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Q Q so o o 1 ir-. o i : . - G . o. o o (Mad OREGON CSTvOMEGON, SATURDAY, JULY 18, IIMT r: 0. , . . . .. .-.-.,,.,,.,...,..,..,-..... , .. ... ..... -.. .... i . " ' '" ' " ' 1 1 ' 1 - -", ' ' W .1 - . . , r, ! ; . f . - , ; ,f City Enterprise l)c lUcckln (enterprise. PCB1.ISHED EVEKY SATURDAY MORNING By D. C. IRELAND, Vt'ftCE: South east corner of Fifth and iJain- streets, in the building lately known the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. Terms of Subscription. "One eopv, one year in advance. . " il delayed. . .?3 00 4 00 O Terms of Advertising. I 'Transient advertisements, per square i (12 lines or less) first insertion . ..?2 30 ; For each subsequent insertion 1 00 v Uusiness Cards one square per nnnum payable quarterly I2 00 t One column per annum 1-0 00 5 One half column " 60,-" J One quarter " " - 40 00 Ltg il advertising at the established rates. j Book and Job Printing ! i rIIE E X TE 11 P II I S E O I" PICE supplied with every requisite for floing ' ' a superior style of work, and is constant- It aecumiihiiin? nw and beautiful styles I of material, and is prepared lor every I variety of I rofiK and Jon ) PRINTINai . q AT SATISFACTORY I'URIIS. ji?F The Public are invited to call nnd ;s rvAinine both our specimens and facilities ' for doing work. ? Ji U SNESS CARDS. Dr. F. Barclay, Til. R. C. L.v i Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. 1J. Co.) J OFFICE: At llcsldenre, i Main Street . Oregon City. j J. WELCH, DKTIST. I P(nminentl Loi-uhd at Oregon City, Oregon. Rooms with Dr. Salfarans, on Main street. "osw1:go house.' ' oswkuo, oukuos. . JOHN' SC1).IK Proprietor, ' 1 A wow prepared to receive and entertain 1 all who may favor him with their patron age. The House is New and the Koonis are evly and Xeal'y Furnished. The Table will be supplied with all tlie delicacies of ; the season. Tlie Ihmse is situated near the .strainer lundTt):;. Tiie proprietor will at all times endeavor" to irive entire satisfaction to all who may favor him with a call, and . '.would respectfully solicit the patronage of th Traveling Pub:. " 4l:tf. Hoard per week i 0'' i Itonrd itnd Lodging ii "0 ; Siuglo Meals .". 50 ; OREGOiN HOUSE, .Main Street Oregon City. JACOB B0EHM, Proprietor. 4 KST.iiLi.sui:t) is."7. i ttEDCCTIO.-W IV PKICES! f Th undersigned wishes to give notice th it trmu .Saturday, October 5th, ! -(17, prices j nt ihti above Ikhisc will be as follows : i iW.ird and Lodging per week f o ." t Hoard without IodgiMg 4 ' .4 Hoard and Lodgin a wr day 1 on " " J A CO U liOKHM. Oregon City, Oct. 3d, 157. ."0:tf CLIFF HOUSE. Main Street, U1R Xwbi opposite If Wen Fadoru, i w u. wnm-:, ". T. 11 11 OA 1 11CS, f 1 wi'Hesors. 4 Oregon City, Oregon. We invite thecitizons of Oregon City, and it'.c traveling public, to irive us a share of t thfir patnae. Meals can be had at all t liuuns t please the naosi fastidious 15 ; Notic3 to the Public. IIIAVli this day closed the Uarlov.' Itottse hi f'aver of the Cliff House. lKpe my I uliWust-inners will give their liberal patton "s ac! to the above well kept house. They l"ill tind Messrs. "White & Khoades always j wi bantl to make gu-csts comfortable. YVM. liAULOW. JOHN M. BACON, 'JiitQe of t lis Peace cl' Ctiy Recorder. fQUiee In the Court House and City I Council Ltootn, Oregon City. 1 Will attend to the acknowledgment of ' e l, and all other duties appertaining to tiie olliee of Justice of the Peace. jf irFLSMlNG," Retail dealer in School Pool's, Sla J tjonery; also, Patent Medicines, and Perfumery. the Post oilice, in Masonic Building, Oregon City, Oregon. I v rimc.iu ii bUiiLUiij TTr;n-" 1-.-. 3ttv j. j uii ana jj uiiJJiuit, 'A t ... .. ' I V ill attend to all work in his line, con- ira aniiusr, buildintr. cte Jobbing promptly I unfiiileiCto. I JOHN H. SCII RAM, I Jlaiyjifacturer and Dealer in j fXK SADDLES, HARNESS, I etc., etc., Cj Main street, between Third and Fourth, ; Oregon City. I rpll attention of parties desiring anything I X. in my line, is directed to my stock, be- I fore making purchases elsewhere. 1 Uy w JOHN H. SCHRAM. CLARK. GREENMAN, City Drayman, Af iO-trii onEGox err. iVf All orders for or the deliverv of merchandise, I J.r racititL'cs and freight ot whatever descrip 5' ,Ia"i, to any part of the citv, will be- executed I promptly and with care. " l?.iro I -W. F. HIGHFIELD, r tstablished since lSt'.. at the old stand, Main Street, Ouecon City. An assortment of Watches, Jew elry, .lmi v;eta Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which arc warranted to be as represented. uepiurinns done on short nonce, nd thankful for past favors. f.3' DAVID SMITH, v:g to SMITH d- 11AI2SIIALL, Mack-Smith and Wagon Maker, Cornpp r.F a t :.a t...,f.. ,X".)rPfrnn P;.. I r j-. - m ---aw. vnv . - . . vrt"Mm Riacksmithinj in all its branches. Wagon making au.l repairing. All work warranted 10 ge satisfaction. (,"'. B UEAD.S PRIVTKD. At the Enterprise OSief. I I BUSINESS CARDS. L add & Tilt on, BANKERS, POKTLAXD, OUKUOX. "Will give prompt attention to collections, and other business appertaining to lianking. Sight and Telegraphic Exchange On San Francisco and the Atlantic States for sale. Government Securities bought and sold. xi.tf L . C . Fuller, BROKER, Pays the Highest Price for Gold Dust Legal Tenders and Oovernment securities bought and sold. lOS Front st., xi.ti' Portland, Oresron. 11VROX z. HOI.ES. JOHN SrXOKItLAM). HOLMES & SUNDERLAND, ) First street, Portland Oregon. 95 Manufacturers and dealers in Boots and shoes of the latest stvles and best material. ! San Francisco and Philadelphia goods always on hand. Agents for Howe's Family Sewing Machines, and John O. Fcl som's hand sewing machines. Needles and thread for sale. (34. tj SOMETHING NEW! Boots with Wire Quilted BgUchis o These Boots arc made on the American standard lust. They never fail to fit and feel comfortable, and require no " breaking m. The W ire (JuiUed Soles. have been proven by practical experience to last tw ice as long as the ordinary soles. A splendid assortment just received at 11. I). WI1JTK & Co.'s, Boot and Shoe store. ".") l.'Jl First st. Cortland. Thomas W. Kinney, 49 Front street, Portland Oregon DEALKR IX I NE S AND LIQUOR S5! Is constantly in receipt of Pure Whiskevs direct from tlie Atlantic States, ana can ofler to the trade belter inducements than any other house in Portland. i. it. mi. .DitrUCU, ). NSTKIX, j l. niLimr ucn. Sua Francisco. LOLLS E1N Portland. HHdhurg, Bros IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE HEALERS I.V All Kinds of Scotch and Irish IVhisLies. Rum, Gin, Domestic Liquors, Wines, J 'Cmi frc:-?K , -i block, Portland Oregon. CJ'J v. c. johxso.v. r. o. m cow?,-. Xi'tiry Public. JOHNSON & EffcCOWtf , Oil EG OX CITV, OREGON. AVill attend to all business entrusted t.i our care m any of the Courts of the State, collect niouev, negotiate loans, sell real es-t- to, etc. ""Particular attention given to contested land cases. t.yl BEN TON kTlLO, Orejoji C'itj-, OiTgon. Otli ce in Charinau's Prick Block, up (.-o:tf) stairs. A. II. L'fcll.L. il. A. PAKliEU. BELL & PARKER. g I KUGttlSTS, AND DEALERS IN' Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Paints, Perfumery, Oils, Varnishes, And every article kept in a Drug Store. 33.) Main- Stkklt, Oreijon Crrv. SHADES SALOON. Wed Side Jfdin Street-, bitwan Suond and Third, Oriijun City. GEORGE A. HAAS Proprietor. The proprietor bes leave 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. - ISAAC FA It!?. JOHN FAillt-. FARE, & BROTHER, Butchers and Meat Venders. Thankful for the favors of lhe community in the past, wish to say that they wilt con tinue to deliver to their patrons, from the wagon, as usual, On Tutxdoyit and Saturday of ear7i icvclr, all the best qualities of Peet, Mutton, and Pork, or any other class of meats in the niarket. '.':tf Iiape I'lul Mills, OKEGO.V CITV. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE : ERA N AND CHICKEN FEED ! J7" Parties wanting feed must furnish heir sacks. ' . l:'-.tf NOTICE TO ALL Y1 HO WANT First Class Fine or Coarse Boots 2B2sd SlaocsJ Made or Itepaired. Especial care and at tention paid to orders for fine work, such as Ladies' and Misses Fine Gaiters, Cents' Fine French Calf Boots, etc. Orders solicited from abroad will be executed wi'h neatness and dispatch. ThliWILLIUER A, SMITH, 4.1.tf Green st., Oswego. Oregon A. J. MONROE. V. A. K. M ELLEN". WORK. MONROE 1 MELLEN, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Monu merits, Head and Foot stones, Salem Oregon. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. I t RANCH FOR SALE. SITUATED BETWEEN TIIE CLACK amas and the OREGON CITY TOWN PLAT ! In the vicinity of the place of T. J. Ilunsaker 3rf Will be sold cheap for cash Vpnly to LEVY & FECI! UEIMEK, -r1 Main street. Oregon City DILLS CO. CAMP CO. HOGAX CO. Portland Bray and Hack Co., Omse at Dray and Ifttci Stables, Cor. Stark and Second sis, Portland. Z'-r All business intrusted to us executed with care and dispatch. o commissions charred on freight advauccd. Orders for J hacks prowptly attended to, day or night. LOVE'S LOGIC. May droops beneath a sodden sky, Her locks are dank with rueful rain; And the bright joy-look of her eye Is darkened by a transient pain. But suns ere long will shine, and show The Summer promise fresher still, For rains that fall and winds that blow, By the All-wise Dispenser's will. Spring yet shall shake her locks in glee, And scatter diamonds o'er the sod; And, ere she leaves its, Summer-free, Reflect, undiinined, the smile of God. So, darling, though a passing cloud Obscure the halcyon blue of life, And tear-rains fall, and angers loud Rage, like east winds, in stormy strife Yet soon, be sure, Love's sun will break Clear through the welkin's clouded dun, And in our hearts a Summer make, Far richer that it thus begun. "Woodex Walls." Almost every nation attributes a portion of its glory to its sea battles. Wooden walls i nave Dn ino protection OI commerce, j amj lhey have been lhe means ot ; . . siroymg n, nation oy trie destruction of its commerce. Holland and Genoa were great with them -without them they are simply what they are. Whilst the figure of " wooden walls" may find application for a long time in story, the day of its practical ap plicability has passed. They are no Ioi!Ser tIie Pre of nations, nor their protection. America broke the charm that hung around the three decked fiftyNfour. Her iron walls supplanted wooden ones. England follows in her wake. Her admiralty is dispos- j P. ,. , .. , ! ing of her lme-of-battle ships by i gift. Ae say by gift, for at the prices they realize the purchasers can I make handsomely by re-disposin of ! i o them at cord wood rates. The Ores- sev has been sold fdr i.oco. the j Mujrstie for -,410, the Onion for j 5,000, the Colossus, a screw two- decker, for 830, the Brunswick for 1,993, and so on. Five ships that cost 500,000 brought 31.500. Seven ships of the line and six frig ates that cost 1,300,000 realized not more than 50,0u0 when sold. If "Britannia rules the wave," she j must do it henceforth 'with iron. ! " Wooden walls' are no longer among the things that are. They have become classical things of the past pretty similes of ancient ma rine history. They were a source of hope to the Athenians, but are uolh iug to modern men. Learn to Wait. Of all the les sons that humanity has to learn in life's school, the hardest is to learn to wait. Not to wait with the folded hands that claim life's prizes without previous effort, but having struggled and crowded the slow years with trial, see no such result as effort seems to warrant nay, perhaps, disaster inc stead. To stand firm at such crises of existence, to preserve one's self poise and self-respect, not to lose hold, or to relax effort, this is great ness, whether it is achieved by man or woman whether the eye of the world notes it, or it is recorded in that book which the light of eternity alone shall make clear to the vision. &- Trouble. We are prone to imag. ine that our temptations are peculiar; that other hearts are free from se- cret burdens that oppress our ener gies and cast a cloud upon our jo; that life has (or others a freer move meat and a less embarrassed way. But in no one has God made the hu man heart to control its thoughtless song of joy; and the shadow of our moral being rests darkly upon us all. We cannot take the world as it comes, enjoying what it offers, and passing by its sufferings and its bur dens with our lightest touch ; we get involved in the deep questions of conscience and duty, and the sense of responsibility stills the carol of the spirit, and suffers no man to repose without a trouble on the bosom of life. Quite a Horn. At Boston, re cently, while overhauling the newly arrived ship Pocahontas, the horn of a sea unicorn was found broke off in her bottom. Some idea of the force which the fish must have used to send Lis nose through the vessel may be imagined, when it is known that the horn penetrated a four and a half inch sound, hard, Southern pine plank, covered with yellow metul and felt. Our homes are like instruments of music the strings that give melo dy or discord are members if each . 1 .1 -ii 1. aie.,oUUllJU,Uj luej, wm au Ti- j brate in harmony; bat a single dis- cordant string jars through the in strument and destroy its sweetness. THE IRISH QUESTION". On Monday evening March 23d. a remarkable lecture, in which very strong views were taken of the Irish question, was delivered at Bradford, England, by lie v. W. Shearman, upon the subject of " The Duty of Englishmen and Irishmen towards Ireland.'' We have not room for the entire address, but the following extracts will tend to show that the reform movement has already taken deep root in solid earth, and that all Englishmen are not agreed upon the persecution of Ireland: He said he appeared before them that evening as a man whose freedom to think and to speak had been bought with a price. Now that price was paid, he wibhed to say n't his own risk, and in a way that could not by any possibility incriminate any other member of the community, words that he had long desired to say. The object that had brought him before them that evening was two-fold. In the first place, he wished, before leaving England to seek a place of refuge beueath the folds of the stars and stripes, to ex press Ills sympathy with the wives and children of those men who had loved Ireland, if not wisely, at any rate too well, and were now in orison for what they had done in her behalf, ('applause) and he thought that a lecture which advocated substantial justice to Ireland and the proceeds of which would be given to the support of those wives and children, would not be a bad means of expressing the sympathy lie (tit for them. (Ap plause.) Then, in the second place, he wished to utter a few last words before leaving England, on the duties of "2Hlimcn and Irishmen in the perilous crisis at which the nation harl now arrived.- He should speak to Englishmen, in the first rW as a Republican Radical, loving princi P,es more l!l:U1 Party Justice more .i .t t- i Tr unin uie i-,mpire. rvppinusc.j lie believed the fault with regard to Ire land was not to much the - fault of this or that government of Whig or Tory as of the apathy of the na tion, the apathy of the ruling classes. (Hear, hear.) It was not right to say that the Government had done wrong here, or pursued a faulty pol icy there, when the people, had in their hands the power of choosing their own Government. (Hear. i llPnr All llin'i!, C n-in-t Wiwir f..r.l bitteVy ,he 'evi rpsl,its of the j.ast apathy. Lord Russell had expressed in his recent pamphlet his regret that he had not attempted in past years some earnest legislation for the amel ioration of Ireland. In speaking to Englishmen, all would agree with him that nothing could be more pain ful to a man really loving his country than the present aspect of the Irish question. We had bet-n boastfully egotistic: we had, or fancied we had, freedom at home, an I we had been active in extending and supporting it abroad. Never had the fhg of Revolution been run up, but we had hailed its appearar.ee with joy; and j we, a success-loving people, had wel coined to our shores the exiles for liberty's cause in 1843 with heartfelt greetings. We had civen at our banquets the.' toast, 44 Civil and religious liberty all the world over;'' and Ireland, beautiful and terrible, stood in the midst of the feast, and answered, " No, not liberty all the world over; for liberty is not here!" (Prolonged applause.) It was commonly believed that the Irish people labored mainly under two grievances, the Established Church, and the law relating to the tenure of land. There was no doubt that these were grievances. (Hear, hear.) There was no doubt that the Established Church was a cryir.g grievance. (Applause.) That a small minority of the people should retain and apply to their own uses the prop erty which had been torn away from the great majority, was an in justice at which the nations stood aghast. But he was glad to say that there was no need to argue this mat ter, that the liberal party saw the injustice of the present system, and were prepared to adopt as their own Mr. Gladstone's view for the entire disestablishment of the church. (Ap plause ) He was glad, too, that the Irish clergy took this view, and had had the good sense to refuse the tempting offer contained in Earl Russell's pamphlet. It might sound very well for the robbers to offer to divide the spoils, but it would be well for the Irish nation and for the cause of good government that the Irish priesthood should remain inde pendent, not the servants of the state, but the priests of the people. (Loud applause.) But it was needful that Mr. Gladstone's lesolution should be watched. There were two dan gers that needed to be guarded against. In the first place, there was the danger that the money might not go in the right direction, and then there was the danger that the reve nues given up for national purposes might be used to replace grants now made to Ireland, leaving her, in point of fact, poorer than before. (Ap plause.) The next grievance, one that even Mr. Gladstone was not brave enough to touch in a bold way, was the grievance of the tenure of land. They were so entirely a man ufacturing people, that they did not consider what this land question was, eSpecjaUy to a people which, like the irish wa3 almost exclusively depend- tnt on the land. He believed that ,! the earth is the Lord's and the Im ness thereof;" and that what God gave to mankind should be held for mankind. But the motto on the London Exchange was read in a very different w-ay: "the earth is the Lord's" i. e., the noble's," and the fulness thereof;" and that was the way in which it was inteipreted in Ireland. (Applause ) 'J hat meant to say that Lord So-and so, whose forbears robbed the people of the soil, was kind enough, to let some poor man make it grow corn, and when he had doue so, then the poor man had to pay a higher rent And why? Because he had made the land grow corn. ' Lord So-and so had done nothing to the land. He was far away, spending the rent he received for the land he did not even smile upon it to make it more productive. It was made so by the toil and in dustry of the poor man. Jf the land was worth more, it was because he had buried so much of his toil and industry in it, and the fruit of that toil and industry should belong to the tiller, and not to the landlord. (Loud applause.) And in Ireland men who had lived on the land which they thought their own, and which really in God's sight they had made their own (applause) - jf they could not pay extra rent were evicted. Be tween 1849 and 1862, 2S1,000 per sons, tlris was Lord Huss-H's own ! confession, were evicted: driven i from the soil. What did this mean? ! Some who had lived in Ireland knew what eviction meant, how men whose only riches were the improves merits they had made in the land were bid go forth, and no new home provided for then; nothing but the bare ground beneath their feet, and the sky over their heads. They did not go, they could not go; and then, i protected by the soldiery, the agent of the landlord came down and the ! roof was taken oil or perhaps fired ! over the helpless and the sick, ! C; Shame.") Did they wonder af- ter that that the Irish complained? But Earl Russell cold them things were getting better. What proof was there for this? Why, there was tlie fact that in 1802 a greater num ber of persons was evicted than in 1801, or in any year succeeding 1855. But then they were told that the evictions could now only be counted by five thousand a year, whereas for merly they were counted by tens of thousands. Aye, but the principle was there still. If they went on evicting, of course the number of evictions must grow less. (Hear, hear;) If there were fewer evictions now, it was dimply because there were fewer persons to evict. (Ap plause.) The lecturer quoted from Mr Mill an instance of the evils of eviction. He proceeded: What was the remedy for this state of things'? Not tlie passing of a paltry tenant-right bill, but the re cognition of the principle that the earth was God's and the people's. Mri Mill had brought a scheme which recognised this principle-. It was that a commission be issued; the landlords receive compensation for tneir estates at me present value, ana that the tenants should under certain conditions, receive perpetual leases, making all improvements they effect ed in tlie land their own, being as sisted in making those improvements by loans from the State. If such a scheme as that were to be adopted it would be something like an at tempt to do justice in the matter of the land. (Applause.) But they were told that it was revolutionary. Of course it was. And then it at tacked the landlordism; so it should. (Applause.) Every measure that sought to deal with Ireland should be revolutionary. (Applause.) Ths lecturer quoted from a speech once delivered by Mr. Disraeli, in which he declared the remedy for Ireland's grievances to be revolution, but that her connection with Eng land prevented revolution, and there fore England logically stood in the position of being the cause of Iiish Wrong, continued Mr. Sherman: Le.t them have revolution, but let it be a revolution demanded hy the people, and enforced by the moral power of the people, without the shedding ot one drop of blood. Lot them have revolution (applause) but let it be effected by the power of a united people. The cry of vested interests would of course, be raised: but what were vested interests'? He would tell them. A long time ago the King and barons came over, and seized on the Vested interests which had before belonged to the people The king took them all to himself, but after a while the barons demand ed a share. The king raised the cry 44 These are my vested interests: they are sacred;" but the barons said " We are many and we are strong, and you had better give in.'' And the aristocracy got hold of the vested interests, and what had bes come of the king? Why, things went on, and it did not matter who was king, or who was queen; loyalty wis simply a name, a symbol. (Ap plause.) The Queeu had taught them that lesson when recently, at an opening of Parliament, she had had her robes placed on a chair, and those sufficed for a fjueen at the open ing of a Parliament. Perhaps in a few years that excellent young gen tleman Albert Edward might be King, and then they might perhaps have him sending his walking stick and hat to open Pari arnent. (Laugh ter.) They could not say anything against a sorrowing queen, but if they ever had a sham king, who sent them his hat instead of his head, they might remember another hat that was once raised in Switzerland, and emulate the conduct ct William Tell. ( Loud applause.) Well, the aristocracy got hold of nearly all the vested in terests, and after a while the middle class said they wanted some of them. Of course the aristocracy raised the cry. 41 Vested interests, don't touch them," and talked about revolution. Well, there was a revolution, and the middle class got a share in the vested interests. And again, after a while the people demanded a share. Once more the cry was raised, ,; Vested in terests vested interests they must not be touched." Then the" Hyde Park railings came down, and the people in England got a share of the vested interests, aud, perhaps, in a little time they .would get more. (Hear, hear.) He would give a few cases show ing how the suspension of the Ilabc us Corpus Act was administered in Ireland, and the friend who gave them to him was prepared to substan tiate every case, with names and ad. dresses if necessary. There was the first case of a man Who had been for eighteen weeks in prison, and did not in the least know what for. He had never been connected with politics in his life, but thought that he might have been imprisoned because, the only suspicious act he had ever com mitted, he had once taken the wall of two policemen and jostled them a little. (Laughter.) Another man had been thirteen weeks in prison, because he happened to be the land lord of a house which had the sign of a harp. A policeman came in one day, and suggested that the sign would look much better if a crown was placed above the harp. Tne landlord said he didn't see it, the harp looked very well by itself. (Laughter.) 44 Well," said the po lice m an 44 the crown had better go up." But the crown didu't go hp, and the next thing that happened wa3 that the m.-ai was lodged in pris on for thirteen weeks. Again a man had for a lodger or acquaintance an other who was arrested and conveyed to jail. The prisoner left behind Lini u pair of boots, which his friend sent after him.and because he sent the boots to jail, he was put in jail too. (Laugh ter.) A woman, for they could make war on women in Ireland, the mother of five children, for the crime of sending food to political prisoners, was put in jail, and, as a last case, a man was put in prison for thirteen mouths, the only reason being that he had refused to give credit to the head constable of the district. (Laughter.) These were things they might laugh about, now they were away from them: if they were among them, they would rebel. (Loud ap plause.) He could tell them that if he thought these things could not be stopped he wouid not go to America, lie would stay here till, behind some barricade, they might try to put them right. (Prolonged applause.) But he believed that there was anoth er and a better Way, and it was be cause he believed there was, that he did not counsel a resort to the one he had named. He had told them how great the discontent was, and, still speaking to Englishmen, he would ask the-in to remember that this was not a party, but a national movement. Then this Irish national movement was not a savage, or bru tal one. People might remind him of the Clerken well exploiters, aud of the throwing of Greek fire, but lis would tell them that the wall at Clei kenwell was blown down, not by direction of the Irish national com mittee, but by two or three dupes ef the Government informers. (Loud applause;) If it were not so, let the Government tell how it happened that two of the m?n were in Govern ment pay, how, Allen was allowed to go free, and how the document given him by another of the men was al lowed to be burnt. The lecturer rcfjrred at sotne length to the fact, which he said was proved, that Government spies had tried to provoke insurrection in the chartist times. That the Irish move ment was not a movement against j property, or aimed at a needless de struction of life, was shown by the fact that when some thousands of Irishmen did go out on the hills, there was not a single case of outrage against person or property reported. Englishmen must get rid of this disposition ; they must let Irishmen know that they repudiated the filthy trash of the Protestant Electoral Union and Mr. Whalley, (applause) and considered Mr. Murpny a fire brand that would be all the better for euenchir,g. They must remind Roman Catholics that England had trusted men of their creed in times of danger, and to a Catholic was giv en the post of honor when the Ar mada of Spain came to attack our chores. They must remember these things, and remember, also, that lib ei ty was not for a sect, but for the human race. Their duty as English men, to sum up, was to try all that justice, broad and ample, and broth erly kindness, repentant and tender, could do. When they had tried all that, if what they had given was not sufficient, there must be no forced Union. (Applause.) If Ireland de sire it, she must belong to Ireland, and to Ireland only. (Applause.) He knew that this was painful coun sel, and that men would think it dan gerous to permit the establishment of an independent nation so near our own coasl; but that was cot so dan gerous as the present reign of in justice, or that as at present, we should have to hold the country as a garrisoned fortress, and have the fear that every second Irish soldier in the ranks of our army would go over to the enemy on our first engagement in war. (Applause.) Turning from the English portion of his audience, he would now speak some words to his Irish friends, and he hoped that w hat he said would be regarded as the counsel of a friend; that they would take it home and think over it. In the first place, let them not think that all Englishmen were their enemies. Let them re member that many Englishmen had trusted them, and tried to do w hat they could for them. That when their own so called members were silent in the House of Commons, such men as Mill and Bright had ris en in their cause. (Loud applause.) They had English friends, and he be Hived that when misunderstandings were removed, the bulk of the En glish people would be their friends. Then let them be patient, and re member, that when the right was done if they had only been patient, they would start for the better. The Church and the Land question, had yet to be solved, and surely they would be better without these bones of contention in their midst. Then let th derstand their cause in a broad sense, riot as a merely selfish Irish question bnt as the sacred cause ot Freedom. Lat them look he hoped they would excuse what he was going to sa7 let them look with suspicious eyes on that unpatriotic portion of their priesthood, who bid them narrow their course to a selfish one. The priests who spoke on the narrow side spoke with no authority, because there were priests as good, as brave, and as authoritative on the other side. (Great applause.) If priests differ, there laymen may de cide. It was yet to ba seen wheth er they placed the words of Cardi nal Cullen whose Cardinal's hat had been obtained for him bv the recom mendation cf the British Government before the. words of Archbishop McIIale (enthusiastic cheering.) or whether they esteemed more Dr. Mo riarty's curse, (hooting.) or Eath- ! er Lovell's blessing. Then let them keep their cause free from all vio lence, retaliation or revenge. If any man said they would do good to the cause, by injury to property or per son, then that man was a Govern ment spy, and let them denounce him as such. Their cause could gain nothing by foolish violence. THE XATIOXAI BEETi The Manufacturers' Convention re cently in session at Cleveland has de dared by resolution against the speedy payment of the public debt. They claim that the true policy is to reduce taxation Until the income is just sufficient to keep the interest paid up, and then let it stand at that until all the principal is properly funded, and all the States fully repre sented, so that they may each bear their proportionate share of the bur den. Then they would have aslighti ly increased tax levied, by which gradually the debt should be liquid dated. Suppose, however, the in crease should be withheld? Suppose the increase in taxable basis should be allowed to pay the debt? We should then have, say, 100,000,000 of tax the first year. The second year this would be increased five per cent., and so on. At the end of ten years our national income would be $150,000,000. At the end of twen ty years it would bo doubled. By this process in a few generations the whole of the debt will be paid with out burden. The per cents, of in crease here are only for illustration; they are much below the actual incre ment. Besides, the increase of wealth is not by arithmetical proportion. The ratio is that of a geometrical se ries rather. About seventy varieties of the oat have been named, and the num ber is receivingadditions almost every year. There is no single variety which possesses all desirable proper ties such as productiveness.superiority of grain or straw and early maturity, without much tendency to shed the seed. The "sturdy Democracy" cf the West w ho went up to New York to see fair play for Pendleton, probably succumbed to the persuasive influ ence of New York gold. Whom can you trust to now? When men rely npon philosophy to carry them through life's last dread oideal, they but carry a lamp in their hand which goes out the mo ment it grows dark. The more we help others to bear their burdens, the lighter our own will be. i i Ask your neighbor to subscribe for the E::xERn:iiE. A G.V3IH DIXXER. Shortly after the war with Great Dritain, an aristocratic English gen tleman built a fine residence in the vicinity of Fort Georgej on the Nia' gara frontier, and in accordance with the old country idea" of eiclasive ' ness, he enclosed his grounds with a high tight fenefe. Here he lived like' an old English gentleman one of the olden time with the exception that none but the elite cf the Province, and the officers of the neighboring , garrison, were allowed to pass his gate. There was a very good under., standing between the American cLu-G ccrs at Fort Niagara and the British ' at Port George, and the men were permitted occasionally, to visit back and forth. Among the American sol diers was a queer chap, who stutter- ed terribly, was very fond of hunt ing, and who was always getting in to some sort cf mischief. One day this chap tock the small -boat, that lay moored at the foot of O the fort, and crossed over to the Ca-, nadian shore for a long hunt. Ho wandered over several miles in the . rear of Eort George, but without meeting any game, and on his return seeing a crow on a tree within tho enclosure of the aristocratic English- man, he scaled the h'gh fence, fired, , and brought down his game. The Englishman who witnessed the whole transaction from a distance, advanced to where the soldier stood loading his gun. He was in a towering rage but seeing ther Yankee standing cool ly with a loaded gun in his hand, he gulped down his passion for a mo ment, and merely asked him if he killed the crow. The Yankee re plied that he did. 4T am very sorry for it," said the Englishman, "for he was a pet. By the by, that is a ve ry pretty gun will you be so kind as to let me look at i.?'' The soldier complied with the request. The en raged Englishman toojc it, stepped back a few paces, took deliberate aim, at the Yaukes, then broke out ia a tirade of abuse, concluding with an order to stoop down and take a . bite of the crow, or he would blow his brains out. The soldier esplain-. ed, apologized, and entreated. It all' was of no use. There was shoot, in the English man's eye there was no help tor it and the stuttering soldier stooped and took a bite of the crow, but to swallow it he could not. Up came his breakfast his dinner the day be fore, and it really appeared as if he would throw up his toe-nails. The Englishman .gfoated on the misery of ' his victim, and smiled complacently at every heave. When he had got through vomiting, and had wiped his eyes, the Englishman handed him his gun, with the remark, "Now, you rascal, that will teach you not to try poaching on a gentleman's manor, in the future." The Yankee soldier took his gun and the Englishman might have seen the devil in his eye, if he had looked clo-e. Stepping back, he took aim at the heart of his tormentor, and in unmistakable tones, ordered him to finish the crow. Angry expostula tion, prayers and entreaties, were all as vain as before. There was shoot in the A merican's eye now, and the Englishman having no help, took a mouthful of the foul bird. One bite was enough to send "all the good din ners be had eaten lately on tho same road with the garrison fure of the soldier, and while the Englishman 0 was in his spasms, Jonathan made Iiis escape. The next morning early, the com mandant at Port Niagara was sit ting in his quarters, w hen this En glishman was announced. "Sir," said he, "I come to demand the punishment of one of your men, who yesterday entered my premises and committed a great outrage. 4lWc have three hundred men here and it would be difficult for me to know who it is you mean," said tho officer." The Englishman described him as along, dangling, stuttering, stoop shouldered ugly devil. "Ah! I know whom you mean," said the officer, "he is always getting into mischief. Orderly, call Tom." In a few minutes Tom entered, and stood as straight a3 his natural build would allow, while not a trace of emotion was visible on his coun tenance "Tom," said the officer, "do you know this gentleman?1' "Ye-ye-ye-es. sir." "Where did you see him before?" "M.I I," said Tom stuttering aw- fully, but retaining the grave expres-. feion natural to his face, 1 di-di di dined with him yesterday." Tom was not punished that time. O O O O O O o o