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LJXCOLX, HATES, TILDEX. )n the journey to Washington, in 1861, where, he was about to take the oath of office and assume the duties of the Presidency, Mr. Lincoln passed through Philadelphia' While there he made a brief speech upon the occasion ot the raising of the .United States lias over Independence Hall. He said : I have often pondered over the dan gers incurred by the men who assembled here and framed and adopted the decla ration of Independence. I have ponder ed over the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the. army who achieved that . Independence. 1 have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the sepera tion of the colonies from the mother laud but that sentiment in the Declara tion of Independence which gave liber ty, not alone to the people of this coun try, but I hope, to the world iur all future-time. It was that which gave promise that, in due time, the weight would be lifted from the sbonldiers of all men. This is the sentiment em bodied in the Declaration of Iiidejwii dence. Now, my friends, can this country be saved on this lasis ? If it can I will consider myself one ot the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved on that basis it wid be truly awful. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say that I would rather be assassinated on the spot than surrender it. A few months later when it had be come necessary for Mr. Lincoln to ap peal to the people for volunteer soldiers to save the country, the present Repub lican candidate for President, Ruther ford B. Hayes, in response to Lincoln's call, said : I wou'd prefer to go into this war, it I knew I was to die or be killed, rather l 1: a! t- .1 r. ... . , man nve inruugu auu aucr it wiinout taking any part in it. In 1SG4, after Mr. Lincoln had labor ed three years for the salvation ot the country on the basis of the great princi ple of equal rights laid down in the Declaration oMudepea dence, and aLer Colonel Hayes had fought three years in the field in fulfill meut of his patriotic declaration of 1S61, S amuei J. Tilden, the Democratic cau didate for President' being appointed a" member of the De mocratic National Convention Commit tee on Platform, reported the following resolution which was adopted : Hesolved. That this Convention does exulicitlv declare, as the sanso of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war tiring which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war power higher thau the Constitu tion, the Constitution itselt has Ijeen disregarded in every part, and iublic liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired justice demands immediate cessation of hos tilities. The American people sustained the resolutions and acts of Abraham Lin coln and Rutherford B. Hayes, and put the saal of their emphatic condemnation upon the resulution of SamuelJ. Tilden. Will they now trust the man who was to false, so cowardly and so unpatriotic twelve years ago. : MORE EVIDEXCE OF DEMOCRATIC HE FORM. ' Of course Tildeu is for reform, and "where he goes, his party goes." This Was illustrated, iu 1S71. During the summer of that year Tweed's rascalities were exposed, but he was nevertheless pominated f jr State Senator in the 4th District, and elected by a majority of nearly 17,000, and this, over O'Dono yan Rossa.the anti-Tammany candidate, who was voted for by the Republicans, and, as it seems, by Republicans only. Tweed never took his seat, bt that was not the fault of tlie Tildeu Reformers who selected Lira. The Wettliche Tost. Carl Sehurz's organ, asks these pertinent questions : "Can the friends of .Tilden deny that he 'abstracted, col trary to law, securities to the amount of $300,000 from the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad? Can they fritter away the court records in that case, and filially can they te!ieve that the lowest German of the United States will vate for a man who is under bo grievous aa accusation, and who is -'r-ZHo meet the charge ?" now tuey rnorosE to do it. Democratic methods of raising funds for political purjioses have been tin-' earthed, and are having a run through the press. The propriety of some of these schemes is more than questionable, aud cannot tail to impress the moral sense of such Democrats as have con science left. Among these modes, one is to collect moi.ey by school districts, in every State in the Union, and to transfer the sums so collected to the doubtful States. That Democrats intend the herculean task of thus debauching In diania, in particular, evidence is not wanting to convince the most unwil ling. I5ut, one of the sources of the great corruption fund which, with vio lence and fraud, constitutes the Demo cratic reliance for success iu the coming election, is ju.-t now coming to light, and it is one of the most probable, as it is one of the most dangerous of the De mocratic political levers. All know AiKjustii JJelmonic of New York, lie is a great Democratic light; for years a member and Treasurer ot the National Committee of that party; and what is significant, A gent -of the Rotb- childs, the great European bankers. To put these bankers in the control of the U. S. Treasury, Uehnoiiie would not hesitate, and he could afford to give any sum from $50,000 to $5,000,000. Tilden and Belmont are twins in social, financial and political affairs. In liberty to name the Secretary of the Treasury J" Reltnoute, by donating the highest sum named, even, ivould give but a tithe of the profits to the Rothchilds by having a friend at the head of the financial de partment of the government. Thus may the Treasury of the Nation be placed, in the evcut of the election of Tilden, at the mercy of foreign and hostile interests, a calamity the people, if wise, will avoid. Confederate supre macy at home and our finances directed by European money kings, would be more than the coun'iy couid endure aud live. It is believed the patriotism, of the country will assert itself in this centen nial year, and Once more save the Union and jerpetuate it as intended by the Fathers. vaijiuy iioi.x:. THE REVIVAL OF AX OLD AND STARTLING THEORY. Americus Symmes, Esq., of Louis ville, says the " Cincinnati Commerci al, lectured at Riverside, O., recently, explaining a theory which his father, Capt. John Symmes, promulgated fifty years ago. The term "Symmes' Hole" was for many years in the mouths of the people, but is at present seldom heard, and scarcity ever understood. The lecturer said that his father, Capt. Cleve Symmes, retired from the army after the perrce of 1815, and in 1818 became convinced in his own mind that the earth was hollow and habitable on its interior surface. Capt. Symmes devoted the remainder of his lite to the study of scientific matters, with especial reference to their bear ing upon his theory. He petitioned Congress to grant him means to make an e;cjeditioii to the north, expecting to penetrate the girdle ot everlasting ice which surrounds the pole, to tail into the interior of the earth, and to t?ke possession of the glorious country to be found there, iu the name of the United States. lie was full of pa'riotic desire that his own beloved country should have the glory and profit ot the grand discoveries, which, he never doubted would some day be made. He was so enthused with this love of coun try that when Russia tendered him the command ot an exped tion he declined, because he felt that it would be success ful, and the glory thereof redound to that country and be denied to the United States. Thus he even sacrificed the fondest hoje of his life upon the shrine of his patriotism, aud died iu 1829 broken hearted. He died as he had lived, certain that this theory was correct and would ultimately be demon strated. ('apt. Symmes held that the depres sion in the outward surface of the earth begafTat sorfie" point" between the G8th and 80th degrees of latitude, and that the transition space, or verge, as he termed it, occupied about 1,800 miles, after which the convexity would cease, and the surface would become concave, opening towards the interior. He main tained that the crust of the earth was about 1,000 miles thick, leaving an in terior space of about 6,000 miles. The distance from one rim of the depression of the outward surface to the other he claimed to be about 4,0X10 miles, and the depression in the shape of a funnel until the narrowest point should be reached, whence the .surface widened out into the concavity. Light and heat being essential to this new world. Capt. Symmes relied upon the rays of the sun being cast directly into the opening, a certain distance, and then being refract ed aud reflected until they should yield light and heat, the lecturer seemed to think that there might be a sufficient quantity ot inherent heal to eke out the requirements ot nature. Air. Symmes cited several facts from the experience of Artie explorers, all going, as lie thought, to prove-the cor rectness. of his father's theory. Dr. Hayes, Capt. Hall and others had gone far enough north to see nimbus clouds banging over open water in the distance, indicating warmth. Wood drifting from the North bad been picked up with cuts in it made with an ax, showing that this interior region was inhabited by. a race w ho understood the use of iron. The lecturer compared Capt. Hall to Moses, as being permitted to Iook into the uppermost land, but not to enter and enjoy it. He spoke with profound sorrow of the fact thai the Polaris turned back when within one day's sail of the open water, which would have inevitably conducted her into the in terior ot the earth, whereby his fath er's theory would have been demonstrat ed, aud the United States have acquired dominion over the new world of Sym meszonia, as he termed it. At this point the lecturer appeared so overcome with the intensity of his regret that so fine an opportunity for proving the correctness ot his father's theory should have been lost, that he was obliged to terminate his lecture, beiug almost prostrated with a sudden dizziness. . KITTKSU IirU. A WKST POl.MEB, Washixutox, Aug. g. There has been tor some time among army officers here all sorts of discussions about Sitting Bull, the great leader ot the Sioux. There are many questions as to Ins identity.' No sketch that lias purport ed to bo a history of him has awakened the interest that has been created by an army officer writing to the Baltimore Gazette of to-day. Iu his sketch this officer claims that Sitting Buli is a ren egade graduate ot West Point. Upon this subject he says : ' - Is Sitting Bull a West Point grad uate ? This question is asked in sober earnest with a view of eliciting informa tion, there being reasons for believing that this formidable warrior and so-called savage, now occupying so much of the public attention from the unques tioned skill and extraordinary courage with which he has met our soldiers, is really a graduate of the military academy. There may be some founda tion for the reports as to his reading French and being familiar with the. campaigns of the great Napoleon. Graduates ot West Po'.nt between 1846 and 1850 will remember a uew cadet -f both singular and remarkable apjiear auce, hailing from the. western borders ot the .Missouri, who reported for duty iu 1845, 184G or 1847. He was above medium hight, apparently between 18 and 20 years old, heavy set frame, long bushy hair growing close to his brow and overhanging his neck and shoul ders, and his face covered with thin patches ot white frizzy beard. The general get-up of this "plebe" was such :is to cause old cadets to hesitate in thvir practical jokes usually p'ayed off on new cadets. Nicknames are often applied to ca dets that they carry with them among their friends into the army and even to their giaves. This fellow's thick neck, broad shoulders, and long bushy hair caused the name ot ' bison " to lie ap plied to the new comer, aud it adhered to him ever afterward. 1 he West Point course he learned with ease, graduating third iu hiscla;s. He had no disposi tion to be social, kept to himself, talked but little, aud was Lever known to either smile or laugh. During the hours of recieation lie did not mingle with his classmates, but was often seen in solitary walks around the plain or scaling the neighboring mountains even to their very summits. He was often out ot quarters after night, eluding suc cessfully the vigilance of the sentinels and officers, aud visiting neighboring villages in quest of strong drink, but was never seen under its influence until he had graduated. This remarkable character passed his graduating exam ination creditably, received his diploma, but before doffing the cadet gray visited the villages ot Buttermilk Falls, below West Point a short distance, got intox icated and became involved iu a .broil, in which stones and sticks were used freely. Several of the participants were badly hurt and " Bison" himself much bruised. This conduct was regarded as so unbecoming and discreditable that on the recommendation of the academic board he was refused a commission ia the army, lie as heard of three times after leaving the academy at Galveston, 'there he had a terrible fight with some desperadoes aud forced to leave. Re was next seen on one of the Cali fornia steamers going up the western coat. He got into an altercation with the officers ot the steamer and was placed under guard down in the hold and made to work. The third and last time, as far as I Tcnow, he was seen and recog nized under the following circumstances : In 18G8, about ten years after " Bison ' had graduated, Lieutenant Ives, of the topographical engineer corps, was engag ed in making an exploration and survey of the Colorado river, emptying into tlse Gulf of California. While engaged in this work he would quite often leave his boat iu the afternoon and go on the shore and bivouac till morning. On one of these occasions a party ot Mojave Indians came into his camp, aud after talking some time iu Spanish the chief said in English " Ives, do you know me?" The lieutenant was startled at hearing bis name called so distinctly in English by this naked and painted faced chief. lie replied that he did not, and asked the chief where lie learned to speak English so well. The chief im plied: ''Never mind that; but do you know me, Ives ?" The Lieutenant scan ned closely the huge painted chief, with feathers iu bis head, rings through his nose aud cars, and again answered that he did not, and again asked tlio chief where he learned English aud how it happened that ho knew him. The chief replied that he did cot wonder at his noi knowing him, as his change in hab its, dress and appearance was remark able, and then he added : " I am 'Bi son We were together at West Point. I hive, with this little party, been watching you for several days. My band wanted to Kill you and your little party, but I told them we had better wait and see and try and talk: that we tnieht do better than kill von. T liavn made them understand that aUer you have gone back, trade will t priug up and we can then do better by tradiDg or robb ing boats loaded with goods and sup plies of all kinds." The Indians retired and were seen no more, nor did Ives ever bivouac on land any more. A year or two before this Capt. Lyon, in the late war had a desperate fight -with the Indians on an island in Colorado river. The Indians are supposed to have been commanded by "Bison." He was successful for years in raiding on settle ments extending as far off as Arizona. It may be, and I think it probable, with the settlements extending from west to east and the Indian area diminishing constantly, that this Indian chief may have gone as far north as the Black Hills, and may be even the veritable Sitting Bull, for to a close observer Sitting Bull lias shown as much skill aud judgment as any educated, civilized soldier could have done It would not be strange if Sittin j Bull proves to have been educated at West Point, and it seems to me probable that such is the case. Chicaijo Uniex. Itr.M' AT I.AST. THE OBSEQUIES OF THE SISTER OF STATE SENATOR TWrrCHELL A SAO AND SICK ENING STORV OF OUTRAGE. From the Indianapolis Journal. The funeral ceremonies over thu re mains ot Mrs. Helen E. Willis, sister of State Senator Twitchell, of Louisiana, were held yesterday afternoon from the residence of Mr. Charles W.Smith, 71) East Pratt street. The sad circuoi stances attending the death of the lady, aud the horror awakened in the com munity by a recital of the wrongs com mitted upou her family by the chival rous jieople of Louisiana, served to at tract si large attendance ot the leading citizens of Iudiaapolis, all of whom were deeply affected by the occasion and the services. Rev. Dr. Bayliss, pastor of Trinity M. E. Church, con ducted the service, which was ojeued with the singing ot a hymn : 'Oh, tor the death of those AVho slumber in the Lord." Following the hymn, Rev. Dr. Gil lett led in a very touching aud fervent prayer, iu which he invoked the pro tection of Almighty God upon the sur viving relative of the deceased, who had been tailed to pass through a suf fering a'most unparalleled, but which might be sanctified iMjt only to his bene fit but to the good of the nation which must sooner or later learn to do justice aud work righteousness. Rev. Dr. Bayliss read ihe fifty-sixth Psalm anil the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, after which the chorus sang: To thee. O God. when creatures fall, Thy flocks deserted, llie" Dr. Bayliss then pronounced the fol lowing address : ADDRESS OF DR. liATLISS. We are standing to-day at the cul mination of a tragic personal history. It is not often, iu times of teee, that a funeral service brings men face to face with facts at once so -melancholy and appalling. And I feel that, though we were strangers personally to her whose sad end we contemplate, as we are to the solitary mourner who fol'ows her to the burial, there are in the case circum stances which will interest us all, and will fully justify a departure, in some measure, from the usual form of funeral addresses. Mrs. Helen E. Willis was a native of Townseud, Vermont, wat thirty-one years of age, and a sister of Marshall 11. Twitchell7, who is here to-day, the only relative who is ermilted to be present on this sad occasion. She was making her way from the inhospitable neighbor hood in which she has suffered for years, in Louisiana, to her native place in New England. She stopjied here to rest, a- d if possible to recuperate. But she had sutierd too much to rally, and afier a tew days ot delay death came yesterday morning, and with a erateful heart to those who had ministered to her so kindly aud assiduously during Lher biief stay iu this strange city, hhe tell gently asleep and is at rest. At tie close of the war Capt. Twitch ell, brother ot the deceased, was on Gen. Sheridan's staff, and was assigned to duty iu the Red river country in Louisiana, where he became acquainted with the lady who afterward became his wife, lie bought land and settled there, determining to become a citizen and devote himsoil to the improvement of his fortunes and the development of the country ot his adoption. To this end he built saw mills and grist mills, open ed stores, did what could be done to establish schools, and in every way pos sible lias labored earnestly to promote the prosperity ot the eountry around him. His energy aud economy led to busi ness success, aud his brother aud three sisters with their husbands, at length joined him in his Southern home. His mother also became a resident there, aud thus his entire family, aud all his interests were transferred and estab lished permaneutly, as was supposed, iu Louisiana. Iu 1874 there were various riots in the parishes adjoining that in which these families lived. Senator Twitchell was himself absent in New Orleaus, and a brother-in-law named King was sick, as was thought, unto death. As disturbances continued in the surround ing country, a number of Democrats came to those who were well and at home and said to them : " We are sure that you are here as permanent resi dents, aud we are satisfied with, you aud your principles. But 6ome of your neighbors are not fb satisfied, and there will perhaps be danger to you unless you put yourselves under our protec tion - but it you put yourselves into our hands, we will vouch for you to the rioters and you shall be protected." After some conversation Homer Twitchell and the two brothers-in-law concluded, with 6ome other Northern men in the neighborhood, to accept the offered protection ot their Democratic neighbors, and accordingly put them selves under their direction. : ' They were led away into an adjoin ing parish, tar enough to obstruct the process of legal prosecution, and - then, with a treachery of which we had sup posed none but ludiaus to be capable, their protectors turned them over to the mob, and Homer Twitchell aud two brothers-in-law were murdered in eold blood. It seems incredible it is al most too diabolical to be believed. Even after all we have heard of Fort Pillow and Audersonville and Belle Isle, this is so horrible as to make us hesitate before believing it. We were iu the heat of war when the Fort Pil low massacre was perpetrated ; Ander sonville was the offspring of fury, but this was calm enough to be simply ma levolent, and horrible enough to be fiendish. t One of those who fell in that treach erous massacre of August 31, 1874, was Mr. Monroe Willie, husband of her whose weary heart at last stands still ; aud how much of the disaster ot yesterday is traceable to the catastrophe of 1874 it is impossible for any human being to tell. Still the remnants of the broken, persecuted household remained iu tht South. There was their property, aud there were the graves ot their beloved dead. And so, in spite of the malice which had given them, such startling proofs of its fierceness they still trusted to their own conscious rectitude and peaceful spirit to protect them. But, alas! there is a diabolism iu parts of the South which no goodness can piopitiatc,aud a malevolence which no gentleness cau subdue. The fact is bvyond question. In May last Mrs. Willis was broken in health by her great sufferings, and Mr. Twitchell and Mr. King, who were absent iu New Orleans, were sent for. They started immediately, and as they were crossing Red river in a small boat, on approaching to within tour or live yards of the shore a horseman appeared oil the bank, and, unbuttoning his large coat took from under it a Henry re peating rifle, from which he discharged fifteen shots at the men in the boat. Mr. King was instantly killed. Mr. Twitchell was wounded in one leg.aud in both arms, and was left by the ban dit for dead. After the assassin was gone, however, the faithful colored boat man, who was himself wouiided, lifted the mutilated man into the boat again, out ot which he had sprung for safety, and conveyed him to SM-ingville, where the ar'iiij- surgeon was compelled to amputate both arms, but was able to save the wounded leg. The faithful sister, smitten bT shock after shock, and almost prostrate as the result of them, still came to the brother's side, aud waited and watched. The surgeon also watched, and night after night sat with a rifle on his knee, ready to defend his patient from the midnight assault ot sjme chivalrous Southerner. At length the brother and sister were able to start tor the North, being fur nished a part of the way with a military escort. As soon as they reached a re gion ot safety, the fearful nervous ten sion by which "Mrs.' Willis had kept up gave way, and she rapidly approached her end. Chronic dread of ovil from murderers became a burden too heavy for her. In her last ilhiess'in this house she would wake, look aiound her half bewildered and alarmed, then close her eyes again, and on opening them again and recognizing her friends would say weakly, "Yes, I know you ; I am not afraid of you;" and like a soothed child she would lie quiutly down to rest. And so the weary wheels at last stood still, ller husband, her brother, and her sisters and their husbands all sleep in Southern graves, and every male rela tive was muidered. In her last mo ments her only surviving brother was unable to do anything for her, ex cept to weep. A nurse must have hands and be able to walk. No won der she died without dread. ' She was too weary of human cruelty and wrong to desire to remain longer, here. She sent word to Iter mother, now iu New England, that she had no tear of" dying; she gave her last requests to her friends, and then departed, let us trust, to where 'he wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." . We are sometimes accused of flaunt ing the bloody shirt tor political effect ;' of reviving memories which ought to sleep in forgettulness ; ot dragging be fore the startled and unwilling - eves of this age the ghastly skeletons of horrors which, but tor our persistence, would have been forgotten before now. But this to-day is no mere memory. This is no buried horror just now newly exposed for tragic effect. This woman, whose weary body we to-day carry to a new made grave, is almost as much the victim cf Southern cruelty as though some assassin's builet had pierced her heart They have killed her. They have loaded her with horrors until her frail body could endure it no longer, lodianapolis is called toJay to the task of bury ing one of the victims' of South ern hate, and the victim is a woman. And what of her only surviving male relative? Is tins some ancient tenor? some forgotten wrong but just now re stated for effect? CHhi wounds are not yet healed; they are almost fresh euough to be ghastly. Scarcely three months ago he was as well as any- of us, aud now he is so helpless that he cannot wipe away his own tears. And this is America, "the land ot the free and the home of the brave," the land whose historic boast has been its Southern chivalry the land where men can think what they p'eae, and speak what they think ; the laud where more has been said about freedom and the rights of man thau has been said in all other nations since time began. Oh, how the eloquence of these mute lips, and these hand less arms, rebukes and scathes us in our boatiug. Our talk of freedom is a sarcasm. ; These white lips do mock at us. Freedom for the South yet waits its iatal day. I am sure I say only what these lips would say could they speak, a"d only what tins brother will approve, when I ask, not as a partisan, but as a man, has the time come for us to elevate this proscription into "power? Shall we dare, with these facts before us, to en throne the political principles ' with which these assassins are identified ? Shall wo give to such gigantic and bloody wrongs as these the saiiction of a political victory? It becomes us to consider this question, not as partisans but as men who love freedom, and as Christians who love God. . In concluding the reverend gentleman spoke a few words of tender sympathy to Mr. Twitehell, who was present in the room, utterly hopeless, waited upon by a friend, who was compelled to minister to him in the most trifling matters. During the remarks of Mr. Bayliss an almost painful silence pre vailed, expressive ot the profound in terest felt by all present. Every eye was melted to tears, and in all proper ways the deepest sympathy was express ed for the gentleman who was called to pass through such a trying ordeal of suffering. The preacher then offered an earnest, impassioned prayer ,entorcing the solemn lessons ot the hour, whereupou the relig ious services were concluded with the hymn 'Hark ! a voice divides tne sky liuppy are the faithful dead f In the Lord who sweetly die. They from all their toils are freed. The beautiful casket containing the remains, mounted with a cross, crown and wreath of immortelle, was borne to the hearse through aw avenue of weep ing friends, though strangers. The coit. lege proceeded to Crow II ill, where Dr. Bayliss read the burial service ot the Metltodist Church, the choir sang an ap propriate hymn, and with the benedic tion, while the bell tplledits solemn re quiem,the murdered body of Mrs. Willis was left to rest till the judgment. In dianapolis has never witnessed a funeral occasion in which more elements of tragedy were mingled thau in this ; cer tainly none where sympathy ever was called for more imperiously or offered more freely and generously. 1 Tie Detroit Iost says : "One of the marked features of the present Presif dential campaign is the manufacture by the democratic managers of utterly false, physical, moral, and political portraits ot Ti'den, manufactured tor circulation in the West, where Tilden is not known. A regular business has been done in providing Democratic lies about Tildeu for the Western market. He has been false ly represented as a fine-looking, strong, large, and healthy man a man physically fit to be President whereas he is weak, small, unhealthy, and mean in personal apjiearanee." The consular and diplomatic appro-' priation bill, as passed by both Houses on the li2th, makes provision for a1 United States minister at the Sandwich Islands the House receding from its proposition to degrade the mission to a consulate. A rich quartz ledge has been found on the Molalla, Clackamas county. The M. E. Church South Conference" meets at I orvall s September 15th, j 186; Bishop Marvin presiding, Paper, containing a printed descrip tion of Grande Ronde valley, with blank enough on which to write a letter, lias been sent to Union couuty for dis tribution in the Atlantic States. The Union County Council ot the l of II. met in Uniou ou Monday of last weeK to 'consider important business. They established tlie following prices: Wheat, fitly cents ; oats and barley one cent per pound. The People's IVotcctive Transporta tion Co., of Yamhill county, have con tracted with parties in Oregon City for the immediate construction of a steam boat'130 feet in length, 128 feet beam and 5 feet hold, for tne sum of 5,260, to be completed by the 15th of Oct. Sexton is discounting Kraker at billiards in San Fiaucisco lor 100 a side. Thus far each has scored a game, with the betting in favor ot Sexton. Citizens in the south-western part of Sair Francisco have petitioned to be allowed to carry police stars aud weapons in order to suppress hoodluiuism in their neighborhood. The running horse Morphine threw its rider Scott, in Sau Francisco on the 17th. Scott's foot being caught iu the stirrup, he was badly kicked h bout" the face and body, liis jaw was broken iu two places. ' The grape crop in Walla Walla county "will be uiiprecedentedly large. Horse stealing is a live industry iu Idaho. . , Olympians are getting vaccinated iu a hurry. It snowed very Lard last week in Sil ver City. Duck shooting has begun on the lakes around Silver City. Mr. Maxon, of Vancouver, is prepar ed for the fruit seasoii with a California dryer. ' The Atlanta people want the publish er of the Silver City Avalanche to move his paper to that place. National Republican Iialform. When, In the economy of Providence, this laud was tohe rmrged of human siaverv aud when the strength of government of ine people Dy me people and lor the people was to be demonstrated, the Republican party came Into power. . Its deeds have passed into history, and we look back to them with priie. Incited by their memo ries to high aims for the good of our coun try and mankind, and looking to the future with unfaltering courage.hope and purpose, we, the representatives ot the party lu Na tional Convention assembled, make the fol lowing declaration ot principles: 1. The United States of America is a Js'atioii, not a league by the co;nbired workings oftite National and State govern ments under their respective institutions. The l ights of every citizen are secured at home and protected abroad, and common welfare promoted. ; , 2. The Republican party lias preserved these govuruineuts to the hundredth anni versary of "the Nation's birthr and they are now embodiments ot the great truths spoken at its cradle, "that all men are create, equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pur suit of liappiuess ; that lor the attainment of these ends governments have been insti tuted among men, deriving their just Dow ers from the consent of the governed. Until these truths are cheerfully obeyed.or, it need be, vigorously entorced, the worK ot the Republican party is unfinished. 3. The permanent pneiflcatiou - ot tne Sonthern section ot the Union, and the freer protection of all Its citizens in the free en joyment of all their rights and duties, which the Republican party stands sacredly pledged. The power to provide for the en forcement of the principles embodied 1 the recent Constitutional amendment is vested by those amendments iu the Congress of the United States, and we declare It to be the solemn obligation of the legislative and executive departments of the govern ment, to put Into immediate and vigorous exercise all their constitutional powers for removing any just causes for discontent en the part of any class, and for securing to every American citizen complete liberty ami exact equality in the exercise ot all civil, political and publie rights. To this end we imperatively demand a Congress . and a Chief Executive, whose courage anil fidelity to these duties shall not falter until these results are placed beyond dispute or recall. . .. 4. In the first act of Congress signed by President Grant, the National Government assumed to remove any doubts of its pur pose to discharge all just obligations to the public creditors, and "solemnly pledged if faith to make provisions the earliest prac ticable period for the redemption of the United States notes in-eom." Commercial prosperity, public morals and national cred it demand that the promise be fulfilled by a continuous auu sieaay progress to specie payment. , 5. Under the Constitution, the President and hauls of departments are to make nom- frn (lhv. thf Spfl.ltp 1 tO H(lvlgU and consent to appointments.and the House of Representatives is to accuse and prose vine faithless officers. The best interest 4 the public service demands that these dis tinctions be respected ; that Senators and Representatives who may be judges and ac cusers, should not dictate appointments to office. The invariable rule in appointments ..1 t.3 1 f. . ... f-l.rt f1il..1t siioiuu nave i cici rutc lu tuciiuiiio, uw." ty and cajiacit.y of the appointees, giving to the party in power those places where harmony and vigor of administration re--quire its policy to be represented, but per mitting all others to Ins filled by person selected whli sole reference to tlie efficiency to the public service, and the right of alt citizens to share in the honor of rendering faithful service to tlie country. G. We rejoice iu the quickened conscience of the people concerning political atfairc. and Will hold all public officers to a rigid? responsibility, and engagn that tlie prose cm ion and punishment of all who betray official trusts shall be swift, thorough, an J unsparing. , I 7. Tlie public school system of the several States is the bulwark of the American Re public, and with a view to its security and permanence. ive recotimnand an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for bidding the appropriation of any publie funds or property for the benefit of any schools or institutions uuder sectarian con trol. 8. The revenue necessary for current ex pennitures and the obligations of the public debt, must he largely derived from duties upon importations, which, so far as possi ble, should be adjusted to promote the in terests of American labor, and advance the prosperity of the whole country. 9. We reatiirm our opposition to further grants of the public lands to corporations and monopolies, and demand that tlie na tional .domain be devoted to the free uses of the people. 10. It is the imperative duty of the gov ernment so to modify existing treaties wtt& Jnropc:i governments that ttie same pro- - . ; L...II 1 . i . .. . i . -...i tcctH.ni .-iiaii iik aiiiifuefi . io i lie uu-jpieu American citizen that is given to the native born, and lliat ail necesary Jaws should tie passed to protect Immigrant; hi the ab sence ot power iu tlie States for that pur pose. 11. It rtiic rritneiii.iie .-inn- or Congress to fully investigate the effect of the immi gration and importation of Mongolians Up on the moral aud material interests ot the country. 12. The Republican party recognizes .with approval tlie substantial advances- recently made toward the establishment of equal rights for woman by the many important amendment effected by Republican legis latures, iu the laws which concern the per sonal aud properly relations of wives, inotner mm wuiowa. aud by the appoint ment and electiouof women to the suueriu- teudence of education, or charities, aud other public trusts. 1 he honest demands of this class of citizens for additional rights, privileges, and immunities, should be treat ed with respectful consideration. 13. The Constitution confers upon Con gress sovereign power over the Territories of tlie United States for their government, and iu the exerci-e of this power it is right and tlie duty ot Congress to prohibit and extirpate, in the Territorius that relic ot barbarism, polygamy ; aud we demand such, legislation as shall secure this end and the supremacy of American institutions in all the Territories. 14. The pledges which the nation has given to her soldiers and sailors must be fulfilled, and a grateful people will always hold those who imperiled their lives for their country's preservation in tlie kindest remembrance. -"" 15. We sincerely deprecate" all sectional feelings and tendencies. We, therefore, note with deep solieknde, that the Demo cratic party counts, as its chief hope of suc cess, upon the electoral vote of a united South secured through tlie efforts of those who were recently arrayed against the na tion, and we invoke the earnest attention of tlie country to the grave truth that a success thus achieved would reopen section al strife, imperil national honor and human righto. 16. We charge the T)emoeratie party with being the same I n character and spirit as when it sympathised with treason; with making its control of the House of Repre sentatives the triumph and opportunity ot the-nation's recent foes; with renAerting and applauding iu the National Capital tlie sentiments of unrepentant rebellion ; with sending Union soldiers to the rear, and! promoting Confederate soldiers to the front; with deliberately proposing to repudiate the plighted faith of the government ; with being false and iinoecile upon the oversliad owiug financial questions ; with thwarting the ends of justice by its' partisan misman agement and obstrncticMi of investigation ; with proving itself, through, the. period ot Its ascendancy in the Lower House of Con gress, utterly incompetent to" administer the government, and we warn the country agamst trusting a party thus alike unwor thy, recreant and incapable. 17. Tlie National Administration merits commendation for its honorable worw in the management pf domestic and foreign affairs, aud 1'resident Grant deserves the continued hearty gratitude of the American people for his patriotism and his eminent services in war and In peace. For OaloS A. Iurs;e Body or Itlch Iiml ror Sule Cheap. )ftO AKES f LAND IX LINN COUNTY: ftOV soo acrm in cultivatlon-every acre nl ceptlble of cultivation-well watered. If f" pood house, burn, and outhouses tliereon-nli under fence, and l ingr within 9 mile, of aV . rontl station. Allifimflix aHSorjrrainlisnd. Tii entire tract will bo sola cheap. Imqiiirn "of AniM78v7 . Albuu j oon.
