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we.. o o 0 HI O o o o o a o o o VOJL. 5 OREGON CITY, OKGGON, FKIMY, FEffiRUAR 3- 1871. NO. is. o o o o O o o o o 0 O 0 O 7 o The Weekly Enterprise ':A DEMOCRATIC PAPER, FOR THE Business Man, the Farmer Jiii the FAMILY CIRCLE. ssueo ;eveht fiiiday by A. fSOLTNER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICE In Dr. Thefsing's Brick Building. O TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION : Single Copy one year, in advance, $2 50 TER MS of A D YE R TISING : Transient advertisements, including all . leai notices, A sq. of 12 lines, 1 w.$ 2 50 For each subsequentinsertion 1 CO One Column, one year $12000 ,Hilf " " 60 Charter ' " 40 Business Card, 1 square one year 12 jfS" Remittance to be made nt the risk o Sabicribers, and at the expense of Agents. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. K The Enterprise office is supplied with Deautiful. approved styles of type, and mod ern MACHINE IMU-'StiES. which will enable the Proprietor to do Job Piinting at all times Neat, Quick and Cheap ! 6S- Work solicited. AH Iiuiiies tr-intact'tons upon a Specie ba$i$. 'B U SIXES S OA ED S. C11AKJL.ES K. WARKEN, Attorney at Law, v go ii Cltj Oregon. Sept.ltt:lr. JOHN FLEMING, L.MzJA- DEALER IN BOOKS AND STATIONlRY, IN MYERS" FIRE-PROOF BRICK, MUX STREKT, OREGON CITY, OREGON. l"vrATiTXEliSIIlI J AS. K. KELLY, Re-"iilL"iii:e, OpIihhImh, st bet. '-' I hh 1 81 J. II. REED, Residence corner of Columbia ami 7 th sts. Ja.s. K. Kelly and J. II. RceJ, under the firm name ot KELLY & HKKD, Will practice law in the Courts of Oregon Ollice on First street, near Alder, over the ne w Post ullice room, Port. and. (4utt JAXSIXG STOUT. Attorney and Counselor at Law, PORTLAND, OREGON. J OIJiM-Under the United ts m."rict Court H Front street. 4otf pAGK & THAYER ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE In Urge's lJuilding, corner of Front and Stark streets, Portland. S2:tl J. F. CAPI.E3. J. C. MORELAND. CAPLES & MORELAND, ATTORNEYS AT LA, Cor. FRONT and 1 1' ASHING TON Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON. o W. ROSS, 31. IX, Physician, and Surgeon, jsyotuie on Main Street, opposite Mason ic iiail, Oregon City. 13tt" JJ S AF FA K I i AX S, f hyslcian and Surgeon, "r3f Office at hi-; Dru. Store, near Post O.Tice, Oregon City, Oregon. 1 3 tl "Liva and Let Live." JjMELDS & STRICKLEK, DEALERS IN PROViSlONS, GROCERIES, COUNTRY PRODUCE, Ac. CHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS. tr?"At the ol 1 stiud of Wortman & Fields Ogon Citj , Oregon. l?tf w ATKINS, M. D., SURGEON, PortTLVxn, OuEGn. OFFICE Odd Fellows' Temple. eortvr Firt and lder streets Residence corner of Main and Seventh streets. ALANSON SMITH, Attofaey and Counselor at Law PKOCTOlt A5D SOLICITOR. AV0CAT. Practices in State and U. S. Ccvtrt.s. O'Jice No. 108 Front Street. Portland, Oregon, j Opposite McCornuck's lioek Steaj- W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since lS49,at the old stand, Mi n Street, Oregon City, Oregon An Assortment of Watches, Jew e'ry. and Scth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be a represented. PtMiiiirino-s done on short notice. md thankful for past favors. CLAHK GHE,ENMAIT, Drayman, OREGON CITY. All orders for the delivery of merchan Ise or pickaxes and freiarht of whatever des ription, to any p irt of the city, willbeexe ote l promptly and with care. JEYT YOlIIv HOTEL, (Devitfches GafthattsO Xo. 17 Front Street, opposite the Mail steam ship landing, Portland, Oregon. H. E0THF0S, J. J. WILKENS, PROPRIETORS. Toard per Week $5 00 ' " withLodirine 6 0" Dar. 1 CO Telegraphic Clippings. From our Extra, Jan. 30 Important European War News. Surrender of Paris Terms of the Surrender. A 'tilc-ndy R 't. t in' Pa ris. New Y'oek. Jan. 27. The Wo Id's cable. London, Jan. 25th, says that the Secretary of the Empress to-day denied that lie signed the agreement which Bismarck claims. The Empress is depressed and distressed at to-dayrs news from Palis. At Favre's request M. Picard and Dorian have received passes to go to Versailles ami join in negoiiations. The Conference yesterday had a discordant session of four hours. Garibaldi writes Fraholi : " Forget the past, and think only ot the future. Or ganize as many Italian volunteers as you can and send them to me."' Vienna, Jan. 25 Intelligence of the intended capitulation ot Paris was re ceived to-day. Although the news was anticipated, there was much feeling. Peo ple rejoice at the close of the war, but ex press a feeling of sympathy with the French. On Saturday last there was a riot by Flonrens and the worst Radicals at Paris, 'bached by the National Guards. Fight ing ucmu red, but the result was against the rioters. Vinoy succeeds Trochu as commander of Paris. Lonpov, Jan. 27. "Gambol! a declares that the capitulation of Paris will not stop the war. but that it will be carried on in the Provinces, lie boasts of having over two million more soldiers fit for war. IIkiji.ix, Jan. 25. The army of General ManteufTel is crossing Du L)is in the rear of Roiirbaki. who is being driven into a dangerous position, and is certain either to have to capitulate or escape into Swit zerland. London. Jan. 20. Other papers as yet have no confirmation of the telegram to the Times, relating to the proposed capit ulation. Vkusum.ks, Jan. 25. Fa'vre returned to Paris yesterday. j Aim .ox. Jan. 2(. The French garrison of Longwy has been sent to Thionville ; and Metz. By the terms of the capitula- ' lion the National Guard are not prisoners.' Ni:w Yoijk, Jan. 2S. A Pans corres pondent gives further details of the bloody outbreak of the Republican mob suid Reds, made on the Hotel deVille. Ab oit noon on the 2'Jd. about 200 villainous looking Reds, including a large number of soldiers, inarched in a body to a place in front of the Hotel do Ville, uttering revolutionary cries, and calling upon the citizens to arm. Never since the present troubles has a crowd been seen, bringing so vividlv ti mind the h -rrois of the old French Revolution. They occupied the j place over an hour without anv onnosi- ! tion, shouting and yelliny. In the mean time I lie Guarde Mobiles and Britons drawn up in front of the Hotel de Ville, who stood their ground, avoiding any Col lision with the mob by all means in their power. After 1 o'clock an Adjutant in command advanced in front of the men on account of a threatening demonstra tion by the crowd, ami was fired upon and fell pcVe'rely won ink d. Immediately the Mobiles fired on the crowd, creating terrible havoc. A number of person:., lookers on. encouraged by the length of time which had elapsed without violence, were drawn in front f the Hotel rte Ville and received shots from the Mobiles. The crowd fh-d. and fifty of their number were left on the ground. It was afterwards ascertained that 5 were killed. 18 wounded. At the same time the M- biles fired, a number of muskets were, discharged f rom the windows of hou.-es on each side of the street occupied by the ii ters. Three or four Mobiles fell from the fbe which was badly directed. The old casemates above the statue of Henry Quartre were completely riddled with bullets. After several rounds were fired the Mobiles withdrew from the building, and a larire force of the Nationale Guardcs came, with Gen. Vinoy at tl.eir iiead. As they ap proached the rioters left the houses and lied. tho"puardts allowing iheni to escape without shooting or arresting them. It is said Floorens was prominent among the rioters before the fighting began, but was not seen afterward. The seige of Laitmichcsbeck is raised. The Prussians are concentrating at St.. Quentin. and have reappeared before Cambria, and occupied Maiqiue. Sharpshooters surprised a party of Uh lans, and captured a godson of the Em press Augusta. They refused ro exchange him for French prisoners, and have placed him in the hospital of Cambria exposed to bombardment. New Yock. Jan. 2S. Paris capitulated on the 2( th. garrison and Terms, the surrender of the summoning of a National Assembly. Lonikix. Jan. 28. Favre was in confer ence with Bismarck at midnight. Bis marck carried Ui.i point. The capitula tion involves peace, the cession of Alsace and German Lorraine, and part of the fleet; a money indemnity to be granted by the municipalities ; a portion of the German army to return home, and the war to clot-e. Ir. is necessary that some territory be retained to secure the fulfill ment of the compact. The Mobiles are to oe sent nome. nn.l the German army to enter Paris. Tbe Emperor will return immediately to Berlin. There has been no firing on either side since last Thursday. The following particulars have been received of the first visit of Favre to the German headquarters at Versailles : It appears that Favre arrived at Versailles on the 23d in Binarck-s carriage, which had been sent to ttu- Prussian outposts to receive him. lie wa mimh r.,.; i ..., drove After - iiu, oil I at once to the Chancellor s office, a lonar interview h t.- ,i; w.th L.smarck. The later held a con ference with the Emperor Kaiser at 11 o dock the same night. Odo Resell, tin- representative of the bntish l oreign Office, had been apprised beforehand of the approaching visit of lav re. We overheard two negroes the other day, arguing about the crea tion of the world, when one said: "De world rested on a turtle's back de .Bible sez so." "Is dat so ? What does it say dat de tur tle rested on ?" "Hush yer motif, big niggah, you jis gone and broke up de argument." "Eastern Oregdii-' That portion of country former ly denominated "Eastern Oregon" lying in the great basin ot the Columbia bounded on the west by the Cascade, and the east by the Hitter Root and spurs of the Kocky Mountains or more particnlarly between the meridians ot 113 ami 120 degrees west of Washington, and the parallels of 42 degrees and 49 degrees north, is divided be tween a limited amount of rich val- I ley land, and high rolling praries covered with luxuriant bunch grass, i peculiar to this country alone. The I valleys are well adapted to all the j cereals, vegetables and fruits usu j ally raised in any of the Western States bordering on the Mississip pi and its tributaries, and of an area capable of supporting all the stock which the praries mentioned will feed in summer. Agreatpoi tion of this bunch grass eountrv will raise excellent small grain, and wherever the experiment has been tried, apples, peaches and pears do well. Of all countries this great ba sin Milords the finest ranges for cat tle, horses and sheep. It is only one winter in live or six that any stock feed is needed, and then for never more than two months. In fact, there has been no winter since 18(32 that it has been necessary to feed at all. As to healthfulness of this country, for man and beast, it certainly has no equal in the world. The elasticity of the atmosphere is remarkable. Pulmonary com plaints are unknown as originating here and many persons who have been alllicted with lung diseases in other portions of the country have been permanently cured by a short residence in Eastern Oregon. Hemes can be built up here on good titles to land, which can be purchased at from 1 25 to 5 00 per acre, in quantities of from 040 acres to the smallest subdivision. Under the Ilomtstead Law every person, :i head of a iamilly, can be the owner of a farm "it an expense not to exceed ten dollars. Xow is the time for persons to possess themselves of a home in this most desirable country. In four or live years the Great Xorlhern Pacific, Pailroad will be completed, when this whole country will rapidly lill up and land will increase ten fold in value. A portion of this vast country is peculiarly adapted to dairy purpos es, especially in what is known as the Mountain Meadows, where the grass remains green during the en tire summer and fall say from April to X'ovember. Xintey-nine hundredths of this great basin is yet unappropriated, and it contains j pasturage enough lor millions or head of stock. The mountains ranges and spurs which bounds its fields and pastures are rich in the precious metals, and are covered with abundance of wood, sufficient to work these coarser ores and to supply lumber ami fuel for all the population which the hind can sup port. It is surprising that the great stock-raisers and fanners of other portions of our country have not more generally turned their attcn tion in this direction, where the verdant meadows ami grass car peted lulls of our country invite settlement and improvement. The Dalles Military Poad Com pany have over six hundred thous and acres of land, the great portion of it is of excellent quality for ag ricultural and stock raising purpos es which they design oiferin- lor sale next spring on very liberal t en n s. JIouh to ijicei'. P etikixg J i; stick. For reasons that happen in most all well regu lated, thrifty families, a Wyoming female Justice of the Peace had to retire from the bench for a short time. The liurlington Gazette tells the rest of the interesting story: "Mrs. Esther Morris, that female justice of the peace, that there was so much blow about in the papers not long since, has been obliged to retire from the bench for a season. It was a boy, weighing twelve pounds. She is believed to be the first justice of the peace that ever had such a thing occur since the world began. George Baixstow is named as the radical candidate for Governor of California. This is the same man who a year or two since was indict ed on the charge of perjury, grow out of a disputed land case, and narrowly escaped conviction. Little irregularit ies of the kind nev er affect a" man's standing in the party of "high moral ideas." and so Bars'tow is deemed worthy to re ceive the Iiedical nomination. A little girl of eight or ten sum mers being asked what dust was, replied "It was mud with the juice squeezed out." A lady in Jasper county, Indi ana, aged 75, wants a divorce from her husband aged 78, because he spends half his time running with the girls; Workings of tha Tariff System. The following statement or ii j ------ lustration of the workings of tho tarilf, gotten up in the interests of the jew limgiana ami eastern mo nopolists, shows how inireniouslv it is contrived to take the tax off articles used by the wealthy to put it upon those of prime neces- sity that have to De consumed, by the poor : TI1K IilCII MAX'S TARIFF. per cent. On gold and silver chains. , ... .25 Diamonds 25 Mahogany Wood 00 Jewelry. 15 Laces 35 Pearls 00 Pubies 10 Corals 00 Gold Pings. . . . Cameos Oil Paintings. . Marble Statuary 25 10 10 10 THE rOOII MAN S TAlilFF. On Salt Cutlery Shoes Iron Xaila Coal Spades and Shovels.. Plaukets Sole Leather Glassware Clothing Flannels .... 1 5 5 50 3 o 50 30 45 .50(775 35 40 .G0G5 55(77 05 This is not all. In section twenty one of the law it is enacted that the duties shall be as follows : On teas of all kinds To cents a pound. On coffee of all kinds 3 cents a pound. On all molasses 5 cents a gallon. On -chocolate 7 cents a pound. It will be seen that cheap tea, cheap coffee, cheap molasses, and cheap chocolate are taxed as much as thy dearer and higher priced article. Thus a pound of tea cost ing two dollars is taxed only half as much as two dollars worth of the inferior article selling at half the price. The tariff is based mainly on the specific system, that of wholly discarding value as an element of taxation, and putting it upon quantity and bulk instead. In that way the rich are favored and the poor are injured. Council Ckxsus Pinrnxs. The total population of the United States and Territories, as shown by the returns ot" the late census, is 38, 307,300, showing an increase in ten years of 0,801,078, the same being a little less than 22 per cent. This is 12 per cent, less than the increase for the ten years ending iti 1.8G0.. War's desolation here shows iis footprints. The total population of the Ter ritories is 319,059, showing an in crease of 108,830. and there has been an increase of 5G,02G, in the District of Columbia. Four states Xew York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois contain over a third of the whole population of the coun try, and these four with the four next highest, namely, Missouri, Indiana, Massachusetts and Ken tucky, contain over half the entire population. . - -- The " pranks" of the " colored cadet" at West Point are, with all their seeming impunity, commen ted on in any hut favorable terms among army ofiicers of high stand ing, and the fact is by no means disputed that there is much more toleration on the part of the Gov ernment in the difficulties wherein this embryo army officer is con cerned than would be endiired were the offender a white boy instead of a negro. As it is, he has given the War Department as much trouble as any six white boys atlhc Acad emy ; but it appears that unseen influences are hard at work to pre vent the proper move by military authorities in asserting their own dignity CM A. ill eLL .ur,, aiiu u.u.ia . - . . . . . V ' T I I L . I .1,-1. 1, Clara Arfics last week entered up on its sixth volume. It is one of the best of ourjinterior exchanges, presents a most healthy apperrance, and so long as it remains under the control and management of Wm. A. January, its gentlemanly editor, will not fail to be considered an eloquent exponent of sound Demo cratic principles. Continued suc cess to it. Some one relates the story of a man who was too lazy to say his prayers. He wrote out his devo tions on foolscap, however, and tied them on the foot of his couch Before retiring he would hold them up to Heaven, and exclaim, "Them's my sentiments!" and jump into bed. It is significant of coming events, that the Kepublican party has lost the control, since the elections in October, of two State Senates, in which they supposed they had the majority. We allude to Pennsyl vania and Indiana. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, Ilatures la test Frek. The latest freak of nature in California, of which we have heard is a calf and judging from the des cription we have received of it, it is truly a nontrosity. which, when at a mature age, should it live, will not be among the least of the natural curiosities to which Cali fornia has given birth. This calf, as it is called, for it appears to have no other claim to that name than it was born of a cow, belongs to Win. Archer, who resides near San Pablo, on that portion of the San Domingo Pancho known as Bay Greek. It was born last week and as the owner states, "is a smart, lively calf," of the ordi nary sijSe. The face is flat like that of a bull dog' and is orna mented with three nostrils. It has two lower jaws, distinct and sep- eratc in every particular, each of which is provided with a long, slim, pointed tongue, which the owner says it usually coils around his hand while feeding it. Under the tongue of each jaw is a tuft of hair, which appears to grow with the growth of the animal. The jaws are connected with the stom ach by two throats which, like the jaws, are entirely distinct. One jaw projects prominently to one side, and m this a bold array of grinders are always visible. The owner says the animal cannot eat or partake of food Avithout assis tance. He has fed it with milk so far, and it seems to thrive admira bly. This desciption is given from the statement made by the owner; but as he intends to have it re moved to this city, and placed on exhibition, an opportunity will be offered of giving fuller and more interesting details, of what must prove to be, should it live until full growth is attained, a formida ble monster. Alto. Mrs. Partington Speaks-. "As for coolers coming here," said Mrs. Partington, as she wiped her brow with the old bananna handkerchief, bearing the pictorial representation of the battle of Lake Erie, "I should say let'em come : for good ness it is hot enough, with every raix of one's clothes so satiated with moisture, that one almost wishes to be a white bear, and sit on the Xorh Pole, if it would be proper and ice so dear! The more of them the better, I should say, with the mockery at ninety, ami going up at that, goodness help us ! Oh, if heaven would only freeze the ponds over in Summer, what a luxury it would be, with the ice for pic-nics, and no thanks to the monoblarizers, and are pinching 'em to make 'em and, so that a ten cent ice-cream isn't enough to fill a holler tooth with, if any body hould want to, and ice lemonade is not to 1)0 thought of without paving for it, and the Lord knows where it will end unless the coolers .! . i t a. . i : . come. Mic stopped, exnausieu m idea and breath, wiping her face j with her handkerchief, while Ika j at behind the milk pan witu a boat in it, the sails of which he was fanning with Mrs. P.'s great black Sunday fan with red flowers on it, that she had just laid away in the drawer up stairs. Tied to a Dead Body. Henry Lee, F. L. S., writes to the editor of the London Lancet in regard to the paralytic seizures from which Chang, one of the Siamese Twins, has recently suffered. He has re ceived letters from the twins and their families, which induce him to believe in the possibility of their seperations in case of the pre-de-cease of one of them. A letter from one of Chang's daughters says that her father is low-spirited, can scarcely move without assistance, and that his whole right side is perfectly useless. " Uncle tries to cheer him up but he has nothing to say." From the sentence men tioning Eng's endeavors to cheer and comfort his brother, Dr. Lee finds in each a distinct and seper ate volition and vitality, and hence that Eng could be successfully cut from tlie dead body of Chang should he die first. "I am fighting fraud and want your support," said Secretary Cox to Gen Grant. "1 shall continue to fight fraud with what force I may, but I am powerless without your support." And what was Grant's reply to this? Obedient to the plunderers whom Cox was fighting, Grant removed him from the Cab inet, and put in his place a tool of the plunderers! This fact alone is enough to open the eyes of all hon est men to t he true character of the administration and its Chief. General Grant it is understood, will shortly send such information to Congress touching the late Southern elections as will change the Amnestj- bill pending into an other reconstruction bill. The re construction, however, most need ed is, a reconstruction among the republican managers down South. Raiirea6s and State Bights- The radicals, says the S. Fl Ex aminer, are firm believers in the doctrine of State rights in States of which they have control. Like the Pilgrims of Plymouth rock, who claimed freedom of conscience for themselves but refused to grant v1 the same privilege to dissenters from their creed, many of the lead ing radicals advocate radical State tights when they have political control, while supporting the pol icy of an almost total abrogation of State sovereignty when the Democratic party are in power. The radical Gpvern.or of Illinois, in his message submitted, to the Legislature, announces the doctrine that the rederal Government has no right to authorize the construc tion of railroads in a State or to create corporations for that pur pose, or to exercise any sort of su pervision and control over railroads within a State; and he recom mends that the General Assembly should protest against the assump tion of such power by Congrtss. This dictum is generally important as indicating that the radicals themselves are becoming sensible of the tyranny and corruption of a consolidated government. We have olten told them that the chicken of a central despotism, which had crowed so loud and lusti ly over the prostration of State lib erty in the South, Avould at hist come home to roost. Our radical Governor protests against even a mud Congressional usurpation ot jurisdiction over the State of Illi nois. He dislikes even the smell of the physic of which he was prompt to recommend the administration in allobathic doses to the demo cratic States. This new avowal of an old democratic doctrine is of great importance to railroad com panies that have Federal charters. Jt gives to the States, through which a road runs- the right to regulate the passenger and freight tariff of so much of the road as lies within their respective State jurisdictions. The question as to the right of a State to regulate the tolls of a road within its bounda ries, but chartered by the Federal Government, has been discussed in California. If the doctrine is rec ognized by law, it will be a heavy blow against large railway monop olies, because it is much easier for these monopolies to manage a sin gle Congress than half a dozen State Legislatures. An Awful Frog Story. A man named South worth, living iii Warren, Pennsylvania, has just ejected from his stomach a frog that had been living there for fif teen years ! Mr. Southworth has had a great deal of trouble with that frog. It used to begin to croak at the most unreasonable hours. When Southworth would go to church for instance, the frog would remain quiet until the con gregation engaged in silent prayer, and then it would set up such a terific howl that the sexton would rush in and collar Southworth, and drag him out to quiet down in the graveyard. Sometimes the frog would give a nocturnal serenade af ter Southworth was fast asleep in bed, and then Southworth would rise, as mad as any thing, and seize a stomach pump and try to draw the frog up. But the subtle reptile had had that trick played on it too often during those fifteen years, and it always shinned up the tube apiece, out of the draught, and waited until Southworth exhausted himself. Southworth never fooled that frog a great deal. And when frogs were in season j Southworth used to fish for this one with a fly; but it always refused to rise, and the fly buzzed around so in South worth's alimentary canal that it nearly tickled Southworth to death; So Southworth had to wait until the other day, when the frog thought it would come up and go and see a friend ; and when it did come, Southworth killed it with a fork. He says the frog used to eat twice as much as he did ; but we have been thinking it over, and it seems to us the statement must be exaggerated somehow. What the poor creatures did that were born and grown before the clock of the Christian era struck "one," nobody can tell. We all need these starry days: the young, that they may never grow old ; the old, that they may always be young. I think it might be written among the beautitudes, Blessed are they whose sons are all boys and whose daughters are till girls. Taylor. It is reported of Yon 3Ioltke that when he was officially inform ed of the declaration of war by France against Prussia, he pointed to his cabinet and said to his sec- retary , right'!" "Third drawer to me Tlie secretary opened it forth a mass of manu- and drew rint. which proved to be Yon Moltke's plan for the invasion of France, drawn up three years ago. Cassim M. Clay. A correspondent of the Cinci tati Enquirer, writing from Rich mond, Ky., under date of January 2d., thus speaks of Casaius M. Clay: Within six miles of this place is the home of Cassius M. Clay. lie has devoted his whole life, to the extinction of slavery, Wid has la bored to thut end with a fidelity and single heartedness, that has won the respect of even his bitter est opponents. , He has sacrificed the grandest estate in America to that end. A single item of that estate embraced fifty thousand acres of land on the CtVmberJand River, now worth at east a hun dred dollars an acre. Another item consisted of nearly half the county of Madison, which ranks fifth in wealth ip Kentucky. He now lives on a Farm of thirty-three hundred acres, which belongs tojiis wife and children ; and hasn'tj'h acre of his own. But he is no long er a Republican. Yesterday he dined (on Russian plate and cham pagne) all the Democratic leaders ot this county, and he untold his views to them. He says tha his party has left him, and hasbecme the party of degradation. That he once thought Grant M as only a fool, but has been convinced that he is. a knave, and that another term of such misrule is national ruin. Slav ery is dead, ami there is no longer a dividing line between him arjd the Democracy. But while for himself he buries the tornhawk un conditionally, he suggests the pol icy of nominating for President ih 1872 some such man as Chase, r Gratz Brown, or. Charles Francis Adams. The effect of Cassius M. Clay's example upon the negro vote in this State will be incalcul able. The Corner Loafer. We clip the following from the- Mayfield Enterprise: "The young squirt oil the corner, with his baton little og one side, the stub of a cheap igar in his mouth and a stare for every lady that passes is a loafer. Do you know whore he gets money?0 His mother earns it for him by- tak ing in washing. Poor soul ! she thinks her boy will get work soon. He could find work enough to leep him busy from earlr morn untill evening if hcwants it, but he isGa lasy loafer and don't want work. If lie gets a place he neglects his work, or does his work so poorly- that he is soon discharged. lie never works for the same mar twice ; or, perhaps, he is particular what kind of work he does. He is willing that his mother or sistegshould sew or wash to earn money- for him to spend, but he is a little particular as to what work he does- He looks down on that sweaty carpenter who hurries bv hinr.nods condescending ly to his friend, the shoemaker, and sends a Whiff of smoke into the e(5cs of bedaubed painters, with both hands full of paint pbtsand brushes, lie couldn't borrow ten cents of any of them. They7 know he would never pay it. They earn their money7". lie begs of his mother a part of her hard earnings, at an age, too, when he is capablof putting his shoulder to the wheel and ad ding a little toward the support of himself and little brothers and sis. tersr With regard to the Democratic nomination for the Presid?nt in 1872, the Washington correspond ent of a leading paper, says: " Hoffman is pointed ottt as a strong man, but the majority of the thinking, sound, substantial men of the partT have opinions that his time can be delayed with no detriment to the party, but with advantage. Hendricks of Indiana', is the man. Thurman, equally- a statesman, and equally fortunatb in the esteem of his countrymen, stands high on the list with others, but Hendricks, the representative of the banner State of the West, at this time, appears to be first0iii Deep Ploughing. An agricul o tural cotemporary- thinks the time favorable to instruct farmers that they ought to plough deep. It is said that a man will, taking one year with another, make more clear niouev by ploughing twenty acres deep and" putting the grain in well and early than skimming over one hundred acres and taking no pains to put it in. Ti e same authority asserts that last year the difference. in appearance of" the grain fields told very plainly here deep ploughing had been done. The crop in every instance, was much superior to that on soil where the ploughingjiad been merely- super ficial". Fanners should make a note of this. A blushing Cincinnati damsel recently applied to Judge of Pro bate for a marriage certificate, ex cusing herself by stating that her affiance ran on the river he had no time to attend to the business him self. G o 0