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STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. SATC Kl A Y, DECDCn : SoTlSOS Democratic State Central fommiltee. A Meeting of the Pe mocratie State UeatralCommittoe wTp'boKU in tlte city of Tortland. on MONTVW Yvyit a in- 22, 18GO. at 11 fc'cloek, a. The - i - it.. ,-. ... iurmwrs w me ouivjutec nri respect fully rcqncsteJ, xtpon thlaniblfc notifica tion, to le present at the appointed time. order of J. B. ST KIM I ENS, President of Committee. N. B. Due notice will he given of the particular place of meeting. Portland, Dee. 20, 1SG3. 1 The Democratic papers of the State will please copy. TO PatrOU. Owing to the protracted ill Bess of ono of our a-saUtim. ; ih .1 .u partment of the paper, luiduot being a,Mo to pro ear ft printer to supply hit place so far, we are ompcllcJ to go to press tins week with t. portion f out advertisements doubled, and ft correspond ing diminution in the reading matter. We ask onr f stroni to bear with us in these niiavoidahle pres ent shottt omiaga ; ample amende shall be made to om ffcera all in good time. THE RADICAL IV A It ox CONSTITUTION. THE Enough is Already known of Ihe Ceu- gress now in session at ashiugton to warrant tke conclusion that the chief ef forts of the Radicals will he directed against the Constitution as it is and the Union as it was. They will incessantly and persistently labor and plot to obliter ate from the Federal Constitution what ever of pure democracy or real republi canism exists in it. and to destroy every prominent feature in the system of State confederation under which the Union was formed. Already propositions have been iatroduced in Cougrcss to amend the Con stitution in ieh manner as to strike down tha sovereignty of the States in every essentia! particular, and to erect iu lieu of the present form of a Federal (or leag ued) government, a consolidated, all-powerful, entirely supreme National govern- ' merit. ! The President, who but a few months ago declared that States had certain sov-! reign rights which could not be invaded ! cor interfered with by Congress or the Federal Executive, now turns upon his WH lately avowed theory, and lends vir tual support to the Radical cause in the -f-v--- - p'o-niScant language : - , Thelwttrt?5my-fvthe Slates is the lan guage of tbe Confedoracy(uid not the lan guage of the Constitution! By what species of logic Mr. President Johnson can construe that Article of the Constitution which expressly declares that U powers not granted by the States to the General Government are reserved to the States, to mean that the Constitution im plies or give3 no sovereignty in the States, we canaot imagine j but if the Article re ferred to does not, as plainly as language can, convey the sense that, in all matters not specially surrendered to the care and .control of the General Government, the States retain their individual sovereignty, then we utterly misapprehend the uses and meaning of the English language. It is not necessary, however, to rest conclu clusion upon this issue on the interpreta tion given it by any authority of this day. The oScial history of the Constitution and the Union is easy of access to all, and in that history we find that the great f ra nters and makers of the Government and iX. - n i:(i: : u t most unmistakable language, exactly stat ed the character, the form, the powers and the restraints, the daties and the prov ince of the General Government and the States respectively. Behind the solemn statements and masterly expositions of those illustrious statesmen and patriots wo shall not endeavor to go, but accept their interpretations of the powers and limits of our General and. State Govern ments as absolutely correct, just and final iintil they are thrust aside by the people ia their highest capacity, as the Constitu tion itself provides. But we shall not accept the interpretations of any of the actual or possible or spurious statesmen of this day no matter to what party they belong when their expositions differ from cr seek to impair or destroy those hand ed down to us from Jefferson, Madison,. and their immortal compeers. , : We ask the people to reflect upon the " proposed acts of the party in power in the present CongTess, so far as we have infor mation of the proceedings in both Blouses The Abolitionists early in 18G1 declared they warred for the supremacy of the Constitution and laws. Now that the war is ended, they are "victorious, and almost unlimited power is theirs, the first work ef " reformation" or " reconstruction" with them is the amendment of the Con stitution ia such way as to strike at the vital rights cf the people and the States, and to erect ia place of our present system of govenmeat, a great, supreme, consoli- rlstAr! Government. Thus, while nsing the Con stitution ps a battle-cry, no sooner does victory perch npon their banner than they proceed to destroy it. Democrats have all the time known that this was the sdti jaata inten tioa cf the Abolitionists, and they hars time and again-declared itj but they were answered that they -were trai tors for saying so, and that the party in power couternpla el no such act. Now, the fact is patent to all the Abolition Congress has commenced, at the earliest days of the session, to sap, undermine, and destroy the Constitution. Iu regard to the position in which the Abolitionists view the " rebellious States,'' we venture to say that no two individuals of their party agree, and nijt one of them all can give a consistent, practical, clear explanation of the status of those States. Congress, by excluding the Senators and Representatives from the li rebellious" States, undeniably ignores their State hood, yet both Houses accept the votes ol everyone of the States which has ratified the Negro Amendment to the Constitu tion, as of full force and effect. It niH.t Jeem to the candid mind that if Alabama, Mississippi, and the rest, are regarded as States of the Union in the exercise of the highest sovereign power pertaining to Satehood that of passing judgment upon a proposed amendment of the Federal Constitution, they are also to be regard ed as States in the matter of representa tion in thc('l'Vderal Congress. But the Abolition Congress decides otherwise, i. r., that they ore '-States when they vote for the Negro Amendment, aud they are not States when they ask representation in Congress. This decision virtually assume that Congress has the authority to make and unmake States at will, and invests the Senators and Representatives with supreme power over the people, as their masters, whereas, agreeably to all former teaching, they are merely the agents and servants of the people. The President's conduct is more crook ed and iueousistcut than that of the Con gress, lie claims that all Executive Proc lamations have the force aud authority of supreme law. Agreeably to this power he has declared slaves free, and practical ly made freemen slaves. He has unmade States and then sought to restore them to Statehood. By converting States into conquered provinces and placing Provis ional Governors and other, officers un kuowu to our system of government over them, he has asserted his supreme author ity over States. Yet he subsequently de clared that these conquered provinces were States, and as such were entitled to govern their own domestic concerns in their own way. Under this high author ization and ample recognition of their tree rights, the " rebellions" States proceeded to exercise these rights. They organized their State governments legitimately and in accordance with every constitutional, j i t 1.1 t t cvaie nun icgai rigui. im cases wiiere they elected Governors and other State officers to suit Mr. Johnson's peculiar fancy, he recgnized them as States; but in every case where a State did not please him in her election of State officers he officially ignored the election and ordered his Provisional Governors to continue in office. And this exercise of power by the President brings us to a most start ling question iu reference to the powers and limits of the Government. Wc have j iust above shown that Congress assumes jthe power to make and unmake States. In the President's action towards the ''re bellious" States he arrogates to the Execu tive also this same power. Wc ask Abo-: litions to explain this strange anomaly of! power to tell us whether Congress pos sesses the power irrespective and inde pendent of the Executive, and rice versa ? or, if the power is vested in both, in case of a conflict in the application of this pow er, whether that of the Executive or of the Congress is to be considered para mount? II the power does belong to cither, or to both, however, as regards the Southern States it certainly belongs, in equal measure, as regards any of the Northern States, and thus Congress may, whenever it sees fit to do so, reject the Senators and Representatives of Oregon, and so can the President ignore our State election and place over us a Provisional Governor and other officers. If there are, among the Abolition party of Oregon, any who are devoted to the Constition and the Union, and who have been deceived and misled by that party during the past few years of horrors and war and relentless taxation, we ask them to now examine into the acts of that pr ty, to contrast them with its past pledges and solemn assurances, and to judge ac cordingly. Let them also carefully in vestigate the loDgrecord of the Demo cratic administration of the Government, and contrast their acts with their promi ses, and, we can assure them, they will find no variance with the professions and the practices of our party. These exam inations and investigations ought to satis fy them and all reasonable, sensible, hon- ! est. patriotic men, that the Abolition party is false in everything beneficial to the people or the country, false to their own pledges, and bent only on the destruction of the Constitution and the Union ; while, on the other hand, as the Democratic party is the only party in existence which ever preserved and sustained the Consti tution in its entirety and purity, and con tributed to the greatest good of the whole Union, so is it the only party that can in this great crisis, bring the country safely out of the terrible condition it ia in, and restore the-old Union in all its former equality, strength, harmony and grandeur, The mask of the Abolitionists is at last thrown off in the present Congress. They seek to destroy the Constitution and sub-' stitute for the Union a centralized, con solidated, monarchical Government. The Democratic party are resolved to stand by the old Constitution and the old Union. Patriotic voters cannot mistake their course iM cbooslngbctween the two parties. that rr.ouiA l'ouniiit n.oi. A few weeks ago the local Abolition organ here gave Vent in wildest terms to the astounding fensatioual informa tion that a very eonsiilrraUo rebel but tery had been unearthed on n farm near Peoria in this county, and that large quanti- i tiesol powder, load, and ammunition acner- ally, hud been dugout of the ground there. The farm had been occupied by n " se eesh" Democrat, and beyond nil question the discovered munitions of war were con cealed there by him and a huge number of his "traitorous" confederates of the " Parson Jones" everybody knows Jones Parson Jones fraternity. Fortunately for Peoria, more fortunately for Linn county, most fortunately for Oregon, most .t fortunately for " the Government," inostvKST fortunately for the lamb-like Abolitionists of this county, their meek brethren of the State, and their 'turcu lar" dove like official, county and State, some " loyal " chap disAwVrre that pow er fulSeeeh -Copperhead -Parson-Jones f?r mory and lattery and imW, and, like il loyal" man ought to do. did he told the story to his party's " loyal " local or gan, which speedily spread the stall ling news to its gaping, astonished, gullible, eagerly expectant score or two of readers. They were all satisfied that thus, by the sleepless vigilance of their keen-secntcd sentinel, had been frustrated a design on the part of the Seeeh Copperheads of Peoria particularly and Linn county gen erally, to mine the whole country, and so manage it that all the farms owned by Abolitionists should, by the terrible ex plosion, be turned t'other side up, while all the farms owned by the Secc-h would be left uninjured; that every Abolition ist's bouse, stock, property aud money, would b thrown over on the lands and into the possession of Copperheads, but that nothing belonging to any of the il dis loyal " would be stirred or lost ; and final ly that, prrhaps, had the whole plot suc ceeded, there would not have Iceu left in all Linn county, certainly not in or about Peoria, a single Abolitionist, of either sex, of any age or condition, to tell what it 41, T....1 .i,. -.i.t.,.,t i" M ,13 null null nun ru'.mvun n ll'iu J ' themselves, their heirs and assigns, with all the hereditaments thereunto pertain ing. Sic, kc. from tho face of the soil. forever and ever so help vou God or ! words to that effect. So much for the Abolition story of the affair. On Thursdav of this week a very clever citizen from near Peoria called up on us, and incidentally furnished us with the actual facts in the case They are simply as follows: An emigrant lately moved on a farm which had been occu pied by a farmer named Fox, who was a Democrat. In working about the place the uew tenant fouud five puwder cans, empty and harmless, which had evidently been thrown away as worthless. In an other place'he found a block of lead which locked as if it had been left to cool in the melting ladle, and forgotten. This was the full extent of any " large quantities of powder and ammunition " found on the premises. Our informant, who happens to belong to tho Abolition party, quietly remarked to us that if anybody were to search his premises at any time they would be apt to find a pretty good supply of arms and ammunition which he kept for deer hunting and bird shooting and. he added, he riupposed his neighbors gen erally were likewise provided. And this is all there is iu reality concerning the ter rible Scccsh Copperhead Powder Plot in Peoria, the sensational account of which has been copied, with rabid comments ap pended, into some of the Abolition orgaus of Calif jrnia. "Lord, Lord, how some people are given to lying!" Queiiy. "Wc are puzzled to under stand Abolition theories and Abolition practices the two never agree, and are always either hostile or dissimilar. In the cases of the States and the 4i Flag of our Country " for instance. The " loyal " zealots insist upon having the full num ber of stars upon all the " Union " flags each star representing a State of the Union. To show all these stars a good many of them have to patch on to the flags they paraded five or six j-ears ago some fourteen or fifteen additional " twink- lers," representing the Southern States but -they scrupulously do this patchwork, and show all the States West Virginia included. Yet, when it comes to recog nize eleven of these very States which they represent on their " starry flags," they insist that they are not States, but conquered provinces. Then why give equal place and rank on their banner to the emblems of freedom, might and ""lory and to the badges of subjugation, weak ness and servitude? If the particular eleven bodies be not States, why rank them as such on the flag ? Wc are puz zled to understand these . strangely con flicting theories and practices. No Matter. Tho Abolition organs are now trying to induce the people to disbelieve the statement that thumb screws and other instruments of torture are used upon persons in Federal prisons. Their stories will not aTail. Not one of them all has yet even con demned the application of torture. Significant. Late Iowa and Ohio papers mention the fact that in the late elections in those States, all the Johnson Administration ofiBce holders, to a mr.n, worked nnd voted against the Democratic and Soldiers' tickets. Yet some would have the people believe that Johnson is returning to Democracy. CONGRESS10NAL. DATES TO EECEWDER 19. Washington, lLc. 1'.). In the Ibuisp, Mr. Wilson of Jiiwn, from Committee of Judicia ry, reported n joint resolution proposing tin amendment to the Constitution fortidifng tin' liavmeut of the rela-l debt. Alter some debate the proposition passed ly 1 ID to 11. The Jtidirim-y Committee id' the House agreed to report nt tut early day on Ihenmeod ment the Constitution, 'providing that tin tiiimher of voters in etudi Slate shall In the hits! of the Ilepnlilieaii Congress. In the Senate AVilson introduced a res 1 n -t ton i-alling upon the S-vrelary of War to state how niaiiv Major i 1 llrigadier tiim ends of the nlutiteers :t: e now in e:v iee, where stationed, and how employed. U.--o-lotion passed. Trunihtill gave imtien of n hill to enlarge the powers of the 1'ree.hnen's Uureim s i u to m-urc the freed, in of sill persons within the limits tt tho United States, mid prutcvt every individual in the lull enjoyment of his rijrhts of oemm wul nroneitv . Wilson introduced n hill t "torp effect naUin provide fur the iiniional di ieose hy establish ing a uniform militia throughout "the t'nite I States. It amends hi bill of February hut, organizing the geural militia system and providing for a Militia Bureau of the (joy -eminent. The bill was referred to the Com mittee on Military Ailalis, IMitil. iutroduei'J a bill in relation to the Freedmen's Bureau, which authorizes the President to extend and maintain n branch of that bureau in any State in w hich slaves have been emancipated by the operation of war or amendment juT the C" institution . Also to iMithorixtt him to suspend its operation in or withdraw the in'Iitary force from the States in which he is satisfied hostility has cea-etl. the insurre-. tion suppressed, peace ami order restored, civil authority establish ed nnd ti e laws so modified as to procure equal protection to nil persons in all their rights, without distinction of race or color, including the right to make contracts, sue and be sued, nnd appear as witnesses, buy ami sell real nnd personal estate, and nfl rights of property and liberty. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. Connes introduced a hill to amend the act for the disposal ef coal lands and town pro perty, whi'-h allows t'lO right to enter one hundred nnd sixty acres on ei al land, to any person actually engaged in coal mining upon the same, that fixes the price at twenty dol lars per acre. A ilei-Iarntion and descriptive statement ot fuc!i lanns ami improvements, are required to be hied within one veur from the passage of this net, and proof of payment within one year thereafter. ItcferreJ "to the Committee uu Public Lands. . Special Message. The following message from the President wss received and rend To the Senate of the I'nite 1 States : I have the honor to state that the rebellion waged bv n portion of tho people ngain-t the pro perlv constitute I authorities of the tjvern- ent cl the Lntteit Mates, lias !een sup ; , , , . . , . . . .nrpssod. and the L mtiM Mate it in txissts isin uf ecrr State in which insnrrcvtioii e- ited, and that so far as could l e done, the courts of the I'nite l Stat"1 have been restor ed pof-tcfFices re-eMablished, and steps taken put into effective opcrntmu the revenue taws oi trie count rj. A the result ot the nieaaure instituted by the Excntive, with a view to inducing the resumption of the tune tions of States, comprehended in the inquiry of the Sennte, the people ff North Carolina. S-irii Carolina, Ueorgia, Alabama, Missis sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, hve orgii'iiz! their respective State Gov ernments, aud are yielding tde lienen to the laws and government of the I nited States, with more willingness and creater prompt i tude than under the circumstances ecu Id be reasonably anticipate I. The proposed amendment to the Constitu tion, providing for the addition uf flaverv forever, within th limits of the country, has hern adopted by nil the States lately in re bellion except Mississippi, from which ni official information has l-een received. In nearly nil of them measures have been taken and adopted (or are now pending) to confer upon irceutneti the privileges which are es sential to their comfort, protection and se curity. In Florida and Texas the people are mak ing commendable progress in State U -vei'ii ments. No doubt is e:ertaincd but ih;i they will at an early pe.-i.sl ic.iew ail prac tical relations with the i edeial U ivernmeut In that portion of tho I'nion lately in re hellion, the aspect of nTairs is more promis ins than in view of all the cirum stance eouhl well he expected. It is true that in some States the demoralizing effects uf the war are to nc seen in occasional uisoruers, but these are local in character and rapidly disappearing. As the authority of the civil power is extended and sustained, perplexing questions were naturally to tie expeetcu lruin the great and sudden change in relations be tween the races, but systems are gradually developing themselves unuer which trecdmci will receive the protection to which they arc justly entitled, and by means of his labor will make lnniseli a usclul ana independent member uf the commonwealth m which he has a homo. The people throughout the en tire South evince a lawful desire to renew their allegiance to the Government and re pair the devastation of the war by a prompt and cheerful return to peaceful pursuits. Au abiding faith is entertained that their actions will conform to their professions, and that in acknowledging tho supremacy ot tuo Con stitution and laws of tho United States their loyalty will be unreservedly given to the Government, whose leniency they cannot fail to appreciate, and whose fostering care will soon restore tnem to aconumon oi pros peritv. From all information in my possession and from that which Mas recently derivei from reliable authorities, I am induced to cherish the belief that personal animosity i surelv and rapidly merging itself into aspiri of nationality and that representation con ncctei with a properly arrayed system of taxation will be the harmonious restoration of the relations of the States to the National Union. Tho report of Carl Schurz is here w'rth transmitfwl ft8 requested by the Senate No report from Hon. John Covodc has been received bv the President. The attention of the Senate is invited to tho accomnanving report of Lieut. Gen Grant, who recently made a tour of inspec tion through several States where tho inhabi . . . . A " il. - 1. ..II! ranis participated in me reuciuuu. (Signed) Andrew Johxsox. After reading Gen. Grant's report Sumner asked that the report of Gen. Schurz should be read. Several Senators objected on the ground that tho reading should begin, as it was a very important document, lie instanc ed tho fact that a full report of affairs in Kan sas was .read in the Senate, and that the pre sent report was much more important than that. He said the message of President John son was like tho whitewashing message ol Brigadier General Franklin Pierce on Kan sas. Johnson denied that there was a plai statement of the facts. The Clerk commenc od by readinsr Echurz's report, when Sum ner ought to qualify the statement that the message intended to whitewash affairs that are worse than those of Kansas in the days of Franklin Pierce. Sumner said he had noth ing to modify, Lut reiterated his statement Dcolittle said he was pained to see tho Sena tor froui Massachusetts make a charge which he knew to be false in saying the Message was an attempt to whitewash affairs in the doutn, and said it was a direct attack upon the integrity of the President. Sumner ae nied any intention of charging thePresiddm with falsehood, but said there was no ques tion before tho House, when he made the remark and statement about white-washing. He referred only to the document which was reaa, ana not to tho policy of tho i'rcsiaent e denied thai, be bud ever in public or in mate, ipie I'oiir I tho honesty and patriot- m oi uie i i e,-!iAti' . Dixon accepted Mr. 'himner'x retraction. A resolution was then a I oitted, l ulling for ie report of Gen. Howard, on the condition f the Freedinen. A'i- timed. Look on liuni Situs. 'J ho Abolition mruals are very btiy now-a-days iu giv- tig fabricated or exaggerated accounts of ie sufferings undergone by Federal pris- ners ol war who had been confined in 'onfeilt rate camps or prisons, and try to lake it, appear that they have a vast de;d f sympathy for the sufferers. Abo, limy nsist that hanging is the mildest pu::;. !i Hient which on ht to be adminiHtcred to 11 the rebel officers or subalterns who h id ny kind ol charge over the prisoners. It ie pymputhy mauifes ed by the-e bowl ig Abolitionists is at all real, there is till ample opportunity for its application n a substantial way towards the suffering, estitute, starving and perishing families f wounded, disabled, or deceased soldiers u all the Northern States. And. if their Inuare. so fearfully shocked as they retend, atthe " barbarities" practised by to rebels ttpon Federal prisoners of war, t would be inconsistent and unnatural for them to deny their fair measure of yinpathy, also, in behalf of the hundreds f innocent men in the " loyal" States who were, like Dr. Olds, snatched sud- enly from their homes, hurried off to 'edcral dungeons, and there, held and orturcd for months or years, without even the shadow of a charge for any known of- enee resting upon them. Wc might also refer to the shucking atrocities perpetrat- 1 upon rebel prisoners of war held in Camp Chase, on Johnson's Island, at El mira, Alton, and other camps and prisons, tiring the war, by Federal keepers and tibalterns a recital of which would cast uto the shade all that is told of the " rebel risou pen at AudersouviUe," by Stan- an's paid perjurers and writers. But wc abstain from mentioning: details. We imply call attention to the fact that the men who proclaim all this extraordinary ympathy in icon, do not offer or give the least substantial evidence of the real ity of such sympathy. They simpb use heir one-sided stories for political capital. Earnest humanity would prompt an at tention to both sides of the evil and the ufferinjr, and seek for an amelioration of he condition of all the sufferers. Mcre or Stanton's Ixfaht. The Eastern papers stated a few weeks aga that Swretarj Stanton had ordered the trial of Petit, the A'exandriaja'ler, lr a M-lirary Commission. loiter news sta'e that rjranton has since countermands 1 t!;it rde;', dissolved the Com mission v. lm h wa t have tried Petit, and entirely st.'j p;:l tho prH-ce Hugs in the case. Tho reason he aH!';:i f r thir extraordinary cmduct is that he discovered the trial of Petit would iipplita'e to i many prominent men aiming the "loyalists." Petit's crimes are representexl to ho worse thau the offences charged against Wirr, yet he is to he untried and unpunished, not because he is not guil ty, but only for the reason that in trying iim too many of Secretary Stanton's oirn friends and favorites will be implicated, and heir crime become known to the public. Let readers reflect up n this atrocious usur pation of a Cabinet officer, who thus p!ace himself above the Constitution a;id ia, above the judicial y ot the land, in, the treat ment of persons charged with offeuee? of grave character. lie unlawfully orders the trial of a prisoner by au unlawful tribunal, and then, at his own caprice, to save his personal favorites who are Ruilty of iiifa- is crimes from tho hazard of prosecu tion, dissolves the tribunal, aud stops all process iu the case. This is but a fair speo meu of Abolition justice, as practised by the present Administration officers and those holding authority under it. A Question Decided. At the late Charter election in this city the Abolition Judircs of Election decided that the nine ty days' residence law was applicable to the election, notwithstanding the Charter law expressly declares that tuirty days residence in the corporate limits shall be sufficient. An opinion upon this mooted question has been had from what may he considered the highest Judicial authority in tho State, -and that authority declares that to vot at a charter election in Alba ny under the present charter, the voter has only to have resided six months iu the State and thirty days in the city; that the ninety days law does not apply to the case at all. Had this rule been observed at the late Charter election, instead, oi' electing only two of the Democratic can didates, our party would have elected all of them by a snug little majority. Discreditable. The Abolition papers in Oregon have given the contents of a letter received from Senator Williams, in which tho writer says he has had a. pri vate interview with President Johnson, and then proceeds to reveal all that the President said to him confidentially. That ia very unlike what a gentleman, or a man of any pretensions to honor, would be guilty of doing. It is very like Geo, II. Williams, however, and just what any body who knows hint would expeot him to do. He is busy writing letters to make it appear that he is taking an active part in behalf of the wants of Oregou at the Federal capital. It is a very easy thing to write such letters;, equally easy to bv( hi or.can3 nubiiah them. But of o 1 what benefit is all this to the people? : Costlt. It now appears that Stanton paid one of his perjured witnesses against Wirz the sum of $3,100 for hisevtaence The people paid tho money Stanton sport ed in human blood with it. bo we go. LOW PKICES WIN! 1 THE ENTIRE STOCK FDR SALE I AT COST, FOR CASH ! -A.T J". 3STOKCROSS' 1 I ivi j,r, fo.vriKUi-: to skm, nv the Oui.ce, Inch, Yard, iusb j M Lower Price than can be Bou;rlit elsewhere, " Are ynn pelting at tlmt price? I'v jnt paid ni'irc." " I h:dl know where to jjo tlielii-xt time." How ran vimus;.!! nt pri - It than no- fUi .tJ at wholesale?" are the ipi.-atiuus 1 oftun I. ear. I Uuy Tor Cash fronr Importers, MutinTa? tnr r-i, Bin! t!.e:r A-nt, in the CHEAPEST IVZAItEXT ! In Large Quantities when Goods are low, Knnhlhip m" to soli M lliy sdrancc tut les tbsn I cioi buy at the present lime. I am of'cn in the market, slolaig ay Koji!nj for your boncfit. I can gire you. the GREATEST VARIETY TO SELECT FROM. I can give you the LOWEST PRICES! I can (jive yon the LATEST STYLES AND KF.W GOODS! 1 an cire you the Highest Price for What Ten hare to Sell ! I can lave you 20 per emi. en Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes. I can gaTe you 2i per cent, on Heady Made Clothing. I eon are you 10 per cent, on Groceries, Crockery, Glassware. I esn iarc you 10 pr cent, on Hardware, Iron and Steel. I caa rare you 13 per cent on Mechanics' Tools, Outfit to the Santiam Mines, Thimble Boxing, Wagon Timbers, Ropes and Chains, 51 ill Saws, Ac., Ac At I get n portion of my living firm each ef the above department of trftde. I can tell at lest profit tbun if I wers cocBned to either. Give we A Share of Tour Patronage, And I will give you LOW PRICES FOR THE TOTES. Without another word, just come, ledies and inn, old and voong, to the Sttre of au28 " J. KORCROSS. J. LEI 8. LEI -;p,rU.nd. T. KElCHF.VBKRG, AShanv. iEW YORK STORE. IN FOSTER'S TWO STORY EEICE. FIRST STREET, A Lit AX Y. WILL YOU LISTEN TO THE TRUTH! The Best Chances in the City ! 3STO IT 5IFST BE ADMITTED THAT tue lluiue of LEVY BROS. & CO., Hare dci idedly Ihe BEST STCfR CF GOODS, OF ALL KI5DS, On hand, which thcr offer at su. h MARVELLOUSLY LOW PRICES, that (hey can't ho purchased here, nor even in Portland, fur the same figures that ibcy are buttl ing their rplendid large stock at, of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and, Hoot, Hats and Caps; Croeeriest Carpets and Oil Cloths, Croeliery, Paints, Oils, Glassware, Ac., At. Notwithstanding that tlitre is a great riso in STAPLE GOODS. We are determined, as nnal, to g:v GOOD IBZEtG--IIINrS ; And a good (how to THE FARMERS TO LAY IX THEIR FALL SUPPLIES, For which they take MEECniXTABLE PRODUCE IS EXCOAXGE. Ther can offer better inducements than any other House this side of Portland. haTing always a Partner waU hin the market, who does not let opportunities sup. hat seizes thim, in order that our House can sell Cheaper than the Cheapest. Albany", Au-nst 23, 1856. THE HOTEL TO TRY IN PORTLAND! NEW COLUMBIAN. .os. US, 120 and 122 Front, cor ner or Morrison Street. GOOD TEVS FOR ALL ! THE NEW COLUMBIAN HOTEL hurtug just btftn tltJgauily liuistied, and beina uw ready fur the reception or tint-sts, the rropn- etr would say to the Citizens of Willamette Valley and of Southern Oregon, of tbe Lppvr Columbia and Idaho, aud to the travelling pnhlio genemlly, that he is now ready to euUrUin all who may far or him with their patronage, . AT PRICES TO SUIT. The New Coldtbiak is an entirely sew building, hard finished, rooms well venlilaWd and well fur nished, and has capacity to comfortably accommo date Six Hundred Guests. The Dining Room ia large and commodious, and has fine suits of rooms with connecting doors, for ramihet. THE TABLE Will be furnished wtth tbe best the Market affords, and tbe Proprietor is determined that no hotel in Portland shall excel his in the excellence, rariety, and completeness of his table. Hot, Cold and Shower Baths, For the Guests, free of charge. A Large Fire Proof Saffe For the secure deposit of valuables belonging to Guosts. The Baggage of Guests conveyed to and from the Hot.l without charge. House open all night. TERMS: . Board, per lf eek $3 Hoard and Lodging - $T to $lO The Proprietor will at all- times endeavor to please his Uuests, aud w aid respectfully solicit the patronage of the travelling public. P. B. SINX0TT, Proprietor. Portland, Dec. 20, 1863. r JJR. G. W. GRAY, SURGEON DENTIST, Late Graduate of the Cincinnati College of Dental Surgery, Would again offer his Professional sarvices totr oitiiens of this place and surrounding country. Ofticb -Up stairs In Foster's Brick Building. Residence alongside of tbe Pacific Hotel. Albany, August Hth, lg5. augUtf REV ARO I REWARD! REWARD 1 GOLD ANDSILVgRl BAKUIA1V lmOH. iVrVM A IlIOJtKWAItp TlUr I W Hut tiure one ol Oft luife-emt ud leti uvUeteJ it.k,r JfflllC lott.il1ff ft till Cifiifw Fiiriiifcliinsr Uocdw In Uf Pta ti e i tii I e ,-,f f!r on. And we arc able to foforst . ! r. ; .- i r. a - LOW A3 lio "1 I: FA unetsee PEnSONS FRCM IHE INTERIOR V-: vW,:lujf l.ifJioS and 'Ks.f t rureasss a;sv-h ir-i u tii tho v tine uf govt, will find it t tte:r fc-Jv-Kt.tapv to CALL A."il KXA3IWE , , ih't &).: S'oek of CUSTOM MADE CLOTHING GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS BARMAN BROS-: AT THEIR Cosmopolitan CLOTHING STOKE, ON 'III I ItlVKR HIDE 01' FRONT ST. PORTLAND, Between Arrigoni'a mad the . Lincoln House Portland, Dec. 20, 1SG5. . 1" " THE HOUSE FOR INTERIOR PECPLf! liat Cheer House Front PI reel, between Yamhill and Morrison, Portland. M. O'CONNER, Proprietor, , YirOULD KESPECTFLLLY 126- f V form ti P.tf mi Htil Itie l'mAiC gt nerai! tl.at, having morcd into his ' NEW AND SPLENDID HOTEL, He is nnw prepared to ace tminodate any number of ; st wih lioard and LwIiMng. Eath Rudta is fitted up wish entirely , , , , IVetv Furniture, Carpeting, stn4 French Spring mattresses, and is ccmmcvliuus a ad eom"or:ab!o. THE TABLE Ij furnished witb the best of everything thm Mar ket aff .rJf tUb, fl-fb, fowl, regetubles sew trait. r?a.'nnLe t.rfiugbt irom the eu-amers to the Hotel without eUnrgr. , A Fire Proor Safe Is kept for the fe ure keeping uf Treasure t any pared of ralue hel jugir.g to GovSts. I Hotel Open at All Honrs. Tie Proprietor is thankful for the rery larg share of puhlic palrtisage which bu been gives to him fr YrtTi, and is euntinutd to him, and weak! re-ptet.ully . I e t an inereaso of it- Ia duos; m, hj aniej! lb.- Iravdling pn'uiie that do ezpeote or lahr wiil he spared tj make this boms the Most desirhTe and atrea!.I- llt.I ia Oregon. . ; Portland. D.c. 20, JSG5. A. G. BKADFOKD, IMPORTER AND JOBBER-IN WINES AND LIQUORS, FIIOTT STREET, PORTL1XD. I HAVE t OXSTAXTLY OX II AXD 1-rre, chutes end btsit f.- .it-vt stocks of SUPERIOR BRANDIES, FINE OLD WHISKIES, CHOICE PURE WINES. . ' also, Old Jamaica Hiim, , 4 jew England Ilant. A i.SO, TcuncKl's, and Jlaurlce, Cx Jt to.'s Ate and Porter.. ;. - .AL-o, ' ALilMflE, i JAMAICA ODiGER, ( ESiENt E PEPPERMINT, .- ! CURAtCOA, VKIi.MOCTH : CORDIALS, C1TTER3. SYP.ITS, LIQCCCTtS. Merehants arid Dcacs from tie Interior art T speetfn'.ly i&:iel t ad examiae my stock heft-re t:jir?!is!?:ri;j -Uwher&. , Poitiaid, Die. 20, 1565. - ASSAYING! E. YV. TItACV & CO (SCCCESSOKS TO TRACY KINO,)' ASSAYERS, -POnTLAAD, OREGOX T the highf.st"price PAID FOR rv i GOLD DUST, LEGAL TENDERS, ETC. MIXIXG STOCKS BOUGHT JLXU SOLD. OFFICE 53 Front street, first door nnrth of Arnsoni s. - ; Portland. DfC. 20, 1865. , . GOIiDSxllITH BROS. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS I5T WATCHES AND JEWEIsRY, DIAMONDS, GOLD AND SILVER WAfi, MILITARY GOODS, CLOCKS, ic., &c., &c- " IVo. 93 Front Street, Portland Portland, Dec. 20. 1S65. JUST RECEIVED ! Direct From tbe Retlnerxl KA IIF BARRELS SAif FIUAS J eiseo RcnueU eBjar. ' it ' ALSO 100 Kegs Syrup ; which we are reTmj very thap. ..- '-...-,; -. J. FLEISCDXER 1 CQz Albany. September SO, IS65. v T STI1.L. ojx the coirzviERr R. CHEADLE'S CASH ST OKU Is the place to save money ; where job can hey goods at Small Profits. Be sure and call, and saw tor yourselves. augH R. CUEADLE. Cash paid Cor Prodnee, m1 emis Stored at reasonable rates, by ; R. CHBA8LE.'. K. H. CBA50B. 6IO. K. IIKXK CRA1TOR & EELM, ' I ATTOMETS AXD CCUNSELIOES AT LATf,. ALBASY, Oregon. liUUU 15,000 buthcls of Oats, by ' J. fLEISCHNES i. CO." A Good wagon-yard for the bw6sf tttoe who ude With, mo, i always rrtJj by R. CHEADLE.