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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1875)
I t.4 .Ai.U.tUewnexDftoiceibec f V a,r- .tVtStl I. I rI DAY- JULY JO, 1874. i vuU t!Mr HUt boom teat U U a i ! tea M IM I (ipna ebarM spot) . ud Utry Will eoolar a M tovor et tajvmg a sassey CIZZ1S0JII0 01EPIEJCE. SjtJt I tmt m hy tow, ta ssl I to kmmm mm storr Itilgsesid mar -' IN etreage thal'MUto? In all 14 e-al ef the-depth ef the iiimniH gutlm aod tyranny - that 4nn hie wife from hie bom, have Ike line above quoted la Mm TEh, Irartervlle address to : bwt that lordly I). D- la a towkiMt sersac-s o tb Iweoty lady grades! of Packer Col- last, tete, la Brooklye, la tb year mi grs-e 1873, ahooM quota thsm, seed tbem ta tb careful eoneld es euUand womea, aod weave a far their edlfleettea, the Var t which waa akin to tba la seoUasent, la almost past doctor, aa may be up for hie text tba following: Has I would have yaa to kaowthat tba af every aaaa la Cbrtot, and tba of tba wraeaaa la maa, end tba bead f CfcrtotMOod." I,- ..... Tha aoreaea abounded la declaration af eaaa'e aapetiority; la ashertaltoe to la lordly aaaaarptiow af tba dfviaa .right af buabenda, and kindred refiea ef barbarism aod tyranny. II eaaaaaalad them aa women to aeoept tba bat ha aaa.gt.ad, aad which ha claimed tha ficrlpttiraa assigned to then; aod "if aa walk with a ooulleae brute, aad atrive to "win: to fulfill thair high deatiay la giving their waa la aacrifloe for tba alua of men." Ba argwed that Ood aod natara gave wwaaaa laaaj hair la alga of aubjeetlon, ad if aha haa any rlghu to aaeert which with her aabjectloo to maa, be aa hagla tha aaiovely and attuat ml atrajggla by abavlng oil her hair. Why tha reverend gentleman ' nag- la further etraagthta hie poaitioir by dadarlag that wwaaaa atuat wear bl- garaiinta, or gracefully eubmlt mtoptioa of power, lauglne. .Tba abort balr and argaaaaat al way go together, each laaraeaee weight with wmem af hia claea, aad women wbo de nghtlaaarvUity. That tbia dootriae of paative obedl waa la aalthar Hori plural aor rational, it wet hard ta prove. Tba death tbroe of gevaraanat by Mdlvlu right" are twrtttaaaiith11a Uaw U aartala. Ia refeaee to tble mat tar, tha Wumamfi Journal aaya : - "Tory aalakaUr la 177V preached aarmona from Uba text, 'Fear od and liooor the Klac. " l-ra aUvery divlnea la 1800 oloqweot aver "Servant, obey laatrra. To-day tba aaaaa claaa wf aaaw Call hack . apoa : tba paaaage, J'Wlvwa, aabaait yooraelve .onto your - haabaad aa anto tba Lord.1 " Tlil tort af tbiag aaay g dowa with Ignorant i a aaaa vent urea toad -awel- ajamltlgatad gjadaatlag elaaa of youog women, we hwow wat whatber aaoat to admire the efliwateiy af tha preacher or the patience mi ha awdlewca. We quIU agrea with thejoraal aaeatloaed tbat "Brooklyn a not the place aor the present tba time far (fvtag each advice to w-emea.'' - -- That aajch adviee, faithfully aad lit-1 araHy carried aot, woald result dleaa tiwaaljf to woasaa, and through bar to tha raoa, la a-parrat ta all wboae aeaae of tratit, howor, aad j oat Ice ia not en rani la tha las penetrable crust of bu aaaarlflabaoaa. The kind of obedience which wemaa propoea aa oaercise I i to tyraaay, which la wobe iMOsd." ' IITXLIXCTU1L rEOQiESS. a. Owa by awa tbe.doora of college q galaat.aroaaea are thrown i aa their aeralataat and determined i by pe apring ap new in atitatlaa faaadad for tba purpoee of gdetet; wnmia equal intellectual edvan i with aaaa; aad by be mired aod af wwmea are tba long aad eagerly anticipated opportanltlea for lo tsJirctaal aevalopaaaat i as proved. 31Th i. rwlVrra. al Xortbaas drdicatcd daring tba th, and tba ytem of In 1 aa broad aad tbor i aa It la la eel It gee for ateo. Preel rweyla, la aa addwaa apoa tba ee la apeaklng af tba alma of the aaya, -tbat that narrow aaaa alway aeea tba bane of ia edacalloa will eepeclally be aval did; that tha aim haa beea aa Mar be eeoretla aatural acleocea that kadlea aaay become aufflclently with their general priaclaha aad leading facta, to fl aa Irtartat la tba progrtaa of acieaca; fa clearly aoaa prebend ita Important dla aad ta ha prvparad ta make al ia eome cboara fleld, original laeaatigatlaw.w Urn alalalasil tbat there waa -no aaara daagvr af Impairing tba health of wwaaaa try a J ad k) owe aoaraa of etudy thaw of tea pairing the health af maa la Hha oaaamar. It to aoderatood tbat tbey ajaai epectal aafugwarda, bat thee are aaafly pvarMed. . Home af tbeee art aa avwd ra tha tawrwctUa of altdtngi; aa aasfar attewUew aa aleeping apart-jarwe-5J1faat ta their aeeda; aad la eeparatd, tha aaporvltioa af latelli whlla for tba aake af their aadrltaal health, ta promate vlrtua, add am la W Mty aad teaehableaaaa, I la be diatlaeU vely aad aa- y Chrtetiaa la It raaraatrv, riaaiilial eeacludsd hi adJrea aw ah fallalatliaai:t "TTi tn irl aa all wwa have at heart the welfare of 7 la all vbe have had la their . histof ;- - . wesed. tea sjhlgb capacity, as' "well ea'of bar un bounded loflesece, to balp aa form aa Institution wblcb will ankble bar tba better to fcaov tbat All-perfect M iod la wboss Image aba ' wa created,, and wham If te ber blgbaat glory to express aod ber highest j oy -to apprehend. We believe tbat tba higher . luteingeoee wbleb as ay tbua bo secured will event ually vat aod ennoble all depart menu of woman'a work; tbat a richer Inheritance of blood willilccand to children; tbal children-themselves will be more carefully nurtured; tbat fash Ioa will be: lea tyrannotia and drrea lea absurd: , tbat aooeteatatlotM colt a re wilt take tba place of noisy pedantry; tbat boeae life will be valued more and borne Influence felt more- deeply; tbat msiTtege wilt havs less 'bitterness, and society lees frivolity. . Tbeee, my friends, are sot tba fanciful, they are tba logical and natural eequeucea of the culture wa propose to give." After the drat year there will be tbree elective coo rata of study for tboea wbo dteli tbe culture of . apeclattaJeoXaJpolutment anil Raketa lUy Tbe'Va- Tba arrangomenta af tba Institution are la every reopect auperlor and complete, and Ita influence upon tba women--of the Btata aod nation during, tba year tbat are to ' come will . doubtlee - be vaM enough to aatlafy tba benevolent do ignaef ita founder, and fulfill (be hope of tbooaanda of ardent advocate of edu cational advantage tor women. usa irrr or eobebt sale ovor. M uch ba recently been written and read aoaaeraing tba Insanity of -Kobert Dale Owen, tba wrack of hia brilliant reason being usually attributed ta the eRecta of Spiritualism, and eepeclally to bla publio endorsement of' th "Katie King" frauds Thla to denied by those wbo know moat of tba circumstances connected with hi aberration of mind. Wbila en route for tba Iodiana Inaan Asylum, lo company with bla two aone, tha Indlanapolla aorreapondent of the CincUmati Gazttte obtained en Inter view with tbem, and give th probable cauaea of Mr. Owen'v loaanity, aa told him by one of tba tons; of thla wa give a abort aynopal. About a month previoua to hi com- iie asylum) be a a pro-1 t rated with a severe attack af nervous bilioua fever, and for a weak or ten daya waa very dangerously 1IL He bad eommeuced writing a new work on the ology, wblcb be waa dealrou of com pleting aa aoon a poasible, and several daya before bo ba4 aufflclently reeov ored to da any brain work, and while till confined to bl bad, ba resumed work upoa It, dictating to bla daughter, wba acted a amanuensla. Tb more b did lb more be eemed delermiaed to - t",,,yw" " catna "t ""-" out of bed, ba would get ap or any hour of tb night to Jot down any point that occurred to him.. Tble aggravated bla dleeaer i and aoon Ms.mlnd eeemed ta Ioa It balance. II lost tb power of concentrating bla tbougbla, wandering from point to point aod completing .no line. of thought or argument.' IltoalafcpreacoilykJ tangible form, lie imagined himself Immenaely wealthy and the belr to the earldom of BradalbaneT that he Waa the the family, and upon bini liad de- eeended Ite title and catatea. H con llnually talked about bow be' would found Inatltutlooa of K-arnlog, provide borne for th poor, etc., etc. " He be came reatleaa and uneasy, apemed to have no Idea of time aod space, bla mind continually, wandering, and be desiring ta waader with IL Upon being Interrogated relative to tba Katie King matter, la connection with bla father a inaanlty, tba eon replied : ' "I da not think It bad the least to do with hia trouble. At the time, be waa very much chagrined, and thoroughly Indignant at lb deception practiced apoa blmfbut long before bis aickoeee be bad forgotten all about it, at leeat be hadn't aen tioned tb matter for acveral week. For aonta time before hia alckneaa ba waa wholly oocupied with hia new work oVtbeology, entitled,. Tba Unity of Ood,' I believer which be wiabed to fin- lab brfnrr his drath, for be Tin n lm. preaaioo tbat h ahall not live a great while tonger.' ' '''C '' - Tb pbyaldan at tbtr asylum regards bl case a a difficult one, but not alto gether bopeleae. ,;. Any veraioo of tb atory of a mighty 1" t, lllffrrf wreck, after years of brilliant action Is aaj and pitiable enough, aad wa give tbia version aa we found It, preaumlng It entltle1 to aa much credence aa toy other giveo. :' ' .'. ',' ; ESlfoiUL C0EU8P0IDDICC. lAa RaAoaaaoe van Waw'Woataeasi: . After having finished your laat edito rial letter from Astoria, It became the pleasure of your bumble aervant .to climb tba hlgbU overlooking tba set tled portion af the town, with a view ta speculating lo real estate. There I aa denying tba natural commercial ad vantage of tbia seaport, and there la every evidence that ao met I me there will ba a city here. But there I on fatal drawback ta tba prosperity of tbia and every other terminal point, both by aea and rail, upon tb Pacific elope. Tba early squatter, or those who, from tba aecideat of birth, got footing be fore other, from a Ilk accident, ra ce! veil existence. at well aa all tboea wbo bar acquired a later Imaginary monopoly of the aoU( wblcb la In reaU Ity tba birthright af bamaaity, tb earn aa air or water) tha prl-yaf aqn.t. tar bold tb laad they aaonol use, and eoaeoqoontly have no right ia uouopo llafpaiauch axorbttaal Igursa that aa eeaaibto buyer will porchon, PeoaUae b know better tbaa to bankrupt blm adf la eaoar a law square feet of mother earth -wblcw, at ar magi wf tarty-flv degreee, frown la bla lac from amid a Jangl of tallea treee aad andrbmh, above which blackened akeletoa of tb flre - kllled forval bold aloft tbdr denuded from Hade. Cobaequeotly, though Oie town eeema le be Improving aomewbat, aad to Ulnly allv with a floating population, IU real prosperity 1 a myth, so far a tba masiss are concerned, and will re mala till those wbo wleb lo settle on the aea board can buy Astoria property at Kba Francisco price. - Tba gnat present want of tb visiter. aa well aa tb resident here, ia tel graphic coo noctloA with tbe loalde world. Tbia' la aoon to be a paying Inveetment for capital, and It' punlia ua greatly tbat it baa beea ao tong delayed. W can "5oly account for. It from tba fact tbat -women haven't tba control v of money with wblcb to build it, aad men are ao alow aod ploddiog. Jt Finished our course f 4etura with undiminished audleneea, and tbaa can vaaaed portloo of tb town for ob acriptiona to th People1 Paper, receiv ing a goodly number. -. - Ho a week passed, and on Friday morning ncDeia , acoompaaioa by a bevy of girl, bound for Cap D1 tap- run a" waa being loaded with bay for rort Ktevena, and waa behind time. But w waited ber cooveoieoee, aod tbea'went aboard by running down a narrow plank, a dietanc of lea feet, at an angle of forty-nine degree, to tba tap of tb wbeel-hoose, apoa wbleb our avoirdupois treiriblingly and ponderous ly alighted, while tba little steamer rocked itself In tb tide lik a pioneer baby's cradle, bewed from an elderberry tree. Tbe boaom of the river beaved with tba undulating breath of tbe surg ing waters, and tha little ateamer bore ua upon the billow lik a thing of life; whistling to scare tbe seals that basked upon the beach at 8and Island, and again lathing tbe spray with ber bow and trn lik aa excited little whale. A half-hour at the baa of Cap Dla appointment, and wa were compelled to bid tbe bevy of girt good-bye, aod ra- embark" upon tbe "Vara na" bound for Unity, a clty-that-ie-to-be, which you can't yeLae for tbe baabe for which you are beading, beyoud Itakar'a Bay. Ran aground about a hundred feet from tbe little wharf and-rwaited. A balky bora may try your patience, and a mired team may vex you, but that Is nothing io compare to the anaoyauceof a grounded boat. How you ympatbisa with ber ash aerate lies bottom, throw ing up aaud and allaic! And bow sorry you feel for yourself when tb reaction from a lit of eea-sickoe-a admoblabe you tbat you're hungry? But ther' no help for It, aod you wait, wait, wait, until a lucky turn in wlud or. wheel or tide we defy any laud-lubber to aay wblrh let' you out of tb mud, and you fetch up alongside th Ultl wharf. which, you are aaiurod, to aoon to be -"""" a K mrwirw j Wa I riviw VMVW IUVI V av hrLti. t.r.,hi..i...-xr who have beea rusticating at Bay View House, - a hotel that rightly Ukea lu name from Ita surroundings, wblcb la admirably kept, at reatouable rraes, by irrjrood Jfrlendu, Mr. and MraTHantor, get goon, ciean, auoeianiiai rooa ana luy room and bed. : Th July air I cool enough for Octo ber, and you. gather your wrap about you wlthaalgh of . sympathy for loved one wbo are enduring tb tropical beat of Portland and the Willamette. Valley, while you are replenishing tb fir in th hotel rrir J. I). Uolmaur of Portland, ia tb town proprietor be re, and be, like every other freeholder on the beach or Bear It, awn a terminus to Columbia River navigation which is sure In. time to make a sea-board city. And surely Mr, II. ba much to Justify bis assumption. Tbe location Is lovely, tb climate uu- surpassed, and tba natural advantage for water, fuel, fishing, bathing, boat- Ing, gunning, and algbl-seelnf remark able. He name bla new town "Ilwaca," tbe earns being the euphonious appella tion of a departed iwab, tbe founda- earthly habitat Ioa was pointed out to ua by tbe aforesaid pro- prietor; and wa were Juet growing po- Irtlff, fi I'syson Hammond, wbeo our friend Informed ua tbat tbe great Ilwa ca' spout wis burdened with tb prosy Saxon ptrthaymrc, "Jane. gbadea of Minnehaha I bow we ha-ha ed ! . .la the evening a goodly company gathered ourselves la the glow of a great camifeflr lu fmnt nf M Hal lie tent, where w indulgedliia, "sparking"-with fir boughs tbat ent tbe llfhted crackling cinders .beavenward tbrougb the awaying trees, reminding u of other time lo tb long ago,' . "ht we all weal fif7nt.m I Tbew"W retired ta tba arato lo the great loot, and Indulged la song and Jokss and speeches and laughter and remlolscence-and anecdote until tbe hour of tenwben tbe campers betook (bsmsslves ta lb tent, tbe rest of aa to tb hotel, and all to tbe healthy repose of tbe honestly weary. Dr. Oleoo aod dsughter, Mr. Deo- llnger, (tbe "Arcadia" of the Orroo. tan), and buaband, lira. E. F. Ruaaell and children, Mr. and Mr. Trarer, and Ur.Htad Mr. Cornell, of Portland, arc bare for a sojourn, and many others are arriving and departing daily. ; ,- Thla (.Saturday) . afternoon' stag takes u ta Oyatcrville, where we are to carry the gospel of freedom, from which place you will next bear from your bamble servant, A.J.D. i waca, rr. t.; July n wra. ; . :z A bother baa received "tbeerowa with- out tha euuflUiC' STfTld aJraT Nortbrup were oo Wedaeaday called upon te commit to tbe place appelated for all living, tbe lovely form af their latent daughter. We tender tbem our eympatbles for their earthly Joes while w leal that I tiers I ae death for tbe eberub whom they ae sadly mlae from their home.' . - -la thai rrl tot-.toi-v silllaess ssetasloa, Bt v-aia tnls l-d, ttaft W int -utiMt, mr nina Mnt anrtetloa. MMUv-fbo-armll-H.r . ... . FE0JECT8 TO HOUSE VAE. V Must people know it may be auppoeed tbat there art, societies lu Europe and America, wblcb bar lo view tbaambl Ueue parposa of abolishing war. Af Elgin, IU., there I a "peace office," from which, circular and balletiaa are occasionally issued, in which tbe folly and wickedoeaa of war are aet forth apd enlarged apoa, roe pied with .ex bona tlooa to all Chriatcodom ta anlfa la a res olution to prevent Jotcrnatlonaldiapu tea and rivalrie from being puabed ia future lo trial by battle. To aay nothing about tbe schema Itself for abolishing war be ing full of abaurditlee, It may b re marked tbat tb argument presented la tbeee bulletin r tn mabyolntcrada and lll-onaldeed. On wrticlf. assert tbat tba profession of tb hired soldier and"al soldiers are under payi bo better than tbat of tba nlred assassin. Another think that all tbe money (peat lo maintaining ataodtag armies la ao much wealth annihilated aod forever lost. ' Another, that aa tb reeuti of our. great war, we have nothing but an im mense debt, an appalling waste of hu man Ufa, aad a fearful depression of tb taodard of aaorallty. Aod tb result of all war are put in tbe same category exoluslvs evil to maoktod.-" New,- these are' view wblcb few sound thinkers are able to Join; In. Home of tbem run counter to the com mon aeoae of man kind. There ta tbe broadest distinction between, the de struction of life by war and tbe taking of Ufa by murder. Here there I no room whatever for argument. J The cotaiwm Judgment of bnmanltyDatu rally makea tbe distinction; and tboee wbo argue an-tbe pblloaophy of tbe nursery - poem, that Alexander tb Oreat, by causing tbe death of multi tudes lo war, waa therefor a greater criminal and greater enemy of tbe hu man race than tba man- wba murdered bla neighbor oa training day, la rather weak for a society which propose to re form an evil so ancient, so ubiquitous, End 0 Inalicnabl from man' poaitioo oo earth, as war Is. ' . . There are both permanent cauaea and proximate excitement of war. Tha permanent cauaea li la tb system of national competition. -The proxtmslfc wHcn-mrgbrt5ctter bees oeoationt of war, lie la the pretexta wblcb are found to bring about a 'collis ion between the antagonistic force. Every nation' duty, first and last,' is to Itself. Io diplomacy, civllltie and high-bred eourteeie pas between na tion. . But these are simply tbe cover log In which exquisite dissimulation masks Jtaelf. Where there are rival in teres ta there la au enmity between na tions, which arlsea not out of tbe feel Inge, but out of the necessities of their bla fact and it ia not Maaible fo-rero- la. 'a t & .aa'. uu boan fll OB "' Therefore, it will be bsrJly practicable to oforo tb ambltiou project of abol lablng war;." - -y ' ' AdmitlinaT that evils grow out of war. It-by uo Bueana follow that war ia wholly aq. evil." In fact,, as . history shows, it baa always been a most power ful agent of human progress. Writers who anathematize war see buly Its proxlmate, boi It iiUiuiaUf"resulls. From Herodotus to Chaaning and Robert Hall, tbsy daelT uisluly on tbe horror of th battle-llrlJ where, in deed, there are horror enough. But war brings In the long mn it iaf attan. .Alexanders campeigoe pro duced prodigious slaughter and vast tern porary m is ry . Bu t " tbey opened a new career foebuujau development; they led directty'io an immense exten alou of human culture; and It to Dot too much to say, a Draper and others polut out, tbat to these same wicked earn palgna of Alexander'a manklud If In debted Immensely, almost inconceiva bly, for tba prog rets mad and still be ing made ln.intellectua enligbtenineut Tb war of tb French Revolution have been called a horrible aeourge to our race; but we abould not forget that to these war Europe it, olainly indebted for ber preseut growing freedom From tbe etlla that attended and followed wort awn civil war, we hv abumlaut coin peosation In tbe. removal of mighty wrong tbat curssd us s a nation; we ar dop with th sectional hostility, al moat resembling war, which long ex isted prior to tbe actual shock of arms, and we hay what waa absolutely nece-. sary for the permanence of our govern uDtTBamety7kn assertion and definl tlonof tb .tru limit of national au thority. "Though th Idea of abolishing war la a romantic one, there are th beat ground for asserting tbst it ought not to succeed if It could. When w tak anything lik a wide view of tbe subject, we are driven tb th conclusion tbat war to among tbe evila that are aalutary to man. "or wilt Ibis appear paradoxical whan w reflect that by the exercise of evil passions equally with good pur poses, ear race I driven irresistibly oolyour safe aod pleasant trip. la it progressive course. All Is gov erned by overrun of law. Evil furulthss It owe antidote aod thus correct Itself. Wordsworth, wth his deep philosoph ical insight, saw thla ; w find him aay lof. ' . . ;: : ,,-r- ThM Und's tnou rMkd4 liv-tmnwnl 'la amrkiaaoal a sort latest . It mmm-arrar-4 Ibr aialaal slaabter: ' Tea,CSBaceltHlsaaf1ri-. For till Wordsworth baa often been . 1 1 . . . i cvDsurcM yjiuast wiiujuim umnmniu i , bimt- Hi critic dwelt aa tbesurfsce of thing. H looked far below first aod aud dei I red hti light from aa laslgbt lata tb principles which underlie aod 'direct tbe whole program of our race, War, he perceived, I physical-necessity arisiug out of man' nature when combined with I map' allnatioa. It -to the aaothr of wrong hod apollatlon; It I tb aeourge of Clod, fiut, like other aoourge la the economy of nature, It peri flea and re deem itself la lu character of a coaster force to greater evila thai could wot i , : i : : etherwlsa be interrupted ar reii rested, and furuitbes eouliuually new surfing point for tb do ward movement of hu manity. ; -. j At for tba argument tbal ever) thing wblcb to drawn from the-industry of a people to support armies aid turn lab Uhst we should aot be totally over lb material of war ia an much alto-1 looked, I venture to myself enter tbe getber wasted, It will not, bear a mo- j arena, new to me, af a be wepaper corre- ment' xauiuatie. All tbe baUooa of Europe to-day maintain Immense arm i. To . clothe - and ubai4 thet4fter atrrver jmille to w ri te sTkmi Uibal stimulate every branch pi Industry, furnlsbee employment for multitudes, and spreads prosperity en all aide. - Oo this point tbe writing of tb peace as sociation of Elgla are toe weak to tie aerve aa answer. . ., . '- Oobebolee-jriay lalrly pro-- nouuos the project fo. tbe ceeaalloa of war to bs Utopian. War will wholly cease wbeo man era a to be man. We could pot even promise that 4t would oua a war woman endowed with tbe government of all tbe aatioaa; for there to eome human nature la woaaaa aa well ae in man, and tbe earn dependence a tbe nttssslUes of cirenmstancee and ait ualiona. LETTE2 rSOK LiEAf ETTEj To rakCDiToa ar vaa'Jiaw SosnawBs-f: . Htrange It ia bow some people' caa magnify mole-hilla into asoaatalaa. Truly tbey nave eye-giaaea wltb pow erful leases. Tbe Lajaytttm Qmritr man la undoubtedly tbe fortanate (?) poeteaaor of oa of tlsaae rerjr Complicated optical inatrumente. A evidence of tbe presence of eome mors precis atwl lavestigattng isnsss than thoae mentioned In "Hteel'a Four teen Weeka In Natural Philosophy," aa rightfully belonging to a ttatmil buaiau eye.witneeatbe Cbw-Ws sympathetic t?) lum In regard tp tbe Yamhill County W. H.-A. "But two peraooa preaeat be side tbe President.!' aaya tbia "free white male," who "doeao't," as "Joaiab Allen's wife" would aay, "believe In wlmmen bavin' a ri. Poor aoul, ao afraid the Oottrier won't have a W. 8. A. Item tbat tbe truth baa ta have addltlooa built to it; though perhap be waa misinformed la regard to tbe Intended meeting, though that Idea to rather bard to reooajuize, cooaid- tyle id whlcb tb item in question waa gotten upv Did be but know it, tbe 1 'resident himself wasn't there ! Sow, tbal' all the funnier, aod still snore comical, tbat tbe Secretary waa absent, and "comicalest" yet to think of lb fact tbat neither Vice Pres ident, Corresponding Secretary, nor Treasurer, were there to seise each a spoke In tbe great progress wheel and their respective strength lo help roll it along over tbe obstructed high way. - .- . . . I auppoa It does mak th opponent feel unusually hilar I oua to lean back on their dlgnltlee and watch a ao-called "flule." Juat you wait. Brother (W Her, and other of your church, uotll next November, er aoobor, If tbe em powered officers aee fit; (Ac, nothing calling ImmedUte attention In another channel, aa waa tbl time the case, they will show all you clinging Jvy vines and patum oak vlnee whether or not we Deed so much pity (? aa you ao ungrudgingly bestow upon tbe poor uneexed "female" and feminine (?) men wbo arc ontir lugly and unceasingly Uborlog in tbe worldj great vineyard. It wa tb Intention of all officer and member to have TtTe Association meet aa utual end have a pleasant and lo- airucuve meeliug, aa to commouly the But a few dsys before hand we found out lo'our disappolntmeat tbat our meeting would necessarily have to be postponed, It eomearlght lo tbe midst of tbe baying aeaaon, (wblcb, by the way; la a bad arrangement), and farmera caunot leave their winter tore u oca red for.even for our pleasant COO UlloOrvSXr- -- -r- '- Oo tbe evening prior to the day aet for our meeting, tbe Corresponding Secre tary received a letter from tha President (however, the President Isn't oo ef your potoon oat vine gentlemeo, either,) ttat log tbat be could Dot possibly eome to our meeting, as every "available maa, boy and br'LifM engagedin harvest Ing bay. Tbe gentleman at forth Yamblll cemmimlooed to engage a ball wa farther off la tbe country filling bee Ineee contracts, and bad sot th bailee gaged. .The uaual rush of summer buei nea waa co band, and understanding tb altuatlou at a glance, It waa thought rerrprif"ninfi"eea-ug Xeev Brother Ojtwtrr, do we peed yeur sympathy rtt aa badly aa you supposed T ixm't think we're dead yet, for you'll find us decidedly lively If you come to tbat conclusion. We're Be tars tbat we need to be supported by poison oaks, N. ErE. . Lafayette, July 17, 1871. AI8WE13 TO (TOimrOISEJTI, A. Ffeeportf BIT! sent M requested. Order Witt be complied hltb. Mr. J, A. P SaJauv-tiled to learn of s a -w - zzopo you are permanently and pleasantly aitna ted by tbto Urn. . , . ' E. M. E, Oervais: Youf letter came too late for lasertlnu laat week, and to out ef date for tblar Olad tbat you bad such a pleasant meetiog. A. a W, Eagle CUff: Ptoaaa toll aa what office you have been reed ving yeur paper from, aad aa save aa annoying and tedioue search through ear mall Mrs. B. M. 1C, Lafayette f Money er dcr reoeived and properly credited. mentioned relative to tb county meet- lop would doubtless prove beneflcisl. Mia fr M. P., Palouae Bridge r Smpi mple copy of paper according to re queet. i Bubocriptloa price MJW par bb- aom. Tb poem' IA which jou refer will he mailed to your addressee receipt of 23 eenta. Let aa bear from you agala. Haying I about aver la Lane county, Tbe prior raogee froa S7 to tf per toa " letter rioitoios crrr, Torus CMiCaor T f SvawaavT Though jpu paper is gcaerali v Uken aad mack read la tal place, I aeldom see a eommupicaUoa from any of our , citizens a your column, and feeling apoodeat. - . And now it occurs to me,tbat there ia, will be of general Interest, for, although our people are generally the beat of citi zens, tbey usually pursue tbe even tenor of their way, their Uvea uamarked by incidents either strange or startling; iogly al peace with themselves and alltbe world. True, tbe sudden descent of Rev. Mr. Uammoad upon the un godly caused qeitew atlr a few week aincefhut tb ripple be made upoa tbe wavjref public opiulou bervabout have become smooth again; tbe VxciUrneut caased by hia temporary advent wa la eonaklerable, and altheugh bja audi eucea, especially at hie laat vtolt, we're auod, tb general rtapresaiou upon the people eeema to have been evaueaceot, and what remains, I am aorry to aay, to aot flattering to tbe evangel Ut. Our city aad Ita beauUful aUburb are eow more than usually qulet. owing, perhaps, to tbe oppressive heat, tbat prevents people front stirring abroad. aad I he annual exodus of aunt ber of our cltiteaa to tbe Bsouatolae and see side. - Industry, however, does net seem to be paralysed by tb near approach. If not the actual presence . of tbe ."dog Iday- topetdoo macbinerytrf tha woolen factory keepa up It busy dla for twelve aud a half hour each day, ita tbroag of industrious operatives being promptly at their posts at half-past six in the morning, and receiving at tbe close ef their mouth' labor pay-accord- lug to tbe service perforated. The light draught boats pas aud re pass, making regular trips, cooveyiog leeef freight todi fiVreot poiata. "",'-"''. - Tbe general health of our aitlxea waa never better tbaa bow; pills and pow dera are at a. diacouut, and doctor aa cheerful a could be expected under ocb diacrarn-lrctimjtjyDi-ea. Tbe Nkw Nobthvut to tboroogbly read aod highly appreciated among tb reeding member of tbto community, and although many cannot overcome their prejedicea relative to political equality, 'yet tbey are forced to admit tbe truth of many ef the arguments aet forth la Its defens. But aa I am a novice In tb business ot writing for a Bewspaper, I will not continue tbto letter farther, but wilt, with your perm ian Ion, ' write again at some future time, when our city to more e'y.J-f pectruliy, l Oregon City, July 27, 1875. 1ECE1TETE1T8. - .....v vomlto U prevailing iuVra -The Crux 135 person died of It lo June. , Isaac MlcgerTinventor of tbe Singer sewing machine, died at Portlaodi Me., ew the ad.-,' . .. ' - v J' : The contiaued rains io lower Missouri and Illinois cease serious apprebeaaione of ao overflew. Wllhln tbe past three weeks tbe Car4T4hVlpk UtU ia Hpalu have lost 1,000 man, killed, wounded aud misting- - The Inglealde summer reeort,' three mlc from llolyokc, Masai, was burued on tbe 25th. Lose, ),0t Insurance, fjn.min. 1 1 - - r- An engine oo the Erie Railroad ex- Pwutaj .H wimrgu .ue evening or iue zin. inugineer, lb fireman aad at flagmaa were killed, Tbe HpauUb government baa dcier iued to make, a loan of S7.0rn.ouo to indemnify tbe owners of emancipated alavee la Porto Rico. -.., It to estimated that the eolaage af the subsidiary ailver coin at tbe three mint of pbiladelphta, Saa Enactor aod Canon City, will reach $4,000,000 for the two months red log August SOth. II to aatlmated at .tbji Treaaury Da partmeat that the receipts from miscel laneous sources this year, not comprised uoder-tbe beecor customs or Internal reveuue, will bf fl.OUO,000 or 11,000, 000 less thau the receipts from the aaaae aource laat year. - ,.V . Judge Flaher bite terKiered bis realg natiou of the effloe of U. 8. Dtatrict At torney, and It haa beea forwarded by tBW AltUI Hy I lUfrVTTonie rresideut. Fisher wUlraUreupow tbeeaallflcation ofx-Uovernor Wei lea, ef Virginia, wbo baa accepted the office. The proprietor f lhlrteea.haok aod Job printing officea aad aeWtpapsr la VtasblBgtoB City have aigned a paper elating tbat from aad after the td af August they will aot be governed by the rale aad regulations ef the Col am- hia Typographical Ualoa, deeming tbem and detrl meets! " to-private printing to tbe rHetriet. Twenty-two $t rsooa, af which nam- ber sixteen were boy, were badly burned at Newark, Ohio, oa the 23d, by aa explosion. 4 test waa to be made ef a fire extinguisher. A-hulklior had eo erected by conceal of the ettv eoe eel I. which waa to be fired for tbe occasion. It waa tborourhlv eaturntad with caal oIL burlag tbe preparations It prematurely look fire aad exploded. A A dispatch, from Loodoo, under data of July 25, aay t "Io acoordaaca with notice given by th cotton masters ef Asbtow, Sunley lVlJge7TJnlenneTd7 and Moasley, a lockout eommeBced la several of tbe mills Palqrday. U-.1 operaUvee yield by Uve nd of the mootb, am muis bow open will be closed, aa th tlate' af notice expiree, la wblcb ease severe thousand Bsorda will he thrown out of employment. Meantime the -riket imlixby 4peraUve la Oldham gore Into fleet to-morrow, and win involve too mille and 13,000 baoda. Tb vrorklogmeo' association ef York abtra, Laacaablre and Cheshire have re olTcd to support the locked aot Bud atriklDf operative," y THE SCHOOUl'lK ABXOAD. Mi Adu Coiiuru,' who went some four wseks since iutaone-'of tbe "rural olstrlets,t"af - Wasco county " to . teach school, writes aa. account of her trip thither, sod recount som ot ber expo- ricoce tb're. In a lengthy totter, from which w make the following xtract: I will pas over tbe twelv hours that oeceeded my embarkation oa tbe, ateamer "Oneouta" at fortland, bnly ' tvinc; that tbetrip from tbat city to. The 1 Millet was exiremeiy pieasaoz, ana -that we reached I he latter place la due time. Here I tarried a few day for tb purpose ef attending tbe public exami ' nation for teacbera, aad at the close of tbia, pocketing my certificate, I started ou a night ride of forty-five allies, Reached Koott'a P. O. at 4 A. M., and found myself Mill forty-five Bailee from my destination. After partaking of a, dellcloue (?i and alrenrrtheiilog?) break fast.' coosistlog of muddy coffee aud black bread, tbe former Innocent of cream and the latter mi nue butter, and. paying the customary lour oils Ibereior. . I climbed luto tbe wagou of our s-oed -frieoda, Mr. aod Mrs. lUed of Fast Port laud (wbo were oo tbe way to the relief . of their sou, wbo received sever inju ries from the kick of a bora aom three or more week einee, and whose destioa. tlon was fortunately almost exactly my own), and all day we traveled up hill and down, beneath a eeorchiog sun and through tb densest alkali dust. Night came oa and wa camped twenty miles ' from our. Journey' end. Our-good .l I. I A k 1.11 . 1 . II l-IHM -III HW1 WWIU IIH IWV, UWt, nothing daunted, tbey charitably apread it out for fourour party having beea increased during the day by a young man a bo c we to briog tbem tidings of ' their eon. V pa seed tbe eight ehiver- lor unaer our acant eoverioe. and aarl v - la tbe morning again started, and reached here about eleven o'clock. of billa, begtnniug near Tbe iMlle aud continuing until tbe Blue Mountains are reacbed. Except a few scrubby wlU. low along the margin of tl reams, aod a very few dwarf pines, there Is not a tree duriog the eotlre distance from The Dalle to tots place-- distance r 10U ' miles. Ho, whatever else may la tbe fu ture aaa to (lie weaitn er tuts magnifi cent and extensive region, It i clear tbat It will never rival Weehluetoa Ter ritory nmnrriporu, - being oaly U mile away. Hill, covered with tbe bunch-grass that make Eastern Oregon tbe erasers' paradise, at retch for milee aod Bailee away in every direction; . rteiiie-HiBftes aooaua. ana ranon save xumMv, ipi i m'7 ""i"n lurai about tbe neighborhood, ready to pounce upon tbe unwary. I baveu't made their acquaintance yet, however, and truet j ahall not, as I have no desire to add an other "Red Riding Hood" narrative to tbe Hat of Juvenile publications. But Jf-1 have not Interviewed the wolves, I have had a visit of eeremeay from a raltleaoaka. Hia anakeablp made bl appearance n tb school-house, and crawled leisurely along until he came to a convenient bole In tbe floor, by which he made hia exit. Emerging from un der tbe bouse a few minute thereafter, be wa attacked by tbe larger boy of .no acDooi una rutnieesiy slam laugh tored. lis sponea six ratuee. A terrific bail-aurm rawed over the I mooutaina near ua laat Thursday. Tbe" bail-stone were many of tbem a large ae bene' eggs, and. the aotoe of their falling was like a eootlnuoua roar of thunder. The storm came leal aa school : waa out, and with It a fearful wind that seemed at If It would demolish tbe bona. Tbe creek- between my present boarding-bouse avnd tba . school-house bscams so swollen that we bad to bunt a new crossing aotoe distance further up. Tbia day July. 18 la fearfully, warm. Tbe skies seem lo be ef molten uu DteTuiTeoa. are klnd-hoeolt and pleasant, thecblldreu tractable and, industrious pupils, end, aa a tewftlmate consequence, teaching to robbed of Ite drudgery, aud become enjoyable pas time. .T-rr I ahould "write very frequently, but tbe dtetano to th post office render It toierar iuit cerianrTiiat in letters woald aetata upoa my baoda with bat an occasional c banco ef aialliag tbem. Time naaaea ao nni.llv twl nl--.ntl that rnave sot -had a chance to get homesick yet. It Is possible tbat e a less thla calamity abould occur, I will re main uuUI December. Very truly, Ada C . ' Tbe member of lb Bar ef tba Su preme Court met la tbe Hupreme Court room at Halem, on tbe Slat lost., for the purpose of showing respect to the mem ory of Hon. Geo. A. La rmr. rlcreamd, a member of aald Bar, and member ef Congress elect, from tb Htaie af Oimn Bultabl resolutions wsr framed by the committee appointed for tbal purpose. 1 which w! adptd eodfweoted to tbe Hupreme Court aad ordered apread upon the records of tbe ame.-tfbort addwaaea corroborative of tbe high char acter aud worth of the deceased were de livered by several em I neat legal geuUe men, after which the Court adjourned SSililbMsZJJimmn,. iHit nf aasneel to the memory of the heaored dead, . , r : rr-. 1 -j Ut ' ' The Woman Suffrage bill waa voted upon in tbe Connecticut Houae of Rep reeeatative a few day atnoe, and loot by a Vote af 83 to 10f The large vote that It received I occaslea for great en couragement to the advocate of equal right, aa I alao the fact that the com mittee to which the bill waa referred re ported unsnlmeotly lofovorolte ado- tlOB jreaM ago- a WomxB'Baa- rage bill prescated to a legislative body excited only laughter and derlsloa; bow It receive a vote which compete the re- SMC of Ita AnMn.H fr !- . W tooaa vno ear inai tna uhmmhI ta gaining grounu. ... - - - i -.' - - Bee, Er MeAlltoter, of Bethel, aeoda a polite challenge to Rev. K. Payaon Ham mood to publicly diaeaa tbe fol- Old aad New Teste aaeat alike teaches i. M I . I . . , - . . . - ua-u -aiTiuta m wi aaaaaiau," is? vutuiencsr wttusa, sa usa we al - arwtauv bm ar vim queauoa and at tbe coocluaioa ef the debate to allow tba people preeeot to decide who haa the beat of Ua argument, h to Bet probable , tbat tbe ehalleaga will he Bogeptod, ' .i jl...;-, . J4 -.. - The Xs-ar Ynrk ITrmlA " ' that It will run a special train every vmmvmj jaortung lagara ralaVear- auga, aaa etuer place of aui ort, for the purposee wf lu ewa dtotri- butleo. Tbe late inundaiwo la the Booth af France oetfyed property to the extent
