Mil cuwroit. fSIDAT.. .........XOVEMBEX 17, TS71. A PE0OLAMATI03J, BY THE GOVES BOS OF OREGON. Pursuant to long approved custom, juVif hi thankfulness for the blessings of peace, "general health, and abund ant harretst, exemption from unnsuul disasters by fire and flood,and distresses of disease, which have characterised this State during the past year, I recommend that Thursday, the 30th dy of November, 1871, be observed by the people of Oregon as a day of general Thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God lor these manifold & vora. Given under my hand and SEAL) the seal of said Mate, at the Executive Office, in Salem, this 8th day of November, A. D. 1871. L. F. GROYKK. By the Governor: , S. F. Chadwick, Sacretary of State. 7HAT LITTLE SEAL ESTATE TRAITS- ACTION. While Grant is laboring zealously to secure his re-election, and his cor rupt lackeys all over the country are Founding his praises in the cars of the people, and dwelling particularly upon bis disinterested benevolence in con tributing a whole thousand dollars for the relief of the Chicago sufferers, there are various little transactions, in which he figured in past time, which it is well enough lor the people to re member. The New York Sun is do ing its part toward refreshing the public memory in , this respect. It will bo remembered that the house at AVashington now owned by General Sherman formerly belonged to Grant, to wnom n naa peen presented, oi . 1 course. .The Suti repeats the history of the transaction by which it passed from the possession of Grant to that of Sherman, as follows : " When he was elected to the Pres idency, that house belonged to Gen. Grant. lie offered it for sale, and sold it for $40,000 to Mayor Bo wen of Washington, who paid him $1,000 down and took his contract to convey the property by deed. After this was done, Gen. Grant wrote a letter to a rich citizen of New York, saying that Gen. Sherman was too poor to keep such an establishment in Washington as the General of the army ought to have, and that it would be a very good thins; if the wealthy men of the country would give him (Sherman) such a donation aa would enable him ! to live in handsome style. Un the j receipt of this letter a meeting of rich men was held there, the President's letter read, a subscription started, and money raised. 1 his fund, finally amounting to about $100,100, was taken to Washinston by Mr. T. A fcJifdvoiL. udcids milium omiuv. v .... . - . ..... . ed at his own solicitation, $(SoflOO weU into his oven pocket to pay for the j house he had jut before sold to Mr. j Hoxcrn. for lfif)0O and thereupon Mr. l. A. Me wart, wno naa Drought on the money and paid over to Grant the part of it which he had chose to take for himself, was appointed by Grant to the office of Secretary of the Treasury. . Poor Bowea, thus de prived of the property he had bought at first threatened to sue for it ; but he was persuaded to give up his con . tract on the repayment of his money, with the promise that the President would make it all right with him in distributing the patronage of the Dis trict of Columbia: and this promise has not been kept." . SUPERLATIVE IMPUDENCE Some of our Radical exchanges have the impertinence to claim a Kadical victory in New York. When we re member that the honest men of all parties made common cause against the compt Trmmanyites, and that Cbas. O'Conner, Horatio Seymour and Samuel J. Tilden worked shoulder to shoulder with Republicans in the con test against Tammany, and that the victory ' was gamed by Democratic votes in New York City, we can scarcely conceive of anything more con temptibly mean, and inefiably cheeky than this Radical howl of victory. They ought to have sense enough to know, and honesty enough to acknowl edge that their party wonld'nt really be "a huckleberry in a bear's ear" in 2ew York when the Democracy were united and harmonious, and when a square-toed fight were made between the two parties. - Isr A. QuAN-DAaY. -Great trouble was last week experienced in the Wo " man's Suffrage Convention at Olym pian about the proper address of the presiding officer. Some person in sisted upon' addressing her aa ? Mrs. Chairmany1 others suggested ." Mrs, ChairmanesS ;", others finally urged jlain " Mr. Chairman two or three vociferated "Jlrs.; Presidentessess ;" but the thing. was at'last brought to a head by some antiquated and verdant specimen of the genus homo arising majestically in his seat and addressing her as ,401d Woma." The Cleveland (Ohio) Plaindealer calls attention to the fact that "the ten Western Reserve counties gave about 32,000 majority For General Noyes, about 2,000 more than his majority in the State." Upon which the Cincin nati Enquirer says : "Ohio proper has long "been Democratic. It is only the New England colony planted upon the Reserve, where the people nearly all vote one way in accordance with the wishes of their ministers, that has put it upon the opposite track." m The Democrats have two majority u the Senate of the Ohio Legislature. AN0TEE3 "NEW DEPAETTJBE" PRO POSED. . . It seems that a number of those Democratic journals who assisted in thrusting the "new departure" upon the party to its great injury, have hot learned a lesson from that disastrous movement, but would seek the fur ther demoralisation, and, as we be lieve, total dismemberment of Its or ganization by having it adopt a " pas sive policy" in the next Presidential contest. They insist that the Democ racy Bhall not nominato a Presiden tial 'ticket in 1872, but remain entirely passive and permit the Republicans to fight the the battle among themselves. The Missouri Jiepublican was the first paper to suggest this policy, and several other less prominent Eastern Democratic journals have endorsed the proposition. We are pleased to observe, however, that most of the Democratic papers oppose this passive policy and advocate a square-toed, open-handed fight between the Old Constitutional Democratic party and its Radical enemy. We have observed no comment on this question, as yet, by our brethem of the Democratic press of Oregon, (except by the Ilerakl ot last Tues day) but are gratified to observe that our California cotemporaries aro de nouncing the policy in the most un mistakable language. We-earnestly hope no such proposi tion will be entertained by the De mocracy of the country. We are in favor of the maintainance of our party organization and the nomination of a Democratic National Ticket next year, on an honest, straight -forward, consistent platform a platform which will command the respect of our foes and the support of our friends. We are opposed to a cow ardly guerrilla warfare wherein the ; t,;., nomnii .riv I VIIVU IVI I V V J V - .4V J'e would play the part of bushwhacker and skirmisher on the battle-field, without a leader and without organi zation. Let us mass our forces around the standard of Democracy, and with Thos. H. Hendricks, or some other unflinching Democratic leader, press on to a glorious victory or an honor able defeat. If Horace Greeley, Gratz Brown and other sore-headed Radicals arc honest in their opposition to Grant, they will oppose his election as well if there is a Democratic ticket as if there were none; and if thej won't; do that they are simply aspiring dem- . ... t ,t:t. ... .i i reliable as Ulysses Grant or Beast Butler, and are unworthy of the sup port of the honest men of any psrty. The Democratic party in the recent . . T. , elections tailed on to the KautcaU in their platform aud were deservedly beaten ; now let them be found voting for a Kadical President next year and their party identity will be as com pletely swallowed up in Radicalism as is Sodom in tbe Dead Sea. The scattered hosts of Democracy would never again be able to rally nnder the old battle-stained banner which has been their pride and boast for three- quarters of a century, and their name j would be only as a legend to remind S them of the better aud purer days of our lost Republic We trust that Democrats will no t for a moment tolerate this passive policy. We cannot afford to give up our organization and surrender our party affiliations. There is in liict no hope for the overthrow of tyranny and the restoration of constitutional government in this country save j throucrh the united efforts of the Dem- i Tlien. to use a homely but sugges tive phrase, let us keep " pegging a a-ay, p and our success will be only a i matter, of time. We may ftil next year, but the battle remains yet to be fought and the vantage ground may yet b ours. We are nearer to su- sess than we were nve years aco. when the Democracy could not claim a single Northern State. Now. even with tbe recent disasters against ns, we have a majority in at least ten Northern States, and can confidently count upon as many Southern States by next year, unless their white in habitants are all imprisoned or driven out of the country by Grant's vandal soldiery. Thus, with half of the States in the Union already Demo cratic, and with - daily dissensions arising in the ranks of the enemy, can we afford to quietly and hopelessly sit down and fold our hands and let our party organization go to destruc tion arid our country go to tbe other place ? We are in favor of fighting it out on the old Democratic line, if it takes till the last day in the morning. Ixfeeextial. Ex-Governor Ham ilton, of Texas, says he never saw any of the members of the present State Government steal 'anything; but "when- we see a poor, miserable cuss, who never had $150 iu his life, come to Austin, borrow money to pay his expenses, and presently find him los ing a thousand dollars1 in a night at faro driving around in a fancy team, making liquor bills, wine bills and all sort's of bills, and buying a buggy and fine horses to go home in, we know he is a thief as well as if we had seen him, steal." The Democrats have redeemed New Jersey from her brief Radical allegiance and she may be safely counted in the Presidential column Wxf year. . .,. A NEW l'ARTY SIOVEMEXT. An important political movement was last month inaugurated at Nash ville, Tcunessee, in which Democrats, Republicans and Conservatives unite. While "differing in opinion as to which of the two great parties f the country is best fitted to onrry out and fulfill the ends for which the govern ment was instituted, they unite in an earnest appeal to all intelligent and progressive men of the country to di vest themselves of 'sectional and party nniuvnities, and to associate themselves together for the purpose of inculcating an intensur and loftier purpose. Tho address which they have pro' pared for tho public embraces the following proposition : "1. Tho protection of the rights of every citizen, in accordance witu the the constitution as it is. 2. Tho discontinuance of useless agitation of past issues. Jl. Restoration of fraternal feelings and relations witu tue people ot the north. 4. Dissemination of tho constitu tional principles, and the inculcation of earnest, abiding faith in the genius otiixu institutions and their eventual success in all quarters of the blobu. a. Maintenance of law and order. 0. Promotion and encouragement of immigration. 7. Establishment of an cfllcicnt sys tem ot general education. 8. Exposition of and strict adhe rence to the principles ot local sell government, and the promotion among tho people of thosa feelings and convictions, which will caiif-e them, through the operation of self- irovermnent, to establish a state of things which will no longer furnish reason or pretext for the intcrtereiico of the central eovcnimeut in local affairs. 9. General amnesty. III. opposition to repudiation in every form. 11. .Modification of the present tariff svst em to a revenue basis. 12. Reduction of taxation. V. Civil service reform. Finally, we pledge ourselves, from this time, to give our sup ort to mvn of uprightness, merit, and liberty, re gardless of political antecedents, be lieving that the time has come for all men of progress to turn their back upon tho past and grasp manfully the needs and possibilities of the future.' Though the telegraphic dispatch does not so state, it is deary evident that the movement is one of tho re- j suits of Senator Carl Schurz's recent speech at Nashville. The declarations of principles em braced in the above synopsis in simply a statement, in a condensed form, of the mailt points of hi speech. A movement based upon the doctrines there enunciated can, of course, have no other special object than the com plete overthrow of the present radi cal dynasty an object in which thou sands of republicans, it is claimed, are prepared to unite, if the way is opened so that they can do so without subjecting themselves to the charge of having abandoned their own party and gone over to the Democracy. It is to make the transition comparative ly easy and without too much appar ant sacrifice of party pride and con sistency, that this Xashville move ment has been inaugurated. How far it may extend, and what will be its final results, are questions yet j to determined. Xcbranka Constitu-! tivn. CEX.srs Fou 1870. Perhaps no item would be of more interest to our readers than the following, which gives the population of the principal cities and towns in our State. 1 or this item we are indebted to Hon. S. F. Chadwick, Secretary of State : Orejron City... Milwaukee 1,22 aw I 11 tl Id 3HI Empire CUy'Z Marshileld..... 402 207 423 I Itoitue River. Canyon City Kuffpue City : The Dalles.. .. sl ..1,542 .. 7M .. 922 .. O.V ..l,ftfl2 ..3,081 ..8,203 .. Mil ..1,120 ... M2 Hillsborough, (precinct)... Forest Jrove Iafuyctte.. Albany Salem Portland Kat Portland. McMInnville..., Amity.. Dayton 587 No returns yet from Jacksonville, Roseburg and Corvallis. Statesman. A member of a charivaring party at Weston, Umatilla party will not do that naughty thing any more for a while becauso his arm was broken by an accidental shot from the pistol of a friend. A man who will engage in tho heathenish custom of charivaring a newly married couple ought to be shot every day in the year. ' . The New York World says noth ing is so disgusting to all respectable auditors as to see a bony old maid, with a concave stomach and a neck like a chicken, get up in a suffrage meeting and preach free love. ,.i , . At a dollar and a quarter per acre only, the value of the Public lands given away by ; the Radical Congress to railroad speculators and monopo lists amounts to more than the nation al debt of the country. ' ; , ' i i a Tiiaxksgivixg. Elsewhere will be found the Proclamation of Governor Grovcr, appointing Thursday, Nov. 30th, as a day of Thanksgiving by the people of Oregon. The girl full of needles has made her appearance in Memphis. Ziine needles were removed, and now she is as well as ever. She. evidently fancied she was a needle gun-. General Schofield will be placed in control of the Indians of Arizona, and will be instructed to bring them in upon the reservation and keep mem tnere.. PACIFIC OOASTEKS. "V eaaeasaaeaaaaa. . Hay is $10 per ton at Eugene. Wyoming enjoys 8,feet of snow. San Francisco had 01 deaths last week. v Owyhee lias a squash weighing 10(1 pounds. Dallas district school has ICO scholars. A Portland Chinaman chopped his foot off. Salem City election comes off on Dec. 4th. A Walla Wal'aian has "snakes in his boots." Steilacoom think it has got the "torminuB." A ham-thief is in the Portland jail for 90 days. The tax levy of Multnomah county is 17 milles. itoscburg firemen will liuro a Christmas ball. Eugene is the champion gambling town of Oregon. The Astoria ladies raised $40 for the fire-sufferers. Murder by Indians is on the in crease in Arizona.. The Portland Iron Works mako all kinds of stoves. A Jackson county turnip weighs 10 pounds. The population of Washington Territory is 30,000. A beautiful San Francisco Jewess is arrested for murder. Chinamen voted at the Victoria city election last week. ileal estate is advancing in prices and wales at Portland. A dog thief is guilty of larceny in Washington Territory. Abe riaimlraier was dished up on the half shell last week. A Lane county man slayed a mam moth conger last week. A potato weighing 4 1 pounds is a product of Baker county. T Tho poet Joaquin Miller is now at his father's near Eugene. Multnomah county is to have a new Poor-bouse, costing $3,000. The Corvallis Democrat has been moved into a fire-proof brick. Monmouth, Polk county, in to have 20 new buildings this fall Jesse Am'.erson fatally shot Pierce J Mahaffy at La Grande lat week, Over 40,000 sheep pt-rinhed in the j late Hand storm near Los Angeles. j Mr.T.im.;ni.nitrr:r.iinraM.tfnn,l x the authoress) is in Sun I'rancieo. A womau.SufTrage Association was; organized at Portland hut Tuesday, Geo. Walker of Rose-bur" ba!i-t i i i t .i .. j uru. iUtktr, ot im uur0, u dilievclctl cues have been the result en nardoned from the Penitentiary. . t . j i t t. i:i-...i: . Win. Cornwall, of Wasco county, ! coughed himself to death last week. The Portland Carouthera estate, now iu litigation, is valued at $300, -000. Putter aud all along the line, from liugene to port- 3anJ ! New silver mines, assaying $1,000 j per ton, has been discovered m An- j zona. Mrs. Powers, of San Jose, was thrown from a buggy and killed latt week. Daniel Strang, one of tbe pioneer citizons of Salem, dttd last week, aged C8. Mr. McWhirter, of La Grande, had his leg broken by being thrown from a buggy. A eagle measuring over 7 feet from tip to tip was killed near Roseburg last week. " . '(Two men deserted their families in I Portland last week, leaving them destitute. There are 2,070 children attending school in Portland, and 20 teachers employed. Sheriff Bryon, of Ada county, "Ida ho, ban married Miss Lilliar May of Boise City. Mr. and Mrs. Rhea will be star performers at the Portland Theater this winter. Another victim of intemperance filled a ' watery grave at Portland last Tuesday. Multnomah county has real and personal property to the amount of $7,011,900. The Multnomah court house is to be surrounded by an iron fence cost ing $10,000. A man last week fell through some high trestle work at East Portland and was killed. Joaquin Miller will stay in Oregon two months aud then Hit whither the muses urge him. Walla Walla has the champion big-footed man, who wears 15 inches on his bog trotters. A white girl of Olympia has given birth to a negro child. Strange freak of nature. Don't it? . Gov, Solomon and Congressman Garfield are having a lively row in Washington Teritory. Portland claims to have more drinking shops than any other city of its size in tbe Union. It is proposed to change the name of Oregon to that of Holladay, in honor of its proprietor. A Portlander is now toothless in consequence of the interference of his mouth with a mule's foot, ' John Sates goes' to the Nevada Penitentiary for life for killing . Jas. Mack at Hamilton last spring., Col. Chapman has gone to JWash- ington in behalf of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. The Slalesnan tells of a Salem baby so small that a lady's finger ring will pass over its arm and elbow . to the shoulder. Salem always tries to eclipse all other places, and now takes the belt for little babies. A patch of B,000 bushels of deli- cous wild plums has been discovered in the mountains of Jackson county. The Portland police are so vigilant that they arrest suspicious looking cows caught out after night in that city. In the Woman's Suffrage Conven tion at Olympiu the lady who presid ed was addressed as " Mrs. Chair man." Portland is agitating the project of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. A land grant is to bo asked for. Kalama has a "suburb." It is two miles east of tho "nev Chicago." At present it is a cabbo) patch, but it has a brilliant future. Over 300 Democrats of riant a Cruz county, Cal., refused to TOfj at the election last month, becauso of the New Departure platform. A fellow last week accidentally found himself the owner of another man's horse and now mould&s m durance vile at Roseburg. The California papers aro jubilat ing over a shower of rain which they have recently had. We would like to divide ours with them. Alwut 250 Chinamen loft Portland for China last Monday, to spend the New Year Festival in their native land. May they never return. A carpenter insulted another man's wife at Walla Walla and is now laid m up "with many stripes." The in dignant husband wnnn't arrested. If a foolish woman in Portland hadn't given her child a box of matches to play with she would not now be in mourning for the babe. The negroes of Portland swear their children shall go to school with the white ones or "dar is gwine to be a heap ob trouble in dem diggins." The Oregon City Enlcrjirixc com mences volume C with a new heading. Bro. Noltner makes a good paper ami takes no new departure in his'n. The ;rrrtwr speaks of a aon of j President Grant beinff in Oregon I Citv lt wet k. He waa quickly bus- .-..., ,. . , ; tied off to the reservation again Low.; ever- . . . I A young maiden OX the OUim-so : nerKuasion was kidnanrwd at Port-I janJ laHt jfondBVf 8d carried off ou ' j u , f; ber ow rjowerT ! . . i Mlalld. The niggers and Chinamen of Eti- ; it-igh had senu-ncdl a large number of ne are havincr an "irrenreBbiblelthe Ku-Klux to the Penitentiary. L....fi:t ..i 1.1,,1- ..ta v thief stolo the Sheriff's ; ; looking glaw in Portland. That ! jcuss evidently wanted fo "seehimsel as itbera see him. n ft m .1 ! me wan oi me jail is now his mirror. iQ t,je Arct;J ocwn aHt b4ve just landed in San Francisco. They t, jat winter in Esquimaux buU . ,- . , fln ntri( A Portland thief could'nt account to the officer for being caught with a bundle of bed clothes and ladies' dresses under his arm, aid now lan guishes in a damp dungeon. A Montana hunter bagged a band of mountain sheep by chopping a tree down on them. Don't you think the sheep were awful fools, or else this is a terrific lie? We do.' A San Francisco Chinaman's ac count of the Chicago calamity t is "as follows: "Melican Uish boy take kelosine lamp and milk cow; cow kick over lamp; op go Chicago." It is said that Ben. Holladay is ne gotiating the purchase of the O. S. N. Company's line of steamers on the Columbia. Ben. will have Ore gon right by the ears pretty soon. A Portland actress attempted to "pass in her checks" by the aid of morphine last week, but the cruel physician purged it out of her and she is forced to live yet a little longer. Tbe Roseburg Plaindcalcr says Joa quin Millert who has returned to Oregon, has grown old and care worn in appearance in the past 18 months. His Pegasus is evidently a routrh 'hoss." A deer ran from the foot hijls into Corvallis last week, and was shot in the streets of that rural city. Cor- valli? ought to have a law against shooting dter, elk, bear, etc. within the city limits It is inferred that the two editors of Santa Barbara are not friendly. One refers to the other as "a man that no decent member of a commu nity would trrst in his smoke house without being muzzled." A Chinese convict was pardoned from the Penitentiary the other day on merit marks, and in leaving his old quarters undertook to steal a lot of officer's clothing. He went back to his cell loaded with double irons. An exchange, rejoicing at thematri monial union of Sir. Ah Su and Miss Yung Ewe, at Marysville the other day, exclaims : "May their tribe in crease and the number of sportive young ewes around them be large." "Wrestling Joe," the reputed fath er of Finice Caruthers and the claim ant of the ereat Caruthers estate at Portland, is now undergoing trial for perjury. He is 91 years old and is wheeled into the court room on a sofa. ,'. Last Tuesday three prisoners es caped from the Jacksonville jail by knocking the jailor down, robbing him of his revolver , money and keys, and locking him in a cell with a Chinese prisoner. $300 reward is offered for their arrest. ' ' NEVS OF THE WEEK. Gleaned From the Telegraph. Thursday, Nov. 0. Democrats gained several majority in the Maxsauhusettc Legislature, J iepu oi loans earned unicago uy a p large majority. ' Republicans carry Minnesota, Win- j ' i tr; 1 ......I.. I.. I 1 , , . . . r oi unu YTiBcoiiHiii vy K. j 'cu JllHlUriklUB. Democrats carriod Virginia by 20, 000 tnajorit v. Frank Winslow, of tho Boston Journal, while stepping from a car at Newton, last evening, wa struck by another passing train and instantly killed. Friday, Nov. 10. Leading Democrats talk of nomin innting Charles O'Connor, of New York, for President. Tho 'Wisconsin sufferers have been amply provided with winter clothing. Republican majority in the State of .Now York, luuu; .legislature is two-thirds Republican and Reform. A boiler explosion in Kngland kill ed 5 men, and wounded nine others. Napoleon visited the Military Acad emy at Chisclhnrst yesterday and in spooled the Cadets. Saturday, Nov, 11. A terrible coal mine explosion near Paris resulted in tho death of thirty persons. Kleven Ku-Kluxes were arrested at .Spartansbttrg, H. C, yesterday. They were admitted to bail and will stand trial. cn. McCIellan is appointed to the Public Works Department of New York City. Chicago advertises for 25,000 Chi nese laborers. The Tribune protests against their employment to the ex clusion of white men. A railroad smah-up near Cincin nati injured 15 persons. Sunday Nov. IS. Tho Yellow Fever at Charleston has disappeared. A ppveial election for Governor of Georgia will be held Dec. l'Jth. Indian buffalo robes caused small pox in Philadelphia. It is said Tweed is meditating flight from New York. The Tribune de- ; mands his imprisonment for life. Monday, November 13. . n.. ,..,r.,, ..v.v fnm the track of the North Miouris I .. a ...tL,..t ..it. ..'i.i. fflirrwu'ti I railroad.near WelUville, Mo. Iat night. . i vr iicrson were killed ana iweniv or tliirty wounded, avreral it i fear- ed mortally The Mississippi election wa, thc mopt orderly ever held, lhe llou-e 6 ., to 55 Iw. It - rats; Senate, 21 lii-nuhlican to 12! i,.nutit& lareu Democratic 'ain. The Governor of New York, has pardoned Ikri. Plat-ham. sentenced to i.an? for poisoning his wife. j North Carohna dispatches report i .1. ..I I .! ! On Wednesday twentv-one arrest were made at u atsonvillc. lhepeo fl ii 4 pit are f.w-ing rapidly. The Judtre of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia decided to dav that women do not have the i nirni IO vote. ine i.iainmn wi-re i Iu a wrmfn tlpnipil thn stlftVa"C. It u ,ir.1l...tr.rl tl.st the case will Iks carried to the United States Supreme Court. The President has proclaimed the suspension of the writ of habeas cor-1 pus in Union cotintv, South Carolina.; Qveeti Victoria's health has greatly ; improved. ! A stt-amship""sank near Liverpool ' and all the crew perished. I Prince Pierre Bonaparte, notorious ( for his participation in the assassina- tion of Victor Noir, was married to-! lay at Brussels, Belgium, to Madame : Ri'filin. Geo. Bolts is sentenced to be hang-' ed in New York for the murder of i 1 t-t. JiaiSlCU. i There were 100 deaths from small-j ,l -I- 1-1. I !- 1 1. Tl pox in l niiaucipnin .am wi. nmc j arc 42 cases in New York, and the j disease is spreading. There were 121 miles of side-walk burned in Chicago, to replace which i it will cost 81,0 vO.OOO. ! The National Labor Reform Con vention is to meet at Washington Dec 5th. Some of tho best talent in the United States will be present. Tuesday, November 14. Two fires occurred in Chicago yes terday, in each of which a person was burned to death. A part of the Russian fleet arrived at New York yesterday. Ilenrv Ward Beecher preached a political fiennon in Brooklin last Sun day night in which he characterized the corrupting tendencies of tho civil service as a standing threat against the liberties of the nation. It places of trust shall continue to be put up for sale, as they have been, this Gov ernment cannot long exist. Grant, Sherman and Butlcwere m New York City yesterday and held a conference. Yesterday at IIcnryville.'Missouri, a family named Parks were found mur: dered in their house. Thev consisted of Cyrus M. Parks and wife Isabella, son John, aged 10; daughters, Emily, aged 17, and Ellen, aged 11. The heads of all were ter ribly beaten in and crushed with a blunt instrument. The brains of Parks, his wife and sou, were scatter ed about the room. The daughters were found sitting in the kitchen alive but delirious and fatally hurt. Parks was a leading member of tho church near his house and much esteemed in the community. No clue is obtained to the murderers. Great excitement prevails in the vicinity, and should the villains be discovered they will prob ably be instantly lynched. , Cholera is increasing in Constanti nople. - 1 A band of Apache Indians attacked a stage near San Bernardino, Cal., last Friday, and killed the driver and five passengers.' William Kugar, of Prescott, and Miss Mollie Sheppard were wounded, and escaped to tbe brush. Mr. Kugar defended himself and Miss Sheppard with a Bix-shoot-er. The Indians did not follow them, and they escaped and reached Wickenberg, though both are severe ly wounded. ... A drunken bummer named Ree i shot Christian Johnson dead at Neva da, Cal., last' Friday. , A Philadelphia paper declares that half the servant girls in that city are drunkards. " It 1 a mark of lb anauecessfiil man, Ifaal be iiirsriaMy w-Mi bin stable door wtica tlie borre bit been airleii. Thin aorl of wisdom aorcr think ubovt holiiy health ttntil it it goti . Hut jiiaf a inue'i a any diaeaae Lax hm'oina seated, the wer of tit ayalrm to fcaiat and throw it ul7 ix wont. cool ( I' mice, time 1 all Im portant. F'f diapepaia, nil diseav of tba . . . L, -1. : .. . i . a , i aioio.wo, ruin .mi aoillPTa, ana ail Mini B!'i vitiated Wood. i, not wait atitii the imnbie eonfirnied. but attack it a timi-ly nao of Wai.' Vw. imau Um. ' w E E K L Y PRICES CURRENT. i.oiiBKrTKH treKRi.r r r. t. nsnvr.n ci. y.iMowlnjt are flip f-rke yn for proijura. ami lha prioca Kt wbicb other orticka ara veiling in tli la market t WilBAT-Whfta.'p boahel tt 12J. OATrf f bohol, 75 eta. POTATOKH-W buabi-l. l 00. ' sOSI0NS $ Whnl, SI 00Vj,l JO. 'FI.OUH VI bU. 60. ISKANg White, 3 !.. 4S eU. llt(KI KKI IT i.i.loa, 34 tt., rt cnta; 1'eactca, tb. 1KJ cU.f fluMa, lb, lSc.j t iirraola, ) lb, lue. I'.I'TTEK 't lb. 7.7J eta. KiK.rt 5ft lor.cn. 37J eU. h Oil ICK EXH doxrn. $: SO. r-m Alt Crnalied. l It, IS cla.t Talnnil, " t. Ml fihl eta.; rJau FraDeiaeo Ilafina'J. T B. Ua,Ul eta. TKA Youhk llraon, ft tb. SI :0; Japan. J It. WefU 00 j l'.liuk, tt,7itil 00. COFFKK -rl If.. 22fJ,25 acuta. HALT t tt.. 1121 U. HYKt'I iiaavjr Ould.-n, r (ration, fl 00; V.. Itanvy Coblen. Y Rail.. l 2i. BACON llama. tb, U tl.; tjitlea, 12 eta; hboublura. 7 . I.AKP Y tt.. 12Je. Oil. lioviHi' Kero.ane, "f? ration, 7.'. rta.i f.inaal Oil, raw, trail., $1 Zi ; Linawil Oil. boiled, 'j pall.. l iO. IUCKK Neat, f It., 0 rant. I'OUK Naat, i tl. 4J CM-nta. fll KKP Mutton, ytr bta.l. 2 W(d, 00. GREAT AUTUMN TONIC. Hegeman'i Cordial Elixir of Calisaja Bark. A I'lra.nnl Cordial which t roust ben a and im prwrea the pigration, an xcellut i.reveutire ol Kt'Vcra, Fuver and Ague. Ae and a (treat Keu- j vator and Tonic for invalida and drbilitaled -r-ana. Ilror.HAX k C., Sew York, tiule JSan ufactorera. bold by all DrUj.iI. jani.r71yl I X E W A 1) V K li T I K Jl E -N T riAPII TAIP KOU WHEAT. OATS. l'OBK. J UuiU-raod Ejfa by M'll EEi.KK at Mii:m. i:i.i: tiix xoTiti:. T 1I1R ANNUAL ELECTION' OF orFICEr.S of tbe oily of Albany, Linn cuiiIt., 0e- g'tu, will ) liel'j ou londar, tua 41b uay ol I p)-iiibcr, I I, at I he onieo of the Loomy i I Treaauier, in tbe four I It.me in aid city. The j i i'ulla will be pfnl at 9 o'e'osk in tlie uiornin .... j; rjcr r the City Cun-l. , ELI cahtei:, I '' City llecorder. j CI LOTH I MI AXH BOOTfi A.M PIloKS j sB'.rtmentTcrylIWHKIEBGEOKGK TURKELL, PAPER KANS'NS, CALCEMIN1NG, Deeorttting, fce. "f M. WAPfWoHTH WILL TBOMITLT JL e 'ire aliaulinn all nrdrr or Virr- i ":":. i't.i.tf. r.. . ti..; l7l!T'ihi't uT.nner' l".. iV- ;- tr.n-.. of ! '"r,cr ,'nl.":UTn'nr' . ".T. r! m-miKj. win nwri.a j-.-.m .""" roi4tf UOME ll I'TTI.K KWI Mow, anj all kio.la -f i-EWIXO M t'lll.VE.. I Aultnral in- .Uu.eota aeM ly WHEELEK at Kiii:r:. GENERAL REPAIR SHOP. rpiiE rxiEnsu;?.'Ei havixc. re- 1 laror I t All.anjr. al taken bia olJ ali-p on h rmrr ! K'.Uwrth anl S-ctron-l atrcrta. annouocc bia rcxlihea Iu attccl tu all kiud. uf BLACKSMITH I Xti, MILL A MACHINE! Folti. IXf.-, ETC, Al ba no ban.l and fr a!r, the COQTTIXLARO WAGON, Strayer Force-feed GRAlTf SRZLL. ST AS EOtlHE, CASTSTEEL, noVTS, w';iich be will aell an ibo m-at rraaonal.le terw. j a olK nfc A f Ala la. All wnrk mtmel t- inc will vert-ire pmmrt attontii.n. nnrt bo fXrotH in tba- Ut l".ai.il. manner, with material. A alia re uf j nl.lic patmnese ia aulicilr-l. jJfSImp i.n rorwr Fllwrth awl Fi cnl atrorto. uiipuaila I'earoe't Frrrr. vToltif. F. HOOD. ARPWA11K FOU BUI.IKK. V K Siniiba, anil for Farmer !! .-brat, by W iiKKLKK nt NIIKOIa. THlT BEST ARE THE CHEAPEST. THE AGENCY CELEBRATED ' CKICKER1NG & SON'S PIANOS ! IS NOW, FOR THE FI$?T TIME, PKTi tnanently ftabliheil in Crcgin. A lar1 Hii.l cmnpk-tu atuck will be kept u hat.d, aud old at tbe manufacturer rcduocd price. THESE INSTRUMENT? are well known throughout the world, and have received the highest prt-iuiuui wherever cxbibitud. , We have UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS in thoii furor Ifoin the beat uiusicU talcut uf both Europe aud America. For durability, atyle of finish and quality of tone, they are t'N EQUALLED. Every Instrument rally War ranted for Fire Years. Illu8trntod catalogue sent on application. t!IM. A STEKI., 87 Frout St., Poi tluml, Agout for Oregon. vTnHinl. ALBANY - LARD OIL & SOAP MANUFACTORY. flIIE UNDESIGNED HAVING COMPLE 1 ted aud put in good running order thvir now , , ; .... LARD OIL AND SOAP MANUFACTORY, , in the eity of Albany, are prepared to purohue, at the highest eash ratoa, all the- - UOCiS, RAXCin BITTER, SOAP- , GKE.4SE, &c, &c.,t , dvlirered to them in this city. i . . y .. Tlioy aro m.w munuluvturing and hare on FANCY TOILET AND C8M0N SOAPS, in groat variety, warranted equal to the beit"in ninrkut, wi.ich tiny utlur to tho rade at the moat reasonable rutoa. . Ordur.-i reapoutt'ully solicited. Satisfootioa gnamntt-ed. ' ' jfiir-Parties bavins Hogs, Kanoid Butter, or Grcaau of any kind, for mIo. will do well to give us a enli. E. CARTWRIGUX. A CO. Nov, II, 1S71 vTaUtf N E W A D V E 11 T 1 S E M JB N 1 8 . WOOL SHAWLS, L0'U A50 8QCARE, tiU auJ JiiripeJ, for tale br WHKKL EH ml K1IKDD. . al .4KIIA.'l SALE. - - NOTICB If 1IKREBY tllVEX THAT IX purnuunoa of an order of tba t'ouoty Court of UuiiU.ii eoumy, in tba State of Orrgon. tb nnderaigned, Ouardiau of Iron Grata Bond, will, u "Wednesday r JJcceniber 13thf 1811, at one o'eloek P. M. of aald day. at tba Coar lionae door. In tba town of Albany, t'oanty of Linn and Slate of OrrgAn, veil at (.ublie ae- ' lion, t' tbe hi;bet biddvr, for eaab (gold eoi) in band, all the ribt, title aad intrraat of a44 Irene (Jrare Bond in and to tbe land flain 'do nated by tbe United Hle Uovrrnmmt t Wyf. liond, deecawd, Iting XotiHeatioa So. 1907,1 T. 14, 8. K, W, in tbe County of Linn u ritatn of Orrpon, logt-tber with the ap.artena ce thereto belonging ; aaid intereat bein( aai undivided one-foartb of aai4 elaiw. Nor, 10. 1871. TABITIIA V. WALTS, n!3w4. , iJuardiaa. I' 0 B WA UKt. 1, A . t 'V A R kCOCKKUY, 1 Ae., Ac., k to WJ1. LJ'!t ; ; , tX KIIEDD. IT E W S T O C BZ 1 JUST OPENED! GEORGE TURRELL ! I Has. '0W 0PE5EP OCT, AT TOE u.a reci.tly eernuttd by A CewaaA Co., aj Firat lit., Albany, a new atitl WELL 8ELECTED STOCK. PUT O00P3, PAXCY HOOM, awn cLoTnixo. GEXTS A3.D BOY'S DATS, BOOTS A IIOES, CKOCKKKT WARE, WOOPWAItE. GROCEBIBS, Wli'o-h ha baa pnrehaand in Fan Fraaeiaee, for coin, and wl.icl. ! will aril at tbe LOWEST PRICES ! CASII Oil PRODUCE! ALL WHO WAXT THE BEST GOODS! -IT THE IXTET PRICES t SHOT LP IVK HIM A CALL. EKONT -ST., ALCAXY, OCEtiOX. Fej.t 13, 17!. 7o.'.tf. O1 ifTEKS AXO .AI:DI.SES. XL'Ti AND t'an.ltea, aud vtbrr knitb Vnawba Lr WliEELEll at ffIIKf. M1LUNERY,- DRESSMAKING, up I, A Tl! F.N A TV V H TT X.P17VM ,.xvmw viuuwilUil u , ; l It.W12I.M. HOUSE! , rpiin rxDi:Ti?TfiXEi has opexed a JL D''w atnek .,f -Millin. rv t;.la, TrimwiRXa. l.j.iie ami CbiMna'a Farmisbins IJ.nla. ralav KiU'l. ..t thm U.r.l ami uwl fhtunable tvleaj ahirb abr .ffi-r tu tbe la.li. a f Alkanr aat aurn.anUit.e cnutrr at tbe lwrj cat ra'tra. In tbe llreramakin drpartmriit I gnarsata entire aatiafecliuu. Cbar;c Iibvial. SPECIALTIES: CLOTH IXli. Alirava nn ban.l Laliea au.l Chil.lrrn'a ki1t. tuaJo L'uclcrclolbiut;, Cloak. Seek, Aprvk.. et. 1KE.S TniMJII.NtJ.". An extcnaire raricty of Silk. Satin. Catten auJ H'uulio Vrrtt Trilumioga, aSaray is rttt' CLOA IXtilS. H.,ov Mh, A-tracan ami Watertraaf Cloth f li.c be; quaiitira. FL'K., ETC. , Lnilirx' ami t'biMrt-n'a emp!ft erU of Far aul Swan-Juwn f the Uteat stybiS. CHIGNONS. ' IjitrM Ftyle f Chicnuiia rvDtaatly en band 1 at low Eurca. MISCELLANEOUS. T.inin; anl Finflina .f al irradea anl ijaal itia ; a full aaartirnt -t Jamnet. Mealiti. Fmbrii.lcrir. Iiapfr-Linepa, KM aad all wther varirtiea tf i'uTr, Ilnae. A.. Ae. Our dvlrrminalinn liiig ta fiv atiafacti-a ia alybj arj ,n:lir,. .. work, and price, we ak a .hare .r public ..-lrimce. fall at our atvrw tpoaite A. Caruthtir k Co.. Firat St., Albany, O.V-..U. SARAH G. GOSXaET. pi! .zrl f"r ilr. CurpcBier CrlrKraleJ , Drua JludcL-ft- ....... TjalStC V Ct OAP KANE'S CONDENSED. THOMAS'": t.y t'CMil Water. Kleacbiuf. and a.br kii4- br WHEELER at SIIKni EQUITABLE , LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Of THE UXITKD STATES. Alexander, Prldent.' llenrr B. -Hyde. Vice Provident.- : tJeorge IT. Phillip-, Actuary. Jamea W. Alexander, Secretary. D. A. LANCASTER & CO.. GENERAL AGENTS. Portland. Oregon. VTe desire to call your attention t tbe ad ran- , titles offered thoae contemplating Inaaraace by ' iue .qniiniie A,iie A:uraacc owkj9 aa aOvWDJ bv the following tables : IX ISfil IT WAS THE EIGHTH IN 1SR2 and lKttil IT WAP THE SEVENTH IN 181U aud ISiSi IT WAS THE KIXTH 4 IN lttSB....... :;IT WAS THE iOI'RTH IN 1S17... ....U..1TM'AS-TIIET1III IN 1SH8 .IT AVAS THE SECOND r IX 1869 IT WAS TIIK FIRST - IX IS70 IT WAS THE FIRST The new buaines in the year lf69 exeeede4 . that of any other Company by more thaa thirt en" million duller, la isro it . new hnaiuctui exceeded any other Company ten ' million dollars. Average awe ot Policies iaaacd by the fir Wi;ot Companie iu New 'trk a rhowa hj OiBeiiLl Report ia Kqu Mable ......... ........f l,oo Ofl, New Vork Life. ........ .. 2.7SS 00. Knickerbocker. ....... .........;,C9! 00, MutuiU Lifij................. 2,KS4 01). Continental... 2,0'Ja OA, tluis prnviog conoluivvly that thin Company ia . . patronized by that class who principally aeek inaurance as an investment. . , Lifo or Endowment Assurance A a profitable investment is attracting the a? lentton of shrewd bnsinuca men, who are prop. -orly eouicg to rt gard it not .only tu a ineaaA' wherehy the family may be protected, but, af fording, a it rtooe, Absoluts Security, And fiwdom from tXBti(,n, an. es client In-. ,vetuient or surplus fumls. Hvery biiainos . urnn know of aeorea, just as prudent, jcat aa : onrcful, just a energetic, economies! aadiudn" trious a himaelf, who are aow, by some suddrft turn nf the wheel of fortune, lef t in their old ape deatttuta. Every buainef man knows that all this suffering might easily have been avert- : ed by- simply taking a few of tbe thousand. they have lost on mifortneate investment aat securing an endowmuut volicy. ' Nearly every htisinees man intends to irianre, hat many pro. : erastinate till too late. , Let u. repectful!r args -upon yonr attention the rr-.jirii.iy e4 ii ft 'liata aetioo. Fortune i proverbially fiekle,'ainl no nan can tell what will be the esoh ofrhr .ext. ft w years. O. S. SSSITZZ, r7ni3ni3. , Sncial A'gt ftr Oreroa. ' -, TRUaS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS f n-l Uil. Via and Pattr. sold b- WllLEuEU at SUED n. V.