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fi'lWMiT'lili n"L ! mil w-Mcttma g ft ! & r 1 3 o n Jt p u b ! t c a i " i . ,. , 1 1 . .. ,i , T- . - .. ' TT DALLAS, SATUKDAYMAK. 4. Subsidies. 'The .question of subsidies, either landed or tended, aeems to bo raising .many objections, from the press, as well as from individuals. Whatever may be said of the propriety, of giving heavy grants and subsidies to railroad and other corporations in the future, no one will pretend to say that they have not been beneficial in the past. In opening up the yreat West, they have been of more advantage than any ..or all other causes combined. Very true they have enriched it few individ uals at the expense of the many; hut while the many were enriching the few, they were also enriching themselves more rapidly than they could possibly have done under the old regime. The Illinois Central- Ilailroad Company .built their great central lines through Illinois, and had millions of dollar worth of land and other property which , came from the tax payers of Illinois; but ask the same tax payers if tey would dispense with the j advantages they have obtained, and those which . are daily accruing to them, and be stripped of the Central Iioad, and from one end of the State to the other would be heard an unanimous negative The great Trans continental road, of which so much has been said, has cost it is true nearly double what it should have cost; but ask the people of the .country both east and west if they would do without the convenience of .that road, to say naught of its material advantages, for the amount which it has cost, and we opine the answer will be unanimous no. But, says one writer on this subject, suppose a railroad runs through a certain section of country in which I own a piece. of land worth say $3,090, and the .value of that land is affected so that I sell .it for ;$G,000, pocket the money and leave, is the community any better off for ,the enhancement of the -value of ray property than they were before?" ,We auswcr most emphati cally th.ey are. Property always rates in value in proportion to the rcmuner ,atiou .to he derived from it ; .ami if a farm is in close pioximity to any great .channel of commerce, either railroad, riverqr capal, the observation of every man teaches him that it is worth more than the same quality of a farm less .accessible. Were any person who has visited California say ten years, or eveji five years ago, to go there now, they would find in the Sacramento, San Joa quin in fact all over California Tand which: ten years ago was considered worthless for anything but grazing, is now in a high state of cultivation and what has brought about this change, but tpe Central Pacific Kail road? We might goon and show nu merous instances of material advantages accruing from railroads, which would never have been built without a sub sidy, but do not deem it necessary. The policy of granting aid in the con 8truction of railroads through a new country we have always favored, and still think it best for all parties. We ,do protest, however, .against land subsi dies, the granting of large tracts of land to companies for any purpose. If the Government or a State wishes to give anything in the way of aid in the con struction of roads or any important im . provements, let it be given in something else beside land ; and let that be kept for the pioneer, the actual settler, who is willing to go to work and use his bone and muscle to develop and im prove it. In cases where it is advisable to grant a Government subsidy for any great improvement, which is often the ca?e, it can be done in the way of bonds,, other Government or State sureties; and these should always be .drawn, o as to make the company res ponsible for them whenever they ma ,ture, and should always be attended to promptly, so as not to allow any advan tage to those corporations that are dis posed Xo take them whenever opportu nity offers ; and in no case, nor under auy circumstances should the public domain be thrown into the hands of speculators. We furnish the Republican, and pernorest Monthly for $4 a year. THE COIN RESERVE. The following extracts from the New York Sun of February 11th, pays high tribute to the Secretary of the Trea sury, Mr. Boutwell, in his management of the Treasury Department : "Before Mr.' Boutwell leaves the Treasury Department, which it is on all sides declared he is sron to do, we wish to express our approval of a prac tice of his which has not met with that support from the leading organ of the Administration to which it is entitled. We refer to his resolute holding on to his coin reserves. Mr Trumbull, in the Senate, and Mr. Greeley in the '.Ti'ibne, have never lost a chance of i.-miiMii!iiiig this practice, and of advo c ititiir the emptying of tho Treasury of its mild lur the useless purpose of re ducing i lie funded debt. Their com pla'iit. i t hi t the country is losing the Intrrest money on the gold held in ro- ! serve by the Treasury. There is no sounder or more self evident proposition than that in all banking operation a certain amount of eaih tdiould always be kept in hand. If it he. not necessary that it should be in coin, as uih y li urged in the case dur ing a suspension of specie payments, coin is nevertheless ueeded for other purposes. It is necessary at the present time especially to show that beneath the mountain of paper money transactions disclosed tyy the bank and Treasury operations, there, is something at the bottom which denotes some decree of actual solvency and real ability to pay. We have at this moment an irre deemable paper circulation of about seven hundred millious. Now, who but the most crazy advocate of paprr issues and no money banks can say that this gigantic pile of paper money requires no coin basis V After comparing the financial opera tions of th Government to that of a hrge banking Institution, with an en tire circulation of $100,000,000, it says : " If the Government is to keep no coin reserves on hand, what sort of a show would the country make in the eye of reasonable people everywhere, in respect of its ability or intention ever to resume coin payments? The banks and the Government would be alike banking on nothing. Together, they would use seven hundred million. of demand notes, and five hundred millions of deposits. And if the Government i fo strip itself of gold, as .Mrjfrumhuil and Mr. Greeley recommend, the only solid basis of this enormous aggregate of twelve hundred millions, due on de mand, would be the begpirly mud which might chance to be fouud in the vaults of the banks. The current coin balance of the Gov ernment only averages between forty and fifty millions over and above its demand obligations, and this is a'l the basis it holds to pay its demand notes of four hundred millions. Talk about tho Government losing interest on its spe cie ! Does it not gain the Unterest on four hundred millions of paper money, and is it too much to ask that it shall show something in hand toward paying this immense amount of disregarded obligations? Suppose the Government does not intend to pay its notes, does it not owe something to the public sense of propriety, something to the old-fashioned prejudice of honest people, that when paper money is issued, there ought at least to be something behind the counter to redeem it V NEWSPAPERS IN SCHOOL, A new feature in school management has been inaugurated by llev. Mr. Lucky, of the State Normal School of California, in introducing the common newspaper as a text book for reading. It is to be used in lieu of the reading book for advanced classes. The idea is to unite practice with the theory, so as to make an accomplished reader. This, no doubt, if brought into common prac tice, will be highly beneficial, as a stu dent, after having passed over the ole mentarv principles, can put them to practice just as well, or evep better, in reading from a newspaper, than from our common school readers, and at the same time be storing the mind with a fund of general information. How often do we see scholars who have pissed through the smaller read ers, and in many eases the higher ones too, take up a paper and endeavor to read a simple paragraph, and mix it up so badly, that no one listening to them can tell what the substance of the arti cle is when they are through, from the fact that they have never practiced reading anything aloud, but lessons which they hud conned over until they were as familiar as the letters of tho alphabet. Taken as a whole, the prac ticu is undoubtedly a good one, and one which will eventually come into general favor, and bo universally adopted. Tho iron to bo used in constructing the Penitentiary will coat 025,000. i BIBS THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE. The Postmaster General has made a Report to the Senate, whiqh reveals the extent to which the franking privilege burdens the mails and deprives this branch of the public service of its ufil ity to the people, if not of its revenue. In December 1869, each post master was instructed to take an accurate monthly account of all free matter de posited at his respective office for mail- ing during the six months ending June 30th 1870. The total number of offices from which reports were duo were 28,492; but nearly 20,000 wholly failed to report. The returns of the 8,580 reporting offices show that within six months there were transmitted 5,140,795 franked letters, the postage npon which would have been 8055,548; and 2,047,971 pounds of other franked matter, such rfs printed documents and deeds, upon which the postage would have amounted to S2G0.548, i making altogether S91G.39G. At a fair rate of estimate for the 20,000 non-reporting offices, the total number of franked letters would be for the six months 10,894,497; postage on them 8933,070; printed matter, etc., 2,055, 190 pounds; postage on same 8838, 393 85. Total postage for six months, 81,271,003 85; for one year, 82,5 13, 327,70. It i undoubtedly true that a very small portion of the matter frank ed is in any way of public service, and if the privilege were abolished an im mer.sefiaing would ensue!, not merely in the diminished expense of carrying the mails, and increased revenues of the department, but in the quantity of documents printed for transmission. We still look to the present Congress for the carrying out of a measure that is demanded by the interests j of the people, and .sincerely hope it will meet with no obstacles until its final consum mation as a law of the land. COItltESPOKUHXCE.! Salt Crki-;k, Feb. 28, 1871. KitiTou IlcrriiurAN : j Thinking you would like an i item, I item you, viz.: We are now in the midst of a musical revival iu this local ity. Professor II. II. Sumerville ha quite an interesting class in vocal mu sic at the Salt Creek School j Honc. composed of about twenty-five scholars. AH appear to bu advancing! finely. Your informant has been present four consecutive evening, and nan say with certainty that Professor Sumerville spares no pains in drilling those under his tuition. I had attended two school previously, one of which was taught by Prof. Hubbard, of the Ihmtou Acade my of Muic. I di not hesitate iu say ing that Prf. Sumemllc is far ahead of any teacher which I have met with. So one need leave his schools ignorant of the science. He has three school running now. j The one abovelalludcd to, one at HneH's Chapel on Mill Creek, and one in Sheridan, Yamhill County. On last Sabbath, the three rchOols met together at Hindi's Chapel, and had a yrand Musical Festival, in which the Professor did himself great j credit, together with singers in attendance, considering the time they have been under drill, j Tho science received a boost" that will be hard to reverse. All appeared to be edified, and left in different directions, with pleaant smiles playing on their countenances. iSuccess to the most beautiful and accomplishing science. Yours, Homo. County Lodge. On Monday the 27th ult , the repre sentatives from different subordinate lodges in Polk County met at the Hall of Lodge No. 23, I. O. G. Tjfor the purpose of organizing a County' Lodge. The ceremonies were conducted by Dr. M. I). Merrick, State Lecturer. The officers elected were : Asa Shreve, La Creole Lodge, No. 23, W. C. T. ; Miss Laura Linscy, Monmouth, No. 121, W. V. T. ; J. C. Cooper, Val Fontis, No. 74, W. S. ; Miss Mary A. Lee, La Cre ole, No. 23, W. A. 8.; A. M. Smith, Huena Vista, No..41, W. F. S.; Miss Susan Richardson, Bethel, No. 120, W. T.; T. 0. Waller, Kola, No. 129, W. M. ; Miss Kate Howe, La Creole, No. 23, W. I. G. ; J. H. Hawley, No. I2G, W. O G. ; W. W. Beach, Buena Vista, No. 41, P. W. C. T.; A Stephens, Val Fontis, No. .74, W. C, ; Miss Susan Higgins, Val Fontis, No. 74, W. L. S.j Miss Joscphino Lewis. La Creole, No. 23, W. II S. After the transaction of all business, tho Lodgo adjourned, to meet in Monmouth tho second Saturday in April A general attendance of Members of the Order is requested. Mahy A. Lee, W. A. S. Remedy for Hollow Horn.-A writer in an exchange has never known this to fail : Two tablespoonsful of vinegar, one teaspoonful each of pepper and salt ; mix and pour in tho ear. If a cure is not effected m a few days, repeat tno uosc. A SAD STOIIV. A few days since, the telegraph gave the following item of news from South. ern Oregon : Jacksonville, Oregon, Feb. 25th. A shooting affray took place here to day, on the main street of this town, between Valentine S. Ralls and James I). Fay, in which neither of the party received serious injury. It seems that Ralls approached Fay, and accused him of the seduction of his daughter, and told him that one of them must die Roth drew pistols simultaneously, Ralls firing first, the ball striking the guard of Fay's pistol and preventing its use. Ralls fired three shots, one of which passed through a pocket book in the breast pocket of Fay's coat, lodging against a rib, but doing no injury. After the shooting Ralls mounted his horse and rode quietly away. The circumstances in the case are fully explained by the following letter, taken from the Herald of the 24th ult. The author of this atrocious outrage is a man of prominence, both socially and politically Jacksonville, Feb, 18,1871. To the Editor of the Herald : Pear Sir: I have a horrible talc to tell you, which I have seen with my owu eyes, as did some fifteen others of our citizens. 1 relate it to you, so that you may be able to do the public jus tice (if. justice can be done in such a case) by holding the villain up to public com and execration. What I state to you is true, every word of it. A man lives in this town with his two sister?. The home they live in belongs to him During the last eighteen months be has kept a young lady as a hired girl to do the work of the family. He and the hi rod girl slept upstairs, a thin partition separating their rooms while his sis; ers slept down stairs. The young woman is a very beautiful girl, and a girl whose character stood high in this town. On last Thursday moruing, the 10th inst., she disappeared from the house about daylight. A messenger was ent to her father's house to ascertain if she had gone home (her father lives about .vcveo miles from town). The mcsen- uer returned about i o'clock in the 'vrning with the information that the girl had not been home. Immediately a party of men, some fifteen of us, started to hunt tor tae girl in the hill back of the bouse. We soon struck her track, and tracked her abou: one mile, when we found her in a thick hunch of bruh, with an infant wrapped up in her dress The child was alive and comfortable; the poor girl was a'ujost chilled to death. Had we Matt ed an hour later on her track, night would have overtaken us before we could have found the girl, and ere morning she would have chilled to death. The girl confessed in the pres ence of her own mother and others, that the father of the child was the man at whose house she had Wen living. That it is his child, the entire commu nity is well convinced. The girl is about twenty-one years old, now. She loved this man as only woman can love, and you can see what has been done for her. Is it not a nice man that can turn his own dwelling house into a house of ill fame ? His sisters are both estimable ladies, and I sympathise with them to the bottom of my . heart. I have given you nothing but the facts in this ca.-c, which you are at liberty to use. Curino Meat. There are various modes of curing meat, but one of the best, perhaps, is that suggested by the German town Telegrojih, which is as follows : To one gallon of water, take ouo and a half pounds of salt, half a pouud of sugar, half ao ounce of saltpetre, half an ounce of potash. In this ratio, the pickle to be increased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dirt from the sugar rises to the top and is skimmed off. Then throw it into a tub to cool, and when cold pour it over your beef or pork, to re main the usnal time, say four or five weeks. Tho meat must be well cover ed with pickle, and should not be put down for at least two days after killing, during which time it should be slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpetre, which removes all the surface blood, etc,, leaving the meat fresh and clean. Some omit boiling the pickle, and find it to answer well ; though the operation of boiling purifies the pickle by throw ing off the dirt always to be found in salt and sugar. If this receipt is properly tried, it will never be abandoned. There is none that surpass it, if so good. I 1ST OV I.ETTKItS KRMAINING j in the Vast Office at Dallas, March lt l7l: Bradshaw, E. care W Mtller, Mrs. Snan Malky, Mrs.-Sarah A Kehorn, .Tuhn Kobb, L A, 2 Shields John, care W. Shields Smith, Mrs. Dolia L. Wbittaker, Benj. J. D. LEE, P. M. OHtnore Fuller, Honry IHroMVill. or Susan Hauling, A L Ka.v, Mr. Marjr Ku'ykenriall, Henry Morrill, Ira Miller, James W Subscribe for the Hefublican. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CHARLES A. 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SEND YOUR MONEY inP't r-fflce orders, cheeks, or drafu on New -.-.. whfreter convenient, if not. men register .,.,!, contalolnc money. Addrea ; W. ENOLAWr, pnbiuher. Sun office, Kew Yvt rt,y. U EILMT IX'ITI2.H E X T ! Pari to be ESomliartlecI ! WlUT, NQTWITH STANDI XO. THEPE I) will w f..u.l. at I.AUUHKKY & COL LINS tte ri Mai;nt of rarniiy Uroer tr tv-r oflrriT'l t the jmltiie, which can be had by ait wht 1ot things to eat. Our terms are ey, aid our motto, "Small profits and quick mv. Kcmetnbrr, .Main Stnft, Lal!a, at Brown's old Sttfrc lto in. 33 tf L.iUfJllERV A COLLINS. Home .Nhiiiflc cu Ma chine! Qreat Reduction in Prices! fllllK ATWVK CELEBRATED FAVOR 1 ife machine ia now ufiVrt! to the public at the reduced price ol of TWENTY DOL LARS, and will be kept constantly on band and fr sale at the rooms f Rurrliard fc Powers No 139, First Street, Portland, Oregon. II. II. MOIUUM,, 33-tf Traveling Agent. js ;V r i iz s, The Victoria, or LadicV Gem is the great inrentim lone and earnestly wished f jr br yur cx. j We desire smart and energrtic lady agents to introduce or popular and jiwtly celebrated article in every Village. Twn and City in the World. It is highly approved of, endorsed and adopted by all ladies of tate and re fin tin en t. and is now A GREAT FAVORITE WITH THEM. It is what every lady has wUhed for, gives perfect FREEHO.M OF ACTION, AND I'RCVIiNT CATCIIIXG COLD AT A CRITICAL PBIUOD. Endorsed and recommended by all eminent PHYSICIAN and divim:s. Every Lady AI!sOI.lJTEI7V Hi:iuini:s and will purhss ONE at sight. The merits are apparent at a ('LANCE. Druggists, Milliners, Dressmakers, ahd those who keep Fancy Stores will find our excellent inventioi gives perfect satisfaction, and sells very rapidly, and netting enormous profits to agents and dealers. Town and country rights given free to all who desire engaging in an honorable, respectable and profitable business, and at the same time doing good to these suf fering companions in lite. Samples $2, sent free by "mail on receipt of price. Send for wholesale circulars. Address, ; Victoria MAnrrACTCRijia Co., 43-6m 17 Park Place, New York. Mothers, I've Found It! I710R YEARS I HAVE SEARCHED FOR ; a remedy that will CURE your children by removing the CAUSE, and at last I can say "Eureka." TRY IT. CAR fil I N I TjvT CORDIAL. This is a pleasant antacid, and in large doses laxati ve j in small doses, an astringent medi cine; exceedingly useful in all bowel affections, especially of children. It is a safe, certain and effectual remedy for Cholic, Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint, Griping Pain, Sour Stomach, Costivenesa, Wind on the Stomach, Crying and Fretting of Children. In Teething, there is nothing that equals it. It softens the Gums, and renders Teething easy. It is no humbug medicine, got up to sell, but a really valuable preparation, having been in use for several years it recommends itself. Do not give your children the "soothing syrups," for they stupify without doing any permanent good. Prepared by Dr. W. WATERIIOUSE, MONMOUTH, OREGON. For Sale by Druggists. The trade supplied on reasonable terms. Hundreds of Testimo nials can be given if necessary. 13-tf I DR. W. WATERH0U8B, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SADD1E, IIAItlwESS Sc COLLAR SHOP! Two Doon South of the Post Office, Main Street, - - - - - - GEORGE W. H BART & CO. Will Manufacture and keep CONSTANTLY ON HAND a large Assortment of SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND COLLARS, Consisting of all the HOUSE EQUIPiraENT Usually kept io a FIRST CLASS SADDLERY SHOP, All of which will be made ot THE REST MATERIAL. Alo. CARRIAGE TRIMMING and RE PAIRING done to order on the shortest notice. Call and examine our Work before parebas ing elsewhere. 41-tf GEO. W. HOBART A CO. Just Arrived per If ail. o UR NEW STOCK OP FALL AKD WINTER GOOM. We respectfully call the attention of the Public to our Choice Variety of Ladles' Dreis Goods, Mens' and Boys' Suits Roots and Sboes Hardware Groceries, School Books, Stationery &e.r And Ererythlns Found In Retail Stores We can assure oar Patrons that our present Stock exceeds, in Variety and Cheapness, any we have ever bad. All we afk is, for you to sail and examine before purchasing elsewhere. Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods ! N. Jk. J.r. LET. Ia!la, Nor. lGth, 1S70. Ltf WAGON AND CARRIAGE SHOP, Main Street, Dallas Second door north of the Drug Store. The undersigned wishes to inform the Public ibat he is prepared t do any kind of work in his line, en the ,b..rtest notice, and in the best style. Taankfnl ta bis old customers and friends for formrr patronage, he respectfully s dieits a continuance ef the same. 3'-rf S. T. GARRISON. Hrwea. Mcawis. "CiETl" SALOON, MAIN STREET, INDEPENDENCE. WINE WINES. LIQUORS AND SEGARS X served to customers on short notice. This establisbment does not dispense tangle foot cr any thin; of that character. ir Cill at the Gem.Q$ HEDGES 1 MERWIN. 31 dm. The " Pi KiLLKR"miy justly be styled the great medicine of the world, for there is no re gion of the globe into which it has not fonnd its way, and been largely used and highly prired. Moreover, there is no clime to which' 4t has not proved to be well adapted for the cure of a considerable variety of disease; it is a speedy and safe remedy for burns, scalds, cuts bruises, wounds and various other injuries, as well as for dysentery, diarrhea and bwI com plaint generally, it is admirably suited for every race of men on the face of the globe. It is a very significant fact, that notwithstattd ing the long period or year the "Pain Kilter" has been before the world, it has never lost one whit of its popularity, but, on the contrary the call for it has steadily increased from its first discovery and at no previous time has the de ronnd for it been so great, or the quantity made been so large, as to-day. Another significant fact is, that nowhere has the Pain Killer ever been in higher repute, or been more generally used by families and indi viduals, than it has been here at home, where it was first discovered and introduced. That the Pain Killer will continue to be, what we have styled it, the great mepicixk or the world, there eannot be a shadow of a doubt. Provl- dence Advertiser. Cheering Pacts for the nilloua. J Every day demonstrates more clearly that liver complaint, in all its distressing forms', can be controlled and cured without difficulty or in con venienco. It is an obstinate disease, hut its obstinacy is not proof against the pertinacious, remedial and restorative operation of IlosteU ter's Stomach Bitters, That genial corrective compel th rgan to it duty. It mutt secrete . rcguturly and healthfully under the influence of the Bitters. Their action brings t back from a. state of rebellion into perfect harmony with the laws of health. If there is costiveness, it disap pears ; if there is side-ache or back-ache, it. ceases, if the skin and the whites of he eyes, are tinged with superfluous bile, they reooveo their natural hue; if the appetite is gone, it re turns; if the digestion is impaired it is restored; in brief, whatever the symptoms of complaint may be, and whatever the phase it has assumed n cure trtain. Such are the uniform effects, of this preparation where bilious disease h, been already developed; hut in eases whife, there is merely constitutional tendency to liver', uomplaint.it may be prevented throughou$Jif by the regular use, in small quantities, oftklSg palatable antidote. These are proven faotaani should be seriously nondered or. rather th. of bilious habit. . J:
