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AIANY REGISTER. C. ft. Official Paper for ron. FRIDAY. AUOUSf 15. 1873. BCPUBUCAS HTATE CONTENTION. A Republican State Convention for the State of. Orepon will be held at the city of Albany on THl'RSPAY, TWO 11TH DAY OP SEPTEMBER, 1873. ar 2 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of nominatltiR acan'lWate for memiier of Consres to till the vacancy occasioned by the death of non. J. G. Wil son, and for the transaction of such other business as may be deemed proner. The several counties will be entitled to deletes in such Con vendon as follows: Benton S Unn 8 Baker. i Chskamaa s Columbia 1 Clatsop 2 Curry x 1 Coos 3 Poiujlas Grant 2 Jackson 4 Josephine '.. 1 Lane 7 Marion 12 Mul'nomah 15 Polk 4 Til amook 1 lima li.a 3 Un ion 3 H'8W 8 Washington 4 Yamhill 5 Total . The Committee recommend that the several conn: ies hold their primary elec tions on SATURDAY, AUGUST Ml. and their Conn y ( Vn ven I ion s on S ATU RD A Y, AUGUST 3i h, for scicciinir delegates to the 8tate Con ven I ion . C. W. PARRISH, Chairman Renublican S a' e Central Com. B. W. Wilson, Secre:ary- Republican County Convention. Inaccorlanee with the above call, the Republican voiersofthedtiS-rcnt precincts in Linn count v will meet In convention on Satunlttv, August 23 1, and elect dele gates to attend the County Convention, which will convene In this city on Satur day, Anunst Jrtth. The several precincts will beenti'le 1 'o dele.tes in the County Convention as fo lows: Albany W Lebanon 3 Santiam 1 narrislmrg .. 4 Scio 2 Brownsville 4 llalsey 5 Waterloo 1 Center 1 Franklin Butte 1 Orleans .' 2 Brush Creek 1 Syracuse 1 Sweet Home 1 Total.. 37 By order of County Central Committee. Our Helping Neighbor. The Albany Democrat givefi an exhibition of assumption in last week's issue, which the Salem Mer cury can regard as prompted by no higher motive than that of ignorant vanity, lis egotism prompts it to essay to defend the latter journal from our home thrusts; and a hotch potch mess it makes, truly ! It the Mercury is not as blunt in percep tion as it is inconsistent in political sentiment, this volunteer effusion of our neighbor must rill it with pun gent chagrin. Our article, headed "A Crime is a Crime," was designed to show the inconsistency of the fSalem journal in askii amnesty for unrepeuttng rebels, and refusing to grant it to our repentant Senator practically taking the position thatflrtW in a rebel is a different thing from crime in a Republican. In presenting the case, we alluded to the fact that pen jury, theft and murder were committed by leading rebels; that in the parson ot Jeff. Davis, alone, tar greater crimes had been committed than can lie proven against our Senator, and vet that journal would liave Davis forgiven. These were illustrations used by ns to establish the inconsistency and injustice of that journal. Now, what is the argument this egotisti cal neighbor journal of ours sets up.asati answer? Why, it devotes a whole column to show that Re publicans have committed crimes m well as Democrats; and 'instances the I lodge dedication (forgetting by the way, that I lodge was a Demo crat), and some others, to prove it. It loses sight entirely of the princi ple we were elucidating, and rashes its whole length, goat fashion, butt against our illustrations, like one Regarding the scaffolding of a build iu.g a of more importance than the structure itself. But even its argu ments here are ridiculous. "Well, neighbor," says this journal, speak ing relative to the thievery of ft Floyd "was Mr. Floyd shown to have appropriated public funds to f ttatanfiregt Portland brought hisownufe-aiKlifso.howmuchry Vl the existence of several IsuH that a brilliant idea? Ami? 'itoall pox in that city. It mtU be shown to appropriate rm em from this that, actuated lie funds to "his own use," wh ry rerams, or some others, he steals, or our neighbor ww. 0l- authorities there havens infer, he is not a thief. ; has been to cover up the fact ot the The amount, too, must be named. ! exigence of that loathsome disease That may suit the claims of Demo- j the ouU.i(je Word. At least, cratic integrity, bnt not Republican, j jt was 011v a Khort time ago that A man who steals is a thief, no journals of that city noted the ex matter as to the size ot the amount, iRteliee 0f ti,e jasf 8nd gave or what he does with it. Put, let assurances tliat no danger of its us show still farther how glaringly ridiculous the positions of this jour nal are. Re'ative to cenator Mitch- ell, In another editorial of the same paper it says, in substance, that be-1 cause he (Mitchell) did not openly dcy the charge of bigamy, which such reckless journals as the Dem ocrat alleged him to be guilty, ot that, therefore, the charge was true, his silence being an acknowledg ment of his guilt A ppl v this prin ciple to Floyd and the rest of the thieves of Buchanan's cabinet Did they ever deny having stolen p'iblic property and- moneys, and have they denied appropriating them to their own use? If they have not, this theory pronounces them gnilty. We give this as a sample of the logic of the Democrat The true point at issue in the article it over looks, and runs off, as we have in timated above, it to the discussion ot an irrelevant issue. We say again : If the Mercury and Demo, crat can extend amncty to oath breaking, thieving, murdering rebels and Ku Klux, why not to one whose moral delinquencies, reaching none of these crimes, were committed in the past, and for which he has sought ever since to atone? Rennbllean Ntate Convention. The Republican State Central Committee met at Eugene City on Thursday evening of last week Earnestness and harmony charac terized the brief meeting. It was agreed to hold a State Convention in our city "(Albany) on the 11th of next September, and a call to that effect was issued. Precinct elec tions are recommended to be held August 23d, and County Conven tions August 30th, fbre'ecting Del egates to the State Convention. Let Republicans in the different precincts of Linn take note of these times, and act accordingly. Let men be selected for Delegates who will attend the Conventions. Let intelligence, promptness ami earnest ness, commensurate with the impor tance of the nomination to be made, guide in the performance ot this work. Our political enemies sneer ingly tell ns we have lost our en thusiasm and are weak. Let us show them, as the State Convention has already done, that intelligent zeal and unity of purpose still indi vidualize and guide the Republi cans of Oregon, as they do those of the entire country. The Salem Mercury calls us "the Rev. Boyakin, of the RuotfffrER." We don't know what that means, as wfc never had any acquaintance with any of the congenial friends of that journal; but judging from the spirit exhibited in that journal, we should Buppose him pretty nearly, it not quite diabolically inspired. If we were disposed to retaliate on that journal for calling us names, we would bit it to a dot by calling it the Old Brimstone Spluttcrer, of the Mercury: but we don't like to call names; they don't prove any-thing. f,irt)er 8pread need be apprehended. But even now those jour als are silent as to its present existence. N0 voice of warning have they as vet (August 12th) lifted up. Such ! procedure is wroug, not only in the evil it brings both upon a trusting outside world, and those kept iu the dark at home, but it thwarts, or will thwart, the very purpose tor which it was intended to save the business of the city from inter ruption. The authorities of Port land are under moral obligation to let the home and outside world know of the existence ot any conta gion or contagions which may be among them. Anything short of that can be no less than criminal. Here is an intended hit at Mitch ell: The plea ot insanity having become a little odious from too frequent use and from rather strained application, it is proposed that very hard and notorious rascals shall, when arraigned lor trial, offer in its stead the plea that they were "in a perturbed state of mind" when they committed the crime charged. Salem Mercury. It would be superfluous for the multitude of offenders in the Dem ocratic party against murals and law, to offer the plea of insanity as a palliation for their crimes. No sensible jury in the wor d, after examining the foolish course which has been the habit of that party tor many years, could bring iu a verdict of sanity iu favor even of the brightest lights in the party, much less its criminals. Neither will a verdict of "In a perturbed state of mind" fit them, but, "and a rotten state of the heart?' would have to be added, in order to des cril the average criminal Demo crat. The Orefonian has an article headed with this interrogatoty : are all public men dishonest aud corrupt? In reply we would suggest, that, so far as Congress is concerned, a projier answer to this question de tends upon a solution of this prob lem, namely : whether it is allow able for Congress to pass an act, and the President to approve it, making stealing lawful, aud then for all hands to steal under the sanction of the law. Salem Mer cury. And this: Do not the Democrats of Oregon become moral supporters ot such steals by urging the claims just now ot two of the takers of them for Congress and the Mer. cury, too, by holding itself in read iness to advocate the claims of either? But maybe that journal is getting "perturbed." It is reported that Ex-Senator Nesmith is unusually fond of the farmers now, even wearing hay seed in his locks. He sees that increased salary from afar, by their votes he would bring it nigh. In the place of Dr. J. A. Chap man, resigned, Eugene Semple has been appointed Democratic Com mitteeman for Multnomah county. ' Ben Batter. To our notion, Ben Butler, "cock eyed" Ben, or "silver-spoon" Ben, or whatever name his enemies may choose to designate him, iu point of intel ect aud shrewd, never-cateh-asleep wit, is about as near chained lightning as any public man living. He knows the ways and tricks of unprincipled men so well, that when he g ts tired of their attacks' upon himself, he thrusts his know ing pen at them a tew times aud their hypocrisy sheds ont layer by layer like peelings from onions. In this vein he has lately published a pamphlet on lack pay, iu which he is said to show that the representa tives ot such New York journals as the Tribune, Times, Sun, and oth ers that have been abusing him on account of his taking back pay, were clerks of House Committees, or those who lobbied fur back pay and took their share. It is said that the manner in which he picks them up with his caustic pen, is lively even for him. Democrats are now considerably perplexed iu making up their Con gressional slates. If they would just turn it over to one Slater their bother would cease, though the fig uring wou d be in favor of taking the salary steal. t'OKEHJN NBWH. The Cortes of Spain has abolished the executive right to pardon. Moderate Federalists of the Spanish Cortes are in favor of con verting the present provinces into States. ' The commanders of the German naval forces in Spanish waters have received fresh instructions from Perlin not to surrender insurgent Spanish men-of-war captured by them. Many strangers are represented as leaving Vienna, and the number of visitors to the Exposition de creases daily. The office of Master of Rolls, Eng., has been offered to Sir John, Duke of Cambridge, and declined. Paris has had no cholera so far this year. A Vienna paper reports that Count Do i bambord has accepted the throne of France, a formal tender of which having been re cently made to him by a deputation ot Legitimists. The payment of the third quarter of the last milliard of the War In demnity wa completed in Paris on the 5th hist.' Cholera has entirely disapjtcared from Vienna. Four thousand Carlists were marching on Berga on the 9th. Valencia had unconditionally surrendered, and General Compas occupied it on the 8th. The Pope's allocution denounc ing the recent law enacted by the Italian Parliament for the disposal ot Church property, says that what they have done or will do, is worth less, null and void, and that they have incurred major ex-communication and other censures, aud that they are iu danger of eternal dam nation. The officer of Master of Rolls for Knglaud has been accepted by Sir George Jessel. A desperate fight took place on the 11th inst. on Currough of Kil dare between two Irish regiments. Several were killed and many severely wounded. A squadron of Austrian war vessels has .been ordered, to Spain And now we are told that both the Democratic Committee and Democratic Convention of San Francisco have been "bought up." Nice patty! Excellent prospect tor "reform" uuder them! A huge fire was raging in Port land, Maine, on the 9th, Near Brighton Station, Tenn., eo Saturday before last, three white fiends pouted turpentine oyer negro whom they found asleep, and then set fire to it, burning him te death.' It created intense excite ment among the negroes in the neighborhood. Florence Matton and Charles J. Beebe were drowned on the after noon of the 9th, while sailing in Cazenovia lake, N. Y, The following Executive order has been issued : "The Civil Service Board, at ita session at Washington which ter minated June 4, 1873, recommended certain further rules to be presented by the President for the government of the civil service. These rules, as published, are approved and their provisions will be enforced as rap idly as the arrangements can be made. (Signed.) U.S.. GRANT. By the President, Hamilton Fish, Secretary ot State." A full report of the special com mission on abuses in the U 8. Branch of the Vienna Exposition, has been received at WTashington. The conclusions are not complimen tary to Van Bureu and others. Gen. Henry M. Whittlesey, for a long time on Gen. Howard's staff, died on the 8th. Election on Constitutional amend ments and for township officers took place in North Carolina on the 7th. The amendments were thought to be adopted. Cholera reappeared iu Chatta nooga on the 7th. It was confined to colored people, their eating un ripe fruit aud melons being the cause of it. Fourteen German beer sellers were arraigned in Worcester on the 7th, most of them for the third time. Six were fined each $100 and costs and sentenced to the house of cor rection for six months, and ordered to find $1,000 bail not to violate the law tor one year. They all appealed and gave the bail required. The Cubans of New York City are preparing another expedition to land arms and ammunition on Cu ban soil by the steamer Virginius. Reported the largest one yet at tempted. A tight in Scott county, Va., on the 8th, between a small force of revenue officers and a gang of illicit distillers, resulted in the killing of Assistant Marshal Wilcox by John a Vanguard, who had previously surrendered, but was rescued by his friends. The contract of building two new iron sloops of war has boon awarded to John Roach & Co., of New York, at $290,000 each. The steamer Wanassett, running on the Potomac river between Washington and Currymau, took tire on the 8th at Chattalon Point, and was destroyed. Out of 150 passengers, some twenty lives were lost. At the time the tire broke out a boat was being unshipped for the ptirH)se ot landing at the Point, there being no wharf. The passen gers ma le a rush tor the boat and crowded it full, causing it to pre cipitate them into the river. Others were forced by the flames to jump overboard. Life preservers were thrown to them by the crew. The people on shore did all they could, to save life. Charles Jones was hanged at Newbern, N C, on the 8th inst., for the murder of Robert Miller, a constable, who, with two others, oh February 1, 1872, was conveying Jones to prison on the charge of lar ceny. Jones was over 80 years of age. T hos. Woodson of Missouri, hear ing that William Barlow, of Ne braska, was on his way to kill him, armed himself and secreting himself in ambush by the the roadside near his house, a short distance from Per cival Station, Iowa, and as his in tended assassin approached find aud killed him. The extensive rope works of Sewell, Day & Co., in Roxbury, Mass., were burning on the 11th.