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P a t u iu t u m vs. P r o t e c t io n .— I f we buy ou ported «foods, the heavy du ty is paid into the treasury ; if we buy OFFICIAL PAPER OF POLK CO. pro'eetrd " d«.uiestie goods the extra profit go»-s into tli«* private pocket of MONDAY MORNING, NOV. t». I860- the manufacturer. A patriotic desire to support the government sh«>uld lo*r Tlie Railroad. ieally urge us therefore, to purchase . . . . ,,, .. j loreign wares rattier than domestic.— T h e m yor.ty of the Railroad Commit wc |nUat pay twi|?0 as luuc|, u8 we <Thí without regard to justice, decency, hon or, or even honesty, to prevent the West side from reaping any benefit from grant. the In a few words the Ka.-t side is lie is here confronted by B., a “ dom estic manufacturer,” who informs him that, by virtue o f having 70 per cent above a fair profit on his wares to spec ulatc upon, lie can under bid him to an extent that he must suffer a los- to at doing everything possible to prevent the construction o f a railroad on this | l®n,P^ t0 compete with hiiu. By ll,ld side o f the R iver— or for that matter, this time A. sees the point, withdraws iu the State. Every lawyer ofany sense, with whom we have conversed on the subject, cou- curs in the report o f the majority o f the con mittce, and the views expressed from the Department o f the Interior, thin«' themselves nor allow others the X 0w that the battle is well over and opportunity. No comity existed between , |h|i 8mnke somewhat cleared away, it the Senate and House so far as the uiay not be atuiss to animadvert briefly majority was concerned. Laws, o f how t*ie reported, in substuucc, that, it the might otherwise get what we want for, West iSido Company has uot secured it is betier that fifty per cent, o f our tl.a Congressional luud grant, no compa earnings sh.mld go increase the nation- , . . .. . | al revenue than to swell the income of ny has and uo company can get it, anu , . ,, , J J i ! an ludividuul.— fr e e J ruder. this Leirislature cannot enable any c o m -! , • , , ies;t> u t you see all tar ill laws arc nany to take any steps in the matter. | r . ... 1 / _ - . . . * i enacted with a tnil knowledge ot the A former Legislature designated tte 75 , , „ ^ I advantage the “ domestic manufacturer Oregon ( entral Railroad Co. as the ; t . . . , , , ,, . , enjoystu the j remi-es. lie has it iu Ins comt>ai:\ to iocutve the Land («rant, the J J . ‘ ... ‘ power to interpose, between his pocket W ist Sole Company complied with the 1 1 ’ 1 and the treasury, an obstacle and a plan •act o f Congress, and the laws o f Oregon, . , . . , , . . . . . that may ttot be circumvented tnoug h and is rccoguized by the Department of L .- ,. r u , ir the prime object o f all tariffs were rev» the Interior as the couiptny entitled to enue. For iustanee: A . lands a car the graWt, and to whom jiatcnts will be go o f cutlery in the port o f Boston, issued when they comply with the re. from Sheffield, England, whereupon he maiml. r o f the conditions precedent. is immediately waited upon by Custom The Ka^t-sSide Company have never House authorities and informed that he complied with any o f the provisions of ! must pay a duty on his invoice, o f 70 law, and the Department o f the Interi per cent. Mr. A.g<«es into the market t . or has expressly refused to recognize , their right to any interest ill the grant *or ^ ie llUr- ">c °* ‘,Siertaln'° " dl* * u r whatever. Like «he -J o y in the men. I he caa <•«•••>»« ,,f •>“ « « * «• *)» “ » « 8 ¡jer," when the, eannot recure the I ure l," u .«« P»VioB .1.0 gov- eminent the 70 per cent aforesaid.— grant to themselves the East-Side Com pany are doing every thiug they can, that they were neither willing to do any The State Legislature. ¿¿Ulkig jüolk itonutn Signal. his goo Is, and the government gets no thiug. 1 he poor have this extra 70 per per cent, ito they see it? upon the actions, doin gs, merits and ever whob-some a character, passed in demerits o f the Legislative Assembly the House were incontinently slaught which a d jo u rn e d informally on Wednes ered in the Senate, and vice versa. A day, Oct 28th, 1868, at the Capital at crisis was fioally reached. The whole Salem, Oregon. To begin. T o say farce culminated with the republican that said Legislature, considered in all members, as a crowning act o f infamy, o f the multifarious bearings incident to resigning and leaving the lower House kindred bodies, was a success, would be, without a quorum, said members choos we think, more than «he facts in the ing to complete their perfidious record case woulu warraut. And while no by leavtug the State powerless to dis- special blame may attach to any charge current obligations for want of individual member on the majority side an appropriation. Thus closed the o f either House for the apparent muddle great drama. and chaos into which the business o f the W hat the late Oregon Legislature session was finally reduced, still the did do, has gone into history; what it majority a* a whole must, iu a remote did not do is what the people are most degree at least, shoulder the respoosi. concerned in. bi ity for much which was done and Having been present during a con not done, during the period generally siderable portion o f the session ourself, Nhonght to be allotted in which for the we can testify to the commendable ac Legislation o f Or. gon to be accomplish tion o f our Polk county members— all ed. It was manifest enough in the ear. o f them. And it is matter for gratu ly part o f the session that the republi. laron for the people o f Polk county, can minority in either llo u s i had do. that, amid the din, and roar, and crash ter mined not to legisfate for tho people. o f contending and conflicting interests; The j art these factionists agreed upon amid the storms o f passion aud reseut and adhered to scruple«.usly throughout, ment, which towqred aloft; the corrup was o retard, delay uud confuse ; their tion and perfidy which poisoned the part was a negative one whtn measures atmosphere; the uncertainty of results o f a wholesome character were proposed and the claims o f mammon and avarice or brought forward, and an affirmative which finally developed themselves into one when measures o f doubtful expedi open oilers to bribe, they came out un- ency were obtruded. In trdcr to de scathid and the brighter for the trying : Ly and embarrass the business o f tin ordeal through which they had passed session, speeches,amendments, motion-, to a haven s-» secure as the coutiuued . counter motions silly and unwarrantable and increased confidence o f those whose skirmishing generally were resorted to trusts they were the faithful keepers— by republicans iu either House. The tho ur.corrupt and incorruptible repre Democratic majority had it in their pow ! j J r sentatives o f a gr.iteful constituency. nr i t i-o » i «.i The New York World of friept l-ltn. tainin- a Tract, Tract. (X (S o . | cr 10 Preve,lt a 8reat dcal ')f ,his- T hP comes to hand containing ‘ previous question” should have been 20 ) the title o f which, reads : “ Ueineiu The election last Tuesday passed off her the Sabbath day to keep it h oi/. ” • ,,,ore viS” rous,J I,res' ed’ liu f‘ a ,a,8‘ very quietly, in this county, little or uo Do., and lhat the recent action o f the W e suppose the “ Bible Union ” or p u d fatal magnanimity toward a fallen interest apparently beiug taken in the Legislature, and di-honest conduct o f some other “ institoosh ” in New York foe wl,° inc»Pable o f appreciating result. The vo’ c, as compared with the East side, cannot pos-ibly affect the charters the privilege in the World of. ur reciprocating the commonest courtesy that o f last June, is very light, uotwith legal l ights o f the We.-t Side Co. fiee o f us'ug that paper as a wrapper j wrought much mischief and no good standing the f'-ict that there is not a During the sessiou o f the “ late la for their publications. Two }’ *»*» before when the republicans precinct in the couuty wherein votes mented ’ ’ Legislature, Ben. Holliday & ~ ■ 1 had a majority, they were insulting, ex- borrowed from Benton or some other Co.’ in the interests o f the East side, run B r i l l i a n t i n L o c a l G e o g r a p h y . : acting, ini peri u s; invoked theoperatiou county by the republicans were not u regular “ C h eban g” at the Capital, — -The m San Francisco Chronicle very o f the “ previous question” whenever polled. The rads, said they wanted a to the unspeakable disgrace o f Oregon Aagcly locates“ Walla Walla ” in Gro they chose to still the voice o f a Demo* majority this time “ for prestige in the und the lasting infamy o f certain mem gon Wonder if the same astute genius oerutic member, and that was frequent iiurt State election.” bers, who were, perhaps, not proof would not locate Oregon in Washing ly. These things wore forgotten and that the grant belongs 10 the W est Side j against the seductive influences ot flat* ton Territory ? The Chronicle vaunts its forgiven by the Democratic majority iu tery, cigars, whiskey, etc., etc. The superior! wisdom in season aud out o f infamous actiou o f Holliday & Co., the season, and, if the above may be taken the late Assembly who suffered itself to staml ou Commercial street, Salem, be betrayed by a wily and unscrupulous with piles of custom made clothing. minority well nigh to the very verge ol East side, and the Legislature, in mud as a sample, its wisdom is certainly un dling, confusing and embarrassing the bounded. “ Palmar* qai meruit fera l.’ ' disaster. great and important cn'erprise o f the Oregon Central Railroad deserves, and T he R e s u l t . — W e reserve com i the thiogs the republicans had done for the The vote in California i- very close— i od iu the session, Ben Hol iday, a great requiring the < fficial count to decide on co;porationist,monopolistaudLegis!ative which side sho has cast I k r lot. The probabilities at la.>t accounts w« re iu ta vor o f Seymour nnd Blair. country, even down to stealing spoons, but singularly enough omitted any ref Ou tbe authority o f a dispatch re erence to that crowning act, which, a- ceived at Salem, to the effect that the bovc all other acts, recommends the re State had gone for Grant, from Judge publican party to the favor ot gospel Deuuy o f the Dalles, the republicans gou gersof the Puritan faith— the hang, W e suggest, iu o f Dallas made large demonstrations on Friday night last. About all o f them justice to the good Bro., that another who had any windows in their houses meeting be called, at which he may am nd by picturing Mrs. Surratt dam: had the same illuminated. Anvils were fired and i-peechcs made at the Court ling iu the air with a host o f preachers House by Bros ing o f a bliud widow. executing the war dance in fu 1 presence o f the awful scene ! Roork and Turney — G. B . Stilea is in receipt o f a fresh supply o f family groceries. Mr. S. is one o f the most energetic aud enterpri- mcrchants in the county. His aim und ambition is to keep stuok complete, and —- ■ ■ - — J. II. Lewis has just received a hea vy ¡Rvoipe o / queensware. Sets o f all hinds and pattern-*, besides some new styles to be hud by callirn: at his store. Mr. L. purchases systematically— buys just what the people want and o f good— the best quality. . lie bube'es in sub itautial utility rather than empty display his kit.” Every body could see that he uieuut business. A collossal swindi« was on the ta^ is. A railroad scheme was the order. Ben , aforesaid, wanted the people, the State and General Guv eminent to build a railroad through the fertile valley o f tho W illamctteand turn the fcauie over to him ad gratio el ]/te- sen turn. This was a stake o f such vast proportions that the invincible Ben. was not disposed to let it slip from his itch ing palm without a struggle of no mean magnitude to secure it. woods. wanted a railroad. claimed The people A grant o f land was by rival companies, and ot It is thought that Senator Williams | course belonS«d t(> » veritable Railroad squandered from fifty to seventy-fiive ! Company, and o f course Ben did not thousand dollars in this state— green ; belong to such a Company. Here the backs— furnished him at the east to struggle commenced and here friend carry Oregon with he shrinks from no inconvenience or sacrifice to iusure success in this direc tion. manipulator, came to town and “ spread aud all before they were out o f the --------- ---- --------------------- ship ceased. Tbe rival interests of the constituencies o f both Democrats The Portland papers speak of the ur abated vigor with which work on the are still at the old majority wa: j saiJ Brn. Roork. in the course o f his s.»r- inou, enumerated a long string ot guod B ios How W ill it Effect S \n Francisco? Loss o f a Large Trade Threat composed of men of more than average ened. capacity, intellect, cultivation ami Though will receive the condemnation and con meats ou the „re-ult of the election probity, their m ¡gnauimity and courte- tempt o f every one who has the inter, which has juot terminated apparent!) j yya bearing toward an un-crupulous, in- cats of the State at heart. The actiou so overwhelmingly iu f.«vor ot h u n t . It sulcnt and imbecile minority may be is sufficient to s » j tlmt nearly all o f the harc pruvokca the luiluro to ac of the Legislature may serve the pur great States noith have given their couiplish substantial results dutiug the pose o f Beo. Holliday and his California electoral votes for him. There can be Session. conspirators iu embarrassing the growth no sort o f doubt o f bis election. Having, now mildly sketched the and prosperity o f Oregon, and may share republican treachery and bad gratify, to a certain extent, the coward Up to latest advices it Was thought ly malice o f the East-side, but it cannot that Seymour and Blair had carried faith contributed toward what some peo divest the West side of any o f its legal nearly all o f the carpetbag States, be pie call “ a legislative failure,” it is due to truthjhat we show up what cuntribu rights, uor will it confer upon certain sides K v., M d.,N J ., Delaware and N.Y. ted in a large degree to the success ol hireling members of that body more The Democrats have gained about 25 nefarious projects which they constant than a brief, stiukiug, moribund notori meuib°rs o f Congress. ly had on foot. A t a very crit cal peri- ety. A t the wake on Friday night last, Barmau and republicans begot a j'tm ble ou this questiou. “ Bad blood *' was engender West-side read is being pushe«! along, j cd. Tbe working majority ou the Dem 1 ho Great Bridge ’ over the Marq- ; ocratic side became demoralized. Crim- uaiu canyon is completed. inatious and recriuunutions followed. ... 7^7 . . I The breach was difficult to heal even af W e noticed when iu Lola a few davs _ ;i„ « j - j Ja ter the railroad question was disposed since that R. Doty had a splendid stock of, and the ordinary routine o f business o f goods, as u>uul. He is engaged in resumed. A spirit o f retaliation seems shipping apples had on baud aud ready to have seated itself iu the hearts o f a ( for boxing, a very choice lot, number o f members to sush an extent Hitherto, San 1* ran cisco has been the supply depot for Oregon, W ashington Territory, Idaha. and a portion of Mon tana. This trad** has be« n one o f no little importance to this port, being worth many thousands o f dollars annu al 1 v. I f the movement recently in.iug- urafe bv the merchants proves success ful. all o f this valuable trade will be lost to San Frauciso, and the commercial importance o f the city materially diniio- i-bed. Already several ships have soiled from New York, laden with,gen eral merchandise, direct for 1’ortlaud, and preparations are y:aking lor ship ping all the goods required for that market. I f one cargo can be taken direct to Portland, a dozen can, and as it will cost no more to send a ship to that i lace from New York than it does to send one here, the probabilities are that B orlan d will soon cease to pur chase in this market, while the grain and ether produce o f Oregon will be ex ported direct from Portland, instead o f through this port. It will thus be seen that a valuable portion of our trade is seriously throate* ed. W’ ith the exhor. hitunt port charges ruling here, it is folly to expect our trade from seeking other channels, and in this matter our merchants have been woefully blind to their own and the interest o f the city. The Chamber o f Commerce ha> steadily opposed all movements for increasing communication to and from this city, and by its course in relation to the city front, iias assisted in materially increasing wharf and dock charges to a frightful degree. The difforence in port and whart charges in San Francisco and Portland is enough iu favor ot the lat ter to amouut to a fair profit on a gen. eral cargo o f merchandise. People may fancy that tlieColumbiaBar offers serious obstructions to vessels from New York. Not so. WTith g»od tug boats those obstructions can be readily overcome, and vessels taken into Portland with as little risk as they are brought into this port. Our merchants and busiuess men .-hould look into this matter, and adopt vigorous measures, or else our comrner. cial supremacy will be destroyed. Trade here is dull enough already. W hat will it be i f we lose the trade o f Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, with the city debarred o f quick and easy modes o f communication wtth all parts of the interior l — S. F- CulL MARRIED. From the New York Independent, Nov. 7tb, 1867. At the residence o f Wm Burdon in Polk co. Read, think, and decide! The eim* Oregon, on the 4th inaL, by tì. B. Snvery, J. pie therapeutics o f the Patriarchical P., Mr. J. M. Kaukin and Ora C. Wisbard. era, when herbs “ for healing the na- At the residence o f the bride’s father, Nov. 1. 1868, by J. L. Collins, J. P., Mr. N a t Ilol- tionfc” were the only medicine in use, fiud little favor with the medical profes. tnan and Miss M. A. Waters ; all o f Polk co. sion o f the day. Y et at the earljr pe riod o f the world’s history the ordinary DIED. term o f human life was at least e>ght In Salt Lake precinct, Oct. 27, of patrie sore It is there throat, Cregg, son o f John W. and Letti« times longer than it is now. Townsend, i ed 4 years and six months. fore manifest that the stamina o f man At samo place, ot same disease, Nov. 3, Ed has seriously declined in tho lapse o f na Francis, daughter ourne, aged 7 years. ages, It is a scientific fact that, during this process o f human degeneration and de« cay an immense number o f powerful poisons have been introduced into thd medical repertoire, while the mild veg etable system o f treatment exclusively POTY A CO., EOLA, HAVE TIIEIR a splendid new practiced when the world was young, has been in a great measure abandoned W A R E ROUSE by the medical profession. This is w singular coincidence, and it suggest» Completed and arc prepared to store an indefi the possibility ot a direct connection be nite quantity o f Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc.,etc., tween the physical deterioration o f the and are paying the highest species, and the wholesale administra tion o f deadly mineral and other drugs. CASH PRIC E It may well be doubted whether the mineral salts and oxyds,- and the no less for W H E A T and O A T S . Their facilities f«>r receiving and sacking grain dangerous alkaloids, which chemistry arc unsurpassed uny where iu the Stute. has added to the pharmacopoeia, have Steamboats laud regularly alongside o f not destroyed more lives than all the their Ware House at all seasons o f the year. 20tf diseases they have been prescribed to cure. One thing, at least, is certain— SAML H E A D R I C K . GEO. A . EDES. viz : that the average term o f human existence has been shortened since the days when the vegetable kingdom was the only medical dispensary known to E ALER S IN mankind. The truth is— and sensible people are becoming more alive to it every day:— Drugs, that the world, is ovcrductored. T h e principles o f medication are sim ple; ifledicines, but they have been so befogged by tech, uicalities, so mystified by profes ional Paint«, verbiage, that one half the community fancy they can neither be interpreted Oils, nor applied except by persons who have been taugbt to clothe tlie living truths o f science in dead languages. It is not AND DYE STUFFS, to the interest o f “ the Faculty” that the theory and practice o f medicine At the OM Stand fornK-rly occupied by M. R. should be simplified and popularized , COX A CO., aud therefore the public conceive but ;itt!e light from that quarter. UNION BLOCK, Commercial Street, To prevent crime is one o f the great ends o f civil law, and to prevent disease SALEM , OREGON. should be one o f the grand objects of medical scicin-e. It is better to protect A liberal discount made to country trade. than to cure, aud much easier. \ itul GEO. A. EDES. power is the natural antagonist of all the- 8AML. HEADRICK. influences that militate against health — whether they exist in the air wc « T R A \Y R K : R RII7S ! breathe, in the water we driuk, or the S T R A W B E R R I E S ! objects with which we c m c in contact, FO R F A L L P L A N T IN G ! or in ourselves. W ithout a sufficiency ot this re.-istant principle, there can be 13 C h o ic e V a rie tie s N ow R ead y! no reasonable hope o f escaping prevail ,81 50 P K R 11 I N DU RI) ! ing epidemics, or o f enjoying cvcnfUiv- 1 ) J j ANTS carefully Selected aud scntV>y Mail at Ìoivraten. October an l November i.- «ler tlie most lav.-ratdc external circum - ocst time to Plant. -taucc-«. an immunity from sickness and COX & B A R I I ART, pain. This fact being established, the Moores’ Salem. 30-4w next question is, how shall a deficiency in physical and constitutional vigor be supplie«! ? Instructed by the experi ence o f twenty years, ami sustained by the testimony o f thousands o f individ Dealer la uals o f both sexes; hading from all paits o f the world, we reply that llostetter’s F E E D , G R A IN A N D F L O U R ! Stomach Bitters is the only medicine- that can be fully relied on as a protec Paint«, tive and preveutativc tonic and alterna tive in ail climates and under all con Oil«, tingencies. W ith a system strengthr- cdi d and fortified by the use o f this in. V a rn is h e s vigorant, no one who po.-scsses common prudence need fear the effects o f mal -Axn- aria. It is the best safeguard against infectiou at present known. It produces C O L O R S O F A L L K IN D S . appetite ; it promotes digestion ; it pre vents constipation : it regulates the flow —A L S O — o f Idle ; it strengthens the nerves, it purifies the animal fluids; it clears tho Cila«s and Fully, brain; and, the vehicle o f its medical properties being a pure diffusible stim Groceries and Provisions. ulant, their influence is exteuded to e\ery portion o f the system. M cro jjc.i/” l ’ n«lcr the Legislative Hall, Holman's alcoholic stimulants, though administer Block, Salem. 28tf ed largely in m< dicul practice, are not in themselves medicines ; but they per vade tbe whole organization more cer tainly and swiftly than anything else NORTH F R O N T A X D E S T R E E T , tnat can be given. They are quickly taken up by the absorbents, and there JPoi-tlaxicl, Oregon. is uot a fiber of tbe body between tho crown ot the head and the sole o f the IR O Y F O U N D E R S , foot wliieh is exempted from tljfcir in fluence. Hence a spiritous stimulant AND is the best medium for conveying to alt BOILER BUILDERS. the organs and members o f a feeble or disordered system the means whereby that system is to be recruited and reg h ese w orks a r e l o c a t e d on the bank of the river, one block north of ulated. It is for this purpose that the. Couch’s Wharf, and have facilities for turning alcoholic elements is used in the pre~ out machinery promptly and efficiently. We have secured the services of Mr. John paration o f Hostctter’s Stomach Bitter». Nation, as Director o f tbe Works, whose e x - ’ It is simply the instrument by which pericnce on this Coast for fifteen years gives the medical virtues o f the preparation him a thorough knowledge o f the various kinds of machinery required l'«r mining and are carried to their objective points-and milling purposes, rendered active. STORAGE! STORAGE. WHEAT BOUGHT- R GEO. A. EDES & CO., D Jo h n H ughes, Willamette Iron Works Company STEAM ENGINE» T We are prepared to execute orders for all a asses of Machinery and Boiler Works, each It ia almost necessary to call the attention o ( dyspeptics to a medicine which is everywhere recognized as the standard specific for Indiges tion. In every town in the United States which contains a drug store, o ra store in which drugs are sold, it is known as a remedy for stomach complaints o f every class, from simple flatuleu- FLOURING M ILLS.SA W MILLS, cy up to the most obstinate chronic torpidity Q U A R TZ MILLS, M INING PUM PS o f that most important organ. Its anti-bilious properties are also universally understood and 4rt’. 4-C. *c\ appreciated i and in the West and South-west the old “ Agua cures” have been generally Manufacture and repair machinery o f all abandoned, and this real chologog— which ac kinds. tually breaks up intermittent fever within a week after the first dose is taken— adopted in Iron Shutter W ork at San Francisco their stead. In the intermittent fevers to com Co«t and F reight. mon in malarious districts during the fall o f Wheeler A Randall's Patent Grinder and Am the year it is proved equally efficacious, and it may be truly said that it combines in an equal algamates. Dunbar’s Self-adjusting Patent Piston Packing degree the qualities of a restorative and a pro«. w itta in . Steven’s u « *• Either applied to old or new steam cylinders. h o s t e t t e r , s m i t i i a CO., Agents for Pacific Coast, Quart Stampers, Shoes aud Dies» Wholesale Druggists, San Francises. nov2— Lm Of «ns best hard iron. milling and Steamboat MACHINERY,
