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ffieefefy Oregon statesman' HUH. WKMMDII iPHL 17, 117!. HPEAK AFPOIVTSIEHTS. J. G. Wilson and.Jehn Burnett, candidates for Congress will speak at die following times ami places : Oregon City. April 16, evening. Salem. April if. evening. " Sublimity, April 18, 1 odouk P. m. Albany, April 19, evening. ltrowiisvlUe. April 20, 1 o'tiock t. M. . Eugene City, April 22, 1 oVJock p. M. VOX WAfcOOjriBlt SY IRATE. I. nfbrtnniite Iluui&soti! Unlucky TrcvHt! DLappolated Savage! De feated TVhttnVlrate ! A few months since, O. Hamason was a citizen of Xuttnotfiah county moderately re jected ; passably prosperous in bust tom. Amoiuon set its seal upon "Orlando's brow, and the thing? where in he had been wont to take delight, became as ashes upon his lips. Orlan do would to the Legislature go ; his mission there, to elect his old friend Xez to the U. S. Senate. Multnomah, however, was not the field wherein to plant for Legislative crops, such Jas Orlando &lu would reap. Orlando bethought him how In days of yore, he and Vic. had " fixed things" In Was eo ; how, In fact, they had demoiwtrat- vd that majorities dp not always rule. and how elections were sometimes won even against majorities. Happy thought ! Exultant Humason ! Back to Wanco went Orlando : and he and Vic. and Savage "fixed things." They Inscribed upon their little slates , Hu mason for the Senate ; Vic. and Savage for Representatives ; and thus was Wasco fixed for "Nez. 'fills programme would have been carried out rtrlctly, hut for one trilling circnmstaiioe somebody else was fix ing things In quite another way Gro ver and Gov. Miller were not idle while Orlando and Vic. were fixing. In short, so wide-awake had been the central ring that when tlie Democratic Convention was held last baturdny, Orlando's little slate was mashed to that degree of Infinitesimal fractions which precludes the hope that even "SDauldinz's Prenarecl" can ever fix Its little parts together again Vic's little slate was in similar manner subdivided : likewise, the little slate that Savage bought. It was a stranger who did the vio lence to Orlando one Monroe, who was so little known that it Is doubtful , whether Orlando knew there was such a Richmond hi the field ; so little known that lit? public has not yet learned which particular member of the Monroe family, lias had tlie honor to be fixed into Humason" place on theYVasco Democratic ticket. He is simply Monroe, and nothing more. The claims that Vic and Sav age had squatted on were jumped by Rob't Grant of Dalles and Thos. Steph enson the latter auotlier stranger who liad, at some date to tlierriunivirate unknown, slipped into Ochoco valley, and wlio did by such concealment feed at leisure upon the damask clieek of the hopes that Vic and Savage had. "To beat Grant" is now doubly the motto of Vic. and Savage. To end this eventful chapter, It may lie quite suffi cient to say that Orlando is "All in the Downs;" Vic U not laboring under the lmllucinatlon this time tliat he is victorious; and Savage well be Is simply savage. Republicans of Wasco are jubilant and confident that they will be easily victorious. When Gro ver fixed Wasco, he fixed- It for three votes, not for Grover. MORE THIEVlXUnV PROSPECT. Since the people have with unmis takable indlgnatiou condemned the outrasreous stealing from tlie school fund by the last Legislature, the Dem ocracy with an effrontery that would put the Devil to blush for his compara tive lack of talent in that line, have solemnly resolved, in Convention as sembled, ."Tliat we favor the appropriation of tlie fund arising from tlie sale ol tne swamp lands to- purposes of Internal improvements and tlie aid ol common schools. This would be worth something, If the in-ooeeds of suuh sales were likely ever to amount to much; but, under the law passed for the benefit of tlie swamp land ring, the price Is so ridic ulously low as to virtually make a gift of the lands to the ring. There is an other little fact which destroys somc i what, the force of this cunning little ! bit of buncombe : Tlie swamp lands were donated to the State oh the con dition that the fund arising from their sales should constitute a fund for their recljmation; and the Democratic party ; can hardly get away with it hi the manner proposed. Tlie proposition simblv amounts to tills : The Demo cratic party having stolen $200,000 from tlie school fund for Its party fa vorites, proposes, next, to steal tlie swamp-land-reclamation fund aud di vide it among its party favorites, and the school fund. There Is more cor rupt jobbing with the people's money, in prospect, if the Democracy carries tlie next Legislature. "THERE RICHSEKH FOR YOU." Once in a while we do find some thing in tlie Democratic papers, which tlie same is richness, quite equal to the reduced milk upon which old Squeers, of Dotlieboy'a Hall, fattened liU little wards. We have fallen upon a speci men in tlie State officials' organ of this week, to-wlt : "The purity of the conduct of the State officers has reclcved a conspicu ous endorsement at the hands of a Repibllcan Grand Jurr, who, after rigid rcratiny of the affairs of the dif ferent departments, were compelled to declare that they had no fault to find." The "rigid scrutiny" Is tlie richness Jn the above extract. The fact tlwt tlie grand jury thougiit it their duty to examine at all into tlie affairs of tlie Departments was sufficient proof that they believed there was Rome founda tion for tlie cliarges that filled the pub He ear. The fact that tlie Grand Jury and the Prosecuting Attorney visited the Department offices and riyfdly scru tinized Uielr affairs for the full space of twenty minutes or half an kovr, and found nothing, will hardly be taken by he public as a sufficient foundation for a very extravagant puff of the State officers. And yet tlie fact that the jury did so visit tlie Department offices and tlicn did not Indict anybody, is all there is of the ' conspicuous en dorsement," over which the .organ of tlie State officers Is so jubilantly and gushingly rich In self-felicitation. As we should take it, the " endorsement" is rather thin. And so the public will consider it. So the boys at Dotheboy's Hull thought old Squeers milk, uot- witlistandiug the old humbug smacked his own lips over it aud exclained, There's richness for you," with an unction and outward semblance of satisfaction equally histructiu' and morally improvin' to behold, as the organ's present self-gratulations at the " conspicuous endorsement." ORPH.1X RELEUATEM. The late Democratic State Conven- vention appointed delegates to a Democratic National Convention to be held nobody . knows when, nobody knows where, and nobody knows what for. What these delegates are to do is a conundrum which nobody seems able to solve. They are Janliets In search of a Father ; in short, each delegate Is Nobody's Child," and has no manna to know he's out. It was a most un likely thing, wlien they were appoint ed that there would be any Democratic National Convention to go to ; it is now doubly improbable that any such body will ever meet again. The caucuses of Democratic leaders have of late, uniformly talked ''passive poli cy," and tlie tendency of opinion lias been and is tliat the played-out Dem ocracy can do no better than to tail on to the Cincinnati movement. Possum tails liowever, were made for that style of attachment, and the great ga- lorious Democracy will not. therefore. be so very unnaturally situated when its body shall be seen imdging dang- lini in the air, by tail suspended to tlie Cincinnati sour apple tree. The dispatclies announce that tlie Demo cratic Central Committee of New York, at its late meeting at Albany, decided unanimously In favor of the passive policy, and to look to the Cin cinnati Convention for tlie programme of the campaign. This is another nail in the coffin of the Democratic Party. The political association, calling itself tlie Democratic partv of Oregon, is without a parent, aud lias not now a vestige of relationship to any national organization. We respectfully sug gest tliat when its delegates and candi dates appear in public, they ought, out of decent respect to their deceased pa rent, to wear the usual badges of mourning. RfXIUIOl'M 1XTEIX1UE3H-E. LIKE CAIKE, LIKE RESIXTN. When llaight was elected Governor of California, lie went Into the Execu tive chair on the demagogue's issue, the Chinaman. Gov. Grover, in his campaign, did little more than discuss the Chinaman, and he evidently thought that the issue which carried him through, for his inaugural was mostly devoted to a reliash of his cam paign tirades against poor John. Gro ver ran just as near in Ilaight's grooves as his limited Imitative capac ity would allow. When the Demo cratic Legislature of California of tliat year met, it plunged at once Into all sorts of extravagance, jobbing, and legislation to put money into tlie pock ets of party favorites. California nev er had so corrupt, so extravagant, or so odious a Legislature as tliat of tbe term following Haigbt's election. It passed the Infamous litigant law, and jobbed out the State funds in the most reckless manner. In like manner, the Orcgou Legisla ture elected at the same time with Grover, met and plunged at once Into a perfect carnival of corruption, fraud, thieving from State funds, and all manner of legislation for the benefit of parly favorites. Oregon never had so corupt, so extravagant, or so idious a Legislative Assembly as tliat. It passed a litigant law tliat rivalled, in its infamously unjust provisions, its California original ; it turned honestly elected members out of their seats, for no other reason than that they were of the opposite party and Democrats wanted their places ; it so fixed by law tlie disposal of t he State's swamp lands, as to throw the greater jxirt of them Into the hands of greedy rings already organized and ready tor the gobbling process ; it corruptly disposed, ol vast laud franchises to partisan friends ; it corruptly attacked and spoiled the common school fund for the enrich ment of a partisan company ; in defi ance of the Constitution, it made new offices, unknown to that instrument, and Increased salaries which the Con stitution had declared should never be Increased ; tlie burdens of taxation were enlarged By every means which Ingenuity could devLse or partisan greed suggest, to fatten Democratic office-holders. The California Legislature revelled in corruption till tlie outraged people had another say, and then it was kicked ignominiously out of lhe Cap itol doors to make way for Republi can members. The load of that short term, was more than any party could have carried to success ; and llaight and the Legislative Assembly went down us if with millstones about their necks. The parallel between tlie Cali fornia and the Oregon Democratic ad ministrations, was almost perfect Like causes produce like results. A the- party of California went down, sunk Dy its own iniquities, anil ac cursed of the people, so the party of Oregon will go down before tlie righteous indignation of her people Democracy has won its last state vic tory in Oregon. CAMPAIGN STATESMAN, j There are many who would like to have the campaign and election news S'etwho ilo not care to subscribe for a newspaper for a year. We have, therefore, .concluded to offer the WEEKLY STATESMAN AT CAMPAIGN' RATES, and will send it to all names ordered, till the second issue after the election, for FIFTY CENTS per each subscriber. This is just about our yearly sub seription rate, payment in advance. The time offered will cover tlie cam jiaigii awl as it includes two issues af ter the election, ufcrilr vill get all the election return. We ask our Republican friends everywliere to interest themselves in the matter of obtaining campaign or yearly subscribers. Send in names and address with fifty cents for each name, for tlie CAM PAIGN STATESMAN. A Dalles correspondence of the Bul letin confirms just what we -had sup posed to be tlie Tact : That Grover and Miller played false to the pledges they hud made to Helm aud Slater,- both ; and not only that, but played them botli, like puppets, In tlie late State Convention. The Republican opposition to Grant in this State does not amount to a cor poral's guard. So fir as we have heard tlie force consists of one ex- chaplain of the army : but the Herald cackles over him as though she had found a whole brood. AX ATROCIOl'N ni'RDER. A Mystery Quickly Solved. The portland papers of yesterday contain the account of a " Mysterious Disappearance" at tliat city. A man named Win. Alexander, a brick mason was missing. He was known to liave had some money on his person Satur day evening. Connected with his dis appearance, the fact of finding on tlie O. S. . . Co s wiiart, blood ana scraps of a book which had clearly belonged to Alexander, led to the suspicion tliat he had lieeu murdered and thrown into the river. An investigation was set on foot and the river in the vicinity of the blood stains was dragged, but without results uu to Monday morning. The Evening Bulletin of yesterday tell the rest of the horrible story as fol lows : "The mystery attached to the sud den disiippea ranee of Win. Alexander and " the finding of blood spots on Flanders' wliarf lias been partially cleared hy the finding of tlie body of tlie missing man. A courier arrived on lwrseback from Springville this morning with the intelligence. He states that tlie brig Brewster, which was lying at- Couch's wharf in this city, a short distance below where the murder is said to liave beeu committed, hove her anchor up. short yesterday and was being towed down to Astoriit. Wlien opposite Springville the sailors were engaged in getting tlie anchor on the bows of the vessel. As the an chor came in sight, one of the sailors wlio was on the vessrls cathed. sang out, "tliat tliere was a dead man on the anclmr stock." A lnwt was lower ed wIm-ii it was discovered tliat a man was iiidctl cla-iiing the stuck. His anus were loo-a-ned and he was taken on shore. An TKamiuatioii was at WILLAMETTE IXIVETWITT. Tlie Annual Announcement of the Medical Department of this institution has just been laid on our table. We learn from it that tlie seventh regular ourof lectures will commence with the Public Address on the evening of November 4th, 1873. Six lectures will be giveu daily, and the session will uoutiuue four months. A Preliminary Course of Lectures will commence on Monday, the second day of September, and will continue un- . til the opening of the regular session, This Course embraces one Lecture and Recitation daily upon special and prac tical subjects. The Department of Instruction In Medicine, connected with the Lnlver- ; sity, has steadily increased in useful ness and strength, and under the care of the Board of Trustees and members of its Faculty, is perfecting a perma- : neat organization. The Chair of Hygiene has been ad- ' ded. and Prof. O. P. S. Plummer has been secured as its Professor. Dr. J. B. PilkUigton, of Portland, has also been added to the Faculty as Professor s of Otology and Opthalmology. The other chairs are filled, we believe as before. Tlie "announcement" pub lishes a list of tlie requirements for graduation which will supply all needed information to students desiring to obtain the advantages offered hy a medical course. Mrs. Duniway complains In the New Northwest tliat tlie Democracy, in its platform, says nothing about temper ance legislation. Dkl you, Mrs. Duni way, expect them to say anything on hat subject ? If so by what declara ion or act of the Democratic party - were you led to expect it? They may ' tiave poseibly intended to say sonie ; thing by way of claptmp; but, if re ports su true, the most of tlie de!e- ' 'gate were too drunk to remember jut what : ten;iermce, legislation they had concluded to propose. Rev. F. Olmsted, who has beeu preaching within the bounds of tlie Nevada Conference during the year past, is now on his way to Oregou with a view of entering tlie traveling connection. Ex-Gov. Geo. Abemetby will leave Oregou by the Orifiauime to-day to at tend the General M. E. Conference at Brooklyn, as Lay Delegete. A new edition of Adam Clarke's Commentary is about to be printed in London. It will be greatly condensed, aud put in the most popular and in structive form. The following is the average attend ance, etc, at the Portland M. E. Sab bath School ; Attendenceat the Taylor street Sabbath School, for March, 1872, aggregates 1,703 ; average, including concert, 340; average, not including concert, 294 ; average of Officers and Teachers, 40 ; average attendance past quarter, including concerts 351 ; aver age, not including concerts 304 ; aver age number of -Officers and Teachers for the past quarter, 43. We take the following from the P. C. Advocate : Tlie last quarterly re port of tlie Pastor of the Taylor street M. E. Clinrch, In this city, shows the following facts : Number of classes in this charge, 9 ; number of members in all classes 270 ; aggregate attendance in all classes for tlie quarter, 2,334 average attendance for each week In all classes 196 6-10 ; average attend ance for each week In each of the class es 19 8-9 ; whole number of attend ance required to make 100 per cent, of attendance, 3,510; actual per cent, of attendance for the quarter, 60 jj. Oregon Presbytery of tlie Cumber hind Presbyterian Church will meet in Salem, on tlie 24th (Wednesday) of April, at 7 o'clock P. JL Burglaries liave become so alarming ly frequent at Portland, that the pro ple are moving in the matter of em ploying private watchmen, to be paid by subscription. Grover's $20,000 po lice seems to be altogether incompe tent for the protection of property back of Third or Fourth street. W don't see that our Metropolitan neigh bors liave any remedy to hope for. unless the Legislature and Groyer should double up their Metropolitan Police to a force co-ting, say iMO,000 a ear. This would be a trifle burden some to the taxpayer? ; hut then a $20,000 police goes really such a little ways. The people of Portland lave Grover, Hallock, Kelly and the Dio- cratic Legislature to thank, for their present costly, ornamental police. Thev can say in June whether they want any more Democratic legislation of that sort. A CONTRAST. The Albany Register makes the fol lowing statement of the difference be tween Republican and Democratic rule in Linn comity : " Under Republican rule Linn conn ty taxpayers paid from five to eight cents per acre tax, on a valuation of Irom 4 to $6 per acre. Under Demo cratic rnle tliey pay from fifteen thirty cents tax, on a valuation of from ten to twenty dollars an acre. As will De seen, under tne benign ana "eco nomical " rule of Democracy, as real estate increases in valite so doe the tax rate." The Register then pertinently ak As our Democratic ottlctai nave pro ven such poor financiers, U & not to the interest of taxpayer to try a mi set men of more capacity and ability for the positions t It it A question of dollars and cents, and affects the pock ets of every citizen to a greater or less degree." Tlie Mercury say tliat "among Mr. Burnett's many recommendations for office, is the fact that lie was bom in Missouri." We can't see how that fact makes him any better or worse, unless indeed, be was born there at his own particular request and had some sufficient reason for making the re quest. This Is however, the first recommendation we have heard of, and considering how hard the Mer cury youth has worked to study up one. we really havn't the heart to ob ject to placing it at the bead ot tlie list, If there should happen to be such n list. mice mack- wlien it was discovered that tlie man's skull had hecn fractured by some lienw instrument, and that his throat wa partially cut. Ills pockets had been rilled and he did not seem to liave been long in the water. A still turtlMT examination revealed tin- tact tiiat tlie iiiilortuuate man was Win. Alexander, lie must haxe In-eu still living when thrown into the water, and drifting down town ii Is tin Brewster, ennic in contact with her nnchor. which, as is natural with drowning men, he had clasped." STATE XEYVS. From Daily of Saturday Apr. 13. Aii exchange speak of Delegate Slater of Oregon. . People at Kt Portland have worn the tv- phold fever out. The Portland Academy will close the third term next week. The Republican primaries for Linn county wilt take plane lo-day, Kcv. A. W. Sweeney has removed from tills valley to VVaUsbnrg, W. T. F. La'Wrettc hag been sentenced to three rears In the Penitentiary from I .inn county. At Albany butter commands about forty or fifty cents a pound; egga, 33 cent a dozen. A twitch la under prncesa of construc tion at Beach & Monleith's mill, Albany. The City Council of Portland ha just begun to talk almut an appropriation to light the city clock. Mrs. Victor ban arrived with her new book, Vll over Oregon and Washington Terrt tory." Machinery for the new jail ami tub fik tory nt Oregon City lias arrived, and is being set up. Harvey Smith, former sheriff of Linn comi ty, is going to the Palouse country to mnke a new borne. A little son ofC. M. Cartwrlght, at Albany; came aear losing bis ej us this week, by get ting tausMc soda lye Into them. A blast lu the rocks opposite Oregon City the other day threw fragments of stone acrwt the river Into Main street. ProC Thos. G. Taylor has left I he Jeflersoa L-buol and has gone to open a shooting gallery for young Ideas at Ilarrlsburg. Mr. H. Kelly, of Multnomah county, Is en- gajed tn boring logs to be used In carrying wa ter from the CHickiunas nrr to fnrnlsb the motive )xmer for mills at Mlhvnuklc. Wednesday evening, Albany Lodge, No. 4, L O. O. F., elected Messrs. J. F. Bitckensto, L. Cheadle and Vt'm. rt. Newbury Represent- alivco to tlie next Grand Lodge. The M. K. Library Association has conclud- hd to build a hall for the purposes of the As- k-iatlon at Albany, and the work lias been commenced. A man at the locks, Oregon City, sat down upon a keg containing some powiler, but be got up ngnhi w'nen a spark fell into the keg. All friends of the family are lurlted. The steamship Orifianime has made eight y five trtt to Oregon, from San Francisco, with never but one mishap, and that was simply getting aground In the Columbia river. We are informed by a friend from Yamhill that at Ijifayette butter Is selling for ' ceut a pound : (tk at IS rents and the isillets arc iDriitxtrfcinnly kerfilng up tlie supply. Ir. !. Ik Rk-e, who for several years has. boeu pnutk lng medicine at Albany, has been apriinl I'"" PhTniciaii at I-apwai, W. T. awl "III .rt fr the scene of his future la- hor lnCbnrt time. Iir. K. R. Orary, who has recently m.idean offl. wil ln-pvtl.n of aflairs at the Lnpwa AiretK y, n-irt that It Is one of the most flour- ;.hlng. mthvt running, and beat managed of tlie Paclllo coast Indian airenctes. Vol. Ii. Montelth Is agent. The F.nterjirlse gives the following summa ry of the business transacted at the Oregon City I.aii'1 Oflii-e for the month ending March 3Nt : Acres sold for cash, fiiS ; original home stead entries, 2,4;ti acres; final homestead entries, ssl acres; pre-emptions llleil covering l,iii0 acres. The Allmtiy Register says : There has been no lit tie excitement in relation to wool, buy ers eager to purchase and sellers eager to get the highest figures. As high as fifty-iourrents sund has lieeu. offered tince the season opened. Holders are very cautious, and will not contract todi-liver. except at what buyers conslJor exorbitant figures. The tvunty "ommlssloners of IJnn county opened the bids for lhe new work, advertised by them for tlie $10.0(10 jail last week. The bids were -J,sno, 3,HO0 and 4,8UO. Messrs. Frank Wml and Mlltnn Hale sent In the lowest hid. JS.soft, and tlie Oregon Iron Works he .highest. Wood and Hale are Republi cans. It is, perhaps, unnecessary tosay inai, under such a state of fools, the bids were all thrown out. Tlie eighth resolution of the Demo cratic platform declares for au im provement on tlie Columbia, "in like manner, as that on tlie AVill.miette at Oregon City. Tliat looks like an in tention to make another $200,000 steal from the school fund. When tlie Dem ocracy gets to improving tlie Columbia in like manner" as they liave begun the improvement of the Willamette, there will lie room for the lull ilevel opment of Democratic talent in the high old art of lifting tlie funds. There are so many places where $200,000 jobs could be put up and made "judi cious and effective" for the enrichment of Democratic favorites tluit there will be 110 end to tlie Cit tilings the rings will liave except an end of the State funds. IsE.WOt KATK' STATE -0.nyiITTEK. The following is a list ol the Demo cratic f?fate Central Committeemen I. I. Haines, of linker eomitv; .f.C. Avery, ol Benton ; W. L. White, of Clackamas; A. Van Ihisen. of Clat sop; W. 11. Musgrove, of Columbia ; W. H. Jackson, of Coos; William Tiolnmr of Currv ; Aaron Kose, of Douglas; J. W. Jbildwiu, of Grant, lierij. liayward, of Jackson ; A. L Waldo, of .Tosepeine ; J. J. Walton, of J.ano ; N. II. Cranor, of IJnn : U. W iray, of Marion ; J. A. Chapman, of .Multnomah: II. .N. V. Holmes, ot folk; W. II. Fancett, of Tillamook II. C. Paige, of Umatilla; O C. ;mig, of Union ; Vic. Trevitt. of Was, aud J. II. Upton, of Yamhill Dr. J. A. Chapman, of Portland, is ti-iinnan. Tlie man T. C. Hyde who was nom inated by tlie Republican delegates of Eastern Oregon, for Prosecuting At torney for tlie 5th District, declined that nomination iu decided terms, ev idently expecting tliereby to get the Democratic nomination. We notice however that lie failed to get it. What a green Hyde ! And what a year this is for disappointments to be sure. Republican prospects in Benton county arc most encouraging. 'Hie party is united and at- work with a will. The Democracy Is lu two wings, each of which is sour on tlie other. Tlie Democratic party in the field will no more than hold its own on the east side ot the mountains, while it will run far behind tlie real party vote at Yaqulna Bay and Alsea. Tlie Gazette says : . "Some of the Deniocraticcandidates hi this county are terribly choir-fallen since they have heard from laquina and Alsea. The "ring" Is beginning to learn that fraud will uot always win. Many of the best Democrats, in all parts or the county, will not nubnat to the dictation of the Thayer-Avery clique." "Hon ." John Burnett, as well as Ben Uayden, knows what defeat Is. In 1868 be was a candidate for Presidential Elector, and was laid out by the Grant ticket. Oregon is going for Grant again this year, and "Hon." John Burnett can't be elected while Grant Is lathe field. , The Democrats at the Dalles set the town on fire with a sky rocket, aud then telegraphed to Portland : " Tbe Dalles Is In one blaze of excitement." An original method of manufacturing campaign enthusiasm. The only other noticeable "blaze of excite ment " was on the tips of Democratic noses. "OIUXsOX IjOOMIXU I P." Under this head, the San Francisco Rural Press speaks good words for Oregon and Washington Territory, as follows : J o longer tiiat out ol the wav place on the face of the globe, Oregon from the indomitable energy of her lieopie ami the grand system ot rail roads now bi-ing inaugurated and rap idly pushed from point to point 111 Her wide domain, is, as IState, assuming an importance that minot but. attract tlie attention it not tlie envy of some of her older sister htates. Her cities and towns have awakened to renewed life and activity. Iter population is rapidly increasing, ami otner evidences ot a progressive and prosperous future, from this day onward are apiiarent 011 every hand A similar spirit of enterprise, with like results, seems also to have seized ttpot tne people of v ashmgton Territory where new and .vast improvement are already in progress, that will have no relapse till a developed country and a mighty people be found where, and of which, out a few years since we knew nut little more of, than as the great Northwest." ' The Young man left in charge of tbe orgau in tlie absence of the editor and Governor Grover, has seized the occasion to drag forth from the dusty back room to wbich it had been con signed, that Smelling Report, for the purpose of puffing it. There's noth ing like tooting one's own horn. ; On tlie 28th of March, the Senate passed Mr. Corbett' bill amendatory of the Congressional eteedoa law. Tbe House will doubtless pass it aloo : and, If so, Oregon will rote for Congress man rice voce. TERRITORIAL JIDUES. Tlie State Journal's Washington correspondence of March 27; contains tlie following : "Attorney General Williams has l sued a circular to tlie several Territorial Judges, calling their attention to the n.any representations made to him that some of tliem live outside of their re spective districts. He informs them that this practice must cease, and that those who do not live within the dis tricts must comply with the law once, and not leave witliout permission from tlie Attorney General." tation from a large number of citizens of Lane county, to sneak on tbe political questions of tlie day at Eugene, on the 20th inst. Tlie Eugene Journal of the lath says : Dur ing the past two weeks transfers In real es tate have been recorded in the clerk's office amounting to 77,271 47. Ilassalo Lodge, No. 15, has elected dele gates to tlie Grand Lodge, I. O. 0. K. : A. G. Walling, J. W. Whalley, E. H. 8(olte, A. S. Gamble, O. N. Denny, T. H. Crawford. Dan'l L. Paraona, a passenger who arrived by the hut steamer, from Virginia, ami bound for Linn county, diel at Portland Frilay lilght. lie was burled by the Masonic frater nity. Portland has a missing man sensation a supposed murder. Tbe man who cant be found was William Alexander. It I thought he was killed on the O. S. X. Co's wharf and thrown into the liver. The Plaindealer says: On the tith an affida vit was filed before Justice Uose, of this pro ciuct, accusing Mlnter B. Miller of the crime of stealing $1,960 in coin from Lewis Miller. The money was stolen In Lane and brought tn this county. A warrant was Issued and placed lu Uk hands of J. D. Van Iluren. Wlien tlie attempt at arrest wssmade, Miller turned and lleiL He raadu ills esaipe and is still at la ire. Tin: tckihtokii:s. K- . Loverl-ir late of the Olvmpla Cour ier Is iroliiit 10 tell what lie knows iilsiut "Tlie Press ot uie rcnod. Hisnebialv has undertaken the enterprise of lmixrung turatfn nacon 11110 una walla valley. Coals to Aew Lastle. The Republican County Convention ot Boise county, Idaho, will meet at (.eutreville ou the 7th or May, 'Few die, and none reslir has lieen re- im. versed in Idaho bv M m. I.vncn. inrnilier of the Territorial council, ami a new inemls-r will liave to lie elected. Lynch resigiHsL The Walla Walln t'nlon snvs r A Imnst everr day we see from one 10 haii a dozen wnpon's loffleu with larrainff imuuTm-nts, houe!o ltols, and womeu ami children, bound for either ntevens or w unman couuty A dispatch from Salt Lake ("II v announces that the official count of lhe votes In the recent olectloD hows 2.,1M1 In lavor of lhe Conslllu tlon of the new State of Oescret, and WW against, one county l'tute was not re ported. The IliVrtilan Benevolent R-vletv of Van- cover elected liie following ofllcers at its an nual nieetini? iii-i1 on 1 iitirtnv. Auril 4th, 1S72 : President. P. O'Keane : Vice President. Michael Shea. U: Mvrelarv, John O'Keane; Cor. Secretary. Patrick Lain : Treas. Jolir M Mullen. The Onvontan savs: CahL Max. Willis' C'or)M "f KiiRlncers, eninijted in rmtnliiK tlie uroiHMCM route nt the Kortn 1'uciuc Kanroiui along lite north lstnk of the Columbia, under Capt. Birncy, were camped yesterday on the Washued river. Vaucoiivur will probably be reach's! by the end ol the present week. POMM X UAMi; AT IOKTLAM. 11. Spain has ordered two war vessels now In tlie East Indies to Venezuela to demand satisfaction forau insult of fered a Spanish consul. There are a few insults to the United States as a nation, such as overiiauling our ves sels, tlie murder of unoffending Amer icans in Cuba, and the reectit impris onment of Dr. Howard by the Span ish autltorities, for which we might with equal propriety send a fleet across tlie Atlantic on a like mission. From Jhiibj of Snwhiy Ajtr, Wheal Is iuotedut 60 cents per bushel at CorvallK The new town of Cornelius is tohave an other hotel soon.: The Insane Asylum contains one hundred and sixty-two patients. The Circuit Court for Polk county will con vene oil Monday, the M Inst. It is threatened that Victoria C. Woodhull may come a lecturiiij! to Oregon. llurslarles were never so ninm-mnsiu Port land as during the past week or two. The school fund of Benton county for this year anvsints to W- lor eacn pupi 1. The steamship Aiax was cxjiected to sail ydterday from San Francisco for Portland. Dallas Is to have a (rrand May-Day Ball at the court house, Wednesday evening, Slay 1. There Is quite a demand for school teachers In a nunilier of the different school districts of l-ane county. James Dix, of South Tualatin, Washington countv, was rolilieil vl sl ny two (litiiseil font-pails, last Tue!ay. We learn that no less than three or f.-ur of the school districts nf Polk cotmtyare prepar ing to build new school houses. A gxi hidi cat Ion. Notice for sealed propals for furnishing materials and building a bridge across the Al sea river, in Benton county, will soon be puis llhed. Tlie boiler of the steain-tugResolutebursted at Port land a day or since. The people m boanl were soon fished put of the river, and the pieces were picked up for prepared kin dling wow I. The Dallas ItepuMic says the Democracy of Poll c!aini to le In favorof internal improve ments, and yet, in their County County, they defeated the only candidate they have who fa vored such a system. Corvallls, the past wcik, lias had a lecture by Mrs. Miller, a singing class, temperance lecture, praer meeting, lcctyre by Xesbltt, musical entertainment, and a lodge meeting; and the editor of the Gazette is wild witb the excitement of It all. Th Gazette says : Tlie people of Oregon are almost wild on the subject of wool, and some think ft will go tip to almost fabulous prices. Others believe that it Is about as high as It will probably go. On last Saturday J.R. Bay ley sold to R. G. Kline 30,000 pounds at .V cts. per pound. The Or. had bought the same lot of Mr. Cartwrlght at SO cents per pound. According to the Catholic SenUnei, there are, In the Province of Oregon, consisting of the Aich-Dlocese of Oregon City, the Dioceses ofiNesqualy and Vancouver Island, and the Vicariates of British Columbia and Idaho, W priests, 110 churehes and chapels, 18 educa tional institutions for girls and 13 for boys, and Ike Uathollc population of the Province Is alsmt 30,000, including upwards of 20,000 In dians. D. B. Harrer furnishes the following to the Advocate, from Goose Lake vulley, under date of March SO: In this valley our winter has been a very pleasant one. B e have had but very little snow tn tbe valley, but a great deal in tbeinoHiitaliis. We have had no cold weath er at ail. Our deepest snow was only six Inches, and did not lay on but two or three days. We have bad considerable rain. Stock of all kinds looks well. We hare grass about two inches high. Canadian Railway. A corps of surveyors in the employ ol the Cana dian Hallway Company, arrived from tlie Sound country yesterday, Intend ing to go up tbe Columbia river on Monday morning. From Wallula they will. proceed to Colville, and from thence to Kootenayji wltere they will prepare to commence a line of surveys on the Canadian and British Columbian railroad. Herald, 14th. Old Brains among other peculiari ties has that of being choleric He also has a garden stocked with choice plants, une inomirig ne espiea a large aog cavortuig around among them. Hu cooler rose, so did his win dow, and out went one ot his Sunday- go-to-meeting Doots. pig dog seized boot, ana Uid Brains has not seen either dog or boot since that blessed day. Judge Jeffreys pointing his cane at a pioneer before him. observed : "There is a great rogue at tlie end of this stick." The man replied. "At which end ury luru i". From Daily of Tuesday April 16. Steamship California will salt for Pnget Sound this evening. An Odd Fellows Lodge was instituted at Oaklaud last Wednesday. YamhlU county has a dangerous bridge acrun Hause creek. There Is said to be much sickness among the Mcllinnville purps. . J. (i. Wilson and John Burnett were to speak at Portland last evening. 8. A. Hall, Chief Commissary of tbe Cana dian Railway Co., is ai Portland. A Portland butcber baa come to grief through selling short weight. Correct. Mr. Thus. P. Sheridan, of Scbttsburg, pro- )ioses to try what virtue there is in raising Angora goats. stock buyers have not been able to make mint 1 sire ha sea In Umpuua valley. Prices too high to suit tbeio. Four hundred and fifty dollars have been raised by subscription at Eugene In the pur- chaw of fire apparatus. " 1L V. T. Johnson ia elected Representative to Grand Ledge LO.O.F., from Occidental Lodge, No. SO, Yamhill. Mr. M. P. Bul l, the founder of tbe Commer cial at Portland, baa gone to La Grande, Un ion county, to revive the Mountain Democrat. The malls and passengers by the Oregon and California Railroad are carried thirty miles beyoml Eugene by construction huius. tjen. L, L. Apptvgate hai accepted an invi- The delegates to the Democratic Convention, not being alile to ratify much at tlie Dalles, concluded to man ufacture a little campaign enthusiasm at Portland Thursday evening. This Is Iww tlie Oregoniaii tells the story of 'the possum wake :"' "The returning delegates from the Dalles Convention, and as many more of the unterrificd'' as could be got together, assembled in front of the Cosuiojolit.ia Hotel, and made an at tempt to get np some enthusiasm on tlie subject of Democracy. Hut it was 110 go. and we candidly confess that we are unable to tell what kind of a meeting it finally resolved itself into. Tbe tirst man called out was Nesmith, who made not a speech, but a har angue, in which lie told some of his smutty jokes, and made a verv un called for allusion to two people In our cit' wlio are not even known as politi cians in tbe usual sense of the term. This allusion was made in iXesmith's classic (?) style, but a sense of decency prevents its from giving even the sub stance of wlmt he said. He then went liack about three thousand year, and declaimed aliotit the rights of trial by jury. Hut that kind of talk did not suit the majority ot his audience, and be soon subsided, saying, as he left the stand, that the audience was a "dead drag." Then after much effort (Jeo. K. Helm, tlie "Lion of Linn,"' was brought out. who showed at once that be was not in a "good roaring' condi tion. His ssech was entirely made up of nlni-'e of Hen. llolladay, againt whom Mr. Helm holds a jier sonal spite. Mr. Helm did not make the least allusion to any political iucs tion, la.it lie did say that lie wa a better man than Hen llolladay any lay. After venting his spleen the Lion juit his howling they say he lo-t bis roar at the Dalles and "walked sul lenly into the adjoining siloon. deos ited a dime on the counter, put himself outside of the value tliereof in whisky, and left tlie crowd. Two or three nicu then helped Hen Hayden on the stand, and he soon put tlie very wor-t kind of a dauiMT on the little funny feeling that Xcsmith's jokes had excited, for Hen talked as if it were a voice from the tomb. Like Helm he didn't say any thingabout politics; but unlike Helm in1 didn't go after Ben llolladay. but he went for t J rover in regard to his action vetoing the go-culled Portland Suhsiily Bill and opposing the Lock and Hani Swindle. Hen was evidently out of humor and lie surprised us by speaking so plainly ot his Democratic pmfrrre. He said he had voted for the subsidy bill which Mr. Helm had so vehement ly denounced, and lie stood ready to vote the same way again. lit; said f 'rover couldn't near lie tlie next 1'. S. Senator from Oregon, lie. Hayden, would see that that thing wasu t lT- petrated. at all hazards. He also said that Polk county was unanimous in favor of the Portfand subsidy, but that two of his lleiniKTutie colleagues iu the Legislature who couldn't read op posed it liecause they were told it was a Hen llolladay scheme. Wliat tin dead issue had to do with the present we couliln t see, unless iiavdeu wa trvmg to show that Helm was wnnig. Hut one thing croptied out :dl through H.iyden's siecch. anil that was tlie fact that lie is terrihly sure over the doings ol the late Conventioi After Hayden, the few who remained on the ground called for Bellinger, then John Henry Mnitli. Hurniester, It. .1. Ladd, and J. C. Work. All these par ties responded, hut thev all seemed to lack the spirit iiecessarv to excite any degree of enthusiasm, ami the meeting dispersed. V e have seen a good many noliticul meetings iu Portland and elsewhere, but, candidly, we never, not even iu the days of the rebellion. when the party couldn't raise a corpo ral's guard in this county, saw a politi cal gathering so utterly destitute 01 ar gument or logic on the part of the sieakers. or enthusiasm on the part of the people. dkuii ru ns WASTED. The Sin Francisco Call has an arti cle on drying fruit. containing some excellent advice which we com mend to our fruit-growers. It says We have lieen rcntiestcd bv commis sion merchants to rail the attention of fruit-growers to the lact that there is a constant demand 111 tins market tor dried pitted plums while, those cured with tlie pits 111 are at present a drug. and are at all times sold with difficulty for anything like remunerative prices, There lias recently been considerable Inquiry tor pitted plums from Kastern buyers at 18323c ? Ik, and it is tliought tliat almost any amount could he th nosed of at tliese figures, while it would be difficult to place ordinary lots with tlie pits In, at 5c f lb. Tlie package in which dried fruit is mark eted has much to do with the price ob tained for it. Many producers think it economy to use sacks, when 111 real itv tlie fruit usually sells for from two to four cents f pound less tlian wlien packed in neat boxes. A convenient package for plums is a box which holds 50 wounds and into which tlie fruit should be quite firmly pressed. We cannot too strongly impress upon those who prepare fruit lor market tlie necessity of neatness in this reflect. It frequently happens that two lots are received, equal In everything "except the packing ; and while one sells read ily at remunesative rates, the other Is disposed or with difficulty at a figure tint is unsatisfactory to both mer chants and shippers. Tliere is proba bly no fruit that promises to be more permanently remunerative thau the plum. XORMAL SCHOOL FOB OKEUON. Tbe View of a Corrnnoadrnt. Tliere Is no denying the fact tliat tlie public school system ot Oregon lias not yet reached perfection, lloth laws and system are exceedingly Jame and would bear an unfavorable comparison with those of any Western State. We might point out many imperfections and suggest many changes (improve ments, or, otherwise), out at present tliere is 110 mit ot the subject that needs more thorough discussion than tliat of a Normal 'school for tlie State where teachers can be properly fitted for their work. Before entering upon a business career a thorough knowledge ot busi ness principles Is considered tiidtseii sible to success, aud without it the first few years of business life are generally little more than a succession or fail ures. In even' occupation there is an apprenteship to be served before it is mastered, and in every profession tliere is a prelimenary drill to be gone through before it can be properly practiced. Nor is this less true of teaching than of any other occupation or profession ; in fiiet, want ot experi ence or ignorance of his duties is in 110 one so inexcnsible as in a teacher. The first day of his appearance in the school room it is necessary that lie should exhibit as great a knowledge ol his profession and understanding of his duties us ou the day lie leaves Its threshold. Yet this is utterly impos sible when he has received 110 previous instruction iu that which he Is ex acted to practice. He may be thor oughly versed in all the necessary branches but wholly ignorant of tlie liest methods ot imparting instruction, or of maintaining projier order and discipline ; aud this knowledge must all be acquired while practicing the part of a master ot the profession, aud a thousand blunders are committed that bring condemnation upon his un lucky head and prove disastrous to many a ".shooting idea." Kxpericnced teachers are In demand but the supply being limited the inex perienced must till up the vaucaticies, mid it is with painful misgivings tliat a lioard of directors after long deliber ation determine to employ one ot these at reduced wages ; nor are these mis givings less paiutul thau those of the young teacher who always feels the magnitude ot the work and Ins own shortcomings. 1 Ins state ot things is the cause of so many worthless country schools and they iu turn cause great numbers of families to flock to our towns during the winter months tor the advantages of education but with great exense to themselves ami to the overcrowding of tlie town schools. A raw recruit may have the neces sary muscle and perfect physical or ganization for a soldier, but before he is reaily for service he must lie taken through the drill : and a cotniiany of raw recruits perform not more awk wardly beside a company of regulars than do our young pedagogues when tirst commencing to teach tieside those who liave been previously prejiarcd for their work. We can never hope to see our schools what they should lie until we have a flourishing Normal School. By all means let our worthy legislators take this subject into consideration at their next session. Miscellaneous. WHO) UATIIEK TIIAX .KATT From lhe New Vork Times, March 23-i.J Those who are so bitterly opposed to General Grant's re-election are bound, now the year is advancing, to tell us something aliout their own candidates for the Presidency. We can. of course, well understand what Mr. Greeley's preferences are. and whom he would wish elevated to the Presidential chair. That lever which jieriodically attacks "noble minds' in this country, and sulistitutes the dreams of delirium fur the realities ol life, has tinqtiestioualily sinitten this venerable editor. Hut suppose that the malcontent lie publicans indicate Mr. Sumner as tlie possible candidate iu opposition to General Grant. Now we have the highest possible respect for Mr. Stun ner's chatacter, honesty and purposes. Hut is lie iiiii-isele the kind if J lii.in tt ithli :lt tin. Iu-!iil fit ;l tr,i"ir mtvi-rti. I . v - r,. - r,-- nient? An idea serins to drive him 111 under whip, until he iiasscs all liouiids of pniilence or wisdom. As a reformer, an agitator, or a leader of op'iositmn Mr. Sumner is invaluable, mid we trust will long be spared to the Republic : as a President he would lie worse than useless. If. indeed. President Grant had made a laihire in his civil administra tion. then1 would lie more mason now iu taking up some coiniiarativclv un known civilian. Hut history will pro nounce the present Administration a remarkably successful one, and as ; crowned with the highest honors ot I peaiv. A rebellious region of im mense extent, with a race of emanci pated slaves pactlied. wisely governed titiil itnwitfnm. o ! f i, 1 tit.il ' ...... I,.,.- -..,..,..-, ..... 1 frage extended to every class; the! enormous debt of the war reduced to a large extent, and taxes lightened ; the wards ot the nation tlie Indians for the first time protected by a humane legislation; the great reform of the age. civil service reform, introduced ; the country, on the whole, ably repre- uU-d abroad, aud it.s administration al home far more honest than that ot our States or towns : the nation pros- jx-rous, active, and turning its atten tion everywhere to reforms and the first step made toward international ii nut ra t ion. 1 his is the record which history will give of Gen. (.rant's ser vices to his country in peace. What has Mr. Trumbull's "record ' to com pare with tliis ? What are tlie few mistakes made in np(Kiiiting pro fessional politicians or wire-pullers to public office, compared with these grand and successful achievements'' Is there anything iu the past or present life of Mr. Trumbull or Mr. Sdmrz, or any other leader of the op position, to show that they would not fall Into the old corrupt system (which we have always ilenouiii-ed) of putting men into public place fhr party ser vice. If the opportunity were afforded them? Whom would the country rather have 111 the President s chan than Gen. Grant!' ESTABLISHED IN 1857. J . W. SOUTHER, HloorcN' Brick Block, Salem, Druggist and .A.potliecary, DEALER IX Drugs and Chemicals, WINDOW-GLASS, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, FANCY V TOILET ARTICLES Brushes of all Kinds. Prescriptions CarcTullj Compounded. Cntenipr will And my Stock complete, ('iitnprislng may articles It is'lmosil)lr herr to enumerate, and alsnm tlie I.owcjI t afh Prices. All merti-ine WAKKANTEI) DEM ISE, aiel"f the btwt inalitv. Nilem, EeUrury 7ih, ls7i w 1. W. KOIT1II.K. The hunters of Sibera, when pressed bv hunger, take two pieces of board, and placing one on the pit of the stom ach and the other on tlie back, gradu ally draw together the extremities, and thus allay in some degree the cra vings of the appetite. This, is wild to be a very economical kind of board. Tersely Correct. Tlie Age nays : 'Sense without snap In a newspaper Is about as useless as a percussion cap without fulminating powder on a rifle. ' To add to this would In- to -po:! ;t. "MO.HE WIAKIXi.- Tom is a queer genius, and lets off some tall ones occasionally. He vi-ited us the othe day in our sanctorum with a How do you do, old fellow?" "Hallo. Tom." said we, "where have you beeu so lonir?" Why, sir, I've been down on Sev ern 1'iver, iu Anne Arundel comity, Maryland, taking tshangliai notes on the chills anil fever." "Ah. indeed,' said we. "Aretliey very bad down there ?"' Ratlier bail." said Tom, drily. ' There is one place where I hey have been attempting to build a brick house for eight weeks well, the other day as the hands were putting up the bricks preparatory to finishing it. they were taken with a chill, aud shook the whole building completely down, and kept on shaking till tlie bricks were dust of the tlnet quality, .lust at that juncture, tlie chills came on with re newed force, and they commenced shaking with such gusto tliat they were etitirely obscured for hour, and the people of the neighborliood thought tlie sun wits in an eclipse." "Gas. !" said we. " Not at all," said Tom." " Why, I was sixteen miles lurtber down tlie river tlie other day, ami saw tour men earning a big pine log from on board a schooner to t be shore. Tlie cbillscame on, and thev shook the log. which was thirty feet long, all up in pieces of the proper lenjrth for fire wood, and then takitiz a reshake of it. split aud piled it up, at the same time 8haKinz an the knots out of It "Can't believe anything like tliat Tom." " It's a fact." said Tom. and he re sinned " There's a farmer down there who, in an apple-picking sea-sou, liauls ins niggers out to tne orchard, anti Rctsoiie up against each tree.. In a hort time tbe chill comes on. and every apple in the orchard Is shaken off the trees onto tlie cround."u "Incredible," saidTwe, holding our shies with both hands. "Fact," wild Tom. "They keep man alongside of each negro to take him awa as soon as tlie fruit is oft. for fear tliat he will sliake tlie tree down!" The other day, one young girl asked another to dance witnner. "inueeu I won't." wai the reply, "wliat do want another gill hugging me for. A gloriou-; sc:i-!b!e girl that. UNRIVALED AS A mow i:u UNEQUALED AS A 5,000 ALRKAIIY IN USE ox Tins REAPER. -e COAST! IIM'KKYE OX THE KOAI. vi v r - 1 Ottsz firres trefzas?desira2iT& y&zfrires rrfA ill! SOLE AGENTS FOR THE VIBRATOR THRESHER, SOMKTAINli SEW-I.ATtT IMI'ROVKM KXT IN" I MRKSHIVJ MACHINES -SIMPLE EFFECTIVE AMI COMPLETE, PONT FAIL TO JsEE IT BEFORE Pl'RCHAMXU UY OTHER KI5I ! THE MITCHELL WAGON. Mw'g V 2TJT- J acpttHfedPtddytZtf fa ZefAe, fort April 10, 1S70. ly JOHN HTJGrHES STATE STREET, SALE'TI , OREfiOV, DEALER IN GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS AND ALL KINDS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE ! -ALSO-- PAINTW, OILH, WINDOW (iLAHN, Varnishes, Brushes, Colors, Potty, &c, ic, AND A FULL ASSORTMENT OF TUBE COLORS, ARTISTS' TOOLS AND MATERIALS, Pim lia.-il diro tly fmm the Mminfacttircrft am Regular Paint and Oil Ilotuea In NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO. Si OYSTER OYSTERS'! I FRESH SH0ALWATER BAY OYSTERS SERVED IN EVERY KTVLK, AT PETE EMJIERSOVS OYSTER SALOON Sl CHOP HOUSE, t'ommvrrtfil St., Salem, Ojpn Jan. 17th, 1871. dtf 20.000 Pounds of Salt All Klada of tall At 1 8. SCOTTH, HtMtm St. Nor. JWh, 187L . Lamps I Iv Lamps 1 1 UJIP STOCK. Mi LAMP PIXTTBES Of all ktn-iis nt L. ?. SCOTT'S. -TlA V