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..in: FRIDAY. ,..APRIL 9; 1870. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET- ' V TOR GOVERNOR, ftOX. L. F. GUOVERy of Marion eounty. '! i - YOB REPRESt.lTATFVfc IS CONOKfcJS, rroN. jas. ir. slater, of Union. rR SECKlTAItY OP STATE, . I10X. F. CILVDWICK, of Douglas. t. TKK&SVRKK, - JLEWIS FLEISCIIXER, of Multnomah. . . F11R PRIXTEB, . T. PATTERSON", of Multnomah. ,,' Nominations ia Second Judicial District. y For Judge A. J. THAYEK, of Benton. For Prosecuting Attorney C. W. FITC1I, of Lauo . Nomination for Third Judicial District. v Fo Judge B. F. BOMIAM, of Marion. Prosecuting Attorney X. BUTLER of Polk, LINN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Tor Slaie Senators, It. II. CRAWFORD, ENOCH IICCLT. . jF ur liepreseniaiives, GEO! R. HELM. W. F. ALEXANDER. TUOS. -MUSKERS. JOHN OSTKASDtlt, W.U. S. ELKINS. Tor Judqe, XOIKX J. WHITNEY. Jur C7rri, A. C. JOXES. ior Sheriff, R. A. IRVINE, .for Tj-wMurer, ; JAMES SHIELDS. . Tor Commissioners, .JtARTIX PA1XE, JASON WHEELER Tor School Superintendent, THOMAS J. STITES. Tor Assessor, JAMES B. SPERRY. Tor &trtrytr, THOMAS BIGGS. Tor Ctrover, tM. Q. STEWART. Albany Precinct Ticket. , J tice"of the Peace R. M Powers, I. Hvi. Constables Geo. TT. Iastcx, James fEKBT. "We taror the payment of the public Uelt of - tbe United States as rapidly as practicable; all money drawn from the people by taxation, except so much as is requisite for tbe necessities of the Government, economically administered, being boftestly applied to such payment, aud where the - obligation of the Government do not espresslv . state apon their face, or the law under which they , were issoed does not provide that they shall be paid in com. they ought, iu ribt and in justice, to be paid in the lawful money of tbe Coiled .- States. -YatiMaf Democratic Platform o13CS. -. Remolded, That tbe assanplions of the oprxwi on that the Democratic party is in favor of repu diating the pnblie debt, and that it is in faror of : nullification and secession, are slanderous and . false Oregon Democratic Platform of 1SC6. . . Retailed, That pood faith aad justice to alt de mands that the public debt shall be paid in like currency as contracted, and we favor action by - Congress submitting United" States securities U . be taxed as other property. Ortjou Democrat! Plalurm o IS6S. - We are willing to pay onr national debt in strict eompliance with ocr contract, whether it was made payable in gold' or greenbacks, but wo are unwilling to do more than tba: ; and we declare that tbe five-twenty etonds are payable in green- ' twh or their equivalent ; and we condemn the - policy of the Administration which is squandering millions ofmoney by baying such bonds at a high rate of premium when the Government had the ;- clear right to redeem them at par. Iudiana Vcm mermtie Platform of 1S70. THE PROOF. As cumulative testimony, to the proposition advanced by us in our last issue, that the cry of repudiation by the Badreafe was simply a trick, we quote the following' from the Oregon ian of the 21st : In an article published tbe other day, in which . we spoke of decrials of the pul.V credit during the war by Democrats we did Dormean, of course, to include that honorable class of Democrats who have always upheld the honor and credit of tbe country, aad wbo now revolt from the infamy of the Albany platform. . We meant only tbat class who would sink the honor and credit of tbe coun try at the behest of party,, and who-bote tbe na- - tieual eVbt because it was contracted in a struggle for toe Union in which the Southern Confederacy - wa overthrown. This is tbe class of men who ImmI the Democratic party in Orezon to-day. JProm the above it must be manifest that the- Oregonian wants votes',- and with the utmost urbanity extends- the -Ere branch to' "that honorable class of Democrats1 who-have always upheld the honor and credit of the country." "When "that honorable class of Demo crats," of which the Oregonian makes mention, goes over to the support of Radicalism there will 99-100 of the party have joined them. Is the Ore gonian serious when it indulges the hope that the masses of the Democra cy can be caught by such chaff? if so we pity it from the bottom of our heart. No hope ever was more illuso ryno attempt more idle than this "sweet briar'' effort to gull sensible mesv , . " X- Try some other dodge. The pipe of peace come with grace after the battle has been fought not while it is We call attention- to-out Portland let ter. It vindicates CoI.r iCelley and Jlr Slater from the lUdical charge- of stand ing on the Fay letter. We also 6ceit tated in tho the Salem Press that Mr. Hayden, in his recent Dallas speech, "de fied that he or his party were in favor of or pledged to repudiation, as all the lying Hay den's language, certainly. Radical newspapers of the State will per aust'ln howling; that he held the same views as, Pendleton, "Voorhees and the leading Democrats of the Uaieti'-"-"-- This pretty effectually disposes of the misrepresentations ' of the Radical press, the very audacity and persistency of which a time threatened : to harm us. And now having- drawn the 'enemy's fire, we hare five full weeks left in which to pros ecute an aggressive warfare "into, the very heart of Africa. ' " :. " The Walla Walla Statesman sayt Hen ry Clsy Dean will-arrive mJOre's by the first of May. sMs . C l I THAT SEVENTH l'MSIE AGAIN. The Oifjonian trie to jrjiwa over tha in ternal improvement rosttldtion" of the Re publican party. The facts contained in our article are nut controverted. The only r re tense of a defense of tiro resolution is (what we predicted it would be,), that the resolu tion simply asks Congross for aid. ' For what kind of aid? Land subsidies? What more public land is thoro in tho Willamette, (Jnip)ua and Rogue River Yullies that has not already boon given to the Oregon and California Railroad oi is not'Tn'"prceVa'"of ljeinp; given to the McMinnville road? Tho talk about mora land subsidies is all chaff. Nobody wilt bo caught by it. The grants already mad a embrace every available foot of land from tho mouth- of tho Columbia to tbo summit tit tho Siskiou. Nor is thin all. Every possible outlet through cither the Coast or Casendo range of niountnir.s that offers any prospect of some day inviting settlement however eparce ia afflicted with a military roatr that pursues its devi ous courso up one ravine and down another, not for the purpose of getting any whero but to search out and absorb every nook and corner that possesses any possible advanta ge for settlement. Within thirty fivo miles of this city there are three of these road, each carrying an enormous grant, to beneGt the few u very lew at tho expense of the interests of the whole State. Tho entire public domain west of the Cascade moun tains and much tbat is to the cast of tlictu is virtually tho property of a few far-sec ing speculators. You have not the temerity to nsk forinon cy aid from Congress? Hardly. Tho gt gantic Pucifio Railroad swindle has cOVctu ally cured tho propensity for giving that sort of assistance. Tho very first act of Mr. Grant a administration was to set its face determinedly ogiinst that policy. It was even heralded to the country Lcf.re tbe in auguration of tho new President. Now then, what is left of the Government aid view of the question? Absolutely nothing Suppose there was reasonable ground to anticipate assistance from Congress, it could not become a matter of controversy in tho State. Platforms raise issues, and there is no difference between persons here on the subject of government aid. We all want all wo can get. There can be no isiue ot that subject. A political party might as well resolve in favor of fre.-h air and whole some food as to resolve for Congressional aid. so far as making an issue is concerned. The seventh resolution is no such child's play. It means business, a tho tax payers will find to their sorrow if it becomes a part of our State policy. We favor a judicious system of ruilr.wds end river improvement in Oregon," ia the emphatic language of the resolution. And you must favor employing such means as will produce railroad and river improve, menis. The prcdelictinns of the Radical party assist the interpretation that we put upon the language quoted. One oi its first acts when it came into power in Oregon was to create a bonded debt, by issuing bounty and relief londs for the benefit of volunteers in the Indian servico (so-called). The i.ue was-a fraud and a swindle, but it made bus iness. It gave brokers and capitalists a chance. It cave tax collectors a chance. It gave t!;e people a chance to pay for the loyal tones to which they hare been dancing. 50 bonds were frcefy bought for $20 and even the $20 was worxe than thrown away. There was nothing under the sun for the volunteers to do, and comparatively nothing was done. At a more recent day a Radi cal Legislature guaranteed interest at 0- per cent., we be lie ve,-upon one million dollars of railroad bonds for 20 years ; but thanks t- the Democratic Legislature of two years ago, tha act was repealed beforo any Rights bad l.ceri acr-mred under it. We ask the tax payers of Oregon to look at this little circumstance and interpret the seventh resolution in the light of it.- The men who paused- the act guaranteeing- in terest were "in favor of a judicious cystcm of railroad improvements' aud it was only tho timely interference of a Democratic Leg islature that saved tho people of the State from the hard necessity of paying for 'a judi- ci ms system of railroad improvements." ' If the people, in the face of that resolu tion and in the face of repeated attempts by the Republican party, when in power, to in augurate tbe policy it proclaims, see fit to electa Republican Legislature, we hope that the tax-gatherer who sallies forth to collect revenue for tbe improvements aforesaid will take the precaution to cause tbe seventh res olution to be printed upon the back of his tax receipts. He cannot have a more com plete armor against the murmurs of those who arc called upon to pay. The Salem Statesman, in speaking of the Portland Convention, thus dis courses : . "The Republican Conven tion met to support again the greatest truths in the world's history.", The italics are ours. , "Open confessions are good for the soiil," and let the vo ters of Oregon once understand what those great truths are that the Radi cal convention met to support and the members who composed that conven tion will be their only supporters. Invasion of personal rightsviolation of tho right of State by tb general government destruction of fair and free election violation of the law of nationsthe entire subversion of the Constitution of ; the United States f ll A rl&crr&rla f inn nf f KoJn im' a w. Jrrli protective tailttS tUaoevaseCr fund- ing-system r-infamous bankruptcy lawsr the fostering" of monopolies at the expense of the tax-payer and lastly the design to fasten upon the lax-pay- ers of Oregon an enormous debt , with which to perpetuate' the Radical party in power. These are a few of " the great est truths in the world's history" that the .Portland Convention met to sup port ! " Voters of Oregon is it possible that you are so blind as not to see when the Radicals themselves point ,t .. - i .. ,. "IH fore the land tohaetcntnsj ills a prey, .'. When rogue afmfmiiaUsjnd mtn deeay;." . ; J " THE IA3f GEltr ' V At no tiuno since the formation v of our government have free institutions been in so much peril, k Coeval !with the adoption of tho Constitution there was born a party of which ;tho Radi cals of to-day aro the kgitimato off spring. Alox. Hamilton was its cham pion then. Charles BumLcr is its lead ing spirit now. It seenju as though the seeds of destruction were sown at tho very time tho nation was ushered into existence. Radicalism hasirrown with the country's growth, and ripen ed with its ago. What was then a bud is now in bloom. Tho speck on tho far away horizon has grown to the pro portions of a sky in anger until tho very foundation of free American gov ernment are being shaken by tho ter rible convulsion that environ! it. All tho Democratic statesman from Thorn as Jefferson down havo warned the people of tho wrath that was surely to come. Those warnings time has made prophetic those prophecies have be come stem realities, and to-day we are standing upon tho very briuk of na tionat atbuuegrauon. r or ten years has tho party in powe r been busily en gaged in forging the chuins for over thirty millions of freemen. For ten years has Congress been passing tho most opprcssivo and unjust laws that ever disgraced tho pages of any statute book. For ten years havo Radical Judges been rendering tho most iufa mous decisions that ever polluted the ermine in any country under tho sun. Tho passiveness with which tho Amer ican peoplo bear nil these encroach mints on their most sacred rights is truly alarming, for it augurs that the problem of self-government cannot bo solved by tho Americans of to-day If we consider the degradation of the ballot-bos the result of universal suffrage tho destruction of State rights by Congressional usurpation and legislation ; if we consider tho enormous taxes under wlin-lt the na tion is groaniu.-j and tho centraliza tion of power in tho Federal courts bv reason of the workincs of the Bankruptcy Act we are forced to con clude that American freedom will soon be a matter of the past, aud tbat we have already witnessed tho beginning of the end of tho lent government the sun ever shown upon. Very few people take time to rellcct upon tho terrible achievements that have been made over our free government in one short decade. It is pitiable to reflect upon the immense differences which have been introduced by so thort an inter val of years ; to contemplate the de plorable events that separate this gen eration from that of Washington, Ad ams and Jefferson. It is impossible to forget what the nation was and not to realize to what it has come. It has not been a succession of apparently unimportant eveuts,dtstributedthr ugh a long succession of years, that Las brought this change. It is the work of a single generation ; one has suf ficed to separate tho nation by impass able gulfs and immeasurable distances from tho place whero tho feet of the young Republic were planted. Wo must have almost completed the circle of revolutions, if it bo true that they never go backwards. A I'AKALLIX CASE. Human Experience exhausted its originality long since. Tho events of to-day are only repetitions, in a mod ified form perhaps, of tho events of other days! "Whether in tho wide range of history or in the limited one that circumscribes the single individ ual it is the same. Go whero wo may, there are always foot-prints before us. These reflections are forced upon us by the manner in which the Radical newspapers and orators treat the 8th resolution of the Albany platform. We aver that it is not tho first time that men have been nflicted by an incurable madness by which they were prompted to fight enemies when and where there were no enemies. " Upon reading the Oregonian of the 25th and observing the valorous manner in which the editor of that paper makes still another onslaught upon what he is pleased to consider repudiation, we were reminded of a famous individual of the long ago of whose valor and discretion the faithful historian has not presrved a more fitting illustra tion man tnis : ' " A they were thai discoursing, they perceive t some thirty or forty1 windmills tbat are in that plain ; and as soon as Don Quixote espied them, be said tr hi squire : , Fortaoo dispose our af fair better than we ourselves oould have desired, look yonder, friond ciancho Panz, where you may discover somewhat more than thirty mon strous priontH, with whom I intend to fight, and take away nil tboir: lives : fur is lawful war, and doing Uod good service to tuko uway so wiejw) genera UJi-onv-offTlie fueo of the earth. ' What rtaiitiTsuid Sancho Punz.-it Those yon see yon. iler, answered bis master, with those long arms j for some of them aro wont to have them almost ef tho length o-f two Jeguos. Consider, Sir, an swered Sancbo, that thnre which appear yonder, are uot iunl, but windmills '; and what seem to be arms, are the sails-, wbieh, whirled about by tbe .wind, moke the millsbine go. ' One may e&isly see, answered Don Quixote, that you are not versed in the business of adventures : they are giants; and, if yoo are afraid, get aside and pray, whilst I engngo with them in fierce and ufltfjual oonibat. And so saying, and recommending himself de voutly to his lady Dulcinoa, becceubing ber to sueeour bim in the present danger, being well sovered with his buckler, and setting his lunco in the rest, he rushed on - fust as RoUnate could gallop, and attacked the first mill beforo him ; and running his lance into tbe Bail, the wind whirled it abont wiCtT lo' miich violence that it I ornKe tbe Janes .to shivers, dragging uor rider afar it, and -tumbling ihsnv ori over-oa the plain, in.xwrj. evil plight;''. broke tbe lanes -to shivers, dragging horse -and over ana EXIT KIT KI.UX. Sensation is fashionable. ; Myths aro society's pets and deception its pastimes. Ono by ono they como up on the stage, live out a brief triumph over a susceptible public and then dis appear. We havo to chronicle tho de- miso of tho distinguished Ku Klux,- It was born of evil minds conjured from tho vast depths of tho unreal, by bad men. It held its swtty iu tho in flamed imagination of tho North and Western Status. It served tho pur pose of its creators. It opened wider the flood-gates of indignation upon the wihappy South. It gave zest to the proscription of Congress and ad ditional bitterness to tho reconstruc tion cup.. It wus the law head and bloo.ly bones of the Republican party in every election in tho Northern States. And now having served the full purpose of its creation, a Con gressional Committee with a breath dissolves the monster into thin ni The Ku Kluxas it was painted for the North, wus one of tho most stu ponduous, persistent and wicked lies that ever claimed paternity of mar: or demon. On tho Glh of the present month the Reconstruction Commilteo was engag ed in hearing tho statement of Judge Leo, of Nashville, on the condition of affairs in Tennessee. "Judge Leo, who has unusual opportunities for obser vation, stated that tho sources of mur ders and outrages with which tho newspaper aro filled and which have been brought to the attention 'of the committee, are either groundless or grossly exaggerated. Nearly all the murders, robberies and other crimes that ho had heard of in Tennessee were commuted bv tuo vairaiKina ne groes, who refused to work and were driven to tins mudo oi obtaining a living. He scouted tho idea of the existence of fetich an organization as the Ku Klus Klan. and said tho ac count published in the Northern pa iers alxiut its oiieralion were tho a subje-et of merriment t the South. Judge Lee stated that the laws were as well enforced now in Tennessee as they were under Governor Brownlow, and that tho condition of affairs in Tennessee Mas moto peaceful now than at anv time since the war. He did not think there wat any necessity for sending troops into tho State or for Congress ttitcrfcr ng in its affairs." I.ETTi;it ritOM IMKTI..1M. PoitTLAXD, April 23, 1870. Editors Ih'iMtcral : Vol. Kelley tolls me that he never advocated the repudiation or tho dis gorgement theory of Fay. He has advocated tho payment of the debtac- cording to lh: I'-rins of the contract the Pendleton nud Voorhees' doctrine. He has been shamefully misrepresent ed by the Radicul press. The same is true of Mr. Slater. Neither of these gentlemen have ever hinted at an abandonment of the old Democratic position on the. debt cmestion. Your article in reply to the Herald was capital. It was well received here No Democrat has tho right to miscon strue the action of the Democratic State Convention or misinterpret its platform, or, what is still worse, pro claim a platform of his own. There is no doubt but that tho Fay Tetter was written for the purposo of injur in"r the Democratic ticket. Tho wri ter's proclaimed hostility to Mr. Gro ver leaves no doubt of this. Ho and O'Meara are cheek by jowl in tho ut tcmpt to disorganize the Democratic party, and it was singularly appropri ato that tho disgorgement epistl should make its debut in the columns of that gentleman's paper. ... Tho Democratic party is not a party of many-headed policies. It pro claims itself unmistakably upon all essential questions, and every man who is riding to the charge under our torn but flying banner must "Ride holding the pommel If he has not the wit to fret hold cf ibe roio.1 The prospect in Multnomah is good Tho contest is severe but the victory will bo all the more decisive. Smith TAXIXGt STOCK l IIAXKS. XATIO.VAE The Supreme Court of the Unitee States sustain Kentucky in taxing tho Stock in National Banks. Wo trust that the Oregon Legislature at its coming session will see to it that the institution at Portland, railed the Na tional Bank, is not allowed to escape tax atioii any longer. A Bill accomplish ing this object passed the last Legis laturo but at too lato a day. to receive the Governor s signature before the disruplion"6f theAssembly. Indeed it is ,yery questionable whether the Governor would have signed it. ; Tho Bill in question passed tho Seriate by a strict party vote, but unaccountably received several republican votes in the House. .... ....-'. . , , luere is no substantial or even plausible reason why National Banks, should enjoy the protection of govern ment and at the' same time exemption from any part in. the burdens of taxa tion and no party less devoted to the interests of capital than the republican party would ever have.permitted such suchvan exemption." . - - IIOM:h TV IV THE I'OKKM. Editors Demrxratt I propose to ; review the letter in the Register, on "Jones iho Disorgan'zer." I do this in tho interest of truth, ' and I assuro my friends that I did" not write that letter. -Of courso tho sig nature would naturally lead the pub lic to suppose that I wrote it. Tho cunning ruscal who did write it, evi dently intended to convey tho impres sion that I was tho author by putting thatignnturo to it. That letter is a falsehood upon its face, and I -consider that an objection to it. The first few lines of it convey the idea that it was written by a num- bct of persons, for it uses the expression ' we as life-long Democrats." .;, Less than half a dozen lines further along tho writer forgets himself, drops tho lural " wo" and says: " I," and fur ther still, " am credibly informed;" and, to this singular form ho sticks to tho end. The writer bases his state. ments upon hear sa'. He has no bet ter authority than: "lam credibly informed, " I was informed by a prominent Democrat," " I am told, Now who informed him ? If there oro charges against Mr. Jones, wo want to hear tho testimony from tho wit nesses themselves. Wo don't propose to take it after it has been filtered through somo unknown individual and then retailed through the columns of a Radical newspaper. I elo not admit that Jones did what tho letter accuses him of ; but suppose he did, what do you make of it ? It says that ho came out six weeks beforo the Convention for Clerk; that he with drew; that ho said there would be a food many candidates; that ho got the nomination for Recorder, in the City of Albany; that Hill aske-d him if he was on the track ami was answered iu the negative ; that he was sprung at the eleventh hour, and that the order of business was arranged so that Clerk came last. What does all that dawd ling nonsense amount to? It is a high compliment to Jones, when a man w ho is evidently an unscrupulous and vindictive enemy can't find any thing worse than ail this to say about him. He had a right to be a candi date for Clerk six weeks beforo the Convention, and was. He withdrew us he had a right to. He did perhaps say that there would be a good many candidates, aud tbat some of them uld get beat. I think there was a good deal of sense in the re-mark. I think the man who wro:e that letter is probably satisfied by this time that somebody elid get beat, and I think that is just what is the matter with Hannah. Suppose he was sprung ut the eleventh hour, after telling Hill that he was not on the track. Go to the men who sprung him, and hold them to account, if a monstrous crime has le-eu committed. If Jones connived for that result, he must have connived with somebody in the Convention. " Now who was it ? Show me a single man of that Convention that he asked to vote or work for him? - Who helped him to carry out the so-called trickery in the Convention ? Name them. Name one. Was it Mr. W. M. Smith, who placed Jones' name before the Convention ? There is not a more up right Democrat than Smith. To say that any man on tho ticket got- his nomination by fraud is to accuse a majority of the' Convention of being cither ignorant or dishonest. " Now, I believe that Mr. Jones was placed on that ticket in accordance with the unbiased wishes of a majority of tho Convention ; and I believe that that Convention had a right to select just who it pleased and that no set of candidates had any right to dicker one another out of the way so as to deprivs the Convention of its choice. I must 6ay thai I never saw such rambling nousense in print as that published in so-called Honesty's letter, It is a very plain case of an attempt by a man to write a fellow. dwn a knavo and of the writer getting him self down an ass instead. A man who could so magnify such things as those stated in that letter, even sup posing them to be true, . could very easily mistake a plum pudding for a torpedo. I v-,;'-! ; There is' one thing that I think I can assure Honesty, (so-called) of, and that is this: that I think ' it less culpable' for a Democrat to work for his own nomination before a Demo cratic Convention than to attempt, after- getting slaughtered in his own party, to stock a Republican Conven tion. And I ask Honesty,' (so-called), what ho has to say of a Democrat who will come to Albany, on the occasion : of a Republican Convention, and send into a caucus of. that . Convention a proposal to combine with them1 on this proposition : They 'to nominate two William's Democrats where' was he to find : them?) for the Legislature and leave the offices of Clerk and Sheriff blank so that ho and a confrier could run, representing that there were seventy-five Democrats in : the Forks of i the Santiam who would bolt ? What do you think of such a man ? What have you to say of a man who woul4 nrgo. Mr. Jonea ,to run foif county Judge, insisting that he was a very proper man, and then talk as Hon eBty (so-called) talks" because he was nominated for Clerk? What have you to say of hi4 duplicity veracity and cheek? i r . I do not believe, that -there are any life-long Democrats' who endorse Hon esty, (so-called). They don't' do that; way. They havo too much every day sense to endorse such .nonsensical let ters and to much patriotism to en gage in such treachery. That may do for tho bread-and-butter hunting and the center-table getting Democrats the fellows that got lachrymose when Lincoln died but it "Won't wash with the lifo-longers,,. And while I think of it, I must say that I think the wri ter of the Jlegittler letter has taken the responsibility of forging another man's name to that letter. I must also con gratulate the Republicans on. their re cruits. They havn't exactly got " the man on horseback," but they have un doubtedly got "the man in the Forks," and they have got his right bower with the remnant of his $G00 worth of long-handled shovelr which two circumstances entitle him to be considered a genuine "jack of spades;' and they nave, in addition to ;.ny quantity of negroes, got San Wf and Calipooyia Pete. All of which is very respectfully submitted. r R. M. Powers. Their eonduet, indeed, in this particular, war rants belief in tbe repot t we beard wbiU in Salem U,t week'bat the old Kalem band of Oeroocrat (so catted) were actively but furtirely trailing other randidslr on the slate, tirket for the prom ie of votes for rover, and that Slater, for Con press, and Patterson, tor Slsie Printer, were tbe two wbo were ottered in rocrif.ee Jor iir. G rover's benefit. Cvmmieninl. We suppose that we ought to be really grate-ful fr the manifestation of disinter- etcd intercut in the concerns of tbe Demo cratic party that we find in 0'Mara's paper llut, really, wo can t altonJ it. Ibe very ingeni.ius and dextrous editor has our adnd ration, though. Ilis tactics d bim honor, 15y such inidiou means be may succeed in dividing the l)emierati party as easily a ArchimiJes mi'jhl have succeeded in giving tbe earth a tilt only in this case, as in that the parties bav'nt got tbe necessary footing. MISCELLAXEOL'M AM STATE Two wagfu ro. Js will soon be opened to Tillamook county from this Valley viz: Ooc by wy f Grande Itounde and South Yamhill, tbe other by way ol'Traik river and South taminil. The 31 uliny.iiah l'eui,cratic Convention, to nomiim'e County of&ccr, will Le held next Vcdueday. Messr. Slater and Wi! n will speak next week as loilowa : On Moiv-.ny at As toria. Tuesday at St. Helen, Wedi.c diy at IVrthiid, Ihur.-day at Milwaulic, Fri day at Oregon City . ? ' The be uc be in r ic of tbe loth Amend ment in Portland have fplit up into two political clubs because about half of them are opposid to I'hincso being plated on an efpi-.liy '-wid col'od geiumens." 'flic white it-idtcals tried to reconcile the differ euces of i heir sable brethren, but one uld whiic-eyed manhood said Le "wau't goiu in for no fich dam foolishness, foe God, be wan't." Mr. D. 0. McKiuoey, cif ,ile Oregon City Enterprise, has retired fr.ui tbe edi torial coiirl oi that pupr. , aud gone to pracl'ue law i KaMeru Oregon. The AJax la.-t Saturday , broaght up 227 pa'scngers moA by immigrant.-' froin the Stales. s V t The fuod raised by Portlanders for the relief of the family .of Du Penning who was accidental y crushed to death by a sand bank last week amounted to over 81,000, besides the generous people of Portland have given her a lot and will build her a house. Noble conduct. Prof. Veatch died in Portland last Sunday. A lot ofprcachers from the East will vis it Oregon ibis summer, on an excursion. i arc well yellow lejiged ehickcns. The corner stoBe of the Commercial Hotel was laid last Tuesday in Salem. Lady Franklin, is on her way to tbi State.' She comes in search of a letter, said to be in this State, supposed to be in the hand writing of her husband. The Democrats of La Graude corraled Joe Wilson by taking ladies to the polit est discussion between , he , and Slater at that place, lie could u t tell ttts dirty stories, and was out. --- n- .Last i ucsd.-iy was the oist anniversa ry of Odd Fellowship in tbo Uuitcd Lodges of the Improved Order of Red Men are organizing all over Oregon. There ia certainly room for improvement. (Joke.); r - . '-t ' - Silas W. WrightMicd suddenly at Sa lem on Sunday, , . .n .. . J udge. Walton, of Eugene, was last week thrown from a bugy aud badly injured. The juiy - in the case of Campbell for tho shooting ot S. A. Miles, at. j3t. Hel ens, failed , to agree und a change of ve nue was granted to Multnomah county. Col. Itccd and 'Mr. Mallory will both buiJd new hotels in Salem. . " " ' "' A. J. Dufur has retired from the Far mcr, and is succeded by uwjur S. Fran ces.., , ' ' ;v Land can be had in Polk oountyat from $4 to 810 per acre. , j Daily 'mail iroiii Por land tb'MeMin- yjllo'..,I0q S W$1?1 - vTAi-H! Last Monday' TtcnV Hayden spoke at Dallas to big crowd. " Deuiucrata ot PoLk jubillanfc n3rv Sf'HTt"? j Kfi ''' Mr. Eljah Davidson, dged 87 years, dial io Polk county on 22d inst. -, Sckofula is a taint or infeofinri in the' hu man organism which weakens tho vital for ces, and disorders" or disarranges the func jtions of the whole systemr - This taint or infection is triost . 'usually ThefedjfftfV . in tho coriRtitqtii'iti, but5 it may ntst 'arisft fr.oaf habita of llfc.-MnwhtJe.soiuo food, . etc, In time,' if this disetyte does not ahow itself in an ulcerous or tulercious form, it induces' tnose other diseaxes, suuh as oonsttinptum, ulcei-ntitmg of the liver, stoinaoli and kidneys, salt rheum, dropsy, eto, - -The- best, remedy ever yet discovered ts'Dr. AFalker'ti.Yxcx- TABLE VlNCOAB BITTBK8.V,: If Will CUT the disease if r.ot too far advanced," and vrillerad . TElr .-r-. amiasi, 'si?rii i ne mil repea ' ing tho Registry Law throughout the State, exeept in New York t3ity. pasted the A ei bly ; also Jhe.bij! jmendifcg th EIq ti n Law, by placing , colored vo- . ' ' f ...t. i. ' A . . . A . 1 ft S ewi A. vers on an equality wnn wnites. NEW Y0KK, April , Z-L" The Fenian Executive Councilof Cliicago Co'riffress have issued ao address annotiDcinir ther removal of tho control tq Puilodelphir It charges O'Neill with usurpation. nial-V- fenfance and misappropriation of $8,000 J utimates in strong terms mat actual mil iary operations will goon be beenrt. and promifc on early statement ol the work of complete equipment of forces. It seems settled 'that Sandford E Church will be the Democratic candidate" for Chief 'Justice of the Court" of Ap-: . pes in. i .- . 31 aj. " Sigoiirnoy, clatinart y the" ad' Ihorship of "The ' Beautiful Snow,'' coiiJ' mutea suicide to day. ----- - . . A rumor is a float in London that Queer Victoria Intends to marry tTio Prince of the House of Scblcuwi,! Holsteio.- JJoston, April 23. The late Ministcf Burlincame was buried at Mount Auburn, with Masonic funeral rites. The bill for the enforcement of ther 15th amendment, reported by the Senate, provides penalties of fine and imprison-' meat for the failure of anofficer ,to allow" negroes to perform any necessary' "ait ia the States or Territories nudcr the law. Tho United Siaie District Coarta havty exclusive jurisdiction (n suits growing out of the amendment. Tbe President is authorized to employ the land aod the naval forces or. the militia to enforce its provision. -.' Nkw Yokk April 20.-r-It is now well understood fact that" Gen. Jordon, lately 1 1 the bead of L the Cuban army, will in a few days reach our city. The contract entered into between himself and the Junta was ody for one year, which term of servico expired in February last, . The McFarland trial (14th day) was resumed ibis morning. Several , pbysi' e-ians testified as to the abnormal bi:Tr state of the prisoner's pulse, and highly fraught condition Mncehe was committed to pricoo. They also found that conges tion of the brain had developed ite-elf, and declared i he prisoner insanewlien be committed the deed, and morally irre sponsible. " - i - Ntw York April 20 Special '!?-pate-he front W'asiiii.gtou atate that there is almost eertain prospects of an? Indian war. Twenty thousand Sioux- Indians are on tbe war path. TrinijiS arc being hurried to the frontier ty meet the crisis. me loin aua s t it rciinncnis or mruntry are ordered to Si-nx C-ty. The re-croit-iog officer in ibis ci'y i ordered to send forward every available man at once, Loiisvlle, Arrii ?2p.T-DUp-lie to lorirr-Jonrntil indicate the elec tion of Gen J. II. Lewis, I'eux-erat. to Congrc-s from the 31 Congressional Dis trict. Negroes voted without dist urbance. Golladay sp.-ke at Howlihg Green to dav, annouueiiig himself still a member. : ' Hct imia'ged iu abu-sc of newspaper metr. Il will probably contest tke seat of the mesu ber elected. Lonkox, Apiit 25. Tie telegram say a pieces of wood bad drilled ashore u il.e northwest coast of Cornwall Waring the itrseriptwo in large letters,- 'City cf Bos tou sinking,. Feb. 1L - LAtSCtlED. The new Steamer op;. bmjt m tl-is e ty by the -Willamette Frihtiug s Company, c wa.i success fully launched at a poiut in the Willani e U opposite Harris. Itubini-on tji'a. miil, on la&t Saturday in the afternoon. A large concourse ef our citixeos. of both sexcs.were present and witnessed :Lc . dcr'aking. .The inllivpe' a leaatift.1 and admirably conMructed boat. Ulr. John Thbuia.". a iuaier cf his business, directed the wxk, and ihe perfectness of this boat in all'of its'appoinnneofs itteets that he is indeed a superior workman iu his line. WitV'machinery alj 'in. the Colliope will diaw only 0 inches of water, while her bow is so admirably constructed that loaded to her gnards. she will enenna ter comparatively but triSing resistance as onward he 'glidesi . 'The tok ward cab in ban a'eircular front. 1 he' pilo hcuso is .octagito shaped aud enclosed trh all sides with sliding sash. AH toll. the people cf Henton county have reason to be proud of this boat. Another "and Tar ger one will be oi stocks ere long. tbr rnlis JJercurjf. : , s j , t .-. , .NEW ADVEKT1SEM EN T-S , G. W. BIGGERS, t&; D.T BOTANIO PHYSICIA1T iJJD SURGEOB; GRA0U4TE OF THE PHYSlO-MEDfCAtlJR CURTIS- ; COLLEGE. OF CINCINNATI. JDH10,'?3 . '-r'- ' ' ' "'v: tr: j . Employ in practice neither mercury, arsenic, morphine, nor any other poisons, but rolu&enurh agents a act in perfi-et hariuuny with the Jaws of lite and are entirely bsrmlvss. . tai . .... lt ,,ti - OtFrca Parrish e llluckk.upetsu-s. ResKlence on Water street, below Pierce ferry-. - - -, : , a S-i.s t 1; ., - a-.. ap29u47v5m6. L. CBSADLe. . ,H. XBSADLB, Frent-st, Albany, Oga. Miff Cta-y;tr., San J" ran-. v vwuu, vtttiiornia. R. fpHEADLE & CO. GOODS RECEIVED BY EVERY STEAFMR '"' ' ' 4 WRJECS . iu--t"!-.t FROM SAN FRANCISCO K0TICET0 SHIPPERS! , That I will attend to at " GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS ts sa& rnAnrciscoi . 1. '"-TH AT MAS' S ?JJ!G 7XllJ POR ALE l WhcfttfaVn far G.oc o Rqp fcl rep a ttt ! eoOantVper BuihaL ,'Oata 3QClLJeiinyiel I CHEADLK, of Albany, will attend" to art .2 r orders aw basinets in tha p'rodoe Iffcide - inai ran; De sent frem Albany ro ra octr5n8ai6 - -sr. f.nanxl.lS