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THE COUNTY JUDGE’HIP. vascillating,so inefficient a County Judge. Constitutionally timid, he dared not as We hold it to be the duty of a public sume the responsibilities which his office SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER IB,1871. I journalist to denounce wrong in whatev constantly called upon him to assume,and er quarter it appears, and to criticize the K. lì. EOUDRAY,........ „Basine»« Agent. the consequence was when he went out of acts of public officers, whether such of office, duties long neglected were thrown ficers adhere to a particular political upon the shoulders of his inexperienced creed or not. Tt is a painfill duty to us to successor and the present County Court, be obliged to comment on the conduct of which should have been performed by “GOXVS WSXM a Democratic Governor, but nevertheless him and his colleagues. The roads and our duty to the Democratic party of Jack- bridges were out of repair, and the county son county demands of us some notice of business generally neglected. Among the extraordinary* appointment which the acts of his administration, the Rock Governor Grover has seen fit to make in Point Bridge affair ought to be enough to selecting for County Judge Mr. L. J. C. consign him to official oblivion. It is a Duncan. well known fact that so general was the The Democratic County Committee opinion of his inefficiency, that so well of this county was selected by the De did he himself know the Teeling in re mocracy of Jackson county as their repre gard to his official conduct that he dared The Democratic State ticket was de sentatives, and the action of the Commit not allow his name to go before the Coun feated in California on the 6th inst., tee heretofore was acquiesced in in at least ty Convention for renomination, know by about 6,-500 majority. The Leg one notable instance. It will be remem ing full well that defeat there or before islature is also Radical, which Insures a bered that when Col. John E. Ross, after the people would be his fate. It is well Radical U. S. Senator in place of Cole. running for the nomination of State Sen known that he was a candidate before the “8ich is life.” “Man (and parties) come ator in the Democratic County Conven Convention met, but upon the disclosure up like the sparrowgrass, and am cut tion and. being defeated, received the of certain things connected with the of down like the hoppergrass.” As the nomination for one of the Representa fice of the Sheriff, he suddenly withdrew poet says, “We are too big to cry and tives, formally bolted and resigned his po his name as a candidate. Yet this is the feel too badly hurt to laugh,” hence we sition upon the ticket, whereupon the man, spewed out of the mouth of the De have not got anything much to say, ex County Committee supplied the vacancy mocracy of Jackson because of his incom cept to express the hope that our Radical caused by the defection of Ross by selec petency, whom Gov. Grover has seen fit friends will not crowd the mourners too ting another man and placing him upon to foist again upon us, at the behest of a much, by intruding on our grief. Just the ticket. The Democracy of Jackson crowd of bolters and political Swiss sol at this time we don’t feel much like go acquiesced in the action of the Commit diers who only fight for the pay. ing over the battle Held and counting the tee, and supported the man thus placed We regret to be compelled to make noses of our dead party brethren, or num upon the ticket as cordially as it did those these comments, but our duty as the or bering the wounds in the corpses. Suf who were nominated by the County gan of the Jackson county Democracy fice it to say that the Democracy of Cali Convention. In this the Democracy of leaves us no alternative; and what duty fornia are licked like the very deuce! this county recognized the Committee as demands of us we intend to perform, even if it be to criticise the official conduct their representative. A WARNING. of a Democratic Governor. In making Recently a vacancy occurred in the of fice of County Judge, and the County these strictures we do not wish to be un The late elections in Montana and Cal Committee was called together for the derstood as impeaching the personal ifornia are the only elections held since purpose of submitting the name of a character of Judge Duncan—with that the promulgation of the heresy of the Democrat to His Excellency, the Gov we have nothing to do. It is his official “New Departure,” if we except that of ernor. The Committee did not for a mo conduct we impeach, and we claim a clear Kentucky, which State repudiated the ment immagine that they were trans right to do that. doctrine and elected the Democratic tick cending their duties or were violating the In conclusion we will say that we in et by an increased majority. In Cali prerogatives of the Executive. As repre tend hereafter to publish extracts from fornia and Montana both, the Montgom sentatives of the Democratic party of this the county records which will abundant ery county heresy was endorsed, and the county, and as citizens and tax-payers in ly sustain the charges of incompetency ticket put in the field by the Democracy the county, they certainly had a much which we prefer against Judge Duncan— of the above named State and Territory better opportunity of judging who was records which will fully show the excel departed up “salt river” on the the best man for the position, than an lent reasons Mr. Owen had for being so “New Departure.” In Ohio itself great individual who resides two hundred miles warm a champion of Duncan’s appoint dissatisfaction exists in the ranks of the away, and who never visits this county ment. We do not intend to stop with Democracy regarding the interpolution save when seeking an office at the hands this matter until we shall have fully of the Vallandigliam resolutions into the of its people. As the representative« of convinced not only the Democracy of Democratic State platform. In Pennsyl the Democracy of a county which gave Jackson but the entire people of the in vania, also, the truest and best Demo Governor Grover the largest majority he famous outrage committed upon them cratic counties in the State have openly obtained in the State, they had a right to by this appointment. repudiated the heresy by solemn resolu believe that their recommendations STATE NEWS. tions. And, hiking into consideration would be treated with the consideration the wide-spread dissatisfaction existing due them as gentlemen, even if they in these States, and viewing the situation were not regarded as of sufficient impor Eli Mason, who was sent to the peni by the light of the recent Democratic de tance to entitle them to recognition as tentiary for killing Silas White, at Phi feats in California and Montana, hardly Democrats. And especially did they be lomath, last Spring, was pardoned by a hope exists that the Democratic party lieve this when that recommendation was Governor Grover last week, and on Sat urday returned home. will carry the fall elections. The re backed by the voice of both the County The Tualatin River Navigation and nomination of Blair, on the Democratic Commissioners, (the official associates of national ticket at the last Presidential the County Judge,) the County Clerk, Manufacturing Company has just let the election, unquestionably caused the de Sheriff”, and District Attorney, and the contract for clearing and excavating the canal to connect the Tualatin river and fection of a multitude of Democratic petitions of a large number of citizens Oswego lake, to Captain Hedges, of Ore voters. This being the case, when a besides. Unfortunately, they depended gon City. only a question of individual candidates altogether too much upon Gov. Grover’s Mr. Wilhoit has sold the land on which was involved, how much greater will be sense of what what was duethem as gen the Soda Springs, in Clackamas county, the defection when an obnoxious princi- tlemen, as well as what was due them as are situated. The price obtained is $13,- is attempted to be forced upon the party ? representative Democrats. While he 000. It is understood that the place will be fitted up as a resort for summer visi The Democratic masses are honest, no corresponded by telegraph with the tors and invalids. matter what their leaders may be. An crowd of bolters, who were seeking to de obnoxious man may sometimes be forced At Kentuck’s Ferry, on Snake river, feat the recommendations of the Commit August 22d, a man by the name of John upon them, whom they will support for tee, not one word did he vouchsafe them. Thell fell overboard from the ferry boat, the sake of the principle involved, al This much for the action of the Commit and was drowned. He was a German though the case of Blair proves that this tee. Now let us see who were especially by birth, age, 37 years, and had served even may be carried too far. But an ob active on the other side: First comes five years in the U. 8. Army. noxious principle they cannot and will W. A. Owen, a bolting Democrat who not embrace, even for the sake of success. ran on the Radical ticket last June for Idaho papers say that Daniel Turner was crushed to death by the falling of a Let the party leaders in this State look to Sheriff", and was disgracefully beaten. huge rock upon him, while working in it that the “New Departure” is persist Next, John E. Ross, who violated every the Gold Hill mine, on Granite Creek. ently and resolutely let alone. There has principle of personal honor by running in He was a native of Maine, aged 30 years, been a disposition on the part of some of the Democratic County Convention for and leaves a wife and two children. our Democratic politicians, in the north State Senator, and was defeated, then al The State Rights Democrat says: ern end of the State, who would sacrifice lowed his name to be used in connection Wheat is pouring into town at a rapid anything for success, to coquette with with the nomination of Representative, rate, and selling readily at $1. Although the “New Departure” as they coquetted and received that nomination, then re the wheat crop is light, the amount rais in Linn county will be found a large in Democracy’s “dark days” with other signed it and endeavored to get up a peo ed item of increase in the wealth of the outshoots of Radicalism. Let them pur ples’ ticket, then strove to take back his State. sue this course and they will “depart” resignation and finally strove to defeat The Willamette Farmer says : W. B. for the obscurity of deserved oblivion as the whole ticket, closing his glorious Morse, Esq., formerly of this place, met their compeers in California and Monta record by voting for Wilson, Radical, for with an accident at his saw mill at Co na have already done. Every’ victory Congress, against Slater, Democrat. We lumbia City, on the Columbia river, a -achieved by the Oregon Democracy has do not care to continue the record. Had few days ago, by which three fingers of Lecn won by a bold and manly adhesion we the space and inclination we could one hand were nearly cut off by a circu lar saw. to principle. Every defeat has been ren continue it much further. We admit Mr. Chapel, who lives a short distance dered disgraceful by an attempt to steal a that there were a few good Democrats, I>art of the Radical platform as witness such as James T. Glenn, in this move from Salem, on the Polk county side, was injured a few days since, by ’64 and '66. In Kentucky, a repudiation ment, but we do affirm that the most ac dangerously having a wagon pass over his chest. of the “New Departure” resulted in a tive and numerous were men of the class While engaged in hauling straw, he J h* inc ratio triumph. In California and above indicated. These were the men slipped oft" the wagon, and the wheel Montana the theft of the most obnoxious whose behests His Excellency obsequious passed over him. jwirts of the Radical platform was over ly obeyed. The Democracy of Jackson The Baker City Academy was totally taken by a crushing and deserved defeat. know how much consideration they destroyed by fire on the 3d Inst. How it Let the Democracy of Oregon take warn would have received at their hands, and caught is a mystery. The building was not completed, and was still on the ing. we trust they will religiously remember, hands of Mr. Twiggs, the contractor, to in the future, the man who has joined whom it will be a heavy loss. The Acad N ew D eparture *—We were around hands, so openly, with those whose only emy was being erected with money lent the city last night, and in almost every by the State. Democratic crowd that was collected in political creed is self-aggrandizement, and any* public place, and among them all we whose only business it is to sow discord The Corvallis Gazette says : Many of failed to find any “new departure” Dem and dissension in the ranks of the Dem the farmers of Benton county are enjoy ocrat«. At the Golden Eagle Hotel, ocracy, with a view to secure its defeat ing a very fine harvest. This is especial ¿u number of prominent Democrats were true of those favored ones in the vicin collected, and it was their unanimous and their own installment in office. The ly ity of Long Tom. Mr. R. R. Rounds in opinion that the great revolution in this petition gotten up by these men was forms us that one of his fields of wheat State is due to the adoption af the so- signed indiscriminately by men of all po averaged fifty-four bushels to the acre. called “New Departure” more than to litical creeds, and the county scoured for That’s pretty for a “dry season.” aay other cause. They cursed the move names. Nir. Foudray’s petition was out He ha« several good thousand bushels ready ment, and said tliat the party in this for market, and knows how to make far State deserved defeat for adopting it The but one day, but secured a large number ming “pay.” ouly man who has made a determined of signatures, even in that short time. light against the “New Departure” is The Corvallis Gazette says Bishop One word with regard to Gov. Grover’s “Brick” Pomeroy, and we called upon Keener, the eminent divine, pleached in ldm last evening to see what he had to appointee, and we have done with this the College on Sunday last to a very s«y about iU In answer to the question disagreeable subject: Judge Duncan Im bonded us hjs subscription list which has held the office of County Judge for large and attentive congregation. The Bishop is an eloquent speaker, well vers showed that he had received 3,714 sub scriptions to Pomeroy’s Democrat during four years, and we appeal to the citizens ed in Divine Writ. He is a man of near the jxast week. He says that the people of this county, as well as to the county sixty years of age, a resident of New Or will have his paper, because it says what records, for the truth of what we simply leans, and is out here for the purpose of every honest Democrat thinks ; “D—n preaiding at the Annual Conference of the ‘New Departure.’ Sacramento Re reassert, when we say no county in the the M. E. Church, South, now in session porter, September Sth. State was ever cursed with so weak, so at the Santiam camp ground, Linn coun ty. He goes immediately to California, to preside at the Annual Conference of the M. E. Church, South, in that State, in October next. The State Journal says: Last Wednes day a dispatch w:ia received from Corval- lis to arrest two Indians, who were sup posed to be here, for stealing horses. Sheriff l’ointdexter, accompanied by Wm. J. Thompson, went to the Indian quarters across the mill race, and found the ones they were after. One of the In dians was taken without trouble, and the other attempted to get away by run ning. As he started, Thompson fired at him with a revolver, the ball taking ef fect in his breast, but failing tostop him; one or two more shots were fired, but do ing no damage. From the way tlie In dian ran, it is supposed thut he was not seriously injured. The 1 ndian caught has served one term in the penitentiary, and the other two terms, one each from Ben ton and Linn counties. D efeated .—Mrs. Laura De Force Gordon, the pretty and talented advocate of woman’s rights, received 101 votes for State Senator from San Joaquin county, at the late election in California. The 8. F. Chronicle expresses surprise at the number of he-hens in that county. Mrs. L. De F. Gordon was not elected, we re gret to say. The he-hens ought to be represented. M ore L awyers .—Three law students were admitted on the 6th instant in the Supreme Court at Salem to prac tice law. They were Julius A. Stratton and Eugene Sullivan, of Salem, and Frank L. Stott, of Portland. CHEAP FOR CASH! And Small Profits, G QUICK SALES KAREW8KI, HAVING JUST 0PBN1D e a large stuck of Y St STAPLE DRY GOODS, “IS MIM3TT0.” GROCERIES, AM SELLING A SUPERIOR ARTICLE of Saddles and Hames« cheaper than ever waa offered before in Jacksonville. “Seeing is believ ing.” Give me a call before purchasing else where. ____ I BOOTS A. SHOES, BLANKETS, GLASSWARE, REPAIRING HARDWARE, PAINTS A OILS. done with neatness and dispatch. JERRY NUNAN. Jacksonville. Jan. 14th, 1871. jan-lltf. DEVONSHIRE BULL. My Motto: “Quick Sales & Small Profit«.” Notice to Cattle Raisers. —AT— R C T. PAYNE, LIVING 1J MILES east of Phcenix’ offers the services of a ther- ough-bred Devonshire Bull to the public, at $5 a season. The animal is a deep red five-years-old, weighing 1,624 pounds. Comer of Oregon and Main Streets, offer* C. T. PAYNE. bargains, such as have nut been offered before nt Phoenix, Ogn. Aor«-t‘ Jacksonville. This stock is fresh end of the beet quality, and CASH purehasers will do well to call on him. M THE BRICK STORE, <T JW M <> JST LIVERY i SÄLE STABLE Staple Produce taken in exchange for goods. Also ground m H ia 50 and 100 lbs. seeks, and fine Liverpool eelt. January 7th, 1871. janT-tf. nE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE8PECT- tully inform their friends and the public gen erally ‘hat they have purchased the above estab lishment of Mr. Dan. Cawley, which will be henceforward conducted under their constant per sonal supervision, and they guarantee satisfaction to all who may favor them with their patronage. Hegrmau’n Cordial Elixir of Cnlienya These stables are centrally located, and within jonvenient distance of the various houses of public A pleasant cordial which strengthens and im entertainment. Horses or mules will be boarded and cared for, by the day or week, at moderate proves the digestion, an excellent preventive of charges. They hare the largest stock in Oregon, fevers, fever and ague, Ac., and a groat renovate* and tonic for invalids and debilitated persoas. Ha south of Portland, oi geman A Co., New York, sole manufacturers. Sell by druggists. 38tf Corner California and Fourth Stu. T GREAT SUMMERTONIC T he M aine E lection .—The “New Departure” departed up Salt River in Maine at the election held on the 11th inst. BUGGIES AXTD CARRIAGES with single or double teams, for hire on reason able terms ; also, SrOTZCXL GOOD SADDLE HOUSES & MULES, To all whom it may concern : E have sold our Jackson Salt Works to John Which will be hired to go to any part of Sixemore, with the intention of leaving Ore the country at moderate rates. Animals bought and sold, and horses bro'te to gon as soon as we can settle our business. Wo tender our thanks to the people of Jackson eonnty saddle or harness. for the patronage that has been given us. The REAMES A WILSON. business w.ll be carried on by Mr. Sixemore. May 7th. 1870. 33tf BROWN A PULLER. FULL AND COMPLETE ways on hand at the STOCK AL A CITY DRUG STORE, HOFFMAN & KLIPPEL OF BOOKS, STATIONERY, II AVE JUST RECEIVED AND TOILET ARTICLES, OFFER. FOR SALE. AC. AC. GASOLINE olu»3 LAMPS At the CITY DRUG STORE. Agency for the -A-CrTTIE; JES.IJNTCS-. W. L. COWAN, Druggist. August 27th, 1870. LIVERY STABLE. On Oregon street, Jacksonville. J. W. Manning, Frop\ Having just received from San Francisco a fin stock of HARNESS, BUGGIES & CARRIAGES I am now prepared to furnish my patrons, and the public generally, with as Cook Stores, Different Styles. FINE TURNOUTS as can be had on the Pacific Coast. Saddle horses hired to go to any part of the country. Animals BOUGHT & SOLD. Horses broke to work single or double. Horses boarded, and the best care bestowed upon them while in iny charge. MY TERMS ARE REASONABLE.*^ A liberal share uf public patronage is solicited. J. W. MANNING. Jacksonville, Ogn., Februa-y 11th, 1871. HAY FORKS and RAKES, GRASS SCYTHES and SNATHS, WOODEN and STEEL BARLEY FORKS. GRAPE VINE CRADLES, MANURE FORKS, GRAIN SCOOPS, TRACE and HALTER CHAINS, CHOPPING and BROAD AXES, HATCHETS and HAMMERS, BENCH SCREWS, WAGON BOXES, PATENT CROSS CUT and BUCK &AW8>; HAND-SAWS, SHELF HARDWARE,, CUTLERY, AC. NAILS OF ALL SIZES, F aints , oils >nd varnish , WINDOW GLASS and PUTTY,. TUBS nnd BASKETS, CLOTHES WRINGERS, TRAYS and BOWLS. THE PLACE To Buy Goods O HEAF ER Giant Powder, THAN TIIE Cheapest! Fuse -AT- FISHEH & BJIO.’S DEALERS IN ASSORTED IRON AND STEEL, SUBMERGED & DOUGLAS PUMPS, FANCY, STAPLE & BIT GOODS Clothing, Boots & Shoes, Groceries, Liquors, Cutlery, Crockery, Etc., Etc., OF THE BEST QUA 1TY, AND THE CHEAPEST IN THIS COUNTRY. FISHER <fc BRO ’S, (Corner California and Oregon Streets,) JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. May 1st, 1869. CAST-IRON WASH KETTLES, BAKE OVENS, i SKILLETS AND TEA-KETTLES, BRASS & ENAMELED KETTLES, fry - pans , & c . J. JJT ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL ASSORTMENT OF TINWARE. *5^ HOFFMAN & KLIPPEL. Jacksonville, June 10th, 1871. >17*tf.