Editor.
SATURDAY. ..DECEMBER 20, 1S63.
TUB CONSTITUTION.
BT ft OX, GEOIIOE H. PEXDL8T0X.
The republican parly believe tier can amend It;
thej cm chaogo itandtnako it abetter constitution
thanotr fathers made it ia the days of old.
("Ncrer, never,"'- and shouts of appiaase.1 I
charge upon you, democrats that aro here to-uay,
never fc consent to its amendment or its degrada
tion. Po not seek to amend it ; do not seek to
change it do not Peek to cvado it. Obey it. It
u goed enough for your fathers. It is good
enough for you. If you obey it, it will bo good
enough for your children for one hundred yart to
come. Immense applause tudy it, understand
it. Carry it about with you, as a living presence
in all tte walks of your daily life. Take it to your
home ; resd it to your wife ; teach it to tour chil
dren j put it upon yonr family altar, that when
you bow your head in supplicating prayer, it way
be there next to the imasre of Ud himself. Im
mense applause. Do this, and then in Ills own
food tiaio you wiil bo able to ralso it up to that
place and power to which the braxeu serpent in
the wilderness was raised in order that the plague
might bo stared. Do this, and you will bo able to
raise it p to that high place of honor to which
the Ark of tho Covenant was raised, round which
the unsem legions of the Almighty kept watch
and guard, that he who touched it with impious
hands fhould die. Remember, fellow-citiiens,
that the constitution contains within itself all that
was good in the experience of the past, and all
that U hopeful in the prospect of the future. It
is the arc of safety in the midit of the flood which
is upon vs. It may be tossed in the blackness of
darkness upon the weary waters of many days,
but it will rest upon the mountain tap at last the
sun will shine, the dore wiil leave it nerer to re
turn, an i now, as then, embtera of paritr, and
liberty, end peace, she will seek to build her hab
itations midst the scenes of her former life.
Cheers. I do not despair. I hare hpe in the
aspirations of men, I hare faith in the provi
dence of God. I know that the pathway of his
tory Is strewn with the wrecks ef empires, and
peoples, and constitutions, and liberty. It may
may be in the providence of God that this country
of ours r ill follow in the wake of all nations that
haTe goce before. If it shall be so, let it not be
owing to the faults or misfortunes of the Demo
cratic party. Great cheering. If it must be so,
let it be koown that it was the party of oar lore
that stool to the last, with hemic virtue, to the
principles of civil liberty.
, THE FINANCES OF OREGOX.
We find the following in the Ore
gon City Enterprise of last week:
"The Copperhead press of Oregon begin
to wince and wiggle very much because of
the course pursued by their party in the last
Legislature. The Albany Democrat concedes
that the Democrats might have passed an ap
propriation bill ; and that it was their fault
that one was not passed ; that a giant wrong
bas been perpetrated, and that the people of
Uregon tre toe victims ot the outrago ; but
in the same article says the question is not
now "Who has inflicted this wrong?"
bat 'IIow shall the wrong be remedied Vr
and proceeds to argue for an extra session.
We hope that Governor Woods will continue
his defiance of the secession hordes who now
assail him. lie has borne to be burned in
efSgy by them : baa heard their threats of
violence let them sail in 1"
"We have never conceded that it was
the fault of the Democrats in theLeg-
islature that an appropriation bill was
not passed, excep.t for the sake of
argument. The editor of the Enter
prise knew this; hence he knew he
was lying when 'he made the above
statement. Such lving subterfuges,
however, is precisely what maybe ex
pected cfone who, three or four years
ago, was a rank "copperhead" him
self It is precisely what may be ex
pected from, one who became "loilw
from bread-and-butter motives. It is
exactly what may be expected from
the man who got knocked heels over
stomach by a sea-captain, and who,
instead of resenting, picked himself
np; seized his hat, and walked off!
This pot-valiant whelp virtually advi
ses the Executive not to discharge his
official duties because he has been
burned in effilgy by a few Democrats !
There is statesmanship , for you. A
Governor of a great State is advised
to vent hi? personal spleen and malice,
because by so doing he may thwart
the wishes of some Democrats ! We
are happy to knw that all his party
friends do not concur in this advice, as
the following from the Salem Union
ist of Monday last will prove :
"The unfortunate condition of the State
finances, consequent upon the failure of the
late Legislature to pass a general appropria
tion bill, h becoming a question of eerkus
importance. Aot only are the State oficcra
and contractors subjected to inconvenience
and loss, as a direct result of such failure,
but eyery tax-payer in the State will be
made to contribute to pay the extra expense
incurred in running tne btate government
on a credit. -
It is not our design at this-time to crirai
riate, or charge the responsibility of the ures
ent anomalous condition of the State and its
financial interests to the recreancy or miscon
duct of any party. The unerring pen of
history will not fail to indict and properly
arraign those on whom the respusibihty rests.
It is enoug'i that we know that a great wrong
exists, directly affecting the interests of the
people and retarding tho course of justice
And posseHsipg this knowledge, we shall
fearlessly state the condition of affairs as
they are, and suggest that which, in our
judgment, is" the proper remedy.
At least thirty per cent will be added to
the expenses of the State during the next
two years under the present condition of af
fairs, if justice be done to those in its service
during that time. State warrants are now
selling at a discount of from twelve to twenty
five per cent., and this while the State treas
ury is groaning under its burden of gold.
These warrants draw ten per cent, per an
num, which the State must honestly .pay or
dishonestly repudiate. The expenses of the
State Penitentiary, and all incidental expen
ses, will be greatly increased, inasmuch as
provisions, clothing and labor cannot be had
for depreciated State paper at as reasonable
rates as if the cash were paid. ; The State is
under contract with Dr. Hawthorne, for
i ii .
Keeping tne insane and idotic for two years,
for which h 3 was to receive $G $0 a week per
capita, in TJ. S. gold coin. lie now receives
warrants which he is compelled to discount
heavily. In justice to himself, he will of
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cuurae yreaeui a, uui lur reuei TO tne next
Legislature, which, m all justice, should be
paid, But if paid,- it will fix a precedent
for others who have been similarly subiccted
to losses, and th? Legislature will find itself
Deseiged witn innumerable relief bills, in
iae nanasoi wronged creditors, each demand
ing, and justly too. "nay that thou owest "
In addition to the above, there are grave
doubts in Borne of the best le?al minds in
he State, as to whether the Secretary of
State can legally issue warrants beyond the
mount of 50,000, which the Constitution
xes as tbe limit, beyond which the State
nnct contract-indebtedness. And again,
is held by many that the Cdnstitution'does
EX. H. ABBOTT,
not contemplate the issuing of warrants
without there bo appropriations. Tbts would
seem to bo a common senao interpretation of
that instrument, but as yet there has been
no decision from tho court of this Stato on
thesopointp -1 !
It matters not who is responsible far tho
failure wf the Legislature to pass tho neces
sary appropriation bills j tho fact is patent
that the remedy is in tho hands of the Re
publican party, .and nine tenths of the Re
publicans of the State are in favor of hating
the romody applied.
. Regarding the whole subject dispassionate
ly, wo therefore concur in tho general opin
ion, that the only war to extricate the State
from its present embarrassed condition is
for tho Governor, at the earliest day practical
ble, to call elections in tho counties where
vacancies exist, and convene the LegUla-
H we
AM EDITOIl COX VERTED.
Wo understand that a revival of rc
ltgion is in ! progress over in Polk
county; and that Mr. Upton, of the
Polk. County 'Signal, has been convert
ed and has. joined tho Methodist
churcK ; '.S'ns'viL .' .. - i
We are glad to hear thia of Wra;
as there was certainly1 lome room for
improvement in him. We hope now
he will stand fast in the faith ; that he
will not go back, to the "weak and
beggarly elements of the world'
that he will not, like the so w: that was
washed, go to wallowing in tho mud
and filth again. ' .
We can,, however, assure brother
Upton, that though the way he has
just chosen is full ot flowers, yet that
it is not entirely devoid of thorns
some of which will occasionally bo
jammed into him something less than
a rod. lie may now be in a sort of
0
blissful exaltation a kind of ecstatic
blis ; let him remember that this
will not last always; and that some
things will occur to shako his faith In
humanity,
We feel very much in the notion of
preaching a sermon just now. Some
may say this isn't in our line. Who'
told you so? Wp are not necessarily
confined to politics. We have a far
better right to preach than political
parsons have to preach politics from
the pulpit. The fact is they have no
moral right to preach politics -and
many of them will find the blood of
souls clinging to their skirts because
they have preached politics instead of
Jesus Christ and him cmcified, as
Paul did. It is generally admitted
that the people of tho United States
are more licentious, more debauched,
more prono to infidelity and the "devil
than they were twenty years ago.
Divorces are more common j infidelity
to
to the marriage vows are more fre-
quent; thefts, robberies, murders
crimes of all kinds are much more
common now than they were in the
better and purer days of the llepub
lic, when preachers wore plain clothes,
and lived on a small salary, and
preached the gospel instead of poli-i
tics, .
Brother Upton, we are very solicit
ous for you in fact our bowels are
moved in your behalf Some of these
political preachers these woltes in
sheep's clothingwill preach very
well for awhile. They will come very
near deceiving tbe very select. Iiut
they will eventually throw off their
disguise their cloven hoof will stick
out; and when they think they have
drawn yon on good, they will com
mence stirring up the devil in the
church by preaching politics in the
pulpit ; or by seducing some weak
sister just as Kalloch or Boyakin did
-and kicking the fat in the fire gen
erally. Then they will ask you to
fork over your quarterage. f Will you
do it ? We advise yon to do as we
have done for some time past in such
cases, and that is; cut off their sup
plieg of bread and butter. There is
no use in arguing with them ; the on
ly argument they can appreciate is
that which cuts off their supplies. ,
We would not have anybody be
lieve, from anything we have just said,
or have ever said, that we think there
is no reality in religion. The truth is
the very reverse; and we would not
utter a word that would,. shake any
one's faith in it in' any manner what
ever. What we would . guard the
publie against is the impostors the
wolves in sheep's clothing that use
religion as a cloak - to cover up their
own dark designs and still blacker
hearts. Selah, 1
A DisausTED IsDiTiDDiii,. rOor. local fwu on
tbe rampage jestordaj. Ilia caue , of complaint
seemed te be that all the State exchanges had
disappeared from his table, and cren bis drawer
had been rifled of those be bad carefully placed
away for the Monday's reading. This individual
was excited and talked about runerals, black' eyes,
and tbe like. He said bis exohanges were paid
for, and if tbe publio wanted tbe news of tbe State,
tbej must do as be did, subscribe for papers.
So talks the Salem Unionist ; ; and
we can most heartily enter into the
feelings of the "disgusted individual"
referred to above. Sometimes our ex
changes' mysteriously vanish; and
though we do not talk about , funer
als, black eyes, and the like,'? yet we
keep up a terrible thinking. Can a
mechanic be expected to work 'with
out tools i 'K"ejther can aii ' editor
work well ., without his exchanges.
They are . a . part .of his topis ; and
aside from thi8 they excite thought
and reflection; The moral is : Do not
take an editors exchanges.' "'..
"It is about time rthe old bummer was
getting ready to hand in his checks," is
the way a California editor predicts the
immediate downfall of Louis , Napolean.
WUO PAYS THE TAXES?
A lato Oregonian say : , "It is a
singular circumstance that in tho caso
of some persons, in fact nearly all,
who make most noiso about the bur
den of national taxation, tho United
States Collector has no record of their
having paid a cent." , . , . 4 , T , , . r ,,
This remark of the editor lof tho
Orcgonian proves him to be either a
knavo or an ignoramus. Those who
pay taxes to tho United States Col
lector aro not tho only - persons that
pour money into the federal treasury.
Every person who drinks intoxica
ting liquors, snuffs, smokes or chews
tobacco, drinks tea or cofee, eats su
gar and syrup or molasses uses any
condiment on his victuals, or wears
any foreign fabrics, pays the federal
Government taxes. Thcro is not an
article which a man cats, wears or
drinks.-rcxcepting water and milk--that
is not either directly or indirect
ly taxed, and the poor man, , tho con
sumer, pays it. ; Far more revenue is
collected in this way than from those
who figure on the "Kecord" of the
United States Collector. Tho iron
and tho steel used in the manufacture
of plows wherewith the farmer pro
duces his crops, arc highly taxed a
moiety going to Government, the bal
ance going into tho pockets of the
iron mongers and manufacturers. And
so it is with nearly every article ' of
consumption everything is either di
rectly or indirectly taxed. About
one-half of the price of nearly every
thing consumed is caused by tho tax
es imiosed by tho Government. If
thcro were no taxes, at all, the price
of nearly everything consumed would
be reduced about one-half. I f tho ed
itor of tho Orcgonian does not know
these facts, he is unfit for his position ;
if he docs know them, he is a knave
for attempting to make the publio be
lieve otherwise.
Itnllroad Jlcetlug.
Editor Stale Right) Democrat :
On the 18th day of December, 1 8CS,
by agreement of many citizens, an in
formal meeting was held ia Ilarris
burg, Oregoa, having for its object tht
furtherance of the interests of the
East Side Railroad ; said Itoad, as we
understand it, to run from Portland,
stretching through the great Willam
ette valley, and touching, on its way,
Salem, Albany, Harriubnrg and Ku
gene City. Knoch Iloult was called
to the chair, and A. W. Waters was
elected Secretary. Speeches were
made by Messrs. K. Ik Moore, Hiram
Smith and others. The fallowing com
mitteo was then elected to correspond
and confer with the citizens along the
line of the proposed road, to-wit:
Messrs. K. B. Moore, Hiram Smith,
Enoch Iloult and Dr. IL A. Davis.
All seemed to talk and work with a
will and determination that the Rail
road should be built on the above
named route, if money will secure it.
V. W. WT iters, Sec'y.
, The Suez Canal. -It ii expected
that the Suez canal will soon be. opened
for vessels of tho largest size. - Its
depth is twenty-six feet, its width
from one hundred and eighty to three
hundred feet. Its cot will bo about
180,000,000; it will shorten the route
between Europe and India by about
one-half It belongs to a French joint
stock company, its construction is
due mainly to the genius, energy and
persistence of Mr. Ferdinand de Lcs-
seps, who, as a grandson of the 3Iar-
quis de Layfayctte, has a special claim
upon the regard of Americans. Much
of the excavation has been done by
machinery, and where heavy masonry
has been requisite to guard the canal
against the influx of sand from the
Mediterranean, vast blocks of artificial
stone have ben manufactured for tho
purpose, of eand and hydraulic lime.
About 20,000 Europeans havo been
employed on the work, and are settled
in new towns along the line. A vast
number of Arabs have also worked at
it irregularly; It has lately been vis
ited by General Charles W. Darling,
Engineer-in-Ohief of the State of 2evv
York, who speaks of the enterprise
with admiration, and regards it " as
certain to be successfuL
Meussdorffer's Hat Emporium.
Mr. MeussdorfFerj has just; moved into
his new quarters in 'White'tS brick Jblock,
corner of Front and Morrison,1 where ho
has fitted up things in a style equal if
not superior to any establishment of the
kind on the Pacific coast; I The: room has
Dcen? construccea- ana ine nnisn ap
plied under Mr. Meussdorffer's own di
rections and the ; result , speaks highly
for his taste. ? The show windows, espe
cially, are elegant, being fitted with large
plate mirrors which reflect and multiply
we couienis oa tue interior in a iauciiuj
manner, the effect ,of which is especially
beautiful when the place is lit up at night.
The interior arrangement of stands, racks
and ' shelves, ; is very favorable : for the
display of the immense stock of goods, on
band. As commodious and roomy as the
place is, it is filled to overflowing with
hats, caps, etc. of all tho late and fashiona
ble styles-i -Some of the lately introduced
styles of soft hats are very handsome and
peculiarly adapted to Oregea winter wear.
We advise all in want of this line of goods
-to call at Meussdorffer's. It would be
almost impossible to fail of finding some
thing to exactly suit every taste. Ore
goriian. t
II V TEEEOIIAP H.
COnrtLCD rROltTUK OSKOOn berald
Washinoton, Dec. 19. In tho Sen
ato Pomerov introduced a bill nrovidinff
ato, 1 omcroy introduced a mil providing
for the rcassctubhog of tho Oeorg.a Con-
of Congress in accordance with tho sec
ond section of the 11th amendment;
adopted. .
1 ho Senate soon aster adjourned.
oI'uinofield (jlaHs.), JJeo. 1U. An
unnuccful attempt was made laat nid.t
at Thomaif ille to throw the New York
ndBojton midnight express train off the
1 b MH.uwuiM
iracK. 1
Nkw Ynnic. 19 -nhi.f .Wi,J
UobcrUoo, of the Superior Court of this
State, died last evening.
PnoviDENCi:, Dec. 19. Dr. Usher
Parsons, an cmiocnt phyiician of this
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city, died to-day, scd HI) years. He was
jury ia April next, charged with ianuiug
fraudulent naturalization papers,
'f ho bheriff of Coghoton county ab
teonded yesterday, with $10,000 tf the
7Vafiviff? TW 10 An Tri.l,
Auviu., . , . ,u I
woman, wnose iitubana ic i iir recently,
was found dead m her bed to-day of star-
Ta a0c- i : i !
to day by fchooliog himielf through the
4i uwns uituiui.1 cuwu4ia-4 buiiiu i
CniCAUO, Dec. 20. A contract has
Docn closed with the Keyatono Uridgo
railroad bridge acra tbe Miiasipp
Keokuk, to coat 1.000,000.
bridge is to bo of iron and fioiihed ia
year
Chicago. Dee. 21. A larze fonr-storv
brick building in procesi of erection was
blown down yesterday, completely demol-1
labing in itji fall the Iiouv on either side.
One was unoccupied. Several person
were in the others, some of whom
considerably injured. Their escape;
death was a miracle. Four honea
killed in a barn, which wm alse crushed
to prem the treaty for the notification of
the Kt Thomas purchase.
Commhmiooer Kollios hn finally con-
eluded
not to tender his reij;nation, hut
ia oce until Gnat's inauura-
remain
tion.
The Tribune's Omaha special lays th
Union DaciSc Railroad track incomplete
WfZ mile weat of Omaha.
The Xcbranka State IIoue at Lincoln
will be ready for thc reception of the
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tern.
New
lOMC, DCC. 21. The Herald $
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supposed to have been occasioned by the
preparation of dispatcher for Minister
Johnson. It is suspected by members of
Congress that the firm of Laird 'Si Co.,
btv'tldcrs of the Alabama, are trying to
obtain the proceeds of the blockade run
ncr which they are supposed to have
built, and which was captured during the
war, and sold to a clerk in the lleUtcr's
offico of the Treasury Department, who
is missing. His acts show a deficit of
several thousand dollars.
New YoaK, Dec. 21 Mr. Van Wicks'
report on the subject of the revenue frauds
is printed. , It hays: In continuing the
investigation commencea more than a
year ago, I find merely that the' frauds
yet existing in the Kevenue department
are of the same k nd as hereto ore. but
not to the name extent, bv reason of the
reduction of the tax on whisky and mak-
ing the estimate of capacity on tests of
production. When the capacity system
shall bo improved and modified as expo-
rience already dcmoniitrates wiir be nee-
essary, the frauds will be lessened and
the revenue increased. The greatest
wanl is. comparatively honest officials, but
no imnrovemenl can ho honed for in that
direction under the nrescnt Executive
This fact Congress should have . observed
. . ... .
and acted upon long ago, and then devis-
ed a system which human ingenuity could
not easily circumvent ;
New York, Dec. 21. Tho lock facto
i
ry, tho Union Bank building, and a few
others were destrowed by fire. Total loss,
$10,000 : mostly insured. Four firemen
were injured by falling from a ladder"
- u tu-L. ti, rn ,
fj Q4Ai,:, fnrtnn I,;- M.,f v
to benator Morton on his recent speocn
;eJ,rt;rt ftp ;
Sll'MK
'Mrtin' iiu-: .
Etttafr. ttnd "S
; In a speech at a Vanquet in ; Philadeb
phia, on Saturday night, Colfax said, rel
ative to the incoming administration, that
it will be characterized by tho most search;
,. . . ' J . , 1 . . ,
acter in every thing connected with the
I OUDlie service t rwm rrnardinnshin nvr
tne ireasury against unwise and extrava
gant schemes ot f financial policy, which
.snaii maintain our credit untarnished, ap-
vuiiouvjr, uuu pm8 us ou -a
w ! v
Memphis, Dec. 19 The Avalanche's
Little Hock special, on reliable informa-
tion, states tnat on tho morning of the
16th four companies of 'militia, a portion
of them colored, entered Lewisbufg shoot-
inr IU everv nirrfrmn 'I hn humeri tmn
stores and killed the proprietor of one,
throwing his body into tho' flames. The
town is still occupied by miilitia,' who al-
uu lusirucuug u 10 amcou 1110 vuuswiu- The Oovernment has had manv encoun- , " ,jrs , 7, "pessary ior ,'ine roliwg Dy the editor! tha CaUl
too, so as to placo beyond doubt the right Ao uovcrnmcnt las nau many encoun- the expenses of the State Government v,-, a 1 , v tV
' . J J , 7.1 I 1 11 ters with Spanish troops, in which, it is r. 4h iarn mnt.a , T, 1 1 forma bhriAmn Advocate, is applicable
of every cititcn, black or white,-to hold - ;tA,i ,ta tnrfttnL innititA tor tho two ycara ending m SeTtem- ; 4. ... , c, . ,t,
office; 'This amendment shall become a J?J?,rteA tl f T?X I , f In Zi S ber 1870 W?U 1)0 about 22,000 The 10 other citien than San Francises W
part of the Constitution upon its approval 1 ViX i!2 Ll crenno of prices necessarily demand- commend it to the attention of pareat t
1 C referred JtheJubry iS and U redXy K- "
C nXoflered a resolution requesting "0 already beginning to Llculate on the Z
ii.. t 1: ,""," .V,U ' u ' . ..n ultnnato successes which shall leave Cu rV. . 4fl (1. nll . - m , lall, we frequently see squads of lads.
tho Judiciary Committee to report a' bill r r i- 1 . . l no loss ontne liscount lor insane , -Xa.- duu-i t - it
f .1 - . ,vrv" "" bans frco and ludcrtcudcnt. a 1 r -i.-i t t nangtng about corners, with cicrars er4S
for the rn.annitintinnrifcnf lfnriMfntativoa v uu iuui-vuymw Asvlum funds which WC aro assured t.-1 .. .
tne iat surf ivinir commnfciooca ouicer 01 . , . , ., , ,
icrry s ucct, navini; been surgeon ou the .1 n .n 1 r.i u .1 i uci nrgii;iiion ior pani- ti, i. .,i t
Ujuo Lawrence V the battle of Lake i 'e ,d 0 d w,orl n!"of 1 ,c ho.u.tli' n objects, slionM not be considered, Itlifl thu '
Krie. P 1 hey had neglected legislation in which for if they ull be so unwise as to lTk?nV ZlJ.
n....J. 11' m v 1 rr 1 the great maae of the people were deep- ,in ,1.:..., tilf(fl ,flilKi -11 , f walk in tbe paths of virtue, But their
cuTA1. ; tl9Z " L"t" r,4 furc d uutT'M0 a.!" t. irv& fH4'
V w :Vuimumivii iu n(M,rn fc,ifrrnr nrnn an iiiiwillm-f Tjoril. i 1 ? pUDC. . 1 roter restraints are not nfnriAa
. . .. i nauu. ruiuaijuercu mo duuuc revenue on :.. i i. . . e 'J "-- .uuvihuiv iuemuers,G
2.0UU bail, to appear before the Kraod "ir:C'"rr.uZ it Tx " iVV '"V C WtlZZ'lV vo ,,ruKcn m " Dlale- and aniL.ld W;. "JZZIZIY
ny tne lainng wans. note oi me cauva?i. x rora lea inouwna TOut carry Uuring his lilc, and mtLU then cn of the dres reform movement wL
The JUjmUMB Waihington special stumps resound the words "Let us have transmit to his children, and if thc blind- recently held in Ncwburc: Gelu-a mV
says that llaron Itoailoff, late Danish peace," and "a triumph of .the Democrat 0es and faoaticbci of thc present period ty Ohio The catheriniistobe reneatS "
Minister to Washington and now Sccrcta- will caue a new war." This was the is- continue into the future, this mortgage of yearly. ? Vu
ry of War of Denmark, arrived yet4?rday ue they kept before the people. 'Ihey the Voul and belies of present voter's . ........ : . ' ": " ,:
n f iw i jinu mra w niiri nnAia ra nri i irni'u n rwrtr- ii'ri,iii i in i inri nir i tn i iiii.i... : . ii i : M ti
..,. '-v0.v.. , nu.vu Mtvvt iu wwu- ' . . . v uavo noaavicc in give tne uoTcruor Muauj, urejoB, jot u arpot of clectlcr !sV ,
: ry. Htate of Loumiana, which, with Georgia 0D this subject, because he hasn't asked 1; Director, on tb em TLurtday,
SrarNor,Er.n,Dec,21.-Orders have lJTiJ VLvMn ,0y ?T tha !fon. th?.U6tl o'dckJ)'T
Wen received at the United State armory J K0lB4rrI)clocratlc v u JC Tcrd,ct ' ut ; and of coorfo he will act in thc mat- JAMES ELKINS, S'r. I
wen recciveaawne t,niicariatc armory faTor 0f forcing negro suffrage on thc icr aj he deem best- hot our indent
,n thia city to pay the workmen four-fifth Suulh? or in f4VOrf Jhment of Zt ihi KSu f5ed IwaTthe LOOK AT TIIFP Pnirr
law wintbto'operation. Work" will be iTbmhtedv iKVfVMn raort in 1S intZ Con- . For Genuine. ,Tn
reamed next Joath on the ten hour sys- "ttll llt Lnt UT. W .....
1P..I! . . :
.. ...-r,.- j j " "-v jDurcivv upon uaviog toucucu anu piy-ltotcrCiita and
annarent at flirt S.it T)ir.ar Intent nlnr. 1 .- t .i.t r....l
k . Tl k II III ' r I fill III . T l'l I I' (1 I llfl liri'll TI1I.I 111 I I... .. -. I . . m, . . 1 I .
-rr 7 , " I . : J ' . I vu upua iuu uniurwi ue?ir ior peace: obiectf. -no 1
a, HvmiiuMsuuiuK ut-iuj; w wsa- wi, it you please, or having ty the result could
ui, wuwu u'4i v&witciuvui, aim is trick ol Uinlcmatie lanrua?o. secured the r
All
is quiet at Augusta.
luaunwuu uV, ouy-
, d countcijanccu y the great mass
f h ti population, tbo Exceptions
being insignificant in point of numbers,
From ,.8Ul.lUPMle., 9th.
iiou iTVA nor
IIOW IT WAN OOXL.
It cannot bo denied that tho Iladicals
i .1 : ii 1 V
"anacd. ,eir,c.?nv.,I,,t,,e J1?
oa'ou.y. ve w.HnS,y accoru xi.c.r
"ers 0 praise they deserve. All con-
versant.with the asocct of oohtical affairs
.11 4 . r -i
00 O10. da r Gral nomination consid.
1 11.. ti.AHtiAAla ft l.liimr.h t ttm I
ered the prospect, for a triumph of the
low no one to Icavo without a pass.
iNEW YOKK. Deo. ZU. The Merald'sh una if 10 10110 wing very sensibje as to make Oregon City the leading source
Havana letter says it u a fact that a gi- remarks on a Special Session, in the of supply of every fabric for this whole
Pemocraeyeiceedingly favorable. Vuv'
IUdjetls s,nee tbe close ot. the war, had
penisteiitlf opposed the settlement of
national difficulties on a constitutional and
thcrebv filled tha land with d wen-
. ... I
mon. in tue elections in tne lull oi
as wen as in tne spring oi tins year, ineir i
national policy was apparenlly repudiated.
oow ioa was conirutu py an con-
ersant with politics. Under such cir-
cumataneca it b certainly singular that
th hoU ha,e lchie d ft UB1 h thJJ
- . wu.,8 j. canQOt be JcDied J&i thc
democracy committed some errors, and
fklre0J,tiif 'tiie
victory must 1
.i... ' f . , u . ,1 ...1 1
tciit aer tion that they would restore a
perfect peace to the country ; and second,
thw alone would be sufhcient to destroy
their rreMdenttal propcet. nhat wj
work is complete. They have the key
I would not debate the measures of Con-
Igrtifi; they would not diicnss the planks
of their platform. The country, by the
vote of last Tuesday, ha not decided in
faror of a single ijuc which the llepub-
hcans, or JUdicaht, dutioctively call their
own. is it a vcruiet that the rcconstrflc -
lion acts ana the iongrcssional policy
have proved a tucceas; Jook at the
speech delivered by Ikn. Dutler the
nisht alter his election, wherein hci
pie woum not tc crujrtea oeneath an ava -
1 lanche of negation. Urair. rcntlcmen. of
I .....!iJ L 1 ft' I 1.. .1 - l.
s in support oi ue great capitalists oi mis which tie is to be sociallv and rjoliticallv r"v "JttU owwo luafc 8Da" ne sjso reap.
t at J country and Europe. The KadicaU had degraded. Every white voter in the , , rz .
The diatutbed the very foundations of civil countrv i taxed, at Wr. eibtv dcAUr L. An? nigactt mine in the world irthe
a society in the South, and brought the ber year to sur,tort the nartv he has f 0 . 1 - !r I0lDe l&b bove the
country to the brink of anarchy by their placed in power. Supposing the vote of ' ei - e 8,ca;. "e-?"Pes.t " 8alt
Uxpenmcnts, and were well aware that the countrv to foot ud about five millions. mm.e ,Q V e.slPnai leet below the
their courser in the hrt place they tration in round numbers four hundred p "i; " ' V ' . -V!.
put the phrase" Let us have peace" in UiUiou of dollars peryear.it will be seen ZJa
were Uraot mouth. 1 hen they torture an that each voter pays a ura equal to the k" "ViVi;;'" ; 'utlZIX i",-
from an innocent cxpreion u.ed by General interest upon a mortgage, and this mort- Zc "7Dt" iUUlucr ao 0ia
were Dlair into a threat of a new war. The hraze is to he made ttrDetuah It is a J
l r ' ' ------ ' - - - -. . i ijii. l ii n U ii ii ii ii i iii i .unsiiiniiiin i ii inni w u a ij uu n jr t i r
tb norm lathr of vnnr ranrfidfifpu ? riri,f(.L..r.. i..
i r-i j . : . ' .1
Upport of the moneyed men of tho East
aud abroad; but do not claim that the rc
ult of the election 14 nn annrnv&l and in.
dorse men t of the couro of thc Hcnubii-
can party or its leaders and representa
tives, for most positively such was not thc
c?sc. , :
thi: ciitAitiirits.
An edict has grthc forth, by order of
the State House Grabber?, no doubt,
that the County Treasurers cannot
redeem State warrants as has formerly
been the iractice. Thc question aris
es right here, whether if those war
rants may not be redeemed because of
t . i i i
no appropriation havi ng been made,
mo secretary oi state, nas any right
to issue warrants in tho absence of
ncli appropriation? We regard the
lsc as very clear that if the Seoreta-
ry or niaic may issue warrants as ior-
mcrly, county-ircasurers may redeem
them as they formerly did. This
edict has been promulgated for a pur-
pose, ana uiai purpose is piam 10 an.
fle Stato House Cabal want to get
the State funds in their hands to spec-
ultc 0fT of. It is their intention to
.1 . I.. !.. it . . l r-
engage extensively in uie purcnaso oi;
Mate warrants, and hence it is an m-
ponani uem to mem to get an trie
State funds into their hands. The
Cabal has a "rich harvest before it
State warrants are selling at a low
figure, besides they draw ten per cent.
interest. It is supposed that, if no
extra session is called, State warrants
vs. T' i a ! t
will fall below 50 cpnts on the dollar :
add. ten per cent, interest to this dis-
j i n n -ii .i .
count, and the Grabbers will flourish
lV--cclen t. wliilo ; tUe State
must iiirnisu ine capital tnat incse
6ooJve.5 propose tnvest atuoh
enormous advantage to themselves.
The people must foot the bills.
Wisdom, on the part of tho various
Countv Treasurers throughout - tho
State, would dictate that they refuse
j to pav over to tho Labal .any monies
y,'r ... nn. n e.-.. " .
I " ' ? j.
A Preacher, not long icce discoursing
to the boys in New Hampshire State Re-
form School upon the lact that the crood
were respectea wnuo tne oaa were
shunned, attempted to illustrate the same
by saying, "Now, boys, when I walk on
the street I speak to some and not 1 to
others; what now makes the difference ?"
supposing, of course, they would say
I r.mn & rtnrr anri anma KJ
but he was much astonished to hear one
littlo fellow sing out, "because some are
rich and some are poor."
ftl'EClAE SESSION.
oaiCrri unionist
nf -t
nmTht ,nt;J
llt
on $225,32 82 the
estimated by the Committee
ft 1 . 1 . .1 t
V. -Tt ' ' .i V J
a7A v"w vw,
000 so that we may expect to be corn-
Ot JJCC. 21, 1868 : J tuafc.-rcyvK. A T f fl fj A
"Un ' :7V- L 'Ve' ep depravity are undoubp:
m"re vuan WL W(,uia 11 an appropna-
tion was made. , The cost of conven-
ing an extra scion will be less than
10foo0, so the Oregonian, if he fig-.
... ' .Jn ... .il . ' 1-. ..
u,l" wm nvv fiiut in a mianciai point
0rYic t
X ,n A "' rVZvL
. . - . - 7
llrd tlc a urncr of Ju-tiee and
credft -of thc fetotc.- TheJ ,38t arffU.
f i,.,..i t.-
"Moenu would fritter away tho xtte.X
1 "
1,1 -
HOW HI MftELFIXTOBOXDACE.
. -
Every voter who cast his ballot in fa-
vor oi another Jour years trial of the
Slongrcl party of this country, not only
U.ld himhMf intr, Uvirv h lit Tinid a tirn'
. f h . j Q
, SKl
Lclf, but he agreed to pay directly or in-1
, . . . - m
an administration, the main element of
which is free nc-robm, to tbe level of
j which is auo about the number of wealth-
producers, and the coat of the adminis-
burden that the voter and the producer
J children and grandchildren, will end to i
debasing them to the level of the ignorant
and pauperized f crfi of Europe. This is
the price wh
iogfarthere
iica me vo:crs are now pay-
renewal of the nrcsentadminia.
tration of thc government. Ntw York
l Dan Jlock.
NPCCIAL SL.YSIO.V.
The Oregonian says :
uu
trw.i .,. i : . i i..--t.? i.t
"lotraui; vroccuuiDirs ceicctiDK vreKon
laboring solely for partizan
;cry useful cr satisfactory
ensue from another scsstou
The Republicans had a matured plan
J "
to Prevent the filling of nnv offiee"! bv
election on joint Convention. At the
.i i p t ii-
time of the desertion of the Republicans,
it lacked but fifteen minutes of the hear
when that joint convention was to be held,
wncn tno oracers provided lQr .hy law
would have been elected, and ere nine
o'clock of the same eve, every bill would
havo been passed and tho Legislature
would that night have adjourned. -
From the Oregonian's article it seems
that the only excuses they have for the
unprecedented conduct ot the Republi-
nirt rlfrtnr4i tpi Knnincn t Vi a DAmniiriita
had insulted Congress, by reconsidering
the 14C11 i Amendment, and in other
. - -
"highly Pemocratio" procedings for par -
tizan objects.; 'For these reasons -credi.
tors ox me Ofate muse lose SCVeniy-nve
cents on
people must
sum not less
somebody in Salem tell us who shaves
tho warrants?--'Portland Comtnerctal.
Canal at Waixamet Falls This
enterprise, for which a strong company of
Oregon men has been formed, is by far
the most important yet projected in the
State, next to thpthe railroads. TQ de
sign is to overcome the falls of some forty-,
five feot by means of a navigable canal,
ot capacity sufficient fqr river steamers,
and also to supply water power for manu
facturing purposes. It is supposed four
locks will be sufficient in a distance of 3,
000 feet. ' As definite measurements and
and estimates have yet to be made and
plans adopted, it is quite uncertain what
the cxpensomay bej but the best authoii
ty here deems the capital now provided,
say 8300,000, to be-quite ; sufficient fop a
substantial work, strong enough to resist
all risks likely to occur. For most if not
all tho distanced the western wall will be
the lock baso of the hill. The JIastcirn will
be solid masonry on rock foundation, so
thatubsolute permahanco would seem to be
secured. It is gratifying that this enter
prise, so long desired by all intelligent
minds acquainted with' the' locality, is
now undertaken by parties amnly able to
carry it through, and that a volume of
water unlimited m quantity,1 that hereto
fore gone to waste, is now to be applied
so beneficially to the use1 of man. The
benefit to the valley in removing the ex
pense caused by the obstruction, and of
laying down produce in Portland, at the
light expense of transportation fully jus
tifies the subsidy given this work by the
Legislature,' and may in time, by the
terms of the charter, make it a free canal
subject only tb the co3t of its repairs and
use. Tho facility for manufacturers by
i ui iitc 3juic -
mo uoiiar warrants, and tne . pw dj m pnreaaaer, a
pay interest money ia a I7ir.i..C
than $45,000 : and Will iVaneieo or;re. In ieadinr -n
machinery; must be availed ofia time-.
bu uAtKUBiweijr wu uuui biucs or me nvcr
ROAD TO KEIJf.
"ujio pipes in ineir mo
Plg and Bpitt,ng m the most approved .
,asmon, Many of them are scarcely ia j
thcir tcco aJ a of tcodcrycalJS
ctj Their vulir t,rtM.;,i ,
S?S L'' Vfili!!f!i-f"1?
iKciVw
Who are L ZI JJ Tt
no are llie parent of thos
parents of those pre-.'
w. n . .(. ,nift,.'- . a
embryo
V! cnv,cts? It is more than probV
"nVa
H"n '"s - JT?-l'-f L
charcnes. I hey are at home in comfort.!
an suitable correctives are not
Tt, i:ti- K .
i , " iare ana !wtfflf
vuvni cuaraciers mat are to be -
una even aD0Ut tne deaof inramy that
;.r. 4 i y-jf: :,f; rr
: f lhfte, who are children in y.eawf. are
already old ia crime and adents in vie
hud conning. Could fibers khod
bow. their, boy spend their niht Lrmra.
wou5i "crely be around to wake an -
to .ut ,!tt!c "Jmpathy when the day of
rclr'lutin shall have arrived. Whatso-
j. -
MARRIED:
btWof Wtt.sLit hU ?g ii UlVut i ?
Ma. C. b. Dcstix and Miss Berisa Sarrs
of Linn couotj. , 5 - -
X K W A D V II T I S K 31 y T 8
" STOCKHOLDERS' ELECTION , .
"VTOTICE. THE STOCKHOLDERS 4 IJC.
IK tbe Lion Cootv Aeriu!tarl Jtit-iHA.
wiil LoM tbeir aoaoAl lection ia the C.aart ne.
lbs "i &. uaructt" mof-ement, wUa xtr Jaw
ttiroDomeJcr Jualaaca, Tatent Dast C
Patcnt Safety Pinion, and aU otter Jala ippre-Ta-menn,
in a eoli.l 3ox. Coin Silrcr 11 an ting Caaa.
i I tsmn in A ft a a a C"n T r t
.-a.
Tbe "Waltham Watch Co."
sTT ce- pUncP
iatnt fcatcty I'm ion, Ac, m 3oi. case., wiih
Gold Joisu. $30eoia. 7- ,
I iL aJno ia cae, $33. In 5oa $35 coia.
rh
AppletOD. Tracy & Co." morcmont. It1 r.
tra Jewels, CbroBotnetcr Balanca, Pnteat Ihirt
cap, i icnt frafjty Vuuoa. Jtc, la
(Jold Joints, $34 coin
5s, cast.
Tbo tam ia 4o. casa, $3?.
In 5os., $49 atria. f
D C Tl.ln.tl ...t , ; . 1'
linntuis Caae. $S0 coia. ..j. . V
"Waltham Watch Co.'' Watch ia 2Joa. IS kar4;
GoU Hub ting Case, $S4 coin. . ...
"PPwn, l racy Co." Watch, in 2iox. IS karat
uom uuuimg cae, ?S7 coin. '
I Anv nil,-! i!iAnl w.-..V . -. .
clVtrV- " " pwwwwW4pOT
. ; j ur
1 . 8cni "7 to above by Walla, Ttg9
uie watca taTore paying. All Expraaa chama.
draft on Wells. Fi.r-o A C. nm
We wish it distinctly understood that" tVas
Watches are the very best, with all th latest- imi,
provement. nd that they are in perfect ' runnluj'
order, and if any one does not perform well,' wa
will exchange it, or refund the money.
Pleajo atata that you eaw thia la the Stato fiiglu
Democrat.
Jwilm and Silversmiths, -c
C19 Broadway, T3U T.
One Block above the Metropolitan Hotel:
a -.. - - . - l C'-t .: .
Every one visitin New York is invited -'to '"'eatl' '
at ouy establishment. - ' r 1 1 r)i!
In order that all raay ad Jrc?s us with ccnfid"tnea,
we invite attention to the following : 1 ' ' ; i ' f
' Office of Watts, Famgo ft Co. - n V
- 84 Urondirn,. AV. fUt 9 'IBRa'! H J
M can ekeerulfy commend Mtr. Hotcard A
Co., Xo. 619 L'roadtcat. Wew Fork, to OKrHcatf:,
at a reliable and tntshcorthy firm, will tk atmt
ance that all order tent them tcillkaM faithful
. .-.V. ...wi
prompt attention.
J;f .i.a ic-GODPARDrTrwia.
,;jr;vi.y? :i a ' For WU.s,! Faroc 4 Ci
And we also refer to : v1:'.!
I. W. RAYMOND, Esq., San Francisco.
It. a HOWARD, Esq., San Francisco.'
T. R; BUTLER, Fsq., U. S. Mint, Saa Franeit eil
W. S. HOBART, Esq., Virginia City Nevada,
NOTfCE:
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE LATE
firm of Settlemicr A Co., Albany, wUrJeata
come forward and .settle "up "immediately.. All
open accounts on the 1st of Jaruary;'lS89; willha
placed in the hands t f the proper officers' for ecl-
lection. So pay up and save costs." The bocVa3
will be found at the drusr store of R C JJiH '"A?
Son. , R. CHILL.1 'T
'-r:' ! - VGF. SETTLE5XIER -Dec.
18, 1368 v4nl8tf - ,-.-.;T7;.-.l
WHEAT AiSlD OATS!
100,000 Ilnslic Is of VTheat anOata
WANTED within thd next two weeks, for which.
The Highest Cash Price willbePaiS,
By j. gradwohl; '
. aq Fraocisco Stcr.
- - 1 I I
mns. smoking
lr IT TJ f . cr
aaifiiaav m . .iiii b rnm xnaanv m w m a k
: 11 i
A -ShAr TirAaa ik:. t. f."i
- - s f s-if - - A I Vnt9,.
1 .1 n . Ti-.ii tp . n .