mm 1. OAlrlnl Paftrt fir Orriron. FRIDAY. FKBRUARY 16, 1S72. toimiy Kept: bl Iran fon vrion. The Republican Criouty Convention for (lie county of Linn will lie held at the ( "milt Home in Albany at 1 nVHoek 1. M. ju Saturday. t.lWOtli of March, 1374, for tlie purpose of electing 17 delegate to tlie HtfmhltaiuState Con vention to be held in Portland on the 241 of Mareli, 1871 The primary election In the several nreriiu.ts will -be liekl on ftmrday, March 2d, 1373, at the usual places of voting hi said precincK beginning at llie.liourof 1 r. M. of. said dajv The several precincts will lie untitled to delegate lifsih County Convention a follow : . IHKOKCTS. KO. DKI.EOATKS. Alhany 10 Orleans 4 Peoria ...... ...... I HarrNhnrg 4 Ilrownsviilc . . Brush Creek :.- -2 ('enter vy.,v,r., ... 3 SvTiicUJe .. X. 1 Waterloo , 1 Sautiait... 2 Franklin Butte... 1 Sclo.... ! 4 Sweet Home . .'..'. 1 Lebanon ... -1 Totai:.'.. ......... By order of J. F. BACKKNSW, . . Chr. Cent. Cow. The North Carolina Legislature adjourned c-n the 12th I. ..I Ml., , - , I. Judge Warren, President of X. C.Senate,iavtryilL- rr L. Jimm The City Council of Springfield, Mass., lias elected Miss S. J. .Wil liams city physician. Thccontlict of opiuion ip Eng. land on the Alabama claims is in- creasing. February 14th was the anniver Airy i( the admission of Oregon into the Union, that event having taken place on the 14th February, 1859. Gov. Reed of Florida has been impeached, and Day of Florida, Republican, has teen appointed Govornor. J. W. Forney has resigned his position an Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, intending to devote, l is whole time to journalisticduties. Oi of Hock well A Mosbyspow dor mills at Westficld, Mass., ex ploded on the 12th. No one in jured. Nearly all of the Committee of Seventy of New York have gone to Albany to urge the passage of the new i barter. On tlie 12th, at New York, Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, was arraigned for trial and the work of impanelling a jury began. A petroleum company, capital one million dollars, to operate in Los Angeles, has been incorporated7 in San Francisco. If the English Government with draws from the terms of the Ala bama treaty, the President thinks tlie United States cannot agree with honor to any now negotiations. . Hismarck has offered tlie I Gov crnmcnts at Waghicgton and Lon don his good offices in effecting an agreement in relation to the Ala bama claims. .. ' r Tlie Catholic Irish arc very anx ious that a war should grow out of oir r JMWisfxVtroubWs.1 Tbtsy are confldeireV of 'raising1 lOO.OOtf men about New York within sixty days. 1 . .' ' -i f A resolution was-o41bred in Con gross on the 12th, that Congress shall not adjourn until it shall have passed a law to enforce reform in cU series ; Gov. Hoffman, of Now York, has vetoed the bill for the relief of tax payers, recently passed by the Leg islature, on the ground that its pro visions are disapproved by judges of the Court of Appeals. Secretary Boutwell has decided to accept the offer of owners of the Rtglow block in Chicago, upon which to erect Government build ing. The price is a million and a quarter. Jiist Alike. The Democracy of California, on account ot'itaagc and viae, sustains the rclatiou of elder brother in Ut fainily.on tlie Pacific slope. Its m fluence, in Iliey and legislation, has been very great in moulding the character of the Oregon Dome, racy, and iodwWiugitalegislalion. The latter has copied largely from the example set by the former, and to-day may justly be regarded as a far. $imiU in spirit and practice. Swamp laud swindles and litigant bill extortions in California, find a counterpart here in Oregon. Tlie Governor of California has just sent in a special message into the Cali fornia Legislature, showing that tlie State Capitol, the Normal School, the Military, the Insane Asylum, and the State Prison funds were severally overdrawn by tlie late Democratic administration in that State, to the aggregate amount of oveVsix'huhdrefl thousand dollars, which t&ipeopkitnMt now be tat -ed to pay. Here in Oregon weliear of the Chemeketa missuse of funds, and other matters of a .suspicions nature, all going to show that the same mantle of general dishonesty surrounds the Democracy in this State, i a nrum r mmtmuk mat. The Democratic, party has boon in power in Idaho ever since its or ganization into a Territory, except the first year. The situation that Territory is over one hundred thous and dollars in debt ; her credit is twenty five per cent, discount ; sev eral of her counties are bankrupt, and her people arc being eaten up with taxes. These are the kind of follows who desire to be. elevated to the White I loose to reform die administrative affairs of the nation ! A Washiriton dispatch of the 9th inst. states that Senator Edmonds was of the opinion that the Eng lish flurry was gotten up to affect the determination of the Interna tional tribunal Mr. Sherman re garded the treaty as a high solemn contract and did not believe either nation would be likely to violate it. Mr. Morton said that neither the Queen's nor Premier's speech inti mated an intention to revoke the treaty. Mr. Edmonds thought Glad stone's speech did intimate such in tention, unless the United States would consent to withdraw its case. Mr Sherman said he did not believe the Government of Great llritaiu would dare to draw back in the presence of a civilized world and the public sentiment of the world, lie recommended a dignified attitude. Mr. Hamlin took the same ground. Exlravngiwce. Extravagance, or a disposition to live beyond one's earnings or pecun iary resources, is one of the great evils of American habit. There has been art increasing tendency in that direction within late years. AH the departments of business and so cial life, as well as many public in stitutions, have been sufferers from this evil. While many individuals have suffered within late years from an inability to practice that retrench ment which would harmonize the increasing disparity between in comes and the additional cost of living, many have been lead by pride, or a love of display, to ex haust their incomes, and destroy their credits, and thus have brought on financial ruin. Tlie desire to make a show in the world, to look well, to drees well, to keep ap with the fashions, is the bane of our peo ple. Its effects upon Jho poor arc the most perceptible, or, at least, the most to be regretted. They strive the hardest ; resort to the most expedients; strain the most points ; commit the greatest errors, and often bring about the most de plorable results, in their efforts to make a fashionable display. Willie Thorn, of Yaqtrina Bay, trapped an killed a cougar measur ing seven feet in length, and thirty four, inches high. The Assembly of New York are employed on a new charter for New York. CUJtSEMmaDCM'K. En. Ukoistkk .'Sometime ago I saw in the Wiltatnttte Farmer a cowmimication from Mr. Finlay. son, of Linif county, inaiiswer, or a criticising my wmmuniration in your paper in the first issue, I think, in January. When I wrote that piece for your excellent paper, I was on a friendly visit to your county, amongst friends; and as is usual with me, I noted everything along the railroad and in the settle ments, and penned down a chapter of "Items" and sent' it to you. I did not intend to array . any one against me, nor to utter a word, tliat, by fair construction, could rasp tlie feelings of any one. The view of Mr F.'s letter is sarcastic through out, though he calls roe "Friend" and "Brother I" I was not Hroll ing through your county, nor did 1 wish to dictate r find fault. What I said of my brother farmers of Linn, I always say of those of Marion. MnF. is willing te learn or take advice of a man who¬fv, and by parlance not of a nbmy. He wants me to tell him how ditcli in ought to be done. If I knew ever so well, I should not impart tliat information under ewicatttrc. We ditch cheaply and efficiently in low lands in Marion; It is true tliat we have not done very much ditch ing down hero yet, but we will do much more, as we feel great gains of what we have done already in that way. Would I disparage the good peo ple of your county ? Never. In deed I have been lavish of praise when corresponding East, about Linn county, as to size, surface, soil nd people. Oregon is my home, and the people of bid Linn are my people. I wish to know no east, no west, no north, no south, but Oregon. I had, during my term of seven years as Statician to the De partment of Agriculture, to know something of Oregon, and her peo ple and their best interests. I did not arrive at perfection. The people generally are better than I am. In every county in the Willamette val ley, in which I have traveled, I have never found as kind and friendly' people fn any State or "Ter ritory, as amongst these. So per fectly friendly did I feel towards your people when amongst them on Christmas week, that I did not sup pose that a line or word that I wrote or spoke, would call down censure or sarcasm. A bright fu ture awaits Old Linn. Tliat vast body of arable land, its beau tiful central location, its noble, and enterprising people, its morals and its religion, its educational and manufacturing enterprises all speak out in commendation to all people, and point to your county as a large field of charming prospects. I con sidered your paper the most proper through which to reply to Mr. Fin layson's strictures on my former letter to your paper. DAVID NEWSOM. fif-i ).. ITMeccmarjr Trouble. Quite a number of the Democrat ic journals in the State have en dorsed the suggestion of the Salem Mercury that the party have a "short platform.'" We hardly think our Oregon Democrats need trouble themselves about the platform ques tion at all, as the indications are growing stronger and stronger every day that disaffected Republicans will make their platform for them. The Passive policy is on the in crease, Democrats of Oregon, and your noses will bow meekly to the friction of that grindstone. It is said that Juarez, 1 'resident of Mexico, enlisted fifteen hunndred fighting men in Texas and Arkan sas, armed them with Winchester rifles and they are now in ac tive service. They are officered by men formerly in the Confederate army. In the town of Jundle, Argentine States, a fanatical outbreak resulted in the massacre of thirty foreigners. The assassins fled before the troops who came to the rescue, but were overtaken and sixteen of them were shot and twenty-four taken prison-en, A fearful accident occurred on the morning of the 7th on the Rock Island and St. Louts Uaiiroad near Alton, Illinois. Two passenger traifis collided, resetting in the death of foiir' persons and the wounding of thirteen, four of them seriously. The, killed were burned to death, the cars having caught fire almost instantly after the collision. The head bar keeper of the Hoff- man House testifi?d that Stokes had been drinking heavily for ten days before his crime. New Jersey has raised the salary of her Governor from 3,000 to 5, 000. The Supreme Court of the Unit ed States has granted an order against Secretary llontwell, direct ing him to show cause why a man damus should not compel him to pay the Kentucky war claims. The order expressly reserves all points for decision on final hearing, and fcVtfic present declares nothing. , Martin John Spauldiug, Primate ofj&c Catholic Church in the I'nit- e$.tates and Archbishop of the Baltimore diocese, died in that city on the 7th inst. Seven persons were taken from one- bouse oh Third street, New York, on the 7th., inst,, to the hos. piUil, wilh the small pox. A liCavy earthquake shock was felt at Cairo, Illinois, on thejith. 1I.W. Tanner, of Philadelphia, has disappeared, leaving liabilities to the amount of 875,000. There has been no estrangement between Secretary Fish and Gen. Sickles the best of feeling exists. The bill of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem three millions per- month of three per cent, certifi cate, has passed the Senate. Thomas K. Creo of Pittsburg has beWi appointed Secretary of the Poard of Indian Commissioners, viee Vincent Colyer resigned. A fire in Oil City, Penu,, on the 6th hut, destroyed the National Hotel, Taylor House, bil Exchange, branch office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, Pacific and Atlantic-Telegraph, and two or three other buildings. The loss is esti mated at (50,000, partially insured. The fire was caused by a lamp ex plosion. Tlie West Virginia Constitution al Convention, now being held at Charleston, was contemplating the question of removing the Capital, ou the (1th. - -New York telegrams on the 6th, say that Mayor Hall has been in dicted on a charge of having signed warrants for fraudulent bills of Garvey and Ingersol. George Vanneck, formerly a Lieutenant in the British army, late ly, employed on the New York Ilerald, committed suicide at the Hoffman House on the 6th. President Orton of the Western Union Telegraph Company asks the Congressional Washington Commit tee, at New Orleans, to investigate theoliarges made by Gov. War mouth against the telegraph officers at New Orleans, that they delayed dispatches, etc. The Democratic State Conven tion at New Haven, Conn., on the 6, nominated Richard 1 1 ubbard , of Hartford, for Governor, by accla nation. ''hollas; in a letter to tho Indian a'pfWf Ind., Journal, comes out strong for Grant; will not accept tho. nomination for Vice President, bnt Will support any other candi date for tliat position. Thirty-five deaths from small pox occurred in Cincinnati last week Warrants have been issued in New York tor the arrest of Smith, Woodward and James M. Sweeney, their hail not having been tender ed. A sensational rumor from Sioux City, Feb. 12th,. states that Spotted Tail with his band, on their return to the reservation from a buffalo hunt with Grand Duke Alexis, were overtaken by a terrible storm of rain, which froze as it tell, and the whole party perished. A Democratic caucus was held at SpringfkM, til., last week, at which Gen. McUemaud and other promi nent leaders were united in their opinion in favor of the passive poli cy. - v. ' The Tribuiu? New York special says a cable dispatch was sent on Wednesday of last week by Secre tary Fish, in reply to the note of Lord Granville, in which it was ex plained that the object of the Unit ed States in presenting the cla ms for indirect damages by Confeder ate cruiser to the Geneva arbitrat ors, was to place the questiou be fore the Hoard have nothing un scttlod that might be productive of future discord between tlie two coun tries. If only the claims for direct damages were considered it might be urged that the question was still opcu to dispute, and it was thought best to present the whole case to the arbitrators and leave it to their de cision. This is perfectly reliable. The pastoral of Bishop Pay ley, of New York, urges all Catholics to keep out of International Socie ties, and says the public, schools of Jersey arc virtually Protestant, to which it is improper for Catholics to send their children. Government officials are prose cuting land speculators in southwes tern Ka-isas, who have committed extensive frauds. The Japanese Minister at Wash ington gave a dinner last Friday to the diplomatic corps. The Nicaragua route is to be again surveyed. The Congressional Investigation Committee finished their investiga tions last Saturday. Saylcs J. Boweu, ex-Mayor of Washington, has been appointed as Minister to Equador. . ! l Minister De Long explains that the visit to Brigham Young was not intended by the Embassy ; that they were escorted by a committee there and to other places without their knowing where they were going- ''here is said to be much sickness and suffering among passengers of snow-bound trains. They are now threy hundred and ten miles from Ogden. Mrs. Roudabush, of Jackson ville, on the 9th inst., while scrap ing molasses candy from the bottom of a saucer with a dirk knife, let it slip, and ran the blade through the palm of her hand severing one or two eords, says the llnm. i . . . ii A barber doing business on Front street, Portland, was arrested last 7'uesday on the charge of commit ting a rape upon a little girl only ten years old. At Susquehanna depot, on Sunday last, three employes of the Erie Rail road, New York, burned a little negro boy to death by throwing kerosene over Iiis legs, lie being asleep. They allowed the burning to continue until the boy's legs were roasted to the bone in several places. Tbc fiends have not been discovered. Bancroft, American Minister, lias completed his reply to tlie British case on San Juan boundary question, and will immediately submit it to the ar bitration of the Kmperor William. A copy ls been dispatched to Washing ton. Prayers were offered on the 11th pist. in nil toe churches of Sheffield, Eng., for the prevention of war be tween England and the United States. The Chicago Tinus and Trlbum are both dissatisfied with the selection of tlie site fur Government buildings, made by SeureUry Boutwell. . ,f The London Daily News asserts that public opinion in Germany is strong in condemnation of the course pursued by the United States iu connection with the Alabama claims. Hay is selling at $50 per ton at the Dalles, oats (1 50 a bushel, and wheat and barley $2 per bushel Gen. Sherman and Lieut Grant were expected in Rome on tlie 11th. Brigham Young is quite ill. The indorsement of Judge Mc kean numbers 5,000 signatures. A hunting party in Jackson coun ty killed 225 rabbits. Eggs are thirty cents per dozen iu Portland. Jacksonville has no houses to rent tor love or money all tull Hie House of'Commons, Londo had another excited discussion, c. the 7th, in' regard to the indirect damages claim. The member for Waterford city said the Alabama question was the most momentoas England had been called to pass upon within a century. He com pared the State lawyers who com posed the American Commission with the novices who represented England, and said the latter 11 been completely outwitted. If such lawyers had planned the EnglisTi case they could have escaped with the payment of six million sterling lite American Commission bad served their country well and achieve ed a triumph. He said the troubles lay at home. The Government ha'4 armies which could not inarch, And ships which were uuseaworthy, and now they had a treaty which they could not stand upon. Qtayt formerly Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, blamed, tlie Gov ernment. Gladstone and othets, defended the action of tlie Commis sioners. A Tribune special says Earl Granville's dispatch contains no threats to withdraw from arbi tration, and makes neither a de mand nor a proposal. It simpry calls attention in conciliatory lan guage to the meaning that England attaches to the treaty. Gladstone's violent speeches, of the 6th, are severely criticised as mischievous, offensive and needlessly irritating The Cabinet people are unanimous for abandoning the arbitration urn less the American claim be modi fied. A new company has been regis tered in London, which proposes to lay a telegraph cable direct to New York. It promises to fix tolls on dispatches at twenty shillings for ten words, Tlie National Assembly of France on tlie 7 th Inst, after an agitated discussion, passed a resolution Au thorizing the prosecution of publish ers of Provincial papers which have lately contained articles insulting to tlie Assembly. A number of Americans Were to leave Paris, on the , inst4or Florence, to join Lieut. Grant BWl accompany him home. The celebrated Cuban, General Casnova, was killed by guerillas near Ciego de Arvilla, recently. The Ministry of tlie Kingdom of Hawaii have under consideration a proposition to construct a new pal ace for the King at a cost of $125,- 000 to $150,000. Minister Washburn is about to return to the United States on tem porary leavo of absence. Secretary Hoffman will art as Charge de Af fairs. Charles Francis Adams sailed from Liverpool on the 9th. It is reported that Americans iu Liverpool, Eng., do not approve the claims for indirect damages.- In the German Diet, on the 9th t Bismarck announced it as the poli cy of Prussia liereafter to GeftaWtn ize the Polish schools, as France had Gallicized those of Alsace and Lorraine. The Roscburg Ensign was tho' recipient of a potato weighing uiws pounds. "Astor and I," said a New York boot-black, are wortb milliony Lent began last Wednesday; ': BIED. NearShedd's Station, Linn county, Oregon, of chronic dyspepsia, Mr. Joseph Thompson, February 10, 1874, aged 48 years, 4 months and 4 days. . Deceased was bom In Wayne oun tv. Ky., OctoberC, 1823, and when yet a boy removed to Missouri with Ms parents, where lie grew to manhood and was married to Miss Elizabeth M. Ikmagee, and settled in Newton comi ty Jii 185? with his family lie remov ed foOregon, and selected his donation claim lu IJnn county, on Hpooiii crwk. where he resided until the day of his death. He was a man of many virtues, attentive to business, temper ate hi his habits honest in his dealings, and kind and courteous in his dealings with others. He was an affectionate nilSUHim, " - B -T5" bor. a devoted christian, and a true i.i IJ. Ki.il lvMii m Irwmitwr of t be UUUCIIi liv - w-"--" " M. E. Church for many years, and died in the full trimnphs of a living ritii in- leaves a wife and ten chil dren to mourn his death. His funeral took place on thelStft Inst., and was very largely attended