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FRIDAY ......MARCH 12, 1875.
OFFICIAL PAPER FOB OREGON.
LATKaT USBTNiNO rLUHM. ';
Tho widow of Gerritt Smith died
Saturday, aged 71.
The cars were impeded by a snow
storm is Illinois last Sunday.
The President has signed the Civil
Eights Bill, and now ft nigger is bet
ter than a white man.
A paper box manufactory burned
at Philadelphia last Monday, and
800 girls are thrown out of employ
ment. A special session of the Indiana
Legislature is in session. Cause, the
regular session's failure to pass nec
essary laws.
Andy Johnson took his seat in the
extra session of the Senate last Fri
day, and was received with cheers
and bouquets.
A New York church fell down last
Sunday week while filled with peo
ple at worship, and 6 persons were
lulled and 25 injured.
The public debt statement for Feb
ruary shows a decrease of 6,680,1b3.
But then the New Hampshire elec
tion had to be provided fori
The heaviest snow storm for years
fell throughout the Eastern, middle
and Western States last Sunday.
Bailways blockaded in many places.
The freshest rumor is that Attorney-General
Willams is to be nomi
nated Minister to Bussia, and ex
Senator Carpenter to be appointed
Attorney General.
Beecher is fast receiving new mem
bers into Plymouth Church. Four
teen 'joined last Sabbath. Well,
some folks prefer that way of going
to Heaven anyway. ,
Thi Boston Post has found out
what made the last winter so cold.
Elder Lutz, of New Haven, las been
delivering a series of lectures on
"Hell closed for Bepairs."
The sick juryman in the Beecher
trial is well again and the trial goes
on. Nothing new is doveloped save
-some mora maudlin love-sick poetry
and a hired girl's disgust at being
snubbed by Tilton.
Victoria Woodhull threatens Gen,
Tracy, Beecher's lawyer, with a libel
suit because he said in his address
that she was the most notorious pros
titute the world had ever known.
Some people are so sensitive.
The Democratic Sonators want to
adjourn the extra session of the Sen
ate as soon as the Hawaiian treaty is
disposed of, but Bepublicans insist
on remaining in session until 1 inch
beck is given his seat and the Louisi
ana Kellogg Government recognized,
The President has nominated God-
love S. Orth, minister to Austria, and
Horace Maynard, minister to Turkey
ex-member of Congress, C. C. Sheets,
of Alabama, sixth auditor of the
Secretary, vice J. J. Martin, appoint
ed post master at Montgomery, and
D. S. Wade for Chief Justice of Mon-
taua.
On the 18th inst. the Legislature
m alanfait S .T McMillan
to the "U. 8. Senate. He is at pres-
ent Chief Justice of State Supreme
Court; is a man of moderate ability
and unimpeachable integrity, and
has always been a Republican, but
having been on the bench for many
years, has not been en active partici
pant in politics.
Among the measures of general
interest before the late Congress,
which failed, are the following: The
' general amnesty bill, passed the
House December, 1873, never consid
ered in the Senate; a bill for tho
protection of elections, known as the
"force bill," passed the House after
ten days' debate, but only reached
second reading in the Senate from
an indisposition to permit a suspen
sion of the habeas corput; all the
postal telegraph bills also failed; bills
to protect navigable waters of the
United States from injury and ob
structions; the Frenoh spoilation
bill; one to establish a bureau of in
ternal commerce; the pension bill
for soldiers of the Mexican war; tho
Omaha bridge bill; MoCreery's bill,
regulating commerce by railroads
ainonir the several States; the bill to
repeal the pre-emption aud home
stead laws, and the bill for the ad
mission of New Mexico as a Slate.
The Northern Paeifio and all other
railroad aid bills failed, execpt a few
grauting simply right of way...,
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CUTTINU IAMWK.
On the first page we publish an ae
eouufc of a rich scene in the North
Carolina Legislature in whioh, the
speeches of two prominent Republi
can members are given in full, re
nouncing oil allegiance to the Re
publican party and pledging future
devotion to the crest Democratic-
Conservative party of the country
Thus:
'One by one thi row. wll hnf,
UM by ou tb Iv.vm 4uoay,"
until a year or two more will see the
last waning ftaxlios of Radicalism as
it passi'S forever out of sight.
Th Independent party talks of or
ganizing in California. They held a
convention at Stockton recently and
while in session some fellow bawled
out at tho door: "Candidates are re-
qnesteil to stup down stairs for a few
.i,.,iiin" Then everybody went
ilown stairs excel. t a dmt old follow
who wanted to run for jailor. Oh
,,! (hey don't want offiBl Guess not!
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TILL SW1NGIN6.
If we may believe the telegraphic
dispatches Andy Johnson is still
swinging 'round the circle outside
of the two great political parties and
expresses himself as being entirely
on his own hook. And in the face
of this sort of political oscilation we
observe that some Democratic papers
in the Bast want him for our candi
date for President! For our port we
don't intend to stand any more of
such foolishness. Andy Johnson
may change about "with every wind
of doctrine" as much as be pleases,
but we want the Democratic party
to once more close a solid wall
around its time-honored principles
and put forward as leaders only those
who are now and have been in the
past in full sympathy and accord
with those principles upon which our
government was founded and upon
which alone it con be prosperous.
The theory may be true as to the
past, that nations from the earliest
ages, have been changing their forms
of government, but such a theory is
hardly tenable for the future, lne
advance of civilization throughout
the world, the diffusion of knowl
edge, the rapid advance of intelli
gence, forbids the thought that many
nations of earth can, or will, ever be
crushed beneath the iron heel of des
potism, as in ages of the past. Cir
cumstances may arise to give tempo
rary control to the vile and unprin
cipled, as of late in our own country,
but we have the pleasing hope and
consolation that "Error never was
fully established; wrong never thor
oughly occomplishcd, for Truth and
Justice wage eternal war against
them."
Democracy means the government
of the people, and this political axi
om is the corner stone, the very bed
rock upon which the original struct
ure of our Government was erected.
Our fathers, with almost superhuman
wisdom, gleaning from the past his
tories of the world,' were taught to
avoid the rocks upon which the dead
Republic were wrecked embody
ing in our great magna charta the
hereditary instincts of the race from
which we sprung, declaiming in tones
never to be forgotten, there were
rights which could not be ignored,
or token away from individuals, or
nations, the right to form such gov
ernment as the people thereof Bhould
require, to secure unto themselves
and their posterity the greatest
amount of liberty and happinesB.
Our old constitution based upon
this fundamental principle, that ma
jorities should rule, with full pro
tection to rights of minorities, in
augurated a new era in human af
fairs, setting up a government basod
upon popular will, securing to each
individual the right to life, liberty
and prosperity.
This, then, means Demoracy the
people are masters the officials are
their servants. It means exact jus
tice and equality before the law, to
all porsons. It means, unobstruct
ed, to guide this, our Ship of State,
down the great ocean of time, with
soil unfurled, her Star Spangled ban-
flaunting defiantly in the breeze,
bearing within her the world's best
hope of human happiness. But
there is one thing Demooracy does
not mean, notwithstanding the funer
al dirges that toll the rexjuicucal in
peace, in solemn mockery over the
great expanse of our ntarly ruined
country; Democracy does not mean
to always be led to defeat by rene
gades and time-servers from other
parties. We don't charge that Andy
Johnson is a renegade or a time-
server, but we do say that he pro
fessed allegiance and devotion to the
Constitution and the Democratio
party when he was elected United
States Senator a few weeks ago, and
if he has now declared his intention
to serve with no party and has re
fused to go into the Democratio cau-J
cus with all tho other Democratic
Sonators, then he is false to his
promises and pledges to the Demoo
racy of Tennessee, and should be no
longer claimed as a champion of De
mocracy or urged as a Presidential
leader. To use a homely phrase, we
want a "square-toed Democrat" or
nobody as a Presidential candidate
in 1870. With such a man as Thur-
mau, or Heudrix, or a score of othor
true and tried champions of Democ
racy whom we could nsrao, and a
vigorous fight for the great princi
ples of which our party name is the
exponent, we cannot fail. But if we
do go down, thon it may be said of
us, that like the groat SeottiKU chief
tain, we died, "With our back to the
field and our feet to. the foe, looking
proudly to heaven for a death-bed of
fame."
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The Chronicle thinks the defense
in the Boecher case has not opened
auspioiouely, so fur as the testimony
is conerned. Ovingten, the first
witness called on the part of the de
fendant, when subjected to cross-ex
amination, contradicted every state
ment he had made in tho direct, and
involved himself in a perfect laby
rinth of confused equivocation. If
the rest of the Tlymoth Church wit
neusee are not more atouipliiihed
swearers than this unhappy gentle
man, the case of the pastor is des
perate.
SavKBWAUK want be scarce
Maryland. Butler has just declined
to deliver an Agricultural speech
there next fall.
TBBY OATH BR THEM IN.
And now we see that Hon. Henry
Warren has been removed from the
office of Receiver at the Land Office
in Oregon City, and L. B. Harrison,
of, Yamhill, appointed in his place.
We have heard rumors of a proba
bility of this change for some time.
and are not at all surprised to learn
that it has been consummated. We
also understand the office is to be re
moved from Oregon City toPortland
The Pension office was some months
ago taken away from Mr. Warren
and given to McCormick, of Port
land, and it is significant that the
Land Office of Oregon City and the
Surveyor General's office, now lo
cated at Eugene are also to be re
moved to the Metropolis. The con
templative political mind will readily
perceive why these things are thus.
A great Senatorial fight is coming on
in our State, and the machinery of
these offices cannot be used for po
litical corruptions as effectually in
the cow counties as in Metropolitan
politics. Multnomah, having the
largest Legislative delegation (includ
ing two hold-over Senators) to elect
next year, must be secured to the
Radicals at all hazards. That snug
sum of $70,000 which Ben. Simpson
and Hippie have succeeded in secur
ing for U. S. Surveys in Oregon for
the next two years added to the
Custom House appropriations and
other federal disbursements, is to be
concentrated in Multnomah and used
where it will do the most good" in
carrying the Legislature for the Rad
icals. It may succeed in Multno
mah county but the scheme is so
glaringly patent as well as so mani
festly dishonest and shameful, that
it will disgust the voters of other
counties to the extent that the Mult
nomah delegation will stand alone in
their rotten Radicalism.
JL CONTBAMT.
The Pacific States are in the best
financial condition of any in the
Union. Oregon's debt does not ex
ceed $500,000, and we don't know
that it reaches that figure. Califor
nia only owes $900,000, and has
property enough, when disposed of,
to moot this comparatively small
claim; while Nevada boasts that
she can pay every dollar of her in
debtedness on demand. What
contrast do these States furnish to
poor carpet-bag ridden South Caroli
na, Louisiana and Arkansas, who
owe tens of millions each and have
no hope of even paying up the inter
est. Are not we of the Golden Pa
cific a truly blessed people? '
Tui Baker City Democrat inti
mates that the State Printer is hav
ing the laws and journals, or some
other State work, printed in San
Francisco. . This is not true. The
present State Printer has not had a
single line of the publio printing
done in San Francisco or anywhere
outside of Salem or Albany. For
six months past we have had from
eight to twelve "praotical print
ers constantly at work in Salem on
the State Printing, and we expect to
have the work completed and turned
over to the Secretary of State within
the next oight or ten days. We went
San Francisco last fall for the purpose
of buying a power press and other
printing material and stock, and not
to farm out work, as our Eastern
Oregon cotemporary intimates. Bro.
Shepherd, will you do us the justice
to make a correction in as public a
manner as you made the charge?
You will surely hove the fairness to
do so.
In the Beeoher-Tilton trial lost
week the testimony of Jos. Richards,
brother of Mrs. Tilton, croated some
sensation when he mentioned his en
tering the parlor of Tilton'i house
and saw Mrs. Tilton hastily and with
a Hushed face leaving a position be
side Beecher as he entered. Mrs.
Moulton, a most respectable and
leading lady member of Plymouth
Church, also testifiod to Beecher
having confessed to her his guilt, al
leging that the fault was all his and
no blame attached to Mrs. Tilton.
Mrs. Moulton says he several times
threatened to kill himself in conse
quence of the great shame and scan
dal which his crime had brought up
on his church and family. It is
universally admitted by the news
paper world that Tilton has made a
very strong case against the great
preacher.
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Betting and pool-selling is joing
on in New York, San Francisco and
other cities on the virdint of the jury
in the Beecher-Tilton case. The
odds are in favor ot tne non-agreement
of the jury. But as Beecher
is now on the witness stand we don't
expect the case ever to get much
further. He will talk the jury to
death and pray the Judge over to his
side of the case, and the cause will
be dismissed under the statute of
limitations.
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litmus mentions most prominently
for Radical candidates for TJ. S. Sen
ator from Oregon next year, Attorney
General Williams and J. N. Dolph.
It doesn't make much difforeuce,
however, because they will only arise
to the dignity of oindWofc and a
Chinaman might do the Bame. The
Demooracy ot Oregon are as certain
to name the next United States Sen
ator as five cents was certain to
"fetch" a section of ginger-bread in
5f Umouri before the war.
A SLANDERER ON BUI TBAVKL.
Meachamisin St. Louis with his
Indian show, where he is having
crowded houses and lying on Oregon
people. Among his Indians are
Scar Face Charley, Shack Nasty Jim
and Toby, the white interpreter's wife,
all of whom are Modocs; Dave Hill
and Tecumseh, Elamaths, and Har
ney from the Grande Rondo reserva
tion; and the St. Louis papers go on
to state that Meacham in bis show
there, "in impassioned and graphic
language, gave an account of Cap
tain Jack and defended his resort to
arms, because, as he observed, jus
tice had been denied when he was
most cruelly wronged, although he
had appealed again and again for
redress to the proper agents. Colo
nel Meacham claimed that Captain
Jack was one of the greatest military
geniuses of the age."
The statement of Meacham that
Capt. Jack and the Modocs "were
cruelly wronged" is a notorious lie
and a base libel upon the murdered
settlers of Lost Biver. The Modoc
War is now a matter of history in
which those Indians ncrure as a
treacherous, thieving, murderous
band of vagabonds, and not as the
deified heroes of the chivalric tale
which Meacham so glibly spins to
susceptible Eastern audiences who
know nothing of the Indian charac
ter save what they have drawn from
Longfellow's "Hiawatha," and Coop
er's "Leather-Stocking Tales." If
Meacham and his Indians are only to
be used as a traveling slander upon
Oregon citizens our people ought to
ask Grant to disband the show and
remand the whole gang to their res
ervation and their cricket pies.
Returning to tot Fold. We see
that the Placer Herald and Santa
Clara Argut the only two Democrat
io papers of California that followed
the "Dolly Varden" party off in the
last campaign, have already re
nounced their affiliation with the In
dependents and returned to the Dem
cratio fold. The Argut, is the last
to become disgusted with Independ
entism, and blurts out its sentiments
as follows: "The 'wonderful and
noble work' done for California by
the Independents is not visible to the
naked eye, and we should like to haye
the Reporter point out, or at least
specify, the quarter in which it may
be seen. The party does not monop
olize all the political honesty of the
State; in fact, does not possess more
than a reasonable share of it, and
the people are not ready to accept
the idea that it alone is immaculate,
and the Democratic and Republican
wholly corrupt."
- Now-Little- Rhode Island the
blackest fly-speck in the Union is
about to have a war with Grant's
government. The U. S. Marshal and
other federal officers in that State
seized a supply of liquors at Provi
dence and the Governor got up on
his ear last Saturday and made a
Bpesch to the Legislature threaten
ing to put a head on Uncle Sam's
satraps if they didn't let that lioker
alone. If Rhode Island was big
enough for a. swarm of blue-bottle
flies to rest uncrowded upon, we
might expect Grant to send a few
troops over there; but there wouldn't
be room enough for the soldiers to
break ranks" after they had got
possession of that whiskey. There
fore we suppose the Governor of Lil-
lipnt yHl have to dance about and the
Washington Gullliver won't pay any
attention to him.
Hon. J. W. Nesmitu informs the
Oregonian that Congress has appro
priated $80,000 for improvements of
Oregon rivers to be divided as fol
lows: For the Lower Willamette
and Lower Columbia, $20,000; for
the Upper Willamette, $25,000; for
the Upper Columbia, $35,000. This
was engineered through the House
by Mr. Nesmith and was allowed to
pass the Senate without opposition.
Thb Beecher-Tilton trial drags its
slow length nastily along and its
proceedings daily burden the tele
graph with disgusting details which
only nauseate without enlightening
the public. It will be a relief to the
whole civilized world when the entire
Plymouth crew have passed from
publio notice and this scandal is one
of the things of the dim past.
Hon. J. W. NcsMrra has placed us
under obligations for an eminently
ludicrous cartoon illustrating the sit
uation of "things" in the Lower
House of Congrens during the 4 dead
look" which the Democrats had fixed
up to keep the Radical majority from
pepetrating the Civil Rights infamy
and other festering, reeking meas
ures of Radicalism upon the country.
A iuxino took place in Sequoyah
District, C. N., one day last week.-
A man named Sanders shot and
killed Rogers in the house of a Mr.
Mitohel, while talking to two young
ladies. It is eminently dangerous to
talk to young ladies, yet some folks
do it.
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Ought to Hay Ostt. Congress
has a cemetery of its own, and, adde
fihc JjouUville Countr-Joumal, it is
strange it doesn't have a penitetiary
of it own also.
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Mora thaa twenty thousand men
are penniless and idle, with starva
tion staring them in the face, in the
mining towns of Pennsylvania.
PACIFIC COA8TEHS.
A Walla Walla editor draws xa
pension.
McDonald had a hugs audience at
Eugene. ' .
Mrs. P. C. Sullivan died at Salem
Monday.
Ice blockade contiuues in Upper
Columbia.
Gen. Howard leotured at Salem
last night.
Rawlins. Wvominsr. is to have a
$45,000 jail.
A 'Frisco merchant has gone crazy
on sniritualism. He could n t have
had lar to go.
Wm. Bell shot a man in Truckee,
and now the Sheriff is about to wring
that Bell's neck.
A telegraph operator in Helena
lias inherited $25,000. Tbat was a
lightning strike,
Thirty-seven head ot stall-fed
teers were sold in King's valley, the
other day for $40 each.
The Pendleton Tribune has com
pleted its first volume and is to be
improved. Good enough.
The Scio Spirit proposes to pnt a
head on any cuss who dsres intimate
tbat it has patent "wards."
Steamer Ajax wouldn't take any
psssengers from Portlsnd last trip
because she was not deemed ssfe.
The spiritual seances at Wallula
have been abandoned and many here
tofore ardent believers up there now
pronounce the whole thing a eomplete
humbug.
Truly it is nice to run with the
Mormons. Governor Ax tell, the
new Governor of Utah, has been in
Salt Lake only a month, and has seen
30 publications calling him the hardest
names in the vosabulary.
Two Helena miners named Patrick
Rock and Patrick Kelley, got into
quarrel about who should cook
breakfast, when Hock stabbed Eslley
with a butcher knife, from the effect
ot which he died in fifteen minutes.
A destitute man who was kept by
Walla Walla county all through the
severe winter, last week got mad at
the County Court and bought a first
class ticket for Chicago and went off
on the stage. Truly a high-toned
pauper that!
; A Solona farmer advertises for a
wife in this style: "Money no objeot
She must be well recommended by
reaponsible parties, and, as a slight
guarantee that the lady is whst they
represent her to be, 1 shall require
the psrties to deposit in my hands
$1,500."
A Stockton man fell through a de
fective sidwalk and broke his leg and
now sues the city lor $500 damagss.
Ho doesn't regard his limb st as high
a prioe as a Salem lady who told
merchant that she wouldn't wear the
the garters sold at his store for five
thousand dollars!
A spiritual medium tried to rsiis
the dead at Eureka, but he was tied
too tight and no ghost hove in sight.
He went off eussin' the exceeding
meanness of them Eureka fellows.
He soys their town is well named fer
he found more mean folks than he
knew what to do with. :,
A Saoramento lawyer remarked to
the Court. It is my candid opinion,
Judge tbat you are an old fool. The
Judge allowed bis mildy beaming eve
to fall upon the lawyerabrief moment,
then in a voice husky with suppressed
emotion, said: It is my candid opinion
that yon are fined $100.
A lawyer, Geo. E. Whitney, called
Judge McKean a liar just after Court
adjourned and the Judge instead of
knocking him down, issued an order
from his court the next morning that
Whitney be forbidden to practice
there until he would take the "liar"
back and pay $100 besides.
The Salt Lake Tribune ssys: "We
know ot one prephecy, and only one
filled. That was made hero In 1875
whea he foretold that the Arkansas
emigrants would never leave this ter
of Brigham Yonng, that has been ful-
ritory alive. The gift of prophecy
was immortalised at Mountain Mead
Following prisoners escaped from
Utah Penitentiary last Monday:
Jehn Goodman, indioted for assault
to kill; Geo. Lewis, gambling; Chas.
Williamson And John Smith, stealing
from a dead man; Chas. Buckley,
jfuanlt to kilt. T. E. Kick, UtdioWd
tor murder and polygamy, and W. H.
Dame, indioted for connection with
the Mountain Meadow massaore, and
Shafer, under sentence of death for
murder, refused to leave.
The Cheyenne Ixadtr laams from
an unreliable quarter that the Indians
recently frocen stiff on the Running
Water, were stood op before a log
fire and thawed out. The red skins
sang out "hoop lad when brought to,
with admirable ferocity ,and threatened
to scalp their benefactor for disturbing
them before spring. They were then
rerrosen according to directions and
will "keep 1 in that condition during
the winter. At least the story will.
Is it possible that auch vile conduct
as these is in the shape of Providen
tial blessing? The Salt Lake Trib
ute tells bow a game of cards saved
ten miners from destruction by a
recent avalanche in Cottonwood
canon. They were going op to the
mines, and left the trail and entered
an unoccupied cabin to play a game
of cards, and had barely got seated
when the avalanche slid down the
trail which they had left, carrying
everything before it.
LAWS OF THE STATE OF OREGON-
PablimhMl by Athrtty.
AN ACT to Facilitate the Improvement of NaT-
gHtM iUVr WllUAAl U1U OUW W WIB
jfettfitatfed by ih Leaiatattm AnemUy qfthe
aksUofOrtgon:
Section 1. That It shall be lawful tor any per
son association or corporation, and tbeyorany
of them are hereby authorized to enter upon
the channel or oou 01 auj " -
water courses, navigable or susceptible of being
.i t,i -Hi ll in this Rt&te. and to net-form
work and tabor thereon, and to make such Im
provement of the name by clearing out or deep-
ennig
dams,
the channels thereof, constructing wlug
hiaattmr&nd removinfc rocks or Wm
removing sand bars, gravel bara, snags, and an
other ol( ructions to navigation, so as to ren
dnrwid Hven or any of them navigable at all
seasons of the year, or to improve the navl
( tl.AAr femaaftwl- Tliat HO WOfk. bV 1
a ,.t ....,hh ir h ilnnA. shall be so done or
conducted as to obstruct In any manner, either
temporarily or otherwise, any channel or river
now navigable. But the closing of one or more
channels in any river in orderto deepen oroauae
more water to flow in the main channel, shall
not be construed as constituting an obstruction
to the navigation of any river or water course.
HOC S. All persona, aaweanwiw muwipwor
tions engaging In the Improvement of the nav-iD-uitnnnfnnv
river or water course as herein
authorized, shall have the right to enter upon
the lands adjacent to any river or water wu
'nPti.aninvrMMinfiit.riiiD' timber, taking rock.
gravel, dirt and other materials necessary for
the prosecution of the work of such improve
ment and to pass over adiacentlands with teams
or other means of transportation, proper for the
nAmiiisitivurtf ih wnrk contemnlatod bv this
Act, doing as little damage thereto as possible,
subject only to the payment of such damages as
may be assessed for the same according to law.
aL ah (hannom nf rivers ana water
courses made navigable, or the navigation of
which shall be improved, as contempiaieu uy
.i.i a ,.. df..uhavinhllihli7hwavi and filial! be
free to all steamboats and other crafts navigat
ing the same.
aa a inasmnoii m mrtaln inartlea are now
prepared to make improvements of the rivers
of this State, and there being no law to author
ize such Improvements, this Act shall takeeflect
ana ue in iorce iroiu au wwi iu fa-,,m w3
the Governor.
Approved October 26, 1874.
Attest: B. P. Chadwick
' Secretary of State.
AH ACT to authortee the State Treasurer to
Convert Currency Funds into Coin in certain
cases, ana aiso to pay on uie iakk wih
Beit enacted by the Legidatioe Assembly of the
OUiUQj uregon.
awtMin i That the Rtate Treasurer, having
in bis charge public funds, which consist in
whole or in part of United States currency, out
of which tmymenta or disbursements are re
iiiImwI he law tn hn martfl in onln. shall be. and
he is, hereby authorized to convert such cur
rency into coin, by the sale of the same at the
best market rates at the time of conversion, and
to pay and disburse, and account for, the same
in lute manner aa u aiuuiuuui unu mmu w-
fnallv IWOIVMfl In wiin.
Bee. 9. Tliat whenever, on the first of Janu
ary and July of each year, there are funds
amounting to $2,000 or over In the hands of the
Treasurer not otherwise appropriated, accumu
lated from tne nve per cent, oi iiie nei prwwwu)
of sales of public lands in Oregon, and from the
sales of the Internal Improvement lands, held
urwW tho, kct nf Cnneresa. of Sentember 4. 1841.
amounting to more than Is required to pay the
Interest for on&er on the bonds heretofore
issued to assist In the construction of the canal
anA Indira at tha F&iia of the Willamette river.
the Treasurer shall be, and he is, hereby author
ized and reaulred to advertise, for four Bucces-
a v wftAlra. In mme newsnaner in (Teneral circu
it iinn in ihfl CAtv ot Portland, in this Stat, and
also in the official paper of the Stat, for the re-
demmion oi sucn amount oi uu wuu u
lock bonds aB said accumulated funds nballen
.iriu him tn nnrchajw ami ramcel. And said ad
vertisement shall notify all holders of said bonds
to bid the lowest rate at which they will dispose
of such bonds to the State, not exceeding in rate
ninety-live percent. oi tne par vtuuc merwi
t.i.h oairi nnnnnwtiH shall be sealed and ad
dressed to the State Treasurer, at the seat of
K8ecL ImeAt tha time and hour mentioned in
.ih arivni-fiaomnnt for th onenina of said nro-
'Doaals. said Treasurer suan, in tue prawnou ui
the Governor and the Secretary of Htate, open
-n't unmin nil hlfla fnr the redemption of said
bonds, and tne party, or parties. wn suau uv
found to have made the lowest bid, shall be de
clared entitled to surrender the amount of such
bonds as will equal the amount of cash on band
inrthnmirvhiuift thereof and the Dart v. or oar-
ties, so entitled shall be notified forthwith of
the acceptance of his or their bid or bids; and,
on presentation and surrender of such amount
of bonds, the same shall be cashed by the Treas
urer according to the terms of said bid or bids,
and be surrenderea ay sucn owner, or ownei
tn aa M Trftft surer, and bv him canceled and nli
in the presence of Haid Governor and Secretary
of State, and due record thereof shall be made
in tne LMJOKB UI aniu iicosumi mate
a. l Tn raw no bid la made for the Bnrren
A iifons nf mid bondfL within the time herein
specified, or in case no bonds are presented for
navment and cancellation nnder any bid made
and accepted within the time herein specified,
then the Treasurer snan oe, anu ue i, iitreuy au
timri7n nl illrected to loan anv and all funds.
nf t i,m s-iacui heminlieforesnecitiuu. on real estate
security of value not less than three times the
mraint nf fun da loaned, for a term not ezoeed-
ipii iw rnt. ner annum, interest navable semi
Inir one year tor eacn man, aim at uie raio ui
annually; andsaid Treasurer is hereby author
ized and directed to lane note anu mortgage
for the same after the form adopted for the loan
of school funds, as near as the same is applica
ble to the case, and the same to cancel and sur
render on final payment; .Provided, That, in no
case shall the amount of money of said fund be
kept oa hand for the payment of interest money
than will be sufficient to pay accruing Interest
on said bonds for more than one year In advance;
And it it further provided. That every applicant
for any loan out of the above mentioned funds,
shall produce to the State Treasurer an appraise
ment made by the School Superintendent of the
county wherein the real estute, to be mortgaged,
is lying, which appraisement sliall show tliat
tt auiTi nK&l estate la worth three times in value
the amount of said loan. Said appraisement
shall be accompaniea witn a oeruncate oi tne
Clerk of the county wherein the land entered
ior srmnty is situate, showing that the prop
erty ottered for security is owned by the appli
cant for the loan, and that the said land is free
from mortgages, nens, juugmenia, or any otner
incumbrances; Provided, That whenever war
rants shall be presented to the State Treasury
payable out of the above mentioned funds, or
either of them, and there shall be no money in
the Treasury nf the State to meet such warrants,
then the Treasurer of State shall proceed to ool
lect,of said loaned out fund, as soon as they be
on me due, a sufficient amount to pay such war-
rants ana miereat.
Approved uctooer, w,
Attest: S.F.CHADW1CK,
JBocxQtary of State.
AS ACT to Provide for the Loaning out of the
Moneys in tne jutGiumt unu.
Wbmui, It appears from the message of His
Excellency, the Governor, that there are now
In tha Treasury the sum of 17,423 87, coin, and
$1,785 87, currency, belonging to the Escheat
Fund. and
Whkkeas. It Is advisable to loan tha said
moneys, on interest, for the benefit of said fund,
therefore.
AfwewMfMf by IV Leffidattoe JbaemUy o the
flection 1. The State Treasurer Is hcrebv au
thorized and directed to loan out the sums of
escheat money now on band, or which may at
any future time be eschcateu to the State, and
also tlte interest arising from, toaua, as herein-
ftnr nmvlded.
Sec t. The loans out of the Escheat Fnnds
aliall be made on notes payaoie tn one year rrom
date of issue, bearing interest at ten percent
ntr tnnnm: said interest to be navable semi
annually, on the first of January and July each
vor in nice monev as tne unnctnai loaneu.
Such notes shall be secured by flrst mortgages
on mil estate, valued at threo times the amount
of said loans.
Sec S. Persons making application for loans
out Of the Escheat Funds nitrst furnish cert Id
eate from the School Superintendent of the
county wnerein tne property orrereu ior
rttv ia situated as to the value of the same.
t&o. 4. In addition to the certltlmte men
tioned In Section 3, the applicant for money
out of the Escheat Funds must furnish the
8 roper County Clerk'scartiflcate, showing tliat
ie party applying for such a loan is the owncr
of the property offered for security and that the
said property Is free from mortgage, liena,
tiiTomuits. or anv other encumbraiH-e.
Hoc &. Whenever the Hucretary of State draws
a warrant on tne state Treasurer ior money,
nanttiA oat of the Kscheat Funds, and there be
no money In the Treasury to meet such a war
rant, then the Treasurer of State, on presenta
tion of auch warrant to him, sluul enoonw the
an like anv otner State warrant 1 endorsed,
and the same shall then bear interest at the rata
of ten per cnt. per annum nnui paio.
few. a. Whenever a warrant, as aforegatd
Section 5 of this Act. is presented at the Treas
ury, it ahali be the duty of tbe Slate Treasurer
HiOOUOCi irom mo uuuuuiuiiig tutnauwwiw
thev. or anv of them, becoma dua. no much
money aa becomes neowwary for tit payment
at men warrant and interest thereon.
See. 7. As there is no authority, at prreent
lor loaning the moneys in the ksctwat Fund,
thi Act ahll be tn foroa Iron and after Its ap
proval oy ineuerernor.
Approved October &. 1174.
Attest: a F. Chadwktc,
Secretary of Stats.
AH ACT to Prevent ths ExUbitlon of IWormed
Persona.
AVtfrmtrtffffty A UgiMabb AmtvUy a the
csaarar urfm
Section 1. Ho person, or persons, shall tnT
hlbtt, or canse to oe exmottco, in any puatic
place within tnia state, any oeiormea person,
Mlihttr fcir reward craratullv.
8oc a Any person violating the flrst flection
of tlits Act sbalL upon conviction Uwreof, be
punbh,d for each oflens, by fine not leas than
twenty-five nor mors titan fifty dollars, or by
ltnnrisunmcnt tn the county tail not lea than
one or mure than three months, or by both, in
the discretion of the Court.
Sec. S. JaicMVourt Khali have hirisdMlon
OfotTnnwvtac'iiuat this Ait; and It la hrrehy
mads the otty of tM lHtrrt Attorneys to
prottocuttf ail persons vtolaUng ths prov tstous of
ftoc 4. Titers being no axKIng law on this
BUtiwct, and public lntiv domaudinx tlie pre
rnKn of th fort her exhibition of dciurmed
persons In tuts State, this Act sliall take ct
and be in Aires Immsdauely on its apfirovsJ by
the 4ovsrtior.
Apvnrred October , W74.
Attest: a V. Chadww k,
Secretary ot state.
"I am busy ploughing, and can
not entertain company," waa the
guhstanc ot note sent hj an Illi
nois belle in replj to an intimation
that gentleman dmired to risit her.
P"Pi I . 1 . .JlmuM -!ILJLL-J sU
Iowa Style. Since capital punish
ment has been largely abolished in
Icma hanging by lynch law is bo
common there that when it is done
anywhere else it is written up under
the head of "Iowa Btyle"
A Kentucky woman lately put in
practice her idea of a fair day's labor
by digging $6.00 worth of ginseng,
illing two rattlesnakes, and giving
birth to two twins all within 13
hours.
Thi Louisville lottery drawing
earn off lost week, and Delos W.
Chapman, a" rich young fellow of
Chicago, -drew the second prize
$38,000.
Tat outrage mill still grinds. The
City Council of New Orlerns has re
solved that Sheridan is a liar.
Albany Democrat. We shal!
not anv longer defer a formal and
grateful acknowledgment of the per
sonal Kindness manuestea ty tne Al
bany Democrat, in this direction.
Since we have been in Oregon there
have hardly been two consecutive
weeks in which tbat paper nas not
somehow displayed a manly and val
uable good will towards ourselves;
and at this point, we take occasion to
publicly thank tne editor, tne iion.
M. V. Brows', for a professional and
personal kindness almost unprecedent
ed in tne relations of opposite polit
ical journals. Salem Statesman.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
A era wlBbing certificate for Linn county
will be belli In tha Albany District Hchool
Hoiue, on Saturday, March Z7th, oommenetng
a PllRMf! EXAMINATION OF TEACH-
M V O'CIOCK A. M.
J. K. WJEATHKHfUKU,
285. Co. School Sup'L
W. R. T. Co.
FROM AND AFTER THIS
date tbe rate for freight by the
Willamette Transportation Co'
Doau irom AiDany to roniana win ue
TWO DOLLARS PER TO!.
B. GOLDSMITH,
Vl0n20tf. . President.
GOOD NEWS IN LEBANON.
MONTAGUE & McCALLHT
Havs Just received and opened out a
MAMMOTH STOCK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
coHsurnita or
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, ETC.,
ths whole comprising one of the choiosst retail
atorea In Oreu-on. --
They expect to win public favor and publt
patronage by a prompt attention to cuatoiners
and reasonable prices of goods.
McCALLBT.
Lebanon, Oct. 13, UJ7S. vfinlOtf
BANK EXCHANGE SALOON.
TAYLOR BRO'S, Proprietor!,
LATEST FANCY BAR FIXTURES
FINEST CIS4ES, YilM,
a THE STATE. ,
A FIRST
CLASS
TABLE
BILLIARD
DROP
IN.
Corner of First and Washington streets, on
posits eh. Jtiar.es Hotel, Albany, uregon.
STATE RIGHTS DMOCRAT.
Oldest Democratic Paper in Oregon
OFFICIAL PAPER
FOR THE STATE
HAS THE LARGEST IRC I LA
TIOBI OE ANT
PROVINCIAL
PAPER OX THE
COAST.
PACIFIC
Is newsy, racy, lire, progressive
and aggressive Journal; and having
been Democratio in the long, dark
days of our party's despondency, can
afford to bt Democratio now, when
naught but sunshine streams across
its pathway. Being published in the
great agricultural heart of the 'Wil
lamette Valley, it is devoted to the
interests of the husbandman, as well
as to every other branch of honest
industry. IU circulation is rapidly
increasing, and its prosperity unex
ampled in Oregon journalism. It
commences the year 1875 in an ele
gant new office of its own, with new
type and new presses and
A FIRST-CLASS JG3 OFFICE-
Subscription price 13 per year.
HART. V. UROBX, Editor.
STEIAST, tapMm
A DVERTISEMENT?
GO TO THE
BEE-HIVE STORE
to itrr
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
Il'OTIOXS, ETC.,
CHEAP FOR CASH1
COVJVTRY PRODUCE
BOUGHT FOR
MERCHANDISE OR CASH !
THIS IS THB
CHEAPEST PLACE IN ALBANY !
"Parties will alwavs do well to eall and iaa
for themselves before oongumatine tbelr trades
elsewhere.
First St., Albany.
TO FARMERS AND STOCK-RAISERS.
YOUUft YERMOjVT! -
THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG HORSE CAN
be found durlner the ensulna- season at m v
farm, one mile south-east of Tangent, sxcapt
on all public days, when he can be sssn at
dinrsnau cniosser s uvery stawe at Albany.
This horse Is a beautiful datmle bnv. 4 tran
old, 10 hands high, weighs about 1,300 pounds,
and Was sired by Belknap's celebrated trot
ting horse, Vermont ; His sire was foaled In
w nicsneio, Vermont, and nis llneacje is traced
bnck through only four generations to tha
original Justin Morgan.
horse and his stock to their entire satisfaction.
farmers are invited to call and examine this
A. l BitiixiKr AKMKK, Proprietor.
vlOoaSmS.
; "VS.
WEBFOOT MARKET
JHcKBTIGHT fc COW AM, Prop's.
HAVING LEASED THB ABOV NAMED .
market, one door east ofUradwoal's Tla
Store, on Front Street, in Albany, we will bo
nappy io accommoaaie au wno may rarorua
with their natron a ire. Wenrorjosatok'eauaflrat
class market and guarantee satisfaction to all
our customers.
.Highest price pa la for hides. t10d2MT.
ALBANY BATH HOUSE
AND--
BARBER SHOP !
THEUNDERHTONED WOULD RESPECT
fully thank the cltiKeos of Albany and
vicinity for the liberal oatronaira beKtowad urv-
on him for tho past seven years, and hopes for
iiio luiuro a cwiLiuuauctt oi ineir iavors. ror
the accommodation of transient cuntomara
and friends tn the upper part of town he has
opened a neat little Bhop next door to Mont
gomery Taylor's saloon, where a good work
man wiu always ue in auenuance to wait upon
patrons. JOE. WEBUKK.
STATE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION.
FOR THE PURPOSE OP AFFORDING
Information to lmmifrrantsand Intending
Emigrants to Orecon. now Inforeien cnnn'.rlei
and sister States, and for circulating such In
formation abroad by this Board, all persons Id
this State having Farms and Lands for Sale or
Kent, or desirous oi forming coioaies, wilt
filease forward to this Board ss soon as soiui
tie detailed descriptions of their Farms and
Ijtrdfi. Location. Price and Terms of Sale, or
conditions of renting ; and all persans desirous
of obtaining Agricultural or other laborers,
win yieasq communicate air wnn mix
By instructions of the Commifistoners of Im
migration. WILLIAM REID.
A State Commissioner of Immigration.
n2tlwi.
SAMUEL E. YOUNG.
Wholeaale and Retail Deolar In
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES,
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND
SROES, THRESHERS,
REAPERS AND MOW
ERS, - WAGONS..
, PLOWS. SEED
DRILLS
And BROADCAST SEED S01TEKS, Etf.
TERMS 0ASH. Tint St, AlWnj.
O. S. S. CO.
NOTICE.
13 ROM AND AFTER DATE UNTIL FUR
ther notice, freight from Portland to Alba
ny will be one dollar per ton. All down freight
will be delivered at Portland or Astoria free of
charge or wharfage at reduced rates. Boals
will leave Allwny for Corvallts or Portland
everyday. For further information apply to
BEACH A MONTK1TH, Atrents.
vlUn!7tf.
LIN If 00. TEACHERS INSTITUTE
TnERE WILL BE A TEACHERS INSTI
tuta, for the County of Linn, held In the
City of Albany; Commencing on
Thursday, the 1st day of April, 1875,
at 1 oelock p. v. and continuing until the close
of the week. The teachers in the publio
schools are expected and urged to attend ; and
all friends of education and tKlucators are. oor
dlally Invited to be present and participate In
Die exercises. . Tho exercises will be varied
and the most lmportnnt questions connected
with the subject of education will tie diwussed.
JAS. K. WEATHEKFOHU,
Feb. M, IffTlH&twJ. Co. School Supt.
j v. nniuitv
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CORVALUS, OREGON.
Special attention tocollectlnn of arrountff,
.WOUlce one door South of Fishers Brick. II
TlUn3UL
FARM. l Olt SALE.
A SMALL FARM OF W0 ACRES, TWO
miles from Albany, with good house, com
modious barn, and small orchard of cftolt-H
trees. Also farming Implements and hay euf
Orient for Spring use.
PK1CE LOW AID IEEJS EASY.
Great Inducements to Emigrants seeking
home nearthiathrlvingcliy. Puseeasion given
immediately. inuuire of
K. H. MERRlLt-0rn-"r2d
and Washington Street.
Albany, Oregon.
NOT2CB.
AFHTIN MORRISON. FORMERLY F Mo
ltonmtKh County, Illtrimn, can liar some,
thing to hts alvHtitat;o by arf4lreliig lMk
Box tt) Albany. Linn t omily, Oregon.
v lOiUitf.
THE OLD
BROOM FACTO It Y.
V !. RELIMNO, THE OFNTT.FMAN
who mnnu(Mftiired the Am brouBis tn
this cHy, hMAjim returned from CalHorrla and
! ftain eiift-tt-fd In the old htmitieui at bit old
Htand in lit Metiier building, Dear r'olri
Mill. vlOnttjtf.
C HAH. EU WOLVI'.RTOX,
mmn iu conmst it uw,
ALBANY OREGON.
WOfTlee ovor th. A H-nr Boot and th
Store, un tlie r runt ami Bnn.Nti..m