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DALLAS, . OREGON. SATURDAY. JUNE ' 22. 1872. WHOLE m. 120. II Iisttod Every Saturday Morning, at Dallas, Folk County, Oregon. BY II. II. TYSON., OFFICE Mill street, opposite the Court Qlouse. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. 'MINGLE Wti5iioTaT,:'Sy 6o. Six Montis, $1 23 Three Months, $1 00 For Clubs of ten or more $1 75 per annum. Sicrijtio mutt ie paid atrivtly in advance ADVERTISING BATES. One square (10 lines or less), first inscrt'n, $3 00 Each eahseqoent insertion.... 1 0 A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly 'fcnd yearly advertisers.' Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 per annum. -r Transient advertisement must bepnidfor in -aSvan-ee to insure publication. All other advertising bills must be paid quarterly. i -Leg! tenders takoa at their current value. " ElanVs and Job Work of every description furnitfbed at low rates on short notice. Extra Aiifiiiceiiicnis CInbbissg! lor DBMOREST'S ILLUSTRATED H MONTHLY Ajylecdid oflVr to our Subicribpt! : Wc will end the above Popular .ard Valuable Ma i xine, for one year with the $S 00 Chromo. to gether with our paper fr only ?S : or. for $1 00 xtra, Hiawatha's Wo'injj, or lor $o 50 we will send Deinorct Moutuly for one year, both CfcxooW. and t!i Onr.r.ox Kr.rrct.icAV. Or for $3 50 we v ill Fend the ltp.tTBLiCAS and Demorest's Monthly for one year. This is a Splendid Chance to secure the best Magazine, Elegant .'Chromos, and a good County Paper for nearly half the value. Send the amount t th i-t office, and the Magazine aud Chcosios will be promptly forwarJed. W. 'JEtfN'IXOS DEM OR EST, 6;58, Hruatitcay, Xtte York TnE ILLUSTRATED PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, is in every respect a Firt Class Magazine. Its articles are of the highest nterest to alL Itteaehe what we aro and how to make the most of ourselves. The informa tion it contaiu en tha Law) of Life And Health is well worth the price f the Magazine to every Family. It is published at $3 00 a year. I!y special arrangement we are enabled to offer the Phrenological Jovusal ft-i a Premium lor a new lul.scrihers to the Onr.co PrprnuevN. f)X will furnish the PiiRKSOLooirAt. JorttyAL nd Oniroo: Rr.Pi'8U0A together for $1 00. We commend the Journal to all who want a good Magazine. National Republican IMattoriu. ADOPTED TJY THE NATIONAL REPUBLI CAN CONVENTION AT PHILADELPHIA, June G, 1872. The Republictn party of tlu United States assembled in Najjonal (Conven tion in the city of Philadelphia, on the )th and 0th days of June, 1872, nnu declares its faith and appeals to its his tory and announces its position upon the questions before the country. First During eleven vears of sn premacy it has accepted with grand tourage the solemn duties of the time. It suppressed a gigantic rabellion ; .emancipated 4,000,000 slaves; decreed (Cfual citizenship to all and established universal suffrage. Inhibiting unpar alleled .magnanimity, it criminally pun ished no man for political offenses, and warmly welcomed all who proved their loyalty by obeying the laws and dealing justly wilh their neighbors.' It has steadily decreased, with a firm hand, the resultant disorders of a great w ir, and initiated a wise policy toward the In dians.- The Pacific railroad, and simi lar vast enterprises, have been gener ously aided and successfully conducted. 'The public lands aro freely given to uctual settlers ; immigration is protect ed, encouraged, and . the lull acknowl edgement of the paturalizbd citizen's rights has been secured from European powers. The national currency has im proved in regutatiou &id thef national credit has been sustained under extra ordinary burdens, and new bonds have been negotiated at lower rates. The revenues, have been carefully collected and honestly applied. Despite the an nual large reductions from the rates of taxation the public debt has been re 'duced during Grant's presidenoy at the rate of, one hundred million dollars per i, year. A great financial crisis has been avoided and peace and plenty prevail throughout the" land. Menacing foreign difficulties have been peacefully and honorably compromised, 4 and the honor and power of the nation has been kept high throughout thO world. ?J This glo rious record of the past is the party's test pledge for the future. Ve believe "the people will not trusti the Oovern . iceut to any party or combination of men composed of thofe who chiefly have rejj nisted every utep in this beneficial pro- gress. Second Complete liberty and exact equality in tho enjoyment of all civil, political and publio rights should be es- tablishcd and maintained throughout the Union, by efficient and appropriate legislation. Neither the law or its ad ministration should admit of any dis crimination in respect to citizens, by reason of race, creed, color, or previous condition of servitude.' Third The recent amendments to the National Constitution should be cordially sustained, because they are right; not merely tolerated because thoy are :law ; ami stroh houtd be carried out according to their spirit by appro priate legislation, the enforcement of which can be sately trusted only to the party that secured the amendments. Fourth The National Government should seek to maintain an honorable peace with all nations, protecting, its citizens everywhere and sympathising with all people who strive for greater liberty. .Vilth Any system of civil service under which the subordinate positions of the Government are considered as rewards for mere party zeal, is fatally demoralizing, and we therefore favor a reform of the system by laws which shall abolish the evils of patronage and make honesty, efficiency and fidelity essential qualifications fur public posi tion, without practically creating a life tenure of office. Sixth We are opposed to further grants of public buds to corporations and monopolies, and eVmaud that the national domain shall be set apart for the free use of the people. Seventh The autiual revenue, after paying the current expenditures, should furnish a moderate balanee for the reduction of the principal of the debt; and revenue, except so much as may lie received from a tax on tobacco and liquors, ought to be raised by duties on importat on?, the scale of which should be so adjusted as to aid in securing the remunerative wages to laborers and to promote the industries, growth and prosperity of the whole country. Kighth We hold in undying honor the soldiers fand sailors whose valor saved the Union Their pensions are a a sacred debt of the nation, and the wid ows and orphans of those who died for theircountry are entitledto the care of the Government and tho gratitude of the people. We favor such additional legislation as wul increase the bounty of the Government to all our soldiers and sailors who were honorably dis charged, and who in time of duty became disabled, without regard to the length of their service or the cause of their discharge. Ninth The doctrine of Great TJritain and other European Powers concerning allegiencc "onee a subject always a subject," h.iving at laf, through the efforts of the I lenublican party, been abandoned, and the American idea of the right of the individual to transfer his allegience having been accepted by the European nations, it is the duty ot our Government to gu ird with jealous care the right of adopted citizens against the assumptions of unauthorized claims by their former governments ; and we urge the continued and careful encour agement and protection of voluntary immigration Tenth The franking privilege ought to be abolished and a way prepared for reduction of the rates of postage. Elevcntl.-Among the questions which press for attention is that which concerns the relation of capital and labor, and the Republican party recognizes the duty of so shaping 'legislation as to secure full protection and an ample fidd for capi tal, and for labor, which creates for cap ital the largest opportunities, and a just share of mutual profits of those twogreat servants of civilization. Twclvth We hold that Congress aud tho President have only fulfilled an im portant duty in their measures for the suppression of violent and treasonable organizations in certain of the lately re bellious regions, and for the protection of the ballot box , and, therefore they are entitled to the thanks of the nation. Thirteenth We denounce repudia tion of the nationnl debt, in auv form or disguise, as a national crime. Wc witness with pride the reduction of the principal ot the debt and of tho rates of interest upon the balance, and wo confidently expect that our excellent national currency will be perfected by the speedy resumption of specie pay ment, Fourteenth The Republican partv is mindful of its obligation to lio loyal women of America for their noble de votion to the cause of freedom. Their admission to usefulness is received with satisfaction, and the hone'.t demands of any class of citizens for additional rights should be treated with respectful con sideration. Fiftennth We heartily approve of the action of Congress in relation to tho rebellious States, and rejoice ia the growth of peace and fraternal feel ing throughout the land. I Sixteenth Tho Republican party proposes to respect the rights reserved by the people to themselves as!carefully as the powers delegated by them to the State and Territorial governments. ' It disapproved of any resort to unconsti tutional laws for the purpose of remov ing evils Jby interference with rights not surrendered by the people to either the State or National Government. , Seventeenth It is the duty of the General Government to adopt such measures as will tend to enconrago American commerce and ship bnilding. Eighteenth We believe that the modest patriotism, the earnestness of purpose, sound judgment, practical wis dom,, incorruptible integrity, and illus trious services of U. S. Grant, have recommended him to the heart of the American people, and that with him at our head we start to day iu a new march to victory. j Greeley" Strength iu Petiiifcjlvaula. The Philadelphia Presf orje of the leading papers of Pennsylvania, which has been charged with favoring the Cincinnati move, speaks in the follow ing forcible language tf the movement in that Stute, and the prospects of Mr. Greeley. This showing, which we be lieve to be a truthful one, doei not pre sent the prospects as very flattering; " Out of one huudrci and mxtyMwo weekly Republican papers, published in Pennsylvania, aud received at this of fice, onlv five advocate the election of Greeley and Urown. These are the Reaver Aru$t Crawford Journal, Downingtown Journal, Tunkhannock Republican and Hazeltou Sentinel. There arc, perhaps, a score of others that demand fair play for Mr. I Greeley, and vindicate him from the apportions uud calumnies ot the intemperate friends of the President, and which await the action of the National Convention or the development of affairs before taking strong or pronounced ground, A few other are wavering, aud express no opinions, but the great body of the Re publican press, and nearly all of the in fluential journals fly the Grant banner or are wholly committed to hU re-nomination. Of the Democratic papers, ;we have seen but one that hoits the Greeley and Rrown standard. Four-fifths of the weeklies, following the lead of the Phil adelphia A'je and Pittsburgh ! Post, fa vor the nomination of a straight out candidate at Italtimore, and vdry nearly tl . 1 . .ft aa all urge this action upon the party. The great majority, though, recognize the National Convention as the representa tive body and mouth-piece of the or- I ganization, and indicate that ;thcy will tiow to its decree, however repugnant. Hut the rural Democrats of Pennsylva nia are eminently traditional! and the V'ork, Rerks, Centre and other strong Democratic county organs thcatcn to bolt before swallowing the Grjclcy pill " Defeat before dishonor" is a favorite maxim with a majority of these jour nals, many of which to this day deny the binding force of the j fifteenth amendment. I From these evidences it will be seen the Greeley ticket at least by! ordinary signs, has no strength iu this State. Feither party has to any extent been affected by the liberal movement, and that grand era of disintegration, which we hear has set in elsewhere, has not dawned here. j The Republicans arc as united and harmonious on the question of the Pres. idency as at any period in their history and tho Dornocratio lines rcmaiu firm and unbroken. The only wayjby which Mr. Greeley can secure any party at all is his nomination at HultimorcJ and even then tho support will not be hearty. As a few of the Democratic journals put it, they might vote for him as "ja choice of evi's,'"' but they would not do it united ly, and their enthusiasm would bo as forced and unnatural as a boy's whistle at midnight in a burying groutuj.'" Alluding to tho President's letter, read at tho civil rights meeting in Washington, Fred, Douglass says in the The New National Jura HWo en tirely misapprehend the character of the colored citizeus,t North and (South, if they do not accept this letter as the fullest assurance that so far as Grant is concerned, they arc certain tc have their just aud equal rights, whenever those rights can be sccurrd to thctn by law. Abraham Lincoln said and did many good things whilo he was Presiden t of the United States, but nothing like this letter ever cauit even from him" Wo furnish the 'Republican and Demorett'i Monthly for $4 a year. Subscribe for the Republican Amusing Scene on a Street Car. An exchaoge has the following in teresting story: "The passengers on q.e of, the street cars in Washington, enjoyed a hearty laugh, a few days since, at a scene between the conductor and a well-dressed young man from Georgetown. As the car was passing down the Avenue, the young man at the time standing on the platform rtak ing it easy, with one foot on a trunk, he was approached by the conductor and his fare demanded. lie quietly passed over his five cents. Conductor I demand 25 coots for that trunk. Young, (hesitating) 25 cents? W ell, I think I will not pay it. C Then I shall put tne truuk off. Y M You had better not, or you may be sorry for it. Conductor pulls strap, stops car, dumps trunk on the Aveuue, starts car; and after going some two squares, ap proaches the young man, who was still as calm as a summer morning, and in an angry mood says : " Now I have put your trunk off, what are you going to do about it V Y M (cooly) Well, I don't propose to do anything about it ; it's no concern of mine ; it wasn't my turns. C (fiercely) Then, why didn't you tell me so? Y M Recause you did not ask me, and I told you you'd be sorry for it. C (furious) Then go inside the car. Y M Oh, no ; you'se good enough company for me out here: At this juncture a portly German emerges from the car, and anxrily says: Mine Gott! yon feller, where is mine drunk V l .n-.wv irienu, i trunk mat is your trunk dowa on the avenue there. German Who puts him off ? I hafe the monish to pay him. I will see about d at. : l" The car -was stopped, snd shortly af terwards the conductor was seen to come sweating upwitltbe, trun op hU back a part of the performance he did not enjoy hilf weUJa did the passengers .- Stood it Till 11k Got Mad. The Detroit Free Pret relates an incident which occurred on the return of an excursion p;irty from that city. Soon after the boat left Toledo, the steward was approached by an excited individual who nked him if he was the captain. The steward replied in the negative, at the same time giving his rank. 14 Have 3'ou the pover to put a man ! 0,li l'ie cbiu ?" inquired the stran- gfcT. Well, yes, if he is disorderly,! have," replied the steward. Well, fir, look in here and sec them, will you ?" aid the stranger, leading the official round to the door. Tho stewajd looked in upon the mot Icy crowd, and replied that he saw nothing out of the way. You don't, ch ? Don't you see a man sitting there embracing a woman ?" 'Well, yes," replied the stcwaid, "but what of that? Hasn't a fellow a right to embrace his wile ?" " That's just what I want you to run him out for," replied the stranger, dancing round ''that's my wile, and I have stood it so loug that I've got mad." Mr. Ghkrley'h Stuenotii. The New York Tribune reproduces from the Sr.. Louis Republican, with some ad ditions of its own. n list of three hun- a dred and twentv-scven newspapers T which supports the Cincinnati notnina- tions. It is noticeable that Missouri and Il linois furnish more of the number than any other States the first-named giv ing eighty-one and the second forty one. The great State of New York musters only thirty-one. From Ohio ouly seven are reported ; from Indiana, sixteen; from New Jersey, one ; from Massachusetts, three; from Vermont, one; from New Hampshire, one, edited by a secession Democrat; from Maine, one; from Connecticut, three; from North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ar kansas, and Texas, three each. The New York Metropolitan Record, Roman Catholic, is among the papers which support Mr. Greeley, but the Freeman1 Journal New York Tablet, and Irish American, which ore advocates of the same religious faith, oppose him. It is now proposed to unite Germany and Italy by a tunnel through the Alps at the Pass St.'Gothard. The cost of the work is estimated at thirty.seven million of dollars, and the bore, which will be as long again as that under Mt. Ccnis, will pass through rock 7much more difficult to pierce, though it is reckoned that, by aid of improved ma chinery, the time consumed will be pro portiouutely much less. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, LC Vi H. RUBELL, DENT I S T, JIm located In Dallas, and U ready to attend to all tbosa requiring bis asriftance. Artificial Teeth of the verv fine.t and heat kind. , attfaetion guaranteed, or norhargea made, N6w ia the time to call on the Doctor. Office, opposite Jtincaufa Photoffraohia Qal- lety. X7-tf JOllX J. DALY, AU'y&Coungeller-at-IjaCT. DALLAS, OREGON. Will practice in the Court of Record and In fetior CourU. Collection attended to promptly. OFFICE In the Court Houae. 41-tt GEO- ll.F.SWAIA, GEfJERAL AUCTIONEER DALLAS, OREGON. OFFICE In Republican Ruild- ing, Mill etreeL Order cotiched. All buii netrs promptly attended to. J. C. GRUBBS, M. D.v PHYSICIAN AND SURG CON, Offer Lit Service to the Citizens Dallas and Viciaity. QFFICJ. NICHOLS Drug Store. 34-tf J. L,. t OLM VS, Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Dallas. Oregon ?peotal attention given to Collection aad to matter pertaining to Real Estate. 1 AWy& Counsellor atXaw, OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE, DALLAS, POLK COHSTY, 0XEQ0JT. Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will praetice in all the CourU of the State. 1 B. K riSKK. C. II. BALL. DRS. FISKC & HALL, OFFICE No 1 MOORES' BLOCK, !alfm io-tr .Oregon TOIE IS HIOEV! J. JAMES, Jeweler, WOULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE to the citizen of Pallas ami vicinity that he is now prepared to clean and repair CLOCK'S, WATCHES and JEWELRY, etc. Satiffaction guaranteed. OFFICE At Ilobarf corner, opposite the Drug Store. p. s. Work in my alienee left with Mr llohart, will be attended to 7 tf. FREELY PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO INSURE the permanent growth of any community. In supplying our home with PURNITURK, a well a other things, it should be practiced. I have on hand a full assortment of everything in this line. Shop near Waymire's mill, Dallas. Oregon. W.C.WILLS. II tf FIRE ! ! FIRE!!! rpO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS I I would say that I have re-built my Shop on the SAMR OLD COR NCR, Where I am prepared to do all kinds of JOBBING. WAGON WORK AND HORSE SHOEING ON SHORT NOTICE. A I have lost all my propert? by Fire, thoe indebted to me for work will confer a favor by paying up immediately. A friend la need, is friend indeed. ASA SIIREVE. 12-tf O BO. B. JOXBS 1 JONES A PATTERSON, Real Estate, Insurance AND General Agents, SALEM, OREGON. Prompt attention given to tho General Agency. Business. . 12. tf HUitUAll FOR. HUMAN'S ltlGUTSf HAVING FOUND MY KNITTING again I would say to the Ladiet and citi sens of Dallas and surrounding country, that I have the boat machine in use, and am prepared to fill all orders with promptness and atifae tion, or no pay. I mean what I say. Il-tr2 Lewis Sisbrt. PROFESSIONAL ' OA RDS, dO. For everything Hn ftoe GROOER-Y LI Nit oto u. c. brows, , MATK 8TRE43TV DALLAS 'if lie has oa hand a foil sapplr, wbleh h offer cheaper than any other Store in Dallas. . 2-tf ' rnOTOGRAPHS, AMTJKQTYPESjl f All Style of Pictures H th best -fiafafe ' TA'KEN BY r:'.'; '. ;"j H. UINC Al b.'j ; ; i HAVING ALL LATE IMPROVEMENTS4 for taking picture, I invite the patrr- age of the public Please Call at the phts, graphic Gallery. Main itrret, opposite Dr. Ba be 11' office, Dallas. ltf ' G. IB. -STIILES;- DEALER IN (Groceries, PROVISIONS, Cigars and Tobnccd, WOOD AUD YIIAQY VARE DALLAS, OREGON. ' : . ..!. DALLAS LIVERYi FEED & SALt STABLER ,ryf?,.; ' Cor Malu aa4 Court Streets), ' b Thos. Q. Rictmond, Proprietor HAVING PUftCnASED THE ' ABOVE Sund of Mr. A. It. Whitley, ire liave re fitted and re stocked It In soch a tnanner at will satisfactorily meet every. want of the eoar munfty. Buggies, single or double, naeks, Cott eord Wagons, etc, ete Fa rn hired mt all hours, day or bight, ea , short notice. Superior Saddle Horses, let by tb Day or wee. -.:., TERMS, RDASONABLS. 1 4 T. G. RICHMOND ivew PAOT snap. t Carriage, Wagon, i Siga ' ; AND ; - :'t:" ' OMMIENTIL PAINTISB GRAItlING & GLAZING, PAPER HANGING, &c, , ' Done in the most Workmanlike manner by n. P. SHR1VER. ik - ' . . , . j Shop upstair over . Hobart A Co's narnfsl Shop. DALLAS, POLK CO OREGON. EOIsA store. HAVING PURCHASED A LARGE AD complete Stock of GENERAL MR1U C1IANDIZE, consisting in part of i Ilry Cioocts,' V Groceries Glass, Qncenstrarce Tobacco, Cigars, And all articles found In a GENERAL VARI ETY bTORE, I would respectfully tJl?the attention of the Fublie to my EttablishcaeaU Highest Cash price paid for 1UHS AND PELTttV, R. A. RAY, Kla Polk Co., Ogn l-tf it 1 4 OF WORK AT TUB LOWBSt LIVING PRICES. CAN RE HAD BV CALLING ON. IIIiriE S& BACIIEIsDEIIe STEAM JOB PRlNTERjlrt J 03 Front Street, Portland; nrtgtitu A LARGE ASSORTMENT f fii avifsi J Circuit. County, and Ju.tlcea' Cttiirt. stantly onhnnd. Alcn. Bond, Devdn.Morlf ages) and Blanks for use in Bankruptcy cacs... AdiieriiaeJ Byuslsg Letterheads, billhead, card, rfren lars, printed envelope, ttct Giro til a fall vt end in yvar orders. . , 4al3.