The Polk County signal., August 10, 1868, Image 1

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IS IM U B D EVE RY MONDAY MORNING
J. H. UPTONi^ P«MWi«.
T u M . - O d « year, $3 00 ;
150; thiM month«, $100.
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•no jMtr, $35 00, and for any greator number
at $3 50 per annum.
DALLAS, OREGON.. MOND AY. AUGUST 10. 1868.
Subscription mutt bo paid strictly in advance.
Y0L. I.
F ie w
W O R D S T H A T B V B 1V .
G o o d s — C h e a p
GOODS.
J.
H.
For about three yea n past, the rad.
A True Prophet
L E W I S
ings and Conventions with impunity.-^
S prepared to exhibit an excellent and
earelully »elected stock o f
“ IF THE IN F E R N A L FANAT­
ICS AMD A B O L IT IO N IS T S ' EVER
G E T P O W E R IN T H E I R H A N D S ,
D ry Goods,
TH E Y W IL L O V E R R ID E T H E
Groceries,
Hardware,
C O N S T IT U T IO N , SE T T H E S U ­
Cutlery
P R E M E C O U R T A T D E F IA N C E ,
Clothing,
C H A N G E AN D M A K E L A W S TO
Nails,
S U IT T H E M S E L V E S , L A Y V I O ­
L E N T H A N D S ON T H O S E W H O
S O O IS If SHOES
D IF F E R W IT H T H E M IN T H E IR
And In fact everything in the line ot
O P IN IO N S O R D A R E Q U E STIO N
T H E IR IN F A L L I B I L IT Y ,
AND
S T A P L E and FAN C Y GOODS
F I N A L L Y B A N K R U P T THE
.usually kept in a retail Store will be found on C O U N T R Y
A N D DELUGE I T
Ihanda and for aale aa CHEAP as the CHEAP*
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JEST.
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,
A bou t
A t La Porte, Ind., a woman came
a year since, Frank Blair adjfised
people gathered about tbe house Of
edpkedJiy the poor iuifocent woman
the Democracy o f the State to go into and became clamorous for her blood.—
convention armed, and make the first In order to induce this woman to come
wretch who offered molestation bite the out of her house, this Reverend divine
dust. The Democrats o f the State are proposed to remove the “ spell ” from
acting upon his advice.
The telegraph
her, but very wisely thinking that the
informs us that in Saline county, Miss­ only object in the proposition was to
ouri, the Democracy lately met in con­ put her at once at the mercy o f a cow­
vention when the radicals undertook to ardly mob the woman dediued to come
disperse them, whereupon a general forth, whereupon the divine aforesaid
battle ensued— the rads, being driven
from the field in great disorder and s u f
proceeded to harangue the multitude,
hoping, o f course, to work them up to
and such a pitch o f frenzy, that they have
N E W OOODS! N E W GOODS 1
jugglery, finally get inte power, and wounded. A fter routing and dispers­ sufficient courage to lay violent hands
the result is before the country. Take ing these radical fiends and thieves, the on hie intended victim in-doora or else
have just received and now opened a new
and fresh stock o f Sprino and Summer heed, Patriots!
Democracy assisted in careing for the fire her house and burn her with it*—
That party did, by dint o f sheerest fering
I
The Tariff and the Radical party.
W itchcraft
icals o f Misoari, backed by the bayonets o e y .being mobbed for being charged
On a certain occasion Daniel W e b o f that prince o f scoundrels, Governor' by a preacher— who pretends also to be
ster, the great apostle o f the Constitu­ Fletcher, have made it a practice to dis­ a doctor— with beiug a “ witch.” A t
tion and the Union, speaking o f the turb and break np Democratic meet­ his instigation upwards o f two hundred
Abolition party, sa id :
I
Taking his Advice-
,4)001)3 all
Grades,
Kinds,
Styles,
and Varieties.
The Carpet Bagger.
O L D B R IC K C O R N E R
And examine for yourselves.
P R IN T® at 12± cents per yard.
liood quality lour-fourths CROWN CAB0TT
A SHELT1NG 16 cents*
COFFEE by the sack 23 cents per pound,
retail 2J cents, and ai/ other things iu propor-
tiju . Come and examine and be satisfied.
JN O . C. B E L L .
in killed
wounded and dead left on the field and Just at this juobture, the City Marshal,
then proceeded peaceably to the tran­ with aids, arrived on the scene and
correspondent desires to know
gloat over bloodshed and violence, but turpitude o f his conduct, and fearing
H e is a compound mixture o f im ­ we commend the gallant Democracy the law, esraped with his iiorthlcss
pudence, impertinence, inquisitiveness, of «Saline county, Missouri, for their carcass and had not since been seen.—
wooden nutm egs.
selfishness, penuriousness, ingratitude,
part in repelling this radical assault.—
To what degree o f criminal
excess
assailing caanot certain classes o f American so­
H e is a religious thief— a psalm party were killed, yet i f it is necessary ciety be led by the pratings and rout­
singing hypocrite— a praise-God liar to take life in defense o f God given ings o f a so-called preacher ? Is it not
— a loud-braying swindler, and a Liberty, then we say strike down the a burning disgrace that, in the latter
malignity and low cunning.
It is true that many o f the
smooth-tongued deceiver.
fiend who attemyts illegally to restrain part o f the 19th century, a mob o f up*
ward two hundred people can be rais
one o f such Liberty.
lie
J . E D A V ID S © *, M D ,
terrible loss
saction o f the business for which the proceeded to disperse the mob religious
what a carpet bagger is ?”
convention was called— that o f making fanatics and fools, thus saving the life
A carpet bagger is a Puritan too nominations and adopting a platform of o f an innocent and good woman and
lazy to work and too stupid to make principles.
W e are the
last to citizens. The preacher realizing the
A
W en adapted to this trade bpth aa to price
•nd quality. T o those desiring to purchase a
Spring supply, I will invite your attention, as
1 am determined to adapt the prices to suit the
present H ard T ixxs, and I ask you before
purchasing to cal/ at the
a
was
conceived
in
iniquity,
ed in a small town for the diabolical
It will be found difficult to earry
P H Y S IC IA N & S U R G E O N .
educated in the arts o f stealing, and Missouri this fall after the fashion it purpoee o f muroeriqg * defenseless fe
I N D E P E N D E N C E --------- OREGON. has followed rascality for a living all
was carried for Lincoln in 1864. Then male for no offense other than being
charged by a preacher that she is a
his life.
regiments o f armed men prowled thro,
HEW C O L U M B I A N
H e will sacrifice his last friend if he the State murdering and threatening. witch ? Out upon such Christian civ ­
esn make a dime by it, or he would A proc aimation went forth in some ilization ! A n d say not that there are
IV O T E L.
■ell the dead body o f his grandmother
sections o f tbe Sate that, he who voted uo preachers who deserve doubly and
brought forth in sin, reared in crime,
,
Main St.) Corvallis Oregon.
E. 8. Altree,
fur soap grease for two bits.
: s Prop’r.
oard and Lodging on reasonable
Meals at all hours.
B
terms.
J . K . LEBO ,
RACTICAL
BAR BER and
DRESSER.
HAIR
P Indepedence, Oregon.
M . C A N T E R B U R Y , M. D„
P H Y S IC IA N & S U R G E O N .
D IX IE , OREGON,
M
edical Examiner for Manhattan life In­
surance Co. o f N. Y .
W O O L ! W O O L ! W O O L !!
OOO Pcundo o f WOOL wanted for
50 ^OOO
the
California
market,
at
M ITCHXL k ROSENDORF'S, IN D EPEN D ­
ENCE, who havo the Agency for California,
will pay a higher Cash price for it, than any
other house in tbo county.
IfIT C H E L k R 0SE N D 0R F .
8m3
J O .\ E 8 T H E J E W E L E R ,
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State Street, Salem, Oregon,
a the plaoo to go and get your w ashes,
clocks and jewelry repaired in good style.
1 warrant all my work for one y e a r; if it
not right. I make it right.
R E M E M B E R
T II E S H O P
IN THE POST OFFICE BU ILD IN G .
K. B. Fine watches repaired with the great
•si cars,
tf.
D r .W . B . J E F F R IE S .
P H Y S IC IA N , A S U R G E O N .
EOLA, OREGON.
Special attention given to Obstetrics and
iiaeascs of woppp,
M c C a u lle y
for McClellan would be killed as well trebly to be damned !
H e cares nothing about you, except
as he who did not vote at all. There
D id y o u e v e r T h in k o f I t ?—
to get your votes, and for that purpose are men in Polk county to-day who are
he will go and eat with you, sleep with conversant with this fact and who voted Nineteen Presidents o f the United
States have been elected and only three
you. or kiss your ragged children. I f for Lincoln in 64 that they might be
out o f the entire number had “ double
a hog had a vote he w ju ld do the same spared to take care o f their wives and
names” — John Quincy Adams, James
thing with them.
little children who were wholly depend­
K. Polk and William Henry Harrison.
He went South during the progress ent upon the earnings o f a husband
o f the war and since its close. He is and parent for a subsistence. So com­ O f the fifty-six signers o f the Declar­
too cowardly to fight or take any sort pletely were they in the power and at the ation o f Independence only two could
o f risk, so, during the wart he followed, mercy o f an organized end paid mob, that afford double initials— Richard Henry
carpet.bag in hand, in the wake o f the an attempt at resistence to its demands Lee and Fnmcis Light-foot Lee. Con­
army picking up such crumbs as were was death on the spot. W ho that has in sidering the prevalent mania for double
left by men more brave than he. He him a spark o f honesty, patriotism or and even treble initials at the present
robbed defenceless women and children, humanity is not glad that this state o f day, one is led to wonder how it oould
and slept with, cheated, and stole from things no longer exists in Missouri— have happened that, ninety-two years
tbe poor simple niggers. Since the that the good people o f that State have ago, fifty four o f the leading men o f the
close o f the war, he has followed sub­ so far regained their Liberty and man­ time, representing every portion o f the
stantially the same business as above, hood as to dare to repel the wanton in inhabited country, could be got togeth­
covered by the Freedm V s Bureau army. varion o f their rights though blood er represented by single initials.
The next President o f the United
He wag a social out-law at home, and must flow in the attempt? W ho that
his approach abroad is dreaded worse values Liberty does not thank Frank States will be hailed b y a “ single ”
than the small pox. H e is a filthy, Blair from his very heart for the ehange Christian name.
unclean beast— a lousy leper and scav­ in favor o f the right which has been
A M i s s a s g o o d a s a M i l e . — A
enger
;
below
the
nigger
in
every
es­
wrought
in
the
bloodstained
State
o
f
is
republican lately got terribly drunk in
sential element o f decency and self- Missouri ? It was through his endeav­
the town o f Jackson, Cal., and finally
respect, yet above the nigger in cun. ors that the power o f the Missouri State
got down on the side walk. In this
ning and craft. O f carpet-baggers
Mob was paralized and rendered com ­ condition become enthusiastic upon
there are thousands in the Southern paratively impotent for harm. It was
thinking o f the the repub. nominatiots.
States; thuy are, without exception,
he who sacrifised everything that his He immediately commenced yelling,
loil.
The “ Reconstructed ” States people might again breathe the air o f
“ Rah ! for Grunt and P o llta x !” J ust
generally send carpet baggers to the Liberty ! and a grateful people will re*
missed it a little.
Senate and Congress o f the once U ni­ ward him for his patriotism and diain*
ted States. O f such is the kingdom o f terestednesa.
L o il L it e r a t u r e . — A republican
loilty.
o f Salt Creek lately received a letter
Mr. J . R . Lake was through Dallas from a brother republican in Portland,
J u st t h * T h in g . — A short time a few days since. H e is engaged in who> tm ong many other Tery ludicrous
since, the Oregonian somehow got baying suitable horses to stock his liv­
propositions, informs his friend that the
hold o f a paper containing what it was ery stable (the old Bennett) in Port­
ALEXANDER,
“ peeple ” o f “ Portlan, air a gitten
pleased to call a “ revolutionary letter” land. Mr. Lake is one of the most en­
D ^ I f T I S T 8.
skeerd abowt the smaul pocks oase it is
written by Hon. Frank Blair. I t pub* terprising men in tho State and has
cummen
frum
sanfransisco.”
He
FFICE oa State street, oyer GUIs' Book lished the same with a great flourish of
been the means o f horse raisers getting
Store, Salem, Oregon.
adds
that he
will probably go
All operations performed by us are warranted trumpets, not supposing for a moment round priees for their surplus horse
from M Portlan ” to “ olimpy.”
to give satisfaction.
thac any Democratic paper
would flesh for a number o f years past. H e
One of the Arm may be found in our
o«ce from 8 o’clock a. a., until 4 r. s , of each dare publish each a thing. Imagine belongs also to the firm o f Robinson A
T h e Siamese twins contemplate
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8. D. McCACLEY,
the
eurpriae
o
f
the
editor
o
f
that
paper
Lake,’ old Court House building, Front submitting to a surgical operation to
v l817
E. V. H. ALEXANDER.
when he sees the self same letter pub­ st., where ie kept a complete stock o f
the end that they be separated from
lished and commended by every Dem­ stoves and tin ware. W hen you want
WATSON If GRIS WELL,
each other. T hey are fifty-nine years
Architects and Practical ocratic paper in the land, The letter anything in the line go to their store. old and have nine ehildren each. They
aforesaid so far from being revolution­ W hen you wish to lodge your team in
married two sisters in North Carolina
h ouse c a r p e n t e r s ,
ary, ie just the thing.
good hands go to tbe Bennett stable. and have even since pursued the busi.
IN D P E N D E N C E O R E G O N .
I f you want to tell a horse, go to the ness of farming in that State.
S
ue
Independence
and
Eola
adver­
for Baildi“ * Ho««««
Bennett. I f you want to hire a horse
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tisement#.
•Bd esnatry. SeUatocUo# guaranteed. 5tf
and baggy go to the B ennett
8 * 1 Portland advertisements*
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NO. 21.
One o f tbe most important points o f
difference between the Radical Repub­
lican and the Democratic party has
been the tariff. For many years the
Democratic party his, with perfect con­
sistency, maintained that the great prin
J>I« UM 0 which a n j tariff ought to be
besetf ¡ « r e « d u e ; » n f f M M d « ? # tS W
and as an incident o f the necessity of
revenue for the support of the govern*
ment, a wise discrimination in favor oi
our mannfaetnring interests. A nd this
was directly antagonistical to the old
whig and afterwards Republicrn doc*
trine o f protection for the sake o f pro­
tection.
I f there was one point where a dear
line o f demarcation separated tha two
great political parties of the country, it
was this subject o f the tariff. But how
is it at this time ? The Radical party
has virtually retracted their former
views, and the Chicago platferm o f po.
litical principles carefully and cunning­
ly avoids this old Republican dogma.—
The Radical organs,- shrewdly looking
after the popular vote, have ceased the
syren song o f “ High Tariff to benefit
the working mechanic and the farmer.”
You may look ever so sharply, you will
find no high tariff, or tariff plank of any
kind, among the principles enunciated
at Chicago and endorsed by the Chica-
go candidates. This is certainly a Denr
ocratic triumph, proving that the Dem­
ocratic principle on the subject o f tariffs
is the common sense principle.
But why should the people o f the
United States longer trnst the regula
tion o f these vital interests in the
hands o f a crafty party who, at this
junctuie, only drop their favorite and
leading measure, because they are
afraid o f losing votes if they publicly
persist io its advocacy. But give them
a tew lease o f power and they will, as
experience has proved, proceed to act
without any regard to the interests o f
the masses, and wholly for their owp
personal aggrandizement.
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Surely the people have seen the e x ­
periment of Radicalism tried, with the
most disasterous consequences, prostra-
ing our great industrial interests o f ev­
ery kind, and keeping the land in a
constant turm oil; crying peace, peace,
when there is no peace.
The speedy and triumphant success
o f the principles of the Democratic par­
ty can alone save our country from ter­
rible distress and anarchy. Nothing
short of this can reach and cure the
Radical disease, which has become
chronic. Oregon following Connecti­
cut, has kept step ; the great States o f
New Y ork, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois
and Indiana will do likewise, and peace
will come in the wake o f Democratic
victories.— Pittsburg (P a ) Post.
T h e Sentinel (Jacksonville)
says
that county warrants are only worth 85
cents on the dollar in Linn county and
lays the depreciation to the Democracy.
The Democracy o f Linn ha9 been in
power uow some over two years.
W hen
they assumed control o f affairs county
warrants
were
worth sixty cents.—
They have paid out immense sums in
the way o f liquidating the debt con­
tracted in building the fineet
Court
Ilouso in the entire State, county scrip
advancing to 85 cents the while.
How
is it iu Marion ? The repubs. claim
six hundred majority there— they have
built no Court House nor anything else
but debt.
It is a rich couuty.
Last
hill we had a county order which the
Treasurer could not cash nor could we
sell the same for more than sixty cents
on the dollar.
“ F or why is this ?”
Brownlow says :
“ I am very feeble,
but there is a heap o f devilment in me
y et”
T h e Louisville Journal, a paper that
haa grown venerable in the service o f the
opposition to the Democraoy, supports
Seymour and Blair with remarkable
seal.
Grant will be worse beaten than
Gen. Soott was in 1852.
M ind
th a t
Eastern exchanges report the enthu­
siasm over Seymour and B lair, among
tha P E O P L E , aa unparalleled in the
history o f political campaigns.
Say*
Governor
Seymour :
W hat
olaims have the republicans on our aol
diers ?
T hey takeaway from him one-quar­
ter o f hi* pension, by paying him in
false money.
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A liberal dedoetioo will be node with yearly
advertisers, or persons advertising largely.
Legal tenders token at their eaneat valas.
Commanieatio&s of opereoanl eknraotor will
be charged half advertising rates.
Blanks of every diseription famished at low
rates on short aottoe.
Legal and transient advertisements mast he
paid for in advance to iosare their pablioatioa.
Advertisements not m uted the length of
time for wbieh they are to be pablished. will he
in sorted till forbidden aad sharged accordingly.
All advertising bills masthwpotd quarterly*
The locusts which have made their
appearance here this season,‘’ have the
letter W . clearly marked upon the end
of each wiog. In the year 1800« they
came with the same significant initial.
In 1867. they had the letter P . eh tbe
end o f each wing— the sam e in 1834,
and in 1851, the letter W . again. Now
•» th« W u«r W r * l * . j(UtiJ b ite r o f
? ' ‘ I“ .“ 1***! litter o f peace.
the question is, ie there at
anything i r t t f
There are many persons who hav
have the
belief that the letters on the wings o f
the locusts, convey a meaning and u
warning. W e are not one o f that num ­
ber, or in other words, we are skeptical
upon the subject. Still the question is
one worthy to be considered
Between the year 1800, when these
singular insects made their appearance,
with the letter W . on their wings, and
1817, when they came again with the
letter P . the war o f 1812 and 1815, with
England, was fought by us, on our own
soil. Between the years 1817 sod 1834,
we were at peace, and were engaged in
no war either foreign or domestic. Iu
1834, the locusts came again with tha
letter P . on tbeir wings, and while the
war with M exico interveoenod between
that and their coming in 1851, we had
no domestic troubles or war upon our
own soil. In 1851, they came with the
letter W ., and it ia needless to refer to
the terrible civil war whioh baa just
swept over us. This year the letter W .
appears
on
the
wings
of
ihe locust again, and whether we will
have another war, foreign or domestic,
between now and seventeen y e a n hence,
remains to be seen.
These insects are oertainly the most
remarkable of all natural phenomena.
It tekes them seventeen years to come
to maturity, from the time that life first
makes its appearance; and daring that
time they burrow in the earth, some
six feet belew the surface. W hat they
subsist on hia never been ascertained,
When, at the expiration o f that lime,
the? come up out ot the earth, they are
; ter a
very short time, the littt*red ball, that
constitutes their organ o f Naion, makes
its appearance, and, if they have the
advautage o f a warm ann, in a few
hours their transparent wings are full
grown and they are able to fly a w a j.
During their stay here, which is gencr
ally about fourteen days, they neither eat
nor drink anything, but keep up tbeir
doleful and roontonoua cry o f Pharaoh,
both in the day time and the nigbt.—
Large numbers o f them are devoured
by the swine, the birds and the fowls,
and those who thus escape evidently die
o f starvation, or some other cause, as
they disappear from the earth about aa
rapidly and mysteriously as they came.
W e could hope that the study o f
this singular insect would become more
thorough and general. It is certainly a
moat remarkable piece o f G od’s handi­
work. Its coming sod going are a
mystery and, to all intents and pur­
poses, have a meaning and a moral.—
W hat the initial latter on its wings sig­
nifies we do not know. It has, unques­
tionably, an adaptation o f some kind.—
Nothing was ever formed, or created
without a purpose. It does not strength­
en its wings or aid it in its flight. I t
has no natural adaption. It must
therefore be mental or moral.
According to divine revelation, the
locusts were sent as a curse, or plague
upon Pharaoh.
I f the letter W . on
their wings signify war, and P . peace,
then we will, sometime between this
and 1885, have another straggle, o f
some kind, either foreign or domestic.
It will not injure us any to prepare for
it. It may be one o f the signs and
wonders which according to the Script­
ure are toj>recede all popular outbreaks.
It may nevertheless be Averted. W hen
Jonah was sent to tha Ninevites to
warn them o f the doom which had been
pronounced upon them, the people
clothed tjrfemaelves in aaekeloth and
ashes and tasted forty days and forty
nights in prayer and humiliation.
The doom was averted and Nievah
was saved. I t will opt hart those who
believe in the eigne on the locust's wing,
to follow their example. Fasting and
prayar will not injure anyone. W e d o
not like to hear pious people talk abont
their seasons o f prayer. Prayer ia al­
ways in season. T he B ible tolls oa to
pray withont ceasing. L et the believ­
ers ia these initial lettere and the sig­
nification which they are supposed to
carry with them, begin at onoe. L et
them not wait until another Star o f tho
W est ia fired on and another Sumpter
stormed. In some o f the State* tho
devil is still at large among the people,
laying hia traps and plans and seeking
whom he may devour. W e will have
another civil war in this conutryjnataa
certain as the locusts are new here, un­
less ihe wisdom, piety, patriotism and
prayers o f the people and the decree o f
just God shall Avert il-R o a d u ig Timso.
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