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(J fTINEL rcnus. TOwell was born Virginia, on the U826. He was is grand tnoth- iSke was a PI and a neice Die statesman swell's father Itives of Vir- ' raised within His mother's Inie Dalton, a rand refinement. fcinally from En- fromthe Scot fr. Dowell was emoved with Lnty, Tennes MK. MITCHELL'S TBICHI'H. During the last campaign in Oregon Senator Mitchell was the object of very bitter and malignant persecution. While he had been laboring faithfully for the interests of the State, endeavor ing to force the N. P. to build down the south side of the Columbia to Port land over part of the line of the Port land, Dalles and Salt Lake road, lie was boldly accused of only working to cripple and retard the work he was trying to push forward. Without any shadow of proof Mr. Mitchell was ac cused of being the paid attorney of the 0. P., and of playing false to the people of Oregon in the interest of that cor poration, when in fact some of his ac cusers held mortgages on his home and knew well that if he was using his in fluence as chairman of the Senate Com mittee on railroads for the benefit of the Ontral Pacific he could have lifted the mortgage in an hour. The P. D. it S. L. franchise was called a myth, COXVICT LABOR. One of the most difficult problems of society seems to be the safe keeping and adequate punishment of criminals. Philanthropy vainly imagined that State prisons could be made reforma tory institutions, but the experiment has proved a failure. Some States have made them workshops where the labor of the vilest criminal is brought into competition with that of honest me chanics, who had to skill themselves without any support from the State. This latter course seems unfair as no man can possibly compete with convict labor and live, and the class of skilled labor turned out of the penitentiary is, under the system of division of labor adopted, not of the highest order. We should think that the labor of those who, unfortunately, have to be punish ed might be utilized as it has been in many States on the public roads. The work of forty or fifty convicts might properly be applied on the main thor- CHEAPER T HAN THE CHEAREST MOKBIS'lfENSOR -. ATrTHE New T( Store, X ASHLAND HARNESS SHOP. C. K. KLTJM, MANUFACTURER OF, AND DEALER IN Saddlery and Harness, ASHLAND, OREGON. KEEPS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF goods lu his Hue of trade. LndlrV, Jn' ami Boys Saddle, a Specialty. TEAM, BUGGY AND PLOW HARNESS, WHIPS, ROBES, DUSTERS J-AND-r HORSE BLANKETS. 2-ALS0- K.KUBLI, Odd Fellow's Buildin; Jatkspnv lit, Chop DEALEK AND WORKER IN TIN, SHEET IRON, COPPER, LEAD Pumps, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, NAILS, A FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF STOVES HARDWARE, TINWARE. POWDER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Fuse and Caps, RE. E PIOXLER HARDWARE SWBE MUS J. BILGER AT Til E OLD STAND OF JOUN BILGEtt Calii rnia street. Jacksonville, Oregon, DEALER IN TIN, SHEET IRON, COPPER FARE Stoves, , AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS and purchasecTThe Daris Evans dona tion claim, where be now resides. "Sheff," as he is familiarly known, took part in the battle of Hungry hill, but as he says -was not' "stuck after" In dian fighting. Mr. S. has raised a fam ily of six boys and two girls, nearly all of whom are paddling their own boat, and paddling them well. He ia now comfortably situated on his fine ranch on Rogue river. "Sheff" is a man who has earned friends and re tained them by an honorable and man ly life. A Republican of the old solid type, he is hard to swerve from his convictions, and his sterling character can be appreciated when it is related that when Justice of the Peace one of his sons violated the game law by killing a deer and was fined twenty dollars by his father, who had to pay the fine out of his own pocket. No more need be said of his integrity and sense of justice than this, and if there is a man in this whole county -who can relate a mean act of "old Sheff" we do not know him. LI.T HIM BEST. Hon. Edwin N. Cooke, of Salem, died at h"j home in tlat city on the 6th inst., aior tt brief illness which, from the first, Bvee his friends warning of a fatal termnation. Mr. Cooke was a man known tught the State -inrrtr-'.afcr Mi liix manlv nn- present view of the fact that a company consisting of Ja; Gould and H. R. Sage, of the Union Pacific, Henry Villard, of the Oregon & California, and perhaps others, men who control vast capital, have deter mined to construct a line of road from Portland, Oregon, via The Dalles to Ogden. This will be practically a tri umph'for the Salt Lake, Dalles and Portland railroad project which, in con nection with the Northern Pacific company's designs, constituted the chief topic of controversy during the politi cal campaign of last year. Money to the amount of 12,000,000 has been pledged by Gould, Villard and those connected with them in the enterprise we have mentioned, and work will be immediately commenced. The Utah fc Northern, connecting with the Un ion Pacific at Ogden, and intended hith erto as a line to extend into Montana, will be diverted from its present course and brought to Portland, via The Dalles. Two hundred miles of this road have already been completed ex tending northward and westward on a line varying but little from the course that must necessarily be followed in making a survey for the road now pro posed to connect Portland with Ogden. It will, therefore, be seen that the Union Pacific company have nothing to do but to continue the Utah & Nor- thrnjcjad. which the' the swelling tide of oppression, am :hccked the growth of the most danger- ius form of aristocracy. Whatever may be the effect of the new constitu tion of California it can inflict no wrongs that can not be remedied, and the independence and good sense that resisted the threats of a monied aris tocracy spurned the cajolery of a press false to the popular cause, and turned in contempt from the hollow sophistry of suborned advocates, will in 'good time adjust the balances more nicely. There is undoubtedly some evil in the new constitution, but its good features greatly outweigh the evil, and its adop tion will be conclusive proof that the people of the Pacific coast are quite in earnest on the Chinese question. Had the constitution been rejected Eastern statesmen would have pointed to the West in derision and told us that our representatives who voted for an abro gation of the Burlingame treaty were false to their constituency. The Eas tern press would have laughed us to scorn, and an antidote for Asiatic poi son could only be procured by means that would stain American history. The people rarely make mistakes under our form of government, and this time the discussion has been so full that we can not help thinking that they have been true to themselves. This remark able struggle has been a square contest between capital and labor, and the first on record where the latter jhas been Jacksonville, Oregon. Winchester Repeating Rifles (commonly called Henry Rifles) of model of 1866, 1873, and 1876. Pistols, Cartridges, Etc. Wheat taken at the Highest Market PRates in Exchange for goods. WEEKLY CURRENT PRICE: GROCERIES ETC. San Francisco refined ni;;ar.. 7ft SI 00 Extra Dt8 rica coffee 4tt 1.00 Hope nl nil pizej per lb lOcts Liverpool salt.... 3 Kxtra choice tea A 3i)cis & upward Tobacco G2c'8 ., Candies per box S3 50 DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, ETC. Prints 15yds 81 00 Muslin 9cih prr d & upward Mens half, eacl S l.UO Mens boots per pair 3.50 -hoes.... 75 Slippers.. Cottep fhmel Mri an E.C.BROOKS, DEALER in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, SPECTAOLE3, sciiool books; stationery faxct goods, SHEET MUSIC, FIELD GLASSES,. VIOLINS, CITHERNS, IIARPS AND STRINQ-?FOR THE SAME. . ALSO--DRUGS, MEDICINES, TOILET SOAPS AXH PERFUMERY. Needles axd Best Sperm Oil for Sewing Machines, HE HAS SOLD OUT HIS tojk nf Amrlci'i Jewiiij Machines a n'lmVr of time, hut lia another lot of th.m nn h-ind Thi is thi liglliest nnrt mot rapid rnnninr. a wll as durable midline there I"dind fo simple that ars old make their WOO0FN &, WILLOW WARE. ROPE, NAILS. Paints. Oils, Varnish, Glass CUTLERY, WIRE, Shot, Brushes, Chr.ins, Hose ETC., ETC. I have secured llu erviccs of a flrst-cla .Mechanic, and am prepared Udo all repair ing promptly and in superior s tyle. TN CONNECTION VITII THE AHOVF 1 I nm rcoivintr Hii.l have c nctMilly hand a full and first class stock of GROCERIES, Dr.Y-OOOPS, cum rccT?, TOIMCCO headv made clotiiixo, GL.ASSW.1 RS;. CROCKERY, .tc. .JH"Everj lhtr.fr o'd nf mrnnt.' rites. pur- Male in aCTicurnirai Here bo attended the Ferny and acquired a liberal educa- Af ter having concluded his aca- fc studies he returned to Virginia entered the State University where Iraduated in law in 1847, before he ' twenty-one years old, with distin- led honors. He returned to len- a and began the practice of hispro- at Raleigh and at Memphis. extensive and lucrative practice In engaged his whole attention, but fame of the newly discovered gold of the Pacific caused him to de- , the bar for a time and try his for- oe m the mines, in me opnuj; oi R50 he formed a co-partnership with I ree other young men and started from Joseph, Missouri, whither he had lie by water, for California. He ar ea in Sacramento on the 20th of the lowing September. Here he had a fond attack of Cholera, that fatal Llady of which so many died on the Lis that year. When he had par- - recovered his physicians advised to go North, and on the Fourth of LW he started from San Francisco Portland, taking passage on a small At the mouth of the Col- liver the vessel encountered a Ltorm, and was driven back to stcd and almost helpless. It Lntil the thirty-fifth day after icisco that a safe land- B-ai lnsr was UTaOo OTTHatOl did not remain long in the Willamette valley, and in 1852 we find him engag ed in packing and trading in Southern Oregon. Ho pursued the business un til 1850, and was very successful. In 1857 he again engaged in law practice in Jacksonville, and soon obtained a very extensive business, and it is said of him that he never lost but two suits that he commenced himself. In 18G1 he was married to Miss Anna Campbell and they have now a family of three children. He was Pros ecuting Attorney from 18G2 to '64. In 18G5 ho bought the Oregon Sekti KEL which he ran successfully until 1878. The Sentinel, under Mr. Dow ell's management, was the first news paper on the Pacific coast to advise the enfranchisement of the negroes and the first- to nominate Gen. Grant for the Presidency. Mr. Dowell was raised a Whig. He voted for Breckenridgo and Lane, but when the Rebellion was inaugurated he joined the Republican party and has been a zealous member of the same un til the present time. In every Indian war in Oregon since 1852 he has fur nished supplies, often at a great loss to himself. Strict integrity and untiring persistence in what he conceives to be his line of duty are characteristics for . which lie-is noted, and though past life's meridian he is still vigorous in tt-Liiii hui Via )ei. wraiout luuuuaui m it' 7 only a sham to deceive the people of Oregon, and a stumbling block to pre vent the building of the North Pacific. "Time sets-all things even," and it is now known that Mr. Mitchell was working with all his energy for the in terest of Oregon, the franchise of the P. D. i S. L R E. a reality, and those whose false accusations defeated Mitchell for a second term in the Sen ate may hido their heads in shame as Mr. Mitchell is now the master of the situation. His first work upon retir ing from the service of the people was to secure, by his personal influence, the organization of a company with ample means to undertake the construction of the verv road he tried so hard to bring into Oregon. Mr. Mitchell's tri umph over his subsidized traducers is complete; reversing the adage: the dead lion is better than the living dog, and to-day he is pre-eminent as a friend of his State, and commanding more influ ence in its behalf as a private citizen than all over public sen-ants at the capital. Till: IIAUROK OF KCFCGE. It is really wonderful how many har bors of refuge the congressional appro priation of one hundred and fifty thousand-dollars has developed. Each in dentation in the coast is considered ex- i tremely eligible by the people in its itn ediate vicinity, and it is fiuymsi hov much encinecrins skill is to be found in Oregon. It seems that even the mouth of the Columbia is thought to be the proper point, and the people of Linn and Benton counties have "res- oluted" Foulweather into a safe and commodious harbor, capable of shelter ing any amount of shipping, always provided that it is to be the point where the money is to be spent. We believe that every point on the coast has been carefully examined by the coast survey and our opinion is that if the mouth of the Columbia had been considered susceptible of improvement or regarded as the proper point for a harbor of refuge it would have received espt-cial attention as it is the destina tion of nearly half of all the shipping sailing to points north of Humboldt It is to protect shipping caught in heavy weather when the most intrepid sailor would not dare to approach the mouth of the Columbia that a harbor of ref uge is to be created, and if that point is as free from danger and as accessible as the Portland and Astoria press would have us believe then there is not the slightest necessity for the expendi ture of a dollar. Speaking for the in terests of Southern Oregon and without claiming the slightest engineering skill we will continue to hope that the Board who will decide this important question will see fit to select Crescent City, as such a decision will assure us a o.se(juisr soutuwa: and in course of time ye could have a mccadamized road to ''the State line, a very Valuable andfssential work, wheth er a railroad is ever built through this section or not We believe it would cost the State no more td guard and support the convicts in a chain gang while laboring, as it would be advan tageous to every county receiving their labor to aply a portion of its revenue to the support of convicts while en cased in such work. Wo only make this crude suggestion without having given the subject much thought, in the hope that the question will bo consider ed by our law makers and be put into a practical shape if possible. c. Brother Burrows of the Yreka "Union" made a peculiarly happy re sponse at the Red Men's celebration to the toast "The Ladies." He des cribed in graphic terms, the old days of buttonless shirts and tatterd ward robe, of sleepless and chilly winter nights and all the aggregated horrors of single misery, and Al knows how it was when a bachelor. When the re sponse ended he was buried in evrr greens, piled on him by the ladies aiiid a grneral uprorioijs hilarity. Jacksoi -'-V le, Oregon. Winchester Repeating Rifles (commonly called Henry Rifles) of model of 1866, 1873, and 1876. Pistols, Cartridges, Etc. Wheat taken at the Highest Market Rates in Exchange for goods. W00DFN &3 PUMPS and PIPES, Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnisfc Powder & Enso A. General Assortment of SHELF HARDWARE, FINE WOSTENHOLM OUTLERY ROPE & TWINE. A flrt-el nvrhvito will aftrnd U Job Vt'ork with ncatnet and dispatch. I will nlwnjo keep cnnrtantly on hand a Urge f tuck of Liquors and Tobacco. Acr.t for tin V OIFI'; RUtlBCK PAINT -Tlif v n in th World. I'ariiiiilnr ntt.-nlnm purf to Farmer-'' want", nrl th mppljiii" i f cxlra for K inn MiirMm-rv. hn-1 all Infoi-iinti'Mi t wl., irl rlf. dirnMii'd ch-rfnllv. on plicttl-i i Nt'pitni1 will Ik iHrid io lnr:Mi our utimii willi the lt L'wd n market. In ir liur.a d at lln l"Wil price-". r mititii rlinll he prompt mid fiir'd',al M" mtti nil, in i n ,.t mi m RCXX-JCiar MAKHIED. DREW FAITH At the residence of tlir br.dis father. May 7lb, by Rev. J. II Van da vcr, N. S. Drew ana Misj. Jlury A. Faith. .. . j- i CUCF .MILLElr-Arthe rendence of Tliij. Anderson. May I8th, by Elder .Martin Peterson, Jno. M. Culp und Miss. Mary L. Miller. . NEW ADVKUTI3KMKXTS. WEEKO CURRENT PRICE: GROCERIES ETC. San Francisco rvfined fOi;ar.. 7lb SI 00 Extra ensta rica coffee 41b 1.00 Rope ol all iize per lb lficts Liverpool Fait i 34 Extra choice tpa 3llcts & upward Tobacco w. ,,.... G2cu Candles per box. ...'. 3 50 DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, ETC. Printu , 15jdsS100 Mnslin 9c'-' per d k upward Mrns half, fJcIi S l.t'Q .. . Mens boots p?r pair. Sliiies. i... . ijliniwr-i. Cotten uiuncl MiTim unit.. dr.iweri", eli..'. . Mens cloth suits S3 00.. wnrih Mens clo'h pn.t S3.50. north ' E.C.BROOES, DEALKK IK Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, S3?33CTiVCrjI!3, SCIIOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY FANCY GOODS, SHEET MUSIC, FIELD GLASSES, VIOLINS, CITIIERNS, HARPS AND STRINGS FOR THE SAME. ALSO-- DRUGS, MEDICINES, TDILET S0.1?S PE'FUMERY. Needles axd Best SPF.r.M Oil ROPE, NAILS, Paints. Oils, Varnish, Gtass CUTLERY, WIRE, Shot, Brushes, Chains, Hcsc ETC., ETC: I have secured the etviee? of a flrpt clai Mechanic, and am prepared to do all repair ing promptly and lifFuperior style. Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnish Powder & Fuso A. General Assortment of SHELF HARDWARE. FINE WOSTENHOLM CUT LERY ROPE & TWINE, m fop. rM coNNnrrmN with l I urn rrerivlrir und Tnn Ar.nvK havi emmtaully html a full and first claw stock of Scwins Machines, 3.S0 T5 .i fir i- - . G3 .15.00 COO HE HAS, SOLD OUT II IS lock of AmsriiMii -ewiiij: Mchinf ft number nf lipiei. lint h ai-nHur lot ol th'm on hind TliN i 1"' l!Rthit nirt i. . ii - i 1 1 - ino-t rapul ru'lnine. a' wen r r.nrn imchllir tlicre i4mnilc. and foMmnV Hint littli-feirls fivi hr fix yar old maketli'ir I ri frMti rrif "r '- -m - Tm t thPV'C' io "!v ir"i vai"!". rWk fltid jewi'lrv. a"d 'is will tell c'leap j-wHrv cliiU"- wan anv our. 3-W.itch."i. CI eK. j.-weiry a-u. siiiir nrv'ii-'rs cltaacd and repaired at rrductsl piiciJ Highest Cash Price PAID FOR WOOL AND H DBS Br A. FISHER. Critcrlan Billiard Saloon !1 CALIFORNIA ST., Xoland & McDauiel - - Props T11I3 POPULAR RESOKT, UNDER new management, is furnishing the b:sl brands of liquors, winrs and cigars. Tb' readme table is mppliid with Eastern peri odicals and leading papers of the Coast. Give me a call. And 7arion oilier articles loonunvrens In mi nUim. Call and rzuruin; us it costs nol!i inc to satisfy yomsflf. TO THE PEOAT 1GJL ! WITH A NEW STOCK OF GOODS FRESH FROM SAN TfRAN CISCO. GHOCEBISS, d::y-coods, cm ucotf, topacco RRADV MADrj CLOTX1I.YO, G L,. SSW.l R E. CUOCK KK Y, Ac. A fir-it-cla"' mThnin will attend t lull Work With neatuei-' aid dNpatch. ItJEvervlhirysi'd at rrnrnn1''irj,,'',. . -T. KUl, j . Jnck'cnrHta. Mircb, S 'S7S. "173 AZSTD SS? LrUTi!" I will nlwnjs keep contantly on hand a large stock of Liquors and tobacco. Azer.t for the TxCIFIO RUIHIKR I'AIST -Thrb-sl In tlif World. Particular attention p-'d to Frmr' want, in d Hi" supplying ef extra for Krm Machinery. nnl all inlnrmntbin tn su-h irt"el. r'iiniihi"l ch'-Tf'il'v. mi amplication Xiipt'n will Ik Smrd to Inp'i"!' iiur h-Ii-tii'-ih wild the ! t nn ! in m.irket. In nr line.ni d at t!i Ii'W-t price". Our imiitii fiinl! ! prompt and fair d'-il-tns wtlii nil. f.i'l sip'l A-.iniiiii- our nelc" !i fori'sjnii'g iliM-ulit-ri". NitWiiction putr- jnt'il Wo tic 3 to the Pubic. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL START FOR . the Willamette valley in a few days and will be absent from Jacksonville for a t-hort time. I bavs left my accounts in tb bands of E. B. Autenrietb, Efq.. for collec tion and those knowing therm-elves iodebt ed are requested to call upon him and make an early tettlcment. J. W. KUIil.5Ua, M. V. Jacksonville, April 22. 1873. . MAIL LETTINGS. GEORGE W. ELLIOTT. BEOS LEAVE TO CALL THB ATTESTtOX OF tbe pablic to thu fct that he hat Jntt return ed from Sau Francisco with a fall ituck of GENERAL MERCHANDISE TTnlch he Ii leillng at PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITIO: ALSO LADIES' FANCY GOODS OF VARIETY Clothing EVERY Gents' and Soys' THE NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR? IE.s-t;d a.5S9 . Is the place to so for nnytltinu in the hardware Iiiip. ile Imsa large and 8Uj enor stock of Rifles, Shot Guns and Sporting Material, and in fact everything from an Anvil SKELETON Key. Ho sells at LESS than Bed rock prices FOR CASH, and all those purchasing Building Hard ware, Tools of every kind. Paints. Glass, Corduge, Brushes &c, have Fouiro That he is determined to under sell any one ir. the market, and people who wish Cutlery, Quartz or Spy Glasses, or anything made of iron, IN Fact people from every place or from ASHLAND ;W5II find that he means husines, and will get bargains by calling on mm botore going elsewhere. nm U.JL EAGLE MILLS, SITUATED FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH of Jacksonville nn i 'J milts nrth of ArbUnd, are prepirM to ai Merchant ana Exchinfja Buii:3-.s. FLOUR, GRAHAM, CORNMEAL AND FEED AT BEDROCK PRICES. 31; pinrd' nfil'iur. 2 pound' shorts and 8 p-iiiiul-' linn aiv :! per bu-'iel of good wheat Will pack H'lur-cit-tnmir furnNh irifr sacks, S.icks with our Mtw nr..vn on ihtm furnifhed at low rtes. My broth-r. G. F Billines. will have cl'a'ye of the bnsi ie. being assisted ty omticlent millers. Everything warranted as rcuretentcd. SARAH A. FARNUAM. OF- MRS. I. I BEPRY. L nn AT- Tse THE ASHLAND Woolen Manufacturing Co, Take pleinrc in announcing that Ccy now have on hand, vfull and select ttock of 8CS!SlIgSISS9 Made of the very bt WK IUST UF'ElVr.n MY YKUU and Winter ttock of Millinery Goo-lr consitig of LADIES' HATS AND BONNETS. (tibboiis. French Flower O'trich Tip Vehets Diaiiinil Sil'-t-. Nrckti'-s. Collars, '"ulT", Kid Glove". Laces, Back Combo. I'ocktt llandkerchi fs. F.ir.ey Wing', and V lume. Perfumery, and T.rlct Soap, and a fine nnrtm lit of iniant's snM. I alo have on hand a supply ef OPlSTIiEMEX'S XKfKTIES & COLLAR For tbe holidays 1 will have an assort, incut of CHINA AND WX DOLLS. I hive received the agency of the cele IiraUd White Sewing Marhines. which I am -llinir cheaper than ever and several owe and Florenc mschitie lor rale. THB STATE lMSIMEXT&llJiSMCE COMPANY, OF SAN FRA2