MART. X. BROWN, EDITOR,
FRIDAY.......FEBRUARY 13, 1SS0.
TEX AXB triSSMS.
Mrs. J. S. Waltox, of Saloni, died
last week.
A diamond drill should lo a brillianjt
military movement.
"Small tilings" are tlio most sensi
tive elements on earth.
The latest phraso is, " O, yoVre too
new ; the dust sticks to you."
' The Democrat and the Chicago.
Weekly Xcm for $.1 in advance.
Ock Albany girls are getting their
new Spring bonnets. Look out for
them at next communion.
Th& State Senator wo elect next
June will get to vote for tho U. S.
Senator to succeed Gov. Grover.
The "plumed knight of Maiue" didn't
lug off Pennsylvania because Don.
Cameron said lie couldn't stand it.
The almanac prophet has gone back
on us. Last Sunday the day was be-u-tiful,
and the aliuanacker said it would
rain !
Tell all your friends that they can
get the Democrat and Xetc Yori IlVi
ly World for one year for $3.25 in ad
vance. A xcmber of criminals apologized to
Gov. Rebinson just as he was leaving
the Executive chair that is, they beg
ged his pardon.
If is said that a ladies' football club
has been established in England. Any
one who lias seen an r.arriisli woman s
foot will be sorry for the football.
Read "borne 1 ertinent liemarks, a
correspondence in this issue. We want
more of these letters. Make them as
abort as possible and ri?ht to the
point.
Mb. Forsythe, of Lakevtew, t
tempted recently to kill hh wife in a Ct
of jealousy, and has been bound over
ia the sum of $1,000 to answer for the
offense. .
Ocr Democratic Connty Convention
meets here during the March term of
Court. This will give an opportunity
for a treat manv to "kill two birds
with one stone."
The imitation frogs now worn as or
naments by the ladies are rather sug
gestive of leap year, llowever, it will
not do to jump at this conclusion. It
may be a souvenir of croak, hey 1
' Ocr Republican friends are now be
ginning to shove forward some candi
dates for county offices, but they start
ed in too late to be able to hunt up as
many aspirants as we have mustered.
They call it a romantic marriage in
Michigan when a couple of the neigh
bors get the bride's father into a back
room and sit on him to prevent bU in
terrupting and breaking up the wed
ding. The opinion seems to be gaining
ground that if Horatio Seymour will
accept the nomination for President at
the Lands of the Democratic National
Convention he will get it almost unani
mously. From every quarter of , our county
we hear enceuragipg reports as to the
working condition of the old line Dem
ocracy. All we want is good candi
dates, and our majority will be as large
as eer. . .
The United Stales Grand Jury has
found an indictment against Pilot Doig,
charging him with wrecking the Great
Republic and losing ten lives, says the
Standard. Doig is reported to be in
Lower Mexico.
The proceedings cf Congress shows
US that the order of Patrons of Hus
bandry has a great influence in that
body, and we confidently expect to hear
of laws being passed that will be very
important to the producing classes.
The income of the County Clerk in
this and other large Talley counties is
large enongh to support two men in
fine style, and we believe it would be a
good idea to have our Legislature di
vide the office, and give us a Recorder.
That gallant Militia Company, iXe
" Washington Guard," ("A" Company
of the Second Brigade) of Portland,
will give a ball on Feb. 23 the 18th
anniversary of their vtteran Company.
"We acknowledge an invitation to be
present.
A mcllatto who testified before the
"exodus committee" - at : Washington
said that if he had one lot in Indiana
and one in hell, he would sell out the
one in the former place and live in the
latter. He didn't seem to think much
of the Hoosier State.
. The office of County Commissioner
is one of the most responsible positions
- in the gift of the people of our county,
for the reason that our financial affairs
are controlled by them. The present
Commissioners reside fifteen or twenty
miles from tho county seat, and once a
month their duties call them here. It
takes them the largest part of one day
to get here, they generally remain in
session three days, and then they spend
another day in Getting home. Their
pay is $13.40 each, and they have to
pay their board and all other expenses
out of that. It seems to us that they
should reeeive more pay. What do you
think, readers 1
YrASIilXGTOX LETTl R.
IFROH Ol'S RKOrUAK COKnnru 1BIU1T.)
Wasiiixgtox, D. C.lJan. 7.
Editor Democrat : !
i
The mask has been entirely torn off
from the colored exodus movement, and
there ia no longer a pretense that it was
anything but a political scheme. Sen
ator Voorliees' committco has been en
gaged in the inquiry for somo time, and
a good deal of evidence -pointing to the
abovo conclusion has been taken, but
tho thing was most beautifully clinched
on Monday of this week, when Charles
N. Outey, colored, the editor of tho
Washington Argvttt gavo his testimony.
I would like to give his statement in
full were it possible, but to briefly sum
marize : He said he was oue of the
founders of the National Emigrant Aid
Society; the first intimation he had that
the exodua movement was being work
ed up &t both ends was when a member
of the society laid beforo one of their
meetings a proposition to "eon J about
5,000 into Indiana, as that was a very
doubtful State in the coming election,"
He then addressed letters to prominent
colored men in Noitli Carolina asking
what was the cause of this sudden up
rising. The replies came that there
was no cause for it, and that the ignor
ant negroes wero being led into it by
threo men named Perrj , Williams, and
Taylor, who got up secret meetings and
represented to tho dupes that the Gov
ernment wanted them to go to Indiana;
Uiat they would get from $1.50 to $-25
per day and new suits of clothes when
they got to Washington. These three
lying emissaries were tho paid agents
of tho Radical pai ty. Mr. Outey said
that when ho learned all theso facts he
withdrew from the society. He added
that he had conversed in North, Caroli
na during the past few works with
James H. Harris, Osborne Hunter, Jr.,
M. V. Turner and other very promt
ncnt colored men, and wit.li Governor
Ilolden, Richard Badger aud Colonel
Ike Young, prominent radical Republi
cans, and all fully accord with the fore
going explanation cf the real causes of
the exodus. They all likewise agreed
that the condition cf the people cf
North Carolina is on the whole highly
favorable, and that there is no adequate
incentive whatever for the colored peo
ple to leave that State. "In fact,1
said the witness, "every iutelligr-nt col-
ored man in the State is opposed to it,
and tho six colored newspapcrsof North
Carolina are fighting it; and I say that,
though an exodus from somo of the
Southern" States may bo a blewtin, the
exodus from North Caroliua i. a fraud
and a curse."
Add to this the testimony cf Jut!
Carleton, of Terre Haute, and we Lave
all that is necessary to bo said on the
exodus question. Tho Judge said he
was well . acquainted with the people
and with the condition of things in that
portion of Indiana; there is no present
demand for farm Lands or any other
kind of unskilled labor; on tho contra
ry, there is an over supply, and the
feeling of the people, including a nam
ber of old colored residents with whom
he has conversed, is decidedly averse to
the immigration of destitute colored
people like the North Carolina immi
grants in question, and especially as the
general impression is that they arc
brought there only to vote.
General Sherman has got himself into
a libel suit, and one in which the sym
pathy and sound sense of the commu
nity is all against Lim, notwithstanding
his high position. Ever since General
Doynton punctured LU egotistical "Me
moirs" by facts compiled from the rcc
ords of the War Department and ether
reliable sources, General Sherman Las
shown a degree of vindictiveness tow
ards Lim seldom exhibited by intelli
gent men. Recently Gen. Grant has
sustained Boynton in his statement that
Grant and not Sherman originated the
plan of the march to the sea, and this
so revives the latter anger that lie
charged Boynton in a newspaper inter
view with being capable of any wicked
ness for money ; that he could be
bought for $1,000. General Boyntoa
is the correspondent cf the Cincinnati
Gazette, and one of the most cultivated,
reliable and respected journalists in
Washington. Gen. Sheiman has made
himself the author of as untrnthful
and coarse an attack upon a gentleman
as has ever been published, and Le
ought to be made to suffer the penalty
of Lis wickedness. Many men would
Lave arrested him at once on a criminal
charge, but Gen. Boynton has chosen
the dignified part, and from reupeet for
the high rank of his assailant, takes
him before a tribunal where he can get
a vindication without bringing any in
dignity upon the General of the Army.
The suit ought to be of interest to all
newspaper correspondents here, for it is
toO much the habit of public men against
whom any charge ia brought by the
newspapers to .charge back that it is
"only a newspaper lie ;" that "newspa
per men can bo bought ;" that "it is all
for blackmail," etc., etc. The troth is,
that astonishingly few false charges are
made by the newspapers, and there are
very few men in Washington who are
more trustworthy and careful in the
discharge of their duties than the cor
respondents. Tkey see a good deal of
the tricks and rascalities in official and
political life, and do not tell the half.
There is no telling yet how Secretary
Schurzwill come out in his negotiations
with. the Indians now here, but I think
a peaceful solution of the difficulties
will result. Yet any arrangement that
does not secure a surrender and puni.sh
merit of the brutes who committed mur
der aud outrage wilt bo unsatisfactory
aud wrong. Five of the chiela here
returned to Colorado to Jay tho plans of
the Government before the tribe, and
tho others remain here till their return.
They havo all been furnished suit of
clolheR, nnd look quite slick. Before
tho departure of Jack and the othsts a
grand pow-wow was held In tho Indian
bureau. Secretary Scliura, Commis
sioner lloyt and tho other officials
joined hands with their red brethren
and danced in a circle to slow music
Ourny gavo some of tho funny move
ments which ho saw nt the Black Crook.
Secretary Suhtirx, when his time came
for doing a "single turn," danced a
Dutch clog, and Commissioner Hoyt
sang " Baptist, baptist, rating baptist
pie." Phono.
'ftTKKt. FOtt BTEKU
Tho Daily Orvjotutm has eutered
upon its twentieth year of publication
with increased facilities for furnishing
the latest news. We are net of those
who would in uny seaso belittle tho en
terprise cf the publishers of that metro
politan journal, neither would we re-
joico to see it crippled in its increasing
prosperity, Petty joalousies are un
worthy of a place among journalists.
la tins connection we will any that
this eternal snarling at contemporaries
so continually indulged in by some of
tho crate, to our minus betrays a weak
ness unpardonable in a journalist ; it
may do for quack doctors and sleight-of-hand
jteiforuieni, but not for gentlemen.
Sidcm Statetmnn.
V hocver wrote that lust sentence
has our unquallified endorsement
There ia a vein of chivalry in it that
we admiro notwithstanding the fact
that it comes from a Republican jour
nal. The Orejonian has dono well, and
by forco of pecuniary jower is able to
hold a cemmanding patronage in its
own party, but if there ever was a pa
per which made or weildod the sword
of power inoro mercilessly than that
journal we havo yet to heal of it. It
has been the dictator, Las laid the lash
with unsparing hand, and Las made
the Republican party of Oregon feel
like, without its suiioit, thev were
outlaw's. We rejeAt that the Oregoni-
an is a good paper, but since its editor
has returned from the meeting of t
National Republican Committee, he Las
l'laiuo on the brain, and thero is no
doubt but that Oregon is already
pledged to the "Plumed Knight of
Maine."
I.D11VI AD TUT. tOlOEED HAS.
A Washir.gton Stalwart, named
Mendenhall, one cf the orgauizers of
the Emigrant Aid Society tho mild
name given to the scheme to colonize
Democratic Indiana into Republicanism
by running thither negroes from North
Carolina has had the candor to admit,
in hi testimony before the Scrate
Committee, that Lis object in going into
the movement was " to strengthen the
Republican iiuiy in Indiana." In
ante-war days an admission of this kind
would bring npon the scheme the con
demnation of t!:o people nnd sulj-.-ct the
parties to it to public scorn and do-
spisal, if not to exemplary punishment.
The "pipe-laying' of Gluntworth and
others in IS 10 was not one whit more
criminal ia any aspect, and it lacked
tho iniquity which maiks this North
Carolina and Indiana conspiracy of the
Stalwarts the enticement from their
homes of a niafs of poor, ignorant, de
luded xiisons to a dreary journey and
certain ultimate severe privation and
suffering, among a people who care only
for their votes in tho coiniBg contest
after which they w ill leave the miser
able dupes to their own resources. It
includes, moreover, tho great crime of
overcoming the actual sentiment and
choice of the people of a whole State in
the election of a President, members of
Congress, and State officers, by tho in
jeetion into it of an element totally op
posed th ire. to, and Laving no other pre
tence to action or authority than that
which is founded upon and consum
mated by fraud."
gTASDlXU BY TUE KTASDABD. '
It is much to the pleasure of the
Democrats that tho Tammany and the
so-called Tilden element have spanned
the chasm by a kindly "shake," aud are
now reedy to go into the fight on. the
common enemy. Recent dispatches
state that past breaches Lave been
healed in New York, and Kelly and
his associates give nssuranco that they
will accord a hearty ; supiort to the
Democratic nominee, no matter who he
may be.
THE PESSi'LVJIA IXSTBT'CTIO.
Grant carried off the instructions of
the Pennsylvania delegation by fraud
the other day. Don. Cameron put up
tho job, and , he over-reached ; himself.
The people of Pennsylvania don't want
Grant or any other third-termer, and
while perhaps the Republicans; of the
Key-Stone State might take Blaine,
they will not stand tho job by which
Don. Cameron, "lugged off" the in
structions for Grant. . , : "
It will not bo Ions until we elect
our legislators, and it would be a great
help to them, whoever they may be, to
know the wishes of their constituency.
There can bo no better way of, instruct
ing them than by talking about the
wants of our people through the' news
papers. We hope our readers will take
an interest in this matter ; if they do
not can they consistently expect their
Representatives to 1 W would like to
hear from you, and it makes no differ
ence what your politics ia all our in
terests are the same.
Subscribe for the Democrat.
From th 1tl.tiri Of. C) OtHwrvsr.)
lahou in Tin: son ii.
We know of nothing so devoid of
bundulioii as tho notion largely euter-
taincd among persons at the North,
that tho Southern whites do not work,
and that they look with contempt upon
labor. Human nature in preltv much
tho same everywheie. There nre few
persona who will follow the plow in the
hot sun during a long protracted sum
mer for the lovo of tho thing; and there
are fewer still who work ten Louis n
day in a crowded factory building if
thty Lave the means to escape that ne
cessity. But in every community the
same law obtains. IVoplp,whothr they
relish ii or not, are born to labor, just
as the sparks are destined to fly up
wards. U hose who can avoid actual
manual labor generally do so.- Thus we
tave ceon, year after year, an exodus
from Now England of the quick-witted
ankee, who, instead of tilling the
rocky lands of Lis native country, Last
ens to the West or the South to try his
luck at school teaching or to live upon
his wits. Othets again, residents on
the coast, engage in mercantile affairs,
and either "follow tho sea" or seek a
livelihood in a neighboring town.
At the South wo have few towns; we
have comparatively few school teachers,
and still fewer officials who live so en
tirely out of tho public crib as at the
North. Our manufactories and htore
do not employ a tilho of persons, indis
posed to manual labor, that are so etu-
doyed at the North. As a result, our
population, Wing "country people," ate
forced to follow tho plow. It may bo
that they do not work as uilligontly as
others do ; but what proof is thero of
this Bup)Ksed fcll They make their
living, and produce imortaut crops.
They probably are as well effaa any ag
ricultural people with whom their con
dition can be compared. It U folly to
suggest that these jrop!e look down
upon labor, liter may not labor al
ways to the bent advantage, but they
do as much bard work as any eop!e,
and on tho whola realize as fair a re
turn. We cannot close this article bet
ter than by quoting what a sensible
Texas farmer Las to say ujon this sub
ject. He puts the tLiag in a nuUhoil,
and there is no gainsaying what Le fio
forcibly says. Hear Lim:
"The white men throughout the en
tire region of country who have no cap-
i ii to live upon ana as for tbat mat
ter we are in that fix all over the South
work in fields, male cotton, cultivate
com, potatoes, peas, pumpkins.squashes
and goobers, and in quantities to the
band about double tho amount mado by
the Us working negroes in tho coun
try. I aia a white man fifty -two years
old, and, though with no' particular ne
cessity for it, thU year cleaned up,
ploughed, planted and cultivated both a
cotton and corn lic-IJ, ou l with nu l
vantage in Lelp, team or land over the
meanest nigger on my fin m. Tho re
sult of ror crop U a third greater than
theirs. I lured in hoe work to tho
amount'of $G.S0. I made 3100 Kund
of lint cotton, and Lave sold it. getting
?aso.U3 Tor it. Kow, I don't write
this with a vi-w to induco the iiut sin
gle man or woman, North or West, to
come South, but simply to contradict,
as Ioto stated, the silly lie so often
published that white men in the South
Ion t woric. The great majority Lave
worked all their lives, and tho sun does
not hurt them cither."
To this we add that the ordinary
farmer of the South is uot a mere tiller
of tho soil. Because Of his isolation
he has to rely fctcatly upon Lis own la
bor to make w hat Le needs. He is a
caqenter, a wheelwright, a worker in
wood, knows blacksmithing, and U gen
erally adept at all or;i of work not re-
quirig ony LMi decree- of skill. In
deed, instead of the average Southern
white man looking down upon labor, it
would be more true to say that lie is
adept at work, a kind of jnck at nil
trades, and good at' all.
KKXAT0B CSOir.R' r.ALTI2.
Last Friday there was a startling an
nouncement in our city that Senator
Griver was dead. We believed at the
time that it was a canard, and was got
ten up for political purposes, Lence we
were glad to seo a Washington dispatch
of the Cth which straightens out things
somewhatly : "The report telegraphed
to the Pacific Coast that Senator Gra
ver ia dying in New York State of soft
ening of the ' brain is wholly untrue,
His wife Las been seriously ill nnd he
himself has recently been a little under
the weather; but a letter was received
in this city from him to-day, in wLich,
under date of Dantllle.N. Y., Feb. -J3tb,
he writes about various matters in Lis
usual clear and business like style, and
says that Le will return to Washington
very soon. We are also m recoipt of
private lotter from Washington, under
date of the 26th ult., which informs us
that Senator Grover's health is rapidly
improving, and that he expected soon
to be in his place in the Senate."
Some character, writing to tho Ore-
gonicm:; and speaking of tho address of
tho Democratic State Central Commit
tee, says : " Mart Brown is a natural
jokor." That ' is a handsome compli-
ment and we thank the author, but we
were in dead earnest when our- name
was appended to that address, and it is
no joke with us, '
at ia now oniy, aoouc live or six
weeks until our County, Convention
meets, and every ono shovld look about
him, counsel with his neighbors and
friends, and thus arrive at some conclu
sion as to who aro the best calculated
to fill the offices which will bo given
away by the people next J une.
Adam's fatal weakness was that he
could not say No.
ROME lKKTINKXT l KSTIONS.
LtnANox, Feb. C, 1880.
Editor Democrat :
As the time st for holding the Dent,
ocratio Convention is drawing nigh, and
the political caldron is beginning to
boil, it is time that every good citizen
who loves h's country and desires to
see tho people prosper was putting his
shoulder to tho wheel to help the good
cause along. But, says one, " How
shall wo do thiaT Simply by putting
good and houost men into office both
County nnd State that havo the wel
fare of tho country at heart ; men that
will not resort ta low down trickery
and chicanery in order to rob the peo
ple of their Lard etrned money ; men
that will stand by tho peojdo that chose
them for their standard-bearers, believ
ing that they would legislate for the in
terest of tho masses, and not for the in
terest of any clique or monoiKily that
would be detrimental to tho welfare of
tho common people.
Our next election will be an import
ant one, from the fact that wo Lave a
full Legislative ticket to elect, and as
the County Convention convenes on tho
2 1 pi of March it is high timo that the
people began to disci. s these matters
and make their wishes known through
the press. - There is no class of eople
that aro so imposed upon as the poor
class, and the great atrugglo now U be
tween the rich and tho Kxir capital
gainst labor. Aro the rich to become
lords and aristocrats, and the poor to
become their slaves 1 God forbid. The
lxr man raises Lis wheat and produce
by the sweat of Lis brow, toiling both
early and la to, and after bo gets it to
market Le only realizes a small pittance
for Lis lalor barely enough to keep
liiuiHclf and family in clothes and star
vation from Lis door. But Low is Le to
obtain redress for Lis wrongs 1 By leg
islation. But, says one, " Do tbe rich
bold the balance of all power in their
handu, that makes legislation in their
favor f If it is not ao why did the last
National Grange draft petitions aud
send them all over the country for
signatures asking Congress to regulate
the price of freight on all the riven
and railroads in the United Slates V
And we do not only pay too much for
freight on all the sxport and imports,
but a great many other things that are
wrong and too excessively Ligh.
YV liy are there to many candidates
for Sheriff and Clerk in the different
counties in the State t Simply because
they can make from eight to ten thous
and dollars a year oul of those office,
or about ten or fifteen times as much at
a common farmer. To equalize these
matters would it not be well for the
next Lrgudalure to cut these offices
down a little, so that the office will seek
the man, and not the man tbe office t
And there are other laws that might
bo amended that would be a benefit to
the people. It Las been said that this
is a good country for the poor man to
live in. This may be true, but could it
not le made a better poor man's conn
try t I think it could. If the next
Legislature would take action on the
usury law, so that if a poor men want
ed to lorrow a hundred dl!ars he could
get it by paying six dollars far the use
of it for a year, instead of paying
twelve, as lie now Las to do, it would
accomplish a much needed reform.
Thcso are imorisnt questions, and
ought to be talked up by the eople.
Let every man, than, do Lis duty, and
at Ihn next Convention nominate men
who, if elected, will carry out the wish
es of the jieople.
Well Wisur.n.
FATAL RHOTI!ttS.
Clarke Ilamlltoa laataatljr Killed br tie.
Cellla, at Halalla ITalrle.
Oregon City was startled last Tues
day morning by the news of the kMling
of Clarko Hamilton, an event that bad
long been expected, wo understand, says
the Clackamas Democrat, but by whom
was to bo settled by time. Having but
a slight acquaintance with Hamilton,
we only know what others say of him.
We understand from all parties with
whom we Lave conversed that he was a
very objectionable character, and, un
fortunately for Lim, not a single person
expressed any sympathy for him. He
had been interfering with Collin's do
mestic affairs, and Lad repeatedly threat
ened to shoot Collin ; and upon the fa
tal day Collin was notified that Ilamil
ton was "after him, and had threatened
to kill him. Collin, upon this informa
tion, together with the knowledge he
had of Hamilton, took up a gun and
shot Hamilton, killing Lim instantly.
Collin then gave himself into the cus
tody of an officer. Collin Las been in
the county for a long time, and althougl
keeping a saloon, Las never Lad any
troublo with anyono before, except
Hamilton. It is unfortunate' for Lim
to have been compelled to do the deed
but no one seems to blame him. The
coronor held an inquest, but the jury
returned a scaled verdict. The sympa
thy of tho people is with Collin.
Latf.ii news from Pennsylvania
shows that beyond doubt the "rank and
file" of tho llcpublican party in that
State were terribly bulldozed by the po
litical tricksters when the delegates to
the National Convention wero instruct
ed to vote for Grant.
0'E necrro Republican import, ia liuJ
o a
testimony before" the Congressional
Committee the other day, swore that
ho would rather be in h 1 than in In
diana I Tho Republicans who impon
ed him now wish he had Lis choice 1
Subscribe for the Democrat.
4V aRKAXSAI DIKL.
Oa r ma Usui ixmperafe Esrteafer
from the Little ltock (Ark.) Ossotte.
Mr. II. Thomas has Just arrived In
tho city from Hot Springs, and hav
ing been a witness of the desperate
encounter which recently occurred
between Col. Robert Alexander and
Col. Smiley, at that place, gives tbe
fads which we spread beforo our
renders t
Cot. A1,ftn,W n,l fvrf. R,nt!.v
wero prominent claimants ot islnlnr
lauds at Silver City. Somo dispute in Indianapolis. He mentioned an ex
aroso as to a claim. Being unable to I treme case where a family of nine lived
etllo It sfttlsfactarlly, the dispute
a In ...1 V. I
nHu.r.i i itw t
well known that both parties were
men or nerve. Smiley bad woo a
reputation of beln desperato 1" I
VIDVIiai CIIWUUIC1 AlVAUIJUfJIft I
hm,ffhhho,i v.rl- ,.rmw
With shedding blood, was considered
man with whom It would not be I
safo to trifle. AU efforts to settle the
misunuersianuinjc lanea, ana inose
HfhA ftSAfl4t Si (St iialnt nsl mm I K 4A Ala I
cumstances expected that bloodshed
would bo the ultimate result 8ev-
eral days ago, the day when the en-
counter took place, Smiley came to
not etprincrs. Alexander was in
town. Smiley went to tho bank and
asked of tho cashier :
"Havo you seen Alexander T'
Tbe cashier replied tbat ho had sot
seen him. but understood that be
was In town.
"I am going to kill htm before
four o'clock," exclaimed Hmlley,and,
turning:, left tho bank. After loav-
ing t!i9 bank be had not rone far
when ho met Alexander. The furl-1
ous aspect Immediately assumed by
drew a large revolver and rushing 1
upon Smiley struck blm over tbe
head. Smiley staggered back and
drew a French solf-cocklng revolver,
and, with a rapidity almost beyoad
tne capacity enumeration, Bred six
sbets at Alexander. Three shots
took effect, a ball striking' each ana,
and another going- tnreugn tho lasra.
Alexander's pistol dropped from his
hand. He grasjjed it with bU left
hand, but tbe left arm having been
also wounded he was nnaWo to cock I
thA moflran Km 11a v waa nnmi him I
With a cool, desperate presence ofrS"'
mind Alexander kicked bis pistol In
to a saloon, near which the encoun
ter occurred. Then enter I Dr. he 1
Stooped and caught the muzzle of bis
pistol with bis left band, raulnjr It I
up, and cocked It with bla foot. He
lifted the pistol from the floor.
Smiley stood outside, peeping aronnd
a door-post, with ooly a part of his
head exposed. Alexander narvoumy
lifted the weapon, took: deliberate
aim and fired. The ball ploughed
alone; the post behind which Smiley
stood, half burylnr Itself, and strik
ing' Hmltey In tho forehead, went
through his bralo. Era Hey fell dead,
and Alexander, turning, sank from
loss of blood.
A large crowd witnessed the en-
couatcr, atvl (ha o-mmiImI ari-llanumt
prevailed. Tho wonder Is that sev
eral men wero not killed, for when
Smiley fired tho Ix shots tho side
walk was crowded with people. Tbe
weapons used wero not parlor-pistols,
but the brand Intended to kill almost j
regardless of distance. One of the
balls from Smiley' pistol went
through a signboard and burled Itself
In another. The mark on the door
poMt, mado by the boll which killed
Smiley, Is full six feet from the aide
walk. Kino men out of ten would
have escaped tho deadly muele
would have passed harmlessly over.
Alexander, at last accounts, was
suffering' greatly, and Is not expected
to live.
A at titiKsTiew.
it u quite uniortuaate luat our lav
. m .
ocratio friends should disagree,
The
recent New York election shows bow
fatal that was.
Tammany went one
way and the other wing'went the other
way, and the consequence was tbat the
T?mili1tnns allrtAiirdt much s-mVh1.
carried the State, while to-day it is
Democratic.
Oregon Is also Democratic to-day,
umess mistakes are maae in our otnii,;. n,.- ri IaHua - -nUmlv different
... . .
tmitv.
We notice that tbe Portland Stand -
ard and Mercury are engaged in a bit-
t r controversy, and that many promi-
nent Democrats are ucins criticized by
rnunn of Ihia dlhcnaaion.
- -
-
Wis thing snonia cease.
1
We admit that the Democrat u
. ..
only a "cow county" organ; but it is a
representative paper of the Democracy,
ana wnue ic uocs uot arrogaie to seu
. 1
iit tiil.t in dictatj it aurolv haa the
any right to dictate, it surely riaa tne
richt to saffsest.
MiarTi wim.
""
, , , ,
The last week S effort of the IlumptV
Damptj sheet np the street, in defense
ol tuo preacner, nas maae is me lauzn- nave Dean eurea oi oosunata iuu.j vuu.
i . plalnU after the doctors have Riveu Uiera
me stock of the town, hence we cannot tT"i,i. o Var bv aU drutc-
afford to dicnifv it by a reply. Js.ven I
the Reverend gentleman whose name is
brought into controversy must sorely
regret thatjhe inspired some character
less individual with sufficient inspira
tion to make an ass of himself.
VABI. T THE BAST.
The Tacifio Mail,Co.'haveaonounced
a war of rates to San Francisco for pas
sengers and freights. From and after
to-day rato for passage will be $75 for
first-class and $35 for steerage. In op-
position the railroad companies offer
the following rates: Jt irst-ciass, iuu
touiiu-vw", , -..
E. A. JUilner, Chairman, calls the
Benton County Central Committee to
meet at Corvallis on the 14th inst. It
is hoped thero will be a full attendance
of the "stalwarts" of Benton.
The Kepublican State Central Com -
ttt-.i i . oi Ti
mlttee meets Wednesday, at Salem. D,
Fromau, of this city, ia Chairman
rata atopr. fnmmt..
Washisotoh, Feb, 11. The Senate
exodus committee resume! examination
of witnesses this morning.
,T. T. Loftin, from Kinston, K. C,
was called and corroborated the testi
mony of the previous witnesses regard
ing the good treatment of colored peo-
pie in South Carolina, and stated that
colored jieople generally in LU county,
Lenoir, are opposed to the exodus.
J. II. Russell, an undertake!, from
Indianapolis, testified that there was
Kreat destitution among tbe immigrants
i . ..,t w i..s.. w
7
and where tl ere was no furniture and
nothing for a bed but a pile of straw
and a blanket. He thought it strange
and . outrage both on the immigranU
flat f T 1 1
"d the Mopl of Indiana to bring
the poor destitute people to that State,
lie believed the tople of Indiana gen-
My were opposed to it, but thought
Kme JeadingRepublicans were assisting
the aovemeiit for political purposes.
umer testimony was given tending
to show the movement was i-olitical in
hu n,ture ,n(I wa, Muderstood to be
by the negroes.
Ax artisan named Conrad Meyer gare
himself up to the jKlice at Zarich,
Switzerland, the other day, saying that
Le Lad mnrdered Dr. Snieder, who Lad
taken legal proceedings against Lim,
It turned out, however, that Dr. Snie-
der bad received only six or seven
slight wounds in the back aud arm
v. detdre to state that this is not the
"r ow" j )
fttaek a CreokeS Biter.
W. K. Price received a letter yeaterday
from Abe Ilacklemaa, written on tbe 7th
iast. at Silver Wells, in Wasco county, which
stated that tbe weather liad moderated ep
there aad (tock was duing well. His neigh
her, Wa, Vaaderpeol, baj been up the river
a few days before ia the wont part of the
ranea aad in a distance of tee mile bad
"tl Mveoty-U Jd cattle. Hackle.
man think. LLa owo kiM will not h very
leUeve that Steel's
Letu dirocUd U thm following wm
are held at the Albany pottotEce fur Lu k of
postages
Kininan Vaaderpeol, Baeaa Vieta.
John Foster, Harrieborg.
Allea A Lev Is, Portland.
Kb rich & Co., New York City.
BiabopSoott, Portland.
HamhoUlt Brewery, Saa Franruco.
Was. Miller, Baeaa Vint.
A. 0. r. W. la Sealhera rezea.
Ia response to request received from
SoatWa Oregon Jadge T. II OJeneal, of
thia city, started for that locality last Mon
day, and before returning will organize lodges
of the Ancient Order of Workmen at Oak-
CaayoatOU, Jaekeoa-zUU, Ashland,
and other points. lie will probaLIy be ah
seat a month or six weeks.
Viae laaaker for Sato.
Iks Conn has mad ai iaugeiuenU with
8. Nklursoatode all kin planing, and a
Urge stock of flooring, rastie, fn iiflriig
lumber, eta., will be kept on band it the
pUaer ia Lebanon. Fleering sod raatie will
be soli at tOO and 131 Mr tboosaoJ. and
other lumber ia proportion. Oar readers
will remember that the lumber i-ora Conn
mill oannot be excelled anywhere.
A Fragrant Breath and Pearly
Teeth
Are easily obtained by cleansing your teeth
daily with that popular deatiu-ios, SOZO
1XJNT. Composed ef rare antiseptic herbs,
it imparts whiteness to the teeth, a delicious
i aromi to um or to- Ma mvmorwvm si -
I a a at. 1 I.t.sA
fnm to oId - AcillltT .f
I the stomach will dee-roy the strongest teeth
anles its enacts are counteracted witn eu-
ZODONT. and thaa pare teeth-wash protects
I the dental surfaces by removing every lm
I Slgjis tor SOZODONT.
them. Ask your
While's rratrte newer.
fnt.ht'a mat- with an awakenine in the
I m"l i?uf1:??.u
I ache, or any disturbance arising from dya-
a r- car I mm I isi lunvuBs aaaaa uiostui. an. . - lb-
imnaorwrDiu ait or i im whuuuivi-
I fiom any medictse ever introduced, quiet -
1 hIhkI inimt it h-r natent mndicine
'Zt&fV.
j and the theaaaxida of unsolicited teatiiuo-
I warid. is a aura indication of it sreat
I merits. Trial sise at all Irug Store. Half
..I L.it U. "I aanla m'aut h si J Htt.
I WUUU IrWfcHOO, i WMmm, m mmmwj mm-
I is SSJI
i ttOW to 8AVE MONEY. Instead of
going to a doctor for a prescription, if yon
I have, Rriirht'a Disease. Diabetes. Faiu in
l the jof.a, BmarUng, Infiamma-
I Uon, Oalouli, Brick-ust poeiwor any
- Vm J- .
I bottle of Dr. Mlntie a lsepnreucuni, ine
1 K BUChU fompouna. u uiua mow
ooderful preoption for these troubles
I ever compounded. Meeara. Abrams A
I bUddeP remedy in the market."
I . . . . . i .. . - A. maw .
I wooaara, antKctim, mnauu,
I URv.r.hodv aneak hinrhlv of it." Child,
WSttWS
INSURANCE.
Commercial Union, of
London. Capital, S12,-
500,000.
North British and Mer
I CantilO.
Capital, J510,-
QUU.UgU.
AJsO the Imperial, LOH
j qqjx, Northern & Queen.
; Capital, vOUUU.UUU
i f? M ! I'lIW Alii.
Agent.
HEU for AGENTS!
LOW PRICED end FAST SELL-
INQ BOOKS of all kinds arefully
rrrasented in eur new GRAND COMB!
I-
NATION PROSPECTUS BOOK, by sain
1 great varietr and sure success for Can-
Ivassers. AU actually wishing employ
ment, address for terms, taj!bao Pub.
Co., St. Louis, Mo. 27m3
1? W AD VEIiTISE jIEN IS,
omoed foi nvurn
Cable Laid Double Wire.
FOUR POINT STEEL BAEES.
The lxwt !t(l chr&rawt tmm U.n lr,.
Vmurn fumi to it. Mnnufaetnml under lUvtmr l.rm,
f i hoMiro ol the miuhsnt pjuenui, -ut ui uu loo o
reci, mna .nr ci rr- hi.
All llimki nt WIKK. Irim, m( nd Oalvmniril fr
Hausu. resvtsu. tki 'joiurii. tklki-hoW
eU-., ntr. '
WI8K KerKof til kiiIIn ikRkor msmifa.
lured lu onJar.
A. S. IIALLIDIE,"
Wire Mills and Wire Rope Works
amo O Calilomla St, fcn Trminn.
OHDISAStK AO. 97.
AN OKDIXASCE relating to Ci(y ViAico.
ft it ordainrd hy tltr. Common Covnrll of the
Vtty of Albany:
SKCnOX I. That If anv txtrann ir
"one shall, between the hours ef It oVkik
P. M. and & o'clock A. M.,mako any noiwi
or disturbance seas to disturb tho peace
of the public, or to diaturbtbo pea ami
quiet of the occupant of dwelling and
pimcvw oi rexicumce adjacent to where Maid
noise or disturbance i made, ench i rrM.it
r person shall upon conviction thereof
do unea in me sain or not 1m than two
dollars nor mere than twenty do lar; but
before any person or person shall be con
victed of making any noise or diMHrbani ti
as aforesaid it nhail be the duly of tho
person or person so diHturbed lu iKHifv
aucli person or persons to discontinue
said noise or disturbance.
ami:. 2. If any person or iroiie ha!I
permit any noise or divftirbanco, a men
tioned and ct forth in section one of this
Onllnai)-". to be inmln on the premixo oc-
cuphmi i.y nun or Ilium, Haul iwrson or
lersona shall be lined in tho sum of not
eaathan live nor more than twcntv-firo
dollars! but before a convk-timi can be
had him lu- or they shall be entith-d to
the notice mentionou in section one of thi
Ordinance.
Hr. 3. ThU Ordinance Ia to in force
from and aftr five day after it publica
tion. I'aascd the Council February If), Ifyt).
Approved February 10. Io.
U. CLAKK, Msyor.
Attesi: J. 1 IUi.tfb,
City llecoidtr.
Final Settlement.
NOTICE 18 JIEHKDY f.IVEJC TtlAT
the underpinned. Administrator f
the eslale of M. Kice, k esxd. ha
tiled in the County Court far liiintVnni v.
Oregon, hi final account a such Admin
istrator, and by order of said Cou rt Tues
day, the Oth day of April, lN0,at the hour
of 1 o'clock I'. M. ol said dsy. is set for
hearing objection to said final account and
the svulement thereof. Any pcrn inter
ested in mid estate i hereby notified to
appear and tile hi or her obid-tioii tofeaid
hual account on or before said dav.
' O. y. COSM'Jtt', .
Sw4 Administrator.
Sheriff's Sale.
I. the Clrcv'U Court of lie State tOfnjo for
the County of Lib :
Andrew Mct'alJey, Plaintiff,
v.
C. C. Kubnand Lyd-a Kuhn bis wi.'n,
and W. V. Thayer. Oovernor, It. P. tar
hart, Sect jtary, and Ed. HirRch, Trcanrer
of the btate of Oregon, tho l'-oard of t 'oui
ui i) loners for the sale or tschool Jnd
and the management of tbe Common
School Fund, Defendants.
BY VIRTUE OF A DECKKR OF
foreclosure in the above named Court,
iu the above entitled suit, and an execu
tion and order of sale issued in pursusnco
thereof, to mo directed and delivered. I
have levied npon the mortgaged pretuiac
described i aid dncree a follow, to-wiu
liejrinnintr at the North wont corner cf the
Donation Itnd Claim of Harvey Uordon,
known a Claim . M. Notiiiuation No.
17b3. In Tp. 11 8. It. 4 "1T. of the Willam
ette Meridian, in I .inn County, and the
Htateof Orcsron, aadrunninc thence S-utii
9 05 chains, ihenco Fast mMi chains to the
Kast boundary- line of said Claim, tunu-e
North 124" West 2i.U5r.hains to tbe North-
east corner of said Claim, thence following
the meanderings of tbe Willamette river
along the tiouth bank to the place of be
Kinuing, containing one hundred and
twenty-six acres, more or leas, and on
Saturday, the 6th day cf March, 1SS0,
at the hour of threo o'clock P. XL, at the
Court House door in the City of Aibanv,
Dinn County, Oregon, I will sell the here
inbefore described real property at public
auction, for cash in hand, to the highest
mutter, ine proreens oi sale lo l-e apj liea
as provided iu said decree-, as follow, to
wn .
First, to the pavment to the defendant.
the lioard of School Jand Coinini-io!ier
for tha sale of School Land and the man
agement f the Common School Fund the -euiuof
$175 oo in lawful money of tlio U.
ana me ninuer mqi or JltM 71 io coin,
with lniereston ail taxi froui tho lasii.
day of October, lSTil, at the ri 0r iir
cent, per annum, and the further-.,,,,, of
9 Ow coats, and the cctU aud cipeuaor
eiecona, to tue pavment io tao piainiin
herein the sum of 'SM 00 in V. S. uoKi
coin, and interest thereon at the rate of
one per cent, per month from the 2Slh day -of
Uotober, IsT'J, and the further uin of
f.4 On attorney's fees, and tue lurihersiiui
of f 73 55 cost. -
Dated this tftu day ol lebmary, ih!s.
I. C. IiICKEY.
Sheriff of IJnu Co., Orejr'n.
I5y Gko. 11 LxrsaiiY, Deputy. i74t
Sheriffs Sale.
a the Circuit Court of the State of Orrjostjor
the County of Linn:
William Ia. Vance, PlaintitT,
vs.
Farlow Muikev and Sarah A. Mul key-
his wife, Kate MvCuue, Administratrix of
the estate of Joseph McCuae, decM-ced,
Ignatx Fox, Administrator of the estate of
O. Fox it llro., aud Louisa E. l'owers, 1X-
fendaats.
Y VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF FO RK-
cloaure in the above named Court in
the above entitled action, aud au execution
and order of sale issued in pursuance
thereof, to me directed and delivered, I
uave levied upon me uiortKnxeu praii'!i
described in said docrcj as followii, to-wit:
Lvingand being in Townahip 12 t. K. i
west v iiiameiie .-uenuiau, iu ijuh v,nuu
ty, State of Oregon, coitiineiicing at a point
on tbe Corvallis and Kendall Bridge road,
which is West 11 cbains and 4 links from
the 8. W. corner of the Hiram liond Do
nation Land Claim, running thence South
45a East '2 chains and 80 links, thence
North 45a Wet S chains amt b links,
thence West 25 chains and 6u links, th-mi.(
Noith 9 chains, thence ICastS chains and
90 links, thence North hi" Rast M chains
and 50 links, thence along the rod Somli
45a East 21 chains and "S linksto the p!aro
Ui Lt:t"---' fat v o ,
or less, and on
Saturday, the Cth day of Marth, SS0,
at the hour of ono o'clock P. M., at the
Court House door in the City of Albnny,
Linn County, Oregon, I will soil the lu re
inbefore described real piopertyat public
auction, for cash in haud, to the highest
bidder, the pi-ooeeds arising from such
sale te be applied as provided in fa d de
cree, as follows, to-wit:
First, to tbe payment-of the costs and
disbursements ef suit, taxed at f-9 SO, aud
the costs and expenses of sale.
Second, to the payment to tho plaintiff
herein the sum of f ZlSi 16 in U. S. i;oM
coin, with interest at the rate of one per
cent, per mouth from the loth day of Jan
uary, 1SS0, and the further sum of $1 DO
attorney fee.
Third, le the payment to the defendant
Tgnata Fox, Administrator as aforesaid,
the sum or 584 and accruing interest.
Fourth, to the payment to the def nd
ant Louisa E. Powers the sum of 237 T:t
and accruirg interest, -and $25 attorney
fee, and theoverplus, if any, te pay to the
defendant Farlow Mulkey.
Dated this 6tu day of February, 1SS0.
I. C. DICKEY,
Sheriff of Linn Co., Oregon.
By Geo. Uumfhrky, Deputy. TU
FasIiionaMe Boot-Maker.
A GOOD STOCK OF. COOTS OS IIAKO ALL THE
f time. Perfect Sm inisraoteeJ. S'ioj) ino"l',-ie.3
iui, io tha rear if Solan's store. i .f