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lie jOcmomtt. FRIDAY.. .; .......'.....APRIL 22, 1870. 3 OpCRATIcljATE TICKET." t ' TO UOVtUNOft, HON. L. F. GKOYER, of Marion county. , yuR UKrRKSENTATiri IK tMNORESS, - HON". JAS. II. SLATER, of Ui..n. . . IMR SECRETAKV OF STATE, MOW S. F. Clf ADWICK, of Douglas. rR TREASURER, LEWIS" FLEISCIINER, of .Multnomah. FoR printer, T. PATTERSON", of Multnomah, Nomiaatione in Second Judicial Ciatxict. v , For Judge A. J. TIIAY Kit. or Oentou. u- FerPraeciitiugAtturney--C. W. FITCH. ofLauc . 1 Nomination br TMrd Judicial District, . ? For Judge B. F. BOX 11 AM, or Marloo. For Prosecuting Attorney X. BUTLER or Polk. LINN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Fur Slate SauUort, R. II. CRAWFORD, , ,: , ENOCH UtCLT. ... ; .. . ,' Fur lieprcsentatices, GEO. U. HELM. . W. F. ALEXANDER, T110S. JILXKERS. . JOHN OSTUAMEU, - vai. S. ELK1XS. ' 5 JOHN J. WHITNEY. . A'' "" : ' Fur Clerk, A. C. JONES. Fur Sheriff, x , It. A. IRVINE. , f JAMES SHIELDS. For Cumntissioner, JI Alt TIN PAINE, JASON WHEELER Fur School SujKriateiuUut, THOMAS J. STlTES. . . ; I .i For JUtettor, " " . s JAMES B. SPERRY. . Fur Surcetfor, THOMAS JUG OS. ' Fur Conner, i - ,- " ' VM. Q. STEWART. . Albany Precinct Ticket. Justices of thePeace R. M. Powers, I. II.; rs. ; Constable Geo. W. Masts,. Jams Pannr. We favor tu. .uymeut f tb public delt of the United Slates a. rapidly a practicable; alt laoneT drawn from the people by taatiou, except so much a is requisite ror the aev-easiiks of the iSovernuwnt, economically aduinistcrvU, bein; honestly applied to fueh payment, and where the obligation of tbo (iovcrnmei.t do not expre!ly , . state upon their face, or tha law under which they were issued docs not provide that tbey ball be paid in coin, thry ought, in ri'ut and fh jujtuw. to be aid iu the lawful bs of tbe failed . Stale. Xvliouul Democratic J'lutfurm of IS6S. ReJnJ, That tbe awumpUous of tbe opposi tion that the Democratic part is in favur of icpu-diarin- the public debt, and that it ij in favor of nullification and eeeasi"n. are slanderous and -- false. Oregu Democratic f'lutlormi.f 1366. JicmUctd, That good faith and justice to all de mand that the public debt s'uail be paid in like currency as contracted, and we favur action Ly - Coogrefs submitting I'uitcd Stales securities to . le taxed aJ other properly. Orrgou Jsntocratic J'talurm of ISKS. Ve are wi'ling to pay onr national deot in strict compliance with our cintra-t. whether U was made payable in gold or rrevuback. but we tro unwilling to d more than tba:; and we declare that tbe fire-twenty hoii l-t are payaMd ia green ' lacks or their eairalcnt ; dn-1 we cc.n loiuu tba policy of the Adininistratiun which i snao lcrii;; million of money by buying sach bunds at a biirb rate of preiniain wLca lha tiortfraraeat bad the clear right t re-lccni theui at par. Indiana L)tv oerntie I 'lot farm uj 1370. - JAtIES O'JJEABA. Thu gentleman risiud Ibis cily during tbe week. Bnmor at well aa conjecture leads us to think that be came Lcrc ia the in terest., of too party fur wuicn Le performed hu late political acrobatic feat. ; There U bo danger from bitn to be apprehvndcd in Lion rouuty. The Pemoeraey bcre know htm aid will not be de ceived by him. Where the can ion crow alighUtb there nwkt be foul fleh wbere O'JIara g&tt'u then most be fomething in the wind. Let every Democrat bews re how he approaches Una political somersault and especially tbe manner in which he is approached by bint. .. Ilia presence is ominous, no good eaa . bo" expected of him "ab utino lanam" he is desperate. He will do anything and everything to create and foster dissensions in tha Democratic household, be is only too anxious to serve bis new masters. His name has become a by-word and reproach, and his presence is a rft"""tiiirs,iirotrU of every Democrat. His counted fur, perhaps, on the ground that ."ee'quitj" consists io that in which tlso law is deficient ; and if we are correct in thia it is easilj understood why, the Iler ald mzde so sudden a transition from an aetion at law to a suit in "cc'quity" hi the . receiit. elaborate Jcal argument (!!!) in faror ofit '!e'quitable adjustment" of the bonded debt. The Democrat used to howl for. repudiation months ago. StaUiman. . If the editor of the Statesman tticans toxonVey7 the idea tliat the Pemoceat under itsjpresent niauageiuent erer uk - tcred. a 'ajllalle in favor of ' repudiation, we "are couipelled' to say in reply that the assertion is wholly find unqualified (ahe -.;:We Yi tht jS ?.t ernian will ti&'V "J5 i:tV r; 3 the future; -- - - - I "WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY 'PUTV VI POT Ut A TTV U 1H" Again tire wo .compelled to tliffer with "oo-wotker in the Democratio ranks. V"AVo very much regret to do thia, but in justice to ourselves nnd tho principles we try to advocate, we can not avoid the responsibility. Jn the Herald of the 19th we find a labored argument in favor of tho Fay construc tion of tho 8th resolution of the Dem ocratic" Platform. Tito article is enti tled, "The advantago they givo us," and is a masterly absurdity. It pro ceeds first upon the uump(ion that the bondholders have repudiated the terms of their contracts because they insist that the bonds aro payable in coin. Was there ever a wilder asser tion than this made by any one. above tho age of puberty? A owes B a note calling for one hundred dollars. B insists that he is entitled to coin; A says he will only pay greenbacks. Does this ruaCo 13 repudiate his con tract with A and entitlo A to say I will repudiato tho debt because you want me to pay in coin? "What arrant non sense! Then, in a few lines, the artivlo pat ronizingly says: "AVe would be in fa vor of holding them the bondholders to the written contract 'and forcing them to take greenbacks at par but for the fact that, otruy to the pronf, the in terests of the people can best be sub served by joining on the issue the bond holders have made." '. lSow wo would respectfully ask, what proof and what issue does the astute editor of the lhr ahl mean?- In what court is this inves tigation being had? "Where does this "proof come from and who produces the testimony? . "Will he answer us by saying that ht is the tribunal, and that the case is triable within ir "jurisdic tion Y' If so, then wo ask w ho consti tuted him n court to try the rights of the bondholder, or any other man, ia any such a way? Again, the article says: "By repudi ating the terms of their contract the bondholders have invited an investiga tion into their afiiiirs;" and "the Dem ocratic party, looking to tho interests of the people, joiucd issue on the new pita and advanced the equitable adjust ment system as a successor to the prop osition to pay greenbacks," and "wo will cause your affairs to bo adjusted according to tho rules of equity." Now, in the name of common cnse, if the bondholder is the plaintiff, de manding coin for his bbnd.-t, how can he, as a matter of law, enter "a new plea," or any other kind of a plea in the premises? Defendants, not plain tiffs, file picas, iu a court of law. But suppose a plaintiff could file "a new plea," how is it that the defendant goe3 at once into equity?. Was there ever buch a transition heard of in u court of la x ? The rule is that bo long as a man has n legal remedy he cannot go into equity at all. Then how can there be an "equitable adjustment," as the lltrahl understands "it, so long as the bondholder has an action at law? When we hear a lawyer talk alwut a plaintiff filing "a new plea," -and a defendant in an action at law offering to "equitably adjust," by repudiating tbe entire debt, the plaintiff's de mands, we are inclined to doubt our senses. " It must be patent to every lawyer that the defendant in the case at bar, if he thought the bonds should be paid in legal tenders, would have rthc right to tender them to the plaint iff, and tnen tho plaintiff, if he re fused - to accept the tendercould ask a court of law to compel the defend ant to pay him coin and get it if he could. If he succeeded, defendant would be mulcted for tho costs; if he failed, the plaintiff would undoubt edly have a right to receive the ; full amount of the tender; There is no legal ground for the gentleman of the Herahl to stand upon. His premises are all false, hre conclusions illogical and absurd. The argument is scarce ly respectable pettifogging it certain ly is discreditable to the writer and damaging to the party of w hich he is a member. If that paper, as a Democratic nomi nee, expects ; the support of Demo- rats, it must not repudiate the plat- orm. lne party cannot allow tne eat opportunities within its reach to lost by the incompetency or' crim- al blunders of its leaders," The day is now too late and the place too far removed to attempt to barter away the principles -upon which our battles have been fought in each State ond Territo ry, and upon which the united Democ racy of tho nation went through the1 last presidential campaign, Jfor 1 the twaddle contained in Mr. 3"ay's letter. Wo have ,ra higher appreciation of the standing array of Democratic plat forms, as the expositors of the position of the party upon the -debt question, than we have of that letter. And we have a greater regard for the states manship and political.- leadership of Mr. Pendleton, the champion- of the young Democracy of the. - West, than' we h'ave for the writer or that letter. : As bne'of ' the humblest mVmbers of the-Democratic party. authorized ? by that right with which every Democrat is mVestecrand "prompted try- that in- V terest which every Democrat should feel and which has sustained us through the storm and the night of thr strug gle, we demand of. every Democratic nominee Unit he foreswear strange gods and new creeds and put himself unmistakably upon tho platform; and,' bfiing there, see to it that" he revxaxuM there. H ' TIIi:iU ttlCVENTII I'LAMi. Wo call the' especial attention of tho people of Oregon to the seventh reso lution in tho Republican Platform. It sounds one of tho key potcs of the campaign. . We entreat every, man in Oregon who is opposed to ' pledging the faith of tho State for the nynieiit of interest for an indefinite period up on Railroad Company bonds, River Transportation Company bonds, Ditch Company bonds ad infinitum, to hefiii tate before voting for a single Radical candidate upon any Radical ticket for tho Legislature. The talk ubout. rail' road, river and other internal improve ments is ominous. If the people of Oregon ever commit themselves to the internal improvement resolution, ' the saving clause, which favors asking aid from Congress, won't save thenv'fiom being personally, heavily and indefi nitely taxed for such improvements! Of course we all want Congress to aid us; there is no difference between parties abort that. ' But we all don't want a new system of State taxation inaugurated for that puroKe. Be waro of that I The Consrreswional aid clause is a sham and a blind. Con gross will not give more money subsi dies ; That has been, long decided up on, and what new laud subsidy have the people of Oregon a right to ex pect? What new one can they expect? It is notorious that tho grant to the O. C. R. 11. and the McMinnville and As toria R. R. have absorbed all of the available public lands in the Willum etle, Umpqua and Rogue River Val ues. And now whero can n new grant Iks located ? In eastern Oregon? Possibly ! But any railroad improve ments prosecuted in eastern Oregon will not be i Stale measure. Eastern Oregon will surely get railroads but they will not bo built for eastern Ore gon or out of regard to its develop ment.1 They will be extensions of Pa cific roads, now iu contemplation. Tho interests that . prompt these aro not confined to eastern Oregon. Let no body be ho absurd as to suppose that litny depend in any 'degree upon east ern Oregoii or vjon the rote of casmi Oregon, or of the whole State for that matter. If eastern Orearon. or t.11 Or egon, should unitedly oppose the most uncomproniihiug hostility to these roads, they would rtill be built. The interests of the eastern side of tho continent will force theso road along their natural and inevitable courses to tho sa. There are no op portunities in that section for river improvements, if Congress was dis posed to give money to mako them. This disposes of the proposed Con gressional aid view of the question ; The State aid view of it is more seri ous. The predilections of the Repub lican party are all towards public debts. .Their history in the adminis tration of both the nation and of States proves this. They are the law ful heirs to the maxim, "a national debt is a national blessing,", and their faith in it is exemplified by their works. Happily, Oregon possesses some littlo security in the limits in her Constitu tion. However if tho Republican party obtains ascendancy iu the State, it can readily whip An amendment through two Legislatures and a popu lar election with tho party whip. But even without this, there are, as we have indicated, many methods of aid ing internal improvements at tho' ex pense of the tax-payer. It may bo done by granting immunities, which are a most specious sort of taxation and which we will elaborate upon in the future. It may be done by guar anteeing interest and by paying in 'in stallment. The inventive genius of man is coxmble, of wonderful achieve ments in such matters. Where there is a will there is a wayyimd the safest plan to prevent the development of a way to extort a subsidy from , tax-payers, to be conferred upon enterprising capitalists, is to prevent the election of those whose party has the will to do it. -, : ' . '.' '',- "Whether the tax-payers of Oregon, and particularly those of Linn and Benton counties, whero this article will be most read, will consider and act upon this matter before and at the next election is less material to us than to themselves. However they may see fit to slight the propositions 'herein embodied, they will find" the logic of the future unanswerable and: unavoid able. ; .. : h ' r '.. . I' . V I 1 The Elko Independent,', edited r by Mr. H. Cr Street," formerly of the -Marysville Erpresff, 'speaking , of the JDemocratic platform says : : Every Itodical reporter ". connected with tbc ln cal telegraph offices, on - the coast appears to .be making it bis busitioss to create tbe publie im pression, that the" Democracy of Oregon adopted a Iiepublican platform, and aro advocating it on the.etflmp. There: wu uo repudiation platform t resolution adopted. ."v " ' THE TRICK. ... - ...... . - . - ' The Republican party has opened tho campaign with the cunning of the fox. like the wily Reynard in his wa ger ojf battlo with tho wolf, the Repub lican leaders sooni to have shaved them selves, greased themselves,' : and are dancing around 'tho Democracy . and endeavoring to blind tliem by throwing dirt into their faces; in this way they hop to win tho fight. It behooves ev ery Democrat, therefore, to closely scrutinize the movements of tho ene my. ' If wo suffer ourselves to bb di verted from tho real questions at issue allow our enemies to mako a plat form for us listen to tho sophistries of Radical orators and tho solecisms of Radical editors, we must expect to be beaten. Every man of intelligence knows that the debt question cuts but an insignificant figure in tho politics of this campaign ; and yet repudiation a-myth the creation of a disordered fauey-rluia boon wrought up to be, op parent, a mighty engine in tho laud uh not, ue tieceiveu. xnere is soiiielhujg. behind all this. The Dcm oertiey of all tho great Stales east of tho Hocky Mountains so fur as they have yet spoken hare not considered tbeffuesUonof the paymentof tho bond ed debt us of any material moment. Why, then, is it that in Oregon there is so persistent an effort beiug made to magnify no immaterial a question? The answer is simple, plain and unmistak able. - Repudiation is but the sand t J i . ji oo mrowu in our eyes, mat we may Income an easy prey to tho cunning of Radicalism. . Whilo we are combatting their iun of straw, tha enemy are busi ly engaged in making inroads upon our citadel; and just so surely an the eopIe of this State become imbued with the idea that repudiation is pu is sue, Just so surely will the Democracy be defeated iu the coming June elec tion. . Tho Usuo betweeu . the parties is thts: Shall the American people have a Dcmociatic or a Monarchical form of government .' bhall we have a govern- ment composeaof"frecandiiidepend - tut Stales," or a consolidated, central- uxd uospottsm ? Beating upon this is tne sun fnge question, the tariff ques- uon and the question of internal no- provtmeuts in the btate. Arid these the real point m issue arc sought tot; hidden by the specious cry of It?pudia- l,OIU ' . . nf.in-i.,i t.. it wiiici,cufi um up. enough to attempt to be.tne Urmi you loins for the coining strife. S:a ul jef the party after it has lAainbj pr.J by the platform of your puriy support 'they aloue are resposible upon tl! its standard-bearers to a man. Sink ) heads must fall the censure oul the individual in tho patriot. Rcmcm - ber the glories of the past bo encour- agoil hy tho nopes of the future. Be untte.l be active le vigilant. Let no personal feelings prevent you from supporting the whole Democratic tick - t-t. Lrf-t your whole nun Le the success . v . Of Democratic principles, and in this you, will, ha vo the consolation more gratifying by far than the attainment of wealth or honors that you hove done your part toward redeeming the country from misrule, ond of once more beholding these United States free and independent sovereignties ourpride at home and the admhation of the world .abroad. A Til It i: AT. The Oregonian of the 19th, in speak ing of tho necessity, or rather non ne cessity, .of tho passage of a law of Congress to enforce tho 15th amend ment (so called) says : , Some of the Democratic paper aro Jubilant over the uppnitioii that Congrc will neglect to pass an act to enforce tbo Vifieeatb Amendment, and tb at colored men in consequence cannot Vole. Tbors is no need. for excitement on this subject. Such an act no doubt will be pa.-scd, simply to prevent any question from b:ing rais but colored tnco' have the t tine right to voio without it that they would with it. Ia other words, such au act U uot drk-tly neecary to enable them to exercUo the elective frunobbe.. The Amend ment secure tbetn io their right and tbe Con stitution cxprely declare that tho Courts in very fc-luto shall be bound by it provisions', any thing in Ibo Constitution or law of any Stato Io tbe contrary notwithstanding. . This secures the right of the colored voter, and Jnd,jt of tlectinu who should r')'u&Ho nllow'liiin to rote would do it at the ptfil at Sti-aciion forTdainngcs. It i no ticetblo that tbuogh no law bits' been passed to en force the Fifteenth Amendment, colored men in Kew ccy"; fMifiirnia anCf otlior. SUtcs, are bo iag registArcd lfifl'siime as Whitoi." Voters- fcfjs Oregon mark -tho lan guage JlTh&.judgeH(Of election wlin should refuse id' allow him to vole would do it at tlve peiyljof. an action, for dama ges." This we understand to be an open threat rniide to every judge of election in the. State. It .is sickening to hear men of sense talking about enforcing the 15th Amendment with out appropriate legislation 1 Every lawyer knows this, that a . man may have a right and 'yet bo without tho means of enforcing -it. The 15th Amendment onl' inwides that "ne groes mag vote but legislation is nec essary, to enable them to enjoy that sa cred privilege. An action 'J or damar gcsl If it is true, as a matter of law, that the negro-. can. ' Vote without the aid of legislative enactment then why this sombre, threat ? , If. , it is not true then; we; say "thank youj Roderiok, for the Word," and urgeupon the i peo ple airdver 'the State to look well to their rights and see that none but le gal votes are cast though ten thousand elamage suits -bo brought against every judge of the election ii the State. As for us wo "would rathef be right than to bo President' and tho OreQvnian will find that its pompous threat will only recoil upon its own hea4 and v" it destruction upon its foolhardy au thors. Children and women it WHi ao to try to nearest is idle to se-k to. in timidate "men. ' M INTAKE. (Prom the Portland Orcgonian. We puMUh to-day an article "containing several extracts from the Albany DaaoniAT, wbkh bare Iu them inny just and comiiiemlslile sentiment Such utterances show decided progress In a Vvm o'iratiu tiewnpHiwr. A lew more step will carry that paper entirely lf tbe dliunvrbl platlorw wun-li It pajly lias cons tik Uj. . , The, Orryonian is laboring under a groat mistake'.' " A fow steps more and ' we hopo to be able to undo what the fell spirit of disorganization united with Radical misrepresentation, lias been for some ' time endeavoring to do, (i, c.) tho attempt to saddle vpon the Democracy of this Stale that " jetili lential abortion," Jh-pudUUion. As we have said before, there is no warrant for the assertion that tho Albany platform favors repudiation. And in saying this, we are cot stepping off of the " dishonorable platfgim the party has constructed;" but are protesting in tho name of Democracy and right and reason against the most stupeud uou falsehood that ever was uttered in a political campaign. Wo are striving to show that we are on tho Albany platform and what that plat form is. The Oregonian desires the tho people to believe that the platform that Fay and Haydeu wanted to have adopted is the Democratic platform, when it well knows that such a plat form never could have baen by any xossibility adopted. It is high time that an organ w accuses us of "cxtremo disingenu ncss " should cease to fulminate twaddle as is quoted in the above agrapn and we would respect! suggest in tl.ii connection that solou of the Orroonian answer s ;of tho argument advanced by u lour protest. The party is not respl ;ible for the incoherent bluster J factions minority of the Convent! j The party is not responsible the assertions of either Col. K or James II. Slater. Tho platfo indicates tho pulsations of the Do cratic heart in this matter iu iU jJuin and unmUlakable Xamjaage, jif those gentlemen aro indiscn . ... .. i ' their own mouths will the yeoma 'of the country condemn them, if si is tho truth. It is, however, vd questionable if either Col. Kelly James. II. Slater ever mode any rer! !diation speeches in Portland or el ; where. It is oulv verv rtfentlr tirrr S tho Oregonian quoted lengthy extracts from the Union, a paper published at Corval'is in 1KC2 and excluded from i the mails in that vear for some of its rabid composition, and tried to make Mr. Slater responsible as the editor, when iu fact Mr. Slater was in Eastern Oregon' practicing law, and so far from being the editor of the paper, that place was supplied by P. J. Ma lone, a oo temporary malcontent and disorganizer with James O'Meara in the Democratic party, and with O'Mea ra a fellow apostate, having "gone on before" some four or live years. Tho charge of the Oregonian serves but little to establish anything against Mr. Kelly or Mr. Slater -falsua in uno, fulnutt in omnibus., THEIR EIUIITII KESOLUTIOX. And now huving fairly and patiently con rtidcred tho oigbtb renolution in tbe Demo cratic platform, we invito attention to the eighth resolution adopted by the Portland Oregon Union Republican party, which res olution reads as follow: - 8lh. We are in favor of a tariff for revenue witb ucli discrimination in favor of our domestic man ufactures as will not diiniuuh its efficiency for tbe purposes or revenue. , 7 . A protective tariff that poscsses any cfScien- ey, for the purposes of revenue, is .ono of the dixcovcries iu government economy that no political philosopher ever dreamed of, up tu tho assembling of the Portland Conveu tioh.-. The possibility .of its accomj Jinhinent makes tho pliiloKoplicr'a stone and perpetu al motion near probabilities, There are no two principles in matter or philosophy that are more directly nnd irreconcilably hostile 1 1 each other than a : Protective tariff and a rerenuo tariff. A tariff that "pro tects" must be so onerous ns to. exclude or diminish import. A revenue tariff sulisists upon imports.. -When there is most protec tion there is ontiro exclusion of imports. When import cease, revenue fails, Therefore when the republican party says that it favors a tariff for revenue, with such dtscrimina tiuns in favor of domestic manufacturers as will nut iliuiinihh its eifioienuy fur tho pur pose of revouue, it is guilty of being just as absurd as to suy: "we are in favor of prohib iting imports, but with such discriminations as will not; lessen our import.-' Tho at tempt ' of - the Portland Convention to ride in opposite directions at the enmetiina is Iu dicvously apparent. ' 'Protection" is onejof the most hateful systems that was ever en grafted upon any body politic, it taxes the people for tho benefit of inanufiicturors, not for purposes of revonue. - It fosters monop olies. It robs ono man io enrich anothor' It has ruined our trada ws'th the worlddeHtroy ed our Couimeroinl utnrine and chocked the material prosperity of the Uuited States. " It is one of t he most formidable party engines in existence- one af the moat effective in strument of oppreVin that ever fell into the hand of tinacrupultius and ambitions toon. "And this tariff is precinelr what the eighth resolution in the Republican platform means. Harrow, illiberal, opt reitetf the people tho friend ofenpilab is it to be won dered that tbo Portland Convention made Mprofet,tioii" 'rio of the planks of its plat- lorm. Workingmen of Oregon, note thin: The Re publican party inviten-competition in. labof . It f tcrs and promotes the immigration of la borers from tho inwt dezraded classes in Aia, that it may cheapen and degrado labor bore, but murk 1 When the capital from oth er countries accka our shore, in the abnpe of tbo products of foreign manufacturing es tublishmei.ts, it meets the stern prohibition of tbe tariff. ' ' ' Tao eighth resolution of, the Portland riatforui is fully interpreted in just one en ergetio sentence! Everything fi capital nothing for labor, MPOT TIIKIU LKGIMLATIVlv . CANDIDATE. , Elsewhere will be found the Linn County Republican ticket. We have neither space nor time to give it our compliments in this issue. They shall not have to complain of a repetition of tho discourtesy. Wo will show next week where this ticket was concocted who dictated it," and when and for what purpose. The State stands upon the brink of a precipice. The re-election of Williams is only an insignifi cant part of the results of our defeat in the Legislature. Jf lite Leg 'dalure in hut, all is loxl not in a narrow, parti san seuic, but in one that applies to the material interests of the whole people. It will not be a party triumph, out the triumph of a . We shall show the peculiar fitness of Hiram Smith's nomination,---who put him upon the ticket and win'. We shal discuss the "man and the man's mas (a? r, 1 """i ijiii ri- ie 1- oi Wd rl i c, I it I r. hv rip i i lie Meumt r Ironi 6an I-'raneUeo. The Kugene Guard has moved into a buitdiug with several windows in it. A tax of 2 mills on the dollar is v.Mcd for sc-Iim:1 purpimes in Portland and a i-cIkhiI for loth Amendments etablihpd. Tbe Coos Bay Wagon lload will be completed by tail of next year. A Menu saw tuill is to bo erected on the Umpqua river near Gardner City. Preparations are making for the re sumption of work on tho U. S. buildings at Portland. J The O. S. N. Co. and the California and Oregon Stage Co. have tendered the Democratic State candidates compliment ary pascs over their hues during the campaign. The number of persons who have ar rived at Portland on sea-going vessels from January 1st y March 31st has been 1,420. Departures for the period 052. Excess of arrivals 8G8. Mr. Hazard,' of Rhode Island, has hazarded a visit to Oregon and hazards the optuiou that Portland is a hazardous place. ' 1 ' ' Altercation between a man named Miles and another named Campbell, at St Helens, last Saturday, resulted iu Campbell shooting Miles in the stomach, which will prubabiyi au: ejt ho latter sdeath Campbell is in custody. ; i , John Arnoup lectured against Spirit ualism at baleui last Tuesday. - Rev. J. L. Parrish married a Miss Lichent baler, in SalCm, last week. A large emigration may bo expected from Missouri this fall. Leonard White, an old ;navigator of i he Willamette, died at Portland ou the lOth.w.. - - " V- ' : There will be 5,000 acres oi flax sown iu Marion and Linn . counties . this sea son.- .; .') In Lane county the number of divorce cuscs lust term were thirteen, and this term there are two. f . ! ; ' There are now three first class locomo tives on the railroad at East Portland. The Oregon Grand Lodge of Odd Pel Iowa will be held in Portland next month. Major Gen. Canby has been assigned to the command of the Department of the Columbia- with headquarters at Port land. i - i -. SYNOPSIS OF LATEST HEWS. Chicago, April 15. A New York special says it is' reported that Prince Pierre Bouaparte arrived this afternoon on the steamer Idaho, ; traveling iucogoi to. " Ho met two friends, on tbe pier and went immediately io New Haven depot and started tor Jtoston.. . v. Boston. April 15 Reports conurtn the stories of the arrival of Fenians and mu nitions of wur along the Canada , border. For several days there have been an un usual number of passengers carried over tho road in the direotiou . of tha border towns, and they are nuw scattered in small squads around liurlington and St. Albans. The parties aro all Irish," "and havo been very reticont with strangers. There are alsj constantly arriving boxes and small arms, addressed, to well known iFcnisn sympathitcrr iiriffent difetnons , bat whatj disposition will made, of them ia unknown. 'Tdgnard against any siirprise, tho Dominion Government has concentra ted a , large body of troops at Montreal, and jo a few days there wUl be , a strong goard along the whole frontier. 4The rate or taxation in new York - decreased front last year. " Fear are entertained Of a ret olttfion ia Rome. There were 59 deaths in San Francisco last week agaiost 73 the Week preceding. CoLCMBOS, O.; Apr'.! 17 Both' hon ses of the General Atmembly held stormy sessions last night: - .The House adjourn ed at midnight, and the senate at 5 o'clock this morning. -,j v- r ,.-, In the House tbe Democrats offered the protest against protection, nectfyiftg the Fifteenth Amendment. The Speak er pro tern, ruled the protest oat of order, as containing JangOe---arpetitiI to members. A a appeal from5 the deeisioa was taken. Daring the dtseaaton, Me Clay and Parr, hoik Democrats, got Into' an altercation and one attempted to strike tho other.' "Speaker 'CtiijninKham msde an effective speech," defending his vote fvrthe Amendment During tbe speech, Barber called the Speakef a -liar, 'and shook ' his fist in his face -The excite ment was intense. Tha decision of the. Speaker was sustained by & Vote of 49 to 49 ; J- V- i'.',- ixj i N. Io the Senate the. Democrats aUcmnt- - ed to defeat the coufirttiation of the Gov- ernor's appointments fur managers of sot ' aters anu sailors orphans homes. The Republicans delayed matters till 2:30 9. m., when Senator Catch camo np from Xenia. gitiiijr the Republiraas: majori ty. At 6 0 clock tne lseiuocralie Pctta tors left the chamber in a Ledv. in order to kreak up a quorum. One was captur ed and relurnedtnaking a quorum. The appointment wereJhetun6rtncd. , St. Lotis. Aiirit 17. The committee of investigation on account of the deTault ing city treasurer, reported the amount of deficit at 8163,000. They found Botes, checks I oil receipt, signed by Kroegn. The stock gold operations amounted to 818.000. ,'..., . ; ; . " " CoLrJiBLR. 0."Aptil 18. The Iegir latnre has adjourned. - A legislative ex curi..n to Washington, nnmherin about SCO, nearly one half ladies, left this evening- - Hon. (Jen It. Helm, of Albany, gars us a call . i d Monday last. Mr. II. ad dreved a large meeting at Lebanon re cently, and ton rid that portion. X old Lin alive tothcissucsinridvcd in this campaign, as the Democracy are everywhere in the county. Mr Helm will make at borough eanvafs of the county before e-leetioa. Ilia stirring eloquence addel to hi familiari- T with the nueations of the dav recuiiar- ly lit Mr." II. to lead the Dcwiocraiin hrwis of bis county t, victory. Cor colli Mercury. . . - - . .-; . Theo. Burme-'tcr, E?q, of A If. any. wax in town daring the week, and paid as a friendly viif.' ;W knew hituong ago, and were glad tu meet him after n.ai.y years. " The shadowor great uiii-fortunc has fallen npon his life, but nothing;' can chill the genial miu.-c t f ibe nin. 1 He is now prac-t eing law in Albany,' and we com mend him to all litigants - iu.that t:- iu'ry. as one who will'do ihciu tLe fullest j'j-ticc. CorcfillU Gttzefte. NEW AD Y EUTlSEJIEJi.TS. M. J. CROCKETT, (Cradaatf of IbeE. S.la.tilntf, riaciBBiti,) riIVSICIA. AXD LRCfcO.. OSice in Foster's Urick. Albany, Oregi-cv , , YjuSi'.tf. . s NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. BIDS WILL UE RECEIVED at rat OFFICK of tbo Wtimusette V. sad: Ca.-eade alaoUra Wagon llmt Company, at Albany Oregon, to May "rd. west, for building aew piece or Koad. eommcDoiug at the first ensiaj; of the -tb ' 8intiam RiVer, in Cascade Mountains, and theare along aoatb hank of same about 2) mites to the. fourth crossing, at Tina Maple Bottom, so as to cot off four of tbe ford. .-'-"- For specification, rail at Company office. Al bany. Oregon. ' ' JASOX WUKEF.Kk, ti36w2 . . President. SALE OF ROAD- UNDS. - NOTICE. IX PURSUANCE OF AX ORDER made by tho Board of Director -f ti e Wil lamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagusi Road Company, they bow oaer at private sate, un til July 1st. 1S70. any and all of their lands lo cated in Linn county, Orego). TERMS: One-fcaif easw at remainder in twelve month at 19 per eeat interest, with e-oad Tor deed given. .j. Bid t't be left with tbe Secretary at Cpsapsay's Office, in Albany, Oregon, where map aqd, de scription can be eon, and further information had. - - .;. - ?, Person who may be settled oa any of said loodi shall bare preference in terms and parches. JASOX W11EELER, Prcsiilcat, April li, 1870.' , .- a36tt . ADM IXISTR ATOU'S NOTH:K "VrOTICB '-IS 1 HEREBY fVEX THAT I J bare been appointed Administrator of tan Kstate of S. Roseopteio, deoeased, of the late Srtu of Rosenstein A MendelOB, of said l.iaa eouaty. All person having claims agaiast raid estate are notified to present them to we, at tb Mar af the late firm of llosenstvin A Slcadehma. with rorr ronehers, within six nsoatb fiu rhe date 4 f 'thia notiee. All person? indebted to said lata firm ar equested to make - ,im mediate pavmeHt.to D. 31 An-field r A. L. Mendelson, at said store! and save cost and trouble..' A It. JACOB--' ' April 19, lStO n36w4 ' ' ' ' , Atlni'ru RTES OF. TOLL, - OVE tne vt f ;;iJJ .5? " ?rj 2 . . . WILLAMETTE YALLET AXD CASCADE IOCS - I1W TFAGOTBOAD. ' To Desehuttes River; 4-hors or male team, $4 Sur To To To To To To' T To To To ox team. 3 yoke 4 50 every additional yoke. 50 looae hbrsre, per UeacL, ' i cattle. " ly. sheep or hogs, .-.. 3, pek animals, loaded... . 5ft - ' , '. .unnackM ' 4 " ttorae aata ritttr ft y. Team return tag empty, half price. To Fiaa Lakk: t 4-borse or mule team, eea-wy . Tr...:...t4 r - 1. e 1 - Paek animal, loaded. ". " ,. ' unloaded, ' Horse and rider : Ox team, 3 yoke ,-, To Upper Soda Spatxo f - v-. I CO . ' Ji '4-horsoor mule team, out and back...". 3 if 2 0u i ea rm. -50. ,'JIors and-.iider Loose animals, -. 1 " ' t. . Ox teams the same as horaa rm. ' J11 TTi viva Rajb1! . Arni 22,r.' . s tSiioBJC .