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OFFICIAL PAPLttFja CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Or35cn City, Oregon ,
Triday : : Iftay 25, 1871.
The Ku-Xlux Bill.
One of the inosl monstrous iniquities ever
perpetrated y a people calling themselves
free, was called into existence at Wash
ington during the dying heirs of the late
session of Congress. - The passage of the
Ku Klux Bill was the finale acme of the
corruption anil rottenness of the Radical
party and the summing up of all the
villianies tint ever were conceived in the
distempered "briiins of Moxa Morlou aud
O Ben Butler.
O Congress was held together for over one
O "month "for no other purpose than to
smother cut the last dying spark of the
Liberty banded down to in by the Great
Father of our Country. For over forty
days, (lite Radicals sat in their seats inthe
G liaFiS of the Capi ol waiting fur the in
famous Ku-Klux Dill to be perfected by
8uch graceless scamps as old lien Duller,
who never had a sentiment of humanity
in his breast. For nearly one month and
a baJPthey weie squandering the people's
money by the tniUions in order to create
O a spirit of animosity and bitterness against
the -good people of the bouth and to fas
ten the chains of slavery upon every
Stute of the Union, so that they will be
compelled by the terror and awe thrown
around them by this Dill, to raise to power
again the gre.it o!Iijt vender. Gen. U. b.
Grant. For thi. law was passed for no
Other purpose than to continue in ofiice
the present m?tof vand tis and vampirr-s
that are despoiling and sucking the life
blood of the nut-ion. They. In order to
conceal fnur: tho ifiasfees. their designs
upon the Constitution, herald it abroad
thai the passage oi the Dill was lor the
purpose of keeping in subjection the re
bellious spirit that pervades the Southern
States, but the statements of nearly every
Governor of those States in their messages
gave h'sumutiy that "peace and good
will'' were reigning within their borders.
See. 1 provides, that persons enjoying
rights, privileges, or immunities secured by
O the Constitution of the Cubed Slates with
all the ;.me.idments as construed by the
Radicals, shall not be .subject to any law
Oor the provisions ot any State Constitution,
thus 'wiping out at a tingle dash all the
venerated r.ghts of the States and central
izing all power in the general Govern
ment. Sec. 2 provides that if two or more per
sons are found fi hting or tryiig to intim
idate any person from exercising the duties
of an (g!cc or shall create a disturbance
b;i election day, 5tc they shall be deemed
gui.Uy of n high crime and shall be tried
In the United Slates and Circuit Courts and
shall be fined from S.V.10 to So, 000 and
Sentenced to hard labor for not less than
c.
six months nor more than six years.
Where did you ever read or hear of any
'thing mom nnp'st and disgraceful? Any
person wh com nis smi e little indiscreti n
on election day at the polls in Goose Lake
precinct. U dragged away down here to
Portland without friends and probably
wiihotit money to assist, in getting counsel
Conviction is as su; e to follow as death.
Ve say let him be tried at home in the
State courts if he h is been trinity of any
act cf violence Of wrong. Give all a fair
sdiow and not blot out all the r'ghts that
o have been left in and centra izo all the
power left lo the Sta'es by the Constitu
tion, in the government al Washington.
Sec. 4 provides, that in cases where the
q public su;ety requires, the President sbal!
su-pend t he. writ ot habeas corpus. This
is ati iniquity that the K ng or Queen ol
England could ngt perpetrate without
losing their ero'wn.
Fellow citizens. hov7 much longer will
yon stand idly by and see the chains
wound around you '.' I'ut no more (ai h
in the ciuVs ol loyalty" and "Let us have
peace." Uueklu on your armor and be
ready for the conflict. De like Cato in the
Kotnan Senate who everytitm he sfioke.
said : Dr'anda est Gart!ago', Carthage
must be destroyed. Lei our motto be
' 1 he lladica s no st be deshovtd" and
when the sun goes diiwsi on the day o(
ther.txt 1're.siilectial election, the "land
will be redeemed from anarchy and mi
ni e iiiul be ti e otiee uaain.
"Awake ! Arise! or be lorever fallen "
G
The Legal Tender Decision.
The Chicago 'tribune of which Gov.
Iiro?5 is chief projirietor the favored
organ of thi date lamented'7 Lincoln an
old and consistarit abolition ami Radical
sheet of very extensive circulation, con
eludes a vigoif us article on the recent
legal tender decision and on the means
employed to secure it, thus:
'lhe last decision is pernicious in man v
wajs. It declares that. Congress mav
enact- laws hrvpaiving ihe obligations ot
contracts. It declares that a decision
made this ear. nito!vii g millions ol dol
lars is liable to be levefsed next ear.
Jt declares that, whenever a decision is
ill; de which is not agreeable to' ihe exe
cutive and a majorby f Congress, it is
liable to be reve.'St d by - the piocess ol
ldii g enough new judges m vote down
the obi ones, which is tatainount to abol
ishing the court. The decision is also
pernicious. bca"se it unsettles principles
g commercial lav,5 Hint commercial honor
.S old as com:i.(rce it.-elf. So long as
Credit remains a constituent item of trade.
-o bins must ci mtnerce depend upon the
fail ht lit execution ol contracis. Contracts
having a longer time to mil ihau the re
cess ot Congress no longer depend upon
law. or upon their own ieinis and obliga
tions but rest upon the permanence ol an
accidental maj.uiiy of Congi t ss Looked
at in whatever light it may he. this de
cision vvoil.sa revolution which may be
mote tatal in i s effects, p re-tent and re
mote, llia'i an armed rel)eiiiou in half the
? ates in the I't.ion. The country could
pVirvi ve reheiiiou. but it cannot outlive
the destruction of credit and Use abolish
ment of the judicial branch of the govern
ment' How ru k;; roi'uiir. 1 ue St. Louis He
publimri says the campaign of ls72 is to
be fought, not on .lie constiiutiunal
ijinendmeiiis, but on and over the Consti
tution itself. It will be a popular war
iigu'nst its violations for the over, brow ot
its violators; ami ihe Radical party win
be called on not to ask questions.
but to
answer them; no! to ass.ul the p(;i,y 0,
oibei's. but lu UeleuJ iw uwu criuies.
The Treasury Statement
The Secretary of the Treasury, says the
Patriot, has got so enraptured with his so
called policy that he has come to believe
it a great thing to publish monthly state
ments, which only serve to prove that the
people of the Untied States are taxed more
heavily than any other on the face of the
globe. We have reached the point, as
was seen the other day, when even mon
archical England, after exhausting, as was
supposed, every object of taxation, 3eeks
counsel from us as to a mode of furoing
the screws still lighter. The last exhibit
parades the figures to which the public
has been accustomed for auiiie time. We
are told thai in two yeais the public debt
has been -decreased $201,751,113 09, the
Treasury 'being very particular as to the
cents. Dut Jlr. Doutwell has carefully
omitted to say how much .he extinction
has cost for premiums, premature payment,
and tfcefo.ced withdrawal of this vast cap
ital fi otu the current business and -development
of lhe 'country. Some ot these
bonds have over thirty years to inn.
Thirty mill i ns of dollars have been paid
in premiums alone. Add these items to
the but dens which have been imposed, in
order to carry on tho'present'system. and a
general, but imperfect, idea may be formed
of the enormous luss which is entailed by
its enforcement.
And this is only one phase of the injuri
ous consequences. The coin in the Treas
ury is reported at S10G.-1U;J79. ol. and
the currency at S12.79G.8(JO or a total
of one hundred and twenty millions in
round numbers, the interest of which may
be stated at seven millions and three quar
ters . jfer annum. For what purpose is so
immense a balance kept idle in the Treas
ury, at such great, loss'.' This mountain of
gold which is heaped up in the public
vaults is of no more practical use than
when it was laying hid in the bowels of the
eartti. Yet it is annually extorted by
taxes, and held for Mr. Dontwelt's grati
(ication. in older to enable him to control
the gold market. And nearly eight, mil
lions a year of interest are absolutely f ac
riliced. that he may exercise this despotic
power over operations with which the
Secretary of the Treasury has no proper
Concern whatever.
Donds are bought. Up a quarter of a
century in advance of being due. in order
to fortify the bond-holding interest, which
Mr. Doutwell especially represents, and
one hundred and twenty millions of sur
plus taxas are stowed away without pro
ducing a dollar of return. If the Secre
tary is as anxious as he professes to be to
reduce the debt and the public burdens,
why not. at least, invest ihis idle capital
in the new live per cent, bonds, about
which he was so very enthusiastic until
subscriptions tailed to come in ? Even
that, investment would diminish ttie load
which the country has to carry to the ex
tent ol six millions a year.
When Mr. Doutwell publishes the next
exhibit of the Treasury, let him inform the
country for what object one hundred and
six millions of gold are constantly retained
on hand over and above Ihe expenditures?
Is this vast pde lor mere exhibition, like
a huge necklace or a speirnien of quartz
in a jeweler's window, only to attract cus
tom? Or what is it for? The people, who
are literally taxed Iroin the crown of the
head to lhe sole of (lie loot, have a right
io demand an answer to this question es
pecially w hen charlatans are boasting of
this ruinous practice as a financial acuie ve
in en t.
Noble Sextimkxts. Carl Schnrz. Sena
tor from Missouri will not admit that he
has left Ids party and joined the Democ
racy, but there is one ihing certain he is
as widely separated from such Radicals as
.Morton. Wilson and Duller as is a genuine
Christian horn a Hottentot. The f,.lhw
mc noble and truthful sentiments should
Commend themselves to the approval ol
every well-informed man of both poll ical
parties'. They are from his recent St.
Louis speech :
I consider it one of the most, pressing
needs of' our das that we should return
to the sound prac ice ol consiitutio al
government. The sa'vguards of our com
iiion lights and libeiti'-s contained in the
Cotis'iiu'ioii are too sacred and valuable
a boon to be permanently jeopardised in
providing tor a passing emergency. It is
time that ti e American people open their
eyes to 'the dangeious character of this
tendency, ami ittat neither a great name
nor an object appealing to our sympathies
should be permitted to disguise it. As
lor me. I have seen Ihe w.nk! ig of irre
sponsible power and personal government
in other couutt ies. iind I may assure my
coiisti unts that while :nn a citizen of
h s Republic I sh ill struggle t the last
gasp ag i tst i s introduction here.
The Eisiou (i'a ) Anjus propound;! the
following conundrum :
Have we a Government
Doubtful! Tax payers, the Govern
ment have v.fi. Diduth Morrnixj Gill.
To which an' exchange replies : "That
is a ringing -call' th it. should be soun le H
in the ears of every laborer throughout the
land. The cause of the public misery and
the multiplication of paupers, is that we
have too much government t lie most
burdensome, expensive and irresponsible
to the will and welfare of the governed
of any that ever cmsed mankind. 'Hie
Government have us' all. sure enough.
The late Llwood Fisher, years ago warned
the American people, that in their eager
ness to put a violent and lawiess end to
Ihe tnsinutiou id' black siaver ihey
would finally succeed in making slaves of
black and white alike. His words have
come Hue. The irrepressible conflict has
ended, and the result is. even aceordintr
to the admission of candid Republican's
tf.emrehes. that a practical military des
potism exists oVer t tie the whole ljnd
withuut regard to race, color or section '"
i-i'RLW.s. Trie m inner in which the peo
ple ot New England are enabled to put
the screws to ihe people of the couutn
by means of thieving pr. recti ve tariffs
strikingly illus;ru-d bv the issolat-d case
of wood screws. The duty is on this ar
ticle, - less than two inches eleven cents
per pound.' A pound of inch or three
quarter inch -.vood screws can be bought
in England tor eih: or nine cent T.U
wouiu tnaKe -.in- o.iry Itotn I5 p, 1;,;) ..,.
cent- t he smaller siz-s are prohibited
i ne entue imoortatrim ..r tt,.... ...
, , , ' , si- screws
!;tst year was on v s 11,1.11
Hiiiiu. in
voromg to Hi., reiurns of tne 1,,-
...... "wu v u,,,,, rr)(, ,otal h)Ii)i
iieveiiwe ini'e
" '3is ; r iCle was SI y ()
Since Iheu this production has increasod
to about U.o) worth, neariy the
who.e of wt, lCh comes from Rhod- Island
Ihus wht.e the people p , y to the Gove.-,
m-nt S.DOUJin ,:,xes !hey pavtwo or
tiiree l. o le Isl.u, 1 m i n u lac . nrers about
1 ' a Slits!l v.' '11,1s; , ,1,
iainf puts ,i,v sciews to the o.
way ihe
people.
Amt' i rt;i.
-Cob C. R. DIlinrrer w-:.
' adiiii;r.it o. tt ..r . t- ,,-
; ' ' V l"' - V-'IUI"
ai i oiTiatiu. on .motioa gl Jude
Burmeater, oa the 20ih insU. ...
True and False Judges
There ia an incorrectness, says the
Worhl, in many of the Washington state,
ments as to the votes of judges ia 1869,
and now on the legal-tender question. In
the caie of Hepburn vs. Griswold. which
decided in the December term of 18C9
that the law which makes greeubacks a
legal tender in payment of all debts; pub
lic and private, was unwarranted by the
Constitution so far as it applies to debts
contracted U-fore its passage, the judges
delivered opinions as follows ;
Dmoancimj the law as unconstitutional :
Salmon l Chase, of Ohio ; Samuel
Xelscn.ofNew York; Robert C. Gner
of I'ennsytvHnia ; Nathan Clifford, o
Maine; Stephen J. Field. 6f California
tSusta'uurj 1hj law.
Miller. Swayne. end Divis.
Since then. Judge Grier, dying. Strong,
of Pennsylvania, has been appointed b
Giant in his plce, and an addition has
been made to the court in the person ot
Bradley, from New Jersey.
On identically the same question of law
the court voted, a few days ago. thus :
Denouncing the laic as unconstitutional.
Chase, Clifford, Nelson and Field.
Sustaining ih lave.
Swayne, Miller, Davis. Strong and Brad
ley. The death of Judge Grier. and a new
law. eiuibied the Grunt partisans to pack
ihe court with Strong and Bradley, aud
thus the result.
We trust that the Anti-Income Tax As
sociation and the anti-Kit-Klitx law pa
triots will now see 'that Grant rules the
Supreme Court as effectually as he did
Judge W'oodrutf. and the only hope for
the Constitution is an appeal to the
people, who make and unmake.
Pkincu'lu Au.unst 1'olicy. If the
policies of the revolutionary. Radical
party, says the Chicago Democrat, which
tend directly towards the establishment ot
a mbilary despo ism, are destined to main
tain supremacy, let the final blow the
last nail in the coffin that puts a quietus
upon civil liberty, be struck by those who
inaugurated the revolution. The Demo
cratic party, which is daily being re-in-forced
Trom the ranks ot those who have
hitherto acted and voted with its op
ponents, cannot a fiord, at this crisis, to go
Into the enemy's camp in search oT candi
dales and principles. Every true patriot'
when the hour comes if ti is destined to
come that witnesses the final selling of
the sun upon the civil liberies of the peo
ple of this country, can hold forth two
guiltless, bloodless hands and proclaim.
"Shake not thy gory locks at me,
Thou cans't not say I did it."
Rfcostiicctki Lcxruy. The Hall of
South Carolina House of Representative?
i-t said to be the most gorgeously furn
ished in the Union. The floor is covered
with the very finest carpet, the windows
are hung with the most, costly crimson
damask, and over the Speaker's chair falls
a gold embroidered canopy of the richest
bine. Even the spi'toons of which the
lo( negroes and (illy white men. who
make up the assemblage, make lrequent
use. are beautiful vases of French porce
lain. A lecess in the Hall is filled by a free
bar at which ihe very best liquors and
finest cigars are served out to the mem
bers and oaid lor by the Stale as "station
ary.'' and it is needless to say that the
South Carolina stationary bills are enor
mous. The State is bankrupt, e.nd taxa
tion is so heavy that in many cases i t
amounts to confiscation ; but then South
Carolina is in the hands ot - lovil men.'
I. O. of O. F. The following persons
were elected Grand Lodge officers for the
ensuing year at the Sixteenth Annual
Communication of the R. W. Grand
Lodge I. O.of O. F. of Oregon, held last
week in Portland :
E. L. Dristow. of N . 9. Eugene City.
W. Grand Master.
John T. Apperson. No. 3. Oregon Citv,
R. W. 1). Grand Master.
A. J. Marshall. No. 15. Portland. R. W.
Grand Warden.
C. N. Terry. Salem. R. W. Grand Secre
taryre elected.
I. R.Ioores. Salem. R. W. Grand Treas
urer re-elected.
E. I. Towle, Salem, R. W. Grand Rep
res uita ive.
The R. W. Grand Officers were duly in
stalled, alter wfieh lhe following ap
pointive officers were announced by the
Gram Master :
E. Sehuis. Grand Marshal.
Geo. Tilhttson. Grand Guardian.
W. I). Snodgr.iss. Grand Herald.
J. W. Wiili ams. Gr.iud Chaplaiu.
It is stated upon reliable authority, says
lhe Patriot, that a class of claims, involv
ing large amounts, and to which no ex
ception has been taken by the British
Government . has been ruled out by the
American Commissioners as not being
within their' powers. If this fact be en
tirely correct, as we believe it to be. then
any treaty which may be negotiated will
be entitled to little favor. The corres
pondence between Sir Elward Thornton
and Mr. Fish, upon which this High Com
mission was founded, declares expressly
i hat all claims and outstanding differences
between the two Governments were to
be submitted for settlement. If. therefore.
any part Of iheni are excluded, and that,
too. by the American side, without even
wailing tor objections to be interposed n
ihe part of the Government against which
the claims are preferred, it is not difficult
to imagine what course will be pursued
by the advocates of American interests
wl en the treaty shall come to be consider
ed in the Senate. Although the precise
terms ol tne tieirotiation nave not oeen re
vealed. enoULih is disclosed to satisfy every
candid mind that the Johnson Clarendon
treaty was in every. way a far more satis
factory and honorable arrangement.
Death of Hon". Jamss M. Mason-. This
distinguished Southern statesman died at
his heme in Alexandria, Va.. and the 27ih
ult.. at the age of 74 years. He was a
member of Congress from Virginia from
1S37 to the breaking out of the war. fif.'een
years of which time he was in the Cnifed
States Senate He identified himself with
the Southern Confederacy, and was asso
ciated ab-oad with Mr. Slidell as its ac
credited representative'. His capture on
th" English steamer Trent, by Captiin
Wiikes. his imprisonment in Fori Warren
and subsequen'. surrender lo Lord Lyons,
are fresh in the recollection of alt.
The Springfield (Mtss ) Us publican, pre
sents a scrap of personal and politic 1 1
history in the following attractive f mi :
'Thirty days ago Col. Forney was a sharp
criti-.i of Gen. Grant's Administration ;
twenty da. s asro he was appointed Col
lector of Philadelphia ; to day he has
muitia ated Geo. Grant for re-election.
The Administration does not give the
ordtn iry d;y goods credit ; its lerias a;e
evideutlj cash, aud iij discount"
Twelve Hundred More-
The steamer which arrived here from
China last Saturday, says the S. F. Exam
iner of the 19th inst., brought 1.222 Chi
nese laborers. They are to take the plac
of 1.222 white men who have to work fo
a living for themselves and families. Thei
are white men now in this city w ho art
taking piece-work, in different trades, and
make only from SI to S3 a day. The shoe
and boot-makers are preparing to hunt
some other place to work and live ; the
Chinese have monopolized that business
and work at such prices that the Crispins
cannot stay here. Workers at other trades
will soon follow.. The Chinese are learn
ing the carpenter business they make
doors, blinds, sash, boxes, and other wood
en articles for various purposes. - Soon
the carpenter ra. ist leave for some more
friendly city, where he will not be forced
into competition with such cheap labor
where his trade will not be a degraded
calling where his children will not have,
it thrown up to Ihe'n that their father is:
no better than a Chinaman.
Yes, the time is co.n ng when our city
will be a Chinese town of manufactures
for every other po tion the United States.
Their productions will force white men to
forsake their trades. Even now. who
thinks of a trade as a calling of respecta
bility, or of putting his son to one?
Tradesmen 'feel that the Government h is
polluted the fountain, and they are drink
ing of the muddy stream of degradation.
Yet we have men among us who call them
selves Americans!, and every day abuse
lhe laboring man because, like a worm,
he writhes when he is trodden upon.
The Government still cries out '"Come
on, come on," to the cheap laborer of
Asia, "(jive us cheap labor that Ihe re
sources of our country may be developed"''
caring not. that our own people stare.
or that trades are destroyed, or that men
who have h arned trades are degraded.
What care 11 e President and Senators lor
laboring while men? What care they tor
the hardy toilers who support their fam
ilies by the sweat of their brows?
So long as the moneyed few are pleased
they trouble not themseleves for the pa
tient sons of labor who ; re the real wealth
of Stales. That the mechanic should be
degraded by eoinpetiton wiih the cheap
laborer ol Asia is nothing to them ; they
care not that the wives and daughters oi
the poor are diiveti to prostitution ; they
Care not that their boys will be ashamed
to learn a trade. Why should they care.
sj long as ihe rich become richer, and the
poor are made more humble from dire
"want to their bidding'
A NoVihern manufacturer, when giving
evidence before lhe Bureau of Labor''
in Massachusetts, said, "I work my people
as I do my machinery ; when ihey wear
out, I discharge them and hire more."
Another said. - Give us Asiatice ; foreign
laborers. Irish aud Germans are bi coming
io much Americanized for our use ; they
are too independent.': they know too
much.'' Such is the feeling among men
who favor Chinese . labor ; such are ihe
fiendish expressions of those who have been
denouncing slavery for years and now
seek to fix upon us slavery ten-fold worse
than ever existed in the .Sou. hern States.
But wiiy complain. Grant Ins been in
vested with more than kingly power.', to
protect Chinese and enslave whi e men.
The wife may ask tor work ; the answer
is "I have a Chinaman to do my washing."
The poor man may beg lor employment :
he may tell in the most huinbie manner
lhe suffeiings of his wife and ehildreu: the
want of money to pay rent, and buy
bread for his family ; and the answer is.
T have Chinamen to do my work."' A
man who had met with such rebuffs said
in the agony ot his soul: "1 pray lerven:
lyta.it tire, waters, storms rocks, earth
quakes, or any other dread calamity may
encounter Ihe vessels in their course anil
bury them in the great deep before they
reach California with their Chinese car
goes." Such is the feeling cf ind gnation
among our people.
A Kabbi on ths Force Bill
Die Wahrhtit The Truth) of St, Louis,
a journal conducted by Dr. Sonneschein.
a Jewish rabbi In that city, de lounces the
Ku-klux or force bill as an atienipt to
destroy the liberties of the American peo
pie. So atrocious is this measure that it
has the effect to alarm even those not a;:
customed to mingle in politics. Die
Wuliiheit thus elequently refers to t! e
latest of the brood of Radical mcustro:i
ties :
"It is done. The first 'hal'-bashful and
half andacios attempt has been made to
shake the edifice of the American jjopular
government to its very foundations. The
ditch is commenced which will certainly
become the grave of the liberty of this
country, and of ihe best Constimtiot that
ever was. if this attempt should not, be
checked by the insight or the superior
r ower of the people, H id we tint read
it every day for weeks, in black and
white, one might take it io be a bad
dream.
Senators and Represeti tati vos. ap
pointed as guardians of our liberties, have
deliberated many days and many nigl.fs
how they might invest the President, the
chief guardian of'Jhe rights of the people,
with imperii! power. Now they have
reached their aim. Indeed, (here are on! v
a few steps bom tie law by which the
fourteenth ametuiment is to be en'orced.
lo the Itiangiii a ion of an undisguised
dictatorship, and from that to unmitigated
Cffisarism there are even less.
And yet the people of th" United S'ates
observe the threatening ruin of their
rights with an indiff -rence as if they had
lost lhe understanding, of. their liberties
atul the consciousness of their sovereign I v.
and as if we had returned to the times
when Praetorians made and unmade their
rulers."
A New- Si-rreme Jftxu-:. The World
says that Judge Strong, by whose vote
ihe Supreme Court, was made to reverse
its former decision as to the constitution
ality of the Legal-tender act in the in
teres! o' the Pennsylvania railroads, is the
some judge who. from another bench, au
thorized the railroads to disregard their
charter obligations, to charge no more
than four cents per mile for each ton of
coal carried, and gave them permission to
charge 'whatever rate might please them,
l r m twisting the charters of railroad
companies to suit their own in'erests it
is only a brief step :o. twisiincr (),e (j,,,,.
stittision of the Cnifed States for the same
laudable purpose. No one will imagine
that Judge Strong has been influenced bv
the companies, for he is the leader of
those pious people who clamor lor the
name of God into (he Constitution.'
SfTT AOUVs'T TIIK O. & C. R. fi. Co.
We learn that some fourteen or fifteen men
lately employed on the O. C. railroad
refuse to accept the.wasres tendered them
by the company. The wages agreed upon
w is S2 5l per day. but an attempt, has
bee i made to decrease it to 51 75 per dav.
and deduct therefrom, also, sixt cents
per day for board and fifty per month for
hospital fund The men say they would
radier lose ail than be thuu'defrunded. so
they have enrage 1 W. W. Pace, Esq to
sue the company for tiie full aWiu't.
Herald.
The New Loan.
It is already evident that Boutwell's
five per cent, loan is a failure. The Na
tional Banks have taken a few millions,
evidently trom a desire to keep on the
ight side ol the Secretary, whose pet
leasure this is. but the capitalists of Eu
ope show no signs of coming out with the
.undreds of millions expected from them;
and through the Assistant Secretary and
a detail of officials from the Treasury De
partment, are to be sent to England Io aid
the agents already there, it is not probable
that they can succeed in getting any con
fiderable amount taken. It is not prob
able that we can get much reduction in
the burden of our debt until a Democratic
Administration gets into power aud be
gins applying to the finances of ihe nation
those eornmon'sense principles which
would regulate any good bits ne-s man in
the administration of his own affairs lops
off the National Bank subsidy, calls in the
interests bearing ceri ificates. uses the idle
money in the Tieasury tor the reduction
of the debt, and increases the productive
power of the nation by abolishing the
enormous taxes now levied in the inter
ests of monopoly.
The fact is that whatever chancf there
was for getting the debt funded tit five per
cent, interests has been destroyed by the
enoi mous'gvanls w hicn have been made
by the Government to railroad compan
ies in order to enable tlwm to borrow.
While the Government is seeking sub
scribers to this five per cent, loan Jay
Cooke is advertising the bonds of the
Northern Pacific, which bear seven and
three-tenths coin interest, and tire secured
by the sixty million acre land grant which
Congress has given to that corporation in
fee-simple, Thus the Government . has
created a competitor and furnished it with
credit to bid against it. and to out bid
it. The Southern Pacific, too. will soon
be in the field with a similar loan. and. if
necessary, to out-bid th" government will,
no doubt ( Her still higher interest. The
Noithern Pacific bonds are eagerly sought
after, while Doutwell s call is neglected.
S. 1 Examiner.
Tiik Ork;ox Cent i! a i. Ra!T.koai. - We
have authentic infoimatinn that the work
for the West Side railroad is already under
way. A contract has been let for getting
out. :ilong the road, fourteen miles of ties,
and the Company's mill at the foot of G
street is now engaged m cutting timbers
and lumber for the Fourth street bridge,
at the upper end of the city. Active, work
on the road bed will be commenced as
soon as the weather gets settled, so that it
can be prosecuted without interruption.
Orcgonian.
Ilr. AVistii r's Iialsmn of Willi Clierry
may be well called a "wonder of medical
science." , It. cures coughs at:d e- lets iniun
t r ! It soothes the irrita t-d parts: . it heals
the iuflamatioti; and et en consumption itself
vields to its mag e inllui nee.
UlC land 'of vi-(;i'(iib t: ivondf is.
The soil of California teems with vegetable
phenomena, gi uit tre s, plants, root and
herbs unknown elsewhere. From that vast
botiin c held are culled the ingredients of
Pit. Walk mis Vim-gar Uittkrs. a tued c:: e
that is astonishing the wot Id with its cures
and throwing all ot ! er toni -s, alter .ti vi s
and inv gorants into the shadj. .As Us ben
efits ate extendi !, ind ige-ti'-n, 1 ill usne-s,
intermittent fever, t houtnati-nt, kidney dis
eases, bow el complaint-, and nil scio id us
atal scotl u'ic idsouh rs, lose th i teirors.
Kiw To
FOI1 & WAIT
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
5
0I1EG0H CITY,
OPiXGCTJ.
'ORTXd rONMlCTMI) WITH It E A L
13 Est ;ife Aire tsof PorHim-l, are prepared
to attend to t e IT 1U' II ASK and SA1.D of
llKAl, ESTATE iu Clackamas ami adjoining
counties.-'"'
A TKAM in readiness to convey purchas
ers lo a:,d froia til-. prciois s
"Freo cf Charge.
May 20, i, l:tf
Sheriff's 8aFe.
in inv hands, tor the paipose of colk-ctintr
(k'tinuuetit Taxes-, Utie b.'utii.u County tor the
veal- is;u, and to iuu Uirec.e.l, I will, on SATlli;
iAY, the :21th DAY Uf J I'M-;, lf,7l, at ti e
Court J louse do. r, in Oregon Ci'y, lotee.l to sell,
to the hLrhoit biduer, lor L. S. fj-oi.i eoiu, in hand
paii!, the following ik'.-eii) led ti acts or jiau.les o
iand, or so tnueh thereof as May 1li neccssai y to
pay the taxes d::e. thereon, together with ihc
eo-ts. s;ue to commence, ai lOo'etocK a. in.
7-
Xamos. Descriptions. y S
Perry, ucu i, . it., w 1-J ot n w i- oi
see 2. t 2,sr,3e SO 4 CO
Cardincll, CJias, M It, pari oi' sees P.t,
20, it) ami 30, t 3 s r, -1 c .2j 27 90
Culver, Mrs l.l.abeth, Oregon Ci;v,
Hook 1 s, lots I,'-, ti, i & it, Ti 20
Cowles, J YV", X b.pu-lsof sees '.' .V 35,
t 2 s.r, 1 e, bc-iminisj at
the g o comer of n w 1-t
of M.:;i5; thence s 25.15
chains; thenee u 47 de
f.'ives, v" ji',75 chains;
t hence s S.3 Ucyroes, v .r;5
cu.aus; thenee ii oU'
e si c-haiiH ; thence
6 01 degrees, e 52.32 chains
thence s li5 degrees, c 315
chams ; thenc; s 31.55
chains, to tite place oi bo
fninuny, e-xeepiiiig- SO
acres liereto.oie soM cr.it
of s e corner to J 1) Mil
ler, lcaviic.' 387 11 00
DoMSj tbickson, J 'art. of elaun .No. 4!),
.Notification No. GUI, con
voyed to C J Deieis ly
Ih ,1 II The-ssii!-," A: wife,
Cet. 2'), lbi5, recorded m
U-)ok pages 2:r, 2ti, to
bo surveyed out ot the
sou'h side of said claim,
contains 75 15 50
Findlay, David, N It, n 1-2 oi sec 30, t
3 r, 2 e. 1 320 ? 75
IIuglics.Mre Itacliael.N II, W J Hughes
ilonatioii land claim, no
t ideation No. 47 .5, in sec
2o, t 3, s r, 1 w 280 13 95
tMdijeet to tax of lbOU
and' cost of sale.. 26 43
Jeffries, Joseph, X It, l'urt ol "Villiuiu
Holmes' oo:i I'ion elann,
deeded uj'J. T. lluilonl,
re ur ic'-l in Book C,p.i;:e
7s, being in see 32, t 2, s
r, 2 e 5
McKinney, Joseph, tsiatu of, se 1-4 of
s e 1-4 of sec 31. e 1-2 ot
e 1-4, s w 1-1 of s e 1-1,
and s 1-2 of s v 1-4 of
si c 35. t 2, s r, 2 e 1G0
Xon-resklent 1 .ami ,31 rs. Y iilia ms place
Claim Xo 37, sec 13, t 5 s,
r 1 e, and eiaini No 42,
sec IS, t 5 s, r 2 e 320
Park. J IT, l-H-e 13 t 3 s, r 3 e 26
Ilnoi k, C It, 8 w 1-1 of sec 7, t 2 s, r 4 eltiO
It oss V Stevens, holdinf cerriticato of
s ale for tax 's of IW.t, sold in 1S70.
Formerly licvnol d's, X JJ, isee. 23, t 3 s.
" r 1 e 1C0
3 10
3 68
7 75
2 72
3 tS
4 65
" Gardner, Ceo. Parts of see 11,
23 and 2'j. t 2 s, r 3 o,
claim Xo. 4(;, commenc
ing at n w corner of sec
11, t 2 s, r 3 e; thence 3
Kill ro Is ; thence e 100
ro Is ; thence u 1'iOro Is;
thence w P' rols, to ihe
place of beginning, eim't .106 7 75
" nar-rovc, L A, See 2ii, t 5 s, r
f'l e... 100 4 C5
Tinslev, V T, Sec 11 and 12, t
j "s, r 1 e 1G0 3 10
SanJcr'd Fleasant, Estate of, Part of
claim Xo. 52,sec 32, t 3 s,
r 2 e, commortcina at the
S w corner of sai l claim ;
thence n 20 chai ns; t hence
h 74 1-2 doerees, e 20
chains; thence n SO de
grees, e 21 1-2 chains, to
u w corner of a t'lece of
litet mil to Michael
llanlihiin by Ja ic Fair,
Sr. ; thenee s 2.72 chains ;
to south line of sai.l
claim No 52 ; thence w to
X'l iee of Vglnninu-. con't. 123 31 o
Summers, C A, I'art of A I) Foster's"
dona? ton el tim, bems- ia
foc 21, 22, 27 and 2 t 2
s r 3 e
Tucker, J E, E part of see li tts, r2 e. to
3 31
1 00
Aiu in ii YAiixrrt
;if of ( -u.-.kr r.' "vT.
S ierdf of ( laekaia County
Orjon City, Jla-r 21, lS7I:-.7l '
Poisonous MeUifines.
The theory that the virus of disease can te
safely counteracted by doses of poison, is
false and dangerous. "Within the last twenty
five years, and less than a score of virulent
poisons have been added to the repository
of the medical profession. They are given
m small doses, otherwise they would destroy
,ltfe immediately ; but even in minute quan
tities, they produce, ultimately, very disas
trous effects. It is unwise and unph.losoph
ical to employ, as remedies, powerful aud in
sidii ns drugs, which, in subjugating: one dis
ease, sow the seeds of another still more un"
mat ageab e. None of these ten idle medicament-
operatss with as much directness and
certiintiy upon the censes of disease as
Hcs'etter's Stomnche liittcis, a tonic and
corrective, without a tingle ihlterlovs ingie
die U in it composition. Arsenic andquimii
are given f r jntei mittents; hionid? of pot
assium for nervous disot ders; strychnine ana
prtissic acid for geneial eehility; mercury,
in various forms, lor liver complaint; pre
patations of ch'oi ulorm and opium lor sleep
lessiiess; and vet t lies' dead be dm us do not
compaie. s:s .-pecifics for the discuses above
enumerated, with that wholesome vegetable
inviaoiant ami altetr ativc, while they are all
so pernicious that it. is astonishing; any phy
sician should tal e the responsibility of pre
scuhin tin m. Let invalids, for their own
sakes, try the Hitters before they resort to
the poisons. The lehef they w ill" experience
fp.ni a course of the harm ess spe itic, w.ll
render a recourse to the unsafe preparations
refeued to, qutie uniuctssriy.
Dr. Sage s Catarrh Remedy is no Patent
Medicine humbug gotten up to dupe the ig
norant and credulous, nor is it represented
as being '-composed tf i are and precious
substances brought ftom the lour corners ot
t.,e earth, carried seven times across the
Great Dest-rt. of Sahr.rah on the backs of
fotitUen camels, and brought across the At
lantic Ocean on two ships." It is a simple,
mild, soothing, pleasant Remedy a pei tect
speeitic tor t iiionic Nasal Catarrh, "Cold in
ihe head." and kindred diseases. The pro
ptiet r. K. V. Fierce, M. D., 133 Seneca
street, Buffalo, N. Y , otters a reward ol y.'iop
far a cas.' of Catau h that he cannot cure.
Sold by drugg'sts, or sent by mail lor sixty
cents.
BOOT AND SKOZ HOUSE,
S. W. COR. FIRST & MORRISON" ST?.,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
ALL LATEST STYLES OP
Ladies', Genls' & Ofilclrai's
OOTS and SHOES
JUST RECEIVED,
rpilE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF THE
JL .Moot i'lomi e it o. o ;r Ntw Goods :
LADIES VEAR.
.Miles' Make, Cljth, Scallopped Top, Bottom
( alters.
Mil 's' Ex ra Q ia!ity Brorze Button Gaiters
Stiberlicii's Ftench Kid. Scalloped Top, But
ton Gaiters Extra.
Seiberhch's Glove Kid Foxed, Fancy Stitch,
Button (oti ets.
I'cit's Glove-Kid Fox; d, Button Gaitors.
Beit's C'l ith-Kiil l oved. Fancy Stitched.
Scallojied Top, Button (iaiters.
Donovan's C.st u.-m dc, I'oinp.idour Heel,
J i 1 Foxi d. Butt u Gaiters.
Donovan's Ex.ra (.ju.d.ty, all O.oth, Button
Gaiters.
LADIES' BALMORALS.
Donovan's Custom-made, Extra K.d Lined,
Kid Foxed, asd all Cloth.
Donovan's French Fid. Extra O ialitv, Scal-
1 . ... 1 T .
I peo iop.
Donovan'- Extra Quality, Sciliopt-d Top.
J'otiiadoiir Ilee!, All Cloth.
Donovan's Bio. z- l-'reucli Kids, Scalloped
'1 op, Braas JI els.
Donovan's Jhue Kid, Scalloped Top, and
P mtiadoiir Heel.
llosciistock'-Met; eaohtan, K.d Foxed, Scal
loped Top and Vamp.
Ro.stnstock's Metropolitan, Embroidered,
Vamp, Scalloped Top, and lit ass Heel,
All Cloth.
Rosemt c ;'s Embroidered and Fancy Stitch
tc.iiloped Top ; also, tight otLer styles
the s.ime make.
LADIES SLIPPERS.
Rosont tick's French Kid Oxfuids.
Ite.t'- make Newport Tics.
Fiench Kid J miaUs.
( loth Jun'atas.
Cuir Juniatas.
Beit's Ptoaze Button Saratogas.
Betfs I'. tent-leather Hurton Saratogas!
Beit's French Kid, Button Saratogas.
SieUrlii h's Fiench K:d Empitfs.
Se.hcilich's Velvet Shoo. Fly.
Seibei l-eli's French Kid, Mat ie Antoinette-..
Seibei l.ch's 1 tctic i Kid Operas.
.S iberlich'.s (Jlove K d Oi'tras.
Mile-' French Kid Cerise.
Miles' Cloth Oxfoi-ds.
Miles' Cloth J i. mat s.
Miles' Embroidered Bronze Kids
GEKTS1 WEAR,
Cloth Oxford Tas.
Fiench Calf Ox ord Tics.
Pale r Leather ditto.
Goat B .in ditto.
Cloth Prtiuce Alhirfs.
Pa tnt Li athe C i; -French
Prince Alberts.
Glove Calf ditto.
Clo'h, witii Sealskin fronts, ditto:
Calf Scotch Ties!
French Calf, hand ma Je, Gaiters.
Buck- kin Extra.
'dove Calf.
Glow Kid Extra.
C.i If CP.th Top.
C.ilf (dove Ki.j Top.
Hand-made S, al.-kiu Gaiters.
APinal r'- Skin.
( alt Box Toes.
French Calf, sewed, Balmorals.
Cloth T p i ahuorals.
OUR OWN MAKE.
Oxf uds, B.dmorals; sewed and serened Boots
and .bhues ot extra'quahtv aud of every
stvle.
ALSO,
Benkert's, iberfch's. Fogg's, Houghton's
Heed'.- Tirre 1's, United Workiniriuen's,
Tax lor A Mason's, R (setphal & Fi-hei's,
Metropolitan's. BucKingh mi's, Hechi'
aud ail other first class ma.- ufacturts o!
Gentlemen's Wear.
EVERY VERIETY
Of Boys" and Youths' Boots, Balmorals. Ox
iotds( Acorcli Ties, Biogans, etc., is con
stantly oa hat d.
ALSO,
3IISS23.' CHILDREN'S and IN
FANT'S bHOSS, TIES
AND fcLIPPERS.
"0ur Mock is too extensive to pprntit
us to describe all. so the public are invited
to come uud see for themselves.
Jiscquot's Celebrated Fienoh Polish.
Halo .v. -.y's B ouZi.!g Fluid.
Fetitoi, .-...shni'me's ai'.d Mas. n's Blacking
livery A eriety i IItpt OI1 Hand.
?"Hav iug a lare .u mufactory in con
net son uiti our ill u e, we have facilities
1 r iutnishng our ;oods at cheaper I ates
than a j ri.inlar establisha etits on ttie CiiOat
PHCTZDIAN; GILLIEAN & CO,
May 2j, 16?i:U
AEW HARDWARE STOR
COR.VET FIIOMT & STARK STS.,
PORTLAND, OREGONi
JOIIT II. FOSTElt
TOULD INFORM HIS FORMER PA.TJ
W ions ai d the public generally, that
he is now receiving and otitis for sale, at th -lowest
rates, a full stock of
BUILDERS' HABDWAREv
Mechanics' Tools,
Tabic and Pocket Culler)-,
MINERS' GOODS,
EMails, Ropes, Shovels;
Anvils, Axes, Etc.,
Which he invites Luyetsto call and examine
befote purchasing elsewhere.
Would invit- particular attention of buy
ers of Bti Id rs' Hardware and llonse Trim
min -s. tithcr a WllOEE-AEEor RETAIL.
May 2.:, 1.S71:3 JOHN li. FOSTER.
g
COIE OXE, COXE ALL!
And see the Greatest at;d most
TERRIFIC ASCENSION
OX THE TTONT WIRE EVFR PERFORM
ED ON THE PACIFIC COAST,
By the
CII A3IPI( WIRE WALKER;
BflOWSIEUR EE CLUTE,
ho will appear in
OREGON CITV. ON SATCRDAY, JUNE 3,
AT 3 O'CLCCX P. H , .
And make a daring ascension on the Tight
Wire, at d perform his . womiei ful feat of
taking a stove t . the ce:ite- of the wire and
Cooking his Dnint r. and many . other0wdii
derlul. 'dangero-.s and ditlicu'.t f.-ats on theo
wirt-, tuo imiin runs to menuon, oevt-r Pef re
attempted b' miv a'tiston th- Pacilic Coat.
ADMISSION FRFE.
Mav 0, 1G71: w2
Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
j'or Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.
Among the great
discoveries of modern
science, lev.- are M
more real value to
mankind than this ef
fectual remedy for all
diseases of the Throat
and Lungs. A vast
9 I X
AM
trial of its virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it dues
surely and effectually
control them. The testimony of our best citi
zens, of nil classes, establishes the fact, that
Ciierky Pf.ctokal will and does relieve and
cure the atliictitig disorders of the Throat and
Lungs beyond any other medicine. The most
dangerous affections of the Pulmonary Organs
yield to its power; and cases of Consump
tion, cured by this preparation, are public
ly known, so remarkable as hardly to be be
lieved, were they not proven beyond dispute.
Ai a remedy it is adequate?, on which the puhlu?.
may rely for full protection. By curing Coughs,
the forerunners of more serious disease, it saves
unnumbered lives, and an amount of suffering
not to be computed. It challenges trial, and con
vinces the most sceptical. Every family should
keep it on hand as a proteetionngainst tlie early
and unpereeived attack of Pulmonary Affections,
which are easily met at first, but which become
incurable, and too often fatal, if neglected. Ten
der lungs need this defence; and it is unwise to
be without it. As a safeguard to children, r.mij
the distressing diseases which beset the Throat
and Chest of childhood, Cheuhy Pkctouai
is invaluable; for, by its .timely use, multi
tudes are rescued .from premature graves, and
saved to the love and affection centred on them.
It acts speedily aud surely against ordinary colds,
securing sound and health-restoring s'eejfj) No
one will suffer troublesome influenza and pain
ful Bronchitis, when they know how easily
they can be cured.
Originally the product of long, laborious, and
successful chemical investigation, no cost or toil
is spared in making every bottle in the utmost
possible perfection. It may be confidently re
lied upon as possessing all the virtues it has'ever
exhibited, and capable of producing cures as
memorable as tho greatest it lias ever effected.
PKErAEED BT
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowe! If Mass.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWIIERE.
Ayer's
air "Vieror.-
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.
A dressing
wliicli is at
once agreeable,
healthy,
effectual
and
for
' Ttrf5frvinfT
tho
hau Jt
SOOlh
"Vt-L? restores
faded
or
hair
gtoss ana jreshncss of youth. Tlnri
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and baldness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Xothing.can restore;
the hair where the follicles are de
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can 9s
saved by this application, and stimu
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent baldness. Tho
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma
tion of dandruff, which is often so un
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju
rious to the hair, the Viccor can only
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if r ' 1 ",. - "4. 4
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benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it doesG
not soil white cambric, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
IiOWEIL, MASS.
Smith !w 1L is, ... .anu, vu. lta -Ie
Agents for Oregon,
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