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WEEKLY OBEGON STATESMAN. WEEKLY 0SEG03 ST1TESMH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1877. WHO SHALL EE BLAMED? Hill, of the Oregonian, is out with another tirade against the Republican warty In Oregon. The gentleman above referred to pre tends to be a Repuhliean, and alo a law yer, and would-he leader ot the Republi can part y. Was51r. 11511 a Republican? did he know Dr. Watts was a Postmaster? ud if so did he know that he was ineli gible? The editor of this preteu.led Re publican piper roust either acknowledge that he did not know Dr. Watts was a Postmrster, or knowing It did not know that It disqualified him, or that lie, Hill, kept still hoping tliereby to defeat the Re publican nominee for President. Accord ing to his article of the 25th inst., he has. "m the eyes of the community, crimiuated himself. He says It Is not possible that tbe so-called leaders" were Ignorant ot the fact that Dr. Watts was a Postmaster. We would like to inquire hether the so called"leader5,"Mr. Hill speaks ot.had any better meaus of learning the facts in re gard to Dr. Watts' position than he. Hill, toad? It so then, perhaps, they are more to blame titan he; if not. then he was as careless and ignorant as the balance ot tbe party, or he desired the ultimate de teat of Mr. Hayes. The fa els are that this man Hill is a chronic "growler." and Is laboring to have tbe community think that every man in the Republican party Is responsible for the oversight but himself. While the Oregon case will not effect the final result, we are opposed to the Oregonian attempt ing to attach any blame to any certain man or set of men in the Republican party. CROXIVji xw.se. (St. Louis Journal, January 7. ) Were not Ethebold Allen Croniu an im mortal character we would not for a mo ment stop at personalities to mention bis tiose. He has gone Into history, and his nose with him. And such a nose ! Did vou say it was Grecian ? Xot a bit nor Soman. It i- neither this nor that nor the other. It is an anomalous nose, with a history, and that history is filled with pe culiarities, and these are very strange. Tbe simple history of a nose is nothing of itself, but when a man is attached to that nose full ot the jukes of slienanagan and chicanery, we nmy well pause to put on our specs and behold. The nose itself is a cross between a toadstool and a corn-cob. It lias all the flatness ot the sUol and pretty much all the roughness of the cob. It does uot look like an ambitious nose, and yet appears to be flHsbed with over exertion most of the time. It closely fol lowed it look? as though It would lead Its owner into the siiout of a deruijohu before It would guide him iuto tlie sacred pre cincts of an electoral college. It is n rawberry nose, but so red-ripe that .- 2s aearcely worth picking. This reminds us that It is also intelligent, Tor It nose over a third ot las face; but strange to say, it aeldora Wows about it. Taking every tluajr into consideration, Ethebold Allen Crouin nne more than be likas to teli about erecting an electoral college with one man. and running it with the same material. MOW A YIH.SU UFE WEST IT. An affecting incident occurred in tlie Academy of Music lately. Among the audience was a wealthy family, one of She members of which has for years been in delicate health and was born deaf and lumb. It has been the custom of the fam ily to take their afflicted daughter to the theater; and she seemed to enjoy the ex citement and action, although she eouid not bear a sound. It was observed that she seemed very much amused at the cmieiliti of Mr. Sol Smith Russel. and njoyed the changes of his facial expres sion as much as any of the audience. When Signor Tagliapietra came on to stag, it was noticed that a curious light came into her eys. and stretching out her arms to her mother spelled on her fingers, with the greatest excitement, the words. "Mamma. I hear." Tbe next piece was ac orchestral arrangement of "Trovatore." A the composUioo proceeded the tears flowed do'n the child's cheeks, and her excitement became so great, that It was deemed prudent to leave the theater. On reaching home tlie exhaustion produced 6y the eveut of tbe evening was such that the family physician was summoned. As abe lay on ber couch slie reached out her slate and wrote: "Motlier, I think Heaven dust be music." Tlie next day la ac cordanee with her request. Sir. Rn.-sell was sent for. aud tie k'u.iliv enmeaud sang for tbe little sufferer. It was too late. Death had marked the child for his own, and she did not even smile. The little lips are coid now, and there is a vacant chair in the laniily circle. San T'ranci;co Xews-Letter. JVueti a Baltimore craft set sail for Vir ginia the other day she struck ou a bar, and the crew lived on frozen turnips tor two days. They want to get. hold of Dio t.ewis. who my there is ninety-seven per cent, of nutriment hi frozen trtrnip . THE WAR CLOUD OF EUROPE. "Volenti non fit injuria." Eiwtor Statesman: A few words about the war, or prospect of war, In Europe, and its effects on us, as a com mercial and producing country. It onr Presidential "muddle" was over, the face of things would be changed vastly in our favor. But, even as matters now stand, we, as a nation, being almost self-supporting, and could. In a short time, be com pletely Independent of all European In fluence. War Is a stirring sound; from roan to the smallest insect, all are at war. War, Indeed, seems to be the condition of this world. Every great nation has had to fight its way to wealth aud power. Inter ests always control. A dosire to control is natural. Bu-k of these desires are causes, and causes are the premonitory symptoms which are evvr on the alert to culminate in effects. 2ow, what are the great interests at take in Europe ? We find, in all com aiunities. both civilized and savage, that. In order to control the masses, some kind of religion is necessary. Religion, like every otlier useful thing, must advance as everything else advances, or It must re main in a non-progressive state. A non progressive state is but httie better than a slow death. In every age and iu every nation, where advancement, improvement and otder are sought by the people, they will, and necessarily must, come in con tact with less advanced and advancing countries. The Christian-Greek religion is far more tolerant, and therefore, more progressive, than the Mohammedan-Turkish religion. The nations who profess the religion of the Greek Church, in the domain of the Mussulman, are restless of restraint. The Turks are so highly conservative as te be come tyrants iu tlicir demands; lieuee tlie conflict now waging and ever will wage, while the causes producing it last. Russia feels tor all people or nations who profess tlie religion of the Greek Church. Clear ly, then, we sec. deep down in the very basis of society, the causes at work. To look deep down In this important matter, we must seek the basis on which society rests. The datura, from which all data flow, is human interests, human good, human advancement; for the lever which moves the world is science science which corrects, improves and elevates. The nation which has tor its basis a sci entific influence so commanding as to con trol the "moving minds" in her councils, is the nation tliat must control; for science is knowledge, aud, "knowledge is jtower." And the most powerful nations to-day are those who are uot ashamed to acknowl edge "the error of their ways," and then redouble theirefforts to improve and ad vance. What induced Grant's adminis tration to acknowledge its errors, and set op improvement "by trying, condemning and casting out defaulters and thieves?" Because not too sordid and dogmatic-illy conservative as notj to see the ruin its er rors were working, ilence, the "great movers in State,' acted so rigorously as to purge tlie political field of its impuri ties. England, France, and especially Ger many, are advancing under tlie binner of science. Russia is advancing in nearly the same line the line of intelligence, which pervades the day. Austria U com ing, Italy is awakening. Ruiia only desires of course there are incidental matters coming up in case of war, which she expects to seize and profit by yet her main desire is thar all Geek Church people shall have their indubitable rights; and in this Russia must succeed. "Estoperpetua." Now, it is the fashion of the day to ig nore religion, and say, because science has lopped oft, and keeps lopping off what re ligious creeds, so-called, once claimed, and in some instances are still claiming, as veritable and trua, that all religion claims will eventually be lopped off. Xo greater error conld possibly be prorr.ul. gated. let me here impress npon the mind, once for all, that religion is one side of a great and commanding question; and '.hat science is the other aide of the same great and commanding question. Both rest on the same datum. Both acknowledge a Power, "an Inscrutable pewer." Religion has accepted, as true, the datum that there i.s en '"inscintable rower" back of all phenomena. But, irreligion like religion, forthwith seU about Informing U3 how this "inscrutable Power" works. Thus making it no "inscrutable Tower'' at ail, Sciene corrects these false creeds, and Is science to blame? Science acknowledges its errors, and courts investigation. Sometimes science stoops, to tell us how the Unknown Power works. Here It v unscientific, and false in uttering some thing about which it is ignorant, Science deals with the phcnominal; raligion with the mysterious cause of ail things. And both, for the good or tlie masses, ever mill work together. Science has a double action; it acts immediately on the few, and on the many, mediately. The classes both, are the teachers, the3e ininse intnrmntiju priraarially among them selves, nnd secoudurinlly among tlie iu-tse. Religion tlie conservative ele ; mit: science 1 the ridieal clement. To a Ivmice steadily e need both. Tlielc Hglous element Is too Rlow; the radical too fast hence they check-mate each other. Russia knows as well as any other na tion, the just balance between these two controlling forces, and she is seeking to extend her Empire, and Russian Influ ence, through the properly forced unity of these deep and deeply grounded forces, in order to sway the nations around her. Again, Russia knows the mighty Influ ence of statesmen, who, todogood among the nations, think International law, and inleriiationul councils, should prevail over mere national declarations of war. The rare, now, are to be consulted, the race flight the battles, and furnish the means. Tlie means are as Imitortant as the battles; for, without money wnrs fill to the ground. Hence fighting, from l cost, plants Its deleterious effects on' a nation, internally and externally, consul tation should precede a declaration of war. Look at the Franco-Prussian war. Had there been an international council before KiiKleon declared war, the probability Is there would have been no war. Be cause the difficulties between the two na tions could have been settled without war. Russia knows the ground on which she stands. Tlie probabilities are, unless set tled judiciously, she will fight, and she will fight a long tight, a strong fight, and a fight altogether. I would like to gee her fight; I hope she will fight, aud, In fight ing clean out the Turks from among the nations, and parcel out their country among better people. They are a relic ol barbarism, and ought to pass from the stage of nationality, to one of vassalage Tlie Turks are murderous soldiers; hell hounds, In fighting; fiends after victory, afld butchers when they have a fallen en- niy to deal with. Should Russia sweep such creatures from tlie face or the earth, but little sympathy with the doomed and miserable race of Mu-sulmeii, will be ex hibited throughout christedom. There may be war, the "Powers" may '"settle tbe thing," and tlie "storm aud war- clouds" pass away as smooth as a dream. Should there be a war, a big war, we of the golden coast, will gather in the gold, not simply Irom our mines but from our "golden grain fields;" for, we can send ofi "a wheat-laden fleet" that will feed the "millions at war." I do not wish a war, but if it comes, let it come. Venia neons sitati ihaur. LE UltlilU. CROKR'S ftfiSE m MAIM The Washington correspondent of a Maine paper, thus alludes to the distin gnishlng leature ot the Crouin Electoral College, for the edifktion of the disciples of Xenl Dow, and the friends of the Maine Law in that State. "Cronln lias gone home. He has told all he knows. but liis nose told more than he did. Cro niu has been treated rather roughly by the newspapers on account ot that nasal orgnn. It has been slandered. There Is many a worse one iu the Democratic party. It has a better shape than that of John Morrisey, aud in size aud color It I less objectionable than that of your Dem ocratic friend Mr. , of Bangor. It is true that Cronin's nose looks as though had been introduced to a mule's foot at least once, and to a whisky tumbler at least a million times, bnt it is an average Democratic nose alter all. Anybody would know that it was the bead-light o: a Tilden Elector It it was seen half a mile off. The only thing remarkable about It, is the texture ot the skin, which resembles an old alligator skin boot dyed "cardinal red." Dou't believe all the reports you hear about It, tor It Is only a god reliable, Irish, Democratic nose, tliat can be count ed ou every time, and If allowed to count Itself, can be depended upon to count three, on whicliever side they may be re quired. As I said before, Crouin has gone home." ht. J:i rriisos a vt a.o iioab. Editor Statesman: Suppose this roa was bullded; suppose that parties could can beef much cheaper here tlian at Astor ia; and supposing such thlags. we must suppose one or two first-class tanneries to prepare hides for the shops; then wejmust suppose tlie utaliztng of untold quantities of tanning bark and the sheepman also can cash his wool at the factory, gt hi supplies and return to his home, '-east ot th- mountains," happier aud wealthie tf.au by the Columbia. When a young man sits down on a slip pcry pavement with such yioleuce a to barely escape swallowing the root of his mouth, there is nothing that will so pow erfully prompt him to give indications ol having done it on purpose, as the satlsfac lion depicted in the sweet lace at the wiii' dow opposite. Be frugal, not mean; patient not subtle; comptuiiit,iot servile; active Iu business, not its slave. There ate also four other habits that are essentially necesary to tlie happy management of temporal con cern; these are punctuality, accuracy! steadiness and dispatch. A tremendous "Amen" from his vast congregation followed Mr. Spnrgeon's prayer the other day that the Turks might tixiii be driven out ot EuroM'. and the whole of the Mohuinineihiii power swept nwtiv from the tice ol the earth. -AT OIT r THE BAU. Mr. A. Bush, banker, has beeu ou the ttnnd and given some valuable evidence. The Democratic cat was tolerably well baggd until Mr. Hush gnt on the stand, but his nervous flngors played with the bag-string and before he was uwnre the fe line was loose and making tearful jumps, by telegraph, all over the I'tilted States. Mr. Bush has leulized our expectations and told the truth, nra good deal of truth mid wc hope tliat before they have lot him step down and out he will make a clean breast of it all, tell all be knows ahout the $ 15,000 and over, that he says whs sent to Oregon, Here Is our especial friend nnd fullow citizen, W. C. Grlswold. too. who had his finger in the pie and did a good hhareofthe financiering fir the Or egon electoral muddle; by all odds, let's have him summoned and find out what he knows about it. The testimony of Mr. Bush satisfies u that the way to make an honest man of I an old political hack is to convert him to merchant, a banker If pnssihlu, where he can Imbibe some true idea of what the truth is, and gnln courage to tell It. In old times, when Bush was as rabid a partisan as the best of them, it Is probable he would have hud a very detective mem ory if called on to state what ho know ahout Tilden's barrel of money being drawn on to make Cronln eligible as an elector. He would probably have known as little as Bellinger knows about the same matter, tor all Bellinger seems to recolleet Is, tliat he employed a law firm partly because one of them was editor of the Oregonian, and partly because of the firms great nbllity. Heaven save the mark and forgive him for tliat as for his otlier sins ! We not only compliment and congratu late Mr. Bush on his good nntnory aud tendency to tell the truth. and pretty much the whole truth, hut we request him as a particular favor to the public which respectable body ot people is hungry for news to take Bellinger into partnership n the banking business. It only for a brief space of time to see what effect It might liave on lib memoir and truthfulness. It Bellinger could miuiae to tell "what he knows about farming" out Tilden's green backs, in full, public curiosity would ho satisfied and he would rank next toCroiiin as a great natural curiosity of the opening second century ol the Kepublic. SALEM WDDLEfi FULLS. I notice in the Wkkki.t Statesman ot the lKth inst.. that tlipre are prospects tor rebuilding these mills during 1X77. Why niatory steps hnve lint been taken to that end before now Is truly stmnge. The ben efit of thoe milto to Salem In particular. and to the State in general heretofore, was great. The calamity of the burning or those mills was keenly felt ; not only by tlie owner, but by over a hundred worthy persor.s who were opera'ives In tnem; and tlie market for wool in Salem In .'hat quarter was cut off. Though Snlem fa the best off, in tlie way of water power. safe, sure and good, ot any town In Ore gon. and so many men of capital here, y t there has been a strange neglect lu re building thoe mills. That water power which propelled those mills lies idle. I conversed with my old, and highly esteemed friend, W. C. GrUwold. who owned these mills, and he assured me thst he could, and was willing to re build them it funds, well secured, could be had of men here to ran them until re turns could meet such loins hereafter. There is not a more reliable business man In Oregon than W. C. Griswold. ft Sa lem loses thee contemplated mills through stinginess. It will be a burning shame to her. Salem thould lend on in a dozen manufacturing houses In her city limits. If I had It, I would advance Grlswold one thousand dollars in this enterprise In Silem. W'hy should Albany outdo us In this matter? I know that my good old friend, Griswold, would prefer to erect those mills in Salem. Here Is his borne, and his otlier large property. 1 do not wish my kind, good friends In Snleai to take it amiss tliat I so w on this matter. I think that no one will accuse old uncle D.ivy Xewsome of being an enemy to Snlem, or any other part of Oregon. David Newsomf. Science has Its triumphs, but we believe It has never yet satisfactorily accounted fur the existence of the middle aged wo man wiio attends nil the donation parties with the present ot a Annuel pen-wiper and eats four dollars worth of lood at sup per, and subsequently leans up against the wall with her eyes shut and sing' "Nearer, my God, to Thee." inn vol i:vi f.T Bid vou ev.-r a runnel? Taken from ft reek i in; btefr Or an mieimt Shaker Imuii'M, I'iorctd with air-lioim? To be brief: Did you evur, in tlie Winter, litis a pumpkin spotted o'er With rotten specks iu entrails iu'tfcr'? Or boulder on toe iliore, Torforaled, punctured, pioU. Like a leprous stricken toad? Or a wuftto-cake collided With a soup-dish, a la mode? Give to anything I've mentioned nnajie oonoreiii, vuuir rime, And, by Jove, on high Oiympug, Vou have seen poor Croniu h nose T!,i,fiii U a;itu!el rliur. nn ItitpllifTf.fir. wooihii em snlelv lie niecte 1 10 any ollicv wiiere the Milary isii t enough to buy n lo iklng-glii4. SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. IMPORTANT lECISIO. The ;iiiullliig l of the I.x5 I.rifKlHtui'f kuMuiiir-d. Opinion by Judge It. 1. ESole. I Iloirtd by J. B. Lister. Hiale I.ibmriu. j Afi't.Av rn jii i.tjmimah. State of Oregon vs Alfred Carr. The respondent was Indicted In the Cir cuit Court ot Multnomah county fur Iho offense of dealing, playing and carrying; on, as proprietor, a game of Faro; the charging part of the Indictment reads as follews: "The said Alfred Carr on the .'tilth dny ofj Octnliur, lixti, iu tlie county ot Mnltno niiiliand State ot Oregon, and at divers time between that and the finding of: this Indictment, lu the county ol Multno mah ami State iilbresuld. did willully aud unlawfully deal, play and carry ou. as pro prietor thereof, a game of I'aro) a banking game.) played with curds for money and check as reprepresentative of money and Value." The defendant nppeared and demurred to the Indictment, aud argued as caue of demur the following: 1st. The Indictment does not state tact snnicleut to constitute a crime. 2nd. Said Indictment charges more than one crime against defendant. The Court below mi, tnlned this demurrer, and the State ap peals to this Court. In considering the questions presented by tlie demurrer, we will dispute of turnn In this manner: I be Code provides, page 35. section 74. "The indictment must charge but one crime," and In one form only, except that where the crime may be committed by the use of different means, the indictment may allege tlie means in the alternative. W lien the Statutes makes It a crime to do this and that mentioning several thhi&s, dis junctively. the. Indictment may "as a gener al rule," cmbrtce tho whole In a single Court, but It must use tli9 conjunctive, and where, as occurs In tlie Statutes, else it will lie defective for uncertainty; 1st Bishop. Crim.I'roc., Sec. 5 id; 14th Cal., 8!; loth .Mass. 273; 15 Pick, 275; Cth Black. Ind. 107; there the offense is aom- miried hr lleutlnrr ,,r t,l;iv!fir llnl J "' " j apprehend that dealing and piny ti g and and carrying on a game ol Faro, all at the same time, and at on setting, and be tween the same purties. would constitute but one offense, and such an Indictment may be supported by showing th it the defendant had done one of these things. W'e think therefore, thit indictment is not defective in this respect. Iu Mipirt of the second objection In the demurrer, tliat the Indictment does not state fact sufficient, it Is claimed by the respondent that the act ol 1876, under which this Indictment Is tniind, Is uncertain and void. The lan guage of the Statute on which this indict ment is framed is, "eaeh and every person who shall deal, play or cirry on any game of Faro, etc." It U contended that thr; word Furo Is ot too general a meaning to describe a crime; tlint the S'ntute Iftould have described how the game ot F'aro was played. We think the designation ol the gume sufficient. 1st Bishop, Criru. Proc., See. 3HG. It is also contended that it tlie Statute is not sufficiently explicit, that the Indict ment should set out the fact which con-ti-tute the game, that the Court may judge whether the fact constitute iiie game of Faro. We think the indictment being as explicit in describing the offense as the Statutes which creates It, it Is sufficient in case like this. In Commonwealth vs. Welsh, Oth Gray, 824, Judge Metcalfstates tliejrule as follows: "A charge iu an iu- dictmeut may bsjmade in tlie words of tlie Statute without a particular statement of tact and circumstances." In this ease the Statutes states what act shall constitute the offense; and tho state ment of those acts in the indictment. shows to the Court that the oflunt has been committed. Tlie Indictment uum state trie act necessary to be proven. In this etise a witness may be called iu and If he swear that respondent denlt, played and carried on a giinie of I uro. then the crime is proven as alleged, and these are all the ucts necessary to constitute the crime. There is another objection urged, and that Is. that tho penalty provided for, in the act of 1S70, must be recovered by an action as provided in Sec. 11 of the said act. In construing an act of the Logl-latur-, it is n rule to consider nil Its premises, an to construe eacn section as to give effect to the whole, If this can be done. It is a rule also, that an act shall be so construed as to aceomplWi the object tor which It was enacted. A law should not e so construed as to dufent its Intent. Smith on construction of Statutes, puge t!71. Sec. 527, Held: This act wa3 passed to pievem gambling. The first section defines the offense, aud then says that the person committing the ofluuse shall be gullity of a iiiisduiiieunur, and ou conviction thereot ,h,ll be punished by a tine of m utorclB.; than five hundred dollars, nnd shall bo Imprisoned in the County .111 until such fine and cost shall be paid. This section provides a mode of enforcing the penalty, which is by Indictment aud conviction un der the Code of Criminal Procedure; and the remedy Is completed by virtue of this section unless the same is qualified by Sec. 11 ol same act, as follows: "All lines and forfeiture provisions of this net shall be recovered by an action at law, to be brought lu tho name of the State ot Oregon. We think tho con sol may have misapprehended the mean ing ol this section, and thought that the words 'action at law" meant "civil action at law;" but such is not the necessary slg nlllcHtiou ot these words A proceeding, by indictment. Is an action at law; See Code, page Ul!; sec. 07. Section (W provides that the first plead ings In such an action, on the part of the State, shall lie the indictment. By the Code, all criminal actions are lu tho name of the State, as plaintiff; Code, page 310, soc. 00-70. And tho provisions of Sec tion 11, of the art of IS 76. are- not con flicting with ths Code or Seu'lon 1, ot said act, and this view not only makes the act consistent with itself but, also with the Code of Criminal Procedure; and Sec. 11 simply provides what shall be done with the fines and forfeitures that shall bo re covered. This disposes of the various questions In this case, nnd from the View abovt ex pressed, wo think there Is error In the judgment iu the Court below, and that tlie same Blioulcl be reversed, and the case re manded to the Court below fur future pro ceeding. Opinion, ' Judge R. P. Boise . em nwraitv We have twenty-six canneries on the Lower Columbia river, and one at the Lower Cascade on ths am river These canneries have a capacity of twenty-five thousond cases annually etch, a grand to tal for fhe twenty-six canneries of 075.000 cases, which, at (5 per esse, makes a sum total atiiiiially ot $..175,000. Of course the taking ot this im noose number ol sal mon annually will, at an early day, not only dcmliilsh the catch, but ultimately destroy the salmon, and with them the Iwrneu'W revenue to the Government and those etigiged in curing them, To pre vent this provisions should at once be . I ... , . . j, .,. . i ' .: , t . Wf;in.i(it3 iu riiinLo uiu MMi nriiiicmuy. and Congress has It-en asked to appropriate f-25.000 to start a, sdinoii nursery, and flO.OW thereKlter annually to maintain it. The annual revenue from the fisher ies, when run to their fullest capucity. Is about equal to tho wheat crop of tit Stun-.. mm znmiQH. Jaxiari, 23tb, 1S77. Fui'fiE Shtcik.w:- Sir. Henry Ileguire, a young maa catting rails for Mr. F. McClain, cut hia foot very severely Hatnrdajt morning. Mr. Jos. O. Moore was with him at the time, be bound up tho cut the best be cou.d, and went to Mr. Mat Boiall'a and got lain to taks bis team and wagca and briug the young maa to Mr. MoClaiu's, iu town, whetw his foot was dressed and made as comfortable as possible, uudur the oircntnulanens. It will be s month or six weuks before be will be able to work The citizens of Bilvcrton are making quite an amimat of improvements in town, especially ie siikwalks, tiavn.fi completed two np to tiu time; one from Lippitt'a corner to the school bouse, and one from Drake's, blacksmith shop to the loner pari of town; both of which wre needed for the scholars and the public generally. Another will be built iu a abort time, from Wolford's corner up to Wm. McQuires, near the grist mill of Mr. Cooper. Mantra HemUrrshotd fully are toarinj down a (art of tbuiroUishop ami are Koiug te put up a new building where thuy cun f urnisba greater amount of sank, nnd doors for the public, on short notice. Tbore will h some dow dwellings oracled here- this spring,amoug them W. N. Ilraka, our note able blacksmith, cxpectn lo build a dwelling oa the property that be bought from P. H email. Several others aro talked of. Town will be lively in the spring, when they all get to work improving their property, aud it will add great deal to tbe aj-araHoe of the town. H. A Yoetnic Love LrMer. Turn back to your school days aud sue if you cannot recall the time whoa yoa either sent or reeeivsd an epistle of just about tlie style of tbe one below. Aud recall tlie ecstatic pleasure that the reception of it gave you as yoa spelled out the words traced by the sweetheart of your first school days. Tins lotter full out of Harry's arithmeic on bis way home from school last evening, and was picked up by abovy of laugh ing mischief making gi:ts, who want to see it in prtut. We know that neither "Harry or Becky" will care; so liere goes: liear Hurry: -It is with pleasure I take my pen in hand to let yon know ttiat 1 am wolf. Imping these few lines will find you enjoying the same great blessing. Uud boy". 1 wilt never leave tliue, or ftuanke thee. I have alwavs ad mired thy happy Uce. My face will tell my love for thee. Farewell, my friend; farowoll, my love; farewell. itr.iiKcc. I'rrllll; fcuua;. One of tho prettiest features of the concert at tho Methodist Church lust Sabbath afternoon was the duetto sung by Emma Gorman and Lizzie Williams, two little Wobfjot girls of African descent. They kept good time, enunci ated each word plainly, stid have well trained voices. They should be put on future pro-