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POETRY.
QX TIIi: FfcllltY.
On the ferry, sallipg over
To the city, dying dim
In tho mellow mist of ovcnlng
By the river's further rim
On tho ferry, gating outward
To the ocean calm and cold,
Where tho tluo bay dips its waters
In tbe sunset's fiectiug gold.
On the ferry, gaiing outward,
0 thou ocean deep and wldo,
Every pulse Ubcatlng measure
With the rhythm of thy tide!
Loving waves kiss warm and eager,
Motionless tho greet ships stand,
While above eaeh pendulous pennon
Lures me with a beckoning hand.
Calm on the uneasy waters
Lean the sunset bars of flame.
Like the legendry ladder
On which angels went and came.
In another f uninter. evening,
On a little way before,
I shall reach another ferry,
Seeking swift a dimmer shore.
I shall cross a wider ferry.
Crossing to return no more,
Sailing fas a fairer city,
Waiting on a lovelier shore.
Life may touch the soul to gently
We can hardly call it rough, "
Yet well H 7 in eloelng
Our brief day's been long enough;
Thu I stDd with gathered garments,
Ere the oV!" k,ow Ml;
O, my heart! dro,T iJoI
LItening for the boan' f1L
Come! and by my spirits slnaJnS
By my shrinking fears untold.
Bear me gently o'er thee waters.
Charon, boatman r aim and cold.
Women, Children and Jleu Nfrv-
Famine, raunt anl chustly, usually fulWa
in the fojttci of War. Tho itr stricken
South haa not e-.ipcil the uual fate of con.
luerel countries, lmnogtuefuur year of tlie
late war the &uth wu nearly nil the time
tbe theater of th5 uuhappy atnfe. Her cit
ies and towna were burned ; hi-r once fruit
ful fiel-Ji were deflate ; her euhtaticc
wu consumed ; and contending iki long
against such fearful odd, the auffered a de
cimation of her citizens by the slaughter of
the battle-field. When the war ended. be
waa utterly prostrate. The army riiJs on
either fciJe had stripj! large uMsUicU of
country of horsea and quit's ; the people
could not 4ow without tliem, and a Uiair
fields had to lie waste. Oftn they wcr
unable even to pnjeure ectd for mowing.
Their fence were destroyed their orchard
cut down. Tbe apeetrc of Sfurratlon glar
ed hideously upon their borrowing bouo
bulJ,, but what could Uiey do? Their tci
barrassment and ditrrs wer.i increased by
Uie fact that the war had reu!ted in a com
plete revolution of their labor yteu:, which
in vol red at least a temporary dcritigement
of industry and coneiucnt diminutioti of pro.
duct Ion, To "complete their disabilities,
there wa a failure of crop of corn and cot
ton in the South the pat year. These
crop were their uiaiu indqtenJenco. A
backward, cold and wet spring wan followed
by a drouth of unparalleled aevtrity. In
many places the farmer did not gather in
harvest even no much at the fcied he had
iown. Thu an immense population were
left without money or prousiun, ia the
midtofan unusually never winter. The
poor people have starred. They arc fctarv
ing tunc! The telegraph informs us that
fifty thousand bavo died of starvation in
rr. - im i
gerated Ktatemeut; but there &r at leaat a
million of widows, orphan children and
maimed and helpless men in tho South, all
oi them very poor, and many of them actu
ally atarving for bread 1 During our visit to
the South last summer we raw that the shad
ows of Want and Famine were already dark
eningover that unhappy land. We met with
families who had eaten no meat for months.
Poor little bare-footed girls, with palo and
pinched faces, clad in faded tittered gar
ment, with no under-clothing, would ap
proach us in the streets of Southern cities,
and beg a few cents to buy a litUa meal.
Since then the failure of crops has completed
their misery. They are starring !
Yes, they are starving! They cry for
bread, and that cry penetrates every feel
ing heart in tbe land.' New York, Louis
ville, Baltimore and St. Louis have respond
ed nobly to the cry of the perishing. Polit
ical differences are forgotten, all minor
considerations are banished in .he presence
of the fearful calamities that have visited the
onco opulent,' 'generous and hospitable
South. Our people, who were so ready to
send looa to tne starving in ireianu, cunnoi
be indifferent to the sufferings of their coun
trymen. One House of Congress has voted
relief to be distributed through tnoagenc
of Government officials in tho South. Sue!
I
men as Horace Greeley and Senator Trum
bull are 'pleading tho cause of thoso that are
ready to perish. As the evidences of the
fearful amount of suffering in the South
reach the popular mind, the popular heart
snows a reaumess to rceponu.
What will California do? What will
San Francisco do ? Something has already
jeen done ia various parts of the State.
About tour thousand dollars have been sent
to us as the spontaneous onenngs vi uenevo
lence in behalf of tho sufferers W the South,
most of which has alrcadv reached its desti
nation and brought relief to many homes of
rr j iiii : :
sorrow, xucee uonaiions are wu coining iw,
as may be seen from the columns of the
Spectator. As the necessities of the South
become more fully known, these contribu
tions are increasing, and we hope will reach
a figure worthy of California's well-earned
repuiauon xor uenevoienco. ,
; As yet,' no concerted movement has been
made in San Francisco. But there is evi
dently a disposition to do something if the
S roper method of doing it were indicated.
ur leading journals have called attention
to the subject, and urged upon our people
the duty of contributing to this charity.-
xnuiviuuaiH nave nuuutxi us conmouuons in
our office, and many are waiting for an ef
fort to be made which will draw out the
sympathies of the whole community, It
has been proposed that a hundred gentle
men contribute (in currency) one hundred
dollars each, which would at once make a
respectable amount, and would certainly re
heve much distress. It a. public meeting
were held, and an organization effected in
our citr, the result we know would not
shame its good- nape. In the meantime
we shall gladly receive, acknowledge in the
Spectator, and promptly forward all contn
butions that pay be sent or handed to us.
Parties wishing to give any particular direc
tion to their benefactions, will have their
wishes faithfully observed in their distribu
tion. Spectator ' v; V" '"' " ' ' ' '
For the Stato Rights Democrat.
LECTURES BY REV. H. II, SPAULDING
Early Oregon ItlUMlonN Their Im
Jor(anee In Neenrlagtko Cour
ry to Amerlcniiit.
NUMBEit BIXTEK.
Tho oveninc of tho 4th f.und us dwnrjed
on tho head waters of Littlo StaJv a (tribu
tary of Green Uiver, eight miles from South
rass. Jloro somo 40 Ncx lrrcJHid Flat
Head chiefs and Warriors met us, having
learned by tho express, who bad been sent
ahead, that their long-wished for missiona
ries wcro with the Company. Their joy
seemed unbounded when they met Dr. Whit
man and saw our wives and rattle and their
own boys returned alive. J'Havo you that
Book of God and will yoa'goio our coun
try and die with us?" were aftiont their first
Inquiries, "we havo traveled many moons
to meet you and conduct you to our land
where you may select your home, and we
will asHiHt you to make a house, will camp
around you, take care of your cows and
horses, listen to the book of God, and learn
from you how to raio food from tho earth."
Tho boys were our interpreters, who by this
time could speak some Lng!ih, and proved
of great service to us. Tho chieCi were rery
anxious to get our promise at "once to accom
pany them to their country. We preferred
to wait a few days before wo tcado any
pledges.
Aa soon as these chiefs arrived in camp,
the, to us, mot overwhelming u;ws was
communicated that llev. Mr. Parker had not
returned to meet u, according to premise.
We were not to ic him; hi had pme off
'upon the salt water in a big ehip." But
our consternation wn somewhat allaved for
a moment, when, ufter the council ring wai
formed and tho big pipe of friendship had
gone around, one of the chiefs camo forward
and threw down lfore Ir. Whitman a
t! Ind'inti rmnfrv w-hn-'lief WlJ Can UV
tii?re, or whether it is like tho vait lfHs
through which wj were pacing of the
trading mint whether we could Cud bread
nd rlothing there, end whi-ther we ihall
find frieuds or enemies in tho KnulUh tra-
lers. But what wn our amnzc-iaent whn
th'! Dovtor, on opening the Lunulr, fiuudSi)
hcets of white pai;r without tbe scratch of
a pen upon tliciu ; but, toi koi u: a tnau
scrap which had fulh-n down, he ra 1 :
"Hopi! you will prosper. If you have
brouLt out letters for mo t.lcu-o tnd them
on udtr se by way of the Sandwich Islands
and Capo Horn, as 1 have Cjin-Iti hl Ut re
turn home that way. Ion't forget to end
my letters." Not a word about the Indian
country, where hs had spent months ; not a
word that 0ucU a plarea ancouvt-rexiaU(l;
not c hint that we would find a kcrmd oi
grain or a yard of clothing ; not a word about
the Knglieb trader w hether we would find
theia friends orfuesj not a wor l about Mr.
I.ee.
J f thi thick dtrkne of doubt and uncer
tainty' had A-m around us Ufore. it was
Kgyptun darkn- now. Wa ruiturally
tLo-jght that Mr. Parker, seeing the deptr-
ate, de.ert ftate of the Country, and having
learcf-d the hostile character of the hnghh
traders, end that it would be impolitic for
uiiiou famities to live in ths cuntry, had
taken this prudent course not to meet us end
to keep tilent on all t!.ce viul aubjtx'ts;
and thct the lx-t thing that could be done
was to let us come on and see for ourselves
aa he knew the KnglUh would give u a free
fta-age in their vtmcl to the Sandwich Is
ar.ds, a-s they were going to do with him.
This was the only natural way to explain
this wonderful action of Mr. rarker. He
had been sent forward the year before to ob
tain this information, and was undor the
mot solemn pledge and tho very strongest
obligations Ut return and meet Dr. Whitman
at this rendezvous and report; and had bo
done so, his rcKrt would have been of more
value to us than silver ana gold, overwhelm
ed with anxiety as wo wcro about those very
questions.
I gladly would havo turned bock. Dr.
Whitman, for tho first time, lowed his head
in mIodcc ; but soon he rallied, and hone
and determination beamed ia his wonderful
countenance. "e will go forward, trusting
in God, and see for ourselves."
That night the Nez Perccs supplied our
mess abundantly with mountain and speckled
trout, and from that thuo on, till wo struck
Snake river. '
The next day the Company moved early
with the determination to reach Green river,
having learned by express that a rival cara
van was approaching from tho English trad
ing posts on the Columbia, with merchandise
and alcohol ; but on account of Mrs. spam
mg s great weakness, and tho Ncz i'erccs
remaining behind a sufficient protection
we moved slower. Besides, many of our
cows, from the long marches, rough country
and prickly pears, had becomo lamo ; one
cow ana one nun nr.u given out, aiuiougu
most of them had received buffalo moccasins.
On tho evening of tho Gth wo crossed
Green river and arrived at the rendezvous.
The Nez Perces camp came out to meet us in
great numbers, giving us the hand with a
hearty welcome as they rode by. There were
some ou or iw young women, wiui weir ra
ven black hair, in two plaits, falling from
either sido their "flat heads" ; their white
dresses of goat-skm glistening in tho sun
beam from a profusion of cut-glass beads
and aquoi shells, and riding most gracefully
upon gooa norses, louowea, ana wiin a plain
tive song and smiling countenance and hearty
shake of the hand, gave our. women such a
welcome as mado them almost torget they
were meeting a band of savages. Tho older
women and children, in great numbers, camo
out last, as wo drew near thecarcp, ana per
fectly envelonod our wives, ana would not bo
satisfied until they had taken them from
their horsos and saluted them with a kiss ;
but they set up a mournful cry when they
saw Mrs. Spaulding'a great weakness.
Ifext camo the mountain men and froe
trappors in great numbers, as soon as we
got our tent pitched, and expressed a greater
anxiety to see the f'whito women1' than even
the Indians, .who were more curious to see,
examine and handle our cattle, which they
at once named "kokal" (buffalo). .They
scarcely gave them time to eat during the
day, while we remained at: this place j but
kept clustering around them in great num
bersmen, women and children, first from
qne nation and then from another, feeling
their horns, legs, and every part, from morn
ing till night. , 'c
A Dutchman thus describes an : inci
dent: v: u,-y-'-t;:"
"Vooce, a long vile ago, I vent intos
mino abble orchard to climba a bear tree
to get sora beachs to make mine vrow a
plumbpudding mit j and ven I get on the
tobermost branch I vail vroin tho lower
most limb, mit von leg on both sides of
the fence, una like to stove mine outside
in.
heavy package from Mr. Parker. And, as
the ivtor procec:!'d to open, wo infefcantlv
thought, her ''o journal; wo shall
havelt all a fuii rcount o' "Vt-rything: of
Tho Work of Time.
The time will come, ayeas euro as death
and judgment, when those who are now
destroying ho grand old Constitution of
the United States will mourn in bitter
sorrow that violating hands were ever
lilted against it. Time in its remorseless
inarch crushes the hopes, blasts tho for
tunes and penetrates the power of gov
ernments and individuals. No party
which has yet arisen in this or any other
country has proven a victor over time.
Decay is stamped as planily upon politi
cal structures as upon physical, and
this decay will lo more rapid just in
proportion to tho violence. oi the convul
sions which gave birth" to the political
phenomena. Itccogniting this great law
of politics as well as the natural universe,
the wise founders of republican institu
tions in America, pandered to man's in
nate love of change, by making rotation
in f'jjfic a promiuent featuro in the new
born government. Here was a distinct
iccognition of tho fact, that chanyt of
men was harmless nay necessary to the
healthful operation of our political system.
But no such change of the organic law
was contemplated as necessary, and it was
made difficult, by requiring tho concur
rence of thrco-iourtfis of tho States.
Like the sun, tho source of heat and light,
and the centre of tho eolar system, our
fathers designed the Constitution to be
the great fixed fact in our hhttory and no
Ichs important in our destiny.
Here U the Iliad of all our woes, the
source of all our sorrows thi precrptt of
our anccswrt are no longer resptrtrd and
obeyed. A diction haa come over Amer
ica through but one door a violated
Constitution. Let some mixcrcact cut a
dyke in Holland, or a leveo on the banks
of the I-'athcr of Waters, and the rushing
iloods will soon upread ruin far and wide
auiid tho abodes of man. Are those who
C't tho dykes of American liberty lens
truth ? than such a wretch, or do they
less merit the execration ot mankind be
cause tbcv are fellow-sufferers from the
disastrous coti'iuencesof their own acts?
Does it redeem tuc gum oi a piraic, wiien
his decks are boardeu and he has been
driven below, to fire bis magazine and
hurl himself and Lis assailants to instant
perdition 7
1 he circling seasons still endure, and
tho revolving vears in bitter mockenr
still brings us tho 22d of February and
the 4th of July: but the land of Wash
ington is not free. Lib;rty is insulted by
runtam on her natal day, and the bones
of the Father of his Country are outlawed
from the Union which hisstvord won and
b'u virtues cemented.
But there is a great law of compensa
tion which pervades tho social and politi
cal, i well as the natural world. Depart
ures from political virtue, like breaches of
the moral code, are followed by penalties
which tread ruinously upon the heel of
the transgressors. Men cannot with im
punity cut loose from all the moorings of
wkdom and virtue. If they undertake
to steer their ships regardless of the bea
cons and landmarks cct up by their fath
ers they will fail and perish miserably.
.Nor can Liberty be slain in her own tem
ple without vengeance on her assassins.
Retribution will come it will come, as
suro as truth and justice are as eternal as
tho granite hills ot acw hngland of that
New Eogland whose flinty soil seems to
have formed the hearts of her sons. r
She cill yH feel the need of that Consti
tution to protect hert when that race of
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political neu-nounus sne nas Dome snail
rctutntotcar tin vitals of their mother.
Political sins, liko "curses, come home to
roost," and no one ever vet violated the
law without, at somo period of life, hav
ing need of its covering shield. Rich
mond Times. '
A Western Desciiiption op Waltz
ing. A group of splendid ones is on the
floor, and loving mated; tho gents encircle
their partners' waists with one arm. The
ladies and gentleman closely face to face.
They aro very erect, and leaa a littlo back.
The ladies lean a little foward. (Music)
ftow all wheel and whirl, circle and curl.
Feet and heels of gents go rip rap, rip
tuji, uy. juauiua iccu gj nujjuty up, up
pety tip, tip. Then all go rippety, clip
pety, slippety, flippcty, skippety, hop
pity, jumpity, sumptty, thump. Ladies fly
off by centrifugal momentum. Gents pull
ladies hard and close They reel, swing.
slide, look tender, look silly, look dizzy.
Feet fly, tresses fly.' hoops fly, all fly. It
looks tuggity. huggity, pullity, equeezity,
pressity, rubbity, rip. Tho gents liko a
cross between steelyards and "limber
jacks," beetlesand jointed X's. The maid
ens tuck down their chins very low, or
raise them exceedingly high, borne giggle
and frown, eomo sneer, and all sweat free
ly. The ladies' faces aro brought against
thoso of tho men, -or into their bosoms,
breast against broast, noso against nose,
toes against toes. Now they are again mak
ing a sound, like geofgy, porgy, deery-
peery, didy-pidy, coachy, poachy. . "This
dance is not much, but the extra are glo
rious. If tho men were women there would
bo no such dancing. But they are' only
men, and so the thing goes ou by woman's
love of it.
When asked how ho got out of prison,
a witty rogue replied :
" I got out ot my cell by ingenuity, run
up-stairs with agility, orawled out of the
back window in secrecy, slid down tho
lightning rod with rapiditv. walked out
town with dignity, and am now basking
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in ine (sunsnine oi uoeriy:
. IS.
Keep Moving. Man is like a snow-ball.
Leaye'liim lying in idleness against the
sunny face of prosperity, and all tho good
that is in him melts like fresh butter in
the dog days; but kick him round, and he
gamers strengtn at every revomuon.
.
A writer in Winston county, Missis
sippi, calculates the expenses on a bale of
cotton after it U packed, and by the time
it is sold at forty-six dollars and sixy-two
and a halt cents, about as mucu as once
was the price of a halo. .... , . ,
JciTron' Irorclon ot fiiftlt.
On January 2Cth, 1799. Thomas Jeff
erson wrote the following to Kldridgc
vjunjrt wmuu contains soetning oi an
embodiment of his political 'ifaUh, "and
which may now bo well recalled lor the
reflection of thoso who profess to imbibe
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ineir principles irom ms teachings :
"I do, then, with sincere zeal. with. an
inviolable preservation of our present led
eral constitution, according to the true
sense in which it was adopted by the states,
that in which it was advocated by it friends,
and ntt that which its enemies apprehen
ded, who thcreforo became its enemies;
and I am opposed to the monarchist? its
features by tho forms of its administra
tion, with a view to conciliate a transition
to a President and Senate for life, and
from that to a hereditary tenure of thc&c
offices, and thus to worm out the elective
principle. 1 am for preserving to the
states the rjower not yielded to them by
the union, and to tho legislature of the
union its constitutional share in tho divis
ion of powers; and I am not for transfer
ring all the powers of tho states to the
general government and all those of that
government to the executive branch. I
am for a government vigorous, frugal and
simple applying all tho possible savings
of the public revenue to the discharge of
the national debt; and not for a multipli
cation ot oliiccs and salaries merely to
make partisans, and for increasing, by ev
ery device, the public debt, on the princi
pie of its being a public blessing.
"I am for relying, for internal defense,
on our militia solely, till actual invasion,
and for such a naval force enly as may
protect our coasts and harbors from such
depredations as we have experienced, and
not for a standing army in time of peace
which may overawe the public scutiment;
nor for a navy which by its own expenses
and the internal wars in which it will im
plicate us, will grind us with public bar
dens and sink us under them. I am for
commerce with all nations, political con
ncclions with none, and little or no diplo
matie establishment; and I am not for
linking ourselves by new treaties with the
quarrels of Europe, entering that field of
slaughter to preserve their balance, or
joining in the confederacy of kings to war
I against the principles ot liberty. I am
for freedom and religion and against the
raanocv crs to bring about a legal ascendan
cy of one sect over another; for freedom
of the press and against all violations of
tne constitution 10 silence oy xorce, ana
not by reason, the complaints or criticisms,
just or unjust, of our citizens against the
conduct oi their agents. I am for encour
aging-the progress of science, in all its
branches, and not for raising a hue and
cry against the sacred names of philoso
phy, for awing the human mind by sto
ries of -raw head and bloody bones, to dis-
trusi its own vision ana 10 rciy implicitly
on tnat ox others to go backward, in
stead of forward to look for improvement
to believe that government,, religion,
morality, and every other science were in
the highest perfection in the days of the
darkest ignorance, and that nothing can
ever be devised moro perfect than uhat
was established by our forefathers. v
If these points are not now worthy of
public consideration, then they never
have been in the history of the country.
A study of the clear doctrines of democra
cy, as inculcated by Jefferson, would lead
the people of this country to reform the
policy and practices of the government,
and return to the people those blessings
they sacrificed in wildly running after the
demagogues of republican fanaticism.
Catxso of Potato Rot
A paragraph in general circulation
among our exchanges state that a French
naturalist has recently discovered by mi
croscopic examination that there are 200
ferocious animals, of a coleoptcrio form,
in a space as largo as a pin's head, wbere
the surface of a potato is raised and dis
colored by tho rot. These animals, it is
added, bite and tear each other with great
fury.
It is no news to our readers that the
potato rot is characterized if not caused by
parasites. We have examined with the
microscope various specimens of the pota
to at different stages of rot. In no case
did we fail to discover whatldiscoverable
in no otner conaiuon oi mo potato ac
cording to the stage of the disease, either
the eggs or tho the developed insects in
great numbers,' and both are often visible
to tho naked eye. Wo became perfectly
satisfied, from all tho phenomena taken
together, that the insect is the cause of
the disease, that it is communicated from
tho seed potato to its prostcrity, and that
its ravages after the harvesting are hard
ly more and often much less destructive
of the crop than its effect in checking tho
growth of tho potato from the sprout up
ward. As to tho character of tne insects
wo cannot confirm tho coleoptcrio form nor
the ferocious disposition. . Neither are
they microscopio animalculao, 200 of
which can occupy a pin's head; but when
fully developed can be distinctly seen by
the naked eye. The body is white, egg
shaped, and in appearanco not unlike the
parasites usually found on dried figs and
other fruits. They appear to bo suffi
ciently harmonious, and too busy in de
vouring and poisoning the food of man to
spend their time in quarreling among
themselves. Mr. Lyman Reed, of Massa
chusetts, we believe, claims, to have per
fected a cheap preparation which may be
applied to the seed potato so as to kill the
parasite and not the tuber, doubling the
growth and insuring it against decay.
We'hayo not learned what results, if any,
were realized the last season by his rem
edy .-r-Soientifjo American. ,
. One of tho editors of a New Orleans
paper, soon , after beginning to learn the
printing business, went to court a preach
er's daughter. The next time ho attend
ed meeting he was taken down at hearing
tho minister announce as his text: "My
daughter is grievously tormented with a
acyu," . i- -.., r
Rights) of Indian.
The Arizona Miner this discourses no
on the subject: ,
Tho long mooted Question of Indian
rights is one of vital and paramount im'
portanco to every man, woman and child
this side of the llocky mountains at least.
it is a suDjeci, so lar as we or tne greai
West aro concerned, little understood.at
the East, We are told of our barbarous
treatment of tho red men that we Ar.
driving him from his own land, and wa
ging an indiscriminate Murderous war up
on the poor creatures. But the emigrant
natrally inquires, What rights the Indian :
owncs in the land? Certainlv none b
use or cultivation, for in the'whohs region
between the llocky mountains and Sierra
Nevada range nave tbe ImiiavnvicijxU--ti
vated a rod of land planted a tree or seed
They have killed rabbits, or dug roots that
grow spontaneously; but does this give
them a right to the soil? White men do,
not claim the pnlbic domain by such oecu-
pancy, and it they did, our Government,
or any other nation, would never acknowl
edge it. Who," thst . has. noticed the
thousands of murders of emigrants cross'
ing the mountains and plains to -the- Pa- '
cific coast, does not know from reliable ac
counts the inherent treachery of the sav
ages.' Who does not know that the
wretches have, in numerous cases, mur
dered and robbed the very men who havp
fed and clothed them, perhaps for a whole
season? Still, we are told, we must not
harm the poor Indian. Even our Gov
ernment goes so far as toinltruct its mili
tary, sont out to protect emigrants, not to
interfere with frkudly Indians; and wo
believe such instructions are general
given to Superintendents of Indian Af
fairs. We do believe this policy to be
substantially wrong, and the sooner it is
abandoned the better for Indians as wel
as whites. Great stress is laid upon tho
worn out, and we believe false saying,
"Indians never forget favors." Our im
pression is, if favors are remembered by
them, it is only to make victims of those
who have befriended them. Take tho
case of 3Ir. Lelhy, the Indian Suprin
tendent here; a kind-hearted gentleman,
who had for a long time fed and clothed
the Indians on the Colorado river, even,
as said by those who ought to know, be
yond the provision of the Government
(which was well known to the savages
themselves); they turned upon their friend
and murdered him in a brutal manner.
As we have before said, we belie v Mr.
Lelhey's courie to have been a mistaken
one especially when carried to the extent
it was known he, in the goodness of his
soul, had practiced. But the result ia
but one of a thousand instances of like
treachery, and brutality. - We see no otb
cr remedy we believo there is no other
safe course to pursue than to extermin-
ate nearly, if not the whole race of sav
ages on the Pacific coast, and the sooner
this is accomplished the better for the
whole country. -
How to Go to Bed. Hall's Journal
of Health gives the following advice how
to go to bed in the winter time. ThosSr
who practice retiring on the "cuddle-up". :
plan, will readily fall in with these sugges
tions: "Do it in a hurry, if there is no
fire in the room, and there ought not to be,
unless you are quite an invalid. But if a
person is not in good health, it is best to
undress by a good fire; warm and dry tho
feet well, draw on the stockings again ;
run into a room without fire, jump into
bed, cuddled up, with head and ears un
der cover for a minute or more, until your
feel a little warmth, then uncover your
head, next draw ofFyour stockingsf; turn
over on your right side and go to sleep.
If a sense of chilliness come over you on 1
getting into bed, it alsrays will do an inju
ry; and its repetition always increases the:
ill effect, without having any tendency to
harden you.' Nature abhors violence.
We are nevor shocked into health. Hard
usago makes no garment last longer.'
While the woman's rights convention :
was in session at Albany, N. Y., a horse
car was crowded. There entered a sc- '
vcre looking female. An old gent rose to
give her a seat "Be you ono of the wo-mcn-righters?"
he asked. 1 be," said she.
"You believe a woman should have all the.
rights of a man,f do 'you?j' ho enquired.
"Yes, I do,'' was the emphatic answer
Then.' said the man 'stand ud. and eniov v
t .sV
them like a man;' and she had to stand
up.,'1 " 'i 1 . :....
"John, I saw your cousin Isaac, a few
weeks ago, and he had just recieved a fall J
which cut a horrible gash in his - arm"
"Ah, poor fellow I what did he-fall"
on?"
" Well, really, I forget now : but it rath
er strikes me it was on a Tuesday."
A young man, out West, was intrusted
with the money to bring home his father
a good family sewing machine, ne car-
ried off a neighbors daughter to Chicagdy
married her declaring she was the -best
family sewing machina . he could procure! ;
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An exchange says that it is just as
scnsiblo a move to undertake to get mar-
riea without courting as 10 attempt any
business without advertising; both gener-" r
ally prove failures. i f
A Special Washington dispatch to tho
New York Times saya that General Grant '
and family intend to sail for' Europe in
April next, and will visit the French Ex
position. ' - - -A,.
Love, the toothache, smoke a cough,
and a. tight boot,' are things which cannoi
possibly be kept secret very long.- ,
, A horse dealer, describing 'a used up
horse said he looked "as -if. he --had been
editing a country newspaper."
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Beechxr vs. Tiltox. It is said that Hen
ry Ward Beecher intends to commence suit
against Theodore Tilton, editor of. the New
York Independent, for publishing the serf
mons of the former in his paper against his :
wishes. .. ... . j.i '.