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Year: 1869

Marriage Not Recognized-Frec Love and


Free Indulgence Between the sexes
Curious Details Of the Progress and Wealth


Of the CommunIty-History Of the Establish


ment-A Disgusting Moral Ulcer In the Midst


Of Christian and Civilized People.


ONEIDA, N. Y, June l, 1869.


The association OF communists at Oneida, N. Y,
sometimes called Perfectionists, but more generally
known as the Oneida Community has, in the midst
OF civilized and Christian people, succeeded In
throwing or the principles and restraints OF our
social and domestic life and defying public senti.
ment. II Is communism In the broadest sense: for
the men and women are common to each other as
the property is common TO all. Marriage Is de-
nounced as o selfish institution and an obstacle
to that perfection Of individual character
and perfection OF society which these communists
profess to aim at. or course, then, there
is no marriage among them, In the ordinary sense
OF that term, and any married parties entering the
community become unmarried. The woman be-
much the wife OF other men az OF her former
husband, and the man Is free In the same way Not
that the sexes are kept apart with the Shakers.
on the contrary intercourse Ia encouraged M condu-
Give to Christian and family love. That family love-
however, which we recognize az existing among
blood relations or in the domestic circle is not
meant by these communists for such love Is repu-
dated as selfish and opposed to Christian perfection
but II extends to the whole body Of their society.
The community Ia the family, and they the term
constantly in that sense. In fact, under the pre-
tence OF spiritual influence and Of higher moral
Law than the world had known before they set ut
defiance all the laws OF nature and society, and are
guilty OF the most indIscrminate and grossest libidi
nous practices. shall refer to this further on but
VIII nrst notice the community ordinarily by
the outside world.


This family, as they like to call themselves, or
Christian perfpCLtOuigta. tney called.
have their parent settlement mile or 30 from the
Year: 1869

The question Of missionary labor in the South
Is one which attracts q great deal OF attention IN
Catholic circles especially as the Church Is alive to
the spiritual wants OF the col0red people, whose
social relations have undergone SO remarkable Q
change since the termination of the war; The efforts
OF the priesthood have 80 far, been checked 6y me
extent OF territory and the Catholic organization In
the Southern States has been far from perfect. The
Rev. Father Thomas Farrell who spent last winter
In the South, and has recently returned, Will take
these matters into consideration In lecture which
he will deliver this Sunday evening" at ST. JOseph's
church, IN Sixth avenue. HIS subject Is entitled
.'The South Catholics and Their Difficulties" The
proceeds to be devoted to the work Of erecting
the new chapel and Sunday school In connection
with the church.
Year: 1869

By-and-By.
by and by We say il softly.
Thinking of a tender hope.
Stirring always in our bosoms,
Where so many longings grope.
BY and by Oh love shall greet us
In time that Is to come,
And the fears that aoig defeat us,
Then shall all be stricken dumbl
BY and by The mournful SORROWS
Clouding o'er our sky to-day,
shall be gone in glad to-mOrrows-
Shall be banished quite away!
by and byl We say il gently,
Looking on our silent dead,
And we do not think of earth-liie,
But Of Heavens sweet life instead
BY and by We look in yearning
Towards the harbor of the blest,
And We see the beacOns burning
In the ports of perfect rest.
By and by Our ship shall anchor,
II the tide and wind run fair
Some day in the port Of Heaven,
Where our lost and loved ones arc.
By and BY Oh say it softly,
Thinking not of earth and care,
But the by and bB of Heaven,
Waiting for us oper Aerel


Da1a n, MaugL
Year: 1869

lions have been appropriated to feed, clothe and
secure peace. 1t Is q fair estimate that three
fourths of all this money has gone into the hands
of swindling officers and contractors. The result
is a breach of faith with the Indians. They did
not and could not be made to understand why
every promise made them was not redeemed.
With large perceptive organs, small reasoning
and intellectual, they saw at once they were
swindled, without being able to comprehend the
reason why.


"The treaty, for instance, with the Cheyennes
called for q certain amount of flour; the con-
tractor undertook to substitute musty meal.
The Indians were outraged and the whole tribe
took the war path. The cries of women and
children in Kansas and Texas, and the loss of
many lives have been the result. God grant that
the Quakers may be able to get the confidence
of the Indians, and if they make no promises
but what they can fulfil am sure they will sue
coed.


81 know some of the Quaker agents lived
for years. He is incapable of a dishonest act,
and Just the man to restore confidence among
the Indians. The two Stanleys, of Kansas, are
also honest men, and, if supported us they
should be, will in time, hope, convince the red
man that honor has not become extinct in the
white race.


whether the Quakers succeed or not, the
army here is a nuisance. The Indians seem to
delight in playing around it. The army is inn
potent as far rs protection to the frontier is
concerned The killing and scalping of a white
man, or the capture of family of women and
children, does not cause a ripple on the surface
here. 1t is common occurrence
Year: 1869

coming down the Channel from Brighton to
southampton, when he was out two days and
two nights during which time he had no sleep.
His usual habit was to come into port about
midnight, rest for two or three hours, generally
on board the yacht, and start again about three
next morning. He very frequently found him
self secalmed when four or five miles off the
port where he meant to spend the night, and he
had to work himself into harbor. He also lost
much time when off Cornwell i'm waiting for the
flowing of the tide to float his yacht out of the
dry harbors which abound on that coast The
Kate is very handsome little craft, of twenty
one feet keel by seven feet beam, and, as stated,
three tons burden. Large crowds of interested
spectators collected around her rs she lay in
Leith harbor on Wednesday.
Year: 1869

An Indignant Wife Pounds her Military Lord.


Captain Boyd, says the st. LOUIS Democrat
of August so, is having a hard time with his
cast-oif wife. The particulars OF her assault
upon him with carriage whip were duly
chroniced. 1t was thought that after this
public attack she would let him alone but she
is not that sort of q woman. She warned him
then that she would give it to him again and
she kept her word. On Saturday afternoon, us
on Olive street, near Tenth the lady met him,
and springing on him with the ferocity of a
tiger, struck him upon the head with the handle
of her parasol. The Captains glossy silk tile
was sent whirling through the air, reminding
him of ''the hat trick" of the lIanlon Brothers.
His head received the blow also but the hat was
the greater sufferer, and will probably require u
new nap.


Smarting with the blow, and feeling called
upon to avenge the insult offered to his hat, the
Captain in moment OF passion, made use of u
small whalebone cane which he was sporting,
and returned the blow by striking his wife a
light blow on the face. He then took hold of
her. broke the parasol, and begged her to let
him alone. Being disarmed, she now made use


of her tongue, bestowing upon him a string OF
epithets by no means complimentary TO his


manhood.


The Captains friend picked up the damaged
hat and the owner put 1t on his head and walked
away. The lady again warned him that she
was not done with him, and would "give him
fits whenever she could meet him. The eccen-
tric and violent conduct of Mrs. Boyd is proba-
bly, caused by her condition-she will shortly
become n mother, and feels that she has been
wronged. If her friends have regard for her
they should restrain her, and not permit her
TO 90 about the streets acting the part of Lola
MUntCZ.
Year: 1869

The NEW YORK POsr OFFICR.-The work
upon the new post-office building i'm New York
has been pushed forward under the direction of
Supervising Architect Mullett in a manner per-
fectly surprising to the people Of that city, who
have been accustomed to see the work upon her
public buildings kept going at the slowest rate
possible. Indeed, generally the progress upon
them has not been visible to the casual observer,
and such a thing as one entirely completed il
hardly known to the Oldest inhabitant. But
Notwithstanding the many obstacles in the way
of the Architect, the work on the post Office ha.
advanced so rapidly that the necessity for en-
plOyng a force at night no longer exists, the
required excavations having been made, and it
having been found that masOns' work could not
be done advantageOusly except in the day time.
As a result about two hundred labOrers, enyi-
ncers, and other employees, who were employed
at night have been discharged. A full force is
kept busy during the day, however, and the
work will not be allowed to drag in any respect
so long as the weather allows it to be carried on
10 advantage.
Year: 1869

ga specimen of the wonderful plant. ..the
Flower of the Holy Ghost, has been success
fully raised i'm Norwich, Connecticut. The
hover Il creamy white cup, nearly a large n
half an egg, and extremely beautiful. and its
wonder as a natural floral growth is the fact that
in this flower is a little pure white dove, with
pink bill and eyes, and its head turned as IL
loOkigg over its back. Its wings, feet, bill. sc,
are ar absolutely perfect those Of the living
dove, whose counterpart this wonderful mimic
bird Is
Year: 1869

HERE IL WHAT Mr.. George Alfred Townsend
says of the people Of Washington in the Chicago
Tribune


at will take these jailbirds of the Government
marshes some time before they know that they
are Of no consequence whatever on either side
Of the debate to move the public edifices. All
that they have they took at the teat of the Fed
eral State We expect nothing back from them
not even opinion. They will suffer depreciation
OF property, Is the cry. Well, SO did Baalbec
and Babylon when the current of empire
changed. When the Tower of Babel was aban-
dOned, the brickmakers hOwled most pOlyglot
howl, and the d-carriers said il was an outrage
The less said about hospitality here the better;
for all the genuine hospitality is extended by
strangers. The National Hotel disease il not a
true form of hOspitable treatment. Mr.. David
HerOid and Mr.. John Surratt had the honor to be
born to be sheltered and the latter be acquitted
here; Vet nobody suppOses that Surratt could
have escaped the halter of any other place
than Washington. The city is baneful spot
for COngressmen's children to be reared.
Here a son of President Tyler is i'm the Inebriate
Hospital, and here a SON of Andrew johnson
made frequent visits to the Insane Asylum here
Amos Kendall had a son shot dead i'm a street
fight; here notorious dead beats furnish bar
room entertainment for quarter of dollar
apiece, and claim to represent capitoline society;
and here one of the fine old Key family was
tried for murder, and another killed for dis
honor.


Washington people invariably send away their
children TO school. As q specimen of the sort
of boy bred here take the case of fine old
widow lady who kept a boarding house on the
Capitol Hill. She had boy who was put i'm the
Capitol as page, and he became a most nOto-
rious drunkard while still minor. This villain
was in the habit of going to his poor Old stylish
mothers house at dinner, when all the noble
Senators, Judges, ETC., were sitting at table, and
the people: "Mother, give me half a dollar, or
here goes the clock" II she refused the brick
crashed through the venerable timepiece.
Year: 1869

THE SOUTHERN Posi- SYsTEM.-Mr. George
ID. Armstrong, Superintendent of the Special
Service of the Post Office Department, left here
to-day on tour inspection. He will visit most
of the Southern and Western cities. At Macon
he will be joined by First Assistant Postmaster
General Earle. The object of the tour is to
make thorough inspection of the Southern
postal system, with view of its improvement in
that section.
Year: 1869

THE WHITE HoUsR.-The President received
no visitors this forenoon, being busily engaged
in his office. In the afternoon quite large
number were admitted, most Of whom were
ofice-seekers.
Year: 1869

RANK OF NAVAL OFFICERs.-There will no
doubt be a sharp fight at the next session of
Congress on the subject of line and staff Officer
of the Navy to define the status of the latter
who have been reduced by recent orders from
the Navy Department under the decision of the
Attorney General The regulations for the gov
ernment Of the Navy, issued in 1876 by Secretary
Mason fixed the rank of staff officers, which art
paymasters, surgeons, chaplains and engineers
and these regulations were subsequently legal
lied by Congress. During the admnistra-
ton of Secretary Welles, board OF
officers was convened to revise tho reg
ulations, and upon their recommendation
the rank of staff officers was increased one grade
Attorney General Hoar having had the question
submitted to him by the present Administration
decided that the regulations, which had been
legalized by Congress, were the only proper
ones, as the subject of rank was a matter OF
legislation; hence all staff officers were reduced
in rank one grade. This actiou has created
much dissatisfaction among that class, and
strong efforts will be made by them to have
Congress restore them to their old rank 1t l.
said that General Butler, General Banks and
other leading members will advocate their
claim.
Year: 1869

COMPUTING INTKRFsr.-We give a new
rule for-conpuliug interest, and it is so sim 4.
pie and so true that every banker, merchant
or clerk should post it up for reference.
There being no such thing as fraction 10
it, there is scarcely any liability to error or
mistake. by no other arithnetical calculs-
lion can the desired Information bs gained
by so few figures.


Six per cent. Multiply ary given number
OF dollars by number of days Of interest
desired. sepsrate the right hand figures aud
divide by six, the result is the true interest
on such sums for such number Of days at six
per cent. ar


Eight per cent. Multiply any given
amount by the number Of days upon which
il is desired TO ascertain the interest, aud
divide by As. and the result will be the in
tersst OF such for the .ims required at eight
per cent.


Ten per cent, Multiply the same "a above
and divide by SO and the result will show
the rate at ten per cent. aa
Year: 1869

A SroRY is told by the Dubuque Times
about a lost and beated female cropping her
wav in the dark to the fam house Of an old
bachelor, OF whom she begged lodgings for
the night. The old bach, told her chat he
had taken a vow TO remain "virlrous and
happy" and be was afraid be could not be
so with a woman in his house. and he turn
sd her out 10 the cold Inf saIa
Year: 1869

ARKANSAS IrEMs.-We clip as follows from Little
Rock dispatch of the 29th:


A strange murder has just come to light About
two weeks ago two men, named Duff and Green, went
down the opposite side of the river about six miles
with warrant to arrest negro charged with the
THEFT OF some meat from Duff They arrested him
started to town and returned in about three hours
stating that the negro got away from them. Foul
play was suspected and both arrested aud put in
jail To-day the body of the negro was found in lake
near his house, horribly mutlated, having been shot
IN the head and then thrown in the lake. The trial
of the parties charged with the murder comes off
Friday.


LITTLE RocE March 30.-The sheriff Of Crittendeu
county is still here His case is being investigated by
the Military Committee of the House. Gov Clayton
refuses to return his resignation until the matter is
thoroughly ventilated Several parties making the
arrest have been sent for
Year: 1869

A Macon, Georgia, paper says that ten thousand
more hands could now obtain employment in the back
belt of Georgia, but they are nowhere to be found.
About much cotton will be planted this as last year.
but four times the amount of grain will be used
Year: 1869

THE new party movement seems to have
been entirely ignored at the meeting of the
Cumberland County Temperance Association.
though that was one of the subjects to which
it was supposed special attention would be
given. There are not few of the most active
and radical temperance men-gentlemen who
have devoted their whole lives to the good
cause-who refuse to follow Mr.. Nye and his
associates in the movement to organize an in
aependent temperance party. 1t was no doubt
sne pruoent counsels of such men that govern
ou 'ne association and prevented an endorse
ment of the programme of the crond Iodca ~
Good Templars at Richmond. The nore
thoughtful and discreet temperance mon sao
that the secession of part of the Renuhl;oan
organization could at best have oulv tbe effsot
to throw the control Of the State into ~
hands of party that is traditionally opposed
to prohibition and even to abstinence.
Year: 1869

1RA J. BATcHnIoR. When we lock afound
our quiet city of Portland, and give the busi-


ness of the place serious thought-knowing


as we do every interest of the various depart


ments of business-what is the result OF this


Thought? In the first place we see, with few


exceptions, all our capitalists investing in


stocks and real estate, and a class of smart, ca


pable young men, with but little capital, doing


a large part Of the business of the city. We


see almost every branch of active business de-


pressed, and the wealthy men rsaping Q rioh


harvest at the expense of the mercantile COM


munity. We see all kinds Of stock paying en-


ormously, the banks coming money. and busi-


ness men struggling along the best way they


can. With this state of affairs, as we notice


our business men dropping out one by one,


particularly the younger portion, we cannot


reprsss feeling of sadness, aside from parting


with near and dear friends.


We have just been called upon to mourn the


loss of another member from our mercantile


community just in the prime of life and in the
midst Of his usefulness. We hardly need to
say that we have reference to Ira J. Bachelor.
He came to our city something more than
twenty years since, and lived for many years
in the family Of Rufus Horton, whore he &C
quirsd the two great requisites for career Of
usefulness, vix., an excellent education and
good character.


His first start In business was at the office of
the Portland Company, where, under the in
struction of Rufus d. Bean, he became one of
the very best accountants in the city of Port
land, and we doubt whether any city can boast
of many superiors in that capacity. After
leaving the Portland Company he spent most
of his time in the employ Of Davis, Baxter &
Co. and J. Winslow Jones' He was partner
in the firm Of Davis Baxter & Co., or, rather,
the Portland Packing Co., at the time of his
death.


He took very severe cold something more
than year ago, while travelling in New
Brunswick at very inclemsnt season of the
year, for the interests of the Arm of which he
was an active partner From this cold he new
or recovered, but close application to his


business aggravated until it terminated In
quick consumption. His death occurred in
Baltimore, where hs went to spend the winter
for the benefit of his health.


He married very early in life, and leaves
widow and four very promising children to
mourn his loss.


His remains were brought to this city from
Baltimore last Friday, and very appropriate
funeral services were held at the New Jerusa-
lem Temple, of which church he had been
| very active member for several years, and was
| much beloved by the Pastor and other menar
bers Of this parish.
Year: 1869

MAY DAY FEsTIvAL.-We learn that the
entertainments promised by the Park Street
Sunday School will consist of two dra-
matte, exhibitions, fair, s'an old-fashioned
Kitchen" promenade concert and a May
Day Festival for the children.


The play which is to be performed was writ
ten for the occasion and is said to be full of
interest from the first word to the last 1t is
founded on one of the well-known fairy tales
of the brothers Grimm, but is indebted to
that origin only for the slender thread of in
cident which gives a certain coherency to
scenes and Situations which are of the au-
thor's own construction. The songs which en-
liven the play are not found in the story, and
are of striking originality and beauty.


The part of the entertainment which will
be most popular will be the May Day festival
for the children. The small price of a ticket
will admit one to the afternoon dances and
sports and also to the play which will be re-
peated at an early hour in the evening for the
children. Meantime the kitchen will be open
ed and little messengers in fancy costumes
will dispense its varied products according to
demand
Year: 1869

THE PRESIDENT CoMNG NoRTH.-It is re-
ported that the President and some of his fam
lily, Congress having now adjourned. will visit
Boston and other Northern ports in a revenue
cutter, to avoid the clamor of disappointed Of
fce-seekers Credence may be given to this
rumor to suit individual tastes.
Year: 1869

The STOCKHOLDERS of the Union Pacific
Railroad had jolly time at their meeting in
Boston on Thursday. They had not the fear Of
Fisk Jr. or his Barnard before their eyes, and
all were merry as boys just out of school, Their
escape from New York seems to be regarded
by them as the Israelites might have regarded
their exodus from Egypt. Oliver Ames, Pres
ident of the company read a dispatch from the
chief engineer saying that the Union Pacific
was within IL miles of Monument Point while
the Central Pacific had approached from the
opposite direction to within IS miles of the
same place. Hon. James Brooks of New
York, one of the government directors of the
company, spoke in an exultant strain, declar-
ing that the road was practically finished while
he spoke and that it had all been done since
1S64-only five years. Rowland G. ,Hazen of
Rhode Island explained the necessity of organ
izing the Credit Mobilier, saying that it was
impossible to obtain capital in any other way.
Year: 1869

THE SCARE AT MECHANIC FALLs.-The item
in the Argus of yesterday in regard to the car
rying away of the sawmill at Pages Mills, on
the Little Androscoggin, above Mechanic Falls,
proves to be without foundation. Our CORES
pondent &C." says that there was report
Thursday at Mechanic Falls that the mill was
coming down the river in full size and force,
and in violation of all law except that of grav-
itation, and that we must stand from under
There was rush to see the show, and after
waiting anxiously or fsarfully some length of
time, broken fragments passed over the dam of
the Messrs. Dennison, without doing any in
jury. About thirty feet of the sawmill belong
ing to Mr. Page was undermined and came
down the river, but was broken in pieces be-
fore it reached this village. There was larg-
er volume of water passed over the Messrs
Dennisons dam on Thursday than was ever
know before, but no impression was made upon
it as the dam is new and built in the most sub
stantial manner. No damage was apprehend-
ed il the two mills had come down, entire, so
far as that dam was concerned, but the bridge
would probably have been carried away. The
water is now falling, and unless there should
be heavy rain Immediately, there will be no
further damage in that vicinity.
Year: 1869

The LATEST VELoCIPEDIC Novelty.
An elderly gentleman has invented a
one-wheeled velocipede, which is quite
novelty.


1t does away with seat, pedals, brakes,
and all.


There is a crank attached to the axle
on each side of the wheel You sit be-
tween the spokes, and turn the cranks
with your hands.
The rider goes round with the wheel,
turning a somerset at each revolution.


The sensationis therefore peculiar, and
the ride is much more exciting than on
the ordinary velocipede.


The only objection to this style is, they
! can never be used by ladies.