VOL. 1. DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1870. NO. 35; u la Issued Every Saturday Afternoon at Dallas, Folk County, Oregon. BY P. C. SULLIVAN. 'OFFICE Main street, between Court and XXill streets, two doota south of the Postoffiee. -SUBSCRIPTION BATES. SINGLE COPIES One Tear. $2 50: Six Uonths, $1 75 j Three Months, $1 00. Eb$cription mutt 6e paid ttricttj in adwm ABTESTISINQ BATES. One square (10 lines or less), first insert'n, $3 Saeh sabseauent insertion- 1 00 00 , A liberal deduction will be made to quar terly and yearly advertisers. Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00 7T Tfi $ t -v ' f " z r . i : . ; . . - Transient advertisements must be paid for 4a advance to insure publication. All other advertising hills, mast be paid quarterly. P Legal tenders taken at their current value. Blanks and Job Work of every description furnished at low rates on short notice. ill advertising bills must be paid monthly. ' Seecher's Story Bible. or jthc A NewYoffc paper of October the 11th publishes this : Rev. Henry Vard Beecher preached ,xn Sunday last, a Sermon which seems .to have attracted a great deal of atten tion. He took his text from Matthew -xxit, 30. " For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are. given in cnarriage, but are as the Angels of "God in Heaven." - In Jerusalem, said Mr. Beecher, tC.very one of the faction hud their turn So propounding to Christ their ques tions; they "had their enigmas and .their dark sayings, which had no sub -stantial truth, and here ii a specimen : "The Sadducccs did not believe in a resurrection. According to the land system of the Jews, by which pro, erty was to be kept in families, If a bro -ther died, his widow was to be taken by his next -brof her, polygamy being .permissable and so there was a widow that passed from one brother to another o the seventh. Now," say they, in .the other life.-whose shall she te. for 4tll seven had her ?" The answer of the Saviour was substantially this: '".Yon are a set of ignorant fools." It . t i at (was couenca in otner language man this, Lut it came to that. Ye do err, not knowing the power of the Scrip .tares." You blunder, you are ignorant, the everlasting law of nature is the law of." God?' For in the resurrection, they -neither marry nor are given in inarri age. But although he likened men in the future state to ancjels, he did not .explain what angels were. He said that there was a part of a man that ceases and does not go on into the other life, that a portion of. his powers which fit him for this lower life will stay pere and; fall back, and that in the other lifa, we shall carry those-qualities which are highest and noblest. His J.eply therefore, is remarkable for wluit It says, and quite as remarkable for whatsit leaves unsaid ; for not only Jiere in this passage, but everywhere in the Bible, you will be struck with how Jittle it has had to say hbout the other state. He poured light on life and immortality, but be certainly did not reveal them. In the passage, "Ye do err, '.not knowing the power of, the Scriptures," He affirms that the Old Testament taught that there was an -other life after death ; and it may seem strange, but it almost requires some yiucb affirmations as these to persuade jus that the Old' Tcstament did recog nize some such doctrine. For it has iietrer been exnlicitlv taucrht. though a w.-- i j e c great many times recognized, there can enb question but what, in such early times. 8uchra dim faith existed, though there was not a single instance in the jwrhole 'five books of Moses when it is addressed to man as a motive of con itact; all idea of reward and punish- toent relative ' to this life. If yon do this you shall be punished, or if you do . that you shall be rewarded here in this '-world nowhere in the other. People ask. can Universalists be Christians ? 'Let 5 we ask them, bow could God inainiain an economy that ran for 4,000 Vears. and never recognized any such thins aa a future state ? And there is nbthirig taught in the New Testament that Is gpeoific as to Heaven, whether it is a thine or a place There is no account envpn af its trovcrnxnerj t, or of the experience of those that are there. A thousand quest ions, therefore, are not answered which a thousand ox net unnaturally inquisitive spirits now ask. We reason now more in respect to our om nature than the ancients did Paul declares that" fleBh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of Heaven." Yet there shall be something like this form, yet not this form ; what it is to be. you know as well as I do, and none of us know anything about it. There is not one single line of explicit statement as to what will be our employment in the Heavenly laud ; we do not know; it is not stated. In f hurt, the questions generated by our condition on earth are answered mostly thus. We do not understand the power of Gud, and in regard to the power of the resurrection, it does not 'et appear what we will be " We see now as through a glass darkly, but then face to face." But this very vagueness is better calculated to stimulate zeal and endurance, than if it had been analyzed and made pl-iin to ns philosophically. Wo are taught vaguely; everything is left to the imagination. . But, jou will say, is not this unsatisfactory ? No; for it is through the imagina'ion that children are always, taught in relation to those thing which are above them ; and we are here as children not competent to understand things wholly beyond the reach of oup own experience. Therefore, every instruction is given to uj through the imagination. It is the truth of God a ldresscd to our hearts and to our affec tions, through our imaginations. It may be siid, therefore, that Heaven is a revelation to man's heart through Irs imagination, and God thus teaches us of things which we cannot underst nd in any other way. The teachings ot the Bible are pictorial ; so of the pic tures nf ''Heaven and Hell; wc are not to suppose that there is literally a lake of fire and brimstone You do n t believe it, nor do I. Nor are you to suppose that Heaven is paved with gold and silver. You do not believe that. If people did believe it, there would be more people anxiou for their soul's salvation. Liuhtor It is used as a pictorial figure ; we have no means fif understanding the actu il thing; we know nothing of it. It is to us a fiction, and Action is often titn cm nore neerly true than truth itself. If I should try to tell my child about an eclipse of Ue suu, and should say that the moon, in a sportive mood, thought it would get before thesnn and obscure its light, he would really have snui iJea of what an eclipse was; but if I should explain it to him scientifically. he would know nothing al-out it; ami thejBiblc is full of fiction?, althongh it hasimadc so many good men w ho wduld be afraid to read a novel. But all that men know of art, of riches, of court. af crowns, of princes, all the beauty of trees,, of gardens, all in rivers and mountains, all that is beautiful in nature, will be found to rcprcseut to them the heavenly state. So men mav take all the elements they have learned to esteem, and make a heaven out ol them. The true use, then, to be made f the Scripture is, not to give a lik-ra representation of its symbols, for it is quite possible for the Bii.le itself to stand in the way of understanding the Bible; but the trun nse is, to repeat the process of reasoning as was done in the olden time. Therinces of earth donor give me much admiration of heavenly princes. Counts, I havo seen them, but I UO not think much of them. But while these pictures do not do me much jood, for I am a Democratic UerniWi can--(ahem J) a Republican Demo crat I mean, they may do, good to others, and may go far toward inter preting the heavenly state, But when we want to make for ourselves a heaven, we nave got to pie Lure all that we value as noblest and best. A maiden may imagine for herself a heaven made up of her own purity, and a matron may also imagine her own hcavon. Everyone may fashion for himself his own heaven, which shall bring it clearer to him than any .other man can make it for him. Yousmaj be shocked at the language when I tell you that j-qn may make your own heaven, but you do it, nevertheless. God makes your hearts wiser t ha u your heads, and that is the case with many, who otherwise would be absolute fools Our idea of heaven must be pictorial ; it cannot be other wise.; We are not developed here. v e now see as through a class darkly," and only by and by shall we see face to face. Take, for instance, the lower classes of society not the j pouter viuKs, um me vicious, me gross. ITI . ,1 - . . t . I, I .1 . ' . I xuuj v-ttiiuui. uuuersianu me picture OI a puro family; they taint it with their own slime. In other words, the bottom cannot understand the top, although the top can, and does, unddrstand the bottom. All that we can 'know of Heaven is, that it is a place of blessed ness, a place of rest- No great nature ever lived but what found this world insufficient for him ; but, on your way heavenward, do not despond, do not find fault; if you do, you are no "gentle man.1 It is but for a time that you are to be, here, and theri-you will o home. When I go to Europe, I find fault with the ship, with the attendants, with the sea-sickness ; but I lie on my back, and charge ten days to profit and loss, and wipe it all out. When travellers find fault at hotels, the landlord says it is because they never lived well at home; and there is great philosophy in this ; for the man that lives well at home says, why should I complain ? I am only here for a time. I shall i soon go home, where ! can live well ugain. So, when the time comes, which cannot long bo delayed, and my grey hairs become white,aod my hand palsied, and Lean scarcely pronounce the bededic tion, you will say, I remember him in the days of his power,, he is old now, he must pas off, it is sad to see him here ; but then you will say he is like an old tree in November, and March is not far off, it is but a step. It is only the out ward part that is wasting, for, though the outward man perish, the inner man is renewed day after day. I am glad thafcJ have been able to do some good; but I am willing to lay down my task when God requires it of me, for 1 have this imagination of Heaven, which makes me cheerful and indomitable in the day of trial. The Pacific State and Territories. From the Resources of California. The Pacific States and Territoric lie, wholl or mainly, between the It cky Mountains on the East, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. They, number, eight, viz. : Three States California, Nc? da and Oregon. Vive Territories Alaka, Arizona Idaho, Utah and Washington. Montana is uot included here, be cause it lies m lioly east of the Hocky Mouutaitis, in the Miss mri Valley. All of the?, except. AUska,' lie to gether, between British Columbia on the north, and Mexico on tha south. They stretch alung, parallel with the coast, in two lines or tiers That lying next the. Pacific we cat! the Ocean, or Coast States The other, lying along ! the. base of the Uocky Muuntatos, we name the Mountain States. NAMES. The Coast State are four, viz : Pulifornia, Oregon. Washington and Alika. The Mount tiu State. arc four: Idah-, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Position. The Coast Sure occupy the follow ing positions relative to eith other: Alaska Northern. Washington..- ..North Central. Orejjun.. .Siith Centr!. CaltiornU .Southern. The Mountain States bac the fol towing relative positions: Iitahn Northern. Nevada .....Wesiero Utah - Katrn. At'iioOA Southern. SIZE. . The number of square miles in each State and Territory, as nearly as they can now be known from the latest pub lihed official reports of the United Slates Government Surveys, is given in the subjoined table, arranged in descending order: State. OSkial Area Al;ika ..577,:te0 California 188,981 Arizona. U3.S1 Nevada i. It 2,000 Oregon Idaho ftr2'Jl Utah 84-176 Washington 69,t Hound Not. 577.000 189.H0O 114.000 112.000 95,000 6,000 74,000 73,000 Total ...1,329,415 1,327,000 The largest is Ataska, the smallest Washington. RELATIVE AREA. Alaska is more than twelve times as large aa Pennsylvania or New York. "California is more than three times as large as all Khgland. Washington, the smallest Pacific State, is upwards of 1U,UUU square miles larger than rlor ida, the largest Atlautic State. Call fornia has more than a thousand miles of sea coast, and Alaska more than ten ten thousand. The shore line of Cali fornia, if stretched along the Atlantic coast, would reach from Maine to Georgia. rOPULATIOK. This table shows the population of each State m lo0, as estimated trom the latest Government returns : California........................ ....600,000 Oregon.. ,...120,000 Utah ..,100,000 fcevada...'. 80.C00 Alaska 30,000" Idaho -.. 70.000 Washington &0,000 Arisona-.....,... , ... 40,000 Tota population ................1,100,000 Average' population 140,000 Most Populous- California......... 600,000 Lease populous Arizona.............' 40,000 ; Subscribe for the Republican, An Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World. From the Revolution.. Below we publish, by request, Mrs. Howe'a noble appeal : M Again, in the sight of the Christian world, have the skill and power of two great nations exhausted themselves in tuutuil murder. Agiin have the sacred questions of international justice been committed to the "fatal mediation of military weapons. In this day of pro gress, in this century of light, the( ambition of rulers has been allowed to barter' the dear interests of doaiestic' life, for the bloody exchanges of the butle-field. Thus men have done; thus men will do. Hut women need tio longer be made a party to proceedings which fill the globe with grief and horror. Pespite the assumptions of physical force, the mother has a sacred and commanding word to say to the sons who owe their life to her suffering. That word should now be heard, and answered to as never before Arise, then, Christian women of this day. Arise, thenChrktian women of this day. Arise, all women who hare hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or tears ! Say firmly . Wis will not hive great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husband shall not come to u, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be , takr n from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them ef -charity, mercy and patience. We, women of one c mntry, will be too tender to those of. another country, to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth, a voice goes up with our own. it says : Disarm, disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice- Blood d.nss uot wipe out dishonor, nor violence viudi cate possession. As tnea have often forsaken the plongh and the anvil at summons of war, let women now leave all that may bo left of home, for a great and earnest day of council. Let them meet first as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them thcu solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can l.ve in peic, man as the brother of man, each bearing after his own kind the sacred impress, not of Cosar.-but of God. Jn the name of womanhood and o! humanity, 1 earnestly ask that a gen eral congress of women, without limit of nationality, may be appointed and held at some place deemed most convc nient, and at the earliest period con sistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of thas differcit nationalities, the amicable settlement of international jue.Htions. the great and general inter est of peace. Julia Ward Howe. Th; Chronicle ays Congress, at its session, passed what is familiarly known as the Funding Bill," the object of which was the reduction of the rati o! interest on the National Debt, and its gradual payment, in pursuance of it brovisions Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell has announced the condition upon which the new loan for refunding the Nathional Det will be issued. Three cUxss of bond are comprised 200.000,000 payable at the pleasure of the United States, ten years after the date of their issue, with interest at 5 per cent, per annum; $300,000,000 piyable in 15 year with 4 per ce ot. interest, and $1 ,000,000.000 pajable in 30 yecrs at 4 per eent. interest. The interest is payable in oin,at the office of the U. S. Treasury or such Sub Treasulcr's office as may be designated. Banks and responsible bankers will be appointed as the negotiators of the loan. Subscribers will be given preference as follows: First, to those taking equal amounts of the 5 and 4 per cents.'; 2d, equal amounts of each class of bonds; those taking the 5 per cent, only will be considered in proportion to the" premium they offer. Two pe cen J Will DO requuuu us u ueumiii iruiu pei sons at the time of subscribing. The coin received in payment will be appli ed to the redemption of the 520 bonds The bonds will be issued, with coupons attached, in denominations of S50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10, 000. These bonds and their interest are by law exempt from taxation by the United States, or by any State, muni cipal or otljer authority. The expedi ency or feasibility of the Funding bill was questioned by many financiers; it now remajns to see if Secretary Bout well can carry his theories iqto . practi cal effect Five females have arrived at Pres oottf Arwoua, bj.thp thirty-fifth paraU iel route. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, d t J. H. tVlY ER, AU,y & Co ii ns ellor-a t-La w, Dallas, Polk County Oregon. OFFICE In the Court Ilouse. 31-ly J. C. GRUBBS, M. 0., PHYSICIAN AND SUIlGftON, Offers bis Services to tbc Citizens of Dallas and Vic'citj. OFFICE- NICHOLS' Drug Store. ' 31-tf' P. A. Fagjca. 1 J. McMahos. tlLW BLACKSMITH SHOP, Independence, Polk Couuty. All Kinds of Illackraltliliir done on Short Notice, and to tbe f ati.factiou of Customers, and at Ileasonabld Kates. ' yt Special attention paid to Horse-lioelilff. Oct. T!, 1870. . FHENCM A McMAIION. 31 ly it i:i UMUUiti THAT TUB INDEPENDENCE HOTEL Has been RE FITTED, and no pains is now pred to make all who may call Comfortable aud ilapp. A good Stable is keptia connection with the Ilourfe. Call and see us. Oct. 27, 1870. JEREMIAH OALWICK. 34-lj J. II. SITE, II., Physician and Snrgeon, Dallas, Ogn Having rexnoeed practice, erill give special attention to Obstetrics, and the treatment of the diseases of Women and Children. OlSce at his residence. W. D. JKt'l'KIUM, 51. D., rhysiciati and Surge on, Kol a, Oregon. Special attention giren to Obstetrics aod Diseases of Women. Itf J. 12. DAVIDSON, M. D Physician and Surgeon, iBitpendcuce, Dgn. 1 T. V. B. Embrcc. PIIV8ICIA&8URGEOi AMITY, YAMHILL CO., OREGON. pSr Office at residence. 14yl Attorney and Counsellor-at -Law. HAI.ll.M, OIti:CON, Will practice in all the Courtrof Record and ! Inferior Court of this State. OFFICE In Watkiods! Co's Brick, up tairs. I Attorney & Counsellor-At-Law, Dallas, Oregon, Will practice in all tbe Conrtt of the State. 1 Attorney. and Counsellor-at-Law. Dallas, Oregon. Special attention given to Collections and to matters pertaining to Real taie. 1 GEO. B. CCRltgV. I B. HTHLET. URRE tV II UK LEY, " Allonieys-At-I,aiv, LAFAYETTE - - - - OREGON. . 3-tT- I!lAtlIK EtAITISC V, AtryA:CouiiscIJor-af-Lav, lafayette, Oregon. 3 tf a. r. RraaKtx, c. p. raaar, Vofary iublic Jieal Knfate Attorney, Ileal Estate Brokers and Collection Agents, Northwest Cor. of First and Washington ' Streets, 1 f "'; ' " . . if : PORTLAND - - - - - OREGON. Special attention given to the sale of Real Estate. Collections made in Oregon and the Territories. Property, town lots, improved farms, stock ranches, lands, Ac, situated in the best portions of Oregon and W. T., for sale on reasonable terms. ..--.--; : 3-tt 15. O. S-LOAT, Carriage pd Ornamental SlO.f PAI1VTER, ComiaercjLa f trset, Oppqiits Strkj's Block, attf , 8ALEM. ;;y!;'A.a?.;POllDE8,i';;N Itry&CouiigellorejatwIiaTs ' Lafayette, Oregon. a-tf , A LL SORTS OF GOODS BOLD FOR Cash or Marketable Produce at J. II. LEWIS'S cox & e Ann AI1T, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS noonc's DLocir, saxxsxJ Goods by the Package at Reduced Rata my ro 3tf .. , f:S , U ii clt: r wood, Barker 6c Co Commercial atreet, Salem. Oregon, MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OP ANI ONS after tbe most approved ftjlea and the best of workmanship, on short notice, Jutd AT POHTJLAND PIIICGS2 r , M : 21 -tf '- ' . Saddlery HarnfisSi S. C. SXI JLES, Malu at. (opposite the Court House), Dallas), MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IW Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Collars, Check Lines, etc., etc., of all kinds, aidjjie is prepared to sell at the lowest liriqg.ratav '. jCS-RE PAIRING done on short Twrtioe, GAITERS. DO TOU WANT SOME Fine Cloth Gaiters? if so. supply jour selvesat J. H LEWIS'fi. QUEENSWARE IN ABUNDAJ&GE At . . J. H. LEWI'S. BANK EXCHAUGE SALOON Main street, : Dallas, Ogn. 117 INES, LIQUORS, PORTER, ALEi I f liitters, Cigars, Candies, Oysters. and Sardines -will be -eired to recti e ' men on. the out?ide of the coonter, by a gentla man who has an eye to "Lit" on tbe inside. - So come along, boys ; sake no delay At we will soon bear what you bare toaay. . 32 1 W. F.-CLING AN.;;- HURGREfi a SHIODLER, ,,p . Importers and Dealers in ' FURNITURE rhetarest Stock and the Oldest Fax nlture House tti Portland. ' -A ! WAREROOMS AND FACTORY JOBNER SALMON AND FIRST STREETS PORTLA ND, OR EG ON 19 tf : FHS8II Alt U 1 VAIj I OUR STOCK OF "NEW jGOODS FOR FALL TRADE, i Is now open and lor sale at our store, on the Corner of Front and Mill Street, Dal las, Oregon. We invite tbe attention of oor patrons to our New StocVf consisting of Dres Goods, y ' Clothing, 1 .-.v .. Hardware. - Crocker jf Groceries ' : Hoot Shoest' School Book, Stationery In fact ererytblog found in ReUil Stores, ; At Prices ta Suit the Times. Country Prodnce taken in exchange for Those baring old awoouts an requested tf call and settle by CASH or NOTE. We thank' the public for their liberal pat. ronage in the past, and hope for a continuance of the same. ;; ' . " 1 : " -i :'-? N. A. J.D. LEE. .. Dallas, March 1st, 1370. ltf THE ELLENDALE MILL' COMPANT will give the highest market price for wool, delivered at their factory in Polk Co. Their Store is also open, with a general as sortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Haidnere, Ae.: 2-it . J F. HIATTESO ', j Physician, Surgeon U Accouchcr, Ilueua Vista, Polk Co., Ojrau Will attend promptly to professional ealla, ' v i ,. jcnninc.9 tonan No. o i 'A A. M., Dallas, holds its regular com. AmilcaHons on the Saturday prefedlog tbe Full Mnn in each month, unless the moon fulls on Saturday then on that day, .at ob o eioca. ' .si Also, on the second Friday la eeth jiaeath at 7 o'clock, P. M , for the purpose of improve meat of the Craft In Masonry, aad for sac other work as tbo Master may front time ta time ordttr. x : " ' ? - ' ' All Brethren in good standing are invited o aHend Byorderoftbe - W. IU