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THUItSDAY. JULY 25, 1S7S. OHANOEOP DATE. The New Northwest will hereafter be published on Thursday of each week instead of on Friday, as heretofore. Communications of any length must be In tbe office on Tuesday to secure inser tion in the issue of that week. Adver tisements and speoial notices, unless ex tremely brief, must be in by noon on Wednesday. We hope all those inter ested will bear this in mind, and be on time with all matter intended for a cer tain issue, and thereby eave themselves disappointment, and us the necessity of of making farther explanation. TEE CONVENTION AT ASTOEIA. Announcement was made in these col umns several weeks since of the session of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Convention at Astoria, which will take place next month. Thi88es9ion,arrauged for at the annual meeting in February, will commence on Tuesday, August Otu, and continue two or more days, as cir- oumstanoes.may determine. It is hoped that tbe friends of suffrage will assist its advocates In making this the occasion of a grand and successful rally, a season of encouragement and good cheer, as well as one of earnest and systematic labor in tbe eause of equal rights. The president, while counting all personal labor light that will tend to promote tbe great end sought, desires to remind tbe rank and file of this too silent army that her labors unaided will be totally insufficient to compass what we desire, but that tbe eause is theUn, to work for, to uphold, to advance, to defend, and finally to eDjoy in its full and complete tri umph. Come, friends, let not the car of human liberty and human progress drag slowly and stand still in tbe mire of prejudice and opposition that is ever ready to encompass it, but let us by united effort give it a steady and appre ciable lift toward the high grounds awaiting its occupancy beyond. Local committees of prominent and influential citizens nave all tbe minor details, sue as securing hall, entertainment of per son from abroad, etc., in charge. Half- fare rates on the usual lines of travel will be allowed to persons attending from a distance. All advocates of and believers In equal rights are oordiallly Invited to attend. Those from Wash ington Territory will be made equally welcome with those of our own State. AHOTHEE CHAMPION OF EIGHT. Earnest, progressive Christian work ers and their friends and sympathizers hereabouts may well congratulate them selves for tbe nulplte of the city are supplied to an exteut not known hereto fore In its annals with men who see tbeir duty to humanity, and are fearless in the discharge thereof. The labors of Rev. Mr. Cruzan and Rev. Mr. Eliot have been specifically mentioned in these columns in times past, and It gives us great pleasure to add to tbe list of those who preach tbe truth as it Is, regardless of the prejudices and frowns of the Intensely conservative, the name of Rev. C. V. Authony. He has, we are informed, taken on various occa sions grounds that would be deemed ex tremely "radical" upon many of the leading issues of the day, and recently It lias been our pleasure to hear for our self the truths of the great gospel of peace, equity and good will expounded by him in a manner that has left no doubt but what his answer to the de mand : "Choose ye this day whom ye shall serve," baa been given heartily and freely upon the side of eternal jus tice. Tbe "woman question" has been for some reason ignored by many minis ters, willfully misrepresented by many more, and misunderstood by a few weak ones, who are not to blame that they have not capacity to comprehend simple statements, aud it Is of comparatively rare occurrence that one is found who has It in his heart to espouse the cause of right, and has courage to let ills lion eat convictions speak from his lips. Taking the ground that women are en titled to Individuality, to the reward of individual effort, to all tbe advantages afforded by higher education; that tbe professions should be opened to them freely, Mr. Anthony's fervently ex pressed wish that there were now, la boring with a zeal all tbeir own, In Or egon and Washington Territory, twenty five women ministers, elicited no sur prise. And when he asserted bis belief aud supplemented it with an exhort a Hon, tbatall young women should so ed- ueate and fit themselves for life that marriage would not be with them a ne- te0,e regulations, wuicii prevent crowd cessity, and entered into for mercenary lS awl eonfusiou, each passenger being considerations, we felt thankful for tbe supplied with a ticket designating Ills seed sown, and hope It fell not unheeded by tbe wayside. We have not worked for years In this field of reform without understanding tbe amount of genuine courage that it takes to enable a man to speak tbe troth and fear not In the face of a popular and powerful prejudice, and we know that each noble eUbrt of this character is a grand paving-stone in the onward march of events, that renders the step, for tUose come after. Such men and such women are moral heroes, who ..eut the feDees down" of prejudice, "sap W waUg aud make smoother mi - .. ' toprogreseandtbefinaltrlumi.hof. . .. L '" uie way clple. The ministrations of ., .ret fiTTiTmotwi f .. ii iii ' aod the demand for them will soon 1m i . , great that the supply mutt follow. Mr. Anthony will preach on next Sunday evening specially toyouug men, and while, as we listened to the sermon under consideration, we wished that every woman in the city might have beard it, we hope that as many of the young mea of tho city as can find room In tbe spaolous Taylor-street Chureb may assemble and listen to their advan tage to the discourse at the time. mentioned. EDITORIAL 00BBESP0NDENOE. Dm-aa Rbadebs or tub Xrw Nokthwst: So thorroughly tired and exhausted are we with the faligues of a recent voy age ami the subsequent endeavor "to "do" the Bay City In the shortest possi ble space of time in order to be ready to retrace our way to Portland on the re turning steamer, that we feel wholly in capacitated to make a comprehensive record of our wanderings. But the New Northwest, like the horse leech, cries, "Give, give," and we must en deavor to obey. Our present trip to San Francisco was planned on the spur of the moment, and is to be excessively unsatisfactory on many accounts, chiefly because of Its suddenness; but we resolved, with our liege, to visit the former typos of tbe People's Paper while the fare was down; so behold us, on Sunday, the 7th lust., in company with several huudred fellow-voyagers, on board the steamer "Great Republic," and watching the excited throng of lookers-on who line the wharves to bid adieu to friends, and watch the endeavors of the massive ship to follow iu the wake of a little river steamer, that, with the agility of a pet poodle that gambols at the end of a tow line in tbe hands of her mistress, frisks hither and thither, till finally she ac complishes her purpose, aud leads the greater craft captive at her will. Once away from tbe Portland docks, and well on her downward way toward the ocean, the compiler of these chroni cles sets about the ever-recurring task of serial writing, which, like washing day, must come every week, and we saw but little of the ship, the Columbia River, or our fellow-travelers till tbe last line of Chapter XXIV. of "Her Lot" was finished aud ready for tbe Astoria mail. Then we looked about us and be held a large number of Portland ac quaintances, with whom we beguiled tbe time not spent at table In agreeable chit-chat till 3 l. M., when the numer ous white sails on the widened bosom of the River of the West bespoke the vicinity of fisheries. Presently, Iu tbe teeth of a refreshing breeze, we made tbe Astoria landing, and everybody who desired went ashore to forage for fruit, aud also to recoil no! ter. But it was Sunday, and the shops were closed, so the foraging expedition was a failure; but everybody wandered here and there to their hearts' content, the undersigned and liege in the meantime making a pleasant call at the residence of the Collector of the Port, where the tedium of ' waiting for tbe advance movements of the steamer was relieved by social converse. As the lights on the steamer were wisely ordered out at ten o'clock, every body was stowed away on board at that hour. Not only were the state-rooms crowded and the floors and sofas full, but innumerable shake-downs filled the lower cabin, In which tbe seekers after Morpheus orowded, after the manner of tbe numerous occupants of the steerage i cabin. On Monday morning, before we had , hardly thought of leaving our comfort' ! able quarters in one of the "bridal ! chambers," of wbieh tbe "Great Re pub lie" boasts a score, our liege, who bad , been astir for several hours, informed us that tlie bar was passed, aud we were ; already oil Tillamook Head. And yet the sea was so calm anil the great ship , so steady that we, used in times past to the heaving motion of the favorite little j "Oriflamme," could hardly realize that i he was not jesting. But we arose and dressed and breakfasted, aud then went on deck, to find half tbe passengers sea sick, and the other half enjoying the fun of it. The most of us were land lubbers, but there were a few regular sea-goers. All were delighted with the steamer. Through the politeness of the chief engineer, Mr. Horton, we learned that the "Great Republlo" was built at the Novelty Iron Works, New York, In 1667. She is of 4,000 tons register, and accommodates 900 passengers. Her cyl inder is 106 inches in diameter, of 12 feet stroke, and she has a capacity of 2,500 horse-power. She has four bolters, of six furnaces each, and consumes forty tons of coal in twenty-four hours. Her wheels are forty-two feet in diam eter, making over fifty revolutions per mile. Tbe steamer is well supplied with all appliances In ease of fire, hav ing four powerful engines ready to lie started at any minute. Boats ami life preservers, capable of rescuing double her number of passengers in case ef ac cident, are always ready. Her state rooms can all be warmed by steam, a great convenience in cold weather. She has hitherto been on the China trade, wr which she was originally built. We cannot omit commending her excellent seat during tbe voyage. Through tbe kindness of Captain Carroll, to whom we were introduced by our old Oregon friend, Captain Baz. Miller, of Willam ette River navigation fame, we were permitted to wander through every part of tbe vast machinery, Into all the in tricate places where "No admittance" debars the general public, and were deeply interested in watching tbe mys terious workings of the mighty yet in visible vapor that silently moves tbe ponderous engine and drives the huge iron wheels through the motive power that is warmed into life by the tre- m.n.i.,. i,. r n, fl, mrm M,r glows and glares beneath the thought- i throngs that pace her magnificent deeka u . i n eeiB or recline at ease under her wide spread awnings. Then we thought of me oowelsof the earth, and speculated upon the "lrmeous theory," aud has tened up the Iron step, aDU out ,nto tue open air, a trifle sea-siok. There Is only uTi " Mbl,m"te rldlc Our captain signaled the "Idaho" on Monday, making her way to Portland, and on Tuesday several schools of whales repeatedly signaled us. The Grand Opera Troupe was on board, and on Titesday evening we were treated to a concert ami dramatic readings, tbe en tertainment being In every way accept able to the crowd of passengers, who eagerly thronged the dining saloon to see and hear. Mr. J. O. Barrows and the Misses Holbrook anil True were es pecially pleasing In their recitations, with, of course, the ladies ahead. On Wednesday the weather was thick aud foggy, and, though tbe sea was calm, we were obliged to make baste slowly. Toward noon the fog lifted and the sun shone vividly, giving a beautiful view of Point Reyes and Point Arenas, ami also revealing Dux bury Reef, upon whose breakers a dis abled ship was groaning. There was great excitement among our paseeugers, especially as, by the aid of glasses and a strong Imagination, we could see men on the jib-boom and in the rigging. In the course of an hour our vessel arrived alongsideand la- to, whiiea boat went to the assistance of the wreck. Presently, after our seamen had lefus, the fog fell again, and for an hour, while we awaited their return, our whistle blew regularly to guide them imck to the steamer. The skies cleared as quickly as they had been overcast, aud then a little schooner came daoeiug near us and relieved the general apprehension by tho information given to our cap tain, so we could alt hear and compre hend, despite tbe usual nasal twang of the sailors, that tho wreck was the American ship "Western Shore," built three years ago at Coos Bay, and owned by the Simpson Brothers, of San Fran cisco. Her captalu and crew had been compelled to leave the vessel without saving anything, and were picked up in three boats by the tug "Wizard." She was loaded with coal from Seattle, and her loss falls heavily upon her owners, who were insured for leas than one fourth of her value. Again tbe great wheels of the "Re public" beat the briny deep with their tireless paddles, ami we steamed on toward the Golden Gate, the Farallones peeping at us through tbe clearing mist on the starboard hand, and the treeless highlands of California's shore looming up to port. Once Inside the Gate, a strong gale rose ami disputed our further passage, compelling tbe noble vessel to double her docks and consume much time in landing. Tbe crowd on the wharves at Portland had been immense, but the jam at San Franoisco was prodigious "Workingmen" were out in force to abuse tbe few dozen Chinamen who had dared to visit this Cbristiau city, am) also to prevent their belug driven quietly in wagons to their quarters. The coach of the International Hotel drove away with tbe undersigned and hid from view a crowd of lawless hood lums of the Kearney clique, who had attacked a wagon load of peaceful "heathen." We regretted that we could not see tbe close of the fray, as we knew tbe press of San Francisco would not dare to publish tbe particulars. Ob, what a free country we do live In, to be sure! Tlie next morning a heavy fire oc curred in China quarters, but no news paper dares to charge tbe blame upon the foreign rabble that votes and holds office, while the poor peaceful China' men quietly do the work tbey would not touch at any price. While the fire was raging, we saw from the hotel windows a most sicken iug sight. A homeless inebriate, made homeless because his sensible wife would no longer support him in drunk enness, stepped Into a store opposite our window, bargained for a loaded re' volvex, and while holding it In Ills hand under pretence of examining It, suddenly placed the muzzle to his face and settled the whisky problem on bis own account. Of course Uiere was great excitement, not omitting coroners' fees and the like, and while we were still easing, sick and awe-struck, first one cart and then another was driven by, eacii with several live men and one dead Chinaman, the latter In both cases brutally mangled in tbe bead and face, from which tlie life-blood ran in -tor rents. Ugh! Let us change the subject. We are to send editorial letter by the "Oregon," wblch sails to-morrow, and for which we must, without longer delay, place this in the mall. Our gracious liege failed to secure tickets for return upon the "Oregon," so he is now absent In search of accommodations upon the "Great Republic" If he succeeds, we will soon be at "home again." Cer tainly, speaking for oursetf, we have had enough of San Francisco for tills time. Ami yet we shall carry away some golden memories, for we have spent delightful hours with Willis and Hubert, formerly typos on the People's Paper, and a glorious day in the halcyon retreats of Lone Mountain, where even Kearneyism cannot disturb the sweet serenity that permeates the flower laden city of the dead. A. J. D. San Francisco, July 12, 1678. THE OOMINGJWNVENTION. To the Officer and Member of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Auocia- tkm.- Owing to sudden illuew in my family, which has monopolized tbe whole of the time for a week past that I had decided to devote to special oorre spondence relative to the proposed con' ventton at Astoris, the preliminary work for our meeting will necessarily require the individual effort of each aud all of you. Do not wait for special in vitations to do your own work, but come up, with one accord, to the help of the car of liberty. Arrangements will be made to return all delegates free of cbdrge who shall have paid full fare to tbe convention, and a competent com mittee has provided for their entertain ment in the "city of the sea" during its continuance, so the expense of the journey will be a trifle, even to women. Friends, one and all, let us contrive for a grand rally on tbe 6th proximo. Abigail s ott Diniway, President. "MATTE 100M P0E TBAMP8." , We published laat"wek an article from M. 8. Booth, of Seattle, under the above head, of which the foUowlnr.nhleh was crowded ootof oar last Imhk, l a conllnnatkm.) Totub Editor or the New Uobthwbst: The withdrawing of. tbe circulating medium from fifty to five dollars per head from among the people Is one of tho greatest curse ever perpetrated upon tlie laboring classes In the United States, it has stopped enterprises, par alyzed all branches of business, sent thousands of men Into bankruptcy, shut down manufactories, turned thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children penniless into the streets, cre ated an army of "tramps," robbed tbe poor man of the little he had earned by tbe sweat of his brow and put in part payment toward a home, cast distrust and doubt upon all branches of business, and created a world of paupers. The Walla Walla Union or July uth has an Item upon the subject of tramps," which runs thus: "If the un employed laborers of the cities and towns could bo Induced to settle upon aud cultivate tlie Idle lauds which everywhero abound, the oounlry would be vastly improved, all would be pro vided witii bread and meat, 'tramps' would become extinct, crime would di minish, ami hard times would be abol ished." Will the Union be kind enough to tell those "unemployed laborers" how they cap get the means to get upon loose - luie lanus," ami where they can get the means to start improvements after they get there. Not one in ten thousand of them has means enough to pay the first mile on a street car to get outside of the city limits. They are being fed by the thousands on one cent meals in the city of New York to-day, while Sherman A Co. are clamoring for "specie payment" with heartless indif ference. There is another fact about these starviug millions in the great elites. Not one in a thousand of them have any more of an Idea how to farm or cultivate these "idle lands" than the farmer's boy has of tbe various trades necessary to a city life, whieh these starving thousands arq masters of. It wouiu be as Idle to place tliem upon , ,,, o ... , . oor present laws, is nevertheless a farms wlthouX means to live ou whlle,,,,,, and such an act lays tbe founda- they learned how to make a living out of Mother Earth, as it would be to take a hoy or a man who had farmed it all his life, and set him In a machine shop, surrounded by all of the material and tools necessary to make a sTeam engine, and tell him to make one or ttarve. The only power in the United States that can stop this army of "tramps" and set them to work at their legitimate trades; that can feed the starving mill ions within Its borders; that can "di minish crime" and set tlie wheels of en terprise, prosperity, and manufacturing interests in motion, "abolish bard times," and bring a return of confidence, stability, and assurance In all branches of business and commercial interests, is tbe Congress of tlie United States. It lias tlie jiower, and eau and should and, mark my word, will be compelled to issue an absolute legal tender, lawful paper money, equal to gold and silver in tlie payment of all debts and dues, pub lic or private, in sufficient quantity not leas than sixty dollars per capita to set the wheels of enterprise, progress, and prosperity In motion again in the United States, ami thus relieve tbe dis tress, want, and misery that are now cursing our fair land with their wither ing blight. One more Item, and I close. Under head of "Recent Event" in the 12th of July dtte of the New Northwest Is the following item, which will tend to mislead some of your readers, If not ex plained, viz.: "The coin balance in tbe treasury is $300,000,000, and steadily In creasing, as there is no idea tbe balance will fall below the present figure. Tbis, with the present low premium ou gold, forms a basis of general anticipation that resumption will occur before the first of January." The financial state ment of the public debt of tbe United States at the close of business, June 30, 1S78, as published by Secretary Slier mau, reports the debt, less each in tbe treasury, July 1, 1S78, to be $2,035,768, S31 S2. Tlie same report shows about one-half of this amount now subject to redemptiou, a matured debt of over six millions, and an annual interest of Nearly one hundred million dollars. Suppose, Mrs. Editor, that the Secre tary should pay the national debt now due, how much would be left of the $200,000,000 In tho item above referred to, to say nothing of tlie privilege which she now has of paying about one-half of the entire public debt? The Idea that the Uuited States is going to resume specie pay men t on or before the first day of Jan uary, 1S79, and the commercial transac tions of our country be again carried on in coin, the same as before tlie war, which Is the literal meaning of the re sumption act, is too absurd to think of foramomeut. Neither you nor I or a child of yours or mine will ever live to see the people of the United States again using gold and silver as tbe medium of exchange, If they pay ths interest alone on the public debt as it falls due In gold and silver coin. The whole thing is a farce, ami one of tbe greatest outrages ever perpetrated by a government upon its people. Tlie re sumption act was knocked in tbe head and virtually killed by tbe last Congress when it forbade the Secretary redeem ing auy more greenbacks, and compelled him to reissue an amount&qual to those lie had then on hand, punched ready for destruction. It was the eries of tbe starving millions throughout the length and breadth of a country suffering with a plague worse than the locusts of Egypt, which sounded through the great halls of the national oapitol and produced this temporary ease, and it will be the same ories reverberated in thunder tones, that will compel an Issue of full legal tender lawful money of the United States, sufficient to float not only its debt, but all legitimate business within its borders,' without one dollar's Interest being sapped' from the people to pay ou untixed bonds boarded In Idle- uess. I beg pardon for tbe leneth of this i artiele. The suhleet Is on rf i ort ' importance to handle In a few lines. i 0 Early Marriage. Nearly or quite a century ago, maybe j more, we are not good in antiquities. old Ben Franklin nut himself unou record as iu favor of early marriages, giving reasons therefor in which the woman's personality and well being were totally -submerged in that of tbe man. Everybody knows that Franklin reveled in tbe luxuries of a foreign court while rigidly enforcing bis "poor Richard" maxims upon his wife; so, if events had not through every year of tlie dead century proved tlie fallacy of his views upon early marriages, he would scarcely have been considered a pattern and exemplar Iu marital a flairs. We find in a Chicago paper, the Ameri can Home, an article on "Early Mar riages" as illustrated by a sensation of tlie day, which unfolds a chapter in human affairs that no man or woman of olwervation or experience will declare too strongly drawn. AVe quote : Tlie sad tragedy which is occupying tlie public mind Iu Chicago to-day, in which a beautiful young girl was shot down in tbe first bloom and blush of her womanhood, calls attention to the subject of early ami immature mar riages, aud their generally disastrous congruences, heardi the records of tue iltvnrce courts turougnout tlie eouu try to-day, and see bow many founda tions were laid in the fact of tbe ex treme youth of the wife. Go farther, and search the houses of ill repute, and see how many of tbese unhappy creatures owe their preseut fate to the fact of an immature and almost neces sarily unhappy union. I would ven ture to say that fully a half of their numbers will uo so. An immature marriage is always more or less an outrage, ami it is not to be wondered at that the victims to it have all the deli cate womanly instincts injured, and the finer feelings of purity and cbastitv damaged. The man of mature age who takes a child for bis wife before it is!Btance ami show, never have been possible for her to realize the meanlnc of the position she assumes, and its con sequent burdens aud terrible responsi bilities, commits a crime against her which, though It is not recognized by tion for a train of evils, tbe extent and ramifications or wbieh it would be bard to circumscribe. Tlie marriage of a very young girl is like tbe launching of a frail bark upon a deep and tempestuous sea without sail and without ballast. Helplessly she will drift along, the sport of the wind and waves, till finally she is either dashed to pieces ou the rocks of prosti tution or is east unou the sauds of a wasted life, and for which terrible con sequences tbe man whomarries Iter, tbe parents who consent and the laws which unite them, are all equally re sponsible. Tlie poor girl iu question, who has paid with her life tbe enaities of an unjust position and the follies al mostalwaysconsequentupon such a con dition, is ajrad illustration in point, tbe ways of llfeopened out ami made possible to iier before her feet were trained to carry her safely through. Though not en tirely innoceut,sbeyet has claims upon the sympathy and sorrow of all char name peow. hhe was more sinned !f?V',?J,Vi",?5:,,,H.?!:.i:OU.'h itable persons. She was more sinned served a protection it did not gel. For ber husband, whose jealousy drove him to the commission of a great crime, what can be said but that be has two crimes to answer for, Hie marriage in the first place, the murder in tbe sec ond ? And for ber as well drop from the tree of life in early youth as to live to au Imperfect maturity. Wben once the seed of sin ami eorruntiou has beeu sown in tiie tender fruit, its worth and u-uiiuu ... I0EEI6N JfEWS. The British Cabinet has finally re solved not to dissolve tbe Parliament this year. Austria Is resolved to precaution against any take timely Italian ag- greesioMS. The Servians accuse Russia of aban doning her allies, and express much dissatisfaction at her course. It is feared that orthodox slaves ami Mussulmen in Bosnia will forcibly re sist the Austrian occupation. The banquet tendered to Lords Bea eonsfield and Salisbury by the Carlton club will be given on the 27th lust. July 28th has been fixed as tbe date of the entrance of Austrian troops into Bosnia, whether tbe Turks object or not. Emperor William will go to Babbels burg soon. He if as entirely recovered from his wounds, but is still very feeble. Au ukase has been published in Bel grade abolishing tbe state of siege, and revoking the extraordinary (towers vested In the military authorities dur ing the war. There Is much excitement iu old Servla against Austrian occupation ot Bosnia. Armed bands of Moham medans, Armane and Christian Insur gents are rapidly forming. It is stated that the Ports, In conse quence of representations of the great powers, Is willing to enter Into negotia tions with Greece, provided the latter agrees to pay tbe Porte annually any surplus over the present revenue of tlie territory sbe may acquire, or to bear a portion of the Turkish debt. The Russian unofficial press is more or less dissatisfied with tbe treaty. Be fore its conclusion Aksakoll, Panelavic agitator, made 6uch a violent speech al Moscow against the Russian conces sions in tbe congress, that be was warned that its repetition would be regarded as a personal attack on tbe Czar. Miss Harriet Stanton, only daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, has just graduated with high honor at Yassar College. Sbe was class president, and her part in public discussion Is said to have equaled in eloquence the oratory of ber father and mother when they were at their best. Blood will tell. The State Fair will commence on Thursday, October 10th, and will con tinue until Friday eveniug of the week following. Half-fare tickets will as usual be Issued by the railroad and steamboat companies. Laying the Oorner-Stone. Tu ceremonies of laying the oorner- stone of tbe Unitarian Church, in prog- re9 of erection at tbe corner of Yamhill and Seventh streets, took place on sun- day evening at 6 o'clock. The formal laying of the stone was conducted ac cording to tbe impressive rites of Ma sonry, and was witnessed by a vast as semblage. Rev. D. N. Utter, of Ofympia, gave a cordial greeting to tlie multitude in a few well-chosen words, and after the mystic aud symbolic cere monies attending tbe placing of tbe stone were completed, the ehoir arose and sent out upon the air of the alill Sabbath evening an anthem, sweetly, grandly beautiful and solemn. The "Declaration of Principles" of the Uni tarian Church was read by Mr. C. W. Burrage, containing so much that was Christ-like that it seemed sufficient to renew a faltering "faith in God and faith in man" to hearken to their dear enunciation. Tlie address of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Kllot, was appropriate In every sentence. The liuaueiatfexhibit showed that about $15,000 of tbe $13,000 thought necessary to construct the building lias already been subscribed. The usual variety of articles was placed iu the tin box and enclosed in the niche prepared to receive it, articles, records aud mementoes that will tell to future ages perhaps of the pursuits and enter prises of this eventful year. The inter esting exercises closed with the "doxol- ogy" and benediction. Our brief record of the same eannot be more fitly closed than with the following words from tbe pastor's address : I look at this piece of dressed rock we have laid here, aud find it bringing by its symbolic presence a throng of thoughts reaching Into the past and fu ture. I realize tbe solemnity or tbe hour, not for us only, but in history questions and problems from tbe deep sea come surging against this simple i stone. I realize that it is laid iu a crisis I of the human mind and world life. Tbe new aud the old, letter aud spirit, sob- such earnest conflict and stern antago nism as to-day. Where. I ask myself. will the tremendous questions of 1878 be fifty or a hundred years hence? What of our political fabric? Is it to pass into disintegration and despotism as a phase of national evolution ? What of men tal life ? Is it to become the creature of positivism? What of ethical princi ples? Are tbey to prove relative only and reversible ? What of social life and domestic lelationa? Are tbey to drift again where pessimists forecast. Into the age of Augustus or Louis XIV. ? What of religion ? Are we to find the so-called fixed essentials of to-day held as open questions iu 1978? It is amid such thoughts that we lay that stone. To me it expresses this faith, a faith gathering into itself, as I am profoundly convinced, tbe elues to all problems of uie ami tniuu, a laltn tliat the final word of tbe universe Is uot- force, but "our Father." Under all political, so cial, religious and rationalistic move ments, two great maiu drifts of thought may be discerned, ami by those who reach down deep enough, felt as world curreuts, aud tbese drifts are repre sented iu the words I have just uttered. One class of thinkers, earnest and pro , ethlca, IlaturB, e, ,rofe8jl or 1. the ultimate of ituowWge found, in stale, college, public pre anu oenei, rae reignoi rorce auil tlie res olution of all that we see and know of thought as well as of things, into ele mental force and forces, unfolded in ne cessity and eliminating personality. Tbe other class of thinkers and workers in tbe same fields profess ami forecast as the ultimate of knowledge and faith, the reign of living personal will, and of I .nii , ami say all that is implied when we believe iu Our father, who art in heaven." The real collision of society is not 01 creeu against creed, or between ethle faiths. The issue isof materialism and religion. The anxiety of earnest meu to-day is not so mucli as to whether the trinity or atonement is true, or as to the existence of a local bell, but as to the questions : Is there a God? Is there spirit distinct from matter? Is there another life alter this? Are there sueh thiugs as right and wrong? Is force, In Its manifesta tions of electricity and gravitation and affinity, God, or is God our Father? We believe the latter to be tbe true an swer. And were I to suggest a name for this edifice as names are sometimes given, it would be "Church of Our Fattier." In these words I find by di rect application, all this building stands for, conceived as it has been Iu faith, sustained by hope, purchased by love and sacrifice of this people. He wbo devoutly says "our Father," lias not only a religion and h creed, but be hps religion Itself, that Is to say, tbe essen tial motive of religion; and It is living religion, as It becomes a life-habit of tbe spirit, beariug fruit in active righteous ness and character. "Church of Our Father," may we spiritually baptize and name it to-day. May lie accept it rather may be give it to us as cove nant witness of a conscious presence and indwelling life. THE INDIAN WAS. Tlie following dispatch to Captain Slatleii from General Howard, under date of July 20tb, allows what those Iu the field have been doing In the past ten days: "During tbe week different parte of my command have had eventful combats with the host lies. On the 13th, Captalu Miles, with his companies of the Twenty-First Infantry and Fourth Artillery, Captain Bernard'soomnanvof me r irsi avairy, ami one company of volunteers, charged the Indians near Umatilla, three or four hundred strong, and drove them several miles. Bernard's cavalry, now under Colonel Forsythe, have been pursuing them closely, caus ing them to abandon meet of their plun der and horses. They are assisted by the Umatillas, and have killed between twenty and thirty, taking as many prisoners. Vivian, of Egbert's com mand, has captured as many more. Tbe Indians are beiug steadily pursued in tne wooes and mountains. The most of uiem appear to be fleeing along the route they came. Forsythe'8 cavalry are now near the headwaters of Grand Ronde River, following tbe Indians southward. Headquarters are at tbe head of Wolf Creek to-nlglit; they go with cavalry in pursuit, probably via John Day's Valley. Wheaton goes to Baker aud organises a working force against a turn or hostile bands that way i The Indians still plan coine east for the j buflalo country, but tbe loss of their 1 leaders demoralizes them. BE0ETEVEnT8. Crops In Dakota promise well, and Indians there are peaceably disposed. The Xez Perce prisoners have been removed to a home near Baxter Springs. Two women were killed by lightning a a- ..m Cian- in Gloucester, ataseacnuseiw, " day. President Hayes, accompanied o several members of bis Uaoinei, Isitlug in Ohio. Work-shoos In the new State prison at Concord, Massachusetts, burned on the 20th. LosaestUDatedat oneuomiren and fifty thousand dollars. The probable lo to the crops in Minnesota fr..oi rain and hot weather is estimated at from twenty to forty per cent. Harvest is iu full blast. General Sheridan Is in the Black Hills country, attended by an escort. He will select a location for a military post in that region before returning. A ryiooe swept through West Al bany, New York, on Sunday, unroofing bouses and scattering things generally, to the damage of about $100,000 worth of property. The treasury has received from na tional banks since the notification of last week that silver dollars could be obtained for greenbacks free of transpor tation, orders for three hundred aud ten thousand dollars in silver. James Gordon Bennett is interesting himself In a polar expedition. He pro poses to send a steamer to tbe North Pole by way of Spitsenberg, and asks that the Navy Department furnish officers, men and provisions for tbe voy age. Extremely hot w either -continues in Eastern cities. Three men and eight horses died in a harvest field in Ne braska from its effects ou Saturday. Hot weather also prevails in London and on the continent. . Tbe beat is very severe In Paris, and in some of the Exposition buildings tbe tempera ture is unbearable. Mexican silver dollars and United States trade dollars are purchased as bullion at the Philadelphia mint and the assay office at New York at tbe equivalent of the London rate for silver on tbe day of purchase, less half per eent. per ounce, payable in standard silver dollars. It is expected thai tbe New Orleans mint wilt be ready to commence purchasing Mexican and trade dollars on the above terms about tbe 1st of August. HEWS JTEM8. stats Aim TnamtaiAi. A land office will shortly be established at Boise City. There is said to be an abundance of salmon in tbe Owyhee River. There are about eighty patients in tbe Territorial asylum at Steiiacoom. A saloon-keeper at Oregon City was recently fined $100 for selling liquor to a -minor. Mr. Plummer is meeting with success in disposing of his fruit-dryers in Yam bill county. The narrow-gauge railroad will be in ruuning order between Sheridan and Dayton by tbe middle of September. W. B. Carter, State printer elect, filed bis official bond of $30,000, and took the oath of office as the law directs last week. Salmon catch during the last month was good. Tbe average catch on Tues day night of last week was twenty to tbe boat. A woman, while hurrying to Weston for safety from the Indiana, let ber baby fall from the wagon, and it was run over and killed. Four pairs of aborigines of the Iwana tube were united in marriage at the Skokomish reservation ou the 4th of July by Rev. M. Eells. There are almut twenty wounded men InPeiuilKou eared forat pri vate houses. Most of th-w are wounded in tbe leg, and ouly two or ttiree dangerously. One hundred aud sixty stand of arms with ten thousaud rounds of ammuni tion has arrived in Canyon City, and the settlers are masters of the situation. A man named John Uonville was committed to the in-ane asylum at bteilacooui recently, the attack beinir the result of suu stn.ke while working in the neigh borbood of Port Townseud. Eudy, of Oregon C.ty, who stabbed Henry Meyers at New Era last Sunday week, is held iu iHiiuli of 5.1,000 to answer to the court for the crime. George La Jtocque is also under bonds for appear auce for taking a part iu the fray. A writer, speaking of the Walla Walla alley, says: "It does a poor man good to see the thousand of acres of grain now being harvested, but the all-absorbing question Is, 'How shall we get it to market with freight $20 per ton ?' " It Is written concerning the situation on Butter Creek, Umatilla county, that 'every home is deserted ami pluudered of everything valuable, aud crops and gardens destroyed by stock. Itwilltaho years of hard labor to rebuild tbe happy homes of two weeks ago." Rev. William Jollv waa evrlv In. jured ou Monday of last week by at tempting to restrain a team of runaway mules. He was dragged some distance ami fiually thrown against tbe end of a bridge, sustaiuiog severe bruises. His wounds are doing well. Alex. S. Arnold asserts that he never attended a woman's rights convention, but when the news came that only forty aud five single women availed them selves of tbe seven-by-nine privileges of the Hiitou palace (Stewart's hotel for women), his respect for tbe sex was so augmented that he decided at once to attend the next Woman Suffrage meet ing, at whatever cost. A minister of au extremely hojiefu I spirit is reported. He says be has no doubt that the time will come when members f the church choir will be have yifl as well as otber folks. UK. jia.xassi:, or Riltnii'ir.'. the most skillful optician that evrrKii il J'ortlanil, can salt the most diffl cull s.ti'. "i the Inspection of the eyes, with bis improved Parabola Spectacles. Near, Far, and Cataract eyes can obtain Immediate relief by consulting the Doctor at the Occidental Hotel, room 13, tint week. Dr. Manaase can produce tbe best of recommends in the coun try. Dr. N". U. Mntth.W. T. Howard, SC D., Silas Uarbfr, governor of Nebraska, MTm. H. Daly.lieo. Harold, B. C. Dumaay, A.J. Mar shall, of Portland, aiu others. 1 f V t