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itiTtifJ DEMOCRAT "SATlb'EDAY MOUSING, THE BENTONJDEMOCR Aft SCBSCRIPTIOJi KATES: One copy, One Year In advanocl. . . . . . 83 OO Onocopy, Six Months '. ; " ..' S d One copy, Throe Months " 1 OO CLUB KATES ' To Clubs of Ton or more, flollt to one Poet ofllcc, each copy, 83 60 per year; Sis Months, 81 SO, IN ADVANCE, JUJi CORVALLIS,- OREGON, VOL. 2... CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON: SATURDAY JANUARY 25, 1873. NO. 40. ' ' ' Pabllalter and Proprietor, ' ' ' , Rates of Advertising. , " .. SS'15 - TWANRTRNT AnVKSTISIlfO. ' Ono square, twelve lines or less,:Non-. ..pareu measure, $2 ou ior nrst inaenion; and $1 00 for each subsequent insertion. Cash required la advance. "TIMB ADVHIT18ER8 " ' " Will bo charged at the following rates . - ums payable quarterly t One Square, ono week . ... ......... $ ; 1 50 Two suuares. " ! 2 00 Three . . " . '-",... ;w .... 2 50 One-fourth column, one week.... . . 5 00 One-half . " " j 7.00 One column.. . .. "".-; 12 50 One square, one month.... 3 00 Two squares, " . 5 00 Three ' ... 6 00 One-fourth column, one month ... , 9 00 One-half iJ ' - " v..: 15 00 One column, - " .... 20 00 One square, three months 5 00 Two squares, ". 7 00 Three "... - .... f 10 00 One-fourth column, three mo..,. "15 00 Half-column, , . - . .... 20 00 . Oue column ; .i..- :35 00 One square, six months.. ..v. .... 8 00 Two squares , 1200 Three " " .. 15 00 -One-fourth column, -six mo - 25 00 One-half column, " 35 00 One column, J: " .. 60 00 One square, ono year .... ... 15 00 Two squares, " 18 00 Three squares, ".. : ..20 00 One-fourth column, one year.. . ... 35 00 One-half column, " . . 60 00 One column v " ......100 00 Local notices will be inserted at 20 cents per line, for first insertion ; . and 10 cents per line for eaen subsequent insertion. , , Legal notices charged at " transient " rates, and payment required upon their expiration, JN o charge lor proof or pub lication Deiore a notary.. -" tW Liberal discount to regular yearly advertisers. J" Professional card3, f 12 per annum. . Oregon Official Directory. . EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Goveuor L. F. Grover. Secretary of State S." F. Chad wick. Treasurer of State L. Fleischner. State Printer .... ... .. . .'.Eugene Seinple. State Libr.iriau . . .. . . . . . . . S. C. Simpson. Begister of State Landis.'.E. S, McComas. r,. , ? COXOKESSIONAL. U.S. Senator . ..James K. Kelley. , " H. VV. Corbett. Congressman ...... i .... James H. Slater. FEDEKAI, 17. S. District Judge U. S.- Marshal X'lcrk U. S." ' ourt . . Surveyor General.. Siip't Ind. Affairs . . . U S. Assessor ...... 17. S. Collector. OFFICERS. , M. P. Deady. .. ..Tho's O. Young. . ......... B.- Wilcox. .......W. H. Odell. . .... A. B. Mcaeham. ... ....Thos. Frazer. W. Bowlby. ' LAND OFFICERS. W. K. TVillL?, Register, .... ....Rosbeurg. B. Herman, Receiver, 4 Owen Wade, Register, Oregon City. I enry Warren, Ilccclver, ..... " J.- H. Stevens Register, ..La Grande. D. Ciwplin, Receiver,- . ' SUPREME COURT. .P. P. Prim, Chief Jsutice, Jacksonville A. J. Thayer, Corvallis B. F. Bonham ..Salem W.. W.-Upton, Portland Ti. L. McArthur. .'. . . .... Baker City JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, First District : .Jackson and Josephine 2d District : Benton, Coos, Curry, Doug las and Lane. 3d District : Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill 4th District: Clacka mas, Columbia, Mnlnoman Tillamook and Washington. 5th District r - Grant, Umatilla. Union and Wasco. TERMS OK CIRCUIT COURTS. First District In the county of Jose phine, on the fourth jUonday in October; Jackson, second .Monday in 'February, June and November. Second District Douglas, third .Mon day iin October, and second .Monday in May ; Coos, fourth .Monday in May, and second Monday in September; Curry, first .Monday in June ;- Lane, third .Monday in April, and first 3onday in November: Benton, second .Monday in April, and third .Monday in November. Third District Linn, fourth .Monday in March, and second .Monday in October ; Marion, second .Monday In March, June and November . Polk, second .Monday in May, and fourth afonday in November ; Yamhill, second Monday in April, and . fourth Monday in October ; :Tillamook, second Monday in July. Fourth District-CIackamas, fourth Mon day in April and September ; Multnomah, second JMonday in February, June and October; Columbia, second Monday in April ; Clatsop, second Monday in August and fourth Tuesday in January ; Wash ington, fourth Monday in May, and first Monday in October. Fifth District Wasco, third Monday in June, find second Monday in November ; Grant, first Monday in June, and third Monday in September ; Baker, tluxl Mon day in May, and first Monday in October; Union, first Monday in May, and third Monday in October ; Umatilla, last Mon day in April, and the fourth Monday in October. Bcntra County Directory. County Judge .John Burnett. County Clerk. ...B. W. Wilson. Sheriff ....J. S. Palmer. Commissioners, J. Chambers, J. Edwards. Treasurer William Groves. Assessor.... i..; ...W. H. Johnson. School Superintedent..... ..-.A. Brown. . Surveyor ..GeorM Mercer. Coroner . ..Dr. T. J. Right. Justice of tho Peace.. .... W. R. Privett. Constable . James Graves. " TERM8 OF COUNTY COURTS. ' . On the First Monday in each Month. H. E. HARRIS. ON HAND AGAIN AT THE OLD ; STAND, GROCERY AND PEOYXSION STORE. November 8, 1ST2. 2:29tf PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. D. S. STBYXEB, PENTIST, TTses all tho latest imorovements, and does all work in his line of profession in the best and most approved styles. Anaesthetic used for the, painless extraction of teeth, if desired. Dental examination and con sulting free. Satisfaction guaranteed in every case. Charges moderate. ' Call and examine specimens of his work. Office opposite the Postoffice, Corvallis Oregon. 2.22tf r:-' ; ---- - . . : . J0HJ B0SWELL, SI. P.,; 1 , PHYSICI AN AN D SURG EON, ; ; CORVALLIS. .. v : Will attend promptly to all calls in. the . ; v liiieof his profession. -t , , . Office at Graham & Bayley's Drng Stored Residbkce. Southwest corner of second block north of Court House. October 25,'18"2. . 2:27tf W FOLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ""OFFICE AT '' - Graham's ? Drag: Store, 2:I5yl CORVALLIS. . R. S. STRAHAN, . ' Attorney at Law. l: ' ; CORtALLIS, OREGON. '". -. "Officb corner 3d and Monroe Streets. . : ' ' - 4matf. K. A. cn KNOW KTIf, - Corrftlli. I. 27. SMITH. Linn Co. CIIENOWETII & SMITH. ATTORNEYS-ATI AW. CORVALLIS, OREGON. r . 635Offick at the Court Houses mat:tf. C. W. FITCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW Eugene City, Oregon. Will practice In the different Courts of the State. 5 ' ; . ' '' '" ' Legal Tenders bonght and sold. ; : r K"Officb two doors North ' of the Post Oflico. . :.-.- - inn:tf. JOHN BURNETT, Attorney at Law, .'. CORVALLIS, OREGON. Wil practice in the Supreme and Cir cuit Courts of the State. OFFICE AT THE COURT-HOUSE. ' vlnotflyl. W. T.r JOHNSON, Notary-Public and Conveyancer. May be Found at Dr. Bayley's Store, on ' , Mafti Street. ; Conveyancing done on short notice and satisfaction guaranteed. W. R. PRIVETT, , t Justice of the Peace. ' CORVALLIS - Oregon. WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE Collection of notes and accounts. Particular attention paid to all business en trusted to his care. , . -ij Office iii New Engine House, Up-sfciirs. MISCELLANEOUS. fiEW STORE - AT : - EL K CIT Y. WE TAKE THIS METHOD OF IN forming the inhabitants of the Ya quina Bay, and tlic surrounding country, that we have opened a store at the above place, and keep constantly on hand an assortment of GENERAL MERCHAN DISE, such as GROCERIES PROVISIONS CLOTHING BOOTS and SHOES HATS and CAPS CIGARS & TOBACCO. And we shall endeavor to sell our goods At a very low margin . We will also pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE for HIDES. FURS and SKINS. - JACOB CLINE & CO. v2no6tt. - " Yaquina Stage Line AND . . . ' ' Steamer "ONEATTA" ON AND AFTER THE FIRST DAY of May, the new Steamer Oneatta will make daily trips from Pioneer to Newport at the entrance of Yaquina Bay, and con necting at EUfCity with - WOODS & DIXON'S STAGE LINE, Carrying the UNITED STATES MAIL, And all other lines running to the Bay. Also connecting with Cannon's Stage lino to Albany. Stages leave Corvallis on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at G A. M.; returning leaves Elk City on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. v2n2mG. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. C I T Y H O Ti EL , : COB. MAIN AND MADISON STS., ' CORVALLIS, -. OREGON. A.. It. MC01V3VE1L.1L.; : - i ; PROPRIETOR.; , : : : . ; THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING leased the above Darned fine hotel, will conduct it as a ' J : - - Flit J? OIL.SII;OtJ . That well, known faterer..' "TrfUS," : ''l '' -.will have charge of .:- n The ; Cnllnary Department, t And the best the market affords will at all . s timeajjefiwind opon.the table;" Yaqnlna, West Side and Albany Stages All Stop at this House. - nOUSE OPEN -DAY, AND NIGHT. LARGE FIREPROOrSAFE FOR VALUABLES Every Accommodation Afforded to Guests. r A . rJ McCONNELL. November 15, 1872. 2:30tf STANTON'S HOUSE. . Formerly KIGER'S HOTEL 0 Main Street, between Monroe & Jackson, " ' ' . CORVALLIS. F. M. STANTON, : i t PROPRIETOR. Having purchased the above stand, I have . thoroughly renovated the same and opened it as a FIRST CLASS PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE. EVERY ATTENTION AFFORDED . v - ' .;-.v...;, PATRONS. : . ... Any iiTcgularities on the part of waiters should be promptly reported to . ; v ;; ; the Proprietor. : - " ' SOL. KING'S STAGES RUN TO THIS -::':, HOUSE. ', October 28, 1872. v - 2:28U Elk City House, ELK CITY ------- . . V-Oregjii. JAMES DIXON Proprietor: ; " :0: - rpHIS nOUSE, LOCATED AT THE 1 above named place, at the junction of Elk and Yaquina rivers, -is new, is well finished and furnished throughout, and it is the intention of the Proprietor to keep it afc a . ; . ,,. L. ;. FIRST CLASS HOTEL. 1 Tlie Stige offiee is at this House; also the Steamer ''Oneatta" leaves the wharf every morning," for Newport, and intermediate points on the Bay. . Superior inducements offered to excur sionists and others visiting the Bay in largo parties. JAMES DIXON., ; -. - v2no0tf. ELK CITY HOTEL, W. T. BRYQN Proprietor. THE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE IS newly furnished and opened for the accommodation of Travelers. " The pro prietor is determined that no pains- shall be spared to make it a : CLASS HOTEL. Our motto is "Live and Let Live." There is a good Feed Stable in connec tion with the House. The Steamer "ONEATrA'!. leaves the Wliarf every other day for Newiiort, aud other points -on the Bay. v2no7m3 . ... ; . , W. T. BRYON. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. GRAHAM & BAYLEY, CORVALLIS ........ Oregon. DEALERS IN Drags, ' , : Medicines, ' ' 1 and Chemicals, ; V.'-- Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, and Dye StuflV, A Fino Assortment of Lamps aud Lamp Stock. ... , Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal use only. ' Thysiclan's Prescriptions carefully Com pounded at all hours. . : . . .l.i ... vlno35tf. M ALLEN & WOODWARD. :i : HAVE . DRUGS AND MEDICES FOB ALL. . - PAINTS, OILS, GLASS &C. , V At very low price, for cash. . SCHOOL BOOKS, At San Frnncreco cotaloffuc prices. Miscellane ous Books, Stationery &c. . i: Fisher's-Block, Corvallis, Oregon. " july 6 no 11 tf DIRECTIONS TO COUNTY ASSESSORS. Rules and Regulations Relating to the Duties of - Assessors, - Adopted by the. State Board of -' : .-. -. .' Equalization. . ;' ' 1. County Assessors are reminded of the importance of commencing their du ties as required by law on the first day of March in each year and of proceed; ing without delay to complete them be fore the last Monday in August,' tvhich should be done without fail," in-. order that the County Board may examine and pass tho. roll to the State Board by the second Monday in September. . ' 2. As uniformity in the 'assessment rollaof,.the.vai-ious', counties of the State iaejBBcntialj-ablank loll furnish ed toeach assessor, which should be filled up substantially in the form shown by the sample page accompanying it. 3. Land should in all cases be de scribed by section, township and range, and when consisting of legal subdivis ions such should be describcd.l ' V. 4. In order to avoid the numerous omissions now made in the assessment of real estate the maps required by the Jaw should lie kept posted up so as to show the assessor the actual present owner of each and every tract of which the title has passed from ; tho United States or from the State of Oregon. :- 5. In appraising lands duo regard should be had to locality, nearness to market and to' all" particulars affecting their: salable cash value, which should in all cases be the standard of valua tion both of real aud pcrsoual property. 6. It Js desirable that the assessor himself and not the assessed should be the judge of-values by personal inspec tion whenever practicable. 7. Greater "care is required on the part of the assessor not to omit assess ing the lands and other ptopcrty of corporations, such as wagon foad, rail road and telegraph companies, and all associations holding v lands, whether by grant from Congress or otherwise. 8. Assessors should deduct the tax payer's indebtedness within the State only, and in all cases comply with-the law requiring the amouut of indebt edness to be given - under oath, and when a tax-payer desires to claim an indebtedness, the following oath should be administered : State of Obecioit, ) County of I . . do solemnly swear that I am legally indebted within the State of Oregon in the sum of. . ... . . and that said indebtcdncs has not been deducted from the amount of my .taxa ble properly in any other county for the present year. . Subscribed and sworn to before me this . day of A. D. - -. . ...... Assessor of .county. Provided, That when a tax-payer owns taxable property in two or more counties in the State he should have the bensGt t f his indebtedness in propor tion to his taxable property in each counties. ' .". 9. Whereas, therefore, some assess ors have not shown on tho roll the de duction of $300 exemption allowed by law, while others have, it is desirable that hereafter the uniform practice to assess all property subject to taxation, entering it on the. assessment roll in its appropriate column, and then make the authorized deduction. , 10.. Where' tho personal property of any householder is less than t he $300 exempt by law, the exemption noted on tho roll should only equal the amount of such personal property. - 11. In no case should tho amount of indebtedness and exemption of a tax-, payer appear to exceed the amount of his property. Thus, if tho amount of an individual's taxable property is five hundred dollars and he swears to an in debtedness of five thousand, a sum on ly equal to tho amount of his property should appear in the columns of indebt edness and exemption, since tho excess of his debts over his assets is a fact, of no benefit to tho county or State, but tends to create confusion. 12. It is advised that tho capital stock and other property of all bauking and other companies, where not other wist; more convenient, should be assess ed to -each company in its corporate name.. : 13. In cases where parties are bonds men or sureties for others, such obliga tions do not constitute an indebtedness to bo allowed as a set-off against taxa tion. - 1 14. Assessors are reminded that the law requires tbcm to collect the poll lax as it is assessed. . . . N. II. Gates, Chairman Board of Equalization. Registered Letters. The Postmaster General,, according to a Washington special, is considera bly amused' over a newspaper discus sion about tbe liability oi postmasters for the loss of. registered letters. lie says that . neither , postmasters nor the Postoffice Department are at all respon sible in such cases. Exchange. ' . Commenting on the above, tho Port land Herald says i That's it. - The Government holds out inducements for you to intrust your money to its keep ing tells you it will bo safe ; you take its word, intrust your money "to a Gov ernment officer ; it is stolen ; you com plain ; "the Postmaster General is con siderably amused," and tells you nobody is respoosiMc-cxcopt the man-who -lost the money. You; find ont some rascally official has .stolen- your money," have him arrested, tried, convicted, sent to the Penitentiary as a thief; but Presi dent Grant pardons him out as he" did Hodge ; that's the way it works j no body responsible. ' " Best Government on earth but your money is gone and the thief is set free; best Govern-. inent on'carth second Washington to administer it, and the Postmaster-General is "considerably amused," too, while the thief is rioting on your money; and lie is amused when . the President pardons him j in fact everybody con ccrned in the matter fs amused except tho party who has lost the money ; he can't see where the fun comes in. But, best " Government.' on. earth second Washington great man, silent but thinks a "heap" fights it out on this line. ''Bully 1"" the people like it; honest man, kind heart, feels sorry for convicted thieves, pardons. . Mabbied. Ex-Judge C. Ben. Dar win, the free-lover, who left . Washing ton Territory several .years ago, with the wife of his friend, has found anoth er affinity. ' The woman he seduced from her husband and home on the ground of her being his spiritual affinity, died in San Francisco under an opera tion to produce abortion, to which ho was a party; her mother is in the Insane Asylum at Stcilacoom, a public charge; and he has, found another affinity, a Mrs. Margaret Sweeney, to whom ho was recently married. What a pity he did not make the acquaintance of Mrs. Fair; they are so exactly suited to each other. ' , 'It hi inelegant to ask your sweet heart if she is " hot." It is much pret tier to say : Euphronosia darling, does the excessive closeness of the -atmosphere cause a perspirative affection to overcome thy angelic physicalissimus?"' Such being the case, the fair oue must not say, " You bet, old boss ! " but she may gasp a little gasp, and softly sibil ate : "Alphonso, dearest, your solici tude for my comfort has led you to di vine the exact nature of my present sit uation." After this, the blamed fools may do as they please. We can't be giving advice all the time. ' Nothing so strongly indicates the man of puro aud wholesome thought as habi ual purity of speech. By his conversa tion, among his own kind, you may al ways pretty accurately form an opinion as to the moral worth of a' man. It is there, where no restraint is supposed to be placed npon his words, that you dis cover his true nature. If he is given to looseness of discursc, or his mind "wan ders to the discussion of subjects pro scribed in mixed company or respecta ble society, j'ou may justly mark him as one with whom association is unde sirable. The Boston Relict Committee has discovered a class of poor people ho?c existence had hardly .been known be fore. They are poor Portuguese, who are congregated at the North ad of the city to the number of some 5,000. They emigrated chiefly from Fayal, the men being mostly sailers, while the Women earn a miserable livelihood by sewing. Many 'of them were among tho needlewomen who lost their occupa tion by the fire. It was a woman, the wife of an Irish King, that caused the English to invade and conquer Ireland. It was a woman that sold out Troy, and imposed npon us that miserable slush about the wood en horse. It was a woman that caused Adam's fall, when we sinned all. Miscellaneous Itcins. , "American apples are $19 a bushel in Australia." ' , One hundred and sixty-four thousand emigrants left Liverpool in 1872. Bismarck is a member oi one bun drcd and forty-one different societies. " . Rotterdam is claimed to bo the Great est tobacco trading post in the world. ; ' The Gwin mine, in Calaveras county, California, is said to be yielding $1,000 porday. """r'J" T V- f--"v.!i : The Roman .Senate has approved of a bill forbiding theological instruction in publie schools. . - i.J' ;.;o Tmnimnliota nf n .. tibri of the " French Empire, . with the Empress as regent. . -:'"-." . "! Joaquin Miller 'has given Graco Greenwood- a pair ot earrings made of a rattlesnake's rattles, ornamented with gold,.. 'x . .-."' '. - The bill to incorporate Loomis' Aeri al Telegraph Company only awaits the signature of the Presiden t r to become a law. -i '- -'.- A dog with two iails was seen on the street yesterday. One belonged to an ox and was carried in the mouth of th canine. :'' ' '"'.'' ; ',' '.'! . . The colored people of Washington are "gwine to tend dat 'nagural ball, or dere won't be any moro voting by Jcol-, -oredmen." t .' ' . - The Senate . Finance Commiteo de cides Secretary Boutwell has no right to issue the $44,000,000, on reserve at hia own discretion. '.: 'i - i Rancid lard may be purified by try' ing it over with a little water, adding a few slices of potatoes. The potatoes' remove the bad taste from tho lard. " " A New York dispatch of January ' 1 1 th says the Evangelical Alliance' prayer meeting,, on the previous day, , was devoted to prayer for the purity of? the press. . V Postmaster General advertises - for , lllff for illf TnnnnPni.f.ni.n nf A RSI ff.n 000 of postage stamps for the use of the people of tbd United States during the next four years. A Montana Indian agent accounts lor his deficiency by declaring that he fur nished the Indians 285,000 pounds of family soap, $300 worth of postage1 stamps, and a barrel of ink.' - Simon Thomas, a Toledo boot-black and a colored man, having by industry made a handsome fortune, has purchased the Lutheran church in Petty villo, Obia, and has given it to his colored brethren. San Francisco is rapidly gaining no- toriety on the divorce qucBlion,thc courts of that city having granted 237 during. the year just closed. It is calculated, that the number will be greatly hi- , creased this year. Advertising bulletins frequently find- their way to tho garrets of hotels and public places certainly not very grati fying to those who pay their money and take their choice. The newspaper af ter all is the medium by which the . enterprising -merchant reaches - the' public. - , , j,, . ' " n.,nn'il.. t -i - - of cattle have been driven into Mon tana from Texas, Colorado and. Wyom ing. . It is estimated - that more than n hundred thousand head are now in the ' Territory, the owners intending to let ' their herds increase until tho Northern ? Pacific Railroad gives them an outlet to market.- , J The Postoffice Committee unani- mously authorized Fame worth, chair man, to prepare a bill to reduce, letter i postage to two cents, and to require prepayment on all printed matter except weekly papers ciculating where they ' are printed. The estimate for the Post office Department shows $13,000,000 ! annualy lost on account of postage on'.'' printed matter . being confiscated by , postmasters. - . -.' ' : The Secretary of the Samana Bay Company says it is stipulated with the : American Uorcrnraont that the Uompa- - ny is to protect itself from outside in- . tcrfcrcnce, but count on tho sympathy and aid of foreign governments. A Washington dispatch states that Con-: " grcssmcn consider tho Samana scheme impracticable, and tho Hay tien Minister thinks the American purchasers will find they have made a bad speculation, the place being fit for nothing but ft naval station. . -