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ItTIC(.:
AihU will y mm lake miw last K Is a
great Ui spoe as la pa? espms rbargaa epoa
wall minis, sad Ibrj will cMjfc a great aura
bv realtting la us tbroocb onry orders ec
registered leuera.
T all thinker la Avery tn of the
, world It baa seemed a patent fact that
jomiD was not yet fulfilling bar wbola
rightful work la, the social economy,
It to obvious, Indeed, that th relative
HgltU of the two mim will be settled
- ottlr wba cb eejoy tba liberty of
unfolding and exercising its owa pecul
tar character, whatever It asay bs, euf-
fling a obstruction or hindrance from
-jb other.TM-wbol ifcUtA-abottt
. tbelr respective "rlghlsy''jB ao far aa It
', to Uaad oo tba JJea that Ibara la aay
i real autagoeiam, to both Impertinent
and velgar.- Each to really
ored, moat advanced aad moat beaafitod
wbaa the other to. .
Bat women's capabilities aad aeeful
Doaa bar aot yat baea aaiuldod to tba
xtoot, or la too proportloa, that maa's
bare beea. Nearly twenty-five hBodrod
yearo ago, Plato wroto la hie Jtrpttbiie:
"May aot that sex which we eo a float
obaeure domestic eenpioymenta ho la
toodad for more noble aad mora excel
lent function" Hhoald It not cause
aa to pause aad Inquire what and where
all our boasted prog rasa la, whoa It to
"found neeaaaary at ibis day to repeat
the aaata Inquiry ? ...
.Yet Ibis soma Inquiry to, la eubotence,
- repeated,. ty Mtts phlloaophlfial IMnker
and writer on social economy. It to the
.warp and tba woof of ataay of the sound
. social Judgments of Joba Stuart- Mill
and other thinker of celebrity, and It
I m trasses itself, even without bt aid pf
pblloaopbloal reading, ou ovary alien
.' live observer of sncial conditio os and
progress.
. It to a fact historically proved that
tba cstlmslioa and respect- for woman
la bo man society have increased In the
FRIDAY-..
- same pro portion that tba
oral culture and good manners baa been
wievaiea, ?nat women ao not always
perform a much as men to duo not
omely to their weaker netureor smalter
eapabillty for work, but equally, or per-
bape t tea more, to their-uef active ado
, oatloa, depressed condition and elrcum
.. acrlhed opportunities. There aertalaly
should need do argument to ahow that
the female half baa the right to demand
permission to try It capabilities for the
advaoeomept of humanity In every
branch of activity, and that the path to
culture, which stands open to the male
rlair, should also be opened to it. Here
- la the whole demand. It ie perfectly
simple and Just sneered at and
denounced a If It contemplated tbe
- overthrew of all the ordinances aad p-
polotmenta of nature. To argue against
auch pervereeneea requires no Utile pa-1
ttonee and self-command.
- Tba whole doctrine that -
requli
Borneo 16 be IasubJectionK to man la
a relle of barbarous age, and It to fall
ing into desuetude aa rapidly aa the
golden dooUina of true reciprocity of
lights aad duties to becoming known,
The world -will yet outgrow tba mill-
gated, aa It baa outgrown many of the
pceltlv forate, of alavery.iy-j-
........ y
-JJhBOIEaT QIOWL
The Lafayette tWiar give vent to
. tba following aeoalble growl, which
early refleeU our own aentlmenU that
..".we publish It. We know whereof w
apeak when we affirm that tbe Xbw
NoBTHwairr to read by bandredawho
do Dot pay for It, and that not oceaalon
ally but regularly.. That this to aape
elea of dlahoneaty, none we think will
deny, wbe give tbe subject a sober see-
ond tboaght, and we earnestly entree
our eubaenbeta-io endeavor to .indue
those who habitually borrow their paper
- ta aubaorihe aad pay for Uaa they may
' read It with a feeling of boneat owner-
ah I p. V But we forget; wa were golog to
:X let thaWr speak for aa into oaee;
ao bare to the "honest growl t"
. - Wa a-lah thai ear aaliaiiilsiia km la tova
waald aot h as neichkurlr aa4 Kma tbalr aa-
Vmm soea aa taey aae saai M We
4s aalla a aaetber waa, arhaa askaa I aaa-aofla-say
that taey BIHetaeyoataa4 M,
, are tap keenest te gat hold af a aaaa snass aa
JhaJLuan fta- u. , it
hie la theas ta go as a aelhhar who has Jaat
-boaght a aew- eases aad borrow it artar the
ewat has aasd la Flaaea deal loan rear aa-a-r
acaJa. U ihf Waal k rsad-the -OoarUc,"
katthaai MfcaarlkaSar II aad aarftirkl. JTIher
treat M aad will aoaTtam a that they are too
oour I aay er B, we will wUllagly gtre M ta
The initial Dumber of the WrMSSar,
an niostrated fnontbly published by
Mr. 1 Samuel, waa placed upon our tal,
bio early fa tbe. week.- It lean eight
page paper, handsomely printed, and
nto an attractive appearance. Tbe
editor srtajortb ita purpose In a brief
aad praatlcal salutatory which eloaea aa
follows: -la ahorVJM paloo will he
epared to make the HVafkor rnteres
ing ta IU reader and prorluMa to Ita
publisher, and we are eoavinoed inat
eboeW we eacottd tnralflmng these
objects, It cannot prove otherwise than
aatisfaetory to al Impart lea eonoerned.
Thla perlodloal will be furnished post
paid for $1 M per aanum. Wa wish It
Tna Iiiuepeadtat Mat Central Com
mittee nail a Coavealtoa, a aaeet at Be-
torn on the 10th day af Augoet, 1873, fori
nearpose oi ominaiug a aanatoai
iber of Coogrsss.' Dalagataa ta
thta Conveatlon will ba ebeeea aa the
y Calvla BrMeDoDatdhaJrwTgnodtho
editorial posltloa that he baa held for a
year peat aa tbe ta-avuand acaepted
Ilka posiUoaoa tba Aaftorte af this
etty. Caps. Crandall win praaably aftor
a Una return to) the) tripod of ihtofia
jnoa, ., .
"HE1 iwrit
exchange umUoii tb (art that,
according lo the last mm M Greet
KfiUla. tar exUt Ie Umm) klsejoa
JM0.UOO mor nmi thaa mca. Juat
tblok of It ! - 00.000 wosoea who
not, a PL. Pant teaches, ask tbalr he
banda at hma for any deal red Informa
tion, because there are aot baabaads
enough .to go round;' and thla la tbe
very face of the tfeeseadowe fact that
wise men aa love ta dwell upon, thct the
boa ven-appoloted "apber" of every one
of the aex to home, husband, aad'ebil
drea. Now, If tboas 90U.0UO women la
slat on, being 'Ivtoa," where, pray, are
tbe oak, needed to carry nut tba favor
ite almlle? When the etceptloa t
any rule get up lata tba bandrede of
thousands, they prove rather too' much.
Carl gjburx. teito that wemea aboald
be educated for wives and mothers, and
J! education for girl should tend toward
husband' and houae-keeplng; hut When'
there are not nearly enough h osbaods
to gwround, and the chaneea are that
tbouaandaof womea will have aa booses
to keep, unless they eera them by eom
sort of remaneratlva labor, It occurs to
us that aa education with that sole end
In view la liable to be aseleee.
The surplus of womea la Maaaacbue
etto alone to over 30,000, and la view of
Ibeea facta and thla atartling array of
figures, w think It ful tiase for those
who profeaa ta know all about the plans
of Omnipotence, ta esptaia J oat what
tbeea women, fixed by fate outside the
sphere for which they were created.
would better d , Wa have these etatie-
tics, wnicb ahow beyoo4 a doubt uat
boodreds of ibouaande of womea mast
support themselves. Tt would eeem, la
deed, that thla waa enough, In view of
tbeupei1urhjslcl atreas,tb with
which they must eom pete, and that all
road aboald be left fro for them. Bat
what are the fact ?- Tredee and profee
alooa alike close their door against
tbemfXistom frowna upoa Ihemf wom
en safe la sheltered home sneer at tnem
aa unwomanly; arrogant asea aeoffat
them aa atrong-mladed; and both
elare them oot of their apber doc
tors writ learaed essays ta prove that
bexJLratoojteltcaJto tot
lal atraia ni Binary to asaetar a profes
sion; preachers any that they as aot keep
Heat la the church, and lawyer talk
glibly af "precedent.' House kewplag to
woman' proper, emaloyaaoat, aay aJL
Now, It to toloraaly aartaia that the
moat ' of 7 these womea would -"keep
bouse" la reason able ieooteotmeat. If
they bad a bona ta keep aad an Ineoi
to meet Ita axpenmejt'Bat aa long aa
they must work M bread and abaltor,
Juat ao long will tbey, like men, deal re
employment that pays tbe beat. A
woman who baa found by actual trial
that aha ceanot ooly make a living, bat
acquire a aempeieacy H i doctor, to aot
la danger af being frightened back la to
tba kltcbea ta work lor kar-wread and
elotbea, by all tbe learned
woman's dalicaie physical. eoudlMofi l
that aa be showered upon her. If she
And that a good salary la tha reward of
4
ability and knowledge af lawendgoo
pel.wlthout regard to tbe aex ot-lte ex-
panent; aba will not dara atocklag for
nothing and. as w upoa starvation wages.
It to plala, tbea, that aa wag aa band
rede of thousands' of womea are com
pelled by tbalr aacseiUea"to earn their
awa living, that all tba. talk aboat
to wasted, for tbe
reaatoabI ereatura. will Imdata. doing
tfct which promisee tbe better pay,
apberaorne sphere. Just aa mew dor-
sphere or no sphere, Juat aa
. Mrs. Bwiaabelm eays: Tha phiioso
pbera seem to. know that bard work
never anavxe a woman; only good
wages eea do that, , .8ba amy toil U ka a
beast af harden, aa ia Garmaay; work
In tba harvest field all day aad da tbe
bouaewerk at Bigbt, aa la Pennsylva
nia; work elgtesa' bourn aat of the
twenty-four aajwbara, and there to
flurry .about bar being aassxed ntilabe
reoei vea tba same wage a a man la the
capacity of doctor, lawyer, preacher, or
legislator
v, It to vary poetical. Indeed, ta re
gard woman aa aa angel and una as bar
protector; hut aoiorluaaleJy everyday
life to usually recorded 1m tha dullcot
kind of prose, and "what shall wa eat,
and what eh all wa drink aad where
withal shall we be clothed,' to the warp
and woof of every chapter. . Tba aa
lioa to aot ana af "apbece, nor yet one
af Inclination, bat of coaetaotly reeur
rlng waramlfy, aad asnaibls wamaa ma
Ing and foaling this, are determiaed to
do the beat tbey eea for tbemealvea, re
gard leas of tba aophiatry and aoaaene
that declares them "aneexed" wbea fol
lowing aa avocatio which they have
proved themselves able to
fully.
M0UIT1II XEAD0Y - XAIIACIX
There are few of nor readeta who have
not at ao me time read with abeddering
horror of the traacberoua aad cold
blooded hatchery of Arkansas emi
grants by the Mormoa, kaowa aa the
Mountain' Meadow Maearc, in 1S5T.
Owe hand red and forty persoa were
brutally murdered by Mormon acato
sarlea, and the b ratal perpetrators, as
well aa tha lawtlgatata af - tba" horrid
deedbav al theea year remaieed
uawhlptof JusUaa." -;
There to now, however, a possibility
that tba leaders la tbto bloody drama
Will he ferreted out. The trial af Joba
IX Lee, a bishop la tha church aad a
eoTdnal anoTIea JerTa tbe ai a ma era, and
of Dame, aa aeaom rile, aewaa aa
Meodajr, tha va jaa, Jm t-t
esuta'a evidence) aad aaada a wrtttaa
statement af the horrible detalla. , ,
la raee Ue taaay dark Iblnge hlated
atr provea, maay high afflalala wUl
ba ooavtctad af hereolWaandlviigad
erfaaaa.. It tba leealte espacted ba
aohtevad, (ba Mormoa Chareh aad Ita
leaden meat stand la a moot revolting
light before the world. tTVa eVvetoa-
ita la tba aaaa are aaxtoaaty leaked
for by tha people of tba oatira IW2e
i - t!
follow ane-
II EXAXPLE.
- We have from 11 m t .Um for year
i for;
past beard eertaia stickler lor "worn
u'i spoor" nwm, Js) tones at wan
mlgittd dlssnay, with sVpreelallag goa.
tar. aad aoaotonaoeea etpreeaive af
aboeked propriety, of the earning woi
aa aa aa office saaUhr-Whoaoavtnoed
beyond a doubt that women aoaJd voU
withoat tome ; womanly modesty, they
have gmdglagly, it to true admitted
the fact, bat have absolutory twfnaadyao
be comforted la view of the very poast
Ma aemariy of eom af tbe officea by
. Wa praaume that lb Individual who
thaaoooatltula themeolvee Judaeaof the
proper work for women, la tha great
arena where ao maay af them are forced
la straggle aide by aide with men, and
who never eea anything degrading to
womanhood, la aapald labor, however
meolaTpbat object uniformly to women
performing well paid labor, po ' the
ground of IU being so an womanly; are
aot enaflaed to tbie latltade, nor to aay
special locality; therefore, wa can I
agio the i torture that afflict the horri
fied apirtu masculine, aad tba dainty
epirita feminine, that dwell la certain
locallllce of our sister Bute, at the dar
log of women who are actually rnaniug
for office.
We read la aa exchange that the
Butt couDty, CaL, Independent Con
ventioa made Ita nomination en tha Sd
inaC, and that among thee a lady, Mrs
Woodman, waa nominated for the posi
tioo of Super! Dlendeot of Schools oay,
f further, that aba wag Introduced to tbe
Coneeatioa aad aetaally made a speech;
which ha been widely published.
Those who for year have conjured up
such .terrible visions of women offloe
eeehersrwm doabtleos readwlth shud
dering horror, pale, and eye aghast,"
extract from the speech of this woman
who ba wandered aa widely from tbe
old, well-beaten path worn for the feet
Jof WomenTylhe custom of tbe age;
but while we extend oar sympathy for
their fright at tba ominous abadow
thai coming events throw acroa their
pathway, w cannot forbear giving a
few extract. Mrs. Woodman, on being
the Coaeeatloat
. Ma. raaaiaaaT Awm tiimuu or vaa
Cuirimoi j I aak not few applaoas, bat (ur
qaleC I aa la the habit ia mj arbool-raoai Of
havlBC aeraret aotet whea 1 apeak, aad aa this
htaaew eoaUloe loots. 1 aboald tlhstohaseit
very aUU. I appear lifcii yea. geaUesiea,
with agreat al of relartanc aad benllaUon.
Ia all my Ills I aeeef took ap a eras aarh as I
aa taklag ep at thai aaaaaeot; aad t Ihlak yoa
will hallne ae wbaa I aay thta. Bat I esaie
beto not aa a souitolaa, aet as aa elWoi f r,
aot evea aa a aatale lobbytab I oee aimply
as a haasble waawa aad aa earaeat teacher,
eaiiow la are Ihe arhonls af Basle eoaatyaBke
ah vary fotraoat asak aaioag the schools ol
Lbs MaM. I kwow Ihaes are auay ebaiwes
agalaal sml Tha aaoat ctisBiaal charge asaats
ta be thai I aat-e woomsv- Bat 1 eaaoot ase
that that Is aa ehjtloa. Ottalaly w have
ateeadi'nU. The Mtalaa of Illlaota, lodiaaa.
Iowa. Mi mi'ha u.sed COaaa'la;at have all
lakaa Ihe lead la thla Butler aad aave elected
Itaeale Coaaty aaparlaleadeBla; aad the anl
venal teatlaoay of Ibe proas aad adaeauoaal
eyaak baliei Wapsilaleud
Mew, It woaid ba vary pear
poilry la a eoa vealloa of geaUeoiea lo elaiaa
fjmm aaprriorlty. I am aot bete far that pur
pose; It Is sot ao that groaad that I eiaiai
titer Make better auprtalideatr-n a) be-
eaaae lbe devote more tlase to U. caa tbey
are an ere earaeat, beeaaae tbey are more de
voted lathe eaaae of edarotlaa. hieaqis they
ase bhm lalenwled la ehlatrea tbaa aaaa aat-
arally bv Aaolhae eraana Is that tt hi a aew
Lbla aad they ant that their (durational pual'
Ham la at stake; ae tbey devote their whole
Ml
sbaUaa argad aaaiBat inehkrtmu
aot art sraabd Ibe eouaty. . I won
sow a fcu&la i
eoaafy.
ned. yoa and faatlllea where tt Is proper and
at fear a wuaisB to aa. A. tear bar has te go
srooad the enfcoty, aod If It la aal tur a Mo-
peflalcadeat ta aerl throagh the mad, the
over aaountalaa. then
alaarhiw.ea IheeaaM
. Of the lxty-five votmeaat ItftbcCba-
ventioa Mrs. Woodman received thirty
five, and waa declared dale nam
la reapoan to calia, aba came forwatdj
aadaaldt . r-r
aa. iwnnrr abb trn.kn or thb
Odwvbbtni i-I hove lo thank yea fear thla.
aot so ssoeb oa aeesaat of the honor eeoawred
aa Bo,aa limn Itbi a phaoeer aoovaaMBl In
thla P4aie. I stperled lo be a Baartyrlo the
eaaae. I eaaae here with my mind rally nude
p lal nautol, aa two Chleo eaadldalas
went hums fieaa bars, last wark sad the week
bsBarS laellBg ralhev bloa,lbatIespeeled to be
IbemirdaoetoakiwhithHrftaauiepa, I am
Utaakrat, I aay, aot oa aeeoont of nyarlf, bat
aa aawioBt of the ptoarre aaarement te the
Mala, tor I do believe that the Uax will aoaM
whea thaw edaaaUOaal ottVwa oat pollUral
will he llled by ladles; aad I stand here aot as
eta a. am early aa aa
relief theworkof sdawllya. U el letad.f shall
ay Uom to Ihe dlarhaoj of the da-
Uea of Ibe ooVe. That hi another point which
I feirgot to sseattoB hewwe, thai I think the Ma-
M deveto all hie orher tiase
I aball aot Baltow teaeblag,
bat shall give all my Uom aad endeavor toale
vato and Improve tbe taboola of year county,
provided I mi i la the eleeuon.
Kow, w aak, friends, yoa who have
ao loag and Darbap o conaclantloaaly
declared that efflee making will degrade
women, da yon am la the extract gl vea
aay of the brawling unwomanly bravado
that yoa have aa oftea foretold ? Any
thing that to detrimental te true mod-
y and refinement 7 Where to tbe
bugbear with whtoh yoa bare ao per
sistently triad to frighten tba unwary,
and owlet yoa awa. ernes -nfjueUce?
Tbto woman who aaka the raflrage af
bar bratbrea, doaa aot vanot bar eupe
riorily; attars no extravagaat euioglea
of herself; apeak depreclatlagly of po
litical warfare; doaa wot nae tobacco,
ar take a dram; rail not at tb fuoo-
ttoMowtfojbMd ao4jDOthrhood,ut
mt ma, aoiwUhatandlog her aspiration
lor offlca, to he aUU
HApirfut wannn,ni
, T warm, to roan tart m
Doran't thU look a lltUe like the moa-
btrcaity that baa ao long haunted yoa la
tha garb of a feminine offloc amkar,
njajfcaftfrall, prova -mytb T-Aad
that womaa amy atiU he womanly
have aapiraUona euiaide af aad
apart from the four walla of bar homcT
Wa are coavlaead that when tbto thing
ba tooted aia tha near fulara U
will aorely he that mea aad women
wbe have alternated la stay tba prog
laaebat guta aruuad tha
Vb pw awd apbeols mbevta-
ram of eveaU by their paay aad 111
founded prejudice wltr btusu for tb
lack pf judgment which caused them to
Uo declare themselves; u J to cover their
confusion will asaert that they atvsy
did believe la the political equality of
tbeaexoa. . - : .
We sloe rely hope that thla woman
msy be ehoaen for lb office nought, aud
by filling It with credit, aa we are cer
tain th Witt, establlh a precedent that
will b sxteoalvely followed, both to bcr.
own aad our Ktat. ,
, MBELr.II0HTE0.U8IE88,M, , .
- Aa article appeared soma week nines
In thla paper, beaded "Tobacco and
Temperance,'' In which we took .ocea
alon to take our brethren who advocate
temperance, with tobacco Iq their
moujha, It fume on their breath, and
Ita einanatlobe exuding from every pare
for ao glaring an Inconsistency., Kowv
corns the editor of tba Wine and jUowor
Herald and with rising choler, which
necemlUtes ,b opeoiPg of an aacape-
valve, reads the cohort of temperance
In general, and tb editor of the New
Xobthwest In particular, a furiou
lecture upon eelf-rlghteousnees. In
doing he takm care to kbow hla own
meek and bumble spirit, by devoutly
declaring that be does not vaunt, like
teetotalers aud prohibltioQuita, kit supe
riority to hla neighbor. Oh, uo! .No
vaunting there ! . i-J.-...'
We expected the temperance brethren
aforesaid would protest against tbe strong
language we used In tbe article referred
to, but we knew then as wa know now,
that they could hot make a respectable
defenae of the disgusting habit tbai'we
denounced, nor Justify themselves In
y tsHIICg to tha dorelu wn of appetite" for
tobacco, while tbey commiserated their
poor misguided brethren who yielded to
the seductions of the wine-cup. Nor
were we -at U urprlred thai a' professed
friend of liquor should take ap tbe
cudgel In defense of Its twin-abomlna-tion
-tobacco and while denouncing
"temperaucc bowlers and prohibition
lata," advocate tbe um of tbe filthy weed
Ho moderation." All thla la flttln
"
and proper, lor moderation la tlw -oply
lor motiefatUm
at ling which even tba boldest advocate
of tobacco and whisky pretends to play
upon. -
Bat we contend that a man ba no
more right to make nimself "moderate
ly" disgusting tbaa be ba to become
"moderately" drunk. Beside, modera
tion, so far as using tobacco la con
eernea, i a myiu. pome men may so
ace It, but we have never met one.
. All argument la regard ta tbe moder
ate use of things, th excessive use of
which to acknowledged to be so dlaaa
troue, not only to the victims tbem
selves, but to family friends and society,
to utterly uneleee, Tbe majority of per
sons cannot or will not observe roodera
Uoa la their ase ; neither will the ma
jority of tbosa who contract th habit
break it off after It to formed f- eo tbe
outy safeguard' seams to be la avoiding
tba formation of habits aa unclean, so
useless, so disgusting, and so detrimeo
tal lb the beat intoreats of humanity. -
While we denounce tba bablta, we do
not with to be uncharitable to lboae
who have been ao on for Innate as to
contract them, but we weald like ta ase
them- eoaaistcntand not denounce In
temperance In drink In the strongest
terms while they -render-themselves
hlle they
mr f I
y the fumes ef totatuco upoa thetrf?,
breath and . ita foul emanation - from
tbelr bodlea.' r.r :
1I8WESJ TO 00KBE8P0IDEIT8.
r W. 8., Walla Walla I- Noto and re
mittance received and orderattended to.
All right. ' '
Mrs. . M., Ldtfaystta: Change made
as directed. Tb paper will, be sent ac-
Mint In (a MnllMt -
Mrs. C. M. F- Balem: Thanks for Ifr-
torestand eompllmsut. rtosry yea
leave a ao apon, but hope to sea yoa an
the way. K ; , " ' T '
Mrs. M. F. C, Lafayette: Mr. D. will
aot return from Astoria. la time to at-
tead the Convention nopaaod expect
yoa will bare a usual a good meeting.
-KllHc'eerea ent-a'rf thd(
and sweet, but In car opinion do
eea particular merit. Your prose
article arc much mora expressive,
tnwBprefljien'ghhly
appreciate your klndnea sod hope to
bear from yoa frequently. '
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Brother Casey of the DqUtu Uemixer
has recently taken to himself a wife, got
rid of bis obscene editorial associate,
and under thee- flattering auspices sends
kis paper, once more a respectable Jour
oal,to this office soliciting an exchange.
We comply and wish blm success In hi
newspaporial career and unlimited hap
piness In his matrimonial venture. W
would like, however, to see blm change
tba name of his paper, as we Tear that
any amount of tbe most Judicious fumJ-J
gatloa will not suffice to relieve It en
tirely of tbe disgust I Dg odor that under
Clark's administration attached Itself to
Tb Salem Dail Eecnrd baa been sold
to tbe Statma Fabltoblaf Company,
and tha latter paper to bow withoat a
rival la daily Journalism at ibe Capital.
One dally paper to all that that a Ity can
PrPr'y JfupporvJienceJAejtopaoUa
tioa. The wbUom tdltor of tba Beoord,
Mr. 8. A. Clarke, will devote his Um
af tba WiUamt(i4 ftirmtr, . .
- t-UJlil J . 1...11JJ. .,j ,,
W aea by th Stqtesatbat ear
sealoes co-worker, Mrs. Carrie M. FeiU,
af Bslsm, latoads toratactoCafoiTTead tafiVo n hoar's chatTl
ala about the middle af August, W
much regret that our oao.se la this State
I ta toaa so 'aarnsst as advooate, bat
si bos go aba most, wa hop that friends
as kind aad true a those who regret bar
dopartare may weloome bar to bar
la UieQldcB State, k
EDITORIAL OOEEE8P0IDEH0B.
IrtAB Bkadkbs wmNiv Noarawawr
Our Journey la th coromudlous and
elegant aleamer "Dixie Thompson" to
Astoria was relieved of all monotony by
a genial and pleasant cuiny of
ward-flitting friend a. - Hand reds of men
and women who ouo avoided all ap
pes ranee of social Intimacy anil friend
ship with a leader Jo the Wdjnau muve
menUhave forgotten tbelr former preju-
dice; baaxlreaa mora, whose lanate aenee
of Justice was awakened from tbabegin-
nlng, have outgrown tbelr former timid
Ity; and ail, fiadlug to their eurprtoi
that to new gospel, like any other sen
Ible gospel, never. Jo trudea Itself un
sought upoa anybody, now shake hands
across tbe bloodless chasm and cordially
restore, the aid relations that for
a few years alter we became a nolltieal
missionary, tbey imagined to have been
broken off for all eomng lima. ,
The day upoa ibe Columbia Itlvj
Ptod moat pleasantly If you Vaut
elegant soenea, excellent dinners, polite
attendants, and a general -good time,
r;ri3r-.i ...r-r 7
psurouize tn "Dixie i uompson,
We were met at the wharf at Asto-ia
by Hon. W. D. Hare, tbe genial aud
straight-forward Collector of Customs,
and were aooa a delighted guest In bla
bappy aad hospitable borne.
A number af friend called In tbe
evening and planned a private picnic for
the following day.. Cape Disappoint
ment waa agreed upoa a Our place of
destination, and at eight o'ctouk on Fri
day morning behold us, Mr. Ham with
a hag ranch-basket -ieadlug the van,
MrsTir. and your bumble aervant bring
ing op the rear, and all wnding our
way ta tbe little steamer "Varuna,"
CapU Gray commander, where-w were
acaiad iaaJew mnmenUln tha snug litJ
tie box af a pilothouse, under th lea of
a great terricade of stately piles, wait
ing for tbe signal bell. Our party con
sisted also of Mr. and Mrs. White and
tMriwlirorPortlaDbTindlf we ex
cept a severe fit af sea iloknsm ta which
on member waa a victim, nobody could
imagine a more genial and happy
crowd. Tba captain said that tbe bay
waa verv smooth, but eomenow we
Idldu't uwlenitKDd hui tciiu. TIJellCTI
1 gave us a sptondld shaking up,
but tba salt sea air effectually settled us
down.
- Away, away, before and behind us, to
tbe right -and tbe-4ft-ef us, Hretcbed
end roiled the ujlghty river, continually
lifting Its white caps to salute us with a
mad farewell, as the waters took their
final and yet constantly repeated plunge
Into the roaring sea. Tbe dark waters
lavlnft thepurple feet of tha baiy head
lands In the shimmering distance, and
ibe floating clouds banging low aboutiftOf gospel to met with much favor here
the ooeans edges, seemed like mystic
shrouds that shut from human vision
tbe eternal land of souls.
The little steamer plowed her way
through the btllowa and finally landed
us at the wharf at the foot of the prom
ontory of Disappointment, which by
some silly act of Congress ls.lo as here
after designated upon th map as Cap
Hancock. Wending our way for a little
distance around tbe base of the hlll. we
slaked ourthlrst at the Identical spring
where, nearly 6 century sgo, the origi
nal CapUloOrayTf Columbia River
history, replenished bis water casks and
returned to tba open aea, saUafled that
"Cape Disappointment? was a simple
headland, marking the entrance to ah
Inoonalderabls bey, rather than a stately
nflnel. a It aftel-wahll-pmenrti ta,
guard forever tb mighty channel of tbe
maj ratio River of the West '
Our party was next Introduced to tbe
senior tight-bouse keeper, J. W, Manson,
and bis estimable wife. After enjoying
brief respite' from our wandering in
tbelr comfortable home, we all proceeded
up tba promontory, through the mili
tary read, paat tba balUrlsa,-and under
the shadow of parapet, till wa reached
tb round tower. Hitting down upon
the very verge of tbe Occident, to catch
our breath and wonder and admire we
loitered for an hour, loth to disturb by
our voices tba monotonous melody of
tb moaning breaker. But the gentle
man who bad carried tbe luooh Vera
hungry; and allladieskoow that there
Isn't much active appreciation of the
beautiful In the breast of a hungry
Removing to tbe shade af tha tower, wa
our anowy table linen upon the
aweeVclover and arranged upon It a din
ner fit for a sovereign people. Tbe ao-
qurtproTedttailUieTiuuger ofour party
bad Bo been .mojiopolixad by gentle
men. Aftcr4arich walimbed the spi
ral stairway and stood fao to fac with
tba mighty prismatic glob that nightly
ralhsrs up the rays of the great lamp
and sends tbem Hashing la a brUlisut J,
a . ... .1 . . i r
gleam atawan toaauiien waiera toguiue
tb mariner eafely into port. Tb wall
of tb tower are six feet thick, arc of
olid masonry, and are lighted by lb
plate- glaasv-The ftftosn-locav o-i
lumbald, bettor known as tb "awamp
angel" w don't mean tb Opvrnor of
Oregon, although wa were assured that
and CoL Teal have recently appro
priated alt tba adjacent rocks and bead-
land andee the "swamp act" of 1870
we da mean the great gun that mounts
gwasd bard by tbabaee af -tbe tower
waa one fired ail by aa ambitious man
ager of ordinance, and the concussion
broke tb plate gtaaaia tb tower and
Blayed general bavoa la other way. If
you'd plan a man-of-war lo tha rem of
that "aogei," he'd gat bl aides shat-
thare'e any. axengtng at
flaacy 1b It aowto or not, Mr. Manson
I aa original character. Having much
loag hour wbaa be keeps tbe lights, he
to naturally a great reader, aad pom em
Ing a retentive memory and kaa In
sight lata human natore, ba to always
Which f Iteeif will weu repay yoa r a
visit to bis boms la th cloud. ToU'Il
ba sura ta carry away a volum of Co
lumbla River klatory la year brrJn, If
yoa eaa engage him la oouvsraaUon for
aa boor or two.
Tb rsflecUooi and rafraotlaBh of tha
rreat prismatic globe which Mr. Maneoa
ao delights to keep Iq perfect order, form
panoramic Views of tba ocean and head
lands that yo can gaze upoa for hours,
slasys seeing something uew and
strange and panning beautiful. Io after
years,-whu tba griassboppar shall liave
become a burden, to us, and we are no
longer able to do duty In the world's
great harre(Jf we are eom palled lo
wait awhlle,kfor the fiual summons of
the mystic , mesaeogsr, . wall . ask
Aunt Coluaibla, io -whose' Mricejke
bav, toiled so loug,4o favor us with the
office of llght-hou-keeper. In some
lonely regloii, where we msy cud our
dsys lu esse and study7Bleased.are
they whose sa pi rations are limited, 1
And tot every boneat 'reader say aineu.
Oolog aboard the "Varaua" ia tbe af
ternoon, our graoloue captala beaded for
Fort rMevens, Where tba deputy pay
master
ot General Jloward'a. 41 vision
bad the pleasaat task ia store of
taaa- I
Ing". .the soldiers with sundry green
backs. . Hs'ra w bad two hours for
scaoulng tb fort. Cot Miller, . tbe
obliging oommaodiiFof be poai; oelug
himself busy with tb duties of bis of
floe, kindly turned our party over to the
courtesies of IJeut. Knapp, who showed
us through tbe fort and oyer tbe ram
part, around the batterlee and Into tb
mou ths of lbs guns, acroae th moat and
over the parade grounda 'conducting us,
at last, by Invitation of Col. Miller, to
headquarters, wberf we war hospitably
sntertaiued by the accomplished wife of
the latter geoUemaa, Ull the " Varuna's"
signal admonished as to retrace our
steparneir"macbTgretted belug
unable to tarry until the Colouel could
be disengaged, ssvthe Collector of Cue
tome assured us that wa would find blm
equally as courteous. I ntej Hgntand af-.
fable as his
1 .H. Z'..a 1.. ... 1 ."iTPliWt" isniri ng fiuui I?'to-1t Teotwi
wife. . . '
If your buabaad belong to tb army,
you have a through ticket for your life's
eSpeneesTbut It must be a terrible huly
existence -We'd rather keep a light
house, - i ;.r7--,.. .
Returning to Astoria, we found put-
selves thoroughly tired - ant. Basted
that night without other rocking than
Mb lingering effect of Vfa Varu CTTTn
motion, and awoke, on Saturday with
stiff Joint and a voracious appetite.'
Saturday evening brought aa into tbe
press no of a goodly assemblage of As
toria's beat aitlxona, who llUod with
polite Intootneee to a lecture upoa tbe
Advantage of tb Ballot."
"Sunday evening we met ao augmented
audience and spoke upon an "Everyday
Religion." Upon thla (Monday) even-
log we are to try to address tbe people
upon the "Cause and Cure of Crime.'
aa eisewnere, me leading ana more in
telligent of tbe cltlxens-baing constant
attendants. Tba Spiritualists bav a
fine ball, which I placed at oar disposal
at reasonable rate by Mrs. Ross, Preal
dent of the Society. The church people
always rapt tbto ball for festivals and
eottoerU to raise money to keep their
consecrated carpet and cusbioos la or
der. How we wish Brother Hammond
fwould cotne dowv "her and carry-on
Juat such uuloa meetinge la the Spirit
ual ball as tbe meetinga at Portland la
tbe skating rink bav become under bla
mlntotrattona, It-would be-a-toatlag
benefit to tb good people her as else
where to mix tbemealvea ao thoroughly
that they'd all forget tbelr particular
gdoxlealand unite ia a QOaaftasOOaat broth-
arliand for tha
precepts of .the Golden Rule.
Tbe ..weather . to tollghtfully cool.
Many resident of Portland are sojourn
ing here, and many other arc at the
seaside. -Our nextdesUnatloa 1 Oyster-
ville, wbltber we are to go npou tba
opmlog Friday. . A. J. D.
Astoria, July 19, 1875. ( ,
IECEJTEYEIT8. '-f:
Lady-Pranklln( widow of Sir John
Franklin, died at London onth lOthu
Ex-Senator Carpenter; has ben-r-
Ulned by tba city of Jfew York for tb
proaecntloQ of Tweed.
Tbe public school-Lou aa at Vktoh
City, CaCTwa destroyed by fir on tba
17th. The building cost $12,000, and
as the only publio school building In
the place. . . .. . - , '
A telegram from rU John, B., UDraochsa. Hloton fork to tba eastern
- . . . .. 1 .... .. . t. I klanah aT W i 1 ..w .-j l. . . -
der date of tba lOlb, aay that the
rock at Saw Mill KocJsank la flOeea
minutes, audjjlis" supposed brok 1a
tWO. ., , , ,---
Several officials havs beaa oloaely at
work la tba oollootor's effloe examining
tbe late defalcations at Loourvilla, The
amount will ba mach larger tbaa at
first supposed probably not lam tbaa
$7o,OOUk. ..,
A delegation of friend of District At
torney Fisher have goae from Wsahlng
ton to Long BreDefe 4 sscur bis reten
tloa la offloe. Tboee who wish him re
moved are equally earnest 1a tb other
dlraotloB. '
Coining for tb fiscal year, st th
three coinage mints, Philadelphia, Ban
Francisco and Carson, will approximate
as follow : Gold, 134,000,000; trad dol
lara, $,000,OUO ; sobaidlary silver coin,
$.000,000; minor coinage, $25,000, '
A nnmber of persons were broorbl be
fore tb V. 8. District Court at St Louis
00 tb 17tb, under Indictment found la
the whisky case by lb grand Jury, for
liquor casks, and Illicit distilling. Tba
defendant waved arraignment, pleaded
i- ,- 4-
wu iu auiui
ranging from $3,000 to $10,000,
. Tba Omaha HerakT$ spaolal from the
Red Cloud agency reports the killing af
two Indiana and tbewoundlng ofthree
others by soldiers on the rwtarvaUoa B
tba 15 tb. Tb Indians ara iBtssasly ex
cltod over tb oceurrenos, aad alT nego
tiations and work of the ommlsslours
ara entirely sospeoded, aad they arc
deUIoed at Bad Cloud agency. ...Tba
circantatascaa Bttandlna; tba aflalr ara
not known. ' . .
IEW8 ITEM3.
stats Aa raajrHlAl- .
Astoria has rtlebralrd the Fourth' of
July jor S7 'consecutive years. "
Tle thermometer stood at lit! degree -
la th.sliad at Furt Vaia, B. C.oo tb
Stb laC ... .
Clackamas county has reduced Ita In
debtedness within Ihe past year down .
totATSffSS. ... ' ' v
On last" Wediteaday evening $1,U)0 waa.- -subacrileu
to finish the Kalem-Metho- 7
dlst Church. . -:v.,v v
--Tbe Virtu quarts mill cleaned up
last' week SH.i-to, which was run Into
three gold bars.
A large tree near Olympfa was struck ' '
by llgbluiug ou Wsdaeaday saoraiag af
laat week, and art on Dre. r
' Tb farmer ia tbe. vicinity of Mon
mouth or busy putting up hay. . Tb '
weather is most favoratrhraud the yield
good. . . .
' The Orphans" Home at ttoJem hmh
now eleven inmatea. . .
1 number 'of apiications on tiand asking-
for the admission of other., -
The HestWKiiKifcA says: There are'
two fisheries ready to eomoiene opera
lions atMukllteoaaeooo as sal mou com
mence ruouiug. tt Js the intention of 1
both firms to pickle all tbey catch., , 1
' About eighty persons Went wlia.Rev. '
K. P. Hammoud on tb excursion from ' .
Albany to Kugen tost week. Ttie evan
gel 1st chartered la ear conveying them,
and paid for the same from his private
purse. .' . :
There are XaoH cbihlrea la Clackamas
county who are emitted lo tbe benefit of -the
school fund. The amount of the lr- -reducible
school fund apportioned te that
county to tl.tttri Wo coin, aud SK 47 cur
reacy. .
. Tha new bridge aerom Pudding River,
oa tba road between Halem and K. C.
tteers piaos, foil during lu conatrurtlon
oa Thursday. ' It was &NJ feet long; this
to lie second fall; toeom patency of tb
builder to tba cause. .
' Tbe wool market at The Dalles, tars
the - liountninrrt. la rather heavy, the
jru-wtsw, m v mat arwaajv a tuaj wtsvi UUJT
era will hsrdly get even on their pur
cbaana. w wlah It were otherwise.
On hundred and uliiety sbaep wer
shipped at Olympla for Victoria lastJ
weak, and "100 on Wednesday. Tb
ateamers also took 81 head of cattle at Ta-' . .
coma for tha aame port, an Sunday night,
and two ear loads (about 800 bead) on
Wednesday-.
B. F. Mason's little boy, about four
yearn oidt was badly buriiwl a few dityi
ago near Eugene. His clothing caught
from tha remains of a fire used by some
campers, aad be ran to tha bouse, fan-
ninsf tha fir Into a flame which waa '
difficult to extinguish, c -- - -
Rev. E. P. Hammond commenced ble
labors at Malem In the Opera Hons on
Saturday evening. His work la Albany
waa carried forward With much ardor
and enthusiasm, the resideut ministers
and Christians cordially enterlog Into
the spirit of the meeting.
An Olympla paper aays: A couple of
ehltdrea, a aephew and Blece of Mr.
Oleasou, of Cbebalto coaaty, aged re
spectively 14 aud lUyearv arrived la this .
place a few days ago. direct from Ireland,-- .
having performed th entire trip, with- -out
any com pan loos bat stranger. :
Th Willamette Transportation Com'
paay propose U carry wheat from Alba
ny through to Astoria, at $x a too, with- .
out x pause of rebandllng at Portland.
Tbto looks aa though there was quite a v
respectable fight between that company - ...
and tha railroad." Sosaysth jfetorwiM.
' Tbe Internal revenue colUction for -the
district of Washington Territory, for
th fiscal year endlngJone Sty 1875,
amounted to $21,003 M. This revenue
waa derived principally frooa special
taxes on tba sale of liquor, tohaeeo and
beer, and 00 Ibe maoufactur of the
latter article. ;
- The Attorim my: A gentleman from
San Joae came to Knapptowto took at
lumber wanted for fruit-basket manu- l
factnr. He was so greatly pleased with
what hr fonnd that he ordered very
largely ia eseeae or Bis previmia intert-"
Hon. autTablpDed a Dortioa of his nnr. l
ebaaeat onoa. ;;;7-. , . f.
" The bop af tba Puyailup valley are
looking as fine aa la any past year."
There are between 140 and 1 75 acre of
vinos two years or more old, which will .
bear an average of a tea aa Bora.--.-Thw
farmers ara Jubilant la oonsequanee.
There Ie a .rich prospect before them, if
present prices do not go down. 1 r
: Tb Olympla " CbuWrr r sayT Cut-"
worm are proving a great aanoyance to
gardaacrs aad farmers of this region Ibid -
j-Duuocs. canoaf a ana vegela-
bias, have suflered considerably, aud In
tbe Puyailup region the bop rrop.has
been damaged by Ihem materially. Jio
plan of getting rid of tba posts baa been
aunreated, except lo dig tbem out, and-
Kill IUVIU.
Wa find tba followln aonnuntnf tha
disaster resnl ting from a water-spout la
rjmmtmra re woo, in ine I rr ponton of tb.
ItHh Inst.: At about 4 P. M. on Sunday,
July lltb, svtarribla water-spout oc
curred on the Hloton fork of Willow
ereekr flood! Iir and devaatatlnr nln.
wuw ismm m one-
row but very fertile valley, emptying lo
tothematn creek at the town of if epp oefT
The spool occurred on the high bill be
tween Hloton creek aad Batter areek.
tbe water flowing la foor dlrectiona, bub
probably three-fourths of It went down
two canyons- meeting at Ine bouse of
Joba H in too. From hre It swept v- -erythlng
before It. Feacaa, crop, stacks,
out-bouses and tools, were carried oft la
amassorruio. All th gardens were de
stroyed, and there to probably lea than '
acre of good grain toft standing la tha
valley below the point mentioned. Tb .
boo of Mr.Bralnard wa struck by ihe-
fuM force of the flood, a bay-stack burled
against It, aad th Inmates bad but bare
ly escaped irons tbe building when It waa
broken aa aad washed away. Notblag
waa saved from tha house at tba time,
tb flood coming so suddenly and swift
ly that everything bad to ba abandoned,
but since th water has subsided, wart.
us article of valu bav been recovered:
from among tba deoris. . Several other
booses were flooded, but not otherwise
injured. Ke Uvea wer lost, nor was
there any Stock, killed so tor as known.
Tbe amount of danger below Heppoer 1
uava not aoenaJoed.pul aa ins vaUsy
widens out from tbto paint, it I pra-
turned that It to not great.
t. -
Tba Stateimtm anaouacos by adver-
of-WH. MeDowelrr:
M. TX$ bb aa independaat aad mpw-
anoa candidal for tba 44th ranrna,.
. T - . . . -:J-l
"subject to eitner or la aamioallBa;
coBvcntlou Bad
tb will af voter at
tb polls.'
Jamas IiOeder. Indicted with John J.
Price for perjury iB Connecttoa wTthlhe"
Tiltoa-Boscher case, was arraigned la
Brooklya oa tb loth and pleaded sot
guilty. Frio waa not arraigned. ' '
Judge Deaobea gave Ida decision oa
the lota entering tba bill of parUeulare
asked for by tba dafendaat la tba civil
tail of tha people vs. WavM. Tweed.
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