jDALLAS, SATURDAY, MAC ill 2. KEPU11IJCAN STATE C6KVI3Ifi TION. A Republican State Convention fqr ,the State of Oregon will be beld at the city of Portland at 11 A. M. of wedues Vlay the 20th clay of Marchj 18T2, for tiba purpose .of nominating a candidate or Member of Congress, bU delegates to .tie National Republican Oon.vention to be held at Philadelphia, Juno 5th, 1872, three Presitkptial Electors, and for the transaction of such other budnoss i &s may be thought proper. The several .counties will be entitled to delegates in the jJouveuttou as .fol lows ; ,. . ,. Baker.................. 8. Benton. ...'.'.'.'..... ...11 Clackamas ;.-... ..14 Lane..... J 13 Linn... .......17 Marion.......... .i..;....24 Multnomah .... .........24 Polk. J ...... 11 Tillamook. ......2 Umatilla ......... ...... 5 Uuioa... ........ ......... & Washington. .:... YamhilL... , ...12 Clatsop. 4 Coo ......... .......... 5 .CttTry......'.. .V.V.;.'.. 3i Colambia. ........... 2 Douglas.....: 13 Grant........... Jackson.'.! ............10 'JpsephineV...... 3. Tfce StaQ Central ,Coomittee recom jaends that tho seyejral counties hold ttheir primary .election on Saturday, March 2d, and ttjeir county contentions jfor selection of delegates to the State .-Convention, on Saturday March 9th 1872. .. '. '.. ; T. B. ODENEAL, Chairman; State Central Committee. C. P. .Cjianda ll, Secretary Salem, Feb. 1. 1872. It J2PCJBL1 C A N COX VGSTIOXS. As recommended by the Republican State Centra) Committee, the Repub lican voters of Polk county will hold their Primary Meetings at the place of voting in their respective PrccijictSjPn Saturday, the 2d day of March, 1872, at two o'ctcckr r. M., to elect Delegates to the County ponvention, to be held at Dallas, at eleven o'clock, a. M., on Saturday, March 9th, 1872, to elect eleven Delegates to the State Conven tion, and transact any other business that may be recommended by the Csu tral Committee of ; the. county. The several precincts aro entitled to send Delegates as follows ; Bethel ...........8 Buena 'nta.........S Douglas 4 Bridgeport. Dallas.. ...... E.,la ...A ,...y ....a ...ti Jackson.'.... Jjuckiatpute .... J J La Creole ... .4 I Monmouth,. Salt-Lake...... 1.... 4 yhje members of the County Central Committee will meet promptly at my office, at 10 A. M., Saturday, March 9, 1872. ,J. J. COLLINS, " Chairman. End of Voluissc Second. This issue of the Republican brings us to the end of Volume 2. One year ago , with many misgivings, we look control of the paper, feeling that the risk was great. Without any knowledge of the practical part of tho business, and no experience as a journalist, we felt that the responsibility was grave. Relying, however, upon the maxim that 4t Pluck will win," we made the effort. The, result has bepn more satisfactory than our most sanguine expectations could possibly have anticipated. The list of subscribers has gradually in creascd, as tho standing of the paper has bacqme belter known, until now it has become one of the best advertis ing mediums in the country,- and is so considered.- The prospects for the fu ture are brighter tfian ever, and we start into the third volume with a feel ingof certainty, in lieu of the doubts ancj fears which overhung us a year ago.-. Politically, the Republican will, as heretpfpre, advocate the claims and principles pf the Republican party, that party which stood true to itself anJ the pountry through those Jong and san guinary struggles, whiefv werp to decide whether the Republic of the IJnited States ws to be ipdeed a nation pf free people, pr a nation ojf slaves tp a ordp pf ambitious demagogues, who were de termined tp rule the country to their own aggrandizement, or ruin it iq pref (fooce to letting it pass into the hands pf its true friends. We shall in the fu ture, as in thp past, deal with fairness pn all rjuestions which may come up for dibCus8)on. With a fpoling of friendr ship toward our brethren of thp press, we sjiall, if neccssary,meet them square ly on all points where, in our judg ment, tbey may advocate doctrines not in accordance with the best iutcrcsts of the country. We shall do this, however, not merely with a view to controversy, but with a desirp to have the people understand the different questions sub mitted to them, in all their bearings, so that they may decide intelligently. Wo shall continue to send out the REPUB LICAN, hopiug that it may contain Bome gems, which will qoMbe .entirely toblifc crated by the lu$tro,of tha.se ,wh jch con sider themselves diamonds in Jiterary collections. Everything omens well; the'Couory-.iiat peace.; the farming prospects never were better j politics is beginning to warm up ; the fabled fowl .is suspended at au astonishing altitude aod we see no cause why the Republj ,UN should not be lovely. Worse Muddled. Our neighbor of the Mercury, wish ing to still farther establish his reputa tion as a mau of erudition, attempted in .his last issue to explain the condition of affairs between the United States and Great Britain, by a lengthy editoiial under the caption of M Tho British Muddle' lie goes back iu this to the administration of Andrew Johnson, and tells us, iu his own jeculiar style, of the negotiations attempted to be made at that lime, as well as tho coursa pur sued by Minister Motley, all of which has no bearing whatsoever, upon the present muddle." The treaty between the two powers provided that the ques tion be submitted to a convention of representatives appointed by the two Corernments. Before this tribunal the claims were to bo argued, and its de cision was to bo acquiesced iu by the two Governments. The " apology" re ferred to by our con temporary, was ouly a matter of furm without any signifi cance. Of course, the British Govern ment after aiding iu every way they could to secure the independence of the Southern States, but failing iu their ef forts, could not do less than t( Authorize her Ministers and Plenipotentiaries to express in a fricudly spirit Her Majea ty's regrets," etc., but would this in any way' recompense us lor the loss sus tained ? The affair has sifted itself down to a plain matter of business. The Pull Mall Gazette acknowledges that the British Conmihstouers were out generaled, but doea not claim that thif exonerates Kugh'ud from her ujliguti:t to stand by the decision of the Geneva Co ti ft; re nee. The di.-eu.-ioii!i iu the IJouse of vummous show thc.at;it- feel ing. Whether the claims submitted by the United State.- to tho Geneva Con ference are legitimate or not, must Le decided by th.it tribunal. If that con ference deem any of the claims wrong, of course they will so decide, and we as a natural sequence will have to fub uiit according to agreement. If, on the other hand, it is decided that all claims presented by the U. S. Government are valid, England will be compelled, ac cording to agreement, to pay them or violate her pledge. We are not disposed to counsel war, but if the claims pre sented before tho Geneva Conference are allowed, we claim, most emphatically, that they should be paid whether u any section of the people of Great Britain are in favor of it or not." It is time that these questions were disported of in some way, and tint be allowed to remain a bpue of contention between the two countries. We expect ultra Democratic papers to denounce the claims, as they have ever done . all measures of the present dominant party, but we opine that the intelligent citizens of our coun try wilt see whether those claims are legitimate or not, and, if they are, will sustain the Administration in pressing then).. Denton Again. Tho editor of tho Benton Democrat has evidently allowed himself to get into another pure-rye-tanical condition, and in that state has allowed himself to be imposed upon by a "drop" from the OjUill of one who hails. from tho " Vine yard?' of Polk county, with an alias, La Creole." Thp only thing we wish to nptice iu this correspondence is the statement that the Republican has a new editor. This is false, known to be so py the correspondent and must have been so understood by the editor. We can easily pardon the correspondent for stealing our thunder8 or, as he feebly expresses it, "borrowing our fayprito expression," for the fertility of his own brain is not capable ot producing any expressions that would carry with them tny force. As to Mr. Holies (County Clerk) and Sheriff Burch, referred to by the correspondent, we have respect for them as gentlemen, but when it comes to a political fight, we claim the privilege of opposing any measure ad vocated by their party, not as a personal matter, but as something which interests community. ltomanee of a Corpse At , the "old Korse sale" in Portland, one day la. week, Mr. Mitchell, a jgrot cer there, hbught a box which on being opened was found to contaiu a corpse. The QregotiiJiii, of the 20 ult.j contains the following story concerning it.: "Tho newspapers, with the aid of a coroner's jury, have gone and done it now, and that ''corpse that Mitchell bought'' is no longer a mystery, what ever may remain of the ghastly horror of its discovery. We are not prepared to say that the explanation of the mastery is altogether a string ot hard facts by which a practical miud would trace the history of the blackened anJ repulsive heap of remains, found here by Miteh ell iu a box, through all the mutations they must have undergone, back to their idsutity with a living man, having a certaiu uame and habitation. Be this as it may, the romance which is now received is better,in Home respects, than the blank mystery we had at first. This is the romance ; John Clark, familiarly known as f Johnny Clark," was, some years aero, a oacker iu Idaho. He was a bold, bad man, aod the Vigilantes marked bim for their owu. He was suspected of beiug connected with, and ii leader of a gang of ''lload agents." He committed a murder at Idaho City, aud was arrested and cast into Jail. While he thus remained imprisoned, the lioad agents were goiug on badly and several murders were committed by des peradoes in various parts of tho Terri tory. The Yigilaut.1 were aroused to uuusual wrath and they commenced going for the roughs iu the mt de cidedly lively style. John Clark, being iu jail, was a haudy subject to f rnot.ee on, aud the Vigilantes took him o:t, tried, convicted au l hung him. iu less thau two hours. The dead body was - . -m- fc ' a i hen buried in a rude box. .John Huik. had agister, a respectable lady reading somewhere iu California, who hearing what had been done to her naughty brother, went to Idaho, dug him up and hired a man named Thomas to briug him down to Oregon for shipment to California, where she purposed to pive him a Christian burial. Thomas did as he was hired to d.; brought the body to Umatilla where.it was ai h i been here tuf'ore stated, shipped to thi-t city, lie Jjre its artiv.il, Imwcver, tho ii-ter who C.ad preceded thVel'pso. left the city tur California, since when her brother uranv other in in has heard vt Word of hvr Th: man Thoma uUo departed ! Cur lands u ki.owti, as one edition id the romance has h, in1, tu reku, us another has it. Wo know of no go -l reason why we s'.ould not iy he w-it to Australia and changed his name to Smith, thus breaking the iast link that might lea 1 lo his identity. Mind, how ever, we 'ton't know that he did. Ooo story, though, U as go.l a another in a case where nobody know anything at all about the matter. John Clark remained ijuict in his liitlo box in the O. S X. Co.'s warehouse till Mitchell bought and found him, uobo ly having ever called to pay either their respects or the freight charges. In publishing this rommct, we do not uudertake to ay that all the factstjted are facts: on the contrary we incline to th sus picion that a good many of the links of the history of the unknown are sup. idled out of imagination's workshop. We cannot, however prove auy thing of tins sort, and as it is a great social ne cessity that there should in', some theory set up right away instead of the mys tery, wo are content to adopt the above and recommend it to the public as the best that eau be done under the circum tancca." All Around. hevon cases of small pox, are repor ted iu San Francisco. The American Iron Works, at Pittsburg, Pcuu., were destroyed by fire Feb 25. A valuable pieeo of ground at Vic toria is in litigation between je Hud son's Bay Company and the Colonial Government. It is feared that the telegraph cable between San Juan aud Lopez Island- has again given out. It was laid anew about three months since, A Puget Sound paper says i General Stevens bought last week of Stewart & Lcary thirty imported Australian sheep, for which he paid .r00 iu coin. One hundred aud twelve boxes filled with the bones of deceased Chineoe have been received at Port Townsend from British Columbia, for shipment to China. The city of Olympiais now six miles long by four wide, and is still spreading. It is something larger than the village of New York. But New York labors under the disadvantage of having no " terminus." A jokist says the Puget Sound people only hunt clauis one hour in tho day. AH the rest of the time they are hunt ing for the termiuus of tho Northern Pacific lailroa4 something that has never beeu lost. The Boise Statesman learns that, notwithstanding the mild winterexperi Cticed in that region, stock has suffered to a considerable extent,espeeially those turned out iu Snake river valley. Many work oxen perished. Thev had strayed off on tho high table laud, where they could get neither food uor water. Stale Items. Gleanings fro,m State xhany.1 'The Era, is cdmplainin if of juosafe o bridges. ; East Portland is to have a hat manufactory, Chickens sold in . Port land last week for 0,25 per dozen. The Santiam railroad bridge is said to be repaired and trains crossing. Mr. H. L. Herman, has become solo proprietor oi' the Catholic Sentinel. Work is suspended at the Factory in Oregon City, on account of high water. Kugcne is indulging in Leap Year parties. Salem and Oregon City ditto. The Santiam is said to have risen two feet higher during tlc late freshet, thau in'C2. Harry Kcithly, the strap tramist has been scut to the Penitentiary for one year. Some bad boys in Portland got them selves into business by assaulting and abusing Chinaman. The county bridge acroa the Clack amas, took a ride dowu stream during the late high waters. The Oreyonian, is to be greatly en larged and improved. It is to be one of tho largest papers iu tho Uuited Statci. The Steamer K. N. Cooke, lately made the trip from Portland to Oregon City and back iu five hours, including stoppages. The net proceeds of the Good Temp lars sociable in Salem last week, are re ported by the Statesman, to have beeu $172 l0. A daring burglar in Salem, went down a rope into the bar-room of a sal oon for $2 50 last Suuday. He has not been heard from since. The Mercury sayg ; Mr. Geo. I$des, has received his commission, as collector cf custom at Alaska and will sail from Portland for that place to-day. The htatt$yt-an, gives an account of cruelty to animals." This time it was a Clerical gcutiemm who misused his horse. II oughtn't to dooo it. Th Willamette Farmer, is jmt com mencing it .'Jd volume The Fanner. an excellent paper, and hhould be well patronued it j our agrieuituriat.s. Got seared. The 'Statesman says, the liquor dealers of Salem were neared out of their wits when they saw tho late demonstration in favur of tamper a nee. A portion of tho bridge which cro.se the Ih'rfchute.- river at Gordan'n. be'ong to the Hailed Military lloid Company, wa carried a ay by high water a few days ago. Wm Zimmerman, drew the first, Al. Siithctland the second, and .1. F. Han kin the third priz, at the balj of the Washington Guard, iu Portland, for the best drilled soldiers. Jackson county attorneys are getting hoistcrom. 'IVo of thou got into a ijuarrcl in court lately and were put under 61,000 bonds, and fined respect ively, &J0 and $40. Hon. Ben Simpson inform the (?ttz?(e, that the Kluora ciuie into Vrojtjina Bay on her last trip, drawing seventeen and a half feet of water, at half tide. This speaks well for that entrance It is said that the Santiam river has cut a new channel and turned away from the head of the ditch that carrier water t.'i Salem, and that consequently when tho river falls no water,will enter the liteh The Eugene Guard says : " The hand shaking season of 1872 has com. menceu ana tnc two men hi tins city who are not candidates for oflice are obliged to take hack alleys to travel on to aioid being .-hook all to pieces by those who arc, A son of Frank Glover had one of his hands caught in the machinery of the. Salem forry boat on Saturday. It was so frightfully mangled that it was amputated at the wrist. The sameyonth a year or two ago had one of his legs crushed in a saw-mill. A receut letter from Goose Lake gives this : Tho weather is fiue, the ground clear of snow; farmers plowing and sowing grain ; stock is fine and fat with out beiug fed ; snow has fallen to the depth of six inches in the valley but left the ground bare in three days. The Mountaineer's letter from Can yon City contains this: 44 Some timo in January Messrs Mc'Cullough & Hel min had their books stolen from their store, for the recovery of which they of fered 4 a reward of $500 coin, and no questions asked On the J4th instant the books were found by Mr, John Pow ers, who received the reward. There is some mystery attached to these books, whioh our informant did not exactly understand." From tho Kugene Journal: The Democratic majority is going 44 where the woodbine." During tho past week a staunch Democrat Dr. John Wil liams, colored left for parts unknown. The Doctor was so enthusiastic in the exhibition of his Democratic proclivities that ho and the city Recorder wero cou. tinually having business of an unpleas ant nature, and to avoid this wo presume he has gone to hunt a place where a man can act Democratic without being bothered. IV A T I O N A It BU S I & E S S COLL E G JO, 1'0RTLAND,,0HE(30N. A M0DEI COMMERCIAL COLLEGE I) THE EDUCATION FOR THE TIMES. Tllr'Iinportailce of R Practical Education was never mote Apparent than Mow ! IT LS UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED X that aa wo grow in prosperity we grow moro practical, ami that it in required of men that they educate; themselves practically- educate themselves iu the best uiauuer poasible-totueQt the dewianda of tbo times. When Ag8i!tttis,t King of Sparta, was arkea ,what things ho thought most proper for boy to learu,, he replied ; Those thiols which they bliouid in-attiee when they become meu." ' Deliver ail things in number aod weight, ami put ail in writing that thou givest ontorre eciveet iu," is a precept of universal application ; ad there is m opeeia! neeecstty for its strict ob servance in ull business transaction. Young men, tLv future welfare of this CMt jojlc to YOU ! Are YUU prepurtdiu wwet iis demands ? A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION to meet the DEWAJVWS oI'TlflE AGE ! The most thorough, and comprehensive COURSE OF BUSINESS TRAINING ever introduced by any c o n n e it c i a h OR B V S I N S S U O L L G E, Combining THKOHV AND 1'KACTICE, by means of BASKSANP BV SJN SS OFFICES, Jho Coyrsfl is to arranged and Taught as Jo enable the Studcul Ij uiaU:r tl iu the Shortest j ituu possible Each ludcnf, after passing through tbo THKOUY COU USE, becomes an actual BOOK KEEPE: ASD MERCHANT whera, in the r-iee of a few WEEK, 'l tain the experience of o ORDIN ARY LITE. TIME. TLTfil,E;nU'il DEPARTMENT i uow fitted Hji with tU m-h of tutruuiiiU, and is iu CMiiipK'lo ruunin; rdr. E.r El l-L INFORMATION, svud for COL LE;i i'.U'KU. Addrcw: D:l UAME .t JAMKS, i-T I Portland, Oregon. UK A L KSTA1. REAL ESTATE & GEHR1 AGENT, KEpimucA v ori'icn Dalian, Oii-gon Special attention gucn to Sale or Purchase of Real Etatc, OoUcctt'fTi of Claim, Ac. Afrnt Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. Tor .Sale. rilEV ACRES OF LAND, with good House and Ham, all fenced and under gxd Im provetnent, situated iu tho Town of Dalla., Polk Ctuuty, an lraordiiiry opportunity. 1WO llirXDUED AND FORTY SIX Arre of Land me Mile North of Eola. I't.ik County, jrd Ili.ut't gol Double Ham, nndoihi-r lli.ildinn. All under fence, with Qua Orchard, aud in hih tatr of cultivation. HOUSE AND LOT IN CENTRAL Salem, ncir the two Central School House. The nue contains Kiht lioom, ) all Il.t.-i-.T i. witli Hr'l t -111111, tiaru, noil llni and all ct.u veuivucil to make it desirable. i 'FARM F ACUi;. 25 ACRES IN i cn'ti r.ition. H aerc f fall wheat, 5 acre nf mcad.tw, g..o 1 orh,(rd, and weil rupplied :tir Situ ritiitl three Inilos jtoutfitvafif if ; siinpnonV lrfdgo on Hi Luckiamutc. For sale 1 . :.. ...I I - .... at & oarnm ti pi4 I FINK MILL SITE IN SOUTH SALEM, on Willamette Slough. A block of Si Lots, enclosed with Board Fence, good House, Darn, Ao. A (IOOD STOCK FARM, CONTAINING V "Su Acre?, good House, tw Ilnrns, 'rchard, Ac, Mtuated on Upper Salt Creek, 7 miles from Dallas. A FARM CONTAINING 550 ACRES, 100 V acres under fence, 60 acres under the plow; good House, Ram, and fine Orchard, situated 1 wiles west of Dallas. rilHRKE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES J of land, 200 acres tinder fence, 25 acres cultivated, good log bara, with lumber for house, good orchatd, living water near ail tho year round. 3 miles sr.utu-wcst of Simpson's Bridge, Big Luckiamute, A FIRST-CLASS FARM, SITUATED AT Pleasant Hill, about two miles from Sher idan, In Polk County, containing 4S0 acres, all under fence, 200 acres In cultivation, good Barn, Orchard, and a comfortable farm House. For sale at tho low price s of fifteen dollars per aora. A GOOD BUSINESS LOCATION AT Buena Vista, Polk county. Warehouse with capacity of 40,000 bushels trade already established with the interior, and connection with tho Willametto Transportation Company. Good dwelling house, and everything ready for occupation. A splendid cpeuiug for business, For sale cheap, FOR -RENT. A GOOD COMFORTABLE HOUSE AND Barn, with plenty of fire-wood convenient. Situate about two miles south-west of Dallas. For Particulars enquire f R. II, Tyson, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fegtvA V. H. RUBE L I, DENTIST, lias located in Dallas, and is ready to attend to all those requiring bis assistance. Artificial Tooth of the very finest and best kind. Satisfaction guaranteed, o.r no charges made. Now is the time to call on the Doctor. Qfike,oppa8it.o JKincaJd's photographic Gal lery. , -37-tf RE-OPENIN.U-v AX TJKE OLD CORNER, H0LHAIJ BLOCK, COMMERCIAL STREET, SALEM. I. Sc JU. If I U S C II, Having Re-opened in the Old Stand Com plete Assortment of GENERAL AIERCHAJf. DIZE, aro ready to wait upon the Public, anl offer their Stock at very low Prices. All kiud of Produce taken 4 Exchange. We cannot le undersold. Please give as call. So trouble to .how gowda. Everybody Call. 37-tf J. B. V M. IIIRSCII. o. yr. nosier. W. H011BT. 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Profusely and beautifully IU lustrated, including views of the city before and since fire, still sublimely grand in its ruins. Orders will bo filled and received . The fastest selling book ever sold by agents. Send $1 for eanvassing outfit and secure an Agency imme diately. Agents also wanted for THE WONDERS OF WORLD. Ope Thousand Illustrations, eompruing startl ing scenes, interesting incidents and wonder, ful events in all Countries and among all Peo ple. A. L. BANCROFT A CO., ftT San Fraacisco CaL ' Is A CREOLE ACADEMY, DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, 0REO0H. FACULTY. M. M. OGLESRY, Principal, asp Tkkhib or Mathkmatical ajiu Nattral Scikhcks. MISS E. A. WITT EN, Tbachkr or Mesto. MISS A. E. SCRIBER, Tkachcr or rum PltlMART DurAnTMKT AND PrCB The Second Term of 1871-2 was commenced oq the second Monday (11th day) of Deo., 1ST I.. All students will bo allowed the benefit of the endowmeut fund, amounting to about $200. T U IT I ON i Primary Branches, per Term............. High fit n ..,. o "w Latin and French each $2 extra. Music, $12 per Term. Charges will be made from the time of enter ing to the close of each term, or half term, a the ease may bo. No deductions will be mada except in cases of protracted sickness. By order of the Board of Trusttes. 30