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.IliBIIX'' 4 VA I o ill OREGON CITY, OREGOjV, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1868. Ko. 22 Oregon City Enterprise. o u le e: it St l.v n- ISt n. if S- 1-4- O ho ind are the the iug i of ih- ?cll, ect- thc iei:t ook rae- her ead of r, . Y. ICS, i .-o l rx. 1 f.o 1 7o- 1 7j 1 75 n we : the- ; cn ould liris- or. 1 75 i oo 1 73 75 1 1 i;3 i to 1 0 m rc er, S. - guljc lUcckln O-ntcrprisc. PlBusukd every saturdat mornino 'By D. O. IRELAND, tiiFlCE: South enst corner of Fifth and Al wn- gtrects, in the building lately known bs the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. Term of Subscription. One copv, one rear in advance. .... .?3 00 "' " " ' it delayed . 4 00 , Terms of Advertising. Transient advertisements, per square (U2 lines or less) first insertion ...('2 50 'ort'iich subsequent insertion 1 00 business Cards one square per annum payable quarterly 12 00 ' T)ne coluini per annum 1-0 00 One half column. " 0 00 One quarter " " 40 00 Lo"ul advertising at the established rates. PR OFE SSIOXA L CA RD S $ Dr. FBarclay, M. R. C. L.v r. Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE: At Residency 'Main Street '"! Oregon City. ' Dr. CHARLES BLACH ' Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur. OFFICE Corner of Washington and Front trects, l'arrish's Block, I'ortlaud, Oregon. RESIDENCE Washington street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. 'J'J.ly . 0. P. MASON, Attorney and Counselor at Lav, 102 Front st., I'ortland, Oregon. .-WflLL ATTEND TO JUSTNESS IN ANY V V Court in the State or Washington Territory. Including business under the liaukrupt Law. 37:ly . D M. McKENNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. YTILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL , A business entrusted to his caro, i OrricK One door north of Pell & Parker's ru;f store, Oregon City, Oregon. 3:ly J. WELCH DENTIST. Permanently Located at Oregon City, Oregon. Rooms with Dr. Salfarans, on Main street. X, C. CIBBS. C. W. FAKRISK, I Xutary Public and Com. of ' 1eedt. 0 ' G1EB3 & PAEHISII, 'Attorneys and Counselors at-Law, PORTLAND, Or.F.GOX. ." 'OFFICE On Alder street, in Cart;r's Xrw lfrick lUock. u3 , c. joiisso.v. r. o. m cows. - Notary Public. JOHNSON St SttcCOWN, .OKKtJO.V CITY, OREGON. l-if Will attend to all business entrusted , t nur care in any of the Courts of the State, .llrtt nitfiiM, negoiiate loans, sell real es f t t-. etc. O t JvrU'articulaHitteution given to contested v I'tuii casos. " Lvl J. u mitchki.i.. J. n. nui.ni. A SMITH. Mitchell, Dolph a Smith, Attorneys and Counsellors ut Laxc, Solicitors in Chancery, and P roc t tors in Admirulty. J-yOince-cr the old Post OfTice, Front street, Portland, Oregon. : B E N T0lfk I L L I N, Oregon C ity, Oregon. Office in Channan's Prick Block, up tairs. (r,o:tO t I o JAMES Ig, M00BE, Justice of the Peace ck City Recorder. I ; O 0Tice In the Court House and City I " Council Room, Oregon City. f " "ViU attend to the acknowledgment of tieedn, aud all other duti-es appertaining to tli?A)Hjec of Justice of the Peace, 'J:ly fAtronNF.v and Counselor-atLaw, Oregon City, Oregon. XZT" Office over the store of Pop &, Co., Main street. f-itf.tf C. A. DOLPH, Attorney and Counsellcr at Law, nd ZTi Office 105 Front street, Portland, Ore . J.-nV - (4'j.Cm CP. FERRY, e J (Late Ferry A Foster,) f 3CS ni zx :kiL. ja.- Be i. No. 108 Front street, Portland. Agent North British and Mercantile ';. Itisuritnce Company. Anl Manhattan Life lnsnrar.ee Co f OVF.UNMENT SECURITIES, STOCKS J" Uonds, and Koal Estate bought and old on Commission. fO:l DAVID SMITH, Sveeetmr to SMITH tfc MAKXIIALL, TtftSrk Smith and JVagon 3 faker, -.Corner of Main and Third streets, Oregon City Oregon. Ksmitliins in all its branches. Wai;on making and repairing. All work warranted io glTe satisfaction. o'J CLARK GREENMAN, City Drayman, t All orders for the delivery of merchandise, r patkanes and freisrlit ot whatever descrip tion,' any part of tliecitj-, will be executed promptly and with care. lt.6m ! AY. F. HIGHFIELD, I r lablishcd since ISiO. at the old stand t I Mais Street, Oregox Citv. ' An assortment of Watches, Jew elry, and Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be as represented. liepainngs done on short notice, nd thankful for past favors. (37 1 well dXlfS. R0SE1MBATJM & Co., t j tat. j. o x root si., rortiand Oregon. WnOLESALB DEALERS VS :licco, Cigars, Snvf, Stationery, "JYaniee Jfolions, and Toys. promptly attended to. (i.tf I BUSINESS CARDS. Ladd & Tilt on, BANKERS, Portland, Oregon. Wlil give prompt attention to collections, and other business appertaining to Banking. Siaht and Telearavhic Kxchanne On San Francisco and the Atlantic States for sale, sold, Government Secuiilies bought and xi.tf L. C. Fuller, BROKER, Pays the Highest Price for Gold Dust Legal Tenders and Government securities bought and sold. 'o. los Front st., Portland, Oregon. Removed ! Removed ! The old and well known I'ob'Is8bm3 Foundry, IK UOSXASTES, Proprietcr. PORTLAND OREGON, HAS NOT DISCONTINUED WORK 1 but has been removed to Second street, between Alder nnd Morrison streets, where business will be conducted on as large a scale as in years nast. 2:lr JOHN H. SCHRAM, Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, II A RSESS, etc., etc.. Main street, between Third and Fourth, Oregon City. ffMlE attention of parties desiring anything JL in my line, is directed to my stock, be fore making purchases elsewhere". (ly) JOHN Il.SCIIRAM. William Broughton, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER, Main street, Oregon City. Will attend to all work in his line, con sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner work framing, building, etc Jobbing promptly attended to. (52 A. II. DELL. K. A. PAKKER. BELL & PARKER. I RUG GISTS, AND DEALERS IN Chemicals, Patent 3Icdicin.es, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. S3.) Main Stueet, Oregon Citt. L. Z I GLEE & SON., '" VS n T rs fr "B t Hy HJf v M J&U , Oregon City, Oregon. rpiIE UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW PRE J pared to make all manner of ware in the line of cooperage, from a well-bucket to a hogshead, of both bilge and straight work, on short notice, and at reasonable rates. Call and examine samples of our work, as it is its own recommendation. M.Om) L. ZIGLER Jc SOX. SHADES S AL0 0 N . West Side Main Street, bet ween. Second and Third, Oregon City. GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor. The proprietor heirs leare to inform his friends and the public generally that the above named popular saloon is open for their accommodation, with a new and well assort ed supply of the finest brands of wines, liquors and cigars. 62 J. C. MANN'. TIIOS. LEAUY. Fashion Billiard Saloon. Main street, between Second and Third, Oregon City. MANN & XEARY Proprietors. f"I"MlE above long established and popular JL Saloon is yet a favorite resort, and as onlv the choicest brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars are dispensed to customers a share of the public patronage is solicited. J"-?"" N. B. Families supplied with the choicest Liquors, English AI and JVirtcr, in bottles, on the most reasonable terms. Cosmopolitan Billiard Rooms. Aider Street, let. Front and First, Portland, Oregon. Two new aud verv perfect French CO A 'Ji d m JO&ISS. With the Improved Phrlan Cushions-, just set up at the Cosmopolitan. These Table are incomparably superior to" an v others in use. GEORGE II. GREENE. Rooms spart from the Saloon, fxi.l A. J. MO.VRCE. TV. A. K. MELLEfc. HIARIIJLjE work. monroe & mellen, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Monu ments, Head and Foot stones, Salem Oregon. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. 32.tf LOtil'S Si A LItIlIT, EXCELSIOR MARKET ! Corner of Fourth and Jfuin Sis., Oregon City Orepon. rIKF. THIS METHOD OF INFORMING JL the public that tney keep constantly on hand all kinds fresh and salt meats, such as BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, VEAL, CORNED BEEF, IT A MS, PICK E LED PORK, LARD, And everything else to be found in their line ot business. LOG US & ALBRIGHT. Oregon City. April 2oth, 1S67. 2:ly ISAAC KARQ. JOHN TABS. FARE & BROTHER. Butchers and Meat Venders. Thankful for the farors of the communitv in the past, wish to say that they will con tinue to deliver to their patrons, from the wagon, as usual, On Tuesdays and Saturdays cf each weel; all the best qualities of Beet, Mutton, and Pork, or any other class of meats in the market. 9:tf Imperisil Mills, ORECOS CITV. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE : Osiris, XMimriic&s, RA X AND CHICKEN FEED ! Parties wantinc feed must furnish their sacks. fSO.tf JUSTICES" BLANKS, of every descrip tion. for sale at the Enterprise office. B ILL HEADS PRINTED. At the Enterprise Office. THE WOODSIDE. I think I hear a murmur, so soft and yet so clear, Of life within the forests, that it reaches even here Even here where I am toiling, 'mid the strife and busy din Of a world whose gloom and darkness never let the sunshine in. But I know where it is glinting over dale and over hill, Gilding with a molten glory the tiny, rip pling rill ; And the willows throw their shadows across my path once more, Denser, surely, than they used to when I sought their shade before. I shut my eyes and listen, and in fancy hear again. From the bosky thicket near me, the woodlark's joyous strain ; While the dusky height grew nearer, till I almost see the sky Touch them in the purple distance yet how far away they lie ! Oh ! the heights that I have mounted! oh ! the weary hours I've known Since I saw the wayside fountain,- leaping on from stone to stone Since I saw the old road winding, hither, thither, up and down. Through the leafy walls of summer.through the autumn woods so brown ! Life's hills, that looked so pleasant, oh ! how they've proved in time To be but cloud-capped mountains, and so hard, alas ! to climb, That my gaze has never lingered on "fhe promised land of rest, Which lies so far beyond them, in the fair and shining west. Haifa score of years have vanished since I watched the river flow, Gleaming brightly as it wandered in the valley's depths below ; Half a score of years may circle, with their meed of joy and pain. Ere I see that shining river and those pleasant heights again. But, oh ! to feel the breezes upon my fore head blow, As I bounded to the summit, with the step of long ago Feel a sense of youth returning in the free, careering wind. And to leave this dusky city, with its teeming life behind. Old wood, I'm idly dreaming, but must I never go To where the trees are waving so softly to and fro? Must I wait till age shall wither all of joy within my breast? I ak, and gain my answer " Thou shall have thy hour of rest ! And when T chafe and weary, with proud, impetuous will. For many a far-o(T pleasure, oh ! may this promise still My wild, insatiate longing, and teach my heart to say " God, he hath me in his keeping, so the clouds will pass away." ' PEEP-.V-BOO." Sweet babe, upon thy mother's knee. Laugh on play on. in height of glee, For who can tell what fate may be In store for thee? As thus you gayly crow " Ah-goo !" And play with sister " Peep-a-boo." Or be amused with your "first shoe," The whole day through? Ah ! who would think those hands of thine Could ever hold the " ruby wine" To lips so sweet, so pure as thine, In future years ? That eyes like thine, now all aglow With childish mirth, niay yet o'erflow With tears, drained from the Cup of woe, And life's dread fears ? And who could think thy fragile form, With life-blood bounding fresh and warm, Was ever made to breast the storm That makes the earth, Like a vast flood, to overflow Thy soul, in one vast sea of woe, Where it had birth ? Supported on thy mother's knee, From all life's cares and sorrows free, Oh ? would that fate might ever bo Thus kind to thee ; Then, A3 each year passed gayly by, Unknovva to the woe's horrid sigb, Thy mother, then, might prayerful cry, " Ah ! joy is me V So take this life all its way through. With all its joys and sorrows, too, 'Tis but the game our childhood knew, Called " Peep-a-boo." A BEAtTY OP ZIIODEK.Y GREECE. Grecian dames of ancient story, Beauties of the Attic prime, Radiant in the golden glory Of that noble classic time Poet, sculptors, heroes, sages, Paid their homage to your charms ; Sang of them in deathless pages, At your bidding flew to arms. Gone the nymphs Applies painted, Only left to art and song Art, that in the effort fainted, All their beauty to prolong, Gone the nymphs in woodlands hidden. Sporting where the fountains play ; Hastening back, by memory bidden, As we think of Greece to-day. Blushing maidens, matrons comely, Still are found in Grecian land"; Tender hearts and virtues homely, Smiling face and open hand : Beauty live3 along the ages. Never fails and never dies, All its charm otir heart engages, Fonnd in living woman's eyes. POLITICS AT THE CAPITAIi. The SanFranciscoi?i' Wash ington Correspondent, speaking of the surprise expressed in many quarters that Gen. Grant should be willing to resign so splendid a position as he now occupies for a brief rule as President says: "lie h General of all the Arm ies of the Republic, has a life, tenure of his office, receives a very large sal ary, and is young enough yet to ex pect many years' enjoyment of his high dignities. Why, then, should he give up such brilliant prospects for a four years' term in the White House, then to sink into comparative obscur ity as a private citizen? But will he be reduced to the ranks after his Presidential term has expired? His friends will prevent it, if possible, and all things are possible now-adays. It is proposed to save to him the re., version of the high office he now oc cupies, by passing a law at the pres ert session, granting him, in effect, four years leave of absence from his military duties, with the privilege of resuming them, without prejudice, at the end of his Presidential term. An attempt was made last summer by some of his zealous friends to secure the passage of such a law, but it fail ed, because the General was by no means the favorite for the Presidency at that time. When he shall have been nominated by the Republican National Convention in May next, all the Republicans in Congress will be his supporters, or, at least, none will dare to avow themselves his enemies, and it will be only necessary for one of his friends to propose a measure for his advautage, for it to receive the prompt approval of Congress. In this way, it is believed, the only objection Gen. Grant can have to the use of his name will be removed." There is some talk of a third party organization, under the lead of Ben. Butler, Wendell Phillips, Thad. Stevens, Charles Sumner, Theodore Tilton, and the impracticables of their stripe; but the Grant movement has now acquired such an immense impe tus that it will crush any man in the party who dares to stand in the way. Ben. Butler has common sense as well as talent, and he will not expose his insignificance by attempting such a movement as he knows is hopeless, even against a man he detests as heartily as he does Gen. Grant. Wen dell Phillips is fool enongh to do any wild ihing, while Tilton's calibre does not rise above the pop-gun order. Charles Sumner is a political martinet, who never could do anything practi cal, and Thad. Stevens is too near his end to infuse vitality into such an organization as is speken of. Grant will have a clear field. An Underground River in Ohio. It is not generally known that there exists, about a mile west of Fremont, Ohio, a remaikable underground stream with a swift current, ahd no outlet above the surface of the ground this side of Lake Erie. It was dis covered several years ago on a faun north of the Four Mile House-, now owned by widow Shefler, by a man who was returning from a days chop ping in the woods. In walking orer a slightly sunken place he noticed a hollow sound, and turning struck the ground with his ax. The ax broke through and disappeared and has nev er been heard from since. Further investigations showed a rock, about six feet below the surface, with a crevice a foot or more wide, in which water could be seen several feet be low. By tracing its course further down and breaking through the crust, the same phenomenon appeared again, and by dropping a piece of wood or other floating substance in the upper apperture, it was soon seen to pass the lower one, showing a strong cur rent, A lead and line, let down to the depth of seventy feet found no bottom. The supply of water is on ly slightly affected by drougth, a pump set up in one of the places above mentioned, furnished the purest water to the whole neighborhood during the late dry season. It is certainly quite a remarkable stream, Theodore Tilton had just en tered a hotel in a western town, and was going up stairs very travel-stained to change his toilet preparatory to lecturing, when he encountered on the seconoord fl an over dressed and vul gar woman. "Are you the porter," questioned the woman, laying her hand upon Theodore's arm? "No, madam," was the quiet response, "are you the chamber-maid?" " Astonishing cure for consump tion," as the old lady said when she sprinkled snuff on the victuals of ber boarders. NEVfc SPAPIRS; When Richard Pierce, of Boston, in the Colony of Massachusetts, worked off upon his hand-pres3, on the 23th of September, IG90, the first newspaper ever published in Ameri ca, the General court took the shab by little sheet into custody, held sol emn debate over the daring disturb er of the public qniet, and voted that it " contained reflections Of a very high 44 nature and its publication was contrary to law The poor thing was not allowed to appear ngain. Yet if we could read that journal to day which unfortunately We cannot do, because the only copy of it in ex istence is locked up in the State Pa per Office in London we should prob ably find nothing so very alarming in it; we should probably regard it, on the contrary, as a particularly stupid publication. A newspaper now-a-days which does not. sometimes dis turb the public qniet, and indulge in " reflections of a very high nature," has little chance of long life and pros perity. We have made wonderful progress in almost everything since the generation of our great great grandfathers, but in nothing perhaps has our advance been so remarkable as in the profession of journalism. The newspaper is no longer merely a retailer of petty local gossip, or a summary record of great affairs of state, or a mouthpiece of individual opinion, or a social or political essay. It is all of these at once. The prov ince of the journalist is to gather ins telligence, and to spread it abroad ; to tell of the quarrels of street fight ers and the revolutions of empires; to chronicle with fidelity the thief of a dollar and the theft of a kingdom ; to reflect public opinions, and at the same time to guide it ; to be the or gan at once of popular sentiment and of individual convictions ; the repre sentative and the monitor of parties, the guardian of great interests, and the fireside gossip. If poor Richard Pierce could come oat of his tomb, he would be appalled at the magni tude of the institution which has grown from his unfortunate enterprise. IT he could compare his rude hand press, upon which with much labor and pa tience ha struck off perhaps a few hundred impressions in a day's work, with the complicated avid beautiful machine whose steel fingers seize up on the huge sheets of white paper, whirl them at lightning speed upon the revolving types, and hand them forth by tens of thousands an hour, all ready for the purchaser; if he could contrast his little sheet of four pages (one of them blank) with the ftrty -eight broad columns of The Tribune, each one of which contains more than the whole of his newspa per or turn from his narrow office to the great busy world of a modern newspaper establishment, with its thousand Workers? its pressmen feed ing the clattering monster deep in the vaults ; type-setters, with flying fin-gers-, busy at their casesj carriers pur suing their rounds ; clerks at their ledgers 5 reporters scouring the city and all the neighboring country for items 5 the telegraph flashing news from the remotest parts of the globe; watchful correspondents transmitting letters from every quarter of the world j editors reducing to order and shape the chaos of intelligence-, and explaining and commenting upon the reports and occurrences of the night; scholars and critics discussing care fully all that is worthiest of notice in science, literature, and art 5 brilliant essayists writing upon all themes that are entertaining ) and finally men making known their wants to one another through the far-. reaching sd vertisements ; if he should get up and see all this he would make haste in bewilderment, to go back to his coffin. Gipsy Equivoqce. Some young ladies who had been taking a walk were accosted by a gipsy woman, who for a small reward very politely offer ed to show them their husband's faces in a pool of water that stood near. Such an offer was too good to be re fused, and on paying the stipulated sum, the ladies hastened to the wa ter, each in anxious expectation of getting a glance of her "beloved;' butlol instead of beholding the 'form and face" they so fondly anticipated, they were surprised to see their own rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes glanc ing up from below. ''Surely you are mistaken, woman," exclaimed one of them, "for we see nothing but our own faces in the water." "Very true, mem," replied the sagacious for tnne teller, "but they will be your husbands' faces when yoa are married. THE SUNDAY LAWj Last week We gave a synopsis of the late sermon of Rev. Dr. Stebbinsj of San Francisco, upon the Sunday law. The following is the petition of the people of California, as pre sented to the legislature at Sacra mento, published by request! The undersigned take the liberty to present this their prayer to the Legislature of the State of California, the granting of which is connected neither with party is sues nor political platforms; This petition is simply an appeal to the liberality and magnanimity of an en lightened Legislature, and presented in the narne of the everlasting principles of liberty by which this our country became great and was made the asylum of the refugees from religious and political in tolerance. Whilst we pray for the repeal of the " Sunday Law" We simply ask a fulfillment of the Constitution and are act ing for the interest of all creeds alike of the strictly Christian as well a the non. Christian. What we do ask for is Light for All, and further that a possible Israel- itish majority should just as little enjoy the exclusive observance of the Israelitish Sabbath, as Police Regulations noW ought to compel the keeping of the Christian Sabbath. Most solemnly protesting that we do not harbor the slightest sentitneril of disre spect toward any one of the various Chris tian religious views, we at the same time desire each individual to observe the Sab bath as prompted to do by his own tenets; but in the name of the dignity of religion herself we ask that such observance be not made a compulsory one by means of Police Regulations ; that the State do not assume to act as advocate for certain re ligious view s, as was the case in the Mid dle Ages, when the civilization of a thou sand years was annihilated thereby. We are of the opinion that from the very moment that Church and State mutu ally control each Other, the last hour has been struck for religious and political liberty, and that thereafter State and Re ligion will share one common grave ; that along with Christian Liberty, Christianity herself will sink Under the burden ,of su perstition and priestcraft. Although pious Christians themselves, the august founders of our Republic for the above reasons rejected the idea of a i4 Christian State," loudly declaring it to be beyond the province of a State govern ment to inquire into the religious views of the citizen, and the glorious star spangled banner of religious liberty sent forth rays of light across the ocean unto the oppress ed nations of Europe, as the first dawn of a better age. Reglious pereetvUion forced the rri tans to search for an Asylum on our con tinent ; can their successors forget whither religious persecution may lead? The Pu ritans shed their precious blood for the independence of the Church from the State, cart their descendents have the in tention to again forge the chain1? Which weighed down the ancestors? Do they desire the return of Papal poWer, from which "the ancestors fled ? Dots it bot oc cur to them that at some future day some religious sect, different from their own, might gain an ascendancy over them and claim a majority ? Do they not see they cause the demolition of that very bul wark which might still afford the protection and has been erected by the constitution of the United States for the protection of All, arid which bulwark vouchsafes security to every one from constraint of conscience as imposed by the majority, that shocking principle which always caused the State to turn executioner of the Church and thus killed religion? We apply to yo'i, not merely for the sake of the Sunday Law, but in the name of a principle. Tear away the foundation from underneath the temple of religious liberty : soon the magnificent structure will fall to pieties and beneath its ruins Liberty as well as Christianity Will be entombed. By proclaiming vhe Sunday Law you hold out to the world the doctrine of the 'Christian State," a High Church in another form ; the State receives from your hands the sword, about the posses sion of Which tht several Christian sects will soon in bloody combat tear Cach oth er to pieces , you unshackle the Furies of future wars of religion ; from your altar yoii drag the cross and replace it by the sword of brutal power. The first step only upon the dangerous path of religious persecution remains within the reach of your power ; the fur ther steps will follow the first spontaneous ly and the end will be the perdition, not the glorification of true Christianity. We herewith frankly put the following questions to you : will respect for religion increase, when the latter declares to en force her precepts by means of power rather than conviction ? Will man become improved by sabbath observances which are obligatory and according to eet forms? Do we not by such means open the door wide for hypocrisy and immorality to en ter? Do we not engender hatred instead of charity and contempt in lieu of respect for things holy ? Would not the enemies of all religion the truly infidel prove exclusive victors in a fight begun by the true practices of religion through murder ing their most holy principle? Will not Sunday constraint prepare the labor of the enemies rather, of Christianity, than of its friends ? We would further ask. not consider ing the immoral tendencies of constraint what benefits have been reaped from the constraint itoelf up to the present? Is the Lord s Day being truly kept and ia the manner as the statutes would compel ns to do, or does it not always result ia a way contrary to what was intended? Nor can morality be forced into existence through laws. In these United States one State after another returns from its unsuc cessful experiments in this- direction, be- j cause all such attempts were followed on ly by grosser immorality. The Sunday Law rests upon grounds so unconstitutional, that its own advocates dare not as much as stand up for it as an ec clesiastical measure, it being known that its base is formed of religious fanaticism; Its friends therefore have to declare the Bamd to be a simple Police Regulation to secure a day of rest. We further ask, who are they that now agitate in favor of Eaid laW ? Answer : The Christian Congrega tions. Was there ever any Israelitish com- , munity advocating it? Ard not the sins against the Constitution increased tenfold when you grant to the State the privilege Of prescribing the days of rest for its citi zens and thus allow it that perchance to' morrow every third day be set aside as a day of rest. It is claimed for the Sunday LaWs that they compel no one to follow religious ob servance's: This illusive argument can surely have uo weight with an enlightened Legislature .: every one of you is aware we are forced in the name of religion to omit actions to perform which we have a constitutional and moral right. Adopt that doctrine and you will have Conceded the right to religious minorities to ask the same for their own Sabbath and in consequence you will have to create the identical laws for Saturdays, for in matters of religion majorities and minori ties have equal rights-. Therefore, in the name Of the Common rights unto U3 vouchsafed through a Con stitution : in the name of the liberty of conscience : in the name of the greatness and future of our nation : in the name of Christianity and religion herself: in the name of the cherished hopes we entertain for the liberty and independence of our children we appeal to you and pray you may, by repealing the Sunday constraint, proclaim that principle whereby our coun try has become so great. We pray you may reinstate Religion in her dignity which she has forfeited by be ing subjected to the control of the State. We pray you may repair the dangerous breach which by its widening would im peril the liberty of every sect, and de tlarO '. The State shall have control over con sciences no more. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. Power of a House's Scent. There is one perception that a horse possesses to which but little attention has been paid, and that is the power of scent. With some horses it is acute, as with a dog, and for the ben efit of those who have to travel at right, such as physicians and others, this knowledge is invaluable. I nev er knew it to Fail, and t have ridden hundreds of miles on dark nights; and in consideration of this power of scent, this is my simple advice: Nev er check your Lcibtj at mght, but give him a free head, and you may rest assured that he will never get off the road, and will carry you ex peditiously and safe. In regard to the power of scent in a horse, we once knew one of a pair that was stolen and recovered mainly by the track being made out by its mate, nnd that after it had been absent six or eight hours. iiiM Hymen. IlynYsn was a young man of Athens, obscurely born but extremely handsome. Falling in love with a Jady of rank he disguised himself in female attire, the better to carry on his amotr; and as he was one day on the sea shore celebrating the Eleusiniah rites with his mistress and female companions, a gang of pirates came upon them by surprise and carried them off to a distant isl and, where the pirates got drunk for joy and fell asleep. Hymen then armed the virgins and dispatched the sleeping pirates, when leaving the women upon the island, he sped to Athens, where he told his adventure, and demanded his beloved in mar riage as her ransom. His request was granted, and so fortunate was the marriage that the narne of Hy men was ever after invoked on subse quent nuptials; and in progress of time the Greeks enrolled him among their gods. Lady Margaret Herbert asked somebody for a pretty pattern for a night cap." 14 What signifirs the paN tern V asked her friend, ' you do not appear in public in a nightcap " "That is true," said she, "but you know in tase of a fire " A Missouri paper finds a bless ing even in prairie fires. It says that the conflagrations have w holly des troyed the malarious poisons, so that, although property is lost health is gained " Tell me, ye angelic hosts, ye messengers of love, shall swindled printers here below have no redress above?" The shining angel band re plied, " To 03 is knowledge given; delinquents on a printer's book can never enter heaven.'' A NaPpt Thought. Why is free dom of the press asleep in France ? Because it's under the influence of its Eecond Nap. - THE EARLY DAYS. We have been considerably inter ested in the articles of some contrib or to the Olympia papers, on the early settlement of that region. The Vancouver Register has also an in dustrious correspondent, who is tak ing a retrospective glance of that town! We give place to the follow extracts! The largest ship, we believe, that ever entered the mouth of the Colum bia, was the Pekini which arrived here in the Spring of 1852. She had been a British man of-war, hav ing token an active part in that little disturbance we had with John dy Bull in 1812 13, and after hav ing served the country faithfully for about a quarter of a century she was sold in defiance of all feeling cf gratitude for past seivice, to the H.B.Co. who metamorphosed her in to a tranport ship. She was laden with an assorted cargo, and had been eight months in performing the voy age from Liver pool. She brought ouitc a larce mail, and the newspa pers (being the latest from Europe) were eagerly sought and devoured. Among other interesting items of news came the sad intelligence that Author Wellesley, Duke of Welling' ton, was no more. No better evidence of fealty to their government or loyalty to their crown could be asked than the involuntary gloom that set tled over the place and its inhabit ants for a few days succeeding the announcement The PcKin arrived here during the high water and immediately com menced discharging, hoping to get out ere the water receded. She was too slmv, lrover, the water Went down and left her almost high nnd dry for a period of 14 months The ofiicers, Who were a real jovial set of fellows, made the best of a bad bargain by resolving themselves in to a theatrical company, convening the capacious cabin into an auditori um which was always crowded with delighted audiences. The Pekin was eventually liberated from her disa greeable predicament by the annual flood assisted by the steamers Lot Whitcomb and Willamette. The Pekin was subsequently loadedith spars at St. Heler, with wLich she arrived home in due time. THE INNER LIFE OF THE FORT. There are many who suppose thnt to baVe been an employee f the II. B. Co. was to have experienced the greatest privation, and will notObe prepared fur the statement thathose holding any position above that of common laborer fired not only gen erously, but sumptuously. There Was a mess, not unlike that of the single ofiicers of the army ntall points, in existence among the clerks and the European attaches of the fort. This mess was accommodated with a mess room in the gubernatorial building, and the table was always presided over by the governor in propria per sona. They breakfasted ut half past eight, lunched at twelve ahd dined at four. The table furniture was of the heaviest silver-ware and the costliest China; each plate was supplied with a finger glass and napkin, in 'Tact nothing Was omitted that would add to the elegance or completeness of all the appointments. The table was snpplied with the very choicest viands and wine of age and flavor. Evi dences of taste and refinements were to be met with at every turn, form ing a strange contrast to the primi tie condition of things without the fort. The emigrant from Missouri, who reluctantly bid farewell to civili lion, with the full expectation that he should see it no more until he re turned, must have been both sur-Q prised and gratified to find on his ar rival here many more marks of re finement and culture than he had left in his semi -civilised home. The clerks were nil men of education, probity and honor gentlemen in the full acceptation of that much abused term. No defalcations, r.o devanting, no misappropriation of funds Were ever dreamt of by those unsophisticated agents of the II. B. Company. . What Gail Thinks. Gail Ham ilton has kicked up a breeze by say ing lhat the public welfare would bo promoted by restricting suffrage among merr, rather than extending it to women. Here, you young rascal, walk up and give an account of yourself. Where have you been V After the girls, father." " Did you ever know me to do so when I was a boy?" ' No, sir; but mother did." A supposed ghost in Albemarle county, Va., turns out to be a negro hired by a white man, who wanted to driv-8 off his neighbors and make land cheap. That 's progressive, just think of a black ghost ! We should think he would have to appear in day time, to be seen. - The Frontier Index says that the Cheyenne Indians have only killed three men since signing the late treaty, aud that was only to try the guns presented to them by the peaca commissioners. A Bstoni.n recently astonished the librarian of a circulating library, by sayin-r: "Til take thu' life of General Grant." O o o o O 0 0 O