The state rights democrat., September 12, 1879, Image 2

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MART. V. BROWN, EDITOli.
FRIDAY... .SEPTEMBER 12, 1879.
WBU'H IS BEST.
During the past two weeks there Las
been considerable excitement iu Lane
and Douglas counties oer the reported
discovery of rich placer mines in the
Citlafooia mountains, near Bohemia.
The excitement ran a? high in some
parts of tho counties mentioned that,
wo are told, farmers left their threshers
and other agricultural machinery in the
fields and their grain still standing, and
started for the new El Dorado. Now
we hear the same old story the mines
are not extensive enough to pay. Those
farmers who left everything and went
into the mountains with pick and shov
el cow find out that their tramp was
for nothing, and very probably the rains
this week have spoiled a great deal of
their grain. A very, valuable lessoa
can be learned from this. However
insignificant the returns from agricul
tural labor may seem to those who till
the ground, yet they compare favorably
with the result of mining enterprises,
both as to individual gain and national
prosperity. Eminent statisticians in
form us that taking the history and re
sults of gold mining within the last
fifty years, the average laborer has re
ceived less than $1.18 for each day's
labor expended in seeking gold. True,
large fortunes have been secured in
these uncertain enterprises, yet the gen
eral outcome has been illy paid labor,
hardship, poverty and disappointment.
Agriculture offers no gilded prizes, she
affords no fields for speculation and
gambling, but to the industrious, perse
vering and intelligent she guarantees
health, happiness and prosperity. Seed
time is followed by harvest with a cer
tainty which does not attach to delving
among the rocks for Nature's hidden
treasures. Agricultural gains are se
cured in harmony with nature and with
out detriment to other industries.
Notwithstanding tbe enormous totals
of gold that have been secured in Cali
fornia since 1849, yet it is a well-known
fact that et present the annual wealth
produced by her grain fields far exceeds
the yield of her mines. Nor is this all
that may be said in favor of agiicultnre
in the comparison. Much of her boast
ed mineral wealth has been obtained by
devastating and ruining her arable val
leys. The damage occasioned to the
face of the country by gold minin
beyond the calculations of those who
should be deeply interested in the sub
ject, and involve important conse
quences serious alike to State and Na
tion. The surface of thousands and
wousanos oi acres nave been torn tip
through the operation of placer and by
dranlic mining, and the consequence is
that arable land in that State is even
higher in price than in some of the fer
tile vallej s in the Eastern States. A
report from the Agricultural Bureau at
Washington compotes the annual dam
age to agricultural lands resulting from
placer and hydraulic mining to be $12,-
000,000. On this basis it is evident
that the gold of California is princi
pally produced at the "expense of her
agricultural interests, and there is little
doubt that the future material pros
perity of that State would be promoted
by the entire abandonment of her rain
ing enterprises and a full development
of her agricultural resources. Always
bear in mind that the products of min
ing are ephemeral, while those of intel
ligent agriculture are permanent. Gold
can be extracted but once from the
same place, but. wheat may grow for
ever on the same ground, provided it
be properly cultivated. "Which inter
est will result in the greatest benefit to
a State i
TBE CALIFOKSIA ELCCTIOW.
The returns show that tbe Republi
can State ticket has been elected, and
very likely they will also get all four of
the Congressmen. They could not have
gained a more complete victory, and it
is all owing to the fact that the Dem
ocracy did not make a fair, square fight.
Had they come out in advance of the
other parties and taken their position
and chosen good leaders we think the
result of the election would have been
very much more in their favor, .
In San Francisco the Workingmen
gained the day, electing Kalloch by
about 1300 majority over Flint, the
Republican nominee. They also get
the sheriff, auditor, treasurer, tax col
lector, psblic administrator, surveyor,
district attorney, city and county at
torney, police judge, one supervisor,
five members of the board of educa
tion, and railroad commissioner for the
city district. The Republicans elect
the assessor, recorder, coroner, county
clerk, superintendent of schools, super
intendent of streets, eleven supervisors,
seven members t the board of educa
tion and a member of the state board
of equalization, and re-elect Congress
man Davis. The superior judges elect
ed are mostly on the ticket of all par
ties. Some of the officers are elected
by majorities so small that it is possible
that the official count may result in
some changes.
TUB MAIXE E LECTIO V.
The result in Maine is about like it
was last year neither party has a ma
jority over all ; consequently the elec
' i -r '.I - i .to tie Lr i.atiire, and it
i i .-.Inl.'.a that tie I'.q vj,ican
rit.il CK FOR JlTlt F-
At the next session of CVmgmn there
will bo a jwtition presented to that
body in words and figure, following
to-wit :
We, the undersigned, having faith
fully served the government of the
United states in the late war of tho re
bellion, as will be seen by our records
in the A ar and JSavy Departments,
ask to lay before your honorable body
a statement of our grievances, And to
petition for relief.
1st. We would remind your honor
able body that we were paid in a de
preciated currency, worth during tlie
greater part of our service Irom forty
to seventy cents on the dollar in com.
2nd. The government has muoo de
clared that the payment of tho land
holders in the same monev that the sol
diers were paid in would Ik? di-houeaty
and repudiation.
3rd. Vt e do not believe that the
bondholders have a claim either in law
or equity better than the men who of
fered their Uvea that the nation might
live.
Therefore we believe that the govern
ment is honestly and justly indebted to
tho soldier for the difference between
greenbacks and gold at tho time of pay
ment, with bix per cent, interest com
pounded semi-annually, and that Con
gress should provide tor the payment oi
such sums as may be found due to eacn
soldier, or sailor or marine, or lawful
heirs, with interest as above, m full le
gal tender greenback, not to be fund
able into bonus of any rate or class.
Therefore, we, the undeimgned sol
diers and sailor, do reeeU'u!ly wll
Uon your honorable body to iasa a law
covering tho above points at once, and
thus give immediate and direct relief to
one million of the defenders of our gov
ernment in its hour of trial and danger,'
and indirectly to forty millionsof Amer
ican citizens by reason of the imiKstus
given to all industrial pursuit1. For
this act of juntice and relief to all the
people we shall ever pray.
Comment on the above petition would
seem unnecessary and inapt, but a some
politicians are liable to forget that the
genius and laws of our government, as
well as the sententious and oft-repeated
declarations of our statesmen, make
every American citizen equal before the
law, that sjiccial privileges shall lie
granted to none, but to all, high and
low, rich and poor shall be treated ex
actly alike. But in the face of these
declarations and contrary to the well
settled principles of the government of
this country, 1SD bankers and bond
holders passed the "Strengthening Act'
whereby bondholders claims on the
government have been appreciated fifty
per cent. Now it apeara to na that
the soldiers who fought the battles of
the country will not cravenly discount
their own value by tacitly admitting by
inaction that the bondholder are their
superiors, that money i.- of infinitely
more value to the country than patri
otic blood, and by their patiently sub
mitting to this aggravated wrong, ac
knowledge that the bondholder is a su
perior being to the soldier, the dejire-
ciated liajicr was good enough for them
but unfit for the money changers.
RIST 1 Minii.E.
All onr readers know that the loss
in this county from rust this season
will be fearful, and prominent men and
successful farmers inform ns that they
believe the only remedy for this evil is
in drainage. It is a well established
fact that grain is affected worse on our
low flat lands, and this virtually proves
that projer drainage will, in a great
measure, do away with rust. In the
East, where farms are not very large,
and are brought to a high state of cul
tivation, drains are made cf earthen
pipe, and the cost sometime runs as
high as $50 or $60 x:r acre. Of course
that is out of the question in this coun
try, and our farmecs will have to uae
the open drain. These can be plowed
out without much trouble, and should
be kept open throughout our entire
rainy season, even if the farmer and his
boys have to put on rubber boots and
do the work with shovels. The farms
in this county must have better drain
age, and more fall wheat must be put
in, or else our Sheriff will have to era
ploy at least half a dozen deputies to
assist him in selling property.
r.4Bl0KI OIT.
Governor Thayer has pardoned the
following named criminals :
Peter McManus, convicted of the
crime of larceny in Wasco county and
sentenced to two years' imprisonment
from Nov. 23, 1877, commuted Aug.
30, 1879, on account of uniform good
conduct, faithful services in the harvest
field, and on condition of waiving merit
money.
C. R. Sayers, sentenced for two years
from Jackson county for larceny, Nov.
20, 1877; commuted Aug. 30, 1879,
on account of uniform good behavior,
faithful services in the workshop, and
waiving merit money, '
Webago, an Indian, sent from Wasco
county for two years, Nov, 27, 1877 ;
commuted Sept. 3, 1879, on account of
good conduct and waiving right to merit
money.
Wm. McFadden, from Linn county ;
sentenced Oct., 1872 ; pardoned Aug.
29, 1879, on petition of citizens of Linn
and Multnomah counties. -
HOSE TltOUSLE t'OB KV;lAl.
Last week twelve Afghan regiments
revolted at Cabul, and attacked the
British embassy, which was defended
by a force of only 79 men, commanded
by Major Cavagnari. - Of this number
not "one is known to have escaped. The
"Viceroy of India is now rushing troops
into that country as fast as possible for
the purpose of quelling the revolt. It
seems to us that England is constantly
losing by trying to spread over so much
j territory.
Til K I4W1 !. KM Y.
Following is the platform of princi-
les put forth by the Democracy of tho
State of Itwa, If you want to hear
good Democtatio doctrine, read it :
HtMoivftt, That the Democratic lHirty
now, as in tho jirntt, insists that our lib
erties depend upon the strict construc
tion and olwervaneo of the Constitution
of tho United States and all its amend
ments.
ii'twiW, That tho States ami the
General Government should ba sternly
restrained to their rcnixiclive uphc-roi,
and to the exercise only of th powers
granted and reserved by the Constitu
tion,
Jimolml, That tho iolicy of the lle-
lublicau imrtr, by which it inflates the
importance of the folates when neces
sary to cover the theft of tho l'resi
doner, and in turn magnifies tho func
tions of tho general government to
cover the coercion of the States into
indorsement ot the partisan will of the
fraudulent executive, U a olicy full of
evil and fruitful of dancer.
Itwilml, That such iiolicy i intend
ed to array section again, t section, and
States against the General Government,
and is against tho Suites in turn, for
the purpose of destroying the freedom
of both and teaching the people to look
to a "strong government as shelter
from tho anarchy its advocatea have
planned.
7tV0mf, I hat the evidence of these
nefarious juirjiOBWi ia furnished by tVe
present attitude of the Kepublican par
ty, w Inch is arrayed against a free bal
lot, on which depends all the liberties
seemed to us by the Constitution.
J 'co fad, That we view with alarm
tho determination of the Republican
party, through its fraudulent executive,
to deprive this Republic of its army
so necessary to the defence of its fron
tier and its protection from foreign and
domestic eneuves, by vetoing appropri
ations for the pay and support of our
soldiers, unless they can be used to force
voters to record the mere will of the
executive.
Jteaoiefi, That we hail the Demo
cratic Senators and Representatives in
Congress as worthy the heroic lineage
of American citizens, in standing firm
ly by the American idea in government
as against the desiKtic theory from
which our revolutionary fathers revolt
ed, and we ask all lovers of liberty to
join us and them in protest against the
change in our form of government pro
posed by tho Republican iarty, which
will substitute the will of one man for
that ot the majority of all the ixopla.
I'ejoleeJ, That we are in favor of the
substitution of the i, mted State treas
ury notes fur national bank uotes, and
of the abolition of national banks as
banks of issue ; that the government
of the United Mates issue the money
for the ieople ; and further, that we
favor a reduction of the bonded debt of
the United Stat as fast as practhmble,
a tul the application of idle money in
the treasury to that purioe.
.VWrW, That we favor the free and
unlimited coinage of the silver dollar
of 4 12 J grains, and providing certili
cates for silver bullion, which may be
deioited in the h nited States treasury
tho same to be a legal tender for all
purposes.
Hetw'eeJ; That we favor a taritf for
revenue only.
Jienoleetf, That we are in favor of
economy in public expenditures, includ
ing a redaction of salaries local and
general, wl icver they may be deemed
exee uve. and also a reduction in the
number of oflicials.
.'- of ceil, T.iat the Democratic party
of Iowa w desirous of promoting tern
ranee, and being opjiosed to free
whisky it is in favor of a judicious
license law.
lUtoletd, That we favor holding all
public servants to a strict accountabi
it', and then prompt and severe pun
ishmeut for all thefta of public moneys
and roal administration of public office.
We cannot help but feel proud of
our old State when we see her Demo
cratic sons put forth such a declaration
of principle. Besides their good plat
form, they have nominated good cand
dates, their ticket being headed by Co!
II. II. Trimble for Governor. Hi op
ponent is John II. Gear, the present in
cumbent, who was elected in 1877 by
42,193 majority over the Democratic
candidate. It requires a great deal of
genuine grit to go into a campaign wit!
such a majority staring them in the
face, but the Iowa Democracy have it
and they are making a hot fight in the
canvass, and if they do not elect their
man will cut the Republican majority
down to almost nothing. Hurrah for
the old-line Democracy of the Hawk
eye State 1
ITemi Haute Ewes,)
win aor 7
Contract the Greenback volume
and limit coinage so as to appreciate
the value of dollars. ' - , ...
Contract the wheat crop and limit
it production so as to Increase the
prie of flour.
Contract the corn cribs, and plant
less next year In order to increase
the price of pork.
ureas up me maeiiinery ana re
turn to bard work so as to appreciate
the value of manufactures.
Let the prairies grow up in bushes
and weeds, and prohibit the govern
ment from disposing or any more
land, so as to increase tbe value of
few improved farms. '
Tear up the railroad tracks and
burn half tbe cars and steamboats, so
as to appreciate the rates of trans
portation.
Send the Irish, the Germans, and
the Chinese back to their native land
and prohibit immigration In "order to
appreciate the wages of labor.
Encourage infanticide, and pro
voke wars, so as to appreciate the val
ue of manhood.
Then turn the school houses into
rum shops, the parks into beer gar
dens, and the house of God into a
den for thievs, so ns to contract the
rum and appreciate the value of vir
tue and make it shine like a dia
mond on a dark back ground.. -
This would be carrying out our
financial policy in detail, and apply
ing it to other things as well as mosey.
TUB I'KOrLE ANV CKIaHXS,
Polk CoraTV, Oregon, 1
September 7, 1879. j
Editor Democrat i
There is much talk and agitation in
these lute year about "Monopolies,
Bloated Bondholders, Railroad Mag
nates and Corporations" that are strik
ing at honest industry, and supping the
very principle on which tin nation was
founded and ought to rent. I contend
that the contest let ween corporation
ruling tho people, or the jteople, in tliolr
sovereign capacity, ruling corpotations,
is of vital iuiiortance to tho eoplo of
Oregon. And as by both the civil and
the common law the novrrriijn authority
only can create a corporation, and in
those United Stales sovereignty i vest
ed in the people, and the op!e through
their reprenentativca in Congress and
in State Legislature grant charters to
eoro rations, and aa all corporation are
moulded and controlled, both to what
they may do and the manner in which
they do it, by their charter, which to
them are the laws of their being, which
they neither can alter or amend. Who,
then, I iutk, can alter or amend it char
ter, and wherein is the power lodged to
do all this t The answer in, the same
sovereign power that granted the char-
tei. I know notuo may say, Oh ! air,
it ia engrafted in the Constitution of
our country, which among other things
forbids a State from assing " any law
impairing the obligations of contract."
And I know furthermore that it has
been decided that the charter of a cor
poration is an executed contract, and
that the Legislature cannot repeal, im
pair or alter it, against the consent or
without the default of the corporation
judicially ascertained and declared.
But with all this, which to my mind
ia correct, doe not every thinking, up
rigiit citizen know that not one tdngle
corporation of any moment whatever
exuita in the State of Oregon to-day,
and I might truthfully add, nor in any
other State of this American Union,
but what liaa done tome act or act in
default of it charter 1
Why U it that ao much trouble and
discontent exiata to-day among the peo
ple of California f I answer and say
the main cause ia by reason of the dom
inant spirit and -encroachment of rail
road kings and crimhing taonopolie
ovr Cod' joor, and receiving labor
without just or reasonable compensa
tion therefor, the imposition of high
taxes on the honest and toiling chtssea,
and almost exempting the railroad
king and stuck up aristocracy there
from. Aie not these facta that are
coming home to the voter of Oregon,
and the sooner they are met the better.
No (wrty should exUtwho uphold such,
or even countenance the name.
Then what, ia the remedy 1 It is
thia : Elect no man to office, from
Senator of the United State down
Justice of the Peace, unless pledged to
opjoe, both at the poll and in a legis
lative cacity, by all honorable and
fair means, every encroachment of all
coq jo rat ions against the people.
Again: Require of every candidate
for either the State Legislature or Con
gressional honor such a pledge, and
that before nomination.
Oh, what a flutter this will cause in
some localities, jand enpecially in Port
land, whore candidate are always as
thick for Consreasional honor a fid
diers in that celebrated "Styx." An
was it not that same4 spirit of railroad
magnates, and, as it were, the vapor
coming op from the aaid liver, that
made George C. Perkins Governor of
California 1 Who dare deny itt Now
ia the time for the people of Oregon to
meet thia issue, and see to it, and in the
next election at that. And see that no
man be elected to the Stale Legislature
unless he ia unqualifiedly opposed to
granting subsidies to railroads and a!
other corporations whatsoever. And
furthermore, that no man be elected to
the Legislature who is not in favor of
the enactment of such law as will hold
railroad corporations responsible, and
unequivocallyjw, for all labor done or
performed by contract or otherwise in
the construction of their roads, and
that such law be eo plain that a way
faring man, though a fool, need not err
in the interpretation thereof.
And we think the late law of Cali
fornia a salutary one in prohibiting
"lobbying" in the State Legislature, by
a severe penalty. This ia what we
need in Oregon, and such a law would
put a quietns on much of this jobbing
in the interest of these steamship and
railroad monopolies who prey upon the
time and patience of members of the
Legislature, who have been sent there
to legislate in the interest of the people
and for no special class legislation.
VOX POPULI,
Jay Gould learned that the fa
mous Howard Society, which has
been extending aid to yellow fever
sufferers at Memphis, was running
short of funds, and on last Friday
sent them a check for $5,000, and
told them who would foot their bill
as long as they thought I tnecos
sary, providing others did not
come forward and help. This is a
very liberal offer as the expenses of
the Society aggregate about $1000
per day, and the public will long re
member the railroad king's generosi
ty. :--.;v ,
The Zulu war has cost .England
$22,000,000,' which is considered ever
twice what the Government antici
pated it would coat, and what was
provided for ia the budget cf estima
ted expenses. '
WHAT THR SO! T3SKKS sE01L 1TUT.
Do La Mater, tho Greenback Con
gressman from Indiana, in a late
speech to his constituency, has the
following fo say In regard to the
wants of tho Siiuthero people : , .
They want and they know what
they want is material prosperity.
They have no Interest In these ques
tions About wriicii Congress has
thrown itself into erpetunl furor.
Bo far ns their representatives have
attempted to awaken these Issue,
their conduct has not been approved.
rom personal Intercourse and exten
sive correspondence I have reason to
know that that lsue m (lead. It
can't be resurrected. To uncover the
grave may stir some unworthy sen
timents, and may perhaps give Re
publicans some advantage in the
coming elections. But I think
there can bo do question that the
stirring op of the feelta of hatred
that hmi lam dormant lor years can
not arouM such a sentiment as will
live long enongh to enter tho cam
paign of 1880. The second, sober
thought of our people will como back
to the great wrongs which they have
suffered, and that will bo the sub
ject to hold their attentUn. I felt
while these matters were under dls.
cussion In Congres that the admiuls-
tratlloa had already sufficiently large
control over tno elections : and there
fore my opinion was that the repeal
or these statues was best I knew
that it was the office-holders of the
Government who were such earnest
partisans in opposing my election
that they attempted to throw shad
ows upon my personal character,
charging me with Communism,
which, la the senae lu which the
term wa used, meant the sum of all
villainy. I believed tbe administra
tion bad power enough, and that
there was no need fcr the statues
which were sought to be repealed
I therefore voted for their repeal
whenever I had the opportunity.
did not like their being put on the
appropriation bills, hut 1 recognized
that ome or these statues hecame
taw In that way to that the Repub
licans plead guilty and my deter
mination was to vote fur tbe appro
priation bills whether thexe repealing
clauses were tacked on or not.
was determined to do what I could
to stop this warring of sections,
feel that we can't afford to pursue it,
1 noticea that those who pressed
it
most ardently were the men who did
not face the music. Mr. Blaine was
the most anient worker in that line.
lie made money during the war, and
sent a substitute, who was a misers
ble scalawag,deserted and put the na
tion to expense. I beard Mr. Blaine
himself acknowledge that bis substi
tute was a most miserable specimen,
All I know is that he was Just as good
aa his master would have been If he
had gone.
1 .' - ... a
tMK-rt
weciu
Whenever a murder occurs in the
South it is the custom of Republican
papers in the North to make it public
in all its ghastly horrors and then com
ment tiponjthe insecurity of life in that
section, and thus try to manufacture
little cheap political capital. This
very cowardly conduct, but it i the
only way in the world that the Repub
licans can hope to carry the next Pre
idential election. They must stir u
sectional stnie ana eel tbe old war
spirit aroused or else go to the wal
This movement on the part of Republi
cans ia general, as the following circu
lar shows. It has recently been circu
luted through all tho States which hold
elections in October :
stsictly coxnuexTuu
To
- Chairman
Republican
Central
County.
Committee of
Now that the campaign for the year
is about to open we deem it advisable
to make a few important suggestions
for the management of the same in
your county. It is, doubtless, true of
your county as well as other counties of
tbe state that in order for ns to insure
success it is necessary that some means
should be devised to divert the atten
tion of the people from the so-called
financial issues of tbe day. The per
petuity of the Union should be made
the ''issue" the rebellious attitude of
the South and the late utterances of
their Brigadiers in Congress will fur
nish a sufficient excuse for bringing
this issue again to the front. If we can
divert the attention of the people from
thia "financial craze" and again arouse
the old feeling of 04, we can carry the
btate by an overwhelming majority.
As a most potent means of effecting
this much desired . change in public
opinion we suggest the organization of
the union League in every township
in your county. This will arouse the
old feeling, and besides "obligate" every
member to vote our ticket. If you de
sire help in effecting your organization
communicate at once with the State or
ganization. It is further suggested
that your county papers and speakers
drop the "finance question" as indicated
above.
TKOIBLE 1 ESGLaXD.
The case or the charming young
lady In England who is advertised
tot, and described as having a cross
tattooed on her right leg, is causing
a most widespread interest to bo ta
ken in the unknown fair of that
country. It Is proposed that all sus
pected persons shall be required to
Drove that they are innocent ThLj
Is manifestly a case In which a pre
sumption of guilt is admissible.
Chieaao Tribune.
Conkling and Beecher have both
apnlied to be appointed on the com
mittee of investigation in the above
case. Ottumiva Democrat,
It would never do for a committee
to consist of an even number, so we
will propose the name, of the new
Mayor of San Francisco as the third
member. If it should be thought
best to increase the committee to
five, we think recent developments
in this State show conclusively that
Oregon has the requisite number of
public men who have demonstrated
that they are perfectly capable of
working1 on such a committee. .
tU is
l-KV A0 SCtNKOBS.
Speak Kit Randam, never sup
plies intoxicating drinks at hi re
ceptions
Sknatoii CoNKUsri has written a
loiter declining the invitation to de
liver an address at a county fair In
Is State, ''owing to tho groat de
mand upon his time." , The legal
business which cnll-i him to Narra
gansett Pier and other places outside
of Ynrk State mutt be rather engrosu-
Ax Atlanta dispatch sys ; "A
careful canvas of the general assem
bly shows that about three-fifths fa
vor the nomination of Tildeti. The
remainder favor Hendricks and Ray
arj. rk-naU-rs Gordon and 11)11 are
both understood to bo warmly in fa
vor of Tilden. After Ewing Is him
preferred.provlded ho wins in Ohio."
Thk Grant boom is very quiet
among ofilce-holders at the South.
Sherman's eye Is on 'em, and at the
first treasonable appearance In their
conduct off goes their head. Parson
Rrownlow's eon, a revenue agent In
Tennessee, added his voice to the
entreaty to Grant to save the coun
try and now he's looking for another
job.
TwEXTY-ap.VKX relatives of Wells
and Anderson, the talented gentle
man of the Louisiana returning board
are now on the rolls of the New Or
leans oustom-house. This leads tbe
tttliimor (Jazrtte to observe that the
liberal way in which Mr. Hares paid
for the theft of tho presidency will
doubtless eneonrag some bs work
next year.
Ihmaic Pacha, the ex-Khedive of
Egypt, has settled down at Naples.
Although bis domestic establishment
is veiy large, his wives excelling con
siderably the widows of IS. Young in
number, it la thought he will be able
to get along. Ill income is $250
000, although he was deposed on ac
count of bis becoming a bankrupt
lie munt have bunted up in true
American style.
Is I8C3, the interest on the whole
national debt could have been paid in
one year by sixty million dsy' labor
of the average worklngman. To-day
eighty million days labor is requir
ed to pay the tame, in is is the re
sult of John Sherman's boasted
"finance, " and the iaaue on which
he claims the Republican pirty can
rest In the confidence of the people.
The Emigrant Aid Society, of the
District of Columbia, .which is en
gineering the negro exodus, U ap
pealing for funds to keep op its de
ception of tbe poor black.-, hundreds
of whom are now thronging the
streets of St. Louis In a miserable
condition. The appeal state that
New Yotk City has not contributed
1,000 cents to the movement. This
is meant as a reproach, but it is very
creditable to tho commercial capital
of the country.
W TMK WA-SfcY MtCS.
A few (.tallsi'ics from the Secre
tary's report will give our readers
some idea of how men grow rich on
public plunder and still have so much
money to contribute for election pur
poses, buy editors, and keep legisla
tion in the channel that benefits only
the money power of the country.
Theio are taken from Tho official re
ports, and consequently are correct :
At Bangor, Maine, there are nine
Custom Houho officers, who receive
an annual salary of $7,159, and tbe
amount they collected for the govern
ment for the year 1878 was $4,040.
Wiscasset, Maine, four officers col
lected $000. Paid to these sap-suckers
for doing it, $3,675.
Castine, Maine, six officers collect
ed $898, for which they were paid
$5,849. These six gentleman are
enthusiastic for Blaine and the whole
Republican outfit in Maine.
Saco, Maine, two officers collected
$32. Their salaries, $770. Of
course they will vote with the Re
publican party.
- Machias, Maine, thirty-two officers
collected $440 for which they got
$2,035. These thirty two men think
Grant ought to reign over the king
dom of Heaven. . ,
Frenchman's Bay, seven officers
collected $85, salaries $4,407. All
vote for honest (?) money Sherman
or Beelzebub, don't care which so
long as they swim.
Waldoboro, Maine, eight officers
collected $000 for which they receiv
ed $6,650.
Barnstable, Massachusetts, thirty
two officers collected $922, salaries
$8,000. These thirty two doubtless
are continually talking about the
times being good and if the poor
cusses that tramp over the country
would only go to work times would
be all right.
Little Egg narbor, New York,
three officers collected $7; salaries
$2,231. No doubt this trio think
Heaven is not a great way from this
Harbor.
But here Is the happy family, the
real jolly fellows who can tell you
the cause of hard times. It ia ex
travagance, overproduction, and fail
ure of crops.
. Sag Harbor, New York, four offi
cers collected narry red' ; salaries
$1,059.
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey,
three officers salaries $1,903, and not
one cent collected.
Anapolis, Maryland, four officers
salaries $1,2G7, nothing collected.
Readers, you must be extremely
dull if you can't see one cause of our
hard times just by reading this list
above. Remember that those above
enumerated are not all. There are
80,000 Republican office holders in
the United States, and at least one
half of them are nothing but political
dead beats, -
ra iric cate.
The State University at Eugene
will open on Monday.
Independence will have a grand
olllflcatlon upon the completion of
the west side road to that place.
Sobthern Oregon milters are offer-
jog 55 cents on 80 days' time and CO
cent when six months time i given
them,
Harvey Henderson and hU party
threshed over COO bushel in six
hours with a 24-inch machine, in
South Yamhill last week.
Tho following levy of taxes has
been made by the Lane county court
for the year 1879 j State tax.
mills ; school tax, S mills : county
tax, 5 mills. Total, 15 mills.
Prices current at Eugene City on
the Cth Inst, j Wheat, buyers are
paying 7C77c per bushel, very lit
tle offering oats, 37Jr40c ; butter,
2025c per It, j eggs, 25c per dozen.
Jacksonville Time$: Many locali
ties in this section escaped the rust
altogether, which accounts for the
abundance and excellent quality of
new wheat The cause of the rust
was more less attributed to the rain
that fell while tho grain was ripening
and the weather warm, and which
was not general.
From Yamhill ; Farmers have
been anxious about their wheat, but
prospects are very favorable for har
vesting all the grain in good order.
The yield of fa! I grain U average
spring grain is not injured with rust
so much as farther up the valley.
Tbe yield of oats will tie larger per
acre than usual.
Iafayette Courier; On Wednesday
last a moot distressing accident occur
red in West Chebalem. Jimmy,
little five-year old son of Mr. and
lira. Joseph Bryan, put his month
over the spout of a tea-kettle filled
with boiling water and sucked Into
his lungs a quantity of tbe hot steam
and liquid, scalding bis throat and
iunrs in a fearlul manner.
A party of harvesters, sleeping in
the barn of Mr. T. Duckworth, on
Long Tom, were awakened on the
night of the 2d instant by fire about
them in the bay, and were compelled
to fly ao suddenly that they saved
none of their clothing, one of the par
ty losing a $50 watch. The barn
which was utterly destroyed was fill
ed with bay. Five ets of harness
and a grain-cleaner were also consum
ed.
Independence IllvcrtMe : The late
rains nave not done any perceptible
damage to the grain crop ; but rather
have done positive benefit Grain
stricken with the rust, which was
not too far gone, has been washed
clean, and abundant sustenance
thrown into the stalk, carried to the
head, and the grain has filled well,
In some instances as well as though it
had never been touched with the
rust
lAVUilU OMUttluUuu.l
-9tm ar- riT tbe mkal f the
(KKUSV-srStAVfE AtFAIK.
Old Si- laid Li hand lon his knee
cap and said : " Dia hyar 8oradick
tech ob de rumatiz 'minds me dat hits
gwine ter rain 'bout fo'r days an 1'se
iierbul to lose de run ob de story."
"What story r
"Dat leetle romance up yonder in
Rode Hum, 'twixt Conkling and Guv'
ner Sprague."
"What do you think of it, Si, any
how r
"Well, sab ; my 'pinions on dese
hyar queschina ia perty solid, fer er
fack ! Now, in dia case, I'se cl'arly
satifide dat de Guv. was totin' 'round
de bes' argyment dat was lef him in de
premises."
"Then yon approve of shot-gun rem
edy for domestic invasions t"
"Jess edzackly ! An' wheneber er
man gits hisse'f up ter dat pitch, whed
der he's er music k teacher fum Ger
many er a chin musishun fum New
Yawk, that he goes inter kamp on an
udder man's home lot, de owner ob de
lot hex got de rite ter use a rit ob "jeck
ment wid ha'r-triggers and senter-fire
buckshot kyartridgea!"
"Perhaps the law forbids and fur
nishes another sort of remedy f
"Dat mabbe so wid de law dey puts
onder sheep-skin kivere, but dar's er
onritten law ob dia hyar law, dat when
a man buys er marriage license he gits
de rite wid hit ter organize funerila in
his naborhood in dese sort of 'mergin
cies 1"
"And that looks reasonable."
" Dat 's the stnoob bore logick dat'l
wind up de debate jess ez well in Rode
Hum ez in Georgy, an' hit's dat sort of
er secshun ob de kode dat's tacked up
on my doah-post, yer heah me I"
And then the old man limped away
to escape the shower.
(OAK. AXD KATE.
1 am dying-, stalwarts, dying,
Ebba inv power and influence taut,
And tha dark and dinnaj ahadowi
UaUier on the evening- blast.
Let my legions close around me.
Prompt to do their master's will ;
I must perish like a gobbler.
Die Uie haughty Euecoe still.
Let not Jim Blaine's servile millions
atoc-k the Hon thus laid low ;
Tirai no foemau's band that slew him,
Twas his own that struck the blow.
And tor thee, star-eyed Katrine,
Splendid sorceress, just my style.
Light my stepping out and downward
With the splendors oi thy senile.
. Kansas City Time.
Adelaide Kemble Saktoris,
who died in England recently, was
the mother-in-law of Mrs. Nellie
Grant Sartoria. She was a younger
sister of Mrs. Fanny Kemble and was
formerly on the dramatic and lyric
stage. She made her debut as a
singer in Venice and after success
thsre and In Trieste, Milan, Padua,
and Bologna, she appeared at Con
vent Garden in Loudon, where she
sang la Norma, Figaro, Soranambu
la, Semiramide and other operas.
CK.ssts day will be June 1, 1880.
On that date about twenty thousand
enumerators will commence their la-
bors those in the cities being re
quired to complete their work in two
weeks, while others will be allowed
the Whole month of June. Persons
alive on the 1st of June, but dvinir
before the enumerator reaches f hem,
will be counted In the census ; births
subsequent to the 1st of June will not
counted. Special agents will be em
ployed to collect statistics relating to
education, mining, manufaeluring,
agriculture and various other depart
ments of trade and industry.
Wm. Ray of Applegate; does not
give a very flattering account of the
harvest in that section. He gays
there will hardly be enough wheat
to furniih the farmers with bread.
The rnst has been more general and
and injarfons tbsn at first anticipat
ed. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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PAN ItOAST,
FANCY HO AST, -
HMALt, RAW, -
LARGE HAW,
FROST. WT.
P. n.
Summons.
ltf Cimil Court oftl State oOrrjvn for
l,m C cmntjf :
E. K. White, Plaintiff, vu. W. B. Helm,
B. T. Ix.HU and 3. W. Moore, Defendant.
Ta W. B. Helm, B. T. LolJia and J. Y.
Moore, Defendant above named.
In tbe same of tbe State of Orecmn
and each of you are hereby required to
appear ana srwwer tho complaint of tlaia
tifl above named, now on tile in tbe omc
of ttu Clerk of Linn County, Oregon,
wuoui usu uaysi iruiu uie uaia OI m Her-
vice of thia tummom upon you if nerved
in una I'eniniy, but tr served in
i any otber
oaaoty of the mate of Oregon, then within
twenty day from the service) hereoT upon
you. and if aerved by publication then on
or before tbe firt day of the next term of
aaid Court, to-wit: Oct. 27th, 1STV, and you
are further notified1 that if yon fail to ap
pearand annwer a herein required the
plaintiff will anply te the Court for the re
lief demaaded in tbe complaint, to-wit :
That tbe defendants herein, and all per
sons claiming; under any ot them subse
quently to the commencement of this suit,
be foreclosed of all eaaity of redemption
and other interest in the real props ty de
(scribed in said complaint, to-wit: The
south eoe-hatf of the Northeast one-fourth
of Section eighteen, and tbe North one
half of the Southeast one-foarth of Section
eighteen, Townwbip twelve South Kaage
two West of Willamette Meridian, Uun
County, Oregon, together with the appur
tenance thereunto belonging-, that tbe
same be Hold and the proceed of said aaie
be applied first to the mvmentof the cohIk
and disbursement of thia suit and then
to tbe payment of the amount of aaid note,
to-wit: 00 in U. S. gid coin, with
one per cant, interest per month thereon
from June 14th, 1877, and for such other
relief aa to the C'eiirt may see at just and
equitable.
Jj. IT. MONTASfYK and
N. B. HUMPHBsY,
Att'ya for Plaintiff.
Pub i-heil by order of Hon. B. F. Hard
in?, Judge of aaid Ceurt, made Sept. 1 1th,
l7tf. 6wti
Executor's Sale.
N OTICE IS IIERKBY GIVEN THAT
in pursuance of an order of the Coun
ty Court of Linn County, Oregon, made
and entered on tho 10th day of July, 187S.
V. C. Harper, Executor of the last will and
testament of Mary 8. Kmith, deceased, will
on Scalar day, the iSth day of October, 1879.
at the hour of one o'clock P. M. of aid
day, at the Court House door in Albany,
Linn County, Oregon, sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder the following de
scribed real property belonging to said es
tate, to-wit:
Tbe Southwest quarter (!) of Section
thirty-three (33) in Township eleven (11)
South, 1 tango three (3) West. Also, forty
(40) acres oil the North side of the North
west quarter Ci) of Sectien four (4) in
Township twelve (121, Hangs three 3)
West, in the County of Linn and State oi"
Oregon.
Terms of sale : IT. S. cold coin, one
tbini rash in hand on day of sale, one
third in one year from the day of sale, and
the remaining one-third in two years from
the day of sale, and with interest thereon
fratn the day of sale at tbe rate of one per
cent, per month, secured by notes and
mortgage on the premises aforesaid for the
payment of the same.
P. C. HARPER,
6w4 Executor.
Come Up and Settle.
NOTICE is hereby given that Kiefer fc
Katter have dissolved partnership,
and all those indebted to the firm are here-,
by notified to oome op and settle by tho
20th of this month, as at that time all ac
count that are net paid will be pnt in the
hands of an aUcrney for collection.
6w3 KIEFKR A NATTER.
, KOT FAIT, te send
tor onr f.KW rRii K
I.iST. More complete
than ever. Ooutaius
, descriptions ot ererjr
thing required for
Mraoiua or fdmtiw -
sue, with OTPr 1000 THaatratinns. Semi nine
cents fur It. (Stamps wilt do.) We sell allaooda
at wholesale prires In qu&htiUes to suit the pur
hsser. The o&ty Institution ia America who
make thl their srxtclaj business. Address. ,
. MOMTCIOMI.KV WAKU '0
t M abash Ave., Chisago, Ilia
Annual Meeting.
TVTOT1CE is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the Stockholders of tho
Capital Gold and Silver Mining Company
will be held at the Company's office in Sa
lem, Oregon, on Saturday, the 13th day f
September, 1879, at 3 o'clock in tbe after
noon. x r. K. HYDE,
6w2 Secretary.
REWARD !
I HEREBY OFFER A REWARD Oi'
half of the jewelry sloleu from my
tore in Lebanon, on tho night of the 24th
of August, 1879, if the whole amount i
recovered; or if the thief is apprehended 1
will irive the same amount.
6tr ASA PETERSOH.
INSURANCE?
Commercial Union,
o?
London. Capital, 312,
500,000. North British and Mer
cantile. Capital, $10,
000,000. Also the Imperial, Lon
don, Northern & Queen.
Capital, 339,000,000.
C. H. STR
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