Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-03-23

bring dates to Feb. 2G. The Peace
Convention was still in session, and
the hopes of the country were %fluctuat-
ing. We must remain in suspense till
the arrival of the next Pony Express.
n H(E)AvEN FOR DACMELoRs.-Our
bachelor friends who, from that mod
c.t.y which appears to characterize the
craft. seem IT, be doomed to the ever
green State ofBachelorhood should en-
igratc to Gloucester, Mass, where the
girls do the 'courting' and "proros-
ing" An exchange says:
AT Gloucester. Mass. there are re-
ported to be 81 Mmiablc, angelic. ac-
coimplishcd. marriagcablc maidens, and
to husband this harvest of charms, there
are but Is single men, including wild.
overs. and only % of the latter arc
good Matches
The same paper states:
"Tlicrc arr two hundred and eleven
narriagcblc girls in Lii Crosse, Wis,
and about 1870 beauX to mate them. OF
these, ~ don't care for the girls, 81 the
girls don't care for, II arc so busy maxi
ing money they can't stop to marry,
and the balance are engaged
TERRIFIC EXPLOsION.-Wc learn by
the Port Townsend North- West that on
the morning of the 18th, the boilers of
Mcigs's steam sawmill, at Port Madi-
son, exploded, instantly killing five
l.r,, and seriously iniuring II other.
The accident occurred at an hour when
there were but Il few persons employed,
otherwise the destruction of life would
undoubtedly been much greater. The
names uftllc killed arc as follows: VIM.
Roach, Engineer, Ireland; Thomas
Means, farmer, Seattle: Capt. John
Morton. late ofSchooncr Restless: VIM.
Thompson; Charles Sprcchcr, Oregon.
Wounded, Frederick Baker. The
cause of the explosion is supposed to
have been carsHd by scarcity of water
in the boilers.
TIE LECTURE on FRIDAY EVENING.
We were delighted with the address
of James Lodge, Esq, before the Al.
lllean Association OF Friday evening,
18th inst. The Snlicct-"Evcry-Day
Litc'-was well chosen and thoroughly
treated. The speaker portrayed the
aims and incentives which should gov
ern us through life, the snper-excclloncc
of practical over theoretical knowledge,
and closed with Il mcritcd and bcauti.
full tribute to WOMAN. We have seldom
listened to an essay with more appro-
priatcncss of language andidca, and the
metaphors and SMILES used in illustra-
ton could not have been better selected.
The audience was large and attentive,
who testified their appreciation by fire.
qncnt applause.
\ Few WORDS OF CAUTION.-Now
that the dry season is approaching, it
is our duty to warn our citizens against
the danger to he apprehemdcd from fire.
We notice several ominous-looking
stovc-pircs protruding from the roofs
of houses in the most p%opulous portions
of town. 1t should be constantly borne
in mind that we arc but il%l-prcparcd to
cXtinguish a fire should We be visited
by that terrible destroyer, and that but
Il light expense in the construction of
tlues, or in the repair of defective ones,
may save us from future loss. "An
ounce of prevention is better than a
pound of cure"
Our LEGISLATIVE REpoRTS.-A Co.
lumbia river correspondent desires to
know whether the opinions expressed
upon different measures, in our Lcgis-
lativc reports, were ours, or merely the
individual opinion Of the reporter. We
reply: most assurcdly the latter. The
reports, in many instances, contictcd
with Judgment, and VIC are only
responsible for that which was properly
accredited as editorial.
Our WAR DEBr.-Wc are gratified
to find in the intelligence received
by the Pony dispatches that the Oregon
and Washington war debt bill had
PASSED the House. but reduced to about