Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-15
FROM DAILY OF WEDNESDAY

yesterday
FROM DAILY OF WEDNESDAY.
The MoRMoNs TO STAY AT HoME.-The St.
Louis Republican publishes the following in
regard to the latest intentions of&hc Mormons:
The Mormon question still presents itself as
one of the problems which civilization must
solve. The Mormons are not dispirited, and
their faith is not mere Renaissance of long
past ages, but living, moving energy. They
are full Of hope as of fanaticism, an3 all the
talk about their abandonment of the great
Salt Lake Valley is sheer nonsense They
have sent abroad missionaries to England,
France, Germany, Sweden, the Sandwich Is
lands, Australia, New Zealand, and the
States of the Union, and those missionaries
report unusual success, and their converts
are beginning to arrive in the Mormon
promised land" by the hundreds This
does not look as if Mormonism had fallen
into decay, and that they were ready to
abandon the fine city with its splendid builds
ings, to fine a refuge in Mexico or anywhere
else. The followers of the Prophet Joseph
went to Utah when it was wilderness; they
endured hardships, conquered the waste
places reared city, and there they mean TO
stay or perish as martyrs to their faith. If
other evidence of the disposition of the Nor
mons to stay was wanting it is to be found
in the fact that they have entered almost
every available acre of tillable soil in the val
ley, and they refuse to sell any portion of the
real estate of which they are possessed to
Gentiles. From this it does not appear the
Mormons are contemplating flight from the
border of the salt sea and the banks of the
Jordan.
TIE mimic naval battle in San Francisco
harbor, on the 4th of July, does not refle ct
much credit on the skill of that branch of
our military service A mud-scow on which
a target had been erected was anchored off
Bird Rock, 100 yards distant from the
shore. A half dozen of our men. of>war
and an equal number of land batteries opened
fire on Lime Point, at half-past II o'clock,
tive effect of shell and cannon balls before
the target was destroyed, which it is thought
would disappear at once under the combined
fire. The Point stood the bombardment-
however, with great tortitudc, without be-
traying any of the devastating effects antici-
pated by the sanguine artillerymen The
range was then changed to the target.ship,
and the shells whisiled through the air with
out intermission for au hour and half,
without any visible effect The target was
finally set on fire by some person from res
venue cutter. This display of skill puts US
forcibly in mind of the target.shooting SO
humorously described by Doesticks, in
which each company carried quarter,inch
augur to make such line shots as might not
have resulted from accident. The recent
practice al Bay City suggests the unpleasant
reflection that our fleet would be of little ser
vice in case OF need, If the centennial shoot
ing is fair index of its skill.
THE recent appointment of Mr.. Thomas:
w. Prosch, of the Seattle Tribune, Postmas-
ter at Seattle, is an act of the Administration
which even Democratic editors can applaud.
If there is any profit in the position we arc
glad that il will inure to the benefit of one who
by industry has won the confidence and re-
spect of all with whom he has had any DEAL
ings. Persevering industry aud sterling iu-
tegrity are the characteristics of his life, and
the cardinal principles underlying these in
variably lead to fame and fortune.
THE crew of the American steamer Gussie
Telfair commenced firing salute the 4th of
July. at Victoria. They got along to the sixth
gun, when the Harb0rmaster came down and
ordered them to desist The Colonist thinks
that eff there ever was an occasion in the
life of Capt. Maggie, when the presence of
cotton in his ears would have been pardon
able, it was then" The same paper, though
thoroughly loyal to the British crown,
speaks very kindly of our centennial, and
says that Americas progress gives quite as
much qualification to Englishmen as to our
selves or anyone else.
The following telegram from Mr. Free
man removes the impression that be has
left the service of the Pacific Mail Steam
thip Company. This will be good news to-
the people of the Sound, who recognize in
Mr.. F. q live, wide-awakc, enterprising and
accommodating gentleman, who has contri'-
buted in no small degree to the successful es--
tablishmentof the northern route.
San FRANCISCO, July 10. 1876.
CROSBY * LOWE, Olympia: The Dakota Will
sail today for Olympia. will! be up on her.
ALI o. X. OTIS FREEMAN.
The subject of Mrs. Uttcr's address last
Sunday evening was " The Unitarian Belief
which was defined in manner SO concise yet
comprehensive that II elected the highest
concentrations of all who heard it. AZ
there is general desire for information con-
corning the doctrines Of this society, and tho
address does not exceed the limits ut our
command, We propose to publish 1t in our
Sunday issue.
The thermometer recently stood at ITO
deg. in the shade at Patterson, New Jersey,
aud in New York City ut the same date it
reached 10s deg. At Fort Yale, in British
Columbia. on the 18th ui., the temperature
was 1O4 deg, and many plants were withered
and killed by the intensity Of the suns rays.
Here there has been no extreme of heat or
cold, the average temperature being about
Is deg
A FIRE company has been organized at Sc
attic. Their engine, recently procured from.
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