Oregon ffiedjfy ffiriesman- 8ALEJ, WKPX88DAT FEB. 8171172 KZPUBLICAX STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Call for a Contention. A Republican State Convention for the State of Oregon will be hcW at the city of Port land, at H A. M., on Wednesday, the 20th iter of Jlaruh, 1972, for the purpose of nom inating a Candidate for Member of Con gress ; six Delegates to the National Repub lican Convention to be held at Philadelphia. June, 1S72; three Presidential Electors; and for the transaction of soch other busi ness as may be thought proper. The several counties will be entitled to Delegates in such Convention as follows : Baker County......... 4 . Benton County '.. t? Clackamas County u Clatsop County 1 t'fWMfV.ni.t. ... ....... Cnrry County 5 Columbia Conn ty " " Douglas County -" n ttrant !ounty.....v Jackson Countv Josephine County Lane County i;J Linn County I"!""!!"," 17 MarionCounty 24 Multnomah County " u Polk Countv 11 Tillamook 'County Vmatilla County." '". 5 TTnion Countv.... """ 5 Washington County "....'.'..'. 9 wasco Countv 7 1 anthill County "m 12 Total X umber of Delegates 208 The State Central Committee recommends that the Several counties bold tbeir primary elections on Saturday, March 2d, and their County Conventions for selection of Dele gates to the State Convention on Saturday, March 9, 1S7-2. T. B. ODENEAL, Ch'n. C. P. Crandall, Seo'y. Salem, February 1, 1872. Call of Marion County Republican Committee. At a fpneeting of the Republican County Committee held at Salem, February SI, 1872, the following apportionment was adopted for representation from the different pre cincts to the County Convention to be held at Salem, Saturday, March 9th, of Delegates to lie elected at precinct meetings to be held in each Precinct, on Saturday, March 2d Salem 15 Kast Salem 12 South Salem 7 North Salem 6 Howell Prairie i Lalth 3 Gervals 5 Behnpsi 4 Fairfield 4 Aurora 8 Champneg 2 ButteTilfe 4 Jefferson., Lincoln... Sublimity . SHvertori.. Abtqua. . . . T. B. RICKEY, Ch'n Co. Central Cora. T. W. Davenport, Secretary. TO WEEKLY fclBSfRIBERS. All tlxtse knowing themselves in debted lor the Statesman are request ed to act promptly on that knowledge and remit the amount due, as news per8 are institutions that deserve more credit thin they get, but cannot give credit as a regular thing and keep alive at it. We want wliat is due us as soon us convenient. TO AGENTS. If you have cash on hand for us please remit and much oblige, yours truly. To the Republicans of Marion County. I present my name, to the Republi cans of Marion oounty as a Candidate lor nomination as County Clerk. I have secured the success of tlie Statesman heretofore by performing very arduous personal service myself, which I am no longer able to render and my condition of health causes an increase in expense which tlie business cannot afford. Few persons are aware of tlie great labor and expense attend ing tlie publication of a daily and weekly newspaper, labors which ex tend throtitrh the day and far into the night. If the course of the Statesman un der my control Is approved, as a gen erous patronage cheerfully extended leads me to hope, the Republican jr ty may perhaps feel some interest in seeing it placed on an independent footing. Tlie duties of the Clerkship, in which I have experience, will be easier than my -present duties, and I could employ a competent deputy and still write lcadiug articles for my iwper, without looking to it for support, and the income of the offlee, if placed at my disposal, shall be used to make the Statesman more valuable to the peo ple. My only ambition is to build up here a journal which the people sliall literally feel to l)e their own and iden tified with their interests. I have no ambition for office, save as a present aid to tliat end and tliat I may be more able to do the Republican party ser vice in the future. Whatever your decision may be I shall continue to fight for the suprem acy of Republican principles while I live. S. A. Clarke. Tlie Primaries. Next Saturday is set for the Repub lican precinct meetings to be held throughout Marion county, and as this is the last issue before the Weekly goes to press, we would improve the opportunity to urge upon tne nepuon cans throughout tlie county the neces sity of attending the primaries in full force so as to have the feeling of the people fully represented at the com mencemeiit of the campaijm. We want a proper and satisfactory organi zation, an earnest contest, and then the victory will be sure. Few appre elate how- important it is tliat tlie pre cinct meetings sliould be numerously attended, and we hope our suggestions will be well received ami generally acted upon. . A Juvenile California Sculptor. California bag produced many prodi gies of talent ana accotiipiisiiments in the . various nursults of life, which have, in after years, brought wealth nnd an enviable renntatioM to their possessors. Edward John Heverin i3 a nallfornia boy. and the son of Michael, tlio Pioneer" Marble Works nronrletor. whom every one knows, When a small boy, Edward exhibited meclianlcal genius or a nign orcier, ana (he could be found In his leisure nours. xhiseling away on the slabs in his father's yard. Before he was twelve years of age, he cut and finished a handsome parlor ornament. Like a sensible man, his Cither has fostered the natural; proclivities of the young ster, two years ago ne sent, mm w Florence to study under Powers, the most distinguished sculptor of modern times. Tlie youthful artist lias nl reatly completed a number of works which would do credit to one of ma turer years; Among other of his pro ductions we may refer to a Carrara bust of our late overnor, II. II. Haight. This is pronounced by all who have seen it as a model of excel lence, both as a likeness and a work of art. It was made from photographs toroMrlcd to Heverin, and most fiiitli fully has lie transferred the perishable sun picture to the Imperlsliable marble, lhe bust is on exhibition at Heverlu's place of business in San Francisco. tkillawl Transcript. Haku Hit. a Quaker and :i Bap tist were traveling togetlier in a stage coach. 1 be latter took every opportu nity of rldiculingHhe former on ac count of hla religious pmfoidou. At ' length they came to a lien where the body of a malefactor, lately executed, was hanging In chains on a gibbet! "I wonder now," said the Baptist, 'Svbat religion this man was of?" tterbaps." replied the Quaker, cold ly, "he waa a Baptist, and they have lining him up to dry." Temperance. Foremast among the great moral efforts of the day U the cause of Tem perance, which seeks to rescue those enslaved by appetite and to educate the young to understand and shun- the dangers of Intemperance. Men may differ as to what means can be best improved to save the tempted and res cue threatened homes from absolute destruction and ruin, but none can deny the fact that the evil exists aud tliat some remedy Is needed. Even the liquor seller Is often a temperance lecturer, in his way, for he remon strates occasionally with the man who ceases to be a moderate drinker to be come a drunkard. He may believe, or assert, tliat human independence consists in being able to drink with discretion, if tliat i3 possible, but he knows wliat evils follow when men drink with indiscretion. The drunk ard is nowliere honored, and that of Itself is a temperance argument that should carry great weight. Since becoming a resident of this city, in 1852, we liave seen many wrecked hopes follow the use of intox icating liquors. Men brave and proud, possessing ability and influence, re spected and possessing happy homes liave occasionally gone down the stream, and it has continually been thronged with the promiscuous crowd of those who forget manhood and even honesty in love of drink, aud spend tbeir lives to acquire means to feed an ignoble aud destructive appetite. Every vice, besides, is nourished and fed by intemperance. Both the game ster and the prostitute depend upon it as allies In their calling. It would seem, then, that to establish temper ance is to strike at the root of the most gigantic evils that alllict society and also to encourage every useful art and furnish labors tor every industry by making useful members of society of the millions lost to themselves, to their friends and to society by the cursed habit of intemperance. Reforms are proverbially impracti cable because they seek to directly es tablish a code of morals or ethics based on the most advanced ideas of right. They are impatient of evil and seek its abolition or its prohibition when the world is not educated to grant it. The true way to promote reforms is to ed ucate tlie masses. Legislation is scarcely necessary when correct moral sentiment prevails, and it cannot be attained until it does become a major ity. But even with intemperance only as an exception to the rule, legis lation would be as necessary to pre vent it as to prevent such other excep tional crimes as theft and murder. We look upon the organization of the State Temperance Alliance as a valuable means of education by agitating and discussing the subject and spreading among tlie people an interest in a movement second to none in behalf of suffering humanity. Tlie resolutions passed by tlie Alli ance at its late convention are in ad vance of present public sentiment in Oregon, but that does not detract from their value and justice. A demand is made tliat citizens over the are of twenty-one in each precinct shall de cide upon the applications for license, which includes the ladies, and while we hope to see such progress made in the cause by the next Legislature that the voters ot each community can de cide the question lor themselves, we hardly believe' tliat the Legislature will extend the decision of the ques tion to the arbitration of the ladies. But for all that the women of Oregon are vitally interested in that question and for self-protection might be justly entitled to aid tlie decision. We sliall do well if we succeed in liaving it left at first to the legal voters and may hope for broader reforms to follow at no distant day if we can accomplish that as a commencement. One of the most telling blows at liquor selling or at least against the evils which follow it will be to make the liquor seller responsible for his work and require good bonds as se curity. There is great argument to be urged hi favor ol that, and we hope tliat as the plan has worked so bene ficially where it has been established our next Legislature will look favora bly upon tliat idea. The Convention iust adjourned has been attended with nr.ich interest, and while some criticism may be leveled at it the best features remain para mount and will be generally approved by the true moral sentiment of our State. The Alliance, in connection with the Good Templar organization, has a good work in hand and if it is earnestly and judiciously urged we may look for an educating idea to spread through Oregon which sliall prevail in time to secure the best aims of the friends of Temperance. Clackamas Bridgk Gone. About 11 o'clock last Sunday morning, the Clackamas bridge on the public road, tlie largest and most exjiensive bridge in tlie county, took its departure for Carts unknown. This was anticipated y all who were familiar with the condition of the structure. This bridge was built ten years ago, and List summer the Road Supervisor fin the District examined it and found ihat some of tlie lower tenons and braces had rotted away, which required re pairing. He made report to the Coun ty Commissioners, and rccoin mended tliat the bridge be immediately repair ed before high water, which could then have been done at small cost, and thus saved from floating away. But the Court paid no attention to tho recom mendations of the Supervisor, and our people are now compelled to travel by one or the other of Ben. Holliday's lines until another bridge is erected at much expense to tlie county and lon; aud vexatious delay. All this could have been saved by mi outlay of not more tlian $400 or $."00, if our Com missioners had heeded the advh ol the Supervisor, and have had the Inter ests ot the county at heart more than the thought of how l)et to promote the interest of party managers. We are informed that other parties, besides tlie Supervisor, called the attention of tlie Court to this matter, but all warn ing went unheeded. If wliat we have len informed is correct, there lias been a criminal negligence on the part of tlie County Court, and we call iqioii the next Grand Jury to investigate tlie subject for the benefit of an injured K'ople. This wastlic most Important idge In tlie county, and its loss can not be replaced short of $4,000 or (5,000. Such action should ijot go 1111 rcbtiked, and if tlicrc is any way to punish the recreant members of the Court it should be done. We slmll re fer to this subject agaiii.-Ore0! City Enterprise. Gail Hamilton ox a Mas rx Love. Gail Hamilton 13 not always sensi ble, or even so truthful as she might be, wlieu she talks about men, matri mony, and woman Milihige ; but she did sny this truthful ami beautiful thing: There Is no slavery so abject as the slavery of a man to a woman le loves. Abject, liecaiise it goes lieliind his will and possesses the whole man. And the more v. is, tlie more strong and bright and free, tlie more tlwrough Ls his enthrnllnient. Woe to such a one if be fall into the hands of a weak, a frivolous, or an nn worthy owner. Joy to him if bis proprietor be a large-na-tured woman ; for then his completest thrall is moit exaiu d and divine freedom. The City and County. From Saturday's Daily. GREEK met Greek. At the Good Tem plar's festival on Thursday eventng Mies Carrie F. Young being called upon, made a very pretty speech on Tern penance, which was received with great applause and was deservedly appreciated. She spoke of the home Influence of woman and alluded to her power in that sphere. She remarked that sister Dunlway wouldn't agree with her 011 some things. That lady came in afterwards and as some boys called for her she took the rostrum and made, in reply to Mrs. Young, a woman's rights speech. She was called to order on tlie question, and being informed that the question was Temperance said she uuderxtood it, but proceeded wllh some more of woman's rights. Tlie contrast Iwtwecn her manner and Mrs. Young's win so marked that It caused much comment not altogether fevorable to Mrs. D. We suggest that If her ladyship Is toapiiear In public continually ami vehemently, with soch profuse gestures and bodily gyrations, that he take off those ear-rings, if they were an ordinary sized pair they could be worn wit h less observation, but as the wearer evidently wishes to atone for lack of personal charms by profuse dis play her ear-bobs are quite sizeable, and the sudden and erratic movements of the head which carries them, makes them rear and plunge most fearfully. Good Templar's Sociable. The largest crowd tliat ever assembled in Salem, on the occasion of a sociable, was ou last Thnralay night at the Opera House. The affair was gotten up by the mcmlwrs of Capital Lodge and was pleasing in every particular. At an early hour the crowd began to assemble, and continued to increase until as Into as ten o'clock, when It was estimated there were full five hundred persons present. For all to ob tain seats was impossible. Along the sides of the vast hall was arranged a triple row or seats, whk-h were all occupied, as well as a vast array of twitches In tlie body of the room wit ha moving body of promenader In the aisles. The band was out In full force, and the excellent music offered added greatly to lhe fesiiriMeo ot iho evening. A uuartette, 'The Beautiful Ullls,"vas snug with great acceptance by Messrs. Cook & (Jray, and Misses Taylor and Ford. Mrs. Carrie F. Young and Mrs. A. J. iMniiway favored tlie assemblage with short addresses, of which mention has been made elsewhere. The sup per prepared by the ladies wn splendid. L'pon the whole, the affair was a brilliant succss, anil much creilu- Is due to the Commit the of Arrangements. Correction. Iy a misprint in nor trs terday's report of Mr. Knhjht'ii lecture, we represented that a Inlure lecture miijlit ! exjiected on the "Lungs" of birds. The word should have been Sings. There are peculiarities In the bresithing apinratus of binU tliat are interesting to the critical stu dents of the science, but for the present Mr. Knight will devote his attention to more gen eral topics. To WnoM it may CoNCKitN. As there seems to be some misunderstanding about the dance at the Opera House on the evening of the 22d, Inst., I will state that the same took place after the adjournment of the Festival of the Good Templars, and as a Society they had nothing to do with it. C. A. Kekd. Mrs. I. AV. Bcwley yesterday had the misfortune to lose a pocket-hook contain ing a few dollars In silver, several notes or hand and a gold buckle. The loss Occurred on the road south, or In tlie town, and the tinder will confer a Uivor by leaving It at this office. Got 'em Scakkd. Our liquor merchants arc scared out ol Iheir seven senses by Hie last few days' work, for they realise that the tenqicrancc canst- has such a hold 011 the pop ular mind -that it cannot K' easily cltin-l-way wllh. Died.--At Marion Station, Marlon county, Oregon, Feb. 17, 1S72, of chronic liver com plaint, Almeta, wife of W. H. Powell ; aged 29 years, 5 months and 8 lays. A Ciiixa WF.unrso. Twenty years ago this week the Oregon St'ttesmim, then published at Oregon City, con tained the following: "Married, at the residence ofCnpt. Hirain Smith, in Portland, Oregon Territory, Feb. 21, 1852, by llev. Mr. Lyman, Samuel A. Clarke, Esq., to Miss Harriet T. Buck ingham, both of Portland. Compli ments of parties received." Friday evening last being the twentieth anni versary ot the da, another wedding were celebrated, and the way we (local) was remembered, makes us wish that somebody's china wedding would liap pen every day. Xuua-rons friends ot the parties marched ou the hill where their home is, took the premises by a storm of pleasure and added a delight ful memory to the lives of those they visited. An elegant set of china was a joint contribution from their many friends. Those who imagine that the pleasures of life are all for youth and that old married folks cannot lie jolly, could have been very easily disabused of tliat idea. We blush to mention how the sedate old folks played leap-frog in the yard and made trilling excuses go a great ways towards slight free doms, "and if we are not mistaken, all were exceedingly happy, save, per liaps, our friend Elder Adams, of whom the ladies were shy, on account of his recent declaration in the State Temperance Alliance, tliat he would be willing "to embrace nil thesisters." The instrumental music was particu larly fine, but tlie lire shovel, the fami ly alllrms, is missing, antl the great American broiler was knocked into a cocked hat in attempting to pass itself tor n tambourine ; the dipper lost its handle, and the broom-stick, after be ing 'jumped.' put in a strange disap pearance. Tlie party was in every way highly pleasing to all present. There are some episodes in life that make the heart feel so glad and grate ful that words liave not meaning enough to relate them. John Anderson, my jo, John, We chimb the hill theglthcr. And many a canly day, John, tVa"ve had wi aiic anither." Fkigiitfcl Accident. Yesterday, a lad about sixteen years of age, sou of Mr. Frank Glover, while in the en gine room of the ferry boat, had his band caught in some of tho machinery and literally crushed to pieces. Dr. Carpenter was willed, who, with the assistance ot Dr. Belt, performed the necessary surgical operation by ampu tating at the wrist joint. Tho oiiera tion was skillfully performed and late List evening the unfortunate lad was as comfortable as could be expected. This young man seems to be unusually unfortunate, for it will Ik- remeniliered that this uper chronicled the fact, about two years ago, of his getting a leg badly mashed in tlie gearing of a sawmill. We hoMi that his life 111 the future will lie void of such unhappy incidents. Almost a Fire. On Friday night the residence of Mrs. Nichols caine near being distroyed py fire. One of her boys got up in the night with the tooth aclie, lit a match and tlicn threw it down on a table where other matches were and got back to bed. The spark ou the burned match must have Ignited tlie other matches for after a while Mrs. Nichols who slept on the other side of the board partition in the ad joining room, was waked by her foot being uncomfortably warm and found a hole burned through the partition and the stand on the other side par tially consumed. The boys slept through the smoke and fire very comfortably but it was fortunately dis wvered in time to prevent disaster. Jcnons Draws. The following is tho list of persons drawn to serve as jurors In tlw Cirenit court of the State of Oregon for the county of Marion, at the March term, 1S72 : A. L. Stin son, . W. Cuslek, Peter Belycw, A. MeCorkle, James McKay, Humphrey Long, J. II. Witzel, John Bachelder, David Pugh, John W. Vaughn. James Straight, Jennings Smitli, Lawrence Eiseuhart, J. M. Grecnstreet, Wm. Murphy, John Q. Wilson. Oliver Beers, II. L. MeXary, J. E. Strong, G. G. Glenn, J. M. Wagner. B. S. Bonney, A. T. Yeaton, U H. Holes, Wm. Wine. G. W. Hunt, Wm. X. Smith, t 'oliimbiK Cleaver. Probably Damaged. It was re ported yesterday, that the late flood had washed away a huge drift on tlie Linn county side of the Santiam, op posite the head of the W. W. Mfg. Company's ditch, thus causing the riv er to seek out a new channel. This opinion was formed by a person who took observations when the river was at its highest, and therefore the report cannot be considered as reliable. AVhatever damages are sustained, re pairs will be made before Mill Creek gets too low to furnish the necessary supply of water. Cocirr Hoik. For several weeks he old Court House has beeti under going repairs, and said repairs being nearly completed, the building is about ready for use again. The court room is elegantly fitted up and will lie used for court purposes at tlie March term. The vault in tlie Clerk's department is rathe damp yet but is drying out as fast as circumstances will allow. Special Notice. Re v. G. W. Izer, of the Taylor street M. E. Church, Portland, will pleach at 10 a. m. and T'A r. M. to-day at the M. E. Church of this city. Services at this church will be held on each evening" of tlie present week except Saturday. Rev. Mr. Izer will also preach on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Lecture. On to-morrow evening at 7'4 o'clock, Mrs. Anna M. Jeffreys will deliver a lecture at the Court House, on tlie "Ethics of Marriage." One half of the proceeds to be donated to the Orphan's Home ot Salem, ad mission 50 cts. Personal. Rev. L. M. Nickerson left for Portland by tlie early train ye-sterday and will preach morning and evening of to-day at tlie Taylor street Church In that city. From I'tew'rt''a Eaily. Turkey Shooting. Souie shootists over in Yamhill have lately enjoyed themselves at turkey shooting. . This amusement is quite popular in certain localities. A turkey (a small one gen erally), is set up and for the trilling sum of four bits, the shootist is allow ed to shixtt at it once, off hand, at seventy-five yards distant, or if he pre fer he can go back titty yards further and take a rest. If the shootist draws blood the turkey is his meat, but if be misses, which he generally does, then for another four bitsj he or some other man can try his Land. Sometimes the llrst shot is a lucky one, but as a general thing half a dozen or more shots before the bird is touclied, and in this manner it is not an unfreqnent oc currence lor one gobble to bring his owner five or six dollars. Those who have tried it say that it is splendid sport, still, turkeys gotten in this way are purchased at a high price. They say, too, that getting them in this way gives one a peculiar relish lor turkeys. Close of Term. The regular year ly term of the Medical Dcitfirtnient of Willamette University closes with this week. Tlie examination of candi dates for graduation began yesterday morning and will continue to-d-iy, to morrow anil Thursday. These exam inations are rigid enough, perhaps more so than in an- other medical school, as each candidate for gradua tion is required to pass a satisfactory 'examination in each chair. The Com mencement Exercises will take place at the chattel of tlie University oil Monday evening at. 7 o'clock. An in teresting programme has been arrang ed, which will apiear in due time. The Medical Society for the third Ju dical District meets on next Monday also, at 10 o'clock A. M. From Y.vQUINA. Hon. Ben. Simp son, who came over from Yaqtiiua a few days since, tells us that the new steamer Oneatta, of which mention has already been made, made her trial trip on tlie 10th inst. She made the distance from her moorings at Pioneer, to Xewjiort, a distance of four and a half miles, in twenty-eight minutes against a strong tide. She is a beauti ful craft, double deck, high liet.weeti decks, nice cabins, both for ladies and gentlemen, and well arranged general ly to. suit the traveling public. Per sons seeking pleasure "by the seashore will find themselves comfortably situ ated when 011 board the Oneatta. Spring. On Sunday last we were made to think that the advent of Spring was actually at hand. The clear sky overhead, the genial sunshine, gentle breezes, the unfolding of buds, the fresh grass everywhere springing up, we thought were surely heralds ol the gladdest season of the year. We even saw a Hour, a crocus we wouldn't have known what it was had not a fair young lady brought her knowledge ot botany to our aid and from tlie fact that tlie time for flowers was at hand, we couldn't well help thinking that Spring was somewhere around. RoiuiKRY. Some daring fellow made a very successful attempt ou last Sunday morning about 4 o'clock, to tap the tiil of the Belvedere saloon. He climlicd on top of the building, re moved a jiane of glass from the sky window, and made fast a rope by which he let himself down into the bar room, lie took from tlie drawer its contents only about $2 50 and in his search for more, displaced several articles, Init tailed to find the object of his mission. He made his exit by climbing the rope, which he had let down for that purpose. The thief will probably go uiiuiiipped of justice. Leap Year Ball. That's just what's the matter now. The ladies Hying about iu making arrangements for the Leap Year Ball, which they propose to give at the Chemeketa House on Thursday evening next. We understand that the party is to be gotten up strictly in the reverse order, the ladies managing thea!iairthrniigh out. It is a mutter of record that what Salem ladies utt'-wjit to do, they generally !'. We wish them abun dant suo-ess in the attempt to assert their rights and make good use ol their privilege. Penitentiary Convict. Hairy Keithly, the famous strap gamist, was brought up on the train yesterday by the Sheriff of Multnomah county, and was handed over by him to the tender care of Mr. Watkinds, who, as the Jlnllftin remarks, will proceed to liave him dressed in the hotel garb and his hair cut a let Penitentiary. Harry goes up for one year. A Chicken Thief. On last Satur day night some scoundrel attempted to make a raid on some chickens belong ing to Rev. J. L. Parrish. His fiiltli ful shepherd dog gave tlie alarm and ltecause he did so the would-be thief fired two shots at him. one biking ef fect in tlie shoulder. Tlie dog is a val uable one, and will probably not re cover. I. O. O. F There will be a regular Communication of Willamette En campment No. 2, 1. O. O. F., at their Hall this evening at 7 o'clock sharp. Members of the Camp arc requested to be punctual, as business requires it. By order ot the C. P. I Take Notice.4-AU ladies having invitations to attelid tho I-eap Year Party to lie given at tlie Chemeketa Ilouse 011 Thursday eveti lug, Feb. 29, will find tickets for sale at the store of J. G. Wright. Gentleman members ot tlie Club are invited, whether they receive an invitation from a lady or not. Tickets, including supper, $3. Proceeds. The net proceeds of the Good Templars' Sociable are ?rl72 DO. The Late Flood. The roaring Santiam seems to have vented its fury considerable of late. G. P. Terrell, Esri., received a letter yesterday from his friends residing ou the banks of that classic stream, stating that the river had found a new channel half a mile to the south, and that Statensville was " busted " thereby. The mill at that place is the principal part of the town, and its supply of water being so suddenly shut on, has given it quite a set back. Display of Wagons. We called yesterday at the Bowie Wagon Manu factory, where we saw one hundred wagons in process completion. As soon as spring opens they will all make their appearance in good style. The Bowiu wagon has the name, deserved ly too, of being the best iu the State, and far superior to those of Eastern make. At the Depot. We are glad to make the announcement that the trick is clear of obstructions and that the cars are again running regularly and on time. The pay train, passenger train, aud a freight train were all at the depot yesterday morning, which gave to the premises a business-like appearance. Select School. Miss Boise re opened her select schoolat the Bennett House yesterday morning. As a teach er she Is well known, and her long ex perience qualifies her for the position she occupies. Parents wishing to give their children the advantages of a select school education should make use of the present opportunity. Police Court. Recorder Patterson had one jierson brought before him yesterday morning on a charge of drunkenness. The case was disjiosed of by imposing the usual fine of five dollars and -costs. On the River. The steamers Alice and Shoo Fly put in an apieaniiiee yesterday, at the wharf the first time for a wee4c. After disposing of a few passengers at this place, they started for Corvallis and intermediate points. Cruelty to Animals. The latest instance of cruelty to animals was ob served yesterday. A clerical gentle man rode his horse down street, hitch ed him where the mud was knee deep. and allowed him to stand there for hours. This was wrong. Lost. A gold ear-ring Mrs. Iiiini way's wasn't gold was lost at the Good Templar's Sociable last Thurs day evening. The finder will please leave the same at this olfice. Eight additional names were added to the Good Templar list last Saturday night, Jacob Stitzel, V,. W. C. T., pre siding. One hundred and twelve Good Templars were present. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The Claims Presented by the Ameri can Commissioner. The following is a list of the claim ants for damages from the piracies of the Alabama and other Confederate privateers. The statement conies from I-fcivis Assistant Secretary of State of the United States : Claims stated by tlie American Com missioners may Ik? classified as follows: First the claims for direct losses grow ing out of the destruction of vessels and their cargoes by the insurgent cruisers ; second, the national exH'ii iliturcs in the pursuit of these cruisers; third, the loss iu the transfer of the American couiinerci.-il marine to the British flag; fourth, th" enlianeed pay ments of insurance ; lilt I k. the prolong ation of the war and the addition of a large sum to the cost of the war and the suppression of the rchelliitn. No summary in figures for the claim un der either of these heads is presented in the statement, but reference is made to such of the papers presented in evi dence as will enahle the tribunal to ar rive at a just estimate. The statement adds: To the amount tints shown should be added interest upon the claims to the day when the award is payable by the terms of the treaty namely, twelve months after the ii;ite of the award. The usual legal rate of inti-rest in the. city of Xew York is seven per cent, iter annum. Income of the States it is greater; in a lew of them less. The United States make a claim for interest at that nite. Tlie, computation of interest should lie m.-uftt from an average day to 1m; determined. The United Suites suggest the 1st Ihv of July. ISti:), as the niot equitable day. Tlie statement sets forth in con clusion the expediency of an award by the tribunal of a gross sinn to he paid by Great Britain to the I'nited States. The statement itself is contained in printed volume of 500 pages, aud for lhe greater convenience of t he arbitra tors it ha been translated Into French. It is accompanied by seven printed vol umes containing the documents, offi cial correspondence and other evidence 011 which the United States rely, the right being reserved to present liere atler additional documents, corre spondence aud evidence. SVMMAKV OF CLAIMS FILED FOK LSEM BY THE SEVER VI, rKV ISKKM. l!v Al.'tlij-nia Ky Ro-moii Hv 'hk-knmaiiga lly Flort-U-. Hv lieitrynn Ilv Nashville It v Sal He lly Retribution Itv Sheiianilnatt By Simipter lly Tallahassee Total I'OO SB 4(1 0(1 m,RH sr. 3.!w.i! ZX :K!.'.l7i mi t?.",."3ii 70 .)..-. Ili Ol 2o,:m 52 (i,4.ss,:H(t st in,ni.- S3 r7y.u.i. lit i7,'.HKMi. ; For loios front liH-rea.-efi war premiums l.l-2n.7! 1.1 Total . . $19,021,li8 61 The following conversation, or collo quy, occurred Iietwecti a 'cute New York " perforator " in real estate, traveling by pocket-compass in one of" the very last sections opened in tlie Government land region between Go tham and Alaska. "His interlocutor was a woman, standing in scanty but airy raiment, at the door of a log shanty ; to whom he thus addressed himself : " Io you like to live here in tlie woods, these ilUtant woods, so far away from any other human li.-ibiia-tions?" "Woods! like to live In the woods!" she ccliocd and rejiealed ; "bless your lawful sakes, you don't call this woods, do ye? There are 110 bears, nor wolves, nor catamounts, nor iu'wuciwot around here not within 20 miles ! Why. we've got bedsteads iu this cabin ; we don't sleep in big hollow logs as wo used to. The stumps are out of the middle of the road, most of 'em ; and bless you, don't you see we've got some fences ? Iook over there ! VVe raise our own good-sized pork ; we lay our own eggs; we have tame hens and roosters, ami pumpkin pies, and twisted-necked squashes, and appetizin' cookiu'. Woods ! " slie repeated again-" live in the woods ! " A Newly Invented Rail Let ters patent liave been taken out for a new rail for railroads, which promises to do away with the continual rattle aud jar of raliroad travel. It is a con tinual T rail for which tlie inventor and those wlio have examined it claim important advantages over any rail now in use. The rail is in two sec tions, the upper sections lapping over the lower and fastened there by hori zontal bolts. Between the sections is India rubber packing, five-eights of an inch in thickness. It is thought the use of this rail will prove important in many respects and be much cheaper in the end than tliose now in nse. Tlie upper section may be made either of iron or steel, anu wnen worn out can be Laid without disturbing the under section. A great exjiense will be saved iu relaying tlie track. The india rob ber Kicking will give the car an easy and almost noiseless motion, and pre vent tlie sliarp concussions which so frequently result iu the breaking of the axles. The saving to rolling stock will be an item of very great inqtortance, and will commend the use of tlie im provement to all companies that study economy as well as safety. Acres of improved land in tlie mid dles States ls8,80f),7H2. DEAD VS THE SIERRAS. liV JOAliC IX MILLER. Hl f wtiirints have failed us, Where lierries are red, Ard madrono are rankest. The hunter isdead 1 The pri '. iv may pass By hi half-open door; May paxs and repass On his path as of yore; The panther may crouch In tlie leaven on IiIk limli ; Mav noreant an"? may bo ream 11 is nothing to blm. Prone, bearded, and breasted Like 1-0! umn of stone ; And tall a a pine As a pine overthrown ! Ills camp-flre pine. What else can he done. Than let him sleep on Till the light of the ?un ? Ave, tombless ! Wliat of It ? '.M;irble is dust. Cold and repellant ; And iron is rust. Overland frrr January. K.M I ULE DOWN. In bovhood's days, when lioyhood's ways Were law without amieal. Twas seldom miL-ht o er.-ame the right Wrong had no lepil seal. Each Utile game had its own name ; There was no king or clown. The bov who would the marble shoot, AVas made to kuu-kle down. The growing stain of greed and gain A wakes the tlrlot's fears, The right In law Is made the flaw, In our maturer years. The biased judge is but a drudge, The rich man's ready clown, Who sees no virtue In the law To make hiin knuckle down. Is Freedom's maid then hut a Jade, And Justtce hut a shrew. That stands aside with hasty stride To step o'er what is true ? Must lioctr men's toil he common spoil, Ami wealth be high renown. And only those w ho have it not Re made to knuckle down ? A servile Press will blame or bless Its master's foe or friend - . AVill crave orcry, will shout or sigh. To gain the wished for end. The world of wealth it nerves in stealth, Nor heeds the poor man's frown. Whose humble prayer goes up totiod To make it knuckle down. What has been done, another sun Will see our pat riots do ; They'll never re-t till every pest SiK-cmnlis to wliat is true Till every right in burnished light Sliall shine from Victory's crown. And Jusik-e smile on honest toll, When all must knuckle down. W. W. McM. STATE NEWS. Willamette Valley. The Albany ll'-gistor reports that on Tues day tlie flood was higher than since lsti'i. The Democracy have club-meetings agoing at Alljnny, and Xesmlth was to have brought up a few stale jokes on the late flood, but the river overflowed more tlian he did, and lie tlldnt get there. The old settlers on the Santiam say tliat turbulent stream was two feet higher than In lsi2. It must have got both feet on dry ground according to that. Thomas Ladarett, the half-breed arrested here lately and taken to Albany, was sent to jail to answer the charge of burglary, the stolen articles lu'lnjf some of Itiem found In his possession. Kev. ('. W. Shaw, of the M. E. Church, has an entire new suit of clothes, which testify to the appreciation of his friends. The following are from the Ihmocrat : , We are Informed tliat Mr. Harvey Cole, who lives near the mouth of tlie Santiam, in this county, last Tuesday lost 120 head of sheep by the flood, and several head of cattle. The loss of eneei embraced every head which he owned. A S lo correspondent informs us that the freshet up In the forks was very damaging. Srlo was Inundated, one house floated ofl", and the bridge at tliat place liadly demoralized. Xext Monday evening an encampment of Old Fellows will be instituted in this city. The traveling public between this city and Lebanon are now accnmmoiiated by Mr. It. Dnnaca's liack, which runs three times a week (Momlays, Wcdnesilays and Fridays) carry ing the mails. Passengers, light freight and packages transmuted at reasonable rates. Wc learn from thf Koseburg Ensign that yoin.g Mr. -Skaggs, of Ten Mile, liad the mis fortune to lose his "shinty" by tire last Tuesday. It seems that Mr. S. had built a temKrary house near by where he was working. The Are consumed all his clothes, a gun, ami near Ally dollars In greenbacks. He Install lie had. The country Is beginning to look lovely, tlie hills are green with the young grass, and the Hi-Ids likewise with the sprouting grain. early shrubliery has begun to show spring buds, and leaves. The lale waim rains have lieen a wonderful aid to vegetation. The l"iniHvia Valley never hail more favorable Indication for an ubundant crop the coming season. Farmers are iu the U-st of spirits. Portland. The llulJrtin says: There are In Portland as in all other cities, a numlH-r of lniecn niousand hereditarily exliausted individuals who sit around second-class hotelsaud che.-ip tsttrdtng hmi--s and croak front morning until nlnlit alsmt tho downfallof thoewmtry. H Is. according to them, going to the bad, and the sooner a man gets out. or It the Itetler it will lie for him, etc.. The-e fellows declare then- Is no work to ho had, yet they have never endeavored lo obtain any, nnd would more than likely refuse a good job if it was offered to them, unless they could receive enormous wages for very little work. In truth they belong ton class tliat do not like to work, and who are eternally cursing the country and the people lecaue they arc not fed with a silver sjmon. Now, so far as work goes, there Is 110 place 011 the Pacific Coast where there Is somuch work for Industrious men as In Portland. Two railroads are lK'iug pushed out from this city, ami will furnish work during the next nine months to at least .".OnOmen ami then the North Pacific Kallroad is lo lie built from the Cowlitz river to (tlym pla. and to do that fully 5.000 more men w ill liave to be employed on that road. Here then we see there Is work tor any numlier of jiersons. If they are willing ami anxious to work, but If they want to play, why the soon er they leave the " neck of woods " the better for the country. At noon on the anniversary of the birth of George Washington the various militia com ianles of this city left their armories and formed in battalion under command of lliigmller General Hell. The appearance or the handsomely nnll'orineil ami eqiilpd companies attracted a great deal of attention and elk-lied remarks of encomium from more l luiu one. From the Orrgtmian we learn the follow ing: The Jury In thicasoof theState of Oregon vs. Harry Kit;! lily- one of the strap gnmist returned a verdict of '-guilty" yester'lay. The sentence will lie pronounced on Satur day. This was Klethly's third trial the juries on both tlie former I rials disagreeing. The following di-qiatch was received yes tenlay, dated Ogden, Feb. 22, 172 : After a siege of twenty-two ilavs from Xew York, we arrived here this moiiling. AH very well. Leave Immediately for San Francisco. My regards to all inquiring friend. Signed .1. II. MITCHELL. Mr. Mitchell will therefore arrive at San Francisco in time to take the steamer Idaho, to-morrow, for home. His friends will lie glad to hear that hi" ls finally rescued from I he snow-banks. Portland. The following Items we take from the Ore goniam A few days since, a female passenger on board the Dixie Thompson, who was tin her way to Cape Disappointment to give her husband a surprise visit, gave birth to a Imunctngglrl. The incident of course created much scnmtlon, as such incidents generally do, among the lady's fellow passengers, and It was suggested, discussed and agreed npou hat the new comer the passenger not upon ibe purser's list should be called, in honor of the boat, Dixie Thompson yulnn. The mother, who was no sickly, sentimental thing, all nerves ami the like of that, took the child In her arms when the boat arrived tit Astoria, and walked up to the hotel. It is safe to say that tho father, with such a helpmeet as that will be able to make his way In the world. If lie don't his wife will do It Jor hi in. Tlie trains on the Oregon aud California tallruul will run a usual on and after to day. There waa, hi fact, a down train and an tip train yesterday, but whether they went through without transfer anywhere, we do not know. We are compelled, therefore, lo acknowledge that our friend of the Bid Irtin is a prophet, and a full-fledged one. The gray bearded man may do well In this country vet. Another lot of chickens was brought to t own yesterday and sold for W 25 per dozen We could have eaten chicken at fS per dozen if Invited out to dinner but at yesterday's prices we couldn't conscientiously do It, even ;:t lhe expense of a friend ; wllh Inevitable bankruptcy In prospect, we could not look upon bis face and eat his "chicken fixing" without sauce. Yesterday a rash young man propounded to us: "Why are the expenses of the Metro politan Police like the town clock?" We gave It op, when the daring fellow enlight ened os thusly: "Because they ought to be lighted up." The rash youth still lives to gladden the hearts of his doting parents. The passenger train left Kast Portland yestenlay, at one o'clock, connecting at a point between the Clackamas river and Ore gon City. Tlie delay there in transferring mails, express and iassengei-8,1)oth ways delayed tlie down train several hours. The train did not arrive at East Portland depot until seven o'clock last evening, In conse quence. As the river recedes, tho delay oc casioned by the overflow below Oregon City will be lessened. From the JfuiMin ; On Wednesday lasta young man arrived in town and took lodglngsat the St. Charles ll.j tel, w here he registered his name as C Moe, and his residence at Cathlamet, W. T. Dur ing the afternoon he visited tlie wholesale drug store of Messrs. Hodge, Calef A Co., and pim-tiasod a small bill of goods, hut feel ing unwell he proceeded to the hotel, and went to his room, getting worse, he sent out for a physician, and Dr. Watkins ami Itr. Kellogg visited him. They found him in a very precarious condition, and declared it their belief that hecould not survive; and dith look place on Krlilay afternoon at three o'clock, llefore his death the young man stated Dial his father mother and slxter re sided at Cathlamet, and tliat he had left home in good health, or rather, in as good health asheusuall3" enjoyed. Coroner Dryer was notiiled of the death of Moe, but as there had been two physicians in attamlanco upon him during his last illness, and they were en abled to certify to the cause of his death, he did not deem it necessary to hold an Inquest. He, however took charge of the body and ef fects of the deceased, ami will give it are Stectuble burial, and communicate the sad intelligence to the parents and relatives. A boy minted George Miller whose arents reside on Main street, upset a kettle of boil ing water, scalding himself so that his life Is desjiaired of. Willamette Valles". The !!. Si(b- says the Cirmers near Mr Minnville are organizing a wolf-club, and are offering .10 cents apiece for the scalp of every wolf or coyote killed within certain bounda ries. From the Dallas Jtrpublican we get the following Items : Miss Ida Witten retires from the Academy and Miss Watt takes her place. Miss Wit ten has won manv fiiends while here, and will take with her the good wishes of the I conuiiiinity. Miss Clara Watt, w ho takes her place, has a well-established reputation as a teacher, and under her management, the in. termcdlnte department cannot fall to be a success, Frank Simpson, the Alseamail carrier, says tliat 011 his last trip he found the roads in a terrible condition. He had to swim several streams on the route. i The school exhibition at the Court Ilouse was a success. Portland. The following items are from yestenlay 's Oriymian .' Tlie Young Men's Christian Association ad verlls4lhU morning their annual course of lectures. The public has come to look for ward to this course as a regular feature in the list of winter entertainments. Awl a 1 thougii it conies a little late this year, we feel sure tliat a glance at the list of names will assure any lecture-gier that the delay N amply compensjUed for by the superior at tractions now presented. Several of the lec turers liave appeared upon the platform here tofore, in this city. The 'needs of the Asso ciation for funds to carry out Us noblu pur poses of charily are now pressing, an I it is to be hoissl that the public will properly re spond tothlscall Usn Its generosity aiwl give the course a generous jiatronagc. The O. S. N. Co. will commence to-day to receive freight for I'matilla and Wullula. The first boat forWallula will leave Celllo next Saturday morning, March 2d. Passen gers leaving thiydty Friday morning for the upper Columbia will connect through by that boat. The resiinipUou of navigation will have a tendency to revive business Ix t li hero and in Kastern Oregon and Washington. The attorneys retained for the tailors w ho deserted from the bark Metis have aj plied for a writ of habeas corpus, ami the matter will lie heard before Jii'lge Dead" to morrow. Tlie newsiaiers, with the aid of a coro ner's jury, have gone and done it now, and that "coriise that Mitchell bonght" is no longer a mystery, whatever may remain of ! the horrOT of its discovery. We are not pre- pared to say tliat the explanation of the mys tery ls altogether a string of hard facts by whk-h a practical mind would trace the his tory of the blackened and repulsive heap of remains found here by Mitchell in a lox, through all the mutations they must liave un dergone, back to their identity with a living man having a certain name and habitation. Hut be this as it may, the romance w hich is now received Islictter, Insonietrespects. tlian the blank mystery we liad at llr-t. This I: the romance : John Clark, C-imillarly known as "Johnny Clark," was some few years ago a packer In I'laho. He was a bold, bud man. and the Vigilantes marked him for llieirown He was susjiected of being connected Willi, and a leader of, a gang of road agenls. He committed a murder at Idaho Cltv, ami ' arrested and cast intojail. While he remain ed thus Implsoned, the road agenls were go ing on badly and several murders were com mitted by desjieradoes in various jvtrt s of the Territory. lgi Unites were aroused to unus ual wrath, and they commenced going for the roughs anil suspected agents in the most de cidedly lively style. John Clark lielng in jail was a handy subject to practice on, and the Vigilantes took him, tried, convicted and hung him, in less thau two hours. The dead body was then buried in a rude box. John Clark had a sister, a respectable hidy residing some where In California, who, hearing what had been done toiler naughty brother, went to Idaho, dug him u and hired a man named Thomas tohring him down toOregon for shl nient to California, where she purposed to give hint Christian burial. Thomas did as he wa hired to do; brought the body to I'ma tlllii, where It was, as litis been heretofore stated, shipped to this cltv. Before Its arri val, however, the sister, who hail preceded the corjise, left tlie city for her home In Cali fornia, since when her brother noranv other man has heard any word of her. The man Thomas also departed to lands unknown, as one emnon or the romance lias It, and lo Yreka, lis another has It. John Clark re mained quiet In his little box in the t. S. X Co's wharf till Mitchell bought anil found him, nolKxly having ever called to pay either their respects or the freight charges, publishing this romance, we do not undertake 10 sa iiia.au tne lacts staled as tacts; on the contrary we Incline to the suspicion tliat a good many ol the links ol" he hMorv oi'tlu unknown are supplied oiil of imagination's workslio!. We cannot, however, prove any thing of the sort, ami us H is a great social necessity tliat there should lie some theory set up right away Instead of tho mystery, we are content to adopt the alsive, and recom mend It to the public as lhe ln-st that can be done under lhe circumstances. , Tlie Territories. William Huntington of Cowlitz, Is lectur ing at towns on Puget Sound in opposition to woman suffrage. All Olympiais alhirst. The County Com missioners have refused to grant any licenses for the sale of liquors in the town. No great damage was done to the Northern Pacillc Railroad by recent rains. A few land slides occurred, but no heavy ones. The Texas Cattle Trade. Few peoplo have an adequate idea ot tlie magnitude of the Texas cattle trade. It U estimated that (HXJ.000 beeves liave Iteen driven from 'i exa- into Ivtuias, N eltraska, and tlie Western States anil territories during thc jutst year. It takes atiout 20,()U) Itead or lieeves an nually to supply the Iudiau. For these tlie Ooverument ".tays. In all the range of country between tlie Rocky Mountains and tlioM't.ssi-ippi, us high up as British America, they receive cattle from Texas. They arc driven in immense droves through the Indian country without molestation. As a drove travels hut six or eight miles a day wlien on a long journey, the cattle improve and increase iu flesh w hen tlie grass is good. Many cattle are driven to tlie Pacific coast, hut in this trade few beeves are taken, the principal ortion of the droves consisting of icifcrs intended lor stock raisers. It takes two seasons to get a drove tnrotigh from Texas to Washington Territory on tlie Pacific ; but the pri ces obtained there yield a licavy profit to the drovers. The Lake Soiiorior copiter region lu 1P71 prodinvd 13,076 ton ol copper. Miscellaneous. ESTABLISHED IN 1857- J. V. SOUTHEE, Moore' Ilriek ISIoek, Salem, Druggist and A-potliecriry, HEALER IN Drugs and Chemicals. WINDOW-GLASS, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, FANCY ct TOILET AKTICI.IOS Itruliei of all Kind. PATENT MEDICIWES. Prescriptions Careful! Compounded. Customer!! will find my Stock complete. Comprising limy articles It is iniiosMlli- here" to enumerate, and also at the Lowest l ash l'rices. All medicines WARRANTED GKM'IXK, and of the best quality. Ntlt-m, Eebrury Till, 1&72. w J. W. MH1IIKR. DRUGS! WEATHER FORD & CO., ....DEALERS IX.... DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, &c.f &c, &c, SALEM, - - - OREGON. Jai4 t:xxi sive sale roit OICEOOX FOR JOHN DEER'S MOLINE PLOWS Ky Jar the Best i'low in L'ic t We Also Offer for Sale the Celebrated Collins' Cast Cast Steel Plow FOR EITHER Tl'ItF OR PTl'BBLK LANDS. SPECIALLY Improved I ymMmt AGENTS FOR THE WELL-KNOWN Buckeye GrHA.Is" .DRILL ! THESE PK1I.LS AKE M ANVFACTriJEI 1SY THOMAS &. MAST, At Springfield- Ohio, And Are tho Most Successful Drill in Use I B TEE MITCHELL WAGON. JOHN HUGHES, STATE STBECT, SALEM, ORKftOX, It E A L E H IN- GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS -AM)- ALL KINDS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE ! ALSO PAINTS, OILH, W I N DO XV L AH K , Varnishfs, Brushes, Colors, Patty, &c, ttc, AND A FELL ASSORTMENT OF TUBE COLORS, ARTISTS' TOOLS AND MATERIALS, rurclianed dlnvtly from the Manufacturers and Itegitlar Paint and Oil Houwn in NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO-. TJ HAS THE jl NEW LEVER Attachment. is ' fvf :