C1) tfxc SnilB gstovlau. ASTORIA. OREGON: TUESDAY MARCII 28, 1SS1 .C.1BELA., Editor. JJonrbon in the White House. DITOKI 1. ( OKltl-I(NlKM K. W - II IN (.TON, Maw St. The reception of the temperance ladies at the Kxecutire Mansion yesterday, to present to President Garfield, in charge for the Nation, the portrait of lire. Hayes, was a unique and touching ceremony. The large picture rested against the fueled wall near the front o&l the east parlor, on the east side of Ihe room, and in a diagonal line facing it were the lady delegates of the National Christian Teinper--ancc Union and the Mrs. Hayes Memorial Committee, with Miss Frances E. AVillard, the president. ns their snokesman. President Garfield stepped forward and Miss "Willard addressed him in a fervent and beautiful appeal, to which no gallant man could listen unmoved. With great tact she avoided di rectly asking him to forbid the use U5f wine at the "White house; she only intimated the thought and prayer that was in their hearts. At the conclusion of her remarks she quoted with infinite pathos the stanzas beginning: Kins out the old. riHj; in the now; JJinji out the false, ring in the true. The President's face was a study. It was gravely courteous the face of a man whose mind is made up, but who deprecates the pang his" decision may bring to sensitive human hearts. His eyes were bent upon the floor in a listening atti tude. He replied in his customary eloquent way, not more kind than firm. He said: I have observed the significance which you have given this portrait from the standpoint you occupy, and in connection with the work in which you are engaged. First, I approve most heartily what vou have said in reference to the free dom of individual judgment and action symbolized in this portrait. There are several sovereignties in this country; 1. the sovereignty of the American people; 2. the sov ereignty nearest to us of all the sovereignty of the family; the ab solute right of each family to con trol its affairs in accordance with the convictions of both the heads of the family. In the picture that is before us that is bravely sym bolized. I have no doubt the American people will always ten derly regard the household sover eignty, and however households may differ in their views and con jiections, I believe that those dif ferences will be respected. Each Household, by following its own convictions and holding itself re sponsible to God, will, 1 think, be respected by the American people. "What you have said concerning the evils of intemperance meets my most hearty concurrence. I have been, in my way and accord ing tc my own convictions, an earnest advocate of temperance not in so narrow a sense as some, but in a very definite and practifal sense. These convictions are deep and will be maintained. Whether 7 shall be able to meet the views of all people in regard to all the phases of that question remain to be seen, but I shall do what I can to abate the great evils of intem perance. I shall be glad to have this picture upon these walls, and shall be glad to remember your kind expressions to me and my .family, and in your efforts to better mankind by your work I hope that you will be guided by wisdom, and that you will achieve a worthy success. President Garfield's reply had a point of quiet emphasis in it in his assertion that the head of each family was the proper person to decide the customs and usages of that family. Whatever course the management of the White house hall take on the wine question, he therein assumed the responsibility upon his own broad shoulders, determined that the world shall lay, no jot of it upon his wife. It 9eft them no doubt of his purpose, "but he softened it by the most delicate language, and afterward by bringing forward his wife to his side to join him in the individual presentation of the ladies. How ever one may depreciate the idea that the chief citizen of the Nation should be put under a constraint tbat no private gentleman would tolerate, that of being forbidden to offer to the guests at his august table the symbols of hospitality customary among civilized men, one cannot but appreciate the earnestness and devotion of the determined temperance ladies. Man of these are fine-looking, cultured women. All of them ,have that glow of the inner life suffusing their face that reminds one of the saying, "nothing de veloped a woman like a hobby." i. i i. MISCELLAraOUS. The Twin Relic. KI!TOKIAI.KKKSFOXlKX('K. Saints and the civilization of this age cannot peacefully co-exist. The Mormons must give up poly gamy, or they will never have peace. The president is right when he decides that it is his duty to enforce the laws in Utah. It is his business to execute all the laws impartially. He would be equally bound to do this if he belicvdd the Uw wrog But in asserting tl.o 1 PROVISIONS . LUMBER. authority of the government over J . J"i JJ these men who claim that a felony i ETC., ETC., ETC., is their religion, and that lust is a i manifestation of peculiar liolincss, the executive will be heartily sup- G . W. HUME Wholesale and Retail Dealer GROCERIES. THE DAILY AND WEEKLY Washington, March 10. Bish op Sharp, of tlie Church of Latter Daj' Saints, is not more than lialf so sharp as his name implies. The argument with which he under takes to back up polygamy is the shallowest of sophistry. " Silence would be far better calculated to secure tolerance for that twin relic than an attempt to justify it as "a relisrious observance.' Lust is al- wa3s detestable, but it becomes hideously hateful when it calls itself godliness. Vices that are tolerated when not flaunted in the face of decency must be denounced and punished when the put on airs and assume to rank with vir tues, rolygamy would be bad I enough if it were secretly practiced and humbly apologized for. Even if it kept itself out of sight, and seemed impressed with a due sense of its unfitness for the nineteenth century, it would still require a stretch of forbearance not to stamp it out. But when this repulsive device for the gratification of lust claims the protection, of law on the jr.-ound that it is an element of a religious faith, there is no excuse for further forbearance. Bishop Sharp recently remarked to an in terviewer that "all thinking men among us maintain that every Mor mon who enters into polygamy does it because it is his re- liirion. We assert that we have a right to the religious belief, and if not protected in it, we at least should not be interfered with."' Public opinion and the laws of this country, and of all lands where christian civilization is known, condemn polygamy as a felony. It is classed with burglary, robbery and other felonies of high grade. It is not necessary to go into any argument in support of the justice of those laws or the views in which they are founded. Society claims the right to regu late marriage and the relations of the sexes. Those who dispute this right make war on society. The Mormons are, in this regard, out laws. They may prate about the example of the patriarchs until doomsday, that will not help them. 'We have changed all that." We build penitentiaries now for the occupancy of men who follow the example of "holy men of old." The married man who takes an other woman or other women to his bed and board, and says that he does so because "it is his reli gion," is as insolent to society and as insulting to the law as he would be if he had stolen his neighbors sheep or money and claimed that he should be protected because stealing "is my religion." Stealing and bigamy or polygamy are equally under the ban of the law. Not only do the statutes of all the states declare that bigmay is a felony, but the laws of the United States thunder against it with the same force. It is conceded that the Mormons are industrious. They have transformed a. desert into a garden. They have some admirable Qualities. Some of the bad features of the church have been materially im proved. But all this amounts to nothing. Industry is no defence against this crime or any other violation of the criminal laws. When a man is arraigned for bunr lary, he does not escape conviction on proof that he is temperate and frugal. Utah has sufficient popu lation for admission into the family of states. But for polygamy she might have been admitted long ago. SJie xoill never come in vniil this curse is- eradicated. The civilization of the Latter Day ported by almost the entire force of public sentiment, for the Mor mons liave no symjathy in this vile practice. n. '. i. j TIN PLATE BLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD, SEAMING COPPERS, SOLDERING COPPERS, SALMON TWINE, President Garfield complains of j COTTON. TWINE, bein"- lonesome in the WHtc. liouse. He says he expected to have plenty of company, at least for the first few days after he took possession; but it turns out differ ently he only has from six hun dred to two thousand people to see him daiiv. ASTORIA. ! jjjlEftJL. OREGON. pESPECTED AND COMMENDED BY ALL FOR ITS Impartiality, Ability. Fairness and Reliability. TIIE PAPER EOR TIIE COMMERCIAL MAN, FOR THE FARMER, FOR THE MECHANIC, FOR THE MERCHANT, FOR EVERY PERSON. IKI. At San Dk'so. California, March lTtli, JKSl, Alexamu-r Hunter, of Toronto, Canada, afctl :s year. NEW TO-DAY. .. .. Notice. mm steam JL will Ik? m4um D( WARY 1AYLOR" ueltoti at A-torta on TtaBrsdMV, A'triltli jkt 10 ii'iler'- A. M. if S. WAIaRMAN. 74-td iwrTivnchanl & I'ii-Ih Asents. For Safe.' A FINE 1IOAT. .SUITABLE FOR FISII Itig. A wdv t tht'ftOSce of 7'-P STORJA PACK INC. CO. NET LINES, MANILLA ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, ANCHORS, OARS, FLOATS, MAULS. HANDLES, MURIATIC ACID, LACQUER, VARNISH, TURPENTINE. BENZINE, COAL OIL, GUM BOOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC., IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT. ASTORIA. - - OREGOX. Do you Imagine what is the Finest and Best Enjoyment and Recreation? -Tin: xew X3SOT 3P-SKT JLX.XET5C OX CONCOMLY kTKEET, I tatter than all lh malk-il mihI port i-xerrf-ws in tn con try. TIIE TKX r!X ALLEYS Ate in great gtha in Hum' ju-t ihiw, and w Ity tlHHila .Wnst -ta Itehiinl. as THE TEN PIN GAME Is the Chiie-t, Healtlm-t. and imict eiijoy jtWf amuM'iiH-iit t Ih fHiiii. THE VKKY REST OF SAX FRANCISCO National Brewery Beer. AXI FItEK L-L'XCII Will w Ncntil, and iIi?rmh1 Cowert Orpin ptajing sweet strain to rater to oiir.j:ar. onip.Try it. and Enjoy it. MRS. DERBY TEK3IS: BY HIAIT,. (rOTA;K fRF.K TO ALT. SrKsCI'IKHlK.) DAILY, ONE "COPY ONE YEAR ,..... S9 00 DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 3 00 "WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE 2 00 WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 1 00 asPotninters are autnoim-d to act as agents for Tiik A.vtokia ItKALKK IN THE ASTOKIAN" STEAM PRINTING HOUSE - HAS THE FASTEST AND BEST PRESSES, AND TYPE OF TIIE LATES1 STYLES. CB" "We purchase Taper, Cards, Ink, and other materials of the manufacturers at lottost ravim; isates. And can therefore afTord to use. as we always do. the best nrticles, while eiiarging MI1LLINERY GOODSS SSB fijgz5& I'mBcLtf immi Vt 1 LIBERTY HALL. F."Y. STECHIIAX Lessee and Manager GRAND "CONCERT. Dr. Yarner's Health CORSET "lCut only be purchased in ' 4, A-jtoria xt -MWV Tivmivc Ma-onWMIaU IluiUlmjr. cor ner of Main and Smicnioiihc streets. Cards. Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads. THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN- NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL. O.Vi: XI GUT OXIjY ! SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1881. ESPIHOSA CONCERT COMPAHY EUGENE SCI1UTZ Httsiness Manager TAUT I. 1. Duo, two PiHiH.,ltondnon.T3 Chopin Aug. Zecli and M. Espinusiu 2. CHvatittH. "Fau-sl" Gounod Mi'S.Tcnuy Landsman. 3. llnno Solo, First Tamntoile Mills M. EsJtilUWL 4. VwlHcclk Solo, Ilercus Schroder Knrncst Selnnidt. .". Sog, "Omf Ajmiif ' Sullivan Miss Sylvia Gerrish. TAUT II. 1. llano Solo, Cannee op. iM. . .Ketten I. EspinosM. 2. Duet. Hunter's Sm;r Kucken Miss Landsman and Miss Gerrish. X YloHiwello Solo. Nocturne l)aidoIT Earnest Schmidt. 1. So,Situsuvsts Ral'c Miss.lennv l.-iiidsiuan. 5. Trio a. Aiulanti li. l,n,stoMtMidelsohn (For Haiio, Violin and ViolincelhO Messrs. I-lsphHsa. Course!) and Schmidt. Kescrved scats One DollHr. Hn t A dlers Mitskr store. Kox Shod will MAGATUS 0. CROSBY, Dealer in HARDWABE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, Pluta and Steam Fitters Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD, SHEET IRON, TIN AHD COPPER, Barbour's IRISH FLiX THREADS Salmon Net Twine. Cotton Seine Twine, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton Netting, all sizes. Seines Made to Order, Flax and Cotton Twine, Fishing Tackle, etc. V BARBOUR BROTHERS, 511 Market Street. San KranclHco HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Managers. Chas. Stevens & Son, CITY BOOK STORE. BROWN'S BUILDING opposite the SEXaX. tower, In room lately occupied by SrhmeerN Confectionery, Largest and Best Assortment Of novelties In the stationary line ,usually found iu a Orst-class book .store, consisting of BOOKS, FINK STATIONERY. (J OLD TEN GOODS, ALi'l'.MS. CIIItOMOS. FRAMES. STEREOSCOPES. DIARIES. All of which w 111 be sold at prices which DEFY COMPETITION. P. S. The latest Eastern and California periodicals constant) on hand. CHAS. STEVENS & SON Dealer in Cannery Supplies of all Kinds. Agent fr the celebrated MEDALLION RANGE, Hisli t'lovets. Jjow Closets, anil I lain llniicex. IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS OP ALL KINDS. Brass Goods, Hose. Etc., Water Closets, Bath Tubs, Etc. ALL WUKK AVAP.RANTED 'i, Xi, HAWES, TWO DOORS EAST OF OCCIDENT, - - ASTORIA, OPvEGON, MISCELLANEOUS. TREiWARD & UPSHUR DEALERS IN Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN. COP PER, PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Done with neatness and dispatch. None but first class workmen employed. A large assortment of SCALES Constantly on hand. t SHIP CHANDLER PROVISIONS, MISCELLANEOUS. mow, STEEL. WILLIAM EDGAK, Comer Main and Chcnamus Street., ASTORIA OREGON BKALKK IX CIGARS AND TOBACCO, The Celebrated JOSEPH RODCRS & SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM and other Ensluh Cutlery. FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc, A fine stock of lVatehcs and Jewelry, Muzzle and IJrccch Iioadins Shot Gudh and KiflcK, .Revolvers, PJstolH, and Ammunition' MAItIXE GIiASSES. ALSO A FIXE r Assortment of fine SPECTACLES and EYE GLASSES. t-JL & COAL, Builders 8 General i HARDWARE, CT.a.xXjS, PAINTS. OILS, ETC. AGENCY OF TIIE Imperial Mills Flour and Feed. Chenamus Street, Wear Olney, ASTORIA. OREGON ASTORIA. OREGON. VARNISHES M'D JAPANS THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR sale on hand and to arriv e direct from New York English Lustre Black Varnish, IN BARRELS. Turpentine Asphaltum Varnish, IN BARRELS Benzine Asphaltum Varnish,r IN BARRELS H No. 1 Turpentine, in Barre Brown Japan, in Barrels, , No. 1 Ccach, in Barrels, White Damar. in Barrels. Coach Varnishes, in Cases. BRICK LAYER Silicic Aluniinate Paint, FOR IRON AND WOOD W ORK. JAMES LAIDLAW & CO., 16 X Front Street. Portland. PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL DP LAS -37 353 JEZ. IES ZO. Grders left at the Occident Hotel, or at my Warehouse, foot of Benton Street, promptly attended to. LEME, SAND, BRICK, rLASTER, LATH, Cement, and all materials In my line, famished to order. 3"Speclal attention paid to Furnace work and Ranges. Cistern work warranted good r no pay. aAsent San Juan and New Tacoma lime. ARNDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. Tlie Only Machine Shop And the beat --"Sfc I BLACKSMITH s h i j p mi fa In tlie city, ot All kinds of w5"521i ENGINE, CANNERY, AKD STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIEs7 MACHINE SHOP! NEAR KINNEY'S AS TORIA FISHERY J. H. D. GRAY, Wholesale and retail dealer In. ALL KI2TDS OF FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. General storace and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria i Oregon.