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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03
The Marriage of Robert Dale Owen.


The story of Mr.. Owens marriage is a
remarkable one. His wife's maiden
name was Mary Jane Robinson. They
were married in New York, April r.
1882. No one performed any ceremony;
simply a contract was drawn up by Mr.
Owen which Miss Robinson and he both
signed in the presence of friends as wit
nesses. 1t said: "We contract q legal
marriage, not because we deem the cere-
mony necessary to US, or useful in a ra-
tiOnal state of public opinion to society,
but because, if we became companions
without a legal ceremony, we should
either be compelled to a series of dissim-
ulations which we both dislike, or be
perpetually exposed to annoyances orig
mating in a public opinion which is
powerful, though unenlightened, and
whose power, though we do not fear or
respect it, we do not perceive the utility
of unnecessarily Drawing. We desire q
tranquil life, in so far as it can be OBJ
tanned without a sacrifice of principle.
The ceremony, too, involves not
the necessity of making promises re-
garding that over which we have no
cOntrol-the state of human affections
in the distant future; nor of repeating
forms which we deem offensive, mas
much as they outrage the principles of
human liberty and equality by confer
ring rights and imposing duties I'M
equally on the sexes. Of the
unjust rights which, in virtue of this
ceremony, and iniquitOus law taeitly
gives me over the person and property
Of another, cannot legally, but 1 can
morally divest myself. And I hereby
distinctly and emphatically declare that
[ consider myself, and earnestly desire
to be considered by others, as utterly di-
vested, now and during the rest of my
life, of any such rights, the barbarous
relics of a feudal and despotic system,
soon destined, in the onward course of
improvement, to be wholly swept away,
and the existence of which is a tacit in
suit to the good sense and good feeling
of the present comparatively civilized
age"
The covenant was kept with religious
fidelity until the last. Mrs. Owen died
in August, 1871. "All grief which con-
vulses the features" says Ruskin, sis
ignoble.n Robert Dale Owen, who had
deeply loved his wife for forty years,
had the heart to conduct the funeral
services at her grave. He said on that
occasion: 81 do not believe-and here
speak also for her whose departure
from among US we mourn to-day do
not believe more firmly in these trees
that spread their shade over us, in this
hill on which we stand, in those sepul-
chral monuments which we see around
US here-than do that human life, once
granted, perishes never more.
She believed, as I believe, that the one
life succeeds the other without interval,
save brief transition slumber, it may
be, of few hours only. Again,
believe, as she did, in the meeting and
recognition of friends in heaven. While
we mourn here below, there are joyful
reunions above."-N Y. Tribune.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03
Mining Notes.


An old man, says the Virginia
Chronicle, observed his son preparing
himself for ball, and thus advised him
regarding the prospects that would pre-
sent themselves:
"You see a woman at ball and she's
all frizzled and rugged out in silk, and
powdered and painted wherever her
skin shows itself. These surface crop
pings look pretty well, but if you locate
on the strength of 'em, you'll get fooled
every time. A woman of that kind is
just like a salted mine. Don't you take
any stock in her. She won't wash. If
you want to prospect such a location
little further, slide up and take an assay
of her conversation. All, my boy
Three per cent. of her intelligence,
twenty-five of fashionable etiquette, and
the rest frivolity, conceit, Ignorance,
and vanity mixed up in about equal
parts. Drop her right away. Such
rock won't pay to mill. If you got a
patent for the claim you'd never see a
dividend come out of it as long as you
lived. The assessments to keep the up
per works in repair and the lower levels
from Gavin in would land you in the
poor-house on lightning express"
The old man shook the ashes out of
his pipe, and continued:
Sometimes you strike plain girl in
a common sort of dress. She won't be
good looking, maybe, and won't have
any airs. The surface indications won't
show much, but before you have pros
pected long you're likely to come to
some good indications thapll pay to fol-
low up-rich stringers on conversa-
tional quartz and spurs of intelligence
showing up finely the deeper you go
down. Soon you'll strike a well-defned
vein of solid practical sense. That's the
sort of mine to freeze to. Locate it as
soon as possible and get out your patent
papers, and you have a regular bonanza
to fall back on for the rest of your life.
If you think the good claims are all
taken up, you are badly fooled. This
towns full of 'em. Pm an old pros
pectOr and pve travelled round good
deal. If my time wasn't taken up with
my own mine, know where there are
lots of prime locations only waiting for
some practical miner to come along and
develop. A wOman's heart, Tom, is
mighty curious thing. Take it in all
its dips, spurs, angles, ramifications and
sinuosities, and it's more of a puzzle
and mystery than the whole Comstock
lode. Some fellows try to work it, and
by pure luck strike it rich right of in
places where old experienced prospect
Ors never s'posed there was anything.
Getting the title of the property amt
the only thing; it's keeping up the
property developments, and seeing that
! it is properly developed at all times.
Some of these domestic mines require
an awful lot of machinery, and some of
'em can run on about nothing. When
ever you get one of 'em and find you
can't run it to advantage, the best thing
to do is to throw up your job as super
| intendent and shut down the works."
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03
ITO be continued.l
f POWER OF NIAGARA F

THE POWER OF NIAGARA FALLS. -
The amount of water passing over Nj
agara Falls has been estimated at lO0,-
900, 900 tons per hour, and its particular
descent may be taken at $50 feet, with
out considering the rapids, which repre-
sent another fall of 150 feet. The force
represented by the principal fall alone
amounts to l6,S0O,000 horsepower, an
amount which, if it had to be produced
by steam, would necessitate an expen-
diture of not less than 5000, 600 tons of
coal per annum, taking the consump-
tion of coal at four pounds per horse
power per hour. In other words, all
the coal raised throughout the world
would barely suffice to produce the
amount of power that annually runs to
waste at this wonderful fall.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

Smith College for women, at North
ampton, Massachusetts, has a course of
study as severe as that of any college in
the country, and its standard of admis-
sion is so high that comparatively few
young women avail themselves of its
advantages. 1t is stated as a somewhat
singular fact, however, that during the
two years since it was opened there has
been only one case of sickness among its
students, and that was contracted out
side of the college. The students live
quietly, regularly, and have plain,
wholesome food. Consequently they
can bear the strain of hard study.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

Some of our wisest and best women
and men, who recognize the necessity
of having women in the charitable
boards, and as inspectors for the wOu-
EMS department of prisons, are seeking
for the passage of a law to accomplish
that end. This is an eminently just
and proper measure. 1t is blot upon
our boasted civilization that co-opera-
ton of sex for purposes like those
should be still wanting. Give woman
official recognition, and enable her to
act Independently, and by authority, in
uplifting the dOwn-fallen.- WOnan's
Words
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

A woman writes to the New York
Tribune asking aid in enlisting women
in an occupation which they have
never tried in this country. She would
have women ushers in theaters and
other places of amusement, and she
mentions those employed in Paris, who
wear a neat uniform, unlock the boxes,
take care of the wraps, and furnish foot
stools
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

Stephen Brinkley, a wife-murderer,
was hanged in Georgia fortnight ago,
Notwithstanding great efforts made by
his wealthy friends to save his neck.
Shortly before he went on the gallOws
some one asked him whether he would
kill his wife if he had the thing to do
over again. mot in Georgia." he said,
with grim smile.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

"Gentlemen of the jury" said New
York judge, trying prisoner for MUIR
der, "they say that the fact of the pris-
oner's killing his sweetheart shows that
he was insane. Merciful powers gen.
tlemen, if that be so, what would they
have said if he had married her?n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

A professor was expostulating with
student for his idleness, when the latter
said, "Its of no use; l was cut out for
lOafer." "Well,n declared the protes-
sor, surveying the student critically,
whoever cut you understood his busi-
uass ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

A Californian, whose wedding day
was fixed, did not appear at the ap-
pointed time and place, but sent note
to the clergy man, saying that he had
Just received letter from his wife in
New York, and thereby had his mind
recalled to the fact that he was married
several years before-a circumstance
which had entirely escaped his memory
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

"There will be no opposition" glee-
fully says the Vicksburg Miss. Herald,
Dem. }, Gin Yazoo county, this fall, to
the regular Democratic ticket" The
political changes in this county under
the mississippi policy" are so striking
that they are worth recalling. In 1872
it cast 3, 499 Republican votes, and gave
Grant majority of 1,511. Last autumn
it cast two Republican votes, and gave
Mr.. Tilden a majority of 800.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

A Western woman having been
spoken of as "having one foot in the
grave" wicked journalist remarks
that there must be big hole out there
somewhere.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

How easy it is for one benevolent be-
ing to diffuse beauty all around him;
and how truly is kind heart fountain
of gladness, making everything in its
vicinity to freshen into smiles!
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

Yale has instituted a professorship OF
American history, endowed by the late
Mrs. Learned. No woman is permitted
to profit by its teachings.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

1t is said Butler is Woman Suffra-
gist. In his recent lecture in New York
he began: "Ladies and gentlemen, fell
low-eitizens, ALL" Here's our candidate,
-Er
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03
OUR HEALTH.

Some New York papers have been
stating that an epidemic was raging
here, and yet our city was never
more healthy than just at present.
Our death and sick rates are less than at
this season last year, and we are at a
loss to surmise the object of reporting
falsehoods. Washington compares fa-
vorably for healthfulness with any
other city of it's size in the Union, and
under the vigilant watchfulness of the
board of health, no epidemic can rage
here. In the past it has always stamped
out both smallpox and typhoid fever,
confining each disease to the one case
first appearing, and we feel assured that
such will be the case in future, so long
as the board is given its present plenary
powers to check sickness arising from
general cause. No city has purer
sources of supply for it's drinking water
than we. Our sewerage system is as
near perfect as tide water will permit.
Our streets are as wide and cleanly as
they can be made, and we see no reason
for change from our present healthy
standard, and certainly no ground for
reports that we have an epidemic of any
kind. FELIX.
Washington, D. c.. July 1S, 1877.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

An amendment to the Nevada school
law forbids discrimination in wages
against women teachers.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

"Women and horses" said DR.. Susan
Smith, "have never known their
strength" Women, however, are fast
learning theirs.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

"What we want" said an advocate
of suffrage in San Francisco, sis fewer
ballet girls and more ballot women"
We concur.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

Philosophy is the right exercise of
reason, in the pursuit and attainment
of happy life.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03

Statistics show that India is the third
wheat-producing country in the world.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-03
MARTHA MARBLEHEAD
The Maid and MatrOn or ChehaIem.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the
year 1877, by Mrs. A. ]. Duniway, in the Office of
the Librarian of Congress at Washington City. !
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
Il - tn. " ~

trade To-day lot OF 15 tierces fancy refined
BREAKFAsT' BACON : Choice Is in light sup
ply aud good demand. The market is quoted at
o1l0c W D. as In size. cut and quality LOT Of
boxes sold at loo " H.
uo1 pAok = l, HOO PRODUCTS Dealers 9
Dbl for pig pork, si3 90 W Dbl for prime mess
pork, $40 80 for prime and ell for runp pork.
CORN In BULK-The supply IL good but there
is no demand 1t ia quoted nomnally at 521sc
7B bushel.
WHI5KY-Rectiled is quoted at 81 050a1 II ~
gallon, ne In proof and brand.
UORN In SAOh5-The supply of yellow ia ex-
hausted and there small orders here for ii for
Cuba. Fair supply OF mixed and white, but
scarcely any demand Mixed is quoted at 5Be
and whits at Go II busheI.
GA rS--Are ii fair supply and nothing doing.
No sales. ut. Lons are quoted at $50. Galsna al
40 aud Texas OF 4D0otio W bushsl.
BRAN There Is none in first hahds A dealer
sold 100 sacks at 8ilo III 100 lbs.
HAY The supply III fret hands is again ex-
hsusted. A dealer sold 100 bales choice old
Timothy at $40 ~ ton.
HIUE-Receipts are coming in freely and the
demand is moderate. Louisiana No. Q ia quoted
Rlb.
COFFEE-Ony job lots for the city trade are
selling, and that is for immediate wants. There
In none in first hands aud cargoes would com
mand Ordinary 1694M17o tgold), fair 191194o,
good Ds4lo2Dc prime 20 a ta201,c III H. Job lots
are held 81: Ordinary 71@l7a4c (gold}, fair 1917
0Ig4ae, good 20140201ac, prime 2l94@2ic W ib.
:, HoTfER-l in request and there is a
light supply. We quote New York creamery
ane 2sD36o, do. good 25@2Gc, New York prime
dairy fine 25@26o, do. good 23G24o, do. fair
2o0129c, Western creamery fine 260o 40, do. good
24(@25, Western dairy, packed 17D18o, do.
repacked 16D17c, fair t40D15o ~ ID. Low grades
are nominal aud in large supply
CEEESE-fhere is u scarcity Of supplies with
good demand. Choice Western factory Is quot
ed at II lshal2p; New York cream 131.dp14c ~ ID.
BAdGlNd-fhe demand is active at steady
prices. Domestic iute is quoted at 1879 for
light weight, and H II yard for heavy weight
RECEIPTS OF RODUUE-Arrived since our
review OF yesterday 3G5 bbls -four. IA bbls pork
$50 bills whisky, t27 tierces hams SO CASKS bacon
40 boxes bacon, 351 sacks corn, sacks oats 81
bales hay, l5G bbls apples, ~ kegs butter, 9 bbls
beef ID sacks cotton seed, 100 boxes obsese, 1885,
$50 II meat, AZ bbs onions, BD4 bbs potatoes, 10
bbls rice, aud 400 bushels wheat.
EXPORTS OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES since our
review of yesterday: 2D7 bbs flour, 6 bbls pork
30 casks bacon, b terces lard 63 bbls whisky, IS
bbls corn meal, 200 sacks corn, 2S9 sacks oa's,
23 sacks bran, bales hay, 81 bids sugar. N bbls
SUGAR, Is bbs fnolasses, CD bbs rice, 1876 sacks
coffee, bbls apples. kegs butter, II sacks salt
4G bbls onions, and rs bhls potatoes.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
THE DIFFER,

The breaking up of the constellation
Of the Clipper" is prophesied In an ar
ticle by Prof. Richard A. Proctor, In
the Forthcoming (September) st. Nicho-
las. The Professor finds logical reasons
for his belief in the motions of the stars
composing the constellation, and illus
trates these with diagrams of his own.
In one map the Clipper" Is shown as
1t was 100000 years ago, and, In another,
as 1t will be 100000 years hence. Five
of the seven stars, the Professor claims,
form one family and travel together !;
but the other two have distinct motions
of their own, and are slowly drifting
out OF their relative positions in the
"Dipper."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
TOgssHNl5ss OF THE TURKS.
[Oonstantinople Correspondence Philadelphia
Press.


Press
The life Of the soldier Is a natural
one to the Turk. It Is no privation to
him to live on scant fare, to sleep Ia the
open fields. to march for days under the
burning sun, and to undergo fatigue and
privations Of every kind. He is ed1ca-
ted to q spirit of resignation and self
denial. His house is as simply fur
nished almost as tent-a loosely
spread carpet or mat on the plank
floor, tripod for the repast, and q
divan around the walls for sitting and
sleeping. "Foitd tout /" as the French.
man would say. This is all that Is
necessary to comfort, minus the chi
bouk and an occasional .ftvdn of coffee.
His greatest luxury IL water, pure,
fresh, sparkling water, which he can
drink by the goblet. Even this natural
want he can forego II Allah Wills it. A
Turkish army can be kept in tho field
and fed for months on what would
starve Christian troops, or reduce them
to such state Of attenuation as to rem
der them unfit for military duty. The
Turkish stock has been modified by in
termarriages with the Creassian race,
but the old Tartar instincts seem to be
ineradicable. They love nomadie life,
and they are never happier than when
they are up in arms and lighting for the
faith of the Prophet, or for beauty and
booty.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
A NATIONAL GARRISON FOR PENNsYL.
WANNA.

Matters in Pennsylvania are not
mending very fast. A letter in the Phil
adelphia Press says:
The sentiment in favor of establish
ing national garrison in the wyoming
valley is universal. The presence of the
military is accepted by the people as
their only safety. Even the farmers
located at long distances fsom the mines
are beginning TO feel the necessity of
armed defense against the marauders
who prowl through the country under
the guise of unemployed laborers,' as
it is not unusual for the latter to call at
houses, in some cases with horses aud
wagon, and demand bread, meat, pota-
toes and other provisions. ostenslbly for
the relief of starving miners families,
which they afterwards huckster, and
spend the proceeds for drink.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
sons are kept employed by this enter.

Sons are Kept employed by this enter
prise.
The Palestine Adrocate of the ninth
says that many immigrants are remov-
ing from rented farms on the Trinity
bottoms to that city, on account of the
terrible sickness prevailing along the
river.
A man named John Helving was
lodged In Jail in Dallas, charged with
adultery. A wife arrived from st. Louis
and found him living with q young girl
Helving says the st. Louis woman Is his
mother.
Two outlaws, King and West. of st.
Joe, Montague county,, were mortally
wounded by constable and posse In
attempting the arrest of the two former,
who had been promiscuously firing into
houses. In the town and defyng the
amthorities.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONETARY.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Tuesday Evening, August Il, 1877.
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE,

The demand for Money continued fair to-day,
both in bank and on the street, and commercial
paper was unchanged. Under further decline
at New York Gold gave way &c. Foreign Ex-
change also was quoted 1e lower for sterling and
"a HI cent for francs. Only few sales we're re-
cial sight on New York advanced -l8 f3 cent
stocks continued dull State Consols closed "A
" cent lower than yesterday, and Premium
Bonds Il. Scrip, Coupons and Warrants ruled
at about previous rates.
We continue TO quote: Exceptional commercial
paper -~0b5 W cent per annum discount; Al do
l0Dil; second grade do l2n15; collateral loans
aoI0; AL mortgages 9l10 and second grade do
12dnl5
Gold opened at 1o45. 81O51S, against 1919 at
New York, and after united business closed at
1049. 0llO5, against 10l5. in that market. The
Gales were CO. fined to $4,000; embracing $4,000
Of sale to-day OF $4,000 Mexican dollars at So.
Foreign Exchange gave way 1c for sterling and
a u cent for francs. The only sales reported
were fl2O0 Al clear sterling at sos, E1000 bank
at 51O and $1,000 bank sight at 5I21a.
At the close sterling bills were quoted at sos
@504ia for bill OF ladng and Al clear, and @
bus% for bank (bank counter rate -0509),
and francs at 49sa4 for commercial ana nom
inal for bank.
New York sight advanced 1-16 ~ cent for
commercial The sales comprised 4,000 en-
bracing $40 900 commercial and S10, 900 private
bankers at "A u cent premium, $4,000 private
bank at IA. We also noticed sale OF $4,000
commercial on Providence at par.
The banks continue TO check on New York at
L655I u cent premium, while commercial sight
was quoted at 483-16, against 1sD3-16 yester-
day.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
REMEDY FOR THE LABOR TROUBLES
louisville Commercial. |

GUUlHIHTUIHI
It is pity that few thousand Of the
idle men In several OF the Eastern and
Northern cities could not be persuaded
mand. Nearly all OF our exchanges
from the three States named are COM
planning Of the scarcity of farm hands,
and Of men willing to work for fair
compensation. Here Ia chance for the
Industrious. Go South, young men, go
South; not to become politicians and
statesmen, but to earn your bread by
the sweat Of your brow.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
COMM ERClAE.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT
Tuesday Evening. August 81 1877.
Quotations represent prices for round lots from
first hands, unless otheraoise stated In filing
small orders higher prices are paid.
COTTON-The receipts of new crop to-day
mot including one shipment in doubt) embraced
8 bales, making q total to date of SO bales, Of
which 5 from Texas, against SO last year, of
which Is from Texas.
The sales to-day mot including 30 bales ad-
Gi.i.nAl ys.seid4si s-aazacsd Ga b..es 8. prices
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-22
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