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Newspaper Page TextSTATE RIGHTS-DEMOCRAT. RATES OF ADVERTISING, ttn vBAttt One Column, $100 ; Ualf Colamn, f 60 s Quarter Col- TCSLISBED STMT SATUXDAY, ST Transient Advertisement per Square often lines ABBOTT & BROWN. or I is, first insertion, $3 ; each subsequent laser X. H. ABBOTT. I II. T. BROWN. J- 0 tion , sauars Is ono Inch in scaee down tba eolnmn. counting cuts, display lines, blanks, Ac., as solid matter. No advertisement to be considered OFFICE IN HANNON'S BUILDING.' FIRST STREET. . .TERMS, ix advaxck : Ona year, $3 5 Six Months $2; One Month, 50 cts. Single Copies, 12 cts. VOL. III. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1868. - NO. 25. SI Kill KlbHla v 1 1 m j vi ; . JJ-.; -JJ-J JLy. JLL-. N,': vy u W-t JX I Correspondents writing over assumed signature r anonymously, must make known their proper namei to tbe Editor, or no attention will bo given to their communications. t All Letters and Communications, whether on business or for publiciton. should bs addressed to Abbott 4 Brown. BUSINESS CARDS. J. JCI5!t TH0R5TO!. 1 SAMUEL U SIMPSOS THORNTON & SI.UPflON, ATRORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW. e r,r.tien in the superior and inferior Courts of Oregon. Office up sUirs in Foster's fire-proof briek, nearly opposite tne posi omco. Albany, Nov. 2. lS67-v3aI2yl 'F.S. WADSWORTII, JSIGX, CARRIAGE AXD ORXAMEXTA, PAINTER. Over McBride's Wagon Shop, between First and "Second, on erry street. First-class work done on short nbrice. v3al9ylj JU ST. CRAXOH. C0. B. HELM CHAN Oil & HELM, ATTORNEYS t COUNSELLORS AT LAW OrriCK In Norcross Brick Building, upstairs, Albany, Oregon,' aul E. X TANDY, A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. rm - . . - - i w V f . . . . XIl viace over we iew iwr owie, atreet, Albany, Oregon. vSulJtt V. J. HILTASIDEL. F. M. aK&ntLD. IliXTAIlIDEL A CO., BEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI sions. Wood and Willow Ware, Conicctiuu ry. Tobacco, Cigtrs, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store cn Maine street, adjoining tbe Express office, Al lany, Oregon. sc2S3n7tf BEXJ. 1IAYDEX, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Will attend to all business entrusted to biin by eitixensof Polk and adjoining eounu Sola, July 26, IS67. v2n51tf . B. BICE, - C O. P. S- PLCSSEtt, U DI1S. JtlCE & PIXJIMEK. Physicians and Snrgeons, Tender their services to the citizens of Albany aad vicinity. Lower Ferry. OSice on Second street, tppite the T2ni7tf X. n. IILTJII"IIUEY, ATTOSXET IT LAW AXD NOTARY PUBLIC, ALBANY OREGON. .f OQce in the Court House. "62. mar9v2n301y J. C. POWELL, A TTORXE Y A XD CO L'XSEL LOR AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IX CHANCE II Y. ALBANY, Orcgqn. Collections and convey, anecs promptly attended to" oc20n!01y J. BARROWS, Z. BLAI5, S. Z TOCSO. J. BARROWS & CO., GENERAL & COMMISSION MERCHANTS EALERS in Staple, Dry and Fancy Goods, 1 f Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Boots and Shoes, Albany. Oregon. Consignments solicited. ocCnStf EIGGXE SE31PLE, ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR. Portland - - Oregon. OFEICE Over KUboarn's Auction Rooms. December 8, v2nl"tf : . Q. W. GRAY, D. D. S., SURGEON DENTIST, ALBANY, OGN. Performs all operations in the (f line of DENTISTRY in the most I PERFECT and IMPROVED tnan- JJjtJpOT ner. Persons desiring artificial teeth would do well to give him a call. Office np-stairs in Parru's bricks Residence corner of Second and Bafcer streets. : u35-ly I. O. G. T. " WESTERN STAR" LODGE No. 10, meets at Hasonic Hall every Tuesday evening. - - MART. V. BROWN, W. C. T. E. W, Fabxer, W. S. r2n32tf I. O. O. F. ' ALBANY LODGE, NO. 4. r rf!''-TIZ!y! The Regrnlar Eleet- ings of-Albany Lodge, No, 4, L 0. 0. F., are held at their Hall in Nor cross Building, Albany, every WEDNESDAY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Brethren in good standing are invited to attend. By order of the N. G. aai-ly E. F. RUSSELL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Solicitor s in Chancery and Real Entale Agentt, Will practice in the Conrts of the Second, Third, and Fourth Judicial Districts, and in the Supreme Court of Oregon. Cf ice in Parrish's Briek Building, Albany, Ore gon. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the col leetion of Claims at all points in the above named District. - T2n46yl A KEW BARBERSHOP IN ALBANY ! Oi laiiiit., Adjoining IrTins'i Saddlery Shop G30RGE ANTEMIRE WILL BE GLAD TO hold the public by the' nose and exercise bis harbtTou skill upon tbetn. lit hu the fittings of the tonsorial profession in everj' detail good razors, easy chair, and all the usual cosmetics used in first-class shops.' v3n9 - J, F,McCOY, ATZQKNEYtlND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, til f I- t.':' - ' . " - ,-v- ' '. r . ASD . ' NOTARY PORTLAND, - PUBLIC, . . OREGON "fUTILL , PRACTICE IN TU2 SEVERAL f f Courts of this City and State, and of Wash ington Territory.. All kinds of claims And demands, notes, bills, book i accounts, subscriptions, etc.. collected on commission, by suit or solicitation. liatl Estate bought and sold. Taxes paid. Buildings rented, and rents collected on commis sion. Ti fc Its to -Real ' Estate ; searched, and abstracts made,'"-" - - -:-: ' .- ' " also : .'' ' " . ' - AG E NT for the principal daily and weekly news paper i on the Pacific coast. " Subscriptions and ad Tertisnaents solicited. ; " v; j .J j2 "All collections promptly remitted. - . OF ?ICE No. 95 Fropt ftrcet, Portland. . y2n27t . ' ' " :y' 1 " - DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Br virtue of the action of the State Deinoeratia Central Committee, convened at Portland on the lOtn iinr of January, 1803. the Democratic Statu Convention will bo held at the oitv of Portland aftroid, On Thursday, March 10. 180S, at 10 o'clock a. M. of said day. for tho purpose of electing six deloyutvs t represent Oivgon in the coming National Democratic Convention, and to take into cendstdcration tho nomination of three uuniamini n canaiuaie ior inemoer ot Wunzres. candidates fr i-leatort of PrvsUleut and Vice Pres ident, to be supported at the next November eleo tion. By ordor of aid Coiutuiitoo representation in said Convention was based on tho voto east for Democratic candidate fr Governor at the last gen eral flection, giving eah county one delegate therein for every seventy, five votes so cast, and one delegate for every fraction of said number of forty or over, but all-min each county at least one delegate therein, which rule of apportionment will give to the several counties the following number or delegates, to-wit : Baker, Benton. Clackamas Clatsop Cooso.... Curry Columbia I Douglas m 7 Grant 9 Jack-son... V Josephine 2 Lne... ft Linn Marion Mn!tnoinab.. 16 II 14 7 Polk Tillamook.,.. 1 Umatilla ,. 7 Unin . & Wahiujrtoii 5 Wasco & Yam h ill 135 The timo for h Mln the C uuty Conventions to elect delegates t the tat Detaocraiic Coo rcn tion. was Ictt by the Committee to the ral County Committees, whose duty it will Le to provide there- fvr. The Commitico would respectfully nre prompt at'nn on tho part of the Dcmx racy of the svvcrl counties. L. F. GllOVEU. Chairman. Gro. R. IIelv, Secretary. Uomocralic 'nnfy CummltCer. T!.o Din-K;ra:ic Cuiitj Cuiniitte, for L'nri c;unty, are hereby rr.xpcctfully re quettvl to meet nt the CoQr. llou, n next WeJueday. the 12th iwtt., at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purp9Q of culling a Cunty Convention, and UirMing of auch other questions a may legitimately corn l.cfre them for cnsiierat1on. Br request ot J. II. D'Cthit. J. M. McCovneli., N. II. Criv r, Jacob Xoeckoss, W. F. Alexander. And many other. Waterloo Domorratlc Club. Persuant to notice the Democrats of Wa- terl'-o and v'.cinity met at Wcterlo anJ pr- cceiel to a permanent urbanization rf a Cluh, hy electing Hon. Ii. Curl, Pfcnident ; J. C. D.iri, Vice PreiJeut; Win. ltutlcl.;. Secretary, anl A. J. Il-we, Treasurer. 0i motion the Chair appointed llutliNlf, Cnri and J. C. Davis a committee to draft resolu tions cxpresire of the sen .f the meeting. fhe committee rejM.rteJ the follotrinj; reo- utions, which were unanimously nd-.pted : Rciolctd, TLat we adopt, as our political creed, the Iol:nwibg : 1st. We are now, and always uu re been, in fa vor of the Constitution of the l"ni:el Sutes, as our father made it, and a interpreted by the Su preme Court and sustained by t!.e Democra'ie pr tv from its a-ioption to the present time. 2d. Wt are unalterably ppsed to ne.gra suf frage, and btlfere that ih ut tempt of Ihc present Radical Conrc to force it opon the SoutLero States is an outrage upon the pe;p! of those Pt itn. and we deo u'.ce it as a flgrni violation of the ConKtltutioii and revo.'uti jnaiy in its ehara tcr. 3d. We are in favor of a uniform system of tax ati .a : hence we are iq favor of taxing U. S. Bonds. Wc extend a cordial inriUttion to the "Rads" meet us iu discussing the - political issuus of. the day. It was ordered that tbe proceedings of tbi meet ing be published in the ''State Rights Democrat." B. CURL. Pres't. Wk. Rctledce. See'y. Gen. Sheridan visited the Chicago High School lately, and the pupi s sang 'Rally round the Flag." and when retiring be was captured and kiscd l y tbe lady scholars and teachers. SnUm Record. Wc a'appofe these ''lady scholars and teachers " thought they were getting vir Kin kiescs from tlie nweet lips of Mill t but they "arc misraken. A greasy,' lou.sy wjuaw, living not a preat di.srance from Albany, hung on his lips omo years be fore he was "kissed by tho lady scholars and teachers." The squaw aforesaid got the cream of his lips, and left them only the fckiiu milk. To Cure Chilblains. Take two parts of sugar of lead in solution, and one part laudanum, mix and bathe the afflicted parts. This remedy h givenx by a gentleman who has found it efficient. Oregon posHesxc 63 flouring mills, 55 of which with one hundred run ofstones are worked bv water power. Several of these uiills turn out frtm 200 to iJuO bar rels of flour per day. " Detention of Mails. We learn that the unuMiai'arid ; vexations : detention of mails south of this place has been occa sioned' br another heavy snow storm in California along the stage J route. M uch snow fell in Sacramento valley, and Scott and Trinity mountains were impassable for several day, " although' extraordinary efforts were imide to get -the mails across. The road. is now' broken, and we may ex pect our mails to arrive with their usual regularity; - The rumor that Sacramento has been again flooded is incorrect.- Jacksonville Sentinel. , - ' A new Polar Continent seems to have been discovered in the middle of the Arc tic Ocean. The existence of the land has long been known; but it ban-never yet been explored. If it possesses verdure, and reindeer, walrus,", seals etc., as the letters published would indicate, it must be inhabited. Here is new field. for am bitious explore-s to earn a fume not often offered to them. Audit will be explored. Honolulu Com. Advertiser. - ? ITIONCillEL LEOIMLA.TION. Tho wires of lato have been quite reticent ; but occasionally omo items manage to reach the Pacific coast. We direct attention to a ffcw of them. Jleceritly a resolution was intro duced into the House reciting the al leged action of tho Montana legisla ture denying tho elective u(Trago to negroes, and instructing tho Judicia ry Committee to inquire into the fact, and report what measures are neces sary to secure obedience to tho lawn of Congress on the part of the Legis lature and Governor of Montana. Washburne suggested that tho Com mittee bo instructed to report a bill repealing the act of organization of tho Territory. We commend these facts t5 our conservative Radical friends. You deny that your party intends to enfranchise the negro; but you see that whenever they have the power they do so invariably. In all the Territories he ia enfranchised ; and because tho Legislature of Montana dare to regulate suffrage to suit them selves, Congress talks of repealing the act of organization of the territory. That is to say, Congress will attempt to force the Territories to allow nig- grs to vote. Can any fair-minded Itniltcal, alter this, have the face to tell us that his party .is not in favor of negro suffrage ? It is as plain a the noon-day sun that the Radicals will force negro suffrage on every State in the Union as soon as they shall have the power necessary lor this pur post. On the 31st ultimo, tho Committee on the cotton tax reported to the Senate. They recommend that for eign cotton be admitted free on and after next November. The effect of this will be to enrich Eastern manu faeturen at the expense of the con. sumiT, They are not satisfied with their present enormous profits; and this is a scheme solely for their bene" fit. How long will the people contin ue to be fleeced. On the 31t ultimo, a Committee ofj he Legijdaturc of Massachusetts re ported a bill licensing liquor dealers. It gives power to the Mayor ami Se- ecttnen of cities and villages to grant licenses. This movement of the Had. icals of that pious State is doubtless produced by the election of a Demo. cratic 3Iavor of Hoston. He is said to be in favjrn of this policy. The Mongrels will adopt any policy which they think will win. For years they have been denouncing the policy of isuing liquor licenses as pre-eminently immoral and irreligious; contend ing that those who should Issue them would be guilty of an unpardonable sin. Hut just as soon as the popular. tide turns they hasten to change. They will do anything for ppwer. They will sacrifice friends, principle, country everything for place and their own aggrandizemcni. Half Sheet. We are aain necessitated to issue a half sheet. We received a bundle of paper from Salem, hut it was too lato for thia week. Next week we shall iue a whole sheet ; and wo have some hopes that the ice in the Columbia river will soon disappear thus permitting the freight that has accum mulated at Astoria to reach Portland and other places in the Valley. In which event we shall receive a large supply of paper, and will resume regular publication. If we can do no better we shall issue half sheets till n supply of paper arrives. Club Meeting. We learn that the meet ing of the Albany Democratic Club, last Monday evening, was more largely attended than usual ; and that the proceedings were. characterized by increased interest, lie- twceo four and fire hundred persons were present, forty or fifty of whom were ladies. The speeches were sound, sensible, patriotio and eloquent. Some additional nam.es were added to the club roll. - -. Donation Pabtt. Learning that Rev. J. F. Damon) of this city contemplates leaving Albany before long, because of ill-health, a number of our citizens n paired to his resi dence on Wednesday evening last, in the ca pacity of a Donation Party. About $200, in money and its equivalent, were presented to hi m before the crowd dispersed. Very good impromptu movement. ' v " : Albany College. A Literary and Musi cal Entertainment, for the benefit of this In stitution, will be given in the College Chap el, under the supervision of the faculty, on Friday Evening, February 14, 1868. As the object is a worthy one, and is in the in terest of the citizens of Albany and vicinity; we hope the Chapel will be well filled. J. Whitney, Esq., of this city, will address the Waterloo Democratic Club, on Saturday the 15th inst. . MARRIED : At the Presbyterian churcb, Corvallis, n the 4th inst, by Rev," Anthony Simpson, Win. B. Hamilton, Esq., to'Mrs. Lucy A. Job all of Ben ton cou ty. ... ... Near Soio, on the 2d inst, by Rev. J." Ostran der, A. J. Houston and Mies Martha Williams- all of Ltyin comity. ' - y A Fizzle. Last Saturdny evening tho Ab banr Grant Club" met in their Hall and proceeded to business. Tho Ladies, about whom tho Unionist editor took on so were "non comatibut in twampuB;" that is, they did not grace tho occasion with their pres enco. A motion was made that tho Club or der tho uNcu Nation " Lecture printed fn pamphlet form. It was about to carry, when a prodigious gentleman, smelling somewhat trnnsrlv of Mie pill bags, suggested that it would bo well to count up tho cost lfnr act Ingon tho motion. After considerable spar ring tho motion was lostj when a motion was made that Mr. McDonald bo invited to print his Lecture. This carried s and two enthusiastic memWrs declared they were willing to give all of four bits for it. Si tho Lecturer has the unspeakable privilege of printing his Lecturo at his own expense I Glorious I isn't It? and magnanimous, also. ft fl(t a A. SI now nnseinsn, too. Artemus ward was very "loll" none more so. He was will ing that his wife's brothers, uncles, cousins. and indeed nil her relatives should go to war, and fight, and die for tho "Union and just ft tho Grant Club are exceedingly gen erous and I ileral. They are not willing to expend a cent themselre in order to have the "New Nation" printed, but they are per fsetly willing that its author should spend all h is worth, nr ever will be, for that pur pose. Tho ncx t'linx on the programme was ad dresses. Whereat Mr. McEachran who had served under Kit Carson arose and oc cupied the floor for ten or fifteen minutes ; but wo are told his effort wa a most morti fying failure. He would say a few words and then bo silent for several minutes, tbe crowd meanwhile cheering him even when he cleared his throat and spat on tho floor 1 He at last told his hearers tbt ho was no speaker, and subsided. (Applause.) Our friend Itucll then took the floor ; and delivered a speech in behalf of bond holders, &c. Several hivo told us that his effort was "most lame and Impotent," for a man of Lis cloth. The crowd next called out tho editor of tbe Journal. Had he not spoken, the meeting would have been a decided and disgraceful fizzle; but he managed to redeem it a little. We hear on the streets that some of tho lead ing Radicals swear that Pickett must " ra mose the ranch. If they will listen to a po litical f0 they will let him remain as long as ho chooses to do ; for, deprived of him, the party hero hare neither head, 'stoma:!! nor aMominal viscera. We hope this in clement weather will soon pass away, for we would like ccasionally to attend the meet ings of tho Grai.t Club and witness its high ly interesting preceding. Elastic Pikty. 'ihe r irtnnta Tret- pa$ uv: it is a giOU thing to have about tho house. We agTCC with the writer who said he would sooner trust the man whunc piety would Lend just a attic, under pressure, and fly back, than him who was entirely unelastic. for he would be afraid that some time the unbending article would snap short off. Wo do not believe in the piety which ea, cold pota toes on Sunday to avoid the wickedness of cooking; nor that which never gWes up a cent in charity for fear tho object is not worthy. Thtre'a one of our sort of pious chaps living up town, but we'll not give the street for he' a healthy fellow. He knew that home friends would dine with him on Sunday, so he firt-d up and had a big prayer meeting Friday evening so as to have his Suuday duties through with and credited up. ' That was all right. Then, earty Sunday morning he commenced chopping off the heads of his chickens, for a huge dinner. That was all right; but, just as we were going past to attend morning service, a chicken in band dodged from the block, and our pi ous friend swore at it for dodging. There he was wrong. It is as natural for a chicken to dodge as for a man totry to get out of jail; and our friend ought to have dune up his swearing on Friday night. v Jtgy Speak ing of the violent measures advocated by the extreme Jacobins, the Xcw York Timet, a Black llepublican journal, says: "The colored race is likely to be injur ed rather than aided, by this sycophantic and extravagant crusade on its behalf. They may be made for a tiffio the special pets and favored recipients of political power, of landed wealth, and of whatev er else may bo the prico of their party support ; but in the long run, their sup port on these terms will. cost a good deal more than it is worth. Neither tho polit ical, the industrial, nor the social institu tiong of States can be tuado to rest on sucn abasia.- With every year their de mands will become more .xorbitant; the effect of giving them special advantages over other classes of the community will become more and "more injurious, and more and more an element of social dis cord and danger; and the reaction against them will become stronger and stronger throughout the Northern States. Ohio has voted against jhem now, after two years of congressional legislation 4a their interest, by fifty thousand, and if the pro gramme laid down by tho Anti-Slavery Standard is followed up, the majority of of Ohio next year upon the same side will be twitje as lurge.V " The meteoric shower on the morning of the 14th of November, was resplendent at St. Joseph, Mo. Says tho Herald: The captain of the Hens.ey, who was at the w he'd during the night, says the , dis play was sublime. Thousunds upon thousands of fiery meteors rushed the one upon the other from east to west, while the heavens were continually most brill iantly illuminated. Tho meteors fell in such numbers that the deck hands bocaiae frightened; and, falling upon their knees, called upou God for merj tbey were, that the'day of v - at hand," - - - " ' : ;. 'y' From tho Missouri Republican, Nov. 17. Trf chlii a In Hi Loulfl. On Saturday evening a meeting of the Medical Society was held in an apartment in the Merchantile Library budding. After some routine business had been transacted, a very interesting and some what startling subject was introduced. It appears during the past week two deaths occurred at the City Hospital, which hare now been disc, vered to have resulted from tho horrible discaso produced by the tri china spiralis, which created so much ex citement in Germany some time ago, and subsequently in Iowa and other sections of this country. The trichina;, as is well known, ore taken into the system by eat ins: raw or half cooked pork. The fol lowing is tho Kubstauco of tho itatemeot made by Dr. . Dean, a member of the Medical Society : While present a few minutes before the close of a post mortem examination and demonstration made by Dr. Leffiugwcll on a subject of the City Hospital, though not for the purpose of discovering the caufto of death, Dr. u. . - . - - r t . a remarked that the muscle were speckled. This drew Dr. DYs attention to the sub ject, when ho saw the muscles completely studded with tarval trichina spiralis. He at once endeavored to get a history of tbe caso, and found the patient was one of two friends who had come to the Hospital together, both suffering from general de bility, and who were ho registered. The one whose body he saw had suffered from diarrhoea, abdominal pain, precordial pain, Ac, had been treated at last for typhoid fever, which hd appeared to nave and from which he was. supposed to die. So near are some of the symptoms of trichi asis to those of this disease. As the dis ease and thovntozoa are well known he would have said nothing of this case, ex cept to state it and give iu bearing, name ly, that the disease (trichtuasis) ts proba bty much more common than, is generally "UppoHcd. If, on examining tbe other body, it should be shown that his mus cles were also inhabited by trichina) it would, by mere accident, be fhown that two canes excusably up posed to have died of typhoid (inthe internal subjects there were lung complications) which in reali ty had died of this disease. Dr. D. said Dr. Steele had a!o baa his attention drawn to the dotted appearance of the muscles, and had, as he learned this even ing, made out under the microscope the presence of the trichinae Partly by the request if others ven-ed in the history of the disease, but who thought some of the facultv were not, and partly because of the slight importance attached to the sub ject by some practitioners, he would give a brief account oi tbe entozoaandoi the dis ease. The larval trichina, an found io the specimen, wero free, surrounded by gran ular matter, or by calcareous matter. which latter forms the spindle or shuttle shaped cyst. This lies imbedded between the fibre of the voluntary muscles. It docs not develope further io the muscles. It is found in the samo way in the mus cle, of the swine. If this flesh bo injected uncooked the calcarous cysts are dissolv ed by the siomach juices and the free larvro become sexually developed and and produced young ; one producing one hundred or more; half a pound of meat might contain enough to produce 30,000, 000. These commence emigrating to the volubtary muscles (so-called) all over the body. As they penetrate the intestines there is a copious diarrhoea, which carries off many of them, in, tho dejections, but enough remain. As the remaining ones emigrate into the muscles, pain in, and inability to use the muscles, were charac teristic symptoms. (Edema of limbs and face, a typhoid condition of the system, hiccough, if the diaphragm be iuvaded, hoarseness and loss of voice, if the laryn geal muscles be affected. This statement excited considerable attention, and a brief suspension of business took place, while many of the medical gentlemen prescut examined the specimens of the muscles of the deceased, produced by. Dr. Deau, through glas?cs. By holding up a piece of the muscular tissue before a light,, the little specks were plainly visible, and some of the more youthful practitioners present, who had discussed pork steak and ham for supper, grew serious and felt considerabio inward disturbance. Tho statement is really ono of importance, and wo have no doubt will excite general attention. It is unfortunate that nothing definite is known as to the history of t the cases mentioned,' but we understand some further examination will be made into the matter which will probably result in some additional information, - Titles to Mineral Lands. The National Intelligencer, of a recent date, has the following : Secretary McCulloch, in his report of 1865, 'suggested that the principle of preemption, so long , applied to the salo of agricultural lands in the West, should be extended in favor of the holders of claims to gold an i silver mines oi the public domain.4 A bill to this effect was furnished to Senator Sherman, which, after much discussion, was matur ed into the act of July 26, 1866. Under the careful instructions of the Commis sioner of the Oeneneral Land Office, this legislation has been, received with great favor on the Pacifio slope. Bv its provis ions, freedom of exploration, free occupa tion of Government lands for placer min ing; a right to pre-empt quartz lodespre viously held and improved according to local customs or codes of mining, the right of way for acqueducts and canals, not less essential to agriculture tharf to mining, and the extensions of the home stead and other favor of settlers upon agricultural lands in mineral districts, have been fully defined and established. Ladies.; John B; Gough says traveled upwards ofthjrtey. miles, and on steaTr'"- hasr-'"''1 Democratic (Jain a in Oregon. In alluding to the Democratic roten in Oregon, a few djiys since, we estimated the number at twclvo thousand. This estimate was, of course, disputed by tho Radicals, who make a practice of disputing every state ment coming from a Democrat, however well authenticated it may be. Tho following ta ble of election returns since 1863, will show that our estimate was much more under than over what might reasonably be calculated : Republican. Democratic Volri86Z 7,039 Z,4b0 Vote of 1864 8,719 5.fi2 Vote of 186.... 10,s5 10,343 Tho Democratic increase in three years was 6,893. Tho llepublican increase for the samo time was 3,420. Democratic gain over tho Republicans, 3,473. Tho Democratic increase from 1864- to 1800, 4,351. The lie rubltcan inereaxe for iVn mm t!m. i - - - ------- , wwmtr IIIIIV VV l4 2,740. Tho samo rate of increase for the two years, from 18G0 to 1868, would give the Democrats at the next election 14,094, and the Republicans 13,309 Democratic major- uy i,w. in view oi me Known changes from tho Radicals to tho Democrats, we could saieiy estimate trio present number of Dem ocratic voters at nearer fifteen thousand than twelvo thousand. Since the last State elec tion, certainly two, and probably four of tie Republican members of the Legislature, have renounced Radicalism. In tho last call for a meeting of tbe Republican State Central Committee a provision was put in for filling vacancies canned by defection, one such hav ing occurred within oar knowledge the mernter lor waeo,coanty. buch changes extend Ut all clases of ourcitizens, and may be observed in every portion of tho State. How taany heretofore active and Influential Republicans cut loose from the Radicals at wie ih cuy circiion in j omana in loo the Democrats counted but 199 votes in Mult nomah county, to the Republicans C43 more than three to one. In 1HGG. the Democrats polio.!. l,OZ't in tbe Republicans' 1,205 a majority of 180 in a voto of 2,230. The changes in the city of Portland alone have more than overcome that majority since. In lfiC3 the Democrats counted but 253 votes in Marion county, to the Republicans 951 nearly four to one. In 18C8 the Democrats polled 833 votes to the Republicans 1.X80. A friend at Salem writes us that in 1S62 he endeavored to keep up the Democratic organ ization and could find but fourteen Democrats in that town willing to enroll themselves as members of the party. No their Demo cratic Club roll will number over three hun dred. Tho Democrats of Oregon hare the power, if ther have the will, to roll up tbe largest majority ever riven in the State to any party, and judging from present indica tions we uchere tbey will do it. Oregon Herald. " 3IESCEOE.NATION." A gentleman, (whose name we withold on account of his well-known respectability,) says a late Detroit, Mich., paper, living on River street, has a wife, who is educated, poss essed of rare personal charms, and was, until quite recently, a favorite in tbe cir cle in which she moved. For several months past the wife made frequent visits down town, with no apparent object in view, aod, when questioned concerning it, she would give vague and unsatisfactory answers. Finally, it transpired that the lady's object in making these down-town excursions was to hold clandestine meet ings with a burly negro, who is employed as a porter io a otore on Jefferson avenue. This discovery at first overwhelmed the unhappy man, and he could not raise his courage np to the point of making an ex- po$e of tfie disgraceful a mor, by which the wretched wife bad brought dishonor and shame upon both' herself and her husband, n bile yet in doubt as to the best course to be pursued, the conduct of his wile became more aod more alarming, until human nature could bear it no long- er. it nas been tne wile s custom to go to church regularly on Sunday evenings, the husband remaining at home to care for the children. When it was nearly time for the services "to close, the negro lover would cost himself within conven ient distance of the church, and, when the lady came out, would join her, sometimes accompanying her directly home, and at other times take long walks, if the nights were sufficiently dark to prevent discovery. The latter was the case on Sunday night, but they wero watched by the husband, aod when the darkey joined her, as usual, the husband was close on the trail, and. rushing up, administered a blow on tbe thick skull of the African which instant ly foiled him to the earth. He yelled loudly for mercy, but the outraged hus band paid no heed to his cries. Again and again the heavy cudgel fell merciless ly upon the darkey s head, shoulders, and body,; until he ' was nnable : to offer the least protest. In. this condition he was left, tLs husbmd taking his wife home. What transpired, wo do not know, and have loo desire to peep behind the scenes. The bruised and battered negro crawled home, and for lught we know to the con trary; is there yet. The gentleman made known the-facts in the case at the police court yesterday, in anticipation of an ar rest at tne instance ot ma wile a para mour;; but no complaint was made. " Human Progress.'. The following is said to have occurred at Union Super ior Court. A negro on the juiy is object-. edo) on the ground of incompetency the following questions are propounded by tho counsel to the juror : , : " Sam, are you a free-holder?" "Yes Bar." 1 ' " Have you any land?" ! "No sar." . : y : " What do vou mean. then, bv savinjr yon are a free-holder V r "II means bein' free am --' .sr.. .w id holdin'. .on, and so on." j. I " What is a verdict, Sam ?" r " I dun know, sar." . . . WhaOs a plaintiff V - Bun know; sar." ; '' What is a defendant ?" : ll dun know, sar, I'bo green 'bout dese .ings." : ' - . - . '" Here Gen. Canby's order was Toad, from. 'which it appearedjio was comp Lrthe man 'and Jyrjr-'' than a square, and all fractions counted a fal square. All advertisements inserted1 for a ler period than tbrce months to b regarded as trsa iient. - Tho CrIm ofPreacliinglnKXlog -; oarl. - " la December, 1865, the Rev. D. H. Murphy was orresled in Cape Girardeau county in this State, oh charge of preach ing without taking the so-called oath of loyaltv. On his appearance before the Circuit Court his counsel demurred to the indictment, but the demurrer being overruled the defendant pleaded not guil-. ty,'and went to trial, lie was declared guilty, and fined five hundred dollars., Tbe defendant then moved for a new trial, but his motion wag overruled, to all of which thj defendent properly filed hisbillj of exceptions and tojk the case to the Supreme Court. It seems that the case, has been hanging in that court for some; time past ; and that notwithstanding the decif ioo of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Cummins case, di rectly imoiviog the questions In this ' the Murphy cafe yet the prosecutor keeps the Murphy case-in the Court year after year at great expense to the. State, and great annoyance to the defend ant, and disgrace of judicial proceedings. Well, on the 4th inst., the case came up ia tbe Supreme Court of this State. It was a Black Republican Supreme. Court. We do notinean that the Judges feel bound to decide as the Jacobin par ty or Jacobin leaders wish them to de cide. In the present Mnrphy ease the. the name Jacobin judges decided that thit MUtovri tett oath it unconttilulional and void. , In rendering this decision the Court but followed the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Cum mins and Garisth cases. But what sur prises us is that after the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States any indictment could be found in.thrs State against anybody for preaching the Gospel without taking the oath, or if found before these decisions of the Su preme Court of the United States were made or promulgated, why should they be kept on the docket of any inferior tribunal? The only answer that truth will permit any man to make to these questions is simply this the interest of the Jacobin party was supposed to re-. 3uire that they should be kept on tao, ockets of the several courts as king as possible. This was tbe reason and per haps the only reason, and some Jacobin Circuit Attorneys were weak and cor rupt enoogh to serve their party in that way. Xitsouri Conservative. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. V(, WAKEFIELD, " ' (Scccxssoa to Wbittixore A Co.,) DEALER I-X " . DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumeries, Etc.,t Ete Bure "Wines and Liquors, For dedic'nal Purposes. My aim will be to keep FIRST-CLASS DRTJGS AXIX MEDICINES,, at fair prices. Give me a ealL - D. Wv'WAirr,FTF.T.TK AJbanj, Fb. 8, 1S6S Y,3n25yl HOTICEv TIIOSE KNOWING ' THEMSELVES IN debted to tbe nadersigned are notified to call and sett!, by the 20th of February, 1SSS. n2&2w " W. F. ALEXANDER. KOTICE. v;: HTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE I : ttfutarst AtAi K at rfkSa A w Kama itnlw a rvTvrwSn edj Administrator of tbe Estate of Andrew M. Smith, ls.te of tbe. county of Linn, but sow de ceased, by the eounty Court of the said county of Lino, in tbe State of Oregon. All persons baring eiaims ajuos.i saw f state are nouaea to present the same, properly verified, to the undersigned, the Administrator of said Estate, at bis residence, fire miles northeast of Lebanon, in the Forks of the Santiam, ataa early date; and all persons knowing tbemselres indebted to said estate are buiwbu in vuuiB iviniuu uu tug muis. PHILIP M. SMITH, Feb.$, 1S68. , Administrator. Cbakc, A Helm, Att'ys for AdmV. v3n25w4 Notice. I W0.ULD GIVE, NOTICE TO ALL WHO. bad the services' of the horp that Fred Me Ka kept last year is eoming to me, and must not ha nail in nv nn, 1A Tint ttv mv order, as th A mortgage is closed on them by law. . -7 JAS. P. HOGUE. . Jan. 27, 1S$S v3n24tf ' v :; . V l)ls)Ol at ion of tlie 01le$t Firm iu Unn County. ' mm rr . . V . w r. . AAVnvqi BlltlS TTVTTTP1 JjJL ed'have this day dissolved 'co-partnership. Al? persons knowing themselves indebted to said1 firm must call and settle insuediately. ; - D. M. THOMPSON. J:f A. B. PAXTON. Aftany, Jan'y 27, 6S T3n24w4 ; f ', SUM3IOXS. ; , y - for ihe County' of Linn ' - - Jeremiah Rhodes, PVff, vs. , Ann Rhodes. W V y ,-y';v- '- Suit vi Equity for Divorce.; ; ; 15 TH ' K.AM a C Tfi STATE OF 9REOO5 t . To Ajiri Rhodes, Deft y ; t f Yon are boreby required to appear and answer, tbe compliant of tbe plaintiff in the above entitled suit, now tB file against ' you with the Clerk of. vioo hereof upoa you, if served in said Linn coun ty; but if- served in any other county ia tbe State of Oregon, then within twenty days after the dat of eorrice hereof npoa you : : And jou ate further notified that if you fail to appear and answer,' as above required, tlie plaint iff will apply to the Court on the 4th Monday ia March. 1813. for the relief in said complaint de manded, a id will take a judgment and deeree o said Court dissolving the marriage contra't----ing betweca you &r$. the plain t1-1-"" and disbu r ifSfp