V. f. OOIrlnl Paper for Oregon. FRIDAY. FKPIUJAKY 2, 1372 llarley lias been extensively sown near Los Angeiea, Cal. Twelve Swiss miidos lost tlioir lives on the Als lnt year. f-'mall-pox is reported as epidem ic iu Italv. Tlio Military Division of the South lias Wen discontinued. Indians are becoming trouble some on tlte Texan frontier. Tins Uritish have a monopoly of the carrying trade of the Lakes. A chess club is to be organized in Portland. Tlie separation of Prince Teck and his wili: is imminent cause, mi faithfulness of the latter. Kotlichild's banking-house re centy offend to take $000,000,000 of the new United States loan. A Scottish minister refused bap- ti-m to the child of a man who sells m;lk on Sunday. - Trenton, X. J., lias one place of worship for about every nine hun dred of her population. The father of Jim Fisk has gone crazy from the assassination of his son. It is refuted that Henry Ward I)ecclier is arranging tor a trip to California in the Fpring. ' llussian priests of tlie Greek Church cannot officiate without bc inn married. Oregon has 95,274 square miles, fronts 280 miles on tlie ocean, and extends inland 340 miles. The Chiucse of California have petitioned Congress for a reduction of the duty on rice. Gilil.'ord, Conn., has an old lady of ninety-three, who has cooked sixty-three Thanksgiving Sinners under one roof The receipts of the Government of Russia during the last year have exceeded the expenditures by 400, 000 roubles. A bill before the ' 'alifornia Leg islature proposes w exempt editors, reporters and printers of newspap ers from jury duty. Washington and Oregon, on the Pacific coast, have tlie climate of Southern Virginia, witli more rain and cooler summer nights. A Sirs. Davis, wife but five wecksliving near Gasport, Iud., recently blew her brains out in a fit of jealousy, because her hu-band went to a spelling school. The number of passengers that arrived iu California by overland railroad during 1871, was 39,817, and by ocean route was 12,193. The arrivals exceeded the Depart ures 10,282. Three boys, aged 17, 14 and 11, respsctively, recently murdered an old man by the name of G. S.Dick enson, at Oroville, Cal., and then roblxKl his store of $1,100. They are under arrest. - : The Mexican Revolutionists were defeated, January 27th, in a fight between the towns of Camargo and Mier, and the revolutionary leader Pcra, killed. His body was bung on a tree. . A new religious journal is to be established at Rome, Italy, which will oppose the doctrine of infalli bility. Piere d' Hyachinthe is to be one of its contributors. On Jan. 80th, the snow blockade on the Union Pacifio railroad was reported worse than ever. A pas senger train which left Omaha twelve days preceding was still four hundred and eighty miles from Og den. There was no prospect of an immediate change in the condition of the road, for tie better. Spain was quiet on the 29th nit ImnKlnnUTR Faculty of - UID(Tlir), The intellect of the Democracy seems to have arrived at tltat state of development in which the imagin ative bump is most highly cultural. If to write novels or to indite love sonnets was its aim, no particular objection could be urged against such developments so far as such sonnets and comjwsitions were in tended to illustrate truth arid vir tue; but where such imaginative effusions arc thrown out in prodigal extravagance as political facts, in tended to be read and believed as such by the people ; intended to moltl and fashion the minds of men for political action ; given as sub stantial food for political digestion, food upon which the body politic is to live and grow and flourish, their unreality and thinness and ialsity render them too dangerous to be treated with levity 'f his highly dcvelooed iraapnatiTO ifarcjrfte prompted Democratic' jonrfiabAnd' orators; in 181S to load down the political atmosphere with di.-e fore bodings of evil to the country to be rcalissed in the event of Grant's ele vation to the Presidency He was to proclaim himself dictator ; his injustice and oppression were to cause the whole nat'on to wither and sicken, like vegetation before the simoon's breath, etc., etc. Well, Grant was elected is not yet dic tator the nation has not yet with ered, and the people said in the late elections that they liked his style, in tlie main, and wanted more of it. And now that Grant is likely to be a candidate again, Democracy lo gins to draw on her imaginative faculty with more than usual vigor. Grant is not aristocratic in his looks she infers imbecility ; Grant smokes and loves a fine horse she infers extravagance ; Grant goes to Long liranch she in fers neglect ; Hodge commits a de falcation Grant is to blame; Grant appointed seven relatives to ofliee Democracy drawsup a list of twenty five ; Grant received some presents Wore he became President Democ racy charges them all, and more too, to his Presidential account ; Grant asks earnestly for civil ser vice re'brm Democracy says he is insincere ; at the same time she holds him accountable for all its evils, iu fact, by implication, makes him an active sympathizer and participant in many of the mistakes and crimes committed by Government agents. In all of this, and much more, De mocracy is almost entirely controll ed and guided by the prompting of her immense imaginative vigor. In other vernacular, she can out lie and slander the very father of de pravity. Republicans In France. It is now known that a plan ex isted for a Pepublican uprising over the whole territory of the south of France, in case the resignation of Thiers was accepted, and Duke 'd Aumale or Marshal McMahon was appointed to the chief executive au. thority. The Republicans are de termined to maintain a Democratic form of Government in France, and the peace will keep so long as that is done; but whenever any authorised attempt is made to restore monarchy, they will at once take up arms. Gambetta's recent voyage to Bor- deaux was to induce an nnderstaud- - lit - - t - i , fmg with Republican leaders on the subject of supplies of money, arms, ' ammunition, etc, and to oTain f pledge that should civil war be de termined on, the fight would be contiuued ; also to hold themselves in preparation for future possibili ties. -''J.' The Federal grand jury ofTexas is reported to have found true bills against Gov. Davis and Secretary of State, Newcobers, on account of irregularities in the late elections. 5,850 Illinois soldiers were killed during the war of the rcbcllior, and 19,412 died of disease, making the proportion of deaths to the enlist ments one to six. Alderman Bayley, ot Chicago, was acquitted on the 29th ult,, of the charge of bribery. The Tlie Vltm. The Jlfdii Washington special says a convention of discontented Republicans will be held at Cincin nati immediately after the Phila .l.ilni.i'i Pnitvpiitifin. nnd will lire- , Hrftli fu-Wt and nlatfbrm for! the Democratic nartv. 1 his wiu be followed by a Democratic Con ventiou late m ttie summer, wnoso business will consist in ratifying the work of the disaffected Republicans. Trumbull wems to lie the most jwh ular candidate. We are very much afraid that our chivalric Oregon . . ..... . t Democrats will have to vote for a "sorehead Republican, in spite of their opposition to the passive scheme. Prepare to pucker, gentle men, you must come to it. A young man who was killed by the cars at Wilton, Indiana, and biivied in Chicago, was sent for by his mother, who lives in California. On' opejiing tlie grave it was found empty, and it was suspected that the body had been stolen for dissection. Two citizens went to Iowa City, procured a warrant and searched the medical college. They found the body which was fully identified at Wilton. Count de Chambord, of France, has issued a manifesto to the French ieople, in which he claims, as he always has done, the rightdivincto sit upon the French throne. Iuhis manifesto he says : "I shall never abdicate my claim to the throne of France. I shall never forsake the monarehial prin ciples which I have preserved intact tor forty years, and which is the best hope of France's greatness and liliertics. Ciesarism is anarchy in France, lieeause her salvation is sought in personal questions and not in principle. I shall ever up. liokl the flag of I' ranee and aid in restoring the ancient prestige of her armies. Time presses, alliances and recognitions are urgent. The hap piness of V ranee is my only ambi tion, and I will never consent to be come a revolutionist when I am legitimate King." The Times publishes seven col nms of figures derived from the in vestigation of the Committee of Sev enty, showing in detail, fraudulent transactions of the Department of Public Works when under Tweed's management, in the purchase of supplies. It says thousands of dol lars were thus obtained from the IJureau of Supplies on fraudulent vouchers approved by Tweed and certified to by his subordinates act ing under his order Affaire between the United States and Venezuela are reported to be in a critical condition. It is alleged that Venezuela refuses to carry out treaty stipulations, and is disposed to violate them. Hie matter now principally in dispute, is the seizure by Venezuela of the vessels belong., ing to the American Transportation Company. This act is claimed to be a wilful disregard of the rights of this company, which claims pro tection from our Government. Venezuela is becoming a ' very ill natured, unreasonable neighbor. Ml Schamachi, a town of Asiatic Russia in Trans-Caucasia, was total ly destroyed by an earthquake on the 28th ult. Many lives are re ported lost. (publes are reported at Barce- 1 here was a conflict in the Btte'!id the military wereguard- jag ;es on the 80th ult. of thc Xoith ftroR na Legislature elected General M. W. Ransom to tlie United States Senate by a vote of 69 to 13, on thc 30th ult. The Congressional Committee to investigate the troubles in Louisiana, began their work on the 29th ult. They occupy the U. S. Court room iu the custom house. Richard Duval of .Marion county has received a letter from Senator Corbett announcing that a patent will issue for his improvement on wagon wheels. CoL Norman Eddy, Secretary of State of Indiana, died suddenly at his residence in Indianapolis, on thc 29th ult, of heart disease. Tlie Committee of Seventy have nearly established the fact that all supplies furnished the city from Tweed's department, except in a, very few instances, were purchased under his personal direction. The to,al amonnt ,,f s"Pl'hes furnished I the exhibit published is CI, 000,525. It is reported at London, Kng., that the ship Jhm, of St. John, N. B., was burned at sea, and it is feared that all on board erished. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, and James F. Wilson, of Iowa, are each talked of extensively for Vice IVcsident. Religious services are being held in Salem on each evening by the Methodist ami Christian churches. Salem church-goers pick up their hat and stalk out before the doxol ogy is spoken. The railiWl company is laying off an addition to the town of Oak la ml. A Mr. Griffin tell on front street, Portland, last Tuesday, and broke his ankle. A young girl was thrown from a buggy in Portland last Tuesday, and broke her wrist. Tlie French Government is in cubating a lottery scheme to payoff its public debt. Whaling is brisk and profitable in San Diego Hay. There arc thirty-five men iu Pet aluma, Cal., who weigh each over 200 wunds. A Carson, Nevada, man has rais ed a squash weighing 155 pounds, and three apples, which turn the scales at 74, 110 and 155 pounds respectively. It is reported, that the Union Pa cific Railroad is to pass into the hands of Vanderbilt. Snow fell on the 25th ult. in Xew Orleans, La., and Galveston and Houston, Texas the first for years. s' Tweed's bail is to stand at 000,000 and Connolly's at $500, 000. Dayton is troubled with a gang of burglars. Portland market is well supplied with venison. The demand for real estate in Portland is on the increase. Cholera has disappeared from Constantinople. The population of Rome is 250, 000. The Pope is urged to leave Rome. Stokes is to be month. tried in this Tweed had not taken his seat in the Senate on the 30th ult. Tlie Colombian Government is officially announced as bankrupt. . Tlie anecdote often told by Dr. Chapman, iu regard to himself, when called to visit a little boy who had swallowed a silver twenty.fi ve cent piece, is not bad. "Madam," said the renowned joker, in all solem nity, "was the piece good ?" "In deed it was, sir," replied the excit ed but surprised lady ; "1 got it at themnt." " 1 hen my dear madam, ho replied, "if the money wasgood give yourself no further uneasiness, for it will certainly pass." Fljj in thk Family. What a healthful tiling to have one jolly per son in the house, ready to laugh at any thing ludicrous, or even able to create sport at"any time. There are enough to reflect on the sad side of life, aud its Irritable side and its sober side. We need one or more to show tlie mirth that often trembles just below the surface of painful things. A real, impetuous much dissipates many lliusiciis, sweeps the twilight out of our imagination, aud Drings nonest daylight. But it must be real. No drj-fhacking laugh. It should be spontalRnuvmitburstlng, irresistible, infectious. v have seen men full to laughing, who liad not heard the cause of mirth, but only had caught the con tagion of other men's laughing. It is hard not to laugh with men who are in earnest about it. New York lias increased its colored population over 7,000 since the break ing out of the rebellion. Over 8,000 were formerly slaves. Dr. J. B. Yniuur fmlorcdl. is n can didate for Mayor of Kuoxvlllc. Xlnecllnncou. Long absence makes the heart grow fonder of some one else. .Man's greatest enemy Is tlie wine gass ; woman's is the looking glass, Forty-one divorces per diem is the last iiotatUii from Allen county, In diana. Widowers seldom die of grief. How ever crushed they may be, If you only let them alone tfiey will generally re- wlve. Why is a carpenter's wife an unhap py woman? Because her husband is always a jawhi' 'er. A negro girl in Sclma. Alnliama, skip roes with a pail of Mater on her head, without spilling a drop. The immense height of a woman's coiffure in the present fashion places her face 08 it were in tlie midst of heix-lf. The illustrious planet Venus is now visible in the wee sma' hours, and a great many young couples plan it to set up to 'ee her. "You don't think so highly of the, hymeneal knot as I do," said a wife to her husband. ."Yes I do," he replied: "it is only when you wish to make it a thnlile, fomi knot that I object to it," A gentleman who recently married, gave his bride as a present otr her Wed ding day. instwul (' this tntilitloiwry diamond ear-rings, a sewing niadiine. A lady who was very anxious that lier.tf'ee, a young student in college, should creditably pas ids examina tion, liad masses' said In church daily for his success. "Why," asked a disconsolate widow, "H venison like nivlateaud never suf- fieiently- to- be,- lamented huslwiid f"" "Because oh deaf! oh dear I It's dear departed."' ''Misfortunes never conic single," And so, like birds of a feather, The marriages and tlie deaths Are always printed togetlier. A young lady on her way to be mar ried, was run over and Killed. An el derly single lady savagely remarked, "she has eselptsla more lingering and horrible destiny.'' A pretty, rich young widow was rc gaiding herself iateiv at a mirror in her chamber, while for the first time trying on her widow's cap. "Beliold she exclaimed, "the real cap of lib erty.' A erustv old bachelor in Concress rjHfmoses to levy a tax of 25 per cent, oiicorsets whereupon a down east pa- per remarks: "Since there is no tax OH nu n getting tight, why should not the ladies have the nunc privilege ?" Tlie Xew York Evening Post tells us that "old sailors are never so much at sea as when they are on shore." In I his they are somewhat like lieu-peeked husbands, who are never so much at home as when they arc abroad. A lairTeorrcspoiident, in a letter rel ative to woman sultrage, takes tills delicate view of one branch of the sub ject : "Many women who would glad ly help this movement are bound close ly by constant recurring cases from any public part if tilted for it." "Yon are beautiful and I adore you," said a gentleman to the belle of the evening. "For my part. I hate you, aud think you are "frightful," she re torted. "I believe you, yon frank girl. You do not tell polite talsehoodslike me." . It Is common to speak of those whom a flirt has jilted as her victims. This is a grave error. Her real victim Is tlie man she accepts. A happy smile runs thus : "A coquette is a rose from which every lover plucks at leaf the thorn remains for her future husband." Tlie latest style of ornaments for the hair are made ot silver ulagree work, in tlie shape of butterflies and beetles, with diamond eyes aud wings studded with small diamonds. They are fast ened to a silver band by a wire, and vibrate and glisten with every move nieut of the wearer's head. Decidedly the cleverest matron in all Europe is tlie wife of tlie present King of Denmark. Just consider tlie flue "matches" she has managed to obtain for lier children. One daughter is the future Empress of Russia, tlie other the future Queen of England. One of her sons is tlie Kiug of tlie . p - Greeks and now the son-in-law of a beiieflt of railroads, schools, colleges, ror sale aiier m uuiiuuuii. jui i ue etc. A wild goose was shot at Cedar Lake, in the body of which the head of an In dian arrow was found, just hack aud under the wings, tlie ends projecting on either side. The arrow-head is of bone, six and a half inches in length. The wound caused by tlie arrow-head had entirely healed, and it was firmly imbedded in the goose. g, Thc aggregate value of the church property of New York Cky is stated at $200,000,000. The Trinity corpetv , ation alone is put down at f,000, 000. A consignment of 7,000 salted Kan- f u-oo skins was lately received hi San raucisco from Australia, and are to lie made Into leather at tlie Oakland tannery. The skin of tlie Kangaroo is quite thin, but exceedingly tough, and when tanned into leather Is very pliable and soft, wearing a long time without cracking, and turning water better tlran calf-skin. In a recent report issued by tlie Oa telle of India the startling statement is made that the aggregate number ot deaths by wild beasts throughout the provinces of Madras. Bombay, Bengal, the Northwestern provinces, Pnnjaub, OikIc, Central provinces, Courg, Hu- dembad and British Bunnah, fortluve years, amounts to 12.8M. xne ueatns from snakebites over the same area number 85,884 making, a total of 32, 218. Paris has invented a lively political plaything in tlie shape of a guillotine a rr, which can decapitate sixty men an hour. It is in steel and bronze, thc knife moving up and down with out ceasing. The body is to fall in a reservoir of lime, the head in a bath of oil. The death rate of New York is great er than tliat of any city iu tlie t nlon with the exception of New Orleans. Repnblieaa Mate Coarraltt. Just as wc go to press a telegram from Salem readies m, announcing that the Committee has decided to call the State Convention to meet In Port land on the 20th of March nest. The precbict conventions will meet on Saturday, March 2d, and the County Conventions oil Saturday following, March 9th. We are indebted to the kind forethought of ,i. Barrows, Esq., for the above teleginm. Judge Fllnu is again happy. It's a girl tills time. David Bushy, Es.p, member of tlie State Central Committee from Doug las county, called on us Thursday, i T.tVKi.v. Business before the next, term of Court promises to be unite lively. Oamk. Ducks and plieasants are plentiful hut a short distance from tlie city, in fat and plump condition. Now Is tlie time for our hiuitists. Plant. Now is Hie time to set out your fruit and ornamental trees. For first-class trees, shrubs or plants, go to H. W. Settiemeir'H or John Millard's nurseries. FlaaiirJal and C ommercial. Gold in New York, lO!)','. Legal Tenders, 90 and 91 Uc. The Orii'imme is advertised to sail from Portland for San Francisco tills P. M. Tlie VvJUnrnia mh tar Vle- forla on the uth Thursday. The ffusne Telfair sails for Sitka and In- termediate ports to-morrow Feb 3d. S. P . markets report wheat dull at 2S2 15 cental. Oats-Market no minal at SI 60(81 85. Potatoes Range from 00c to 90c bushel. Portland market quote eggs at 553 COe p dowm. Altiany markets remain as last quoted, with the exception of wheat, now quoted at 90c $ bushel, with downward tendency. Bab for thk Moralists. The Rochester Dmoerqt savs : Either strict morality or tobacco will have to lie abolished. Tlie Fred ericksburg (Va.) Star records tlie death of Mrs. Cloc Flatford, aged 11R, who had smoked and chewralfor 100 years, and of Abby West (colored), who died At Dumfries, aged ninety-nine, and whose "pipe was hereonstant compan ion." We meet such accounts ahnot every day ; and they are truly dis couraging to tlie giea't and good jieo ple whose lives are demoted to argu ment against tobacco. News Items. Cattle are dying by thousands In the Utah valley. Peter Benninger, a wealthy old cloth manufacturer of New York, commit ted suicide yesterday. Inquiries are Mug made as to what became of $20,000 contributed by Salt Lake City to the Chicago sufteivrs. Chicago liasu't heard of the amount, v Madame Oatacazy takes coaconnt baths for her skin. Mr. Seward will visit Sweedcn and Norway next spring. Empress Augusta has invited Ten nyson to come to Berlin. Samuel Hunter of Maine was mar ried tho other day at the age of 95. Sunday Headta". Well begun, lialf done. He that lives to learn may learn to live. Fair dealing is tlie bond and cement cf society. Pleasure is precarious, but virtue is immortal. A quiet conscience sleeps during thunder. An hour in tho morning is worth two In the afternoon. Tlie virtue that narievs Is near a surrender. Use your wit as a bnckler rather than a sword. Nothing beeets confidence sooner than punctuality. 1. . t ... it. -4 ocvit u uecuiuu wise, mat you may i,,,,, ber. However little we may have to do, let us do that little well. Evil men speak as tliey wish, rather than what they know. He that would enjoy the fruits must not gather the flowers. Tlie best way to condemn bad traits, is to practice good ones. Dove is like a weapon that will con quer men when all others fall. A life of full and constant employ ment is the only happy one. A passionate man sconrgeth himself with his own scorpions. Never open the door to a little vice, lest a great one should enter. The reproaches of a friend should s frictly just and not too often. Tlie world is a workshop; none but the wise know how to use its tools. It Is easier to suppress the first de sire than to satisfy allthat follows it. Early religion lays the foundation of happiness both hi time and eternity- No one can puisne solid learning and frivolous pleasure at tlie same time. Praise not the vain chikl if von de sire his spiritual wcll-lieing or prog- tm Tlie rose Its thorns, tlie diamond its flaws, ami tlie best nieii their fallings. Tliose are never likely to come to good wlio are nmhitlml to their par ents. FVw boys are born with talents tliat excel, but ail arc capable of living well. Act uprightly and fearlessly, as you would defy the devil and all his works, Tlicre Is uo joy like that which springs from a khid actor a pleasant word. Tlie rode make enemies of tlieir frl-low-nicn ; the deceptive make angels weep.