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imp- Friday, i;MAY 21, 1875. CTFICIAL PAPER FOR OREGON i ;, WRIT Ptt SPEOIAt EJECTION. lr 'Ji Shtrlff of tlm tt$eit;nf JtVtmKeii i' , ' Vio Ht'it Ortgov: ' ' Wfifreas, At a (fen em) election held on the . nrai ony 01 juqc, a. v., lawo, me jion, urorife tiieottueoi uncoil in mo .'ony-jourm con urvsaof the l.,IliIlHtatwtrttldJ,' r Whsrkau, iMuee the said elucllon, said onjce (1 na uxtutH vacant iy u attain oi Mia Jn- ,UIlHWMSt;ailU , .. ...i: - Whkiieas. ny brovltilori of tho Consltutioi of the Unite Htates, and tho laws ut till '"' Wale.ttiiaatiewme the duty of the Governor inereoi w isft.o ins vffib m election 10 nu SL.cn vacancy V ' ' ' ' Jvow, thereforo, I, L. F. Grovfr, Governor of wie rauue oi vm'guii, cio nereuy coinmniia you and each of you to notify thfc several Judges of Election within and lor your Hevimil coun ties, to nmu ft special election oi i(epresei.ia tive in OonirreRs to nil the vacancy niomsnid. on Slonday, the (iO) twenty-flitti day of Ocio- , ber, lt7Sand that you cause all proper notice lo ixitfivcn thereot aeoordluK to law. ' - -. , (JIven under my hand and thr seal of ) j a wtate oi urpfron, at Ha loin, this ,7-J ill toe n i jay o( Alay, At i. Irnn. Becretnry or btnle. i , UISATI1 OK JKMBB U. JI1UUUT. Scarcely Lad the ink dried an. our pen after writing an account of ;the death of Jno. C. Broeltq'nridge until' wo are again called upon to record the departure of another Democratic statesman, Hon. Jesse D. Bright forworljTTSi&TStafos Senator from Indiana, who died at Baltimore Inst Friday,'. . . . ( , , , , ,.. Mr, fright was born in New York , it where he studied law and was admit ted to the bar, but soon afterward '. removed to Indiana, wliero his great arid varied., talents, his ability as a politician,. and bin fidelity to hispar- ... ;ty wort 'him unbounded popularity with the ' Democrats.' He1 became ' successively Circuit Judge, State Son , otor and Lieutenant-Qovenor of the State. In 1845 he was elected to the "United States Senate, and continued "" a member of -that body until 1862, Mr. Bright was a Democrat of the ; ultra State Bights school, and when the civil war broke out his sympathies ' were with the Confederates. In the i . earty Part ot 18G2, boing then amom- ber of , the Senate from Indians, he was charged with disloyalty to the 4 Government.' In support '! of the ae ' euBation it was1 sliown that on tho 1st of March, 1801, he wrote a letter, ad dressed to '". Jefferson Davis, Prasi .. dent of the Confederate ! Statog, " 'recommending1 ' to' him o gohtlenian ,.( who was - 'anxieus to sell arms and munitions of war to the Confederacy. : This proof was considered sufficient ' to Subtarn the charge, and ho was ex . pellcd.frotn ihe Sonato on the 2nd ', of February ,1802, by , a vote of 32 ! to 14. . Soon afterwards he removed to Kentucky and was elected to the State Senate. Soveral yeurs ago, we understand, lio removed toBnltiniorc, . whnm llA hna uinfn rnaiilnA . ' Mr. . Bright was a man of very marked characteristics. A lawyer by proien8ion, wiliout being very pro' ; roundly versed in legal lore, he was, i nevertheless,, very successful in ob taining vordiots favorhblo to hicli- . ents. He pbSBORSod a vast, amount of sound coiiiuion sense, which, com- , . bind with itreat energy and strength of will, enabled him to fatain a high' ' placy iii the regard of his followmen. Ho was'a gentleman of ploa'siug mari ners and e personal appQarance, dovotod in hi friendships, an esti : mable citican, and the noblest work ; : of Goda" honest man. , , ,. " ' ., j -' Mkmom'aL Dat ix tub Rmitn. A - telegram from Memphis, Tennessee, ' . sayB business was entirely suspended . liisf. Mnnilav. in nliflnfrufiVit, . nt lltn memorial services at ETlwood Ceme tery, and the stroolii were crowdod witu pooplo. l lie procession wa the largoat over soon .except at tho , funeral servioes of Gen.' Loo. ;Ex- Confodnrate soldiers nlmoat to a man ; turned out, and in (he ranks were een the tattered battle (lugs of both Federal and Confederate, armies." At no time sine tho close of the war lina 11,aa T.niitt 'ui,..l. ..... nMl.ll KtlllMlllU lllim- miiiglina of the bluo and.tmiv na i was presented on this oooasiom ir, - iu'-ia j...; A man has just been aeiiti'iicod io, ; imprisonment for eight drtya and a fine of 100 francs, for having intor ' ruptcd a tukri-kjje ciiiomoiiy in tho Church of Notio Diime dea.Vmtoirra He was a disappointed lover of the bride, and by way of revongo be had atrown tho floor of the' church with : a quantity' of fulmiuutiuir Delicts. uliirli Avivl.A.1.1 ..4 l . .....v.vV.."yvtl-U h, rnuii uiovvuiuili oi the bridul party and tho upeotators -with so mnclijioisoBt sonio nioaj.eu.ta as to compel a suspemuon of the ser- ',vice. " ,' . Fonm I'm in Pknsvi.va!(h. The , telcgmjjh gics aoeounU of torriUo foresfili'bs in I'ike, Curbon and other (bounties in 1'cuusvlvuni in wln',1. millions of dulhun worth of propertv is destroyed and a lurfje area of crops burned. Ono tow n, Osreulu, ' is 6n tirely destroyed, mid a large nundier of people rendered homeless, Every body for (.pores of miles around were out at hint advices fighting the fire, Last Sm.duv Jacob Youmr. liv.W I iu Brooklyn, N. i, murdered his,""0''1 fo,'l","ll circuniBtanrcs. Lot Heeoml wife by chopping off her head ! tl0 lil,c''',1 lenders "k homes most with nn at, ' and then" went to the ' conp'al to 'hem, to their political cenieln v And daubed out his' bi-aina ! UHie l1'"'' nflibntious. If thov on (ho tfiuve of his first wife. H ,ms evident fv on the ragged edge of ' . had better return to their friends and Di i.i rii i.s fifteen yeari old and! do the beat ihey cau. Wo cannot iicifr had but one hreach-of -promise ufford to use the Democratic party as Hiiit, aud that was soiihid by piving a club wherewith to belabor objeo tho phiiiitifTai fu'her a fair of cow-! tionable Republicans lei.dors, and hiile hoofs with red tops. j Uto sooner tliey diKcover th.st .0 Int- DEMOCBACT HTBAIOnT VOU Vh. "iTtfst'now thai' tho xumUiugs and muttering of the approaching na tional conflict are beginning to be heard in the land, there comes mixed with it sounds the question'of "what will wo do with the Liberal clement of 1872, and what will be the political affiliations of the" men who wont with Greeley, and made that splen did but vain attempt to break the ranks of the dominant party? What frill bo the status of the great Lib oral leaders, and where will their followers be found in the coming great struggle?" Alroady in some quarters there is talk of Liberal al liances, combination? with disaffected Republicans and a fusion of nil the elements of opposition under some great liberal thief, some relic of the great disaster in 1872, Chas. Francis Adams is mentioned, as is Judge Davis, of the Supremo Court, and others of that political school. The effjrt in certain directions seems to be, the question of trying another amalgamation, anothor union, of in aongruities and unnatural political affiliatipns, a repetition of the' well meant, but foolishly weak organiza tion which ended in such a complete overthrow of the opposition. We fully believe that wo speak the son- timents of four-iifths of tho Democ racy of Oregon when wa heartily echo tho words of an able Eastern Democratic paper, which, in review ing this important subject, positively avers thai it "is in favor of and will support and advocate nothing but straight Democracy." Wo will not run off on anothor wild goose chase in the coming presidential campaign, as wo did in tha last ono because a lot of policy dodgers sniped the party into that disastrous move. We will not give the influence of this papor -if , it has any to the support and ' advocaoy of a het trogeneous Combination formed' of men with a variety of opinions tinning upon no essential feature and differing per haps widely upon great political truths.' We want no more liberal oanipaigns 1 Tho Democracy can nevei: win under any banner but its own, and iU prestige to-day entitles it not jDnly to public leadership, but popular confidence. Tho doctrines of Jefferson, Jackson and the' great Jights of the party are yet living in the hearts of thousands who followed its grand principles to a succession of glorious triumphs, and shorn -of tho objoctionable features which con tributed to its final overthrow, and which were the natural consequences of an agitation that could not be pre vented, there is no reason why the same great fundamental truths in political economy cannot be made popular again, and they can be and will be nndor pure and able leader ship. '' ' Ave havo bad defeats enough. It is unftecossary to rooount tho causes, for they are known to all students of political history ,and that thoy woro to n large extent deserved and moritod, admits of . no contradiction.. It is prosurned failures have madeiiBwiso, especially Bin re they wore made against good judgment, not to men tion ordinary common sense. But tho day of defeats is over. While remembering its stings of disappoint ment and pain, ' Democracy also re membors its many and splendid vic tories, and while the men who wore distinguished in Domocratio councils, and whose brilliant talonts were qnal to any emergency, have passed from off the stugo of political action, the signs by which they .conquered aro neither doad nor forgotteu, and tho Democratic party can nnd will romombor thoir lessons of wisdom, and enter again upon a series of na tional triumphs, , , . . The nifrna of tliraa timnti Am fiivni. 0; able for, and unmistakablv uoint to Democratic rontoration, and it i not wisdom to soek strange alliances, aud split tho growing power of the parly by tho introduction of ques tions that can but divide aud destroy it.' .-Wo listened to the voice of the liberal loaders in 1872. Thoy were given, as far as it was possible to give, tho machinery and power of tho Democratie party, and those who meant to do their duty in the effort, did it like men, and fought as they never had fought before. Groaning under a burden which was not nat- ul, and having to fight elements winch-was not reasonably theirs to combat; placed on the defensive, when they should have been the ag- grcsaors, they (might under a bnuner which inspired n euthusiaam and r,iko no popular feeling, and know ing the odds which confronted thorn, they stood up to tho rack and did all that courago could expect or duly demand, and ret they marched on to a disastrous and crushing defeat. We want no mora forlorn hopes, no more lights iu which the ranks of the enemy aro emboldened aud strength ened by our divirimis, and whore ",lccw" U w,,.v I"'"''''" under tho j aro Republicans at heart aud only want to work with us to gratify some personal grudge or party wrong, they tor it will bo for all concorned. If ho'.vovcr they broko wii'u their old political affiliations, and are honest ly desirous of effecting great . and needed reforms and can find a home in, and are willing to work with De mocracy to'effect this, we give them cordial welcome and shall be glad to have their counsel and assistance. But we don't want any more liberal movements to lead the Democratic party. That it was perhaps a desira ble thing to consider in 7z, is an open question and we will not stop now to discuss it. Certain it is, how over, that it was illy conceived and bunglingly managed, and very natu rally failed. We would like to ao cord to tho men who led it, credit for an honest purpose, but they either lacked political . wisdom or very thoroughly misunderstood the great heart of the Democratic party. We want a distinctive line of policy, Democratic in tone and tendency, and if Charles Francis Adams, and that class of men, can find a resting place for their political hopes within the pale of a straight Democratic organ ization, wo will gladly receive them, and award them such prominenoe and recognition as may be possible, but no more entanglements. The natural place for the liberal elements in the country is in the ranks of De mocracy, and it will go there, if the party maintains an unbroken front and presents the genuine evidences of thorough and practical reform. Lot the Democracy of Oregon whose hearts never were in accord with this Dolly Varden, Greeleyized sort of Democracy stand firm and be truo to their convictions and prin ciples, and the party they love and whose record they admire will as sert itself again and lead the country into a new path of honor and nation al greatness. T1IK OPPUMITION. , We have it from the most reliable Radical sources that Mr. Richard nfM!.- .. -i, i i-, . . ... KiiuauiH win most iiKeiy oe tneir candidate for Congress. So it seems the ring fellows wore nol content with killing Diok off last year, but they want to bury him beyond even tho reach of tho trump of the polit ical Gabriel. ' And it is also-currently reported that the great flap-doodle reforma tionists of Independent proclivities will nominate that mournful funereal procession, Tim Davenport, to lead them "to victory or to death." So it seems that wo are to have "Tim-buc-too" over again. Well, the Demo cratic candidate, whoever ho may be, will have an easy-going thing, and we don't blame Bedrock Shep. and other aspiring youths for wanting the nomination. With those fellows to ruh against it would be just like picking up a certificate of election at tho fiiBt cross-roads. WORK FOR TUB PRK8S. Tho Oregonian of Tuesday has the following: A friend on tho Washington Territo ry side, whose good judgment is gen erally vindicated by tho results of any enterprise he undertakes, suggests a plan by which the newspaper press of Orogon and Washington Territory could give very effectual assistance to the Board of Immigration. His suggestion is that the newspapers make a combined effort to raise funds for the cause of immigration, and that contributions be received and transmitted by any nowflnaoor through which the contributor may choose to send his contributions, the amounts so received by any paper to bo published in the next issue after receipt thereof. The good faith of tue gentleman Propositi'' this man is demonstrated by an enclosure of $5 currency, to bo handed by us to the isoara ot immigration. Thu suggestion is a good ono. full of practical sonse. By thesa means tho newspapers can add greatly to thoir services to tho oause. Why not time up tins plan at once, brethren of tho press, and thus help directly to "row the boat along?" Let every man conirionte through bis family newspaper oflico what he fools able togivo to help our State and tho poople of other Statos, by bringing uiiimb peopio to our goodly country, and let tho amount of each contribu tion bo acknowledged through tho papor making the remittance, giving the name of tho contributor or not. as ho may desiro. Is there any ob jection to sucu a plan? we see none. Wo most heartily concur in the foregoing suggestion and assure our rcadora that any remittances forward ed to ua for this purpose will be properly applied to the object named A Dispatch from Sedalia, Mo., says tlireo members of a family named I inley died of starvation near that plaee Inst woek. Verily, those peo pio of tho older States are afflicted iu divers ways. What with grass hoppers, drought, floods, fires, fam ine, debt and starvation, they hare a uommtion hard row to hoe) n. Kansas Citt, Missouri, dispatch says tho grasshoppors have penetra ted tho heart of that city, moving in a vast army, going south. Trenches are boing dug and millions slaugh tered, but nothing can stop the red- logged peats iu their march. The depredations are becoming very se rious. Tuk sexton of a Boston church lust Sunday outraged a young lady named Mabel n. Young," while they were iu the church together. Her injuries were so severe that she has silica died. Twtm-nva buildings were burn od nt Lexington, Ky., lost Monday. . Llis.!lii.JJL-MUUUl.i!..'.'-l. CETTKXCTAt. COMMISSION. A Philadelphia dispatch of May 2 1st says: .;: Tho United States Centennial Commission met this morning and elected the following officers: Presi dent, Gen.' Jos. R. Hawley, Conn. Vice Prosldenti, Orator' Cleveland, N. J.j John D. Crelgh, California: Robt. Lowry, Iowa; Thomas H. Caldwell, Tenn.; John McNeil, Missouri; Wm. Gurnoy, South Carolina, John L. Campbell,, secreta ry; John C. Shoemaker, coiinselorand commissioner,; executive committee. Daniel J. Jlorril, Pcim. ; Alfred T. Gashoon, , Ohio; Ji- M. Beckwlth, N, Y.; Alex. B. Botelor, W Va; Richard O. McConnlck, " Arizona; John Llnch, Louslana; Chas, . P. Kimball, Maine; Samuel F. Philips, North Carolina; Fred'k' L. Mathews, Illlonls; W. P. Blake, Conn.: Jos. E. Doxtcr. District of Columbia; Jas. Barnard, , Florida; Geo'' B. Lorlng, Mass. ' ' " !';;;"': ' -; A partial programme begins with, president of the day, President of the United States; orators, Chas. Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, and Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi; poet, H. W. Longfellow, of Massachusetts; reader of Declaration of. Independ ence, , Ralph Waldo Emerson, of Massachusetts; grand marshal, General W. T. Sherman; master of ceremonies,' General Joseph . E. Johnston. Tho commission adjourn ed till to-morrow morning, when it will adjourn finally. The executive commission organized to-night, by the election of Dan'l J. Morrel, as chairman. 'A. " T. Goshoon was elected director general, and Meyer Arch secretary. t . : ' RXQ.UIHITB DIIOLLRRV. Landaulot Williams is not much given to joking, and yet, it appears, ho has a keen sense of tho hnmorons. Ina Western newspaper 'wo find dispatch from ; Washington in which tho following statement is made "Jndgo Williami explains his resigna tion as Attorney -General by the heavy oxponses attending the lile of a Cab. met Milliliter in Washington, and says that he found his salary entirely inad equate to meet his outlay, and that he was constantly getting behindhand To appreciate the exquisite drollery ot this, remarks the New York Sun it in necessary to know that when Williams first went to Washington he was as poor as a church mouse, and for eoonomy's sake occupied narrow apartments near the root of a puhlio noiei, winie now he resides In an en (ice which nearly approaches Little l'.mins ate wait 'i pagoda in the preten tiouaneas of its appearance, the owner- snip oi the house being vested in h wile, while his style of living frr sev eral years has been proportionate! ostentation. That be has been able to aounmiilato real estate in his family wnicn nss cost great sums ot money, while living at the rate ha has, all on a salary of 8,U:10 for the most of th time1 ne has been in office, indicates either that he is overflown)' with fun, or else thai he has peculiar ideas of the significance of words when he talks about getting behindhand. If ever there was what is called a fore handed man in office in Washington Williams is the individual. Mas. Jank hwiasHEi.M got disgust od at the Brooklyn kissing, and wrote au Article for the papers warning all ladies against the dangers of oscula tion. "Kate," is the New York G-raphie, replies after this savage fash ion ; ''Mrs. Swisshelm'a letter is quite enough for mo. I can understand just what a dreadful old person she must be. sue wears , trowsert, I am told, besides that preposterous gar ment, the 'chemiloon. it 1 was a man I would no more kiss such woman than I would kiss a pair of tongs that had been left out over night in a snow bank. Kissing, when done innocently, is as relishable as strawberries and cream, and as mco it Airs, owismiclm could only grow young and pretty, and lake off her trowsers and dress like a (Jhristian she would soon change her mind about kissing. Her loner is the ex prossion of a cross old woman's envi ous mind, and she ought to , be ashamed of herself.'' Tub San Francisco Chronicle most Radical of Radical papers closes an article on the death of John 0. Breckenridge with the following generous paragraph: "Let us forget tho ono mistake of this most gallant aud gifted. Amerioan. Lot the re membrance of his error be buried and forgotten in his early grave, and the memory of his distinguished vir tuos be ever green in the hearts' of the people of tho whole Union." BaKADsruFFS ix EiiBopx. -A tele gram from London, dated 25th inst., The Murk Lam Kturett. in its weekly review of the breadstuff mar ket, says: A drought has been felt n France and a poor viold ia probable. This, coupled with the abundanee of grasshoppers in the United States, will make low rates of short duration. notwithstanding continental markets are down sixpence to a shilling. Th a Bulletin ia much improved since it became au ovening paper. It contains much more reading mat ter and of a bettor class than previ ous. Politically, of course we don t go a red on it, but in a journalistic sense we are glad to see its present evidences of improvement and pros perity. Thk Governor of Missouri has act apart June 1rd as a day of fasting and prayer against the ravages of grasshoppers. Why couldn't he have included the pestilential carpet baggers in the same boat with the red-legged hoppers? Lrricavar women in Nevada also take a hand in business. Misses Clapp and Babcock, principals of the Sierra Seminary, have taken contract to furnish iron fencing (or Capitol squaro at Carson for 5,500 iu gold. panne coaster. Oregon crops never belter.',, . Scarlet tever rages in Saoramenlo. Big picnic in Jefferson to-morrow. Olympis ha two ladies' boat elubs. ijh circus threatens lo ini iide .Ore gon soon. ' ; The Dallas land office will be open- cd next mohlb . Silver City " enjoyed a nice Snow, storm on the 16th inst. , A Woman's rights convention will be shortly held in Idaho. Gen. A. Islington, of California, died last Sunday, aped 73. :: . : Regular Sunday street preaching in Portland; and tbey are well patron izod by passers by. 1 '! ; ' "! Owing to the late rains the pionie crop of Oregon was Very baoktrard until the last week. - ' urassnopners have appeared in Southern California and ' are making havbo with the crops. , , ; , ; A big gong of Nevada Indians have gone to Utah to be baptized and join the Mormons. .,' ' "! ' A Los Angeles man has decamped with $8,000, leaving a wife and $13,-' 000 in debts behind him. ; ' : Harvesting has commenced in some sections of California, but, in most places the crop is very light. ' ' The Black ' Hills delegation ' to Washington consists ot nineteen chiefs nnd Mrs Spotted Tail, ' The body of J. D. Locey, who was blown up on the Senator, has been recovered and properly buried. To morrow is Memorial Day and the Oregon Grand Army will cele brate and decorate at Portland. Seven persons tre in' the Jackson county Jail awaiting trials for murder They will alt be tried before Judge Prim. . , Hill Beachy, the great Pacific coast man, was last Friday stricken with paralysis, in San Francisco, and died on Sunday. ,, . ' ' A party of prospectors about Quartzville, on the North Santiam have struck diggings which pay 15 cents to the pan. , Jackson and Josephine county min ing prospects very promising. So are some ot our delinquent subscribers' but they don't pay. The Salem Farmer asks: "What causes the scab?" A row at a spelling school would probably breed one as quick as anything else. The great Palace Hole1 in San Fran cisco has a ladies' billiard saloon. We suppose for a time, at least, Miss Cue will be the champion player. Tho son of an Italian nobleman is waiter in a Pelaluma restaurant. He is pi obably in a more respectable business than his father ever was. That pestilential fraud, the drum mer, has been ruled out of Port Townsend, and the town has had to take np a collection ever since to live. Another victim of the exploded steamer Senator was found, floating in the river at Portland, last Sunday, but it oonld, not be recognized or identified. . i ' - -I It was not Naught, but Knot! , and Knott was hot killed, as was at first reported, but only bruised in the row with Burrows, near Amity, Yamhill county, last week. " , .,(, Nevada ice-dealers are already pre paring to double their prices next summer, upon the ground that the crop will be almost entirely eaten up by grasshoppers. ' Three hundred more immigrants arrived by "Ajax" Wednesday. If this thing keeps on muoh longer we won't know whether we are one of these or one of those. . ' Poor Tacoma!" is the disrespect ful way in whioh the Olympia papers speak of the Sound terminus. Why in thunder can't they let a starving mendicant die in peace. . . ; Mr. Taney, who lives in Coast Fork precinct, Lane county, has a calf about three weeks old that was born blind and tailless. There are ereasos in the skin where tho eyes should bo. Wm. Preman, if these few lines. meet your eye, please "come torrid," as your devoted wite is In a paroxys mal state of grief about, you. She is in New York yet, whero you know yon left her. v. , General Michler,' of the United Slates Engineer Corps, will examine the Willamette as high up as the terminus of Spring navigation, with a viow of estimating the. cost of co,nr templated improvements. Jerry J.uokey, ot Uchouo, came down last Friday via tha Dalles. He brought to the Dalles 192 head of beef cattle, selling at that point for 41-lj cents a pound net. Ono rf the "beef critters" weighed 1,704 pounds. Ireland, of the Astorian, puffed Maltie Gaylord, and Matiie puffed iiu in return, and now since he has found that Mattio was a fraud he wants to crawfish on his puff and dis solve that little mutual admiration society. Harbor Commissioner, John J. Marks, of San Franoitoo, has just been convicted of embetileinent and sentenced to seven years in the peni tentiary. Served him right. He didn't make the right sort of a Mark as Com missioner. The placer diggings at the head of Ochooo are paying well. Uncle Jim- y Douthit and a Mr. Foster own the lion's share ot the paying ground, having bought np the claims. They , have put in a hydraulic, and have some 15 men at work. A partial clenn np of a few d.ivs run showed 200. Uncle Jimmy snyi ho h"s ground enough to afford him work for the nest ten years, and the only draw-back is the lack of water, the water affording vyoik- for about sit weeks only. - ;: - Edward Ashley! Whar ia ye? Your sister. Mrs. Ssraft.-Ann ,.Qabiree.of Baxter Springs, Grasshopper suffer ing and bleeding Kansas, wants to hear from you. You better trot yourself in sight or there will be trouble in the Ashley-Crablree family. ; A Portland man named Warnekrns Inst Sunday saw a boat sinking which contained lour little bovs, and- plung ing in tho water and swimming to them, by his braverynd 1 presence ot mind he socaeedud in saving them all from watery grave, although ho was compelled to make two trips to da it. ;' The Portland' Eccmng Journal, in alluding to sieam'.oat explosions on the Willamette river, relates the fol lowing interesting story connected with the loss of the steamer Gazelle, at' Canemah, April Sth, 1854. It says: "Lieut; fl rover ''had' just come to Ore gon, nnd was at Canemah on Ins way lo Salem, 'when the fenrlul accident occured. Ol course the Lieutenant rendered every assistance possible, and did, all he could to save- the wounded and drow ning, lie savil several nnd among them wsa a baby girl. This was twenty-one years aga, and only a few .months ago Lieut, (now Colonel) Grover, led this same infant he had rescued to the altar and made her his wife. r , " - ! -. V Last Saturday an . astounding ploL lo arm the prisoners ot the State Pen itentiary, thus enabling them to over come the guards and make their es cape, was divulged by a prisoner nsmed Wilson, a partner ot the no torious Schultz, who gave Superinten dent Wuikinds the particulars oi the scheme. A young man by the - name of Arthur Cox had charge ot a gang of prisoners employed in the black smith shop, and according to the statement of this man Wilson, had al ready furnished a number of revolvers and one shot-gun, and was to furnish more during Saturday and Sunday nights; and Monday morning the re volt was to commence by threatening the superintendent with instsnt death if the gates were not opened end they allowed to escape. It is sur mised that the friends of a ; prisoner named Alexander furnished tho mon ey to buy the guns, and Cox was em ployed to bring the rrms into the in- closure by climbing over the fence near the brick yard aud disposing of them where tho prisoners would, by previous arrangement, know where to find them. i. DRIFT OF TltAVXX, We find In the San Francisco Bul letin of the 10th instant, the following statistical information concerning the movements of population. It is now six years since through n.iIrond connection between California and the Atlantic States was effected. The through business of the line has been steadily increasing from the start The principal revenue is from passengers and freight. The number of through passengers carried to and from San Francisco Is annexed: Years, -i ' Arrived. Departed. 18f0-7U m4M'wi-..i 547,200 : , : 15,1430 1870- 71. ..30,600 24,300 1871- 73..". 28,700 1 20,700 1872- 73 ..;......v......i........;3rt,I00 ,M 22,800 1873- 74 -.-..,.. 52,000 2(1,100 1874- 75 , 03,300 .. 25,700 Totals 240,000 134,700 It will be seen that the railroad has added nearly a quarter of a million to our population. It U noteworthy that while the arrivals during the past year hnve been 9,000 larger than In 1873-74, the departures have been actually less. Tho Immigrants which have arrived have been gen erally of the character wanted to develop the State. 'i A larger number of passengers ar rived at San Francisco mt month than for any com ;onding month in the history of the port. The steamers hrought us nearly 5,000 and the rail road oyer 8,000., The number-by rail Is larger thftn ' tor any previous month,- and would have been still greater but for the Interruption hy the floods. Of those by ocean routes, 3,470 came from China and Japan, 1, 100 from New ork nnd Panama, 130 from Australia, 125 from British Columbia and fi5 from Hex lea The immigration from China has set In a month earlier than usual, and hence the large number from that section of the world. The departures by steamer numbered less thnn ' D00, chiefly to China, Panama and British Columbia, while the departures by mil wfcre 2,443, The net gain for the month is nearly 10,000. Thb Sioux chiefs, now in "Wasning ton, left tho Tremont Jlouse and went to another hotel because the former was a temperance bouse and would not lot the poor Lo's have any whiskey. - Julian Hawthorne, in his "Saxon Studies," 6ays: "To be a thorough German cook requires only a callous conscience, a cold heart, a confused head, conrfio. hands and plenty of grease. ' ' ' " ' ' "- ' A mastodon ekelotou weighing 1, COO pouuJs, tho largest ever found, has been Kent to Tale College from Otisville, in Orange county, N. T.. where it waa dug np two years ago. I Bessie Tcbsib aays sho'd rather wash for a living than marry a liter ary man. We a'pose Bessie thinks such a husband would Turner out a washer-weman in tho end nnvwav. ina argument ol tna counsel in I the Beecber-Tilton raso still contin uaa. It will probably lie two weeVs yat before tha case will Le stilimit'ej to the jury. MM'? tv t.r''Ci rema!ntnirtn ir t I omen'Mr.r n. 8(1 l.-LVr Irulxt 1875. lVrn'ms wu (VB tllOUdKM.lt vr F nedlek. E. C. Ilr)wii. V m. Gray, Anjufc af. .,. ll fchf'V wen iitivr.l-w(1 -' Ii.vbw. .!(oy ltw. o. I,. , I I'. ii. RAYMOND. P. if. OlI-T.n.AKD At' his fnUiTs renldr'nee In Ruw(,t Hom !iilf v. Linn flouritr. on the -il l Inst.. Robert II.. tiiit'-st son 01 Jonn nnd &im tillllland. atfi'U o .Vfarsana .u mutatis, NEW A 0 V I'JtU'lMvAl hiN I'M.1 imiJimiiLMB "-- "'V"iA " .'IT'-".- - ' y (I'ODJCDKD IN -ISM.) " ' "Ao."619 CJay Mrcci, Bttiweon Kearny and Montgomery st'r, C SAN FFlANCISCO TiTt nmiKIl.TYifl T.nr,rr.v anrl m.r.rwlt!v In, crwiainK PrneUti: wlitcri hwrtfmfltmilr kept puce, wnn tne unoxampifui incrt'Hwnam.Hiiny n i tv h i i mm i us uiuif vLHUtisiirJ'Hnd Wen- known qiwrtTi pn tl(p coni of Hiiernmeiito nrni iiemaoru: bititissjii nua.1t.iii.y,,m,inore ,at No. C49 wr Street tohr$ lie has a tpn clous suit of ImDiisomcly lltfcd up and oitn- wnleikiy Hriutut a ixtttninaiion ana iw tatton RoT4,i;,icci)p.vlMir tho whnlo of the two uumsr BtorleKl which DatinntH nrny nt all tlmA visit, auUe only tho Doctor and his hbbIu- With the most (mitpfnl spntlmpntii of fcard fortlie llbTn! patronanfl leI.owtl on him for tne past tnltxeen years, at nis oia omce, IR, DOI1F.HTY , desires to Inform tho (Joneral Public, and es nefially all those laboring under all formn of t;nronic i;onipmintfl, iiiiii uhii iw cthibuiit-u l . ( I'U., nn ou..rv varlotv rf ftla. ease of the l,un, T.lvpr, Kidnys, Digestive and ueniio-urmary urgaua, ana an ;r . SPECIAL DISEASES, of which the list Is numerous, nnd which are more closely connected with tnj(enerai nenun than the mrilnrltv of oeoole are aware. U- happy Invalids lor years pTslst fn conceallHg ineir conaition irom n innuvt- uriKiniuiiiR in mistaken delicacy, and surfer In silence until their miseries become too acute to be rpres ed. or have assumed a form that renders heal- Inic both dlftlcult and expensive. This latter tve of affliction manifests Itself in the com- filalnt professionally known as My phi Us, Iu all ts forms and stages ; Bent inn I Weakness, and all the distressing lorms oi eilAnusn, Onanism; Uonorrhoea; Slrtcture; Nocturiml and Diurnal Emissions. Hexual Deb Mtv. Dls- eases of the Back aod Loins, Inflammation of tha btlAridcr and K dnevs. etc.. etc. 1 he mim ber of personssufffrlnKfroro these horrible Dis eases. In whom the Doctor has effected a rad ical enr-f. can be counted by the thousand, and tho voluntary opntficat Id his possession, re ceived irom persona llr nun rt-iirvru, ") enough t satisfy all that the Dootor's skill In the treatment of the affections, enahles him t cure all curable cases, and In every Instance givo rcuer. Dmeases which formerly naina the mid cal skill or the most learnea nnd ex- nrlenced Practitioners of the heallnir art., and wei-e regarded by the majority of Physicians as utfriy incurable, now reaany jiPia 10 moa- ern rmpdiis. when iMfserlbPd by tne Intelll' irnt Practitioner, who makpsthw human sys tem, and thfse special ailments, his oonstAnt stuny ana subject oi onservauon. In no case Is publicity prmlttpd except at the express wish of the patient ; and tho Doe tor confidently trusis that his long expirlinee and BHccesslul practice win continue lo insure him a liberal share of public patronage. By the practice of many years in Kurope and the United Hiatus, he is enabled to apply the most successful remeuit-s agnhisi tusoasos or an kinds. Ho eurs without mercury, charges moderate rees, ireats tus pniiems in a correct, ana non orable way, and has references of u nt ustlnn able vraclty. from men of known resiictabil- Ityand high Htandln in society. All parlies who may consult nim by letter or otherwise, will receive the best and Kentlest treatment. Trt FomaloN. When n fprnale Is afflicted with dl8ns. weakness of the back and limbs, pain In the lieaa, unnnces sight, lonsoi niuscuiur power, palpitation or tne iiearc, irntaoiniy, nervous ness, derangement of digestive functions, gen eral debility, all dlaiasi's of tho womb, hys teria, sterility, and all other diseases peculiar to females, she slion Id go or write at once to DR. W. K. DOUKUTY, at hut Medical Insti tute, and sbe will receive every possible relief ana neip, T,et no false delicacy prevent you, hut anply Immediately, and save yourself irom painful su Tiering ana premature ueai-n. To Correspondents. Patients (male or female) residing In any part of the country however distant, who may desire the opinion and -advice of Dr. Doherty In their respective eases, and who think proper in snninn a written statement oi sucn, in prei- sp'utfully asRured that their ctiininunlcatlons renee to noming a personal interview, arx rr- win oe neia most sncrpa. The uocior is a regular graduate, ana may be WMtsuin'u witu vvry (wiinun'iiti . II the disease be Hi v and candid iv deser la- I. ncrs nal commiinlcetioit will. In most cases, oe unnecessary, as instructions tor diet, regimen and t he general treatment of the case Itself (including the remedies,) will be for warded without delay, and In such a manner as to convey no idea in tne purport oi uie let ter or parewt so cransrnniea. Hhould your condition roan Ire Immediate at tention, send ten tin! lars In coin, (or that value In currency) by Mall, or Wells, Fargo A Go's Express, and a package of medicines will be forwarded to your Address, with tha uocegaary instructions tor use. Consultations, at the office or by letter FRFE. Address W, K. DOHKHTY, M. D San Fran cisco, t'al. , Opinion of-tb Press. DIL DOHERTYls a skillful physician nnd honorable gentleman. Any statement he makes to his patients, he is sure to fulfill That fact Is one great cause of his eminent suc cuss in his profession. It Is fortunate that among the many advertising physicians, there is 0110 mat. can ue aepenaeu on." neviuw. "DR. lOHERTYf reputation nsa physician, Is a sufficient guarantee lor the cure of any case he undertakes." Calaveras Chronicle. "DR. DOHERTY has devoted hin studT more particularly to chronicle, pcltlc ana private practice1, and as such Is now the most sucoess ful of any physician in San Francisco." Kree Press. ' DR, D0HRRTY8 renutatlon Is second to no other Dhvslclan on tho coast, lnchrouio and specific practice." Mirror. DR. DOHERTY. Few men In the medical profession have succession in gaining the eon tl tie nee of the public In their skill and Judg ment as he has." Inquirer, "DR, DOIIERTY ran tan s mm nt rmr tvtnirf dlstfnguished physicians, and a Ifto one ef the m t sucoessf nt, which ts now the criterion by which the medical priictltlonerlsJudged'Echa "DR. DOHF.RrY enjoys a more extensive iractice than any physician in this State." Ix press. P. H. Ehe Doctor will lend hla namnhlet nn special Diseases, U) any address on receljA ol iixcnlsin pottage stamps, lor return posiage. When th m.-MNl H.,hM wllh m..ot.tlb0 Htmuntl cllm.n,, of tislit. It I. a et'itnUi tn that n mild, (uiltibriotis. cuolll,2iwd euu.tlzlnz laxative Is miuireiL mad Tarrant's Effcrvtswnl St 1 tier Aprrirnt thonld bi at one r.orted to. Hold by all dniff- tfita. DONATION CLAIMS. IT. PRY A NT, r1'TY Pl-RVFYOtl, HAS a ei.y of th1 fl Id non ef all ih-d.tna- 3u In l l-in CtMiniv. whfeh h wilt fur- alh lo thus" desiring at a reasonable rwnwa. ni Jin :t. - lol Vll ,Vl If' Cured nt nitre by ltfipu,.. r. . ". MANS H, id I v i,, ,,,', Manitlartun-ao.il In- ,,;,., .W aud DriiKKl tU. K. ;rk I t'U f "M'V : ANA- Co A. "a-nitRt.Rn. v. n. wttxei.pK . A. til I I ! t; 4 t 0 SHED, OilTao-i FOWAP.DifJG CDCC : 'IMIen In MommwHir and Pmduoo , an.rtiin-nti.l nil aln,M ol .kk ,,' ' -Mire at lowrat mrki-i ntn ; , .Ait'-ntB lr RHlfi ot Humous. Cl'itla n". I'AISU paid lor WM1KAT ' nTM P nuitnt,ii,t,sa,id itn i my , ,; :,- :Tle "Boaim," fur am. InvalldR,- by norvona dphlltlv d,..ir. Kulouwlinawc -,ikoi- or iii-mni .,.., .:' 11 .vt. m, should tak. a few botllia ol i, ' ur-liiuuml n l Bn, , one botMBim.Hli.iu tln-j will li,i) tlu- .l" '' r Mflratlon, i i turiilnn h.ali , dj-8(1iHo, IndlKi-atlon. tow or auiftil,. t "' niallsm, kidney or livr dlwaw. has .I8td Its ri-torittlvo powr. twln uM if human synujnt r.iuln- and sli.,ui, t. ualmianoK and mipport Imm tho it-" -"" r-KUlKli-d hy the II wr. It the momaoh Z: upply Uiaallmont miulri'd. Uio mnle "' laiwnlh.'. Knrttly y,ur or-raus ot llle .:? tliFHe bitti-ri, and In a lew tev vou win , . yourwholuayKtiim Invlitonitrd , "lor cv-'-' '' en. aruun irom dl,rdendlvrr Moiiim i . bowel., It In Invaluable, It will ravl". , MtaU.Mil system. IWspeptlu, and wrs,-'- " billon Jiablt should keep it within reacl, they value health aud ease. naumi. lt. 11. jllOATA tl', 1UZ1, EKTATC AGEXJ - t- ALBANY. OHKfJON- . IARMa OP. ALIi AIZKH. QlTAr.fTIF.S prices t-o suit purchasers, and a numberm dwelling In the city ot Atbaiy. lor sale ohi-ii KailKrants and others distcinK io .purchhls i should call and learn termi bulurd purchjtjtn ejsewhtry. i s f. .AIIdiiw (Ir.'-rtn AI,n l:-,Hi IUT1 ..in..-.i... h ' Please Khtop a Lectio OF YOU BIN A DREVEI.LIXO MA?J UND dont vant to jret chRatcd mebbu ymi pettt go at dot Hemuel Miller's blaoksmlt shap.und wiiKou shop, ijIosh ty der Canncn's suhtaiii? der snop vat der Pet' res had, und by der ww! ons und der hacks uste so cheap an nevvorwu, aint It, Ucmuel was der boss vot shtop dsn und he use you bully, I bet vou, und if he dniite lookout of you see sum (linns you donlt vant, speck out, Ueiquel will wait on vou, I br, you. j' . .-. : vionsiiu. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT TOTICE 18 HEREBY JIVEN THAT THE lm uudersfKned, rimalnlnK Executor of th last will and testament of Philip P. Header son, deceased, has (lied with the Clerk of ttv ronnty Court of Umi comity, Oreirnn, his flna account for settlement, and that said Court nu matte an order appointing Tuesday, the 8th day of Jane, at the hour of 1 o'clock P. M., of that day, itf the Oourc House, In Unn county, for the heat injrnr objections to such account and the sei-i Liemenioi me same. li. K. CRAWFORD, Executor, &. A. Joiiks, Att'y for Exeoutor. ! SAMUEL E. YOUNG. Wholesale aud Itotatl Dealer In DRV' GOODS, GROCERIES, : CXOTHI1VG, BOOTS AND ' SHOES. THRESHERS, RE4PERS A.VDMOW ERS, WAGONS. rLOWS.SEED DRILLS And BROADCAST SEED SOWERS, Ett. TEEMS OASH- ' First Et, Albany ALBANY BATH HOUSE! rllB UNDERSIGNED WOULD D.ESPECT fully iDforui th. eitiieni of Albany and vi t flinity that be has taken obarg. of this fistablieb ' ment,aQd, by koping oloan rooms and payint itriet attention to busina, axpaets to suit si thoa. who may favor him w.th th.ir patronc.i; liann It.reteruE. oarrt.d on nothing bat First-Olass Hair Dressing Saloons, j lie expoots to giva entir. aatisfaetian to sll ! Z(;htl(iin and Ladles' Hair neatly cvtj ind shampnood. JOHKPH WKnuan. : , . ,'i TRnSStf. , ... OUl! ICE CREO. .1". E. Smith has oiened Out at WeisnerM Rffc I tan runt, and is no ready to serve np to cur- nop and soda. Private parties or excursion isls loimtr ice cream, an Hunts oi cane, wnirer supplied on short notice at liberal rates. , viuudwu. r STATE RIGHTS DM3CRAT. Oldest Democratie Paper in Oregon. OFFICIAL P4PErl FOR THE STATE. HAS THE LARGEST CIRCIILA TIO.1 OE A!Y pROyiNflAI" PAPER OS! THE. PACIKI) COAST. ' ' Ia a newsy, racy, live, progressiva and aggressive Journal; anil having been Democratic in tho long, dart daya of our party's deapondoncy, can afford to be Democratic now, when nanght but Biinshiue Blreams across) its pathway. Beinjr published in the great agricultural heart of the Wil: Iaciettc Valley, it ia devoted to the interests of the husbandman, as wel as to every pthcr branch of honest industrv. Ita circulation ia mpiillv increiming, and its prosperity unex I ampled in Oregon journalism. 1' commences the year 1873 in an eie gant new office of ita own, with at typo and new presses and A FlftST-ClASS JC3 OFFICE Subscription price 3 per year. M IKT. V. BROWS, KOaS & STEITAST, rf;n.t