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Newspaper Page Textit ISPAIDMBSCHIPTIOSS. All snbwrmor whose subscriptions are not paid fur the omul year are requested to Quite a number trwe this paper slooe 1870 and the amount no due would do It great ileal of guod Jiwt at this time. Lines tlrawn around this notice are intend ed to call your attention to the date on your tax and te rm yen to pav up. . This appeal is meant In deckled earnest Jtnd yno are particularly requested to give it immediate aUenUoa. '. The Mea that newspapers are rtm wUfcowt ah la fill lacions rerv. The amount of Individual snttserlpHoiM M so small that mtbserinera do not realise the i 1 T-.VIT-.I ll7T u,j in i, reaiura 1 1 m rtanae of prompt avtaeat.bnl the pua knavery forcible proof of it. iniwrtanae llhi Republican Nominations72 For President, U. 3. CRAfJT. " "e Tie FreaMeo. SCHUYLER COLFAX. PBjcsroKirnAt. KX-HVom. A. B. Jaeneaiaaa, of Cmalilla Oonaty. W. D. II are, of Washington Conaty. .Jan. F. Waaler, of Douglas CMuaty. For OnpcMi Joseph C Wilson, Of Wasco County. DisrmcT aitobhes. Jut Slstrtet, 2d District, F. A. Caenoweta af Bemfcm. 3d XJistrtet, JS. B. Humphrey of Linn. 4th Dtxtrfrt, G. H. Durham of Multnomah. Oth District, COIINTV TICKET. Bnieeiitatlve.--RrFCS VALLORY,T. MCF. FATTOX, VI. DAKSC, JlJfIX DoU'N INU, JOHKPU EXUI.E. Cauntjr fw tonera. fx. Cass, WJt rUKTKR. Cauatj Clerk .J.J. M uarav. ' Mier 11T. -L. & Scorr. TrMsnrer. L K. lorstra. Napt. Can.. Wrhaela. f. & sLyaaarr. Aimwr.-TxtonAs C Shaw. Co. Hurveror. L. XI. Jcjxuk. Caraaer.- T. W.&hfjltun. REPUBLICANJLATFOm RKSOLCTIONS ADOPTED WTHXTATX Uf PVBI.ICAN OONVKKTIuJt AT jR4.AMn, MAHT1I SSttl, 1872. The Union Republican party Oregon, In Conwntion, makes Uiis declaration of prin ciples and policies L To Ute Constitution of the I nited States and all Us amendments we pledge our un lal tertng allegiance; to its atitlioriiy a willing obedience; toitsfull and legal construction and enforcement our constant sujiport. 4. That the sucwoi'the present National Adnliu.-itr.iUon in reducing the public debt, diminishing and equalizing taxation, admin istering every branch of public affairs with msav and enioienc v. forming ami improv ing the civil service, enforcing the taws wltl ut fear or favor, protecting the nation's wanii with naternal -xre against the cruel .avarice 01 inoculation aud fraud, ami main taining friendly relations with Foreign Pow er, ha been such as to command the appro bation of the great minority of the American people, and justly emit le It to the continence and cramaenilaUon of every true Republican. 8. We regard the pa vment of our national debt, in fullcompliance with all legal obli gations to our creditors everywhere, and In Accordance with the true letter and spirit ot Its contracting,, as no longer a question in is sue ; but tint we may be clearly understood, we denounce all forms and degrees of repu diation of that tie Ik, as auirraed by the Demo cratic party and Us sympathizers, as not only rational calamities, but positive crimes, and we will never consent to a suspicion of lack of honor or justice in itscomplete satisfaction. 4. We admit of no distinctions between citizens, whether of native or foreign Urth ; .and therefore we favor the granting of full Amnesty to the people of those States lately in rebellion ; and we here pledge the full and effective protection of our civil laws to all liersosw voluntarily coming to or residing In our land. 5. We favor the encouragement of rall roads by the General Government of the United States, and bold that such dlsiwsltlon should be made of the public lands a shall eeoure the same to actual settlers only. In quantities not exceeding ItiO acres. 6. That while we are In favor of a revenue for the support of the General Government, Iby duties upon imports, sound poucy requires such adjustment of those duties on imports as to encourage the development of the indus trial interests of the whole country ; and we Teeomatend that policy of national exchange which secures to the working men liberal wages: to agriculture remunerative prices ; to mechanics and mauufactures'an adequate reward lor their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the Nation commercial prosperity and I mfonpndpni.p . we oeneve mum ci'n'.i the sole true basis and hope of a free govern- ment, and shall ever oppose any diversion of, ijc lmerference with the common school iindsor Taixls In this State, for any other than their legitimate purpose, and we con-i lemn the act of favoritism by the last Uegls lature whereby two hundred thousand dol lars, taken from the school fund, were granted to a corporation consisting mainly of Homo iratie leaders, and party favorites, for the .construction of a work which another corpo ration, entirely sound and responsible, of fered to construct for seventy-live thousand dollars less; and that we are In favor ot the passage by the Legislature of an efficient echoof law, such as shall secure to all cltl sens of our State a good common school edu cation. 8. We And no terms sufficiently strong to express our disapproval of those acts of the last Legislature whereby the swamp lands be longing to this Bute have been taken from the needv settlers, and given without limit or proiier competition in price to the land grab berand speculator ; whereby the emoluments and salaries ot Mate officers have been un constitutionally Increased, and the taxes In creased thousands of dollars by the creation of new and unnecessary offices and salaries, for the purpose of providing for pnrty lavor ites : and whereby the citizens of our metrop olis hare been deprived of and denied the right of controlling their police authority. And we equally condemn the administration of our State oncers and la ws as extravagant, rock less. Illegal and destructive, and we right I v charge all those results as the acts ol the' Denwcratic party- , . . a. We are tn favor of the United States giving to each honorably discharged soldier who served in the armies or the L' nited States to put down the relielllon a warrant for a Iwmestead of ln acres of public lands. 10. That we demand the repeal of the so called litigant act, which was devised to sup port pauper Democratic newspapers at Uie public expense. 11 That the Republican jrty of this State are In faror of the General Government ex tending aid toward building a railroad from l'ortlawl. Oregon, to Salt Lake City, and from Jackson county to Humboldt, and we hereby pledge our party representatives to the suntport of the same. 12. That the Indiscriminate licensing ol persons to sell spirituous liquors without be ing placed nnder proper responribillties for the abu thereof, having been found by ex erience to promote the growth of cruneand muperism. and therein- toseriously increase the rate of taxation, the liepuiilw-jin party recognizes the right aud duty of tho law making jxruer to prevent and limit the evils ami abases or such sale, so far as concerns the public good and is consistent with individual liberty, bv refusing to license other than law abiding and resionsille lermns, who can furnl-n sufkeient sureties lor good conduct. la. That the Republican party of Oregon Is in faror of obtaining assistance from Uie O'wral Uorenunent for the const ruction ofa wagon road from the city of Portland to the Wiles, recognizing this as a most important and necessarv Improvement for the Suite. . It. We alirm that the continuance tn power of the Kepdbuean party te the only ore preservation of national peace and proc perltvtnd fur reasons therefor we point to its lirllliant recordlB the late civil war; to a com plete nationality ; to a united sisterhood of hlrtv-seven States; to our Territories rapid ly warming into Mate Uie; to a nation freed from Ihe taint of human slavery; to an ele vated and enlarged citizenship; toour nation al sta niUns at txoie and altroid ; to the work of vigoT'ius reform in all discovered abuses of authority or trust : to a n unequaled foreign credit ; to a successful ami solid li nancia 1 sys - I I. . I . 1 .. .ul,...(lAM I. tem, aad to the unpsralnlled peace ana pros perity everywhere in our broad domain, aud these are our pledges for the future. lf. We hail the ".New Deurttire " of the Lite rvmcrratte party, taken by the action of their Cowcntton in seven btates, as an affir mation of the principles for which the Repub- can tartv h. "contended tor the last ten years; ana in tne - rassve roncy" 01 utai party, already assumed in several of the uues. we recognize an acknowledgment f their hope lessness B success ui hoe curaiugrrestucnw.i tpaigB. IXBETEXSEXT CAXPLDATES. IXAEPEXDEXT. IHKttEBY AXXOUXCE MYSELF AS In dependent Candidate for County Clerk of Marion County, subject to the politically dis- iutorallea voters 01 sun county. SETH R. ffAXXEB, Salem, Ofcn-, liancii It. ISO. CuCXTT TSEAJil'KEK. HKRKBY ANXOUNCB JICSELF AS M. a Candiaxto Ibr the office of Treasurer of Marion county at uie wmie r.m u"u. Hi'uuovm March, i 1872. I ndependeat Candidate for Sheriff. T A. OEHTSER offers himself to the vo- MM, ters of Marion county,asan umukhu eut Candidate for Sheriff. AprSdetwlia IadppevMleBt Ca-HftMate. no,rnir t trd i T. VOTERS OF MARIOS J. Count v, rjregon : The undersigned here by announces himself n.Vl'.Ml"iSeniJ' didmefbr the ofnee of HHiKI , subject to the decision or the legal voters on the nrst Mom lay of June next, without frand or cor- rupuo. by an, party fi53S'oaX&K 5 ' Jefferson, March 28th, 187i w2m Ta the Yater of JSarioa County. THEEEBT ASSfOrrjfCE MYSELF AK Independent Candidate for County Clerk of Marion county, subject to Uie decision of June. i-' -'v. i ii imiu county at me isanm nir. u u WSL M. LAUGHEAD. Api I7:ilAwtd VOL. 21. NO. 38. 1 "TME-IIOSORED raUCTFLER." i The Engene Guard inform tts that the Democratio platform contains "a reiteration et the time-honored princi- . plea tor which the lemocracT has bat- tied In the past." We ha looked over the platform again to ee if we bad really been mUtaken in our first reading. And our review of It has sat isfied as that, if it now contains, real ly, all tie, time-honored family, then one fa-ally that we wot of has been sadly suiTerlng from ttie ravages of eitlier death or divorce. There is the ghost ofatxtea Sights its old dead face looking quite out of place among things of the present day; there is a phrase or two from the Constitution, which Grover learned when of tender age to' lapeat, parrot-like, and wliich he has been repeating, parrot-like, on every possible occasion, ever since, under the impression that, because they souud well, they are an excellent 'Vmmodi ty ot good words ;" there is a tolerably vigorous lick at the reconstruction aud anti Ku-KJux laws ; aud, for the life of as, tliat is all we can see of the old time-honored principles. The "nig goi," that was the chief of all the time-. honored family not a word of him. "Free Trade and Sailor's Rights," thnt used to be so sturdy, grizzled and prominent in tlie family group, ha3 dyed his moustache and comes out a mild-mannered type of Revenue Tar iff. "To the victors belong the spoils" which always brought recalcitrant members to the front, has given wa3r, since Tammany bursted with a very gorge of spoils, to a gentle suggestion that perhaps it would be as well now to have no more corruption in any de partment of the Government. "Taxa tion of U. S. bonds," and "repudiation of the national debt," which were so very time-honored and extremely vita ln 1870 and 1808, have not even the decent mention which so recently de ceased members of the family are en titled to whenever the living sit down to count off the reminiscences of by gone days. "Greenbacks" seem to have so commended themselves as something so handy to have in the house, as to neutralize the acerbity of Democratic temper, and we And no trace of the time-honored dispargement of them, and the equally time-honorde praises, of bullion. In short, remem bering the goodly list of Democratic principles that have, from time to time, played their brief time-honored role, it seems to us that the platform is rather a studied effort to cut the time-honored family altogether, and with the most aggravated and insult ing cruelty. The ghosts ot injured dead and damned "time-honored prin ciples" will rise up and confound these fellows yet, if they keep on in their present way The Roseburg Plaindealer is griev ously afflicted. It seems tliat the Dem ocracy of that section are not, like Caser's wife, above suspicion; and the Plaindealer, through a column and a half ot pathetic entreaty, calls upon them to rally around their chastity T and repel the blandishments of Repub lican coin. The agony of the litigant cherub is genuine, and a AatCn-iug tribute to the "tinie-hnnored" of Doug las county, but Uie manner ot its ex pression is somewhat inconsistent. In the first place, the' Plaindealer avows the most unbounded faith in the purity of Douglas Democrats, and then con cludes by menacing any little weak nesses on their part with punishment condign. It reminds us of an ancient anecdote : A worthy farmer who, by the w.iy,"was subject to paroxysms of anger and profanity, had "sworn off," and was on his good behavior, when he went to arouse his son John, one Summer morning. John was a tal ented sleetrcr and the old man invaria bly went off the handle trying to get him out. He was going to keep his temper this time, however, and begun softly : Getjup, Johnny, my boy, and hear the little bird3 singing praises to God " (John snored and his ancestor slopped over) "Almighty gol darn you, John, get up !" Geo. R. Ileloi, Esq., who is called tlie Lion of Linn from the fact, we suppose, that lie is the king of beasts in that ancient county will prolwbly soon retire from the stormy field of politics. The Lion has not been treat ed well, considering the amount of roaring he has done for tlie hist ten or twelve years. He has worn out much good clothing in attendance upon Democratic conventions, and has wast ed acres of mucous membrane in the endeavor to visit punishment upon the liqnid portion of the Democratic plat form ; and here, in 1872, when his party, as a national institution, is dead, he is complimented with the dubious honor of pursuing its wandering and uneasy gltost. He might as well have been elected to go to that mythical clime known as "Thunder," a to go to tlie National Democratic Convention. Wherefore, we suspect tlit the lion no longer roareth, but that tlie AV'hang doodle mourneth in the ancient shire of Linn. The school fund howlers of this State have not a word to say about the great theft at school monies perpetra ted by Governor Butler of !N ebraska. Tliey cannot plead in his beliair tnat it was a "copperhead lie," for Butler the "loll" was Impeached and deposed by a Republican Legislature. Lafayette Courier. That's just wliere it is ; the Repub lican party punishes its thieves hurls them from office and locks tltem up in prisons; but yours loads them with honors and crowns them with ama ranthe.' Tweed, the colossal thief of tlie age, was elected to the State Sen ate by a great majority after hit Crimea ttrre Inoirn, and our own La fayette, who with his party pals is $75,000 deep in the School Fund, not to mention anything else do you not propose to make an U. S. Senator ot him if yon can? In the Dem ocratic party history again repeats it self, and larceny, once a virtue in Sparta, is again ennobled, Tl Republicans of the State may put it down in tiieir tablets, now, tliat Mariou county will give Jos. G. Wil son a larger majority by one hundred tlian she did lu 1870. Tlie support they give him is not only unanimous, but enthusiastic. Xow tbe Herald has fallen into lach rymose mood, all on account of the probability that Multnomah Republi cans will be united in tbe next election. Uuder such circumstances, we have not, indeed, one word of consolation to often -KniierLlV 7 TICKET I We have received a long and excel lent letter from an old Republican, an original friend and supporter of Wm. H. La ug head ibr the Comity Clerkship, i giving a number of excellent reason j why tbe Republican party should stand united in this campaign. The letter is too long for publication just now ; but we ctnnot refrain from stating briefly some of tlie reasons given why there should be no divisions now In our party; I. If Republicans spend the cam- paign In making war upon one anotlr- er, they will aid the Democracy to tbe extent of giving them a majority of tbe Legislature. II. Strife will bring reproach upon the late County Convention and help to destroy tbe legality of its proceed ings, in respect of all the nominees on the ticket. III. Strive will cast reproach on all tlie candidates as well as on the officers I and delegates of the County Conven tion. There are various ways in which mistakes might occur without tbe pres ence of actual fraud. IV. Strive will array friend against friend, neighbor against neigitber, aud engender bitter feelings which" may deepen and increase for years. V. It will cause a portion of the party to fall into the hands of tlie De mocracy, or place them in false posi tions in their own party. VI. The influence ot a division here will extend to other counties and in jure the Republic-iii cause all over the State. It will tend to defeat Wilson for Congress and the Grant Electoral ticket next fall. VII. It will help to elect a Demo cratic, rum Legislature and a continua tion of the present corrupt State gov ernment; and thus, indirectly pass a sanction upon the roWery of tlie school fund, the swamp land grabbing and other infamous acts of the last Demo cratic Legislature. VIII. It will, perhaps, place Ore gon in an attitude antagonistic to the National Administration, and thus de feat the aid that the State might other wise get for the various internal im provements, of which we stand in so much need. The corresponrent adds : " We al ready have two ciphers in Congress; shall we add a third by electing a Democrat to the U. S. Senate next fall? Or elect Burnett to the lower House of Congress? Let old Marion run mad on a mere local matter who shall be Clerk for two years and surely, several of us would be fit sub jects for the Insane Asylum at Port land." It seems to us that our corres pondent lias given reasons enough, though he has not enumerated all, to convince any one of the suicidal policy of a bolt of any part of our ticket. Outside candidates from the ranks of the Republican party are simply disor ganizing the party without standing a ghost of a chance to be elected them selves. Do any of them suppose they will get the votes ot the Democracy ? As soon as tlie latter find the breach in the Republican ranks impossible of healinp:, they will put out candidates of their own and they may elect them as they would certainly expect to do. It is just as well for Republicans to reflect like men of sense, on what they are doing or likely to do. In a nice muddle are matters lit! gant In Yamhill. Tlie West Side was the litigant organ till Grover sent Upton over there to draw tlie regular litigant nap in accordance with the Democratic programme to support pauper Democratic newspapers at the public expense. Grover proclamated the Courier, then, as the litigant rob ber for Yamhill. A dispute, of course, arose and a suit in court ensued. Tlie matter being decided with tlie usual acumen of Judge Bouham, both par ties claim to have won the suit and the West Side and the Courier each fight uuder the litigant banner and each claims all litigant booty that may lie taken. Tlie people, meantime, who have the expenses to pay, are in doubt as to which is the " genuine Dr. Ja cobs." If they pay one, they are lia ble, by reason of standing and deliver ing to the wrong man, to have to stand and deliver again to the other. So, Grover, in his anxiety to gobble for his own paper, tlie legalized stealings of Yamhill, has placed the people of tliat countr under the liability of being twice fleeced by the robbing litigant law. THE COXURIvVilOXAL CAVA-NS. At Albany, Judge Wilson was ate tacked with acute rheumatism and for a couple of days was unable to move. We learn, however, that he went up to Eugene yesterday, with tlie inten tion of going on to fill his appoint ments in Southern Oregon, though he was still suffering so acutely as to re- rmire the assisaince of two men, in walking. Meantime, Richard VV u- liams, formerly of Salem anil now of Portland, supplied Judge Wilson's place in tlie joint discussion with Bur nett, at Eugene, and a gentleman who heard him informs us that he made an excellent and effective speech. Mr. Mallory went up to speak for Judge Wilson at Oakland, yesterday. The Judge will probably fill his own ap pointments at other points in Southern Oregon. We are constantly reminded now adays by our Democratic newspapers that Horace Greeley has cut loose from Grant's administration, just as if it were of the least consequence to any body, or as though it were the first time Horace ever cut loose from an administration. The old chap has al most always been on the losing side in the National Conventions of his party, and tor years it has been considered a healthy indication for a candidate to have Greeley's opposition. We can not really find time to worry because of so email a circumstance as that Horace Greeley Is trying to beat Grant. It is a ten-to-one bet that he won't support tlie candidate of tlie Cincin nati Convention, even if lie were to name the man, himself. "Bro. Ike" of the Herald is flounder ing under the load of Mr. MeCully's testimony concerning tbe canal and lock-school-fund robbery, like an un happy wallapus. We should feeL real ly, some pity for the poor fellow had he not foolishly and Imprudently In vited tbe load to fall upon his back, Now let him "tote" It. It is a burden lie cannot shuttle off. It is ninchfd on. SALEM, OREGON, PUBLIC SEBT-PVBUC CBEBIT. It is a sort of fashion with Demo-' rratlc writers and speakers to deny the truth of the monthly statement of the Secretary of State ; and we not Infre- quently see a hocus-pocus array ot fig- bi9 in which Democratic minds. through some transcendental process, tee tbe disproof that they ao roundly and recklessly declaim. At the tame tune, by a singular inconsistency, these same fellows berate the administration for hardening the present generation with so rapid a rate of paytneat of the national debt, aud ask, plaintively," "Why not leave a larger proportion of It to future generations?" It is hardly worth while to discus these matters With mbtoralertegiy Incon sistent fiudt-finden. It might to per tinent, however, to .Inquire bow It Is tliat the national credit has ao steadily grown up to the presertt most encour- aging and flattering Standard, if tbe ata emcnts of tlie Secretary concerning the management of the public debt are mere financial juggleries. Do these Democratic flgurers suppose tliat theirs are the only financial minds in J the worki actrte enough todtscower the "tricks" of the Secretary? What are the great nnanciers 01 r.urope about, that tliey have not made these wonderful discoveries ot juggling by the Secretary. If there were tricks in the statements, or in tlie management of the debt, would they not be as patent to the English or German financiers as to these ingenious Democratic Bohe mian flgurers ? The fact Is, tlie financial policy of the present administration has been so signally successful as to excite tins wonder and admiration of European capitalists who have not been accus tomed to see national debts of such magnitude reduced so promptly and rapiilly. They liave accepted our financial management as eminently worthy their confidence, and as It has gone on from mouth to month with itt wonderful success, they have endorsed it in the most practical and substantial manner by bidding up the price of American bonds and advancing their coin upon American loans." Consider ing the state of our credit when Grant's administration began as contrasted with what it is now, the universal ver dict of mankind must be tliat there is not anywhere in history an example ofa more successful financial adminis tration. A MOST WOSDKHITL FIUl'REK. One of our Democratic exchanges has figured out on its wonderful back action slate, how "to beat Grant." It is quite as easy as sliding down hill on that part of one's trowsers wliich first strikes tlie pavement when one's heels, by reason of frost, go kiting toward tlie moon. Thusly : "There will be three candidates. The Cincinnati'! Convention folks will get up a division in the itepubiican ranks, and tife Democrats will have a distinct ticket of their own. There. will be no election by the people, and the new House of Representatives will have a majority of the antMJrant members. Tlie choice of President devolving upon the House, and the se lection being narrowed down to one or two candidates receiving the highest number of electoral college votes, tne opposition will be obliged to unite on the Democratic candidate, on much such a compromise plan as that by which tlie election of John Qtuney Adams was secured over Andrew Jackson by Henry Clay's friends." This would he a rough joke on Grant, if it were not lor the fact that the Forty-Second Congress which will do" the election of a President in case of a failure to elect by the people, is decidedly in accord with the Grant Administration. The Forty-Third or next Congress, if by any possibility it should be hostile to Grant, will have no more to do with the election of a President than will the next Ecumen ical Council. The Herald having been fairly pil loried for its imprudent assertions con cerning the $75,000 steal of school monies to give the Willamette Falls and Locks Co., lias given up the first point which it tried to make, aud is now feebly attempting to believe tliat. although the People's Transportation Company did offer to do the same work as now provided for by law for $75,000 less than was stolen for the Willamette Falls Canal and Locks Company, the oner was not made In good faith ; tliat the Democratic mem bers finding out (remarkable ingenuity) that the P. T. Company only wanted the franchise to sell it out to Ben. Hol Iaday, at a speculation, refused to lis ten to their proposition and finally gave the irancinse to some nonest men ! This is enfeebled weakness and the silliest bosh The Herald is ma king itself the veriest laughing-stock for even members ot its own party. There is not a man In the Willamette valley who has known, or had business with A. A. McCully, (then President and manager of the P. T. Co.), who will not say emphatically that the Herald's pretense is a slander ot the basest type. He is, and always has been known for a man ol honor and business integrity who never resorted to trickery, evasiou or subterfuge. What lie said in matters of business was always business ; and no man be fore this played out Missouri parson ventured on it, ever imputed to him an unworthy motive. Dr. Alexander, of Linn county, a Democratic member of the House in 1770, had so much confidence in Mr. McCully and the P. T. Co., that he in troduced the bill (II. B. 10) to grant the'm the franchise on the east side and favored it not only in tlie House but in the committee to whom it was referred. Does Mr. Alexander pretend tliat he ever heard, or If lie heard, that be be lieved tills ridiculous story of the Her ald's in regard to tlie motive wiUt which tlie P. T. Co. sought; the Oregon City franchise? Did any member of tbe Legislature make such a pretense as the Herald now talks of, for voting for the Willamette Falls Canal and Lock Co.'s bill? Dr. Alexauder may not choose to tell tlie secret reason (which we know) for pocketing the P. T. Co. '8 bill ; but be will not back the Herald's unworthy slander of Mr. Mc Cully, nor any other man's Insinua tion ofa like character. Tbe Herald's bad eminence for untruth and unfair ness In this matter is all its own. The Herald Is still manifesting its hostility to railroad enterprises In this State. Why don't Gov. Miller knead the thing awhile on that same dough board whereon be rolled John Burnett tlie other day ? WEDNESDY, MAY1, 1872. J.J. Shaw, Esq, of Salem,' is the Democratic nominee for Prosecuting Attorney fctljetbii District, fie is a carpet-bagsv from Iowa, sad a law yer., by pnjmion, not otherwise, Shaw's Democracy i not a rronic disease, and it attributed to climatic lofioeaces as he was a aotmd Bepohli oan when he came to Oregon' a 'few fears ago He had some Democratic friends liere mottled awn -and prob ably caught the infection from tbem, bat tne symptoms were so tardy 'in Baking their appeaVance that It was only at the Dalles' Convention chat it wraoMttMered neatfy take hltn tatathe Democratic Eospital for the Ibftan. w ' '; "His nomination was a snrprise to si least two orthdox young Democrat f Salem S. C. Simpson and William Waldo. These gentlemen were can didates for th ssaw ofiloe-wwere Dem ocrats of unblemished record, had done the party valuable service, and, not without reason, considered themselves available men for tbe Attorneyship, The name of Shaw floated faintly on die breath of rtuaoa, bat that name bad no terrors for the friendly rivals. They knew him to he a cipher in the courts and an imbecile on the stump, and, at most, but a Democrat on tlie half-shell. And then Miller and Bush were to stand by them in the Conven tion, and Mr. Bush had even gone so far as to make a very significant prop osition to one of them iu anticipation of his being the nominee. 1J to rent the prompectire Stale's Attorney a fw'te of office rwnnn in the Sank build ing! Business before pleasure, you un derstand. In tlie Convention both Simpson and Waldo were quietly ignored and Sliaw, the newly fledged, rose into popularity and was triumpliantly placed upon the ticket a result to which both Miller and Bush, we understand contributed their mighty influence. They will have abundant leisure to explain to our defeated fellow-townsmen why Shaw was chosen over them, and we hope tliat they will make tlie most of it. At any rate their treachery to old friends will avail nothing, as Sliaw will undoubtedly lie defeated. The Lafayette Courier is one of tlie best Democratic papers in this State. Its editor is a representative man in his party and, with his graceful yet trenchant pen, wields an influence wliich distinguishes him at once as tbe terror of his enemies and the envy aud admiration of his friends. Therefore when the Courier directs its attention to the demolition of any individual tlie friends of that individual, it lie lias any, ought in common prudence to stand from under.so that the Inevitable blow will fall upon the doomed alone, The last Jlssue of the Courier con tains the political death warrant of James D. Fay. That unlucky gentle man Is tliereby driven from the ranks of the Democracy, and consigned to the outer darkness of the unfaithful Aside, good friends and let the con vict pass ! Henceforth he Is a Republl can, a Conservative anything In fact to which obloquy properly attaches, but never again a time-honored and unterrified Democrat. We see that posters of flaming, angry red, lutve been stuck np around the city, announcing tliat " Gen. Nes mith and Hon. G. R. Helm will speak at tlie Opera House," this (Friday) evening. At tlie bottom of the said posters of flaming, angry red, we find tills line : " Ladies are invited to at tend." We remember that at tlie Dalles Convention, Iscsmith was re ported as having made a " characteris tic speech." Those who have lieard him, know what that means. It will be safe to say tliat if ladles attend to night, Nez will have no opportunity to make a " characteristic " speech. The Jacksonville Times (Democrat ic) says that J. R. Neil, the candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the 1st District, was proxy in the Democratic State Convention tor all the Jackson eounty delegates and nominated him self by voting all the proxies for him self. The Times denounces the nom ination as a fraud upon Jackson and Josephine counties, and warns the peo ple against not only tills candidate but also the meu who are seeking to be the Democratic candidates for county Judge and Sheriff. Tlie happy family in Jackson comity seems not to be al together in blissful accord. Democrats ot Oregon may as well prepare to curl their little possum tails to the Cincinnati platform. The Herald has already begun to speak In very re spectful and laudatory terms of the malcontent Republicans who head the movement. It will be a sight to see. when "Brother Ike," Gov. Miller, Bill Watkinds, and " I and Gilfrcy ' fall into the arms of Horace Greeley ami mingle their tears with his over the tendency of the age to fall away from high protective tariff Ideas I Mr. Abbott, of tlie Bedrock Demo crat, is complacent enough to say that while it has often happened that con ventions have put candidates in the field who were objectionable to him, he Is pleased to announce that be is pleased to approve tbe nomination of Mr. Burnett. But how are Mr. Ab bott's neighbors of Eastern Oregon pleased with Burnett's opposition to grant of aid for tbe Portland, Dalles & Salt Lake Railroad? Attorney-General Williams is en route lor Oregon, and will arrive here probably within the next ten or twelve days. He will take a band in Uie Deriding campaign, and will render the Republicans most efficient aid. No man stands higher in tlie esteem of the Republican party of Oregon than bur ex-Senator, and we shall expect blin to rally our masses to an undivided sup port of the Republican Congressional aud county tickets. It appears that the Grovcr-Ncil fac tion in Jackson had to resort to "time bonored" Democratic practice In order to carry the late county convention- ballot-box stuffing. Tlie Times charges distinctly that certain men, in Butte Creek preeirct---ealling their names put In two ballots apiece and thus car ried the precinct, by one voe.. It not singular tbat the Times raves about corruption. Wonder if John Bull does hot begin to think that In the Alabama matter, his son Ram is a "BnTl-y Boy?" ACTXT103AKLE TBirXPH. . One Eastern exchanges are fhll of political discussions as to the pros pects of tbe Cincinnati movement, and what would be the result in case it should by any possibility succeed. Some or. Uie Democratic papers boldly claim that it would be a Democratic victory, whfJc others argue that it would be futile abandonment of tbe Democratic organization. Tlie Boston Traveller (Conservative ) expresses tbese views, and we commend them to the possums of Oregon : It U now certain that Gen. Grant will be the candidate of tbe Repubrlcan party, and that no nofnlnation win be toade by the Democratic party, "unless there is a great change In tba pro gramme. It ia understood that every toember of tbat party la Congress two freed tbat if one of several persons shall be corals ted by tba Eewoiers, all their atrerjgta and lnfloe&oe shall be exerted to secure the entire support of the Democratic party to tbat nomina-, tloo. Whom, then, shall we srrpport? Mr. Swatter and Atr. Trumbull, or Gen. Grant? If we regard tbe men alone and their avowed principle, we might support the Beformers. But can their platform be sustained t Sup pose Mr. Trumbull elected President, that choice wm law beeo affected by Democratlc votes iu opposition to the ffrpunuron as an orgjiniwn party. What will tliey receive for Uieir sup port? A fair kliareof tlie appointments or places in tlie Cabinet. In the House a sufficient number of Reformers will undoubtedly be found to unite with the Democrats to give an Administration majority, but the Republican leaven will be too small to influence the Dem ocracy. It will be a Democratic House, with Democratic leaders, ideas ami principles. The Senate will be Repub eaii unless carpet-baggers enough unite with the Democrats and Reformers to give these also an administration ma jority. We shall then liave a Reform 'President, a divided Cabinet, a Demo cratic House, a iionderseript Senate. From such an Administration, good Lord deliver us 1 A DEMOCRAT OX Rt RXETT. Beriah Brown of the Seattle Dis patch, who Is the ablet editor that the Democrats liave had in this State for years, and who knows Burnett, gives this estimate of the man : ' As a citizen, in his own limited nhere in life, Mr. Burnett is unexcep- lOuable. As a Kepresentatlve in Con gress of a State of tlie coming impor tance aud larare interests or Oregon, would be simply a nonentltg, a shame ami disgrace to the Intelligence of tlie people of tliat State. Any in telligent man in tlie Mate, wlio bad nportant Dasines to transact in Washington, would never dream ot selecting him as an attorney to attend to such business, or either of the three others who entered the Convention as .:. .1 I -i ClMIIJjeULeTS lUr UM3 UUIIIUUILIUII. It has come to this, that men are se lected by party Conventions for tlie highest ofhees in the land, who have not tlie capacity to achieve distinction or credit iu the ordinary avocations of te. Mr. Burnett has grown up to manhood in a rural district of Oregon, where lie lias enioved few advantages of education and but very limited in tercourse with men iroin whom lie would be likelv to learn much which would fit him tor the Important trust of members of Congress. Of the con ventionalities of refined ' society lie is almost totally ignorant, and in the social intercourse which tlie office to which he aspires would necessarily force upon him, be would be entirely out of his depth, and consequently without influence." Of Judge Wilson, Mr. Brown says : " Mr. Wilson, is not a irreat man. but would make by far the most re spectable Representative ; and when comes to the alternative between State interests and party feeling, tlie former should dominate." LETTER rnlX THE fcAVTIAJI. En. Statesman i Perhaps a few words from our quiet little village would lie interesting to your readers. Elder Stavton fc Sons have just placed a forty Inch Leffel wheel in their saw mill, which promises to do all tliat is claimed for those wheels. The water was turned on this afternoon, and off went tlie saw with a perfect whiz. Tliev will soon be manufacturing as good lumber as can be had iu tlie coun ty, rue Nint tarn nas been a little bois terousat times during the winter and pnng. it ait through, a large anit about oue mile above the mill, which caused a report to be put in circulation that Stavton's mill and the Woolen Manntacturimr Couinanv's Ditch wag left high and dry. But when tbe fog cleared away it was found to be only a mistake in the gassy imagination of those that started the report. Thomas Brothers have on hand a fine lot ot f ar- niture manufactured from Oregon tim ber, which compares well in style with Eastern work, and will be doubtless more durable. Tlie crops look well, particularly that which was sown be fore tlie fall rains set in. S jiyn ja, y Stayton, April 18th, 1872. APOTHEUMS SUDR I78EFIX. Riches are wings with which even asses can fly. Alluding to Jo. Teal. Conceit an ass who Imagines him self an elephant. Grover. One often meets with walking dead men ghosts of their former selves. Then we may look to see the Demo cratic party stalking. Justice is immutable but not hu man justice. Justice Bon ham. The Lion ot Linn (!) will roar at the Opera House this evening. What has stirred up the animals is the present conundrum. He will probably tell tbe people bow much more suitable and fitting was the nomination of John Burnett for Congress than would have been either Helm or Hayden. The Liberal Republicans got their name from Missouri, where enough Republicans bolted the regular ticket to enable the Democrats to win con trol of tlie Legislature and send Frank Blair to the U. S. Senate. So it will be seen there is a real link of affinity between the Democracy and the Lib erals." Senator Schurz has it in his pro gramme to bag tbe German vote for Grant. The German vote, how ever, wiil pocket Mr. Schurz and slide Into the ballot box as usual for Grant. Nast puts it up right in bis Harper cartoon, April 20th. Grover is going over into Polk coun ty, shortly, to tell what he knows about what "I aud Gilfry" liave done. While there, wont Grover tell the pev pie what be and Bill Jones know about a certain costly wood-chopping con tract of date 1870? A California paper says "Everybody from Grover down'! will stump Ore gon this summer; but omits to tell us what everybody from Grover up will do. "From Grover down" cuts the list near the caudal extremity. Judge Boise spoke at Dallas, Wed nesday evening. "Dirty Ben" was announced but was again indisposed and some friends "put him in bU little bed." $3 00 per Gov. Grover will demagogue in a small way, at tlie Dalles Friday even ing. - ' Let us have peace. U. S. Giant. Let us have'a) piece. Cincinnati Con vention. THE C1XCLSXAT1 COXYESTIOSJ. The Chicago Evening Post editor has been going aftar tlie so-called re formers rather sharply. In a late edi torial be tellingly' says that the incon gruous nature of tbe material out of wnicn tne cmciunan uouvenuon is expected to be made is the most stri king feature of the movement. "No two individuals, and no two papers wbloh favor the schemes, are moved by the same impulse. If any anti tariff plank It adopted by tbe Conven tion, Horace Greeley wants to be counted out. If a tariff plank is adopted, tbe New York Evening Post wants to bt counted out. If a JDemo crat kt notadnatad, Mr. Sumner wants to be counted out. If a Republican is nominated, tbe World wants to be counted out. If Mr. Trumbull is not nominated, be wants te be counted out. It Mr. Chase is not nKB mated, he wants to be counted out. If Judge" Davis is not 'nomina ted, be wants to be counted oof.; If Auy-body-to-beat-Grant is sot noo laated, Mr, Schurs waU to be oonotWl out. If the outs are not put in, they want to lie counted ont ; ami wlien the day of election comes, the lus will wish tliey had been counted out. Altogether the movement is made up of iiihannonius personallsins having no common principle and no common purpose, except tliat of pure and un adulterated selfishness, and impure and adulterated ambition. The result is not difficult to foresee. The Cincin nati Convention will prove a more ridiculous fiasco than tlie Philadelphia Convention of which Andrew Johnson was the originator, and Geo. Francis Tralu the mouthpiece. Statistics of the Rebellion. The whole cost of the war to the North ern and Southern States from 1881 to 1865 1s estimated as follows: Lives, 1,000,000; property, by destruction, waste, etc., p,000.000,000. The gross expenditures of the United States from June, LS13I. to July. 188U. were 15.79'i. 227,000. Of thU tlie actual war ex penses were aliout 15,352,237,000. The expense of States, counties, cities, and towns In the Northern States, not rep resended by funded debts, have been estimated at $500,000,000. . The. in crease of State debts on tlie war ac count was $133,000,000. The increase of city, comity, and town debts is esti mated at $200,000,00. Total war ex pense of the loyal States and tlie Na tional Government. $(5,172,237,000. The estimated direct expenditures of tlie Confederate States on account of the war were $2,000,000,000. Aggre gate estimated expenses of the war to the country, North and South, $3,165, 237,000. IIo.L. There is BOtnetluii plausi ble after all lu tlie doctrine of tlie spiritualists that the real torment of the future state consists not tn Tire and brimstone hell, but in still banging round in spirit the scenes wliich one has left, and seeing; how things go ii after one's death. It must be hell for the spirit of a dead mining specu lator to see stock go up witliout the power of eucliering somebody out of a thousand. Isn't it hell for a miser to see all his savings squandered? For a husband to see his wife, who swore slie loved him so fondly, flirt at his funeral with voting Smith whom he kicked out of his house? For a smart, business-like spirit to see his late partner miss chance after chance of making us pile : s or a mining spirit to see us icliows running a anit in tne wrong way? Well, we shall know iow it i ourselves some day. uwynee Avalanclie. ' Tliere was onoe an old elder who, during a revival, prayed for several consecutive nights for tbe conversion of a party of young men, noted tor tlielr wild ways, calling each youth by name. Alter a time one ol them ex perienced religion. This fact tlie elder forgot the next night when making his usual petitiou for the party, and mentioned his name with the rest. Noticing it, however, as soon as tbe name had passed his lips: be opened lus eyes, aud In an ordinary tone ot voice said : "1 beg your pardon, John Brown ; I forgot that you had been converted," lie then shut his eyes and went on with his prayer as if nothing had happened. Justice to G. Washington. A pe tition to Congress to prohibit the call ing of any more children by the name of George Washington Is in circulation nut west, something iiKe tnis is uue tn tlie memory of the great Virginian. tie is entitled to oe called tne J? atner of his Country, without begetting the suspicion that he is father of his coun trymen. Moreover, the modem Geo. Washington lies aud steals outrageous ly. He is already In jail in various lKirts of tlie country. The leaven of I hat little hatchet seems to work on all who bear the name, and in the dearth of dierry trees, tiieir mischief rises to the level of every crime upon the cal endar. The New York World thinks tliat tlie Liberal Republicans liad better throw up tlie sponge. In speaking of the Connecticut election, it says "Within twentv days after Jewell's cieetiuu were wm uavo ueaseu to ue any vigorous ojpposltson to Grant from i . . i 1 1 , . i the Liberal Kepubllcan journals or leaders, and no earnest man will care a straw what the Cincinnati Conven tion does or forbears to do." The AVorld's theory is that the "Liberals should have turned out and assisted in the election of the Democratic candi date, which would have demonstrated their power, and proven that they meant busluess. An artless newspaper man who Late ly bought a few sausages thus relates his trou Die : i got them sausages Dome without getting bit : and I cut them apart and left them. In tlie morning I visited them. Three of 'em had cud dled up together and were sleeping sweetly. Two of 'em had crawled to my milk mil and were lapping the milk, and one "black and white one was on the back fence trying to catch an English sparrow. I drowned the whole lot. It is a curious fact, says tbe New York Herald, that the signers of'tlie New York Liberal Republican mani festo, with three or four exceptions. are or tliat school of old line Demo crats who bolted with Martin Van Bu- ren and his promising son, our la mented Prince John, and on the free soil platform, against Gen. Cass, the regular Democratic nominee of IcXS, Bismarck, with bis usual shrewd ness, seems thoroughly to understand tlie motive of Schurz, Sumner A Co. in the French Anns matter, and fails to give them the least particle ot back ing. Such of the German press as speak at all, prononce the- movement without any good ground, and started dimply as a measure of hostility to President Grant. Tbe Washington Capital prrt-t it thus : "The coming month of May U to witness the collection at Cincin nati ofa body of gentlemen, on politi cal and party thoughts intent, wnose mission will be to do or not to do, to deckle or not to decide upon some thing." . ; A modest music dealer was recently nonplusaed by a lady as stout as tlie Fat Boy, who inquired : " Have you 'Put me in my Little Bed ?' " Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was 530 years okl when she was married. There's hope for some of you other la mes, arrer an. Annum in Advance TATE NEWS. From Daily o ' Wednetftdy Apr. 21. Portland hotels are crowded. Eleven prisoners in the SfultoomahjalU Travel on the O. C. B. E. gobdand increas ing. . Dr. Hudson baa charge of tbe school at Jef ferson. Winter wheat in Eastern Oregon pro ml sea finely. Woman suffrage meeting la Portland Toe day evening. Circuit Court for Folk county began ft aes ion Monday last Polk County Republican Convention, the 1st 8attrrday In May. A. J. Moses, a lawyer of Portland, has been arrested on a charge of forgery. Uaipqua Ensign appears as a half-sheet this week. Paper didn't connect. Mr. E. DeLashmott, of Polk, la seriously 111 at his residence on Salt Creek. J. Qulna Thornton, of Salem, writes with a machine. Mercury ought to hare one. District School In Dallas opened Monday wUhfX JMplls. Clara Watt principal.. Ttifl Oosi4e Telfllr brought to Portland sev eral sacks of quarts from tbe Sitka lode. .'' MA Bart, the absconding railroad contract or, admitted b ball In the sum of 6,000. Sat baa Corner, of Polk eounty, has bad an attack of apoplexy. Recovery doubtful. David fiuthrie, of Polk, kneeled on a beard with a nail in a. Bad woaad; bat be Is re covering. Cos.! oil lamp exploded at tbe residence of Chas. Horn, Dalles, Wednesday evening. Mr. Horn burned her bands severely In ex tinguishing the Are. From Daily of Thvrtday Apr. 25. Roads are good and mails more regular. Grading on tbe railroad soon to commence south of Oakland. , Some of the Portland teamsters are cruel to their teams. Gen. Bufus Saxton leaves Portland for New York to-day. Tlie new Masonic Temple Is now finished from "basement to garret." The reporter of the Herald lost $23 la trying to ride a fufl grown Bengal tiger. The mining prospects of Eastern Oregon were never so encouraging as now. ' Uncultivated land, three miles from Port land sold last week for $100 an acre. The Columbia river is slowly rising. Look out for iknokum chuck this summer. Tbe present theatrical season will close at Oro Flno Theater Saturday evening next The Red Men of Portland will celebrate Tammany day on tba 10th of May. Levy Leland, the "Hermit of Oregon City," lectured In Portland Tuesday evening. Portland baa iflOO children. 500 of this number dW not attend school last year. The bark Melantsthon brought up another large locomotive for Holladay's railroad. A new propeller, Jane West, to be used in the salmon fisheries, just completed at Port land. Fifty-third anniversary of the Introduction of tlie Orderof Odd Fellows Into United 8tates to lie celebrated in Portland on 96th. From Daily of Friday Apr. 26. Sitka quartz does not assay satisfactorily. .Joseph Teal bowled at Corvallis last night. The 0.d Fellows of Corvallas celebrate at borne. Owen Kellogg of Portland is the oldest man In Oregon. Religious matters are becoming animated in Portland. T. Patterson, Esq., formerly of tbe Herald, is now In New York. A new Artillery Company has been organ ized tn Portland. Base ball has supplanted u shtimy" In the affections of Corvallis. .Joaquin Miller Is in Lower California on Ids' way to Mexico. Masquerade parties are becoming very fash ionable in Portland. Tbe Republicans of Multnomah nave organ - lzed a Campaign Club. The brig Orient brought V another locomo tive for Holladay's railroad. A Republican Club was organized at Arto- rla lat Saturday evening. Cnttlngsvllle poatoffiee, Clackamas county, has been discontinued. Corner stone of the new Trinity Church laid at Portland yesterday. A splendid coal lead has been discovered near the railroad One tn Jacksoa county. A psnaromic view of the Great Chicago Fire Is on its way here from Sonthera Oregon. Dr. Kevins, of Mobile, Alabama, assumes the Pastorate of Trinity Pariah, Portland. A. J. Moms, charged with forgery, was. In default of ball, committed to the Portland Jail. The Holy Bible has been added to the Fort- land Library. Oregonlan calls It new and in-' teresllng. Lead mines have been discovered in Linn county, near the foot of the cascades, me ore contains 60 per cent, of lead. THE TERRITORIES. Helena, Montana, la Infested with burglars. Tbe Montana mining season opens auspi ciously. Dally man wanted between mympta ana Monticello. Busluess In Montana is good and money plenty. TIM mtntnff season has opened in aeoa earn est In Boise Basin, Olrmpta tapers are praising themselves np In 8. F. papers. Ths Indians at Lumml Reservation are ag riculturally a success. W. W. Theobalds has become editor of the Paget Sound Courier. Iliutann. Arkerson A Co.. Tacoma Mills. W. eat 00,000 feet of lumber per day. Hon. R. C McCormV-k Is tbe Btvorite in Ar izona for Delegate to Congress. Wnnderfdl discoverv of rold bearing anU- mony on the line of the C FT R. R. Terr little animosity tn Salt IAko City ne- tweea" Mormons and Gentiles. IT. 8. Marshal has. on habeas corpus, been cited to show why he held Brlgnam. One Donohoe was shot and mortally wound ed in tbe Little Cottonwood mines.Tuesday. Tkji trritftriM nf the TTnlted States exceed tbe States in area by 100,000 square ml lea. nradnwon the N. P. R. R- is finished to a point 70 miles west of the Minnesota line. 8. J. Borland, of the Dalles, will start a newspaper in Silver City, Idaho, soon. A plank road Is to be bout between naiama, W. T., and tbe Lewis rivar settlement. C.C. Grandchamp was Instantly killed at Forest City, Montana, by the caving of a bank. Wages at Kalama are SI SO a day cola Hope that all the Democratic candidates wont go at once. Philip Delhi, of Helena, Montana, w- drowned on the 4th tn crossing tho Missouri river. Tbe Territorial delegates elected by the Olvmpta Republican County Convention, are Instructed for Garflekle. Tbe Seerotarv of the Interior recommends the appropriation of S7J.000 for the further geological survey of tbe Territories. A man in Silver City, t T., makes a "stand off" by dealing faro in the forenoon and at tending Sunday school in tbe evening. nomi-v IT. R Atinrner Htarh wants the re centlyduMharitrfMormonarearrested. Some were charged wun uie gravest i Judge Lewis, the new appointee, has put In an aopmrsnceat Walla Walk, filed the oalh of office and appointed W. H. Andrews clerk of the District Court. Tbe Crow Indians In GallaUn county, Mon tana, are reported to be m bosUHty. The soldiers stationed at Fort Kills having bran paid, several of tbem left the profession of war. and tbe oitisens are organizing a borne guard. , Jay Cooke, financier of the Northern Pacific Ral h-oad, writes thus to the Snrveyor General of Montana: I fully agree with you as to lb Importance of getting everrt Wngready for tha rapid rmwress of our railroad. We -hall be at the Missouri with the locomotive en the year Is out. and will probably make crmaderabJe progress toward the Yellowstone." - Six of the foreign diplomats at W'ashington are married to American wives. They believe with Gen. Sickles, In foreign exchanges. The new Council of Cincinnati la Democratic, but there are 15 Republi can to 0 Democratic Aldermen. Mexican outrages on tbe Rio Grande have become so frequent that Congress will interfere.. ;.' WEEKLY 0XECC.1 STATESMAN C. P. CRANDALL, Proprietor. Trk Wikklt OaanoN Rtatwoi aj is published every Wednesday morning. ( Contains a summary ox all the telegraphks dlpau.-hes and ail the current State and Lo cal news, editorials, correspondence, miscel lany, poetry, etc., from Thi Daily flranav MAM. . A first-class Weekly Newspaper 'TerrrS.OOrryirlavarjc. 9M tor at x months taadvanoa. Advertisements at liberal rates. THE BVXLDnra OF Ttzx nxr They'll com back to tin apple tret Robin and all the rest When the orchard brand are SUr to a In the snow of tbe blossom drmed, Ami tba prettiest thing la tae werid wttt M The building at the nest. . Weaving a wen so reaad and trtM. Hollowing It with dare : Nothing too tar away for W9rA Nothing for ber too fair , Banging ft safe on the toonoat Hxath Tnutr castle la the a. Ah. mother bird, yqull have wsary davs When the eggs are ander your Umai, And vouf mate will fear for wilful way When the wee ones leave to feast I But they'll Snd their wings In agiadamasa. And God will see to the rmt. So oome to the trees with all your trail When the apple blomams bkrw Through the April ammmar of sna and rata Go tf ving U and ft Ami aiiig to our hearts as we watch again Your fairy bulktlng grow. . HEBE AUD THESE, "Spit-curls" are the fashion again. Brooklyn, N. Y., has the spotted fever. George Land is hopelessly in at her villa. The Suez Canal receipts are Increas ing rapidly. The debt of Washington Territory is $35,974 08. Nevada has valuable and extensive borax fields. D. R. Locke (Nasby) win visit Cali fornia In July. Angora goats are a success in Neva da county, Cal. Santa Barbara, Cal., Is to have a $60,000 hotel. Amadeus of Saln is said to be a Jovial chap. Boston smuggles more silks than any other city. Great activity is announced in the Russian ship 3-ards. II. G. gets .$15,000 a year as editor of the Tribune. Grant will liave a new cottage at Long Branch this summer. R. T. Lincoln is a' lawyer in Chi cago wltb a good practice. The private fortune of Queen Vic toria is $200,000,000. .Vigorous efforts are being made to admit New Mexico as a State. The name of Alexandria, 111., has been clianged to Alexis. Toads ! Hiyu religious revival among tbe Nei Perce Indians. Peoria, ni., was laid out In 1823 by a son of Alex. Hamilton. Sumner has been a member of the Senate for over twenty years. The strike of tlie' London composi tors has proved unsuccessful. The storm of the 15th was very se vere througlwut Michigan. Queen Victoria will soon abdicate in favor of the Prince. Lieut. Fred Grant is enjoyiug his tour in Europe immensely. Gen. Kilpatrick will deliver twelve lectures In California for $3,00D. Orplieus C. Kerr lias gone into tlie commission business at N ewark. Two thousand farms were taken up in Washington Territory last year. Missouri will put 500.000 tons of iron ore into tbe market this year. Getting shot with air guns Is a com mon occurrence in New York . Philadelphia wants to be the capital of Pennsylvania; salary unknown. Mr. Walter, proprietor of the Lon don Times, lias a son in Colorado. Banking and Insurance companlei in England begin to employ lady clerks. A young Lieutenant at Salt Lake City has married the "Queen of the Piutes." Brigham Younz was re-elected Pres ident and Trustee of tbe Mormon church. An Illinois farmer has just finished husking. He bad only 450,000 bushels of corn. Miss M. B. Merrlam is the public li brarian yf Cleaveland, at $1,500 a year. Senator Sumner drinks claret for din ner. He saves his teetb try this diet. we suppose. Kansas women have voted for a number of years on all questions con- nectea wun tne scnoois. Tbe Senate has confirmed J. T. Boyer as Receiver of public moneys at waua waua, w.t. Memphis has one clergyman and thirteen gamblers to every thousand of its population. Tbe Governor ot Dakota Territory proclaims against gold hunting on the Black Hills Indian Reservation. The yield of gold, silver, wine and wheat Larger this year in California than ever before. John Brougham wrote over a hun dred plays, not one of which has failed .V ... T " 1- U Oil UR2 .CUgUBU BUlg. M. Thiers was a printer's devil in 1 1825, and now he is at the head of the French Government. Harner's "Loncfellow" win run against tbe English horse Sterling at Long Branch this season. The colored people of NeWi York celebrated the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in superb style, April 3. POLITICAl, SOTEH. Tbe Utica Herald says, vigorously 'Mr. Greeley now contemplates meet ing the rebel commissioners at Cincin nati instead ol Niagara." The yearly interest on the National debt when General Grant came in, was $126,383,550. The yearly interest now is $105,901,658, or $10,484,553 saved per year. The Calvert (Texas) Tribune hoists the names ol General Grant and A. A. Sargent, of California, for President and Vice President, eubject to the nomination of the Republican Nation al Convention. Tbe tenor of the New York World's recent article Is tliat tbe so-called Lib eral Republicans must go over to tbe Democracy, No hope is held out that Uie Democrats will leave their okl po sition. One of the Boston papers Informs Mr. Greeley and his I i friends tliat they "might just as well follow DoohtUo aud others, and go formally over to tlie Democracy,-, for they are on a slid ing platform that will bind tliern there sooner or later." General Butler has recently written to a friend in Masaachuaetta that he la committed to no eoure of political ac tion save tin) success of the Republican party of tlie nation, and that to secure that be would leave politics If that seemed best. :.' Tlie Richmond Dlsiatch say thst Mr. Lincoln's death Inflicted rreaUT Injury upon tba Southern butof than upon the Northern, and It thinks tlmt there is now a general and stirrers re spect iu that part of tbe country for bis memory. Those people who are capable of thinking in politics, and don't regard It a "demnltion bore," are invited by an independent journal at the East to study the landslide of Irish votes from the Democracy to the Republletna lu Hartford and New Haveu. Tlie re Is food tor thought in it. It means a Democratic funeral without a wake." aud that Republican candldatea better begin to study tlie "nwwt Irb-U brogue." V.