Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-08-24

rum. and men Of social science say
that il will cease to bow ] venture
in the opinion, with becoming mod
esty in a matter where dogmatism
or assertion would be folly, that our
great road will carry more Chinese
east to the Mississippi, for the next
ten years, than it viii bring of Amer
lean citizens to settle west of the
Sierras: and that our Chinese immi-
grafton here will be as two to one
over any other stock. 1t is proba-
bly a mistake to suppose that this
great communication is to center in
US. Communication brings equilib-
rum, social and material, according
to its length and sweep, and much
of this is to fly through us as the
shuttle flies through the .Yeaver's
loom, leaving a thread, indeed, but
chiefly weaving us into the social
fabric of the world. We have lived
here for almost the lifetime of a
generation of men, as far-off people.
With pleasing ambition we call our
selves a cosmopolitan people but
not man of us goes to New York
who does not come back better
dressed than he went, which testifies
that this is not the cosmopolitan
town.
Ny arrival here was an exception
to the rule, on the question of dress.
Horatio didn't see me till after had
borrowed some secondhand clothes
from a commercial traveller" and
so. by the time the reverend doctor
got along, / was enabled to put in a
tolerably respectable appearance.
Joseph, No. l, had a coat of many
colors and everything handsome
about him; No. was last seen lead
ing an ass in the direction of Egypt,
a seedy outfit, no doubt, but the re-
turn of No. 3 in the rear of the iron
horse, could discount 'em on a lack
of coat, brooches, panniers, hoops,
and waterfalls nothing but the
iaek-ass scudding under bare poles.
But, set 'em up-everything goes,
and the millennium is not far off,
when the Chinaman and the Irish
man will lie down together, and all
hands will be both virtuous and
happy. If have any religion at all,
it must be what is called material
ism, and with such an able advocate
as Stebbins on my side, verify be-
lieve now that the millennium of the
Scripture is. nothing more nor less
| than the leveling down of time and
space, the mechanizing of labor
and the effect of human invention
on the barbarous mind. You remem-
Der my allusion to the inroad North
ern machinery was making upon the
semi-savage intellect of the slave
holding section of our country? 1t
is astonishing. l wish you had room
for the sermon quoted ; but one
more allusion to it: The orator on
the Chinese question said, that il
Paganism was to dissolve Christian
ity, the quicker it was done the
better. consider that the sum OF 1t.
Train followed Stebbins lin Ma
CURES building) last night, and re
ioiced that he had found one min
lister that didn't need preaching to.
Financially, Train is the most sue
cessful lecturer living. Good shape,
unbounded cheek and lip, excellent
constitution, and as Falstaf said o.
Hal--s.the most damnable iteration
extant. Indescribably entertaining
and disgusting at the same time
uses everything genuine, vulgar and
far-fetched in the way of wit an q
illustrations. Enjoys kissing as mucf
as applause - or turns it to as
good account in his favor. Is al
right on the Chinese and currency
questions, and. crazy :? on the lrisl
or vice versa, perhaps. Appa
rently incoherent in everything, ye'
a careful observer will detect an In
genious vein of argument running
throughout his hellaballo OF decla
nation. He is a good actor-cal
mimic anything or anybody is a !
wiry and springy as cats al
over the stage in q moment, and III