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SATURDAY.... JANUARY 9, 1SC9.
TZXS CONSTITUTION.
VT HOX, GKORGE H. rEJCDIETOX.
'The republican parly believe they can amend it;
they caa chango it and make it abetter constitution
than our fathers made- it ia the days of old.
"Nerer,- never," and shouts of applause. I
charge upon you, democrat! that aro here to-day,
never to consent to its amendment or ita degrada
tiew.. Io not seek te aineud it ; do cot veck to
change it ; do not seek to evade It. . Obey it. It
was goo 1 enough for your fathers. It is .good
-enough forjou. , If you obey it, it will be good
enough for four children fur one hundred years to
cemL liatocnw applause Study it, understand,
it Car-y it about with you, as a living presence
3a all tht walks of your daily life Take it to your
home ; read it to your wife ; teach it to your chil
dren ; put it upon y oar family altar, that when
jou bow your head in supplicating prayer, it may
be there next to the image of God h'un&elf. Im
mense applause. Do this, and then in His own
.good time yon will be able to raise it up to that
place and power to which tho braxen serpent in
the wild mess Was raised in order that the plague
might be stayed. Do this, and you, will be able to
raise it op to that high place of honor to which
the Ark the Covenant was raised, round which
the unset n legions of the Almighty kept watch
. and guaid, that he who touched it with impious
hands lould die. Remember, fellow-citizens,
that the constitution contains within itself all that
was good ia the experience of the past, and all
that is hcpful in the prospect of the future. It
is the ark if safety in the midst of the flood which
is upon uj. It may be tossed in the blackness of
darkness npon the weary waters of many days,
but it will rest upon the mountain top at hist ; the
sun will thine, the dove will leave it never to re
turn, and now, as then, emblem of purltv, and
liberty, aad peace, she will seek to build her hab
itations s midst the scenes of bcr former life.
Cheers. I do not despair. I have hope in the
aspirations f men, I hare faith in the provi
dence of God. I know that the pathway of his
tory is strewn wiU the wrecks of empires, and
peoples, ami constitutions, and liberty. It may
may be ir, the providence of God that this country
of oars will follow in the wake of all nations that
have gon before. If it shall be so, let it not bo
owing to the faults or misfortunes of the Demo
cratic party. Great cheering. If it must be so,
let it be k oown that it was the party of our lore
that stood to the last, with beroio virtue, to the
principles of civil liberty.
POLITICAL PREACHERS.
The Virginia City, (Montana) .Df m
ocrat takes the Legislature of Mon
tana to task for omitting to invite the
clergy to open their deliberations with
prayer. Fifteen or twenty years ago
we might have done the same thing.
"We believe in religion, pure and uu
defiled, and. ire would notintentiouaL
ly speak or write a word or sentence
that would weaken, in any respect
whatever, its hold and claims upon
mankind.
It is possible, however, that the
Legislators of Montana have not yet
perpetrated the unpardonable sin. It
is possible that there are no ministers
in the capital of Montana except
those who have defiled theraselves
.and disgraced their pulpits by preach
ing politics instead of the gospel.
The last Legislature of Oregon came
very near being guilty of the same
offence a? that charged to the Lecris
" lature of Montana ; but it was not
from any disrespect to, or disbelief in
religion. But it was because the
country has been so cursed with po
litical preachers that they were fear
ful some of them . might also pollute
.the Legislative Ilall by their presence.
Only this and nothing more.
If there is any class of men whom
we despise and spurn more than any
other it is- those who disgrace their
calling liy preaching politics from the
pulpit. They have no warrant for it
in the Scriptures, and the practice
cannot be . defended on scriptural
grounds. We have had debates with
several of them on this subject ; and
we have never yet met one whom we
could not easily handle. ' All their ar
guments are. specious and unsound;
and the bubbles which they blow are
easily pricked. ; For instance : A po
litical preacher nvill invariably come
.at you " w ith this argument : "Min
isters, are nothing but men. They
have thesame rights as other men.
Now, if it be wrong for them to preach
politics, v,Thy is it not wrong for any
man to discuss them?' 'We will en
lighten 'you,, most j sapient divine.-r
We admit ministers are men,' subject
to like influences and passions as oth
er men. We admit that they have
the same .civil rights as other men.
They have the right to vote and
they ought to vote. But it does not
therefore follow that they, have a
right to preach politics. Politics
mean the fccience of government, and
hence there is nothing wrong in them
aside from their.abuses. But it is not
everything that is right that may be
preached from the pulpit. The-science
of agriculture is right. It is a
noble study and an ennobling occupa
tion.. But no'one believes tnat a min
ister should deliver ' an agricultural
address on the Sabbath. The study
of the law is right there is . nothing
.'inimoral in it ; ' but what would-be
thought of a minisr.pr wlm wrmlrl Aa.
2 - - vv-av IV v ua V V
liyer a Law-lecture instead of preach
ing the goipel? The study of medl
cine is right ; but who, therefore, will
justify a minister in preaching medi
cine on the Sabbath? The truth is
politics are a secular study ; and the
minister who preaches politics on; the
Sabbath is as recreant to "duty, and is
guilty of a ' greater moraLwrong than
the man who chops wood;all dayrSuA-
lay, or hunts, or shoves the plane, .ir
e,nS&Ses in an7 other secular duty1
uiuuijisi a viuij .is iv . yi CiiUU tile
gospel, or as Paul expressed it, Jesus
Christ and Mm crucified ; and when
he preaches on medicine, "or agricuL
ture, or civil jurisprudence, or ; the
mechanic crts, or politics, he is not in
l,
the line of, duty. lie is not following
tho cxamplo of Paul and tho other
apostles. Ho is going contrary to tho
example set him by them and our Sa
vior. He is doing the devil's work
instead of tho Redeemer's ; and ho
leads souls to hell with railroad speed
It might bo shown that it is wrong
for ministers to preach politics from
tho effects that follow. We heard old
Peto Cartwright say, in a public lcc
turo which ho delivered in 1862 or '3,
that tho seeds of the lato civil war
wero sown along in 1830 and onward ;
and they first sprouted in tho Metho
dist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bo this as it may, if the preachers
had confined themselves to their le
gitimate calling j if they had preach
ed Jesus Christ and him crucified, in
stead of politics, there ' would have
been TIo civil warno pillage no
bnrdenspmo taxation ; aud the people
would not now be staggering under
an enormous public debt ; a debt
which will eventually bo cancelled by
repudiation. If the preachers had not
preached politics, so many of them
would not have been guilty of such
grossly immoral conduct. Wo can
hardly pick up an exchange from the
States that does not coutaiu an ac
couut of some sister that has been se
duced by scone Reverend libertine
and scoundrel jnst as Kalloch did in
saintly and puritanical Massachusetts,,
or that other Reverend lecherous old
whelp, Boyakin, did in Yaruhili coun
ty. If the preachers had not preach
ed. politics there would not be so
many divided churches ; nor so much
heart-burning in-the churches; nor fo
much infidelity all over tho country ;
nor would there be so many .illegiti
mate children running around loose,
nor could so many medical curiosities
be seen in alcohol, through glass jam,
belonging to physicians.
J3ut we will close for the present.
This'is a fruitful theme, and when wo
get fiiirly warmed up it U hard to
stop. If any preacher feels aggriev
ed let him come on and wo will give
him a hearing and an airing too, for
that matter.
IX;-KLUX IV A It.
The extempore cditor of the Union
ist still swears that we aro about to
inaugurate a Ku-Klux War in Oregon.
He don't want to believe differently ;
hence he illustrates that apt saying of
an old poet:
"Convince a knave against his will,
lle of the same opinion still. '
,We assure him that if a Ku-Klux
war should be inaugurated, and if we
shall -be appointed Gtneralisimo
(ahem!) of . the Ku-Klux-Klausft the
the first order we will issue will be as
follows:
Gexesal Okdec Xo. 1
Headquarter., (in the saddle.)
March 4, 1860.
Soldiers! After having caused your
enemies and the enemies of your country
to tremble' in their very boots; after
having caused such vast piles of commb-
sary stores to disappear, as in the twink
ling of a case-knife, inside your vests,
your" General cannot -doubt your constan
cy and unparalleled bravery, lou shall
soon be led to new scenes of glory. I
shall march you to the very capital of the
enemy ; and it matters not what the ob
stacles that may interpose, this etrong-
hold must be captured. I rely on your
brave hearts and stout arms for success
in this undertaking; and when this work:
shall be successfully accomplished your
valor aud uncqualed heroism shall be
suitably, rewarded. But whatever you
do, I charge you not to put out the pipe
of the commander-in-chief of the enemy,
the acting editor of tho Unionist; lor 1
would be magnanimous to a fallen foe.
Do not even maim him except so far as to
scalp him and bring his scalp to me. 1
will have it suitably tanned, ana then
will have the words. '"Sic Banner turan-
, j ,
nis" inscribed upon that side that is soft,
made so by having grown on a very soft
spot ! ' ?
By order of the General Commanding.
' ; ' " ' ' M. V. Baowjf,
- , ' - Ili&s Tyce and Aid-ie-c&mp.
Gon a W. Gnln has rprntlv boon
acquitted of the charge of murder in
killing L. Hiscoek, for the seduction
of his wife, . The jury stated they
found the prisoner to have been sane
at the moment before and the moment
after the killing, but were in doubt
as to his sanity on the instant of the
homicide. The judge said they must
give the prisoner the benefit' of the
doubt ; and thus instructed, they ren
dered a verdict of acquittal, ;
Another case has thus been added
to several others of a like character
in American jurisprudence, which
goes to show that, if a man kill an
other to protect his honor and his
home from defilement add pollution,
the American common law vill pro
tect him in such homicide.;: ; , . .
' CSFTSome folks have an idea that
Vallandigham's course during the
war, made him a very unpopular man:
At the' late election, he was a candid
ate for Congress in the Dayton, Ohio,
district. : He received 977, more votes
.than' Seymour, and 'bis ' opponent,
Schcnck, received 162 votes less than
Grant. That doesn't look " as if Val
landigham was very unpopular among
the people who have best known him
and known him longest. ;
Fifteen drunkards in one street car
was a recent midnight scene in Bol
ton." . 7 . :. .-, v rr -.
BY TULKGKAIMI,
compiled rnov tub orecox uerald
St. Louis, Dec 31. Tho JlepubU
can's special from Topcka, Kansas, says
reports thought to be reliable had reached
there to tho effect that another fight with
Indians had taken place in tho Wachita
mountains. A largo number of Indians
aro laid to havo been killed. Suntata,
Chief of tho Kiowas, and Little, Raven of
tho Arraphocs, wero taken prisoner!. A
largo amount of property wag captured.
Tho Indians engaged wero tho Kiowas,
Che venues and Arrapahocs. Further
particulars cannot be given in cousequence
of tho official messengers losing tho mails
whilo crossing tho Arkansas river.
St. Louis, Jan. 2. Gcnoral Sherman
received 4 letter from Sheridan, dated
Fort Cobb, Deo. 19th, detailing his op
erations to that date, and narrating tho
capturo of Santata and Lono Wolf and
holding them as hostages until tho Kiowas
catuo in. Sheridan says that tho Indians
realizo that now, for tho first time, winter
will not compel us, to wako truco with
them, and adds : The Kiowas havo bceu
engaged in war all tho time, and havo
been playing fa?t and loose. They at
tempted to brow-bcat Gen. Ilazen, sinco
they came to Fort Cobb, but I wilt tako
tho starch out 'of thorn beforo I leave
them. The Cheycnocs and Arrapahocs,
and one band of Catuanche, with fifty
lodges of Kiowas, aro now at Wuehita
Mountains. General ; Sheridan, alter a
consultation with llazcn, proposes when
the Kiowas come in to puuish thuse
known to havo been concerned in person
al acts of murder. Ho will send Black
Kettle's sister out to the Chcycnncs and
Arrapahocs to command them to couio in
aud submit to like treatment. If they
rcfuso to cuwe ho will carry on tho war
against them iu tho Wachita Mountains,
and will leave with General llazcn a suf
ficient force to cnabla him to control tho
Indian now at Fort Cobb and such others
as may coin a in.
A privato letter to Sherman, a day la
ter than Sheridan's, nays tho Kiowa arc
coming in, and tho Cheyenne have been
very humble since their punishment by
Custer. He has no doubt tho Arrapahocs
will also come iu and surrender and abide
by his terms, after which ho had no fear
of their renewing hostihtes.
Salt Lake, Jan.. 1, Advices from Fort
Benton, Dec. 20th, state that a parry of
eight men, including Heed, Indbu Agent
at Fort Deck, while on their way down
the river to the wreck of tho steamer
Amelia Poe, seven miles below Fort Feck,
were attacked by SOU Indian, and four
of the men, Messrs. McGregor, Thoma,
Stcvo and Safer, wero instantly killed,
and one by tho name of Solomon, waa
severely wounded. The Indians cat off
and carried away, tlic heads of McGregor
and Steve, and aUo captured the team
belonging to the party, loaded with pro
viMons valued at4?3,0U0.
Washington, Dec. 30. The Intdli
yenccr, editorially, tell the people of Vir
ginia that the question of negro suffrage
has passed boyond their control, and ad
vises tbcra to inke au early dbtinct re
cognition of this fact accordingly.
The Tribune's Washington special says
at a cabinet meeting yesterday, Kvarst
and Seward being absent, the queition
was discued of releasing tho political
prisoners, including thoio at tho Dry
Portugal.
Tho Kexecutive Mansion was the scene
of unusual gaiety to-night. Threo or
four hundred children were entertained
by the juveniles of the house.
Senator Morton replied to Greely's let
ter addressed to him. His reply is con
cluded as follows : The fact is our bond
holders understand perfectly well that
whatever may be tho law of the question,
the bonds or any considerable amount can
not bo paid in coin ; while currency re
maias depreciated, it is fully to talk about
paying the bonds in gold. Government
cannot procure gold enuogh wherewith to
redeem the greenbacks. The rcdemtiou
of the notes and a return to pecio pay
ment is a necessary condition precedent to
the payment of the bonds in gold. They
lock much more to tho return to specie
payment for tho establishment of our fi
nances on a solid' basis thau to tho mere
form of contract as to how they shall be
paid. Gold , payments should begin
with the debt that is dne, which is cup
roncy, and not by shaviug the bonduHhat
will not be duo for fourteen years. Cur
rency lies at the foundation of the whole
financial structure; if it be unowned the
structure above must bo injurious. When
it becomes good by beiog made converti
ble into gold the national debt may be
funded, by which one-third of the present
volume ot interest can be saved, and the
nation will carry her burden with ever
increasing
ease, tin
its final : discharge
MEMPlirg )cc. 80. Reports from
1od, ivrh,.; represent, mat; me mumaa
aro pursuing their course at Augusta.
Fearing they may be attacked they are
building stockades and throwing works
up around tho jail, Harney, Crump,
Tyser, Wafford and other citizens have
beon arrested and confined. No reason
is given for their arrest. The privates
wore no uniforms, and it is impossible to
distinguish them from other negroes, ex
cept by their arms.
Passengers from tho Arkansas river
report the fields white with cotton, which
the planters arc unable to pick, tho hands
having gono off to join tho militia. .
London, Jan. 4.In view of Presi
dent Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation of
Dec. 25th, Jeff. Davis, John SHdel!,
'James 31. Mason, A. Dudley Mason, and
'other j ex-rebel?, are. preparing to return
to the United States. . r.
The London press generally has , ap
proved the treaty between England and
China, recently concluded by Lord Clar
endon and Mr. Burlingame. '
A. writer in the Times discusses the
present situation of France. He says the
year ends with the most precarious peace
the world ever saw,' and ho depounccs
Itoher, 31are and Duplais, and .notices
the; growth of Democratic sentiment in
France. He declares, the Emperor must
either check the press or abandon person
al government, z'yi . ;
i ::Wa8IHNT0n Jan.-4.--Treasurcr Spin
ner was taken, very ill this morning and
was'forced to retire rorri his ' desk in the
Department ' : ; ;; ' ' "... '
; The public debt; statement will bo is
sued about 'Friday.' The '"amount of re
duction to bo -shown cannot definetly
be stated. During December, 6,760,000
was issued to the Pacific Railroad compa
nies; 04,840,000 being to the Union, and
tho baianco to tho Central Pacfio Compa
ny. : '
Tho Evening i W has a report that
Caleb Cushing has been sent to Bogota
with full powers from our Govarnment
to closo tho contract for building a ihip
canal across tho Isthmus, towards which
it is said our Government is rcadv
to promise and guarautco one million dol
lars. Probably a part of tho sum will bo
needed to make tho survoy. ,Tho Post
says it is averted that General Grant has
been consulted about a Panama ship ca
nal and ho is warmly iu favor of i tho
scheme. Ho says ho thinks its construc
tion necessary to preserve our commercial
and naval supremacy, and our cmpiro on
tho Pacfic. It is rumored that Gushing
has been examining maps to report upon
tho most feasible lino for a canal and
that ho is convinced tho canal , must bo
built at or very near, the lino cf tho pres
ent Panama railroad, and that the canal
company and railroad company ought to
be one
Jtm'OKT
OJ ike Financial JundUion oj ihe City of
Albany ,Jur the ijvur ending Dec. 31, 1808.
Amount rcci'rfi from former Trea
urcr, hi or report (currency ).., $271 00 .
Aw t reaciroa from former lrea-
urer (eoin) .
Atn't roi-elrcl for Jlecuso (coir)...
$32.1 78
734 00
line ... 24 V0
tt .4
H 44
44 41
(currency) 03 00
dog U (coin)... CO 00
" ! hoct "... 5 50
" ' dclinq'eutUxM
fur tb yoftr 1S67 (coin) 42 88
Am'trcoM fur taxf , IMH, (coiu) 06
' " " money ilu for dido
walk! built by city ia l!T57(clu) 14100
UeJucfl the currency.. $J67 00
t coin ut 73 cent, kuvcit...... 267 SI
KUowinj Mai m't of money
received during J.WCS, (coin)...
13,030 19
PlUUVUtZMUXI.
Amount ittlI for irlntio KeorJcr'
flnatirial rert for the year 1H67......$
PaU for I'Oildin newer M
lUpatring tlrct, brlJgc. Ac ,
DuJJing ait4 grtivdirig crwalk.. ......
lluiMin bridge ao l lumber for aitto...
tlrajHn Mwct
Urareliof crowalk, (don in 1SC7)....
ColWstin tajttrt
Collecting delititjutnt lxt forlH67
CoHeetin uian-duo on nulcwalkii (H67)
Night watch...,
tirul.li ttrcttn
.rllinjf bon
Killinj; util mnovinj tlogi
Am-jims riiuoert
Doardtn aiul worktag lriourt. ........
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Tab la far llecorjcr an 1 Cooncil
HatUtry
Judge aul clrk ut election M
" " for 1807
Prltstlnsr for 116?...
Traarr' lrcntag.
Kt-. rlrt'$ erric
Cash rctualolfig od bau-1 Dec. 31, 1SCS...
40 00
462 IS
2.10 40
2fV CO
i2J 49
MS 00
CS 00
9 SO
4 75
4 00
IS f
fi 25
2 50
21 00
2 00
lb 10
, 2
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4 00
10 00
4 00
100 00
72 69
263 i
GC 83
13.030 19
New Mint Uuimhnuat jjalles City.
The plan, says the Jlulletin, for tho
new U. iS. Branch Mint, at Dalles City.
Oregon, aro in tho hands of the Depart
ment architect on this coast, Col. J. F.
Moire, and it is the intention, when
Spring opens, to take tho necessary steps
to erect tho sam. The buliding will be
one of considerable iizo and fine appear
ancc, of two utoric and a full basement.
Tho tiro on the ground is about 50 1x00
feet. The basement story will bo 11 feet
4 inches; the first tory 15 feet and the
second story 18 feet in bight. The floor
is about five feet above the gTound, giving
ample space for light in the basement-
Projections in the main walls aro made
in the front and rear of the building Gx51
feet, thus breaking up the uniformity of
the front and rear lines. Tho sapcrstruc
fare will be crowned by a suitable cupola,
14 fect in diameter, 21 feet above the
ground. The mint chimney will be 10 feet
srjuaro at tho base, and built within the
building; the total height from tho ground
to the top will bo 80 feet. A one story
engine house in the rear will bo 10x30
feet. The building will be of marblo ma
sonary, with cut stone quoins and door
and window openings and steps of dressed
stone, with circular head doors and win
dows. The general exterior appearance
will be very chaste and substantial. Tho
interior will bedividedinto suitable rooms
for the accommodation of the Treasurer
and his clerks; for the inciter and refiner,
the coiner,, assay ing room, and all the
appliances ot vaults, etc., including a fine
cabinet mm 15x18 , fect. The room
will bo ample, and tho interior finished in
a style suitab'c to tho massive character
of tho building and tbo requirements of
the business. . ,
'Small Pox at Sacuamento. Sacra
mento correspondent of the Amador Lett
-gcr writes: Despite all the endeavors of
our citizens, mis irigntiui disease contin
ues unabated, and is increasing. Every
day new cases are discovered. Many
families are using a disinfectant to guard
against it., Carbolio acid seems to be the
best article for disinfccing purposes and
a. t .1 !.L ' -X 1 L '
is in great ucuiapci wiLu us. xour cor
respondent wears a little sack of this an-
tide and Iras been vaccinated and taken
all ; other repeated preventions, yet he
generally gives any locality whero the
small pox sign is out, a very wide berth
, - .' ,"
Growlino at ; the Printers. Tho
Democratic State Central Committee paid
tho Examiner o(30 , for printing , cam
paign documents, and tho editor says
some One is muttering about it, Ve
should say if we werq one of tho publish
ers of the Examiner let them growl'
If that paper had been paid 2,000, the
sum wonUTbo small fop the service ren
dered the party, Editors cannot live on
the salaries of other, mon who receive
offico through tho influence of the press.
They follow printing as a business, and
should bo asked to contribute no raoro than
other members of tho party. Marysville
Appeal.
Chief Justice Chase, in his charge
to the Grand Jury, at Richmond, on tho
subject of tho frauds on the ltcvenue
said : - "Frauds 'upon tho revenuo aro
frauds opon tho whole body of tax-paryers,
and no poo who eats, drinks or wears, or
is sheltered under 1 any roof, howover
humble, escapes taxation.
New School. AVe learn that Dr. E. B.
Stone has opened a select school in tho Bap
tist Church in this city, under very favora
ble auspices. This makes tho fourth schoo!
in operation in this city at tho present time,
The Examiner says tho engagements
at tho Labor Exchange on tho 12th inst.,
wero 60 men and 8 women. Of tho men
10 wero laborers, 3 boys, 2 carpenters, 4
umbcrrnen, 5 farm hands, 6 painters 4
wood-choppers, 2 dish washers, and 10 of
various occupations. Tho women were
all generally servants for tho. country.
There is a good demand for general la
borers, wood-choppers and mechanics for
he country. '". y
This au avcrago report, and shows
tho great valuo of the iustitutio What
will some of tho penny wiso and pound
foolish members of pie Oregon Legisla
ture do with reierenco to a similar insti
tution in Orciron 7- Portland Commer
cial, ' . .
. . r
Council Proceedings. ,
Thursday Evening, Jan. 7, 1809.
Council nv't pursuant to ordinance lloll
called; precntj Mayor A. W, Stanard, and
Councilmcn llackleman, Nixon, CundifT,
Mculy and Marshall.
Minutes of tho previous meeting wore read
and approved.
On motion, tho chair appointed a commit
tee of three to nerve ns Finance Committee
during tho cnfulng year, m : Councilman
CundiflT, llacklcutan and Marshall.
On motion, Who chair appointed a commit
tee of two on Drainage, to servo for the en
duing year, vu : Uouocumen Ulcaly and
Nixon.
On motion, tho chair appointed tho follow
ing Committee on Printing, to report nt tho
next regular meeting, vu : CouncilmenCun
dift. llaoklenian and Mealey.
On motion, tho Ilecordcr was instructed
to make arrangement for procuring tho une
of tho room now occupied by J.J.Whitney,
for tho Council, provided it could bo had on
reasonable terms.
On motion, tho Itccordcr was instructed to
deliver to tho Marxhat tho delinquent tax
UstoflSGS, for collection.
Mem. Pftttemon k Isng prenentedabill
of $31,50 for building two crow-walks in
the year 18GS ; which Was received and
filed and ordered that an order be drawn on
the Treasurer for tho amount.
Councilman Comley entered and took bis
cat.
On motion, the Marfthal was instructed to
notify tho property-holder of thi city to
rcj air tho nidewalka in fror.t of their retpoc
tive property, and in cae tbry fail todooaid
repairing within the time pecified by I ho
Marshall, ho nhall proceed in do the repair
ing and collect the auie from the property
holder adjoining sjch sidewalks
On motion, adjourned.
L. W. DOO LITTLE,
Recorder.
A AN Y I'UICi:.f CllhtllXT.
COKKCCTCD WKCKLr fir 3. CIADWOUL.
Aiaisr. Jifunry 9, 18C9.
Tbo follow In jr, ro tbo price riI tut Produce,
ftij'l tl j'ricr tt wbkb other articles are selling
In this tuatfctt :
Wheat white, r biubl, 5 tf.
Oat per bobtl, .ljf'1,40 ets.
l'otatues j-r buhel.4t'riO
Onion fcr bubel. fl 2j.
Klour t fcM, ft ioCft 00
liuitrr jftr p'tutfi, 37 j d.
t'XZ Ir dnrn, 25 ct.
Clikkeoi .r dtiztn, fj iO.t 00.
I'varUn lr 13 1, per rwund. 1&CS0 r,ls.
Vvrk trr poun l, if iJcU.
IWf un tul, l((,h ei.
Mutton, per jxmnd, 1012 cents.
Hoap jer pound, !i(i,l els.
Fait hbt Angflos, per pound. 2 eU.
hSyrwp per gallon, l,O0fl,l2J
Tea Young Jljron, er pound, $1 00
" IHaek, "sail 00.
Japan, $1 2i.
Fusare rushed, per pound, 1S&20 U.
" I.land. lif.lC
" Sea, lTCi,l4 eta.
Coffeo jr poo l, 20(Oi2i cts.
Nail cut, r pound, 7(3 ets.
Wbito Ix-ad fure. per keg, $4 OOfyi 25.
Linseed Oil boiled, per railon. $1 62J (gi 7i.
Turjntinn per gallon, l 2j(& 5o
I)ometic brown, 16J et.
HickorT striped, per yard, lfi30 eU.
Ikd Ticking per yard, 25(2, SO ets.
Jiloo Drillinjr per yard, 2030 cU.
Haanels per yard, 50(7i ct.
Prints fat eolors, ir yard. 12) e.
Hifle Powder, per pound. 75ft $ I 00.
Candle best, per pound, 20 .r, 3.1 ets.
llice China, per pound, 1218 eU.
Tobacco per pound, $1 00(1 25.
Fab-cratua per pound, 16 cu.
Dried Pluros-i-pcr bound, 1 24 (3 13c,
Dried Apples per lb. 5 ft Go.
" Currants per Bj, So. .
Ilacon Hams, per lb, 124ft 13o.
44
44
Fides, per lb, 10c.
Shoulders, per !b, fc. .
Lard per lb, in cans, 10c.
French llrandy per gal., $10 00ftJ2 00
Holland Gin per gal., $i 50
American Brandy per gal., $5 00 J
Jamaica Rum per gal., $0 00 . "
Tar $1 25 per gallon. ,
Ueans--per lb., 4c. ' .
Dovoes' Keroscce Oil, 75c$I 00 per gal.
SPKCIAL NOTICES.
IAI KIXLEK.
No artlclo has attained to such unbounded pop
ularity. iS'aam Oltervtr.
An article of great njerit and virtue. Cincinnati
Nonpareil.
We can bear testimony to tho elHcacy of the
Pain Killer. We hare seen Its magic effects in
aooibing the severest pain, and know it to be a
good nrliclc.rpincinnati JJiipateh, .
A speedy cure for pain no family should be
without it,? Montreal TranteripU
Nothing has : yet surpassed tho Pain ' Killer,
which ia the most valuable family tnedioino pow
in use. -Term. Organ. .
It has real merit ; as a means of removing pain,
no tnodipine has acquired ,a reputation equal to
Perry Davis' Pain Rfller: Veyorf( Ay) Daily
Ntit$. i . - ' :. 1 . . .
It is really a valuable medicine- it Is used by
many Physicians. Boafon Traveler. '
Impure DIooU Makes Kick, ,
'The bowels may be costive or some organ does
its work weakly. From causes liko these gasos
and gummy substanocs occur which poison tho
blood j the perspiration may be chocked tho fect
may be so chilled that their fetid exhalations are
thrown back upon Ihe blood, Here Is cause for
pains, fevers, inflammations'. In these cases
Brandreth's Pills are worth more than gold.' Five
or six cure at onco. Remember thoy cure by at
onoe removing from tho body those matters which
poison the blood and make us sick. These cele
brated Pills should bo in the house ready, u
Beo B. Bransbetq in white letters on the Gov
ernment stamp. , , . .,,- .
Principal offico, Brandreth House, New York.
Sold by all druggists. ' voHn20w4. ;
WANTED!
I: WANT 20,000 LBS. OF GOOD BACON
also Butter, both of wMch the highest mar
ket price will bo paid. , B. BRENNER.
v3n33tf ' '
JOB WO El II Noatly and cheaply done a
this OEce.
NEW- ADVERTISEMENTS
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
co-pftirtnenhlp heretofore exlitlng between
J. E. JJentley & Vo.t is this anj dUsolred by mu
tual coimont, J. E. Senile, Sen., trill eostlnne
tbo buineflg, be Mitaining all debts outstanding
against tbo lato ntm, ana collecting all aeconats
duo tho amo. J. E. IJENTLEY, Sen.
Jan9v4n21wS. J. E. IJENTLEY; Jan.
. LOOK HERE!
Patronize Home Industry, and tavc Money I
' Tbo undersigned, having opened a
TAIXOIIIXC i:STAI5f.ISIIMi:.T
Ia Albany, takes this method of Informing
' tfaoejablio tliat be is prepared to ,
MAKE, COT AND REPAIR ClOTfllXG!
or At.h Kirns
m THE LATEST STYLES !
AND AT THE MOST REASONABLE RATES!
ALSO -;
; Clothing Mado Water-Proof!
By a certain process, without Injury to the texture
' or quality of the fabrics.
Jan,,69-r4n21tf. R. JACOBS.
OREGON-IRON WORKS!
SOUTH PEOHI BT, P0SILAHD, 0GTT.
M
AX LIACTCItEn OF
HTKI
Ensines, Boilers, Haw and Grist 31 ill.
Quarlt Machinery, Lcffel's
AMERICAN DOUEU TURBINE WATER WHEEL!
Wrought and Cant Iron Work or fire-proof build
ing, at tbo lowent rates.
Have superior facilities for executing FIRST
CLASS WOKK.
All orders excoted prornpilv aad in tbo best
"vie. W. C LETEHZDOE.
II. ELOOSiriELD.
1'reiilchL
Huperiatendeet.
Jan.9v4n21yl
50,00
M
STOLEN OR fiTRATED.FBOM THE FORKS
t,f the WillstnetU Rirer. on or about the 2tb
or July lat, one bay mare, & yars old, 1$ bands
bigb.ber left Mod foot and patare white ; ft the
ouuido i( her left bind foot, jol below the hek,
it a smalt lump about the me t,f m uan'i tbuiob ;
a ma!t saddltf mark tt ew.b side of ber back.
Also one dark bay bom. 7 years old, the ri cf
16 hands bisu, white nti ur bie t9c. running
to tho left up bis faee ; sbowa tbo wbito of bU
yes rery much ; high bip bones j travels wiibb'iK
bind feet rather far apart.
Fifty lioltars reward will b pai.1 fr the deliv
try of said bertes, or Twent-Firo Dollars for in
fortnatiun of their whereabout.
ihl. Lino county, Oregon. Janoary I.
v4n214 , CHAP.LE.? MILLER.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
i) u. 1:. 11. ciitiFFi.v
Prioes to make bis rates fvr Dental services
fur the year 169, as follows, vis :
Full upper and lower ejr t of Art. Ttctb, ,0 to $i0
Full upper or lower " ' tl5to2i
Pirot teeth, $2,0 each. Filling teeth, tr;ta $1 to
$3 each cavity. Extracting, 5tt cents per tooth.
Cleansing, iu cents to f lu, Other minor opera
tions in proporiion. Tcrrut, L'. coin or its
equivalent.
N. XL Office over Bcatley's shoe store, in the
old r-t fcJBce building, opposite Fter' bri;k,
Albany, Orrjr.n. u. K. II. GRIFFIN.
Dee. 20, 1 8St 4 nTJtf.
BROOK SALOON!
MONTGOMERY & TOWER. Proprietors.
. B. COft5eB U AIX 1 TEBBT RTREETS,
ALOANT, - - ; - . OREGON.
171 VERYTIIING ABOUT TIIE SALOON IS
A w Kd in irfsrfect order ) aad we will keep
onjy ta very- .-,, . ; , ;
BEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS
which the market afiords. Iu the Falooa at all
times
The Most Perfect Order will be Preserved.
We will keep always on hand the
THE VERY BEST OF WINES AND CIGARS !
Ho I all ye that are thirsty come drink at the
j MONTGOMERY A TOWER.
Jan. 2, 1S63 v4n20tf.
ATTENTION FARMERS ! HILL HEN !
. "-
AXD-
ALL THOSE HAVING MACHINERY i
, -THE ALBANY- .
LARD OIL FACTO ItX" !
; ; Has resumed operations, and is prepared to
' . ' furnish '
Lard Oil bjr 1 the Quantity !
Different grades iro kept on hand for sale at '
different price;.
The Wt Grade is Warranted to be Strictly
u . Pnrci
Orders from a distance respectfully solicited.. Thoy
snould bo acpompamcd with the cash.
TVTOTICE CASH OR SOAP WILL BE
X paid for pure lard and ranoid or scorched
grease, delivered at tho Factory. v
McCORD & GEORGE.
Albany, Oregon, Jan. 1, 1869 v4n20tf. rfl
-y :; SAMUEL-DENNYi - :i ;
TJ 3ST. r E R T. DEC B IB, ,
. l . . . , . ' - , . .. t . U I. .
ALL HINDS or CABINET WARS!
.,! i 1 1 ., ...... . I
. ALBANY, OREGON."
Store on First street, under the Democrat Office.
. , Albany, Oct. 3, ISCS v4n7tf.
FARM FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER, LIVING FOUR MILES
north of Albany on tho Willamette river,
oilers his farm for sale. Said farm consists of
450 acre, all under fence ; 300 acres of good tilla
ble land j 160 acres in cultivation ; good house
and barn t an excellent well of water; a small or
chard. I will sell this farm for $10 per acre one
half cash down; the baianco on time to suit pur
chaser. WM. C. MILLER.
Deo.l2,68v4nl!-tf " . '
ItOSTETTER'S BITOERS. T,
U
From the Cincinnati Cmnmercln.1, Ju?"2S, I868.3
Temperance in All? Tillage..;.
All good msn, all cnmsTtB
all patriots are ski vocates of tomporaoW Sin-'
deed, publw sentiment is unanimous on this point,
a
although there may bo diflercacei j piniiuj
to tbo beet method of accomplishing , the desired
end. Temperance means moderation, and tioiigb.
..t. L it. 14 . - -1 . ' . J
wuunicaii apyiM-u aoiimenco irom too .tiSO of
Intoxicating fluids, has a much broader significa
tion than that The Individual wbo aljareV, if
dixtilled and fcriBenUd stimulanfs a deadly peK
son, may, nevertheless, be intemperate in bis lan
guage, In hfs pursuit of wealth, In isatin Iq
his political opinions, bis prcjfadleesi oThlt 1 appoi
tite. It is even possiblt to prcaetr 'Haipranco"
In temperately. -'-.-: ..-
There aro certain enthogfastJ M example, who
demand tbo entlri abolishment of alcotftlk stimn
lants. Against tbco ultra-prohibitionists tbo
great body ct tho medical profession takes 1 decided
ground. Nine-tenths of the phyiicians and-sor
geon of.tba clvUlzed world prosarjt a!c&l, and
medieinea of which alcohol Li a cardJoal .ngrdlf;
ent, In their practice. Tbey say that it U oto t
!io moitt important articles is the materia medic.
aad that nothing can supply its place Homctimef
tbey administer It neat, souttlcecs diluted with
water, sometimes medicated ; and while admhtlar, .
as any sane and tonest man admits, that it Uj
morally and physically, a pokon, when Uken? I
excess, tbey argae that under certain . conditions
and in certain caf, its use is not only advisable
but essential to tie proservation, t liX ajid tufir
restoration of health. s - ? ,
Bvlierin that tbo saosC profound paAoIozats
and physiologists of the ag understaod tho iaj
ter better than noa-proesio8alsr w acoext tbefr
doctrine and practice as philosophic and eorreet
the more especially as the nesulu of their treat-
went confirm their theories. ". J
Tho rational friends of teMpsrance. side hr aMa
with whom we stand, franfcTy concede fbat abjohol
is sometimes necefi-ary as snastary agent - Mr.
un;t,V Jc" a" in reeeat article published
in'TAe Impendent," and only faaatici, whosw
seal Is untempcred by' lnowledgt. rntor.to4eny
it.
Here, however, a difficulty a.. The Imaora
of ctmmercea?e so generally aduUeratftd ithat it
is perilous to give them to skk pcviiu All tho,
brandjcs, rums, gins, whiskies, ai oso
less empoUoBO'l. Each contains axnaw iarredlanfa
which pforoke a thirst for ardent tpiriti ad
thus drunkards aro made. Under tbeje efreaat.,
stance, sensible "temperance men" should Le'thft
first to appreciate tbo importance of pur itimit-
lant for medical one. .0 .-.,
This desideratum is supplied to the public5 a& -tbo
faculty in the form cf IIOSTTTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS, which ia Bot mere! m
wholesome tUmuIant ut an wvaluabloNegc table
topic, corrective aad alterative Ia ttanarat
ing, advertuing asd selling it for sanitary pnf.
poses only the proprietor ciaror to be eon trib.
ti a sound and inbstantial plank to tho texaper
anee platform, ,-. : Jt,
There is a good deal of cant tilled aad written
by some of tbo etif-tlected xofortaera of the zaw
ah? of mankind. It is the misfortune f m&nj t
ueto persons, and or their diwipb, to, eonfoucd
tbo uss of diJTuildo stimulants as an antt fMi
iant; as an antiJot
with their iuiae as
beverage. The "spirit r
which tbey are aniiaated is a spirit bt blind bigot
ry and, intolerance, akin to that which, la the Id.
en titae, led to the massarw of L BartloUmaw
tho crusade against the Albigenset, and many oth
er foul wrongs committed in the name of rc!iio.
Tbowa Hood, the wittiest bf philosopher, and
the most phtloc&phical ot wits, characterised tba
narrow-minded and aggressive picfy which ia eeni
tinoaliy pectieg at whatever does not strictly eon
frm to ita peculiar ritual, as magpie ty aad there
are a good many birds of the magpie feather
would fain obtain the exclusive control cf the
whole temperance flock: ; . 'J iV.V.t V-fV
The doctrine of these individuals lacki wbsL
teney. TLe same argumentsif th desere i
name which tbey urge against the apUyBai
of alcohol and alcoholic tonic in the treatment f
dbtcaae, or for Its prevention apply wIUi .tST
greater fore to mot of lie Varorito rpeciScs of
the faulty. Yet they hare not a'word to taj
against opium, mersury, strjehnine,' lodioi! , - af
nine, aad other deadly poisons which ratetsoriK.
ed daily by thousands of medical mea: ' Are- tlieiie
less dekUrions thaa the PBrejalcoholieltmay
used as a medium far diffusing the paling" fajflB.
enceof whofesorao herbs" and ivot through thet
system ? The mof t uncompromiiSng ttiua-pronibU
tionift must admit that they are not".!
But he has a rejoinder in rwoVrc."; Tke oweira!
medicants referred to aro prescixbed la limited
doses. Bounds are afiised to, their U5e by , titoso
who recommend them. And is it not the same, we
ask, with regard to medicated fpirltrfoat stiao
laats? Every bottU of HOSTETTEDiSTOil
ACH BITTERS, for example, is accompanied .by
directions for its use. These directions are as cfea
and explicit as those in a phyWiaa'a pmerlptioaH,
and even if they happen to hts Tiolated 'thronffb. -
inadvertarce, no seriooa consequoneci ensne. Al
double or tripple dot a of landBonarei'V trycl
nine, or of a mineral salt;may kUL and very oRei
docs kill, but a fivefold, or evea teabi, dose t
tho BITTERS would produce no such terrible ;.-.
fect. Opium is an innnitcly stroager Intoxicant
than Iny variety of alcohol Jand IsextensifelJ
used to produce intoxication as well as in jnedical
treatment Why tben ia vpium recognized aa a
useful curative by the 8amex parties .that ntterlj
proscribe all aleoneUtf preparations t ,'? It issdwayt
best to bo consistent.- ''.l4u:a'i"
Bigoted prohibitioaisU' Would dp wclLtoJcataA
few lessona from Sacred History. The patjiatch
and prophets of the old dispensation ami. tie.
apostles of tho new, were not one idea. men. They
did not hold that the abuse of the thing was a
argument against Its use. ; The ealtiYatrolor the.
vine as a material for tho jaaaaraettiro of wine Is
sanctioned by the Scriptures. , 1 is, csmnsscdei?,
to be given to "hiru that ia realy to perish.",
also to ."those that be of beavy heart.f i Bad"
wine and wine taken in excess, is sn adenine ,ijp3
of Heaven's wrath, ss the "wine of astonishment.''
of "rapine," of "fury, of "ainictioaT4e4 but
good wine is npt only jnot proscribed, 1ut is fsrei-.
bly Vecomm ended in many pages of the Bible..
Some commentators insist that tbo artl'jle thua
recognised by Divine Authority coBtaioed alcoM
hoi that it was nnfenaented juico of the grape 5
but as it ia called "strong drink" in Proverbs n '
elsowhere, and is expressly stated to be ."gladden,
ing," this construction is evidently contrary to the
text. : ' 1 :.:!. u j ,Tir ! '
The truo friends of temperauce resort to n euc!
sophistry as this. They admii that dilTasive
stimulant a good thingwhen judiciously appliedf
and this, and nothing: mpre than this, is the argu
ment of the truly temiwrato,
PREPARED AND SOLD BY ' ? :
HOSTETTER & "SMITfi.
PITTSBURG, PENN. r """T" .
For dale by Druggists, Grocers and store Keep
ers-throughout the world. : v ? : i-l f
Xlostctter, Smith & Co.,A, . 5
Agents for the Pacific Coast, '
Sijt Fbacisco, ClL.
jyn9,,69-v4n21-chng m. C"' n21w'--''