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, 1879-02-01

AUSTRALIA AND OnEGoN.-From a private
correspondent we learn that Australia is a
great sell" Wages are low, iaboTerS plenty
and immigrants swarming i'll by thousands.
The correspondent, first, was pad fifteen
shillinas week lahout S>S 60 in our money!
working at Weransa station, AID then got
an excellent position, for that c0Gmtry, drlv-
ing horses at about So week, III United
States coin. The loss of this bonanza y
sorely perplexe,l the writer, he deeply regret
Ing that the position could not last forever.
He says that "a great many stations employ
kanakas, or South Sea Islanders. They pay
them { Is for three years or III American
money $50 a Year. with board. Northern
Queensland is full of Cinnamon, and on
November oath tie date of the letter, sea
men We're striking ii Sydney because the
Australian Steam Navigation Company
wanted to employ Chinese as sailors We
do not publish through any fear that any one
In Oregon viii ever want TO leave cur state
where the horn of plenty Is always hr!mniHg
over and wages are good, but to caution
those In other states and countries who are
seeking employment not to go 50 lar away
from home only to fare Verse. Those with
means who think of go;nG there to make .'un-
told fortunes III sheep and cattle, We VIII
give the advice of a celebrated wit to 4 per
son about to get married. "don't do 1t. y
Water is very scarce, being only in holes
along the beds .: streams, and ut distances
varying from five TO fifteen miles. The land
is not 50 good as tina. Of Illinois, and is sell
dom moistenei by rain Some padlocks
l,,asturesl of GOO acres viii not feed fifty
sheep-thev would starve in week. Wal
lobys and kangaroos eat everything green.
In consequence OF the damage done to Ii by
these animals station sold the other day
for f50oO which not very long ago brought
$40, 900. Bush ants, flies and mosquitoes
come In clouds and are extremely trouble
some" This is but a cursary report of that
country. but it is enough, We fancy, to deter
any Americans who have rich Oregon with
III easy reach, from gong TO distant land.
under monarchiai government, to lose
what little money they may have acumu-
lated. and perhaps starye.
, 1879-02-01
Esuh,ic GcGeSIS.

Tire state superintendent OF public
schools of Pennsylvania, in his annual re
port. makes the following remarks and
sensible suggestions to which We direct the
attention Of the school directors OF
Wal.a "alla:
s'For myself have long been convinced
that the matter Of instruction IN our ele-
mentarv schools is not as profitable rs 1t
might be made. A considerable portion
Of the ordinary textbooks in geography
might be ommitted without loss. Tens
of thousands of children are giTen lessons
in arithm tic every day they cannot pos
sib!v understand. and an immense amount
of time is thrown away-i the attempt to
teach the principals of abstract grammar
in primary schools. In general, the base
Of knowledge impaired IL our schools Is
broad enon.h; little children are crammed
with distractions, defnitlons, formulas
and calculations, thai they cannot be
made to comprehend, and the whole work
Of teaching is thus rendered dull, mechan-
/ ical and too often fIuitleSs. And not
ONLY have we included in our courses OF
study much that might well he ommitted
but we have ommitted much that ought
to be included. Little children are keen
observers. They fairly revel in the world
ol nature, but our schools. for the most
Iar;, deny them lessons OH objects, am
mails, plants, miEcra!s, men, and contine
them to the dry, formal lessons OF the
text book. \ public school ought to he a
powerful agency IN the work of preparing
its pupils to succeed i'll life, and yet the
practical application OF the branches taught
is frequently overlooked, and drawing,
the handmald of 50 many industries, re-
ceives little attention. The theory of our
institutions is, that all citizens may be
made to understand the science and art
of government. and, therefore, If is wise
to intruSt them with the right of suffrage
But what are we doin. in opr schools to
instruct The young IN the history and ira
ditions of oar country, It's constitution
and laws, the rights and duties of citizens!
Then, hack of all, and more important
:lIan al, is The study of man himself, what
he is physically, intellectually, morally,
and what he is III lis relations to his fami-
~, neighh"rs, country, mankind, nature,
God. Would 1t not be well to have sore
lessons on a subject like this IL exchange
for the details of the geography of distant
countries, thai will soon he forgotten or
for certain nalf-understood abstraction III
grammar and arithemetic.
, 1879-02-01
a P2CCiAMATiOFi.
SATHEREAS, AT \ GENERAL ELE'

IA HEREAS, AT \ GENERAL. ELEC-
| w ton, held in the territory of Washing
ton on the hfth day of November, y D.. one
| Thousand eight hundred and seventy eight,
! there were submitted to the legal voters of said
territory, for adoption or rejection, 4 constitu
ten t"r the state of Washington and also
three Sef2ra-a Articles which should become
part of said constitution, and
WHEHEAS, ut a general election held in the
counties of idaho Shoshone and Nez Perce in
the territory Of Idaho, on said fifth day of
November, one Thousand light hundred and
seventy eight, said constitution and Separate
Articles were submitted for adoption or reiec-
ton to the legal voters of said counties, and,
WHEREAS, it IS mad the duty of the COVER
nor of said territory of Washington to declare
| by Proclamation the result of the votes east
and returned on the adoption or rejection of
said constitution and Separate Articles
Now, thyre:"Ir, /, ELISHA T. FERRY. COVER
nor Of said territory, do hereby declare the
following: to be tn + suit If the vote cast at
said election in the territory Of Nashinctoa
foT constitution, six thousand FIVE hundred
and thirty seven
Against constitution, three thousand two
hundrc,! and thirty-six
For Separate Article No I, one Thousand
eiSht hundred and twenty-seven.
Against Separate Article 10. l, five thors-
a,;d one hundred and seventeen
For Separate Article No =, one Thousand
Sevea hunlrc.l and iorty-iv
against Separate Article No =, FIVE thou.-
ana and sixtyone
70. Separate Article NJ. ), two thousand
eight hunare,; and seventy-fDuT
Against Separate Artic!e No. :, four thCus-
and G:.e huadled AMI fifty cne.
And | 10 further declare the following to he
the result of ;he votes cast ii said counties of
, 1879-02-01
Letter From sslasso.

Boise CITY, L. /. January, 2Gth. 1873
EDITOR STATEsMAN-Cn the 22nd, the
council by a vote of-9 to 3 refused TO rec
o2nize the house as then organized. The
two "wings' OF the house than chose "A
committee of 7 from each body to form
some definite plan for a legal organization
and agreed on the following plan
The democratic vim; was to throw aside
their organization and the - members who
held legal certificates of election should
then meet together and Immediately form
permanent organization. Mr. Galloway
as a matter Of courtesy was 10 be called to
the chair, and all officers to be elected by
ballot Baldwin, republican, and New5omc,
plan WAS carried ont.
Fir Maxon, democrat, and Eobb, re
publican, Were noHiui!ei Tor speaker.
after 20 ballots each party receiving II
votes the democrats Withdrew. Aiaxon,
nominated Bir,Iseye, OF L.e.nh!, ballots re
manned the sa!as up to last night.
To-day they ar arranging for q new
Plan which will probably result il a! cc-
ganiZation tomorrow.
The new council committee on privil-
eyes and election by a majority vote re-
turned High as legally elected, after 4
lengthy discussion all day Friday, and up
to late hour Friday night. The report
OF the committee was adopted by vote OF
! to >, 50 High Of Oneida holds Ills seat
against Clemens the contestant.
There are Two contested seats in the
house from the same county.
The SHOW is ali goncin the valley. We
have had three days ram storm MOI
cleared of yet SoUJoyEEER-
, 1879-02-01

De READY. we admit that We
think there is but slight chance for all In
dian outbreak this side of the Columbia, We
find that there are increased chances on the
other side. 1t will be seen In another
column that 800 renegades are encamped on
the Okanagan river; that they mean mis-
chief in the early spring is very probable, and
we here again advise our isolated settlers to
arm themselves and be prepared for any
emergency. Companies must be organized
under the command OF men who Will hold
themselves responsible for tbs ariAs and
ammunition. We offered once before to as
sist IL obtaining these arms, aud ior the last
time We again make the Offer We have
done the same thing bsiore and can do it
again In this instance the sooner it is done
the better for al parties, on the principle OF
SIN time of peace prepare for war.
, 1879-02-01

As W. THouGHT. We vcntured the pre-
diction mat George y. tiHilds, Of the P!a!la-
deiphia Ledger, wo@id not ACCEPT the Berlin
mission if il were olercd to hin. Such
proves to be the fact. lie is represented as
saving that he had no ambition i'll that iirec-
lion. His view is that $50 long as lie is the
publisher Of an independent newspaper, both
duty and policy demand that lie saonld be
entirely free from such en:angIiag alliance as
the acceptance of any office would bring. ="
And Mr. ChildS is correct The journalist
finds honor enough IN the pursuit OF his pro-
fcsSion, ii i; be properly conducted. Call
, 1879-02-01

STUCK fS The NCD.-The Idaho peo-
pie have our warmest sympathies for the
tribnlations they are now undergoing re-
specting the fantastic actions of their Leg
islature. For our part We cannot under
stand the matter, there appears to be an
old clock naked up in the matter some
wav, but what it has done We cannet dis
cover; anyhow, We Recommend that sage
brush assembly to take pattern OF all
honest clocks and eo-home.
, 1879-02-01

TIE FoRr RoEIHSoN MASSACRE The
recent killing Of the Cheyennes at Fort
Robinson is doubly to he regretted at the
present time, from the fact that public
opinion was about ripe for tn transfer of
the Indians from the department OF the
interior, to that Of the war department
The crafty brains who run the interior will
take every advantage Of this circum-
stance and use it for the fuTtheranca of
their own ends. TIE exception viii be
used us The weapon to prove the rule with
ont doubt. Look upon it in what light
We VIII, it is another blot on our boasted
civilization, and a disgrace to the age III
which We live These Indians were or
dered removed from their own land to a
place of which they had the liveliest hor-
ror; they had already experienced the
pan"s OF starvation III the same country,
and declared they would rather die than
90 there. In order to punish them for
their contum&cy the commander of the
post first attempted TO starve and then to
freeze them to death The Indians nat
urally objected TO this, and made break
fcr liberty They escaped from their tor
lures and in fleeing We're shot down like
50 many dogs, volley after volley was fred
upon them until over fifty bodies were
stretched Hfeless on the frozen snow. OF
course the massacre will be defended in
official reports; but despite 1.-The excuses
| that can I've made,i it was rs infamous and
foul a deed as eyerdissraced our army an
na.s. No matter how badly We all wish
the Indianquestions settled, We all acknowi-
, edge they have rights, that if not respect
ed, ought At leaS. 10 be atonel and paid
for. Public opinion has already con
demned this outrage and We hope that
some effort viii be made to punish the Of
/ ticer Who first starved and froze, and then
, murdered the savages whose only crime
was refusal TO accept banishment to al
mhosrlt.able region which they had Of
their Own accord previously abandoned to
prevent utter auailii!ation through star
y.tiOu
, 1879-02-01

4 LoNG DRUNK Mr.. John Wren, Of
Cleveland Ohio, has just recovered from
Il four thousand miiv drunk. He went to
London, England, a few weeks asn to Wis
II son, got very drunk at a wine parry,
ana vanished. When next heard Of it
was at the depot in Cleveland, where he
was found, under the influence Of liquor.
and armed with two biz bottles of whisky.
They took HIM To the hospital, where, lf-
Ter some days deliriuln. he recovered his
senses, abused lis English friends for de
aertlng him in a strange place, ard asked
ior paper to wri;e honi. to Cleveland for
money with which to return to America
My God have | crossed the Atlantic
Ocean drunk. = he exclaimed, when at last
they convinced him lie was N Ohio, not
IN ENGLAND
, 1879-02-01

''RoBEErS," the friend of suffering hu-
lnan!ty, and brilliant correspondent ofthc
leading Washington papers, is Il sister of
,'hraye Phil Kea.ncy.' From TIE tone
Of her letters she is possessed II unlimited
Uoman!y sympathy fos the poor; yet with
all her genteneSs and big heartcdness
nothing escapes her telling blows, kypocri-
sy she fights as Arthars knights OF the
Table Round fonght the t: MS cf the weak
and lowiy; HEY winged irony and sarcasm
brings her prey to the ground ever time;
at present she is wiring with telling effect
Of the terrible outragss pcrpetrated on the
soldiers Home by the wretchcs who are
placed III authority over them
, 1879-02-01
EsM Advertisements

uEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. The
X Great British Remedy. There is unques-
AA tionably no other remedy SO certain in its
effects ASTHMA. WINTER COUGH, BRONCHITIS,
and DISORDERS Of TIE THROAT alike yield to
its influence. The hignest medical testimony
states no better cure for these complaints exists
(now proved by over half century sexperience.
They contain no opium. morphia, or any vio
lent drug. kE,TING'S CouGH LozENGEs, pre-
pared by THOMAS HEATING, London, Britain,
are sold by all druggists. Agents for the Paei-
hc coast. REDIyGToN & Co. AMI CHAs LANG
LEY & Co., San Francisco. 5-3m
, 1879-02-01

OT-E PI .TF0HM on EDUCATIoN-Had we
flied the columns of the STATESMAN during
the recent discussion on graded schools with
rasutationS of the issue forced upoa that
We were opposed to education in any form,
We should have fallen into a very nicely bait
ell trap. We smelt the danger afar OF. a.:d
gave it a vide berth 1T the tIme and used all
our efforts to place our taxpayers on their
guard against the attempt to commit them
to a measure OF which the very origi-
nators themselves had no very PLAIN concep-
ton. We believe in educating boys ana girls
TO a standard of usefulness We all know,
and can see every day, that those who are so
highly educated are the most useless mem
bcrs of the community, they were kept at
school such a length Of time, that when their
education was completed they were tnoold to
earn 4 trade. and As matter of Necessity
,irifted into some gcnteci profession for which
they are totally unfit. Many of them, had
they received good practical education up
to the age of i6, wonld now he good farmers
or business men. and be comfortably situated
in l;ic, instead of being as they now are tit
representatives, Of -'gentecl poverty" The
present sy stem of''cramining Is already be
ING opposed by the most wide-a-wake and
bTGclicdi il'vii bl tilC tHittl bNtdVcS lncl HIVE
touHd that 1t has tcnG :aev 10 III the land
with slobs, instead Of usc! members Of So
ciatv. anl see that the time has ar,Ive,; for
radical change in the whole system. We
again say We are believers 10 the fullest ey-
tent III practical education; boy wants a
goo,i knowledge of the first four principles of
education, a little Latin and he is ready to
fight the battle of life unaided, provided he
has got moderate amount of brains Scn0o!
district number / must have new school
hoase and a little better management. We
hold ourself in readiness to encourage this
measure, not only III cur columns, but also
with oIIr means.
, 1879-02-01

MURDERoUS MALHEURS. On FRIDAY
last Capt Winters Isl cavalry arrived at
the Dalles with Piute prisoners en- route
from Camp Harney to Yakima reservation.
General Howard, accompanied by his staff,
met them there Eleven of the red vaga-
bonds We're picked out and sent below. 1t
is to be hoped they will meet their just
deserts.
, 1879-02-01
CUSTER AND REyo.-Tne Reno court of

CUSTER AND RENO-Thc Reno court of
enquiry will have 10 plaster the whitewash
on pretty thick before they can make us
believe that Reno has any chiya.ry in his
nature. Bat whethc.,a as is most likely to
be the case-he WAS jealous Of Custer's
dashing record, or merely cared FOR his
own hide is the only doubt in our nlind.
One thing how We are sure of,and that
is, had their Positions been reversed We
should not be troubled With doubts.
, 1879-02-01

ROBERTS on GRANT. Grant is undeci-
ded whether 10 retnrn to has native coun-
Try or moi since he has learned that good
American whiskey and lager beer can he
bought i'll Jerusalem. He has been born
again. and his ihoughts travel partly to
the holy land The whiskcy and beer
will give ont by the next presidential cam
paign, and Grant, the national bibber, VIII
bc the leading radical candidate unless the
soldiers prevent.
, 1879-02-01

THE CovSrrf TTEo OF SE"TIoyAL AP
rrALs.-The country is thoroughly :irei of
these sectional appeals to the passions Of the
pao,,I-, The party that attempts to subsist
i,y innaming III hatrels ot one section
against the other will Inevitably fail of popu-
lar support The country is about entering
upon an era Of great business activity and of
undcubted prosperity. 1t Longs for peace,
and for permission 10 reap the rewards that
flow from commercial and industrious enter
, 1879-02-01

SOME envious republicans are asserting that
J. Mad Wells stole 5000 of the radical
campaign funi. 1t Is not just the thing to
bring such charges against the pure lg..t OF
the party. Look a: his past record. Hasnt
he committed forgery AID perjury for the
party, and he'd until he was black in the face
Didn't the party appland him for doing these
things: Now, just because he wants to get
his reward therefor, by stealing the paltry
sum Of $1,000, he is denounced as thief
, 1879-02-01

Will Col. Forney please stop his Progress
In the first number he published l.. A. Godey's
picture, and Mr.. Cooley died Mex: he had a
sketch % Caleb Cushing. The next week Mr.
Gushing was 10 more. Mr.. Fmney viii greatly
obIiSe us by ceasing the publication OF MS
paner, after sketching Dennis Kearney and
HI PerkIaS,--oI Ctr Derrick. The Oh City
Derrick Is too selfish by hall, and Col. Forney
viii obiise Us by doing nothing of the kind.
Other editors may have some nominees to be
attended to as well as the DerTiek. We were
going 10 mention a few We wished noticed, but
We exptc. the fool killer around shortly, SO we
viii defer our wishes for time.
, 1879-02-01

Nrw EycHAXGE-W have added to
she list of orr exchanges live wide
awake, up TO the notch newspaper from
III, far away regions of Dakota, 1t Is
called the Black Hills Ce,frd, and IS de
voted to the mining resources of the COM
try, The Editor knows what he is talking
abo,lt and We wish him success.
, 1879-02-01

II Wyoming, where larely woman can
vote if she VIII. she doesn't Only one wo-
mn in the territory has ever bcoa elected to
Office by the people, and ROW o.iieial station
is never demanded By any mcmbcr of the
sistcrhcoi Not half the women in Chey-
enne have cast vote since the first two cleo
tons Although there are separate polling
places for the sex, respectable women stay
away from the polls and keep out OF politics.
The only women w:Io take an interest III
elections are those OF the baser sort
, 1879-02-01

SATAN RrrvEIxG SIy.-Tho Portland
Bee paragrapher had better read up his
classics before going any further; IN an at
tempt to give the Otsgonitn and Telegram
particular fits he writes hmselfdown y. ). )
when he alludes to ''Assa piled on fe-
En,, =
, 1879-02-01

THE FEEvcH RErUEuC.-The resignation
of Marshal McMahon as president may he
looked upon rs the last death blow I"
Imperialism. He was ore OF Napoie"n $
favnrites who made him Duke Of MaIenta-
The Prince Imperials chances are now very
Slim I-;y.a J., g-sy-,JIigiia
, 1879-02-01

HAYES thought it worth while to have a
friend telegraph from Washington semi
official contradiction that he is for Grant in
1850. He might have spared the pains. If
there is any one thing in which the politi-
clans andpeople are eqraliy not interested, it is
the personal wishes of Rutherford b. Hayes
, 1879-02-01

The Reno ISqvIEY Evidenc, has been
laid before the Reno court of enquiry,
that during the time Custer WIS surround
ed, Reno was kept back by sIuaws and
supcraunuated old bucks, and had he gone
INTO the fight according to orders, Gus
tcr's disaster would have been prevented.
, 1879-02-01

4 Coon PArEL--From Virginia City We
received the WaiiSonjan with the plaintive
appeal please exchange" OF course we
will Tom Baker; 50 long as life exists We
shall never forget the kindness and reception
yonr hospltablc citizens gave lis Oh our retarir
from the chase after Chief Joseph, when
alone, war worn. aud weary, We entered
Alder Gulch, every hing Was placed at our
disposal. and not 4 dollar would they allow
us 10 pay. We always have 4 hearty vel
come for any one from Mont2Ga.
, 1879-02-01

COVE ToGETHEg. After long and use
less jangle the sage brush legislators ot
Idaho have at last formed Junction and
are row having lively tine over the
election OF 4 speaker.
, 1879-02-01

The enterprise of the proprietors Of the
Record CaiOH, deserves every encourage
ment; We have received a PAPER of sixteen
pages. devoted to every thing on the Pa
cifc Coast. 1t is a fit representative of
the 10Th century.
, 1879-02-01

O,I3G to the ice blockade in the Columbia
river, Mr. T. b. Wells, respectfully announces
that he is unable to deliver the enlarged pic
lures contracted for by the specified period
and asks an exteation OF tiuae until the river
Is omen
, 1879-02-01

WE are glad 10 add the Inland Empire t.
our exchange list; it is live. wide awake
honest jsmocg.ltic aersI@T,er, with all that the
Maine implies. Few editors Just starting in
would have the pluck To issue such a paper a:
the holiday number Is Col. Merry knows the
leopie =. lasge like : book, and knows that
they viii never stand by and see a man lose by
his enterprise in doing all he can TO advaGcs
tis prosperity OF our young empire 1t Is NJ
use Tor Us to wish him success. for he know:
the way too well 10 carve it out for himself.
, 1879-02-01
TO THrr,TIu,s OF TIE sTayE-u.y.

Being desIrous to ray the debts AGAINST the
estate Of Wm. II. Newell, deceased, Ires2oct-
fully ask al carly settlement.
Mas. Na. II. Newell.
, 1879-02-01
Died.

FRUsH--In this city, January Both, Mrs
Elo;se Frush, as4d - years.
, 1879-02-01
TERRITORY WASHINGTON

IT
Dated Waiia Waila, January Both, 1879 81,
, 1879-02-01

WAsHIyGToN Jan. 30.-Senate sub
committee,on commerce, heard statements
from various gentlemen on the bill 10 regu
late inter state commerce. Arguments
were mainly repetitions Of those already
made. Opponents of bill Will be heard
Wednesday.