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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
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