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- FRIDAYS ...... JANUARY, 5 1S72. Heetiigtjf ths Democratic SUta Central The IXocnocrjUic Central Committee cf the State of Oregon is hereby re iueeted to meet, at the city of Port land on Monday, the 8th Day of Jan vnrjmext, at-one-ffc -m, of -aiii day, tor .heaurpoftdL of d&iBatij.iJe .time at maaar ot rvolJing a LXorao cratio State CoavettUon, Mt ausortl- ance witi tfce time honored asagea of the party, preparatory to the coming J uho election in this State, ad tlte transaction of each , other business as may properly come before said Cosby nittt.- ' -flV : ; 1 Said Committee u eoyseJ a fol lows:. , ' Lkr....... ............. ..J. R. McLain laioB.M...nM.mU.M..,.M.E. It. UcCiimm t'matill.... .... ... ,H. C. lali( .lrnt ..... . ... ;.'... J. W. Baldwin W asco A. W. Ferguson WuKnoh ...... Jamre H. Li-peu Columbia George Merrill CUi.p.'....; ...'. ......... ...... Joi-pt JeaTeriet Clackma........,v,,.,..,.;-.,..-.Ge. I Curry Wij.-hinjtou......:.....,.v......Jhu Pwiok Yaurhill . : ' ' " 1 -A. Aurk IWvu... ......K. S. Strabaa M M-'m . . D.'H. Humphrey Linn......... ........ .J'kn T. Croukt Lao ..............Jotin M. Thompaoa -oos II. Jackson Doaglas T..L. F. Lane Curry ...............kOdilliiU Vandtrgreau Jsckx.B.... . ..J. N. T. Millar Jofphino... -r.... ...Charles Hughe Polk .. . lieo. Uajdoo A personal atteadana ia urjl ' apvn tlta member of Ui CoaiiaUiva. 1 . BEXJ. HAYPEN. ! Cbairmaaw TO THE DEMOCRATS Of UM eOUNTT. ;: In view of the fast approaching State and Nationa" elections and of the necessity of a successful orgaaixa tio of the. Democracy for those- mo mentous contests, we, tne trmJcrsigned Comnaittee," respectfully and earnest ly recommend that the Democrats, of Linn connty meet- at their voting places in each Precinct, on Sffonaay, the 8 th day of January, 1872. at 1 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of forming Precinct Clubs and effecting a more thorough? organization of the Denoratic party of Linn county. By united aetion in this matter good results mnst surely follow. , i This call is" made at the argent re quest of many Democrats. M.V.BROWN. A. PARKER. A. W. STANARD. " Democratic Central Committee af Linn Cuoaty. GOT. GEOYIE'S LETTZS. T "We publish to-day a letter written by Gov. Grover to the Secretary ot the Interior in relation to the Swamp and, Overflowed Lauds in .Oregon. J mis leuer win enow wDpias me in terests of the State at heart and who is looting after the eood of settlers. Partizan rancor and jealousy may in eito,; Kadical : editors to malign bur Execat'iTe, but his worts mnst inevit ably refirte the baseless ( assertions of histradnce'rs . and eventually bring them.to shame. " -. The Radicals . are attempting to mate a terrible ;hubbub- about these Swamp Lands, but it is done for. the pnrppse of throwing s dirt in the eyes of the. people -while a ew of.- their mtltt ers pet a way with he. spoils. The .tey to ' the'wole matter is that a ring of ;wagon road and railroad sharks rnnning their lines'i-hrongh the mooniain districts of Southern Oregon prefer "to .secure the ; Swamp Lands within tlieir grants to taking lan on raonntain sides or alkali plain?, and a fewj. paid mercenaries , are asifting them-1 in ; their attempts to swindle ihe Stlte'out. bf its legal rights. "J It will be a" sorrowful day for ".the inter astii.of oartyobng Oregon if these land sharks aad their paid emissaries auc ceed' in their nefarious ' designs upon the', valuable domains known as , the Swamp and, Oye rfiowed Laidij of Or- . Bdoiu- AoAis-.-i-Iti w stoutly 'm serted 'that J. Wilkes! oothtne as: saeaiir .of. Lincoln. ' was 'seen passing thsoijgh ;!;FoF Waync .Jnd., ; last mopth, on the cars. A geatleman who- el aims to have- known r Ynos welf positively asserts that he recognized him on the cars. c Booth1 was changed some, his remarkably .black hair and mostattie being dashed . with gray, and his complexion Once so white and smooth,; being - tanned and marked with lines of care.- ; But the eyes were the same wonderfully deep and lu- trong, and the remarkably handsome wguiii uau lusi uuu vi lis graceiui curves, k- k . . "' - Th.e Women Suffragists of Olympla iare nor mie. jvew jsortnwett. "Glad t o- hear 'It, for we feared " tbey "might Begin gadding" about the. coun- iryorgamzingi aswiHiiou, cctunag od the "divine right" of women to Totc'and wear the breeches and thtts lei fliinzs so at loose ends , at ; tome aBi-fCpuse the J'old taan' s to raise-"? dust on the premises. As long as the lTbmen 'Suffragists stay'at home and wOT&Vaa& mind their oWh" bufindss and-.havejthemsel7'ejLDd -aire, i idle" it. doesn't j make ranch difference iow'muclfcthey "saffrag'e,? anyhowi ,-70." Mia Tmr SaTerrt Statesman- positiyelv claims" Oregon for the Iladicals next. yearf-:put wtiat 'tnati-paper wonUf claim isn't wbrfh,rhavin'g. any-way.- There are. abont'l5,00d Oregon Dem- ocajts Svh.o will have., soihcthing to say abpni taoJt wuen tAq.time ponies, ro. Viarefc.ir c,z iu. g-iO.iiM . No TeLEG EAMS-rrTf iegraph : con mnnication betif-een" Oregon and the Eastern- Statet has-been entirely sus pended for over a week p3st, hefice we are unable to eive our readers .the pansl svnopsis of late eastern news; . ; EOfW SHALL TfZ TOUT; - -. i ; L Among the many measures , for legislation which should come (before our next Legislators we believ noae are more important than that of regu lating vmng system which shall be more in conformity with the freedom and enlightenment of the present age than that1-bf he riwi voce system. The clay and cause for which this system was instituted itt Oregon Jias long since passed away ,anJ. we be lieve it would be for the good of onr State to abolish it, ; One by one ' the great sisterhood of States which thus once voted have thrown it aside as btrrdensome.; and iujurions, until now Oregon and one other are all the States yet recpgnixing the viva voce vote' ', ,"-' "",'";'i.V ' Previotis to the ;asserab.lig of the i last Legislature we . urged ; that body to affect change to" the ballot system and jf sacli change ,1d then? been made diiCculty which has since arisen and which : ia : likely to create tronble'would have been -obviated. We allude to tKe Force" Bill, passed by the last'" Congress, -'declaring that air elections for Representatives in congress nereauer oe oy Dauot, ana all votes cast in any other, way shall be of no effect- "-.""' . Aa tOa Congressional enactment directly conftiat with our State law in regaftf to the manner of voting, H ia difficult to see how die matter can be properly" adjusted so as to, render our ionrre8sionat election in June legitimate and valid. - "We propose, of course, to elect a Democratic Con gressman next June, and of course Congress will not recognixe his claims ! to a seat unless he is chosen by the bal-' lot system. It is probable that we can vote for Congressman by ballot, and for Legislators and county ofii- ccrs by viva voce, but all must confess that this would be annoying and ex pensive,as it would require every voter to use two tickets "and occupy byfar more time . than a . full., ballot ( i by either of the ways of voting referred to. What course will be pursued in regard to our ' next Congressional election we are not. prepared to say, but trust that . satisfactory so lution of the question as to the man ner of votirrg wilT be arrived at by the "powers that Be before the elec tion comes oft i... v ;i.s . ; An eminent statesman once charac terized1 ther balTot "as one of the most sacred rights belonging to free irwt'i- tutions and regarded everywhere as the palladium ' of liberty." We be lieve this is true, bnt when the secrecy of the ballot is infringed npon its sa credness is necessarily destroyed The secret ballot is the .shield for the protection of the poor man against the persecution of the rich; it is the safeguard of the laborer, against his employer, who might be inclined to oppress him for his vote.. When we4 substitute the ballot for the the vica vote system in Oregon we will lift a great weight from the t-houlders . of the laboring classes and wrest a pow erful engine of , persecution and cor ruption from the hands of the capital ists and ; monopolists. ' The laborers, mechanics . and produce 'of Oregon are already in need of protection from the oppressions of monopolists,- and we know of no- better" "way to secure them the desired relief than by giving them a free and untrammeled ballot, where their' political wbhes ' and pref I erences can' be expressed without ,'es-' pionage or molestation. , ' The vica voce system has ontlired its -usefulness, and we hope to see it thrown among the rubbish-pf the'past, and the'pbor man's friend, the b allot, tnaugprated in its stead. ' Confine the people r to the- viva voce! system: as now used in Oregon, and yotf give fcnem jdio , me nanctspi j oppressive monopolies ; gi ve them the ballot and yow give them liberty. iti I Lu '-. it 6EEAI ST0E1I DT EASTEEN OKEGOU. The. Walla Walla "Stateatiuxn of 'last Saturday contains the following ac-.; count of a most unprecedented storm in that country; . -. .-T During the past ;week jWe have ex perienced the coldest , weather Vwe have, known for years, From all parts of the Valley we .hear of the loss of.stock. On the Iower Walla Walla a number, of ; bead! 'have died, not so much from starvation- as from exposure. . " - . ' , ', LOSS OF SHEEP IX UllATlLLA COUSTTY , Persons who have"" arrived here" from Umatilla ' county report the weather as being linprecentedly : se vere. Uur informant statee Miac nff tnows of thelo8s Of900 head of sheep, all from exposure. 1 he stock-raisers hot anticipating any" srich weather were caught unprepared,' and' "Lhe re sult is that all have suffered more or less. .There appears to be an abund ance . of feed, uut no shelter, and -in nearly every instance the loss of stock is attributable' to exposure. ' ' ' ; ,3 JTEJVS PEOX OTJIBtt QUABTER5. j.;. : From another l quarter we ..hear of the loss -of QUI) head of sheep from the same cause. ' Along all - Ihe roads leading ont; from -town sheep are re ported as dead arid-dying, and in all pases -their ecmdition is attributed td exposure ant not lack of feed.'."-; -:' ' :.rmr.Bpoa;x) peom pvxjqt&S, I . '. ,'TFrom 'bir.. W..T-,Ba-nes. who came from tbejiead of Dry Creek yesterday,) we Jearn- mat ine cactie in ' voai . parf of tb? valley ara -doing well, aid that thej stockrpwnerSffas.a geBera thing, have': enoogb , . feed P to . carry r them through the wiiter.r-Along the creeks on toe way ua, . Mr J3unoticed ou or 60 head of Jead t catUe.' Wj0. a doubt, bad the intense oldoontiBuod. the destruction, of cattle - would bave been very great.' - As it is, the lossso far as heard' from-, may ' be 'computed. a8 .1ollows: Cattle, tw Sheep, 1 ,400. LETXES GOV, 0E0YSB TQ THE ;- 8E0EEXASY 0? OTE2I0B. .; , . ." -Statb o Oreook,' ! f) " i' : H ExEcimrx Offk, tf v Salem, November 1871. ) To Vie Secretary of the Inter ior t , Sib I beg leave to call your atten tion to the right of this State to hold the swamp and overflowed lands within her borders, not disposed of JbyjtUeJJnite(3LJSi.tote. .before JMarch 12,' 18C0. "By '.the.; act ; of Congress, approve., September 23, , 1850, it was , provided "That, to ; ei)uble the State o! -Atkansas to oouutruct the necessary levees' and ' drains' to re clain the swamp ' End overflowed lands therein, the whole ot those swaatp and overflowed lacda made unfit thereby for- cultivation; which ludl remain unsold at the passage of Uiis Act, shall be aoj the same are hereby granted to said State."; "That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, as' soon as may Ve practicable after, the passage of this act, to male out an accurate lUl and plat, fif th IcuhU described an uore said and transmit, the. same to the Oov ernor of the tState of Arkansas," and at the .request of said Governor to cause a patent to be issued to the State therefor. . , , By. the act of Congress approved March 12, 1SG0, the provinious of the lost named act were extended to Ore? gon The second section of this act provides ."that the selection to be maxle from land j already surveyed in each of . the States, including Minne sota, and. Oregon, under the authority of the act aforesaid, and of the act to aid the State of Louisiana in drain ing the swamp lands therein, approv ed March 2, 1819, shall bo made within two years from the adjourn ment, of the Legislature of each State at its next sesisiou after the date of this act; and as to all lands here after to be surveyed, within two years from such adjournment at the next session after notice by the Secretary of the Interior to the Governor of the State that the surveys have been com pleted and confirmed." You will observe that by the act of Sept. 23th, 1850, the first step vital to the. complete investing of the title of these lands in the State ia to be taken by the Secretary of the Inte rior. He is "to make out an accur ate list and plats -of the lands des cribed as aforesaid, and transmit the same to the' Governor of the State" interested in the grant, "an soon as it may be practicable after the passage of this act," "and at the request of of said Governor cause a jwtent to fee issued to the State therefor." ' It i also provided by the act of March 12. 1860. that the selection of these lands in districts then surveyed should be made "withiu two years from the adjournment of the Legis lature of each State at its next ses sion after the date of this act; and as to all lands hereafter to ; be sur veyed within two years from such ad journment at thenext session after notice by the Scrrtary of the Interior to tlie Corernorof the State tint Uie tiur vry have besn complded and confirm ed." .i . - . Althougk more than eleven years haive elapsed since this State bos been entitled , to a segregation of the swamp 'and overflowed lands : w ithin her borders, currently as the surveys have, progressed, yet nothing baa been done, to the knowledge, of this office, by the United States Land De partment to that end. , It is true that a letter was addressed to the Govern or of Oregon, bearing date May Slut, I860, by Commissioner Joseph S. Wilson, of the General Land Office, notifying him of the Swamp land grant, and asking; "First, whether the State would be willing to abide by the field 'notes of the . surve; s, as designating the lands; and, second, whether in the event of non-accept ance of these notes as a batiis, the State.. would, furnish , evidence that any lands are of the character em braced by the grant." ! ,, Thin W.ter seemed, merelv . to lie preliminary to action by the Secreta ry of the Interior in bis work of pre paring a "list and. plate of the lands described,! to be . forwarded , to the fiovernor, as required by the law. But no lists and plats have ever been received by tbe Governor, ? por has any: notice. -ever been, given to the Executive of this State, that the sur veys embracing the swamp and over flowed lands have been completed and confirmed. r! 4 , . ' : For the purpose of information as to what .action j if &n.v, bad been taken by the Land Department toward a segregation of these lands, according to the provisions of the . acts of Con gress recited herein, I addressed a letter to the Surveyor General of Oregon, asking what instructions, if any, bis office ha-1 received in, relation to the surverv of swamp and . over flowed lands in this State.'., His an swer, a copy of which, is hereunto ap pended, indicates that, "no corres pondence bos ever been had between the General Land Office and this (Surveyor General's), office upou . the subject." .. '' , ; .You will observe that by the sec ond seetioo of the act of 12th March, 18C0, the ., (selection pf .swamp lands from districts then surveyed was lim ited to the period of two years from the adjournment of the Legislature of this State at its, next session after the. date of this act, which period elapsed without action, on the part of the Secretary of the Interior, as di rected by the law, and consequently without action on the 1 part ? of this State.' But as " to ' all swamp and overflowed lands within surveys made since March 12th, 18G0, they can now be selected, because no limit is plac ed against selections bf this class, ex cept ithat' thev' mbs't''be;.' selected 'within two Years frotn such adjourn ment (of the Legislature), at the next session-af ter.notic'e y the Secretary of the Interior' to' the Gove'rnor ybf the. State', that the surveys have been completed find confirmed,' which no tice has1 never 'yet been given ; not have any lists and plats been received at the'uExecutive office?' and I eonse- atiientff the time of? the limit h has not yet .begun to run nt svtm as to tll swamp and overflowed landsi x, inereiore, respecwajiyur vuuii within th.e sTfl-TeyaTtf this-Sjate, a within the 'sHrvanDr. this mate, an- proved,eince Marchia.lSW.'fnO pe partment of the Interior cause to be' made a "list and plats' of the- lands- described aforesaid,' and to be trane-l " i i iv.-. on. 'mittcd to the Governor of this State, as provided in Section 2d, of acU of September 28, 1850 : and that notice be given that "the surveys have been completed and confirmed," as pro- viUod in Sestion 2d, of Aot oi March 12..18C0. in order that the selections bf said lands to be made by this State may be properly recognized and pat ented. : r In relation to all the swamp and overflowed land-t in Oregon not -"reserved,' sold or disposed of,"" by fthe United States on March 12, 18G0, the position of this State lap that by vir tue of the Acts tt; Congress rod ted, a .complete grant' and indefeasible title-wers vested in the State fol thbl whole of those swamp and overflow; ed lands ;" the consideration of the grant being that the proceeds of the lands should be applied to their re clamation as for as is necessary to mako them arable. Thut the nature of the land is notice 1 1 all the world of what is granted; and that the subject cf the graut is definite and certain ; as in law, that is certain which can be rendered oertain by measurement or calculation. That npn-action or mis taken action on the port of the Unit ed States, ' or of ,th.i State, cannot defeat this title; Tbatf while, by reaen of th lapse of tbe-two years limit affecting Department action in selections made from surveys approv ed prior to 12th March, 18G0, no pat ent can issue for the same without action by Congress extending said limit, yet the right' to the land still rests in this State by virtue of the grant, and cannot be impaired by act or omission of the United States. Pursuant to these views and in de fault of any action on the part of the United States tending' to facilitate further recognition . of the riHit of this State to these lands, the legisla ture at its last session passed "An Act providing for the . selection and sale of the swamp and overflowed lands belonging to the State rf Ore son. " (Laws of Oregon, 1870, p. 51, a copy of which I have bad the honor to transmit to your office). By authority of this Act the agents of the State are now in the field mak ing selections of these lands. You will, therefore, appreciate the propriety of my soliciting that you cause instructions to be issued to the several Land Offices in Oregon re quiring of them to take no action which will involve adverse poa-8Hion of any of the swamp and overflowed lands, and to suspend all action in cases where any adverse occupancy has been allowed by them since the date of said Act of the Legislature of October 2G, 1870, until this sub ject shall have been concluded be tween this State and' the United States. And I respectfully ask your atten tion to be given to that class of these lauds falling within surveys approv ed since March 12, 1800, that the se lections by the State may be recog nized, and that patents issue to the State therefor, in order that Oregon may be placed ou the rams footing with other States entitled to the ben efit of said Acts of Congress. Very respectfully, - . 1 Your obedient servant,' li.' F. (HtovEB, . Governor of Oregon. JOSEPH E, JOHKSTOy. ; Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the man who fought and won the battle of Fair Oaks and Ball Bun,' and the masterly retreat on Atlanta., . is pre paring a history of his campaign for the press.- Gen. Johnston is conced ed to be one of the foremost military men of our country. We once beard General Sherman , speak of him in glowing language of praise, especial ly with reference to hi retreat . in front of Sherman's magnificent arniy. The General .said that daring all those battles be was not able to cap ture from that distinguished, soldier so much as a "tin cup." -.-.'-. A General John ton,.: even by the worshippei a cf the name anl fame of Lee in Virginia, of which 'both were honored sons, is held next in rank to tha.' illustrious soldierr Bat during the war he held about the same rela tion to Jeff. Davis that McClellan did to A. Lincoln-"-Davis was continual ly embarrassing and thwarting i the purposes of Johnson. -Him' plans and suggestions never had any weight with the conceited, jealous and self willed Davis, - His hostility to John ston was- shown most "-conspicuously in his removal from the command of of the armr with which tie bad. so brilliantly fought and escaped the superior numbers of Sherman in front of Atlanta. Only disaster fol lowed.-"'" f ; - General 'Johnston's publications will be the ' more valuable, - because they will be the production of a great uian. who does not know how to tell anything but the truth. He is inca pable ' of telling anything else-.; A purer man than Joseph E. Johnston never breathed the breath of life. Omaha Herald. . . The Salt Lake lievieio says it is rc ported on good authority that Brig ham has chosen his hiding-place in corce in the mountains, in the Soath- western corner of Utah, within a radi us of fifty miles of St. George.- His retreat is thought to bo so securely bidden that It '' its ! impossible fori! the United Mates authorities to nut him, And ; ho , is so carefully guarded, that even in the event of discovery, , it would be difficult to effect a capture without , Ibe . aid of a laige force ot armed men., ;,. ' .' .. - , ' CnAEtES O'CoxxER, in his letter to; - certain: jcilizens pt orkbqunty, South- Carolina! who:, -applied, to him as counsel for defense in 1 the ' forth coming'trials under tlijaf "fett-kiiir laif say'f : "Pne raian cannot do everything and j be e verywhereyi 0 Gofl ; nb w's , mourn ' over the calamities and pw Biiu iuux wiiu luezpressioio- griei at the wpes wljichreateR them ,'in( ih'e proximate -future but itlts 3mpoi?i' bl for ma tb aid eyoit professionally," r6Wter;rwa8?rteotrmenf'manitnra jebel'Janof iext anolfifeer 3n"'tn'eFed ki . j aI.. Ja V-i CI ill aiujjt, eu4 a jKLoutuvui .yi IJIB.iqr- mer eoei,sasofiatest .le benoe- canren. intfiijsely loyal r anember of. Congress, and . now closes his career I- , '-''.V as a plunderer of the treasury. . PACfFlO COXMTBH. Cfty debt or Eugeney $451. H- -i Gervais.has an iron foundry. Portland baa m comb factory. , ' Brighara Young, is in Arizona. ' V' Typhoid fever in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Timet is sow a yearling. pbrvillis College has graduated 4D students. . Portland- is- to have a -Dramatic Chronicle. U,- f y::.-ni r., A hog weighing' 1,138 lbs. ia now inPprtland. ' " . ' ' . ' .' "V ;.' A Portlander boasts, a! foot 10 J incbes long, .... . ; . . ; ; Montana has an Indian war' claim of $513,000. 1 ' '; ff I';".?:'-' ";u A 12-scre. Aiaeyard is started, at Jacksonville. Mi t; -: ; Passenger trains run from Portland tollillsboro. ''r"';i-';- Multnomah county had 11 '. mar riages last vear. , - , , ,i,f Mrs. Victor has ; issued another book on Oregon. ' ' tast Portland has a beautiful fe male cigar maker , ' ! . j j Portland has lost the tootistical 23rd Infantry band. W . ' The Sisters' Fair at Yreka, last week, netted $1,4001' " ' The paetamento valley . is flooded by the recent heavy rains. . i Put. Smith, of Portland, has gone to tbe States for fast stock. Paget Sound has more snow ; than has been known for ten years. The Bubtist church at Eugene will give a concert to pay for its organ. " Five members of a 1-aue county family have died of typhoid fever. Capt. Wm. Kelly, of Portland, died at Denver, Colorado, lost Saturday. New mines bave been discovered in the mountains around Goose Lake. Jesse Ward, a soldier of 1812, died near Salem on the 27th ult. , aged 7C. ". .. Mjts. Carrie F,, Young was lectur ing on temperance last week at Dal las. " ''- ' i '- -- - St. Marian T.( Vault, of Jackson- vill, has been sent to the insane Asy lum. Three individuals of Portland gave $1,200 for charitable purposes last week. At Eugene the other night the head light of a locomotive caused an alarm of fire.": " " ''; ' $ ' V The Democratic ' State Central Committee meet at Portland next Monday. Rev. C. A. ITuntington lecture against women suffrage , roosters at Olympia. i . ' , Mr. Hervy, a cattle drover, froze to death in a late snow ' storm near Cheyenne. . , A land slide, at Oregon City, last Friday, covered the railroad . for several rods. ' A Penitentiary convict bad his leg amputated last week, by Dr. Carpen ter, of Salem. , .; . " The new theatrical company of Portland is reaping rich encomiums from the metropolitan public. , Heber C. Keinbail, the great Mor mon Bishop, has. buried 48 of . his children and only has 13 living. ; A Portland Justice adjourned his court to recieve congratulations be cause he had just been married. . ' Sara. May has been arrested at Salt Lake and is now on the way to Salem in -charge of Mr. Foudray. -v,t 1 A Chinese wedding,, was the ' lost Portland sensation' John i said be hod married a'be'Iy good woman." A Denver gentleman, for lear ot freezing to death in a . snow storm, : blew his brains oat with a- revolver. One Jacksonville' cditbr ia called a seducer of an angelic younqf girl, and the other is called the ditto ox an In dian maiden ' ' : ;. . . . si month from every man in his employ , io be nsed as a fund to keep ', up a railroad hospital. u .u A young lady,' who was married on Applegate lost week became 'insane the next day, and is now suffering from mental derangement. The only female "contortionist" of Portland contorted ' her husband's face with the butt off a pistol . and now languishes in prison. A young man named Geo. Itamage, of South Yamhill,' while out hunting last week got lost and died from a night's exposure in the woods. A ladv's balmoral skirt was the flatest tbeft from a Portland store by a man who is . expected, to steal . a woman to fit it iu a few days. . $24.75 in coin were found in a dead cow's stomach in Jackson county last week. Her calves are worth double what thev were before ttils discovery. If Benton county, farmers were more industrious tbey wouldn't .now have to pay $1,80 -;per bushel ; for California rbtatbes. i'How'i is it in J i.-j' r.nl i it'jvtji,-,;-i' j-i;'i f'i tifli Tiinn? ' . . . , iuke Quinito, of v Virginia, Nevada, is the lacky winner of h the ! $50,000 prize in the ! LouisvUlo lottery He was o , Dobrminer. Tit J hat 'I'struek it.rujh" atlast,.f,f v .i. iA .'Joe, Wilson will doubtless; be . the Radical - riominee;-: for Congress.- Whenever thb Radicals1 f Oregon can't' do' any UtUtly always Jump-up joe. , !lWm.B Fish 'of ! m!la!: Walla, wm so badly kicked t horse' iribis fild kbit h'a.cod; efitiiP-. j house, and perished from I cold by lying out'all night. ,H .'.-'i i. A: Uttha i Doyaf ter washing Return ing of the school-bouse ia Virginia Citynntil the novelty of tho thing had ceased, started down the street, saying: "I'm glad the old -thing's burned down; I didn't have my jogfry lesson, no howl" fl ; A little son of J.Himes.'of Eogene, fell into a tub of hot water and was so badly scalded that the skin came off from one-half Us body. The child will probably die. 1 1 The loss of two toes from a Port lander's foot will always hereafter remind him" "of "hisfoolishnesa in trusting his pedal extremity into1 tho revolving machinery of a steamboat. On Christmas night, at a place called "Arkansas' seven miles east of Ashland, it man by the name of Carlin beat Billy Taylor Until bis life is despaired of.' ' Carlin is under arrest.- ... ; j... , ; ;, f ,; i , ,, The snow is 2 feet deep; at tho Cascade of the Columbia,' and; is supposed to be still deeper at the Dalles. There Is no mail commufli- cation between the Willamette valley and Eastern Oregon ut prasent. . ; ' "It is rumored, that ' Meacham has been removed from the ' Oregon In dian Superintendence and .. Bent. Odeneal, of Corvallis, appointed .in his place. Also' that Dyer has-, been superseded by - a Umatilla ; saloon keeper. , '.. ' '' ' The editor of the Oregon City En terprise says somebody is entirely too familiur with bis wood shed," and adds: If you hear of somebody's stove being blown up with a charge ox powaer, you may consider it-is our wood in somebody else's stove. At the recent Lutheran Fair in Portland, Mr. Geo. ' E. Aiken was iiwar'W u j.ic-k-knife, as being the ugliest man in that city. He took the premium over Capt. Crandall, of the Oreyonian, and our readers who know the latter gentleman must con clude that Mr. Aiken is "fearful to behold." The Salem Statesman editor has heard of another Enoch Arden. Two years ago a young couple were, mar ried in Polk county, but six months after separated because of disagree ments. The husband went East, and tho wife, bearing of Lis death, a few weeks ago again married; when lo! her truant husband comer borne from the East, shows himself (very unlike the original Euoch) to Lis startled wife, and then disappears. , Her fate is worse than gentle Annie Lee's, be cause she loves her second husband but dares not live with him for fear of the persecutions and prosecutions of tho first. We fail to see the par allel between the conduct of this mean Polk county man and that of the noble, heroic and self-sacrificing Enoch Arden ot Tennyson's master poem. An Indianopolis paper thus sums up the divorce market: "Brisk com petition among the lawyers has brought down the price of divorce very low in this market. We qoo'e: Com mon separation, $15; small alimony, $25; large alimony, $50, $100. There are but few of the latter in the mar ket. ; General business good and in creasing." It is a fact which is significant of the dignity of the Russian naval ser vice, that 'when the Svetlana' was boarded by the New York pilots,' the Grand Duke Alexis had just come off watch as lieutenant ahder the Russian Admiral Ho appeared as "that tall young fellow therej with a blue coat and gold bnttons.n George Selwyo once affirmed in company that no woman ever wrote a letter without- a , postscript. , '.'Mr next letter shall, refute you! , , said Lftdv L. Selwyn soon after received a letter from her ladyship, when after her signature stood : "1. a. ho is right now, yon or I ?', .x,- H . AVXUAL STATEJIESfT f ll Jtnamti'at Imomelt'oHl of tk air of At- la3 for Ou ytar 18TI. ' ' : , .1 I I --.;f r ' UUILITIII JAKOABK 1, 18'1. ; Amnuat af sot to J. D. Prwe.........$ 500 00 M j iotaratt on ano..... ' HH 31 ' V ' uaUtandinz city ortleri....... 1,203 46 '. Total ......................$l.7U 79 OHOKRt MiVI OS CITV TRBAB. til 171. To A. Parker k C- for lumber. ........ 137 OS Ti U. Wulier, liiy aunbal root, atrcet wirk, ie Totrf.'V. Brown f-ir priming ' To Coll. Yanoleva fur printiog To pay of night watohinan ............ ... To X. B. Humphrey, City Ecoordor foei.. : To E. D. l'urdoin fr aaaasMng aity... . . City Treasurer feea... 633 33 33 h 28 34 215 0 50 00 63 60 133 23 To O. Patturton fur building city jaiu To J. D. MaT rrh'(llnz enifine bouse., ' 280 00 1.34T SO To J. Long for b'lding erostw'lka. o 412 60 r aervioaa aa otroui vum ..... pjlafioner ........... ..... To pay expcoief of Fire Company .' To pwy for eor'p'ra, etora furniture ' e-! To M. Weatlull t Co., for work on , street oroMing. ........ ........,.. ToP. W Spink. At work on stroot 1 erossins. ..... i......, To Eli Carter. City Eeoorder ; To Judges and olarks of election......... To E. A. Kreelaud for books and sta-'-' ' tionery .. .. .. J..V. ........ To John Conner for insurance........... To D. Froman, rent of oounoil room... To Willamette Iron Works for lamp :'- posts......!- ...; ....... To freight on samt .u. ........ .... hm To suLdry amall mi..fT-.,.f,r. 128 00 66 46 184 60 43 50 265 09 10 00 ' 28 25 19 00 , 45 50 907 00 T 16 85 ,19, 08 . : full ?.:-.: inii .; .! f il $(1,086 28 ATAILBL AT '.VAV 1, 1871. ' ' Amount of note on N. S. Du Bats (sinoa; '1 " -u,'pald).ii.;.i......M-..i--....u.a 1600 00 Interest on sawe.,.,,,..,-,.,,,,,-,,,,,: ,32 2S Cash in Trury,.... . ....... " 342' 69 Collected on Uses during the year -143 06 . j! n jlioaoaes during the year;; 523 22 Sale of estray hogs by MarsbiU ... .'. ..-8 00 City doff tax during the year.,.. ,... - " fi 00 Amount of elty taxe.'.,..,... 8,649 73 Amount of delinquent to list for 187 : '10 111 Amount forrspairiagsJdavraJkslo 1870. v.3 80 $5,320 09 Amount dna tho bRy fcotn the C. f a : R. R. Co. for repairing streets . . . .tl ... A .rniaillfft 60 00 Amount due from repairing sidewalks ' is ISiO.'..1..,,,,-" rf,..,v 17 08 ; t'u'i f'-.y a7! 9cii I ,iim? ; '-frtH'- ' tri'" o 5387 .. Amoiint of elty. Indebtedness Jan 1,; " 1872..'...,V.......'..-,k.i, . 60S 2T $6,086 26 A trna oopy froa original exhibit filed Deo. 30, 1871, ELI CARTEL. - ' City Recorder. Sje.xatoa Kelly has introduced a resolution to extend the time of selec tion of all J Swamp Lands surveyed previous to 1860, so that the rights of Oregon, in those lands, may not be lost by the lapse of lime. ) Tu-TOJt says Victoria Woodhull is "a green leaf, and her legion of rela tions are caterpillars who ; devour her." A co temporary unfeelingly adds: "Let the caterpillars be . en couraged." : y. , r : : , ,- : A French authoress says, "A kiss gives more pleasure than anything else in the world.' To this an edi tor responds, , "That writer evidently never experienced the childish rap ture of descending the stairs by slid ing down tho banisters.". .... '" i Z . , .". a AlldKt orertlilng ba It paruita, w tilth livtf Ub It and pr- apua it, )(n ia naa ecpltuo, fur tapa, pio, and atiicr orm lurk in rh y dfem. and nfua eaaaa (mat diatarbaoee. Xbay do n4f ill ia baaltii bodies ', iiauea lUty mrt a ura pnwt ut ill bealib. Tbey arua in iinparfcet actioo tit the fbiiuseb and olbar vital urxan, and lurk Irt viiiatcd bluud J na mrra vanuifuga eau ramuya tlicn. . Da, Wttitii'i CaLiruMMi AViaas As Bittcms wilt nut anljr -pal tba worwi, bul by rliirtnj( tba bluud and di)eflira apparatua Ui a baalihj avoditiun, will rvtauva tba cauaa ot tba Iruubla. ,.; . 'f - ." m - - :? ,,,, liappeI IIati and Face, ' More 1,1 p, lrvn- eftbe ttlila, alee., Care'lat onra ,y II KU KM AJf'S CAMPHOR ICE WITH GLYCERINE. It keepa tba band rt in all wealhai-. Sea bat jun gat 11EUE MAX'S. Bold by all lJruggUla, ony 25 eauta. llanulaelured only by IIkokbam A Co., Chrm ista and irxxiu; Naar York. . ' jaal3'7ly 1 WEEKLY PRICES CURRENT. lasecreo wtr-Ki.r sr r. c OAarea" a co. Following aire the prices paid for pnidae. and (lie priors at wbicb other articles are tcllinr in this marktl: WHEAT White. bo.liel 1 . OATrf J barbel. 7S cU. POTATOE8-' boshl. $1 00. O.VIOXS "j bushel. $1 001 50. VWV II bbl.M 50. l;KA.N.H White. tb. 4ft,i et. DRIED FKflT Awl", Vi 9; eeaU; Peacfees, V f'i '-; flans, t, ISe.; I arrant, ro, lOe. BUTTJiR V tb. 40 eta. . -KUIJS fl dolc-n. 40 eta. j CHICKEXft tl d..tn. t3 "0. " bl'UAR Crashed, i tb. 18 eU.; Inland, fl t: 81112 ei.; tian FraoeUco EeSoed, 1 tb. Illr$l4 ets. : ' TKA Yiidn KjMm, '(X Hi, tl 50 J Japan. f tt. UeftSI 00; fSlark. tt.,75cfe$l 00. COFFEE lb. 2Um2i ecuu. RAI.T lh. 142 ttt. 6YRCP lleary tiolden, ft gallon, tl 00; E. He.iry Xiul.lrn. cal ..$l 25. BACOX lUm. f Di, 14 cU.; Sides, 121 eU; b'ul'lers. 7 eU. LA Kb H tb. mC4l4 et. OIL Vr iie'a Kaiweoe, 1 rallon, 75 eta.t Linseed Oil. raw, "jS gall., $1 25 ; Linseed iI, b..tld, "J? gall.. SI 50. , . BEKP Seat, -f B. 6 etota. PORK Xat, lb. 5 cents. SHEEP Mutton, per bead. $2 503 CO. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. o s'.g: Mtu H .CO D fc-d ' d 3 VERRY KOTICIi. THE WDERSIGSTED DESIRES TO IN form the publio that he will hereafter reg ularly ran (Jfai'svFerjy-on the mad leading from Jefferson to goto -and respectfully Invites the natronaea of the traveling nublio. Tba tar ty boat will te kept in got-sV-repalt and under the care or an experienced ana csreiui lerry- man:." "s ? y t. mi; jrop ?. JAS; GRACE. A sent. ' v9n21m2 ESTRAY NOTICE. State of Oregon, County . of Lin SS, TAKEN I'P.BY THE SUBSCRIBER, liv ing 8 miles east of Albany, the following iuali RnvAntean head of stock sheen: they are in different marks not deserlbablo ) all branded wiin paint on nitni nip. Appraued Dy ju. rowers, j. r. dan. io, 1872. at $17. T. PROPST. ATI ASH PAlb FOR"VfnEAT. OATS, POEK A) Butter xnd Eggs by W HEELER - at SHEDP, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS'. In the Count Court of the State oj uregonjor, the Uounty pf Jwt. , . , Chan. B. t'roabr. Plaintiff. C. W. Qnhhi Defendant, ' Action to Teeerer naaey. " j T- C. W. (IftjBb, df(tlabt abere ntf 1 i In tbe name of the State of Orer on .-aiT hereby required to appear and aaswer tba oomt- plaint filed againat eo in the aboVa entitled aa-1 tion within lets days frbH tba aerriew af thla V summuDs upon yon if served ia this eaaaly, ar witbla twenty days if served in any otber aoaa - i tj ot tba State, and if served b MiUiawtM To - are required to appear and answer said com plaint on tbe 4lb day or Marco, 172, or Jadg ment, for want of an answer, will ba taken against yon. ?- - i . Iub are notifled tbst If row fail to artxmr and anxwer the said eomplaiot, tea plaiatinT-ari 1 -take judgment against yon for the mm-nt Oss Hundred Dollars io gold eoln vita ' interest t hereon from tba 1st day af January, I860, at twelve per eont. per annua and eve la and da barseinent of tbis action. ' - - - , PublieatMii ordered ia "Stata Right Deeaa - erat" for six weeks, by lion. B. A. Jobes, iadlf of said eonrt. . JB. N. TANDY, "21 w6. Att'y for PI'S. WOTXCB OT FINAL trBTTUHKCMT. SH. ALTHOUBE AND W. MONTEITH, . Execat-.ru of tbe last wilt and testa ss eat -t Hubert Eu l,deeeesed, having tbaf day filed their final aeeoant of their edj in ist ration ot said estate and rendered tb seme for. ettU mm na mereirre unterea I oat . r . . r . Monddy, tht &th day rf Jftb.'f US7g;r between tbe bonrs ot o'clock. A w aa4 8 o'elurk, r. .. of said day. at tbe Cowrt Hoasw - in Albany, Lion county, Stat of Oregon, be appoiuted for the beariag of objeetion to sack. : , -final account and Htm settlement of tbe (ante, and that notiea b-Tri-f be given by tbe- pbiiea tion of Ilia notice hereof in tke "Slat Right - r Democrat," a weekly newspaper of reneral eir- eulktioa in eaid Line eonnty, (stale of Oregwn.vT one a week fr at least four eoneeutire week prior ta said day. By order of said Court. ' ' - - ; 8, A. JOHNS, Conatr Jodg. Jan. 2, 1872n2l w4. AliniXlHTRATdR'H HOTICE. TkJOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THK Xl undersigned baa hoou appoiaud by tba Cwooty Court of Linn Connty, Oregon, tbe Ad' minisiralor of tbe estate of Bel. F. Carter, de ceased. And all ptr.n bavioc e'aints araiast ai-l estate are required to present tb same ta tb uoderaigned, daty verified, at her teaidcaew in Linn County, witbin six months froas the data hereof. LOTTA CARTER. D. 1, 1871. n!7w4. ftTOCKIIOLDEBS JlECTf 3VCS. ThTOriCE TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF j tbe Linn Coai.ty Arricaltaral Aseaaiati s Tht re will be a business meeting of tbe above Association a tbe Court House, in Albany, ou tbe first Tharsdsy ra January, 1872, at tba boar r I o'clook r. for tba parpos of elect ing aeven directors, for tba ensuing year, and transacting each olk-r boeinee as saay aoaaa be fore the meetiog. MARTIN LUFEB, Pra. J. u. Kvas. See'y. nI7w4 DRUGS AND - MEDICINES, PAINT and Oils. Glass and Pattv. aold tr WHEELER atSIIEDD. ADniXISTRATOR'X 2IOTICE. . kTOTlCE 13 HEREBY GIVEN THAT BT ordi c of tl.e Cuuaiy Court of ' Liaa Ceaa iv. Oregon, made Ibia 2nd day of December. 1871. tbe audersfzaed have beea dalv anoaiatad AdmioUtratnr and Admini'iitralrix. with will en. nexed. of tbe estate of Eluba Griffith, deraaa ed. Therefore all ptr-mt having claims against said estate are notified to present (be same, with proper voucher, at tbe reeidenee of tb Aavta isrator. near Brownsville, Line eoeaty. Or gon. within six esantba from tbe Oat herovL j II. J. C. AVtRJI.I., AdmrewtrBtufy -1 -ELIZABETH GRIFFITH, Administralrtt nI7w4. r 1 LOTH ISO AND BOOTS AND SHOES J a fine araurtmeat very low by-aYH Efcl.-C-I SITbUEDD, straxasoMsL Sortie's Court for the Precinct of ct, i?iuic uj jregon uottmy oj Linn. Peter Beeler. plaibtilf, rs. James Tarn idee. defendant. To James Turoidge, defendant- , ; ; ' ' , In tbe name of the State of Ore roe- tm ar hereby required to appear bfnre the adevriga ed, a Justice ai the Peace iur tb Precinct alere- said, on tbe 26(h day of January. 1872, at on 'clock in tba afternoon of said day, at tbe a4V 6ce of Mid J ax I ice io eaid Precinct ta answer the above-earned plaintiff in a civil actios. Thai defendant will take aotk that if he fail a an swer tbe eumplaiot herein, tbe plaintiff will taka judgment again him for $231.25 in gold euia. witn interect tbcrenn . at. the rate of aoa. per rent, per month from tb 14th day of Angaat, 1S7I, wntn foM.'. - - 1-oMi-bed Imf my order, 4ald tM I lib day of Dfemher. 1871. J. L. MILLER. . DANIEL GABY. JatWeoftbe Peace.' Att'y f-r pi ff. . ,-n,,alst.,,. HOME SHCTTLE SEWING M CHINES. , . ' Plows, and alKkmd of Agriealtaral jm- ' pleiueoU aold by WHEELER mt SI1EDD. scmmoNs. Justice's Court for the Precinct of ive von jw, fte jrreanci oj cio. State of Oregon County of P. Gdman A Co., plaintiff, va.'Jaatca T. P. Turoidge. Defendant. - To James Tarntdgc, Defendant. In tbe nam of tbe State af Oregon, you ar hereby required to artpear before th uiknira. ed. a Junlioe if tb Peace 'or tbe prreiact afora- aaia, on toe sow aay or Janaery. 1872, nt S o'clock in tH afternoon of eaid day, at the v nee or rata J ant ice in said freeiuct. to answer the above-named plain tiff in a. civil action. Tha defendant -ill take notie that if b fail to an swer tb complaint herein, tba r-laintiff will taka, . judgment against him for $35.04 in aoin with. Mteret from Dee. 3d, 1870, until paid, t Pnlirhe-I by my order, dated tbi 11th daw of Deeemhe. 1STI. J. L. MILLER. DANJEL GABY. Jutioa ot Peace. Att'y for Pl'ff. . nUw. W. t. BILTAXIDEL. . Asbmxns. W. J. HILTABIDEL & CO., HAVE JUST RECEIVED THOM SAX Francisco and nov, offer rr sal, (at laeir , oid stand, on door below Conner's Bck, AI-' -hany, Oregon.) a full aasortmebt f V GROCERIES? BOOTS ANIT SHOES! ' TAKEJEB NOTZOIVS, &, Vc , ' coxa!STix.c ixat, as roLtew';:, v.f CALICOES. GINGHAMS, s LAWNS, POPLINS. ; . ME KINOES, ALPACAS, : DELAINES. , BBOWN DOMESTIC-.. BROWN SHEETlXGS BLEACHED DO. , . BROWN : r- -,-DQ. DENIMS," 1 TICKINGS,,' "i.; r-A-t . - STRIPES. MhUSAILLES.'. ciirfi-t T DKKS SILKS. . . DIAPER. fv--i ii.ri ' til t urn rT BRILLIANTS. '-nit ASH . I-Soi -r A BRILLIANTS. tTRASH. SKIRTS, HOSIERY, LINEN llDKF'S, - TABLE LINEN. FLANNELS, ' " - JEANS," 1 ." i SILK DO. TABLE COVERSa LAMES' bilOES. ' ' COVEHI.Kts miss' shoes. . oifiLp's SU0E&-;; r'?: Gent's Boots and Shoes, -. ; -- ,j , - . '1, " Boj'a Boota nd Shoes, . i.- i L- ..' J.'. Slipper and Gaiter, ; CAUFOENIil l.!ERCKAr.0!2E IT-:-.!. ''if'"-! r fSB-A liberal ska-, a of patropaga u" twuooJLZ' fully solioitrd. .(,-..,., H: ,..,, ,-, , . , ,.' -Tjjr; j., BttTABaa.-"cO: : ' ' v7nltf. - ..-!.,,. ': " " ' ' ' '-" .j. . -iu i ... ST HEMORRHOIDS : : , carothers co a pilis" Nl OINTMENT" hava-now heeeaa. ZZTZi tbe standard preparations of tba day j is pre pared and reoommeeded for Pile oiy (wbetbea cuiuut- i icrai-v -ouoararaviay depend upon it. that this ramedjr a-itl give tlwtn. relief from (bin trojiUesomanil damajjnj; pemj. : Seu, postpaid to any address within the Uni -ted States) apon receipt of price. $10. .. . -A. CABOTnERS 4 CO ; ' " iVrl AlbaT, Libs Co4, Ortopt I .1 n. - r