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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-07

On Friday morning telegraph operators al
over the country began to announce another
great nre In 2nslon, but by O'Clock p NJ,
posseripts were added idfhe efftct that the
flames were under c,u,rol. II wasa large fire
when not contrasled with that Gf last fall
The burned distIiet is somewhere nHar three
acres in extent. Il Ia supposed that TIE mr.
originated In the varnish ,ru0m ofa large 'ur
nlnre factory occupied ny Hs'sry,Mn, n,Se~ w w
This building was entirely destroyed as was
the Globe TheAter, Chickering's piano SAILS
room, and the Iniernatioal' Hotel. The
fire department had not the eniz90tle to con-
tend With, this time, and general alarm brnughi
the entire farce prompllyto 10 the scene " act,
ion. Although a strong northwest wind urged
on the flames. the hfemen soon had the beet
Of It., and disaster which ihreaisnsd 10 equal
that OF Last November ,was averied. Tbs leas
. fyaghly estimated At ens milhon.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-07
The Bes, Of the Potato Crop

The Colorado Potato b eil have npprar d
in iull lOrce aud commence d operation on the
eRly potatOcs in way that max, s it
pretty certain there will he almost an IN e
lnss of the potato crop this season where act
i've measures arr not taken To combat this
enemy. Many farmers Who do moi take the
papers, OF who pay hut little alicpiion o.wbnt
they sre in print, appIm 10 he quite surprised
ai The sudden appearance Ot This destructive
Toe, and are anxiuusly inqniring whit they
can do 10 save their potntocs. Some nre ex.
prrmrn,ing with the use of ulphur, lime,
ashes, plaster, &C. laid around and busted
over the plants but these have all been tried
repeatedly during iht past several years nj the
west and found OF no avail, and in TACT il is
very liti!e use for people at this late day to
waste time and labor in lrying u find any
better remedy for this vii llrln that which has
alrrady been published in the Telegraph and
most ut the papers Of Ibis section o the State,
and the result of three or louE years extended
obseryal0n md eXperimrns in other States
To affrct, MS some do, to disrEul his metbod,
brcause il has not MS yet been E'sicd, H. thrir
nrighboThood, but is given in print MS the
results of experience elsewhere is the sheer.
est folly.
As there may be some who have not prad,
or have failed to presrreye the prescription
referred to- will repeat it here
POISOEINl
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-07

RIcH SALARY GRARBrRS.-P Poverty and
honesty ARE not such inseparahe ohums thnt
one need feel aslonished to fnd them apart
But they run together in Congress in n way
that cnntradicis The popular imnression that
the poor members are generally ION the make"
so many poor members of both houses"
monns heightened exchange. "have given
bnck their share of the salary grab. 80 many
rich members haven't, Senator Spragu D., the
CrUsus of the Senate, hook the extra" but
ex senator Wilson, WHO left the Senate as
poor as II oohblcr, refused To take II, Senator
Chandler, who il millionaire. took II; hut
SENATOR Morton, who IL not by any means
rich, didn't; Senator CnmcroR, who is anoth-
er millionaire, took II 81 did the disgraoed
but wealthy POmeroy. Among Senators oi
fortune who refusrd il, were Frnlnn and sum
ner, leaders of the Liberal party. Schurz
who is independent politically as well as d.
n,,,ciAlly refused II -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-07

ing aud raw spots equally divide poses.
sion Of his hands He has skinned ev.
cry kpuckle on both hands, and broken
che saucer by stepping into it, and got
the ashes into the carpet and snapped the
handle from the brush. She takes it all
in at a glance and with true womanly
sympathy says, 'tWell hope you are
satin6ed now" And the expression Of
his face attests more eloquently than
words that heis.-Ddnbury Ne,cs.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

COUNTED OUT.-In counting the
electoral votes last week Congress ex-
cluded the votes of Louisiana and Ar
kansas. Does any one suppose that
those votes would have been excluded
if they had been needed to elect
Grant? And by what right are the
votes of two States excluded from
participation in the election of Pres
ident Are Louisiana and Arkansas
to be disfranchised because, forsooth,
a lot of carpet-baggers, liars and
thieves attempt to divert the electoral
votes of those States into channel
which the citizens never intended they
should go? 1t was well known by
Congress that majority of the voters
of Louisiana and Arkansas proclaimed
for the Liberal ticket in November,
and their votes were as much entitled
to enumeration in the Electoral Col
lege as were those of Missouri or
Massachusetts.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
The 5lrmorrat.
TIE suFFRAcIsTs, CONVENTION.

The Women Sutfragists held two
DAYS Convention at Portland last
week. which was we'll attended by
twenty-three women and eleven men.
OF course Sister Duniway was the
Light of the Haram" 1--WE should say,
ConventionD and Gen. G. A. Reed,
of Salem, was the star rooster of the
male persuasion. They passed a
series of resolutions about the length
of the famous Equitable Adjustment
platform of 1870, in which they en-
endorsed the 14th and 18th Amend
ments; held the Radical party to
their promises of last year in relation
to giving the woman the ballot and a
part of the fat Offices; declared that
all men and women are created equal,
and that Susan B. Anthony did right
in voting in defiance of law 10 the
contrary; offered the women suffrag-
lists hearts aud hands in marriage with
the Temperance Alliance, (which We
hope, for the sake of the reputation OF
the gallantry of the men will not be
rejected but that they viii be passion,
ately and spasmodically pressed to
their heavin' bosoms;) and urged
everybody to patronize Mrs, Duni
ways excellent paper, the Ne,e North
1ceSt. The Convention was harmoni
Gus and unanimous, especially ii
taking mp collections from the curiou:
who happened to drop in during it.
sittings. Just what it accomplished
we have not yet been able to discov
er, but as "a little leaven leavenetl
the whole lump" 1t may in time de
velop astounding results.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
WHO SHALL BE THE JUDGES.

A disT atch from New Orleans, dated
Feb. IS, says:
at meeting of the members of
both Legislatures it was agreed to or
gan;ze an Assembly from the men,
berS returned hy both Boards. pro-
vi,iing it should prove acceptable to
the National Administration.
Think of thatl 4 Legislature,
elected 10y the voters of Louisiana.
waiting to hear from the Government
at Washington before they are salts
fed who are the qualified members
They Will organize provided it
prove acceptable TO the National Adj
minis;ra,ion p Shades of Jefferson
anil jackson defend u.s. Can it be
be that it is necessary to ask for the
approval of the President before a
State Legislature can organize for
business? How is it that the General
Government is made the Judge of the
IudliHtiAiOiS Ol uiSuIpeIS Vi Il ctdte
Legislative body? l; remains for the
present Radical Administration TO
solve this problem. Ordinarily a
State Board of canvassers would he
the judge of the qualifications of the
State officers and county board OF
eanvassers of the qualifications of mem
bers of the Legislature. But now it
seems that the Government at Wash
incton must decide who are entitled
to seats in State Legislature In
deed it seems that States have no fur
ther voice in the matter of the quail
fications of the election of their Off
GERS.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
TIE BULLETIN AND nr:. LOVES LrrT4
trsrrz


The able and interesting letter OF
Mr.. Philip Lowe, which we published
last week, has been extensively copied
by the Oregon press, With single
exception the papers have given Mr..
loves views their hearty endorse
ment. It is scarcely necessary TO
state that tho. Bulletin is the excep-
ton. That paper writhes like a
wounded serpent under the rays of
truth which Mr.. Loves letter sheds
upon the railroad despotism of
which the Bulletin is defender and
apolosist. Not content with produc-
ing fearful array of figures in its ef-
fort to refute the statements made by
Mr.. Lowe, the Bu1etin INDUCES in
sarcasm by expressing astonishment
that Captain Hustler, Col. Taylor and
others, cited as authority to show
that wheat can be shipped in bulk
without sacking, have never engaged
in traffic they appear to know so
much about" Now, we submit that
Mr.. Lowe could retort by expressing
wonder that the editor of the BuAetin
did not learn the blacksmith's trade,
for which his physical proportions en-
inently qualify him, instead of vast
ing his energies in quill-driving.-
Such retort would prove nothing
yet it would at least be up to the
mental standard of the Balleta's
structures.
1t is useless for the railroad organ
to attempt to reconcile the farmers oi
Oregon to being longer fleeced by
railroad and steamship monopolies.-
The brazen impudence and bareiaced
dishonesty which characterized those
who engaged in the plots which rob
bed the farmers of their last years
crop will not be soon forgotten -
There is deep conviction in the
minds of honest men, in Oregon as
well as in California, that there exist:
a corrupt collusion, of gigantic pro
portions, among transportation com
Fpanies and spectators throughout
the coast, whose object it is to sc
trammel the farmers as to compc
them to continue TO submit to the i'm
position flast year. And this convic
tion is strengthened when Journals
known to be owned and controlled b,
railroad Interpretations exhibit Sc
much sensitiveness on the subject.
The Bulletin will, IN due time, fint
that the monopoly whose interests it is
SO ready to defend has lost its power
TO dictate terms TO the farmers of Or
egon. The faction which adheres te
Mr.. Holiday, regardless of the inter
ests of the masses, may continue Il
control the Republican party but il
cannot longer force the people to la
Dor for its exclusive benefit.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

grassTnnn, Expelled.
A Washington dispatch, dated last
Wednesday, says: Washington has
not turned out this session so large q
crowd as filled every nook and gallery
of the House to-day and flowed ont
into the spacious corridors beyond.
People were present from all parts OF
the country applying for admission,
but the vast rotunda could not hold
them. It was expected that fierce
debate would be inaugurated upon the
reading of the report of the commit
tee on the Credit Mobilier investiga-
ton, and that several Congressman
would be expelled. The reading of
the committees report wrought up
the excitement and interest to the
highest pitch. The venerable member
from Vermont (Judge Pollard) arose
amid great silence and submitted the
report. He did not propose that it
should be even read. Let it be read,
Let it be read" came from all parts
of the House. The House was not to
be deprived of the sensation, and the
Clerk commenced to read the report.
Every inculpated member sat quietly
in his seat. As the reading went on
hardly one betrayed any new anxiety.
Brooks, of New York, however, was
the very picture of mental and pbysi-
cal suffering; his face was ghastly
pale. All others, save Garfield, had a
sullen look that did not pass away till
the weight was lifted and the commit
tee had declared that they did not
propose TO censure them. They then
assumed an easy air. Oakes Ames
sat beside Job Stevenson, on the near
est seat to the Clerks desk, with bis
face as frigid as ever till the Clerk
read portion where he was spoken
of as selling and buying votes. He
then turned mp his bushy head and
gave decided grin, but soon screwed
down his face into iniexible wrinkles
again, and received his sentence stolid.
ly enough. He hardly WINGED as the
Clerk read:
'Resolrcd, That Oakes Ames be
and he is hereby, expelled as a mem
Der of this House,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
I ROW rnEY WILL ORGANIZE.
Editor Democrat.

Editor Democrat.
a telegram from. Now Orleans, of
the 18th inst, under the caption,
Agreed to Organize says: cat
melting of the members of both Leg
islatnres, it was agreed to organize an
Assembly from the members returned
by both Boards--propiding a Should
proce acceptable to the National Id
n1iaistratioa" The italics are mine:
and it is to that provisio / would call
the attention of the reader, and in.
qnire, in what Article and Section of
our federal Constitution does il ap.
pear that State Legislature must be
composed of such members rs "prove
acceptable to the National Adn.i,sis-
naiaistratioa l admit that the
present Administration has on several
occasions exercised the power to Sc
cure the election of such members to
State Legislatures as "would prove
acceptable to IT." but this does not
answer my inquiry-where the au-
thori,y tor the exercise of such power?
Before we had Federal Constitu-
ton or even o Federal Union tho peo.
pie of the several States elected such
members to their respective Legisla-
lures as would prove acceptable to
them. And in the exercise of this
sovereign right of each State, acting
for itself, our Federal Union was con.
summated, and in due time our Con.
stitution was framed and adopted-all
by act of the States as sovereign bodies
polite, the Federal Government be-
ing the creature of the States com.
prising the Union. And from the
foundation of on government to the
accession to power OF the Republican
party, the people OF the several States
guarded with jealous care all powers
not specifically granted TO the FEEDER
nj Government in the Constitution
Il is now difficult TO imagine the de
gree of contempt with which the
masses of the people would. fifteen
years ago, have regarded body OF
men claiming TO be members of 9
State Legislature who would hav,
passed such n resolution as the one in
dicaicd in the telegram referred -
and more difficult still to imagine the
degree of Indignation and alarm with
which the people ~onld have regard
ed the Administration had il ever
looked complacently upon such 4 pro
ceeding. BLUE MOUNTAIN.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
suERrFTs SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PY
y virtue OF an execution isSred ont nf tho
Circuit Court OF the Sfate os Oyncou. for tho
county ~ Linn, and fo me- diraetod and dcIIv-
cred. upon n Judgment sgafaSt T.. Consfanffn
sEssnnous and Henrietta Spanr0ns defend
ants and I'm favor OF Adoiph (iefsisr pIafrfiH
for the foreciOgnre Of a certain mortgage and
the sale Of the rnorfgaged prernfxoS, I have
loyi"d uisoa nif the right It'll. and interest Of
tho aid r. Constantine GpannosIs and Henri
eta St,arnous in and tn that certain tract Of
land described ms follows. to-wit Situated and
lying I'm the County of Linn and State Of Ore
gofI. in Township twelve, Sou.h Of Bange ono
west, in sections twenfy-seyen. twenty-eighf,
thirty-three and tbirfy-four. better known and
described as the Donation Land Claim Of
g1ari. as I1is notification on file in the Survey
or-GeDcral's Office. in the said STATE Of Oregon ,
modification 25ib claim -. containing 39 s,-i0o
acresl to satisfy the sum Of $3.50, with interest
from the date Of said Judgment. and for costs
and disbursements. amounting to fhiTfy-ona
dollars and hlty cfE.s and for acerGing costs,
notice Is hereby given that On
SATURDAY. the 10Th Of March, 1878,
between the hours Of O'Clock n M, ard
O'Clock p. un ta-sst Mt thF. hour Of orla O'Clock
p. IN. Of said day. In front of the Court HoHse
door IN the city of Albany, Linn c0nnty. state
oi Oregon. viii sell all the right title and in
teresf of the said r. CoaE:a nff.ie syIannolI nd
Henrietta Spannous in and tn the said above
described promises at public auction to the
highest b.adcr for cash In hand
ALLEN PARKER, Sheriff. Finn Co. Ogr.
BY GEO HUMPHREY, Deputy.
Bnted Feb. II, ls7s-nz-wf.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

INDIcTED.-Last Friday the Grand
Jury OF Jackson county indicted Scar
face Charley, Hooker Jim, Long Jim,
One-eyed Moz, Old Doctor Hum
phrey, Little Jim, Boston Charley
and Dare, belonging to Capt. Jacks
band of Modoc Indians, for murder in
the first degree. Mrs. Brotherton
and son, survivors of the Brotherton
family, swore positively to these Indi-
ans as the band who massacred the
settlers on Lost River in December
last. 1t is not yet understood what
steps will be taken by the Sheriff to
make the arrests. but it is probable
that action will be deferred until after
the meeting Of the Peace Commits
Siau
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

A SAD SIeHT.-Th Danbury Neacs
man irnagines this tableau: A small,
wretched looking house. Outside a
miserable apology tor man, crazed
by drink, assaulting the door and ma
king the air resound with his curses.
Inside thin, pale woman with wan
expression OF features, pressing one
hand tightly over her heart and with
the other heating poker in the fire.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

CONGRESSMAN SLATER has intro
.'uced bill in Congress providing for
the annexation of Walla Walla coun-
ty, Washington Territory. to the State
OF Oregon. As Walla Walla county
is the only part of that Territory ~
ing on the east (Oregon) side of the
Columbia river, we think its annexa-
tion 10 our State would be eminently
proper. The Columbia river is the
natural dividing Inc between Oregon
and Washington.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
rsLnaaApa1c eLEANrsos.

The Ex-Qneeh of Spain is very i'll.
France will attempt to compel
Spain to sell Cuba.
The snow crushed in q church in
New York last Sunday.
Congress sends congratulations to
Spain on becoming Republic.
Antoine Holm will be hanged at
st. Louis on the Ord Of April.
james Dennis, Of New York, kick
ed his wife TO death last Friday.
Two children were burned up in a
New York house last Wednesday.
A New York broker last Saturday
broke his neck by falling down stairs.
Grant and his Cabinet will begin
their Southern tour on March 20th.
-Four roughs were killed by vigi-
lantes at Acheson. Kansas, last
Sunday.
About 40 miners were killed by q
coal mine explosion hear London
last Tuesday.
After all obligations are paid
Horace Greeleys daughters will each
| have 800, ,OC0.
A bill is before Congress appropri-
ating 80 900 for statue to the late
Col. E. D. Baker, Of Oregon.
A stny Of proceedings bas been
granted in Stokes case, to allow ar-
guments on the unconstitutionality
of the jury system under which ne
was tried.
a Paris special says the troops Of
the Regular Army of Spain are divid.
ed in their choice OF form Of Gov.
erntnent. The Cavalry are seid tc
have pronounced in favor of a Mon.
archy, with Prince Astprias, son q
the ex-Queen Isabella, for King
while the Infantry favor Republic
Mrs. Wood, daughter of Genera
Taylor, who was recently voted b,
the House a pension OF $50 pei
month, is the mother Of John Taylol
Wood who commanded the 1ebc
cruiser Tallahassee. and who il nov
n weIl-to-do commission merchant a
Halifax. It il also said that Mrs
Wood was bitter secessioEist during
the war.
a Rome special says the abdica.iol
Of Amadeus is received vita satisfac
ton on all sides. and ihat neithe
Victor Emmanuel nor TIE Govern
rnent gave any advice to Amadeus
The latter teIegraphs to Rome fire
quently. giving information concern
ing the situation. 1t is also reporte'
that n serious disturbance has tais'
place at Madrid and that lighting ha
occurred in the streets.
The appraisers of Grecley's estat
estimate that his personal propert,
will foot up about s12, 600 1t i
said that Samuel Sinclair is indebted
to the estate a. least S3D 600. Their
are about SIG0 900 in bad debts ant
worthless securities. Cornelius Van
derbilt, Jr.. owes the estate $50 90
borrowed money. Commodore Van
derbilt has given 5,00J to each @
Mr.. Greeley's daughters, SAYING the
can have as much money rs the
need 1T any time.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
"noN0g.ELi: NIGGEIs. "

With all our Democracy il the
country, we cling to many OF the hab-
its, actual rs well rs mental, OF Euro
pean monarchy. Thus, We have our
esquire, reycrends and honorablcs by
the bushel all around us. The great
problem OF Democracy is now OH trial
more than even in I7TG, and though
there is some danger that the bottom
will be knocked out, and our people,
collapsing into Mongrelism as the
Spaniards have done in Mexico and
South America, wiz finally 90 back to
the European system of kings as the
only escape from anarchy, we have en-
tire faith in the virtue and sense OF
the masses, and sloughing of the sins
and crimes of Lincoln, Grant & CO.,
regime. they will restore the govern
ment of the Constitution in all its
benificencc, grandeur and glory. And
in the hour of returning reason, virtue
and decency, we shall get rid Of many
of the monarchical absurdities that
still cling to us. For instance, the
term honorable, often given TO the
meanest men possible, even to Vice
President Henry Wilson, beyond
doubt the meanest white man on the
Continent. 1t is now quite extensive
ly applied to negroes, mnlattoes, sam
bos, &c, and will be run into the
ground, of course. Indeed, we see in
the fashionable arrivals at the St.
James, in this city, two honorable
cuffees" from South Carolina gravely
registered with names of Senator
Stockton and other honorable (?) gen
tlemen l-Ne,c York Day Book.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21
THIEVES L.kELY TO COME TO GRIEF.

a Washington dispatch under date
of the 14th instant states positively
that = the report of Poland's Mobilier
Committee will recommend the ex-
pulsion of Ames and Brooks and Sc,
verely censure other implicated Con-
gressmeu, with probability of an i'm
parchment of Colfax. Ames is said
TO be incredulous us to the truth of
this rumor. He says that if they at
tetnpt TO expel him he will die hard /;
that IT will take the whole House to
kill him; that if this expulsion occurs
what will it show9 No man must
hereafter tell the truth about Con
gressmen. Then how are the world
and people 10 regard it ?'
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

In the State of Illinois all forms of
betting on elections are criminal of
fences, punishable by fine OF 81, 600,
or imprisonment for one year, or
both at the discretion of the court
In England, it used to be common
form of bribery at, election to bet the
voter that he would not vote for a
certain candidate mentioned, and thus
win the bet.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-21

TIE Herald and 0rego,aian both
alluded ir high praise to the able let
ter Of Dir. Philip Lowe, published in
the DENocRAT last week. The BuL-
leila speaks very derisively ofthe po-
sition taken by Mr.. Lowe. All this
is very plain. The Herald and Ore
gonian are not owned by the propri-
Tor Of railroad. The Bulletin is
Let oppressed farmers draw their own
caacnsions.