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MAY 27, 1870.
1 DEMOCRATIC JTATE TICKET.
". 1 "' i .j"0 00VKRN08,' ' "'
UOXJ L. FjCROVEK, o& Marion' eounty.
rnn HErRESEVTATiric-s eoWaaass,
" IIOX.' JAS. JI.'SLATlS R, orUnion,
FOR SECRETARY or STATE, .
- IIOX. S. F CH ADYVICK, of Douglas.
1. ir J j FOR TREASURER,
LEWIS FLEISCHXKU, of : Multnomah.
" . FiR PRINTER, ...
T..' PATTERSON, of Multnomah..-.'
"Nominations in Second Judicial District.
2 . For Judge A. J.THAYEtt, of Benton.
JjFor Prosecuting Attorney--C. W. FITCH, of Lane
v Nominationa for Third Judicial District,
j. For Judge B. F. BOS 11AM, of Marion,
r For Prosecuting Attorney X. BUTLER i Polk.
V LINN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Tor Stitle Senators,
' X. M. CRAWFORD, '". 1X001 HOULT.
" ' s ; ' Tor Jiepresentalicts,
GEO. R." HELM. W. F. ALEXANDER,
THOS. ill'XKKRS, ' JOHX OSTRAXDEK.
MM. S. ELKISS.
Fur Jud'je,
JOHX J. WHITNEY.
For Clerk;
' A. C J0XE3.
Tor &terif,
R. A. IRVIXE.
Tor Treasurer,
JAMES SHIELDS.
a. For Commissioners,
MARTIN PA1XE, JASON WHEELER
Tor School Superintendent,
THOMAS J. STITES.
Tor Assessor,
; JAMES B. SPEERY.
Tor Surveyor,
THOMAS RIGGS.
Tor Coroner,
WM. Q. STEWART.
Albzny Precinct Ticket.
Jestioe of thePcasc K. M Fowebs, I. IIva.
CoasUbles Geo. IT". HAS", James Perry.
We favor the payment of the public dcH of
the United States as rapidly as practicable; all
moneys drawn from the people byftaxation, except
so much as is requisite for the y&cesaiiics of the
Government, economically addiinistcred, being
- honestly applied to men payment, and where the
obligations of the Government do not expressly
etaie upon tbeir face, or the law under which Ibcy
wore issued dues not provide tbat they ball be
paid in coin, they onghr, in right and in justice,
to bo paid in the lawful money of the t'nited
States. Xotinnai Democratic Platform of 1S6S.
Jtetaleed, Tbat the assumptions of the opposi
tion tbat the Democratic party is in faior of repa
! dialing the public dsbt, and that it is in favor of
- nullification and secession, are slanderous and
. false. Oregon Democratic Platlorm of 106.
Betolred, Tbat good faith and justice Id all de
mands that the public debt shall be paid in like
enrrtney as contracted, and we favor action by
Congress submitting Untied States securities to
be taxed a other property. Oregon Democratic
Platform of 18fiS.
We are willing to pay our national debt in strict
compliance with oar contracts, whether it was
made payable in guld or greenbacks, bat we are
anwilling to do more than that ; and we declare
. that the fire-twenty bonds are parable in green
backs or tbeir equivalent ; aud we condemn the
policy of the Administration which is squandering
million of money by baying such bonds at a high
rate-of premium when thi Government had tbe
clear right t redeem them at par. ludiana Dem-
ocratie Platform of 1870.
OF COURSE.
Mr. James D. Fay Las vouchsafed
another crumb of solid comfort to the
hungering Radicals throughout the
State. Here it is :
So far as the sentiments of the Convention
which adopted tbe "eighth resolution" are con
cerned, the editor cf the Dmotut, wL was
present during tbe whole proceedings, tuoir thai
fas construction placed, on the resolution by 31 r.
Fay tea the Beaf intent held and trpretted y lie
majority in tk various teet rota had before tbe
final passage of the resolution."
And now behold with what keen
. relish, and with what an ardent and
grateful appreciation the Radical
' newspapers seize upon this, to them,
savory morsel :
"We call particular attention t the concluding
" sentence of the abare extract. It is there as.-ert-J
that Mr, Fay's views were those of the Conven
tion. No one can truthfully deny this fact. The
Convention intended to make a repudiation plat
' form, and did it." Oregonian.
"And that is thcicterpretaiion given7 1 it ly
every Democratic paper in tbe State e'xeept tbe
Dchockat and the Hn'.em Prci. Fay baa been
nominated for State Senator hy tbe Democracy of
' Jackson county since be wrote the repudiation K-t--
tarywhieb. is an endorsement of his views and
snakes him good authority." Eugene Journal.
"Out in Jackson county, Jim Fay, who was the
oat and out repudiation champion during tbe con
. vention, declares tbat be Lcows vrhat tbe resolu
tion meant and will stand op to it.
These things look to sctcal , repu
diation, just as Jim Fay says. If they ' mean
anything thsy mean tbat." S'l'an Statesman.
And now, last, but by no means
least, we hare Mr. James O'Meara ex
ultantly ejaculating : "Mr. James D.
Fay beard from." Patient O'Meara;
long-waiting O'Meara ; happy O'Mea
ra ; bis Blucber has come, and h:3 val
orous heart gathers fresh courage and
his nerveless arm new Etrength to re
new the fight for the enemv. He
""J8. ' ,,. -- ,
'We ask atUt.tiun to toe italicised portion of
'the above extract, as to tbe meaning and intention
of the language of tbe 8th resolution, and to the
fact tbat the editor of tbe Albany Democrat
knows that it means rcpudietion, and, further,
that be falsifies the case in asserting tbat tho res
olution does not mean repudiation.'''
It will be seen that Mr. Fay has
reached the heart of the great "Union
Bepublican party ;" that its popular
chord thrills beneath his touch.
If the Radical party, in its construc
tion 6f the Democratic platform, ia
right, then Mr. Fay is right, and rice
verm. 11 that party had succeeded in
its purpose to destroy the Democratic
party; by forcing it into a'position that
it has. never occupied in any State,
Territorial or National contest,' and
one that it emphatically disavowed, in
this State when. Fay was upon . the
State" ticket ; if, we say, the Repub
lican party had succeeded in defeating
and destroying the Deroocratie party
in the State,' by forcing ' repudiation
upon it, it certainly would" not have
failed to acknowledge and reward the
eminent services of that pair of noble
.brothers; whose political fortunes are
' eo, unseparably allied -James O'Meara
rQcl James D, Fay. -." ;,'
FRIDAY....
L.. F. tiltOYKR AM) JOEL PAL.
On last Thursday, the above named
gentlemen, the former in propria per
eonce, and tho other (by G. L. "Woods,
proxy) discussed the political issues of
the day in the 'Court House iu - this
city. The "day was fine end the audi
ence the largest of the season. Mr.
Grover opened the debate in an effort
of one hour and a quarter in duration,
and proceeded to arraign rainier, his
proxy, and the Radical party before
the bar of public opinion in A manner
that was truly refreshing. "Ve do not
remember of ever having heard a more
logical and elegant speech than that
made by Mr. Grover on this occasion.
At times as his theme demanded it the
speaker roso to the, majesty of true
eloquence iu the delivery 'of sentences
that were elaborate, forcible and fin
ished. The earnestness of his man
ner, combined with the logic of his
deductions, drove conviction to tho
minds of his hearers and struck terror
to the hearts of tho wooden man 'and
his proxy that were opposed to him.
It is a fitting commentary on tho Rad
icalism of Oregon that thcro is nei
ther brains nor decency to be found
wherewith to make a candidate for
Governor. . :
Mr. Grover drove Mr. Palmer (by
proxy). to tho wall and left him no
time to Bay "eighth resolution" at all,
but kept him busy in defending , the
Radical partj from tho charge of Re
pudiation. It was amusing to w itness
the discomfitted Palmer (ly proxy)
pacing the platform in the agonies of
desjmir, as Mr. Grover held him and
his party up by tho hair and and cas
tigated them in the most unmerciful
manner.
"We stated that Palmer appeared by
proxy in debate. So he did, but no1
entirely so, for Palmer did speak near
ly Ucenhj miuuutes, after Mr. Grover
had concluded his opening speech,
(think of that voters of Oregon !)
Yes, Palmer spoke twenty minutes,
and like the ass in the fable, complete
ly destroyed the illusion that there
was a lion there as soon as he began
to bray. The stupidity manifested by
Palmer is without a parallel, and wo
predict for him a welcorao in South
ern Oregon that will remind him of
Senator Convin's speech during the
Mexican "War, wherein that loyal Sen
ator hoped that American soldiers that
had gone to the battle's front for their
country would be "welcomed with
bloody hands to hospitable graves."
We say his stupidity is without a par
allel it is only equalled by his ef
frontery for this fossilized oyster
from the classic shades of Yamhill de
fended his letter to Gen. Wool, where
in he says "that the future will prove
that tli is war has been forced upon
these Indians against their will, and
that, too, by a set of reckless vaga
bonds for pecuniary and political ob
jects and sanctioned by a numerous pojh-
ulalion uho regard the Treasury ' of the
United Slates a legitimate subjtxi nf
plunder." Voters of Oregon ! Waiv
ing the moral turpitude of the man
who could indite an epistle of this
kind, are you prepared so to disgrace
the Executive Department of jour
government as to elect a man to the
highest office in the State who evi
dently never had a dozen thoughts in
all his life? The ignorance of the boor
the vanity of the dotard the sharae
lessness of the pimp the heartless
ness of tho brute are the elements that
go to make up the character of the
Radical candidate for Governor. It
is a dirty bird that befouls its own
nest, and a miserable wretch is he who
will gloat over his own infamy with
the grin of the savage, whose murders
he had justified, and who would at
tempt, with the stolid complacency ot
an indiot, to laugh down the feelings
of horror and contempt which his pu
silanimous conduct, while Superin
tendent of Indian Affairs, had right
eously invoked.
Compared with this bloody carbun
cle on the body of society, tho re
splendent qualities of I a Fayette Gro
ver stand like a mountain by the side
of a cess-pool. - . .. .
After Joel Palmer had convicted
himself, by referring to his shameless
history, he again appeared, (by proxy)
and in an hour and ten minutes deliv
ered himself of his usual discbarge of
foetid wind. He was unusually rapid,
rabid and vapid. ;
Messes. N. L. Butler and- J. ,C.
Powell, opposing candidates for the of
fice of District Attorney for the 3d Ju
dicial District, began the canvass of
this county on last Monday by speak
ing at Peoria. Mr. -Butler, will beat
Mr. Powell nearly 400 votes in this
county,' for he is the abler, the better,
and the more popular man of the two
by odds. Mr Powell is a ' stench in
the nostrils of his own party, and has
won for himself a reputation as a law
yer, that in everything except . ability,
vies with that of. the notorious ' "Oily
Gammon," 'of the celebrated firm-' of
Snap,; Gammon & Quirk Yerily it is
time: for the peoj le to oust him from
this important po&itioii. ' - ;.'
bftcribVfor the'DrvtooBair.
' - , . , ,
The above named individual is a can
didate for ,rp-eloctioh to the office of
Prosecuting 'Attorney in this District.
If the people think that" Powell fit
to bo continued in office; tli.en we.very
much mistake their discrimination and 1
honesty of -purpose They want a
competent and an honest person for
District Attorney, and, with a, full
knowledge of the ' responsibility that
attaches to the statouaent, woray that
J. C. Powell is neither. His conduct
in the Heiss murder trial in Yamhill
county was ' unsatisfactory to the
people of that county, and gavp riso
to the impression that Powell did not
discharge his full duty.
Another notable instance is on rec
ord. Tho people of Linn County
were so' unfortunate as to have , this
man, Powell, acting at one time in the
capacity of County Judge. During
that time the estate of Elmer Jicys, of
which Morgan Keys was administra
tor, came up for settlement, and Pow
ell, either wilfully or ignorantly, com
mitted fatal errors while discharging
tho duties of his office therein. After
tho expiration of his term of office, ho
went to interested pint ion and offered
to become the Attorney in an action
based upon the errors committed by
himself, in his own record, wh le
County Judge, and was employed, but,
lacking the capacity, he failed, where
upon Judge Chenoweth of Corvnllis,
It. Williams of Salem and E. F. Rus
sel of Albany took the cano and puwhed
it through to judgment. In he mvan
time Morgan Keys, administrator,
died and this judgement, amounting
to eight thou Hand dollars, was recov
ered from his estate. Nor has it stop
ped hero. A second suit is brought
by tho fame parties to recover on ad
ditional sum of some twelve thouHaud
dollars against Mr. Jacob Keys, ad
niinUtrator of the estate of Morgan
Keys. Thus tho rich estate of Mor
gan Keys has been bankrupt and the
widow and children robbed of their
inheritance and beggared by the folly
or criminality of this mau, J. C. Pow
ell. The presumption' is almost con
clusive, if not wholly so, that Powell
purposely committed thc-so blunders
in order to get an opportunity to ob
tain a large fee and which he would
have obtained had his incapacity not
been an insurmountable barrier to suc
cess. There is one other matter which
will be remembered b; the tax payers cf
Linn with dbtrui-t and chagrin. The
valuable property upon which Mr.
Powell's private residence now uiands
once belonged to tho county. The
county uas divented of the title of thin
troju-rty and the. name was vested in I'uw
ell, while that delectable hombre wus
County Judge and had control f the
projterty in behalf (he ojAe. Tho
wholo transaction was manipulated
quietly and carefully, and the dishon
est ex-Judge aud present unworthy
candidate enjoys to-day the property
which of right should belong to the
tax payers of the county.
This record may seem long enough
and black enough, but there is more
of it. It is made the duty of the
Prosecuting Attorney to appear in be
half of the State in all fcuits for disso
lution of the marriage contract, the
State being made, by statute, a party
defendant in all such cases. Now,
how does Powell manago this busi
ness? In this way : Flinn, Powell's
partner, appears for tho plaintiff and
Powell, Flinn's partner, appears for
the defendant, State, and tho fees up
on both sides are thus ingeniously and
happily kept within the firm of Powell
& Flinn. It is hardlv necessary to add
that in all such coses Mr. Flinn, if
there is no other attorney with Pow
ell, succeeds with small effort in win
ning the divorce. A case of this very
character transpired at tho last
(March) term of the Circuit Court in
this city. Of course tho people are
not going to tolerate such disreputa
ble and contemptable praclices. , A
large number of Republicans in this
county have avowed a extermination
not to support him further and to use
their best efforts to elect his competitor.-
;- ' -- :- - "
So Mr. Powell, good bye. We an
ticipate and cheerfully welcome your
swift, certain and inevitable defeat.
The State Journal (Radical candi
date for State printer) repudiates the
construction placed upon tho Demo
cratic platform, by the Democrat, and
opposes' that of Mr. Fay pd says that
Mr. Fay is the authorized exponent
of the platform, because be has been
nominated, for State Senator on' tho
Democratic county, ticket in Jackson.
Mr. Fay's paper copies and leads the
article. Mr. 'O'Meara's paper, tho
Oregonian, Statesman and all other Re
publican papers take the Same view
as that of the Journal. V ; ;
W do iiOt concede that the Demo
crats of Jackson county are the au
thorized exponents of the State plat
form. If a legislative , candidateship
confers such authority, then we have
nearly four-score expositers, exclusive
of State and other candidates, f -r
' 'MbirPErrH-is-very pick; "nas' atfftone
OH I TUB I'll EEK ! f -
A Republican papor in the oxtreme
of its extremity assails the' Democrat
ic candidate for Clerk in .this county,
becauso lie voted the so-called Union
ticket, tlm small matter of eight years
ago. The idea. is delqcatable; and the
sourco delightful. Only think of tho
richness of an attempt by radicals to
get Democrats to bolt tho ticket, by
argumg that bolting is disreputable
Suppose our candidato did voto tho
so-callod Union, ticket ouce iu his life,
and eight years ago at a time when
hundreds of those who aro now lead
ing Democrats in every Stato in the
Union wero doing the name thing.
Is that an all sufficient reason - why
Democrats- should vote for John Mon
tcith, who never votes any other way?
Who did John Mon tcith voto for in
1802? iu 1KG1? in 1808? And who
will John Mouteith vote for in 1870.
Tho very nuiiic, Monteith, is the syn-
onim for political bigotry and party
intolerance. Now, just thiuk for one
moment of tho sublime absurdity the
shameless audacity of a proposition
to Democrats to hand over t( the
MoutcitUs tho "office of Cle-i k, with all
of its political power! Think of these
Liiliputs setting themselves down be
fore the (Citadcl of tho gjunt Democra
cy of Linn couiity, aud squeaking out
a demand for its capitulation.
Why, we begin to think that the
lacteal fluid upon which Sqtieers fed
tho juvenile martyrs of Dothe boy's
Hull was really rich after all.
j a 7i i:h o'.u i:a ha.
This gentlemen, who has figured so
prominently with James D. Fay dur
ing the present canvass, iu histndeav
ors to fasten repudiation upon our
parly, has aguiu upeared as a speak
er in a Radical club meeting iu Port
land. Fitting place, tilting theme,
aud fitting speaker. Not content with
disseminating his diutrilcs iu Lin little
evening duily, he must take the stand,
and, from an - "independent stand
point," belubor the Democratic party.
And this is tho second time he has
performed this feat. We desire to
call the attention of Democrats, all
over the State, to ,thi fact, fur we
have no doubt that as soou us the
election is over Mr. O'Meara will
seek to rcoccupy the place he once
held in tho party. He and Fay hate
simply an old grudge to satisfy in thw
campaign, and that is that they were
not elected four vears since. They
deiio to defeat the Democratic ticket
because they themselves were defeat,
ed when they were in the field. Mr.
O'Meara occupies a very strange posi
tion for an Independent, when he ad-vinc-
men to vote the Radical ticket.
He manifests the inde pendence of Ju
dos Iscnriot, when he betrayed our
Savior, tho independence to deliver
him over to the hands of his enemies.
Again wo warn tho Democracy every
where to mark O'Meara and Fay they
are jntr nobiht f rat rum.
it. r. IIOX II AM.
As tho time of the election ap
proaches, we feel necessitated to re
mind the voters of the 3rd District,
and particulsrly of Linn county, of the
importance of the judiciary to their
interests. The timo has come when
a-change is absolutely demanded.
Human nature inclines to grow arbi
trary and self-important when too long
indulged in any one thing. A long
continuance in office is apt to induce
proj)orlions that are incompatible with
tho proper discharge of its duties,
simply by lapse of time and that inher
ent weakness common to all mankind.
Judge Boise should bo relieved. He
should be mado to feel that his services
aro not indispensable. He should be
made to know that there arc others who
can presido over a court, and adminis
tcr the law in the 3d district as well as
himself. At tho hist term of tho Su
preme Court he was reminded of his
fallibility by being reversed in several
cases by his brethren on tho bench,
when before that timo ho had ruled
almost with a rod of iron. No man
in this district if' so eligible to succeed
R. P. Boise as B. F. Bonham. No
man combines,? ia so raro a degree,
all the qualifications of a good Judge
as B. F. Bonham
The estimated duties for the current
year on tea, coffee, sugar and molas
ses are $00,000,000. Theso are paid
by all classes, and afford an opportu
nity to those who desiro to lighten the
burdens of the people. The abolition
of these duties' would bo a relief of
one dollar and a half to each inhabi
tant in, tho United States; $7 50 to
each family, or the value of one bar
rel of flour to each of the 8,000,000
families in the country. Frank Jjeslie.
r V r. copy from Ilia Jacksonville" A'e, of May
Mtli.the paragraph heroin given. It was evi
dently written by Mr. Fiiy himself, or with hit
approbation. O'JU tar a' Commercial. , ; "
No man has, in our humble judg
ment, a better right to know just what
Mr; Fay does and just what meets his
approbation than 'Mr. O'Meara, and
no paper is fitter to be the dissemina
tor .of Mr.T Fayjs.ppiniona. 'than Mr.
O'Meara 'n. Commercials
TI .TKUE, TI PITY,- AND
m m m m M K J - w
The Herald of tho 23th proves ' by
sv i-n ass iviU TIIIJl' 1
the New York Tribune that tho Oregon
ian is an unblunhing falsifier. A few
days since it aired that "High-toned"
journal in tho matter of tho "Gaston
letter fraud. Listen to tho hornet's
nest that the Herald has set to buzzing
about the ears of tho Oregonian, in
tho follbwihg extract:
The Onytmiun of. Mon lay contains the follow
Ing I
It appears that the IU i.tiblicun elected two,
and the DiMiioerxt- tlireo, of tbe Supreme Judgus
tliat were cIiomjii ii the late elect on In Ham Vork.
That was not so swooping" a Democratic victo
ry alter all.
Tho Nw York Tribute of April 13tb contains
the follow Ing i
TbS puoplo of our Stato are called to elect a
Chief Justice, tit Associate Jude of their Dew
Court r Appeal on llio tli.rj 'lu..lay (17th) of
next uioutli (M ). Ii il the t'bicl Juslics no
one i to vote for mors than four of the Associate
Judges, so minority will elect at least two of lbs
Assocratu Judges.
In neoiinlati' e with this pro7ilon of the law we
find that each party nominated candidate for
Chief Justice and four candidates for Associate
Judges. At tbe election the Ave Democratic
candidates were all elected by majorities ranging
from Eighty-Eight Thanmnd down to lower fig
ures. The two ilcpublicuu esndidatjs receiving
the highest number tf votes were also deelarid
elected as required by the law, though they were
many thousands of voles behind tbeir Democratic
competitors. A victory could not be more
"rwecpiug."
JOi:i. I'AI.MlCJt.
There is no longer any room to
doubt that tho Radical candidate for
Governor was in actual complicity
with tho Indian murderers of the
Whitman family. This is demonstra
ted in tho Salem Press of tho 2Gth.
W. M. Smith, who writes one of the
letters proving this fact, is well known
iu Linn county to be, a truthful man,
and no one acquainted with him would
for a moment question the truth of any
thing he says. Mr. Munden we know
not. It is certain also that Palmer's
letter to Gen. Wool ; his infamous de
fence of it ; his opposition to the pay
ment of the Indian war claims; ins
friendship for the "poor Indians," as
a race; his stupidity, ignorunce and
brutality as a man; his imbecility, ve
nality and criminality as a public of
ficer, all accumulate to prove him to
bo a miserable old fossil, whom the
people on the Gilt of June will sink
into the uncleau obscurity, from
whence he has just been dragged by
the Portland convention, and consign
him to oblivion's eess-pool, "reeking,
slimy aud dank," un honored and un
pitied save by the descendant of his
own much-lot ed Toui Suckey.
A arMooking, poverty-stricken,
woe-begone wight, that usually wears
an old greasy, villui nous-looking Span
ish sombrero, is perambulating this
county iu the interest of the Mon-
teiths, as a "missionary." He is arm
ed with impudence, mendacity and U.
S. gold coin. He discourses tbu.
against the Democratic candidates :
"Ye Lave asked for bread, the Mou
teitim offer vou a stune." Thw creature
is a drunkard iu habit ; a hypocrite in
religion ; aud by universal consent an
inveterate liar and incorrigible petty
larceny thief.
GitovER and Palmer spoke at Cor-
vallis, on last Friday, to a large and
attentive audience. Mr. Grover s
speech there was even better than his
effort at this place. After he had con
cluded ho was besieged by several Re
publicans who told him that they
would support him. Palmer's Indian
speech will draw many a voter to the
support of Grover; Palmer's stupend
ous ignorance and self-imp ji tance
many more. Grover is sure to be
elected by a large majority.
In his rrn-eeh at Willow Springs, last Wednes
day evening, we are informed. Mr. Fay le end
eJ repudiation. He stood siuarvly up to t'ie po
sition be took on the " Sib resolution," in bis let
ter to the Chairman of the riliQeaiiob trie Hug tit
Purtland, a few days alter tbe convention i d
journed . Sentinel.
Let it bo recorded for future refer
ence that James D. Fay, defended
his " disgorgement" letter, in a speech
at Willow Springs in Jackson county,
May 18, 1870, and that ho is willing
to destroy his party by the promulga
tion of as a base libel on it as ever has
been uttered in a political campaign.
Let it be recorded. "
Radical Logic. Palmer, (by proxy)
and O'Meara bolh exclaim in holy
Radical horror, " if tho Albany pat
form means payment according to
the terms of the contract why don't it
say so ? We answer, if it meant re
pudiation rs you insist, gentlemen,
why is it that it no where says so? It
cannot mean anything it does not say.
Sabe? .
; The only difference between , Fay
and O'Meara is this ; Fay has sen-e
enough to keep within the party and
attempt to destroy it and O'Meara has
not. .. - '.' i. - :"Y
; We have it from a good Republican
source that Butler completely annihi
lated Powell in discussion at Peoria.
If you want an henest and capable
prosecutor vote for N. L. Butler.
Joun Monteitii's Scriptural Text.
"I am. black, but I am Comet fi)
Bible. "
. Mooteith, like David, flings Stone,
but unlike David, will widely roiss his
mark. ; - ." ;- - ;
:" " ' STATE -if EWS.
Thcrn are 7 tinblio tchooU in Salem.
which draw public money for 1,268 per
un. Several Iowa emigrants have recently
settled in the Forks of the Santiani.
It is announced that Chief Justice Chaso
will visit this coast durinrr - tho -.summer.
The following arc iho Grand Lodjic
Officsrs for this Jurisdiction of Odd Fel
lows, elected at Portland lust week:
Wt: Dicrdorff, of Portland, M. W. O.
M.: Daniel Cram, of Idaho. 11.'. W. D. 0.
M.J 0, 0. llewclt, of Washintrton Terri
tory, It. W. i. W.; Chester N. Terry, of
auicin, n. w. u. secretary ; 1. 11. Moores.
of Salem, 11.. W. O. T.; Silas JDay, of
Jacksonville, R. W. G. It.; E. Shultz, of
Dalles City, W. . M; J.'f. Apperson,
of Oregon City, W. G. C; J. J. Walton,
Jr., of i;ueto City, W. (i. G ; J. F
IhickeMsto, of Albany, W. G. II.; Louis
Goodman of Portland, W. G. C.
Dr. IJard, lately appointed Governor
of ldjho, has finally declined acceptance
ut Iho position.
On bunday while two or three hide
(tirls were playing on a log near the river
hank, at Vancouver, two of them were
precipitated into the river. A soldier
who was near ot hand, recucd one ot
them, but was unable to lend any hhhUi
j ii c'o to the other, who wait drowned.
The Democrats of Josephine county
held ain'tlior convention, on May 1tl
and made the il. owing nominations
llepretfcniative. John Wnldon ; County
Jud'.'C. .Iiihn bifers; M.cnll, JJan. Green
Clerk, David LemJall ; Treasurer, S
Xockory ; ComuiinMmiers, B. Bull, T.
Patterson : Aeir J. Giimore; School
huperirifcinlenf, Dr. roiey.
The Oregon and California It. It bond
arc worth 7-i cents on the collar iu Ger
many.
Colored children were refused ad mis
-in to the public schools in Portland
last week.
1 he telegraph line i eotnpleted up the
Columbia to Walla Wal'a. ..
An Indian committed a rape on a little
:irl four years old at the Dalits lat week.
A vagrant act is to be adopted by the
Portland Council.
A oiiiiiaiiihultnt walked out of a Sc
'nd story window in Pi-rilind the other
I.iy and the pavement below put a head
on him and awi.kc him up.
An avr'('u'(ural paper !.a been started
at slltt nana, e-aileu I lie ttalla Uaila
Farmer. It is to be published on the
first of each month.
On the lS:h intit. '.'')') Chinamen nrriv-
Kt mi J riaol i:rcct lroUi Cliiua. and
207 arc daily expected ou another ves-
el.
Toyonn; women, retider.'guf Pir;l.nd.
juiiipvi ironi uc -Wiiwauitic ferry boat
lait und.iy wttii the intention oi'coui
u.iitiii4 suicide, but were ti.-hed out be
fore they succeeded iu acco:u r.li.iliiu
ihyir hurr.Ue purple.
Mr. C. Miller, an oi l rcsiJeut of Baker
ciuu'y, a urowucd iu J uriit rner, on
:ltc Zih ult.
' Frotw the Orr.jijnvtn wo learn that U
.Mar-hul Vou'ig ha received a portion
of t he d'.cuui-tils to be urn-J in luakiij;:
ihc :iu:li ceiiao.1. which i tubeiti uu the
ftr.-t d.y of June, Ih7i.i. The District ot
Oregon ha been subdivided into eighteen
districts uii J deputies appointed t-j each
ijiiown :
.Vo. Same-fAi't'int: CvHutit. Hilt Area
1. !. C. IrvUnd Multnorcab. 4CS
2. K. M. I'orter. Washington, TiiUuiook 2.5U
2. I. I. M-ur,e'!acftin4 2.2'
i. J. ti. Jlroan, JI.iri.ui I.T-lt
4. Win. 15. e'arter, llenton 1.1 10
6. I'.. V. li -adeioon, Lane i.U'oli
7. N. 11. Humphrey, I.inn
t. C. W. rtavae, Jackson an-l J trephine! I.o.VJ
J. A. J. Mo-.Jy, C- and Curry S.l.-S
10. John r u itrton, Douglas .'. 4.uu
11. J. Wuitj, t'-uatiila S.oiti
12. C. M. Kusb-r. Halter -lu.i 10
IS. Wm. Uuiine!l,t;rnnt 2I.0UU
14. Wui. J. tfn Klraas. Itio.n.. 5, 1 Ml
li. K. U. C.iafrt. co li.00
I A. J. C. UriM.ks. Yauibtlt 7j"
17. . Itobb. IN.ik SU
H. II. K. pcdJen, ClaUop aud Columbia. l,t'JI
The area of the several subdivisions in
the district was lurui.-licd to the U.
Marha!'a ofBcc ty Geo. 11. I'cldeu, C. E..
f this city, und is taken trom his lare
map ol'tJre.oti und the Territories, com
piled by hiiuelf, a copy of which has
been forwarded to the Superintendent o!
Ceuxut ly Marshal Young. The Ah"h
taut Marshals are obliged, under oath, to
visit every huu.-e in their division, aud
obtaiu their required iuturmation in per
s.jii, being fjrotdden to subdivide any
portion ot' ti.e Territory to which they
may be assigned. Iu visitiug a house
they are required to ask questions regard
iug the lumei uud uumber of families,
social coudatou, color, birth place, value
of premises, &c; aud any one over eigh
teen years ot age, who refuses to give the
i squired in tormatiou, if able to do so, is
liable under Iho law, to a fine, which hue
cau be recovered in the United States
Circuit Court, the au.e as any other civil
debt.
Geo. Dodsou for the killing of Wm.
Cochran, was convicted at La Grande, ou
the 14ih. A uiotioti for a uew trial was
tiled, aud will be argued at a special
term of ihc court, J uue 7th.
A German coluuy has purchased 4,000
acres of laud iu Laue couuty, at cost ot
30,000.
A mare belonging to II. N. V. Holmes,
of Polk couuty, recently gave birth to
twtu collet, aud "mother aud children are
doini; us well us could be expected."
Kev. Peurue, well known a radical
preacher in Oregon, has. the Federal up-
p.nntiuent ot Consul to Jamaica Island.
Ills Reward. Notwithstanding, O'
Meara has labored zealously for aud toa
died obsequcusly to the Radical party
ever since the campaign begun, from his
(so-called) -. " iudepeudeut staud-point"
he is still unablo to obtain a status in
thiipirty. They despise the man iu tl.eir
hearts, aud refuse to recognize him one cf
t:ioir t.u:uber. Tho Vuutoaxer R-g stir
anJ.-oi th )dox llepublicau paper. thus
cuts "him by insisting upon calling the
Commercial a Democratic Journal:
As an offset to B. I Dounison'f criticism on
Covernor Sulouion, we are pleased to ltt able to
lay belore our reuuers too follow iug ixtract lnui
a tleinocrutie journal ( Portland WwerciW) writ
ten on tbe tceasiou ot tlio tlovornor'a arrival at
rortlund.
Monteith's missionary ' fell Stone-dead-drunk,
' at Scio a few days ago.
A, hard old nut it he.' . -t :::!
Y TELE Gtt A1II??
WASHiSGTor7'iIav'20.--TV the) Sen
ate, during the evening csioD, the de-
bale on trie bill to eD force the 15th
amencment lasted until after tDido!"ht.
feliermnn moved an amendment nrovicfioa
e : . f .a
i or a aiir puaru at election, ana c re rely
punished ftauduleut voting. Casserly
thought, this an attempt to whittle down
lvemocratic votes, neruian reierred to '
he frauds in NeW York lust flection, and
declared that if the last I'residctitial elec
tion had depended . on that State, they
would, have had a .war. After.,farther
discussion, tho amendment was rejected.
At 6 o clock A. f. tho h'coate was still in
fcm'od. the minority talking to prevent a
yole ana tbe majority determined to sit
it out till morning. '"'
The 15th amcdni6nt hill was itcwv
n the Senate to-dav. CaKucrlv marjrfsi
long speech against it. He referred to
the general acquiescence of the Democrat
ic par'y of the country in the operation
of the 15th otncndnietit, nod its cordial
rccognitio'n of the right of colored men to
vote; quoted from the Washington
Chronicle, which he thooght rhgnld le
taken in good authority, to the effect tbat
in overwhelming Democratic 1 States
Maryland, Kentucky, New Jersey, and
elsewhere the colored man voted with
out the (.lighteMt hindrance. Roth Hou
ses of Congress agreed to adjourn on tbe
15th of July. ,
It is again wid that a Democratic dai
ly paper i to be started here soon with a
capitol of one hundred thousand dollar,
to take the piaee if the Jfotifuul lntelti
y.nrer. It is to Le a conservative paper.
John 51 orritkey, 'ex-Mayor Darrett and
Wallach and other promiocnt local Dem
ocrats, arc aid to be 8fockholJcr. The
managing editor in not yet known.
New York, May 20. The personal
estate of tbe late Gen. Thomac amounts
tt 8y,00U. Letter or administration
have been granted to tbe widow. -r lie
left tut will.
Eight completely appointed Pullman
cars have been taki-u by the Boston Board
of Trade to Cil.'frnia. '.
CmCAtso, May 20. At Burlington,
Iowa, yesterday, Aguilla Lawrence, aon
of the pnf.iiel"r of the La a re nee House,
beat aud kicked todewh Anton Burbaek,
a watchman e-mploped in the 'house.
Lawrence escaped. l,5fJ0 reward Is of
fered for his capture.
'J he Timi- Washington special aya
'be Fifieeiith Amcnduieut enforcement
bill as it paed the SciTatc, is. of uch
trinjieui character tbat it will not le ac
ceptable to the author the original
measure which passed the House, and
when taken up there, noncuncurrence
will be moved. The modification of the
bill by imposing penalties for'prerenting
u eg rocs from Toting, witl be likely to
come out of this ilif-agrrr rueiit. '-
Rich jio.m, May 21. The Republicans
Lave nominated G. Calhouod for Mayor
and L. 11. Chandler for Commonwealth
Attorney. The election on Thursday is
I. kcly to be exciting. - -
CtiiCAuo, May 21. The noted Sionx
Chief "Spotted Tail," with several noted
minor chief, arrived here to day rn route
fur Washington tr nject ihc President,
aud with -Itcd Cloud-' talk over the
grievances of their respective bands.
Alba .r X. Y-, -May 22 The ArUus
estimates the Datocratic r,i?j.irity in the
late State election, at SS,CIU. ,
tR.lD I3i:.tJOfKATIC
?ir.i:TJ?ij.
Tern Oct Evorjrbodjl
''Dallas, M.-r 17. 1870.
Pursuant to a previous notice, the De
mocracy of Polk county met at the Court
House for tbe purpose of taking prelimi
nary steps for a Grand Democratic Meet-
ng nla lasbaturday June 4th, 1870.
Jktij. Ilayden was called to tho chair.
aud T. N. Ford was elected Secretary.
Ti e Chairman stated the object of the
meeting.
hereupon Mr. Wm. McD. Iewi,
was c!cc:ed Marshal of the day, with
power to 'at lect his aida from 'each Pre
cinct. ' . ;
Un motion, the Chair appoiuted the
iollcwing Committees :
COMEITTEE ON PROGRAMME. Wm.
F taker, J. II. Turner and S- Vineyard.
Cmmittee on Mcsic Ira Townsend,
Sam. Stites and 11. Doty.J
Committee on Speakers. Dr. Stites
J. II. Lewis and IV Savery. - -
Committee on Finance One from
each precinct; R. M. May. II. N. V.
Holme.--, Ellis J. Ridge way, D.M. Gu
thrie, Isaac Statu, J. li. V. Butler, Maj.
Walker, lleury Jlyer, Doug. Davi son,
Al. Byerley.
Committee on Young ! Ladies to
Represent the States. R. JL May,
Mart Byerley aud Wm. Frakcr.
On motion, the adjourning counties
were invited to particpate cn the adjoin
ing coun-ies were invited to participate
ou the occasion" j K'
Ou motion, the proceedings were or
dered printed in the Democratic Press,
with a request that other Democratic pa
pers please copy.
n 1V. FORD, Secretary.
X 34. -. : "
Colckbia "Barracks, W.
T., -
" -Vorewaer 1.1855.
Sir: Rliev'n-. as I do, that Uie eauso f tta
present d flii ulty in southern Oregon is whallj to
le Bltrihntcd to the ae'i of our wapx ple.JE eaa
not hut foel tbat it is our dutv to adopt such ineaa.
ures as v.'ii) t. nd toseonre the lives of the Indiana,
and maintain guaranties secured by treaty stipu
lations. The future will provo tbat this war has
been iorre-1 upon the sa Indians against their will,
.nd that, too by a set of reckless vagabonds, fop
pecuniary and political objects, and -sanction y at
nnim rous p- pulatiort who regard the treasury of
the Vuite l States a legitimate subject of plunder. '
Tbe Indians ia th'a district hsve been driven sa
desperation by acts of cruelty aa:nt their peo
ple ; treaties have been violated" and acts of bar
barity committed by those claiihint; to b eiftitas.
that would disgrace tho most barbarious natioca
of tbe earth ; and if none but those who perpetra.
ted suoh acts were to be affected by this war. wa
might look upon it with indifference; bat, un
happily, this is not the case. v .
I have the honor tu bo, dear sir, yonr obedient
sorraut, .. - . . . - . ,.
. JOEL PALMER, ' - .
1 ' Sup't of Jodian AffairtOTL
"..Major General Jons E. Woot"" - . : .
Commanding Pacific Divition,l?, $ 'jfr'mv
ir t., o-i o
-8.
Col.. Johs K. Jtoss rufuses to, run n tbe Demo
cratic ticket of this county with James1 ti far tha
author of repudiation. Sentinel. v ' :
' This is sad news : yet , nothing hi& '
the legitimate results of Mr. -Fay's at
tempt to fasten repudiation npon-the ----Democratio
Party.;;. 'By.theic; frul
phall ve know thoaaV o i-.-.t-.iv: r .j: