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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT 11 hates p? AcvEET?':;:.'a. lw Tat"f 8.H "j W &W rSSUED EVEBY FRIDAY-- ; a- -1 1 1)0 3 00 ( 5 in j 5 10 V 1S 5 0 7 00 2 6 CO .. 10 00 7 00 ! 12 JO I I ri1 V WWW 18 to S O'l i 15 '0 : 12 oo i J4 Oil ) ; ISW j 25 00 i i-5 00 oo (0 Hi 40 00 KFI t: E, la "Bfmimi" Bait , I lug, 'up-stalra SJoraer Bromtnlbia and Mould sis. 20 (iO j -4H Hi ! 1,0 00 r - , Bnsincso notices iu the Jst-al rclumo I cents per line. For letl and transient adrertiemf-nt' I 00 per square, for the first mserlinn, ami 1 cents ner antiarn for paoh Miliuinur:! i - TERMS OF- SUBSCEIPTKW: S'tnyla copy , per sear.. .........,... Sniie c?py, sic months.-. . Stifle copy, lhrof Dl'MlUu.. Si ti,i j nunibor ..t .... ts 00 .... 1 00 .... 100 10 VOL. XIII. ALBANY, OREGON, FllIDAY MAY 10, 1878. NO. 40. ssrtion. : ' I Inch 1 I I p itn. 8 03 4 In. 4 0i H Col 0 00 !4 Col 7 60 X Col 10 00 1 Col IS CO WTO PROFESSIONAL CARDS. F. ;r.i. FILLER, ATTORNEY . A.T LAW, LEBASOS OREGON. Will practice in all the oourts of the 8Ute. rompt attention Rivn to collectious, con veyances and exam iiiatlon of Titles. lrobate business a speciality. vLin<f. J. A. YAATIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW CORTALUS, ORESON. A'tll practice In all the Courts of the State J-uffice In the Court House "C vloniarrL J. W. BALDWIS, UT0RKEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Aill practice In all the Courts. In the id, Sd and 4th Judicial Districts: In the Supreme t'ounui Oregon, and in the United Staves Dts rict and Circuit Court. Oflice upstairs in front oom In Parriahl brick block. First St., Albany, Oreron. V5B lily U S. A. JOUXS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBAKY. OREGOK. tyOfflce In the Court Houae.TS v8n2tf. J. XV. BAIICHS. ATTORNEY AT LAW. CORY ALUS. OREOOM. Special attention to collection of accounts, a" Office one door South of Fishers Brtctfc"w vlonSOvL Ill AS. E. WOLVERTOX, mciSH ISD C0UXSEL8 AT LAW. ALBANY, OREQOS. Office In From en's brick, np state. D. R. N. BLACKBURN, ATTCnXEY m COUNSELOR AT UW Brownsville, Oregon. 7 Collections a specialty. . apSl. Ir. T. Ma. GOLDEN, OCCUfJST AND AURIT SALEM, ORECOS. DR. MOLIYE'S HAS had experience iu treat tig the various diseases to which the ae and ear are subject, and feels confident of giving entire satisfaction to those who may " place themselves under his care. noStf. 5gg DR. L G. SMITH, gg ns Tl TtX H?TC5'iLB OFFICE IS FROJifAJi'S BUILDIXG, over Plain's clothing store. Resi dence, south-east eoroer of Third and Lyon, streets. 13:31 . . D. B. Rice, 1L D., r - Physician and ureon. OFFICE at Dr Rammer's Drag Store. Residence on the street leading t the ' pepot, at the crossing of the Canal. lifciSlf j. K. WEATHERFOIiD. 1 W. O. PIPER. Notary Public. 1 " YEATRERFORO & PIPER, Albany, Orotoa. lra pract'.ce in the different Courts of the State. W ftnecisi attention riven to eollectinr. Investi gation of titles, conveyancing snd all probate matters punctually attended to. Proceedings In bankruptcy rnce in d story, Brigs-! bunding. vlSnS R. 8. STRAHAN. Albany. JOHN BURSETT Corral! is SlftAHAN & BURNETT', ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in all the courts in Oregon. vl2n40tf LOUIS A. BANKS, (XOTAEY PC3L1C,) IHOMSETiUnJ COMSELOEATLAW, CerraUls, Orcsoa. ITT ILL PRACTICE 15 ALL THE COCKTS OF V .v. ut.ta rvnvs-tiniMnir- tfit. rrlecHfaa 'made, fenn-j bought and sold, mtMr.j loaned, aod aatm OtBoe in Court Hotuft np-staJra. Sffcf D. M. Conley, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ALBASY, OBF.tuOX. .aTaFFrCE. 57 WEST FROST STREET. J Special attention given to collections. vianiwi - Or. H. payis, M. D., Physician andtSnrgeon, 8 ALEX, eRECt. 6tBce on Commercial St. Pt-ofBee box, Jio. 2. vl3nl5tf D0CT0S N. HENTON, Physician and Surgeon. Uavmg permanently located in the city of Allny, and entered upon the thirty-first ye.r ! his practice, reopectfally teudors hU professional ervioes to the citizens of Albany and surround "g conn, fry- ... Office at tire Cfiy brag Store. P.esi dence on First Street. vl2n40lf U- J, B0XJGHT0N, M. D.. ALBANY, KECS. THE DOCTOR IS A CKADCATE OF THE XJKI VEBS1TV Medical College al New York, arxj is a late memlwr of Bellevna Hospital Jdedical College of .Ntrw York. . yoffice in Dr. Henton's Drag Store. vl3n7tf R. ARNOLD, M. D., Homeopathic Phjslcian. 'l ALBANY, OKEOX. ' OFFICE HOURS FROM 10 TO 12 AND from 2 to 4, Cbonic Diseases and ur gery a Spe-rfalty. nlOU. .Homeopathic Physician, ALBAXY, OREGON. rOffce over Tweedale's Grocery Store. vI3n8tf - : ra f FTN Business Cards, Visit II 1 If II in? Cards, Wedding U3 I Cards, or any other ill kind of Cards, call en W Li li. Mansfield & Monteith lob Printers, Atbanv. O n87t C. COHEN, -Dealer in . cinsniL r.:EnciiAf.Dis Pwaofflos Buildlna;, cor., 1st snd Brosdalbin sta, ALBANY, OREGOW. Will Km i constantly on hand a full assortment of Clothing, Dry Goods. Fur- msning toods, flats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Groceries, etc, and will sell the above named goods CHEAPER than any other house in the city. Give him call before parchasing elsewhere. SAM. COHEN, AUCTIONEER . REGULAR SALE DAYBt SATURDAYS Aim KOITDAYS At 10 o'clock A. M. Will also to to anv oart of the countrv and hold special sales when directed. visnz.ir ALBANY GUN STORE ! SCOn & M0XTEITH, PROFRS. Customers can alwava and at this Dlae a splendid assortment of GUMS, RIFLES m REVOLVERS And Ammunition of All Kinds. ALSO TOBACCO AXD CIGARS, WHOLESALE AIYO RETAIL. Eaby Carriages, Steamboats, Games Mechanical Teya, Locoraotlvea, Dolls, ftoya " afiuu, sou oiiyiia, iu iwc nearly evavy kind of toys manufactured, vl n-24iX DAVIT iHDRXln. ROBT XCCALLXT. McCalley & Andrews, Odd Fellow's BuildiBg, i,ebixox, orccox, DZAL.KKS Dry Goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes. Groceries, Crockery, Willow Ware,&c E0"Our stock is new and will be sold cheap. Give na a call. McC ALLEY ANDREWS. n36tf. ' DRUGS AND MEDICINES. JOHN FOSHAY, fSoeeeacor to 0. 9. Settlemler.) -itl W- Drngv, Medicines, Toilet Articles. Paints, Oils, Window ttlass, Etc- Etc Havlar bad several year's experience la the iraa- business, he feels histised in assurinK bis eustomers and proper care will be used In t he preparation tnat tuspensina oi neoKinrB. TlttnMtl. The Ofaee of the Corvallis. Lebanon I Dallas STAGE LIKES. is at the St. Char'e Hstol. at Albany, in stead of the American Exchangs, as repre sented by the proprietor or the latter netet. B52tf THE PARKER GIM. SERB STAM f 0 CtRCWtA PARKER BRO'S 4 WEST MER.DEN.CT. JAMES 13 ANNALS, nut a in KascTacruasa or SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SETS, Marble and VT004 Tops, Pai-Jor Sets and Lounges, Mar ble Top Center-Tables, Spring Beds and Mattresses, WALMT, MAPLE 1ND OAt E RACKETS, And sD Unas of Wlurtasts, asm, Bedsteads, Extension Ta llies, Mauds. SIH and Fancy NsaldJags, Etc. 1 intena to aeep eveiywuna- ia mm ,iu.. " ' snd will e-narantee satusaotion to all who will eau on me at sutlers Bnca. asssMe mrM.nmmma. Albany Marble Works. MORGAN & STAIGER, BKOADALBIN STREET, : ALBANY, OREGON. DEALER IN Monuments, Obelisks -ANT EXECUTED IS . ITALIAN AX3 VERS! G NT BURBLE. 0RDEBS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE and Washington Territory received aud prompt ly forwarded, . Tiiulyl TATE FMAXCES VN0F.U DEMOCRATIC stfLE, Portlasd, April 23, 1878. Editor Oregonian: Believing that justice requires fairness in all things, political matters included, I have concluded to submit a few facts taken from the official records, and which consequently cannot be success fully refuted, in reply to the letter of "Taxpayer" in the Oragonian of Monday morning ander the caption "Extrava gant Administration." The w riter takes occasion to abuso the administration of affairs during the time Gov. Grover vat at the head of the state government, alleging it to hare been "an ignominious failure" and corrupt and extravagant in a great degree ; but if "Taxpayer" will take the trouble to examine all the mes sages of the governor he will find that the governor warned the legislature against the ills that Would flow from excessive appropriations, without pro viding a revemtw-with which to pity them, and bad the warning been heeded, one party would have been utterly with out capital on which to light the eara paign. But the grave accusations made against the Democracy have but little foundation in fact, and only exist in the feitile brains of those who are dettply interested in the result of the pending campaign, as the following figures and facts will show: Indebtedness of the stat? Sept. ft, 1870, as shown by report of the secretary of state lor that rear, pays 4 : Outstanding; warrants as per report of stsu treasurer, l&Ss $ 20,161 82 Since drawn to Sept. 8, 1ST0 277.S09 40 Interest computed to Sept. 6, 1S7S ZS.&il 9T Total Indebtedness on current expenses 11) Deduct tor wamnu paid S4.S87 T! Total liabilities 21,6?1 44 To pay the above liabilities (see same report page 4) there was in the general fund the sum or S24V4S4 4S Amount paid bv Baker county . . I,t57 S3 Am . pd. by clerk supreme court 162 00 Leaving balance ss liabilities 43,342 tie (Exclusive of 819.917 4! for payment of bounty and rebel bonds sad other items not counted ss general expenses, !,529 93.) The money was locked up in the treasury from 1868 to 1870, and as a consequence the interest actually paid on the old warrants (see reports of state treasurer, 1872 and 1874) by adding interest paid on warrants (old issue) mentioned in said report, was $34,212. 05 instead of 825,891 97, above stated, as computed by S. E. May, secretary of state, on the warrants that were drawn while the funds were lying idle in the vaults of the treasury, or an excess of interest (mid more than was computed by the secretary of state, of $3,320 08, which must be added as a part of the indebtedness on current expenses of the state incurred by the Woods and May administration, making a total indebt edness of the state for current expenses on September 13, 1870, when the De mocracy took control, of 51,662 74 over and above cash on hand. There were also outstanding as a debt against the state, Sept. 1, 1870. (See report of secretary for that year.) Bounty bonds. . -S 48,400 00 . 61.133 00 aeuei oonos. TaCl . - . . . .. etna 7A no There were 'funds on hands Sept. 1, 1670, appncaoie tewara paving inene Donas : Bounty bonds 814,019 8S Rsuef baud. i S,s9o Oi 19.917 4S Leaving a balance unredeemed ef 8 &9,5oo 54 To wnich add indebtedness on current ex penses left over by the " oods and Stay administration Sept. i, 1879 M,66 74 And we have as indebtedness of the state at that date tltl,iS7 30 The whole indebtedness on account of the bounty and relief bonds has been paid, eyeept $27,886 (see message of Got. Grover, and report of state treas urer, 1876), and there is money in hands of the treasurer to pay this balance, but holders of the bonds will not surretv'rT them before tjiey are due, preferring i hold then, as an investment. They ni:iy be considered the same as paid. The outstanding warrants reported to the legislature in 1872 amounted to $76,883 69, from which take the amount of indebtedness left as a legacy by the Republican administration, of 851,662., 74, and we have 25,220 95 as the act ual indebtedness incurred by the the first two years of Gov. Grover 's admin istration. During these two years a penitentiary was built, costing (see Grover's message 1872, page 23,) $159,000, represented as follows: 50,000 as cash appropria tion; paid in convict labor, 858,000; in vouchers issued for iron, etc., but no warrant drawn during the two years, but which were afterwards drawn and paid in pursuance of an appropriation, Jol.OOO. Had there been no outlay for build ing a penitentiary (and the cost of it was absolutely necessary for the safety of prisoners, and it cannot be charged as current expenses of the state govern ment,) of f 50,000 cash, and had no in debtedness of $51,662 74 been left over by the Woods's administration, there would have been in the treasury Sept. 12, 1872, the siim of $101,662 74; less outstanding warrants, 7C,S83 69; or, $24,770 05. SJVar'y hull of the- amount of the outstanding warrants, $76,883 69. was issued for keeping' the insane, the num ber having increased so rapidly. (See page 25, report ef secretary of state, 1872, "floating debt.") The official re cords show that the penitentiary cost in addition to the amount mentioned in the governor's message of 1872, the sum of $8,917 83, which items of ex penditure occurred subsequent to the session, of 1872. Total cost of the prison, cash, exclusive of convict labor First appropriation .' SfAOOO 00 Second appropriation 51,000 00 Other expenses 8,17 S3 Total t!09,17 83 The amount of outstanding warrants reported to the legislature in 1874 (see governor's tnessaire, 1S7) was 92,wi vl Of which were soon paid Outstanding state noose building war rants 5,S9 76 Outstanding escheat warrants.... 624 43 8,261 18 LeaTing a balance unpaid in 1876 of. .... . .$233,400 83 UI this amount toere bss ocen paiu uuriug the present year the sum of $ B4,000 00 Total ain't of outstanding warrants now. . .8199,400 S3 From which take the amount of the indebt edness left over by the Woods sdaiinistra tion ' t 51,662 74 And we have left, as the actual indebtedness of the state at the present time on account of current expense during the eight years of the Democratic sdminlstratioa 8147,733 09 To create this debt we will mention a faw of the necessary appropriations made by tha legislature before the Sep tember session of 1874, during the timo the debt was created : Bulldin; penitentiary 109,017 S3 Subsidy for tugboat at mouth of Columbia.. Stf.ouo 10 Mutesohool 00 blind school 4,000 00 Centonnial eomm!loncr 4,000 00 Paid Umatilla county school fund B,000 00 Orphan's home 8,000 00 Health officers 5,200 00 Salary Sup'tof Public lust 3,000 00 Total tl7d,t7 S3 Besides, a state capitol hat been erected at a cost, in cash, exclusive of convict labor, $193,555 90, every dollar of which has been paid, as they were paid from the surplus funds orea'ed by the bounty and relief tax. Every dol lar of the present deficiency accrued prior to 1 S74, and during the peritxl when tho extraordinary expenses in curred in the building of tho oniten tiary, ir. maintaining a tug at the bar, etc., created new and extraordinary de mands upon the state. The state has not rim behind a dollar since September 1, 1874, on account of current ex(etues. and not a warrant will bo reported its unpaid at the meeting of the legislature in the coming September, the funds iu hand from tha revenues of last year, collected this year, being sufficient to pay all warrants drawn. The necessity for the above mentioned appropriations sri!! not be questionc i. The old wood en penitentiary building could not be made to answer the purposes of the state longer. The new building is per manent and secure and meets the re quirements of the state. The tug appropriation has secured to the people of Oregon larger results than any other appropriation of like amount has ever done. It has greatly assisted in build ing up the commerce of the Columbia rirer, and has thus enhanced the value of the products and cheapened the im ports of the state, and, in so far as it has done this, has been a direct and constant ecuniary benefit to every cit izen of the state. It ia charged in the Republican plat form that the state debt amounts to $1,000,000. In making this estimate tha sums appropriated out of the swamp, tide and 5 per cent. United States land sale funds in aid of wagon roads, etc., and the sum appropriated out of the 500,000 acre grant for internal improve ments and the 5 percent. United States land sale fund, are treated as consti tuting a part of the public debt. These appropriations are not a charge uHn the state. They are chargeable upon a fund created by congress and placed at the disposal of the state for just such purposes as the appropriations were made for. In making these appropria tions the state simply a:ted as a trustee for congress. They aggregate as follows: Rosd warrants on ewsmp, tide, snd & per cent. vana Lova bonus . 109.1S4 pju.owj TiUl fc,154 Of this sum $159,154 were drawn in pursuance of appropriations made by the legislature that electad Mitchell to the senate. In addition to these, the esenses of the Modoc war, amounting to $ 130,99 1. 30, are included in the estimates re ferred to." The M "doc war grew out of events beyond the control of the state. The Indians in a sudden outbreak, mas sacred an entire settlement in Lost Kiver valley, and laid the valley waste from one end to the other. An imjwr ative call was made by the unprotected and menaced settlers in localities ad jacei.t to the massacre ujiou the state for protection. In answering this call, the governor recognized the highest duty which the state owa to its citi zens. The expenses of the war are ro- rpsa i.led by bonds, leai itig interest a. i r cent., wnn iwciuy years to run. There is no doubt but that the general government will re-iinbiirse the t-tate in whole or in part. The secretarv of war has already recommended the payment of the greater part of tue debt. If we add the Modoc debt, the appro priations above referred to, out of the funds provided by congress amd the de ficiency in current expenses left over iu 1874, and which deficiency constitutes really all that can proiierly be called state indebtedness, tho result will be as follows: Rned warrants above referred to ?10fl,lM 00 Lock bonds above referred to lm.ono 00 Modoc War Bonds 130,991 Outstanding warrants unnaid at thisdate.. . (State debt) 193,400 83 Total $59,Mfl 13 This is the sum which the Repub lican platform calls a state indebtedness created by the Democratic party of one million dollars. If we deduct freui this the indebtedness left over by Woods, as follows: $51,662 74 warrants and in terest over cash on hand; relief and bounty bonds, $89,565 56 over cash on hand; total, $141,228 00, it leaves $458,317 83 as tho total unpaid appro priations made while Grover was gov ernor on account of matters not con nected with the previous administrations including all appropriations against the improvement funds provided by congress and for the penitentiary, tug subsidy, mutes, blind, etc., above. . stated, of $176,617 83, and state capitol, $193,- 055 90 ; total in these two items, $370,173 73. The appropriation for the road war rants ($109,154) was made, as before stated, by the legislature of 1872, which elected Mr. Mitchell, and the Modoc appropriation was made the legislature oi io, ono urancn oi wnich -was controlled by the independent party by a large majority. Your' correspondent refers to the amount paid the State in taxes during Grover's two terms, in excess of what was paid during Woods' and Gibbs' terms. I di not know what the amount is, or whether the inveracity which characterizes the statements usually made by the Republican organs against the Grover administration applies to this statement. But of course there must have been more taxes collected duriag the last administration than during the tarmer. lhere is a natural increase m taxable proierty, and there is an un avoidable increase also in the current expeuso. For instance, the total ex penditure for the penitentiary during the first two years of Gov. Grover's first administration -was some $20,000 more than the expenditure for the last two yeura of tho administration of his predecessor, whilo as a matter of fact tbe itcttial cost per capita of keeping the convicts wits less under Grover than un der his predecessor, the difference in the aggregate expenses being dae to the in creased number of convicts to be kept. Thus the total number of convicts at the close of Woods' term was less than 60. They now number 140. The same statement applies to the cost of keeping the in.saue. The cost per each patient of ktteping the insane was much less under Grover's administration than for merly, but tho increase in the number kept made the aggregate expenditure on that account much larger nnder Grover than under his predecessors. These illuxttutioris might be extended, bu it is unnecessary. JUSTICE. CEFJtAA DiBECTIOSS FOB TI1E rttESEB. illO.1 OF HEALTH. Habitatioxs. All dwellings should be free from dampness, be free ly ventilated, and hav abundance of daylight. 1. "Overcrowding in bouses is very injurious to health. Any house or jwrt of house, so overcrowded j to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates, whether or not members of the same family, shall be deemed a nuisance, liable to be dealt with sum marily in manner provided by the Act," 33 aud 39 Vie., chap. 55, sec 91. 2. Cleanliness is essential to the preservation of health. The ceilings of bouses" should be frequently white washed and the rooms freely swept and floors washed. 3. Fresh air should be admitted in to all bedrooms in the morning, by opening windows and doors. Bed cov erings should be thrown down and ex posed to the air for some time before the bed is made. 4. Chamlier vessels should not be allowed to retain their contents aud re main in any room longer than is abso lutely necessary. 14r. Clothixc. The body should be well covered. In winter or cold weather, flannel should be worn next the skin.; In summer, if flannel be found too oppressive, some lighter fab ric may be used, but this should inva riably bo woolen. Linen should be fre quently changed. IIL Iood. Food should be plain, wholesome, and fresh. Meals fhould be taken, if possible, at re;.- Isr peri ods. Infants should have :, i u'.her food than breast milk Knt:i th lir.4 ai- pearance of teeth, when Mualt quanti ties of light farinaceous food war lw given in addition. If there a den ciency of breast milk, cow's milk dila ted according to circumstances with tepid water and u Utt! sugsr may be given. No child ought to be older t la; n nine months before being weaneL IV. Fr EE DiiisKiso Watfe should nlwavs be used. No water which can be suspected of containing any contam ination from sewers, privies, or drains should be used. Pure water -should I clear, colorless and free from smell, but all such water is not necessarily pureu but may contain sewerage, although it is bright aid sparkling. All water should be tittered; but fikeration will not sepa rate sewage, but will only separate solid matters. A cheap filter may be easily made thus: Plug the hole of a flower pot loosely with a piece of sponge, place a layer of powdered animal char coal about one inch, thick, then a like quantity of clean sand, and oa that some coarse gravel. These should be frequently changed. The charcoal may be burned over again. It is a wise precaution, when any doubt exists aa to its purity, to &ot7 watr before use. V. Exercise. A moderate amount of exercise should be taken daily. VI. " Medicine should never be ta ken except by the advice of a physician, unless under very ordinary circum stances. Tersons who are perpetually physicing themselves are never in s healthy condition, either bodily or men tally. " It would be quite impossible, and beyond the scojie of these "plain direc tions," to give fuller directions for the "preservation of health." When in any difficulty, it is wise at once to con sult 8. medical man. T)ie Sanitarian. Rrssl.ts FISAM I4L LOSSES. No doubt can be entertained that the financial losses of Russia during the war must have beeen enormous. An account of them given in the Exchange Gazette of St. Petersburg, which may probably be considered as founded on official statements, proves this to have been so. The war lasted from the 12th of April, 1877, to the 4th of March, 1878," or 322 days; but a considerable lart of the army was mobilized up wards of live months before the war tegan. In- order to cover the cxpeuses three internal loans of 350,000,000 pa ler roubles,' and one foreign loan of 93,750,000 silver roubles were con cluded ia November, 1876, besides which abouj; 250,000,000 roubles saved from the Budget of the previous year were expended for war purposes. Alto gether 800,000,000 roubles were spent in preparing for and conducting the war. Assuming that 50,000,000 rou bles are required for taking the ttoope home, the total aniouut of the war ex penses will be 850,000,000 roubles. The interest and sinking-fund on this sum amounts to 45,000,000 a year. As, according to the Budget of 1877, the expenditure for the State debt amounts to 108,250,000 roubles, the war has increased the Russian debt by nearly one-half. , This increase would not be very palpable if Turkey wci t to pay 300,000,000 roubles, as stipulated by tho preliminaries of peace, for the net war expenses would then be re duced to 550,000,000 roubles, and the charge for annual interest auJ--sinking-fund to 30,000,000. But (adds the St. Petetsburg paper) whether this contri bution will be paid is as yet doubtful. Brownsville brightening. railroad scheme daily SETT TOBK LETIEB. Metal Trlmanlaga Oatdosr Garments Ce-Iosim-shoes and stockings Chil dren's tasbleas. METAL TRIMMHIOS. Tls scarce to be believed how fashionable "metal" of different kinds is at present. We have bonnets all crusted over with gilt, silver or steel, or again we find alternations of metal braids with varieties ef straw. Metal additions in the way of trimming are largely used, as for example, rows ot large gilt beads, gilt bands and curiously devised gilt orna ment in great variety. Metal is employed on costumes likewise. Dress fabrics are interwoven therewith; braidings or bands ara wholly or partially composed of gilt or silver, and ribbons placed in band like fashion show bordering of metal. Again we see what may be called "metallic effects." Over superb costumes of Oriental fabric, seems to have fallen a shower of gold or silver, but it is in seeming only, since ia truth there is no thread of metal anywhere. Baiubow jet on dark silks is also eoasptoaous ia many colored radiations. .' OfTKOOR OARMEXTS. First come jnst the sweetest little capes and fichus that ever were ; so coquettish, so pretty. Of black silk or cashmere, they are trimmed with lace or fringe, and the mora expensive are embroidered. The Burnous ccarf is a very graceful and stylish wrap in the form of a scarf, cmght by a bonraous plait at tha back, and tied loosely in front Then ws have cat away jackets of light mssaic eloth, either black, gray or brawn, and in more sober style wa find straight saoqnM, dolmans and mantillas. The SeUka mantilla is a graceful design, and in dolmans the Itogina is a distinguished model. Gar ments made in silk arc trimmed with rain bow jet, and additional finish is given by lace or fringe. COSTCMES COLO BCD EMB80IDERT. Cool wash costumes are of percale stamped in boorretta patterns combined with solid colored percale, showing overskirt, cat away jacket and vest. Knife plai tings are used in trimming, or again the underskirt is finished with a has rafHe and white or colored em broidery ornament the overskirt and jacket. On white eestnmee, pretty effaets are pro duced by scarlet or blue embroidery. Color ed embroidery is indeed quite a feat a re in spring fashions, far we see it furthermore on saeques, aprons, petticoats, and even night dresses, to ay nothing of collars, ties aad handerchiefa. Stylish handkerchiefs are now also stamped with colored borders wove in scallops. Bat the most coquettish intermix tures occar in breakfast caps, which are extremely fashionable even for young ladiea. Ob one I coasted a mix tare of more than a uoaen colors in the embroidery, while parti colored ribbons with a bouquet of gsy flowers gave finish. Then again they are of fresh vrnit ntualib relieved by a dilecato ribbon, while gaudy oaee are of colored silk barege, Jerked in some violent contrast. A hand some breakfast robs accompanies the cap, or the cap accompanies ths robe, whichever way you inay put it - SHOES A.SD STOCEUTOA Omlareila might be envious of the pretty shoes worn in doors. With delicate straps across tha tnste-i, they shew the ornamental stocking below, while bows of colored ribbon give a finish fall of coquetry. One may ehsose the slipper, half high shoe or sandal boot For street wear we have the side but toned boot in French kid, or with cloth top, but the novelty is tho half high shoe finished in cloth to match tha drees aad stocking. New stockings are woven in bonrrette pat terns, the ground work being dark to match dress goods. Sarfaees of cenrsa are smooth. These are novel, bet the solid colored, and hair line striped are also fashionable. Finer styles are of lisle thread or silk, aad here we hare open work, combinations of various colors, and embroidery. Let no one enquire too closely as to the eoqnettish devices re sorted to, that all this may be seen. Cer tainly 'tis not without purpose that oar drosses are short in front We make up for the deficiency by trains I fear to say how loag. ; children's FASHIOSa, Cancia suits of gingham in large ajaids ia tones of brown or drab are shown for little girls. They are mads all in one, and finished with kilt plaitings or embroidery, white or colored. Other cool wash suits arc ef percale, stamped in ordinary patterns. Spring saits are of bonrrette cloth, made all in oae. Ob all styles barrick capes often appear. French kilt and Parisian saits are the newest styles for boys. Both are pretty as can be, and are in all classes of goods, from the mixed op to fine dress cloth. The French kilt shows plaitings only at the back. One variety is plain in front, in another the jacket is simu late by braid, and the third has tha simula tion ef both vest and jacket The rarisian kilts, ef which there are also three varieties, have all a belt and buckle in the back, while the plaitings appear both in front and back. Overcoats for little boys are cunning little saeques just as mannish as can be. Oxford and Eaton suits are desirable for larger boys, and for youths, the three-buttoned eat away u fashionable. Assortments of all new styles are kept by the leading clothiers, Rogers, Feet & Co., 437 Broadway, and on applica tion, samples to order from, with directions for self measurement arc tarnished. Goods are forwarded by express, to be returned at their expense, if not satisfactory. LUCY CAETER. XV. HIStM FOB COXCKEftft. The Republicans of Otifgon used very poor judgment when they nominated Rev. H. K. Hines for Congress. He is too well known to get the vote of liis own party, and as the Democrats will be solid against him, will be beaten by a handsome majority His conduct has always been such as to justly receive the contempt of every laboring man, and as to his ability, he hasn't any in the pulpit, and we do not see how a man of his caliber can have any in pol itics. He will be the laughing stock 'of Oregan, and will find that the people know more of his private character than he ever dreamt of before. We predict that he will be elected by an overwhelming majority to stay at home and attend to his own and church af fairs. Labor iroritf. Of course a man who never speaks must be one who "keeps his word. J4af BILUASa. HI8 F AUOCS BEES TEST ACT. I hav eum to tho conclusion that lager beer, as a beverage, is not intoxi cating. I have been told so by a German who said he had drunk i; all nit long, just to try the experiment, and was obliged to go home entirely sober in the morn ing. I have seen the same man drink eighteen glasses, and if he was drank it was in German, an nobody could un derstand it. It is proir enuff to state that this man kept a lager-beer saloon, could have no object in stating what wa not strictly thus. I believe him to the full extent of mv ftbil'ty. I never drank but three glass es of lager in my life, and that made my bead ontwist as tho it was hun? on the end of a string, but I was told that it was owing to my bile beiu? out of place; and I guess that it was so, for I never biled over wus then I did When I got horn that nite. My wife thot I was going ta die, and I was afraid that I shouldn't for it seemed as tho every thing I had ever eaten in my life was coming to the surface; and I believe if my wife hadn't pulled off mv boots just as she did, they would hav cam thundering up too. Ob, how sictc 1 wuz! fourteen year age, and I can taste it now. I never had so much experience in bo short a time. If any man shad tell me that lager beer was not intoxicating, I ghud be lieve him; but, if he shud tell use that I wasn't drunk that nite bat that my stummick was out of order, I shud ask him to state over a few words just how a man felt and acted when ha was set up. If I wan t drunk that nite, I had some ov the most natural aimptums that a man ever had and kept sober. In the nrst place it was about eighty rods from where I drunk the lager beer to mi house, and I was jest over two hours on the road, and a hole busted in through each one of my pantaloon neez, and didn't bar any hat, and tried to open the door by the bell-pull and hiccuped awfully and saw everything in the room trying to get round on the back side of me, and, sitting- down on a chair, I did not wait long enough for it to get exactly under me when I wuz going round, and I set down a little toe soon ami missed the chair about twelve inches, and couldn't get np soon enoutrh to take the next one that come alons, and that an't awl mi wifu sed I wuz as drank as a beest, and, az I aed before, I begun to spin up things faeely. If lagar beer is not intoxicating it used me most almighty mean, that I kno. Still I hardly think that lager beer is intoxicating, for I lav beta told so; and I am probably the only man living who ever drank env when his liver was not plumb. . . I don't want to sar anything; against a harmless temperana beverage, but if ever 1 drink eny more, it will be with mi hands tied behind and mi mouth pried ofn. I don't think lager beer is iutoxicat- ing, but if I remember rite, I think it tasted to me like a glass of soap suds ttiat a pickle had bsen put tew in. AFrrsTIATi43 FOB TBI PACIFIC (AST. The Biil for River and Harbor Ap propriations which passed the lower House of Congress on Monday contains several important items for the Pacific Coast. To the credit of California are for improvements across the Bay, in front of Oakland, 80,000; for the harbor at Wilmington, 20,000; and for the improvement of the Sacramento and Feather rivers, 15,000. The first two appropriations are none to large the last is inadequate. At least twice the amount ought to be appropriated, in order to improve tho two rivers in accordance with the plans devised to protect the adjacent country from the injuries aad devastations of future floods. Oregon comes off much better ia the measure of aid than California, all things considered. For the improve ment of the Colombia river from As toria to the confluence of the Willam ette with that river, and thence np the Willamette to the Falls between Ore gon City and Canemab, a total distance of 130 miles, there is allowed $30,000 ; from the Falls to the head of naviga tion of the V lilaraette, a distance by the river of 120 miles, $20,000. For the construction of a canal and locks at the Cascades of the Columbia, from the lower to the upper river, a distance of less than five miles, 75,000 ; and for the tipper Columbia and the Snake river from its confluence with the Co lumbia, just above Wallula (old Fort w alia W alia) to .Lewis ton, a total dis tance from the Cascades of 275 miles, $20,000. S. F. Examiner. A sLE.aIB K9HISAT19SI. Rev. Ja. Emery being nnablo to ac cept the nomination tendered him by the Democratic State Convention, for reasons given in his letter below, the State Central Committee met at Salem on the 17th and nominated Hon. T. J. Stites, of Linn county, to complete the ticket. The committee was peculiarly happy in its choice. Mr. Stites is pre eminently the man for the place. He is a practical teacher, having filled the office of School Superintendent of Linn for two consecutive terms, of which j county he is now Clerk. His name will add a tower of strength to the ticket Jacksonville Times. Correct, Charles! And Stites will have 400 majority in Linn. Mark, it ! A 'Socialist remark that "the dear est ship in the whole world was. friend ship," where upon a young man arose from the congregation and stated that he knew another as dearer ship still and that was courtship. N. B. He had once been defendant in a claim for , breach of promise of nuirrisga. STATE BEMtK-atATIC Pltil CK1I. The Democracy of O.-egon, in convention awoului4. make the following declaration of prindK-s : Sac. 1. That a sirnrile eoTemnsitit. horjpv rtI economically admiuistored, confined in iw Oifeniti-.u ui the administration of justice ata-l tha p!:r;-n-.i.. , of the public itcace. is the only asf'uaril mm i in abuses of power to which persona iu a'iu'ir;:y &i. prone, sna me corrupt sua iavitn a''prO)Mson oi tt .c public funds to c?rpratioos, wkieh km charr-ciem.! the national sdniinistration for tho pst seve::uxn yean. BBC 3. lost we noartiiy approve tne ace, .-n ci Cfo rrestatl)eremonettzat:onof;lver. Tr,a;'-cv.-o.ii-,vfetu&t sd mosey made or issued by the trmrLvnt ,J'itiU a A enal value, and that wears mfcrorfrt pa !:)ga;i the obligations of the soverument in XTreeuoa-k-. so- called, whan the pecuniary fcitere-rt of tha i? t imoroved theraby, except where otherwise exprueaiy providsd bsc. 3. That we regard (bo forced rwnni'-ron of soecie navment as ereatlr arirraratine tlie il.- frc.-i'i.! and distress oonssquenton al ng season rf i:)(i;;;i.i aau sxtraraasce. we taerer.re tavor me rj;jf ii die act requiring resumption Jan 1, le79. 8a:. 4. Tria: the gratuity o( near twenty -fi'itr mil lion dollars now pe;d -the nations banx- bv toe- ?? urmueat is simply levying tribute upon t. it , , f r chc bnsflt of the cs-rttaiist. We therefore, tar r Uus 'eoeal of tho law under wbni they were e ttahbec.. and the direct i-ssas by the government ot curre .-y r seivaoie fr all f.oouc due., somcent to u;fy itM place of the present bank note circulation. tiec 6. Tnat we heartily maor.c an: cif rt now Lo ing msde in congress to reduce onr present tar. if lt to a strurily revenue standard. That the murest, -l he great mass of the peonle of the United bLutz. La in the paths of unrestricted commerce. - bbc. tt. That we favor continuee saltation on tu subject of Mongolian immigraticn to th:s cuu'.i:ry k i til the federal e-overnmenl is moved to nidr!v our j'eaticswKh the Chinese empire so a? to r.r-ioirta: and thus ssve those of our fellow citizen wh-., dey.i:4 for a support from nujadt aia ar .-1.- .natthft et-btapn vearsof misnil! of Ike Republican party is indubitable proof that tiiat itarty is oo looker to bo trusted. Tint mnch oi ir-s !c-3ri&ta.to at congxt-i hae tended to maka the rich ric her tnj trie tKr poorer, ana wearrain tnat party oeioime peoine for va ctans Idgisiation, for bavic to.lcrxl iwi u'-Lvi rings, for its repeated efforts to overroms th voiiie of the people by ao unjost and uocoastit-itii,nal o- -f Che military arm of tne government, aad ir forgeries oexpetratea under its official sanction, wh;4V!tv 1L ft. nave, wss placed m the prdS'lenttai chair contrarv to the exrreel will of an overwhejinmg niajomy of the people of this govexament- issc. 8. 'ltu. we utfioaol such leisl3.io3, etxs and federal, as wili prevent the abases growiivj.' out ot c na- peruauon lor extra services, son w::i luBtt tne pay or .ifficisls to ssimrle exlarv: secure the pTohinrtn;n of all perquisites, that fruitful source oi comiEiin wnereoy tne compensat.on allowed ny ta-v to tn m public employment is fre.-ruently doubled ; the elimina tion front public affairs of that species cl djhooe-ty known as favor .turn, whereby personal friendships ars rewarded and personal o ligations dUchar?.l at tho expense of the public, without regard to etnciency. SEC 9. That it is the duty of the sate ioer::mc??l to maintain its supremacy in regard to the soth-MTiv not delegated in the cotutitution'o? the 1 utted q;atc and to vindicsto its jurisdicti'fnaainjt eTtavachntnts from any source whatever. That in theadmtnistra i-n 4 state affairs tho preservation of private n-zni and promotion of justice ahnid be the principal aim ; that taxation stiouid be eoual and uniiorm. ana exTrava ysnt expenditures of tn 2 public revenues Da avowed, rjconomy shomd be the watchword, and nirorrm lavs be enactd for the management and preservation of the various tunas ocion?xng to tne state. Sec 10- That we are in favor of hmtrovement bv the general government, of the rivers and humors - f .be state ; of ths opening of the Columbia river at the Cascades and Dalles ; of the improvement ot the .ma.e river, and of a subaidy for the Portland, CAit Lse and South Pass railroad ;' of an extension oi lime to ro-jn-plete the North Pacinc raiirgsd noder such rea.nalile conditions as will preserve the rights and interests of tne people ot tne srate, ana in settierc up,ra tne laoos donated to is. Al-so for a subsidy for the sriwly com ';n of a railroad connection between Oregon aad California. ec. 11. That universal education, and tne swicral diffusion of learning beins: tha principal bulwark of American uoerty, we are iu lavorot susta:iiin r s.-iu protecting our public school system for tne iauluai oduoausn of the rising; generation. TBBPEBA3ICE. a correspondent sends us tne iouow ing good Speech, which, as she assures as, is nearly a verbal report of one that ahe heard at a temperance meeting: "I have been thinkins, since I came into this meeting to-night, about the losses I have met with since I sLrrae-l the total abstinence pledge. I teil you. tVtere isn't a man in the society !ms lost more by stopping drink than what I have. Wait a. bit till I tell vou what I mean. There was a nice job of work to be dene in the shop to-j.y, f.u.1 lut boss called for me. 'Give it to Law, says he. 'He's the best hand in the shop.' Well, I told my wife at supper time, and says she, 'Why, Iurie, Le used to call you the worst. You've lost your bad name, haven't ynuf" That's a fact, wife,' says I. Ami it in't all I've lost in the last sixtwn naonts, either. I had poverty and wretchedness, and I've lost them. I bad an old ragged coat, aud a 'sbockin,' bad hat, and some waterproof boots that let tho wet out at the toe as f&st as they took it in at the heel. I've lost tliem I had a red face, and a trembling baud, and a pair of shaky legs, that gave tne an awkward tumble now and then. I had a habit of cursing aud swearing ; and I've got rid of thai. I had an aching head sometimes, and a heavy heart, and, worse than all the rest, a "lilty conscience. I thank God f I've ,.t them alk! Then I told my wife what she bad lost. 'You had an old, ragged gown, Mary, says L 'And you had trouble, and sorrow, and a poor, wretched home, and plenty of heart aches, for you bad a miserable drun kard for a husband. Mary! Mary! thank the Lord for all you and I have lost since I signed the Good Samaritan pledger" - . AKOtT CVEB?fEB$. There are but five Sutes ia the Union where the Chief Majistr-i-.i is elected annually. They are r.. f .d.ows, with the amount of salary appended: Maine, salary, $2,500; Massachusetts, $5,000; Michigan, 1,CKK; New Hamp shire, $1,000; Riio ie laiaaJ, $1,000. The following States have terms of two years: Alabama, salary 3.000; Con necticut, $2,000; Iowa," $3,000: Kan sas, $3,000; Minnesota, $3,000; Ne braska, $2,500; Nevada, $6,000; New York, $10,000; Ohio, $1,000; South Carolina, $3,500; Tenuessee, $4,000; Texas, $5,000. The following hare terms of threo years: Now Jersey, salary, $5,000; Pennsylvana, $10,000. The following have four-years terms: Arkansas, salary, $3,500; California, $6,000; Delaware, $2,000; Florida, $3,500; Georgia, 4,000; Illinois, $8,000; Indiana, $3,000; Louisiana, $8,000; Kentucky, $5,000; Maryland, $4,500; Mississippi and Missouri, $5,000; North Carolina, $5,000; Orezon, $1, 500; Virginia, $5,000; West Virginia. $2,700. A young gentleman in a white hat. a tuft on his chin, Urge check trousers, a green waistcoat and greasy hair, rushed into the advertisement depart ment of the Times newspaper, and beg ged them to stop the press that he migoi pui in tnta advertisement;: "To Amelia Return to your broken-arted Hadolphus and all will be forgiven." AsT one would suppose that tha em ployment of a sewing machine ts lb most peaceful and quiet occupation in the world, and yet it ia absolutely ter rifying to hear the ladies talking almoin stiletaes, bodkins, gatherings, surging, hemmings, gorings, cuttings whippings, lacings, cuilings and battings. What a list of abominahles 1