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FRIDAY. . VKllKUAUY 23, 1R70.
"aililOCRATIC STAJE GOHVEHTIQH.
TJfTlrtaraof llio action f the Democratic
Etata Convention, which was held nt Portland, on
Thursday, March I3th 1SC3, and of tho Dcnioerat
le Sato Central Committee, which was held at tha
ami place, on Jm. 8, 1S70, tho Democratic State
Convention will bo hold at
Album ca Wcilnesdar, lhs 2d day of
March, 1S70,
at 10 o'clock a. tn. of f an! day, for the pnrposa of
nominating Governor, Member of Congress, oa
feUy of State, Treasurer, State Printer, Judge of
fiecml District, Jmltfo of third District, cml
Jud(jo of Fifth District, to be eupportod at the
text June election.
order of eaid Committee, representation to
aid Convention was based on tho vote east for
Democratic Congressman at tho last election, giv
ing to each county ono delegate for every seventy
live Democratic vote ca?t, end ono delegate fur
ever fraetion of -thirty cigh and over, but allow
ing each connty at least ono delegate therein ;
which rule of apportionment will give to tho sev
eral oountica tho following number of "delegates,
err
to-w ,t :
ronton......... .........
llakr .........
Clatkamas
Claiop..........
voos
Carrr
Colu ubia..
Deug las
Q rant
J" aek!enw. ...........
Jeaej h In ...... ........ ...............
i t
lae ......... .........
I.ina ....... .........
Karbn......
-
ifallKiuah .........
Polk
Tillainook
.
Umatilla ...
Union
Washington
vfaseo ...
TamhiU ..
5. o t&l ! $3
Thi time for holding the Connty Conventions to
elect delegates to tho State Convention, was left
by th i Committee to the evcral Conntr Commit
tee, irhoso duty it wl!l be to provide therefor.
The Committeo wocld lerpcctfally nrge prompt
action n the part or the Democracy of the several
eoanies. L. F. UROVEK, Chairman.
, V. TaETrtT, Secretary.
MS COOTr DEMOCRATIC COSTE.MIOX.
In pnrsnaneo of the action of tba Dcmratie
Central Committee of Linn eonnty, the Demo
cratto Convention will be held at the Court Ilcnse
in the city of Albany, on
Welicsdatft the lGfA day of March, 1S70,
at 11 o'elccV. a. ta.. for the pnrpoa of electing
17 delegate t the S-Uto Convention, to be hel l in
the city or Albany, on the 23d dav cr March, 1S7P
It Lj hereby recommended that tho Demoerata
of Liim connty meet at their S5ual places of vot
ing in their several precincts, on Saturday, tha
12th day of March, 1370, for the purple of cho
Ing delegates to represent them in tho County
Convention.
The ratio of apportionment Is based on the vote
cast fcr the Democratic candi late for Ccnrres ia
the year 1S6S, giving to each Tr.?xHset one !eie
jrate, ml one additional delegate fir every thirty
Deraw ratio Toteii cast, and one f r everr fraction
f llfttea Totesor over, as f"ows. vis :
Lebanon . f-0 , J
BownsviUe 172
Seio . . 1J2 f
Franklin Dutte...... ............ ?3 4
r&ntiji 3i 7?
s a terl oo ...... ...... ...... ... ... . 42
Sweet Home- . . . 45 .'
Eraiih Creek ?,& 1
Centre 3-S
Harriarg 133 i
Peoria 97
Orleans 42
Syracuse
MM
Total
DJ order orthe,Jui.ritic Central Cmmlttec
' f p.. ir. cr.AwroitD,
T EXOCII JiOULT.
j; XL IIACKLEMAS.
1 , ,
3 old thief Corbin," aa Fisk jr.
expressively designates Mr.
s
urant s Drotner-in-iaw, cut a deplor
able f rure before tho Consrressional
Gold Investigating Committee. After
being served with" numberless sub
poenao, ho finally submitted to a very
tender examination on Jan. 23. It
seems doubtful -which wa3 tho more
considerate of tho feelings of tho other
th9 Committee or the Corbin. Accord
ing to the New York reports by mail,
''the evidence which he submitted was
not important, but was extracted from
hesitating and evasiv answers, and
covered a great deal of ground as to
his acquaintance with President Grant,
and the trip which ho made in tho Pres
ident's company last Bummer. It did
not ret-ch the points at issue, except
that tvro or three times he said he did
not know of any government ofiicial
who wis interested in that infamous
speculation now undergoing investiga
tion." And here the committee rested,
end hero' the' telegraph tcok up tho
tale cf how Corbin had completely ex
onerated the' President from any com
plicity in the gold transactions. But
there vr&aa sequel, as tho papers show,
though the same telegraph eaid noth
ing about it.
Mr. 3. S. Cox, Democratic member
from New York, had Sir. Corbin
brought back on tho following day,
end no'; only "sifted" him, but "turn
ed him inside-out." "What these om
inous vords portend is not known, for
' the res alts of Mr. Cox's examination
will noi be forthcoming until the Com
mittee'u report is circulated. The ac
count says that Corbin "came forth
from the inquisition flushed and pro
fane. The substance of his confession
will be made known in tho committee's
report' "
It seoms that the Panama steamer
which left San Francisco on the 9th
inst. ha I three hundred and fifty steer
age passengers, nearly all men who
were returning to seek - employment
and homes in tho East. Chinese la
bor was the ecourgo that drove these
men from California. They were all
laborer., but the great influx of cheap
China labor had left them nothing to
do, and turning their faces to the East,
they quit California with maledictions
upon her "cheap labor", and no very
high opinion of Republican statesman-
' thip.- .- 5 ..... v .'
. The influx of tho Chinese is turning
the tide of emigration from tho Pa
cific bac i upon the Atlantic.
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5
Tlio funding bill introduced by
Sherman, chairman of tho Fmanco J
Committeo, has received bo favorablo a I
reception in Republican qvtartora as to
indicato Ua- final success?. It prc 8C3
to fund and consolidate tho national
debt, extend banting facilitioa, and
establish specie paymont. It propopoa
to issue threo classes of bonds to tho
amount of four hundred millionn each.
Tho llrst to niu ten and twenty yearo
at fivo per cent. ; tho second, fifteen
and thirty yeara at, four and a half per
cent., and tho third twonty and forty
years at four per cent. It also mahos
proTi&ion to incrcaso the- capital of na
tional banks ono hundred millions,
and to withdraw tho earn amount ! of
greenbacks
Tho bonded debt of tho United
States is $2,107,038,000. $1,C02,C71,-
000, or a littlo laoro than throo-fourtha
of tho wholo is represented by
bonds, drawing 6 per cent, interest.
This is a proposition to znako tho dobt
perpetual, and, Binco reports indicato
tho probablo passagq of , tho bill, it
amounts to a flat contradiction of tho
assumption that tho debt ia in courso
of rapid cxtinguishmont. Tho coun
try is . being constantly told by
tho highest liepublicau authority
that Mr. Boutwcll ia paying tho
debt at a rato that will extinguish !
it in 6ixteen years. ( If theso constant
ly repeated assurances bo true, then,
why is it dosirablo to fund at twenty
and forty years? "Will soino (;entIo
man b good enough to answer? Tho
introduction of tho funding bill is a
confession by Mr. Sherman, end its
passago will bo a confession by Con
gress that tho debt is not being paid as
claimed ; that at tho present rato six
teen years will not witness it3 pay
ment ; that tho expectations of tho
country aro doomed to disappoint
ment; that monthly statements aro
dishonest devices humbuin in-
ventions.
iniquity.
Tho funding bill is full of
It is a proposition to pcr-
petuato a curso. It is a eodativo to
quiet tho ncrvc3 of tho overworked
and tax paying classes. Tho men
holding largo debts do not want them
paid. This 13 why eo many govern
ment debts arc not jaid. Thoso
who own tho debt of England do not
want their principal. Thero is no in
vestment for theso men of immense
wealth that oCcrs Euch inducemenU
in security and interest an government
bo:td3. Tha bond holdsdtjxlot
want our debt paulnmxtcen years, or
in finyjiub.fcfrjcars. They prefer
10 dra-nr $100,000,000, or even the lens
stun that the funding bill will frive
them, in coin annually from tho Treas
ury for all coming time, and exemption
from State and municipal taxation.-
Hero i3 another reaiarkablo featuro of
Mr. Sherman's bill which deserves to
bo considered in connection with other
facts. The bill proposes to increase
the circulation ef National Banks and
to withdraw that amount of greenbacks
from circulation.
Mr. Boutwcll, in a lecturo delivered
in Washington, Jan. 10th, for tho
benefit of the Grand Army of the Re
public, used this language :
"The roiccti&n of the laUsrest acoeaat Jl 8,050,
CC9 a year will enable ns. If we ebaose to make
this the basis of a staking fund to pay the riccl
pal of the Interest-bearing dobt In 1 years, if we
reduce ear rtTcnae t the cecessary expenses of
the Government and the amount tecde l it pay
the interest t the present rate. Tbat Is to say, a
savicg of $lf,CC0,003 annually la the amoaat fcf
interest, will, in 25 years, with the accumulated
iotereit, be equal to the loaded dolt ef the Uul
ted States."
There is a way to raise tins $18,000,
000 per annum to insuro tho liquida
tion of tho dobt in 33 years, that is so
simple and so certain that tho wonder
is it has not long since boea recognized
ia jcomo of tho famous judicial; meas
ures pending. Disfinguished men" in
and out of Congress havo ably and
forcibly advocated it. . Mr. Uolman,
Congressman from Indiana, being
among the former. Tho proposition
is to issuo $300,000,000 additional
greenbacks and to redeem with theso
that amount of tho interest-bearing
bonded debt, and let tho new issue
take tho ploco of tho present National
Bank circulation. Tins will eavo ex
actly $18,000,000 per annum interest,
which, according to Sir. Boutwell will
wipe out tho debt in 35 years. If
Sherman's .bill succeeds, it will add
$100,000,000 to tho Bank circulation.
Now thero is no apparent reason why
the contemplated $-100,000,000 should
not be issued directly by tho Govern
ment and used in tho redemption of
bonds. Theso National Banks aro a
pestilential invention. They aro got
ten up in the interest of capital. 7
Their paper answers no earthly pur
pose that is not as well answered by
the legal tender notes. If Mr. Sher
man will make haste to avail himself
of the information contained in Bout
well's speech, he will provide for tho
withdrawal of tho Bank circulation
rather than for it3 increase. The plan
argued by Mr. -Hoiman is certainly
feasible. $18,000,000 per annum can
be saved without increasing the volume
of th$ circulating medium. Let Con
gress abolish the Banks, issue , green
backs, redeem $-100,000,000 of . G per
cent, bonds and it will have a redemp
tion fund of $2-1,000,000 per annum
from what
paid to
would otherwise havo to bo
tho tax-consuminrr bond
holders. .
Of course, Congress will do nothing
of tho kind. Men liko Mr. Uolman
may talk until ; doomsday. Tho fact
that eighteen or twonty millions may
bo saved por annum cuts 110 figure
It is tho petition of tho money-holder
only to which it listens. Tho para
sites that havo fastened thomnolvcs
upon tho industrial intorcsts of tliis
country aro tho first objects of Con
gressional Bolicitudo aud thoy will ro
maiu w under tho existing regimen, j
-'" I'-J'.l ,'VM -v
THE lUOK LORD'i FIND A HATCH
Tho tsystcm of perverting or wholly
disrcgai;dingfact3 by tho authorities
at "Washington, and by tho major part
of tho Ropublican nowspapcr press is
becoming so generally understood that
tho feeling of distrust ia tho govern
ment is - daily increasing among tho
people And this focliug has Jjccn much
incroasod by tho events of tho past
thVee months, by tho dovblopmonta of
Mr. Dawea and tho intcrraiuablo dia
cussipn that han ensued and by tho
masterly Illport ; of I Commissioner
Wells. Tho xnoro profound attention
is directed to theso , matters, bccau30
thoso men are ardent Republicans,
whoso party attachments and party
fealty aro above euspicioa. Tho as
tounding facts and figures that thoy
havo'givca tho country aro not duo to
tho zeal of partisans hunting testimony
againstpolitical opponents, Thoy aro
tho dispairing efforts of tho better class
of that partr. Thoy aro tho overrun
ning of tho Radical bushel of conceal
ment. Tho treatment that Mr. Dawes
and Mr. Wells havo mot 13 conclusivo
proof ujjon tho matter. They havo
had to fight their way inch by inch
against great numerical odd, Thoy
havo been sot upon with tho grossest
personal abuse, and aro now arraigned
for high treason to tho licrmblicaxi
party,
Beforo passing to iho matter imme
diately at hand and as an illustration
of tho correctness of theso premisea,
wo again remind tho public of tho pe
riodic falsehood that issues from Mr.
Boutwcll concerning tho reduction of
tho public debt. Tho fact is open, no
torious and undcniablo, that tho debt
total ia getting larger each month,
but by tho most skillful ni angulation
of fiurcsi tTr tho - perversion . of
truth which is tho csseuco of a lie, it
i3 raado to appear emaller. And
month after month, in tho future as in
tho past, tho ovcr-crcdulous portion of
community will bo rejoiced with tho
usual monthly statement. Mr. Bout
wcll may havo them ready prepared
fcr tho next twclvo months.
Mr. Dawes has ehown that the pro
fessions of retrenchment and reform
in tho administration was a pretense,
without a ehadow of truth and forced
out by sheer party necessity; that tho
expenditures havo increased fearfully,
and that wholesale cxtarvaganco per
vades all the Departments ono only
excepted. But tho party whippers-iu,
from Butler to tho Orcgonian, with
hero and thero aa exception, aro do
terminedly engaged in tho impossiblo
task of putting Mr. D. down. -
Tho public i awaro of tho handling
that Commissioner Wells his received
ia Congress and out of it for reporting
tho result of his official research. Ia
hi3 report, tho Commissioner showed
that pig-iron i3 produced in this coun
try at an average cost of from $21 to
$2G por ton, and that tho' Welsh pig
iron in Great Britain -from competi
tion with which our Pennsylvania iron
lords aro eo dreadfully anxious to bo
protoctcd-r-is produced at a cost of
$21.72 goldor.$2G.0Gia currency, tTho
consternation of tho iron lords is easily
imagined at the dovelopmcnfc of these
facts, which might induco a reduction
of their $9 per ton tariff upon such
iron. They at onco petitioned Congress
to inquire, into tho Commissioner's
facts, and offered to prove by them
selves of 5 course that ' tho cost in
America is $20.G3. But they havo
moro than found their match. rTho
Commissioner does not wait to bo of
ficially called upon for his data, but
replied at oncb. Ho shows that pig-
iron is mado at Clarksvillo, Tcnn. j at
a cost of $18.90; that it costs in Nash
villo $22.00; that, by the most incon
trovertablo statistics, it is put down at
Carondelet, Mo. , at $23 at Youngs
town, Ohio, at $23 on tho Lehigh
river in the State of Pennsylvania, it
is produced at $21 And ho further
shows from a firm in eastern Pennsyl
vania, that the iron can bo mado for
$22 to $23 per ton thero, and then pay
a good profit. :
The monopolists kept tho Commis
sioner's trail a littlo too long, and the
country is shown tho falseness of tho
current political information, that, like
counterfeit money, is mado only to
pass. . - ; , ":-
Jacksonville Dowell has attained an
eminenco in grotosquo humbuggory
of which no other man ever dreamed.
In a late issue of his 1 paper ho an
nounces :' "Chronological Record of
thetWar for tho Union with a patriotic
eong, selected by B. F. Dowell. jittor
ney. Jacksonville, Oregon." The
News hits him in good style.
V Tho World given a new phaeo of tho
tariff question in ittj. application to
railroad iron,; ono that is curioui, tsitg
gestivo and eerious. It ahows that
American raih havo an advantaro
over thoEnglish manufacture, through
tho tariffand charges for transportation
of 8OUI0 CO por cont.--which it illus
trates as follows: .
Duly on a ton of 2,210 Jbi. at 70 cents per
loo lbs., gold
Freight acd charges, 17s, Ci. per tou gold.. t . 4.24
Total....;.,........ ;...L,.;.w....l.,.:V-tlJ.92
..,nTo all ordinary nio tii(jdkr'calcula;
tion, this w'ould seem sufficient to eal:
isfy, tho demands of tho moat exacting
protectionist and to secure tho Ameri
can manufacturer against any competi
tion from abroad, It doo3 nothing of
tho kind. ' - And thU 13 ono of tho most
astonishing of tho tariff phenomena.
So far as logical deductions . go, tho
tariff advocates havo tho bct of it.
Nothing further sqema possible to give
tho iron lords perfect immunity. iWith
aa advautage of nearly 20, por ton of
iron, coating in England only f 32-79 in
gold, tho thing is accomplished if hu
man calculation can'do it. ! ; But tho
logic of facts, illustratod by figures 13
ovorwholmingt However RjyBtorious and
perplexing thoy may bo, they are iuoxor
able. Tho facts are that tho impor
tation of this kind of iron, ao far from
being entirely destroyed by thU tre
mendous protection ha steadily incrcas-
cd; that during tho ton months, ending
October 18G9, wo imported rails to tho
valuoof $7,833,191, or nearly doublo tho
amount imported during tho same po
riod for tho year previous, which wa:
$1,877,300.
So wo seo that as ft pvtectivo meftfj-
uro tho tariff utterly failed. Thij w
curioua, and riot only curious but sug
gotivo.
But whilo tho tariff wholly failed to
keep an increasing quantity of English
raus irom ocuig iauA-,it uuccctuca in
very materially reducing tho quality of
thoso raib. Tho duty of 48 per cent.
upon every pound of iron iwed ia tho
manufacture of tho rail was a suffi
cient inducement to make tho rails
lirrht. A London iron circular, which
is quoted from eays on the subject:
''While English ootnj'air s ccly bey goatas.tid
rails, or thoie rolled frwm'a see.S,4
the great IV. cT'AtaetlsAn rails are, in the eou-
Iracti brase, "wdinary Krla rails," which bve
prof ed prantary tmomjh j fctiide, the wettt Of
rail eofntnor.ly in ue in Aecriaa cowparel with
Uollsh raHs (double beads aterafe 7i lbs. j-tr
yard), is nofavorable to darabUity ; 11 i e;ui.
jUfDce, a call has arltta fur a bttur ariirh. "
have bftn particularly etrercel' la acswerieg
this deausd greatly ta the ecasaaers' s&tlsf4
tioo."
Tho incvitablo inferenco is that hu
man life is endangered "bartered away"
to gratify tho greed of tht Pennsyl
vania iron lord.4, that monopolies nro
built up and fostered at tho cost of
broken limk and destroyed liven in
more waya than havo been dreamed of
in Prof. Perry's philosophy. Tlie lives
that have been lost and that aro daily
endangered through tho uso of those
inferior rails, form a very tcriou fea
ture of this 48 per cent, tariff. By this
sort of traffic, tho monopolist, whoso
welfare Congress has fioclo.soat heart,
gain many millions. Now what do
tho people gain? Tho truth is the tariff
is an oppressive' and wicked perver
sion of legislation. ; 1
"Ad lurestiration was ordcre l ly Courress, not
t.crue aijl'Ml bc'.icvt l Uji infataou story jf
rrfsweut orant a cr iamj ; but leraure it was
ttiougbt rijjht al ceeeary far the credit of tbo
tierercuient to firrtt cut an. I txp(,t9 the r&f-.u!
wtio were prsyiog upon tie uUlio. Tie tiiwo
ny brought out was ta the e.Ttet tbat the Pros iieiit
had so hao4 whatever ia tho &.rt car hsl Mrs.
UrukU'r-Orgon inn. - r
; Tho investigation did show that
Fisk, Gouldi Corbin & Co. procured
tho appointment of Butterfield to r the
post of. Assistant Treasurer - at : No4"
York. Their relations with tho Prosi
dent were of a character to enable
them to do that. Butterfield i was
their tool, and so damning was the
proof against him, that ho was dis
missed without investigation; It did
further show that tho conspirators
wero in communication with tho Presi
dent during tho coi ner and that a spe
cial messenger was sent to Pennsyl
vania, whero tho President was, with
a letter from thorn. That the Presi
dent replied "all right' to that letter,
rests upon hear say and people can
draw their own inferences : as to it3
probablo truth. ' , s "
The investigation further showed,
that with or without authority, but
undoubtedly with hex knowledge, the
conspirators invested $500,000 on ac
count of Mrs. Grant, and that they
drew a check for $25,000 in her favor
as" tho profits resulting from tho in
vestment. If theso things indicate
anything, what is it?
"A monster wild animal of unknown species was
killed lately ia Polk County, Oregon." Uul.pnjper,
Tho above is a reference to the- ex
travagant nonsenso that appearod in
the Salem Statesman some two months
since. The sensation has enjoyed - an
extended ".circulation. Tho monster
was simply an unusually largo . wolf r
nothing more, ., 1
It is a noticeable fact, that tho In
dependent newspapers on this coast
all havo black Republican predilec
tions. We ask Democratic journals to
"make a uoto of it."
Singular as it may seem, yet tho
man, Kelly, in Congress, replying to
tho report of Commissioner Wells,
endeavored to tlcnionstrato that tho
prico of coal was not increased by ; the
tariff, but that danada coal would pay
a tariff of $1 23 per ton and then sell
in New York at as low a figuro as it
could without tho tariff. In other
wordg, that tho um levied .by tho tar
iff camo out of tho pocket of tho bcI
ler instead of tho conpumerJ "Kelly
las no right to suppose that tho peb-
ploaro'1 inchpablo of 'knowing J any
thing;' 1 Every tat laid upon 'an article
of ;commor.ca whether it )Q tariff ex
pense of production oV!c'ost of - trans
portation, i paid by tho' consumer.-
luo Internal Revenue tariff 13 levied
from thonjio souieo, Sinco Kelly Is
quito equal I to the attempt to provo
that Ooverunient can raiso $1 23 froni
every ton of coal- Klnpfied f id ; New
xork without adding to t tho "s nnco of
tho coal, wo expect to hear of hisi)ro-
posingto raise tho $18,000,0C;0 per
h J'" ' '-- .? is" 'tit ; t 'j '''4i,4f.
a j cans, ;wi tuoui, faxing , any .uouy , w
tho extent of a cent. 4?h- j b , hr.ut
Tho Commercial i)ublthcd: Sraiator
Thurmahri ol)jcction to a land grants
for tho' Astoria Railroad, under 11 iho
head of 'Democratic . opposition to
Oregon." ,; ; ; . , , ,
Senator Thurman's objection was a
general one, arid applied to all further
land tfrantn in aid of railroads. It wan
certainly not opposition to Oregon any
moro than it was to ; every other State
i n tho XTuion. Tho vole in the Senate just
before tho parage of the bill showed
only three Senators again.Ht it.
Tbcrft seems to be an incrcawing dis
position in CougresH, not to givo fur
ther grant of land in aid of uch
roadi. And thw w most particularly
shared iu by tho Republican members
of that body. Wo believe tint Julian
of tho comtiiitUo on public lands, ha
made declarations similar to thoso o
Stmator Thurman. Wliy has not this
fact been animadverted upon tm show
ing Republican hositlity ia Oregon?
Wo put this -question to thofe Repub
llcan jyurnab that have etized upon
the Commercial' article and criven i
prominence. ' . ; :
Tuii Radicals ore exultirirr over the
proapect of tho triumph of ; the 15th
Amoudment lx'foro the next election
in Oregon. If there was any good in
tho measure, they - would prefer it to
be at isHue, bo that it might be tlic
mans of attracting votes to tho Re
publican party; but the thing is so full
of iniquity that they rejoice at tho pros
pect ofgcttitJgrid of it by its adoption.
They have yet to learn that the consum
mation of an outrage does not relieve
tho perpetrators of it from the odious-
necs of an attempt, and that the rati-
fication of tho Amendment will only
Hl1 to unpopularity of those who
have procured tho accomplishment of
the infamy.
Gov. Woods has made another offi
cial visit to tho Insano Asylum. We
aro not informed as to tho amount of
carriage hire that this trip involves.
hv.iosw:s or i,.tx:?t
- Th e M ia n ef ota i 1 0 use of Re prcsn cta-
tives xk passed a bill fcr , an amendment
to the , Coostitulton, lealiztn. Woman
Suffrage, by a vote of to lu.'-lt will
probativ pass 1 11 the fcenatoabo. It pro
vider tlrat the people Stall vote on the
qucalioo at tha next election. rTho wo-
tneu aiao Aro to vote, but , at . separate
boxes
Nlw Yoaic, Feb. 10 Judg Pratt,-of
tho fcujKirior Court of Brooklyn, yester
day practically applied tlur recent uect
ion f tho .Supreme Court with ro
gard to tho payment of contracts made
bcloro thq parage ot tho legal tender act.
And suit was brought to frecloso a ruort-
aago (or S3,000, dated July, 157 Judge
lratt gave judgment in favor of plaintiff
for tho pncipalf and interest, payable in
gold, acting under tho Supreme Court de-
Austin', Tcxa3, Feb. Io Tho ,14th
amcndaieut p. &cd the House Tho 15th
amendment has been ratified.! :
Tho President of the'state has been de
clared incligibla by Geo, Reynoldsand un
seated. Twj conservative members from
12lhaud;loth dislricU, havo been unseated.-
' -.v. ; . . ; :' ; ;'.'. V;--;-; ; j.-; ,1 i
The bill admitting Mississippi passed
the Scnato on tho 17th inst. by a vote of
50tO 11. ; .!;-.. . I;, :V';', W?
The funeral on tho 17th inst. of Wes
ley Harper of tho pullishjog houso was
largely attended, r- ' ,i-.-:'-.r vr, !
.Ij Atlanta, Feb. 15. The Legislature
to day elected Major Whitley, now Solic
itor General of thoi Interior Court, U. Si
Senator for the term ending 1871, II. H.
Marrow, now Attorney General, fur the
term ending 1870, and Foster Blodget
for the term commencing -1877. Thu
Democrats generally abstaiucd from vot
ing, preferring to rely ou tho admission
ofllill and Miller. ; r v ;
Minneapolis, Jlinn., Ftl. 15. Pre
liminary surveys ot' the Nurthcrn Pacific
Railroad aro being pushed forward with
all' possible , dispatch. ' Fivo parties are
now , in tho field. Another loaves next
Thursday. ' "-,-'; :'v;. - f-'r"!
A new treaty for an interoceanio canal
has been concluded, by General Halburt,
United States Minister, and the 'Colom
bian Commissioners. ; : ? w ':
: Roturo3 to the Bepartment of Agricul
ture during January, indicato ,d docreaso
iu tho avorago of wheat in Illinois, Indi
ana, Michigan, New York, New England,
and, tha cotton belt area. t In. "California
thero is nearly the - samo as last year.
Kansas and Arkansas, and West Virginia
have increased; other States show little
difference. . y
Iho Southerners who WCUt to llrazil
aftcr tho rebellion have petitioned the
GoverenmeEfctto aend a hip to bring them
home, i It" Is. aid the colonists are in a
very destitute conditioa,
Iho Lake City reports that Brigham
Young insolently refuses to make out his
rcturni? for revenue for the Chnrchf which
property lie holds as trustee. sThf ases
sor thereupon proceeded to assess the
Uiiurcn at about gG0,000 and the tithes
at nearly $2,000,000. , s J
-; Trom Cabs. AM. V
Ih'.vr " Yosk, Feb. 10. Havana-dis.
patches stato that twcnty.fivc.Cubans and
Americans have been murdered in the
streets of Havana irice ihe funeral of Can-
cnon. '. ';:; '4 "-: ? .'.
,Tho appointment of Ocncrat Jordan as
Cpniruapderdn-Chief of tho Cuban array
is fully conQrincd. ' . '
PAttis, Fob. 18. The Oovernaient
has prof of plot to aRaMatethe lirapcV-
ia f t t
or.anu rnneo imperial, u plan was
found on pno of tho prisoners. It was to
throw 'tomb's through the Kmperor'a win
dow, in tho palace of tho Tutllcriea.
Gustavo r.leuren was sentenced tp six
months imprtKOomentand 100 francs fine;
Dcvurc,, publisher of La Mar mil ah. io
two "months imprisonment and ,'a fine of
HfOOJTra njei JQr,pjiM&h i ngf a,-e; n cws of
thf person arrested, during the late riots.
Those convicte& i carrying arms were
condcrnnc I to three or lour months imrr;s
onlnenti thono convicted of uttering ee
dilious cries, to lo and.vO dajs?
KlccllaneoTts.
Nebraska has ratificl the'lOth'amend-
mcnt .lany uiousana citizeoaoi uonnecu
cut hao petitioned Congress fur the re
cognition of Cuba independence. . If I
' Howard, from tha Committee on the
Northern Pacific Railroad, reported a bill
to Unao bpnd fur the construetioo of the
roid, and abo to construct the' main road
to tho terminus via tha valley of the Co
lumbia river.- .'1 ;
On the 18th inet. Dawes, referring to
tho mfiuence of politic.' on public affairs,
toll nicmbera of the House that they
were slaves to vile politicians, f"(rn all
parts of the country; who nocked to Wash
ingtori last March and hid been haunting
member lor last two months, :to rawe the
Falarie.H of the very ofTiees they crawled
lor the u rat month after the inaunrattoa
The Senate has coniirntcd the nomina
tion of Strong a Awoeiute Justice of the
Supreme Court.
Secretary Biutwcil declares himicl
cmpi a ieaiiy oppo.sca to a reuueuoa 0
thirty tniiroav in internal revenue tara
tion, uui exceedingly anxious to have
Sherman lundiD btll parsed 65 oou
poible, believing that five or xix hundred
ujillioos (?) can be taken from internal
taxation. ' ' ;' " ' " - - -: '' .
A'lmiral FerrsEt Is qnlte ill, &nl ftars ere ea
trt4M4e'lfir h reovtry. . ,
Thi 'tsern her$ of Cor rrtte ttus far!falieetii4 in
hmu$ ot -L..,A.rC,l!u tf-.tUtm, 1'ettii
or rccnfylretiu, bauuvre otfoota CanmtA ana
Hyi'.r 0 Ln.. . ; n. :. ; i
, Mail adissc give jrti-roliirs f th proposed
eoccioB fcy the 3:ea!c-n Coogrea to ibe Te-
bw&Uit-e lU.lfoa-i Ca)j-pj f.,r eefatrnctioa
purples also for ship ceo&l fierots tLet btb-
tau '-'' ";-'; "'''.' - i
Pari. Fb. 13-rArthor rour'u'eLa bcea tn-
icno J i-f $x i.)-.fjt!)S cjpriyniufut eo4 to pay
5,eC0 frauds for eiolftUuu ef tbe prtrs I ,
; SIcCrcery itrluecl a till t pride for k sUy
f execution io hl eases of debts co&!racte4 prior
V Jety II, IsCJ, the Uatss of the passage vt the
rt l?l len i'jr l.i.( lte bUl is intend-M to at
furt rc.iefaitt tie fej?rati..B of tlo nwst legal
len it-r !csbti8. It i.rarble a tlr of one fur
years, corlisg Ui eiaoutit, but if plaictiff will re-
cwire ray m currency, tsere sbail b b stay of
prociNsiibg. . Whcierr fjxptie fejisciiV is ro
tumvt'l, ail Uys un-Jcr t jo tut sbail termimte. '
The III! la grant Uo-J ia aid ot ihe IVrtlatt I,
Asturia!aoJ ilcMinv'tile raiiroal passed tbe Senate,
A utotkn to aroeoil Ly etriliox out Uie la&! grant
was defeats by a rt.te of S? to 3 CascrlT, Iawcs
au4 FanUbi-fiy rouo in tbe aG".rjialirj.
Tue bouse uas a lopteJ a rtsolaUun ; to i crease
the corrcney 0 0,000,0 ltt. ,
tlarSi-H fn.ia tbe Committee rn ItolesfaTtbe
(JovcrntBcnt of eacie te4 e'etivaa in reportias
&il tbe present practice ia sc:Uiag eoetctel
election cases all mt drplosv. It was a sad etate
aSVira to bare a judicial cuei! ion UesiJed on strict
party hoes. . !
Henatur l'eaiercy, frow tbe eommittso a Pub
Ik Land", bos ruprtcd in faror ft a grant t tbe
tet. I'aul and Aurtb l'aeiac llat'road votapany,
to extend tbeir line from tbe termmosvn Kcdrircr
cf tbo.Xortb, ta tbe Winnffie frontier. Ftnat.tr
ltauscy-bat annoHDce l tbat - Aintrta eapital-
lils tUl I contruat road tor Pembina
soon ss tbe Xwctt'fo PaeiSo can be bnilt from
lu?ulh to l'.cd rivtr, ublcb iltbj ia t'ue cjure
a year. -y ., - .. 'f r.J
According to Tvlo Jaucrlo despatches a Brazilian
scouting party ft end J,(0 wetuun in starriof
rondtt'tun, only 100 of whom bad ttrengtb to come
atfay, aud tbt;y rf prt the rwads covered with oth
cr.wouiea aticed aadeir tbrai cut by , Lpca
scout.' .' ' "-- v7, t f". " "'''" i
Tba Consular report ofEdward Archibald, Brit
Uh Consul, at New yorknays tba Liirh tariiT oa
new: material prevents esfHirtatit n. ' The Wet is
diatbfiel ith the tarifl', tut owing to a powerful
lubby of K utcrn manufacturers s unable to make
a retonni conoi(ucotly sbij piug, agricultural and
all other interest of tbe country are sacrificed
, Tbe Preoideut withdrew tbe Kiowa Indian treaty
swindle before it was rafiScd. ,,
A concurrent rcsulu.ilon was bBVred In tlie'Mii
eunrl Ltfari.Hlatiiro tnstnietiee Senators and ltepr-
scntatircs in Congress to toave in tbe direction of
ivinjr the nghX of euffraso to Indians.' . ; ?
A Washington special says tbe Fifteenth Amend
ment wili probably be1 facially promulgated by
tbe middle of the week.-;ij.. i r,i
The Beuato oa Saturday decided, by a rote oa
tbe Oregon railroad bill.tacive no more subsidies
in tba shape of bonds to railroad., and that when
lands ars granted they cannot into t hoi bands
of c peculator, but must bo held for actual settlers.
One of tbe House eoutmittces takes ground against
granting lands oa any conditions. V
STATU SliUVS.
; i t From the Salem .Press.) f. ' .; :
The Dayton flouring mill has been sold
to a California Co. lor $11,000. ,V h! I
Mr Daniel Clarke 1 of Clarion .county, is
stall feeding GO head of hcef cattle, j -J
, A Portland' pgper states ; altogether
over G,400 tons ot Oregon produce havo
been. .shipped from ; that ; port Rince the
first of January, and that thero is now on
tho P. T. Co.'s wharf, in that city, SOO
tons 'of wheat, Hour and meat. . ? ,' I
The Polk County ; Time. has been sus
pended, and tho officers for Ve.
Jack Aliphin &0.11. Smith have start
ed a saloon in Heeds Opera House, Salem,
The project of cleaning out tho ; drifts
in tho Saurtam river , below Soio is being
agitated. -That paper claims that, the
river would bo navigable for small boat3
to that place during tho winter months.
And even if this should be found imprac
ticable, the cleaning out would prevent
the rixer from overflowing its banks in
times of high water. k -: j .
The Governor has pnrdoaed Henry C Vaughn,
sentenced for lifo, and s John 9--. Cornet. The
property valuation of Oregon for 1SS2 is 26,913,
701,75. , : ; . ,V, - . - ;
" ;; ' From the CoryaH'u Mercury. - '
'"A fbarfnl light ooourred one night last week; at
Corvallis Good Templar Lodge, between Johnsoa
and Ray-berri.. '.PUtola'r were . freely, used over
bloody heads, Lodgo fixtures smashed," furniture
broken and iatioh damage done generally. The
Valuation of all property An) CorvalHs. ia $374,
317,39 am't taxed for 1S70, $276,637,93. I j
' . From: the Portland Orcgoniand , f
Mr. R, Ladd has so far recovered ns to be
able to'no out. Tho new locomotive, 'Webfoot,'?
Viaa n-.niln Vi oy trial tr'm in'frnnil Stvle. The Port-
land Port of Eatry Bill passed the Benate, Jaa.
IlsL Ben Holladay will leare filan rianeiJco' for
Portland, March 1st. A new gas generator is en
exhibition in Portland, claimed to equal in cheap
ness, e-al oil, and eosts $100 for eight burners.
, A (gentleman is in Portland conntract
ing with parties ia that "city - to farn'Uh
them beef cattle! from Ochoco V&Heyl
Capt. William DierdorfT has been t-
pointcd Inspector of II ulb f tho district
of Portland, Oregon, vice John 11 Couch
ueccarcd.
Tho Jacksonville Ntvii states thatJesso
Apple-gate will soon commeocs'tasurfey
tho passes eaat and southf llofiua IUver
Valley to lower Klamath ; Lako.Jfor "tha
Orecn. Central KaUroad route.;,,,,,, ,s
v Tho Farmer etatca that gome of $io flax
gced iotrodueed in this . State from Cali
fornia is very foal with the jceds of pox-
ious mnd; dangerous - weeebj-and,? care
should be taken to eow 41000 of ,thi des-
cription. ..f '
POLK tOUXTX E3!OCltATIC
, ,TUc Comrnittce met at.tjie Court Houso
m Pallas at two o'clock dri- tlri IDthi tar-
suaot to call of the CbairmanyBeDj Hay-
On motionthff Com mi item Droceedel to
tbe-rapportiontaent -of delegates. f4o tho
County.Ccnventton, allow'tnir. one deleffito
io eacn, prpctnct ior every Jen JJemoerat
lit rotes cast for the last , EcprcsenUttve
in Cotigrc andOQC -additional delcg&U
for cveiy fractrofj'oVerlJre:'
Oa Knotton? thdlitneifor hold kg tho
County Conrcntionas fixed for Saturday,
MarU lDltx. r,-n tk ;.;;. 3 y.vt : jj fx
" On motion, the several fprecioets'Wjere
recommended ; ib hold their "primaries on
Friday the 18th of March;
tl Bethel Precinct wiirEcetHftfSprtng
Valley School Houae to- choosa their del
egates to the County Convention- ,
Following, is tho, cumber of delegates
each precinct is entitled to : Dal ha 10 j
Luckiamutc 7 ;iMonmouth 8; Bethel'3;
J ack.on 5 ; l)ixic 8 Bridgeport 3 ; Bl
en Vista 7; Kola 7 : Salt Lake 3: Dons
las 4 - -' -J:r.
On motion, the Polk County lima was
requested to publish 'the proceedings of
the Committee, and -other ' Democratic
papers in the States to copy the same.
On motion, the Committee adjourned.
; After the meeting Mr. B. Ilaydeo was
called upon fr a j speech, but he excused
liitu&eif from any lengthened effort ,oa
the plea of fcickoeis. However, be Wdo
a few remarks ca tho topics of the day ia
his usual happy and energetic jtyle. lr.
C. G. Cnrl, abo, was called upon and de
livered an. able, ccible.and eloquent ex-
postuou Oi itie pnncipks ot ucmocracy
and the baneful tendencies of tte-'p resent
lladical dcpotira
NEW A DV K IITI S E M EN XS.
CHAIRED TURNING!
' l ' ' ;, ALL SIZES OF-M S. .
RAV-HIDE BOTTOMED " CHAIRS I
- - . - . . -.
of tbe best quality, wcii-fiuULed, can be bad at
U ET Z Li E Ft S X 6 HO Pi
l ' W '-J ci fi'a ' "
Alio., aH, kinds of. ,TLTNX?fO. done to-order.
i TiiaUr for Hab en baad aad jSxed tx Urnins
t'aliog. ' . .
iJitf-iU ttler'a Chairs are kept on band by E. P.
Moce A Ot., llarruburg.
fe25rJ32Syl. J. M. 11ETZLE&.
c. r. FERar, ; . .
- XeUry PuLlle.
FERRY, -
Att'y at Law.
RUSSELL
REAL ESTATE : BROKERS,
COLLECTIIIG AGEfJTS.-
- Tr,SjcUl attention given ta the a!e cf. Rfal
Estate. Ileal Estate Litigation and tbe Collection
of Claimr.'l OffeVKiAV. Cerocr llnfand Wash
ington Streets, ' --.'--" - .
Portland, Orpgba.
r
Feb. 22.1S?0.
TSnSSti;
?J pi 31 OSS. ,
In thr Justices Court of ItBo lVecinct
of Harrisburg, State of Oregon, .Couajy
of Linn." ..-..-. 4
JaV. Gore 31 C.HowIeyJT "
... uivu action to recover money.
To the above. named Defendant :'
TTJtf TIL'S NAMil OP-TilE STATE OF'iIe
fl UOX: You are hereb required ? Appear
befora tbe the undersigned, a Justice ef the l'cace
aforesaid, uu the Pirat, day of 1.1 arch, !S70r at
1 o'clock in the afternoon f said day, at the tfSeo
of said Justice, in raid Precinct, to answer tho
alwvo named Plaintiff in a air il action. m
Tbe Defendant will take notice .that if lie, fail
to answer tho complaint herein the Plain tijCvill
take juguient agauist-b:.m for $111,75, and cost of
action. , .j..; d ,u . tJ
Jan. gib. 1S70.
(Sigaed J. SMANSFXELA.
' k Jatticeef tho Pcaee.
I certify that the above is a true copy of th
Suurmcmar la tha ah.vte grrtitled netierc
ra2S w6. LEVI DOUGLAS, CbnsUbl.
TREES, GRAPEVINES AflO FtAHTSI
FOlf SALE AT-TUE
Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach aiiil Cherry Trees t
REST SELECTION OF GRAPES in tho STATE !
Goo.-iberry, ,Currants, Strawberry ie.J Orna
" uicutal Trees, Shrubs, Monthly . Roses,
w lleucysucklea, Dahlias, Gladiolua, t.
. , j . U Ac, 4;c.r !te.v..J j3
, OROSrtS SOLICITED.
J. A. MILLARD.
Nurseryman.
v5n!7mt
FOR REFRESHMENTS t
-AS
GOOD LIQUOR I
CAPITAL 'SA LOON ,
. . SALxr.2, onnaorj,
where they will find everything that will give g&Qrv
" " cral satisfaction.
JOHN RUTH. & CfX
Salem, Jsa. 10, 1870--45n22tf. -
KOTXCX3 or nriL scTTLsnzriT.
AMES M. ' CnURCniLL.ADMINlSTRA
tor of the estate of Lewis Churchill, " decease.d,
having this day filed his final aoemnt of bis Ad
ministration of said Estate and rendered the same
for sattlemei.t ) it i:f therefore ordered that
Monday, the. .'7 dd' of l March, 1870,
being a day of the Jtarch term of thU Court, io
appointed .for . the hearing of objections to each
final account and the settlement of the same, aad
that cotioe hereof bo given by publication in the
'State Rights Democrat,' a newspajef geaoral
eirculiition in said connty, onco a week for atlcait
four successi re weeks prior io said day.
Uy older of taid Court. - ' - H
S. A. JOUtNS, County Ju.dgi
Jan. 25, 1J 70 nSawl.