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,0 ttMfj r WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN VXPAID MBMHIPTIONS. All subscribers whose subscriptions arc not palil for the current year are requested to pay up. Quite a number owe this paper store 1S70 and the amounts so due would do It a great (leal of good just at this time. Lines drawn around I his notice are Intend ed to call your attention to the date on your tag ami to urge you to pav up. Till appeal Is meant "in ilccided earnest ami you are particularly requested to give It immediate attention. The idea that newspapers are run without cash Is fallacious very. . The amount of Individual subscription to ho small that sulisoribers do not realize the importance of prompt payment, but the pub Usher has very foreible proof of It. - Republican Nominations72 For PrenMent, U. S. GRANT. For Vtre ITenident, SCHUYLER COLFAX. I'lll-HIDF.TIAL KLEXTORS. A. It. Ifenchnin, of Umalllla County. W. D. Hare, of Washington County. Jim. F. tiasley, of Douglas County. For Congi-ens. Joseph C. Wilson, Of Wasco County. WSl MOT ATTOftK I ES. lt Disstrlet, ail District, F. A. Cuenowetb of Benton. 3d Didtrk-t, X. It. Humphrey of Linn. 4th District, ?. It. Durham of Multnomah. Stb District, T. C. Hyde of Grant. COUNTY TICKET. Ueprrnontntlves. -Rcrus Mallory.T. M(F. PaTTO.N, VM. DAR.ST, JOHN DOWN ING, JosiEHH ENOLE. County CuiumliMionein. Wm. Case, Wit. PoKTEK. County Oerk.-J. J. Mviil'H v. Sheriff. -L. S. Scott. Treasurer. -J. F Boykto.n-. Supt. 1'vin. School. 1. S. Knight. AsMMr. Thomas C. Shaw. '. Surveyor. L. IL Jt'iMoS. Coroner. T. W. Sihslton. REPUBLICAHJLATFORM. KEWH'TIONS AUOPTED BY THE STATE' EE-I-CIU-ICAM CUXVHXTIOJL AT IXKTI.A2sI, MAM.U Kh, IH72. The Union Republican party of Oregon, In Convention, makes thlsdeclaraUon of its prin clnlesand nollcies: L. To the Constitution of the United States and all II.- amendment we pledge our unfal tering allegiance; to its authority a willing obvdience ; to its full and legal construction and enforcement our constant support. 2. Tliat the success of the present National Administration in reducing Die public debt, diminishing and equalizing taxation, admin istering everv branch of public affairs with economv and efficiency, forming and improv ing the civil service, enforcing the laws with out fear or favor. proteclliig the nation' wards with paternal care against the cruel avarice ol speculation and fraud, and main taining frieudlv relations with Foreign Pow em, has been such as to command the appro bation of the great majority ol the American jieople, and jiistlv eniitle it to the coniiilenco anil commendation of every true Republican. 3. We regard the payment ot our national debt. In full compliance with all legal obli gations to our creditors everywhere, and lu accordance with the true letter ami sjuril ol Itscontractlug, as no longer a question in Is-I sue ; but tliat we may be clearly tintterstnod, we denounce all tonus and degrees of repu diation of tliat debt, as allirnjeil by the Demo cratlc iiartv and its svuipal liizers. as not only national calamities, but positive crimes, and we will never consent to a suspicion of lack of honor or justice in itscoiuplele satisfaction. 4. We admit of no distinctions between citizens whether of native oi foreign birth ; mid therefore we favor the granting of full amnesty to Hie jieople of those States lately in ivliellio'ii ; and we here pledge the full ami clTective protection of our civil laws to all jktsobs voluntarily coming to or residing In our land. 5. We favor the encouragement of rail roads by the General Government ol" the United Males, and hold that such disposition should be made of the public lands as shall secure the Mime to actual settlers only, In quantities not exceeding bin acres. ii. That whi le we are In favor of a revenue for the Huonort of tlie General Government, by duties iisn Imports, siHinil policy requires such ailjustment of those duties on Imports as to encourage the development of the Indus trial interests of the whole country; and we recommend that jiolicy of national exchange which secure to the wording men lllieral wages; to agriculture remunerative prices; to mechanics and manufactures an adequale reward lor their skill, laisw aim enterprise and to the Nation commercial prosperity am iiidcienden'.e. 7. We believe that jiojuilar education Is thesoletnie tiasisann noiu ot a iree govern ment, and sliall ever oppose any diversion of, or Interference with the common school funds or lands In this Stale, tor any other than their legitimate purpose, and we con demn the act of favoritism by the last Legis lature whereby two hundred thousand dol lar., taken Umim the cIhhW nod, werw critnusd to a corioratioli consisting mainly ot iM-iis--cratlo leaders, and party lavorin-s, tor Hie construction of a work wla.li anotlier corpo rallon, entirely smind and re-mlblc. id fered to coustruct for Mrenty-Uve tlHio-and dollars less; and that we are In favor ol the passage by the Legislature of an era. lent school law, Kih'.h asshall mvitre to all lit zens of our State a good comraou s:hiMd -lo-oation. 8. We And no terms suniciently itmnr U expresa our disapproval of those act. ot it last Legislature whereby the swamp land t lonidnglo this Mate have been taken from the needy settlers, ami given withoiH limn or proper competition In price to the land grno lierand siwciilator ; whereby the emolument, and salaries ol State oflicers have lieen un constitutionally Increased, and lhetaxu ;reased thousand ot dollars by the cn-aiion of new and unneecesarv offices and salaries, for the purpose " providing for party favor ites ; a ml whereby the citizens of our metrojs. olis liave been deprived of and denleil tl right of controlling their isilice authority. And we equally condemn the aduilnlsli atlon of our Slate oilicers and hiws as exiravagaut-, reckless, illegal and destructive, and e rightly charge all those results as the acts ot the"lemocratie rty. 11. We are In favor of the fulled suites giving to each honorably discharged soldier who serve"! in the armies of the Lotted Mtatca to put down the rebellion a warrant lor a homestead of piO acres of public lands. in. That we demand the repeal of tlie imv called litigant act, w hich was devised tosnp port patier licinoi'iatic newsiers at the public expense. 11 That the Republican lvirty of this State are lu favor of the tieueral Government ex tending aid toward building a railroad from 1'ortlainL, Oregon, to Silt 1-ike City, and from Jackson county to Humboldt, and we hereby pledge our 'iarty representatives to tlie support of tlie Kline. 12. Thai the Indiscriminate licensing of persons tiMwIl spirituous liquors without be ing placed under proper resninsibllltles for the abuse thereof, having been f.iund by ex pertenco to promote the growth of cruncand pauperism, and therehv toserlnusly Increase the niteitf taxation, the Republican jnrty recoguiu'A the right and dutv of the Uiu making )ower to prevent and limit the evils anil abuses of such sale, so tar as cravras the public good and is consistent with individual lihertv, by refusing to license other Hum law alildliig and resinslble persons, w ho can furnish sufficient sureties lor good conduct. 13. Tliat the Kepuhlkian uiny of Oregon Is In favor of olitainlng assistani'e fnim the 4ieneral Gixernmeiit tor Uie construction of a wagou mail from the citv of Portland to tlie Italics, rec-iiUmg this as a most important and necessarv ImproreMent Ibr the State. H. We attirm HuU the conttmiauce In power of the Iteriiiblicitn party Js the only lUire preservation of national peace and pros irltv.and for reasons tliert't'or we point to U Jirllllant. n.nl In the laKiclvIl war: to a com plete nationality ; to a nnlbsl sisterhood of t ilrl y-seven Nates; to our i erruones rapiu- . r . . .... .i r.. iv warnumr into riaie umi w imirmiicwi from tlie taint of human slnvery; to an ele vated andcnlArgedctti7.enslip; toournatiou al standing at home and aln-(d; to the work of vigoroua reform In all ibsvovered abuses of auUwir it-v r t rust ; to an um-qtmled for:lgn credit ; to a ucsietiul and solid linaivial sys tem, ami to tlie iin)raielled peace and pro peritj BVerywliere In our broad Unnaiu, and these are our pliHlge for the future. l.i. We hail the "New lHqiarture " of the late IHnmcratu'. party, taken by the a:tion of tlijeir Convention in seven Stales an affir mation of the principles for hk theKepub-s-an partv hascouteailcd for the last ten years; ami in the Passive Policy" of tliat larty, already assumed In several of the Slates, we recognize an acknowledgment of their hojMs lessness of success in the coining Presidential campaign. The Price or Heal lb, Like that of liberty, is eternal vigilance. The vapor-laden air of sjalng exercises a de pressing Influence on the vital powers. The strongest feel . this devitalizing cfTtvt ; the weak are prostrated by it Everybody is more or less debilitated at this season, and tho tecble Instinctively geek the-belp of medi cine. Unfortunately, the "remedy" resorted totowetimes aggravates the mischief. Raw stimulants are eminently pernicious in such cases, and drastic cathartics about as bad. The vital principle needs succor and support, and a reluforciug preparation that will tone and rouse, while It regulate and purines Die system. Is tho medicine that nature demands. All the medicinal elements required fur such emergencies arc combined In Hostetter's stomach Bitters, the purest and most efllca eious vegetable elixir that the world has ever known. It is a mild stimulant, a powerful tonic, an uneqiialed aipetlzer, an absolute speclrtu fbr .diseased digestion, a wonderful nervine, a moderate cathartic, a remedy for liver complaints and periodic fevers, a cure for constipation, a specUie for rheumatism, of sseiuiai use in an aiimems w wnicn me feebler sex ate subjects and as a general household mcdk-.lne unequalled and unap limocheiL These are tlie proiierties which have made llosietter's Bitters famous evcry wliere. See to It, however, that you have the true article, for the land Is Infested with swarms of locI tattera, Made from con demned liquors and worthless drugs; which greedy vnWi-hes who speculate on human life recommend as panaceas for everv ill tliat flesh is heir to. Beware of the charlatan ami luelr poisons. . ,, t, . aprlfcd wtw Dlrkvja Crane fie Lis for Cletuw log, a ad Preserving the Teeth, Beautifying the Complexion, and removing freckles, ru)S ions, Sunburn and Tan. A New Combi nation, equal to the best French preparations, "and free frotp tbclr potaonods Ingredients. In Tented by GEO. 8. DICKEY, Chemist frh. 10 iltwftm VOL. 21. NO. 37. HOW IT WORKS. Tlie Roseliurg Ensign makes tlie following coiuimuit on tlie town of Oakland, as it Is likely to be affected by tlie fact that the railroad may miss it: 4tSince our last visit there, Oakland has not changed materially. The rail road misses it and likelv to make a depot a mile this side, which will be likely to throw a shadow over the present, villnge. &o excitement about real estate tliere, for "coming events cast their sliadows before." It Is tlie natural consequence, as a matter of course, that the lire towns will be along the line of the railroad. That fact is governed by a law more powerful than all the edicts of Empe rors or laws ot parliament or legisla turesthe laws of commerce. Live men go where tliere is life if they do not already live in such spheres. Trade goes where there are tlie best trade facilities. Kailroads introduce into all new countries, like this, a new niiecies of life, and not infrequently revolu tionize all the best worn courses of commerce. The vigor of railroad en terprise and the businesses that link fortunes with it, is too strong to be resisted by towns or cities that have not totally distinct anil equal commer cial facilities. Towns like OakJand, Albany, Salem, eta tlie capital invest ed in them, Jieing divided among many having diverse individual in terests, cannot retain their feeble hold upon tlie business of their surrounding communities, with their old defective facilities, as against the active vigor that starts into life and growth all along railroad lines. It would be worth tlie halt of all the wealth of Oak land to have the railroad run through the town, rather than to miss it one mile. When the railroad was built past Salem, the people doing business here, and owning real estate and brick buildings, would have made money by jmrchasing and tearing down the best brick Mock in the city to secure the line through, and a depot within, the business jitirt of tlie city. They would make money by doing it yet rather than have the railroad and depot re main where they are now. It strikes us that it is time for the property owners here to earnestly study tlie les sons taught by towns ruined and towns made by railroads, not only in Oregon, but in California and everywhere else. The laws that govern in one place govern everywhere ; and they cannot he altered or amended by legislative resolves or enactments. Cities ten, fifteen or twenty times as large as Sjalem have had to buy railroads to and from them to save themselves from utter ruin. This sort of thing is not peculiar to Oregon, at all ; t is the rule in every State. Salem can get the railroad and deiot re-located for a sum so inconsiderable, cnmpstrwl with the benefits it would receive therefrom, that it is astonisliing to everybody that it does not raise tlie necessary amount in a day. Citizens, why not tike hold of the railroad subscription at oni-e and lKK)st it every day till the needed sum is secured ? . I lit JiXI TICIT F.L1X.TIOS. It i cnneis.led by even the mo8 icr sisteiit and ennu't opponents of Presi dent flmnt ami llw Keptihlicnn party, th-tt lJ late kit 'u tit in Connecticut had a krpr i;iittlcainr than is ordin arily ivwtl'd t a merely ?tate clec IVihi. l .!!mii X. Y.) Times, an arti-;rant. ail is C1iH.iiiii.iti CotiVen thmi'tf. ilittn piwsitin, paper, ju-t on ttir rye of () rkition. conceded that tlx- result would lie Liken for an in dication of the prospects of the two great jKirtie in tlie coming Presiden tial campaign." That paper, alter stating tlie situation in Connecticut as to personnel of the opposing tickct-stlie platforms and thestumjiersin the field, says that the two tickets were evenly matched ; and for local reasons tliere was sisireely a choice between tlietn, and adds : It is on national grounds, however, that t his campaign U fought." It seems to have been the general judgment in relation to what meaning should be attached to the result, that a Republican victory would be a decla ration of Connecticut for Grant, on purely national grounds, and vice versa. The issue then was the general policy and platform of the great Re publican party of the nation ; and we have the Verdict made up by a jury of the people, uninrluenced by any local consideration or side issues. It is a triumph pure and complete for Grant and his administration. lu a State, like Connecticut, more ofteu l)enio cratic tlian Republican, the verdict is all tlie more significant. It shows, briefly saidrthat the tide of public sen timent is flowing with an overwhelm ing current in the direction of Grant's re-nomination, his re-election and the continuance of his wise policies. AVe hear tliat the Republicans of Douglas county are alive ami entering upon the campaign with vigor and harmony and with excellent prospects for victory in June. We trust that the example of the Republicans of Dong las, will be imitated by those of other counties, and tliat tlie only rivalry will be to see which sliall do tlie most of the hardest and best work for the success of the party in Oregon. The State can be redeemed ; let us all say that it shall lie. This time it- isG. W. Lawson who has got disgusted with witnessing the "contiptiiig struggle between the old parties for the spoils of oflice," and has concluded to do a little "struggle" for the "spoils of oflice," on his own hook. He wants to be elected to the Ilouse of Representatives. His platform em braces every issue lie could think of, ami he thinks that, with so many planks to choose from, it will go hard with any man if he don't find at least one plank he can stand on. Sow the Ilerald is going in on phil ology. It says: "Sovereignty admits of no degrees of comparison ; we can not say, sovereign enire sovereign. wot. sovereign; not sovereign, sovereign, Uxut sovereign." We can't see where the difficulty comes in. A writer who caii My with such facility, so many exceedingly foolish things as does tlie Herakl editor,' ought to bo able to get away with almost any ab surdity. According to wliat Mrs. Stenhouse knows : about polygamy, t Brighara Young headed his matrimonial list xrtth an Angel and has wound up as far as heard from; with a Cobb. A DEMOCRATIC JIISBE VtEJTTA 1TKV. " The pres of the Radical part', and the leaders of that party, . loudly proclaim tlie Improvement at tlie Falls to be a 'swindle.' "Herald. The press of the " Radical " party has done nothing of the sort. Nobody has objected to the "improvement." Stealing the people's school money and giving it away for a purpose never contemplated by lji)v was tlie "swin dle" which tlie Republican press and all honest men have condemned. That was a most aggravated "swindle," made doubly aggravated by the fact tliat the same " improvement " might have been secured for $125,000 had not the Democratic Legislature been in tent only upon shovelling tlie people's coin into Democratic pockets, " witli out regard to expense." Had the Legislature been content to steal tlie smallest amount of school fund, neces sary to secure tlie improvement of the falls, it might have set up some claim to economy, even in stealing ; but, as has been proved over and over again, the Legislature refused a fair offer from a responsible company to do the same work for $125,000, and gave an other company, ou account of political .favoritism, $200,000. This even ad mitting that it Wasoiicy to ste.sl enough to Suild the locks, was a clear, profligate steal and waste of the State's money, to the amount of $75,000. The members of tlie Legislature, each and individually kiiew that they were stealing and wasting $75,000 more tlian was necessary to be taken out ot any fund, to say nothing of the wrong they did in taking it from the school fund. Govt Grover knew the facts when he signed the bill. They are all culpable and responsible together, and will be so held, though Democratic newspapers and stumpers should wriggle, evade, and lie a thousand times to avoid the cliargc. Mr. C. 31. Blake, a school teacher at Forest Grove, late a Chaplain df the U. S. Army in Arizona, has made ap pointments to make speeches at Lafay ette, McMiunville, Auiity ami Eugene, against President Grant. It may per liaps lie well enough tor his hearers to know what is the matter with Mr. Blake. He had served with credit, we believe, during the war, a part of the time in ti ji maud of some colored troops; and after the close of the war was appointed a chaplain and sent to Arizona. There he got into some quarrel with the oilicers of the Depart ment of Arizona and tlie Division of the Pacific which resulted in las dis missal or resignation from the service. He claims, with what justice we can not tell, that he was got out of the ser vice through a conspiracy among the oilicers. He has been trying to get a court of inquiry ordered, and in that, has had some assistance from army oilicers in high standing ; but it seems that the attempt has never been suc cessful. Every inquiry into the mat ter, alter proceeding about so far, litis resulted in finding a state of facts which induced the interceding parties to abandon the effort. What those facts are, we cannot say, but they seem to have been suflicient to stop every effort thus far made in his behalf. That President Grant has not rein stated liini is what's the matter with Mr. Blake. He is satisfied that the coiuitry under Grant's administration is rapidly going to tlie dogs. If he had been re-appointed chaplain U. S. A. the country would doubtless have taken the high road to prosjierity, at once. This case seems to be jtK about on the same footing with that of each of the Senatorial triumvirate, who are fight ing Grant, becatt-H.' they couldn't con trol the ollicial patronage of their States. In the case ot Blake, we think the people will, when they hear hint, come to the conclusion that President Grant need not withdraw from the cam return on his account Till? DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. We know now who is appointed for Jo. Wilson to beat. The man N ! oue John Burnett of Benton county. 1 Burnett, in the matter of natural ability, is a Unit the size of Slater, the present llemocratic Repre-Hintative, though not the hitter's equal, by any means, in either education, polish or iddres. If elected, he would U-, if possible, more nearly a cipher in Con gress than cither Slater or Kelly. Ore gon would be quite as well oil' without a Representative, as with Burnett m Congress, lie, however, unquestion ably has the elements of popularity with a certain class ot Democratic voters, and will probably make as srood a run as could any Ileinocrat having the immense load of the last Legislature's corruption and stealing record to cany, lie is understood to be a bedrocker of rather malignant type, and quite willing to cn'lorse and defend the Democracy's doings, even to tlie stupendous rohlieiic of Tam many and the re-election and endorse ment of Boss Tweed, the "Boss Thief" of the world. He will suit the bush whacker clement of the Democracy in Eastern Oregon, and of Long Tom, Soap Creek and Santiam Forks ; and wc suppose the more intelligent and civilized members of the party will follow their usual custom of voting the straight ticket, no matter liow personal ly nauseous the dose may be to swallow. Burnett litis but recently risen to tlie surface as a politician, and he never attracted any attention as anything el-e. For his present position U'fore the public he Is, indebted, principally, to the enmity of Grover and Miller to Ben Hayden and their anxiety to lieat him for the nomination, with anybody they could make available. Burnett happened to be their man and so, Bur nett happened to be the nominee. It was "llxcd" before Miller and Gro ver left for tlie Dalles, if Miller is to be believed. The man if beaten at tlie polls, will at once sink back to his former and natural obscurity, to in dulge in his natural indolent sleepi ness ; if elected, he will first draw his pay, unnoticed and unnoticeable, as a member of Congress, for two years, and then sink back to his appropriate place, a common clod among common people. Tlie State of Oregon will win no credit, and can have positively notlilntr to train In any way. by elect- Inir Mm ti Goneres. We have the O O most sanguine hopes that, the certifl cafe of election will pe Issued to J. G Wilson, who is a gentleman so im measnrablv tlie surierior of Burnett hi ability and every essential requisite for an officer and public aervaiit, as to render comparison lmpossinir. SALEM, OREGON,; THE DEMOCRATIC P1ATFOPM. This document, just as we antici- i pated, is namby-pamby, just as ite an- . thor is. Gov Curry was Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, but he had no more to do with them than to report them, under instructions. The ; first resolution is Grover'8 stereotyiied : "bill ot rights," containing What he ( evidently thinks "a commodity of ,; good words," inasmuch as he never ; loses an opportunity to use theni. The ? "restoration and preservation of the rights of tlie States," etc.. squints at a return to the old status when Demo- ciats claimed the inalienable right to ' secede and "kick the wagon over" just when and for what cause, it might suit them; otherwise the resolution U quite as unmeaning in its glittering general ities, as even .Grover could wish it to be. The second resolution sounds quecrly enough when we remember the cor ruption aud profligate dishonesty ofthe . last Democratic Legislature and the corrupt grabbing ofthe rings to whom that body opened the door. The third would sound very much like a denunciation of the litigant law. the swamp liind rings, and other priv ileged Democratic institutions, it' we . did not know that it is clap-trap. Tlie Democratic construction of it will not point its meaning in tliat direction. Tlie fourth will be considered by all foreign manufacturers as an exceeding ly sensible declaration. Home manufac turers and home industry will, how ever, hardly take the same view of it. The fifth comes to the rescue of the Ku Kliix, and has the merit, at least, of showing that the Democracy has not forgotten its old sympathies, and i still true to its natural affinity with in subordination and social anarchy.' The sixth is an indefinite and scat tering tire, intended, like the exceed ingly ingenious hunter's rifle-shot, to hit the game when it Is deer and miss when it is calf. It is the clieaiiest and silliest gammon, with which to create unreasonable prejudices against the railroad enterprises now under way itt tlie Stite; and j-et it betrays the cowardice of the party leaders to com mit themselves in their platform to the uniform utterances of their party press aud party stumpers demagogues all. The eighth declares the improve ment at the Willamette falls, a good thing, but it dodges entirely the dis tinct charge in the Republican plat form that the subsidy given it from the school fund, w as a flagrant piece of robbery of one of the people's most sacred funds. The ninth and last is a silly and ex ceedingly cheap puff for "I and Gil frey," to which Grover is welcome, so far as we care. The platform, entire, is general in expression, makes no distinct issues, and answers no one of the clear and definite arraignments of the lK-mo-cratic jiarty, as made in the RepiuV liean platform. It is just such it namby-pamby, non-committal string of glittering generalities as suits the cliar acter of its author and the luirty that has now ho distinctive organization or principles. It can be used or kicked over at pleasure, by Bedroekers, I'as sivists, Xew Departurisfc or Possums ; and no Democrat could lie indicted by his jarty for doing cither. . It will be in order now for Ben Hay den to turn his political coat again, lie didn't get the Republican nomina tion for Governor in lSb'2, and, ;re.f'i, Ben had a change of political raiment, at once. Now he has failed to get tin; Democratic nomination for Congress; and we can't see why be should. not Ik; consistent and do the irrrtt act again, lie is just as likely to get a nomination for Governor or Congressman trem the Republican as from the Democratic jcirty, which ought to lx; a considera tion with Ben. The fact is Ben, Miller and Grover have never U'en able to forgive you for the radical opinions you used to have about the propriety ot ornamenting jail windows with such feet as Miller's and G rover's. Time brings its revenges; Miller and Grover have tit last got their s. Ben s feet will never tread Congressional balls. (i rover and Gov. Miller evidently had tilings "put up" ou Helm and Hayden, in tlie leinoeratie Conven tion. Carrying a nominating conven tion is, however, a very different, and frequently less difficult, thing to do than to carry the ticket after it is nom inated. The most difficult labor of the ring is to be encountered yet. Grover in his greed to have himself puffed, has committed the blunder of loading tho party with bis own weight, llis asses will break down under him. The preliminary 'survey of the Cor vallis and Yaquina Bay railroad route will lie commenced in a few days by a corps of engineers under the direction of Mr. Geo. Mercer, of .Corvallis. It UgiiH to look as if something is to be done in this important enterprise, and we heartily rejoice at tlie fact. It is a movement in which not only the Yaquina Bay country, but a large part ot the Willamette valley, liave a vital interest. Some of tltc Democratic Bedroekers ot Douglas county had an appoint ment to address the people at Oakland the other day. The day arrived but the candidates didn't ; and it . was un derstood out theri that the sjieakers liad received private instructions from headquarters Gov. Miller to hold on : it was uueertain what ort ot De mocracy it might be necessary to talk. It must stand to tlie credit of Ben.' Hayden tliat he objected in the Demo cratic State Convention to tlie Willam ette Falls canal, lock and dam swindle. Grover and Miller the latter a stock holderhad however decided that the school fund steal should be endorsed, and Ben. was put down. His masters being for it, Burnett will, of course, pipe for the swindle. For some time prior to tlie Democratic- Convention, Ben Ilaydeu had been practicing the clean-bhirt dodge ; but the convention ignored not only the. shirt, but the man In it. Tlie ciiange In his personal appearance was so "Radical, " that the delegates sus pected him. It was the most unfortu nate hirt Ben ever put on. ' ; : The Oregouian sayg it. wa under stood at Portland, Monday, that Bur- nelt was tlie candidate of tlie Grover dorsums for f Vngrei. WEDNESDY, APRIL 17, 1872. We liave not yet heard from the I JMUes Oouveutiou of possums, but so tar as one may know by observation mi uuugi terrestrial ana celestial, the worm is still going on, much as usual : society still pursues Its follies and its i wisdoms ; sleep falls as of old upon weary eyelids; labor is rewarded as I usual, and the vrrtuous are still lianovi tt Tlie following Republican State Conventions were held yesterday s Pennsylvania, at Harrlsburg, and Florida, at Jacksonville. Tlie Na tional Convention of colored people of tlie Lnited Suites, also met at New Orleans; and tlie Liberal Republican Convention of Kansas, met at Topeka. Three or four persons who have taken the Weeklt Statesman for sometime, liave sneakingly returned it, marked "not wanted" without saying anything about paying arrears. After awhile, if such sneaks do not settle, we will let the public know who ! tliey are, giving full name and ad dress. We can't exactly see. what was the use of the Democratic State Conven tion appointing delegates to a Nation al Dcniocratk; Convention, : Wljon it is one oCibo uriprobtrbta -thing that any such Convention will be held. It does no harm, however, and it doubtless amuses the possums. Grover has started for Eastern Ore gon to tell the people what he knows about what "1 and Gilfrey" haw done "siiu wb Uu-amp. tlie Executive of I Oresron." llis stay east ot the moun tains will not necessarily, be a long one. i Arkansas journalism has a style pe culiarly its own. One of the papers puts up its ticket as follows : " For President of the United- States, U. S. Grant. For Governor of Arkansas, not Jo. Brooks, by a sight." KEX.SE OR SCICIDET" The following article from the N. Y, Christian Union, Henry Ward Beecli- er's paper, is full of good sound' sense and we resiectfu!Iy commend its pe- ru-al to those temperance men in Oregon who are disposed to force the temperance question into the present campaign : "The Temperance men in Cornice tie;it liave a way of rewarding their friends winch must needs make people anxious to serve them ! The Republi can party lias neen lacntineti with Tt-miM-raiice legislation, and has in consequence earned tlie steady hatred ot all who love rum. Tlie Democratic party has U-en uniformly, consistently and without disguise, the opponent of all such legislation. It. may be well for those who put Temperance aUwe every other and all other issues, to re call the politiea 1 history of the State in rcir.trd to this, l lie Prohilntorv Law was passed by a Whig legislature in 1851. Republican legislatures have maintained it without intermission until now. When in l.St!7 a great ef fort wa made to rex-al it the Repub licans m caucus unanimously deelilct! to snpjiort tho law, and hi tlie legisla ture successfully defended it against the whole Democratic strength. The same tliiue luipucuud agaiu in IsStJS The two parties have consistently pre- scrveu their respective attitutles. One would suppose that Temperance men, at least would leel Umud to look with favor ttiKwi the Republican part' We believe tliat the great majority of them do. But a few men, uioru ar dent than considerate, have turned their liaeks upon the party that has borne the burden antl lieat or the day. and are determined to put the State into tlie nanus ot the Democratic parry: For tins is tlie plain, political l-iiglisl of running in Connecticut a third party or Temperance ticket. No one, not the blindest fanatic supposes flint this ticket will Ik; elected. It will not draw a single vote irom tne iiemo crits. It will simply weaken the Re publican mrty. In a close election, if it shall liave any appreciable effect it will lie to punish the friends of tem perance and reward its enemies. 1 ins is what is called "producing a moral impression. " Thev mean to punish the lukewarumess of those who liave lielped them, by strengtlieiiiug tlie hands of those w ho have vehemently hated them Is not this a queer lllu trat ion of the command to love, one enemies? But such conduct strikes at tho root of honor and political faith, What In ducement can any jwirty have liercafter to adopt a wind tnea in legislation. wlieu every step of fidelity to public morals will only array against them the very men who have urged'tliem to reformatory legislation r ihis course is taken, we are told, because the Re publican iKtrty have Uen dilatory in liassnig a more rigorous luitoreement Act : And, to remedy tins lac, tnese Connecticut statesmen propose to put in power a party tliat wiilrppeal every law for which tliey have labored, aud tiinihilate every hoic of legislation : Because the friends of temiieraiicc do not perfect their legislation, these tem perance statesmen are determined to destroy it altogether! If legislative lemiierance retoi ni Is put hack niden- uitelv in Connecticut, the friends of tern iterance may tliank these blind leaders, who are leading them straight into the ditch and a very deep and nasty ditch at that ! 1 hey are surely betraying the cause to the enemy, and none the less because tliey meau well, and are only blundering. But the imprudent action offhe few men m Connecticut, aside trom Its Dad effect upon tho temperance cause, will have an injurious effect upon the In terests of the country at large. To throw the State of Connecticut into tlie hands ofthe Democrats this year, is to give to that juirty the election or a L'nited States Senator. This is a vear, also, in which comes a Presklen tial election, and lu such years the Connecticut elections, as tliey come early iu the list, have important influ ence upon the course of national pol itics. At a time wnen so many liuiu- on.. .HclnrhW flu, hariiioiir of ... - " e - --, . uie iwptioncaii party, anu uireaujumg to put the country with its vital ques- tions into tlie hands of their avowed enemies, ought Republican temperance men to allow themselves to be led Into a course which damages every interest which they love, or play the buffoon, and reward their enemies hy ntlfUnir them ill power, and punish their friends Dy putting them ont r It is true that "whom the Lord loyeth he chastiseth." But we submit that there is in administrative wisdom, an important ditlereuce between tlie Lord and the nroDOsed Temperance Governor of Connecticut. It Is time tliat the true temperance men of Con- 1 .. . necticut, who have not taken leave of their senses, should put an end to a suicidal movement made in their home. and which puts in jeopardy all that has been gained hy years of endeavor. If tlie cause is put hack, ou the tcul- iierance men will rest the responsi bility . Fob Ghant vs. Gbeeley. Lancas ter county. Pennsylvania. Uie oUierdav took a vote by primaries for the election of delegates to the National Republican IWiMnlliU, . iTIuhm Ma fl m... 1 ,.V. . tdh wvt,.. jiuctv ' - i -n ....- et and It Greeley ticket nd the I An- caster Inquirer says the Grant ticket received i 4,633 votes to 418 for Uie Greeley ticket Lancaster l one of tlie oldest aud strongest Republican iwinitn. tn iu. t..i.3 i ... wuubica ui mu i iiilv-.! cuiks, anu no- aally polls from 12,009 to 13,000 Re- ptiniican vores. Win STATE NEWS. From Daily of ffVneiHlaff Apr. 10. Tho U. S. Wstriet Court has adjourned till Monday, June sad. The roads throngh Cmpqua valley are gct- Un drlea P be passable. i'rot vistied Umpqua valley last week aad " rrea tmt r"m " ,uffemt vurc fciiuicw amivibuu in usiauig ancr railroad matters In Douglas county. The Oregon lan says the Portland city treas ury had K,933 81 tn It on the 1st of April. The miners at work In Maiden's gulch, Ba ker county, are retorted doing well. Baker City wasdelectated one dav last week with a show of Jack rabbits ami horses. Postoltlces have been recently established at Iowa Slough, Coos county, and at Cress- well, Lane oounty. Frenchmen in Portland have subscribed too to aid In paying off the German Indemni ty debt of France. Marion Fleming was killed on Uie 5th lust. In Grant county, by the fulling of a horse it on which he was riding. The Plaindealer regnts the iliscontinuance of the post oflice at Hermaiinsvllle, as it Is the most important oflice on the route to Ran dolph. A special term of eourt Is to be hekl April 29th at Oregon C'lly to try Mlcliael M.sCor- mick for the murder of an Indian, and Jacob Engle for tlie murder of Jesse V. Boone. Albert MaUky while walking akinj the Ba sin at Orvgou City, last Sunday, was seized with an apoplectic lit and fell into. the Basin. lie was very soon rescued, but breathed only once or twice after being taken out. The Bedrock Democrat, of Baker City, says: J. Holstine, Esq., a fcw days ago sokl six claims on Moultrie Gulch, Eagle Creek Dis trict, to one FUlier lbrks,-0; ami two days afterwards Fisher sold the same claims ibr The Knsign says: The merry clang of the engine bell will soon greet the ears of Doug las enmity residents ; and the note of tlie hs-o-motive whistle is the note of enterprise ; and thenars are coming. Grading between hero ami Oakland is rapidly progressing, and ac ! con ling to contract, is to be finished by the li of June. The road is completed nearly through the Pass Creek canyon. So rapid Is Its progress that graders anil bridge-builders arc pushed to keep ahead ofthe track layers. Wake up, ye "forty-niners," aud see wliat ts coming. J-'nni Vnily of Thttrmlnf Apr. 11. An opposition line of steamers on the lower Columbia river is hinted at. There have been twenty-three steamer arri- valstn the Columbia river, since (lie Ur.-st of January. Judge J. II. Heed Is slowly recovering from the Injuries received by a recent fall at Jack sonville. Ilev. J. W. Miller, delegate to the Grand Loilge of the United States, L O. G. T., will start tast this week. Cai. 8. J. McComiick will soon deliver a lecture at Portland Sir the benefit of tu Mary's church Corvallis. Mr. Sackctt commenced work on List Tue?- ilay, near the Whitmore Oap, and beyond that a force of Chinamen area work. Messr. Crane A Co., sliipjied up the Colum bia river, Tuesday, machinery and material for working their copper mine, at Copperton. The Oregonlan complains that Portland is in rest is I with sneak thieves, to an extent tlu-.t makes It particularly uncertain for anything lying around loose. John Landls has added his name to the list of absconders. lie was a sub-contrnctnr ou the railroad, near the lront. His creditors are savage. Muituaiuah election precincts are tube re arranged. They ought to be, fir, as now, in some ofthe more populous precincts not more thau two-Uiiols of the electors can vote. The Oregonlan says several delegates to the Possum Convention at tlie Dalles were left liclilnil yesterday morning, having over- . sleiit themselves. They should liave ke butter hours. " Wine AVorks Wonders." The Guard tays that it is rumored at Ku- gene tliat the Oregon and California Itallmid has cone hided to locale Its shops at Luper's, about seven miles north of Eugene, Instead of Junction City. Ben. Simpson' who arrived down from Ya quina yestenlay mnrrlng, Informs us that his schooner, the Klnonth Is now on the ways, U- tng re)tired uude nllroctlon of the company insuring her, ami that she will probably be ready to sail for San Francisco in a w eek or ten day s. The Jacksonville Sentinel says: "We learn from a private letter that the citizens of Link Hlver were Informed tliat two couit- nles of cavalry bad left Fort Klamath, and would be in the vicinity of Link Itiver on the 2l of April, for the purpose of prosecuting a war against Modnck Jack and his tribe, and compel thorn to go upon the reservation." Fmm JMilg of Friionj Apr. 12. The Kailmad in prospect Is helping Jose phine county to population. Steamship Oriflamme Is advertised to sail. Saturday the 1.1th Inst., from Portland. The question of moving the county seat of Josephine county to Slate creek or Applegate is being agitaleil. The Good Templars of Hillsboro are going to have a grand festival, Saturday evening, fir the benefit of their lodge room. The delegates to the Dalles Convention, en route, are reirtcd to have tqient their time in buzzing ami visiting the bar. ' A Chiuese maiden, J. Foy, of Porthtnii, took some medicine the other night. Her fu neral has been somewhat delaved by a crowuer's quest law." The Modoc Imlians of Lost river are be coming exceedingly troublcsom again war ilanclng, stealing stock, etc Col. Otis pro poses to go for them, from Camp Warner. Tlie Democratic ticket for Wasco county Is as follows: .State Senator, Monroe; Uenre- sentatives, Rolx-rt Grant and Thomas sjtephen- son ; Sheriff, Schutz; Clerk, A. Holland; Coun ty Judge, X. II. Gates; Treasurer, J. Dougher ty; County Commissioners, E. AVingaleaitd W. IL MoAtee; Assessor, John Cotes. lie- publicans say tliat it leaves out the oi l and 1 tried workers of the party, and is an easy ticket to beat. THE TERRITORIES. Vancouver has exhausted it school fund. Ball road survevors are what's the matter with Olympia, now. Hallett is pushiuir his cradiuc work toward Skisjkum Chuck. Clarke county, W.T., In the last ten mouths lias paid U,8UI of her debt. A man named Moore of Puyatlnu trot fin v- fourdou bites, tlie other dar. He has token 'a uisuae ior aogs. Boise Cltv people are getUng excited about !n .'lroa rum iy to IM Cen- i trai l'acuic ranroau. It is reported that L. P. Beach la Kit Una h his band ready to play for Garlielde. That bai nd oas none serv ice in its uay. The Otld fellows of V'ancover propose to celebrate tlie 53d anniversary of the Order in the I'nltod Status wn the ftfih Inst. Gov. Saloreui has Issued the usual procla mation lor an election on the 1st Monday of June, to elect a Delegate in Congress. New postoCBces have been established at Loon creek, Lemhi eounty, and Clear Creek, Nez Perce county, Idaho. It is stated that Col. Flint, bite or tlie X. P. IL IL, has gone to Pern to take charge of tlie trans-continental railroad ooDStnicUou, under a contract with Harry Meiggs. ii'j - - . The annual value of personal property In Olvmpia for the year 1871, was i i8,7'JO. The J taxes amount to m, of which sum there . t. . I OU it. nn tlu fU iuiiimiI ll la yet ILMV Ot on the deilnqueut list. iTtah is said to have about three hundred small towns and aettlementa drawing their supplies from halt Lake Cily. The latter has a i.i.ulattoD of 30,000 and it 18-oJalmed that it will have 100,000 In five x-ears. '. The suit of tieo. VT. Johnson ct. al, against the Cascade Ba!lrd txaupanr, to recover land over which Uie railroad runs at Hie Cascades and $10tVU damage. Is among the Important casea to be tried at Vancouver thi wee.- The Pott Towasend Argus savs: "Busi ness is kxaalng up. owing, no dmil. to the line weather which betokens spring, along looked tor season. - Our formers are busy: our mtlts mnaingfall thne ; timber eompa- iiiea conirmiuiiv-i ,i;i pi s s-w . wiu mil liwmw being employed, trade of all kinds btjdns to fonl- '"-, : ' "lnor7n wUh Jome most excellent irony, it foot up the total annual circulation claimed to be l nALaootMntes f Montana newsnanent. ami ntes commenceu operauone: asa all clauses i mlllf. tiwit this wonM irlv fsp b man. wo. I "u avl chikl In Uie Territory, no iesa than nu,-i,vo,-o.-e.-v ii $3 00 per DEMOCRATIC STATE COX- VEXTIOX. ' "CIiarBCteriallc" Speceliea. JOHX nVKXETT JfOHIXATED FOR COStiBEMN! Dirty Ben Cleaned Ont. THE LI0X OF LI IN TAMED ! Wtiaugdoodlc Platform. DISTRICT XOMIXATIOKB. We net from tlie Portland Bulletin and Oiegonian. the proceedings ot the Democratic Mate iuyeniion, nciu at the Dalles, April 10th. Conveutton met at ,l A. M. Called to order bv Ben. Hayden, Chairman of the State Central Committee, who made a "characteristic" speech. James W. Nesinlth was elected tem porary Clutirinan. He made a speech. Mart. V. Brow n was elected tem porary Secretary. He wanted to make a spceeli, but was gagged by the Clialr man. Ben. L. Xorden was chosen Assist ant Secretary. I'rotiting by Mart. Brown's exH-rience, he didn't try to make a speech. O. S. Savage was cliosen temiwrary Serg't-at-arms. He didn't make a speech. Miller of Marlon. Gates of Wasco. Frnhror Umatilla," fend "Morrison of Clatsop, were appointed a Committee tut Credentials. Avery of Benton, Colby of Marion, Carroll of Multnomah, Brown of Ba ker, antl Thompson of Lane, were ap pointed a Committee on Permanent Organization. Convention recessed. AFTKRNOOJi SESSION. The Committee on Permanent Or ganization and Order of Business re i sorted !i follows : President James V. Nesmith; Secretary, Mart. V. Brown ; Assistant Secretary, Ben. L. Xorden. Ordet of Business First, appointment of Committee on Resolu tions: second, nomination of C-on- greswuian ; third, nomination of three Presidential Electors ; fourth, selec tion of four delegates to the Xatioual Convention: fifth, appointment of State Central Committee : sixth, selec tion of tlie place of holding the next State Convention; seventli. ratification of the District nominations. The report was adopted. Xesmith made anotlier speech. Committee on Resolutions, Ex-Gov Curry and one from each county. Convention recessed again. EVENING SKsSIOX. - Tlie ( ommittee ou platform reiiorted the following, which was adopted: ltmilml. . That- we, the Ivino- cr.it ic party of the State of Oregon, are pledged to a strict construction of tlie Constitution, the restoration and pres ervation of the rights of the States to regulate their internal altairs. ana pecially tin: elective franchise, tree trout the control or interference of the General Government ; tlie protection of individual rights in accordance with the fundamental lawsot the land, in cluding the rights to the writ oflwlieas corpus, trial by jury antl freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. 2. That we tire opposed to everv species of corruption in all depart ment of the Municipal, State and Xa tioual Governments. :i. That our motto is, no privileged classes and no privileged capital. 4. That we are in favor ot a tariff to raise, money only for the necessary expenses ol tlie rederal (jovernment. and not tor the Dcnent ot monopolists. i 5. Tliat we view with alarm the fla- ' grant and oeu violations of the Con 1 stitiitioti by tlie party uow controlling 'the General (Jovern'menr, in tlie pas j sage and enforcement of tin? Recon- : structiou and ku mux laws, anu uie ' corruption and fraud which character- ' ies their administration of every de ! oartiiient of Government, antl we pledge ourselves to use all lawful and jieaccable means to .secure a speedy I correction of these outrages and lisur- ; nations. j 0. That the freedom, welfare and I rights ofthe jn-ople are .superior to Uie ' interests ol inoirporations, and suouli 1 U; protected against tlie exactions of oppressive nionoH,ies. 7. That wj favor the appropriation of tlie fund arising from tlie sale ofthe swamp lands to puriiase.s of interna improvement and the aid of common schools. 8. That tU; construction of locks at tlie Falls of tlie Willamette is a judi cious and effective safeguard of tho commerce of the Willamette Valley, and we lavor legislation to the end that the commerce of tlie Columbia river may lie hi like manner benefited and protected. '.I. That the thanks of tlie jieople of Oregon are due our present State ad ministration for its Htieeesstul cttotts in securing to the State the grants of land which ollierwise would nave lalicii into tlie hands of grasping corpora tion. fTlie.se resolutions are copied from the Herald's rexrt. NOMINATIONS. For Congressman, on the first bal lot Helm had 30; Hayden, 21 ; Bur nett. 22 ; Slater, 3:J. Sixth ballot Burnett. 71; Helm, 47. For Presiilential Electors, L. F. Lane. Geo. R. Helm aud X. II. Gates were nominated. Ielegate to National Convention J. T. Glenn, E. F. Colby, Al. Zieber, O. S. Savage, J. W. Virtue, A. Bush. Dr. Chapman is Chairman of the State Central Committee. Tlie next Convention is to be held iu Portland. Judge Prim is nominated. For Prosecuting Attorneys W. B. Iawellof the 5th District; Bellinger ofthe 4th : .1. J. Shaw of the M ; V W. Fitch ofthe 2d : J. R. Neil of the 1st. The Convention adjourned. A t'AXDIIIATE iETJXEJT. Tlie Herald publislies tlie following letter: . . Canyon C'rrv, Grant Co., Ogn. I March 29. 1S72. j EDITOKOFTHE Olt:GON HlJLVLD- Sir: I desire through your paper to saw that the late Republican State Convention nominated me for District Attorney ot -the 5Ui Judicial District without any authority from me. As 1 am not of their party, but am a Demo crat, 1 must tlierefore decline to accept a nomination at their hands. Very respecthilly, . T. C. Hyde. Tkade With Japan. The value of our trade with Jaiwin mar be ascer tained when it is stated that in 13b0 tlie trade carried on in American ves sels amounted to only $10isoo ; in ISGfi the commerce In American ves sels hid Increased to X84,122, while the total commerce of tlie islands In foreign vessels was $2,31.3,1311. In lt9 the cinmerce In American ves sels amounted to o.niMo, and Uie total trade to $7,201,378. In thU ynar tlie total tonnage ol tlie Lnited Suite enteretl at the five Open ports of Japan was 509.09H, which was nearly one- halt or the toreign tonnage at these S)rts. , Tlie OregtMimn says : "Somebody is writing up in the Y ort ayne Indiana iscntincl a series ot sketches til oi times at Uiat place. Among the names nfV-ntioned iu cotiiMHrtiou with tlie ear ly hLstorv of the place Is that of John Whiteaker, "a gentleman of flddtelstic talent, who in after yean turned up on tlie Pacific coast and became Govern or of Oregon. , . ( A Sad Mistake. Forty years ago a blooming young girl of sixteen mar ried an old man of sixty lornis money. expecting Uiat he would soon die and leave tier a weaiiny youna , wiuow. Ijitelv the ladv died at tlie respectable age- of fifty-six, leaving a husband aged one huml red, and four cliildren to mourn tier ioj. iuxcnaiig'. , Annum in Advance WASHtXUTOX LETTER. : From our own Correspondent.) ' Washington, March 2.1, 72. ELOQTTCNT DEBATE OX PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY. T.Vh Statesman : Tlie debate In tlie House during the past week over Uie amendment to the Post Oflice appro priation bill offered by Mr. Conger, of Michigan, and reconsidered by the Committee on Commerce ' providing for u semi-monthly mail I mm Califor nia to Japan and China, and asking tor an additional dW,000 for carrying tlie mail, ha stirred up the fountains of eloquence giving as examples of oratory worthy of tlie palmy iLiys of the Republic, and has opened up the whole subject or tne revival or Ameri can Commerce. This measure was suoDOrted by the leading members on tlie Republican side of Uie House, and notably by Mr. Brooks, of X ew ork, on tlie Demo cratic side. . Mr. Brooks unmindful of party ties, rose above Uie din ot parti san strue, and made an eloquent ap peal for aid in reviving and placing our commerce once more upon a foot ing commensurate with our importance among Uie nations of the cart I u. He thrilled Uie hearts of all who listened to him with his words of eloquence and was was cheered by both the galleries and the floor when he had finished. Mr. Garfield, ot Ohio, who carefully .sxrvttiujzes,iiiid. sometimes we tiuuk Is uni'iees-arily cautions iu regard to L'ucle Sam's money box, maile one of his able and effective efforts in behttlf of this appropriation. Oue extract from his speech which I venture to make, will show now wen ne appre ciates the value of securing the Com merce of the l'acinc ocean. " 1 ven ture," said he. " to predict that in Uie near future Uie other great theatre or commercial activity, the third and last iu the history of this world s work, will be the Tacitic ocean ; ami jut noy the whole curreut of public and national activity is turned toward tliat great sea. and the momentous question is, who shall he its master? Our liope Is in the great historic sea of tlie future. If we lose tliat it will be a lasting disgrace to our statesman ship and a measureless calamity to our people. At Uiis critical and interesting moment we are iu tlanger ot losing our grasp upon the commerce of Uiat great ocean. The other great inaratinc powers are ready to snatch the prize from our liatuis unless wc at once secure it." Ably as the measure was suported the old party cry of opposition to land grants, subsidies and protective tarifl was raised and tlie changes rung upon it with DemocraUc vcliemence. In ternal improvements, aid to commerce or support to railroads is denounced by that jiarty as stealing tlie people's money to a'grandize monopolies and corHirations. lu vain yon point them to the iron binds which join the com merce of two oceans and has carriisl on its tracks civilization, art and n-i-ence into an unpeopled wilderuessi and given to the nation a source of wealth and reveuue therefrom. All this has been done in spite ol Uiat party who prates of reform, corruption, hind grant gratis and subsidies. This howl has defeated for Uie time aitl to the Pacific Mail Steamship line, and de ferred for a season the increase of tliat service ; but such action on its jiart cannot fail to warn the people and bid them beware of a party who seeks to gaiti control ot the Government ami claims to do so for the purposes of re form and political regeneration. The name of Mr. Slater, of Oregon, is among tlie names recorded against this measure.- PLAN FOB THE REVIVAL OF COM- MEBCE. ' Appropos of this gubje-ct Is tlie Mil reported by tlie Senate sub-Committee of Comuierce composed of Senators Corbett, Kellogg and Vlckers which provides. 1st Iietiate or drawback equal to tlie duty on all material used in the construction of American ships. 2d. Use. of ships stores free of duty taken ; from bonded warehouses for foreign voyages. 3d. lie-registration, appli cation to lie made within two years, of all American vessels sailing under for eign flags. 4th. Tlie registration ot foreign built iron ships of two thous and Urns and upwards, pureliased ami owned by American citizens. This plan meets with tlie recommendation and endorsement of every Board of Trade and Clwmlier of Commerce in he country, and if adopted cannot fail to give an imiietus to our much neglected shipping interest. A COMiniEIIENSIVE SCHEME. A reixirt ol Secretary Roliesou upon this suhiect shows how well and ably it has been ciiivaod by him. He proposes to establish several mail routes by which it is iHilieved lie may secure tiu? largest jiortion ot the im mense commerce embraced In the re gions to lie regularly visited by our proiosed roan steamers. According to Secretary Rolieson's rejiort which is amply forUfied by sta tistics, tlie first five lilies he proposes will embacc civilized countries, the ag gregate commerce ot which is $ 02.- 4ii4.!Sio; tne next two iuhw . uiose which aggregate f 381,952.341 ; six otlier line aggregate commerce of 4, 461.08G.3s4 ; two other line com merce amounting to f 5.VJ,il9.1o3 ; the next two. commerce of $77-3,522,-2'.3 ; total $7.079,20.",213. ThU Is nearly 7 per cent or the en tire commerce ot the giohe. and to reach for us Uie fair share of the prize thus offered, the Secretary of Uie Navy proposes tlie following lines : CENTRAL AND SOMTH AMERICAN ROUTES. s 1 . That for the Mexican gulf to em brace the enUre circuit to and from Havana to Aspinwall and Matamoras calling at all Intermediate ports. 2. I'he Carrlbean line taking In all avail able ports and islands of Uiat sea. This is to be semi-monthly startuig from some free port, probably Samana making uie enure circuit r,aiwaru antl Southward to Trinidad thence along tlie coast toAsplnwall wliere it will connect witn une ao. i nu iu with otlier lilies traversing the West coast ot South America, from thence vessels of this line will proceed to Sa mana connecting with lines from At lantic cities. 3. The East coast South Atlantic line, Isdesigned to embrace all the nrlncinal ports oftiie Guianas, Bra zil and the Argentine Republic and Uruguay, ll u proposea war, lorine proent "the line sliall start from and re turn to whatever port in Uie West In dies may be selected for the central depot. TRANS-ATLANTIC ROCTLS. Changing Uie order in which Uie Seccetary's report plains Uiese lines, I group together tlie remaining: Atlantic routes be has mapped out- Xo. 1. To ami from Xew 1 ork to Qtieenstown and Liverjiool - Xo. i. To and from Portland or IkKou to Oalway ainl Glasifow. No. 3. From Xew York to ami from South Hampton. No. 4. To and fhim Xew York to South Hampton, VIUsWgen and Antwerp. And Xo. S an exteusia of Hits Ham bnrg lltw by mcrk;tu steamers to parts lu Iiptinjsrk. Swleti ntwl Russia uraler the nam if Islciigarack and BM ti lino. No.-7uieViKwiiastholA-hon, Cadta ami iilraltar lute. TbW it is projiosed sh-'tll start from some point on U- waters of tlie Cliesajwake, prol ahly XorfolW. l-n it nuM b hi connection with Snutl.-m nilnd.. ANCIENT WATF.K OCTTtntD. (Jibniltar lming tlie terminal point in Eurojic, and a free city, U to be the starting point of tlie nropiiwt Amrrl cui connecting lines lu tiie Mi-ditemi-neaii. No. 1 I to he known as the X'orth Coast Mediterranean line, and will make a com pit -to circuit of that wonderful sea, touching at tlie porta of Malays, Barcelona. Aiarselllrs, Jum na, .Leghorn, Xaple. Mealim, and Cona, enlce, Triste Spoiatro. Ragus. Certti. Gallipole, aud Camdla, In Uie Mand of Crete. No. 1. Sotrth Coast Mediterranean line runuit to AlmVrs. and Un'iiee with hitcnoediatr ports of C. P. CRANDALL, Proprietor. Tttk Weekly Ohfaion ktatehmam la published every Wednesdav morning. i-ORlslllnsiiiiiui; m i iw wirKramic. ilisnxebes anvVall the current State awl Lo cal news, editorials, correspondence, miscel lany, poetry, etc, irom iiik iaii.i statis MAN. A First-class Weekly, Newspaper. Term. 13J0 per vear In advance. 03. M for six months In advance. Advertisements at uoerai twict. call to Alexandria, Where It wBl con nect with tlie proptisea line to innia. From Alexandria the smn coasi une returns-bv , way of Sinyri.a and ton stantinople to Gibraltar. The last line In this great Atlantic system connects ,,-iri. tiia Him last lLinied at Alexao- drla, or past said passes down Uie Red Sea, througn tne rersian tiuii iu uw West mrner of British India, thenc to Ceylon, and by way of Calcutta, to Singaporei wliere It will connect with the lines whose terminus is onthe Pa cific coast. TRANS-PACIFIC ROUTES. Tlie comprehensive schemes of the Secretary embrace four ereat lines fur the development oi commerce on wo I Pacific. No. 1 will be kiiown as the Wwt Coast SMithJ'scific, commencing at Panama and connecting with port of Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chili, and at the Isthmus, by means of the railroad, with the routes already named, in tlie Carribean sea and tne Mexican smlf. No. 2. tlie Wet Coast X'orth Pacific line will run from Panama to and from ban Francisco, visiting intermediate txirts. No. 3. tlie Ja(iau and China line, which may lie run by the present company to Uie termination of their contract, or by tlie general system, its schedule of ruo niug to accord with the next line proposed, which Is No. 4. known as the Pacific Island line. This will start from San Francisco, touching at the .Sandwich Islands, aud thenwto A act- -land aud Mcibourne, Uience to Papua Islands : tlience to Amboytio, Macas- sa. Saralya. Batavta and iiiiiirtpore. connecting thence with the Red Seat i and .bast India line, anu proceeding thence to Sargon, Manilla and Canton: A glance at the , map will establish the immense importance of this pro- nositioii. embracing as it does Uie trade of at least (leaving out China; 200,000, 000 persoiis litUe Known to us, aud sel dom visited by any other Western na tion except tlie British." l fie trade or Uie Dutch and Spanish who once had control, has dwindled to comparative small proportions. It will easily he seen how these great arterial routes can be fed and enlarged by connecting lines of small American steiimers run ning between the several iskinds ami carrying our flag, aud developing not only commerce, but a knowledge or civilization, which w not aggressive, brrt proclaiming good will, peace, equality and equity to all men. Hitlierto the knowledge tne people of these numberless islands have had of Western civilization has not been of a flattering character tor conqneH. Contempt and fraud havo been tl chief features ot all intercourse wiiu them on the part of European iiatious. We shall bring a new orrier or uniigs into being and thereby commercially find our profit in an extending trade antl in increasing good-will. LET VS HATE PEACX." LETTER FROM COL. .'. W. FORNEY. Col. Forney, of tin Philadelphia Press, has shown his patriotism and his attachment to the Republican party by calling on distingv.lslied Republican Senators to cease their opposition and be at peace. Col. Forney say : State after State i declaring for the reoominatioii of President Grant : Maine aud ( Hiio lmve jnt spoken unan imously. 1 lie earnest discussion of ins character and his policy seem more fully to vindicate tlie one and strength en the other. The last attempt in the Senate to involve tlu- Sccr-tary of War in tlie sale of the t rencn arms Is so transparent a failure that it can only - re-act in mvorot timtacoonipiisueuoi ficer, and add a new element of power to Uie resistless movement iu favor of the chief. It would be a happy ter mination of an unhappy demonstration if the eminent Republican Senator who started it would frankly admit the mistake they have made, and to open the door for Uiat reconciliation which only requires to be commenced to se cure complete harmony and assure vic tory. There is no virtue mora beneflt- tinff an exalted leader tlian magnanim- ty, and he wlio is first to sliow It will be longest remembered. Twenty-six years ago Senator Benton of Missouri rose In Ids place and moved Uie indef inite postponement ol one oi ins favor ite measures. Mr. Clay taunted him with killing his own offspring. "1 es. sir," said Benton, "I have killed it : I liave killed it tlead, sir dead as a door nail. I am always ready to sacrifice mvself for my country." President Grant showed Uie same spirit when lie gave up Santo Domingo, buroner sliows it when lie resolutely jierils his chance for national honors by advo cating the cause of the persecuted freed- nian. Tlie people are weary or the personalities between their leaders, and deserve and demand some sacrifice of punct ilio and individual resentment tor 1k! sake of Uie common cause. ho will be the first to set the good exam ple? NOMETHim FOR HOl'SEWIVEK. Vrn Moore's Rural New-Yorker.l Feather Cake. Simple and good : One cup white sugar, one spoonftil butter, one egg. two even cups sifted flour, two-thirds cup sour milk or cream, halt teaspoon soda. One tea spoon cream tartar may be used in stead or sour miiK. r lavor to taste. i Corn Bread. Take four cups sour milk, one of these partly filled with cream ; one egg, a nttie salt, two even teaspoonfuls pulverized soda ; mix Uie soda with a very little corn meal, aud stir altogether, till It loams ; tnen add com meal till a thin batter is obtained, and pour Into hot tins, oiled, an inch deep, and bake In a quick oven. Graliam Gems Take . lialf pint sweet milk, lialf pint cold water ; stir into It enough sifted tiraliarn Hour to form a Ixitter raUier thick for irriddle cakes ; stir well, and bake Immediately. Drop Into Hot. oiled ginn-pans. ana hake twenty minutes in a raUier hot oven, diminishing heat toward Uie last. If preferred, uiey may oe mane au or milk or cold water, or line flour, in stead of Graham, or half of each. Rice Pudding. Take one teacup full of soft, boiled rice, one tiblespooo ful of butter, mixed in the rice while hot : add one quart ot sweet milk, oue teacup of sugar, the yolks of five eggs, season witn lemon ; oaice nniu aone. Beat the whiles of toe five eggs to a stiff froth, and stir ta It five heaping tablespoonfuU of powdered sugar ; spread over the costard ; return to tho oven, and bake a delicate brown. Soda Biscuit Into a pan contaln- hnr five quarts sifted flour, put two even teaspoonfuls pulverized soda and a little salt lisvuig a hole -in Uie cen ter ot Uie Hour aireuuy prepared , pour into tlie flour four cups of sour milk all the better It partly cream stir the milk and soda a minute, till It foams : then mix wiUi flour into a stiff dough. if snrlmr wheat : work but IlUie,. and get it into tlie oven as quickly as pos sible, some of my nicest pmchim have been made and baked in twenty minutes. - ' ' CArES of Death. Methuselah died of liver complaint. Lot's wife of salt rheum. Absalom tell, a victim to hairy-sipelas. Goliahdicdof tliestone. Haitian of tlie urop-sy. -NelKieli.nl- ncioar or ton mucji vege:anie iitet. h-aving Mrs. N. a grass widow; : John Bniiyaii, troubled hy. corns. tooK NW pill grimly and progressed. Desle uioti.i als took a pillow. SampMHi ait al-0 killed by a pillar. Montgol- rier .was (s) pilled out of a rjalloon. Jnliu3 Cirar was (s) killed In. war. John Rodger died of an overdone teak. Romeo died ot heart disease. -Governor Hoffman dyed his mustuche. Mr. Bout well. Socrefary' of the Trwisnry, Is a man of medium size, of wiry frame, srlf-posesed, and ten lierate in all tilings. lie takes good care of hlmseir especially depending hi billiards for exercise. Fur tlut gsme 1m has a pas-ion. and amid the Hick of ivory balls he ease his mind of tlie i-irts of Nate.