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The Function of Liberalism.

In the July number of The Popular
Science Monthly Herbert Spencer has an
article upon {" The Great Political Supersti-
ton" in which he says Anyone who
studies, in the writings of Taine and De
Tocqueville, the state of things which pre-
coded the French Revolution, will see that
that tremendous catastrophe came about
from so excessive regulation of mems &C
tons in ali their details, and such an enor-
nous drafting away ofthe products of their
actions to maintain the regulating organ
ization, that life was fast becoming imprac-
ticable. The empirical utilitarianism of that
day, like the empirical utilitarianism of
our day, differed from the rational utilitari-
anism in this, that it contemplated only
the effects of particular interferences on the
actions of particular classes of men, and
ignored the effects produced by a multi
plicity of such interferences upon the lives
of men at large And if we ask what then
made, and what now makes, this error pos
sible, we find it to be the political supersti-
ton that governmental power is subject to
no restraints.
When that divinity" which doth
hedge a king" and which in our day has
left a glamour around the body inheriting
his power, has quite faded away-when it
begins to be seen clearly that, in popu-
laTly-governed nation, the government is
simply a committee of management it will
also be seen that this committee of man
agement has no intrinsic authority. The
inevitable conclusion will be that its au-
thority is given by those appointing it, and
has just such bounds as they choose to i'm
pose. Along with this will go the further
conclusion that the laws it passes are not in
themselves sacred; but that whatever
sacredness they have is entirely due to the
ethical sanction-an ethical sanction which,
as we find, is derivable from the laws of
human life as carried on under social con-
diuons. And there viii come that corol-
larry that when they have not this ethical
sanction they have no sacredness and may
rightly be challenged. The function of
a limit to the power of kings. The func-
ton Of true Liberalism in the future will
be that Of putting limit to the powers Of
Parliaments
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THE STUDY OF MODERN LANGUAGEs.-How
can a man become first-class in chemistry
or medicine if he does not understand Ger
man and French intimately VIII he
turn to Greek books to learn physical geo
graphy, or botany. or mining? What OF
combined mechanism, or the strength OF
materials; what of engineering and high
mathematics; what about land surveying,
or even about the organizing of national
institutions-doeS he expect to learn any
where but in modern languages The
practical men of our day are aware that no
accomplishment of profound scholarship
can supersede the knowledge of our Euro
pean tongues; also that the time necessari-
~ occupied by any real mastery of the an
clients is too formidable a price to pay when
imposed on the students OF university
promseuously. 1t therefore appears I'M
deniable that, instead of Latin and Greek,
French and German are now the two Ian
guages that ought to be made the basis of
general cultivation, while Latin and Greek,
like Hebrew, or Arabic, or Sanscrit, ought to
be left to a special class of students Fra
ser's Magazine.
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A new reporter Is queer being, and for
q brief period he rcvelS in bliss. The mo-
ment he secures position on a daily pa
per he thinks that the eyes Of the world are
on him alone, and all that he has 10 do is
to reach up with one hand and yank him
self upon the pedestal of fame In the
course of q few months, however hcrealizes
that he needs both hands, three or four lad
ders, and some one To give him boost IA
order to get there. The first thing new
reporter does when he enters newspaper
office Is to give vent TO his opinions and
point out TO the old reporters how easy the
paper can be improved. His surroundings
are novel, and in consequence he works
like a Trojan. If corner grocery burns
down he pictures scene in two columns
which harrOws the souls of men and makes
the city editor want 10 kill him in cold
blood. HeWiN speak of the lurid sky and
the roaring flame licking its angry tongue
and all that kind Of stuff, aud when he sees
next morning how the city editor cut the
whole article down TO ten or fifteen lines.
he feels sure that the entire staff are Jealous
Of his thrilling style of writing and wish to
crush him. The city editor sends him to
report q meeting, but the people there will
not admit him, and the bare idea that they
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TELEGRAPHIC BREvIIIES.

Prince Mares the Siamese Ambassador
has reached Chicago.
General Logan left New York for Wash
mgton yesterday afternoon
1t is thought Congress will not be able to
adjourn before the Democratic Convention.
The President, accompanied by Secre-
tary Lincoln and General Sharpe, of New
York, arrived in Washington yesterday.
Failures the past seven days in the
United States, 1872; Canada, %. Casualties
continue numerous on the Pacific coast
and in the South.
In the case of Austin Brown VS.. the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, in.
volving certain lands in Los Angeles Land
District, Secretary Teller has decided in IA
Yor of the railroad company.
Secretary Frelinghuysen has communi-
Gated to the House Committees ON Appro-
priatiOns and Foreign Affairs, at a joint
meeting, the details and plans OF the Ad-
ninistration respecting the Nicaragua wa
terwav
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
has decided TO recommend the forfeiture of
the Ontonagon land grant, and to relegate
to the Courts all questions concerning the
rights of claimants to and settlers upon
the lands
In Syracuse yesterday afternoon an at
tachment was filed on behalf of Ward &
Mackay of Newburg, upon the West Shore
property in OnOndagO county They claim
$3.50 1000 for contract work on the construc-
ton of the road.
Mrs. Warren, wife of Bishop Henry
W. Warren has donated 100000 to the
Denver COLI University for the establish
ment of department of divinity, to be
known as the Tiff School of Divinity on
condition that others endow a single pro-
feSsorship,
Alexander J. de Fossey, formerly mana
ger of the Opera House at New Orleans,
was arrested by the Sheriff at New York
Thursday, in a suit brought against him by
his wife, Kate L. de Fossey. for a limited
divorce Being unable to furnish $1,000
bail he was sent to Jail.
A cable special says: Ex-Minister Sar-
gent is again TO be compimented by pub
lie banquet, to be given at the Army and
Navy Hotel, Pail Mall, Wednesday even
ingg, by q number of English and Ameri-
can gentlemen, who are indignant at the
treatment of Sargent by Bismarck. The
principal speaker will be Minister Lowell.
Secretary FOlger has written to Warner.
Chairman of the subcommittee of the
House Committee on Claims, long letter
of approval of the House bill now pending
to relieve from further liability, on account
of the direct tax of 1861, those States that
have not paid their proportion thereof and
to refund TO the States the sums that thew
have paid
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THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Changes in the Schedule of the North
Pacific System.
is. F. Post, June Goth.

IS. F. Post, June Goth.
For some time past the Railroad Com
missioners have been considering the fare.
and freights schedule of the San Francisco
& North Pacific & Sonoma Valley Railroad.
Several meetings have been, held in that
connection. During the week two in
formal meetings have taken place to con-
slider the schedules as presented by the
company, and, after innumerable reduc-
tions and changes had been made, Commits
sloner Carpenters order was adopted at q
hurriedly called meeting on Wednesday
afternoon The order goes into effect on
August LIST. The principal changes are a
reduction of passenger rates on local trains
of from twenty-five to thirty per cent, but
without any alteration in through rates.
The average rate per mile has hitherto
been about seven cents, but is now reduced
to five cents, and in some instances less
The rate on grain is reduced on the aver
age about nineteen per cent, and -four and
mill stuffs are classed with wheat and other
grain. The changes in the classification of
-lumber and cordwood, and of cattle and
sheep make the reductions range from
seven to forty per cent A proportionate
reduction is also made on all classes of
merchandise. The minimum charge on
small packages has been fixed at twenty
five cents, instead of fifty cents as hereto
fore On sewing machines the reduction
is no less than forty-eight per cent The
Commissioners adjourned to meet on July
18th, or until the call of the Chair.
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Spanish America.

The Granada, just arrived at San Fran
! CISCO brings dates to the Doth of May from
Panama. The following items are from
the Panama Star and Herald:
A young man named Won Dennis 8
matchmaker at Colon, has disappeared
| under circumstances which point to foul
| play.
Archibald Boyd, who recently was
| named Consul in Panama for the Republic
| of Guatemala, has received his exequator
from the Colombian Government.
Yellow fever still exists in Lima. There
is no spread of the disease and great pre-
cautions are observed. Seven deaths are
reported in twelve days.
Colonel Frederick Larranaga, for so long
Consul-General of Peru at Panama, has
been appointed as Peruvian Consul at New
York.
We learn on reliable authority that the
canal company will not import any more
laborers until after the wet season, now in,
Closes
A rumor is circulated that in Rezende,
Brazil, the slaves on three plantations are
in instruction. The authorities are taking
the necessary precautions to check the agi-
tators. The police are taking declarations in
reference to the assault on the prison, and
the rescue from it of three slaves charged
with numbering their masters 1t is known
the movement among the slaves was To-
mented by agitators of the lowest class.
The Grand Hotel, for SO many years one
of the institutions of Panama, closed on the
1st inst
1t is reported that Colonel Velardo, of
Montijo, was murdered in his house on the
night of the 18th inst
Within the past fortnight 500 laborers
have been discharged from the Section dies
Trayaux at Christopher Colon, another 200
were also discharged from the Section DIES
Ateliers
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| refused to allow him to be present at the
meeting is an insult which burrows its way
! down to the roots of mis- fluttering soul, and
| he returns to the Office towering with rage.
| He flashes his eyes and pounds the air with
both fists like an untamed cavalier and
roars for revenge. He must have it. The
| press must not be throttled 1t cannot be
as long as he has strength to WELD a pen
so he sits down with the hair on his lead
bulged out like the tail of an angry cat and
commences his fierce attack. He write5
up the Barrelmakers' Union as a mere
wart upon the body polite. He scalds
| everything connected with barrels and
their makers. He uproots the social sys-
TEN, pitches into the law, tears up the con-
stitution, flaps his coatail in the face OF the
President, wipes his boots on the capitol
| and points with pride and satisfaction to
Benjamin Franklin and the flag No. the
press, the great guardian OF the liberties of
the people, cannot and will not be sup
pressed. When, pale with indignation and
reeking with perspiration, he presents his
article to the city editor, that worthy func-
tionary sees fifteen libel suits in it. and he
merely swears around the office until the
lights go out and they have TO put more
water in the gas-meter. An old reporter,
however, never dreams of acting in such a
way IL he IL ueldlIeu 10 report the meet
ing of the Barrelmakers' Union. and they
refuse to let him in he thanks the barrel
makers from the bottom of his heart. The
refusal lets him out of that much work. so
he lOafs the evening away at the theater
and looks at the pretty girls in the dress
circle, and wonders if there will ever be one
for him. The dear, sweet, delightful things
We recollect when Bilkins first went to
work on the Post that he had craving to
plunge right into the middle of literature
and make fortune in two weeks. One
day he carried poem to the city editor,
who was an old journalist with bald
head, three children, skinny wife and
disposition so sour that it would shriyel
crab apple. The city editor read the poem
about little child gathering flowers by
babbling brook, and then turned to Bilkins
and said: g see that you must have men
tai recreation. You have not been con-
nected more than week with the paper,
but the strain on you has been so great that
it has dazed your mind You need rest
Go up in the country and shoot iaybirds
for week and you will feel better"
Bilkins resigned his position on the paper
the next day, and is now in the lard bust
ness.-[N New Orleans Figaro
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PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
RnrgIars are doing Salem. Or.

burglars are doing Salem, Or
Victoria, B. c., is discussing proposition
TO build a wooden mill.
The Snohomish Trading Company. of
Snohomish, W. T., has failed
The citizens of Oregon City, Or, are
hunting down wild woman"
A literary society called THE Philis-
tines has been organized at Santa Rosa.
The schooner Emma, the first vessel
ever built at Santa Barbara, was launched
Thursday.
A gas well has been struck on the Insane
Asylum grounds at Stockton, and there is
talk of utilizing the gas for burning pur-
poses.
The breaking of a kerosene lamp in the
residence of D. NJ. Calllins, near Nevada
City, caused the destruction of the building
by fire Wednesday night.
The Grand Army reunion and military
tournament to be held at McMinnviIle. Or.
on the 10Th, 10Th and 18th OF July next.
promises to be great event.
Peter Burke Henry Shot, James Ward
and John Burns deserted from the marine
barracks at the navy yard at Benca a few
days ago, and a reward has been offered for
their apprehension.
Several Indian war veterans have issued
call for a meeting of all such veterans in
the Pacific States and Territories, to assem-
bic at McMinnville, Or, on June 2lst to
form an organization.
Joe Bachman, bankrupt banker and
broker at Portland while dining with his
family in prominent restaurant Wednes-
day, was struck in the face with a cowhide
in the hands of Hattie Aylmer who re-
marked as she struck him, 81 You're dining
of my money
Charles Hogan. u years of age. while
swinging himself from a high fence at
Petaluma last Sunday, brought his arm in
contact with a rusty hay-fork and one of
the tines entered the arm near the elbow and
passed out back of the wrist. ChlOrOform
had to be applied before the tine was re-
moved.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
Oregon have elected the following officers
Grand Worthy Chief Templar, Charles I.
Tozier; Secretary, J. Z. Huessen; Treas
uyer, J. II, lambert. The Prohibition
State Convention have elected g. b. Smith.
of Corvallis, President, andJ J. Brown, of
Dallas, Secretary.
A jury, Wednesday, in the State Circuit
Court at Salem, Or, returned a verdict of
murder i'll the first degree against George
Drake, the negro who aSsassinated Jacob
Schwartz near Salem some weeks ago.
Mrs. Schwartz, wife of the murdered man.
and William Henry. both implicated in
the assassination. are under Indictment for
murder, and will have separate trials.
The Directors of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company have elected the fol-
lowing officers President, T. Jefferson
Coolidge, Boston; First Vice President, c. !
Prescott, Portland Second Vice-Prcsdent |
&. O. Manchester, Boston Secretary. Theo- |
dore Wvgant, Portland Assistant Secre- |
tary, Alfred Rodman, Boston; Treasurer |
f. r. Nourse, Boston Assistant Treasurer |
Theodore Wygant Portland Controller, c. |
}. Smith, Portland This indicates con |
clusively that there will be no change |
either in the policy or the personnel of the |
management
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san FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Deputy Registrar Brodcrick states that.
unless the Election Commissioners other
wise direct, registration for the Presidential
election will commence on August 9Th.
which is ninety days before the election.
For the summer season, the real estate
market shows a fair degree of activity No
heavy operations are being negotiated, to
be sure, bat medium and high-priced
building lots are constantly changing
hands, while the demand for this class of
property is, perhaps better than might he
expected.
AsSemblyman NJ. Z. LevcrSon has sworn
out warrant against William S. Trexler.
charging him with assaulting him with
brass nuckies in his Office Wednesday
afternoon Leyerson was alone in the Of
fee a boy in. neighboring Office, hearing
4 scufle, went into the room Just as Trek
Ter left LevcrSon was found badly bat
tered about the face and bleeding from the
mouth II is SAID that Trexler committed
the assault on account of certain SANDER
and attempt 20 blackmail
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Comfort for Plain Women.

Let her whom her sisters call ugly ex-
| anime herself coolly. She must have some
points Besides her plain and shapeless
face, has she an ill-shaped hand? a figure
that no corset will improve? Can the
| dressmaker do nothing for her?
\ plain woman with any wisdom will
make the most of any good point in her
physique, aud as little as she can of her
worst points. For instance, if she had a
bad, coarse complexion, she will not ex-
hibit more square feet of material than are
needtul. Square feet? nay, nor square
inches. She will not wear low dresses. nor
very short sleeves. She will carefully Sc
lect hues in dress that improve, not iniure,
her own natural coloring, and will wear
dresses high to the throat, Just enough
trimmed with lace to give richness. with
out confusion, 10 the lines of her toilet
Nor will she wear that lace quite white
Only against an ivory skin does white lace
tell prettily. A woman with q poor com
plexion will tint her lace with brown tea
and coffee are good dies, or with the pre-
dominant colors in her dress. Thus she
Will get the sottening effects of broken
colors at the edges, without the risk of call
ing attention to her own blemishes
A very brown woman, however, NAV
make her dark skin point" Then she
VIII usc WINE ldCe ana all COIOrS tnat en-
nance her own deep coloring.
plain woman with bad figure can
adopt many little harmless devices-at least
as harmless as borrowed locks and teeth.
which no one now condemns. She can
borrow little embonpoint from the
friendly cotton tree; she can swathe in a
handsome sleeve the too thin arm or too
sharp shoulder which detract from any
lingering merit she may have. She can
hide her long, ungainly figure with short,
classical waist or she can mend the churn-
like shape with a corset only sufficient to
induce feminine curve. a thin arm NAV
be hidden by a richlydraped sleeve or i'm
proved by thickly lining a close one. A
shoulder too low may be mended by
skillful puff or epaulet; one too high by
trimming SO placed as to carry the eve
away from the upper part - London
Queen.
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IN FAVOR OF FIELD.
Charles Kohler's Letter to the Democratic
state Central Committee.

Charles Kohler has addressed the follow
ing pointed letter to the Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee
William D. English Esq, ChGirEldn Democratic
State Central C0mmHtee-SIR: The Democratic
Convention that recently met at Stockton adopt
ed a platform, condemned several gentlemen
for their official conduct and gratuitously as
sailed a distinguished citizen of California
whose name will be presented to the Democratic
National Convention for the highest Office in the
gift of the American people
The State Convention placed my name on the
Electoral ticket, and if | remain silent shall
be regarded approving all the doctrines enun-
cisted in the Stockton platform. There are
principles embodied in that declaration which
l do not approve, and | most emphatically dis
sent from each and every expression condem-
natOry of Judge Field. Entertaining such views
l deem it my duty TO the Democratic party to
state them thus publicly.
1t is my purpose TO give cordial support to
the ticket that shall be nominated at Chicago
in July; and notwithstanding what was said and
done at Stockton l sincerely hope that Judge
Field will be nominated at Chicago. If the
committee over which you preside are not salts
fed with my attitude as herein stated, they are
at liberty to substitute another name for mine
as an Elector. Very respectfully yours
CHARLES koHLER.
San Francisco, June 10, 1854.
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WHAT IT Is TO BE BURSED.-The Gin
cinnati papers have been discussing the
origin of the word burking" claiming
II to be an original Ohio term. The word
may be found in ''Pickwick Papers, i" where
Samuel relates the disappearance OF a
sausage-maker into his own sausage ma
chine-in other words he was "burked. -
The meaning Of the word is therefore clear
enough, the murder of man for the pur-
pose OF gain in the disposal of his body.
This applies equally well whether the man
IS made into sausage or his body is sold TO
medical students. a. in a recent Cincinnati
case Detroit Journal
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THE HERITAGE OF WOE.

Misery, shame and agony often bequeathed as
sole legacy to children by parents is neglected
itary poison, and thus remove the most prolific
cause of human suffering, to clear the skin of
disfiguring humors, itching tortures humiliat-
ing eruptiOns, and loathsome sores caused BY it,
to purify and beautify the skin, and restore the
hair so that no trace of the disease remain Gu
TIcURA REsoLvEST, the new blood purifier du-
retic and aperient, and CUTICURA and CUTICURA
soar, the great skin cures and beautifers are
infallihla
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SrcTARIANIsM.-A little girl came home
from her Sunday-schoo in high state of
indignation because her Sunday-school
teacher had told her that Jesus was Jew
WAS he Jew, MOTHER said she, in
great excitement. why, yes, my dear"
said the mother, little doubtfully, as if
unwilling to concede the Objectionable
fact, but unable to deny it. 81 suppose he
was Jew" =" But thought he was the
Son OF God" az So he is, my dear" Il
don't see how, then, he could be Jew
responded the young sectarian. for God is
Presbyterian. ~ Christian Union
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AFTERNOONS SESSION
MERCHANDISE REPORT.

The following freight passed Ogden June 18th
For Sacramento-M. Fitzgerald, l box medi
cine; Baker & Hamilton, l case hardware
Kirk, Geary & Co., 2 halfbarrels drugs.
For Gridley-Freeport Machine Company {
windmills.
For Stockholm. j. Kennedy, l box books
James A. Louttit box books J. c. Campbell
case books; SteinhSrt, Goldsmith & Co., case
clothing.
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California stands nth in the list of States
in the manufacture of salt, and is the ONLY
State in the Union where the distillation OF
salt from sea water is carried on TO any
considerable extent. This industry has in
creased rapidly during the last twenty
years. The production has risen from
1900 bushels in 1860 10 upwards of $50 900
bushels in 1851 Eastern exchange.