DALLAS, SATUKUAr NOV.. 29,
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Vith this issue the epoblican un
qrgoea a cbatige of editors', tat not,
fiowever,ia apy essential is it the inteu.
. ion for it to depart from the-, coarse,
polctpcany speaking, whtoh is has pnr
iced for the last year and a half. It is
our purpose to conduct the Kepoblican
on a tree independent Dasis in tne
post strict sense of the word, we are
not now, nor do we desigu to be under
aaj obligation or favors to any party
orclque whaterov tod we will ever
endevor to tteer if.ar of that pj it', al
areoa wherein we might subject our
se'ves to party fesh; or what is still
more to be avoided, the domination of
political demagogues, The Republican
will not advocate the election to any
office or trust of any man, because he
may oeiong to ims or mat party, uuless
Jiq be capable, honest, and can show
a good record for tempea&ce and
morality.
This we believe to be bur bounden
duty in the present juncture of political
affairs when corruption in every imag
inable shape and form pervades and
disgraces every department of onrgov
rment, from the lowest to the highest
office within the gift of the people. It is
our fixed opinion that if wc wish to sec
pur nation prosperous and happy; if we
desire to have the glorious privileges
and immunites which our forefathesr
purchased and maintained by the ex
penditure of so much blood and treasure j
preserved and perpeuated; if we would
live in the enjoyment of that liberty
to carefully guarded by our republican
institutions and hand dtwn these
principles of freedom and independence
intact 0 our posterity, tjhen we must
frowa down corruption and political
prostitution in whaler form and shade
it may male its appearance; and we
consider it the dnty of every person
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woo is a true lover or our tree inutu-
tious to advocate the election ot not r,
and support no person by his Tote who
is not upright in character, spotless in
reputation, and whose ability entirely
unfits him for positions of office or
trust. If the American people would
make this rule their guideit', would uot
be long ere the political field, which
now constiutes on?, vast cesspool of in-
iniquity would be purged of itsfi lthi-
cess, and the now dark and muddy
' waters of politics would be made as clean
and spotless as the beautiul mountain
sir earn. We opine tlj.t untill the pe.
pie do, consign to everlasting oblivion
the crowd of political knaves and dem
agogues whoso only aspirations are self
aggrandizement, which now throng the
tnni tsn ttrrafa nf nnr rwilltlrftl vnrld
like so many half starved vultures over
the carcass of their pntrified prey;
notill they shall drive from our halls
or legislation the throng ot whiskey
teepped and tobacco-perfumed topers
that now infests those sacred sanctums,
and place in their stead men oi; worth,
integrity, ility and temperance, we
may look in vain with the hope of see
ing our time honored principles of liber
iy and freedom on a firm and lasting
basis. It is our design to do -what is
in our power to bring abouythis much
needed political renovation and we de
sire tba hearty cooperation of all those
wfsV to gee ' truth honesty morality,
and temperance, triumph over fraud,
corruption and political dishonesty.
Ye $tkU do our utmost to make the
"Rannbli&a'n aibbrooeh and interesting
to'taake f weh a paper la oo family
can well afford without Veiog
independent in politics,' iti' coluniDs
wbieh would otherwise be davotcd' to
tne discussion of political broils and
cavils, will be filled witVthat which
pertains mostly to the welfare and rb
jjpesi of oar county.
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TO CLARK'S
ASH ON LAR
IMPORTANT DECISION.
We givo below the decision
of, the Supreme Court of
the United States in, the case of
Lamb ta' Davenport construiugr a por
of bur. Donation Law It Affirms
f the decision of JCudgQ lawyer in that
Qase, and holds firmly that contracts
made by persons concerning their
claim prior to the passsgo o the Dona
tion Law are valid and binding not
1 ooly upon himself but upon his hairs,
and that his patent afterwards acquired;
whether issuing to-him or his heirs af
ter his.dath eourcs to his grantee or
to the person for whose benefit his
Contracts were made.
The Supreme Court of Oregon in, the
Lafayette Town Site J jcase, decided
fiat all contract made prior to tie
passage of the Donation Law were ab
solutely void, and; virtually gave that
site tolthe heirs of Perkins after
Perkins had- sold; it to the county of
YamtUt and had encouraged others
to invest their money in itas town
proprty, and after he had recognized it
as such foryeras
This decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States smacks strongly of
justiee. and of course will reverse the
Lafayejte Town Site case and prevent
that large amonnt o! property now held
by innocent parties in good faith and
ror a valuable consideration, pa.aing
rato the hands of the Perkins heirs.
Justice Thank Heaven I
Washington. Nov. 4In the Supreme
Court to-day, in the case of Lamb vs
Davenport, appealed from the United
States Circuit Court for Oregon, it was
held that contracts made by actual set
tlers on public landa concerniug their
possessory title and concerning titlo to
be acquired in the future from the uni
ted States are valid as between the par
ties to the contracts, though ther,e Le at
the tisae 1 no act ot ' Congress
by hich title kaj be acquired,
and though the "' Government ' is
under no oblgations to rehear the claims
of parties ia regard to title unless
they are forbidden by some positive law
The proTwioo of tho Oego'n Donutiop
Act of 185Q. which forbids the future
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sale of settlers interest until patent
shall i?ue; so. far from invalidating
such contracts made before its p irsae,
raises a strong implication in favor ot
their validity. Whether the husband
or wife, who takes as survivor the share
of the deceased under the donation act
take it as purchaser or by inheritance,
it 13 hetd that the coutracU of. the hus
band concerning the title interest in
; part allotted to him made before th
donation act was passed, are binding
on the title which comes to his children
by reason of parent issued if'er the
death of husband and wue. I uo de
cree is affirmed, .., ,
Boss Tweed i has fiually been convict
ed of theft.and acateneed toscrve twelve
vears in the county jail and pay a fine
$12'000. This looks like business. It is
an evidence of the fact that the people
of Jew York have a law against steal
ing, and also that nieD, no matter how
high positions they may hold, cannot
commit wholesale robbery without
incurring the penalties of that law. N.
York is certainly waking up to the
facts that murderers and robbers
should cot be allowed to perpetrate
their damnable deeds and then stalk
her streets with impunity. This
conviction of Tweed will certainly
go far toward putting an end to the high
hauded robberies with which the city.
of New York has been cursed within
the past few years
STATE JCTJSMS.
Mr. L. Byrn's horse took; a notion to have a little
spreaon Us own acoount yesterday morning,
and succeeded ii cspspiag the delivery wag
on and driver. The youog xaaa who was
driving tells us thtt one of the nuts Itf which
tbe thills are hd in pla gave way, allowing
one of them to come loose from the wagon.
For this reason be was unable to guide tbe
torse, which ran inte Mr. - Weitaontt's wagon,
upsetting, his own, from irhfcfc be Wanie 'de-j
tajnea ana wot ma auorvest roau uuuw
ing the thills with him. Tha driver was
bruised a lUtle and the wagon slightly in
jured, but beyond this no damage was done.
Statttmnn.
James Quinn.alad of sixteen Tears, who
resided near Soda Springs in Clackamas
county, was accidettly shot while oat hunting
with some companions a week ago last Thurs
dayj trodi the effects of whioh he has since
died; 'Tjbe manner of the accident was ex
tremely singular. It seents that the lad was
s'tandina and Wanlntr on his run in such k way
that hia1 head was brt ught ln rane of tbe
.' s ' . .
murile. While standing thus his dog came
tin T.lAced his fore feet on the boT. Whoa the
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POOTOFFICE5
GE LOTS
OF
dog went down one of hia paws struck tbe ham
mer of the gun, raising it far enough to ex
plode the oap. ' Tbe gun, whloh earried am
ounoe ball, was discharged, the ball taking
efftct j&tft forward of the ear, la the edge of-the
hair. The uafortunate joth was te lntfes
Iroin botpe wken the fatal aeoldVuit occurred,
VAt v - " .' ' i - a il " jvr tv...
wuiiuer uo.nvs uiiicu iu au uucuubuiuubmw.
Ip this state he lingered- seven, daja when he
died, not having recognized anone id' that
I ti moj nor'seen conscious moment. tairtman
Wbeut was wortu $1 00 per bushel at, oalem
laatTuefldaj' ; ' ' .
JMiits ITuttio Ellsworth is seoood, (assistant
teacher in the. La Grande public s'cheol.
"The amouat of tax to be raised by Wah
iugton County J for the fiscal rear fooU op to
QSalem experienced shocVe from the earth
quake on Saturday eyenhig UsV o dnage
done,5 howeve
Th Plftindealer rejoices in tbe peospetfe
thiit goa&'Jot Roeburg, wiil aoo'be Brought
b j way Coos Bay.
Tbe military company recently formed at
Eugene baa disbanded. The .Governor said
he couldn't furnish tbcto anna.
The Circuit Court of the Second District has
derided that the Corvallra and Yaquina Bay
Wagon- Iioal Company ha a right to take
toll.
A number of citizens of Benton County
hare decided to bring an action at law to test
tbe legality of tbe increased asses-iuueut let ted
by the State Board of EjulrsaUon.
A schooner and a steam tag bare b en
built at Astoria this year. Daring same tie
tiuie two schooners were completed at Deep
River. 'aml one t Wetpor, which latter i
now 1 jaded with wheat for San Francisco.
The Aitorian it informed that one of tbe
first and foremost shipping boose of Fan
Francisco, occupying an office io Friedlander's
niw buUdinr. near tbe Bnkt.f British North
America, bas chartered a two ' tbtuahd ton
ship to load ith wheat at Astoria f r Franc.
QThe Astoria public schuul closed it firt
term for tbe current year on Friday lat.
One hundred and thirty-thre ajjt, have
Wen enrolled Sft in the room of the p'nnciprt
46 in tb second room, and il in the primary
The average attendanoo in tbe higher 'depart-,
uint bas iil la tie iatcruieiuXo IS, la I'j'pri-
UtATJ 3S.
The Slatrtman says : Deputy Sberift Oatrr,
o' Jytjn C4otr broj ht dwo two prison
ers yesterday, cooticted at the last term of
Court in that County, and sentenced to the
Penitentiary. ne, Au jutTWit wf con
victed of msnlaoghter, an 1 eotetice 1 to tbne
ycari' itnpriannment. an t the other, Keeole, a
t'hinauko, was sentenced to two yar for
larceny lu s store.
I( U reportod that Oarg Tkrcetnan tlias
SlnU. the not d Orogoa Iepr4ia, U iwa
rapturad at San Jose, CslUbmla.
There are at present 173 tamates la the la
ane Asylum.
W. 0, Bruen at Portland, ha4 f 2fiS extract
ed fro so his safe on tbe 24th tost. One Harry
Mortvn baa beon arrestes oa the charge of coaa
mUitng the theft.
A man by tbe name of William Newman
while in state of intoxication fell frvm a
bridge near Eat Portland, one day this week,
and received serious injuries which Afterwards
resulted in hi dath.
Several Ares occ-rred in Baker C4v last
week, bat no serious damage was suffered.
An Insane Chinaman has bn acnt to tie
Iusane Asylan from Baker City.
A ivfo year old heifer was killed at Eagene
City that weighed 714 pounds.
From the Stattunan ot the 23d Inst., we
take the following t Silas Osborn has been
convicted at Portland of an assault with intent
to commit rape, and" received his sentence yes
terday. He will be brought up to day.'
The residence of Joph Bomardl of Salem ,
was entered on last Sunday nighty by aHurglar
wha succeeded in conveying away about $60
in clothing and corn.
New York, Nov, 20 A Washing
ton special says the Government at
Madrid declares it is wiiliog and
resolved to restore the Virgioius and
yield other claims of the United States,
its only regard now being that the Cact
shall be first established that tne
Virginia was entitled to the pro
tection of the American flag.
Tba anniversary of the massacre of
students of the Medical University at
Havana, which took place .three years
ago, will be suitably observed in the
Church of Santiago de Cuba, in this
city, to-morrow. She, massacre of thd
' persons seized on, board tne V lrginiua
wH &aQ bQ commcmorated
Chicago, Nov. 25.A Washington
special says, referring to the latest
dispatches from Spain, it is authorita
tively stated that the 'demands of tbe
Government are as follows : That tho
Virginius must Ibe surrendered. ; that
the surviving members, passeogersand
crew, must be restored : that the
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United States flag, must bo saluted in
every port where It has been outraged,;
that suitable indemnity must be made
to the families of American citizens
massacred.
TORE DALLAS
ANY KIND OF
Wf New Orleans Nov. 5,The .Peo
pL'a Convcution to-d "adopted an
address and' series ofj resolutions and
adjouraod, subject to fehe call of .the
President. The folk.iog was among
thp resolutions adopted :
Resolved, That our fellow citizens,
Judge John A. Campbell, Hon. Ran
dall Hunt, Uobt. II.' Marr, Horatio
Qgden and VYm. i. 'Spencer be
appointed a committeQ oj he' part of
the people of Louisiaua to repair to
Washington and present a wemoVvaJ for
relief from the Kellogg usufpaiou and
the restoration 'to Louisiana of her
rights and liberties, as a ffee State of
the American yolon, as guaranteed by
the Constitution of the United Stater.
New XrV, Noir. 25,Twenty 6ve
hundred men were paid off at to
Navy Yard to day, most of whom
have beau employed since the news of
the Vtrginius outrage The Spanish
ironclad steamer.Arapiles has uot Jyet
left -the vardvb.t wag. pahxtedj'to-day,
and the feist work upon her in the dry
d ock will be done to-morrow. Work
in the yard was going on as usual this
afternoon
Philadelphia, Nov. 25 So far 'as
the Philadelphia Navy Yard is con
cerned no orders have been received
for t,he suspension of work. On the
the contrary work is not only being
nurriod to completion, but fresh orders
have been received. To-day Admiral For
ter made a tour of inspection among
tho vessels at the Yard. A dispatch
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was received orJertng the dispatch
boat Viuta to proceed immediately to
sea.
Boton, Nov. 25. Tbe United
States Cartridge Company will com
oaerce this we,k to run their works
! day and night. They have pressing
order fur several million eartriges from
the War ad Navy Department.
Richmond, Nov. 2 O. T. Drools,
late PresiJcut of the ,Mer;haut' 'Na
tioual lki;k of JPcterburg, charged
with euLciz-Hu fun in of the bank,
has been hild inj$l(K)0 bajlj to ap
pear before the Uuited States Circuit
Court.
Paris, November 25, The cabin t
as reconstructed, is composed ss follow-
Minister c! the Interior, Duke I
Proglie; Foreign Affairs, Duke IV Ca
pe?; rinance, rierre Msgne; Justice
Krnool; Wary (len. Dubaois; Marine
Admiral Da Ilarnoy; Public i&troetiori
and worship, Hulbie; Public Works,
Deseilltgny; Agriculture audCoimweree
Doullcrie. Duke l- Cases is a mow
member of the Cabinet. M. Uacle
who was Minister of ttj Interior, has
retired, and Duke De lirglie takes
his plr.ee, relinquishing the Foreign
Ministry to Duke De Cases. Tbese are
the only changes ruad? ia tho Cabinet
as it existed before the last resignation
of the Ministers. At the trial of Martha
Dazaino to3ay General Hoyer testified
that ismarck told uim he was willing
to. grant an armistice if the army at
Metz would declare in favor of Napolean
Leavenworth, Nov. 25 There re
fourteen Daily papers iu Kansaa. All
but one repudiate the action of Got
etnor Osborne in appointing Croaeir
as United States Senator. It is aN
leged that the arrangement by which
Crozier was appointed includes $e
election of Osborne to the. Matted
States Senate and the appointment
of Crozier to the United States Judge
ship in place of Dolaney, whose resig
notion Crozeir takea in his. poeket to
Washington.
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