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VOL. DALLAS, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1872. JtfQ. 50. 33B&3 Ji Issued Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, olk County, Oregon. BY R. II. TYSON. OFFIC2r-SIill street, opposite , the Court House, j SUBSCRIPTION RATES. : SINGLE COPIES One Year, $2 00. Six Months, $125 .Three Months,!. JttO For CluJbs of ten or more $l'5 per annum. jStbicriptio muet be paid elrictly in advance ADVERTISING RATES. no square (10 lines or less), firstinscrt'n, $3 00 $aeb. subsequent insertion.. 1 00 A liberal deduction will be made to iuar erly and yearly advertiser., j . a Professional cards will be inserted at $ 12 00 pr annum. . Transient advertisements must be paid for -.in advance to insure publication.! All other verr'ning bill mint be naid onwrterW. ,Exlra IncliicemeiKt lor Clubbing! DEMOREST'S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY Contains Original Storie, New Muaic, lfause jhold Matters. General and Artistic Literature, .and the only Reliable Fashions, with Full Sue . 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Send ,the amount to thissr-ffiee, and the Magazine and Cbromos will be promptly forwarded. THE ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, is in every respect a Firt lass M ago line. Its articles are of the bigbesi nterest to all- It teaches what we are and how to make the most of ourselves. The informa tion .it contains on the Laws of Life and Health is well worth tbe price of the Magazine to every Family. It is published at $3 0 a year. liy a special arrangement we are enabled to offer jthePHKEXOLooic-AL Journal as a Premium tor fi new fubscribers to the Okkkox Kkpibuc as, or will furnish the Pukexolocu ai. Joirsal .and Oregon Republican together for $1 DO. We commend the Journal to all who want a food Magazine. .Origin ol the English sLaii gtingc. BY DE-WITT C. ,CLISXON. 'The accesssioo of William the Con flueror to the throne of England, was the signal for the aouitulatioQ of tjac institutions of the Anglo Saxons and ,the confiscation of their estates. The curfew tolled the knell of their departed glory and the forced employment of the Norman language in all public acts ; .the com pa Is ory teaching of the Nor man tongue in all the schools ; and the Jntr.o.&uctiorj of Norman manners and Jorman customs into social life, sub jected iiie Anglo-Saxons and their lan guage to ridicule and, contempt. Their fortunes were blasted, and they were jforced to fly to the .mountains, or seek refuge in foreign lands. But though ihe fabric of Gorman power was erected fin the ruins of their government, life and vigor yet dwelt in the subjugated race. While the Saxon noblemen in the fastnesses of the country maintained an open and deadly hostility toward the conquerors, the monk, in whose veins flowed the same Saxon blood, in the quiet retreat of the monasteries of Britain and the Western Isles, cher ished in silence, a similar hatred, en gendered by the disgrace of his beloved pountrymea. From the ruder days of the fifth cen ury, the monasteries of the Anglo 3axon had beep the noblest specimens pf architecture that adorned their pouutry j within the silent halls of those stupendous structures, beautified with arches, with carryings and fine tracery worc, and reaching with their massive iralla and spires to the clouds, the . (earned sought a safe retreat from the ravages of Norinan tyranny and Nor man oppression. There the gilded im ages of angels and the Virgin looked down from the vaulted ceilings. The ibqs sublime paintings, whose subjects were taken from the narratives of the Evangelists, and life-like statues of holy men, adorned the walls of thosp mag nificent temples of God. There sacred tapers burned upon golden altars. There pious monks, habited in black tunics and cowls, offered up in silence their morning prayer. Amid stillness like that of death, gentle clouds of incense rose toward heaven. Tat awful silence j?as broken by the solemn sound of the organ re echoing along the walls. The holy Abbott proclaimed from the desk the sacred words of inspiration. The light of the sun as it-rose in the heav ens fell upon those splendid piles, and piercing .through their beautifully painted windows, sfhed its softened rays on the solemn sceue. The solitude ol the monasteries, hallowed by the pres. ocoeofGod and by every religious as sociation, was eminently fitted to inspire in the breast of the scholar a deeper, devotion to letters. Here, remote from the turbulent WTjrld, he could cultivate his native language and literature. Here, undisturbed, he could pursue the study of the fine arts, of philosophy and poetry Uore he -could direct his thoughts heavenward, and expend his energies of miud upon elevated themes Those pious monks, while they served their God, and drauk deep at tin fourK tain of letters, did uot forget their country. Under the monks gown, those stern Saxon hearts swelled with emotious, and the laboriug brain toiled with patriotic fervor under the un masked cowl. They exhibited iu their writings the most inefFacable marks of that hatred which possessed the hearts of their countrymen. They burned with ardent aspiratioti to elevate their nation from its rude and uncultivated condition. They labored to give a na tional character to their people and sta bility to Anglo-Saxon institutions Thus inspired by patriotism, those de voted monks cherished a love fur Au-glo-Saxou letters. The monasteries be came at once both the repositories and seminaries of learning. Literature flourished under their protection, and many valuable works were preserved Lu their libraries. It was in their quiet nails that Of J man sun? of the crea tion ; Alftiee taught the principles ol language to his untutored country men. and the Venerable led? composed at; ecclesiastical history of his race, which aluue oiaims the confidence and admira tion of posterity. It was iu the soli tude of the cloister that a series of monastic authors recorded, a eye wit nesses, upon the pages of tho celt-bra ted Anglo Saxon Chronicle, the history of the time in which they lived. To these institutions are we indebted for the historical chronologies, (or the theo logical treatj.-e.s, and for the religious and narrative poetry of those times. These works, by reducing the lan guage to a written form, gave perma nenco and character to tho Anglo Saxon tongue. Uy the cultivation of it in the monasteries it became a forci ble and expressive lanuase, capable of exhibiting, with beauty and elegance of expression, the most sublime sentiments iq poetry and prose. After a century and a half the An glo-Saxon came forth from these sacred retreats full of its original spirit, and with far more than its ongtual purity, that, modified, by a contact with the Norman tongue, it might form the Kng- lish language of a later period. From these sources we follow, with reverent admiration, the advance of that noble language along the course of centuries, till now it contains the most solid treas ures of human wisdom, poesy and wit. The poet can now successfully embody, in the English language, the loftiest creations of his imagination : the philos opher his gravest thoughts, and the orator his most persuasive appeals. There is no conception of the human intellect which cannot find here its most elegant and vigorous expressions. Other languages may possess in a higher degree some peculiar excellencies, but in all the highest purposes of a lan guage, the palm is borne away by that tongue which was Ppoken and studied by the monks of Whitby and earmouth. Uius those venerable monasteries have performed a noble office for mankind they have long since gone to decay ; their massive walls have crumbled awayj their fine carvings have yielded to the touch of time, and their beautifully painted win dows and statuary have been broken and mingled in the dust. The deep tones of the organ have ceasod to souud along those ornamented walls. Prayer is no longer offered up from golden al tars. The light of the sun no longer falls upon ftructures rising in majesty to the clouda , it falls upon a pile o! desolate ruins. Those stern Saxon hearts have long since ceased to beat ; they are no longer inflamed with anger toward their haughty oppressors. Those pious monks now sleep in peace, their last sleep; those splendid ruins mark their burial place ; their immortal spirits have taken their flight to God, but the language which they fostered in the monasteries, in its higher and nobler forms, is still extant, and is des tined to live for many ages as a proud monument to their patriotism and do-yotioq, MRS. WHARTON. A peculiar interest is felt in the .subject of this sketch, who, it will be remembered, was arrested some months ago ou the charge of poisouiug General Ketchum, in her own house at Balti more. A few days ago her trial came .o a. close and resulted iu her triumph ant acquittal. In a report of the trial, at Annapolis, on the 11th, reported in tho -New A'ork Herald, we find tho sub joined : Mrs. hartou's life, from her in fancy down to the time when scandal with its hundred malicious tongues, dared to asperse her name and poison the well-springs of her joy which had previously marked the even teuor of her existence, was giveu to the public through the solemn medium of tbe witness box. From her quiet country home iu Montgomery couuty, Pennsyl vania, through the days of her child hood, after the time of her marriage with Captain Wharton, way out upon the confiucs of civilization at Forts Kearney, Leavenworth, and Gibson, back to the place of her nativity, to athiugton, to Cambridge, Maryland, during the trying times of civil stiife and finally to Baltimore city, she was traced and her whole life laid bare for the inspeetion of the jury. And such a life 1 During ail those long years her character exhibited a kindliness and amiability, a consideration for suffering humauity, which speaks trumpet! ton rued against the accusations which rets upon her. Whether as a irl, sur rounded by the soft influences of home life or on the pliins administering to tho watits, and by her refinement and cultivation, so: thing the rough edges of frontier existence ; in the midst of civil strife, with the din of battle and rudo war in itt most repulsive form staring her in tho face, or in the whirl f fashionable life, surrounded by com forts and luxuries, Mrs. Wharton alwa) displayed the came self sacrificing dispo sition which has caused friends to spring to her side iu this the hour of terrible iribul iri tn. All clashes of the commu nity triti.ed to recognize instinctively the lovely nature of the woman, and the partisan spirit which raged with such ieirful violence in portions of Mary land during the late civil strife, was hushed to silence in her pre.-ence and stayed by her wonderful iullucuee. Bachklor's IIkavk.v. There is only one territory of any site, and never has been bui one, occupied by any considerable population, from which woman is absolutely excluded. Vet such a place exists to day, and has existed for centuries. As far back as history reaches, to all females it Ins been forbidden ground. This bachelor arcadia is situated on a bold plateau be tween tho old peninsula of Acte, in the Jjrreciau Arcfcipeligo, and the mainland. Here, in the midst of cultivated fields and extensive woodlands, dwell a mon astic confederation of Greek Christians , with twenty five convents, and number ing more than seven thousand souls, and not! one of the monasteries dates back from a later time than the twelfth centuryi A few soldiers guard the bor ders of this anti-female land, and no woman is allowed to cross the frontier. Nor u this all ; the rule is extended to every female creature, and from time immemorial uo cow, marc, hen, duck or goose has been permitted to make ac quaintance with hill or valley of Mt Athos territory. A traveler was startled by the abrupt question, What sort of human j creatures are women?' The very idea of woman, whether as mother, wife or 'sister, is almost lost. To all woman-haters j to bachelors of over forty years' standing ; to all "men who seek refuge from the wile3 and ways ol the opposite sex, this region ean be safely recommenced as a haven of ret ugc. A G ood Work. A patron of the Willamette Farmer, writing from West Prairie, Wisconsin and renewing his subscription says : " Your paper has becu the cause of sending about twenty families from this town to Oregon, with a capital of about fifty or sixty thousand dollars. Royou see that if your paper is not of any great benefit to me, it is doing a great deal of good to tho State." Thus it often happens that a well con ducted paper may be doing a great work for a State or neighborhood, and friends at Lome not realize, or ppre ciate its benefits. Engineers have been sent for from Europe to construct the bridge across tho Mississippi at St. Louis. The question of a good wagon road from Portland to the Dalles is being ag itatod. 1 Ma Glitf. CROOK AND TUB COURT- MARTIAL. The special Cornsnoudentof the Alto. writing from Tucson, Arizona, gives the, following ; The army officers stationed in this portion of Arizona are at this time much exorcised over the recent "Gen eral Order, No. S3" from Gen. Crook's headquarters, containing a most critical,' logical and analytical review of the strange proceedings of the Court-matial which was convened here at Camp Low-1 ell's on the 4th of December. 1871, for the trial of .First Lieutenant Iioyal E. Whitman, of the Third Regiment of United States Cavalry, (h has been Quartermaster aud Indian Agent at Camp Grant for sometime,) on the charge at ' Drunkenness."" It appears that a majority of th officers compos ing the Court belonged to the accused own regiment such old West Poiuters as Capt James Curtis, of the class of 18G1. (These officers have since gone toi3ao Francisco with their regiments, en roate to Fort Mcpherson in Ne braska.) Curtis was -President of the Court. To the charge aud specifica tion the accused, by hU counsel, Major Henry B. Mizner, Twelfth Infautry, (commanding Camp Lowell, pleaded in bar of trial, that tho accusations against him came, originally, from a civillian of Tucson, and were inspired by malice. The Court sustained this pie without having required the de fendant to substantiate it, and thus ab ruptly terminated their ; labors." Gen. Crook, in "summing up the case," as the lawyers say, g.vcs each and every member of the Court a terri ble ' raking down," a most denuding flaggellation, and does it in that plain, courteous but decided language so char acteristic cf the man. He ialU things by their right names so there is no mis taking his meaniug. Iu short, he pro nounces the whole -proceeding of the Court as silly, absurd and farcical in the extreme. He remarks that " the Court should feav proceeded to try and de termine the gnilt or iunocencc of t' e accused in the matter before it, accord ing to the evidence, and their failure to do so Bland without a sdudow of ex cuse, or a precedent in law, or a custom of the servi" e , and iu thus thwarting the object for which they were nsscm bled, they have placed Lieut. 11. S. Whitman in a worse light than he be fore occupied. Whatever object he may have had in avoiding a trial, it was duo to the officers of the reigmenl of which the Court was largely composed, that these charges may bo legally inves tigated, so that, if iunocent, his honor might be vindicated, and if guilty, the service be rid of an uu worthy officer. " Owing to the movment of troops, con sequent upon the transfer of the Third Cavalry from this department to Ne braska, it ii impracticable to reassem ble the Court. Whitman has been re leased from arrest and restored toluty." . A Smart Girl. The Seymour (Ind.) Time thus describes a young lady who has no difficulty in fiudiog something to do in this world : 11 Miss Lulie A. Monroe, the pet daughter of the " heditor" of this pa per, becoming disgusted with tho troop of gentlemanly roving and unstable printers who have been employed during the past few months, swapping one for another every few days and weeks, cleared the last one out last week and determined to do all the work herself. Every type in this issue was set up by hei nimble fingers, including the sew advertisements since our last issue, and she has three columns for next week. And, beside all this, she did a big wash ing, read about fifty newspapers; and took two days recreation at the Mitchell fair ; aud this active and spunky little 1 printercss' declares her intention to get up the whole paper herself here after." Eclipses for 1872. In 1872 there j will be four eclipses, two of the sun and two of the moon. I. May 22, a partial eclipse of the moon, invisible in the United States, aud therefore not especially interesting to tbe majority of our readers. II. June 5, an annular eclipse of the sun, subject to the same disadvantages as above. An "annular" eclipse is when a part of the suns disc projects as a brilliant circle around the dark shadow of the inoou. III. November 14 and 15, a partial eclipse of tho moon, invisible in the United States. At Boston - it be gins at 12:15 (midnight) and euds at 12:55. IV. November 30, an annular eclipse of the sun, not visible in the Uuited States. Should we be "doubling" Cape Horn at that time, the darkness will be visible to us. j PROFESSIONAL CARDS, AC. BU. A I O It I OCULIST, AURIST, CATARRH, THROAT AND LUNO fEYsici & nr. OFFICE Corner of 3d and Mor rison streets, Portland, Oregon. DR. ABORN'S PRACTICE EMBRACES tbe most modern si icntifio treatment fur the plj aad radical cure vt chronio dieuea. 41tf JOntt J. DALIT, AtVy& Counselletvat-Law. Will practice in tbe Courts of Record and In feiior Court. Collection attended to promptly. Office in Dr. J. E. Davidson' Building, MAIN 8TKEET, INDEPENDENCE. 41-tf J. C. GRUBBS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offer hi Services to tbe Citizens of Dallas -nd Vicinity. OFFICE-H NICHOLS' Drug Store. 34-tf W. D. JEFFRIES, M. D.t Physician and Sargeon, Eola, Oregon. Special attention given to Obstetrics and Dueavei of Women. 1 tf I. . i!UJLL,IrAAr, Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all tbe Court of the State. 1 Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Dallas, Oregon. 5pcial attention jriven to Collections and to matter pertaining to Real Eatats. 1 RUSSLL, JERRI & YOODYARD, Ileal Estate Agents and Real Estate Auctioneers, No. lOO. FRONT STREET, PORTLAND OREGON. J. A. A IILECJATE, A Wy & Counsellor at Law, OFFICE INT COURT H05SE, DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, 0REO0IT. 29-tf . S. S I L v e n, X. 150, First Street, PORTLAND, .... OREGON, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in DRV GOODS, CLOTHIM, LADIES' DKKSS GOODS, HOOTS AND SHOES, HATS & CAPS, GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, Highest Cash Price paid for all kinds of Oounti-jr Produce. ig-tf FIRE!! FIRE!!! fpO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS I JL would say that I have re-built my Shop on the r SAME OLD CORNER, TJSSJfw J ,a Prep t0 d U kinds of WAGON WORK AND HORSE. SHOEING ON SHORT NOTICE. As I hv lost all my property by Fire, those indebted to me for work will confer a favor by paying up immediately. A friend in need, is a friend indeed.' 12 tf ASA SHREVE. mi DOOR 1D BLIND FACTORY," MAIN STREET, DALLAS. 1 bar. cooitftDtl on hand aod for Sil WLDOW SASH, Glazed and Ilnglazcd. DOORS OP ALL SIZES. WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, All of the Best Material and Manufacture. 11-tf JAMES M. CAMPBELL. FRANK A. COOK. BOOKBINDER, AND Blank Book Manufacturer, SAIEM, OREGON, frfr- Having established a First Class ISfi Bookbindery in Salem, is now t3EICX PrPa to ao an manner of work known to the trade. Magazines, Newspapers and Music Bound in any desired 8tyle. Old Books Be-Sound. BLINK BOOKS of every description, with or without Printed Headings, Manufactured to Order. BLANKS of every kind Ruled and Printed to Order. , PRICES REASONABLE In Griswold's Block. 23-6m PROFESSIONAL CARPS, 0. DALLAS HOTEL, CORNER MAIN AND COURT 81 Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. Tbe undersigned, bavintr RE-PITTED the above IKTEL, now informs the Pnblie that he is pn-pared'to Accommodate all who may favor hinj with a call, 'iu . good atyle a eaa be found in any Hotel in the Country. Wie me a call, and you shall not leave disappotiftefe.' I2-tf W. F. KENNEDY, Proprietor. SaddJ ery Harness. j S. C STILES, ; Mala St. (opposite 'fhe0r House), Dalit! MANUFACTURER ANTJ DEALER IK Harness, Saddles, Bridle, 'Wbipi.X'clUrs, Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, which be is prepared to sell at the lowest living rates. OrilEVA.UU.SQ done on abort notifl. i KBW PICTURE .GALLERY J. II. KINCAID has opened New 3otgraphlc Galler? In Dallas, where be will be pleased to wait oa Customers in his Hue of Business at all bears of the day. Children's Pictures Taken wUacwt grwwbling, at the same price as Adults. St faction aarknteed. Price suit the times. Rooms at Lafeilett's Oil -Stand, Main Street, Dallas, Pulk.Couuty, Oregon, April 27tn, IWI G. IB. STALES DEALER IS (Ero eerie PROVISIONS, Cigars and Tobacco, WOOD AND YILL0Y YARE&c. DALLAS, OREGON. nAH a& iivfrv. rxtn r nftir STABLE Cor. Maiii aud Court Streets), Tho. Q. Richmond, Proprietor. HAVIX PURCHASED THE ADOVB Stand of Mr. A. II. Whitley, we have "re fitted and re stocked it in such a manner ae will satufttowrUy -meet -eveqr want-ef tbe eoa munity. . 4 Buggies, si tite r double, slacks, Cofr cord Wagons, etc., etc. Furnished at all hours, day or night, ou sfetHt notice r. Superior Saddle Horses, let by. tftw Day or Week. TERI3S, nCASONAnLC 4 t. a. RicnaoND IEV PAIiVT' SUOP, Carriage, Wagon, Sign AND - , ORNAMENTAL PAINTING, GRAINING & GLAZMG, PAPER HAW0INO, be, Done in the most Workmanlike manner bf H. P. SIIKIVER. Shop upstairs over Ilobart Co's IIarBs Shop. DALLAS. POLK CO. OREGON $73 HE VEjRF' WEI3! HI ADE EASY, LADY AGENTS. We want Smart and Bnergetlo Agents t introduce eur popular and justly celebrate inrentions, la every liWao, Totem aW Citf the World. Indispensable to tvery Household; They are highly approved of, endorsed and adopted by Ladie, ikyUime and Divim and are now a GREAT FAVORITE with them, r " Etery Family will Purchase One or more of them. Something; that their jaentl are apparentat a UUAMllfi. DRUGGISTS, MILLINERS, DRESSXIAX2&3 and all who keep FANCY STORES, will lad our exccllett articles SELL VERY RAPID L Y, gives perfect satisfaction and netting SMALL FORTUNES to all Dealers and Agents - COUNTY RIGHTS PRGQ to all who desire engaging in an Reepectable ami Iifiabl9 limine, at tbe Sana time doing good to their companions In life. Sample $2 0U, sent freo by mail on receipt of price. SEND FOR WHOLESALE CIRCU LAR. ADDRESS, : VICTORIA MANUFACTURING C0UPYV IT, PAim PLACE New York