SATURDAY JULY 17, 18G0.
"SIXEXZ, OK LO RECOX.
STntCTED."
A Mr. A. W. Chase, whom some vrave
of chance throw upon the beach at Ya
qu'iDa Bay last summer, has written an
article under the above caption in the
May number of the Overland Monthly.
From the ioprcsslons that this young
gentleman publishes about tho character
of the Indians, and the utilizing process
now in operation at Sileti. we infer that
he went upon the Reservation with a de
termination to deccivo himself and that
he received tho assistance of the Ajrent
in doing so. We don't purpose discuss
ing what ho saw or tho deductions he
makes therefrom, but his animadversions
upon "Orescn justice" are uncalled for
and untrue, and to them we ask attention.
The extract published refers to the trial
of Ballard, fcr the murder of an Indian
in King's Valley in 1SG3.
"When his trial took place a picked com pan y
of tbe chiefs as 1 bead men acccompattied the
Agent to Court, nod remained while the farce call
ed Justice wis plijed through. It was first pro
posed to liberate the murderer on bonds of one
t&onand doUart in greenback but so strenuous
ly did the Agent protest that he was refused bail.
Oregon justice was finally meted out to the offen
der thus:
Although it was proven by the testimony of
two white witne?;es that he had, without a shad
ow of justification, shot an unoffending fellow
ereature ia the back and killed him, he was be
cause the victim was an Indian sentenced to the
heavy punishment of Jie year in the penitentia
ry by an Oregon jury.
No wonder that Gen. Wool, on being applied to
for protection against Indian depredations, assur
ed the Oregonians, "that they deserved the fullest
measure of vengeance that tho Indian could in
flict for their culi able disregard cf humanity in
his treatment."
That the Agent took a picked company
of chiefs to court, is true. That he took
them less for the purpose of seeinj jus
tice done than for influencing justice is
quite probable. That it was proposed to
liberate the offender on bonds of one
thousand dollars in greenbacks may or
may not be true and is quite immaterial,
since he was not so liberated. It was
not proven by the testimony of two
white witnesses that the shooting was
done without justification. The only
white testimony of tho prosecution was
that of one witness and he neither aGrm
ed nor negatived the proposition of
"shooting withont justification." In fact,
the testimony cf this one witness was in
many particulars very damaging to the
prosecution ; it related the incidents of a
hostile meeting between the Indian and
his comrades and the old man Ballard
who was driving a team of oxen and
the cries of the latter to his sons for as
sistance. These statements have been made to
us by the Prosecuting Attorney in the
case, himself, after his attention had been
called to the foregoing publication. We
are not prepared to say that Ballard was
or was not guilty of murdering the Indi
an. To find such testimony as will re
move all reasonable doubts of guilt in
the jury's mind, in a case where human
life is depending, often involves many
nice distinctions and subtle questions;
and when the presumption of guilt had
to rest solely upon Indian testimony con
tradicted by that of the prisoner's sons,
and when the testimony of the only wit
ness likely to be unbiased did not sustain
the prosecution, it is not probable that
there is a jury in the world that would
haw hanged the accused.
The verdict of twelve sworn men sit
ting in a court of justice, to whom the
testimony has been detailed by witnesses
would seem to be more reliable than the
anonymous statements of an adventurer,
whose information is derived second hand
and from prejudiced sources. 3Ir. Chase,
who by his respccUble connection with
the Chief Justice, ought to be a man o1
some sense and decency, does himself no
particular credit in uttering and approv
ing the statement of Gen. Wool, "that
the people of Oregon deserve the fullest
measure of vengeance that tha India;,,
can inflict." The periodical that pub
lishes this unjust and unnatural S'intiment
deserves to be banished from every fire
side in Oregon, and the rjan who repeats
it can hardly expect to, be held in better
estimation than Gen. Wcol is in this
State. -
The Court, in the independent exercise
of its discretion, sentenced the prisoner
for five years. The "one man power"
behind Mr. Chase, with an indignant pen.
stabs at the Court for not making it fif
teen. The long-suffering and lamb-like
chiefs, who are compelled to forego their
Rogue River diet and addict themselves
to food less agreeibl and delicate than
human anatomy 'affords, share in tK""
common indignation. The Judge, as
member, of the dominant party, was per
haps expected to keep faith with prevail
ing ideas and deport himself in a manner
worthy of a military commission, ''organ
ized to convict."', . - ;' : '-
fto better evidence of the forbearance
and generosity of the people towards the
Indian can be wanted, than the fact, that,
of the chiefs , above mentioned who ac
companied the Agent to the place of Bal
lard's trial, some '.vers recognized as par
ticipators in softie' of the most shocking
massacres of the Ilogue llivr outbreak.
Bystanders were able to designate the
particular Indian who' had tomahawked,
scalped and eaten the heart of an esteemed
citizen of that very county. Their
fiendish outrages upon helpless women
and children were as fresh as though they.
Were but a day old, and yet they walked
the streets of Corvi.Uis, decked in feathers
and daubed with paint, without exciting a
demonstration of hostility. Instead of
parading them, in a community whero
their presence could only recall tho hor
rible crimes they had committed against
humanity, they should havo been forever
hidden in tho forests and mountain gor
ges of tho Siletz. The simplo fact that
they live at all, in tho face of their mon
strous deeds, ought to silence tho inso
lent sneer at "Oregon justice," and it
ought as well to bo a standing refutation
of charges so flippantly made, tho world
over, against Americans in their treat
ment of the Indian race.
THE lUiXNON OF IT.
The t'wibnijiMhiuks that negroes ought
to vote, becauso the Declaration of Inde
pendence says that Governments derive
their just power from tho consent of the
governed. If this clause in tho Declara
tions is mado to bear such a remarkable
construction, why should not Indians
taxed and untaxed, Chinamen, minors,
aliens and the women of the various races
vote ? Please answer 1 But this clause in
the sense in which it is quoted is not true.
The existence of minorities disproves
it. The ballot that men deposit does not
always signify consent, to the power exer
cised in the administration of government.
It is often a protest. Tho ballots cast for
Seymour last fall were so many objec
tions entered, to the powers exercised by
the party that elected 3Ir. Grant. Iscvcry
human biped to acquire sovereign politi
cal power, to make laws and administer
them, to vote and to hold office in the
State, merely because he has pricipitated
himself within the jurisdiction of that
State ? Then what are naturalization laws,
and election laws for?
The admistration of the government
for nearly a hundred years is a standing
refutation of such a foolish doctrine. The
theory of all governments denounce it.
Reason and common prudence condemn
it. All human organizations dictate terms
to those who enter them. So man has
an inherent right to enter a Masonic
Lodge, except on conditions that mason
ry prescribes. Political organizations pro
ceed in the same way. This government
requires foreigners seeking citizenship
to live here a certaiu time, to make cer
tain proofs, subscribe a certain oath and
do other things as prclimary conditions to
such citizenship. This is its right, and
it ha3 an equal right to prescribe impossi
ble conditions of its wishes. Who dis
putes it ?
SESS I OX LAWS.
The session laws for 18G3 are publish
ed and miserably done. The paper
used is of a poor newspaper quality, in
stead of book paper. A cursory examin
ation will detect grave errors. Different
words are used in the printed acts from
those in the original ones and wrong
punctuation employed, so as to change
and, in some instances, totally destroy the
sense. How far this objection extends
we arc not able to 6tate.
The use of poor material is perhaps
owing to the fact that the State Printer
has to work without pay or with half
pay. Perhaps for the same reason he
was compelled to employ inferior printers.
This is one of the beauties of Gov. Wood's
conspiracy to defeat Legislation. Thus
the work done by the State for the State
is poorly done while that done by the
State for private parties is well done.
Cootrast the session laws with Pattofl8
new glass-front brick building goiig up
on State street, Salem, and contemplate
the contrary effect produce by the de
preciation of State warrants, upon the
two jobs.
Important Ijecisio.v. An important
case has jus., been decided in the U. S.
District Oourt, Deady, Judge. An order
was 'nade, in the case of J. J. Walton &
P,cn, bankrupts, rejecting the claims of
Allen & Lewis and Failing, and refusing
to allow them to be proved.
Walton & Son, being insolvent, con
fessed a judgment and procured and suf
fered their property to be taken on legal
process with intent to give a preference to
Allen & Lewis and Failing, with a knowl
edge of the insolvency upon the part of
the latter. This being held to be a fraud
upon the Bankrupt Act, and void, the
judgment creditors proposed to surrender
any advantage they might have acquired
by the judgments or executions and to
prove their debts and take their distrbu
tivc shares in the estate, the same as if no
preference had been given.
The Court held that no person who had
taken such a preference, within six months
next f preceding the commencement of
proceedings in bankruptcy, could be al
lowed to surrender his preference and
prove his debt, and that to allow these
creditors to surrender their unlawful pref
erence and como in and prove their debts
would be to violate both the letter and
spirit of the act.
Sent For. Tho Republicans of Mis
sissippi have sent for Lewis Dent one
of the Grant family in order to make
him Governor of the State. A novel way,
that, of doing things- Imagine the little
whip-snapper, Lewis Dent, resident of
Illinois, packing up his things for a guber
natorial mission to 3Itssi?sippi, Imagine
him, the chief executive in that great
State I all the way from Galena, and only
because his sister accidently married a
man who stumbled into the Presidency!
- Where are the native niggers of Mississippi?
WHAT OUGHT TO I1E DONE,
AND WHY.
Tho Railroad will be completed to Au
rora, by tho' 25th of December next.
There is no longer any doubt about that.
A depot will be built somewhero above
Rock Island, probably in the vicinity of
what is known as Purrott's Hill. This
is for tho accommodation of river ship
pers and anticipates other means of trans
portation on the river than wo nowjmvo.
Tho track will likely reach this point by
tho time the boating reason begius this
fall. Boats here, will not havo to encoun
tcr tho strong cuirent and rough water at
Rock Island, and hence mny bo construct,
ed on a lighter and cheaper plan than
thoso now in use. Thoso living upon tho
West side of tho river must rely upon
river means of transportation for years to
come, and in order to keep pace with tho
Kast side in improvements, population,
trade and all the elements of growth and
prosperity, they must cheapen freights.
If tho farmer in Lion gets his wheat to
Portland for G or 8 cents per bushel, the
farmer in Benton must get his there for
less than IS cents-it costs the latter bum to
transport, from points in that couuty now.
This is the way to do it build cheap
light draft steamboats boats that can
run on the Willamette most of, if not nil
the year and tak3 your freight to tho
nearest depot upon tho river's bank. A
boat that will carry 12a tons cau be built
for 610,000 or less. Such a boat will land
at least, 1,200 tons per month, at the
Rock Island depot from, say, Corvallis,
or moro than enough, exclusive of tho
charges by rail, to pay the cost of con
struction, as rates now are. Wo do uot
know just what the Railroad charge will
he, for the distance named, but arc assured
that they will be as low as the company
cau possibly put them. They must be
low to secure business, and business i
what the Road wants aud will have. Mr.
Ilolladay will build warehouses and
wharfs, upon the tract recently purchased
in East Portland, more commodious than
those upon the opposite side, into which
the freighted cars will be emptied, and
from which steamers, clippers, barques
and schooners will load for distant mar
kets. A company has been incorporated in
Benton Co upon the plan above sugges
ted, and it is bound to succeed. Upon a
small capital, and though it should carry
only the freight of its Stockholder, it will
do over 840,000 worth of carrying in a
single season, at the usual rate. If the
men who are complaioing of hard times
want to astonish themselves, let thcru fig
ure a little. If they want to realize some
thing for their years labor let them
move. The rattliug Rail cats will soon
be here and Oregon will go furward a
half century at a bound. Men must grasp
cnterprt-c, or be run over by it. Koergy
is capital ; intelligence is its employment.
"The god help thoie who jelp
themselves." Farmrrs can do jothiug
better than to take hold of nv.n a busi
ness. Business men and capitalists will
find it a good enterprise.
No man in the vorld, wo suppose,
knows his own business better than Mr.
Ilolladay, and yct we venture to say, that
he can make, no investment that will re
turn a la'.gcr profit than the building of a
few boats on tho Willamette. They
wojld be an invaluable ouxilliary to his
Railroad and to the line of steamships in
which he has so large an interest. They
would enable him to do the work for both
sides of the river instead of one, and,
upon the principle that the one who docs
the largest business can afford the smallest
profit, he could afford to carry at much
less rates than the men whose business
and business facilities are so inconsider
able compared with his.
Till; J0.11Ii MAX,
President making for 1S72 is already
began. The Radical party, like a fickle
lover is tiring of tho old lovo and cck
ing a new object of adoration. Other
men than Gen. Grant have experienced
the same fate, but no other ever enjoyed
a career so exquisitely brilliant and so
delightfully brief. What a multitude of
relations, of his wife's relations, atd of
his relations' partners, does this fall in
volve!
Tho telegraph says :
CHICAGO, July 7. Tho Republican's
special from Washington says a strong
movement is on foot to make Secretary
lioutwell the next President.
It is generally understood that Presi
dent Grant has turned over the adminis
tration of the Government to his Cabinet,
and takes little oi no iutcrcst in what is
going on. His influence with the Cabi
net is daily becoming less, while its pow
cr over him is daily becoming stronger.
it Urant is now a candidate tor re-elec
tion he very soon will not be one. His
influence and his.mantle will fall quietly
and gently upon Boutwell, whose wise
and statesmanlike administration of the
Treasury has given satisfaction to all the
solid and monied men of tho country
Jioutwell bas taken time by the forelock,
and rendered success moro than certain
His friends are certain that with his ac
tive, keen, wise and untiring officials lc
cated on every few miles square through
out the country, with full power to ar
range and control the Presidential nomi
nating convention, nothing but some un
looked for disaster can prevent 'his be
coming tho next President.
Democratic Nominations. -The
Democratic State Convention of Califor
nia has placed in nomination W. T. Wal
lace and E. Crocket for the Supreme
Judgeship. . ;
WAIt Or WATER POWERS.
Mr. Jacob Conscr, writes a letter to tho
Farmer, in which ho snys :
By what authority can the Willamette Woolen
Manufacturing Company, or any other company,
divert the wator of n'nl river ut of its natural
channel, to tho Injury of parib below on said
river? Does tlio Willamette Woolen iMamifnctur
big Company rely upon their libcrtil and unlimited
charter, obtained from en Oregon Legislature, for
such powers T If mi, what authority did said Leg
lilnture havo for grunting such powers to said
Company? These nre questions that will ultlmate
ly have to ho decided by tho legal tribunals of our
government :
JehYrson has a wnlcr-powor, obtained from the
north fork of tho Hantiain river, equal, if not su
perior, to that at al'tn, while Jefferson has a le
gal and prfor right to th witter in said river, not
to tho Injury of parties below. Tl.orof ire. It I only
a quesliou of thiio when tho wholu of Siiid water
will bo required at this point fur manufacturing
purposes.''
Hero a prospect for litigation reveals
itself, falcm already has more water than
Jefferson feci liko xparitig, and tlio wants
at both places uro constantly growing.
Salem will eventually need nil of tho
North Fork of the Santiam. Jefferson is
liablo to need it all. b'o the strength of
tho rival places will ultimately havo to bo
tented in the lcgul tribunals. And this
suggests tho growing importance and
value of water powers nlon tho lioo of
tho Kaiiroad, aud in thickly nettled dis
tricts. By tapping the South Fork of
the Santiam, Albany can havo cs good wa
ter power as there is in the world. The
cost will bo comparatively inttign'ficant.
It will involve do pronpect fur litigation.
The ra'.n who has the pluck to lay hold
of this enterprise first will be a lucky
man. The location is in the moat produc.
live aud populous part of the State. It
will ultimately require moro mill, facto
ries and machine nhcps than any other
part of Oregon, and it will have them
too, and Su'ntiam water will .run them.
It is moro than likely that the JUilruad
Company will build machine ahops here,
fur thcro is no place m eligible. Li tut
County is the boatt of Oregon. There is
no portion of the Pacific Coast of like
area -and its area t considerable that
will cscccd it in productiveness. It will
almost immediately demand immense
tnJ immense
nd in obedi-
encc to that ever present principle lost
requires tho manufacturer to be placed
by the side of the producer, it will re
quire them right here. The increase in
value that any public enterprise bring
to private property in the neighborhood
of that enterprise is proportionate to it
usefulness. If the water of the South
Sautiaui was brought intu Albany t omor
row, it would add on that d-y 25 per
cent, to the value of every lot, and to every
parcel of laud adjacent iu the city; and
its future value to the city would be in
calculable. What is the ditch company
about? and whre arc the honey bec of
this commnn:,ty
IMITATE THEM.
Tne citizens cf Portland held a lare
Imuiigration meeting on the tiigitt of the
10th inst. Tho meeting was earnest and
practicable. The object ot the meeting
is to organirc a Society to make known
the resources ol Oregon. .Speeches vrerc
made by prominent gentlemen of Port
land, A committee was also appointed com
prising, Dr. Loryca, Hon. P. Washerman,
W. S. Ladd, Col. Chapman, S. M. Smith,
Lloyd Brooke, Hon. M. P. Dcady, C. K.
Calcf and Judge W. V. Upton, to re
ceive the Congressional Committee of
Ways and Means, latctly fcrrtved iu Port
land. The movement in aid of Immigration
is important. Wo want more citizens,
wo have unquestionably ouo of the great
est countries in the world; great in its
Vallies, Hirers and Mountains j great in
its glorious climate, its productive soil,
exhaustless mines, forc&ts, coal beds and
fisheries. Let's become practical business
men for once and advertise our wants.
Send newspapers to friends, scatter prin
ted bills among the people in the States,
stick posters in the thoroughfares of the
Atlantic and great West. The world gets
on by advertising now-a-days. We must
not permit ourselves to be rudely jostled
aside in the struggle for empire. Wo
have countloss acres of productive land
wholly uncultivated and partially so. Wo
have the thousand hills multiplied vvith
nobody's cattle upon them. The Pacific
Railroad has introduced us to the bustling
busy world, and wo must be busy too.
Oregbn and Washington Territory can
support a population of a half million, and
let's havo them. Wo want one hundred
thousand men with their wives and chil
drcn, to unlock the dcor to tho wealth
stored in tho luture, to build churches
and school houses and fill them too, to
mako Oregon a populous, prosperous and
great State.
It 15th amendment will out no figure in the
next State canvass, and wo therefore take this
opportunity to give it an earnest approval. Un-
tontit.
A novel reason, to be sure, for approv
iogtho amendment. If you imagined that
it would be in issue next year, we sup
poso you would dodge it, just as you did
negro suffrage in our last election, and
just as you did three years ago when you
said that "loyal men might honestly dif
fer" upon tho questions at issue . between
Johnson and Congress, ;
Tho telegraph says that President
Grant states that he will not interfere in
the Mississippi election.
Who in the world has said he would ?
Grant treats the matter as though there
was so strong . a presumption the other
way as to require this disclaimer. It's aa
cool as an Alaekian iceberg.
OHIO
DEMOCRATIC
TION.
CONVEX.
Iho Dcmocatio State Convention of
Ohio nominated General Itospcrans for
Govcnor, T. C. Godfrey for Lieut. Gov.
cnor, J, Gilmoro fur Supremo Judge,
Stephen Bahoan for State Treasurer, Col.
J. M. Cornell for Attorney General,
James Churchill for Superintendent of
Public Works. M Tho renolutiona de
nounco tho exemption of Government
bonds from taxation an unjust, and nay it
ought not to bo tolerated nor any appro
priation for tho puyment of interest on
the public bonds until they ure mado sub
ject to taxation j denounce tho proposed
payment of tho bond iu gold ni unjust
and extortionate, and my it must force
on the people the question of repudiation;
denounce a high protective tariff as dis
criminating in favor of New England, as
unfair and oppressive to th people of the
world ; demand a tariff based on revenue
principles alone, and upon tho closest
principle of approximation of freo trade ;
declare in favor of a limited number of
hours of labor, of liberal laws in regard to
household and homestead exemptions from
talo and execution, and liberal grants of
land from the public domain to actual set
tlers; i odor ho the action of the late Gen
eral Assembly, which they thank for its
economical expenditures ; denounce the
15th amendment policy, and the legisla
tion of the Radicals as tending to destroy
the reserved rights of the States and to
convert the Ik-public into a consolidated
despotihiji ; denounce the national bank-
l,l'rVWII7Ii:il,llIil.ftf I III flillf-rft v I liN II It .
- j - ' - f-......... - . "jviouiij ir 2'ioj ami Mr sums'eiit reasons.
bonded debt system ; condemn the trial
and tautcnee to death t.f citizens by mili
tary coinmissio:), and invite all conserva
tive citizen to unite iu j-eeurin;; the (iov.
ernment from the utiwotlhy bauds into
which it lias Mku."
A Ti.muiiU:
Til !". The IUth '
a deed of unrard
'
it
World rebtti
airccuy mat
-itU hit.
atrocity thattock place to Idaho C:.!v cu
Foinc two r-r three years f.reviou, a
mau named Porter be.,j ti difficulty vvith
a man uaf.cd Moore. the day of the
tragedy, Porter nut Moore, with a rartv
of fiicn in a brewery, and t'.v tip "in
bint ojTered hi band uod profi;-'v;i a dc
s'.re k drop ht ru became a
friend. Moore rej i:e! rn a like fpirit;
the two drauk tfgethtr, nn Motre in
vited lurter to lunch nlU b:.mcif a,od
hit party tiuu.bcrit) notr-a 4 or i er
sons in the rear of the building. After
cattr nd' dritAiti vvith theni, Porter
rce, drew hi MX-abouter, and bjukin at
I. . . k.fbit
' J J
sa
tne time cocking and pointinp: the weap-
t towards th gronp. One r them re
, . , . . ,
ontfratcU, and remarked : Oa, nua,
on
in
put that up ; 'i ni'tbt accidently hurt
some One wiflti't." Almt io.tanlly, bow-
ever, Porter fired, r-hut Hauu a bv rot
from the fble aud was preparing If g
a
avvav :
next Kh&t .lwrc, a u? v. run-
oing from the place: and, after firing
other clfectualshatJ at others cf the party,
hurried from tho premises hiaifecU. Por
ter fled and during his flight, snapped
hi pistol at lleury ISeuocU, who was bh
ting in his own doorway ; catered the rear
of .lohn (irobStu house, and upon com
ing at the front entrance taw Mrs. Gor-
ham, at whom be aain f-napped his pis
tol; after cocking and thrcating a man
named lirown, he continued his flight un
til bis arrest. When arrested, be showed
fight, and attempted to shoot the Sheriff.
but was prevented by some derangement
of bis weapon, Porter i evidently crazy.
Titr. CoNGith-ssioNAb Committee.
The House Committee of Wajs and
.Means, consisting of Hons. Sam'l Hooper,
Wm. 1). Kelly, Jas. Brooks, Sam'U. Ax
tell, Geo. W. Julian, Horace Maynard
and A. Blair, arrived in Portland last
Sunday evening per steamer. On Moo
day following, they visited Oiwcgo and
Oregon City, and examined the Railroad
work in progress above the latter place.
Accompanied by Ben. Ilolladay end other
guests, they then visited the Dalles and
Cclilo, caught numerous palmon, return
ing, took the "Oriflamme," which Mr.
Ilolladay had placed at their disposal, for
Pugct Sound, fully impressed that they
knew a great deal about Oregon.- Wo arc
glad that they are satisfied with what they
found; although they didn't get out of the
woods and trust they will sing praises
of a country they did not sec.
Oregon vs. California. Since Mr.
Train's return from Victoria, ho has
written a letter to Hon. James Brooks,
in which ho says:
" As Sitka is to Portland, so Portland bas been
to California ; but coming events show that Cali
fornia an jjo lonpcr checkmate the Northern Pa
cific Railroad, nor the lines from Utah to the Col
umbia, or otherwise leavo Oregon out in tho cold.
Tho Northern Pacific llailway Commission present
their compliments to Messrs. Brooks, Kelly.
Hooper, IJlair. Maynard, McCarthy, Alltacn, Jul
ian Axtcll, tfcc, and hope they will visit the liuoof
the North, that, by laying nine hundred miles of
rail, connects the two oceans on a parallel never
blocked with snow and straight as an arrow to
China. And not tho least of this distinguiibod
party, this deponent (den. Grant's successor)
holds the man who carried the Pacific Railway bill
against nil odds, to his promise of taking a tour
round the world in ninety days via Pacific, Asia,
Africa and Europe, buck to New York. Uoa save
the commonwealths of the Pacific.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
, Hox. W. H., Seward. Mr. SAard
sailed from San Francisco fgr Alaska, on
the " Active" on tho 16th inst. He will
return by the way of Victoria and Port
land, thence will return East by tho way
of Mexico, whero he will visit Juarez. A
guard is expected to meet tho party at
the Pacifio Coast, and couduct it to the
Mexican Capitol. - -
S1KOPSIS OF LATEST 2VEWS,
! Tho Tribune1 a special savs the Preaident
will soon i.Mio a proclamation for the elec
tions in Mississippi and Texas to be hold on
the fourth ihursuny m November. The
constitution of Tcttis will be submitted as a
whole, it not being thought ndvtsnblo to al
low a repnrato vote on any provision. In
MiRMisftippi ji separate vote will bo taken on
tho disfranchisement c!nue".
President Grant hit informed prominent
MiKiippinns that it was U desire that en
tire fairness And impartiality 1o observed in
making tlio arrangements for the elect ions jn
Mississippi. The Commanding Getieral will
bo tnntroeted accordingly.
Tha Tribune' 9 Nashville special says it i
admitted on nil hand that the decision of
tho Supreme Court, affirming the power of
tlm Governor to removo Hcgisteraat his plea
sure, xeJures tho election of J Honter, ,
A dispatch from Houston, reports unpre
cedented flood in Colorado vollev Tho tel
egraph lines were hwu for four or five day
west of Liirange. The water in ono; pla:es
vas two feet deep and still rising, Lagrange
has been rvaemited, Columbus ii also de
serted and women and children motl vgonc.
House v.'ere seen floating -past Larnngft ;
most of the crops in the valley are dtmtroyed.
An Omaha dispatch of the 10th, inst, say
Senator Harlan and family arrived and left
for the Pacific eot that day.
Frank JJlair publishes a card in relation
to his speech nt the banquet, stating thnt he
did not intend to wound the feelings of his
comrades, but compliment our own army by
"peaking of the late ftdvemric at worthy
of their stel.
Tho Tribune Xew York special tays it is
Mirreny reported that the directors of the
hnglish .ilaittse Cnlile hive secured a con
trolling interest in the French cable.
The Jlt-rul'l credit the report, and calls
upon American capitalist to lav a cable to
be owned and operated by Americans.
The cnminercia! excursion party from Chi
cngo had ni interview with Uriphnm Young
at his residence at .Salt Lake. Du
ring the conversation he told Senator
Trumbull that be woul 1 probably hear of
!sone l 'ilerr. ofiicial bciiiif put nt of the
I crriforv. If lii'-. b
.-lit.- 4 . . 1 i-
Trumbull advised him before inking such n
step to make known hi ricrance to Presi-
leittfsr.i t, vtn will r,o u-UrM a violation
of law 1 1 k nopuii-heJf artd that it will not
hi' s;;f: to molest p ijtie t-Kwr in the dis-
-b.tr of tbHr 'Intie. ';twt said that j
fir.-in? h-i I re-,,rtt. l ,lv tin? Mormon t.fh
m s in tl-f r. rrUorv of Utah for no w
n u r.'",,i that the- were Mormon. Ifcfur.
" r ft. -hi red il ev would not obey the btw of
f Thibiu,. n dty, We
Ibf irrfsn Jii'.ij ti-i rizht t' isiferlerc in that
rfsi
Mr. Tr.imhnll retdied, inclining todt-u
iii;it?-r, but said the lavr at nil ercnts
would be upheld and obevd. Y
Jnrationii eaed coi,sib'r.ibbs
eun' dee
excitement
ani"tiz the mrnbrs f the party.
T-1r;ims and letters from th entire
'"'h -vr-t state m'e:irti? are 'n-ir hU)
ana n'-u? iit (jfrwitirci fj, ii,fj ut,.tm0 almr
'."uvfTition t u the !3th inst. A nntuWr of
fd:tier nr nlr.'a-lv here
T!:' Timet r'-'tr-ls n .ff tfirn'iit of
the debate rt th? Alabama e!aiia ,'h uin-
A trototer t fn-bion n.ftr r,n th I2fh
inst.. betwer v Lvlf Thorn ntid .Imrienn
fiirl. in barneys f-r n furseof $2..VX. was
oi bv Amrnn firf, sh tftVini the flrt.
s-.j.4 uro! fiiurth lx.it. 'i'b time was
2:211. The trnrk vri lieatv v.'nh dust, nr.d
hit r It.ir- in first rtit n riIH
on.
( vernor Pen'.-, of Te?as, ba l a b-n jr.-
tertiew with th- president on Morula?, in
j refrrenee to nfbnr in tbnt .State. f h ( it.
f-rr.or r-s tho Hsin of thi election i.f Tex-
P1 Rt "n r,J' ,,nv bvn;io if ilifivd till
I N tc;i,bcr. it -rj! !k? !-riu;ntr.! t j the a-
t,. u,rtl of ih- Sr ,t.
Oi him-lre 1 t'-ms wrr f!rd in the Park
Jd n btr, in hn r U th .tutVk
lof tbe vacht Iiuri;t sorci" the AtUri'w
lii.'rnnio wan nrrtd nuA fined 0 fi-r
sfllin elja-s n en wibit the
nrof.f-f rtT?r'. A Liue has bfcn dificor-
'ered in th IJfvonulaw requirinrr tarnpnon
1rxs ev-n if the c irs hare paid full duty.
About twenty cinr dealers hate bren r.r-rpt-d
nnd fine K It i underfil that war
rants ar "nt f r one thousand more in New
Yrk. The ei;;nr dealer rtre gr eatly exeitel
over the matter.
Ibdeitfs vrrre coming in tn th? Chinese
Labor Convention held in Memphis on Tues
day Inst. Kpmarishp. nn importer at
San Frnneisv, telerupbwl thnt he woold be
nrcent. Planter from various parts of the
South-east Wfre there in Mrnnc force.
Tbe petition of Col. Ycrjrer, praying fr
a writ f ha frai rorpujt to take him from be
forn the militarv commission, wn presented
to Chief Justice Chnse. The Chief Justice
received the npnlieation, and fixed Wednes
day morning for hearing the argument in
the Supreme Court room. Attorney (.eno
ral Hon will represent the flAvernmen.
The point tn b determinel i whether the
elnnse in the ree'intraction nets perniitt'nc
military Cfmmiss?ons to try persons accused
with erime is constitutional.
A Paris special to tho Ilrrald says the Em
peror yields aent to the demand of the
Corps Legislatif, tbe nature of which has
been already Mated. The change in the
Ministry bas nt yet been announced. Re
organization of the Cabinet in a short time
is certain. Throughout the whole of thia
crisis. Tbe Emperor has exercised his usual
tacts and si r.'wdness. lie invited nearly a'l
the deputies from tho Corps Legislatif to. dine
nnd a soiree nt St. Cloud this week, chatted
playfully with many of them of nil shades of
opinion." giving expression tatho.se piquant
wiyings Si attractive to Frenchmen. For in
stance, ta one by whom he had been taken
bv tho button hole ho said Ah 1 Mons.
Huflet, you mean to take hold of my coat f r
fear I might pull back." To a group with
several of whom he was conversing on the
situation he said ' You begin to trust me
like tho old lion in tho fable, trying to cut
"my nails nnd take my teeth out, and leave
rf .i ... ... i ... t .- i. tj
me noining nui my nnme, wincu is conqu
ered harmless." To another ho said " The
elections prove clearly I must choose between
Empire and revolution between neither can
individuals be set up." To others be Raid
"I will give full satisfaction to the aspira
tions of parties, but I dread to make conces
sions nt tho boundary prescribed in tho con-
fititution
.Wheat San Francisco, $1,60(3:1,75;
Liverpool, KM, 8d.- '
OatsCalifyrnia. S1,35$1,G5; Oregon,
$1,COI,70. . . ;w : .
IlEFt sEn to Work. -We learn that yester
day morning on the intro luction of several
Chinese weavers in tbe"Y,oolcn Mills nt Ore
gon City, the entifto "cr (if workmen, to
a man, threw up nnd,irved to touch a piece
of machinery while any Chineso wcro allow
ed to work tho looi At last accounts tho
Chineso were nolUcmoved, nnd work of
course had not been , resumed by the whito
operati veffV Commercial.
i f ....
' Busf Jss men, worn by care and sodenta
ry habits, often suffer from constipation of
the bowels, until tho evil consequences of
such a condition are realized in extreme de
bility, nervousness and prostration, of tho
vital energies of the system : and it may ho
safely asserted that a majority of the female
sex are little better than invalids, from the
same causo, but by simplv using Dr. Walk
er's Vegetable Vinegar Bitters, this natu
ral aperient and tonic brings back the vigor
and buoyancy of health. w
BLANK DEEDS, of tbe latest, raid mb&t
approved form, for sale at tais cfiiev Varraatf
sadMertgage. - ... : '" l- .
Geo, Francis Train nys that the pcop'U
of San Francisco spell; their I own names
throughout with capital letters and God
with a little
ft
N K W A 1 V E Ii T I S K M H NTS.
3STOTICE-
ALL ACCOUNTS AND NOTE3 OF 3. BAR
ROWS Sc. CO, muni be settJfed wltbln Two
Wtvks, as J. Harrows intends to leato fur tb
Eastern Btuteg soon after tLat that.
A GOOD PIANO AND HOUSEHOLD j'umifwi
for sale. J. BARROWS A CO.-,
Albany, July 15, HC9, v4n48w2.
ADIIINISTJtATOIt'B MALE.",! '
OTICK U JIKREBY. (HVEX. THAT IN
i
pursuance m an order of the Count Court
Coui,ty of Linn. In the Etata of
of the
tnatU on tl iinli ljr of July, A. It. lftfij, in tb
mstttr of tho nr uui of Harvey E, Spurlock, de
ewt;) tha undorsiKneij, administrator of .ild es
tate, wilt stll p-thli-i jutrtlm, to the Ugliest bid
dr for one-naif otrjj m haul in goltljio'l silver
com, aixl ths rsi-bie in nix months, with- interest
at the rslc of t;a pereut,, j.nicipal nod interest
to , pari li goM ah silver coin and secured by
inortjruze upon tbe premises sold, ami suLjoet l
eonbrmiition by S4i'i County Court,
OntUilhifug offrjjfrmbtr, AJ, 1809,
bctWeco t!. Lours ,f 9 oVloekV. an4 4 o'clock
v. u. of said dBy, at thm Court JIouo tfMr iB
County Mil Stat., all the riht, tkle. bferest and
estate of the snbl ntclate at italiu of Ms death,
and all the riht, title ttn,l h,treft that the said
estat.5 h&f, by operation of tow or otherwise, ac
quired, otb-r than or In addition Ia that of said In
testate, at tha time of his death, ia and te all that
lot, pwee or pared of land. itJst, lying nd U
jng in said county end State, and ilecribcd as foU
lows, to-wit: Comtnnein attheW.
of th frnifttioa J.n I Claim of Jsns T.?lwiai:
ot. "Uy of Claim 'o. r,? 'm Set. 21, Tp. ll'
B. It. 2 Wtntf and running rbtjveorfh Ilttain
an t 83 links ; tbence Ifart S7 cfiatn; tbem.e
how th It chains; thence Kast 3 and 41 ene-L-n-dredtb
chains ; then; gout J2 and JO one-nun-'ire.'.th
ehns;-ihi-nte t tn 40 chains to rang
Itje ; titer- North, 2 d i0f.ne-Lundre.lth cLojbs
W the place of Ini fining, containing &0 acres
more or b-s. Also ; the North J of the South 1
of the North . West J of See. 26, in Tp. 1 !, Stmlb,
EftB2West, eontii.ijins; 10 acres, more or less
. . ... - A.Z. HKAKS, Administrator.
CITY BREWERY r
.lOSEPUB HUNT,
VltOPKICTOK.
mUlH Of FIRST AKQ rYASHl.K'STQN STREETf.
.11. IS AW, OUCGOX.
rpin: ntopBicTOR utcs leave to in.
X frut the l-uVibi that L has esUlUsled
- j t
BREWERY AT AIBAHyV
i -" . i
fJ U bow prepsrtd atf.mrsot.a:o botsi
THE TltADXi'
-AS I
P AMIL IE S
VASTLY
srrmtioK
or
article:
LAGER BKEE, ALE ASD P0BTEB I
FRESH YEAST!
Csji bt bad it aay and cil ttoacs.
JOsCPII UC.M, rropVrf
t f!7
altham watches t
Ixt tvtrj one mho wj ts t Watch, read this tsre-
fully.
Eseciallj if ia sme rimutr.st -cf tL-ws;jlac. "
Xow ttat ibe r.i!road is open, is profit to
give tbe rrsi'Jcbts of Okkcs tbe r(HtlUDU j cf
gcttirjg.singlc getuine Walthaia Watrbes at tW
Lowest Be w York Wholexale Prices f" -
We usre Walthara Watch s than buj otber
e'til.ti.-limtiit in tb cnutry, ciiLc-r wbolrrsle or
rrtail ; we istxi grtnl oamWrs to trery section f
tie country bv Mail .r bipre. rarstuilv packed,;;
and in jrfe-t nmniDg-order. tur !sa is tbis
Ynn want n W a f K mwiA . .,I..M.....r . r -
uo, e vnt you &rt to wri;e to a for our iJe-
scriptire ana lliiutraU-d l'noe Lut ; we will scoA -it.
xst-iaiJ, bv return mail. It explains all tbe
diflerent kind, tc.'b the wcigbt and ejoalitv oftWk
caes. itb price of eacb ; jMitlta rjate a selee-s-s
lion oi itie kina Too f.rcler. audeca.1 k vtgror.
dcr. Wo will. tbc sso.l yoa tie Wak-b by Ex
prts, with the bill to collect on delivery. - Wa
givs instruct! ns t tbe b-Xrc Company to allow
you u open tbo package and examine tbe Watcb t
if it Bita, yoa can pay, anl tako it; if not, you
are nnder no r.lliativai to reci it;. and if it ia
Mkcn. and afterward does not pro re satisfactory -we
will exebanga it, or ' .
REFUND THE MONEY !
At an imJicntion t-f tha Price , ire trill q(e one
Watch frvin our iitt. -The V. S. HaRTXKTT, Ltxtr
M ortmext. iritk Extra Jetcc!, Clrouume.trr Uabiucc,
Pattnt PimioH, Patent Dnmt Cap, and all tie ofAer
ffie improvement, in a Solid Cvin Silver Case.., .
S2S in Greenbacks, or about $20 in Coin.
All the otber Kinds, botb glj and nilwr, in tLa
same proportion. Do not order a Watch till you
have sent for a Price List, as it coi taias a Teat f
deal of information regarding thcie Watches that
will .nh! Ia m V- a i .it: . . . 1 i
" v-. . ui.av iu in i c i 4 iv ti ! tec miUt
Don't forget, when you write, to state that you .
aaw tbis advertisement in tbe Stat Rights Dem
ocrat, and you need not put ia stamps for return. "
postage Address in full, . y i i - 1 r
HOWARD iu CpC
Jewelers and Silversmiths, 619 Broadway,
Messrs. Wills, Fargo A. Co., 12f, T. .and 8an,
Francisco.
I. W. Ratmowd, Esq., T. R. BctLtR, Esq., B.CV j;
Howard, Esq., San Francisco. i - - -T
W, S. Hob art, Esq., Virginia City, Nevada. . ,.
jum vsnmz. . - ;.
CHAS. MEALEY,
DEALER IX
FURNITURE AND CABINET WARE t
;.: (Corner of First and Broadalbin streets.
at old stand of C. JIca ey fc Co.)
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ALBANY, OREGON,
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON IIANP.A TVU
assortment of everything tn his line thatthaV..
trade requires or an enterprising public demands
Of All Kinds and Descriptions ! -
...... A - T. .
HEDSASDIl EDDIXe, Ac.
Particular attention will be, jtaii (o. orders for,.
r UNXXERTAKINO t : j
And aJJ. other c-rdets in my line Will be PB?ptJy,
.attended to. '; . ..' . ' .,
Satiaoervw. . Ci-arei a4 Work Jfim
CHAS, MLET, ;'
Albany, July o, 1S69 vtn47tfv ' ';,