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Year: 1876

RIDE AND TEA good story comes
TO us of couple of our friends who, be-
ing in the country eight or ten miles
away were compelled to come to town.
Like the Knights Templar when the or
der was first instituted for the recovery
of the Holy Sepulchcr, the two had but
one horse, and the owner thereof made
the proposition that they should "ride
and tie" A more generous proposition
than this could not be asked, and acceed-
ing to it at once he mounted his friends
horse and started Unfortunately for
the one who had taken the first "tie,'
the roads branched, and when he came
to the FORKS he could not tell which the
rider had taken. Concluding, however,
he would take the shortest, the trail, he
took it also, and tiled" into town, while
the rider arrived about the same time,
having came by the wagon road. 1t is
pleasant method Of travelling, to "ride
and tie.n
Year: 1876

SCHOOL BALL.-The Trustees of Doug
las City District have purchased the
dwelling lately occupied by Frank Mabie
and will transform it into school house
by taking out the partitions and building
an addition. TO raise funds to assist in
defraying the necessary expenses, the
Trustees will give Ball on the evening
of Friday, July 2lst, and through our
columns extend an invitation to the pub
lie. There will be good music and a
good supper furnished; the purpose is u
laudable one and a large attendance
should be the result.
Year: 1876

COLLISIONS OF Suns AND STARS
When we take all these things into
the account, the case OF our solar sys
TEN will appear as only one of a thous-
AMI cases Of evolution and dissolution
with which the heavens furnish Us.
Other stars, like our sun, have un-
doubtedly started as vaporous masses,
and have thrown off planets in con-
tracting. The inference may seem a
bold one, but it after all involves no
o'her assumption than that of the con
tinuity of natural phenomena. 1t Is
not likely therefore that the solar sys.
TEN will forever he left to itself Stars
which strongly gravitate toward each
other, while moving through the per-
ennially resisting medium mast in time
be drawn together The collision Of
our extinct sun with one Of the Plel-
ades, after this manner, would very
likely suffice to generate even grand
er nebnla than the one with which We
started. Possibly the entire galactIc
system may, in an unconceivably re-
mote future, remodel Itself in this way
and possibly the nebula from which
our own group Of planets has been
formed may have owned its origin to
the disin,egratiOn of systems which
had accomplished their career in the
depths ofthe bygone eternity--AtIan-
tic.
Year: 1876

Just how matters are at the National Cap
ital is well described in an extract from a
private letter from Washington, which we
give below. The infamous moral atInos-
phere which pervades that place is enough
to make one wonder that the thunderbolts of
the Almighty's wrath were not long since
hurled in vengeance upon that ungodly city.
The letter goes on to say: Washington is
sll & wallow of thievery and corruption, with
a full sprinkling of delighted official Sambus
intermixed by way of favor and orna-
mentation.


" Yet the city is just as it has long been.
There is really nothing new. Only time
gradually develops 70 the many what was
well known TO the few. Thus there is a
great cape and stare over Belknap. v hile
there is nothing new in the case. His story
is that of the whole civil service ever since
Grant came in. 1t is just what We knew
about, and went into reform in 1872 All
the thanks We got was 8 shower Of brickbats


"There is no place for an honest man in
Washington society as at present constituted
No man who speaks the truth can appear in
it. If you can't meet thieves and liars on
terms of equality, you do not belong there.
Moral and political debsuchery has here
reached e height that history sometimes
speaks of, but of which this country has never
before had any experience, or even any ap-
prOach to, except in the local sphere where
Tweed figured. But the scoundrgls who
have usurped the name, organization, and
administration of the republican party, have
beaten all their predecessors in this line out
of sight. Fire and birthstone might have
done for Sodom, but it wouldn't purify this
city. The man doesn't live who is suf-
fcient master of language TO depict lis deg
radiation. Don't fiatter yourself that every
thing is bound 10 come out now, in either
the war or the other departments, where
things are worse. As after great burglaries
We hear of new fasteniugs, chronometor locks,
fresh guards and combination :, 20 now there
are new grips, new PadlOcks on every fell
lows mouth who might be tempted to tell
what he knows. Gran is reported saying that
Marsh ought TO be hanged for blabbing is
understood exactly. Stone walls and iron
bolts are nothing to ;he moral defeDoes set up
in this single expression of the head Of the
government. Any chap who has got iufor-
nation TO sell can get more for it at the exc
cutive departments to-day than in any other
market. So you had better moderate your
expectations"
Year: 1876

IDLENEss people think that an
idle life must be pleasant one; but there
are none who enjoy so little. and are such
burdens to themselves, as those who have
nothing to DO. Those who are obliged to
work hard all day, enjoy their short periods
of rsst and recreation, and are apt 10 think
it would be much pleaSanter not to be oblig-
ed TO work at all. But this is a sad mistake,
as they would soon find out if they made
a trial of the life they think so agreeable.
Que who is never busy can never enjoy rest;
for rest implies relief from previous labor;
and if our whole time were spent in amusing
ourselves, We should find ii more wearisome
than the hardest days work Recreation is
only valuable as it un ends Us; the idle can
know nothing of il. Many people leave off
business and settle down to life of enjoy
ment; but they generally find that they are
not near 50 happy as they were before, aud
are often glad 10 return to their old oceupa-
tions to escape the mi-eries Of Incidence.
Year: 1876

Don't GIRLs.-Don't think yards and
yards of ribbons, rn1fles and lace, will add
one particle to your real value. Don't
make walking milliner's shop, or jewell
ers store of yourselves, covering all tn at
is Of true merit within you with that which
will attract only the shallow brained
Don't think sensible people are to be de.
ceived with vain show; they look for
beauty of heart and mind. DON'T 1atter
yourself it is smart to affect ignorance of
manual labor, or to be ignorant of it. Don't
give the subject of matrimony q thought
while in your teens, except to qualify your
self for the responsible position It places
you in you need all that time Of your life
to fit yourselves for it. You need to study
books, the laws of life and health, to be well
experienced in the culinary art, as perhaps
the happiness and health of hundreds are
depending on your knowledge Of this.
DON'T give your time aud talents to the
world, or to seeking the things Of time and
sense that perish with their using. God
has created you for q nOBler purpose, and
made you accountable for what he has
given you. - d
Year: 1876

ience,n


In order to the formation of diocesan


clergy two things, the Bishop says, are ne


cessary:


The diocesan clergy shOnld be recruited


not from one class exclusively bnt from
every respectable class in the diocese
from the humble abodes of honest thrift,


where virtue and talent are combined, and
from the homes where easier circumstances
yield the advantage of leisure for greater
care and watchfnlness over the growth of
plety and learning, and where q somewhat
higher standard has become q second ma
t1re through the surroundings or tradition
OF somewhat higher culture. From the
earliest ages history tells US that Bishops
gathered round Themselves, sometimes
under their own roof, the sons of the more
independent families of their diocese, and
combining the study of science and letters
with the knowledge and practice of relic-
ion, educated them for the various walks of
life. While many were thus trained for the
world under the hOliest influences, some
were drawn to the service of God in the
Church, and in this way the diocesan clergy
was frequently augmented by an accession
to its ranks from the sons of the wealthier
or moro Independent classes. The adVan-
tage of this, besides lessening the cost of
the education to the Church, was copeid-
erable in various ways. 1t was never de-
eirable that the clergy should be recruited
from . single class, aud Gere was a mode
by which it was drawn from the upper and
middle as we'll as from the working classes.
Ecclesiastical vocation may be described
generally as a disposition and aptitude
given by God for an ecclesiastical state. Il
may be easIly blighted and destroyed during !
the course OF. educatiODy either at home or
ct school, by bad example and evil influ-
ences.s II may be easily directed. Tho1gh
the Spirifof God ie free and not bound, Di- |
vine Providence ordinarily determines the |
ana pArtiealar direction 5of 1
the vocation by the example and character 1
oe these Who have Ne e6ief share ID the
Year: 1876

oKEY JOHNSON is the man who re.
signed his seat in the Senate at Charles
ton in order that the party might thereby
squeeze out majority Of the Senators
elect in favor Of Constitutional Con.
vention. Is man who allowed himself
to be thus used for such piece Of basi-
ness a Il. man to sit on the bench OF the
Supreme Court Of West virginia.
Year: 1876

Immense is no name for the monster
meeting in front OF the Court House last
night, It was the most magnificent affair
as meeting that has taken place in
Wheeling in this wonderful campaign.
We presume there never was a larger
gathering Of the people Of Wheeling than
the multitude that packed Twelfth street
and Chapline street, and all the available
space within the pillars and on the steps Of
the Court House, to hear General doff last
night. Asan ovation to the Republican
leader in this contest it was an event OF
which he may well feel proud all the rest
Of his life. COTS name has charm for
the Republicans of West Virginia second
to that OF no other man. His record as
u soldier during the war, and MS an adyo.
cate and defender, since tho close OF the





war, of the principles for which he fought
in the great contest, have endeared him to
the Union loving masses OF the State. His
presence, even before he said word last
night, was the signal for magnificent out
burst of enthusiasm from the vast audi.
cnce that filed the streets. Cheer after
cheer rent the air from the mighty throng.


What shall we say Of his eloquent
speech? 1t was magnificent. Despite
the severe wear and tear to which he had
been subjected in his long and arduOuS
canvass in the Third district, be caught
the spirit of the occasion and held the
people spell bound for nearly an hour and
half. No such speech has been heard
in Wheeling on either side during the
canvass. 1t was largely devoted to State
affairs, and us an expose Of Democratic
maladministration in West Virginia was
like knife that divides joints and mar
row asunder. He laid open the record
of the Democratic party since their ac-
eession to power with the kcenest sort Of
n Damascus blade, and revealed, as in
the light Of n noon.day sun, the hollow
ness and hypocrisy of their pretensiOns to
reform. lie showed how the expenses OF
our Legislature had increased, year by
year, from S2l 900 per session under Re-
publican rule up to Sl03, 900 under DEM
ocratic rule. lie showed that while
the Democratic Ring leaders had
ding.donged all through the canvass
about BeIknap, ~ their principal stock
in trade, they had carefully concealed
from the people the important fact that
every single Republican member OF the
House Of Representatives at Washington
had voted to impeach Belknap while
majority Of the Democratic members in
the West Virginia House of Delegates had
voted not to impeach Burdett and Ben
nett, and that had 1t not been for Repub-
licsn votes they never would have been
impeRched. And yet the Ring leaders,
suppressing these important facts, were
heard all through the State bowling for
reform. There was nothing they had
more cause to dread than reform. Re-
form would sweep the whole brood Of
them out Of Office.


We will not pretend, at the hour at
which we write, to give even the small
est digest of General GoG's eloquent
speech. 1t would be impossible, in
the time at our command, to do it justice.
Suffice it 10 say, that it was great sue
cess, and produced telling effect.
Year: 1876

The Union Democrats Of West Vir-
ginia have a fitting opportunity to-day to
cmphutically rebukO the COnfederateS
who took overwhelming possession OF the
State ticket and the whole party organi-
cation at Charleston in June last. No
men were ever more completely crowded
to the wall at convention than was the
Union element in the Democratic party
Of West Virginia on the 9Th Of June last.
Year: 1876

Why should any Jacob Democrat vote
for Mathews today Hewas one of the
men put into the Board Of Public Works
by the Bourbon Legislature of West vir-
giniH in order to degrade Gov. Jacob,
and who did degrade the Governor in
that Board.
Year: 1876

Look out lor all sorts Of rOorbacks and
sensations in the Wheeling Register this
morning. Last hour revelations is an
old trick of that paper. its we'll known
game is to come out with something that
can not be promptly exposed. Beware
Of falling into the old trap for votes.
Year: 1876

AFTER hearing GOfE last night, the
people OF Wheeling can understand why
one joint discussion with him (the one at
WestOn) was enough for Mathews. After
that the Democratic State Committee
took charge OF Mathews
Year: 1876

THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE!


Walk down PENNSYLVANIA avenue and call az
GOldstein's GIL. he will explain the cause OF the
present revolution in the cigar and tobacco trade
je2C-tf
Year: 1876

and all chronic diseases successfully treated.
That the timid and disappointed may feel the ut
most assurance and confidence in the good faith
OF DR.. Hartley he generously proposes TO attend
all persons rich poor, free of charge until the
best evidence and most convincing proofs Of his
success have been realized from his treatment.


Once and residence 500 Ninth street northwest.
Year: 1876

SEATTLE, IT, Aug. 13, 1876.
To THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR


I wish to ask you question rs law
yer. I have been told by ajudicial Of
ficer of Washington Territory, that it a
man and woman in this Territory go into
sexual and business relations under a
written contract making such conditions
as they see fit as to time of continuance,
and conditions Of separation-say on
terms of equality and during mutual de-
sire-and have that agreement put on
record in the county Auditors Office,
that the agreement will stand in law ac-
cording to the law of this Territory and
can he enforced by law and carried
out in every particular as much as any
other legal agreement between parties in
relation to any other matter; and that
the parties can separate at any time in
accordance with the conditions of the
recorded agreement, and settle up their
affairs between themselves, the same as
two partners in any ether business rela-
tions. Is this sol


If 1t Is, then I have to say-that
Washington Territory, 50 far as 1 am in
formed, is in advance in this matter, of
any State or Territory in the Union be-
sides. And the fact should be generally
known SO that any parties, who may 80
desire, may take the benefits of the law.
And I should hope that many parties
hereafter would avail themselves of it's
benefits for it is liberal law and points
in the direction of improvement and
progress, F. II, N.
Year: 1876

Our article in last weeks STAR in re-
ply to numerous requests Of old soldiers,
to say word in their behalf, representa-
tive of their desire to assist the regulars
now in the field fighting gallantly the
overwhelming numbers of the savage
Sioux, has called forth hearty response
from many Of our old soldier friends.
In this issue we publish an excellent ar.
ticle from an old soldier, with which we
agree in the main, yet as he has in some
things mistaken our me aning, and we
wished to say something more upon this
matter, to more fully represent our old
comrades, we will not separately answer
or correct any of the statements con-
tanned in the article referred to; but let
one general statement be construed as
sufficient answer, where our remarks are
explanatory Of our friends article,


We are not seeking official position or
command, We know soldiers duty in
the ranks but never held a military
command. AL our efforts representative
of others have ever beeu in civil life, we
do not love SCIENCES of carnage, blood
shed, or manifestations ot brute force.
Nothing but sense Of duty could make
US willingly become q soldier again, it
would not be a matter of choice. We
feel it becomes our duty To act d repre-
sentative part, and to 60 as far as may
be necessary in acting that part. We do
not know how to represent soldirs, ex-
cept to be ready to 60 as far, suffer as
much, and take as many risks and
chances as it is proper for any soldier to
take in performing his duty. It would
be very difficult for US to leave our busi-
ness for month or 80 to como. 1t will
be that long at least before any volun.
teers will be accepted from this Territory
by the Government.


Probably only veterans would be de-
sired, as those would be ready to GO as
soon as organized, If our troops should
Year: 1876

or net marriage can he formed or dis.
solved in the way suggested of very
great moment, because things OF this
character are always regulated more 10y


social opinions, and the educational de-
vclopment of different communities, than
by positive law. So that the proper in
formation being furnished, and healthy
public opinion created becomes the hest
known preventative against improper
marriage, or too grent strictness or laxity
in rules regulating the termination OF
such relations.
Year: 1876

be moderately successful, the government
would probably accept none before next
Spring, while now il the time, two or
three thousand veterans would do the
most good ~ reinforcement for fall or
winter campaign against the Sioux. We
feel satisfied that if larger force is not
put in there this fall, than is now opcrat,
ing there, many additional men will be
required next summer. Now what is
our duty? What need we to do to keep
all danger from our Territory, as well rs
render the most efficient aid when re-
quircd


First we have significd our willingness
to go in person. Many old veterans
have responded to our call. Should the
necessity become urgent, our acQuain-
tance is 80 extensive that we are satisfied
that within two weeks after we were no.
tilted the government would properly
arm. equip, and accept the men, we
could have five hundred men organized
ready to go where most needed, and will
ing to stay until they were no longer re-
quired. We know Of plenty Of officers
OF experience, VINO would go, more than
sufficient for such command. So that
after organization was effected, we coul d
take a position in the ranks, or where
our experiences in the branch of the SER
vice Of the regular army we belonged to-
would enable us to 10 the most good.
All we ask is, that all those veterans
ready and willing to 60 when required,
send to us their names and address as
set forth last week. So that should the
government be ready to accept them by
October lst, we would be organized in
time to cross the mountain passes, and
ready for full winter campaign. Should
no urgent necessity appear, so that our
services should not be required this fall,
then our proposition would be, let every
veteran who is willing to go, and situated
so he can leave, have everything in readi-
ness to go in the Spring, or as soon as
required, and in the mean time let them
constitute themselves a nucleous for the
organization and drill of local militia
companies.


This is something that is always prop.
er, and one of the most pleasant, agreea-
bile, and useful means of association
known. II the service of veterans would
not be required this fall, then we request
our companions here to associate with
us, as we can easily form good militia
company at home, and by Spring they
can be reasonably we'll drilled, and ready
for home protection at any time their
services may be required.


Cannot Company also be raised in
each of the counties in Western Wash
ington, with more than one company in
the larger towns like Seattle and Olym-
pia2 With little effort, we believe it
could be accomplished, and we are will
ing to do our share
Year: 1876

is not Il mark of the beast about him
except IN the scar-prints of his mother
wolf. which he points out upon his
cheek. The case is i curious one, and
attracted not little attention at the
time throughout the world. Ii wan
then supposed that he possessed ca
pacIty for improvement and education
but the efforts OF years to teach him
have met with very little success.
Year: 1876

He has done it. The President of
the United States has solemnly sworn
before the Chief Justice of the. U United
States that Babcock never influenced
him, and never t. led to influence him,
to appoint any of the whisky ring
officials; and further, that he never in
fuenced or sought to influence Linn to
revoke the celebrated order by which
the Treasury Department sought to
send Joyce away rom St. Louis SO
that an honest investigation might be
had. The President solemnly swears
that the revocation of that order was
his own work, and that he did it to lull
suspicion and put the st. Louis ring
off its guard SO that it's members
might be the more easily caught. The
President further solemnly swears
he believes Sabcock is good man,
and true; and further, that he is salts
fed with Bab's explanations about the
Sylph and other dispatches sent to St.
Louis.


Upon all of this we have only~two
words to say. First, the question now
Is, not whether Grant is satisfied, but
whether the jury Can be satisfied that
Bah is a Innocent. verdant fool, the
victim of sharpers who were in high
favor with Grant and the Radical
party. and who Babcock still asserts
to be innocent.


Secondly, we have to express our pro-
found surprise at the reason given at
this late day for the revocation of
that exchange order. Grant is certain
ly reticent man; strangely reticent,
considering his known desire to acquit
Babcook, or he would long ago have
given this simple explanation of his
course, an explanation that if given at
an earlier day would have done much
to relieve Babcock of the suspicion of
guilt that has attached to him. If it
be true that the Secretary of the
Treasury in issuing the order and the
President in revoking it had precisely
the same end in view, that is to say
the de- lection of the St Louis thieves,
it seems st. ange the President should
have remained silent so long when it
was apparent to all the wor'd that
the seeming variance between him
and the Treasury department was
subiecting his friends to such
grave suspicious. In these days of
fraud, pecuIation and corruption, in
these days of official robbing and steal
ing no man can with impunity permit
a cloud of suspicion to rest npon his
character if he has within his reach
the means to clear it up. Whatever
may be thought of the effect of the
Presidents reticence in regard to
himself there caa be but one opinion
in regard to its effect upon his per-
sonaI friend and private secretary. It
is strange that man so devoted to his
friends as the President is. should have
remained silent SO long.