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Education of the Freedmen
The Story of Fisk Uni
versity.
Labors Of tho American Mission
ary Association ut the
South.
The Flora Round About Chicago
The Sun-Dew Family.
Mound-Buitders and Village"ln"
dians.-.Brief Notes On
Scientific Topics,


L1YEKATUkEs
JOIN cu1sAMAv IN AMERICA.
THE cllsEsE pnonLEM ~ rd,eys; l., :: Tews etcs.
etc. Pamphlet. Doston: Leo u shepasu.
During tho summer Of 1875, spent on the Pa-
- ,r.,a onfovci nec1,ltor IA
ciltt!es for Informing himself with regard to the
eonation o. Inc ra' .,,,a Generalization fore,rner
70 Inc reato"h % t''' MI .as.W. ~ W. ~.
70 the American clt'zen' The results ot us n
vea,,1attons arc embodied in series Of short
argumentatiYc' clcar'y'"rM.cn phpeis ''o4s. ~.
.rnt,scna r, nd ea1nest1y defends the cause Of the
" c.,,..t,,
eTiesta I daas nt+ ,,crss MIR no,,op,, nocv o, TN.
,,a,t o1 tn,ncrntton md unrcstrictetl franchise:
atea n"Ea..o, .,". '',u eatan1i.,,oI n,,ncn,ca
5 declares % that It would bo an exceedingly unjust
h,ralr 10 allow their free operation with respect
sctiou in the case of any other. II Eugl'shmen
md Irlslmcn arc allowed home on our soil,
Ihc Chinese must In emily bc granted the same
wy :. ~, .,.t',,,,l, iii. ,,n.,,, th,t
privilege. ~ ""s NV tnauuen s"en aso"e snas
tne flsut y. 1ose's'i t.ns't "''o l.sno "a4'
granseu Inc o latter. Vh tne eo"ssa's, lhtst,
course VIII! EUROPE anu n1ieFisa Ias ~en % !oseeu 81
upon tnen'' ine 0n'Itu esa'so 1o'att ~
ofeaKnE uo~h our "aiS @ u.lu ope,'.s ous pos,s =,
al'u cit'e6 'or commerce ,ou SuA'os eotp'u"'
a is,SS, =, ain i"!SI tern - III rnioIuer 20
}hfa }hfa siicnr;n@ % assertion,
The Chinese ito not, like other foreigners
seeking foothold OF, our soil, n1otltllo with our
political, educational, or social questions. Only
one Of the ncnrly 15o,0oo on The Pacific Slope
one l,as askcd that tho Bible be excluded from
our schools, ar that my portion Of the public
sclool fund bo directed to tho support Of Sec
, 1876-07-29

Ii tho review In hank verse of tho "Inn- Alhnm,
which appcsEed In the Now York Tribune in Der
parodyinYa not hlgIi orrs of poettcal Eft; hnt u
treats with hndcseryrd ridlcuo truly noble poem.
, 1876-07-29
REPENTANCE.

REPENTANCE.
Her sweet, young fAcs
Was full 6f W0;
Ghu did not thluk
70 KIirye hin. ~.
Al. thoughaless No
auvt meant IN fun.
"Tet 'tis delightful ia tt wooed.
Aud hateful " bs wuu."
JuLr, 1B7L EASQut.
, 1876-07-29
ATLAS ILLINOIS.

ATLAS or ILLINOIS.
ATLAS Or THE STATE or ! if.t.iNo19i To
nicn Hi.. waner esr* fope
tors. Pntllshora, Lakeside building, corner Of
Clark nnd Adams streets, Chicago
Although not qulte ~ conrFcl'cnslVe ~ inc
"Htstorical Atlas OF tho State Of Iowa, =" this
present work Ia atill one Of great magnitude.
and IL, In every respect, far superior To any Of
those cxtant dealing with tl,e same subject.
Like its Predecessor, IL il publication that only
those can appreciate who have practical knowl.
edge Of the Immense amount of labor, care, and
expense involved In IT. prcparaton. II Il evident
,as 20 pa: 70 snessS s ss
In The preparation u tic work, groat tarftty Of
tho details have had 70 bd revised; and each Dc.
charge Of q competent superintendent, who has
given to hts !sspestve Dssneh Of t,e work his eon.
M dfsws bas ebored faithfully il lbs performance Of
ss tasty sa stasivs form IN Which .se wo1k pre-. s
tha1 700. when b,osity atas Indispensable. II
easo rs here given j. ihs only one eser j'rodaeed
eompetcses, CON- po,sibiy some old .ct|er eon,S
fall 10 he extremely satisfactory.
ESSAYS.
GENTLE FOLKS AND OTHERS. Dy Ju1sA
Imo b. @ ppn
Price, s..
Readers OF the best books-ot those which
contain tho choicest thoughts clothed In the
most effective language-will recognize that
this IL the product Of unusual culture and medl-
tation. It bears no marks Of genius; II uttera
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students In the frsedngn's ochuols are, with rare
sseertSns indlEsn: !. !, but tsw year, since
sy na rs 1 hs %
of thsr hpnsst laIor and i Ii not 70 be expected
that they should "a have been abls so IN them.
tSeis owu resources in ststs Of irnotspe" np.,
"a well a. Of dcttltut!un. they needed help In
various ways order TO learn how 70 better thcnt-
and youth WAS mental aud neral culture: aud t..[s
nsss ssssied sa 's .is nsts.a f.
The pupils IN .Fisk University. - In the other
free4n,ens schools, are humby clad: but In intel.
lect. In manners, and department, II Il The trstl
leve With any class Of stltcna IN Northern scloos
They have aropprd tho dialect this hsbIta. and the
a!o couteon!, asable, md refined ~ are shc cul-
tiya.ed aons and daughter, OF tho Caucasian race.
Ths he9eat TO tie eo!pFcd people extended by lhe
t!on given to their pupils. During The summer
vacations these 20 out anung their people aud be.
come teaehers iM thsit turn. ln 1871. lip at4dsu.a
ofed scb0oi; aud IL il e4linaed that .0out IT, 900
children como under tht!F instruction ln day.
echools. and 600 In Sunday. schools. In la15,
work. A. early n lBUa, puplls III Fisk Uniycssity
had msas snca p.HIg;es. A. 70 b. aels 70 sctas ~
&C. .es III s III
the blessings OF education bccn. through tner itl.
atrnmcnta!lty continually extended. IN the yeas
children hare been taught BY men and women who
hnve received thelr education In tho sehools Vt ths
American Missionary Association.
tho soushsra Statcs 3, $50, 14a per.on4 above IL
Year, of aEe3iuciad'ns bl:css and whi.ss-who
whttes. thera wetr !. l37 30I who wuru obliged ~
eonfes! thrIr l'l!tetacy by ,uaklu4 cross under
liz sttal inportanca u aciss stiaseatiaai wolE % In
The sf1tt. and susseHt rho yast exssns 0f The aeld
, 1876-11-25
RECLAIMED LANDS.

The TACT that one farmer in Whatcom
county will, in the course of two weeks
hence, export more grain to San Fran
cisco than all the other farmers of that
section exported thither, two years ago,
must be enough to satisfy the NEST
skept;cal that there is great merit in the
broad expanse of swamp and overhowed
lands lying about the delta of the Skag-
AS individual capital can CO but
little in new countries we propose the
idea of incorporating for reclamation
purposes. The plan is not original with
US, however. having been successfully
tried in California.
In 1871 party of gentlemen incorpo-
rated and bought of the State, for one
dollar per acre, an island which con-
tanned 1890 acres. The number of
shares in the company was fixed at one
for each acre Of land. They levied two
assessments of five dollars each and
one of ten, for construction of embank-
ment in 1872. In 1873 they levied u
assessment of two dollars per share,
to pay expenses of putting in crop.
This made total cost of $23 per acre
for the ground with the crop narrowed
in. In 1874 this company paid divi-
dend in wheat, of eight bushels 10 the
share, after meeting all current expen-
ses Of the farm.
Now, is not that g better investment
than Consolidated Virginia" at $50
per share? One may 'pinch ont and
the other cannot. None of the stock to
which we refer, is for sale nor is il sub
ject to any fuctuative value. We be-
lieve that equally good opportunities
exist here and Will repay fully larger
dividends if maneged by practical men.
There are bodies Of tide lard in the
mouths CT the Skagit and Stilliguamish
that would prove just as great fortune
if handled by combined capital. Who
will take the matter in hand?
, 1876-11-25
OCEAN FREIGHCS.

The recent advance in ocean treights,
which has been at an utter stagnation
figure for the pastten n monihs.is decidcd>
ly encouraging for our home ship>build-
ers. The long continued prostration
was almost total embargo upon this
important Pacific Coast industry and
deferred many home capitalists from
risking their money in such undertak-
ings. Owing to the risk involved in
ocean navigation, ship is not good
property unless she can clear at least
three per cent. per month. inc'rsive of
her detent;ons in port. Recent expert
ments in our Puget Sound fir, have
shown it to be as tough and elastic as
Eastern Oak and far more buoyant
hence we may look for an increase of
work at all points on the Sound, as we'll
as at Coos Bay, which also turns out
excellent vessels.
, 1876-11-25

TIE now and elegant steamer Daisy AIMS
worth, probably the handsomest stern-
wheel boat in America, and the largest boat
Of that class in Pacific waters, was totally
wrecked on reef on the Upper Cascades,
day before yesterday. We regret it very
much, but fear that cheap wages was the
cause Of it. The idea of leaving an expe-
rienced man like Capt. McNulty on an old
worn-out boat like the Idaho, and putting
an almost unknown man on as large boat
as the Daisy, seems in keeping with the
penny wise and pound foolish policy" that
characterizes the history of all steamboat
companies, where real steamboat men like
Capt Ainsworth- are overslanShed by direc-
tors who are bred to other pursuit
, 1876-11-25

none louder than from the "fence men"
who thought that their opportunity to
"come over had now arrived, and that
the political somersault might be un-
dertaksn with some degree ofprobabili-
ty that they could land upon their legs
on the right side. To day, The feelings
Of detection aud disappointment at the
Departments is very general, and while
some still consider the result as doubts
full, the majority have accepted the
situation and abandoned all hope.
Knowing, as they do, that to the "victors
belongs the spoils," they do not look
for tie, ure of Office extending beyond
the fourth of March next, when the
new President takes his seat. That
event will have the effect Of
COMPLETELY REyoLUTIoNIz1NG
Affairs, social and otherwise, here in
Washington; the circles and coteries we,
have known so long We shall know no
more, but others will come and take
their place; prominent leaders of fashion
and society will glide into obscurity and
and will soon be buried under the soil
of oblivion (for it is wonderful how fast
we forget) and we shall do homage to
people whose names, PERHAPS. We do
not even know now. As the glories of
the second Empire vanished by single
blow at Sedan, SO will the social glories
of this present administration vanish
into the air after the fourth of March,
to be followed by a new order of things.
which future, only, VIII be able to de-
termire whether o. not. it is an i'm
provement upon the past. That there
is room for improvement, no one who
has lived in Washington as long as has
your correspondent, will venture to
deny, be his political complexion what
it.inay. After the first effects of the
shock shall have passed OFF, there will
be enough to entertain r5 and tax our
energies; in the first place,
CONGRESS WILL SOON ASSEMBLE,
And the very first official act of that
body will be to count the electoral vote
which. in itself, is a spectacle well
worth Witnessing, Then, speculations
as to who will compose the next cabin
ct will be in order, to be followed by the
preparations for the inauguration of
the new President, iu March. Wash
ington correspondents will, according
ly. have their hands full, and Washing-
ton intelligence will take the place of
the sterotyped Centennial notes. :"
which must come to a close with the
close of the exhibition. two days hence.
In closing, therefore, I do not say fare
well; but only ''du rerotr.'
T.B
, 1876-11-25
INCREASED POSTAL SERVICE.

The Territorial Secretary, Hon. II.
G. Struve, on his recent visit to Wash
ington. had some conversation with the
postal authorities on the subject of
ocean mail service between Puget
Sound and San Francisco At this sea-
son of the year, i: takes the average
period of nine days to convey Il letter
from San Francisco by the overland
service, while the steamers make the
trip on an average schedule of five
days. Letters and papers are frequent
ly damaged by water while being car
ried on tie stages between Redding and
Roseburg at this season. whereas the
steamers would bring everything
through in good shape, dry aud tidy.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has already two good steamers ON this
route, under subsidy from foreign
government. They are both neatly fur
nished and fast enough fer any ordin-
ary purpose, while one of them (the
Dakota lis the most comfortable vessel on
which we ever travelled. 1t would take
but small outlay from our Government
to have the travel increased by making
departures from San Francisco and Vic
storia every Saturday.
This would, of course, necessitate an
other steamer, as it would require three
to perform the service. Sixty thousand
dollars per annum would do it and, al
though 1t is none too much, we believe
the Pacific Mail Company would carry
it for that. 1t would be better to have
no opposition at such reasonable rates
as now exist--tban to have cheap fare
on rotten old hulks and revamped revo>
nue.. cutters, otficered by notoriously in
competent men like the first officer of
the Pacific, who ran ashore both the
Montana and Eastport. within six short
months prior to the fearful night when
the brute Sawyer sailed away from 275
drowning men and women. There is no
real profit in low rates on those condi-
tions. Give us good ships, oficered by
competent men, and an intelligent peo-
pie will not object to liye~anlletlive
prices.
, 1876-11-25

The naming of a liver steamer in
Oregon after the late Stephen T.Chuich
recalls comicai anecdote Of that excel
lent gentleman who was til best steam
boat clerk we ever saw. On one occas-
lou. while Charley Pope was clerk on
the Senator, he and Secretary Church
had dispute over some trifing matter
and each thought he was in the right of
it. Il believe in the infallibility OF the
Pope" says Charley. "Yes. sir. "
replied the Secretary, "and | believe in
the supremacy of the Church" This
ley settled the matter on the Secretary 5
basis.
, 1876-11-25
OUR NEIGHBoR,S TROUBLES.

OUR RNEIGHB0R'S TROUBLES.
The Oregon papers talk Of an extra
session Of their Legislature. which viii
cost the S:ateprobably $780, 900. From
our personal acquaintance with Gov
ernor Grover. we are confident he will
do nothi 6 Of the kind. The late and
never-lamented Legislature left undone
a great many things they ought to have
done and did great many things they
ought not 10 have done. The fact that
they adjourned without appropriations
to finish the new State House, which is
an ornament to the State, is not SO
much the fault Of the Legislature, as of
the people who elected them. In the
two houses taken together. We're abe ut
dozen practical men--such as Stott,
Van Clenve. Gould and men of that sort.
The generality of them were men of
limited education who were sent there,
either to be used by designing men in
the counties where they resided or to
get them out of the way as aspirants
for county offices; while not few got
elected in the hope of selling their votes
on the Senatorial question: The re.
suit was what might have been expect
cd. Valuable time was squandered in
frivolous debates on womep suffrage
and other impracticable vagaries, while
the urgent wants of great and ill-pro-
vided state We're entirely forgotten.
We should think it high time that
men in Oregon could see how utterly
inadequate to the wants of that State is
their present Constitution. Every
third session of their Legislature loses
one-third of its working time by SEN
atolial election, during which time no
other business is thought of. To ask
competent men to go there for three
dollars per day is farce. 1t is hardly
woodchopper wages. Pay them
eight dollars day and you may get re-
sponsible taxpayers and competent
men to leave their business, to attend
to the affairs of the State. As it is.
there are but two classes who will se:ve
for such pay-honest fools, who have
no practical ideas of legislation: and
political rogUes, whose actions and
votes arc always controlled by an un-
scrupulous lobby. The State has out,
grown the rag baby era for which its
Constitution was designed and will
never advance commensurately with its
resources ill that incubus is removed.
The cid Long Tom" element is yet
pretty strong. however, and may stall
off sensible and progressive legislation
for many years to come. In the event
of cur admission as State at some fu-
ture day, it would be we'll to give the
precepts of the Oregon Constitution a
wide berth.
, 1876-11-25
TIE HoLD-oYER GAME.

u The stfempts of the + ederal Treasury
plunderers to conceal their s.ealings for
four years longer by counting out
Samuel J. TiIden, who has been elected
President by over three hundred thous-
and popular votes, is enough to disgust
every decent man in the Radical party.
Granting that Louisiana went Republic
can which no sensible man believes
she did-ths two Democratic electors at
large, in south Carolina. received ma.
iorities over their Iiadical opponents.
This wonld elect Tillenl without the
aid of Florida. Now, in their despera-
tioi, 10 keep the Federal teat in their
mouths, the Radicals are setting up the
plea that six cf the electors in other
States have not have their political dis
abilities removed. Anything to hold
Office and avert the doom of gong to
work, is the motto Of the average poll
itician.
It's truly debased age in which We
live, and debauched political atmos-
phere which we breathe, when the mil
itary arm of the Government is prosti-
tuted to such q degree as Grant has
done in the Southern elections. 1t is
no particular love of Hayes, that has
led the Man with the Cigar to this step.
1t is desire to involve the nation in a
turmoil ana prevent the election of
either Hayes and Tilden. as President.
till after the expiration of his own term
in that desecrated Office. Then, with
the entire army and navy at his back,
to shoot down like dogs all those who
oppose him, the Cesar of the White
House will initiate the example of Louis
Napoleon and by a Coup d'etat make
himself dictator over this people. II is
once accomplished. he can easily set
his Babcocks. Shepherds, Belknars,
and Robesons, to steal what is left of a
duped and betrayed peoples income.
II } will find that resistance to tyrants"
is Just as much obedience to God"
now as a hundred years ago. 1t was
the honesty of Lincoln that made the
name of Booth an object of popular
execration and it is high time that
Cropt foppd that out
European rulers now laugh in their
sleeve at this apparent downfall of pop
ular government, and note with Pleasure
the rapid strides ...Gerica is ma king
toward imperialism. They see that The
government of tie people, by the
people, for the people, is tradition oi
a departed era. Samuel j. Tilden has
been fairly elected President by an
honest people who are thoroughly dis
gusted with Radical profigacy. Is
there enough public virtue in the ma
ton to givo him the office he has SO
fairly won ?
, 1876-11-25

The enormous amount Of money paid
by the grain producers of Oregon and
California, to the Capitalists of London,
Liverpool and New York, is one cause
of our poverty in spite of great natural
wealth. The average amount Of freight
thus paid during the past year, has
been almost seventy cents per hundred
pounds. which keeps those States con,
stan.ly drained of the profits OF ogricul-
ture. 1t is only when local capital owns
the tonnage employed in ocean tranas
portation, that Oregon and California
will assert their true commercial SUI
prenacy. The recent advance in freighss
predicts additional investments in home
enterprises of this kind.
, 1876-11-25

Jacob Hoover is elected Joint COuu-
cilm IN over James A. karr by 210 ma
jority in the district composed of Che
halls, Mason and Pierce counties. This
is the largest majority given for any
candidate for legislative honors in any
district in the Territory. for either
party. Mr.. Hoover must be very
popular man, for he ran considerably
ahead of Mr.. Judson. in the same dis
tfict. But there was no romance about
Jake.
, 1876-11-25

Sensational rumors, relative to the
loss of the Portland bark Garibaldi, are
rife in that city. The Oregonian says
that a vessel had just arrived at Astoria
from the sandwich Islands which had
picked up man clinging to wreck far
out at sea; that the survivor said he
came from the Garibaldi. which had
been lost at sea during a storm. No
further particulars were given. The
man who would wilfuliy start such q
rumo1 as that, is worse than a coward.
, 1876-11-25

A good i,lea has struck the editor of the
Walla Walla Statesman. Owing to the
utterly unreliable character of the Asso-
ciated Press kilograms, he has hit upon a
new plan Of making a readable paper, by
reproducing McGuffey's Fourth Reader.
See the story of the Beautiful Maniac" in
his last issue. When it comes down to in
genuity, old thoroughbreds like Newell, are
hard TO beat in spite Of age and spavins.
, 1876-11-25
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
THOROUGHBRED STOCK.

YVNHOSE DESTROYS OF BREEDING STOCK
a eau pun chase at low figure the following
thoroughbred stock, foaled my property Ec~
aud registered in Rruces American Stud ~
Book, Volume l, to wit ::
NoRrEGA. bay mare years old, own sister to
the we'll known racehorse, Tom Merry. She is
by Norfolk, out of Ariadne by Belmont. She is
in foal to the Kentucky-bred horse LEINsTER,
he by Imp. Australian. out of Lulieme by the
great Lexing ton, the sire of Norfolk.
BoGATYRE. bay mare years old l5sl hands
high, got by Lodi, cut of Ariadne by Belmont.
She is now in-foal to Norfolk, the sire of Tom
Merry. and is better adapted for broodmare
than any mare of her age on the Coast For
further particulars, apply to THos. B. MERRY,
above Colusa, Cal, on the Sacramento river.
octl4-1y JOHN BOGGS.
, 1876-11-25

Lafayette Lane, for Congress. carried
Wasco county, Oregon. by 143. nearly
four times what any other candidate
has received there in the pas! six years.
To this sudden increase there We attri-
butte the falling off of Democratic votes
in Klickltat, from which it is easy to
colonize into Oregon. Had we been a
State with Presidential electors, to
choose, this could not have happened.
, 1876-11-25

Byron's play of Sardanapalus" is
now on its ninth week at the Union
Square Theatre, New York. The part
of the heroine, Myrrha, is entru sted to
Mrs. Agnes Booth. whose avoirdupois
is somewhere in the neigh hborhood of
165 pounds. 1t is said she dresses the
part in rather scanty costume, bus
then she is only trying to hold the
Myrrha up to Nature" Yum-yum !!
, 1876-11-25

The editor of the Dalles Tribune cam
mot have a very high opinion of the
early religious education bestowed upon
him by his parents, or he would not
talk as he does. Speaking of the Baker
City people. he says 1.-THE devil has a
mortgage on the souls of some of them. !"
And Immediately afterwards adds, "we
will meet them at Phillippi." Our
idea is that HI and Phillippi are both
bad enough. without going to Baker
City.
, 1876-11-25

j. NJ. Vanderbilt, well known to the tray-
cling public as purser Of the California and
Gussie Telfair, in former years, has gone
into business as post-trader at Fort Wran-
gel. We hope he will make a fortune,
without having to wait for the old Commo-
dore to die in New York
, 1876-11-25

The proposition of the Governor of
Florida, who is himself candidate for
reelection, to count the vote for Pre-
sidential electors in that State is the
coolest piece of Radical 'gall' that we
have seen for some time. A circular
saw is supposed to have more cheek
than anything else, except o carpet bag
Governor. -t
, 1876-11-25

The capital stock Of the Nevada Bank in
San Francisco, is to be increased to twenty
millions Of dollars, after the first of Jan
uary next. Louis McLane is President,
and N. X. Masten. Cashier. The principal
portion of the stock is held by Jas. c..
Flood, W. s. O'Brien, John Mackey and
James G. Fair, who also own the control
ling interests in the Consolidated Virginia
mine at Virginia City.
, 1876-11-25

Jack Cain. who ran on the Democrat
ic ticket for Auditor of Columbia Coun-
ty. proposes to contest the election by
which he was beaten two votes. He
claims by letter written to friend in
this city, that he can show where seven
illegal votes were cast for his opponent.
, 1876-11-25

The British Colonist is poking no end
of fun at the Mayor of Victoria and the
Common Council The members call
the editor of that paper william" in
the language of Capt. Cnttle; and one Of
the belligerent bulls offers to punch his
blarsted 'ead, you know.