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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11
THE MONTHLY DEBT STATE
MEATS.

Among all the humbugging devices
Of the age, the monthly telegraphic
statements of the condition Of the
Treasury, the amount of the public
debt and the monthly reduction thera-
of, are the most barefaced and pal
pably absurd. The telegraph has just
given us another monthly heralding
(that is what Mr.. Dawes calls it) of the
reduction of the debt, Sec. Here it is:
WAsHNsros, Feb, Tho public debt stati-
ment makes the total debt, prineipsl and interest,"
s2,6s2ls7.2i1 10, amount In the Treasury,
$205s7s.o22 81, Decrease during tho month.
Ss.a3s, ,S6l so.
We suppose this means that the
public debt, less the amount in the
Treasury, is 81, ,444 ,sl3, $50.
We have not the january statement,
but that of December 1st places the
total indebtedness at -, GAS, ,234, ,682,
from which is to be taken the amount
Of coin, currency, sinking fund, etc.,
in the Treasury, s194, ,674. DAT. leaving
theindebtednesa at 81. .453. 500. .735. and
showing reduction, according to tho
Republican method OF calculation, OF
over nine millions in two months. That
is to say, while tho debt actually
increased over four millions, the aecu-
mutations in the Treasury increased
nine millions in excess of it.
The 1st OF November statement
claimed reduction of 1888, ,68l
October. 81 ,467, ,442; September, s5,-
Gil. 234, and August, 81, ,455. .744.--
While this foots up a reduction in
seven months of over thirty-seven mil
lions, yet the sum total, amount in the
Treasury deducted, is larger on the
1st of February than it was on the 1st
of August. The statement for the
latter month was 81, ,431, ,566, ,13s, while
that for February, as above stated, is
81, Al, ,s13 ,2SS. But as this little ir-
regularity Is easily shouldered upon
the telegraph, it is perhaps not worth
m1ch. There is another peculiarly
in these monthly statements TO which
we call more especial attention. The
total debt, before Secretary Boutwell,
applies his subtraction to it, has ae-
tually grown larger each month since
September, and the Secretary compen-
safes for the increase and makes the
debt appear TO shrink by deducting a
greatly increased sum each month.
The following statement viii illustrate
the matter by showing the reported
total for each month, beginning with
August, the months of November and
January being omitted for want OF
statements:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11

The total Is nearly sixteen millions
greater in February than in August,
and nearly twenty-six millions greater
than in September.
There are a great many persons who
are not skilled in the mysteries of the
Seeretary's method and may be ST.
lenced but not convinced by the ma
nipulations Of figures that are said to
represent coin, currency and interest
bearing bonds purchased on account
of the sinking fund and kept on de-
posit IN the Treasurer's Office. The
practical man, who has little time to
study the mathematical antics Of Mr..
Secretary, can find very little salts
factory information in these monthly
statements. They answer purpose.
They oyerawe the mind with an array
of figures so formidable in themselves
as to subdue inquiry. They convey to
no one clear idea OF the actual con-
dition of the public debt. They es-
tablish q vague impression that by
some means and to a certain underlined
extent the debt is being reduced, and
that after the lapse of an indefinite
number of years 1t will be extin-
guished-always providing that Re-
publican administration is vouchsafed
to the country. It is one of the most
estimable qualities of our people that
enables them to satisfy themselves that
although the debt total grows larger
and larger as the months succeed each
other, yet it is in course of rapid ex-
tinguishment, and that, in some shape,
hidden away somewhere in corner of
the Treasury vaults, are the. certain
means of future liquidation.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11

IT viii be noticed that tho House
Appropriation Committee has called
on Secretny Robson to know what
caused such an exhaustion of funds as
to necessitate the discharge of 50 many
workmen We,don't exactly see how
Beast Buler and the Oreg0uois are
going to shoulder this new trouble
upon Andy johnson.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11

IHE arch agitator, Rochefort, seems
% be gaming inst what he wants no
loriety. But tits done at the expense
of liberal IDEAS in France. His excesses.
have the effect to drive many liberal
men, who desire the preservation Of
order, to the Emperor. Tour-ffths of
the members Of the Corps Lesislatif
voted in favor of his arrest on the 7th
Of February.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11
pENocRaTIc sTATE CONVENTION.

By virturo of tho action of the Democratic
State Convention. which was hold at Portland, on
Thursday. March 10Th, 1868. and of the Democrat
10 stAte Central Committee, which was held at tho
same place. on Jan. s, 1870, tho Democratic State
Convention viii be held at
Albany on Wednesday. the 93d day Of
March, 1870,
at 10 O'clock a. m Of said day. for the purpose Of
nominating Governor. Member Of Congress, Sec
retar Of State, Treasurer, stats Printer, Judge Of
Second District, aedge Of third District and
Judga Of Fifth District. 70 be supported at tho
next Iune election,
BY order Of said Committee representation TO
said Convention was based en- the vote cast FOR
Democratic eongresspian at The last election, Civ
ing e each county ono delegate FER every seventy
i've neraoeratio votes cass, ana enc delegate for
every fraction of thirty and over, but sglow
ing each county 80 least enc delegate therein
which rule of apportionmeat viii give to the SOW
eral counties tho following numhoF Of delegates,
to-wits
Benton........
BAKER
Glatkanas.......
OlatSep,....
Sees.s'.... 2
Garry .....s...a
SoIrff oS
SrAns .-- Q
5aokson, II
5assphae....... ....,.'....ss.''.s'.
Lsae.-....... II
t'ian, I
Il
Aultnofaas 10
Polk.-.... ......
1lllan
Onatl Is .......
Onlen I
ashingtoa.-
NaSco
1amhiu
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11

1Vtsti.s'.+s+-.s- .
The time for holdiag The County Conventions 70
elect delegates q the State Convention, was loft
by the Committee 20 the several County Commit-
tees, whose duty 1t viii be 70 provide therelor.
The Committee would respectfully urge prompt
action the part Of the DelsoeTaoy ofths several
counties. /. Il GROVER, Chairman.
V, TFEyITr, Secretary.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-11
[From the Salon press. |

The Portland theatrical troupe will play
in Salem tonight and Tomorrow night.
Mr.. Warren Oranstono miiks 20 cows
and makes cheese.
A horse was stolen from Mr. Royals
stable on Saturday last.
Mr.. Chas. Dickinson, of Salem, has in
vented new cook-stove and applied for a
patent.
a corporation has been orgaized to
build the Commercial Hotel' ii Salem,
which is expected to be open for the next
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

PRIN cE FREDERICK CHARLES ARMY.-From
London and Tours the dispatches agree in
reporting that the German army commanded
by Prince Frederick Charles has arrived at
Sens, on lis way to reinforce General Won der
Tam. Sens is situated in the department Of
Yonne, about seventy miles from Paris and
some sixty-fve miles from the French position
at Arthenay. 1t will thus be seen that unless
the French army under General De Paladines
strikes Won der Tam quickly it will run the
risk of being crushed by the superior numbers
of the Germans. Prince Frederick Charles
forces alone, it is said, aggregate one hundred
thousand men. From the line Of march it
would appear as if the Germans were moving
on the right flank of the Army Of the Loire.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16
T r IPL E SH EET
CONTENTS OF T0.DAY,s HERALD.
PAGE.
1-Advertisements.
2-Advertisements.

pAGE.
1-Adver,isements.
2-Advertisements.
S-France: Herald Special Report from the Head.
quarters OF the King; The Situation in Paris;
q the Loire; Prince Frederick Charles ' on % the
FGs ha oSuis iis9 81 a Be Ss HsM M 4RS1saeer rSs 2,
Feeing In Switzerland, Belgium and Austria;
rossibility OF the. Restoration Of Napoleon
The Friends Of France-The Worlds High
way: The Isthmus Of Tehauntepec as New
Route OF Commerce-AwIul child Murder, An
infant @ Killed by lts Insane Mother in West
G-EYope Napoeon's Correspondence History
OF the French Empire In Its Decay to the Fall;
The Princess Louise and the Marquis OF
lizatiOn OF the Republican Party-Bro0klyn
City News.The Rate OF Taxation In Kings
County-A Convict Made Happy-Nayal and
Army Intellgence-Exploito OF . Convict The
asreTs in soush Carolina; Horrible Scene at
the Scafrola-The Actors Frolic-The Coming
Eclipse = Dartmouth College Alumni = An
Erring Girls Wilrulness.
5-Garroting: Its Increase and Punlshment-The
Freaks OF Love-Leciure at Cooper Institute
Slave Trade -Asia-Tne Vote OF Hudson
County, N. J.-Tne Reading Rooms IN Brook
lyn-Boss Tweed's Epigram-The westchestet
terry Explained-The Public Healih-A stik.
ers' kiot Bloody Attack on o Belt Railroad
Car-The Wild White Man OF Kansas-A Pnb-
lie Avenger-The Government Rebuked-New
1OrK Clly NeWS-Suuuhy dOTS6 CuTS iOI
Orange n. IAN Alcohol Killing Case-New
England's Ascendancy-The Wages OF In
fanny Revolving Depravy In JERSEY Clty-
Poughkeepsie's Maiden Miser-Almost Gen.
tenarlan.
6-Edltorials: Leading Article, "Russia and the
Treaty OF Pars-Great Opportunity for the
United dStatesr-Amusencnt Announcements.
S-Editorial continued from sixth pagel-Tele-
graphic News from All Parts OF the World
Governor Holman The Governor on the Re-
cent Democratic Victories-Amusements-
Personal mtelligence-A Floating French
Arsenal-Busness Notices.
S-Proceedings in the Courts-The New York Cen
sus-Real Estate Mattcrs-A Dreadful Dream =
Financial and Commercial RepOrts-A Doubt
ful wonder.
0-Horribe Murder In Notwithstanding q
VILLA Curious Family Dispute about Bonds
Court Of Appeals Caendar-Marriages and
advertisements.
iO-News from Washington-SenatOr Trumbull
Interview with the Illinois Senator-Obltuary-
Shipping Observation-Disclosures.
l1-AdvertlsementS
I2-AdyertisementS.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

GOVERNOR HOFFMAN delivered the usual
post election speech to his serenading ad-
mirers in Albany last evening. He made
very strong arraignmeut Of the administration
for its interference in the elections, but ad-
mitted frankly that the election was a very
fair one. Every one agrees upon that point,
and the republicans themselves are debarred
from making the usual plea of fraud and un-
fairness. Governor Hoffman claims that with
united democracy In this city his majority
here would have been $4,000.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

REAL ESTATE SALEs.-An important sale OF
real estate property at Washington Heights
takes place to-day, to be followed tomorrow by
a sale of upwards of hundred building lots In
the neighborhood Of Central Park. The high
prices which uptown property has been
realizing at recent sales 90 to show how
strong and prevalent is the belief among our
business men and spectators Of the rapid
extension of the city northward and thS great
value which real estate in that direction VIII
acquire In the immediate future.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16
trade :
Fiscal YeG1.

In 1854 the balance Of trade was twenty-six
million dollars against US; in 1856 (the middle
Of the Crimean wary 1t was fourteen million
dollars In our favor-that is, we were forty
million dollars better off. In 1853 the impetus
given our enterprise was such that we sold
forty-two million dollars more than we bought.
In 1856 the field of the war was limited to
small area on the Black Sea. Tho impending
Europe. In 1866 England, France, Russia
and Turkey were the belligerents. The pre-
sent Franco-Prussian war is likely to include
every nation In Europe.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

ANOTHER HORRIBLE HANGING SoENE is re-
ported from Newberry, 8. O., where two negro
men were hanged few days ago. The crowd,
as usual at scenes Of this sort in the county
towns down South, was thick about the scaf-
fold. The drop fell and both ropes broke,
letting the choking criminals heavily to the
ground, where they writhed in agony. They
were made to walk up again, however, and
were dropped once more, with more salts
factory result.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

STILL ANOTHER SELF CONFESSED NATHAN
MURDERER appears on the scene. This time
the anxious candidate for few days noto-
riety, even at the risk of premature eternity,
makes his bow to the Sheriff in Boston, who
oonscientiously and kindly locks him up. We
have become perfectly incredulous about these
conscience-stricken fellows. We shall not
believe any man who claims to be the muir
derer of Nathan until he clears up the
mystery of that case so succinctly and fully
that he cannot escape the hangman's rope
Immediately after, no matter how many new
stories he may make affidavit to or how large
an amount of craziness he may claim to
possess.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

SwIrzERLANDs NEUTRALITY is now reported
to be compromised. Does this mean that Bis
marck entertains an idea Of recovering the
cantons which Germany was compelled to
cede to the Swiss in 1882 1t must not be
forgotten that the people Of these cantons are
of German origin, and more Teutonic In their
manners. custom and language than the in
habitants of either Alsace or Lorraine.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

THE New PARrY.-Senator Trumbull, in a
conversation yesterday with our Washington
correspondent, sets at rest the report going
about the country that he was about organ
izing new party. He says he proposes
nothing of the sort. He thinks President
Grant goes along very evenly in his duties,
paying off the debt steadily, and he thinks
that is the best thing the party can do at
praannt
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

name-are at loggerheads about the causes
that eventuated in the republican defeat in this
State The Chicago paper has rather the best
OF our home contemporary, but as both have
Congressional dsappointments ranking in
their bosoms the republicans when massed
may govern themselves accordingly.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MAssA-
oHusErrs.-The Boston Trapeller states that,
while the recent election in that State ''has
assured the election Of republican Senator to-
the Congress of the United States, 1t is not
vet quite certain who is to be the man. 1t has
been supposed that Senator Wilson would
have no formidable republican rival for that
position, and the Legislature was elected with
that opinion prevalent 10 the minds of the
voters; but" continues the. TrapcNer ''it ia
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

THE THREATENED INUNDATroN about Lille
and Dunkirk brings up q new and original
question Of neutrality. Belgium will suffer
seriously from the inundation, and the ques-
ton is whether France will be violating the
neutrality Of Belgium any the less by invad-
ing her soil with water than by invading 1t
with troops
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

A GARRoTER was sentenced by Judge Bed
ford yesterday to fifteen years Imprisonment.
On hearing his sentence, with gallows bravado,
the rufian said, ''Thank you, Judge" and the
community at large will heartily join him in
kha remark.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

M. THEIRS has his say regarding the recent
armistice negotiations with Bismarck. He
claimed the revictualling of Paris for at least
the time the armistice might be pending, as
he held that otherwise starvation would 60 on,
and at the close of the armistice the Prus-
SLAMS would have advanced by so much in
the prosecution of the war and the French
would have retrograded. In other words
Prussia would continue the war by starving
Paris, and France alone be debarred from
striking blow in return. All this is clear
enough and SO is Count Bismarck's statement
on the other side; but the statements Of both
are Of little Importance now except as they
show that Paris is In dread Of starvation and
that Prussia looks to 1t as her most effective
weapon.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

THE CHICAGO Tribune Republican organ)
animadverts sharply upon party reorgauiza-
lion. What else could have been expected,
when the editor of that paper was thwarted
In his aspirations for Congressional honors?
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

JERSEY Cry has produced the latest and
most terrible horror. A den for the abduc-
ton of young girls and their sale to the pro-
curesses in New York city has been discovered.
The woman who carried it on, her husband
and two of the young girls who were her VIC
Tins. are In the hands of the police.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

TwoMBLY DEFEATED for the Legislature !!
That is bad for Twombly; but how much good
yill his defeat do Tammany?
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

THE TRrBUNEs AT WAR.-The New York
Tribune and the Chicago 7a76une-par mobile
fratrum ln the radical ranks az well a. In
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

TIE CASE OF THE CoLoRED CADET SMITH,
who was court martialled for whipping
schoolmate and for impertinence to corporal,
has been ended. The court martial found
Smith guilty of the first charge and specifca-
tion, and sentenced him to walk post from two
o'clock until retreat, under charge of guard.
for six consecutive Saturdays, but the Secre-
tary Of War, thinking the sentence inadequate
to the offence, has disapproved it and ordered
the release Of the cadet prisoner.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

A CLOSE VOTE in the Legislature is the best
thing for the democracy. We understand that
Assemblyman Thomas G. Fields takes himself
out Of the way for the Speakership, leaving
that position to the late incumbent, Mr..
Speaker Hitchman. Mr.. Fields is In the field
for State Senator, from the Eighth diatrlct, IN
1871, and his almost unanimous vote for
reelection TO the Assembly from the Nine
teenth district this year is guarantee that ne
will be the successful candidate for the upper
branch of the Legislature next year.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16
Strikes ON Our City Railroads.

Scarcely month passes over without the car
drivers on some of the many street railroads
having strike. Often these strikes last for
days. occasionally for weeks, causing consider
able trouble and inconvenience to persons
who use that particular line on which the strike
occurs as means of transfer from one part of
the city to another. The cause of these
strikes has not yet been very satisfactorily set
tied. The car drivers have their story to tell
as well as the officers of the company. One
party has complaint Of unjust treatment and
the other Of arbitrary dictation. These state
ments or charges are made upon the most
reliable authority on both sides. Be the mat
ter as it may, the public are interested in these
troubles to some extent, and it would be well
to know at whose door to lay the blame for the
inconvenience the citizens are compelled to
bear during the existence Of these disturbances.
The Belt Railroad drivers have now been on
strike for some days. When the trouble will
be ended we cannot say, but the sooner the
better. In view of the disturbance which took
place yesterday it is not very consoling to any
one accustomed to travel by that line to know
that, although the driver is guarded by brace
Of policemen, q passengers head stands in
danger Of coming In contact with paving
stone intended for the driver; and then the
uncertainty Of reaching the proper destination
is another consideration not to be overlooked.
So long as the drivers are compelled to work
the long hours they do at present-numbering
in many instances, sixteen hours out Of the
twenty y-four-we are inclined to think that
there will be no abatement Of these nuisances
Of strikes on our city railroads.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

OLYMPIC THEATRE. Brosdwsv.--TnE PANroMIMB or
WFE WILLIE WNEIE. Matinee mt 2.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16

WOODS MUSEUM Broadway corner Beth st.--Perform-
ances every Afternoon ana evening.
The New York herald., 1870-11-16
ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, csrncr Of sth av. and 23d st
IEs BPIGANDS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-20
ALEXANDRIA LITERARY ASSOCIATION. s.

ALEXANDRIA LITERARY ASSOCIATION. 49,
The regular weekly meeting Of the Alex sndria
Literary Associ alton was held last night in the
usual place, the room OF the Christian Asso
chair, sad Mr.. Ready, Secretary. Senator
brakes amendment to the House bill for the
admission Of Virginia, the question for debate,
was discussed at length, uotl nearly eleven
o'clock, by Messrs. Latham and Hill, 10 the
affirmative, and Messrs Williams, Carne and
Mushback. 10 the negative, and Was Continued
as the subject for debate at the next meeting,
with Messrs. Hill and Kilgour rs the polemics
in the affirmative and Messrs. Henning aud
Garnett, in the negative.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-20
Foreign News.

PARIS, Jan. 2O.-The new Gable in the in,
tercst of the French Company, to connect Eng
land aud Brcst, has been successfully laid:
a few days since it was positively and official on
" announced that Raspail, one OF the leading
members Of the Radical party IN the Corps
Legislatif was dead. At 3 O'Clock this alter
noon the report was first contradlcted and the
dcputations which were on their way 10 Paris
to attend the funeral, have been notified OF the
facts of the case. Much Indignation Is ex,
pressed at the unknown author Of this cruel
hoax. -.
LONDON, Jan. 2O.-Thc Times to-day has
an article four columns long, reviewing Mrs.
Stoves new book on theLord and Lady Byron
matter. The writer admits that there IS a
likelihood OF Lady Byron having been deceived
by her husbands invetcrate.passloo Tor mys'l'
Gcation and that she really believed him nces-
E,,,N,,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-20

Police REPORT MAYORS OFFICE. There
were no cases OF q criminal character at the
Mayors office this morning.
MAGISTRATES OFFlCE.-A warrant was is
sued for the arrest of colored man named
Joe Carter, for stealing q coat from colored
man named Henry Jones, who lives at the
Convalescent Camp. Carter is tho man for
whose arrest warrant was issued few days
since, for an assault upon his eleventh wife,
and the theft of which he is now accused was
committed the morning after he left here and
from the man who had shelter cd him during
the previous night.
A warrant was issued for the arrest ut q
colored man named Tut, on complaint OF 5. y.
Bsggott for stealing lumber FROM Battery
Rodgers, -,
Robert Woodson, James Fowler and Mary
Willie, coored, for disorderly and rotous be-
havior at Little Zion Church, last night, were
bound over to keep the peace.
WATCH REpoRT.-Night clear, but hazy
toward morning, aud temperature moderate.
One young man was arrested by the watch on
COMPLAINT of woman who accused him OF
breaking open her house in the 4th ward, but
az she withdrew the charge he was released.
Some maskers were on the streets; There
we're no disturbances, and but one lodgcr, a
stranger, at the watch house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-20

SHOOTING AFFAIR.-A letter from Linden,
Fauquier CO., dated yesterday, informs US that
on Tuesday last, at or near Petersburg in that
county, "a man named Jennings, without
known provocation, shot w. Il. kerrick in the
face, desperately wounding him. 1t was fear,
ed death would ensue" 10 the excitement,
Jennings made his escape When last seen he
was going in the direction of Rappahannock
county. He was dressed in dark sack coat
and dark psntalooDs. He is about feet 8
inches 10 heighth and of dark complexion. He
is u shoemaker by trade, and formerly lived in
Alexandria,