v. a. FRIDAY, FEBRCARY 9, 1871 A rtaa to MopUerauui Era ignition t hip flhOMV The Vienna, Austria, correspon dent of the Xew York Tribune is authority for saying, that one of the questions discussed by Itismarck and Jiuest at the conferences at iastien and Salzburg, was a plan by which German emigration might be turned from America to Austria, aial thus help to build up the in dustrial resources of that decaying empire. The plau does not propose to resort to any prohibitory laws, or to use any coercion for the , jmr pose of securing this result. It con templates reaching the desired end by holding out tangible induce ments in the shape of high wages. The German emigration to this country has been very great for many years. It was interrupted somewhat during the Franco-Prussian war. As a rule, they possess a rery fair appreciation of our Re publican institutions", and being proverbially industrious and frugal, they may be regarded justly as among the best of our adopted citi tens. Much of the growth and prosperity of the country to-day, may be clearly traceable to the en ergy and thrift of this class of our follow citizens. While the popu larity of our form of government has been one inducement to bring emigration to our f bores, the desire to come here has been greatly en hanced by the cheapness of our lands and tlie superiority of our wages. It is well known that Ger many is overstocked with artisans, and hence the wages consideration, especially, has exerted a very potent influence in inducing so large an emigration from Germany to our country. Appreciating this fact, Austria being limited in her supply of artisans, she, taking the initiative, will endeavor to deflect the stream of German emigration into her own borders by means of wages induce ments" Wages in Austria are double those in Prussia at the pres ent time, and site now intends to in duce families in the North German States to emigrate into her borders, by paying their passage, wholly or in part, giving them pecuniary as sistance, if necessary, and by plac ing at their disposal houses belong ing to the government in the prin cipal towns and cities of the em pire. Germany will do all she can to encourage the project, by remov ing all vexatious impediments which may be in the way of emi gration. "IIow far the project will succeed," says this correspon dent, "remains to be seen ; but it is reasonable to presume that, if Ger man emigrants find they can obtain as much money for their labor in Austria as in the United States, the close vicinity of the former and the ties of family and a common language will prove powerful temptations and draw many of them in that direc tion. Be this as it may, the Aus trian and German Governments ex pect to produce something like a revolution in the emigration statis tics of our country during the year 1872. aristocrat it; if Brick's criticism of the Chairman of the National Dcm- Brie rMNy a s The RwnsTKit of last week con tained the opinion of the Hon, Geo. IT. Parker, an Iowa Democratic leader, in regard to the present con dition of the Democratic organiza tion. He thought the party dead, and said the body must be buried, and the stench of its putrid remains removed from tlie public nostrils. This week we have the comments of Brick Pomcroy on the condition of the party. He says, "if ever a party in this country was on the road to the devil, tlie Democratic party is the one." Brick is good authority, and if the carcass still breathes, we have no reason to dis pute the statement that it is on that road, and quite m ar his sulphurous majesty at that. Here is tlie pic ture of demoralization he presents : Tlie Democrats ot tne country arc divided into rings, factious, cliques, combinations, hold-backs and go-aheads, till their progress, instead of being straight ahead like a grand army on its triumphant march, is here and there; this way and that; a little to the right; then a little to the left ; then to the north or smith, in a zig-zag course ; then traveling all day in a circle no one of tlie party knowing where its final destination is to be; He says there are armies and armies of Democrats, but no party "No Democratic party in the United States." After all then, like Parker, of Iowa, he believes the party dead. It is the members ot tliese "rings, factions, cliques," etc., who are "nn thn nviil tit Ma ilnvi! " m . , ... i board of commissioners, or examin ee speak m general terms of t he I " . - . . . , l , ... Jers? Have we anv human material party being so ami so, sometimes, but . ,. . , . . v . " ' in tW- iwimitnr u-hiidi la lint, lit tho mdc for the ben&t of the peo- W .-"Me.l. . pie." They are too selfish ; have rrK Democratic journals in Ore. too little regard for prhiccple ; too j n aiK elsewhere have been very fond of plunder and stealings; i industrious in quoting the sayings of Brick l'omeroy alwtit the policy And doings of the Republican A MNSBT THAT WtH JUB. WHAT BECAME OF MOUC.AN THE APACHE l.K(iESl) Of THE iiOl.ni: MOir.NTAlS-aK.IHSK ASK JUS FATHER. ocratkj Committee, August Bo'-j party, lie has enjoyed their high mout, of Now Yorkyis correct, and confidence and good will Brick is good authority. He says tlieretbre print the annexed extract there is not in all Belmont's veins ; from ,js er, which we hoj they "one drop of pure Democratic blood; will copy tor the edification of thcis not a wish in his heart in sympathy readers : with the people, except that kind j "In a short time the Democrats of sympathy a stagc-driver has for ' of this country not the Democrat, his horses, which he can drive so ic party, tor mere is nwspm I n.Anf in., in ft ("ininai'ni. II lint many miles in so many minutes, rf ft i ' U SSiftS "ST earning so many dollars by the tl)e mttk of pattern now be- K wahWuSatrs Tlie correspondent of tlie Chicago Trihnnr claims lo have recently Inter viewed a hum! of prospectors wti'ft were on their way to see the "Golden Momi- rc ! tain" of the Apaches, in tlie interior oi Arizona. Directions for linding till1) desirable spot had been given tliem by tlie Chief Cochto. whom tliey had the good luck to capture, ami who re vealed tlie secret at tlie pries ot his release. The further and far more startling revelation of Cochle Is thus given : A party of Apache, while lying in ainbush one day In the latter iart of What lhx 18SI. In hlhushiia. Mexivo,'ou icross ine river from town of HI l'aso. ng a traveling cavalcade trip." Tlie Democratic party, in fore tie people, it will be simply a as It passed nultmipofsinaU trees, saw fact, says Brick, "to-day, is but a raid for plunder, a crusade for pow chain of i,litiel rim, dam-lintr i '"' i Irmtless, WeaK-k.eu iramp e .i . k r i ? . ; i for stealings. It will be a contest from the watch-fobof a most in-, . , fch A ,,olic- must minous, corrupt anu cowanuy Tlie Democrats aristocracy." Wouldn't such a ir-1 giant, Principle. ty, elevate! to power, a jarty ' of the present day are not honoring one of the uumlicr spring from his horse into the dense chaparral and dis appear from tlie view or the horsemen, 'the cavalcade fired a few shots at or toward him. and lialf a dozen of them io down at the first blow before the j dismounted ami pursued in tlie cliree m t... . i. . . ... i. . . .... tlon he took, but of no avail. The es caping man ran directly towanl wlierc cue Apacnes lay m tne liu-lies, and tan which Ponierov savs "is on the i thci'r principles ; they are not living lto Kelr midst. They seized and wiitcn lomeroy says is on ine , , , bound him. mounted , .i i.j,mi i.i... road to the devil," bring about a valuable state of reformation ; wouldn't it? Marvin) We cannot sec how theeompeti live examination plan, by a board of commissioners, is to relieve tlie civil service of its corrupting influ ence. We cannot sec how, as a general rule, a more comctent and faithful corps of officials is to be secured by its practical workings. If the work of tlie civil service is comiping now, will it be any the less so whe'i it is managed by a un to the great lights given them by the founders of the prty. SUVAUHU THE IIAVKSPOKTB. T1IK TIIOIUT! mtOTHKRS ASD THE OABIMn' SCKASOKWAVS THAT ARK HAKK ASI TKtC THAT AUK VAIS. hound him, mounted aiid la-lied him on to n horse, and at once took tiiglit. Tliey traveled towaitis tlie Apaelic chief town by a circuit mis and con celled route, and reached it after sis days' travel. . 1'he prisoner .was much alarmed at first, but, finding that Ids death was not to be Immediate, lie seemed to put his mind to studying out some plau of escape ; but tliey kept him securely bound till tliey arrived in camp. Tlien tliey decided to keep him till a grand fete day, some montlisahead, andthcu put him through tlie gauntlet and end incK means the individual mem bers those who "depart," and those who play "possum," and those who "once more marshal the Dem ocratic clans, and re-kindle the Dem ocratic watch fires;" for, says Brick, "any man who offers to lead them to the promised land by the way ot fat offices, rich pickings, harvests of plunder, official laziness and terrible corruption, they follow this way and that, carelessly, blind ly, wonderingly, blundering." This is Brick's opinion of Democrats throughout the country, armies and armies of human cormorants, un principled and reckless, thirsting red hot to fix their greedy maws old Adam? Are not tlie members of this board as liable to be gov erned in their official action by prejudice, selfMnterest, impure mo tives and dishonesty, as Senators, Representatives, Cabinets, or the President ? Than as to tlie exam inations: School Commissioners were its visible contents and appur tenances. Tlieu out stepped Thorpe, a tall, black-bearded, hollow-eyed, good-looking man, with a somewhat saturnine countenance, wlw, nrououuo aud Superintendents all over tlie ! big a very brief discourse, invited ii i . L I everybody to hold the forefinger of tlie country will substantiate tlie cor- left fMn(I'with the thumb and .finger of rectness ot the statement, that many ; tne ngnt ror tne space ot nve minutes, Tlie Thorpe ISnrtlicrs are giving en tertainments at the st. James Theater. Tliey claim to posses the power of healing to siicli a degree that, in the language of tlie bills, tliey make "tlie lame to' walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see and tlie dumb to sneak." i his Hie in a grand carnival. He for without charge. The vie with tlie rav-1 nit; tiM'e was as restless as a captive stieal OaveniKirts and the netitinns 4h ! bear, walked up and down his small en- Sin in ways that are dark and tricks i-Jorv, ami talked to himself iiiens tliat are vain ; and, shut in a cabinet, I santly. lint before the day arrived for ami with manacled lands ami cord- ''is taking oft this is the captive's bound feet, gatlier about tliem a i twm not the Indians lie laid become choice company of spirits, who play i somewhat resigned to hi captivity, upon instruments, brandish and fling I luul learned something of tlie Apache about cudgels, and pound ou panels in language, and gave them something a degree calculated to amaze tlie seep- i of hw history. They got interested in tic. The theatre was crowded ou I him, and promised him his life in re Momtey evening to Its utmost capac-! tur" fr hi solemn promise that lie ity. On the stage a jointed cabinet wouW never attempt to escape. He was placed on trestles, so that one married the chief s daughter, and, on could look under, around and above it. ,h( death of tlie chief, became chief A seat at citlicr end, with a pair of himself. The oldest son became chief wood and iron stocks in front of each, j hi bis turn, and is tlie chief who is the a small barrel-organ attached to the suoject oi our story. back wall, a snare drum, banjo, tam bourine and violin lvimr on the floor rtpinis, ami ineae scvreis nave enauieu them to make the Apaches the strong The white chit f taucht them, while ' .1 ....... .1.,..., .1... ............ .. . ; nuivit uii'iii. 1 lie rwivin VI IHU l upon "fat offices, rich pickings," Mrs. Senator Williams and Mrs. Senator Corbett are announced by the Jenkins' press as belies of the Capital. Itrejoiceth Oregon women ex ceedingly to hear this, for these ladies when at home, among their peers, are considered very ordinary mortals. We are proud to learn that average Oregon women are such a social success in Washington as to stand before the public as champions ot beauty and intellect uality. Wonder what the world would say if some of our brightest and most beautiful woman were to go to Court ? New North. Mrs. Duniway, for instance the champion uitoUectoalityist and chawmingi8tcweature,ah. In the report of the Civil Service Commission tlie word "male" nowhere oAurs; that U to My. the competive examinations for dsricablpi are open to women en precise! v tbe same terms . - - etc. Trnlv a sad picture is this to contemplate. Well may our coun try rejoice in the fact that there is no hope of such a conglomeration of diverse, iniquitous elements coming into power. But Brick goes on and tells his readers how this state of immorality has been brought about among his fellow Democrats. Here it is : For years it lias been the aim of demagogues in tlie Democratic par- ty to educate the people that tliey, the people, did not know their own wants, and were not capable of self government. Ihese upstarts have all along preached that in them and in their ideas alona can be found salvation for tlie nation asa quack doctor advertises that his Buchu, or mixture of sweetened water if taken in doses large enough, will restore shattered constitutions. Tliese "so called Democratic leaders," says Brick, "scattered here and there, have been giving out such education as will bring their followers to the jail instead of the goal. The people have been taught that tlie only route to na tional greatness and party success is the one which leads by plunder, by tlie door of aristocracy rather than by honesty and the homos of the poor." . These are men who now occupy the political field as reformers tliese men in want of fat offices and plunder. These pasmveites, these departureites, these watchtireites, these Tammanyites and litigant Wllites and swamp-landites assume an air of honesty and virtue, place themselves upon a pedestal of criti. ciam, charge upon the party in power those crimes with which their own record is replete, and ofwhich they have shown no signs of re. pentence, and ask the people of the country to elevate them to power as a reformUory force ! Reformers! Brick aays that "not one out of tm of He Democratic haderi of to-day would k willing to Hep of the applicants for certificates to teach, who pass the best oral and written examinations, succeed the most wretchedly in the work of teaching lack adaptation. Would men in business, in employing their assistants, be satisfied with an ex amination based upon educational qualifications alone ? Will such an examination determine the question of honesty? Will it teH whether the candidate will be faithful, or skillful, or energetic, or polite? An applicant might answer all the questions in philosophy or political economy, and make a very poor rev enue collector ; he might demon strate many problems in mathemat ics, and give poor satisfaction as a post master ; he might translate all tlie Latin and Greek in creation, and not make half as good a jani tor at Washington as thousands of good citizens who are unlearned. Aptness, adaptation, good habits are needed as well as learning, and how much better qualified is this board to determine tliese, than the Representative who is acquainted with the applicant? The board oc cupies a position of independence, having no particular sympathy with the people, and of course is less competent to determine the wants of the people in the shape of public servants, than is their own Rep resentative. We think the exam ination plan will prove a failure. It does'nt look very well for the Mercury, or any other litigant or gan in Oregon, to be finding fault with "railroad monopoly," or any other kind of extortion, while it re mains an active partner in the firm of tlie litigant printing monopoly. While it continues to fatten on the fruits of its ty ranical extortion, the less said about kindred practices in others, the better it will be for con sistency sake. A sermon from the devil would command as much re spect and influence. The St. Louts Democrat mils Gen. HeCiellan the 'great aubsoiler of Virginia." Young persons have need of a strong rein ; they arc sometimes hard to be ruled, easy to be drawn aside, and apt to be deceived. with a view of taking the blologistical capacity of his audhince. Jeers and roars of laughter greeted tlie proposal; but the attempt was resolutely made by a number, and then as no 'iinpres- sibies 1 were developed, inorpe in vited all who were afflicted with physical ills to step up and be cured. A half dozen men, women ami chil dren answered the call, one of whom, giving ids name as John Murnhcv. back driver, declared himself cured of a stubborn rheumatism; another, a woman, of pains hi her side ; one John Lavergan. had a deaf child ma terially helped ; and a man suffering from -Viatica, and a little girl. deafened by scarlet fever, being in turn mani pulated for their various ailments, the more serious business of the evening commenced. A Committee being call ed for, tlie majestic Major W. Yv . In land and Captain F. J. Peck, of tlie steamer Elm CVy, were elected and stepiied on tlie stage. Thorpe's brotli- ei failing to put ill an appearance for some unexplained reason, another person had to be furnished by the au dience to take tlie vacant seat hi tlie cabinet and be locked in tlie stocks and be tied with tlie ropes. A Mr. Holt had tlie hardihood to volunteer, and was duly imprisoned, lhe Com inittccdeclarctieverythlngsatisfactory, tlie gas was turned low, and iu a min ute the tamoounne raiueu me unun lieat, tlie banjo strummed, and loose sticks were banged against all parts of the box. Tlie tumult subsiding for a moment, tlie Instruments fell to play lug the accompaniment of a waltz which was being vigorously ground out of the barrel organ. When tlie door was flung open, the two priso ners were seen sitting as quiet as mice, with their hands fast locked in tlie stocks and their feet bound with tlie cord as before. Tlie audience became unroarious; cheers, Jeers, hisses out- calls, resounding on every side, ami a score of voices snouted criticisms, sug gestions ami jocular remarks at the Committee and their subjects. After much debate it was determined to change the two persons to the seats op posite uwse iney ibki oocnpieu respec tively, there being a suspicion that Thorpe, bound hand and foot as he was, might somehow reach up and turn the organ crank with bis teeth! The chauae beiiu: made, the box was -eiesed again, and the same demonstra tions not only went on as before, but unon oneninif the door It was found that Thorpe's coat bad been taken off his back, and was lying on tne noor or the cabinet. His hands were fast in the stocks. Thereupon there was another uproar ami more suggestions and pro positions, and Thorpe being challeng ed to put on the coat again, a new skeptic was made of his yoke fellow, ami the feat was accomplished. This ended the show, and the audience re luctantly departed, no wiser than when they came. The performance differs from that of the Davenport brothers mainly in the manner in which the persons in the box are fastened. It was easy to conceive how the Daven ports slipped their hands out of the ropes, but tlie stocks are something more of a puzzle. AT. Y. Sim. est tribe in the West ; to pass through tlie country of the white man in safety everywhere ; to obtain information of their enemies and their movements always, and by pas-wonts and eignsto know an enemy or a fi iend as far as seen. They always liave kept, and still keep, one of their educated lialf breeds in the camp of the whites, and, by the secrets of their great society, lie Is always able to keep them inform ed of every movement of any kind, and of every plau for attack on them as soon as that plan is known to the chiefs of the enemy tliemselvcs. And when captured, tliev are almost sure to effect an escape, released by some member of this six-iety among tlie ene my. Tlie great white chief told tliem that the soc iety extended all over tlie world; taught them all the ceremonies connected witli it ; taught their maid ens to make tlie badges ami insignia worn by the hiitiated, and on certain clays the "24th of June, and some others tliey walked in procession.aud held a grand dance at night. They believe him to lie the son of the Great Spirit. He is buried at tlie Golden Mountain, and his grave is walled and covered with gold, and is their sacred place of worship. Tliey gatlier now cvery J'ear 011 the ilth of June. This great white cliiet told them lie was moons" '.month- on ills Journey from his starting point ; that he was taken prisoner ac Batavia. X. V., and from there taken to and confined iu Fort Niagara, in the latter part of Septem ber of tlie same year iu which he came to the Apache country. Tlie reason of his imprisonment was on account of his going to ptmiish a hook, divulging the secrets of tlie great society. He was kept a prisoner at Fort Niagara till September lOtli, when he was taken in a close carriage, and driven via Buffalo, X. Y., to ilenuepln, Illi nois, on the Illinois river, and tlienee taken in a tlatboat to the Mississippi river, down which lie floated to New Orleans. Tliere he was placed on a vessel and sailed to tlie mouth of the Bio Grande river, and proceeding up that river on horseback to Kl l'aso, where the Apaches found him. His captors intended to give him Into tlie hands of some Jesuit priests among tlie Indians, near where they captured him. His captors passed clown through Mexico and escaped. That great white chief was the man supposed to have been murdered by the Masons, Wil liam Morgan, and the subject of this Story, his son, Cochise. Clemency is the brightest Jewel In a crown. . Chide not severely nor punish liasti- Something ExtnAORimAnv. At Newberry, England, a German recent ly made a wager of $5,000 that at eight o'clock on a particular evening he would sit down to dinner in a well woven, well-dyed, well-made suit of clothes, the wool of which formed the fleece on a sheep's back at live o'clock the same morning. Two sheep were shorn, the wool was washed, carded. Stubbed, roved, spun and woven ; the cloth was scoured, fulled, tented, rais ed, sheared, dyed and dressed: tlie garments were made. At a quarter past six nc sat down to a dinner at tne head of his guests, in a complete dam son-colored suit thus winning his wager with one hour ami three quarters to spare. There are over 11,000,000 horses In tlie United States. Russia has recently organized fifteen tliousand public schools. Which has the most power to make a heme miserable, the passionate, the peevish or the sullen man? AURH'I'I.I I'MALa TO TAX SHKEI-SKISS. Sheepskins may lie prearcd for whiplashes by soaking tlNMn iu weak lime-water, to remove the wool, and then rubbing them with oil or grease with pressure of a roller thicker III the center than at the end. They will ali sorb a large quantity of grease. Fin ish with chalk or whiting. Cramp in horses arises from irregu lar action of tlie motor nerves. Bub bing the affected part with a wisp of hay would be beneficial; and should friction alone not remove the tendency to cramp, the arU affected should lie rubbed Occasionally with a solution of camphor and olive' oil. in tlie propor tion of one part ofcanmhor to four of oil. Few farmers realise the benefit of mulching. Although a practice .more common among gardeners (ban tann ers, the farm cannot do better iu a gen eral way than liorrow front the exam pie of the garden, and the nearer ai proach that one makes to tlie complete fertility of tlie other, so much greater will bo the profits of tlie cultivator. Surface manuring is mulching. A mellow soil is a great desideratum, and a mulch produces this. Iu winter tlie surface is kept warm by mulching, iu Slimmer it is kept cool, antl what is more important, sudden variations of temperature are prevented. Grass lands and winter grain especially are benefitted after sowing, is in a great measure prevented, one great advan tage of tlie iea, buckwheat and clover crops Is tlie mulching effects of their abundant stalks and leaves, and these are so marked that many farmers ac tually believe and maintain that tliese crops leave the ground richer than they found it. J'KKlUSi; CIHCXKXS. A correspondent of the Bund New Forfar writes : I have been very suc cessful in feeding chickens this year, none of t hem being troubled with roup or other disease. I am satisfied that iu feeding wheat screenings as obtain ed from tlie mills, they slwuld always be soaked iu water eight or ten hours, or at least washed, before feeding to soften the w hile caps, swell the shrunk en kernels and destroy the poisonous dust. Corn meal should always he mixed with boiling water for chickens. Onions, tops as well as bottoms should be cut line and daily led. Tliey are very stimulating, and superior to many medical preparations recommended for sick chickens. I lx-liove a daily feed ing of onions tends greatly to ward off disease. The truth is, too little atten tion is paid to having dry tpiaiters for fowls generally, though no animal pas better for good rare than fowls. Without it, even lair results cannot be expected. A MIKED OF WALKIXO HOUSES. Train your colt to walk, and keep it walking. Farmers don't want fast trotting horses as yet we have need so fur of fast w alking horses, great need, we may gay, lor tliey are far too scarce. Therefore train colts to walk at tlie rate of tour miles an hour, at least. The time will come when a horse tliat can walk his mile in twelve minutes will take a prize at an agricul tural fair, equal in value to the best trotter. A team of such Itoraes could plow two acres of ground, with a fur row a foot wide, iii five lwurs, allow ing time for turnings round. This is above the quantity plowed on tlie average now, in a day of ten hours. Horses of such capacity would lie worth a large price, and It should Iks our endeavor to produce tliem. Ww have a breed t hat can transmit trot ting capacity to its defendants, and why can we not raise up a breed of walking horses? Some one might make a name and fortune in this. THE FARMERS' CLl'B. The club is to the farmer, old or young, a school, lie is learning all the time how to express his views clearly. The views ot his neiglibi draw out new thoughts ou new so jects; and these thoughts find expres sion. Lawyers gain strength by long years of study, and then by practice at tlie lar. The young lawyer making his first speech is as miserable and as awkward as a young former making his first public' effort. The lawyers business ooinielH him to swallow em harrassmeiitand annoyance, and goads him on to effort upon effort. Tlie young Dinner not feeling the necessi ty for this, makes no further venture. The lawyer goes on and becomes fa mous as a good talker and a fine reas oner. The same practice would liavo made the young farmer as good a talk er,iinnda stronger, more efficient work er in his field of duty. Tlie eZierlenees of a club of well educated farmers, bring flits skill and this strength. We advise the organization ot townships clubs on the simplest plan. Arrange the meetings to suit tlie convenience of all parties, and let tlie attendance be aj regtUar as church going. American farm Jti&nulfor Xvv. Tlie ideas which grow up within us from suggestion, do us more good than those more directly communicated to our minds. Iu tlie still night the air Is filled with sound for the wakeful ear tliat Is re- soiw.il tliat there is something to bo seen. . Grieve if von find you have letnass an opportunity of doing the smallest kindness ; it might have been tlie oc casion of doing much good. Siv a kind word to tlie self distrust ful, if you would help him on his way upward. No tyrant ever held long sway over a Virtuous, law-ioviug, umi-icuniig people. I'licre cannot lie a greater treachery than tint to raise a confidence, and tlien betray It. Whoever hates his brother or sister. Is a murderer ; for lie will be one if lie have a chance. The chance sayings of a child actu ally teach, though Indirectly, because they suggest much. Better to slip with the foot tliat with the tongue. Bo slow to promise and quick toper- form. Bitter words of luste or hate liave often been repented.