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V. M. OfflVtwl l'jejM'r for Orrgoa. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1S7. Grant not Morerr. I'arty zeal and prejudice are just now prompting some of our Demo cratic editors to commit, inpisuee in charging President Grant with , fey, uori rilia, (juttke) but wauU , "The subject of woman's eutrau. being insiiwre in his advocacv of Lw! .v,.:,x ,, 'L of ,. : c'""""1 li,s lKWmc . .. r ,n , iiwe wnitii i.ac me nut or age j Wlt, obnoxious leatuies that what he mil refonn. fhey do not upoil We suggest to the j OIK.e rv11hh1 a &ir protest against bring any positive or substantial j, ,vwy t)iat the war of the He- j tyranny ami taxation without rep testimony to convict the President, .'hellion thjstroved the oldest plank resentatioii is now becoming a nut-ofcom-se, for such evWenco cannot in tho Dtic plalloim-slav- uv to U "Jf, bc" adduced ; bnt thev trv to prove lhe Luo Ju ,.ot 01lIv i imisucetonio,aiid have , . ' . - ' ai- iht ut ,tgt not ouij . ,Vs.I.h1 to omliue nnvlt in tbo by MrtVmw or eon.t.Htmv, tlmt he iaelltitol ,tat ptafc; bllt t10 hue , rQliiri to that line of remarks which idishonetamlhvrXTitical. EBbrts ; 0( human miiv: which was sk'd to I has done more towards winning me to do this in other directions have been attempted for the past two andtyranical jvwer. After the di-s-yeara; but have most signally tailed, ' mKiimi pf tLat plank, ojipoeitk from the simple fact that President ' to tho jjeconstmction measures and (irant, with all of his im!xrfe'etioiis ana lailmgs, is strictly iionesi in ms efforts to administer the Govern ment, and such is the estimate in which he is held by the people. It will not Ik; forgotten that in bis ii t message ho gave some intima- tionof the e intending towaiils corruption, which weretlie concom - Hants of the pra?tiee ot the civil em-ruw n.l m1 his Cnnifil -w iv-v , iv v'"1" 1 j opositiou to the practical opera - I, ti&l Kvttom ir k bn mil President who has earnestly pre sented in his message tho imuort- c c. :.. i. :. :i iiiiL vi i n mi ut in inv: ii net , KAJt It lie were acting insincere in this ! 1110 ,a,e 01 ltnvn ls kmwn .v A project to sell the desert por matter, why has he in so many in- j ,1,e Wf? ,,f the 1Ioir- H- tion of Texas to the I'nited Suites stances ignored the wishes of the ! 1,,rkcr- ll;,s CohuccUhI fjr all TlJ(liail rosol.vatiu at fifty party hi appointing men to & JWMr 'm'" noteO. two, and in other cas reta:ned men in power whom the party would have turned out? Tie answers this question in his lir,t message where he says : "There has been no: leuor 10 l"e W 111 hesitation in changing oflicials i j hich he declared that tlie Demo order to secure an efficient execu- mty liad outlivetl its useful re i. . t.,,f;,r. inn I ness. and was in favor of burying when, in a mere party view, unde- sirable political results were likely to follow. Nor has there been any hesitation iu retaining efficient offi - cials against remonstrance wholly jwlittcal." 1 nis has been tlie spirit which has iiitlueuced, President Grant from the first au honest de- i , . . A sire to promote the welfare and hap- J nostril," to the Oregon Dem- piness of the nation, by placing and : ocracy,and hope they will acquiesce. retaining good men iuoffice. Pres-, Here is the letter : ideut Grant has shown no inclina- j "Having faithfully served as a tion to plav the hypocrite, or dema- j mnbe5 ol' 1,10 Itanocratie orgaui , ., . . ., . : zation for over twenty years, and gosne, but on the contraiv, in tins .. . c ,, r iJl s o. i . i iit.ll l havinir the tu lest eolilhleeee civil service matter, especially, has he shown an eaniestness and sincerity worthy of tlie highest com mendation. $clinrc In his True Chnracter. Thc New York Tunes is on the track of Carl Scfannc Its detesta-! tion of crime and hypocrisy is ' i.i l... f i - ; 1 . .. .. i anu Fticcess m unraveling inem. Senator Sehurz places himself in the van as a civil service reformer. lie charges, if not directly, by implica tion, at least, that the President lias been guilty of mismanagement ; but the 7Vtf,i steps iu and shows that .-'enator Sofaon is unfit, from a moral and consistent standpoint, to utter any criticism under that head, as he has done more to bring about corruption in the civil service than any otlier Senator, unless it be Fen ton. In the State Department, Scmirz has recommended over I h Irty persons to office; in the In" terior Department he has recom mended over thiiiyir, of- whom twelve were annBhited. and nine are now in office three having j Itfen removal or resigned. One of these was dismissed for drunken, liess. Schurz in all candor assured the Senate that he did not person ally interest himself in obtaining the appointment of his brother-in-law, lussen, to office. The Timet says that he did, and proves it by say ing that Schurz personally urged this appointment upon the Secretary of the Treasury and also the Secre tary oftlie Interior, besides "indors ing?' Jussen's paper. The Times has begun to pick the feathers of deception aud hypocrisy from Sena tor Schurz, and the chances are that this Teutonic game cock will have hat bare-bones of depravity prctly thoroughly exposed before the ii vestigauou ends. A Short Platform. The Salem Mercury heads an article with, "Give us a short plat form." Tltat nervous journal don't want "a loug, loose string of mag nilomiont fl'ibbv ivolution " (aa niioquent, naooy notations ras we infer lias been the casern the pwt.) bnt wants them "expressed in a few plain English wo.xls," (wants to play "honest Ihji.i" now.) It : ,i,), ,.om i.. ii. i,..;c i pernetu-Ue and extend its heartless :gelK,ral of lie jjjicau party was the Democratic platlbrm, mitil tlie "iR'W dejiarture" wasns men, women, and children taken, and then opiositiou to Gen. I go into the starts every pleasant Grant was all that was left. We Play with the intention of stealing . , ,r anvthim; they can with safety lav think we can suggest to the Men;,. nara-1(ll,,:s n a "uliort" platlbrm. which will i all tho 0f mod- 1 oni lyoeraev. t , this: I j',. sst ami m the 'i !.. j,! u.L t-: i LII1I1 . I IlilL ill lit' illl ill ill. .Ill ; and toul, to beat den. Giant tor the st 1 "residency. A IlruMtcrallc l.rndcr'a Letter. there is a leadinir Democrat ut I Wcmy .vars. jiis intelligence is midoulited, and his inniience in the I lias considerable. Not "SS tl,is genttw" w,utc a j the putrid remains of the defunct j organization. We think he takes j a very correct view of the aspect j ' ll0W P'vsenteil by the Democratic , i organization, and we commend the j Pij !.! . 1 ... t.. 1 1 1.. pwwwou turn mr iwuv hium uu buried, and, the stench of its putrid j remains be removed from the public j iu the cardinal principles of tlie jiarty, I am impelled to declare my conviction that the organization has outlived its usefulness, and that it I is the duty of Democrats to ac i knowledge that the Democratic par- ty is dead. All efforts at depart- u"re or to galvanize it into life have proved a iailure. Tho jiiiestige of its general policy, or rather a lack oi iioncy. uunuu ino war, win cnug -i . Jw.i .t. :n t!- to it and prevent its success, no to it and prevent its success, no ; matter how much we mav become maiiu now mucii we nay oecoine punned bv a change ot heart, "he . ... . . result of the recent elections is suni- cient proof of this (act We can I oramze bv forming some integral ! resurrect our principles. But the body must be buried, and the stench of its putrid remains removed from tlie public nostrils. Tlie present is the proper emergency to test the patriotism ot the members ot the Democratic tarty. If we love onr country better than we do our party, and abandon the organization and unite with patriots,disregardiiig polit ical antecedents, we may reasonably hope for a change ot administration iu 1872, that will protect and glla ahtee equal nglitfto all sectioiis of our common country; centralized power will vanish ; the war will soon be forgotten, and our country again be peaceful, prosperous and happy. (Signed) Geo. H. Pabkeii. I'onUltntlon Protrrtorn. Tlie Salem Mercury says that "for more than half a century Ugn,. ocracy has been the true and faith, fill companiou and body-guard of the Constitution." The Dcmo. crats seem to forget that it wasn't but a few years ago that tltcy were uewiKimg mat Coiisfctutiou so val-! iantly, as to be trying to 'destroy j it. Body-guard of the Constitu. I tion I Heaven deliver the Cohstitu tion from auy more such body, guards. Senator Schurz gays he will bolt if Grant is renominated. Olive IOffttu Ulvra up Woman Suf. trnxt. Olive Logan, one of the most eminent ai d successful tcniale advo- i icntes of woma'i suffrage, has he- I COI,,c ulsSl,SUHl wu" lMC measurc -ji-u,- f.,tres 0,1 Tu,t wt tne nlH,ls' -tures come disgusted with the measure I neeome a part , ana ! lms rt,,,oul,wl tlie wllolc ftu 01 ww- w- letter to the New York Trihmn-: ' ?lu''' ',n,e ftl" 'ortune as I jiossCns than ativthiuj; 1 have slid about sutlrage. Unclean hands havebeon laitl uK)ii it ; let it go." The New York police estimate , that on an average, fully 5011 per- Unices and crowded shops, and car- I ry qff whatever they can steal.from ; a bundle ot dry goods, an umbrella, ! or a eaiie to a sheet of mper or a i . . daily newspaper. -Many of them are j well dressed, have good maimers, j and would never lie suspected by I the uninitiated. .A'. P. 06,wr. EA-WSM KEWH. ; William F. Weld, 01 Poston, is reported to lie the wealthiest man in Massachusetts. He is aliout 70 i years old, and is worth about $18,- ! 000,000. Gov. Washburn of Massachusetts recommends that women bc allowed to JJ? t,,at tate t,,c "1UOT q"?stion. James F Legate was confirmed Governor of Washington Territory by the Senate on the 26th hist. IT l. T I. ? lVII js iieieu .ioseininc jMMWoem arrived in lloston on the 20th, she j was followed by some young men, ' who hooted and jostled her into the I depot, where the hackmen and rail- j olives are ripening in Santa Barba road officers had to rescue her, put ra. her iu a carriage and drive her! Vallejo, Cab, has four dally newspa away. j l1"3, C, Ttoht was kmrnd iu A valuable deposit of plumbago has Konrorlr V J nil tho "fil l mt . ' He seemed to die without pain. Geo. W. Watson of Williams. burg, New York, was shot dead in ; his own establishment, on the lioth, i by Mrs. Fanny Hyde, aged eighteen years, who says that he has lieen in the habit of insulting and accusing her of unfaithfulness to her hus- band. band. i George Ryder, a pi-omiuent young 1 , . , ,! in-iii nl hie-er.i Me. avt. rriL- r,l ' " ! hydrophobia, who had never been j bitten by a dog rabid or otherwise, i Criminal Court which adjourned on the 2oth inst, found an indictment for bribery against eleven Alder m3ii and ex-Aldermen, and an in dictment against Klemtch, the West Side Tax Collector, for swin dling. The Missouri Democrat favors the nomination af James G. lilainc, Speaker of the House of Itepresen tatives, for Vice President on the Republican ticket. Tlie Congressional Special Com mittee to investigate Louisiana trou bles left for New Orleans on tho 24th. A special from Columbia states that Byas, a colored member of the Ig'ure, attempted to cowhide iomiisou, couespooue.iv v. ...v Charleston Xmi, for something lie had written, when Tomlison shot his assailant, whose recovery is be lieved to be impossible. The President sent the following nominations to the1 Senate on tlie 24th inst : Edward P. Johnson, U. S. Attorney for Wyoming; Addison C. Gil bs, u. 8. Attorney for Ore gon. Mrs. Conway is the contractor to build a section of the Western Mary, land Railroad. I'Atim t oast m;ws. MliMng b becoming tashtona - ble In Los Angeles, Cal. Sacramento shipped 705,839 pound of wool last vcar. 'I'l... V...-..1.. !.. r .,!;..., i-,.,.,. -i.A wv.-".-... HUtt 20 ioi..-v we darmg i " lloen3es wm ( UsoeU in !Mn U lu one week "recently. IVnnle of Washington county are L'xcitiil about the Portland dank road. Iii is.o there were !. pcrwia in . , . .. ? uregull ov r iru jenni ui uv no inuld not read or write. l,0sB citU zeiwover tweiity-oneare illiterate. A recent survey -hows that Califor nia lacks some 22,000,000 acres 'of be ing a- large a- she has heretofore thought hi.T-elf. Willamette pnlversity, professors tntorsaud pupils to tlie number of two hnndtvd, went skating in a body on Wednesday of ht week. Money orders iiuioiinllugto 15,-110, "),") were issued at the JacksouvUle J'ost olllce la-t year. It is reported that l"iton, lateoftlie j Salem Mercury who lias started some i ball' dozen pajHTs more or less, in the H'illauiette valley, Is now going to Grand Ronde, Union count v, to start iU10t,R,, Oregon tor the year .luue3t). ; fa, we mvm :!2. Tlie cost of assessment: was (11,301 31; of collec tions $8,211!) 10. Total co-t of asses sing and collecting. U0,CO0 41. The Jacksonville Tinm ( Dem. ) makes tun of Gov. Grocer's "Envoy Kxtraordiuary and Minister PleuJpo teutiary," as the Tiim-h calls hi in. to Washington, (iiiife a number ofjour nals are de-irons of knowing whether the State foots Air. Gllfry's expenses. Jolin ('. llileniaiiha-lieentviutiniied Hegister of the Land Office at Vancou ver. Seattle is pronounced tlie liveliest town on the Sound, In thrift and growth. Miotanianuaiuetl Parmer dead in a ..L Ml.. i. . 1 1 : l till Illl 1. till 111 1. ,, 1111:1111 I..I1MI.III Enttwii .Biwiii, ueiu.uj.iiuu.ua,. Lkpior w as the cause. The ship Kllzabeth KhnWH made the run recently, between Sail Iran - ciscoand Port Madison, Puget Sound, hi lour days and sever! hours the: shor test time by two day s ever know n. A posfoflice ha; been established at Woodburn, Marion county, A. Ma- thiot, Postmaster. Washington county fanners say that wheat is'badlydainagt'dbythe freezing weather. I liecn found near Vlsillltl, Cal. Santa Clara couufv. Cat., protlnced 25.000 gallons of w ine last year. The average depth of the snow on the summit of the Sierra Nevada. where the railroad crosses, is about eight feet, liie strawberries were presented to the editor of the Loi Angeles, Cal., .YtM, on the 22d lilt. ii..:.. i..f ............ i... . ,0.,. " ... t, .. . . I t.normous. Hundreds of them Crow to ! , ,, , , . . , i M1I ll Inn il jl teo-etlier In v-iviiie ll ?. 's thought that afftoM in the western . 'Mrt of tI,e wl,.u'1' 8Urvtved ,,,e re spring. Senator Wilson's friends at Wa-li-' ingtou ai reiiorted enraged against Colfiixand Rlalne ; against tlie first for insincerity, and the second for playing into Colfax's hands. Tlie new Koman Catholic Mission to the Southern colored ieople will have its headquarters at Baltimore. Lincoln's Apprehensions. Iu a late copy of the Philadelphia l'rens wo find this : In a recent conversation respecting Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Draper stated that shortly hefore the assassination of the President he said : "I do not think I shall live to see the end of my term, 1 try to shake ofTthe vision, but It still keeps haunting inc." He began to re ceive threatening letters soon after his nomination. He kept them by them selves, labelled "Letters on Assassina tion. ' After his death one was found among them connected with the plot which had succeeded. A StbaMsK Case. Mr. E. Cham bers, a station agent at the Millford branch of the Boston and Maine Bail -road, died a few days since from tlie bite of his little daughter, a mere child. She had lieen suO'cring a short tune She had hcen siuieritig a snort tune j with diprheria, and the father forsome reasou not stated, put his hand iu Iter mouth; which she seized and bit with just force enough to break the skin. Hie vim iroin Hie ciiuu a teem pene trated the wound and was diffused through the system. After a -week's illness, during which time the body of Mr. Chambers became much swollen, hediexL Wluit Ls the prevalluiit vice and de sire of bald men ? To put on 'air. tlreffon'i L 'linl Hlelit Nil o Suxuip Land. , : T,1(l ,. tmiitnutTy asserting that the State will reallw? a million , dollars out oflswamp lawk it" in- ci- Hlf SffB?12 5H? IS H'y m. .11 .JKI . I m mwwmii -nie mbuunu.hu it- psrty euWtes" are powerless to defeat anyTtart and legal rights wnleft the ntite may have m swamp l.iiicN, and would not defeat tho-e if 1 1 icy could. Those right-' are of a diameter which the courts will enforce, and the State eannnt he deprived of any lamls to whiill it i- legally en titled, iillt till' (llil.l IONIAN hnvts dial it and it "ifnifwlnninn" n il l. nliln i to fe(m a frrm scheme of nnblic roll- t 1 1 1 . ... . I I .1 I , . ni-r. io,e nio-e won n nave oe n piae- Heed in other States wider this swamp iiiiHl jk t. wliereliv va-t areas ot ianils areas ot , not swamp and oversowed have ! ' nl into the h ind- of sjiecuhltora t the iletrliiieut of the static resitectively, This is the-ehcnie which the Umlil : fears wa will defeat. Here i- the nib. It knows that uuUHly can deprive the State of the lands actually granted by j the act of Consnx'ss, Ixicaue the Courts i will enforce the legal rurhts of the State or of claimants under its author ity. All this t;dk, therefore, about de feating (be just claims of the State is lliooiislilue. The fear is that claims not just may lie defeated. Oregon con tains a small proportion of lauds of really a swampy character. Perhaps no State in the Union contains a pro - portion so small. I ney who want to i-reate a belief that there are one mill - lwiauMss.it swamp lauus in the State, : ofOregm. sisl tb,) only excuse thev are pursuing a deep game. One mill-! have in presenting it. while t be eouu iou acres would maKo about 1,000 try apiiears to have decided again-t sipiare miles, oronc-sistieih ofthcaiva subsidies is the entlrehiipi-actieiibility the of State. Take the State through, ! 0f the settlement of the country with and one iimre mile III sixty is not ; ut some Government aid tor the de swamp or overftowed. The proportion velopmentofa railroad system'. This of sodden lands burnt nearly so high, projected railroad will develop a coiin Behlnd the attempt to create an in- try 68 miles in length, which is now pre-sion that it is. there must be some excluded from agricultural pursuits." design of a qtfftMmShle sort which, at 'J'Ih. bllland nftitforlal were referred least, it will do no bar.ii to watch vigi- lantly. t)ivijhi(it. Alexis IxcjrnnxG Aboit on; WoitKiNiuttcN. lH'.riugthc Grand Duke Alexis' walks through the Bridgeport catrridgo factory the other day, he iwinted to several workiugmen and imjuired of Gov. Jewell, '"Are these mop What Von call the common iieople'i The Governor replied that they were a fell' specimen of the working classes in this country. "Hut do you mean to say that these get into official ' itfwltimiK?' fmllioi' iisk-fil the im . .... , ... , iienal scion. 1 erhaiis anv ot iiiesc , 0ovmJ Jwe J ' ltl)utmeil uftiei,. t.tass ,1 . li0y .uv dxmted men, most of them j that i?r they can all rcal and write ; and most ol them take and rca thl newspapers." '"Do you know ofany cases where such men have actually been elected to office?' again oner, ted theciirious Alexis. "Oh, certain- It," the Governor stiid: Lmyselt worked iu the i-hop as a tanner till j I was twenty vcars ot age hd the announcement seemed to puzzle : t0 ill(lllce Ilt, Q0Wument to recog tho 1 hike a good deal. 1 Icre was , mn mii a, a Mmr. the Governor of a state, as well Lnt WW(5r nn. beeimilug to despair of dressed and as well appearing as They will hrinir their efforts litinself, who bail actually worked iu a shop, and this man was wel coming iiitn in bcl iilt of a hundred "7 . ' , 7 i , enigma tliau the boy had cipheivi on nrevious v : nut as lie soos through the country he will ascer- tain, upon inquiring, that many ot j the public men here have come j direct from the workshop. In Mas-1 sadm'setts, where ho is now visit- inir, Governor Clatlin was a shoe-1 maker, Senator Wilson was a cob- j bier also, and General Hanks was a mi'bliiivt in every Stat A hist such i seltlmade men can be fonnd. They I rrH the highest places. President j l"1 1 1 , , V I Hl fUB tanner, ana icerres i,W Goliv a nrii iter President '"cnivoi.ia pnuwr. . . , t ...11. ..... n li,-,i..v ..iiieo.o nn "'" There is no end to these examples j promotion. And the Duke may, interesting narrative, . snowing ine iKjamuui woihiog 01 Republican system of govertuneat, to be recited to his most Itogust went, when the oiu genueman , shall ask him on his return to sum up the experiences of his journey. j Jliirtjbrd Vourant, An unprecedented case of somnam bulism occurred a lew nights ago hi New Haven, tho subject being a little child three years old that went out in a storm twice In a single evening to meet Its parents, and as brought back each time and put to lied without 'ic ing awakened. A child of this sort must lie an unhandy bit of furniture to have about a bouse. A flash of lightning rushes through space at such a rate that it might go from the earth to tlie moon hi one sec ond.' Consequently no time is allowed I a man's nerves 's nerves to transmit to the brain the impression of a stroke of lightning, and what time lias the brain to under stand such a crash ? Absolutely none ! The flash occurs, and iu silence and darkness a life is cut off. A speculative traveler, telling how his own beard, silky iu London, be came curly iu Africa, declares that such being' the case temporarily with -"-" "-"i""v "" his liair, he believes that tlie atmos- phere alone Is responsible for tlie curly locks of htlnopia. It Is said that an effort will be made to license gambling-houses. If gam bling is riglit and proper, why inter fere with U, and if wrong, why license It? J In Paris the call of a new acquaint ance must be returned within three days. from Portland to Kali Lakr Viiy. Senator Corhett lias lutrodiu'cd a bill granting twenty sections of land per mile to aid in the construction of ii railroad and telegraph line from Portland, by way of Halles City, to some suitable point on die Uiiou Pa cific or Cent ml Railroad, in the vicin ity of Salt Lake, not further east than (liven river, with a branch from a -uit-nble point west of the Biu Mountains to Walla Walla Valley. The Com liany i named a-having been organ ized under the laws of Oregon. Oil the 20th of March. 1871. Tlie bill con tains a proviso that the lands granted to the Company shall he -old by the United State- dnlv to . . . . ictual settlers tner land-, bv scttleineul and nvo- emption, at Hie price of $2 SOperaei'c. It is required that work-on the road -ball be commenced within one year from the approval of the Act; that twenty miles -.jnll he constructed yearly, and that (he-whole line -hall ! completed by July 1, ISWj A very giKllI liruvUioil Is added, thntthe 'ot -i-pany in laving oft' towusjjt any of tho (annus snail uoiiate to tne proper au thorities at least two I -leeks for the lo cation and nseof fii e school. In pre senting a correlative m a-e.re of Henry Faiiing. W. S. Liidd, L. While iV Co.", C. H.f.ewis 1!. S. Thompson, Jacob Mayer and nine hundred others, citi zens of Portland, nmring Congress to ltd the cou-trui'liou of ti.e road. Mr. ! Cor'x'tt slid 1 will state that this ned I v a very lapcn memorial i ! number of tbejno-t r.:-p--etabli-'citizeiis to tne committee on nibtic Ijuwts. Mr. Corhett has brought forward a measure which lie lielievcs is calcula ted to hasten the return to specie pay ments, reuulrliig the National Hanks to have till ceil M-r cent, of their re serve: in gold coin, on the first of July, and increase the proportion throe per cent, semi-annually thereafter. Henry Meigs, the great Soiit.i American railroad builder, has receiv ed a contract to build n road from Honduras to Chlnibota, nl a cost of 120,000,000. Mr. Meigs Is, wo believe, a native of New York, I ill has -pent the last twenty years of hi- life on tlie Pacific coast, ilislir-t hiidutsi pro ject of note lias the building of the Melts' Wharf ill San Francisco, lle eonfing involved iu financial embar rassments by tliat undertaking, he left California and his creditors precipitate ly ; but, to bis credit ho it said, he has since settled most, if not all, of his old indebtedness. Helms dmie wonders in the way of Internal improvements iu Peru, and has the reputation of be ing the wealthiest man on tlie West coast of South America. is s !iKi na l ie i u nan eaiieis ,vi,t, linvn been in this cotintrv sookico to beftr on Congress no'w. The recent landing of 38,000 coolies and several cargoes of slaves on the island are used as arguments against the Spanish . .. L rule. t is said that the "re-n ent. hist uu- -luet and' all of tiro leading politicians agree tkvt the Vice Presidency should en east of tlie AUeglwnies. ""An .Iowa girl lias contracted to cut and clear 320 acres of limber laud this winter. The city charter of Memphis permits W0I",',1 toWrato votc. Asecdotk ASECJDOM OF the Grand tj,,, a ,,,VI t ,, Kmneror's .! , , TiTI third sen, A lexis, is iu the naval sei v- . ' . ' k. Somewhat more than a ; wicn ,fli)mal , year holding the rank of mid- the Hag-ship in which he serving was wrecked on the nst t- i)nnmn,.i,. 'n, Admiral ordered the boats to be lowered, !llu1 .i;,..,,.,..,! Alovi to talte charms 0f the first boat. The royal mid- flli!,man declined to obey the order. It was itoremptorily repeated : "J, your commanding officer, ordcr-you into the lwat," ''Admiral ; I can not obey you," raid the young Prince. "It would not become tho Emperor to be the first to leave the ship. I shall remain with you to the last." "Rut I shall put you under arrest for disoliedience of or ders as soon as circumstances will allow me to do so." "I mean no disobedience, but I cannot obey," replied the youthful hero. In due time almost the entire crew reached theshoro in salety, only some four or flt. i10,.; xmiAM tho transit. L, . P.' , ... ... . iroin ine snip, inioug ine iiim w.' land were the Admiral and tho Grand Duke Alexis. Tents were hastily erected from the spars and sails from the wreck, and the rigid dccipline of ship-life was promptly resumed. Tho young Prince was placed under arrest for his previous disobedience of orders. As soon as possible the Russian Minister at Copenhagen was informed of the fact and telcgraped them to the Emperor, from whom he received the following reply: "I approve of the act of the Admiral in placing the midshipmau under arrest for disobedience of orders, and I blew and kiss my son for disobeying them." ZyymcoM'tf Magazine, lO.llroml