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