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Year: 1867

BLOWN DowN.--During the severe storm of
wind and rain on Monday night the east wall
OF the colored peoples new church, in this
town. was blown down. The wall Us inch1
was green and had no timbers to support
IL. 1t will cost about 5000 to repair the dam
Year: 1867

GRANT THE COMING MAN.-From every
section of the Union the call is coming for
zen. Grant for the next candidate of the Re-
publican party for President Two-tbirds Of
the Republican journals of the country have
expressed preference for him; manv have
holsted his name at the head of their coIumns
Like the call for the second nomination of Mr.
Lincoln, 1t is almost unanimous and cannot 90
unheeded Some journals, possessing more or
less influence, have declared for this or that
individual, as a matter of State nrida bnt bord.
~ any TWO unite on anv one man. The paper
OF the greatest influence that has vet opposed
the General Is the New York Tribune which
has recently declared in favor of Chief Justice
Chase. But 1t can scarcely hope to stem the
popular tide. Ii strongly opposed the renom-
lnatlon OF President Lincoln but its opposition
would not stand against the wish of the peo
pie and the demands of the hour.


In addition to the newspapers of the coun-
try which are the index to the popular will,
almost every day brings us the proceedings of
some public meeting in which resolution is
found sustaining Grant as the choice of the
party.


Like all successful military men he stands
most prominent before the country as q recin-
lent OF Its honors. 1t is natural consequence
that the party that sustained the war should
select the General who VIGOROUSLY ended If
for their standard bearer.


But it is not only his fame as military hero
that gives him his great pre-eminence as a
candidate. Throughout his whole career as
public man he has exhibited that supreme
good sense and discretion for which he has
been generally commended. He has been able
at all times to keep his own counsels and his
mouth shut-two rare qualities He does not
belong to that class who make reputation bv
a brilliant dash; - who strike out'' and
make great success or a great blunder. His
success has been the result of mature calcula-
ton and consummate skill, in which the end
accomplished has exhibited his wisdom and
foresight. 1t is this quality in the man that
makes the people willing to trust him in any
position he may be called to fill.


Ut his political status there is no room for
doubt, we believe. That he stands souarelv |
on the Republican platform has been so re-
peatedly asserted by prominent men of the
party and intimate friends of the General that
1t needs no repetition by u.s.


Ihe Democrats occasionally try to claim him,
but d.! 1t IS with view of making the Radicals
dlstr'lst him and preventing his nomination by
the party. Every day the Democratic papers
are denouncing him in stronger terms. The
Old Guard, rank Copperhead sheet pub
ilshed in New York, tells him to " get back to
MS lanyard, where the war picked him up,
and says every word uttered in his praise is "a
new rivet in the fetters of our country The
General needs no better praise than such abuse
from such paper. The New York World
also advises him not to get into the hands
of the politicians"
Year: 1867

MCLAREN X ALLRN.-Tbe advertise ment of these gentlemen will show the reader that theirs is q complete stock. Dry goods and groceries, and we can assure those who have not already dis covered the fact that their prices are moderate, and they themselves, as clever gentlemen as ever weighed su- gar or measured calico.
Year: 1867

ARKANSAS HousE.--This House is situated on the corner of Rock and Mulberry streets. Persons wishing q good house at swhivh to stop. where they can be well aecommod ted with bed and board will find this just the nlane
Year: 1867

reA. There will De an election held on the 2lst of December next. to determine whether or not we shall have a District Court at spes Are Let all the people take due notice of this fact and exercise themselves for the ac- complshment of so desirable an object.
Year: 1867

COMMERCIAL IlorEL.-rravelers pass ing through the Rock. will find this house at the foot of Main street, thoroughly furnished, and their table set with the best the market supplies.
Year: 1867

CUrING GLAss-Take an old three
cornercd file, heat it red hot and sudden
ly plunge it into u previously prepared
mixture of salt and ice, stirring it about
so rs to cool as rapidly as possible,
Now grind the point on stone, preserv-
ing the three sides as much as possible,
when it is ready for use. The glass to
be cut is ncked on the edges, then laid
on q perfectly smooth surface, and the
point of the file is, with moderate pres.
sure, drawn over its surface. the direction
being guided by rule. Such an instru-
ment will be found serviceable for cutting
glass for windows, and all ordinary pur-
poses.
Year: 1867

TO call money making an art is a
misnomes. 10 make money on anything
like grand scale requires q special faculty,
or combination oi faculties, with which not
one man in thousand is endowed Who.
ever has this qualification can make a for
tune, though he may possess but tho rnd'
meuts OF MI education whoever lacks viii
probably fail to do so, though his mind be
a stolehouse OF leaning,
Year: 1867

STAND FROM UNDBR.-To one unacquain


ted with the tricks of trade and the uuirks
Of "buis,' it would appear at present as il
Walla Walla were about to collapse-sink
beneath the Christening rod of adversity,
never to rise again. But not so, however
1t is only sort of mania among merchants
to sell of at cost, as per posters, sticking up,
and hanging up in every nook and corner,
staring you in the face at every turn you
take. These posters all have much to say
about CLOSING out at cost Buying at cost
is good thing, if things are not too costly,
and provided body needs them. Selling
of at cost has very cheap sound to it, and
when one sees these charming words hanging
around loose at every corner, a sort of buying
sensation gets possession of his better senses,
and he feels inclined to fathom the depth Of
his old trowsers pockets and if a piece at
the bottom is found, it flies and that's the
way the money goes. But while cost is
GOOD below cost is better Who among us
all can resist such enticing appeals-such
deuced Turing invitations to shell out 2 The
merchant who can sell out below cost here,
these times, feels himself impaled on the
horns of dilemma If he don't sell below
cost he stands no show, and if he does, he is
bound to lose; and what to do be don't
know. Some folks have an idea that mer,
chants always have a good thing-see no
trouble; but it is not so at least not inva>
rablg so, for it is not the case in Walla
Walla at present For most of them, this
Is the winter of their discomfort not made
glorious by anything worth mentioning One
hopeful up town takes courage by repeating
at short intervals to by-standers, and to him,
SELF when by-standers are not by, the well
conned words: the darkest hour of day, is
Just before the dawn of night!P We are of
the opinion that he will not sell below cost
at present Another mercanIiler. down town,
is too despondent for any use he SAYS he is
going to qnit selling goods afte- this, and
will give them away to his friends, if they
will not charge him for the service of job
wagon ia hauling them of. That store
ought to be well patronizel, and we think it
will get good run any way. All this sell


ing off at cost and below it, is mystery to
some; but it is easily explained; and in
word, such goods as are generally selling be-
low cost, were purchased when they were
high, and having fallen recently in the lower
markets, it necessitates business men here
to dispose of them below cost. That's the
long and the short of it.
Year: 1867

: QUARTZ ON THE BRAIS.-Many people on the
Pacific Coast, are from time to time, more or
less afflicted with this ailment but it is not often
that any one SO far loses bis mental equilibrium
as to be taken to an asylum for treatment. We
have, however, one such instance to record A
Mr.. King, aged about twenty five, was brought
down from the Orc Fino mines, few days ago,
in care Of Mr.. Joshua Triekel, who actually be. /.
came insane, in consequence of having found
an exceedingly rich silver.quartz vein, somer
where in the Orc Fino mining district. After
finding the quartz, be had some small pieces
tested which proved to be immensely rich At
that time, King is said to have been perfectly
sane to all appearances; but shortly afterward
perhaps day or two-it was noticed he had
lost bis reason. He talked a great deal about
his quartz discovery, and was in great distress
lest some one should find his silver mine and
rob him of it, As we stated above, be was
brought here few days ago, and has since been
taken below, either to an asylum or to Oregon
City where his parents reside King is iue
looking young mon, and is said to be we'll edu.
Gated.
Year: 1867

Crr RAiLwAY.-The City Council has
At last passed an ordinance granting the
railway company the right to construct and
operate . horse railroad on Third Street
extending its entire length. Py reference
to this ordinance, published in another
column, it will be seen that the restrictions
are sufficient for tho protection Of the
rights Of the city and the citizens ; and
that the most liberal privileges are given to
the company.


We can now look upon street railroad
~ fixed fact-a sue thing, and that too
within the coming year Of ls6s-from
which date we mark u more rapid develope-
ment OF our city in eli that pertains 70 Me
tropolitan greatness.
Year: 1867

AS announced yesterday, the Israel
ties are now celebrating their New
Year-a. m. 5, 628. The origin of the
festival is given in Leviticus XIII, %
"A, %: "And the Lord spake unto
Moses, saying, speak unto the children
of Israel, saying: In the seventh
month, in the first day of the month
shall ye have a Sabbath, memorial Of
blowing of trumpets, holy convoca
ton. Ye shall do no servile work. "
Although occurring in the first month,
it is called the seventh month because
at the institution of the Passover, Just
prior to the departure from Egypt, so
important an era was their exit to be
that God commanded "this month
shall be the beginning of months
exodus XII, p


The cornet, or trumpet, which is
sounded on New Year is made of a
rams horn, to commemorate the4M-
tended sacrifice of Isaac on Mount
Moriah by his father, Abraham, the
anniversary of which event is at this
period. The blowing Of cornet is
rite peculiar to this festival, because at
the beginning of the year they are to
renow their allegiance to their Heaven.
ly King, and to remind them of "that
great day when the great trumpet shall
sound, and those that are Wandering
about in the land of Ashen and the
outcasts from the land of Egypt, shall
come to worship the Lord on His Holy
Mount at Jerusalem"


The services of the day are of 6
three. fold character: 1st. Homage
to invoke the speedy approach of the
Kingdom of God, when all mankind
will arrive at the true knowledge Of
their Creator, and unite in the worship
of the Supreme Benefactor. I'd. Oh
Rememberance--acknowledging the
divine omniscence and providence. Sd
Sounding the Cornet-to celebrate
that future jubilee when mankind will
be free from the fetters of error and
acquire perfection in the knowledge OF
their God


The festival is also the beginning of
the ten days of penitence, at the close
of which is the Great Day of Atone
ment.
Year: 1867

Ages upon ages ago the tide was out,
and the muddy beach lay smooth as
this sheet of paper before me. A cloud
passed over the sky, and a shower of
big rain or hail came down, and pitted
the mud as thick as leaves on the
trees. A strong wind drove the drops,
so that the impressions were little
one-sided, They had written their
short history as plain as my pen can
write; and even the direction which the
wind blew was recorded. Some great
frogs and lizards which used to live
there, came hopping over the mud,
and left their tracks also deeply print
ed on the shore. By and by the great
waves came softly stealing up, and
covered the whole surface with fine
sand, and so the tracks were seen no
more for ages upon ages. The clay
hardened into solid rock, and so did
the sand; and after these thousands of
years had passed away, some masors
came upon the curious inscription
Men of science, who are skilled in
reading these stony leaves of Gods
great book, read, as plainly as if they
bad been present, the story of that
passing shower. 1t had been written
on the softest clay, but it was read on
solid rocks. So your hearts today
are like the soft clay. Everything
stamps them, but the stamps are not
so easy to remove. They will be there
when you are grown up to be man
or woman. o, what deep, dark prints
the bad words Of evil associates make?
But how lovely il will be to recall the
record which kind and loving actions
make upon the soul!
Year: 1867

The Monongahela Republican says :


'Not very long since, the young and
beautiful wife of ono of our citizens
was called to her final account, leaving
her husband disconsolate, sad, bereft.
She was buried in the adjacent ceme-
terry; and the husband returned to his
desolate home-but not to forget the
loved one. She is present with him
by day in spirit and in his dreams at
night. One popularity of his dreams,
and one that haunted him, being re-


peated night after night, was this, that
the spirit of his wife came to his bed
side and told him that the undertaken
had not removed from her face the
svuare piece of muslin or napkin which
had been used to cover her face after
death, but had screwed down her cof,
fin lid with it upon her; that she could
breathe in her grave, but was unrest
on account of the napkin. He tried
to drive the dream away, but it abided
with him by night and troubled him by
day. He sought the consultations of
religion; his pastor prayed with him
and assured him that it was wicked to
indulge such morbid fancy. 1t was
the subject of his own petition before
the Throne of Grace, but still the
spirit came and told anew the story of
her suffocation. In despair he sought
the undertaken, Mr.. Dickey, who told
him that the napkin had not been re-
moved, but urged him to forget the
circumstance, as it could not be any
possible annoyance to inanimate clay


While the gentleman frankly acknowl-
edged this, he could not avoid the ap-
partition, and continual stress upon
his mind began to tell upon his health


At length he determined to have the
body disinterred and visited the un-
dertaker for that purpose. Here he
was met with the same advice, and
persuasion, and convinced once more
of his folly, the haunted man returned
to his home. That night, more vivid
than ever, more terribly real than be-
fore, she came to his bedside, and up
braided him for his want of affection,
TO remove the cause of all her suffer
ing. The next night, with friend
he repaired to the sexton, who was
prevailed upon to accompany them
and there by the light of the cold
round moon, the body was lifted from
its narrow bed; the coffin lid was un
screwed, and the napkin removed from
the face of the corpse. That night she
came to his bedside once more, but fol
the last time. Thanking him for bis
kindness, she pressed her cold lips to
his cheek, and came again no more
Reader this is a true story; can you
explain the mysteries of Dreams?
Year: 1867

PRESBYTERIAN HYMN BOoE.-The
"Psalms and Hymns adopted by the
General Assembly and placed in the
hands Of their Committee of Publication
in this city for publication is now
ready at the store of the committee,
No. iOlI Main street. The contents Of
this hymn book can hardly fail to be ge-
nerally acceptable to those for whom it is
designed, as the psalms and hymns have
all been submitted to them before adop-
ton, having been extensively published in
the religious newspapers of the denomina-
ton. The book is handsomely printed, and
well bound in various styles of different
sizes. The churches have begun to supply
themselves with the new hymn book, the
introduction of which is an important era
in religious society.
Year: 1867

They owe him hearty cooperation in
all his labors for the good. of his people.
Whatever is enjoined upon him as elder,
is also enjoined upon the ruling elders,
except "to labor in the word and doc
trine. When wdeknow his duty, We
know our own. The elders are the pas
tors lieutenants. His time being much
occupied with writing and studying, he
cannot know men as does the man of bu-
siness. The elders should supply him
with this knowledge; they should become
acquainted with every man, woman, and
child of the parish, and should impart
this knowledge to the pastor. They
should moreover not limit their prayers
for him to the prayer meeting, but in the
family and closet should bear him in-love
before the throne of grace. In conversa-
ton with others they should never make,
nor listen to sighting remarks about
him. In brief, the elders should lOve
their pastor, and take pains to cypress to
him this attachment. 1t is the duty of
the trustees of the church to provide for
him comfortable support; if this is neg
lected the elders should feel it their duty
to see it done.
Year: 1867

the Church of Christ for every new
conner to kneelin these private, personal,
preparatory devotions, and the posture is
taken, no matter what else may be going
on at the same time. Now | have no
quarrel with those who follow this GUS
tom. 1t is not commended by our
church, however, and it seems to SAVIOR of
the snare into which the Pharisees fell
when they obtruded their prarate devo-
tions upon the public eye, whether in the
Synagogue or at the corners of the
streets. The injunctions of our Lord on
the subject of secret prayer do seem to
warrant US in rigidly observing the dis
tinction between private and public, per-
sonal and social devotions.


But if these preparatory devotions are
not allowed to be a matter of ostenta-
tious, and self-righteous parade, there is
no excuse for their neglect altogether,
which so often happens. The man who
enters church with desire to worship
God, can have but little relish for light
conversation up to the very moment of
beginning service. 1t requires no small
effort to escape the "sacrifce of fools.
And disorder or levity in the congrega-
ton waiting for service to begin, argues
a great want of reverence on the part of
those who engage in it, and prevents
many pious heart from the composure
and serenity which he so much desires to
cultivate in the house of God. Indeed
there as demeanor appropriate to the
house of God. 1t may not be so easy to
destribe it, so as to commend it most for
chilly; but as in matters of taste and
good breeding, there is an instructive per-
ception of that which is beftting when
the circumstances and relations are fully
understood, so the conscience intuitively
discovers and approves the demeanor pro-
per to Gods house, when the nature of
the place, the object of coming together,
and the reality of the Divine presence
are well understood. These points 1
shall try to unfold in my next.


A COUNTRY PASTOR.
Year: 1867

great. Even when the main principles of
action are generous and pure, it helps
wonderfully to know that the world is
looking on and that our achievements
are not unnoticed. But the pious moth
er has no such extraneous aids IN her
her work. She is unknown to the world
and stranger to its applause. She can
look forward to no bright need of praise
which is to crown her patient, self-deny-
inc efforts. Her work must be done, If
done at all, her battle fought, away from
the public eye, in the seclusion of home,
amid few sympathizing hearts. In
deed, for the most part it is matter with
herself and God; for even the father
cannot enter fully into her feelings and
experiences. If we may be allowed to
interpret the secret thoughts of her heart,
they must be like this: "These children
are given me of God. 1t is a precious
charge He has committed to my keeping.
As they derive their being from me, so
Cod has made sheir well being in life and
beyond to depend upon me-my faithful
endeavors and prayers. Their destiny is
placed in my hands. I have high and
holy mission to fulfll-a work to do that
demands and deserves all my energies,
and solemn account to render at last
to God. Shall l see these dear ones
perish through my unfaithfulness? God
forbid"


Thus we may surmise, she reasons in
her heart and magnifes her office. Faith
in God and a sense of duty and respon-
sibility, coupled with mothers yearning
affection for her offspring-these are the
principles which actuate her, the hidden
springs of her conduct. They beget pa
thence, fortitude, self-abnegation, single
ness and fxedness of purpose, earnest
watchings and strivings, and in short
life of the purest and loftiest type of he
roism ever seen upon earth. Sometimes
she cheers herself with the thought that
her children will one day be support
and comfort to her; and at times as
she watches over her boy, she fondly pic
lures his future career of usefulness and
honor; but these are only pleasing reAec-
tions by the way, and often give place to
the anxious and fearful antieipations of
sadder hours. 1t is seldom that the faith
full mother thinks of herself; her hopes,
wishes and prayers are all for her trea-
sures, and the chief concern is that God
will enable her to do her duty to them.
True, every Christian mother has her in
frmities, her times of weakness and fall
tering, and she is often tempted to slack
en- her efforts or give oves: and some
there are who are most u ithful and
needless of their duty; but With all their
frailties and shortcomings, how much
cause have we to honor our piOus mothers,
and to bless God for them Meek, lov-
ing and devoted, their lives are beautiful
and Christ-hke, and their children rise
up and call them blessed.


J. T. B.
Year: 1867

-Chevalier Bunsen says, of
the extreme liturgists: "The forms they
idolize were unknown to the early church,
and very often nothing but misunder-
standings and wrecks of that primitive
age. There is power in the living out
pouring of the Spirit by free prayer, and
in sermon delivered out of the fullness
of faith and thought, which set form
and a written sermon do not possess
The early church recognized three forms
of common prayer: silent prayer, free
prayer, and here and there short forms
sanctioned by observation-disclosures, asit
were. either for the minister alone or the
clergy and people jointly. The English
liturgy admits neither silent prayer nor
free utterance in the service; the result
of which is that the two most spiritual
forms, which are the natural compliments
of formalized prayer and exhortation, are
excluded. The solemn pause in the SER
vice of ordination Immediately before the
Veni Creator is the only instance of that
silent prayer which, in the ancient
church, is p supposed by every Collect,
as the very name of Collect proves"