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MsiiimiTwffUing,Ttfa f o o o o O 0 o O o 0 e o o o er. 0 G in P- O O f J. J 1 ftr.ii ; afi "her Yol. 1. CITY, OREGON, SATUK-3AX, AUGUST 3, 1867. o No. 41. llH in., 8:, an !,"l . ft U b 3, ; O O O O o O O O o O o o o o o o o o o f i IF o ShclUcckln (Enterprise.! o ! c tip m -v- vnpvivn 1,-tJLI.SHEO EVEI2V SATClUJVY MORNING jr D. 0. IRELAND, 4,t'i ir!'.,;::ih east corner f f Fifth and Main street, in the building luteby known j as the Court House, Oregon City, Orchil, j Term rSiOsc-riitioi. ! . One coov, one veur in advance ?3 no " " "' il delayed 4 U0 ( TiriiH of Adverti-iinir. Transient advertisements, one square j H-1 line or less . lirst insertion . . . f 1 5 j For each subsequent insertion loo Husineis Lams one square pei auuu.n parable qmuterly 12 00 a,,., "..ilmiiii ner annum l-'J '.'0 I One half column " Co mm O-ie quarter " " 4',' ) ! f .-ai advertising at the established rates. ! j-ultuoiuaH J.m'.e So. f A. i C J0, V. i A. M. Hold its regular .o'nn:ur.5cthrw on the first ami third Sat urdays oieacii mouth, at hall past six i-. m. 'J'vthr?i in good standing ure invited to !iv order of . 2,1. i) City, Nov. bin, i Mctd every 'VVc-dr.es- ! & ?fK"&. " in the Vai:uiicttc Umo X. 5' - : T ! :(H.H ,-v.;rr Saturday e-.-ev.itirr, at the rooms j coiner of Main and t '.itii -.rce-, ;.i , i- Yiiitini; liienrjc": rs are invitee lo Bv order of W. C. T. w. c. Jull.vso r. o. v cows. A' a - J'rU JOHNSON St McCOWIJ, OitKGON CITX OFvKGOX. JZ:- y,ii attend to ail business entrusted t.our care in a.y '.'f the Court of the Stato, n f ,,, .. .... i-,-"oU ''0 loan, stiit lea. 15- t r't"etc" ' I 'V.; -Pat tieular attention "iven to contc-s.ted j J and cas'-s. l.v 1 xj j-i - I far 7i or a.'d Counsellor al Lew. 0 V1!'1' ATiK-:!) 1,,:'r7'iI:Y J ALL I i V basines es.tr.u-ttd to m.-. tai c, i Orrtce One door r.,: th of Pell & Parker j i u.: store, Oregon City, Oregon. f-';i ! II u A ATTORNEY AT L S A Oii;;on City, Oit-ou. Ol'ice over Chanuan Sc. lirother. .';G 2' 11 Y SIC 1 AX an ol'F. -In J. Fh-tiiiiiii's book Sua e. ...... L- . -'...viiij .... , I' c I . n ear,, -eon to the lion. 11. P. Co.) -1.. . . ,;vgo:i City. s- -T'r'"'V.-'T --IT-IT a. w A-.: s-j-j. , : - -n 1J Ji N: liM, G nans over Charnnin & Fro. 's store. M :.' J0 HN II. S C 31 H A II , Manufacturer and Dealer in I DDLES, IF 1 112' ESS etc., etc, Main street, between Third and Fourth, Orepon Cifi. fl'bilF.attenn.m of parties d-'sirinL' r.nvthing j r n; :nv line, i irectel to my stoclc, be- ; iTcre makin:? nurehases el sew re I lV) joiix u.s.cnnAM. vaiiiam BiozaIzh, C 0X711 A CTOli and BUlLDEIi, O Or '. Clt; Will attend to all work in his line, con- j (Ht.stinuiu part of Carpenter ami Joiner wont --franmi, biuldimr, etc. Jobbing promptly i lU'.euiiea to. ! A. II. IJLLL. E. A. I-.tiiliC;:. BELL &. PARKER. 14 V H9 ITT J. 1 H r?S 9& A Jt 4J XX t a. j. AND UEALEHS IN' Quhe7iloil$, Patent Medicines, Pain's, l'erj.)ierii, Oils, Yam takes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. :''..) M wv Struct. Okk.x Citv. i ZIGLEE. & SON O Orcyon Clt 'y, Oregon. rpiIE UN'DFUSIGNKD ARE NOW PRE I pared to make all manner of ware iu the line of cooperage, from a well-bneket to a hogshead, of both bilge and straight work, on .short notice, and at reasonable rates. CaW and examine samples of our w ork, as j it is itsova recommendation. ta.Oni) L. ZIOLFR A SOX. JAMES M. MOOSE, Justice of the Peace ci' City Recorder. .Qdice In the Court House and City Council lloom, Oregon City. Will attend to the acknowledgment of ieeds, and all other duties appertaining to theotlice of Justice of the Peace. Jolm Fleming, 'K. I in HOOKS an! ZlAUOl 1 . Thankful for the patronage heretofore re ceived, respectfully solicits a continuance uf the favors of a generous public. . , . t i ..n ' rt"-- lbs store is between Jacobs an . Ack;. nan s brieics, on the west sfl'.e ot Join) st.i ct Oregon City, October 27th, C-.J. CLARK GREENMAH, tatlnj City Drayman, 0 RUG OX CITY. All orders Tor the'delivery of merchandise, 'r packages and freight ot whatever desenp ieu, to anv part of the city, will be executed promptly and with care. " li.!m JOUX MYEItS. 1C)()G IT. C. MYERS- J. MYERS tt BROTIIEU, keso Csl& Store ! dtder the Court House, Oregon City. Dealers in "j Goods, boots and Shoes. Clothing, ' buena Yista Stone Ware. tii'iii'ori.. I T -i .t ,v-r. y-i I'TIV. etc.. bb'. ,F ;iL n,-f-:v,sc tv scd as c.'uvp as any 'h-eacir. City; October 'JS. '.S56. ' CLIFF HOUSE. M aix Street. t Xr'xrhj Oi-posltc Wwten Factory, ITwinm V. . KiIOALb.-b ... .Proprietors. ) Oregon Citv. Oregon, We itivite tiie citizens' of Oregon City, and tin' traveling public, to give us a shave of their patronage. , ileal can be had at ail i,OUrs, to please, the most fastidious. f 13 IAI1LQW HOUSE, Jiaio euect, one cioor norm ot tiie v oolen Factory, Oregon City Oregon. "Vj:i. Barlow, Proprietor. The proprietor, thankful for the continued patroaaire he lias received, would inform the public that he will continue Lis efforts to W. F. IIIGHFIELD, Established since 1 - at the old stand, Main STriHET, Uueuox Citv. An assortment of Watches. Jew 5 dry, and Seth Thomas' weight . L'hcks, all of which are warranted -V io he as represented. ""vgS ieT'iin ins done on short notice, a;;:l thankful for past favors. t."',7 p1I0Tau2A?il UALLERY ! :V "SLY ?'El' T0 '-EI T1,E ' a 'r . i. ..... 1.11,.-. tuiouu be liuonneu tnai JOHN HELM, Artist, His removed to the Photographic Rooifls on i M.iio street, lately occupied by Morrison L. ! Athey, where he is irepared to execute bet j tvr w ork than ever. For Children's Picture the best hours art between U and 1 o'clock a. m. l--1' :ttp i:o-?tanti.v ox iiaicd ron. SALE : irT . , .f Tf,rT,.N v jj: Jj j JXl J,-Ui-' J. -i T j CjfICA'rJX FEED I ii-i '.Parties wautins feed must furntst, t their sa:ks. is.nm f O K (i ON CI T Y JLm lecture, and have constantly on ' c . . . ,,r,, . tut lt:l , t ' 7 lorjfr i iw -a i'ot titratv Wrapping l'per. Ord.-i-s vi lli receive prompt attention. . ; v J. 1). -M I LPF.U, Secretary. AHEMAH ST0BEI j JAIIES LIOHriTT & CO., i T;7ori.i iNFou.M Tin: pui;l:c es- ! V' j.e.-iailv of CaneiiKih, that thev have csiai.iLsi.fd a St ore nt that place, where thev j v..;l kt-.'j 0:1 hand r. well aS'H-tea stocu ot I ! lilerciiandise cud Groceries. j '.vl.Fh will L-e so! i lit reasonable rates, for the I ! (rpti.-e of establishing pennant ntly sticii a 1 r.ei-e.ssit v al Cam mail. Trv us. t :$-:y Fa;:2iion SiUiard Saloon- i':n street, between Second and Third, Orcjon Cit if. v.. u- L: a-" s r-y.s-'p4 -- T loiiii cstubli-!icd slid popular !n i.; vat. a tavorite resort, aaii as . i n- : r : . ... t s iii;. v t'S u oravias oi n laes, j.i-,;iiora ana C;-':rs are dispensed to customers a -hai- .It public ' i i uronae is s.i.-.licitea. ' .1. C. MANX. IFc ,;. Zllc Jfjlp --t, K-uland J,'ut, h-uj:-. -.'j. G20HGE A. I-IAAS Proprietor. The proprb-t leave to inform his :eii os a lot to mimic. !o:iierany uiai me e.laf saloon is open for their , e... ii i it. . i . . i i aoove iianiei! j aeeomiuo, anion. Willi a new auu w t-i assoi ed upplv ol tiie nuest oranus oi wutt, inpior rs end cigars. G-cocl Templars Eoscrt ! On? C--r ,v::, tic ld CjVcCy Oregon Citv Oreuon. ri"IH: PROPRIETORS TAKE PbEASUR J ju stating that they have fitted up the above Resort in irood shape, and will keep (,i , n every day and evening, (Sundays ex cepted.) for th'e entertainment ot the public, with billiards, etc., on strictly temperance principles. Ice ('ream served on Saturday and Sur.dav eveninas. (S3. Cm KELLY PILSBURY, Proprietors. 0HEGG2T CITY BEE WEE Y! IEM1Y II UMBEL,, Having purchased the above Brewery, wishes to ir.t.iir.i ttie puone uiai ue oui prepared to manufacture a Xo. 1 quality ot LAGER BEER! As "ood as can be obtained anywhere in the i-naie. uii.aBMiiioii"""" i - . solicited and promptly nneu. Oregon Citv, December -astli, 1M.. iou i. O ti V s vSi A ! 15 11 I Ci 11 T , EKOELSIOHliL MARKET ! Corner of Fourthand Mam Sts., HrmoH C,h, Oregon, j rrKE Tins METHOD OF INFORMING ! ! the nublie that thty keep constantly on hand all kinds fresh and salt meats, suca as BEEF, POKK. MUTTON, VEAL. COkNED BEEF, II A MS, PICKELED rOPK, LAUD, And rvervthm"- else to be found in theirlaie of busiue'ss. " LObFS A ALblllGllT. Oregon City, April L't-lh, lso7. j-tl' t . i, .i. IX MOSS1 BUILD IXG, Main Street Orcyon City FTZS The und?rsi.:ned will keep W'V-,-;-.-.-?: on nana all toe rare SV iVch and cured meats: on hand all the varieties ot Poultry, Yezetahles, Corned Beef and Pork, Bacon, Hams, Lard, Talloic, c)-( a to,rr;li share ot patronage is soncueu, nr Ivnect to keen al Cood un assortment and't as good quahtv,as the country aiVorcls, which w id be delivered to purchasers at anj reasonable distance in tho citv. A. J. MONROE. W. A. K. MELLEX. BI0NR0E & MELLEN, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Mir Lies, Obelisks, Monii vients, If cad and Foot stones, Salem . , Ok eg ox. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. . F2hLr ILL UEAUSriaNTL : ! 1 .;'! ; j Tiie ?lan for Ie I love Paine Nature's handiwork, And spy the world around. At Christian, Heathen, Jew or Turk, V.'licre'er her craft Is found ; I study, too, what art can do, And men ami manners .see. Ami when I view a lad that's true, Why, he's the man for me. I've mixed with men of every grade, Of high and low degree, The man who toils with plow and spade, The peer of quality : I've known a prince not worth my frown, I've loved a poor navvie, The man that's honest, up or down. Oh! he's the man for me. Give me the man, or Ferf. or lard. Who scorns to cheat or lie : Who wants no oath to hind his word, No bond his net to tie ; Who meets the sorrows of his kind With love and sympathy, And though sharp eyed, can yet be blind To faults which many see. Who fawns not at the rich man's door, Nor quails though nobles frown ; Whose hand is up to help the poor, Lr pull the tyrant down ; Who. taught to know what others feel, Looks on with charity, Nor ouits his friend through woe or weal. Aye 1 he" the man for me. When nature forms her model man, She moulds him true and right ; He lacks no pedigree to scan. No sword to prove Lis mig TLrouah velvet cav or hod.! The mark vou still may se ' Tbat stamps him nature's g A r ho's the man for me. ight, en gray see. 's gentleman, Am'- Jitt'si the man for me. J. G. Mucicc'J. X. A. Js;;)-j5-sltieii. Tho Industrial Aid Immigration Soeictv of Sun Francisco, m' 1 1 1 c preamble to their By Laws, j u adopted, says: " Every additional person brought to California increases the wealth or the employment of those previously in the country. Political economists estimate that each alle-bodied man wno immigrates to a new slate, aug- nieuts its wealth .$500 a year some writers place it at 81,000. The population of California is tstiraated at half a million ; that ef Oregon, Washington Territory and Nevada united ut about as much more. It may well excite the astonishment f j those who have, perhaps, never giv en the subject -attention, when they learn that the land occupied by this million of people is equal in square miles to the four Middle, tho six Ncw EuJ,1anJ anj the following eight j t - H cstern states, uu ittkoueu og,ciu er, viz , Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Ken tucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Wiss cousin and Missouri. Equal also in extent to the whole of Germany and France, which support, at profitable employment, one hundred million of people. The climate, soil and natu ral richness of this vast area are su perior to those of European coun tries, and the sea-coast is several de grees greater, with peculiar natural advantages and facilities for ships building, fishing and commerce. The soil of California yields the finest wheat, the finest wool, the best pota toes, barley, oats, Indian corn, rice, fruit and vegetables in the whole world. The hop and the grape are also produced in extraordinary abun dance, and beneath the soil is stored gold, silver, copper, quicksilver, iron, sulphur and coal in endless quanti ties, besides, inexhaustible quarries of granite, marble, sandstone and i T , . T,..;.r , Ijraestoce. Ill asimigiou Acttitui there are extensive forests of timber, fit alike for buildm" ships and houses. Nor will the settler have to hew down forests; most of the plains and valleys of California are ready for ! the plow. The climate is mild. j t. i- 's.c'T i iw'riiv ill r nr.iiiu u Lt.iJ. cept in the mountains. The great want is population in dustrious people to cultivate its ! soil, develop its mines, establish man ufactures, work the fisheries, built the railroads and wagon roads, aud convert the neglected riches of the earth and ocean into profitable en terprise and capital. We want bone and sinew. The. well-trained agri culture, the experienced stock -raiser and wool-grower, the intelli gent wiue-maker, the skillful artisan, the good mechanic, the houest la borerthese are the classes of men i . . . . i j n-r. 1 j to be invited, encouraged and aM,ed by every possible means, to come with their families and make their homes amongst us. For millions of such, California has her broad acres to offer; with a climate and fertile soil not surpassed byr any on the nlobe; where, too, uncer tho full en joyment of our glorious institutions, all may rise from a condition of mere dependence, as is tr.eif iol iu wit-igu j ntr:e to one of absolute owuer ( h; in lands they cultivate or j the dwellings they inhabit. A Eritisli Colonist oil Tlic Cession of Kussian-Ameiiea. The Hon. Joseph Howe, the enm nent Nova Seotian, h's been making a speech, in which, after paying h;s respects to the recent act, of Covfed eration, he thus speaks of the cession of Russian-America: " Hardly was the measure passed when England got a diplomatic slap in the fp.ee by the purchase of Rus sian-America without notice or the slightest warning, and even an efiurt to adjust the Alabama claims appeard to be but coldly entertained. What next we may get uobody can tell, but this is certain, that by that pur chase the hold of Great Britain upon this continent is made more preeari- j ous, whilo the difficulties of the Con- federacy are proportionally increas- j rd. By that purchase the united States have acquired a country as large as Canada; they have increased j their laud frontier, from which they J can annov u?, bv nine hundred mi'es, and their coast line upon the Pacific by fifteen hundred. In fact, they j sandwich British Columbia between j California on the one side and tins new purchase on the other, in which there ara seventy thousand Indians, so that the defense of our territory beyond the Pocky Mountains is nl most impossible. The English news papers try to comfort themselves with the idea that this country is all ice and snow. That is not the case the worst of it abounds with fur bearing animals, and of the value of the mines and of the rich valleys in I . 1 . i . 1 ... I "1 rrt the interior nut tittle is Known. J coast, for a thousand miles, enjoys a nfoist but net a very severe climate, j of dissipation and debauchery, some It abounds with lumber, fish, end j times of continual anxiety. There is water power'. Into this region the j ,:0 hope for them. They must go, young men f.'otn ilaino and M assa- chusc-tls will rusL', aT'd in five years the whole coast will tc '-uHvened with savv-inills, fishing craft, in.:) c tive dect) sea navigation. Even ioc will be turned to account, and j will soon employ a large amount of ; tonnage, conveying it to the East In- ; dies, China and Japan. Columbia, thus environed, is to comn mto the ; Confederation, and we are to defend j 15y what means, wo have yet to , learn. But the worst feature of this j transaction is tho iuicrua! evidence it i bears of the intimate relations be- Iv. ccn Russian and the United States, oat uf wllioh Kja.v Srow political en terprises that no man can foresee." Christian Confoumity to World, lv Ccstoms. Henry Ward Beecher lately touched upon the rather knotty question, whether a Christian can harmlessly attend bails, ihcate-s, and all-night parties. Tho speaker thought that in this much 'depended upon the grade of the Christians who indulged in the practice. It should be their aim to build a Christian character so high that such minor in cidents could not affect it, and to be so well known for their large-hearted benevolence and sincere piety, that their being seen at such places would not be regarded as any index of their life. A Christian who exerts him self to be good so little that a straw, either way, will sink him, would be damaged by being seen in a public billiard room. The speaker would not advise a Christian to attend such places, but would not condemn one who, having largely and generously worked out his Christian character, and become known to all men for purity and virtue, might think fit, in the liberty to w hich he was entitled, to enjoy such amusements. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Beecher satirically i::timated that ministers, deacons, etc., with good constitutions, to withstand night hours, and tried patterns of Christian character, were perhaps ths best people to attend in discriminate public amusements. North Platte. The Union Pa cific Kailroad now runs three huns j dred miles west of Omaha, to a sta tion called North Platte. A few weeks ago there was not a house iu the place; now it is a flourishing town of six hundred inhabitants, and has a daiiy transient population of as many more. A $20,000 hotel has been erected, and is doing a " land office" business. The towu, like all frontier towns, is said to be a fast one, supporting billiard halls one with six tables faro, monte - 1 and keno banks, and the usual con comitants that generally flourish in fast burgs. The most curious idea has recently been patronized in the very highest quarters namely, mourning bou quets chiefly composed of somber t ' . - - i J 1 : -s leaves and weeping, flowers of dull colors. head'hanging Among tle Crazy Ones. McDonald, in the American Flag, continues his sketches of the inmates of the Stockton Asylum, and gives the follow in rr account of a Lunatic Funeral : " Two or three persons died during the week of my visit in January. It was co'd and rainy, and the- blustri r.ess of the season shook off the frail wrecks that' were poised on the edge of time. Immediately the corpses were taken to the dead-house, and prepared for interment, alter a be coming interval, during which their lunatic friends may visit them. Sotuo of these scenes are very touching, and to mvsc-lf were exceedingly interest- jng. plain but decent coffin is ustc) which is placed on a stout bier j and carried off to the cemetery, and after interment a tall triangular board, bearir.i; the numher. but not the name of the .sleeper beneath, is driven down at the head. Patients of a proper condition of mind may attend the funeral, on permission of the Superintendent, which is never c!ei;ied ; and thus many a poor friend- less onp. who has been inner Inst to the outer world, finds a sincere and tearful mourner at last. There is somebody dying every few days, worn out by the ravages of slow and incurable disease, or the turbulence of a restless mind. One ward is chiefly filled with patients who have softening of the brain, in its last stages. Some of them are too far f'one to notice anvthiti": none of tlt?m freak, and some will cover .......... their heads with the blatikets when ,1,. 11.1 , . I iooKea ar. it is general, y me resu.n aill3 that rapidly, to tho grave. Oh, j so unspeakably melancholy ! And I here me IO aua, ueai U ai ail uiiueisLauoniir me litgaiau couaiiiou i ... . ..i; .u c: !:. ! tl.-;of'tl,ese helpless beings, who are sut - jnn under what tiie ancients oal thrhing of God," I can e in theso streets at.d about the doors of tht5 mft,ner grog shops, the wrecks ot mcn w!,o tro only not so far gone. Some of them will fi tch up in tiie ccjs uhich I saw emptied ot the skeleton tenants, with eyes t, strained and staring in the most hor- rible aspect of death, l.ke the figures in tho old pictures of the Judgment Day. Aud the man that set the con- fiagratiou of hell ablaze in their brains! he, when he shall have made money, may have a pew iu one of the churches 1 .. A Big Hog and a Little One. f. r. . w f ii i-opn .l-oii - ,nl in ( liiiin. , ,i nati. who entertains poikmen and i s caters to the taste both of his coun trymen and patrons, had a roast pig for dinner on Sunday. The animal (a small one) was served up wliolo, and as it was placed on tho table set forth an appetizing and savory smell that pervaded the dining room and 1 UUO CVUI Y U1.LU I rill L. IOi.1 lui . J 1 , . 1 . , . . .iii.i ii mil. I , i i . ! i e. i y ' i SllCe, CUt IU LU-O JlM-OIU-LOIiCnili .'1 every guest a great, burly, hirsuted Teutonic pork dealer from the coun try sat down opposite the dish, and incontinently appropriated the entire roast. The landlord happened to be absent, and good breeding prevented any of the guests from entering a protest, so Hans made such havoc of thecusn, ana v ipeu m- up mu. such evident relish, Ihat one of the waiters, with a keener sense of the I fun, approached him and inquired if he would have anything else. Hans' beaming face brightened in a moment, and he asked in reply, " Got any more ov dem leetle hogs ? ' Salt Lake City. A correspon dent, writing from Salt Lake City, says: " This singular town covers an area of about nine square miles that is three miles each way. It is one of the most beautifully laid out cities in the world. The streets are very wide, with water running through nearly every one cf them. Every block is surrounded with beau tiful shade trees, and almost every house has its neat little orchard of apple, peach, apricot and cherry trees. In fact, the whole nine square miles is almost one continuous or chard." Tf.oi-ical Fruits in California. Au enthusiastic agriculturist in the southern part of the State, who has spent many years in Africa, lati tude four degrees north, writes to the Alto, that he is confident that the lower counties of California will pro duce bananas, pineapples, plantains and rice, and he hopes to see coffee reckoned among the products of " this glor:ou3 country.'' UisJioi T5io-!ipsons Sermon. Bishop Thompson preached last Sunday morning, says the S. F. Timesoit.io 17th, in Powell street LI. E. Church, to a large and intelligent congregation, among whom we no ticed Admiral Thatcher and suite. The sermon was based on the words of Paul (Itom. 1. 2:1.) urging the living sacrifice of believers to God. The Bishop dwelt I. on the Christian Sacrifice; II. on its reasonableness ; III. on tho motives which urged to it. The usual methods of remark on the duty of consecration were soon passed over, and the speaker applied the subject in the following inferences : First That no man had a righl to select his location in life without con- suiting the will of God. lie should consider the place as to business, schools and churche?, as to social character, and then, above all, in- j quire in his heart for God's will in the matter. I lie speaker inferred, Secondly That a man had no right to select his own vocation without consulting the will of God. Some men were afraid God would call them to preach if they consulted his will. Afraid of being like the Son of God ! Bnt they should con sult (rod ; they should open the map of the worid, the Bible, and the map of the Divine mercies, and ask what calling would enable them to meet most perfectly the expression of the Divine mercies, in working in the world. The speaker inferred, j. hire v ihat no man has a riirht ! to dS' of hh pronerlv ,v:thout i. - i consulting the will of God. He re i marked that systematic benevolenoe was a very good thing. It was giv ing one tenth or one fifth of the in come to benevolent objects, and re- j j; the br.lance as our own He said that when we had given awav half of o nr mnnov !n ntl- In!,' i .!,) i j rca! beo cd (jod iii.'ii.m ot oe used sel.isnlv. A Not that c should c-ive al! to the church, but ! we s!,ould ;jso all ro:n a sense that j ife belona t() GoJ Uq remarkcd j that Vivyeuce ,vas tarnin, lhc . cIi.iRRoIs of wealth from heathen j anJs as,d bringing them into Chris- tian countries. Christianity was j coaccntrat:nij wilhin it8 bor,jcrs &l j ,1;e weallhot th(J World. There was money enouurh for all the interests of j humauity The speaker had visited j U)e Callk of -:1)-auJ whcre the Gov- j ernQr fihovved h;,n the bills piled up j Iike IineH in many d;fv.renl ciosets. Some of U)esc biu.s v-erc fur a million pounds. He had examined one of that size. lie was shown large pi. es of bullion in the yard. Then he assed from the Batik along Lombard passed from the Batik along Lombard 1 . ... I stri ct, where were twenty-eight other Banks, each one cf which was using from ten to fifteen million dollars a day. He was impressed with the amount of wealth accumulating steadily in Christendom. He in stanced tha abundance of wealth in the United States. We had found , .. . . r 1 i three billions of money to spend m the war, and no;.' we found the means to pay the interest on it, so great that if a man stood by a mountain of silver dollars he could not shovel up enough iu a year to pay the year's interest, and yet it is paid. It showed that there was vast wealth all that was kicking was the spirit in. ! culcated in ihis text. j The Bishop illustrated his sermon i , ,nnra, flnfl nprsnn:Ji ;nc;. UJ lilUHJf M " dents, that were well chosen and finely expressed. We give a single example. ie. A man who had given much to institutions of learning, said to the Bishop that he must stop his contributions, and younger men take hold of these objects. The Bishop told him he had done very well, yet had not given much for a man worth as many millions as he was. Mil lions ! said the man ; why I am not worth a million, nor half of it. Yes, you are, said the Bishop. Convince me, said the man. Well you have a fine pair of eyes. What would ou take for those ? Would you be blind for a million of dollars 'No, indeed. Well, put down eyes, 1.000,000. 1 hen ycu have ears. What do you call those worth ? Very well, put those down at a mil lion. So the Bishop went oa till he had put down in addition, limbs, mind and heart, each at a million, when the man crierl stop. es, I will stop, said the Bishop, when you will cease talking thu3 foolishly of baying exhausted your obligations to contribute to the cause of religion and education, while you have abil ity. The sermon was characterized by many good points, and also by great simplicity and earnestness.. Bishop Thompson is small in stat ure. He has a large clear blue eye, and Inroad retreating forehead, and fine temperament. His appearance is simple, gentle, manly and culti vated. He has won high distinction in the literature cf the day, particu larly in essays upon religious and biographical subjects. Bishop Thom son has traveled extensively, and large editions of his " Letters from Europe and the East," have been called for. He lectured at the M. E. Church on Howard street last niTht His theme was " Constantinople," and furnished a rare and rich treat to all who heard it. Making and earning money are different. Earning it is reality; making it a fiction. Money makes money; labor earns it. Bonds, prov erbially, like infant?, do best by sleeping; labor must be wide awake, and faithful. A dollar for ten hours in the sun, is precious; a dollar got in the dark, which cannot be account ed for, is worse than want. Knotted hands tell of one; nimbleness cr nothing tells cf the other. W e ex idt and reverence the poet; but a machine built from the ore of the mountain is as much a creation as an epic, and fills the imagination of the builder with poetic glories. Who sings aa immortal song may be jeal ous of him who trains the elements to pointing pins and sailing steam ships. Who has gone down, down among the machinery of the Great Eastern, and not felt a contempt for his buying and selling and pleasuring occupations? Transfixed in the pres ence of tremendous power, the genius which discovered and tamed and trained it, loomed in transfiguration, and confused Lis memories of even Yo Semite and Niagara, The mas tery of the engines over the powers of the sea, overcame his arithmetic, and his bonds and ledgers burnt in the blaze of divinity. The slender crank which rules the waves, appeared to his feeble sense the fiat of Omnipo tence. Power is restful and invisi ble. It silvers the oak, and the splintered column L? a memorial. The fragrant wood untainted by the mighty fluid, and smells not of ex periments or spent forces, it rives the rock, and its fissured inscriptions, Old Mortality, may never deepen. Granite is blasted by gunpowder; mill-stones are quarried by a gentler but mightier agent. Wedges of dry wood are inserted, and water poured upon them. Over night ihey swell, and tho precious rocks separate, noiselessly as death treads, free of any treacherous seam, and niaht and day, for years, like the mills of God, they grind exceedingly fine. Gray wrought silently fur one thousand days upon one thousand words, and his matchless Elegy will be the ex pression of tenderness while any ton gue is left to utter it, and will remain in memory when tongues are silent and superfluous. Goldsmith, hungry and baliff-hunted, in naked and deso late chambers, nursed, through all the years of bis prime, through all the sacred watches of consciousness, through the wasting agonies of wait ing and depression, through the Fare rapturous moments of exaltation, his little romance of humanity, and would not let it go until bread, re morseless bread demanded it. In the silent womb of profound human nature it was nourished by tears and shaped by aspirations, and its birth was an epoch in life and literature. The tawdry in book-making has ever since been cautious of flaunting its meretricious arts, and the simule Yi 7 i car is accepted as a model in narra. tive, and an encouragement to tho poor humanity it describes. -- . A Flag for Canada. A writer in the Montreal Gazette discusses the questions " Have v,re a National flagi" and " If not, are we going to have one?" If the second query is to be answered in the affirmative, he proposes as aa appropriate design, the following, combining the flags of two nations whence Canadians derive their origin, and their common col ors: " Three equal horizontal bars, white, blue, red, half of the upper or white bar, occuoied by the Union Jack." A widow stepped into a store in a Western city where none but mourn ing oods were sold, and inquired for slate-colored gloves. The over-nice clerk informed him that only black goods were sold ia that room; for slate-colored gloves he must step into the "mitigated affliction department." " The Ghost'' is man's last conun drum, and everybody is obliged to give it up. AVIt aud Humor. The butcher Death never spares a man because he isn't ' fat euousrh to kill." An insurance company heads its advertisement thus: "Best lives taken at lowest rates." An English doctor sent ihis b:I to a disconsolate witdow, "for caring O your husband till he died." Most of our magazines pay nothi: for contributions and cet matt worth just what they pay. The newspaper is a law for the dolent, a sermon for the thought! a library for the poor. If you wish to fatten a th:r. b -. throw it out oi the window una will come down plump? Little girls believe in the. ;r.:; th mnnn birr o-'ric li';f- ;.. ,. ... o o D,.io ..i l',..,. in the honeymoon. O " I'm a broken man," exchim-.x: t: poet. " So I think," was tl;tn:s?.v, " for I have seen your pieces.'-' What is? the difference fetweer. Noah's ark and an archbisbo--?- 0: G was a very high ark, but the otr i a hicrarch. Q On the subject of conundrum?, it may be observed that men without arms ought to be successful in try line. They can none drum. What is the difference between a wealthy toper and a skillful nik.er One turns his gold intoDqrTrts a:... the other turns his quartz into A pet little girl boasted tc 03,0 ot her iriends that her father " kept 0 carriage." " Ah, but," was the tr umphant reply, " my fgtl&er drives v.:: omnibus." o A boy in Springfield, to the inc.'.br why a ship is called " she," qukgyi his teacher with the reply, " beca-.'sa the rigging cost more than the htiil.'' A disturbed individual w !: -how a few organ grinders can man age to keep up so much fmisic ' his window. We presume it is dg, r. by taking turns. A country critic speaking (t) ih music oi a two dollar aeoorobcr. says: "The swell died awav in dj O licious suffocation, 'like one (b::u sweet song under the bed-eT1 : q One of Josh BiHincs' maxims . " liizo arly, work hard ntiSi late, live on what yog can't self? giv r.othini' away, and if yudon't tliritQ) and i'o to the devil yu may sue me fc: damages." .u " Look here, boy," said a nervou1 gentleman to an urchin who wa? munching candy at a lecture, l! yo,: are annoying me very much." "No, I ciu't, neither"' said the 1.: !b; . "I'm gnawing this 'ere candy.'1 Q A little girl was told to spc'l " fei -merit," and give its meaning with a sentence in which it is used. The following was litefaliy her am-w " F-e-r in-e-n-t, signifying Tyju K. I love to ferment in. the garden !" Smyth spent two whole days :.;! nights jn considering an answer -.0 the conundrum, " Why is an egg un derdone like an egg overdone)?" lie would suffer no one to tell him, anriQ at last hit upon the solution Because both are hardlu done. O To make a valuable speckled do- Q bullet proof, Mark Twain say--Tak-.. off his hide and line it with sheet 01: Russia iron is the best, and is . ; and more showy than the c i.;r ; v; kind. Dogs prepared iu this -ay d . not mind bullets. A gentleman calling on his bctvhet to order something for dner. asked if ie would like to have sad dle of mutton. "Why," sr. i i " would it not be better to have a bridle? as I should then cerpiifdy stand a better chance of getting a b;t inmy mouth." Tho Apache Indians Lave boc-n scalping another emigrant tra in Arizona. The New Haven Palli dium sees no reason why Indian should not be permitted to vott, ;v; well as black men. The Apache, at least, seem to take very naturalfy to the " polls" of travelers. A Californian tells of a man who resolved to quit drinking, and went to a notary to get him to draw op 1.1. affidavit to that effect, The ment was drawn, read and proved , the party held up his hand and mur mured the usual " s'elpe." It was properly sealed and delirorcd. " What's to pay ?" asked the pled ger. " To pay to pay ?" excLiniftl the party; "nothing of cour-e--this is a labor of love." "Ni.thin;, to pay ;" returned the gratoful but very forgetful affiant, " You're brick. Let's take a drin .-1" O O O e c O O o o o