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"I have finished my course.' Tim. IV, 7.
There is no advantage in special
aervicf"; they are not likely to be ao
general as to apply to no one; aud, if, aa
on this occasion, tbe number of per
ona directly addressed ia amalli
others wlio are present are likely
to ue and app'y what may be said
to themselves. Indeed, it olten hap
pens that we hear best what may be
directly intended lor others. We
like to hear others preached at rather
than ourselves, and tho vices of which
we are fiulty, we can but condemn
in other, as Nathan came to David
with bis parable, and led the guilty
King to say, of the supposed culprit,
'a the Lord liveth be shall surely
die." Then, alter the parable bad
done its work couldlhe prophet make
the application and say, "thou art the
man:" Others are present with us
besides the Senior clasn, the (acuity
and students of this Iuniituiion, and
though we may address ourselves di
rectly to the few, 'we hope the many
may hear to their profit. These ape
cial services may be new to l'renby
terianism in Oregon, but they are not
nesy to the church in the Kant, nor, in
deed, to the church in Bible times.
Then the various new moons and
feasts called the willing feet of the
glad worehipt-rs of old to ascend the
Holy bill ofZion.
Special occasions formed the teyts
ol tua Savior's addresses. To the
hungry in the wildernesn, lie spoke of
the living bread. To theproud guest
who t ln.ee the chief seat or uppermost
room, He tpoke the lesson of humili
ty; to lli weary tinder who had toil
ed all night ami taken nothing, He
gave the encouraging promise that
he ehould be a tieher ot men.
The church of Home has carried
the principle of special services to an
extreme in making almost every day
in the year take its place in the sacred
calendar, ami by these special services
more than anything else, retained the
appearance of life in her dead and
lormal routine. We do not prenent
the church tit Uome for imitation,
but it ia right to be taught by an ene
my and our blensed Savior com
mentis the widom of the rerjM-nt and
tell ns to hear what the nnjuai stew
ard Kitiih.
A special service to a graduating
clan in new to our city: new to your
Kieaker, ami as the candidate for a
literary degree repeats the language
of this text we ask you to learn lea
sens of one who uned this language
long before you, and said in bis vale
dictory letters to his moat beloved
son in the faith, " I have finished my
courMs." His course of life, seen from
the worldly human stand point, bad
been a miearable failure. A Jew by
birth, of the straight est sect, an im
petuous and talented young man,
brought up at the National Capital,
wiilfihe beat educational advantages
the world afforded. Itejoicing ill all
the advantages of Jtouisu eilizenehip
just at the time when the all-conquering
eagle had made the whole world
his prey, this Roman citizen and
learned Jew embraced a hated heresy
and with such, enthusiasm that
he had sacrificed all prosjiect of ad
vancement in life and was now a poor
prisoner for the second time before
the cruel Nero, and soon to expitate
his folly with his life. So poor that
an old cloak, a few books and parch
ments were all the earthly possession
he could call his own. A life of toil
and suffering bad been the lot of this
mad enthusiast; and now in disgrace
he is about to die; to be remembered
only by the full of victims writ
ten in blood by the tyrant Nero.
Such the verdict of the unbelievins
worldling concerning this aged ser
vant ot Christ. But vik-wine his fin
ished course with the eye of faith it is
no failure, but a glorious triumph.
Such he sees it to be himself. He
looks with no regretful longings upon
the hoards of perishable wealth be
might have amassed. He counts his
early prospects as nothing, lor he has
now, Christ. With joy he has sold all
that he had and baa bought the pearl
ot great price. He has counted the
cost, he has made his estimate of
profit and loss, and after the most
mature deliberation and the fullest
experience, he says : "I have f.mglit
a good 'fight.'- 1 nave finished - my
course." He does not allude to hia
primary education. That had been
lull for the age of the world in which
he lived, and yet it was fir from what
is enjoyed at, the present da. We
can searcely appreciate the advantages
in point ot early education which we
enjoy. We stand on our fathers' shoul
ders, and is it strange that we seem high
er than they? The merest child in the
poorest of onr public schools has the
ivaniage of the son ot wealth and
Itixuryin the-grided halls of ancient
times. Then no printed books; no
geography more than the guesses ot
wonder-telling travelers ; no science
tmt the horoscopes of astrologers and
sooth-sayers. Pupils learned their
whole curriculum of knowledge from
a single instructor, communicating
his instructions in private conversa
tion, with an occasional lesson on the
waxen tablet or sanded floor. The
Apostle had enjoyed such an educa
t ion at the fw-et of Gamaliel. He may
have learned less of science than the
I'OhiIb of Alexandria. or Alliens but he
had learned, at least in the letter, the
science of all sciences, the 44 word of
uod. Iiut while he had learned in
youth the 'form of sound words," he
eua not learn what i truth, till on his
way to Da-nasciis he -saw the light
above the brightness of the sun and
nearu me voice of Ilim who is truth
itself.,' Then he entered on hia life
course of labor, learning and. 'trial
which he now declares finished. He
conferred not with flesh and blood but
immediately began to show to ihem
Of JJamasgna that Jesus is Christ. He
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1873.
recognised tho truth that God is a
wise creator and has a purposo in all
Hia creatures, and napro than all in
Ilia highest creature, man, and that
every individual has an assianed place,
a peculiar destiny to fulfill iti the
economy of Providence. He knew
that Qod had made him not to live
for himself and he had no sooner re.
cognized the authority of Jesus ot
Nazareth than he felt his obligation
to live for roan ; to labor in tho field
of his beloved master. .He began to
preach Christ and repentance. It
was a course of gospel preaching, and,
like one who would succeed in any
course, he made all things bend to it.
He did tbe ''one thing," and did that
one thing well. In this hia example
may commend itself to every student.
The student, who has the one determin
ed purpose to learn as his only object in
attending school or college, never
fails. Paul's one course was cospul
preaching. In Damascus, Jerusalem,
Corinth, Ephesus and Rome, every
where, he went with his one message.
In the Temple, Areopogus, on ship
board, in jail, on the seaside, or in his
hired house, everywhere, in season
and out of season, ho preached the
one glorious message, and to every
variety of character. King Agrippa
and Felix, surrounded bv the insignia
of royalty, the child Timothy, the
women that resorted to the seaside
for prayer, the learned philosophers
of Athens, the inmates ot Ciesar'e
household, the inhabitants of storm
beaten Melita, who bad rescued him
and bis companions from a watery
grave to all, and in every place, this
net aid or the cross had but the one
message: "Believe on the Lord
Jesus and thou shall be saved." And
be did not preach in vain either. The
men of one idea have always been dis
tiised bv the world: but thev hava
generally afterwards astonished the
world with their success. The pur
pose of discovering the new world
seized the very leing ot Columbus.
Unknown dangers had no terrors for
him. The entreaties of friends could
not nioro him, and even pinching
poverty could not detain him. Ills
enthusiasm infused itself into the
heart of the generous Isabella, and
her private jewels are pledged to se
cure the necessary outfit. Such men
have alwaya succeeded whilst the
changeling, the "double minded" man,
unstable; in all bis ways, ia a miserable
failure. The Apostle did succeed,
but his success was not only assured
by bis unwavering purpose and un
flagging seal; but it was absolutely
secured by a mighty power working
with him. He planted, others wa
tered, but God gave the increase. It
waa a work of mighty heroism to un
dertake to overthrow the religion of
the world; to stand before the as
sembled wisdom nf Athens and tell
them : "Ye men of Athens, ye are too
superstitious" to say to the literate
of the world: "Whom ye ignorantly
worship, him declare I unto you ;"
but he did it not in hia owo power.
He went forth as did the youthful
David against the Philistine in the
name of the God of Israel whom tbey
had defied. The Apostle entered on
his course only as a fellow laborer
with God.
Hia course was not only to preach but
to live the gosnel. He had a body to
keep under lusts to conquer; a law
in his members to make, subject to the
law of his mind, but he did it all, and
se well that he conld honestly ask his
followers to imitate him, to take him
aa their example, to follow him aa he
followed Christ. This course of liv
ing the gospel is perhaps tbe hardest
part of our moral course, and it ia
what all are called to do. Wo are
not to suppose that persona situated
as the Aiostle have only their pnbliu
trials, or such as result from their of
ficial labors; they have many a mes
senger or Satan sent to liaftle them
ami it is only through the sufficiency of
grace they can overcome. ., Many a
brilliant genius, who might prove a
success in the the church, ia dragged
down by vile appetites. Many a By
ron commands an admiration of hia
genins, only less than the horror with
which we view bis moral deformity,
Our positions in life, in the church and
in the world may be Various ; but in
the same course of private walking
with Uod we are all companions all
equals. We ate passing over the
course well beaten by Apostles,
prophets and martyrs of every age.
Paul had finished the good course of
a ciiriHiiun me, ami nis re warn, was
just before him. Labor, toil, privation
and suffering were about to give place
toA glorious crown. His course was not
only a private success. He not only
gained, as an indiviual, the prize which
all may gain for a finished course ,
but his public labors were such a
finished course as , the , world had
never, before seen. Instead of
being remembered only aa the victim
of imperial Roman cruelty, he is now
the great Apostle of the Uentiles.
His. thoughts on the simple truth of
the uospel and the mysteries of Divine
purpose are the thoughta revolving in
the minds of all deep thinkers ot every
country. JJeing dead, lie yet speak
eth as a living power, and even his
earthly lame is greater than any mere
mortal of his age. Not by an apo
theosi , like the great of Rome, or a
canonisation as by the authority of
degenerate iiome, nor by having
his earthly house of this tabernacle
made immortal by. the art of the
Egyptian embalmor ; but be lives and
will live, where lame is fame indeed,
in the hearts and lives of living men.
Np mausoleum or costly monument is
needed to perpetuate his name. It
lives apd will live while men shall
think and reason of the wondrous
ways of God to man. Earthly power
is something, but not all. Few oan
attain it. No living man ? can even
dream of leaving such a name and
fame aa the Aspostle who thus finish
ed his coarse. But cannot we all
choose a wise course and at least ob
tain the everlasting remembrance of
the righteous? What coarse . shall
we then choose ? ' Our earthly course
ia not altogether under our control,
yet, to a great extent, we are what we
make ourselves what we choose to
be. Unfavorable circumstances may
Ere vent tbe developement of our
rightest powers; but if we possess
the spirit of true greatness of real
manhood or womanhood, we will not
want for opportunity. If we but go
forward, the tea or tho desert will be
alike our safe highway. The gunrdi
an hand that holds the stars will at
tend as; Hia cloud will shelter at by
way ; Hia pillar of fire will light our
dark path by night.
Do not choose the world. Do not
become like the thoughtless and un
cultivated of your sex too often do
the mere butterflies of fashion. Tbe
world is chosen. Mammon ia wor
shiped in a thousand different forms.
Few are ao sordid aa Pollock's Miser;
'Few love the yellow dust
for its own sake, and clutch their
boarded stores, and with the dust in
animate hold wedded intercourse."
Yet there is still a god of this world
and Mammon ia so served that tbe
living God who made us is forgotten.
Tbe mere desire the longing wish of
even the poor : "O! that 1 had wealth,
that I might live in ease and luxury;
that I might enjoy the ease and splen
dor of others I see around me" i the
covetotisncss which is idolatry! Your
intellectual and moral culture may be
considered a sufficient safe-guard
against the grosser forms of worldli
ness, the mere love of wealth, or sen
sual appetite ; but, O, be on your
guard, even against the most refined
forms of mere worldly ambitiou, for
if such be your course you will surely
find it vanity and vexation of spirit.
Show Ly your example ibat tho men
tal and moral culture ot our liberal
system of education ia at least a
pledge, an assurance, that yon will
not live for the world in its grossest
forma. The ambition of fame, of
mere intellectual enjoyment, may be
of nobler kind than that of the miser,
but it is no less worldly.
2d. Consider your coarse of life to
be for others. Your course of in
struction here has not been as a mere
accomplishment for yourselves. Col
leges and Seminaries are founded and
supported by religious bodies for
higher ends than merely to add a lew
accomplishments to the privileged
onea who may enjoy tbe benefit of
their course or instruction, lhe
church, bv her work of education, pro
poses to subserve tbe purpose of her
organization the evangelization of
the world, i hia may not be tho di
rect work of all who shall go forth aa
the graduates of this, or any other
Seminary of learning, and yet it
should be their real work their life's
course which tbey are to finish. You
may think it the work of the Ministry,
aa our Saviour's special embassadors,
to convert tbe world; but it is every
christian's work. Even the humblest
can work in the vineyard, and especial
ly is it the work of the refined and
educated of our land. What the
church should be in ber triumphs in
future ages no one can conceive
But she will, in a great measure, be
what her sons and daughters under
God shall make ber. To convert the
world to God ia my work; it ia your
work ; it ia the work ol every mem
ber of the household of faith ; yes, it
ia God a work, and we are all fellow
laborers with God. Choose then to
work for God to work with God.
3d. Let your course of life, which
is stitl before you, correspond with
the coarse which yon have now com
pleted. Choose a life of continued
mental activity, and do not think that
you are now absolved from all
thought.' Let not the ulent already
received lie rusting in the napkin, but
go on in endlesa growth.- Your course
may be cut abort; you may attain but
little; but it is not tbe length of a
coarse that gains the prize, but its
successful completion, ll ia not the
amount we do for God that ia any
thing, for the best really do nothing-
nothing efficiently, nothing in merit;
but it is the spirit with which we do;
the completion of our assigned task
which will be the question at the great
final examination. The christian life
should have the beauty of complete
ness, tho polish ot the finished work
Such it is always presented to us in
the word of God. It is the ..foolish
worldling that builds the unfinished
tower, that half runs hia race, that
carrieathe oilleaalamp. Our Saviour
himself finished the work which was
given him to do; the apostle "finished
hia course;" all the hero worthies of
the Old Testament died in faith, and so
should all true children of God, go
on in every "good work. You rejoice
in having finished a course of liberal
education ; your firiends congratulate
you in your acquisition of academic
honors. But go on; aa we trust you
have begun a christian life; so, finish
your course and angels will rejoice.
Uod himself will aay welt done.
You may consider perhaps with
vanity, your record of- the first . to
finish your course in Albany Collegi
ate Institute, a distinction. To havo
your names head a grand list which
we trust is to follow in future years
as this Institution, supported' by the
liberality of our community, and en
joying the fostering care of the Pres
bytenan Uhurch, shall increase in
usefulness, and send abroad many to
represent it in the world. -But such
a distinction, yea 1 every earthly dis
tinction, sinks into absolute insig
nificance when we compare it with
the completion of the oourse Which
God haa set before ns all, and which
many of us are finishing.
. In fine, remember your responsibili
ty to uod tor what you have here re
ceived, ;: x our education is a power
to help you in your coarse, and if not
used thus it will be a terrible weight
to drag you down to ruin. Consider
your influence in community, and in
the world of letters, as a sacred trust
to be used lor God.
He has work for loving hearts and
willing hands of every grade of intel
lectual culture. Blessed be God; He
has found employment for: all who
have a "mind to -work. Tbe hum
blest and most illiterate can do the
work of love, and witness lor Jenus,
and this ia the most important part of
the work ot Uod, and that which will
be remembered when the final award
is made. Still, there is a work pe
culiarly demanded of the educated
christian mind of our ooantry. If
the adversary ia foiled on one side of
the field he flies to another. - The
sublimity, the morality, nay, the in
spiration ot the scriptures, is almost
undented In our day; yet there is an
insidious method of attempting to
nndermtne the great citadel of our
faith in the garb of friendship. The
Bible is admired and yet made nuga
tory by impious criticism. ' The Bible
is admired and then the attempt is
mado to show that it does not harmo
nize with the discoveries of science.
To attacks of this kind the educated
mind must lorm a solid breast work.
Your course is to forward the king
dom of God and shield our: precious
faith whenever attacked.
4th. You are soon to leave these
halls, to bid adieu to honored instruct
ors and loved companions, who, on
their turn, will follow you. You are
to be here as pupils no longer; you
have finished your course ; but of the
high and holy course of living for
Christ you have yet made but a be
ginning. Through all the vicissitudes
of life follow that course ; run with
patience the race that is set before
you. Ihcn perhaps, when yonr out
ward man perishes, you may say, and
say truly, "I have fought a good fight,
1 have finished my course. Hence
forth there is laid np for me a crown
of righteousness which the Lord, the
Righteous Judge shall give." And
to your young companions, let me
sny ; wnue your amimion to iook
forward to the day when you shall
take the place of the class that leaves
you is a high and good one, and we
hope you will pursue it with honest,
determined purjiose till your effort
are crowned with success, yet do not
forget to begin the christian course.
Do not neglect to pursue it first, for
it ia the "one thing needful." The
knowledge of the school is not
always beneficial, not alwaya practi
ciil ; but if you have the knowledge
of God you can never perish. It will
be tbe present help in time of need.
31y christian mends, who
are here present to night, we
ton, have a coarse to finish. We are
are here aa the friends and patrons of
liberal culture; but we are here more
as the Iriends of moral and religious
culture. We should use our almost
influence thai this institution shall be,
in the future, even more than in the
past, a pure fouutain whice shall
send forth streams that shall make
glad the City of our God. And when
we atl have finished our course, may
we find, that, aa tbe names of this
class are written upon the records of
this Institution, so our shall be writ
ten on the Lamb's Book ol Life, as
they who have fought the good fight,
who have finished their course and
kept the faith. And may Uod give
us all the crown of righteousness at
that day through Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Catchiso Bass. Mr. John Jack
son waa walking along tbe river bank
one day, when be saw a piece of
string attached to a peg stuck in the
ground he picked np the stick, of
which one end waa in tbe water, and
hauled in three fine ba&a, which by
some means or other bad strung
themselves through the gilla on the
line. Jackson waa so astonished by
this circumstance that be did sot
know what to say, bat he determined
to take tbe fish home and abow tbem.
Before doing so, however, be looked
about to see if anybody could give
him an explanation of tbe affair, but
only saw gentleman fishing a quar
ter of a mile off, and not wishing to
interrupt him in hia sport, picked up
tbe prize and walked home with it.
John Jackson bod hia fish for sap
perafid pronounced them very fine,
but to this day he cannot explain
how throe bass could possibly atriog
themselves arouud a peg, and go
back in the water agaiu. The gen
tleman who bad been fishing must
have made such another curious cap
ture and . have lost it, for he waa
heard later in the evening talking
very loud, and asking somebody,
profanely, what the something had
become of it.
Tbe statement that "the man with
the iron jaw" is dead in only true ao
far as it means that a showman who
waa adveraaing under that title died
in MassachuBetts a few daya ago.
Bat the man with the iron jaw sur
vives in great numbers. He will be
heard from when the fall campaign
opens from many a stump. He is a
member of both bouses of Congress,
and tbe rest which he ia now enjoy
ing wilf only make him-tbe nioro
agressive and , intolerablewben the
arena of his loudest and. longest ex
ploits ia once more open to him,. Fi
nally, be is A man of tbe cloth, and
may be heard from many thouaandd
of pulpits all over the country rather
oftener than a hundred times per an.
num. No, indeed, all flesh is grass,
but the man with the iron jaw is im
mortal. Chicago Tunes.
An Ohio postmaster has received
a letter wherein the ' writer proffers
a curious . request, as follows: "If
you can and will ascertain the names
of some rich , old maid or widow
woYth from 5 thousand, to 50,000 or
more-let me know by return mail
and I will pitch in and if I .make it,
tie tbe Knot, it are a hundred dol
lars in your pocket keep this a pro
found secret between us two if it gets
out all is spoiled. I am poor but
want to marry rich."
Among the oriminala sentenced to
be punished at the public whipping
post o i the 14tn of next roontb, in
Delaware, is a woman, "la cmhza
tion plaved out, and the -white wo
man a failure?"
The Boston Fabflo Library has
reached 205,000 volumes.
NO. 4C
A AtlMOCljAn COCBTMHIP.
Ia tbe family, picture gallery at
Slums Castle, near Aberdeen, is tbe
portrait of a dark woman, mascu
line and resolute, not beautiful nor like
tbe handsome race of the Hays, of
wbicb she was yet the last direct re
presentative. This is tlm famniia
Countess Mary, one of the central
figures of tbe familv traditions. The
Hays were hereditary lords high
constable of Scotland, and also
one of tbe few Scottish families in
which titles and offices, as well as
lands, are transmitted through the
female line, ao tbt Coontess Mary
found berself, at tbe death of her
brother, Countess of Erroll in ber
own right, and Lord High Constable
of Scotland. In one of tbe two
ic tu res of ber at Stains, if I remem
er right, she is represented with tbe
baton of her office, with which badge
she also appeared at eourt before ber
marriage (after tbia it waa borne by
her husband in tbe character of
deputy). Her husband was a com
moner, a-Mr. Falconer, of Dalgaty,
whose reported history , in connec
tion with her is curious and deserves
to b told, though tbe old tradition
is molded int so many, different
forms that it is very difficult to dis
entangle tbe troth from its manifold
embellishments.
Toward tbe beginning of the eight
eenth century this intrepid and in
dependent lady fell in love with Mr.
Falconer, who at first did not seem
eat-er to return or notice her affec
tion. High strung and chivalrous
bv nature, she did not drooo and
pine under ber disappointment, but
vowed to herself that she would
bring bim to ber feet. Mr. Falcon
er lft tbe country after some time,
and went to Loudon. Tbe Countess
Mary also traveled south tbe same
year, and no news waa beard of ber
at Slains for some time. Meanwhile
she and Mr. Falconer met, but un
known to tbe latter, who about the
same time became acquainted with a
very dashing cavalier, evidently
man of high birth aud standing,
but resolutely bent on mystifying
bis friends as to bis origin. Tbe
two saw each other frequently, and
were linked by that desultory com
panionship of London life which
sometimes, indeed, ripens mto
friendship, but as often ended in a
sudden quarrel. Such was tbe end
of this acquaintance; and one day
some trifling difference having oc
curred between the friends, a cartel
reached Mr. Falconer couched in
very haughty though perfectly cour
teous language.
These things were everyday mat
ters in such times, and very non
chalantly tbe challenged went in tbe
early morning, to tbe appointed
place to meet tbe challenger. Here
tbe versions of tbe story differ.
Some aay that Mr. Falconer and bis
antagonist fonght, but without wit
nesses; that the former got the worst
of tbe encounter, and remained at
tbe other's mercy; that then, and
not before, Countess Mary made ber
self known to him and gave bim his
cbo oe a thrust from ber sword or a
speedy marriage with berself,
Others say tbai it was before the due!
that she astonished ber lover by this
discovery, and that tbe choice she
gave him waa between marriage and
ridicule.
Tbe fact of her marriage, and that
it proved a bappy one, is certain
Mr. Falconer dropped bis own name
to assume that of xlay.
The aisle- of the old church of
Slains contains the graves of Coun
teas Mary and her husband, with an
epitaph in Latin, of which the fol
lowing is a translation: "Beneath
thia tombstone are buried neither
gold nor silver, nor treasures of any
kind, but tbe bodies of tbe . most
chaste wedded pair. Mary, Countes
of i.rroI, and Alexander Hay, of
Dalgaty, who lived peaceably and lov
ingly in matrimony for twenty-seven
years. They wished to be buried
here beside each other, and pray that
this stone may not be moved nor
their remains disturbed, but that
these be allowed to remain in the
Lord until he shall call them to the
bappy resurrection of that life which
tbey expect from the mercy of God
and the Savior and Lord Jesus
Christ. . . - - ... : .: ..
A certain doctor, who sometimes
drank a good deal at xl inner, was sura
moned one evening to see a lady pa
tient when he was more than "half
seas over,'1 and conscious that he waa
so. On teeling her pulse and finding
himself unable to count its beat, he
muttered, Drunk, by Jove T Next
morning recollecting the circumstan
ces, he was greatly vexed, and, just
as he was thinking what explanation
he should offer to the laly, a letter
was put in his hand. "She too well
knew," said lhe letter, "that he had
discovered the unfortunate condition
in which she was when he visited her;'
and she entreated him to keep the
matter a secret, in condsideraiion nf
the enclosod a hundred dollar bill.
A young fop wishing to gain cred
it for wit, pulled a spray of petunia
from a voung lady's garden, and pre
senting it to her, asked, "Why ia thia
flower like you
. "I give it up," she replied.
"Because it ia forever blooming."
"Very good: now why ia it like
yourself, sir." :.
'"1 give it up."
"Because it is forever blowing."
The New York Sun prints a list
of some ten - murders occurring in
different sections of fie country
within two davs of the hanging of
Nixon in New York, of Lsignani m
New Jersey, of O'Neil at Mt. Carroll,
III., and of Mortimer at San Fran
cisco, as evidenoe that the strict n
foroement of the death penalty . does
not accomplish the purpose of pre
venting the reckless taking of human
life.
i. , ... m i, ft,
An Irishman, McHahonr Presi
dent of the French Kej nbiic.
nsineSS notieeS In Ihe T.swnl rl.. .
ons, 25
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and
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$1 OOpertanare for eacb subsentievt le -
sertioa.
MEW, PERHAPS, BUT NOT A BftOTncn.
The leading naturalist of the world i'
Prof. Agassiz. has been lectnrinsr iti
San Francisco and is reported by tbo
San Francisco Scientific- Press to'
have said:
"I have pointed out over a h'tin
dred specific deferences between the
bonal and nervous svstema of the
white roan and negro. Indeed, their
frames are alike in no particular;
Tbere is no bone in the negro's body
that is relatively tbe same shape, tize.
articulation, or chemically of the
same composition as that of the
white man. The negro's bones con
tain a far greater proportion of cal
careous salts than those of the wbiW
man. Even tbe negro's blood is
chemically a very different floid from
that which courses in tbe veins of
tbe wbite man. The whole physical
organization of a negro differs quito
as much from tbe wbite man's as it
does from that of the chimpanzee '
that is, m bis bones, muscles nerve
and fibres, the chimpanzee has not
much lartber to progress to become
a white man. This (act science in
exorably demonstrates."
"Climate bas no more ta do with
tbe dfference between tbe wbite man
and the negro thau it bas with that
between the negro and chimpanzee,
or it has between tbe boree and the
ass, or the eagle and the owl- Eiclx
is a distinct and seperafe creation.
Tbe negro and tbe wbite man were
created as specifically different as tho
owl and the eagle. Tbey were de
signed to fill different places in tho
system ofi atnre. Tb: negro is no more
a negro by accident or misfortune
than tbe owl is tbe kind of bird be if
by accident or misfortune. The ne
gro is no more tbe wbite man's
brother than tbe owl is tbe sister of
the eagle, or the ass the brother, of
tbe horse. How stupendous, and
yet how simple, is the doctrine that
tbe Almighty Maker of tbe nmverso
bas created different species of men
just aa He bas different species of
tbe lower animals, to nil different
places and offices in the grand ma
chinery of nature."
Tbe name views were long ago ex-,
pressed by emineut scientific men in
tbe Southern States of America, and
innu f pn or tarplra Toara nrro vrorri
boldly defended by a distinguished
member of the British Scientific As
sociation in London. Tbe facts, if
tbey are facts, are pregnant with tho'
most important political and social
deductions which . are sufficiently
obvious.
THE PIBHEB'S MOVEJttEVT.
One of the most instructive indi
cations of the drift of popular
thought and feeling in tbe West is
to be found in the farmers meeting
that are now. ta.iug place in so many
western States. It is a new thing to
see farmers meet at all for tbe re
dress of grievances; it shows thai
tbere is some wrong which they have
endured till they can endure it n
longer. Theare a patient and long
suffering class of citizens, the last to
move in favor of any thing like reform;
but when tbey do move in concert
they are able to produce an effect.
Tbey are moving now; they are form
ing 'granges' "farmer's clubs," and
other associations of various names,
but with a common purpose. One
remarkable f-ct is to be noted in all
their discussions and resolutions.
The Farmers are drifting into oppo
sition to tbe policy and practice of
the Repuphcan party. They cannot
avoid it; the do not aim at party
objects; they propose to have noth
ing to do with party politics in their
granges and clubs, and in this, they
are wise. But the moment tbey be
gin to discuss their grievances, they
aaa that the urexent rrovurniri'v
policy of the country is the fountain:
bead of those grievances. Tho far
mers of ICock Island county, Illinois,
discover tbat tbe excessive railroai
charges on their fruin are largely
the effect of excessive tariffs on rail
road materials; the farmers of an
other county of that State denouuca
t. a 1 tt 1 1 1
late Congress in terms of sturdy in
dignation; tbe farmers of Kansas'
justly demand that the salt tbey need
tor their stock and tbe lumber they
need for their houses and fences
shall be admitted free of duty; and
tbey also hint strongly at an op; csi
tion to the National bank; and other,
meetings denounce the extravaganco
of the National Government at
Washington, the corruption and
venality of Congess, tbe subserviency
of the Government to wealthy and
powerful corporations and the ex
oessive taxation to which the peop'o
are subjected St. Louis llaptiblk-an.
. Thb St. Louis Rt-pullwari fears
that tbe present administration has
not had justice done it. It nr pears
that we are indebted to it for a great
many blessings that we iTavo un
gratfulty forgotten to give it credit
fvr. One of the Republican organs,
ia that oity thu9 enumerates them:
Meanwhile the government still
goes on. The mails arrive and de
part with their accustomed regulari
ty, the taxes are collected; the -pub-lio
debt is being paid the field aro
growing verdaut, with the proiniso of
good harvests, and tbe sun shines
upon a contented ami prosperous
people, who seem totally unconscious
of 'the dreadful tyrauqy by which
they are oppressed."
We have forgotten that the sua
somas, the fields grow verdant, and
the people pay their taxes by per
mission of the Administration. Let
all those who grumble about; tho
tariff high rates of . transportation .
the salary robbery and Credit Mo
JuHier briberies think of this and
hold their months.
Cattle thieves aro flourishing ia
Salt lake. They steal by wholesale
taking a thousand he4 at a time.
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