WEEKLY STATESMAN & UNIONIST ISSUED EVKHY KniDAT. S. A. CLARKKTrubilshcr. U. S. OFFICIAL PAPER. SCB'jCRlPTIOX Per aaiwih. f 3.80; 6 mos.tliO DAILY STATESMAN AND UNIONIST. Published every morning- except Monday. Subscription, by the year, S 00. Advertising, per square of one inch, per month, 12.00. Advertisements in DutT and Wkkclt, S3 per to., f one inch per month. - Remittances may be made by mail, at the risk of the publisher, if mailed In the presence of the Post master. S&0mc9 In 8tewart's Brick Biillding, Pp Stairs USIION REPUBIilCAN CONVEN TIOS OF OREGON. The Unioa Republica""tf!r8or the State of Oregon will meet at the 3 of Portland, at 10 o'clock, r. m., on This ty, the 7th day of April, 1870, in Deleg? bonveution, for the purpose of placing in nS nation a State Tick- et to be supported at tl in June, and the trai business as shall prop Convention. Onnutio will Via f ti f iproacbiug election lion of such other , eotuo before said I to delegates as fol- lows: ' Baker 7 lienton ....., 10 Clackamas I Clatsop 3 Coos 4 Curry 2 Columbia 2 PoukUm l- Grant 7 Jackson 10 JoeeDhine 4 Laue 12 Linn 18 Marion 24 Multnomah 20 Polk 11 Tillamook 2 Umatilla.... ... 5 Union C Washington 9 Wasco 6 Yamhill 11 The Committee recommend that the County Convention for the election of Delegates be beld on Satnrdav, the 2Hth of March, 1870. liy order of the State Central Committee. M. P. HKUKY, Chairman. ' T. JV. ODKNKAL, Secretarv. Portland, January I'J, 1ST0. ITIEETIXC OF MARIOX COUNTY CEMRAI. COMMITTEE. The Republican Central Committee of Ma rion county is hereby requested to meet at the Court House, in Salem, on Saturday, Feb. 12th, 1870, at 1 o'clock, p. in., for the pur pose of making arrangement for holding a Republican County Convention, and to attend to such further business as may properly come before the Committee. The Ccntril Committee, appointed by the County Convention in 1S63, is eomposed of the following members : East Salem, J. II. Moore ; Salem, John Minto ; North Salem, D. Jefferson ; Belpassi, S. Brown ; Fairfield, M. Ilagey ; La Bish, C. II. Davis ; Cham pocg, John B. P. Pictte ; Abiqua, II. M. Cline; Howell, Wm. Greenwood ; Butteville, H. Ehlen ; Silverton, L. S.Davis; Lincoln, J. C. Peebles ; Jefferson, C. B. Roland ; Au rora, R. Duval ; Sublimity, J. Barker. J. II. Moorrs, Ch'n. Co. Com. Editorial Correspondence Vancouver. W. T. Feb. 2d. 1870. Receiving a Hidden call from a sick bed at a distance, I was compelled last Tuesday morning to take the 6tage for Portland, there being no boat at the wharf. A stage ride is no agreeable thing to anticipate, much less to endure tit thii season .of the year. In the first place, the roads ore bad a mild expression, but every body knows they are shocking" bad. In the second place, the mail coach is a mud wagon, the drivers' seat in the present instance being Iho per quisite of a "through passenger, who had been jammed through' from Sacramento and bad therefore pre-empted the accommoda tions for the balance of the route. Lastly, the mud wagon was to start at the owlish hour of 2 a. in., eo the jouroey wna initiated by the cheerful experiment of lying awake II right to be up early in the morning. The law of compensation is fortunately still in force, and I have to recount the follow ing favoring circumstances : Our friend rtascom provided a bed where I had an hour's sleep, and called me in time for a beef steak and cup of coffee to fortify the inner man for the voyage. The rainy sea son had let up and the night was beautiful. So we coursed through the silent streets of Salem, and under Phil.Miller's skillful guid ance, dashed boldly into the ruts and mud holes that lay beyond. The night and its wonderful beauty afforded a pleasure that almost compensated for all the discomforts of the journey. Every star was brilliant and the starlight had a rival, we soon dis covered, in the Northern Lights, for the Au rora Piorealis had chosen that morning lor odo of its most brilliant displays the most beautiful I have witnessed in many years. The regions of the pole were glowing with magnetic brilliance, and an occasional pil lar of fl.ime would flash towards the zenith. Of tliewe there would sometimes be several, sortie white with an occasional grow of vi olet or red. The most beautiful sight I re member to have seen was a third of a cen tury ajjo, when the inhabitants of a New England city were arroused by the fire bells to vi ness the wonderful magnificence of the Aurora. All the sky was aglow with columns of vari-colored flame, and the zenith was a bank of magnetic clouds, the whole effect being heightened and reflected by the newly fallen snow. We traveled along wonderfully, plunging through the mud holes and missing all the stumps, but the jolts never missed. As we splashed through French Prairie the morning became foggy, Gradually the mist arose, and when it had disturbed the night, distorted the Aurora, and deprived tho starlight of its beauty, I curled down among the straw, the mail bags and the baggage, fastening the leather upon its place as a shelter, and at least found 'rest and at last found sleep. It may not be 'very romantic to sleep in the straw at the bottom of a mud wagon, but I heartily arree with Sancbo I'anza in "blessing the man who invented sleep." I am writing this in ouo of the rooms of the Hospital of the Sisters cf Charity, by the beadside of a dying man who blesses God that he has tho attendance of a rela tive at this trying hour. Looking from my window down a pleasant slope on which is part of the town of Vancouver, with a glimpse of the parade ground and the build ings upon the Military Reservation, I see tin ( !n!it ricpr nf th Vst" flowing hv. with I he wooded shores of Oregon beyond lo the smith ami east .Mount Hood rises more gradually than we know of at Salem, becanse seen from lower ground and at a nearer distance. I have always heard that lL'O'l showed well from here, and so it does, magnificently, but superlatives are wasted in describing it. From the Willam ette river Mt. St. Helens is scarcely less im pressive. Twenty years ago I first saw them both, as in company with the old man now dying by my siue. I sailed up these rivers on the brig Kendall. We were rela tives and had come together to try life in Oregon: He was an old sailor, who had trod the decks then for nearly two score years and few men could handle u sh p bet ter in emergency than be. Now. havinrr completed his three score vears and ten, and after a life of many vicissitudes, dur ing which he has fed and clothed and as sisted many, and wronged none. Surround ed and attended I y friends and without n enemy, trusting '- pod, and the Redeemer, be is drifting w Jthe closing tides of time to the Ocean or vJlernity. These are the circumstances that call me way from borne and its duties, and the readers of the Statesman must make kindlv allowance, from the fact that tho duties and labors shared usually by two persona, and leaving them no idle momenta are ncces sarily devolved upon one, VOL. 19. Condition of the Amendment. As the "infamous Fifteenth Amendment has already received the sanction of about seven-eighths of the people of the United States, and is certain to become law on the meeting of tho Nebraska Legislature, which is called to meet on the 17th of this month, we reproduce a statement of the various States voting on the measure. Says the Sacramento Union of Jan. 22d : Ohio, Minnesota, Mississippi and Rhode Island have all within the last ten days rat ified the Fifteenth Amendment M;ssouri and Kansas have also this winter corrected the error made in each of those States at the preceding session of tho Legislatures. The whole number of States that have so far ratified is twenty-six. The Legislature of Rhode Island meets twice a year in May and January. At the session last May the Senate ratified, but the House adjourn ed without action. The telegraph says the House has ratified. The list of ratifying States is therefore as follows : Nevada, Louisiana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois. Michigan, "Wisconsin, Maine. South Carolina. Pennsylvania, Mass achusetts, Arkansas, New York, Connecti cut, Florida. New Hampshire, Virginia, Vermont, Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Mississippi, Minnesota and Rhode Island. In all twenty-six. Twenty-eight are re quired. Here is a list of the remaiuing States, that have either rejected the amend ment or not acted upon it : Delaware. Kentucky. Georgia, Tennessee. California. Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon and Texas. In all eleven. Two of these are required to complete the business of ratification. Those which can be certainly counted on are : Iowa, Nebraska and Texas ; Georgia, under the new reconstruction act of De cember 22d, 18G9, is likely to organize a radical Legislature, and in that case we should have four, or two more than will be needed. The Iowa Legislature met on the second Monday in this jnonth. It has an overwhelming Republican majoriiy, and we expect every day to hear of, ratification by that State. Governor Butler, of Nebraska, will call a special session of the Legisla ture of that State next month, and Nebras ka will ratify. But New Y'ork has cast a shadow upon tho action of the Legislature of May last by rescinding its ratification, and to remove this shadow another State besides Iowa and Nebraska is needed. We have it in Texas, where the Legislature elect (soon to convene) standi 17 Republi can Senators to 13 Democrats, with a Re publican majority of 10 in the House. So, without Georgia, and in spite of the shad ow which Tammany malignity has cast upon the ratification by the preceding Leg islature of New Y'ork. there is a certain prospect that by the first day of April the Secretary of State can proclaim the Fif teenth Amendment as a part of the Consti tution of the United States. Since the date of the above, Iowa has rat ified, so has Georgia, and Nebraska and Texas make tip a total of twenty-nine ex clusive of New Y'ork, in which State a Leg islature, elected by fraud, have claimed, in defiance of their constituents, to Lave re scinded the former action of that State. Whether such a rescission be .legal or not is a question of too ' little present import ancc to be authoritatively settled. i A New TMng A Democrat has been found who says he was in Andersonville prison nine months, and cherishes no ill will against any one but Stanton. He was kept there till his health was ruined, aud still he thinks Jeff Davis a perfect gentleman. He saw thous ands carried oat of the pen dead, and still believes Wirtz to have been the most mild mannered jailor in the world. He blames no one but Stanton. Poor fellow, if he should be convicted of stealing, he would want the owner of the goods punished for suffering the crime to go on. He is a logic al sort of a fellow ; his sufferings, he says, were all because Stanton was at the head of tiie War Department. Really that is too had. The generally accepted opinion is that our soldiers suffered because thir country and their flag was in danger. But the iuventor of this story has allowed his zeal to get the better of his judgment His fellow laborers have been at work ever since the war, trying to establish facts: First that there was no such place as An dersonville; second that Andersonville was rather a pleasant place to spend the winter season, and now they come to third, Stanton wan the cause of nil the dreadful pains ot tho boys wuo were starved to death in prison, for their devotion to the stars and stripes. Farming ix Oregon. A correspondent on the wing of Oregon writes : "I can carry with me $4,000 m cash, a wife and four children, and wish to buy a farm, and follow there my present occupa tion, tilling tue soil." "Have yon any advice to give 7 ' Will some of our subscribers in Oregon report : Hearth, and Home. The only advice we have to give is this Come right along. Wo want your sort of people and have plenty of good safe places for an investment of $1,000, plenty ot healthy pleasant places for the wife and four children. But don't think every man you meet will tell the truth. See for your self, don't be in a hurry to settle, but take time to- compare the advantages of differ ent localities. Don't look for a paradise or you will be disappointed. But find a good piece of land, take it tip or buy it as the case may be and go to work. If yon do not get rich in one year, work two or three, or until you do. And in the mean time you need never be poor, cold, hungry, or in jeopardy of life or liberty. That is what we call doing well; if you think the same, come on. The Times favors the nomination of Sen ator by the Democratic Convention, lor fear of a " corruption fund " in the next Legislature. Can it be that Democratic legislators are approachable by corruption funds ! The Times must be joking when it talks of "chicanery in tbe Legislative caucus" of the Democratic parly. A soldier without arms, who has been about the streets of San. Francisco with a friend grinding a hand organ, was married Oakland recently to a girl of sixteen who took pity on his helpless condition. THE CITY AND COUNTRY. Mnturdnr, "Feb. .1. Married. At tho residence of the bride's futher, near Salem, by the Rev. P. S. Knight, Air. James Cross and Miss Francis . Martin; ail of Marion county. Born At Salem, Oregon, Feb. 2d, to the wife of Georse Kaufman, a son. Died At the same place and on tbe same day, the infant son of George and Polly Ann Kaufman. - Portland papers please copy. Appointed. Hon. T. J. Dryar, of Portland, has been appointed by the Governor to the position of Pilot Commissioner, to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Capt. John H, Couch. Mr. Dryar is a pioneer journalist of Oregon, having founded tho M eekly Ureijoman in 1351. He has always been a staunch Re pulilicao, and we are glad to see his merit re ceive this recognition. Another Paper. Vol. l.'No. 1. of the Scio Xeics reached us yesterday. It is published in the mayoralty of Scio, by II. II. King, is sued every Thursday, Independent in poli-tics--prioe $1 50 per annum. Wo learn from its columns that W. W. Snyder has gone to San Francisco to bo absent some weeks Wheeler A Oswauder have packed 200,000 pounds of pork Tuero are 81 students at the District school. Hestorrd. Gov. Woods yesterday pardoned and restored to citizenship Herman Judell, of Wasco, who was sentenced to a term of three years for larceny. About one year of his timo had elapsed, and he is pardoned on a petition, numerously signed, from all parts of tbe Stnte. Judell is one of tbe parties who hung the Governor in effigy in O.-tobcr, 1863, on tho receipt of the news that the Legislature was left without a quorum by tho resignation of some of the members. Land Law. By tbe politeness of Mr. I. R. Moores wo are permitted to publish the follow ing important correspondence, which explains itself: Department of tub Interior, ) General Land Office, January 14, 1870. J Hon. Geo. II. Williams, U. S. Senate: Sir I havo the honor to advise you that selections in a do by the State of Oregon under tho Agricultural Collogo Law of 1SCi2, em bracing tho eren sections and within the de fined limits of tho " Oregon Central Military Road," will be computed in accordance with the rules of the Secretary of tho Interior, at the ordinary minimum rate. Wilh great respect, Your Obdt. Rorvt., J. S. Nelson, Commissioner. Recorder's Court. Yesterday forenoon Moore, a tinner, was brought before Recorder Thompson, ou a charge of having furnished intoxicating liquors to J. M. Curloy, contra ry to tho City Ordinanco "i i such case pro vided." He plead guilty and was fined $20 snd costs, which he paid. Much satisfaction was expressed concerning this dectssion yes terday. All feel interested in the subject of the special ordinance refcred to. Saloon keep ers unanimously petitioned the Council to take the action they did, acd it would bo hard in deed if tho will of our whole people, formally expressed, could be disregarded with impunity. Tho prisoner said he had not heard of tho or dinance until at tho time he gave tbe liquor. It is to be hoped that all have heard of it by this time. Ttrentjf Thousand Dollar. A friend has shown us a letter from ono of tho northwestern States, with permission to publish all but the names. We give it verbatiiu et literatim, as a samplo of what tho folks on tho other side know of Oregon, and what they think of her people : Sprisgfield, Jan. 11, 1S70. Ma. : Having understood tharo was a premium of thcrty thousand dollars offered by the Stato of Oregon to any person that would assent! Mt Hood to the top after reflect ing uppon the possibility if not probability of succss, by a gind ctiort iconcludecd i would rite to you to assertain tho correctness of the report and it correct to no what bad heretofore been the hindering cause if the atmosphere the abruptness of the mountain or cxessive coald or any other hinderingenus or causes my mind scoius impressed with tho idcah that i red from some paper that Mt Hood had becamo a volcano it so whether suohaona asto prohibet the reaching the top, pleas giv information in reguard to the a bovo nsearly as you cau con viently and oblige inc ffitndrty, Feb. G. JarricJ On tho 30th day of January, 1870, at tho house of A. Shepherd, by Stephen Porter, Esq., J. P., Mr. James Down and Miss Elizabeth Patterson, both of Marion county, Oregon. Good Templars. The annual election of officers of tho Kcwellviilo Lodge of the I.O.G.T., on Jan. 31st, resulted as follows: G. B. Eberhart, W.C.T.; Mrs. J. Jones, W. R.H.S.; Mrs. E. Eberhart, W.L.H.S.; Jesse B. Jones, W.S.; Miss Mary Jones, W.A.S.; Mrs. M. Spencer, W.V.T.: S. N.Jones, W.M.; Laura J. Spencer. W.D.M.: John Spencer, W.I.G.; Henry Eberhart, W.O.G.; George Eberhart, W.C. Seed Time. We hear from different parts of tho county that farmers in that section are unusually active in sowing grain, this season Those who have uplands are already done sow ing wheat and are preparing for oats. In the lowlands this fine weather is bringing nut the plow-teams in full force, and from present in dications the breadth of spring grain sown will be as large in proportion as was the fall crop. The Catholic Sentinel. This now paper is out. The first number reached us by mail last evening. It is a weekly paper of about the size and general appearance of the Advocate, contains a great deal of reading matter, and is intended to be "what its name purports a sentinel or defender of our faith from outside aggressions and inside disturbances, and to our brethren, a mcduiin for the interchange of ideas, having in view mutual improvement and benefit. Long may the Sentinel be duty. lhe season. me climate ot uregon cer tainly seems to be changing; we havo had two consecutive winters of the most remarkable mildness. Similar wiutcrs have been known to happen in former times, but the oldest in habitant does not recollect two such seasons together. It is now Spring to all intents and pnrpo'es. There will doubtless be stormy weather, rain and bail, wind and sleet, be tween now and Summer, but we always have storms in Spring. Vegetation is now1 grow ing rapidly; animated nature shows signs that W inter is over; the sky bas been beautifully clear, the air soft and balmy, everything is lovely, etc. Debt Paid. The members of the Christian Church, of this place, have much cause for congratulation, and their friends will all be glad to hear that they are entirely clear fnem the debt and mortgage on their Church build ing. We are informed by Elder S. C, Adams that there has been a debt of $3,000 secured by s mortgage on the building and lot. This amount has been raised principally by the Church members, four of them, Messrs. Pey ton, Stanton, Woods and Pugh, each putting therT names down tor SoOU, others contributed according to their ability. And yesterday the few hundred lacking was made tip by contri butions on the street, the mortgage wu can celled and the society have quit paying inter est. If there are ajiy others in like circum stances we would advise them to go and do likewise. Commercial Hotel Company . J'his Compa ny bare succeeded in effecting negotiations for the site at the corner of Commercial and Trade streets, Mr. Dickenson selling his lease for SALEM. OREGON. the sum of $900, and Mrs. Barker deeding tbe land in fee for $5,000. . By tho terms !of the agreement, Mr. Dickenson is. to vacate his restaurant on Saturday next, and on Monday following the buildings will be removed. The Company "propose to move immediately upon the works," that is, tho old buildings, and commence digging for the foundation. The Hotel is to front on Commercial one hundred feet.Jextending back on Trade one hundred and sixty-five feet. It is to be three stories and a basement, and 750,000 brick al ready made at the Penitentiary, have been purchased for use in its construction. This begins to look like having a Hotel building to be proud of yet, in Salem. Hurrah I Tacidaj, Feb. 8. Married. In Eola, Feb. 6, 1870, at the residence of tho bride's parents, by J. H. Ray, J. P, Miss Adelaide Shafer and Mr. J. E. B. Pumpelly, both of Polk county. ZiW.We learn that the youngest child of Dr. Fisko, a boy of gome three years, died on Sunday afternoon. The funeral is to take place to-morrow. Weather Item. Residents of Salem know it, but fur the benefit of those at a distance, we remark that last night we had a good old fashioned rain the first wo have had for sev eral days if not more. Court. County Court was in session yes terday, His Honor, J. C. Peebles, presiding. The day being the first of the session, was do- votcd to the technicalities of probate business. lor a county of tho size and population of Marion, there is a remarkably smull amount of litigation in our courts. Concerts. The monthly Sunday School concerts of the various Churches of Salem seem to be gaining great popularity. The Congregational Church was quite full on Sun day last, and tho exercises seemed to give much satisfaction. We learn that at the M. E. Church also there was a crowd, and tho concert met with equal success. They are held on tbo first Sunday of f&eh month. Returns Thanl-s.Some high-toned scamp, who probably had conscientious scruples about footing it home, in the mud, entered the Sta ble of the Rev. Wm. Royal, a few nights ago, took his horse without either saddle, bridle, or rope, and roue him off. Jsext day the pony came back, looking tho worse lor the wear, and 31r. Koyal says that, although he doei not recognize any such privilege to use his an imal, he is much obliged to tbe fellow for send ing the pony home again. Broim's Patent Animal Trap. Wo have an advertisement in this issue of a newly invent ed trap for catching rats, squirrels, etc. Sir. Brown has left a model of his patent here on exhibition. He has tried one made ou this principle and feels confident that his invention will prove invaluable to the farmers, whoso crops are spoiled by squirrels and tho prem ises infested by rats. Tho Willamette Woolen Mills, wo are in formed by Mr. G rover, and also by Mr. Hoyt, tho Superintendent, will commence work again early in March, unless some unforeseen deten tion occurs. There is wool enough on hand, and engaged, to keep the mills employed un til tho spring clip reaches market. The cause of the stoppage has been a matter of specula tion, but we learn that the sole reason has been that while all tho new goods and new styles have had an immediate and ready sale, a largo amount of oluVstyles, goods in many instan ces three to five yoars old, had accumulated at this place, Portland and San Francisco. So it has been deemed expedient to work off these goods at reduced prices, and let the manufac ture ccaso in the mean time. This interval has been improved to thebest advantage Mr, Hoyt, the excellent Superintendent, has made the tour of Eastern mills under favorablo cir cumstances that won him easy admittance to all, and an understanding of the newest styles and latest improvements in machinery. He has returned fully satisfied that wo can com pete with Eastern mills in this market, and that, too, by tho use of white labor. The new machinery, needed, ho has purchased, and it is now on the way by the Isthmus and will soon nrrive. We may then expect that when the mill starts again it will be under favorable circumstances, and to continue a career to bo as prosperous for tho proprietors and as ad rantageons to our city and State as hag been tho caso in tho past. Letter from Independence- Independence, Feb. 2, 1870. Ed. Statesman : In tho Polk county Times, of Jan. 22d, No. C gives his reasons for being a Demoerat. If you will allow me the use of your columns. I will give you the true reason why I am a Democrat Sometime after the commencement of the war, I thought it would be more popular and profitable to belong to the Union par ty. I accordingly left the Democratic par ty and gave them fits in general, through the newspapers, speeches, fcc. But when I came before tho Convention in tbe Union party, they refused to nominate me for any office, and of course I indignantly left them, and went back to my old party, to which I now belong, and who will have to give me some office soon, or else I shall leave them again and write my letters to the Statksmax as of yore. A Democrat. It will be remembered by those who have read Brick Pomeroy's paper, that he is in the habit of boasting of having at one time worked by the side ol a negro compositor. Brick described the circumstance with such precision, giving names and dates so pat, that it looked like one of the pictures drawn from his fertile imagination. But we fiud the following lrotn the other party which confirms the story : Tau-madue. Ohio, January 1st. To tho editor of the Ixerald: In a lata issue of your paper you say that Brick Pomeroy has said that he once worked at a case alongside of a negro printer, and says he is proud of the fact. Y'ou then say, "Now let us hear from the darkey." Well, sir, 1 am the very darkey whom Brick worked alongside of, and if he ia proud of it I must say that I am not ; on the contrary, I am ashamed of it. Brick was good enough in his way ; but if he could not have that, even tbe devil was no match for bim. Please remind Brick that he owes me $2 70, borrowed money at that ; and if he is proud of any one thing, perhaps he may yet be proud to owe no negro. Who knows 7 It be ever gets in that frame of mood, be will find me at Tallmadge, Summit county, Ohio. I am now rather crippled up, but my Heavenly Father knows that I would starve before 1 would again work at a -case alongside of Brick Pomeroy. Very respecuuiiy iqah a ickett.. We are all poor critters, says Deacon Be dott. We concur, after reading in yester day morning 8 paper a couple of blunders, only attributable to hurry and fatigue on the night before, in one of which we put Wood, the lottery man, into Congress in stead of bis brother, the fur dealer ; and ia the other the vice President got out of place, bnt the idea intended to be conveyed was correct in either case. The last report from Borne showed increased probability that the Pro gressive Catholics would make a bold resistance to the dogma of infallibilli- Windsor Forest has about 1,700 deer. The Athol Forest, in Scotland, has 30,000 deer on its 80,000 acres. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1870. GENERAL NEWS. Iamhill Cooxtt. The Blade says we were present at tbe Bachelors Sociable, at Lafayette, last Friday evening, It was de cidedly the best affair of the season. The amusements of tho evening were varied and interesting. Music, vocal and instru mental, and short speeches were the order of exercise belore supper, and after sup per the more seriously inclined having re tired, dancing was introduced which was protracted until "timo to go home." A cake presented to the Brotherhood by the ladies, in which was deposited a gold ring worth five dollars, was sold, from which a neat little sum was realized. The proceeds altogether amounted to $78 coin, which is to be expended in constructing a side walk to the from the most public part of town to theM. E. Church Tbe Commercial Mills of McMinnville, have been sold by Mr. E. T. Warren to Williams & Myers, of Portland There were issued by tbe Clerk of Y'amhill county, during the year I8b'9, fifty marriage license ; certifi cates to forty-nine of which are recorded in in the records of marriages. One license was not followed by a marriage on account of tho death of ono of the partks. Waixa Walla. Says the Union : Mr. McRae, who lives on Cottonwood, some four miles from town, has a cow that, one day last week, gave birth to three calves, all of which are alive and likely to make One ani mals The weather for the last few days has been cloudy, but very warm, so much so that for the greater part of the day a fire in the room makes it too warm The new grist mill has commenced to grind, and its owners and all those who have examined it seem sanguine that it is a first-class mill. The ground is now thoroughly thawed out, and as a consequence the mud is deeper than we often see in our va. lev Tbe Good Templars of Wailsburg will dedicate their new hall on Monday, February 7th. Lixx Cocxtt. The Democrat has moved into a fireproof brick building, and boasts the best ventilated office in the State Shipments during January 130 hf bbls dried fruit. 53 hf bbls lard, 34 hr bbls but ter. 32 kegs butter, 51 cases nidse, 41 boxes butter, 153 boxes eggs, 4'.) cases bacon, 100 boxes soap, 33 gunnies bacon, 2 kegs whis ky. 22 kegs suger, C0(i sacks oats. 11 cases lard. 7.400 sks Hour Last Wednesday, Dr. Tate extracted a piece of a needle about an inch in length from the breast ot Miss Adah Mendenhull, where it had lain for three years. Poktlaxd, Feb. 4. From tho Oregonian: II. W. Scott, Editor, is expected to arrive on the next steamer from San Francisco. ......Freight down the river during the week has been, 9.384 bushels of grain, 12, 180 sacks of flour, and a large quantity of assorted produce At tbe Firemen's election, No. 1 elected II. W. Weed, fore man, and P. D. N. Hardeuburg, President ; No. 2. A. B. Hallock. foreman, and B. S. Norden, President ; No. 3, Thos. G. Y'oung foreman, and II. Boyd, President ; No. 4, J. P, Wilcox, foreman, and C II. Marvin, Pres ident ; H. and L. Co., C. F. Deity, foreman, and Jacob Mayer President Al. Zeiber was tbe recipient of a one hundred dollar cane from the Threes. The Twos caned Hallock, penned Norden, and tobacco-Boxed Gordon Butter is dull in the mar ket, a lot of 600 pounds, prime, was offered at 25 cents and not taken. PoRTLAxn, Feb. 5. From tho ITeratd : Mr. Dorr, who worked in Carson fc Porter's sash factory, was severely cut by a revolv ing knife. It took out a piece of flesh and a piece of bone, and the loss of his arm is feared as tfio result The Mayor of Lockport, New York, has been to Portland, and will go home and lecture on Oregon. Portland Academy had a fine public exam ination. From the Commercial: The steamer Ajax ailed on the 4th Geo . C. Green was bound over in $500 to keep the peace The Philharmonic will perform Hayden'n Uratorio or the Creation." Pl'get Soixd. From the Message, of Jan. 28th, we learn that a man was frozen to death last week, during the cold spell, at Mukilteo, in sight of tbe houses. Tho man Griffith, now in jail at this place for the murder of an Italian at Whatcom some time .since, attempted to bang himself in h't!i cell on Tuesday evening the 23d, with a small cod line, but was d scovered ty the Sheriff in timo to save his life. Jacksox Cocxtt. The Sentinel copies an article entire from the Statksmax and pre faces it ' the Herald gets off tho follow ing " : It was rumored a few days since that new mines have been discovered on Jump-off Joe. Parties t-laimed to have found a place where it prospected a bit to the pan, lrom tbe top of the ground to the bed-rock, and with good facilities for water, all the year round. Railroad News. Wo clip the following from the Washington correspondence of the Jacksonville Sentinel: Mr. Joseph Gaston, of Westside Railroad, and Judge OIney, of Portland and Astoria Railroad, who are here applying for land grants, are under stood to have united their claims, and a bill will be reported from the Senate Com mittee on public lands to tbe two jointly, early in the season. Negotiations are also in progress for shipment ot Iron, immedi ately on the passage of the bill. Tue Canal akolxd tub Falls of tub Willamettk. Last summer tho People's Transportation Company worked energeti cally and successfully in cutting away the rock and deepening the channel of the ca nal leading into the basin at this place. During the Bame timo tbe Company built a good substantial stone wall from 8 to 12 feet high on the east or land Bide of the ca nal for a distance of twelve hundred feet. The basin extends from some four hundred feet below tbe falls to Canemah, a distance of some two thousand five hundred feet All this portion of the proposed canal is now built and in such good condition that it will not require a lock. A few days since we saw a map of this canal, drawn by Mr. lielden, civil engineer, who surveyed it for the Company. From it we learn that there is yet eight hundred feet of tbe canal to build, and that in this eight hundred feet there will be three locks. We are also informed by a prominent member and offi cer of tbe Company, that it is tbe intention of the Company to push forward this enter prise with all possible dispatch, and have the whole canal completed within two years from this time. We sincerely hope that this accommodating and deserving Compa- may realize its most sanguine expectations Enterprise. Portland Items. The Oregonian Pays : The Indians living at the north end of Port land get maddened with bad whiskey, and have become a serious annoyance. .... .On Saturday last a child of Mr. Wallenstein's, four years old, living on First street, fell backwards into a tub of hot water and was so badly scalded as to die in a few hours . The Tortland Library is said to be pros perous. IteceiDts for 18C9. were $3,715 65; expenditnres, $3,979 80; number of vol umes. 3.181: added Harms tne year.dw : number of members, 256. Sixty-eight per 1 cent of tbe books read are fiction Mr. Bates is to reappear this week on the Btage at Portland E. F. Russell, Esq., of Albany, is to remove to Portland soon. He will, among other business, take charge of the affairs of tho New England Mutual Life Insurance Company for Oregon and Washington Territory The Ajax left Saturday, for San Francisco, with about 1,000 tons of freight The Montana leaves San Francisco for Portland to-day. Mr. J. L. Ladd.so severely injured at a saw mill in Portland not long since, is imptoving Th bark Live Yankee has at last gone to sea. Laxk Couxtt, Feb. 5. From the Guard : The prisoner Baker again escaped, on Thurs day night. Since his capture he has, on ac count of the unsafe condition of the jail, been guarded by the Sheriff, and on tbe night mentioned managed to escape tbo vig ilance of his guard. Fifty dollars is offered for bis return. From the Journal : The lecture on Wednesday evening by Hon. E. L. Apple gate was a masterly production, and was well received by a very fair audience. Mrs. Smith's Speech. From tbe Bulletin's report of tho woman suffrage speeches in Dashaway Hall, we take tbe following: Mrs. Smith, of Point Reyes, arose next and proceeded in a very humorous way to demolish Mr. English. Hers was the most telling speech on the evening. Her man ner was quiet, but her sarcasm on some of the speakers nipped like frost. She said she bad not always been a Smith. She knew before she came to this city or heard Mr. English speak, that there is considera ble Government land in tbe State which might be preempted at $1 25. If she was not a Smith and was a cit Zen, she could and would preempt some of that land. Soon after she became a Smith she fonnd that there was another Smith whom she was bound to help. She knew several ladies at Point Reyes who can make butter and milk cows. She might encourage the speaker (Mr. English) by further assuring him that most of them knew how to raise calves. She bad noticed no particular change in tbe maternal conduct or achievement of her hens since Miss Dickinson spoke in this city. The other Smith was not quite as ambitious as she is, and she thought they might get along a little be'.ler if she eould, in a quiet way, obtain from the law a part of those rights or urivileces which she gave up, or were takpn from her, when she became Smith. She wrote to a very wise lawyer on the subject, and the response which he gave from the statute books settled her back in I her shoes, and made her feel fcr a short i time like leaning on the other Smith. Tbe lawyer told her that all her earnings would be her husband's, and perfectly at his dis posal ; but what made her feel worse, as if j a shower bath had been given her, was tbe closing statement : " In all things you are his slave." She never bad been and never will be slave to any living man or woman. She had come to this city and attended these meetings to be convinced on the sub ject of woman's suffrage ; had attended four, and is not more convinced now than at first. Her remarks were received with applause, and after the adjournment, many congratu lated her on the success of her efforts. Cost of Various Goverxmexts. Where the people'.! money goes! with all our losses through official thieving, bribery and cor ruption, it w conceded that our Republican lortn of Government is the cheapest in the world, and if we can seenro nn honest eco nomical administration of affairs, our na tional debt would soon fade away, and with it taxation would almost entirely disappear. How trifling the salary of the President of the United States appears compared with tho pocket money allowed to the sovereigns of Europe ! For the private expenses of the Czar, and keeping up the trappings of rovalt , Kussia expends annually ife.oOO, 000; France, $7,000,000 ; Turkey, SC.COO. 000; Austria. $4,000,000; Italy, $3,200,000; Prussia. S2.400.000; Englond, $2,350,000; Bavaria, $1,250,000; Portugal, $605,000; Holland, $500,000; Norway and Sweeden, S2C.0.000 ; Denmark, $240,000 ; Rome, S200, Wurteml r ig, $220,000. Tho cost tomppoit our President, his salary and the expenses of the White House, may be 'set down at $50,000. Mormoxs Rami-axt. Tho contemplated legislation by Congress with reference to the Territory ot Utah has stirred the rage of Brigham Young and bis devotees to the boiling point. A telegram from Ogden says : The Salt Lake Xeics. Urigham's church organ, publishes what U known as the Culloin Bill, and denounces the author as follows : " There is one resolve, however, that we have beard expressed which we trust will never be forgotten. No mob, sanctioned by law or otherwise, shall ever enjoy undisputed the fruits of our toil. We would rather see this land converted into a wilderness and the labors of twenty yeara swept away in a few hours than that one ot our enemies shall find that reward for bis villainy.' Brigham 'a recent speech on the bill was the most vituperative ever deliv ered by him, and the excitement in Salt Lake City is at boiling heat. St. Jo. Herald. Sam Braxxax is Hot Water Again-. At Calistoga, January 15tb. while Mr. lirannan was superintending nn experiment at the hot spring bath, lor the purpose of increas ing the volume of water in the new swim ming bath about to be erected, a column of steam burst out, succeeded by a column of hot water, which compelled a hasty retreat. The water spirted into tbe air 15 or 30 feet, making a noise which can be beard before entering the building, the interior of which is enveloped in steam. A large crowd hast ened to witness the remarkable phen omenon. Methodists is Englixd. The numerical state of Methodism in England, as set forth in tbe report of tbe conferences, is as fol lows : The Methodist Reform Union num bers 8,659 members decrease, 764 ; the MethodiBt New Connection, 33,195 de crease. 565 ; Bible Christiana, 26,221 mem bers decrease, 106; tbe Methodist Free Churches number 69,092 members decrease 149; Primitive Methodists. 161,228 de crease, 1,141 ; Wesleyan Methoyists, 349,- 529 members increase. 3,146. A Comparison. la England the regular charge for an ordinary letter is two cents ; in tbe United States, three cents. In Eng land last year tbe Postoffice Department cleared 23,000,000 ; in this country it ran behind over $1,000,000. The mam cause of the difference is that here we have a franking corps of 33,000, who weigh down our mails with thousands of tons of matter, for which the public is taxed. Moral Abolish the franking privilege and spare the public. Libel Surra. Harper shows figures to prove mat in nrty libel suits instituted against newspapers in the East, during the last tea years, tne gross amount of money collected is only $3,000. Parties who have sued newspapers on the Pacific Coast have done a little better than that, owing to ob- tuseness or prejuuice oa tue part ot jurors. An urchin of seven years went into a barber shop in Kacine, Wisconsin, and or dered tbe barber to cut his hair as close as shears could do it. He was aakad if his mother ordered it that way. "No,''said he, -but school commences next week, and we've got a school ma'am that pulls hair." Time isn't money I exclaimed an irate idler, and it s all bumbug to say it is. Well said tho proprietor ol a groggery in which the declaration was made, i don't pretend to know the philosophy of such things, but I do know that you spend a darn eight more time than money here. MM. NO. 31. Ohio New York Tennessee. It appears the ratification of lhe Fifteenth Amendment by Ohio bas caused-inquiry in some quarters as to the right of ono Legis lature to ratify after a preceding one has rejected. The Sacramento Union argued Ibis point at some length some several weeks ago, arriving at the conclusion that, so long as the proposition to amend is bo fore the country, any State may act upon it to ratify ; because public opinion may change from year to year, and because one legislative body cannot bind its successors, or pass an irrepealable law or resolution. Whether, pending tbe the action of all the States, one which has ratified may, by a subsequent Legislature, rescind that ratifi tion, presents qnite another question. In this case it is no longer a matter between one Legislature and another, as in tbe case of Ohio, but between tho rescinding one aud the United States. Congress submitted the proposition iu due and proper form. The New York Legislature, May, 1869, rat ified it, there having been a very full vote of the State when that body was elected. The amendment went, duly certified by the Secretary of Stale of New York, to the Secretary of State of the United States, in whose office it is now on rile. Should the Secretary cancel the ratification upon the receipt of the rescinding resolution by the Legislature of January, 1870 ? Should he do o of bU own motion, ox wait upon com pulsion? Who shall compel him? Theoo are the questions to be answered. The compelling power is evidently in the Su preme Court, if anvwhere. If the Secre tary uses his own discretion he will natu rally and properly disregard tbe rescinding resolution, because it manifestly does not represent the will of the majority of the people of New Y'ork as nearly by 200.000 votes as the ratifying resolution of last May did. For these reasons we don't believe the recission js valid, or of any effect. Whether it would be valid if this Legisla ture more nearly represented the will of . the people of New Y'ork than the preced ing one is not in the controversy. The reported attitude of Tennessee on the Fourteenth Amendment differs wholly from that of both Ohio and New Y'ork on the Fifteenth. The late Tennessee Legisla ture rejected the Fitteenth Amendment, which was its right and privilege. But it did not stop at that It called a Consti tutional Convention, the reputed purpose of which is to disfranchise the blacks and rescind the former ratification of the Four teenth Amendment This is a revolutiona ry programme, which, as might be expec ted, the radicals ef that State threaten to checkmate by an appeal to Congress to put e State Government under the military rule. No sound constitutional lawyer will pretend, after three-fourths of the States have ratified an amendment, and the same has been promulgated by the Federal au thorities as a part cf the Constitution, that a subquent State Legislature or Convention can legally withdraw its ratification. The compact has been completed on both sides, and there are but two ways to get rid of it : First, a subsequent Congress may pro pose an amendment abrogating it, and three fourths of the L'tates agreeing, it is abroga ted ; second, by revolution. Tonnessee simply stands herself on the latter, if tbe purposes of her Convention are correctly su(mised. If so, it is the duty of Congress to compel obedience and respect tbe t our teenth Amendment throughout the State of Tennessee, and if necessary by military force. The New Aumy Bill. We learn from late Washington correspondence of the Sacramento Union that the now Army bill, proposed at the War Department, provides that all regiments of cavalry, artillery and infantry shall have the same number of of ficers. The. Secretary of f War is author ized to assemble a board of, three general officers to examine the qualifications and fitness of all officers who may be numeri cally in excess of the organization, or wait ing orders and recommended for transler and appointment to office. Those who are most fit are to be submitted to the Presi dent and to be selected with the advice of the Senate.. Those who are not recom mended will cease to be officers. The pres ent regulation that seven per cent, of the officers ore t bo retired is to be repealed, and hereafter the number shall be left to the selection of the President, provided the whole number Bhall not exceed two hun dred and fifty. General Logan's bill in the House adopts these provisions, adding that all officers mustered out shall be entitled to one year's pay and allowances. Tbe offices of General and Lieutenat General shall continue only as long as vacancies may oc cur. Brevet rank is abolished, and officers as to title are confined to their grade. The regular pay is fixed as follows : General, S 15.000 ; Major General, $7,000 ; Brigadier General, $5,000 ; Colonel, $3.500 ; Lieut. Colonel and Major, $2,500 ; Captain, mount ed, $2',000; Captain, not mounted, $1,800; Adjutant. $1,800 ; Regimental Quarter master, $1,800 : First Lieutenant, mounted, $1,000 : Second Lieutenant, mounted, $1, 500 ; Lieutenant, not mounted, $1,400 ; Chaplain, $1,200 ; pay of Aid-de-Camp to Major General, $200 ; pay of Aid-de Camp to Brigadier General, $150, and Acting Commissary, $100 per annum in addition to pay of rank. This schedule is to be in full of all commutations and allowances. Klamatu Agexcy. The dispatches men tion that Capt. O. C. Knapp is relieved from duty as Indian Agent. This is un doubtedly tho officer now in charge of Klamath Reservation, acting as Indian Agent, a position which we have reason to believe he Las not filled very satisfactorily. The Indians on that reservation have great respect for the former sub-agent, Lindsey Applegato. Esq., and it is to be hoped that, in answer to their wishes and also in recog nition of his former services, Mr. Apple gate will be reinstated. Klamath will, no donbt, be raised to a full agency, as there is no Indian reservation in this Stato more important. Oregon is wide awake, and means bus 1 and will follow California, by making a cieau sweep oi tne uaas. pium aowa to a constable, at our coming June election. Uuara. The expenses of tho California Legisla ture are a trifle over $4,000 a day, besides the hundreds of thousands made oa their little bills." If Oregon is "wide awake," she will hardly ape such a specimen of Dem ocracy. Not any "follow California" in ours, Mr. Guard. That's a little too strong- Makixq it Pat. Major Jack Stralman, so well known as a newsman, has been in dicted for libel, but nothing daunted he proposes to make a little spec of the job. He will have the trial reported in full and distribute 20,000 extra copies, which ho says will contain a racy expose of- a great many rascally tricks, from 1850 down to the present time. If St rat man knows any thing well, it is how to advertise. A Dkskrted Suip. The S. F. C7trowicfe of Tuesday says : The captain of lhe British bark Bankside, 78 days from Newcastle, reports that she sailed Nov. 7th. and had fine weather all tho passage. On December 27th, in lat. 9.44 N.. long. 157.58 W., they saw tbe hull of a vessel of about 700 tons floating in tbe Pacific. Her stem and stern posts were all that were above the water, and she looked as if she had been burnt some time pre vious. Nothing was discovered to shew what she wag, or the fate of the crew and ibose oa board. PROFESSIONAL CARD WM. T. B. NICHOLSON,' General Collecting: Airciit, . . . . . and, n-.;: r Agent for Oregon - Statesman NO. 86 MtONT 8T, POKTLIKT H. Carpenter, D. Pay ton, 8.R. Jessnp, PHYSICIANS AND SUItGEONS, j omc ' . j . Oa Liberty street, nearly opposite Congrefatlonal Church. Janll D. B. RICE, M. , u, J?JiysIeIan and Hureon 81LEM, 0E2GON. r Ottos fiut street, up auira, front room, Ooiatef KIDC H'Ph street, second hoow north of Utt viinwiian once WTiarcn. A. AL BELT, M. D., -' Office and residence corner Union and Cntuefe ... street, ) SALEM, OREGON. Orders can be left at Souther's DrnT Store. T. B. IIANDLEV, Law and Collection, Office Up Stairs in Stewgrts BlocV ep21 8ALKM, OREGON. SULLIYrAN & WUITSON. . i Attorneys at Law, DALLAS, POLK CO., OREGON. Purtlcnlar attention vlvon in a1IkU r ..i. account, leins, mortgagee Me. r. o. stnjjvis. xtf -0. nlw,,. JAMES W. PARKER, Attorney & Coituselor at Lav ep23 EMPIRE CITY. O-JCG0N- HILL & MCLKEY, Attorneys at Law, roaiijaflu, UiCEiiON. -j t t w. lab mix. m. r. MUMMY on m. Oiror rrnnt an l AMor PH., Carter' Block T. PEAUCE. . .. J. IVotar-y XJulilicJ EOLA, :::::: POLK COCNTT, 0MGON. Acknowledgement of Deeds. MorfKV eta.," taken. Purt ii-nUr mioniinn .n.: ......v IVMWVUVU of notes and account. .,,. 4X. J. A. APPLEGATE Attorney & Couuselor nt Law scp29 DALLsP. POLK COVSTT, OSMON. J. L. COLLINS, Attorney nt Law. DALLAS, OREGON, Prom nt attentlnn (vn t hn.lnu. e ni.,r-. Collection and transaction in Real Etale. met uu aiatr in the Court Uoue. docltlf POWELL & FLLNN, Attorneys & Counselors at Law and Solicitors In Chancer-?. ALBANY ORE005 L. FUNS, Not ast Public Collection and conreyanoe promptly attended tc. 1.0 FOWKLL l. rjii. B. HERMAN Attorney At Lair & So tar y Pnbllc OAKLAND, OREGON. Special attention pal 4 to the collection of claim in Doiuclai, Coo and Carrj coantie. xx tr BUSINESS CARDS. COSMOPOLITAN H 0 T.E L. (Formerly Anlgour, FRONT STREET,. PORTLAND. Huw&.aiuw ftUUVIlUCfll .ilk. Dlf. ing purchased thi widely known and well kept ho- Tia nKnaMtmiul 1 ... 11 - . 1 . 1 modatlon to the trarellng- pablio a; Greatly Reduced Prices. This Hotel la located nearest the Steamboat Land ing; f3TThe Hotel Coach will be attendance to con vey paMeogen to aad from the houee free of charge, J. B. SPRINGER. Dec. 14tb. IS69. rtt THE UNION HOTEL mi ii Commercial St., near the Bridge, SALEM, OREGON. rpilig popular Hotel I again opened, and offers J the best accommodation for tratulent gueita to be found In toll city. Regular Board farnUhed on reasonable terms. WESLEY GRAVES, Proprietor. Salem, Dec. 25. MTa t. W. MEUSIIJ. SMITH & MEREDITH, DENTIST.M. Griswold's Block, Opposite Hank ' SALEM. OREGON. ALL KINDS Or PLATE WORK DOS u short ' notice, uch a Gold Plate, Stlrer, Platlna, Ad aman I ine. Vulcan Ite, or Rubber Vulcanite faced with fine koM or alnminum. we warrant ALL OCR WORK not excelled by any office In the world. . Price and rtyles ot work to suit all elassea of pa tient from fire to forty dollar per act. We nse no gat In our office. Antithetic seed to produce local or (renerl anacthela for the pain lew extraction of teeth. oci ' Notice. ALL PERSONS knowing themseWe Indebted to me by aote or book account are reaueated to call and settle the same without delay. Not. 20. 11. SMITH, DeotlsC ., , TARKER A BAXTEB. BLA-CKSMIXIIIIva AND WAGON MAKING. vw.ut, VB wsMtuus Vifsi Mill Vsll VlUC for all business in oar line and work promptly UntrMTttf THOMAS CIIARMAJV, DULIl IX GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CLOTUIXG, Hardware, Faints. Olli, Sash, Doors, te. OREGON CITY, OREGON. dot C7liea: SEWING MACHINES. ClOQ HOMB SHUTTLE BKWINQ HA- rtOQ HPO CHINK a double-thread lock- k50 stitch Shuttle Machine ; stitch alike on both sides. QOA Celebrated Oiramon-flease Family j f)A H?V Machine. Bo in machines fully 4vJ warranted for flr rears. Machine tent by eipress to any part of the Coast, C. O. D. AeoU wanted in eyery town on tbe Pacific Ooam. Liberal Commis sion. Home Shuttle Bewint Machine Co- sepudwy 18 1 First street, Portland , Oregon. . G. W. T RAVER, A tent. Silverton Tin Shop. 1IIAVE REMOVED my shop to SiWerton, ' where I am prerared to fill all orders for Tinware, Job Work, etc. IsballtooD go below, and lfy ia large lot of ' Stoves for (lie Fall Trade, ;r When I will be able to supply all demand. ' Fanners' Produce taken in exchange. T. K. BLACKEKBT 1 Silverton, Ogn., Any. 21. l&itf. ang23a Honic-siiuttle .' SEWING-MACHINES I" $25 WILL BUY A DOUBLt-THRlCAD, LOCK 8T1TCH BUUTTUt MACUlNs, - stlte alike on both sides. If yon want one, send to t GROUNDS, Burns Vista. They can be hipped cheaper front tiuena Vtota than from Portland. My stork to Jut reeeWed, direct from tbe snakers, Boston, Ma. If you want to agency, tend to me, for I ban power to appoint. K. tiKOUNDB), Pec. 9 mi Buena Vista, Of on. 1 i.