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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE "VOL. C. OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1872, NO. 1)C lUcckln ntcvpu5C A DEMOCRATIC PAPER, FOR THE pusiness f?ian, the Farmer And the FAMILY CIRCLE. i.trp.n r.YEUY FTUDAY BY A, WOLTWER, JSIiJTOP. AND I'll MASHER. OFF1C Z -In Dr. Thcs:ns's Brick liuilding o ; ms of s unscn IP TIOX: ein-le Copy one year, in advance, ii .0 T ,7.1 .1.V o .1 I'K R TISIXG : Transient advertisements, including all le-'ul'iioti.-ei. V- ! ' l'f Imes, I w.$ 2 50 For Hildl sil':-e:lUi;lltlll.-:f ItlOIJ Oik C jhiiiin, one year Half " ' fl,,..Pr " " 1 00 120 00 (',() 40 Bu-iae.ss Car;!, J scnarft one year. . . 1 i g- !lftnift-inc-t ( be mail at the ris,k o Subscriber, ami at the tjrpne of Agents. JIOOK AXI JOB PIlfXTIXG f -e- t'hi F.-if prnrise oiYirC IS stirnilied W:tll v,c .',i:i!'nl -.1 u-.r.ivfil -tvU-.- of ty pe . and mod er'n I VCHIN'K 1U IvS'KS. whicli will enable h Picju'ietor to do .lob Piinting at all times Xant, Quick and Cheap ! e-y W-.rti s-dieited. 41 f!i-i I ': tr-tnt-tctvnt upon a. pect U U SIX EPS CARD S IT. V ATKINS. M. D , SlIIlfJKON. l'ouri.wn, 0;;kg n. o m.r. -O.W Fellows' Temple, corner Fii--t iiivi lder streets Residence corner or j M.iin and Seventh streets. S. Hi.-KL.VT. CHAS. K. WAKKEX. li U SLAT & WA53R2K Attorneys at Law, OKI ict: en A I! v. ax's. ntliCK, VAIN" h.riiEET, ore ;x ciTV,oin:r.o: F. BARCLAY, FX, F.jv.i.. vly .burgeon to thi; Jli-fi. H. 1-'- Co. lOiirx ICtpi'vlfiic:. i-ii.vcrrinxo physiciax axd -ritoEf n, 7T'i" StrtMl, Orritoii fi y. ATTDHNEYS AND ('i)I NSlLDUS .T-L.W, OUSGOH CITY, OltEGOIT. WH.T, t'KACTICK IN" ALL T1!K COURTS of the tate. - .7-j.,.ci:li attention tven to cases in the U.'s. Land Oilivt- at Oregon City. A to il l- 7'-':tf since 1-10, at the tod stand, ,'('!-', Orru- C )'.;, Orrann. n Asorttiieat of y.'afches. Jew- e! rv ail l Si:l!l I nooias wcmiii .Jlocks, ail of wliich arc warranted !, In; if represented. K-:aiiititrs d-eio on short notice, M.l t'i uiki'ul for jiast Cavers. CLAP City 3raymaii, On EG OX CITY. Xt. VII orders for the delivery of merchan dise or ji a -ka res and freight of what.-ver Oes criptio i. to any part of the city, will beexe 0 1. e l pi-) Hit -y and with care. A. G. WATJiXGS Pioneer Book Bindery. ( inH i- of Kiiint an I i!h r Street, PORTLAND, ORFCON. TH.AXK HOOKS RULED and T50UXD to an ' deircd pattern. ' '"MUSIC HOOKS, MAGAZINES, NEWS PVPFRS, Etc., bound in every variety of stvle known to the trade. 0!'d'-rs from the country promptly at tended to. TOilX M. DACOX, TmnA-trr nn,l Ti'1rtT" In "nss cr.r a;j cscw STATU )XElc", PF.IIFL'MKEY, &v., Ac, Orfgnn CHy, Oregon. At Charman.Sf J l'.trn i old -it a nil, lately oc c'ud by S. Ackcrman, Main, strnt. 10 tf 3 m V iC WELCH, DENTIST. Q1"FICE In Odd Fell. ws' Tenjle, en f Kirs- fitid Alder Strei t , Po I'-Istc". T'i natronagi? of those desir'nsr superior op?-it o s is in sp.cuii request. Nitrous ox '.ij o- the oainles- extraction of teeth. ' -:f" A- teiei at t-cth "better than the best,' aid i '.'t.-tin i. th( chipet. Will l m Oregon City on Saturdays. Nov. :-f J. M. TIT1MPSOV, C W. FrTCH. TH3r1PSON & FETCH, All oraety zt iaw. a x n Real Estate Agents, EUGEfi CITY, OREGON, OFFICE TWO DOORS NORTH OF THE POsTOFFICE. RS.VL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD. LOANS NEGOTIATED. XI AB SfRACT Or TITLES FCRXI5HED. JS H WE A COMPLETE ATTRACT V of Title of all propertv in Eugene Citv. an 1 perfect platsot t' r same, prepared wi'h pre it care. NVe will practice in t'ie duF"rent (nrts of the Stat -. Special Ht t'itiin givn to the collection rf all claims that mar be ol iced in our bands. Lesrd s Kr.-j-ht Hue: s-jia w F ;t ibli-h. My Childhold's Home. BY CUlTrtN CLIVE. I see aorain ibt childhood'? home h nn neids ot wavinj errain And swing beneath the obi oak tree. nown in the shaded lane. There is the cot-tape on the hill, With gables quaint and queer ; The vine-clad porch beneath the eaves. And trellised arbor near. I watch the cattle grazing round, Some in the meadow lowing ; While others stop to slake their thirst Where limpid streams are Mowing. And there at e Socks of fleecy sheep. AH rambling off together ; They slowly climb the distant slope. To browse upon the heather. I catch again my spotted lamb, Ami, trembling, run avyuv. To hule fro.u one less innocent, rXeath tiny stacks of hay : Or scamble o'er a roujrh stone fence, Ilfdired in by bosh and thorns. Cut iearing more than b;anch or briar Old Darby's7' threatening horns! Ah ! there's the river wide and deep, With fishing rod and gnu ; And o'er the bank in childish glee. With rapid steps I run. To meet mv srrandsire. where, he stands. Who !&yf;iUy .cries out, 'Take care, yon little river rou.p ! There, now! unhook that trout." I see it leaping on the gronnd. And grasp the finny thing: Then wildly streaming with affright, I make he yvelkio j in. For I could turn the liny wheel, To wind up line ind " flies." Hut shuddered when a little fish I had to agonize. One glance I give mv pretty skiff, Down by the waterfall ; Then ramble io the ir.otinle.in top. To hear the echoes call. Again I wander to the cot. Arid linger at t.he door. Where I io childhood's merry glee Can enter nevermore. f see beside a ?;inr,!;ig wheel, V'r hiii the old arm chair. "Xe.uh .-ilver locks, and snowv cap, A OA' once Hiiooth and fair. A'fllble ro-ts uji Her voice is ot her kt ee. vet. anl 1. r t, Hear again t nose ne.. r s-! I words " M iv tiod protect my ch'fd." I kr.eel while low a r raver ascends l'i to the Tlnotie ol tirace: And 'eel the partitis.' i:ings once more, .Cia-ped in her bind embrace. Alas! how tiiin'''ss to uiy ga.e T!e I'ast and Present seem: The Fn;m-e. too. will. ;! lite's close, Prove b.it a ch inite dream. Mr. Hendricks' loiiicn. There have been contradictory f-tito-tiien's pnb'isiied as u the view.--, enter tained by ex Sena: or Hendricks, of In diana, in re'aiion io the tier, n es ami action of the Cinr.'una'ii Cosiveseion. lie has been recently interviewed'' by an Indianapolis correspondent of the Cin cinnati F.iaji'.irer. who. after a Imig c..;n versati -n w'h Mr. Hendricks wrote out the tollowing statement ol Mr. Hendricks" ;:;itton aid received ins consent to have it go before the public as such : "I will make no ell'ort. to influence the aroion of the Xat'tona! 1) tn icraii.c Convention, and will abide by its (jecisio;:. At this time, in v;i'.v of the fait that, there has been no concert of ac'ion among the leaders and prominent men of the party, it be hooves all to move wi'h prudence, dignity and caution. The question ol endorsing the Cincinnati nominees, or makii g sira'ght out Democratic nominations, is pij.e that j-hoidd be '.veil weighed and care fully. .considered. It is impossible, at- this early dav. to say what the feeling of the masses of the Democratic party in In diana toward the Cincinnati tickel is. A far as I can judge, the Democracy of In (limn will toil occupy any decided ground until after Ihe meeting ot tne State Con vention, which laKes place on the 12ih ol next, mon'h. That Convention will , ., : ,. . i uouoiiess nouitnaie a iT),n;it .t - 'ernocrai - - ic ticket am reter I tie cniesnon ol J'resi- detitial nominations to :he Xational Con .veniion. As far as I am concerned. I 'eel in duty bound to sustain the action of the Xa'ional Convention. If it nominates a straight ticket. I will support it wnh till the zeal, inlluence and ability I possess. If it endees h'e nomination of Greeley and Frown, I shall certainly support tlia' ticket with equal zeal and energy. Any other sta'ement of tr.v posiuoti i;i regard to this matter has been made without an tlnu ity.'" In conclusion Mr. Hendricks refered to the report that he had volunteered to run for Governor on the Liberal or any other ticket, as a mist ike. The office had no at U'acecns for him. and nothing but belief hit his' name would aid to die prosoec's of the Democratic ') -kefs success would induce ban to ace -pt the nomiuatioa. A Circat Deal of Fuss. The Radical papers have had m.;;c,h to say about Sheriff Howard's defalcation We presume they will make no correction until after the elec'iioti. The following letter to the lleraid will explain matters : Canyon City. May 22. 1S72. Dear Sr: No dor. bt. before this reach es' you, the news that .our Sheriff for six veats. Mid candidate for re-election has l 'tt without inlonning any one of his in tention so to do. My object in writin"- to you is that it will donbdess find its way into the columns of the press and stn pendous defalcations charged against him. He was , behind in his April "settlement with the county to the amount of a little over S2..-.00 On Monday last. (rH, (j.,v set by the Court f"r the sheriff to sett le the money was o,Vp,,;,7. nn,i Howard's t,c counts are s,,., His (anrd'v are stjif here, and propose to rem tin. 'ftisderni ties are conducing the business rf ,r1P office, snd the Radicals are terriblyexer ' . ,,ir-v can i iin.i a vaca ;cy in o.-e .-vierM s olilce t T lie P't..,) ; fiMed bv poinppent. They'sri can't whine over wild t ap- becausv; tli('v taxes the ne-,,1,!, must or fhotild pay to make cr,.,ui o-:;iicauo;i ot a Oeiuocra oeen sertie i. the winl is0u' of t,eir sails. We say to therri: go and d., ! kewi-e; there is a great amount of ibes kmd of work for yon. if you will jat at tend to tt tcnvKi-itts d,. Should 'he,e. be a defa!C;,!ion chJlro-Pf to Howard: you are reque.-ie.(l to C-nv v or Lave it denied throne h :th i7e.' You are hereby authorized, if deemed necessary. t ne my name in it8 dejii.,1 A. M- Ilenders.o. of Olive Creek, is the nominee by the Central Commtoee in Howard's stead. Most truly yours, ' .ii i , ... . -"' - ahe (vtticn t.o'.i... Alexander II. Stephens on the Liberal Republican Ticket. From the Atlanta Sun, May 10. .'.'Choose you this day whom you will serve." The great Armageddon contest in this country between constitu tionalism and centralism for and against the rights of the people and the rights ot the States is fairly opened. On the one side this issue statu the Democracy : on the other stand the two wings of the Radical dynasty. It is time that every recognized leader and organ of public centi nient had taken position on one side or the other in this momentous conflict. Silence on the part of sentinels upon the watch-tower is no longer excusable or pardonable. The Democratic hosts of upwards of three mil Iron voters have been trilled with long enough by i ries t f 44 Wait for i,e "wagon "wait 1 r the Cincinnati Convention;" "wait f r Mr, Belmont's call of the Ex ecutive Committee.11 It is very apparent now that all these cr'us of "Wait P "Wait P "Wait P were only to quiet the Democracy until they could be be trayed by "trusted leaders,'1 and surrendered into the hands of the t'UclllV. The rank and file should "wait" no longer upon leaders. They should demand, in county meetings .and State conventions, that ail who undertake to guide public senti ment on the Democratic side should j take position fail into line, get out of the way, or join one wing ! or the other of the Kadical dynas I ty. L"Those who are not for us are against us, should now he t:ie watchword of the Democracy, it they would rescue our free institu tions from the hands of usurpers in the hour of our country's great est peril. Enemies in disguise should no lonirer Ire tolerated in their ranks. If any one heretofore imbued with Democratic principles des-ires A'r. Greeley for President, let him openly avow his position. It any such "think it letter to take Mr. Gi'iclcv and not run a Democratic ticket let, him openly so declare. Tl e.-re is nothing uisnouoi aoa i ; . t 1 in thb HonesI, honorable men will sometimes differ upon grave and rreat questions We have per'ey t: 1, i f.t iot: for all such different es. What, we insist upon is what the people have a r'itt to know and mat is, v,.;e.i e itieu u, gaus stand upon this vital question. i. ... : i r :.. i 1 tiers anu or exceedingl y i 31 i man. (.ireeley is not only an aoie ut a worthy representative ot his party: indeed, he is one ol I the master spirits, it' not the very 1 . master spirit, that brought it mto existence, and raised it to power.. If .any one, therefore, attached to the Demcratio faith, for any reason whatever, is now disposed to take sides with this most dis tinguished chief of the liadica! dynaty, it is .certainly his r ght to do so ; but it is a duty he owes i. :. ,,u' 1 1 . r. : . r .. .l-. v.. .i,.,f t.; tn....i.i t... . .nnivs, mat mn iwuhmi cuwiiiit 'jy. known. There are thousands, if not mil lions, of Democrats who do not take that view of the subject, and never intend to bow the knee to the Baal of Radicalism, under the banner of Mr. Greeley or anybody else. They do net intend to choose the chieftains now at the head of the Kadical divisions. They in tend to run a man of their own choice, and as their fight will be a manly one, they want to know who is 'for them and who against them in the conflict. To one ;ind all of our heretofore Democratic contem poraries, .therefore, we say '"choose"' forthwith, and let us know on which, side in this contest, you will be found. A. 1 1. S. Habits on Public Men. We! read with awe and pleasure the description by a 'Washington eor respondent of the ways in which our rulers preserve their ''precious health." They are peculiar. Pres ident Grant smokes, and goes to the seaside, and sees the guileless Murphy." "Mr. Colfax-keeps cheer ful. ; Mr. Sumner shuts himsilfup, and takes no exercise. Senator Schurz drinks beer, smokes inces santly, and works uutil two o'clock in the morning. Bcutweli plays billiards. An Arkansas j.usband pursued Ids runaway wife neaiiy two hun dred miles, .and when he overtook the terrified fugitive, it was found he only wanted to hand her a set of false teeth which," in the excite ment of her flight, she had for gotten to take with her. C a lloxD a d. A Cal i fo rn ia girl, on having the question popped to her replied, C. O. The youth, in' astonishment, asked what that meant, w hen the lass replied, . I always undei stood that to mean .'call on dad.'"' "' ""-. ' The l-'ull Text of the Cincinnati Plat " " form. ' Whereas, The administration now in power his rendered itself guilty of a wanton disregard of the laws of the land, and of pow ers not granted by the constitu tion. It has acted as if laws had binding force only for those who are governed and not for those who govern. It has thus struck a blow at the fundamental principles of constitutional government and the liberties of the citizens. The President of the U lited States has openly -used the powers and op- poituuities of his high oflice for the promotion of personal ends. He has kept notoriously corrupt and unworthy men in places of power and responsibility to the detriment of the public, interest. ' lie has used the public service of the government as :i machinery of partisan and political influence, and interfered with technical arro gance in the political affairs of the States and municipalities. lie lias rewarded with influen tial and lucrative offices men who had acquired his favor by valuable presents, thus stimulating the de moralization of our political life by his conspicious example. He has shown himself deplora bly unequal to the tasks imposed upon him by the necessities of the country, and culpably careless of the resjroiniibilities of his high oflice. The partisans of the administra tion, assuming to be the Republi can party, and coutroling its or ixauizatio'i, have atlempled to jus tify such wrongs, and palliate such abuses. To the end of maintain ing partisan ascendancy, they have stood in the way of necessary in vestigation and iudispenibie re form, t hat no seriotis fault could be found with the present administra tion of public affairs. Thus seek ing to blind the eyes of the peo ple, .they have kept alive the pas sions and resentments of the late civil war, to use them for their own a 1 vantage. They have, re sorted to arbitrary measures in d: rec.t conflict with the organic law, instead of appealiuu: to the better instincts, talent and patriotism of the Southern .people by restoring to them those rights, t he? enjoy ment of which is indispiMisible lor a successful administration of their local affairs, and would tend to move a patriotic and hopeful national feeling. They h.ive de graded themselves and the name of their party as justly Entitled to the confidence of the nation by a base s eophancy to the dispenser of power and patronage, unworthy of republican freemen. They have sought to silence the. voice of just criticism, to striile the moral sense of the people, and subjugate public opinion by tyrannical party discipline. They are striving to maintain themselves in authority lor sellish ends, by unscrupulous use of the power which rightfully be'ongs to the people, and should be employed only in the service of the country. Believing that an organization thus led and con trolled cannot longer be of service to the best interests of the Re public, we have resolved to' make an independent appe'al to the sober judgment, conscience and patriotism of the American peo ple ; t he re lb re, Ltsohyd, 1 hat ve, the .Liberal iepublieans of. the United' St ate's, Ii hi XTatioiial Convention assembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the follow ing principles assential to just government: 1. We recognize the eqalifv of men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of the government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justic to all, of whatever r.ativitv, race, co'lor or persuasion, religious or political. 2. We pledge ourselves to main tain the law, the union of these States, emancipation and enfran chisement, and to oppose any re opening of the questions settled by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth " Amendments of the Constitution. 3. We demand the immediate anil absolute removal of all dis abilities imposed on account of the rebellion, which' was linally subdued seven' years ago, believ ing that universal amnesty will re sult in complete pacification in all sections of the country. 4. Local self-government, with impartial stub-age, will guard the rights of all cit izens more s cm el y than any centralized power. The puune weiiate icju.. j f .!... ..I. il iii'nr tlio inilit'li-i' ! acy oi me uoi w... . auinq.uy, at.o ...... ,.-., lhs deliberately practice such a under the protection of the habeos j W;lllU)11 deception on the public corPVs. We demand tor the mdi- ; .u,d lhus lalm(.al e NV,1:U pil, ports vidual the largest liberty oonsis- j lo be ,iU officja -)r lhe G;,VtM. tent with public order for the j nor ot- tlie Slal- ,,as the ,1;lV(!n. State selfgovernmeiit, and tor tne looJ tQ ta,k al)UUt mf,r.lIilv 've nation to return to the methods ot ce tnit , If justic,. peace and the constitutional hmi- j uony ,1UU hl. woul(i iltJJStMlt to oc. tation of power. I cupy a cell in the penitentiary h.m .5. The civil service of .the gov- : seft. lie is guilty of moral, if not ernment has '.become a mere instru- legal, forgery. ' ' " . . - 1 ..l.wvl ...... .;.... i ment of partisan tyranny and per sonal ambition, and an object of selfish greed. It is a scandal and a reproach upon free, institutions, and breeds a demoralization dang erous to the por'peturdity qf a re publican government. 0. We therefore, regard a thor ough reform of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessi ties of the hour; that honest v. capacity and fidelity constituit .h - only valid claims to pnohe em-! ployment ; that the officers of j government cease to o.-. a matter of arbitrary favoritism and pat- ronage, that pnnlie station shall become -again the post of hono'-. To this end it is impera tively required that no President j shall be a candidate tor re-election. I 7. We demand a system of fed- J eral taxation which shall unneces sarily interfere with the industry of the peoplt, and which shall pro vide the means nocessary to pav the expenses of the government, economically administered, the pensions, the interest on the public debt, and a moderate annual re duction in the principal thereof; and recogn'ze that there are in our midst honest but irrecoie-ile able ditfV fences ot opinion with re gard to the respective .sy .stems ot protection and free trade, we re mit the discussion of the subject to the people in their Congression al Disi riets, and the discussion of Congress thereon, wholly free o! executive interference or dictation. 8. The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we de nounce repudiation in every form r ' and guise. 9. A speedy return to specie payment is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commer cial morality and honesty govern ment. 10. We remember with grati tude the heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors of the re public, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their justly earned fame or the lull rewards of their pat riot ism. 1 I. We are opposed to all fur ther grants of public hind to rail roads or other corporations. '12. We hold that it is. the duty of I he go' ernment in its inter course with foreign nations, to cultivate the friendships of peace and treating with all on lair and equal terms; regarding it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right, or submit to what is wrong. l-'5. For the promotion and suc cess of the several principles and support of the candida'es nomi nated by this convention, we in vite and cordial!7 welcome the co operation of all patriotic citizens, without regard to previous politi cal affiliation. A Specinie i. On Monday morning last, says ie Jcrd'tl, the day of election, tl Ben Jlolladay published the fol lowing in his personal organ in Portland : "Governor G rover on Saturday pardoned out thirteen convicts lrom the State Penitentiary. Among the number are Mat t Bh d soe, sentenced for life by Judge Shattuck, of this city, for murder; Charley Starr, who four years -tb committed a "murderous assault in this citv, and subsequently killed a man ' named Seelev hi Douglas comity ; t icl Urn ne who Ruled a man m C nion count y : Jlciutvre Mel who killed Marshal Keeier at the Dalles; and Haekoney and Cassi dv, sent tor robbery from this county two years .ago. The names of the others our informant 'does not know. Thvxc convicts are to vote for the (i rover Jyhlatia ticket as a condition of their par don. This is no ."electioneering lie." It is the truth, and we chal lenge denial of it. The ir raid knew it yesterday, but did not publish the fact. Why? Did it leaf that when the people knew ot it the Dolly Varden ticket would suffer?" Now what estimate will the public form of t his man when we icll them that not a man has been pardoned out of the' penitentiary sincj tne Mth ot March last ? We have the official information, from the executive oflice, that "nobody has been pardoned out of the peni tentiary" since the 14lh of Maicii, 1ST"-'." The falsehood above noted, which is put forth as "the truth," with the assurance that it is no "electioneering' lie," was published in a hand-bill and sent up to the jjaik.s? where it - r i r-. was ported on tiolldav. 1 --. :e man who could Peu Picture of Grant. Jerome B. Stillson, writing Washington letters for the Xew the New I The Presi- York World, saj's: dent, said an evening paper, "took his usual Sat unlay holiday to-day, ami in consequence saw no visitor's.-" This explains why he harenV-d to be lounging at the WmI e House gate when I passed J up the avenue that afternoon. A j glance at his proiile showed that J the hot looking tlusli on nis cnecK had not fa led, :ind that the dissi pated aspect of his whole countenance 7iad not been chasten ed by recent self-denial. The ex ceedingly coarse complexion and unrefined nature of our President recalled to mind the drunken 1 A. wood-chopper on a forty acre farm j eery till the lawyers got my bot neat St. Louis ; the drunken tanner j torn dollar, I got my case bel'o'v at forty dollars a month wages j twelve honest" farmer, and I near Galena ; the dn.n'am genera! j knocked the socks off mv autag at the St. Cnarles Hotel, Cario ; ! onist just like taUnc- oil" a log. the drunken companion ot I res;- j dent Johnson on his tour "round j the circle," the IJeutenaut-Gener-al who, the 2udcjeulet :.'n, "had been seen unmistakably drunk in the streets of Washington ;M the dignitary who was reported by the Tribune to have- been in jthe Execu tive mansion "so drunk that 1c could hardly' stand oil his legs tiie President who, 'as a Senator re marked one day, sometimes on the avenue "in tir.s,t-ratc spirits." Tne phenomenon of this little great man's success engaged my thoughts during my walk. Undoubtedly, he is one of those wdio have great ness thrust upon them. His Picture. The following is the description usually given of Cieon, the type of the. corrupt politician of Athens. Read it mentally changing a. few proper names ami the "imag-- and superscription" of Grant will be strink.inl y apparent. "Cieon Grant an Athenian (American, lived unong the low'- est of the people, the Sit nf u tanner ( ! ) ami said himself to have exercised that trade. Or ex traos dinar)' im;.Mi!ence find little courage, slow in the field, but for ward and noisy ("let us have peace") in the Assembly, corrupt in practice, as in principle, but boas-fill of inlegritv, and support d y a coarse but ready eloqu, m e, he gained such consitleratiou by flatteiing the lower orders and railing at the higher, that he stood j in the distinction of head of a j party. By an extraordinary train i of circumstances he came oil' vic torious in the affair of Sparternia Vickshmvr the Athenian Amer ican populace have chosen linn one ot their Generals. FJated up on this with the idea th.it he pos sessed military talent, he catt-cd himself to be appointed command er of an expedition in Thrace Virginia, lie was slain in the great bailie of Amphipolts, 422, B. C." Cincinnati VoitVentiun 1S72, A. D.J As A scuat of information ve give the proportions in which the different letters are cast to a font of type, and in which they occur in print : Letter e," 1,500- ;i00; a, So"; n, O, s, i, 800; h, 010; r. 00; o... tin; I, 400; u, ."U0; c, m, :ifJO; ffc 20 !; w,"-, 20n; . j,, i7o; b, .lijd; v, 120; k, HO; q, ."3; j, x, 40; z, 20. Besides, there are the combined letters, fi, 50; tf, 40; fl, 20; t!i, 15; lU, 10; te, 10; oe, 5. The propor tion for capitals and small capitals lifters from the small letters. ,In those I lakes the first place, then T, then A and E, etc. Sal'saoks. An artless newspa per man, who lately bought a ft w sausages, thus relates his troubles: '" I got them sausages home with out getting bit; and I cut them apart and left them. In the morn ing I visited them. Three of 'em had cuddled up tog-t her, ami were- sleeping sweetly. 1 wo of them had crawled to my milk pail and were lapping the milk, and one, a black and white one, was on the back fence trying to catch an Eng lish sparrow. I drowned the whole lot. OiiLKiKD. The mails having, tor a week, faded to come to. time in an Arkansas town, the local pa lter says that it has been forced to draw heaviiy on the almanacs for "'pv, and if communication with the outer world should be slid longer cut off, "we will be obliged next' week to make extracts from the Bible thus supplying some of our rentiers, at least, with matter entirely new lo them." ' The precocity of American youth is sometimes really phoiiom enonieal. For instance, an elope ment and marriage' took place at Litchfield, Illinoisf tho' other day, the parties to which' were, the one but 80 and the ether '"but 78 J'ears Wl..,f 'eonhl the parents t ' i l ' ' e. , , o.L- tr.v.df..-l)eil trash have b-en hiie such wretched ' nou-i doing w tease was going on A Classical Orator. The following choice and elaslc- al bit of eloquence in the Illinois Legislature is said to have been one of the main canst s of the de feat of the Chicago Bonded Re cords bill. The honorable mem ber's name is not given, but his speech should not ln-olost to the world : "Mr Speaker. I am opposed to the bill, ami I a n coining down on it like a June bug on a potato :uie. 1 have come to pronouee its eulogy as Mark did o er Cleop u rn. I am a laboring man m ysi-H, -and I know what laborers want, and I know that they don't want any such thing as this. I've been in chancery, and I know how it is nnself. After hanging in ehan- T 1 . ov here s King coming in hero with this bill to In-lo out tin l.'.-:d iiaieinny ami put. every man m Cook county in chancery. I a-u't got nothing against my friend King; but 1 want to tell iirht lure that my nam- is Jack, and a King j cannot, never did, and never will j take a Jack. Look at tins section j here, providing for masters in I chancery masters in chttia ei v yes we ll have them m Chicago thicker than fleas on a dog total our substance and get fat on our misfortunes. I call on the hand listed yeomenry on the other s'nje of lhe house to nip ththing in the bud. We don't want if. and we won't have it. We have got along so far without it, and we can borrow all the monev We" a fit, ' and sell all the property we've got. Without going into the ci.'&iM-'eryg to do it. Now Ajr. Speaker, though Xero fiddled when Rome was burning, and Lycnrgus p!a ved seveu-up on his wife'seorh';i, that is no reason why our people shou I lie gobbled up in a chancery hop per, after they have been burred out and oTound out of 9. hat litthi I hoy have left. , O Q.vn, but Goop. Several years ago there was such a tremendous freshet on the Illinois river, that it was for a long time refer. ed to as t lie "flood !" During a lawsuit in Peoria, an old mail nam d Adam, living in a little hamlet on the river known as Paradise, Was examined as a witness. "What'is yon i tion said i- ? "In name.-' was the first ques asked him. "Adam, sir." ie. "Your name is Adam, is Well, where do you live?"' JL ill.iM! " , S I I . i.,,.. . i u Oh, your name is Adam, and you live in Paradise, do you ? Weil, how long have you lived there?'' "Ever sitice the flood, sir," replied the simple old man, whose words were drowned in a roar ot laughter, in which the court, jury, counsel ami spectators all jo ned. Dri'xkkn" Dick Yates For. Grant. Dick Yates, nt Il'iuoN, is for Grant . wiihout any mental re servation,' though' with mauyTitic enps. IK- was interviewed the other day by an enterprising re porter, and in the intervals of his drinks, 'remarked : " 'F course I'm for Grant. Wliv (hie) shouldn't er In-? 117? shouldn't I be? lie saved er Union, didn't die,? (Less have another cocktail). He 'freed the culhd man, didn't he? (Nary sweetum' in mine if you !ense). Hip. hip, (hie) hurra, for 'Lisses (gravely) tor crlis-us Sgrant." Wilt Bout we An Mir It. Secretary i reported to have said that "President Grant would n ceive a greater relative vote than any candidate since Monroe,1' ami ihe Boston ISonri-'r remarks: .".We. have no convenient means of a cerlaing the numOcr of Monroe's relatives, but we ha ve some knowl edge of Grant's, and without :nn demand upon Secretary Bout well's .figures we will a butt for this oc casion only the truth of his asser tion." O "Peter, what are you d ung to that boy?" said a schor'm'i-tef. "lie wanted to kno.v if you take ten from seventeen how ui tny will remain; so I took'ten of his apples to show him, an I now he'vv mfs np to give 'eui back." " ed, why don't you do it ?" "Coz, sti he would' forget how many is left." A p-nperous merchant has for his motto: - Er by to bed. E io i is.. Xever g"i liirbt. A od iilriT ise. A new sty'e of earring .is com posed of thr s h iop ('n v thin I lie other, the first Viug b i i x stu 1 dc'l with small diamonds, the secon 1 of peals ami the t iird of turquoise. ' ' '" Dining isthe prin ipa! .business f the iay on the'eontment ; break fasting in Scotland; taking occa- tional d rinks, in A merle i. (3 9 O O O o o O 0 0 O