtie, ftfWbidby Island, to Abby
Glasgow, of Port Townscnd.
At the residence af the brido'a father, on Uma
tilla, December 4th, by II Sheltoa, J P, William
V Kwiajr to Emily K Yrr,
At (.sum's bride;, Tamhillcanfy,byJTHem
Lr, J V, Ktfci FVck wnl UrXttry 7ranes Wad
dle, loib of Yamhill county.
SSS0S0HS99H9MRCffi53SB5BQ3WE99RDV99US3BSSBBX9fl9KHn
N E W A D V EHT 1 SEM ENTS.
A I 51- VV.t
S1GS, V Alt III AGE
tnswoitTii,
AND OIlS'A Jf JT.V TA L
PAINTER.
0v McBrUe's Wago &bp, between First and
Sed, ou Ferry strctt.
k'irtt-i work tlouo on short nbtice.
j2l5lj
HTOCliHOI.Ii;ilV CLLXTIOX.
VTOTICB IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
X Flockbotdtr of rho Linn Connry Agricultu
ral Aoeiatio will bold tbciv Amui1 Election at
tbo Coart Hf l AUjaisy, Oregwn, oa Thursday,
the 24 day of January. at one o'clock r. .,
to elect m Buas4 vf seven Dir cO.rs for said Aso
ciation. A , UACKI-EaAN, Pres't.
Janr.t Etna. Pec'y.
December 1, I87I7wl
r.ROMrccTPi.
The subscribers propose to pabKia- in tlr City
.f Fan Franclsro, commencing Jaaaary 3, ISB8. a
Religious and Family Newspaper, u b Ucd
THE OCCIDENT.
This Pajer will ;-erially e the organ and np
recnUliveof the Prwbyu-rUn Church on tb Pa
cific eoatt, in its various Lrsccbes, ret will b
catholic in its spirit, and it is hoped will commend
itself to all who raiue and wi'l support the best io
terctts of our population.
Our purpose is to make St welcome among all
classes of people, eiecpt the haters of good order,
and virtue, and religion, and we ask ibe patronage
of all clashes till we are found to be unworthy of it.
The Occident will be publUbed weekly, (on Fri
day) in quarto form, of twelve pages, and will be
edited by Rev, James Eell, D. D.. with Rev. E.
B. Walsworth, as Associate. Tho price will bo
$1 per annum, in gold coin, or it equivalent, pay
able in adranao, or $2 SO for six months, same
term.
Upon Prby terian ere feet that we have a spe
cial claim in beginning this enterprise, because of
its relations to that Denomination, and becausa of
the Resolutions paused at the last Meeting of the
Synods of the Pacific, aud Alfa California, pledg
ing a hearty co-ipcralion and support to any who
might be induced to publish tush a paper as the
Occident offers to be.
Rdylng on this pledge, and the good will of the
public, which has never failed us in any worthy
undcrtakinsr, w send oat this Propetus, and so
licit subscribers at once. Direct all communica
tions to H. II. BANCROFT A CO.
Publisher of "The Occident,"
Nor. 27, 1887. San Francisco, Cal.
PUMPS 1 PUMPS I
The Dett and Cheapest Now in Use !
TnE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RESPECTFUL
ly inform the citizen of Albany and aurround
iugcountrr that be is now manufacturing a very
superior WOODEN PUMP, the best and
cheapest now in use. All kinds of Pumps repair
ed at short notice. Also pipe laid. - .
ff f Shop first door north of stage offiee.
D. MARSH.
Albany, December 14, 1867- rSnl8m3
Dissolution.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
co-partnership heretofore existing between
ii. T. Vining and F. D. Wood is this day dissolved
by mutual consent G. T. VINING,
P. D WOOD.
Dated Albany, Nov. 22, 1887 v3n!7w3
JVotibe.
"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, WARNING
Xi the public against buying or trading for
cither of four promissory notes made payable to
J. Q. Thornton or bearer, for the sum of three hun
dred and seventy-five ($376.) dollars each, and
bearing date. September 25th, 1867.
Two of the above note aro payable in ono year
from date, and two in two years from date.
. Tbo above notes wcro obtained by misrepresen
tation and without consideration for value received,
therefore I will not pay them.
THOMAS MONTEITH.
Albany, Oregon, Oct. 11, 1887. v3nl7w4
Slxei-iiT's Sale.
T Y VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF EXECUTION
II issued out of the Circuit Court of the State
ot Oregon for the county of Linn, and to me di
rocted and delivered by the Clerk of said Court,
on the 21st day of November, A. D. 1867, in favor
of Leighton Blain, plaintiff, and against Rachel
Dinwiddie, David P. Dinwiddie and David Fro-
mao, defendants, for the sum of $1,108.28, dama
ges and costs, I did on the 22d day of November,
A, D. 1887, .levy upon the following described
real property, w-wu : .
The undivided one-half interest of Rachel Din
widdie in Lots No. 1 and 2, in Block No. 52.
Also, on tho 5th day of December, A. D. 1867, on
the whole of Lot No. 1, in Block No. 21, being in
the city of Albany, Linn county, Oregon, 'as
known and described upon the map or plat of said
city, now on file and record in the Clerk' offioe of
the county and fetate afaresaid. '
And on the 4th day of January. A. D. 1868,
between the hours of 9 o'clook a. m. and 4 o'clock
p. m. of said day, at the Court House door in the
the city of Albany, Linn ; county, Oregon, . I, .will
II ! m l'. a
eon tne aDove aescrioea property at puono auc
tion, to the hlehest aud best bidder, for U. S.
gold ooin, all the right, title and interest in the
above mentioned uronertr of the said Rachel Din
widdie and David P. Dinwiddie, together wiUi all
the appurtenance thereunto belonging.
, - HARVEY SMITH,
Sheriff, Linn oouaty, Oregon.
By J. W. Brandenburg, Deputy.
Dated at Albany, December 5,1867 nljw4
ABVEIITIS EM EN TS
'.A
BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF EXECUTION'
issued oat of the Circuit Court of tho gtst
of Oregon for the county of Linn, nd tJ tat dl
reeled and delivered by the Clerk of said Court on
the 11th day of November, A. V. 1867, in favor of
Jaob Kees, Executor of the Estate of Morgan
Act s, aeceascu, uiaiuiiu, ana against it aac if.
Courtney, Mary J, Kees and Daniel C. Courtney,
defendant, for tb tftn of $ 'JBl and trinetr-cfoht
one handredtb dollars damages and ecstsV'I did
on the 20tb day of Aovembr, A. D, 1867, levy
upon th fallowing described real estate to-wit;
All the right title, interest dower and rirfat'of
aower in ana to in louowing aescrioea real prop
erty, to-wit i Donation Land Claim No. 43, Noti
fieatioH No, 2,0153, Tp. 14, 0, R, 2. West Willi
Mev,, Linn aoanty, Oregon, Also, I did on lb 2d
day ot December, A. I), 1867, levy npon the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit i The west
half of Donation Land Claim Not, No, 2,&19,
Sft t " . a f m tt re -m rn -m
viiio ju, o, in. it o, it, j, yt , n liiamerie ier
idian ; also all the interest of the said Mary I.
nees in ana v tne JKasl hair of Claim No. 53, No
tification No,2,M,Tp. 12, 8. R. 1, West Will.
Meridian, , t , .
And on Saturday, tbr4tb day of Janoarj, A.
V. 189, between the hours of 0 o'clock a. auaodl
4 o cloek r. tt. of said day, at the Coartlioaae door
ii .t,tf A,banJr' LinB eoottty, Oregon, I will
sell the above described vroperty at nmblie auction,
h X.' t v. 'l th trhet nI best bidder
all tb right, t.tW and iat crest m the above men.
tioned property eft be above aamed defendants,
together wUU the appurtenances thereuato betoaz.-B-
ot HA R VET 8MITII,
,. KbtrifTof Lin a emy, Ore iron.
Br . W. Bsraaftaaacao, Deputy. '
Dated at Albany, December 4, 18o7 n!7wi
Sliex-iiT'w ile.
II Y VIRTUE OF A WRIT 07 EiECUTTO-Y
9 istued out of the Circuit Court of the State
oi Oregon foi the County of Liuja, aa4 to to di
rected aud delivered by tbe Clerk of said Court,
on tU IHth day of Norcsalr, A. D. lg7, ia favor of
Jacob Kees, Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Kees, kc , yUiatiff, a ad Saiatt i. W. Wel
toand Enoch. Tboupson, defendant, for the sum
of damage ami cost and accruing costs,
J dJ eti tbe I9th day of November, A. D. 1867,
lery the foil owing described rsl property, to-
fommcaefng at poiaf 4 eht'wtr ZS link
East, and 75 links tooth, from tbe Northwest cor
mrof Township No. II, Koeth of Range No. 2,
Wt of tb WjUaweim MeridJaa, i the county
of Linn and HUUi of Oregon, and miming thence
East chains a4 7 link ; the nee North 3 chain
and 19 link; tbenee West 4 chain and 7 links;
tbence 8ootk chaiiM and 1 liaks, to tha- place
of beginning, and etaioig one aad fcrty-eight
on btmrhfiib acK-s. Also, Lot No. 3 in Block Zr
Ut No 1 i BWk , smd half of Lot No. 2 in
Block I, bing in Gross' addition, to North Browns
vilU, Li an couwty, Oregon.
And on Saturday, tbe 4tb day tf January, A
D. ISM, between the beim of 9 o'clock a. k. and!
4 o'clock . u. of said day, at the Court Hone
dorr, to the eity of Albany, Linn county, Oregon,.
I will sell at public auction, to the highest smd;
best bidder, for cash in hand, all tbo gbl, tlo
and interest in the above mentiu property- of
tb said J. W. Welton and Eae&. TwjHxm,. to
getber with the appurtenances therennto- bclong-0S-
IfARVEY gJHITHV
fiLeriff, Linn coonty, Oregsau
Br J. W. RniyoESBctft, Deputy. , -t't
Dated at Albany, December i, 18G7 nl"w4
AD7II.IllTE&.TOR MALE.
XJOTICE IS HEREBT GIVEN THAT THE;
X undersigned1, tbe dnly arointed Adminia-.
trater of tbe trttmer eWd)nm Terry, deceased, by
virtue of an order of UtoCouaty Court of Linn,
coanty, Oregon, asade on the &th day of December
at tbe regular DegeuvbeK Trm of aid Court, 1867,
will offer at public sale, to tbe highest and best
Udder, at tbe CWti ILvvst door ia said Lina ceaa
fy,oi Saturday, &cll JejoJanvary, I8C8,
between the boars of ?o'croel a. m. and 4 o'clock
p. m. of said day, the following Real Estate be
longing to said estate, to-wit ; -Donation Land
CUiaa No. 61," being part r Section 14 and 14 oft
7p. It, B. R. No. 2, Wet, in Linn county, Oregon,
and coataibiug erigibally 321 and 27 hundredth'
acres, saving and excepting therefrom 100 acres,
twow or kse, off of tb N. E. comer of said claim
berekdose, to-wit; tm tbe 27th day of October
18i, sold aavi emiveyed by drcd h tbe said Wil
liam Terry, in hi lifetime, to Martha F. Miller,
ksvHig ataoamt to be sold 221 and 27 hnadredth
acres, saore or less. Term of sale, twelve month
erctit, purchase price to be paid ia U . S. gold coin
with iaterest aad ap roved security.
IUUjIAs B. CARRY, AdmV.
Dated at Albany, Lias coanty, Oregon, Decern
br 6th. A. D. 1S67.
Ciiaxok k Heus, Atty' for Adm'r t5q1Sw4 V
GIIOB'S
MUSICAL AND EDUCATIOXAI.
uststx'jl' u 'rja.
ALSO
DAY & BOARDING SCHOOL
FOR YOTJNO LADIES.
THIS INSTITUTE IS SITUATED
in a retired aud beautiful location, away
from the business portion of the city, on THIRD,
between B and C STREETS, Portland, Oregon. v
Attached to the build ins: are extensive and beau
tiful grounds for the convenience of pupils.
Tbe Educational Dtpartment will be in ehargo ;
of an efficient corps of Teachers. CAPT. J. P. C.
ALLSOPP, (formerly a Professor in the Unircrity
oi Louisiana, ana lor tne last fire years Principal
of a Collegiate Institute in the Southern part of
California,) Principal. t
S i effort wiU be spared to make this Institute
equal to the best on the Pacifie ooast. The course
of studies will embrace all the branches usually
taught in first-class Seminaries in the East, in
cluding the Classics, French, German, Spanish,
Mathematics, Ac, Ae. . . ' . -
The Musical Department will be conducted by
PROF. II. GUIDO G ROB, Graduate of Planel'a
Conservatories
Parties from the socntry may rest assured that, .
under the care of MRS. GROB, (Matron of the
Establishment.) they will experience all the attention '
of a mother and enjoy the comforts of a home.
a. Particular attention will be paid to the '
choice of Text Books, in order to avoid anything
of a Sectional or Partisan nature, in our curriculum
of studies. , .
For further particulars, enauire at the Institute.
or address It. GUIDO GROB, P. O. Box No. 163. 1
CAPT. ALLSOPP will continue to give Evening
Lessons in the Modern Languages and English
branches. ' . . - i -t t '
Octobei 12, 1867 v3n9yl y
CHAIR MANUFACTORY!
. -.- and ,
TTJ.3STTITG- SHOP I
THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RESPECTFUL-'
ly inform the publio that he is prepared to
do all kinds of , ,, .,-,'v3': 'X
TURNING'"'
in a workman-like and expeditious manner. Also, )
he keeps on hand, and for sale, SPINNING
WHEELS, and the best of " ... r ,
Raw-bide Dottcni or Kitchen Chair !
All rf .v;K wttl ) anlil 1ipan for Cash. Or-'
ders solicited. Shop near the old Flour, MU1, at.
the npper end of First street. ' :: ' '
JOHN M. METZLER. l'
Nor, 23, '67 v3nl5yl -. -
ALBANY BOOK STORE L
i E. A. FEEELAND,
BOOX-SELLER AND STATIONER, !
Albany - - . - Oregon..
C0NSTA.ST3.Y ON HASP I ' ';
STANDARD AND MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.
Juvenile, Toy Girt aad Blank Coots,
gold irj, and ' : i
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY!
Of every kind used in the State.
SS BOOKS
short notice,
PORTED TO ; ORDER, at
Declnieiy -