V. X. OnlrJnl tif tor OM(nn. A North Carol ins. por in vcfcr Yini to 1 1 te arrest of il c Ku K 1 ax, says : " White men we arrested by lite hundreds, but Hi is inipossihleto wurea doxfn itegto outlaws." We sire glad to hoar tlit llie mor :ls of the liejjproes are. so gxxl down there. , v. ...... - and defalcations on the ;art of Radical oifH-sds sro beeomini so frequent that tlioy scarcely excite remark," ays.a Democratic ex "change. TJiey "scarcely excite a avmark because the great mass of xhem amount to no more than "re 1 torts, and everylKwly knows it. "'That's what's the matter." The ale party in their recent sroolosrical surveys in this State, among the great variety of fossil I remains discovered, including ex tinct species of rhinoecVos, lion, mastodon, etc., found the remains of a throe-toed horse, and a horse no larger than a yearling ealC It was well that party quit investigate ing when they did. A three-toed horse ! Oh' gravy ! A vmmler of young ladies having applied. &r pageships in the Cali ibrnia Legislature, the Chronicle thinks that as only boys have here tofore lecn permitted to consort with statesmen, and as the business of page is ticklish, the Solons had Ix'tter stick to the boys. A Democratic paper says that the "five groat men ot this country are Tinder a cloud just now Grant, Brigham Young, Moss Tweed, Jim Fisk and Don Piatt." It might add that they are all Democrats, ex cept (i rant, and l.obody, save a Democrat, can see the cloud Grant is under. G loomy , eloudsome ej-es, can nought but clonus Ijeho'ld. "Ilei.rv Ward Beecher argues in favor of worms as an. article of diet. The chesnut worm, says he, "lives upon the best and the richest ; it never eats any unclean thing in its life; then why should we not eat it?" The worms in good time will prolably find an article of diet in M r. Beeclicv. Root & Cad one of the largest firms in the country dealing in music and musical instruments, lost in the recent Chicago fire property valued at 200,000, on which there was an insurance of $115,000, only $G0,000 of which they expect to re cover, owing to the failure of insur ance companies. On Wednesday .e veiling, at Oro Fino Theatre, Portland, Mrs. A. J. Duni way delivered a lecture on the fubject of "Woman's Duties as Cit izens." The lecture and lectures was well received, the Mullet in as serting that she possesses the, proper qualifications to become a popular lecturess. From the following tabular com parison of losses by great fires in modern times, it will be seen that Chicago is entitled' io all the laurels it leads the destructive pile : Chicaea. 1871.. ,...$200,000,000 .London. KXUi.... .... .... XewYork, 1835 Portland, 180(5... Pittsburg, 1845 XewYork, 1845 . San Francisco, 1841 Charleston, 1 SGS St. Louis, 1849.. Albany, 180S.. 35.000.000 15,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 0,000,000 3,500,000 3.000,000 ' 3,000,000 3,000,000 A Nevada exchange, under the caption ot "Another Aspect in Eu reka,'' says : " Unsuspecting hus band goes home nymphomaniac wife statuesquely seated on lap of eurious impertinent' tableau pantomime bear aspect rapidly disappearing through the rear door grand finale curtains and all things fall." Brevity is the soul of wit. : '''';"." It is rumored in Washington Territory that Gov. Salomon and Judge Kennedy have tendered their resignations to the Department at Washington. The advice of the San Francisco CArou-U to the members of tlte Legislature of California now in session' is, "don't drink it is the bane oflegislation." I a letter re cently published by Gov. Brown, of Missouri, the writer takes occasion to Kay that when he Itocan.c Gov ernor he determined not "to use anything in the shajte of alcoholic drinks, so long as 1 may be charged with any administration of public affairs." ' He thus places himself above suspicion, and above even mali'niitv. Taking this letter as a text, the Chronicle exhorts the members of the Legislature to "fol low thecxamplcofGovcrnor Hrown, and at the conclusion of their labors our legislators will leave a record Itehhid them of which they may Iw proud." The X. Y. Trib une thinks that a similar resolution made by all public men, with a reasonable assurance that it would not be broken, would go a great way toward increasing the confidence of the people in their . servants. The effect in Washington at least would be at once magical and gratifying. A brute of an Eastern editor re marks that the suffrage women "cling to the monsters who have tyranized over them and leget like monsters to tyranize in their turn." The suffrage women should effect such a change of base as would ef fectually cut off this supply of "monsters." Massachusetts sends her best men to the Legislature. Among the gen tlemen just elected to the House of 1 representatives from Boston are ex Mayor Frederick W. Lincoln, Col onel A. J. Wright, Moses Kimball and others of equal prominence, loth on the score of personal character and past political services. .Oregon might benefit herself by such prac tice. "Passing through the Fire," is the title of the first piece of music issued by Messrs. Boot & Cady,the. great music house of Chicago, since the terrible fire in that city. It is a splendid piece of music. It is reported that the German Government has resolved to occupy the districts occupied by its troops in France, it fresh outrages are com mitted by the French on German soldiers. Bussia is endeavoring to force, under the severest penalties, the Germans who reside in her Baltic provinces to speak the Bussian dialect. It is announced that ex-Governor Stanford's horse, at Sacramento, re cently, trotted three mile heats, all under 2.19, which, if true, stamps him as one of the fastest horses in the world. "Ye have done it unto me" is the title of a new song and chorus, by Geo. F. Boot, as an accompaniment to "Passing through the Fire," by the same gentleman. On the 28th November the Her ald Publishing Company, of Port land, filed articles of incorporation, Wilbur F. Connell, B. B. Taylor and Eugene Semple as corporators. Governor B. Gratz Brown of Missouri indignantly denies that he is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors. Public men have more sins to answer for than they com mit. .. , The Baker City Democrat wants some one to import a lot of onions in to that market, as the place is des titute of them. On the night of the 3d, a fire broke out in Warwick Castle, Lon don, doing great damage. . One hundred and twenty-five school teachers were thrown out of employment by the Chicago fire. During the week there were 233 deaths from small pox in Philadel phia. Harpers' Weekly circulates 275, 000 copies. The calfskin burned in Chicago was valued at 81,500,000. ' The Xcw York SYar,one Of the latest and '.strongest adherents of the Tammany Democracy, says that, the Democratic party is dead and past resurrection. The London limes expresses the sentiments of England on Grant as follows : The interests of England and the United States are now so interwov en in commercial, and therefore, also ii iolitical matters, that the char acter of the American Executive is of no small importance to us,' and "we believe the general opinion to be that the States have never had a Government more straight forward and conciliatory than the present in its foreign policy, and more to be trusted by those whose commercial and financial interests are Itound up with the maintaiuanco of American credit. The firmness and moderation with which order has been restored, the economical skill with which the debt has leen reduced, and the good will with which international controversies have lieon brought to a close, make us anticipate with satisfaction the election of General Grant to a sec ond term of office. - It is said that Tammany, having stolen every thing else, are now trying to steal away. The Mcnton D:mocrat recom mendst he organization of Democrat ic clubs, to which the Journal res ponds: Would i it it be more consistent for the Democracy to organize Be publican clubs,when they ar casting about for a Bepublican for a Presi dential candidate ? The Boston Journal insists that Yice President Colfax should not decline a renomination if the Na tional Convention shall see fit to tender it.. If he shall persist, how ever, in declining, it ; thinks an Eastern man should le nominated. The following, says the Missouri Democrat, may be taken as an orli cialVcport of the results of the next Democratic National Convention, acting under advice of the 3Iis souri Jlcpublican : Whereas, Democratic Opposition to Orover. In its' last issue the; , Jacksonville Times, an independent, outspoken Democratic sheet, "goes for" Gov ernor G rover in 'the old style, shak ing very contemptuously of his "claims," and calling him "His Im becility." Here are the several reasons given lor' its opposition to (i rover's pretentions, which should be received as very fair, coming as they do from such good Democratic authority : 1st, it would elevate to the office of Secretary of State a young man wholly inexperienced to fill so ar-. duous and responsible a position, but who is all well enough Avhere he is; 2d, the Governor was elected tor a term of four years, and an election is a civil contract, between the people on one side and the candidate on the other ; so whenev er Governor G rover's term is ended, it will le time enough to consider his Senatorial pretentions ; 3d, lo calise the Governor has, ever since his inauguration, unceasingly used the (Jubernatoral patronage as a stepping stone to the Senatorship, and all appointments coming from the Department of State have been made with that view. We are opposed to corruption ot this char acter, for it is nothing less. We are for any man outside of the Gevcrnor; let him serve out his term, and then it will lie time enough to talk about the great non committalist to Washington. "From the Oregon ian we learn that B. A. Abbott and Albert Lamb, two of the persons to whom was awarded the contract for con structing the second section of the Northern Pacific 'Bail road, are reported, to have left the city and State, clandestinely, leaving lie hind quite a number of unlucky creditors. The two men are said to have left Portland a few days ago for the purpose of going to Kalama, but instead of stopping at Kalama, they went to Astoria, where they took passage on the Ajax for San Francisco. Portland consders herself swindled to the amount of sixteen thousand dollars. Measures have been taken to have the absconding ones stopped at San Francisco... cratic party therefore be it Besolved, Lst, That the Demo cratic party of the United States in convention assembled, do hereby declare Besolved, 2d, That the Demo cratic party Besolved 3d, That the Demo- F - Besolved, 4th, That in the well known character of our gallant standard bearer for the Presidency, the Hon. and our equally distinguished can didate for the Vice Presidency, the Hon. the Democ racy of the United States do hereby declare their unbounded confidence. The convention then adjourned with three cheers for the ticket and the platform. It is thought probable that the Iowa Legislature will evade a direct vote on the woman suffrage ques tion, by giving the people an op portunity to vote upon the question of striking the word "male" from the State Constitution. A New York paper says : "The short-necked, crop-haired, plug-ugly race of statesmen is greatly dimin ished in the vicinity ot City Hall Park since the election. The New York Tribune finds more to approve than to condemn in the Presidents' message. The Times says : "We are much mistaken if the most exacting can find in it any recommendations or oversight on which to base serious complaint. It will strengthen the intelligent faith of the people in his sound sense and sympathy with the better feelings of the country." , The first twentyS-five miles of the North Pacific Bailroad leading out of Kalama, has been graded and the teams discharged. The Washington Territory Leg islature has adjourned. It gave Kalama a city charter. A standing telegraph joke-: "Tweed preparing for rligtit." The prize-fight between James Mace and) Joseph Coburn, which came oil" at Montgomery Station, forty miles from New Orleans, on the 30th of 'November, was declar ed a "draw" by the referee, Capt. Bufe Hunt. The fight was pro longed four hours and ten minutes. Neither man was badly punished, and the fight, beyond the exhibition ot some tolerable fair sparring, didn't amount to much as a fitdit. The San Francisco Chronicle for the twelvth time in its history, has come out of a libel suit "not guilty." This time the suit was brought by Edward W. Casey against the Chronicle for its criti cism on his connection with the purchase and sale of Government positions at the Marc Island Navy Yard. From the IacJic Iribttne, of Olympia, we learn that the Legis lature now in session has passed a bill relating to rights of persons and property as 'affected by mar riage. The bill makes the mar riage relation, as affecting real prop erty, a limited copartnership. The Legislature has voted strongly against Woman Suffrage. A little girl in New York re cently celebrated her fourth birth day by attending Sabbath-School. "When the recitations ot the class were finished the teacher asked her if she could repeat some little verse she learned. r She promptly replied she could, and astonished the class by the following : Mary Imd a little lamb. She laid it on the shelf. Every time it wagged its tail You know how it is yourself. 21,990 acres of land was dispos ed of by the Olympia Land office during November. Mrs. A J. Duniway has mounted the lecture stump in Portland. The apportionment bill of the Washington Territory Legislature was vetoed by Gov. Salomon, on the ground that it was not just and equal. ;".'" . . ' : : Marion, a station on the railroad between Salem and the Santiam, now has twenty-five houses. Tli IresiI rut's tf(mi;e. The President's message lias not yet been received, except that por tion of it relating to the relations of the United States with Great Brit ain. That of itself, however, is suf ficient to show to every candkl, in telligent mind,, that the President of the United States is not only a man of wisdom and sagacity, but also' of truest patriotism. By "his sagacity, the hostility of feeling which existed Tetween our Gov ernment and that of Great Britain, has been allayed, and relations the most fraternal and kind have been substituted. Differences be tween the two Governments are now to be adjusted by arbitrations. The influence of this eminently wise treaty will not be circumscrilied in its benefits to the circle of the two nat ions ; but the principle of equity and brotherly kindness which runs through it like a bar of gold, and illuminates it all over like radiance from the sun, will be felt in every nation on this round green earth. , FOREItOr NEWS. A Xew Feature fn I.f isliitfon. J. J. IT. Van Bokkelen has intro duced a bill into the Legislature designed to put a stop to the perni cious practice of making games of chance a feature of church fairs, sociables, &c. For the benefit of our readers we copy the entire bill, as introduced by him in the Wash ington Territory Legislature : Sktiox 1. Me it enacted by the Legislature Assembly (f the Territory of Washington, That any person or persons who shall organize and advertise any fair, tea party or sociable for charitable pur poses, at which a post office is held for the ostensible purpose of extort ing money from the visitors thereto by selling to them bogus letters at a rate OArer and above tne rates estab lished by the United States Post office laws and without United States stamps on same, 1 shall be deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor and fined in a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars and costs of suit. Skc. 2. That any person - who shall be present at such a fair, tea party or sociable, who shall entice the visitors thereto to violate the laws of the Territory against gam bling by solieitating, urging and en ticing them by smiles to take a chance in a grab-bag, wheel of for tune, lottery or purchase of articles at a price one hundred per cent, over the store prices in the town in which said raffle is held, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars. Sec. 3. All cases arising "under this act shall lie subject to the juris diction of the Justice of the Peace of the precinct in which the offense was committed. Seo 4. All fines arising from the violation of this act shall be paid into the hands of the Territor ial Treasurer, and shall be credited to a special fund for the purpose of defraying the burial expenses of all persons dying iu the Territorial Insane Asylum. Sec. 5; This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Tell us not in idle jingle "mar riage is an empty dream ; " for the girl is dead that's single, and things are not what they teem. Life is real, life is-earnest, single-blessedness a fib; "Man thou art, to man returneth," has been spbken of the rib. Not enjoyment and not sor row is our destined end or way, but to act that each to-morrow finds us nearer marriage-day. Lite is long and youth is fleeing, and our hearts, though light and gay, still like pleasant drums are beating wed ding marches all the day. In the world's broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, be not like dumb driven cattle be a heroine a wife ! Trust no future, howo'r pleasant ; let the dead past bury its dead ; act act in the living present, hop ing for the spouse ahead. Lives of married folks remind us we can live our lives as well, and, departing leave behind us, such examples as will "tell" such examples that another, wasting time in idle sport, a forlorn, unmarried brother, seeing, shall take part and court. Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart on triumph set ; stil I contriving, and pursuing, and each one a hus band get. The Prince of Wales, London,, is no better of -the typhoid fever, "j The '"Earl of Chesterfield died, Decmbcr 1st, of typhoid fever. He contracted the disease at the same time and place as the prince. : I The " Brazilian . difficulty . with Germany is still pending nothing but an apology and an indemnifica tion will satisfy the Germans. The Saxon Diet at Dresden was opened Decern! er 1st by the King, who, in a speech from the throne, congratulated the House on the prosperous condition of the King dom and declared in nneoulvoeat terms his auhesion to the German. Empire. ' . . , It is rumored in Spain that the? United States and Great Britain are threatening intervention in Cu ban affairs. Cabinet meetings were? being held over it. i The Pope is opposed to all com promises with the rulers of Italy, i A final settlement of the United States funded loan was made in London, Deeemlier lst, without dis turbing the money markets, the bonds closing higher than ever be fore, and the loau advancing to 90 ' gold, because the statement was an ticipated. A portion of the loan was unsettled at the opening of the1 books to-day. Of the $20,000,000, nearly $15,000,000 was arranged in London, leaving less than G,000, 000 undisposed of, with the conti nent to hear from. There is no" doubt that the whole of the loan in European markets is taken. Kossuth is reported to have issued a manifesto demanding the separa tion of Hungary from ' Austria. He; desires th Magyars, Croats, Wal lachians, Moldavians and Bulgari-i ans, to establish a Danubiau Con federacy. ' Masonic. Jefferson Lodge, NoJ 33, F. and A. M., held hi Jefferson; December 2d, 1871, elected the fol lowing officers to serve during the ensuing year : J I. A. Johnson. WJ John B. Looney, S. W.; W.l M Chas. Hay den, convicted at Jack sonville of larceny and sentenced for for five years in the Penitentiary, has become insane and has been sent to the Asylum. M. Smith, J. W.; A.Smith,TreasJ urer ; Jacob Conser, Secretary; J Burnett, Tvler. . i - , ' ,.': Thiers has made up his mind to oppose the admission of the Orleans' Princes to the National Assembly. A Subterranean' Lake in Ilei-! jcois. The St. Louis Democrat gives' publicity to the following: :..., . z. ..in of Loami, in Sangamon county, llTi nois. in sinking a well recently, came to a body of water which appears like a subterranean lake. - A most remark able feature about this strange body of" water is that, almost, ice cold, it is stirred by some hidden force, and boils and bubbles up to the . hight of" several feet above the level when at; rest, and that this commotion of the i water oceures at regular intervals X X- A. 1 1 1 . cin nun i' oi resi, suuvmieu uy an Hour of bubbling, and so on, . alternating' from oil in to troubled waters. A gentleman who reached here to-day from Loami says that "its boilinc anil swelling make noises like the roar of . the ocean or tlie Gulf of Mexico ami its pulsations, which occur every other hour, sound like the beat of a tenor drum, and the vibrations of the boiling water, shake the ground near by liko the trembling ot au earthquake. It" appears to j be a never-failing lake of waters and furnishes a splendid oppor- -tunity for meditation and scientific In vestigation rarely met with iu this ; country." ' Fire-Proof Dresses. A chemist of Vienna, it is reported, has succeed ed in discovering a comosition which will make even the slight material of ballet dancers' dresses fire-proof. The Prince of Lichtenstein lias given this composition a first trial on the stage in his own palace, In the pres ence of a large company. The rise of the curtains discovered two life-size dolls, dressed as ballet girls, to both of which a light was applied. One of the dolls was rapidly reduced to ashes, while the other, saturated with the protective composition escaped with a small hole burned through the dress. This experiment was so satisfactory thaC the Prince of Liehtenstein is hav ing a wooden theatre erected outside ot Vienna, for the purpose of making another trial of the lire-proof composi tion, with which the boards are to bo saturated. If the building resists lire, the success will be accepted as final, and in that event the discoverer has an order to make the scenery of the Vien na City Threatre uninflammable. A Good Reply. The benevolent Dr. Wilson once "discovered a clergy man at Bath who, he was informed; was sick, poor, and had a numerous family. In the evening he gave a friend fifty pounds, requesting he would deliver it in the most delicate manner, and from an unknown per son. The friend replied : . I Will wait nnnn him pnvlv in tlm mux mug.. " xou win oblige me by calling directly. Think, sir, of what' impor tance a good night's rest may bo to that noor man ' .