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1 1 IX XI. ABSOTT, Editor. SATURDAY ....FEBRUARY 27, 1S69. VIOIVTIOX OF THE STAMP ACT. Our readers have already been in formed that suits have been commenc ed against several of our merchants for an allcdgcd violation of the Reve nue Law, in selliug cauncd articles in suflicicntly stamped, or not stamped lit cdL Senders, Sternberg fc Co., it is alledged, arc liable to pay a penalty of 31,350; J. Gradwohl $000; lenj. Brenner $1,000; E. Fox & I5ro., Cor vallix, $1,300; A. Lewis $900; Levy & Bro. $1,800; Friendly & Co. ei,C00; Senders & Co. $4,100; M. Abrams $750; E. Fox & Bro., Al bany, $1,200; E. A. Foot & Co. $700. "We have no doubt that in most, if not all the cases above, the parties were ignorant of the law relative to the subject. It bothers a lawyer even to keep pace with the changes made in the Revenue laws; and if the mer chants above named have sold canned fruits without being properly stamped they did it through ignorance and not design. It will be very hard if, under such circumstances, they shall be made to pay the several penalties claimed by the informers. "What shall be said of men who make their living by being spies and informers ? men who travel over the country setting trans for thoso who violate the stamp act from sheer igno rance? If there is ono character in community whom all good men more heartily despise than another, it Is the one who gees round as a spy, a pimp, and informer. Many a man has re ccivod a coat of tar and feathers for acts far less reprehensible. But these pimps, these earwigs, these vampires, are not the only par ties at fault in this matter. The law itself is a nuisance. Our Revolution- ary fathers rose in arms agaisst Great Britain staking their lives, their for tunes and their sacred honor upon the result principally because the mother country stamped the tea they drank; and yet we, their descendants, quietly submit to a stamp law an hun dred fold more annoying and onerous, The articles which the law requires should be stamped are almost innu merable. A man never knows when he is safe. Mortgages, agreements, contracts, deeds, wills, notes, receipts, bills of lading, drafts, orders, bonds, assignments, ambrotypes, checks, cards, certificates, anodynes, snuffs, bitters, chemical preparations, cor dials, cosmetics, dcutrifices, glycerine, lotions, perfumery, pills, tonics, ver mifuges, ointments, pastes, drops, wa ters, essences, spirits, hair oil, pomade, extracts, powders, tinctures, troches, lozenges, syrups, plasters, liniments, salves, letters of administration, let ters of credit, power of attorney, pro bate of wills, and a thousand and one other things, each and all have to be stamped; and the stamps, when used, must be canceled by the person affix ing them, by writing the initials of his name and the date thereon, or by 6uch other method as the Commission er of Internal Revenue may, in his wisdom, prescribe. We repeat : the law itself is a nui sance and ought to be repealed. Radical Swindling. Hon. Thos Jenckes, of Rhode Island, says the New York Herald, js one of those so ber, cool and talented men of the House of Representatives, who does not make exaggerated statements. Well, in a lecture delivered on the 16th of January, at the University building in Xew York, he stated that from his own careful examination du ring the last four years the Govern ment had been defrauded in the public service a hundred millions of dollars a year, and that Commissioner "Welles makes the sum still greater. Was there ever such stupendous fraul and robbery before? A hundred millions or more a year stolen from, the Gov ernment and people la it not time that the Tenure of Office Act should be repealed and the responsibility of a faithful execution of the laws be placed in the President ? This is an other expose .of Radical perfidy by Radical hands. Tax-payers, do you see the cause of your increasing bur dens ? The First Press While looking over a file of the Missionary Herald for 1839, we found mention of the first print iDg press brought to the northern Pacific coast. Under date of the third of May, 1839, Hall, a missionary printer, writes to the Herald that he "had just arrived at Walla Walla from Hon blula,' with a press, types and a small lot of printing paper. He tras going to start in a lew days for the Ifez Perces tribe. Some of the edition of the .Nejr Testament, printed on that Dress, are in existence yet. The press and type were afterwards used by Griffin.'of the Tualatin Plains, in 1849, who during that, year, published a magazine of sixteen pages every tw weeks. Unionist. A French woman who had lost one of her eleven sons, chaffered with the undertaker about the price of the burial. saying r Now lookhere, ' you mustnt oe too aara witn me;- I shall be A good Bstomer ; Pve. got ten . children gyre " JMttflmit. MODERN PHARISEES. Wc find the following in the Jack sonville Sentinel.' "The Albany Democrat requests the editor of the Commercial to keep his hands off the Bible. V e were not awaro that a Demo cratic editor ever Rot near enough to the sa cred Book to touch it." Tho spirit that prompted tho abovo sentiment is akin to that so often manifested by leading Radicals since their accession to power. They havo asserted, till their very tongues ought to be blistered, thai Democrats aro an ignorant, immoral, irreligious body of men ; while tho Radical party aro the embodiment of all tho virtue, and re finement, and learning, and religion in tho land. They have asserted this so long, and so vehemently, that many of tho rank and filo of tho Radical party believe it is true. These self-righteous Radical leaders arc the Pharisees of tho present day. They lay great claims to fervent piety and godliness ; and yet a largo major ity of them aro guilty of adultery, fornication, theft, lasciviousncss, arson, sodomy, drunkenness, forgery, covct onsness, profanity and blasphemy; in short, every crime in tho catalogue of crime. Their religion is merely a cloak to servo tho devil in ; they aro a generation of vipers; brazen-faced hypocrites; and whitcd sepulchres full of rottenness and dad men's bones. They told tho soldier to go to tho war, and they would take care of his wife and children ; and to they did, in many Instances, with a ven geance, "NYo know of scopes of cases in the States where, when tho soldier returned home, maimed and crippled for life, he found his wife and daugh ters had been dishonored and disgraced by these same red-mouthed, hypocriti cal Radical leaders. They boast of a cock-eyed Butler who stole silver spoons, and treasure till he is now a millionaire ; of a Sumner whose wife left him because, as she alledged (and she ought to know,) he is lacking in the chief essential of manhood made thus by a namelcfir and bestial crime ; ot a Yates who is a common gutter drunkard, and who sometimes cxhib? its himself to the citizens of "Wash ington in a nearly nude state; of a Cameron who obtained a 6cat in tho Senate by shameless bribery ; of a Greeley who is an infidel; and of a Thad. Stevens, who, in addition to be ing a bold blasphemer, lived for years with a black woman tho wifa of an other nisrsrer in a state of concubin acre Very pure, and very pious, and distressinrrlv learned are the chief Radicals ! OLDTIlXb7sfEVXN. When this personage died and was buried, we had something to say of him; and 6orae of the Radical jour nals were perfectly horrified because wc stated, among other things, that Stevens lived, a long time, with a ne gro wench thus being guilty of shameless, open adultery, l or, be it known, she was the wife of a negro barber; but she left him and became the concubine of Stevens, Wc find in our exchanges, "a bold defence of the Domestic Relations of the late Thaddens Stevens," by Rev. J. Ulanchard, President of Wheaton College, I1L Blanchard admits that Stevens lived with this "colored wo man as his wife ;" and then attempts to justify it, He says : "Jvarly poverty, pride and a club foot may have prevented his marriage with the beau ty and brilliant culture he was so formed to relish aad enjoy. Hotel life and human passions may bare chosen for his compan ion the bright-eyed brunette whom I saw last winter ; agreeable in spite of old age at oncp bis housekeeper and presiding gen ius, and whose talents made her at the same time the mistress of bis business and his earthly destiny. Shut off by circumstances auch as these from that honorable domestic life which has saved all that was saved of such men as Prentiss of Mississippi, Ben ton of Missouri, and a host of their peers ;j three of God's moat munificent gifts despising that religion which could wink atL i slave-holding cohabitation, while horrified to man-three things most necessary with fidelity in concubinage; 'retaining enough of his mother's 'religion to make him despise himself: strong as the fabled giants, yet in religion blind as Polyphemus, their chief; bold, fearing nothing but God, and really fearing Ilim ; loving justice, lov ing truth, and Christ because, as ho said "He was the truth." In theso elements of the great and wonderful man who has just left the stage ; a modern Sampson Agonis- tes j abhorring 6lavery,fabborring vice, yet laying his head on her lap until the locks of his strength were shorn. Lake eampson, he prayed and cried to God ; like Sampsoq, too, he was connected and counted with el ayes at once tho champion of the true God and the violator of His laws ; even in his Gaza, be hcavod at the pillars of our national idol atry with a strength above human ; and, like Sampson, he sunk into death with the ruins of the tcmpta tumbling about his head!" It will be seen that the Ho v. Blanch ard not only admits all wo charged about Stevens' concubine, but he says that old Thad.' laid his head in the lap of vice and kept it there .till he had but little strength left not even in his hair! and that he was a bold violator of the laws of God. Blanch ard says Stevens was a bravo . man, comparing him to Sampson, ,who ran on embattled armies 'clad in iron and slew, single-handed and alone, a thou sand men with an ass' jaw. If old Thad. ever 6le w any body with that ass' jaw of his we don't know Jt ; but we do know that in the '$u.ckshot war" which he once evokpd, he ex hibited none of the prowess pf Samp son. ' His courage was of that sort that is most fierce when danger i$ at a distance. 7 THE OYSTER QUESTION. "To wbat base uses may we return, Horatio." Yaqciju Bay, Feb. 1st, 1809. Editor State Rights Democrat t In response to an articlo in the Corvnllis Gazette, Dec. 2Gtb, on tho Oyster question, I beg Icavo to nmko a few remarks through jour columns, under tho nhovo heading. Tho articlo in question, is well calculated to crcato a wrong impression on tho public, and possibly a disturbance in this locality. It may scctn strange that any inun should imagino that we, tho settlers of Ynnuina lhiy, lack intelligence and aro nut corn po tent to manago our owu affairs, and, there fore, this genius, culling htninelf "An Oys tcrman," in a spirit of enthusiastic generos ity, comes all tho way from California, to interpret tho Oregon oystor law, nud to givo us advice gratis. "Of all intractublo fools, an ovcrwiso man is the worst." Tho law says, "Tho natural oyster-beds of this State, shall be ojxn to all citizens bow then aro thoso people to act who tuko tho ad vice of "An Oystcrman ; stake tho beds ofT and at tempt to restrain their fellow citizens from catching oysters?" An Oystcrman " re frains from giving any advioo about that. If it wcro not to prevent disturbance, tho argument would not bo worth answering, and what is still worse, all this may come to pass when the party who, it may bo said was the originator, is fur away from horo and laughing at tho fools who could bo led by any such Rtylo of chop logic. The Oys tor business is limited at present, and tho Ojsterinon are attending to tho talo of their oysters themselves, This does not suit tho old monopoly, they aro losing their former influence; if tho bcdi could be staked off and then sold as they wih they would buy them up. This is not denied here, nud it is furthermore agreed that it is tho bent thing that could bo done for the bay ; what nonsense Tho Oystcrmcn are accused of placing their own construction on the law as amended ; this is a direct falsehood ; (he Oystermen have been guilty of no action since the law was passed, indicating such a course. Individual arguments arc not to be taken as the sense of a community, it is on ly such people as imagine themsehos men tors, and public adyiscra that are egotistical enough to consider their opinion final. 1 am of the opinion that there aro few who would envy an Oystcrman, yet, when selfish interests are at work, there is no estimate of the length to which some of us bipeds will go. The Legtelature parsed a law so worded a to prevent any monopoly from importing a gang of men to clean up thee oyster bed in hhort notice for an outside market, impoverih the residant Oystermen and theti "skedaddle." This is as it should La ; and henco the wail of "An Ovtcrrnan." He docs not llko the new oyster law ; he heaps ridicule on it and its framers ; he ra ges ; well "Let the galled jade wince, our withers are unstrung." What the Oyster men are doing, I believe a practical Oyster man (and no other) has a right I) do ; they do not interfere in any way with tho rights of others to come and catch oysters ; they desire to keep independent of any monopo ly; they have suffered enough already, and do not desire a repetition. With all due re spect to the freedom of opinion, and the right to meddle in public affairs, I leave it to a discerning public to decide whether these Oystermen, as cititeqj of Oregon, have the interest of Yaquina Ovstfir-bcds mot at heart, or a transient visitor with no other object in view than a dciira to control these oyster-beds in the future as they have been in the past, and the fistaUUhrnent of a pet ty despotism, over free American citizens. Your obedient servant. MARINER. A Cheap Hath. Sun baths cost nothing and are the most refreshing, life-giving baths which one can take, whether sick or well. Kvcry house keeper knows the necessity of giving her woolens the benefit of the sun from time to time, and especially after a long rainy season or a long absence of the sun. Many will think of the injury their clothes are liable to from dampness, who will never reflect that an occasional exposure of their own bodies to the sunlight is equally nec essary to their owu health. Tho sun baths cost nothing, and that is a mis fortune ; for the peoplo arc still delu ded with the idea that those things can only be good or useful which cost money. Let it not be forgotten that to gooa neaitn sunngnt, lrcsn air and water are free to all; you can have them in abundance, without money and without price, if you will, If you would enjoy good health, then see to it that you Are supplied with pure air to breathe all tho time that you bathe for an hour or two in the sunlight ; and that you quench your thirst with no other fluid than pure water. v ETBAOUDIXAItY MaTKIMONIAL JJj8r take. An extraordinary matrimonia contretemps transpired in Williamson county, - Tennessee, on Christmas night, , A double marriage occurred in tho same house, and the wedding iesiivjiies were ceieoratcu in tne old fashioned style ; and in that joyfu way, naturally prompted by Christ mas and tho blissful event which made a double couple happy, About midnight both brides retired to rest, and in half an hour thereafter the newly, made husbands followed suit by some strange mishap, each gentle man made his way to the wrong room and actually occupied a bridal couch to which he had no claim. , Strange as it may appear, the mistake was- not discovered until daylight, when one of the ladies shrieked her surprise af- ier a vigorous iasnion. j general hubbub, was the result, and at last ac- counts the brides were disconsolate All sorts' of schemes of reparation were proposed, but it appears that no tangible plan for undoing the double mistake was arrived at. The above cpispde actually transpired as narra ted. 11 Y TELGGKA PH. compiled rnon tub orbqon at bald Tho Ilcrald't Washington dispatch says Grant has become more communicative. Ho oxprcsscd himqclf on Saturday to an intimato friend very freely in regard to tho composition of his Cabinet, saying that ho would invito civilians to fill all tho Cabinet positions. Ho said : "If my selections shall not prove judicious in the lirst instance, I shall feci justified in cor- ectiDg mistakes by second or third se ditions if necessary." A Icttcr-book of Gen. Hallcck has been found containing all tho correspondence ou tho subject of tho removal of Grant when at Vicksburg, iucludio an order or his removal. JLho order was signed by Halleck, but was iospircd by Stanton, who at that tiiuo directed all tho corres pondence of Hallcck. Gcti. Banks' ricods aro urging him to givo up all tho papers in his possession on the subject to tho public, but ho still refuses to do so. Senator fcaulsbury Jell from his carriage yesterday and broke his leg. Chicago, Feb. 22. The TrxhwJt special says the Senators from tho Pacific slope oppoHo the San Juan boundary trca-. ty. I hey consider tho former treaty ex plicit, and that wo should go to war rath- cr than admit the claim on which this treaty is based. abiiinuton, Feb. 22. A caucus of Republican Senators was held to day to consider tho qucstiou of tho repeal of the tenuro of oflico law. Several members opposed iti repeal. Frclinghuysen favor ed its supcnsion for four years. Morton, Robertson and others dcMircd its immedi ate repeal and irii.-Ued that the subject could not properly bo decided in caucus, nttmating that they would not abide by ts decisiou. Tho caucus reinaiued in session until half-past thrco, when lens than half the Republican Senators wcro prci-ent. On a voto to postpone tho con sideration of tho question of repeal till after tho 4th of .March, 22 voted in tho affirmative. The other members refused to voto, and announced their intention not to bo bound by the action of tho cau cus. Tho President sent in his veto of the copper tariff bill to day. He objects gen erally to tho operation of tho bill, and says that it would diminish the receipts and prohibit the importation of copper and greatly increase the price of blue vit, riol. Tho Mayor and Common Council of mltimorc waited on the President to-day and presented a resolution of the City Council tcudermg tho hospitalities of Baltimore duriog Johnson's passage through that city on his return to Nash ville. J he President has expressed his thanks for tho compliment and accepted the invitation. Ho iaid ho would dcijj nate a da? at soma foturo time. i he now movement by Congress lor1 the Cabinet has failed finally and irrevo cably. Mr. Chccman is hero vainly seeking the sub-treasarcrship. The ad ditional candidate." for tho MarshaJship arc Mr. Jones, James MeClatchev and K. B. Vcratid. None of their chances aro very promiing. J... Uurtis, it is thought, is certain to succeed Mr. Sonic. He is endorsed by Supervisor Wiggin for efficiency. The removal of Generals Hal lcck and Ktrkharo, and Capt. Hoyt, will occur soon sfter the inauguration of Grant. Gen. Ord will probably command the Pa cific Division. Gen. Grant intends to visit California tho coming summer. General McCook, present Minister to the Sandwich Island, is mentioned as likely to succeed Mr. Miller io tho Co! lectorship. V AhiHNfiTGX, I'b. 23. hfTorts aro making to diachargo the committee from the further consideration of the Goat Is land Bill, and rush it through under a suspension of the roles. The Appropri ation Committee has been discharged, by request, from the consideration of the resolution withholding several millions of bonds from tho PaciGc Railroad, as the Secretary is the proper person to consid er it. Referred to the House Committee on Railroads. Senators Williams and Terry agree to report adversely to the McGarrahan claim, but Senators Ivellog and Sawyer are favorable. Bayard favors the claim, but declines to sin cither report. Ho wants the case returned to the courts for adjudication. I he Senata Public Land Committee re port favorably to the amendment of Mr. Colo s bill aiding tho OroviIIo aud Vir ginia City Railroad. Ihe Houso Committee has agreed not to report the Senate bill granting a por tion of Goat Island to the Central Pacific JUilroad. A Japan letter of December 22d says the Mikado retains ex-LicutcDant Grin nel, an American, as chiof of bureau. He has appointed Gen. Paul Frank, for merly of the United States army, Adju-dant-in-Chief of tho Japaocso military forocs, with a salary of 812,000 per year, The Knglish and French representatives have protested against these appoint menta. but were met bv the reply that Japan is on independent nation and does not recognize their right to question or dictate its policy. Tin in Douglas County. The Roseburg Ennign has the following in re gard to a vein of tin ore recently found in the Cow Creek mountains : 'Air. Wil liam Briggs, of tho Cow Creek Mining District, this week gave us a sample of the ore taken from the vein mentioned by Foley, in a communication to the Hc- minnvillo Courier, and it certainly an swers the description of tin ore in every particular, and it is said that tho test to which it has been put convinced those who examined it that it -is , tin-. Air. Briggs also permitted us to read a letter from Thomas ,T. Bouldin, of San Fran cisco who has had a sample of the ore carefully assayed in which Mr. Bouldin askes for information in relation to the lead, and states that it exhibits enough to warrant the expenditure of money. He further assures Air. Briggs that if such ore can be found in, sufficient quanti ty, he is willing to undertake the devel? opment of the leacl. Let us hope that the, leadjis all that its discoverers claim for it, and that its development will not be. logg delayed. TUNUItE-OF-OFFICE LAW. Nearly two years ago, the Iladical ma nority in Congress passed an act known as tho tcnurc-of-ofBco bill, under the pro visions of which the President is deprived of tho power of removing anybody from office, from any cause whatever, without tho consent of tho Souato first having been obtained. In other words, there can be no removals from or appointments to oflico made when the Senate is not in ses sion, and not when that body it in session, unless by its consent. It was under the operation of this law that Stanton was kept in the cabinet, while the President and other members of the cabinet would have no intcrcoucsc, officially or person ally, with him. In thus forcing Stanton npon President Johnson and his cabinet, Grant wai tho supple and willing tool of tho Senate, going so far as to dishonor himself by his trcaohory to all concerned treachery to tho Senate, in becoming the voluntary tool of President Johnson to assist in ousting Stanton, treachery to tho President in using tho power he had solicited from him 'for tho purnpso of keeping Stanton in, and treachery to tho cabinet in trying force upon them the as sociation of a man whom he made them bcliovehc despised. On tho part of Grant, it wai treachery all round. If he did an honorable thing, from the beginning to the end of that uffair, it has not yet been made to appear. But it is said now that Grant dcsir:s, and even demands the re peal of this Radical measure this tenure of oflico law. He'dcmands its repeal, be cause he wants to makn changes in the cabinet, and in other offices, and doesn't want to be compelled to consult the sen ate every hour in tho day upoo the sub jeet in other words, ho wants the privi lege of makingrcmovals and appointments whenever he believes the public interests will be promoted thereby. A year ago, ho thought this law decidedly a good thing. Now ho thinks otherwise. He is right uow, and was wrong then. In pursuance of his demand, tho radicals in the lower House of congrc-s have repealed tho law. Tho Democrats all voted for its repeal, just as they all voted, two years ago, against its parage. J hey were or posed to it f-M, and aro opposed to it noxc . About half of the radical members of the House voted with the democrats, in favor of tho repeal of the law. Those of the radicals wdo voted for its repeal, stulti fied thf ujKelvtc, of course, having two years ago voted for it passage. It is un- dcrstood that the radicals who voted for its repeal aro all the friends and auppor ters wo mean unconditional supporters that tirs.nl has to tho lower branch of congress. Tboy number more than one half of the radical members of that branch of the national legislature. Thoso who voted against the repeal of the tcnure-of-officc Lw are believed not to bo the friends of Grant that is, not his friends to the extent that they will trust him any urthcr than they would Andy Johnon. When the bill goes to tha Senate, it will find about the name state of thing1! in that iiody also. It will find its supporters to democrats, who original!? voted airainst ie p3Ma;c of tho tenure of -office bill and will now vote for its retcal. while it will find the radicals divided. Iladical Sena tors who have determined to support I rant unconditionally, will vote for theb l! o repeal the tenure-of ofBce law, while radical Senators who distrust Grant that is, are not willing to trut him any fur ther than they would Andy Johnson, will vote against its repeal. Thus even before Grant is inaugurated, nearly one half of the radicals in congress commit themselves aainsX him. The future con- frequences oi this uiviyion to the radical ranks can not, at this time, bo fully fore seen. It is not at all likely that Grant will yield, and vet, it is just as likely, and no more so. that the radical members of conjrre's who havo thus in auvance taken c pen ground against him, will not yield to .i irant. So, the war of the rases no doubt a rose by any other name would ra se the same stink in the radical camp -may be regarded as fairly begun. In all this matter, however, Grant has shown himself a very small Galena potato. He was in favor of the tenure of officc law a ear ago. He is uow against it. Now, tho principle of the law is cither right or wrong. If it was right a year ago, it is right to-day. If it was right that ils prin ciple should be brought to bear upon President Johnson, it is rt"ht that it should be brought to bear upon President Grant. If it was wrong in principle a yoar ago, then urant was wrong in sus taining it. In any light that you view it, Grant has shown himself to be a small po tato in his courso upon it. Quincy (.) Herald. CIVIL It I CUTS. A case cf.somewhat unusual character, involving the principles of the famous Civil Bights bill," was decided on Thurs day iu the Court of Common pleas. It is, in unci, as ioijows; ' I IV 1 1 . In February last a youDjj colored man named William Walker went to the lor rest City Skating Ilink, purchased a tick et. entered lor the purpose ot engaging in the pastime. He had been in but a few moments wtien he was accosted by tho private watchman of the rink and gently informed that it was a "white man snnk. The young man mildly but firmly refused to leave, declaring that he had purchased a ticket at the omce in a legitimate man ner. The watchman, claiming that his orders were peremptory, proceeded to eject him from the building by force. Resistance was useless, and tho young man, deeming discretion the better part of valor, stood not upon the order of his going, vowing vengance dire upon thoso who had bo treated him. He entered suit against the Bink Asso ciation in tho Court of Common Pleas, laying his damages at SI, 000. The trial of the case was continued from the Alay term and came on for trial on Thursday. After tho examination of the witnesses the case was argued at some length, and the j ury, after a short consul tation , brought in a verdict in favor ot the plaintiff to damages to the amountof $300. The cas was one of considerablo interest, involv ing to some extent . the question of the legal right of the managers of any public resort to rules excluding colored persons Wo understand that the defendants in tend to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Ohio, in which event the disci sion will be awaited with no small degree of in terest. Uleaveland JLeader. , JOB WORK yatly and cheaply done this Ofice. ' . ' " ON TUB DOWN GRADE The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer thus reviews in brief! the degeneracy which now marks the Senate of the United States : Comparo the Senate of ten years ago with the Senate of to-day, and the differ-! enco is very great indeed; date the com parison ten years further. back and there; ceases to be any resemblance except i the name. A fit inscription for the en trance door of the Chamber of 18G8 wa written long ago to express the decay of virtue and greatness in the representative of one of Home's great men: "Stat rnuyni noniinit umbra! it stands the shadow of a mighty name. There is extant an en graving entitled the United States Senate in 1850, which tells the whole story when viewed in tho light of to-day. It repre sents Henry Clay in the delivery of one of those powerful pechcs which always commanded the attention of tho floor and tho wrapt admiration of the galleries. His associates aro olosely gathered about him as if to catch every word that falls from his lips, It is easy to recognize Calhoun, Webster, Benton and Douglas in the group. They are all gone now, and who have taken their places ? For Calhoun we have a carpet-bagger, around whoso name there is said to be a halo un enviable to honest men, and not uncon nected with sheriffs, penitentiaries and the like. Tor the grandeur and dignity of Webster we have the classic idiotcy of Sumner, or the inelegant inanity of Wil son ; for tho culture and statesmanship of Benton wc have the porcous and so norous emptiness of Drake; and for Douglas, the bold champion of popnlar rights, we have Yates in a constant vibra tion between temperance and tremens. These are but a few specimens which the attempt at comparison forces into my mind as I write this hasty letter. Were I to turn over the pages of some old Con gressional directory, I might easily extend it to nearly every State in the Union, as represented twenty years ago, and now in the Senate of the United States. There are exceptions, of course, but frcarcely enough to prove the rule which is the inebriate brawl of Chandler or the gilt edged imbecility of Sprague. HARD FIGHT. The St. Louis Democrat has the fol lowing in relation la Geo. Grant, aod the hard fiirli t he will have with the Radical corruptiooisU io and out of Washin; ton : "Grant ha a hard fight before him.- Ile drove rebels out of Richmond, but to drive plunderers out of Washington is an other job altogether. The entrench ments arc powerful as Grant knows - lut the people hare choen hun to pro tect their interffcts; to give us an honest aod economical administration. He will do his betst to fccrve the people in Wash- ngton, a he did before Richmond, llct the people mut sustain him, or he will fail. And to sustain him, they niust b cm to understand that men who have been most active or noiv for rartv are not alwas the most disinterested when they reach Washington. Wc have been giving attention almost exclusively lor vears tu the rebellion and ita consequen ces. Wc have elected manv men almost wholly because of their position on that issue. Some of them are statesmen, and some are not. tome are honest men, and Lgome we may as well admit care for pnothinc but their own interests It will very oon happen that gome Republican Senators and member of Congress will begin to fight Grant. And the people will then know what strength the Wash- ihgton riDgs can command, aod must be prepared to discard any man, of cither party, who tries to defeat the President in his attempts to cleanse the Augean Stables." The Lost Child. We mentioned on Sunday morning that a small boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stipp, in South Salem, had been lost. The little fellow was not found until 2 o'clock Sunday morning. He rer ceived some severe injuries from the frost, but is now considered out of danger. The child is about two and a half ycara old, and on Saturday afternoon, that being a pleasant day, it was taken out to play by some children-older, who played at hide-and-seek until about 4 o'clock, when they missed the little boy. The older children ran home and gave the alarm, when the parents started out to find the little wan derer. In this they failed, and about dark tho alarm was.6ounded in the city, and a company of about one hundred per sons went over and beat about for several hours, when the all got together and formed a lino, stretching over as much ground as possible, and made a thorough search. In this way the company scoured the whole country as far as thoy thought possible that the little boy would go, but in vain. Finally it came to the mind of Mr. Miller; partner of Mr. Wesoott.totry their dog. A hat was shown to the dog which had been worn by the boy. After 6meHins tho hat the dog was taken to where the boy was last seen, when he struck out, followed by Mr. Miller. The dog went much faster than his master, but when too far ahead he returned again. In this manner tho track was followed for a mile and a half, to within a short distance from Frebitas Smith's place, where tho dog, went into a thicket. From this it would not come although his mas ter used both commands and entreaties. Finally, Mr. Miller went into the brush and there, on a small pile of sticks, lay tho iittje wanderer, insensible from the cold. Mr. Miller was so moved at the suffering of the little fellow, that he missed the way and wandered about for as much as wo hours before he got out. At first the physicians thought the boy could not live, but by good treatment he has recovered so that he can talk. His feet are frosted considerably, and some of his muscles will probably slough off. In his wanderings tho boy had waded through watcrlwaist deer), and petting wet eontri- r 1 lands in that section a necessity, Unionist. ' Salem NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP. THE CO-PXltTNERSHIP HERETOFORE existing between Jacob Coaier and Joha A. vonner, m tbe Jefferson JliIJ, it tbii dnj rfisjolr ed bj mutual consent. JAC0R C0N8ER, JOHN A. CONSER. Jefferson, Oregon, Tb.'m6, 186 J n27w4. AI.I1AJVY FOUIVDBY! AJfD MACHINE S3E3COP ALBANY. OREGON. ' A. F. CHERRY, PROPRIETOR. MAxrricTcui or STEAM ENGINES, GRIST AND SAW-MILLS, REAPERS AND TI1RESIIER3, WOODWORKING MACHINERY, PUMPS, Ac, Ac., Ac, A. A. Mtebinerj of all kind RCPAinCO on short hotics! PATTERN M A I I X G Various Forms!! Done in All Its IE0H AUD BEASS OASTIH03 Of All Kinds, Made to Ordtr! Dec.5'6$Tnl6jrJ. A. F. CUERRT. WALTHAM W J T C H E The ex ten fir we ftf these watekei for the laft fifteen years by Railway Conductors, .Engineers, and Kpremen. the aut exacting of wt-k ' wearers, bas tboiroobly demonstrated the strength, steadinets, durability and aeearaey of tbe W al tbam Watcb. To ratisfy tbat class in all these retpectt, is to decide the qoestioo as to the real ralue of tbess timekeepers. More than 40O.00O of these watebes arc now peaking for tbetsselres in the pockets of tbe people a proof of their superiority orer all others. Tbe anperior organization, and great extent f tbe Company's Works at Waltbam, enable thca to produce watches at a price which renders com petition futile, aad tnose who boy any other waUb, mert!y pay from 25 to 50 per cent, nor for their watches than is Decenary. We are now selling Waltham Watches at less prices in prenbacks, than the gold prices before tbe w.r. There is no other njanufactnre f sbt kini ia tbe United States of wbieb this eaa V said. These time pieces combine erery improvement that a loo? experience bas proved of real practi cal nse. JIarin? Lad tbe refusal of nearly erery invention of watchmaking originating io this country, or in Europe, nnly those were flasJlr J.-., j t;.t- . ... . . .... - aopura wmrn severe testing ny most skulxnl ar ttz&ns in oar w. rki, and long ate on the part of the public, demonstrated to be essential to correct an4 enduring time-keeping. Among tbe many improvements we wonld par ticularize : The invention and tue or a eeotre-pinsoE of pe culiar construction, to "prevent damage to tbe. train by tbe breakage of main springs, is original with tbe American Watch Company, who, having bad the rcfasl of all other contrivances, adopted Fogg's patent pinion as being tbe best and fault less. Hardened aod tempered hair-springs, now nni verealSy admitted by Watchmakers to be tbe beet, are csed in all grades of WaSthem Watches. All Waltham Watches have dust-proof caps protecting tho movement from dntt, and lessen ing the .necessity of the frequent cleaning necessa ry in ether watches. Oar new patent stem-winder, or keyless watcb, is already a decided snccess and a great improve ment oq any stem-winding watch in the Ameri can market, and by far the cheapest watch of its quality now offered to the public. To CALIFORXIANS aod others living ia por tions of the United States where watchmakers do not abound, watches with the above mentioned improvements tend t insure accuracy, cleanli ness, durability and convenience, most prove in valuable. Every watch bearing the trade mark of Waltham Is guaranteed to be a thoroughly reliable timekeeper. To prevent imposition, buyers should invariably demand a certificate of genuineness. The trade supplied by Messrs. R. B. GrayJk' Co., Sao Francisco, Cel., and generally for sale at. retail by all respectable dealers. For other facts and information, address R0BBI.S k IPPLETOX.Gea'llgtnts, 182 Broadway, New York. Feb. 20. 188 vtn27m2. WA LTHAM TCHE8, The "P. S. Bartlet" movement, with extra Jewels, Chronometer Balance, Patent Dust Cap, Patent Safety Pinion, and all other late improvements, in a solid 3 os. Coin Silver Hunting Case, with Gold Joints, $27 coin. . Tbe same in 5 o. case, $30. In 5 os. ease, $3$ coin. , The Waltham Wateb Co." movement with extra, jewels, Chronometer Balance, Patent Dost Cap, Patent Safety pinion, Ao in 3 oi. ease, With Gold Joints, $30 coin. The same in 4os. case, $33. In 5os $36 coin. . m. . k t a r ,.v tra Jewels, Chronometer Balance, Patent Dust Cap, Patent Safety Pinion, Ao, ia 3oi ease. Gold Joints, $34 coisv . , ,- - Tbe same in "4os case, $37. In, &M,$0 eei. . Hunting Case, $SO coin. " Waltham Watch Co." Y&tca in 2 os. 18 karat Gold Hunting Case, $S4 coin. 'Apple ton, Tracy. & Co." Watch in 2 ex. 18 kar-. at Gold Hunting Case, $37 coin. f Any additional weight tA $1 per pwt, or $20 per- os. extra. . & Cos Express, vjith bill t collect e delivery-, and give the purchaser the privilege of examining- we wui senaanv oi cne aoove ev hcuj, xarro. theWoteh before aavine. Air Jaapreea charges.. however, to bo paid by the purchaser. I Att f the amottnt th pne Me a attk ts re-. mine a to vi vntA a arwer, w inn prtpmy we charge to S(n TVancftee ourtelvet. In sending money, drafts oo Wells, Fag A Co. ars preferred- We wish it distinctly . wnaerstood that thes watches aro the- very best, with all tha latest im provemements, and that they are in perfect run ping order, (a guarantee- from tbe manufacturer accompanies eaeh watoh, and if any one doea n,ot perform well, wo will exchange it, or refund the money. , v Please state that yon saw this in fetate Right Democrat. HOWARD & CO., ' Jewellers and Silversmith. 1619 Broadway, H.T. Ia ordor that all may address m with oonfi- Jence, wo refer, by permission, to Messrs. WELLS, fARGO, Co., or to any of their agents on tha I'laeifio Coast. ' mw.rinnmZ WA WANT 20,000 LBS. OF GOOD BACON; also Butter, both of waich the highest mar ket price will bo paitL B. BBEANER- Y3n33.tf I