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0' tjr. J - : FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1S71. WOMAN'S LACK OF INDIVIDTJAL ITT. Many are the false Ideas prevailing in society in consequence of woman's es-, teemed inferiority to man, and to them are traceable nearly all the woes which to-day render the marriage state so full of misery. The gallantry which men profess towards women is in many in stances really hurtful in its tendencies and results. For instance, a poor but meritorious young man keeps company with a young lady, and being suited to each other they form a matrimonial en gagement. But the happy time when they can be united is far off. The young man has no dowry except a clear brain, sound body and good constitution, and must labor long and faithfully to amass a fortune sufficient to maintain a wife in keeping with the requirements of the false and extravagant ideas which pertain to society. His intended wife, instead of helping him hoard up the lit tle fortune which is to start them on the matrimonial voyage, is really a hin drance. In the first place, were she dis posed (which she is not) to also labor for the consummation of the cherished ob ject both have in view and forward to which both look so expectantly and hopefully and joyfully, the wages paid to woman are so very small that her ef forts would amount to little indeed. The idea of sex is even carried into the world of employment, and if woman wishes to compete therein she must consent to re ceive but a moiety of what is paid her masculine co-laborers. Surely there Is little encouragement for woman to en ter the avenues of labor, unless com pelled to do so by stern necessity. Then it is considered indelicate and unwomanly by society for a young lady to provide for that event in which she certainly has as much interest as her in tended husband. Instead of that it is expected that he shall devote a large share of his earnings to vain pleasures and amusements. What if he sees the folly of this course, and protests? In nine cases out of ten the engagement is broken off. If not, the same state of things is kept up until marriage, aftor which it generally turns out that the wife is subjected to rigid, galling econo my to make up for the previous lavish expenditure. The husband lias the power now, and must not be blamed too much if he exercises it a little harshly. His wife had the power once, and was arbitrary in its use, and it is only natu ral that he should evince the same dis position wnen tne conditions are re versed. Often, after the young man has toiled for years, his affianced bride, lured bv the sordid temptation of gold, proves false and marries another; or he him self, seeing naught but continual pov erty in the future, struggle and delve and toil as he may, abandons the love of Ills heart and weds some favored daugh ter of fortune. Is it necessary to go on and trace out the legitimate result of such unions? In the courts all over the land may be seen the sad sequence in the thousands of di vorce suits, and there are hundreds of thousands more who would fain be free did opportunity and circumstances offer. "We contend that every woman should learn a trade or profession, whether she intends to follow it or not She should qualify herself to bear her due propor tion of the business cares of life. Her labor should be just as well rewarded as that of man's. It is also the place of woman, unquestionably, to be present with her growing children, if possible, and train their youthful minds as none but a mother can. Her services, while performing this important duty, should be considered fully equal to those of her husband, instead of being treated so slightingly as they are to-day. "We think we have plainly shown in the foregoing that the great cause of trouuie in tne marital relation as it at present exists is woman's lack of indi viduality. Itis charged that tlicAVoman Suffrage Movement, if successful, will bring discord into families by arraying husband and wife in hostility to each other, whereas nothing is more patent than that the success of the movement, by clothing woman with that individu ality which rightfully belongs to her, will , tend, more than all else, to ameliorate the hardships now experienced in mat rimony. "JOAQUIN" MILLER. Ashort time ago a paragraph appeared in the New Northwest under the above heading, which has called forth various and conflicting opinions and statements from the Oregon press. The information contained in the paragraph ; was not intended by Mrs. Miller for the i public, and we are sorry it was not so I understood. Elsewhere is published a letter from j -U.I7J. -Mill it mil . ..... against provide verified. AVG , i, . to do Mr. Miller injustice, as has m1ritfag0d- T,,at his Itry has t0etr n,Ver . but that its a sentiment are alike of- flrmlv bell? "'r criticism, we success is owing to the ' . -UllPll rr t.t scenes nrpi.nw!i.. . . . 1j " me and wierd and rugged in nature era! on thA Pnnifirt d . .v. 411 WUllll so gen- leading part-rather than to greatnJ! of thought or depth of sentiment! S accounts for the fact that Mr. Miller wav OIUIM'. ,1ln--l 1 more iavorauiy known as a poet In the Old World aud in the Eastern States than here in Oregon, his old home. Wo who live here ncd no poet to sing to us of glorious old Mt. Hood and stately Jefferson, for those mountain giants as we gaze at them aro grander poems thaii were ever penned, and baffle all de scription. Neither do we care to have er. m WJncli the cliarcos mmln "v -!'"""- mien men uy lor iresuieni, -Miss i "Tnnmi!n Ar.iim. r.,n. baffled man's rights advocates, of n. i Vice President, Mrs. for his oflimW .,!m,!K. deavoring to beslime those who are ot,- MB "'SB ......... .'HWIT Wi JilllUlU LU . ' . ,, ... in the rippling flow of the beautiful ! travels on as 11 10 some ir -r!l till it joius the "mighty I i;iu uvvc( Oretron" as he niarcues aown to meet the sea. Mr. Miller's descriptions are i generally good, but these hubjects are I ifn themselves k surpassingly grand that it need not be wondered at if he fail to do them complete justice. It would take a Homer or a Milton indeed to do that. In the Old "World and the Eastern States, where sketches of this far West ern country read like romance, "Joa quin" Miller's poems have elicited very commendatory criticisms, while in the West they are not so favorably regarded. Hence we infer that much of the lauda- tion bestowed upon our poet by the I press of England and the Eastern States is made in the enthusiasm of the mo- mcut and cannot be considered the dc liberate judgment of the critics. But "Joaquin" Miller will soon be among us. Contrary to the practice of some of our contemporaries, the opin ions we have passed upon him while abroad we still hold to. "Whatever may be his talents, whatever fame he may achieve, his conduct towards his dis carded wife and his almost starving babes will always tarnish the bright ness of his poet's crown. "We think Mrs. Miller entirely too lenient in her judg ment of the conduct of her inconstant lord. No man or woman has the right to fame, when the price is marital and parental neglect. THE BASIS OF SUFFBAGE. The Port Townsond Argus wants none but intelligent women to vote. It says: Tut the right of suffrage on a basis of intelligence, witli a proper qualification so that the voter would know what voting meant and have personal interest enough to make him vote right and then let the women who have the qual ifications have the same rights as men. Such a plan would effectually thut out corruption, and would be a reform. "We respectfully offer this amendment to woman suffrage to Miss Anthony and her co-workers, and if she and they see fit to adopt it, we will put ourself beside Brother Murphy and go in to make it win. To which we reply that a "basis of in-1 telligence," to be applied to all, would, we suppose, be objected to but by very few, provided that it could be satisfac torily adjusted. But while all men arc allowed the ballot, we most emphatic ally claim that there should be no dis- j criminating rule giving only the most i intelligent women the right to vote, There should be the same test for all. A property qualification would often 1 cause injustice and hardship. A person possessing property sufficient to vote, may on the very day after electiou lose all that property. In that case, which has voted, the person or the property? If intelligence is to be also a basis, it will most assuredly coniliet with any property qualification. The mind should vote, and not mere dollars and cents. The editor of the-lrr wishes the ad vocates of Woman Suffrage to demand the ballot only for women possessing the qualifications he has named, and prom ises, if they will, to put himself by the side of Bro. Murphy and "go in to make it win." If this is the ultimation we are afraid his services will not be accept ed. One rule for all, Bro. Argu. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR FAME. On Thursday and Friday evenings of this week, .Mrs. IS. Brown, tne celebrat ed lecturess and tourist, delivered a lec ture at the Court House in opposition to "Woman's Rights." Other duties de prived us the privilege of hearing her, but we are informed that the house, on Thursday evening, was not rendered un comfortable by the thronging multi tude. Owimr to the shortness of notice. or the dilapidated condition of their purses, we presume, out one anxious listener, a young man of official notori ety, was able to be present, and he, we understand, hail been employed as door keeper. We arc not apprized as to the naturo of the lecture, whether curtain or otherwise, but understand that the audience was very orderly and well-behaved. Corvcdlis Gazelle. So it seems Madam Frost is not alone. AVho this Mrs. Brown is we do not know, although it is announced that she is a "celebrated lecturer and tourist." We presume, however, from the evident pop ularity of her lectures, that she will not fail to come to Portland and demolish the Jicinous work done here by that emissary of wickedness, Miss Anthony, in teaching women the pernicious doc trine of equal rights, since Mrs. Frost's ignominious failure to perform that herculean task. Mrs. Brown, it is need less to state, is opposed to woman's speaking In public, which probably ac counts for tho fact that she is not gener ally troubled with mueli of a "public" to speak to. THE LATE8T 0ASE0F MONOMANIA. This time It is the Walla Walla Un ion, the editor of which is scared to wItnI a" i,,el1 f bis life for fear the wo,ue" of Washington Territory will bave the chance to exercise their inher- ent riSht to tho MM ti 1...,. . , i iic lias resorted , posed to him with blackguardism. When such tactics are adopted iu lieu of argu ment, the case is generally very desper- o oniric In nnr nn,mUnMnn ' "lv! ..........i..,.. rather than to our anger or indignation. . in j A late number of the Corvallis Gazette endeavors to be exceedingly facetious i over a typographical error which ap-1 peared iu the local columns of the -r..... ' Nokthwest a short time since. We commend to the astute editor's consid eration the following dastardly assault upon the English language which oc curs in the same number of the Gazette: ,Tllo general laws of the Government, since Oeorge L. Woods, tl)at man-fear- at thr , n statesman has been placed, rilnn- iZ i t "," uicumor oi me no ill I f . . . f il m in, V , ,,'" "6iy cuforceil. , inat lellow should bo principal of a ' grammar school. Subscribe for the New N oitTiiwEST. f r tiia niii rxv nnri toonf- WOMEN AS AMENUENSES. 1 The San Francisco Bulletin, in an ar ticle entitled "All about Phonography," speaks as follows of Mrs. H. A. Johu stoue. The lady mentioned is a candi date for Engrossing Clerk of the As sembly in California : There is. however, at tho nresent mo ment, a neiu open to women as aman uenses. Several in tho city are earning considerable money at tho profession, although but one is what might be called a good amanuensis. This one, Mrs. H. A. Johnstone, deserves special mention. She has employment much of the time, whenever there is a crowd of work; and being one of the best, if not the best amanuensis of cither sex in the city, has tne preference over ail tne others, ana her services are in almost constant de mand. She has had loug experience in Washington and in the New York Leg islature. She is qualified to report tes timony or public speeches, and has done much of this; but she can and docs earn ten dollars ner tlav as an amanuensis. and prefers to take this rather than to enter into tne sliarn lists of competition for work at first hands. She writes long-hand with execedinz raniditv. and reads her notes with such case that she scarcelv takes her ien from tho na- ier to decipher her short-hand. Her long-hand manuscript is exceedingly iree irom errors, and is written In a plain, bold and elegant hand. Of course, she works hard very hard and is sometimes exceedingly fatigued. Ten hours at a desk, writing, even to earn ten or twelve dollars, is what verv few women can endure, although there are many who would willingly work five hours a day for five dollars, and could do It without injuring their health. One or two women in .Stockton are learning, tne legal business there calling for ad ditional amanuenses. On reading the foregoing no one can help being impressed with the idea that there arc thousands of stout, hearty men employed in this field of labor, while multitudes of women who could nerform its duties just as well arc obliged to work in harder avocations, How much longer will the strong op press the weak ? THE "GATEWAYSTO THE FOLES. " An cxpidition sent from Germany has reached the open Polar Sea which was seen by Dr. Kane. The expedition is confident of being able to sail directly past the Pole. Whales and water fowl alound in this open sea. Thus is an other triumph of science achieved. It will be remembered that this expedition followed the Gulf Stream by way of Nova Zcinbla. Further particulars will be awaited with interest. The "Gate- ways to the Poles" have been passed at last. THE ELECTIONS. Elections have just been held in New i York,- Massachusetts, New Jersey, 111! nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Maryland and Virginia. The Repub licans have carried all the States men tioned except Maryland and Virginia. The Tammany frauds have undoubtedly done much to produce this result. It is hardly probable that the Democratic party can survive the overthrow of the Tammany Ring, which has been for years the great central power of the organization. THE REVOLUTION. This sterling journal has passed into the hands of J. A. Hallock, a New York publisher, and has been enlarged and improved in various other ways. Mr. W. T. Clarke, a well known and jmpular journalist, succeeds Laura Curtis Bui lard as editor. The Revolution is to the oinau Suffrage Movement what the New York Tribune was to the anti-slav ery movement. It is an indispensable co-worker, and the evidences of its pres ent pro-jcrity are gratifying in the ex treme. THE "PIONEER." Our California contemporary comes to us freighted witli good things as usual Dr. Holland's iniquitous bill to regulate the social evil has received a rough handling in its columns, aud its incon siatencics and immorality have been made plain to the comprehension of all The Pioneer deserves succeoss, and should be well sustained by the friends of Woman Suffrage in the Golden State. Proceedings of the Seattle "Woman Suf frage Convention. At a meeting held in the Brown Church at Seattle on the 3d inst., by resident ladies in favor of organizing a Society with a view of lending their aid toward securing to their sex tiio right of inirnm ntinr. i... -r:., 3 B. Anthony and Mrs. Duniway, the fol lowing proceedings were nail: ATX A n4linti 1- ! I . !... .1 I .ni.-3 viiitiuiij, uimii; uie unuii, Biui cd that motions looking to a permanent organization of a Woman Suffrage Soci ety in Seattle were in order and would be acted upon. Whereupon a motion was made and seconded that a commit tee be appointed for the purpose of re porting the names of suitable persons as officers of such society. The motion having been carried, the following ladies were apwolnted on said committee, viz: Mrs. A. M.Tweed, Mrs. I S. B. Yesler, Mrs. P. T. Snyder, Mrs. P. 1 I. Price, Miss Lizzie Peeoles and Mrs. 1 ir i . . . 1 , , ... . t -'i. w. in)vii. wiiii suun iiiiiiuLii in uieir report, recommending Mrs. S. B. Yesler j. m. umway low Jacobs for Trcas- ins for Secre- The reiKirt of the Committee was ac cepted and adopted, and the respective officers took their scats. "lOUOH Was Uieil lliaiie IOT I A motion was then made for the ap- 1(OIntment of an Executive Committee. consisting of three members, which was carried, ami Mrs. A. M. Tweed, Miss Lizzie 1'eebles anil .Mrs. M. O. Brown ; were appointed as such committee. The meeting proceeded to the election of six delegates to tho Convention to be iiuiu Hi iiijuu uii me oiii ui ovem- j Mrs. Laura Hall, Mrs. L. M. Ordway, Mrs, S. B. Yesler and Mrs. May were uuiy ciecteu. Hn mnl nn Hm TTnn .Taiivi Timi. Rev. J. F. Damon and Itcv. Datilci Bagley were elected as additional dele gates, their consent thereto having been first obtained. Several addresses were then made, icr-,anu a vote oi uiauKs was leuuercu to . . ... 1 , i i Miss Anthony for the aid she had ex- tended to Uie society, and also to Bev. D. Bagley for the use of his church. Whereupon tne meeting aajourneu. Mks. S. B. Yesler, President. Mns. Nelmk M. Hiaaixs, Sec'y. LETTER FEOM SOUTHERN OREGON. Southern Oregon-, Oct. 23, 1S71. Ewrott New Northwest: "Man's Rights," in his "further reply to Mrs. O. T. Daniels," in your issue of the 20th, makes &ome not very covert attacks upon Justice ; evidently aiming to Ucrcat the ends, pervert the meaning and misconstrue the efforts of Justice. Justice would mete out to the offender the full letter of tho old Mosaic law. "eye for an eye, tooth for tooth;" would punish crime and evil doers with un sparing rigor; would forever shut out from the companionship of Innocence and Virtue all that would contaminate or degrade. Justice has sought to make no defense of sin aud of sinners, nor to protect them from censure or abuse, nor to shield them from merited condemna tion. Justice would not hide irullt from punishment, or crime from infamy. But there is a class of people, gener ally women or effeminate men, who are never so happy as when pondering over some heinous crime; whose minds nre to given to tho worship of all that is most revolting and disgusting that they fairly gloat over the contemplation of vice and shame ; who so dearly love to parade and discus their favorite subject that under the plea of condemning the perpetrator they find excuse to display all the sickening details of the deed ; t.i i A ....... ... Lutu ..HAu.-y iu tuuunuu wiu.ui one, become quite reckless whether their abuse is launced at innocence or guilt, and with the same feeling that prompts children to throw mud at a white wall, they delight to have for their victim some one who has hitherto been free from reproach, that his or her degrada tion may be the more complete when it docs come. Justice has no desire to shield crim inals l.ot even from the attacks of these human ghouls but would sug gest that it is a maxim of law, as well as humanity, to consider a man innocent until proved guilty. The real criminal, if thai may be considered criminal whicli the lata license, has hitherto entirely escaped. Nor was thero any injury done to the woman except by herself in becoming an offender in the first place, and in cxiwsing herself to tho weather In the senseless and uncalled for man ner'that she did. Itis perfectly absurd to blame any one except herself fortius, which was the worst feature of the whole affair. Neither Mr. Fay or the real author of her misery can justly be censured for her own reckless and fool ish acts. She went of her own free will out into the storm aud darkness and the forest, periling the lives of herself and her child. Mr. Fay, by taking her to his house and caring for her there after she was found, shows that he did not send her away, nor does she accuse him of doing so. Mr. F. did not "blast her reputation;" he did not "place her beneath the feel of society;" did not "ferret her out" and "proclaim her to the world." All the evils of notoriety that have come upon this woman, now so cursed with evil fame, have come from her own acts and from the over-eager partizanship of those who have made her name and wrongs the excuse to attack and malign an in nocent man. "Man's Rights," Mrs. Daniels, and even Justice, have been far more instrumental in fastening her dis grace upon her than he, for he has said and written nothing about her in any way not even made one attempt to "consign her to the infamy" that "Man's Rights" thinks "she so richly de serves." Justice .-till holds to the opinion that "Man's Rights" and Mrs. Daniels arc not so much her friends as his enemies'. Had the person accused been other than the very man whose influence and tal ents make him hated and feared by a certain political ring, even had he been jrovcd guilty of far deeper crime than that of which Mr. Fay has been unjustly accused, Hannah Ralls might have bur ied her wrongs and her sorrows in obliv ion, uupitied anil undefended. Mrs. Daniels would not then have rushed to the newspapers, eager to acquire fame like "That Ini-pin-il youth who Ilrcil thu Athenian lllllUl-." "Man's Rights" would not then have had opportunity to "pay oH'old scores." Women may not ban all impure men from their society, for tho simple reason that society would be too greatly thinned, but they may ban those of their own sex who become so degraded as to sink to man's moral level. Because her moral status is higher, woman may hope by keeping it so, to keep the world still evenly balanced between good and evil. Iter's is the Sampsonian labor, Iter's tho saving grace. She must en courage reformation wherever found. She must unhesitatingly consign vice and error to the stern decrees of Justice. BRIGHAM IN TROUBLE. It is reported thatBrigham has left Salt Iikc City, bidding it a final adieu. His power seems broken. The Mormons no longer believe in him as heretofore. His infallibility, like that of the Pope's, amounti to very little when applied to icmporai auairs. nic institution of polygamy, of which Brigham was the founder and chief exponent, is in a rapid decline. At the recent session of the Grand Di vision of the Sons of Temperance of Cal ifornia, held in San Francisco, the fol lowing resolution was unanlmously adoptcd: llcsolvcd. That we commend to the Sons and Daughters of Temperance the wiman V0""?', Publisheil by Brother William J. and Sister Carrie F. Young, expressing confidence in it as an exp pfes "dvocato of temperance princi- "Doctor," said a weaUiiypaUeiit to his physician, "I want you : tobi thor ough. Strike at the root of the disease'" "Well I will," said the doctor, IS bo lifted his cane and brought It down hard enough to break into pieces a bottle aud glasses which stood upon the side-board. It was his last professional visit to that house. SEVERE. The Golden City, the leading literary journal of San Francisco, has tho fol lowing severe paragraph about "Joa quin" Miller, which is in decided con trast to some of the fulsome flattery Ie stowed upon him in the East : Joaquin Miller, the Thymine rhanso- dist, is still in this city lionized by a few soi n is ant poets, impecunious i$o hemlans and gunny-bag aristocrats. From the Orcgonlan. The Poet Joaquin Miller. ACOMMVXICATIONTOTIIK rCBLlC FItOX JIP.S. M. Sir: As Joaquin Miller Is now ex pected to arrive in Portland, I deem it my duty to say a few words in his behalf to the people of Oregon. I have received many letters from different sources re questing me Co disclose as much of his conduct toward his children as I will. Although I feel that these things concern no one on the face of earth butmy children and me, still he belongs to tho world now, and I have remained silent until remarks have been carried so far as to niakc my children subjects of idle gos sip, and deem it right to now ask a truce to charges and accusations, and request of you to behold tho oet and receive him in a manner that will give due tribute to his genius and success. Mr. Miller has earned a fame, and an appre ciation of his cflorts should be awarded him. He is a man of literary culture and research; lie has read constantly, j , - very best oi literature, ancient anu modern. It had been his sole ambition, for yearn, to go to Europe and acquire a literary fame; lie felt, and justly, that he was gifted, and his mind bcinsr of tine. poetic structure, and ins brain very del icately orgauized, the coarse and practi cal duties of providing for a family, ami the annoyance of children, conflicted with ills dreams and literary whims. So, when he wrote me that he would bo absent Iu Europe live or six years, and in the meantime, I need not expect to hear from him often, as he should be very busy, I asked for and obtained a divorce In the courts of Lane county, and your singer was loosed and free, and no longer chained to the annoying cares of a family; he could give his whole attention to his poeiiH. I. mvself. sym pathize with him in his desire to have time and money to "tamior with the Muses," and cultivate his taste and tal ent for literature, and I feel that all poets and authors will also sympathize witli mm. I did not intend that my misfortunes should be publicly known. Illness overtook me in Portland, and by Irregu larities of the mails and accidents we were cut oft' for a time from communi cation with our friends. My younger brother was witli me, and I did not ask for assistance; but by accident my friends found me. I must ever remain grateful to them for their timely and generous assistance, but they can bear me witness that I made no public com plaint, and the charges made against Mr. M. were not made with my knowl edge. I was as much surprised to see them as any one. If, iu livo years of labor and complete isolation from my relatives and the world, I worked witli him, anil not even my nearest neighbor or dearest friend heard one complaint or murmur from my lips: if, through that long winter in Portland, Iscwed humbly day after day, and day after day, as long as I was able; passed the offices and residences of our mutual friends, who were leading and wealthy people, and chose rather to let my babes come upon tne verge oi starvation titan to biemisii his reputation by letting my circum stances be known, it is not likely that after the day of hope came, and all was over, I should publicly make known what I had tried so hard to conceal. As I said before Mr. Miller felt that he had gifts of mind, and if his system of econ omy was rigid and hard to endure, it was, at least, a success; and if he needed all his money to carry out his plans. I am satisfied that he thus used it. Tlie bitter experience of the pastcanuot come again. My babes lived through all, and I am more than satisfied. I am grateful, and all is well. The absurd statement of the Eugene Journal, thatldiad indignantly returned monej' that Mr. M. sent me, is incor rect; aud his informers aro as economi cal of truth as they are of affection for their own flesh and blood. It would be a sad time to show indignation towards a father when his babes were suffering for the necessaries of life. Joaquin Mil ler docs not claim that he litis ever sent a dollar to his children, or provided any thing for them in any way from the time of his leaving Oregon until about two mouths ago, when he sent mc twenty-five dollars. He has since sent fifty dollars to Mrs. B. Cooke, for my little girl, and twenty-five to my mother, who has the care of my younger chil dren. He will doubtless make expla nations, winch will be satisfactory to those interested, when he returns. II is true that I had a home with my wid owed mother, but the place was dreary aim sei-iiiueii, aim mere was not a church or schoolhouse within lift j miles of my mother's home. So I did not deem it a proper place to educate my children, and I came away bringing them with me, which was contrary to the decree of the Court, which gave the two older children- to the care of my mother. As I brought them away he was released by law from caring for them, and I have no reason to complain, nor can any one have, justly. Two hundred dollars si year alimony was al lowed, but as it was not secured, vou will readily sec that Mr. M. was 'en tirely released from any obligations. The marital relations between Mr. Miller andmyself arc dissolved, but that docs not prevent our holding our pre cious babes in mutual love and protec tion; anil although there are many false sentiments in society iu regard to these tilings, I beg the privilege of exercising my own judgment in regard to my duty towards the father of my children, and my children. As wc are both mortals, it would be atleetation m me were I to profess to take upon myself all the blame, but I ask to bear my full share. The many who feel an interest In him arc of more consequence than tho few who know and love me. and henceforth I would have you deal only with him as a poet and author. Pronotinco vonr indfrmont upon his books. Know him by his epic Heroes. No mortal man can go beyond himself in any conception; wtien he at - tempts to, he only strikes against tlie bonier of his imagination, nnd rebounds further back, and when man attempts puts upon the shoulders of his God wings which belong to a lower order of erea-1 tion. Good sometimes comes ot evil; the most deadly pistil exhales a delicate perfume, and ourscparatlonand sorrows produced the jxems of "jryrrh" and "Even So." If I have, after all, recov ered my health and sometimes smile, as others do, I feel that I have some kind of apology. If I am not to-day the shadowy, laded woman that might be expected, I beg pardon; aud if. as a facetious editor writes, I must go "down the stream of lifo alongside of Lady By ron, Mrs. Bulwer and the obstreperous wifo of tho author of 'Boz,' " let that be my punishment. M. M. Miller. Sale5I Oregon, Nov, 5, 1871. Spinsters and Mothers. "No. I shall never marry ; but it sad dens me that by missing the experience of a wife aud mother, I shall always be less or a woman than I should navo been with those experiences." So said my friend, Sarah Weston, one of the truest and sweetest women I have ever known. She is what the world calls an old maid, a woman of refined tastes, riie culture and generous im pulses. Herglrlhoodhaditslove-dream, with its bright anticipations of home, and the joys and interests of wedded life. The dream ended in her lover's grave, and to a nature like hers it could never return; no second love wa3 possible. But she did not therefore devote herself to nursing a selfish sorrow, nor darken her own life or that of her frieuds with useless lamentations. Thanking God for the love which, having entered into her life, had made it richer for all the future, she shut in hcrown heart all the sweet and sorrowful memories of the past, and went forth toher work. Many a sad heart has been uplifted and strengthened, many a heavy one light ened of its load, by the sympathy born of that experience. Everv vear has added strength to her character, iriven her a broader horizon, and a moresatis- iymg uie. tJlilldrcii are irresistibly at tracted to her. voimir men and women make her their coi.hdant, and the old bnguicn at ner coming, and grow young in her presence. Emancipated from mere personal interest, she has a disen gaged attention and ready sympathy for ail with whom she comes In contact. liOokiug in her bright, cheerful face, thinking of her character, so strong and sweet, the full flowering of a perfected womanhood, I pondered her words. Is it true that any nature is necessarily impoverished by the missing of certain cxiicriences ? 1 cannot think so. Such an idea seems to be a reflection unon tho justice of God. I cannot think that his best gilts are put beyouil the reach of l.i.. . f . ; i i ii . any oi ins uiiiiiireii, or mai a soul can miss of its highest development throuirh tlie force of circumstances beyond its control. In my first public utterance on the Woman Question, I claimed that wom anhood was a greater fact than wifehood or maternity, and all my thought on the subject since has but emphasized that utterance. Some of the best and wisest mothers I have ever known were women who had never borne children, while on the contrary I have seen mothers of large lainiues wnose love was a mere animal instinct, aud who knew abso lutely nothing of tlie claims of a true motherhood. Half the love that is sen timentalized over as motherly has iu it no higher elements than animal instinct and self-love. The undue indulgence, the showing oft" and elaborate dressing of children, proceed not from love, not from a wise consideration of their best good, but from a weak fondness that can deny them nothing, aud from personal vanity that plumes itself on its own. A witty friend of mine, commenting upon a family of sadly spoiled children, ' claimed, "Poor tilings! how thev ex- do need a goon, judicious stepmother." And many an individual of that much abused class has done incomparably bet ter fora family of children than their own mother would have done. Women who take the place of mother to children not tneir own are apt to be actuated by higher motives than mere instinct or self-love: the best interests of the child are considered more important than its inclinations, and weal; indulgence anil disastrous "yes-es" are superseded by a wise control. In one of our largo Western cities lives an unmarried woman, who has adopted aim illicit me piacc oi motner to more thnii twenty children, and in Iter care and training of them shown a self-sacri-lieing tenderness, a devotcdness and wisdom, which no mother could have surpassed. To train children was her natural vocation; from childhood she had shown an aptitude for it, and, at taining womanhood, this was the one strong desire of her heart. Hcrbrother, a successful business man, with whom she lived, had large means and a life filled with varied interests. She had a handsome room in his house, plenty of money ior tne gratiiicatiou oi ner per sonal wants, and an aimless life. "I wish I were a. man," she exclaimed im patiently one day, as ho was unfolding some new project that was sure to result in a golden harvest. "No, I don't either," she added; "but I wish I had a man sopiiortutiitiesforniakiinrmonev." "Why, Mary," exclaimed her brother in a tone oi grieved surprise, "don't you have all t lie money you want' I am sure I wish you to have." He was one of those large-brained, active men, who, had he been doomed to a life of dependence aud inaction, would have gone mad or committed suicide, and here was his sister, only a year or two younger than himself, sharing the same nature, and he was astonished that, being sumntously housed and clothed, she was still unsatisfied. "No, Harry," she replied, "I don't have all the money I want; I want ciioush to do a work iu the world aud have something to live for, instead of having everything provided Tor me, and tlie days left so dark and empty that when 1 wake in the morning 1 wonder how I shall manage to exist till night. I am bored to death with an existence that is fit only for a canary-bird or a lap-dog, but which is euough to drive any woman witli an active mum ana a healthy body into a lunatic asylum." 'Plirt limf Imr u'nc mi nvi'onHnnnl nttn for he neither laughed at her, nor asked why she didn't get married and have a house and children to occupy her, hut he askcdamueli more sensible question, "What would vou like to do ?" 'I would like to have a large house and till it with children who need a home and be a mother to them. That would interest me as much as great bus iness enterprises tio you." The brother made no reply. He walked the length of the room and back again, went to the window, and with both hands thrust in his pockets as if he hoped to find at the bottom the solution oi tne tiilllcuity, stood looKing our. Suddenly his face brightened, lie turned on his heel, and went briskly out of the house. "Well, Molly," hcexclaimed gayly as ho met her at tlie tea-table, "I have bought vou a house, and you can begin to gather your flock of vagabonds as soon as you like." And it was no joke. ii; istirs wonl had set him thinking. He had gone back to the time when, hardlv more than children, they were thrown, a pair oi raininess uriiui, ! upon the world; ofal she had been to him during thoscycars when theconflictwith fortune seemed so unequal, and more than once his heart failed him, and but for her love and trust he would have . 1 . "VT .1...! been ready to despair. N those years had she failwl icicr uuriuz; or doubted him, ncycr added to his discouragement and weariness tne weigiu oi ner own; and now that fortune had smiled on him, and he had won success, now that his lifo was enriched by tlie love of wife and children, why should he not see to it, that she, too, had the means of being happy in her own way? So the house was bought and furnished, and a sum appropriated to meet its demands. One after another the rooms were lilled with homeless waifs, and the life of the lonely woman, before so purposeless and bar ren, blossomed with loving interests and beneficent cares. And what a lamily gathered about her made up of all ages from the week-old baby to the girl on the verge of womanhood? of all nation alities and every shade of color; but harmonized and attuned uy tne strong will and loving heart of the genius of the home. "Aunt Mary" was not the slave of tradition; she had no inflexible theories about government. She managed one child this way, and another that. A self-satisfied, obstreperous boy was sent to the public school to find his level and learn subordination, while a shy, sensi tive little fellow was sent to be cuddled and made much of at a little private school, kept by another spinster with a warm, motherly heart. As the years went by, some were fitted for college, and others apprenticed to learn trades; some of the girls fitted themselves to be housekeepers and nurses, while others learned horticulture and telegraph. To develop each one according to tlie best of his genius, to find out what was in him, and make the most and the best of his powers, this was the purpose kept steadily in view. The only two things that Miss Mary set her face resolutely against, were sewing and teaching. No girl of her training, she said, was to take tlie bread out of any other woman's mouth by entering these, sadly over crowded departments of work. What has this woman missed by being a mother to those children instead of bearing children of her own? Will she, think you, in the hereafter find her woman's nature impoverished by not having tlie experience of maternity ? I think, rather, that when she passes to her rest, and her works follow her to be compared with the work of ordinary mothers, the verdict passed upon it will be, "Many daughters have done well, but thou hast exceeded tlieni all." Celi.v BuKi.F.iair. Our position is one easy to understand. We iiropovc to defeat, if pomtible, every anti-suffrage candidate. We shall leave no honest measures untried to ac complish this. Opposition to Woman Suffrage is opposition to a woman's right to ownershipof herself ownership of her legitimately bom minor children to her coutrol of her own property to her having a voice in the laws by which she is governed to her trial by a jury ot her peers to her having a representa tion when she pays taxihj in short, to her being lifted out of the minority, guardianship, childhood and inferiority to which tlie partial and one-sided leg islation of tlie world has doomed her from time immemorial. It is idle to tell us of the goodness of a man who stands in this attitude to woman. He may not be a thief, a burglar, or a crim inal of any grade, but he is unjust to woman; stands in the pathway of her development, and must not be backed up in this position by the suffrages of peo ple I Boston Woman1 a Journal. Ohio expended this last year in an ed ucational way $7,150,560,03. OUR AGENTS. The following persons are duly authorized to act as Agents Tor the New Koktuwest : O. B. lUood... TravellnK Agent ?;r,,;.JV1Tr,eB- Traveling Agent II. ir. Welch -Waghinirton mntitr Ur.J. Wait... Lafayette A. J. AnioId... .... CS. ". Lnmon. 51. V. Onen 5IrK. C. A. Cobuni 5Irx.J. DeVore Johnson AjL... Thoi l'nr&ons .3E.. Albany -Salem .Salem ...Oregon City ..Oregon City It- l'entlnml Vi, 11.11.. -uiiwauKia 5IKsSaIlleAp1,legate Yonealla x 'Sr .wen,i Itoseburg J. T. Scott, Ksq. Forest Grove Ti VI- v-urwl" Xehalem J. AV. Jackson. ..-AValla Walla ...Bugene 11. l-lslier uun Sirs. I-Hiirn Deforce GordnZ California Otherpartles desiring to aet as Agents will please forward their names. AVe want Agents at every postofllee throughout Oregon" aniF Washington Territory. SPECIAIi NOTICES. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, K.011I Estate Denlcr. OFFICE-No. 64 Front Street, POniLOiD, OIIEGOX. T3K.VL ESTATE IX THIS CITV AXTJ KAS1 rortlanil. in the most ileslmhln emulating of Ixrrs, Half IIlocks anil lirjwiva Houses and Stoieks. Also, Imi'iioved Faiois and Valuahlb Vs rui.TivATKn Ivxds, located in all purls of the State, for sale. ItBAi. Estatk and other Property purchased for CorreMMllldeiltA. In Tine rt-rv iul fl.nu.ni.- out the Status and TmutrroMKs, with great care, and on the most Advantageous Tekms Housis axi Storks Lkahbd. I-oax Xmn. Ti.vTBii ami Claims ok all DKscRiiTinx-H I'nOMlTLVCOLLWTED.alld a Gkxkkal Pin-.vn-cial and Agency Iiusixiaj Transacted. Agents of this Oppick in all theCrriEsand Towns In the Statf. will reeeivedeseriptlons of 1-Aiui PitopRirry and forward the same to the above add row. n1' Parrish, Atkinson & Woodward REAL ESTATE AGENTS Curlier Alder mid Front Street. HAVE PROPERTY FOR SAMS IX 10 RT land anil throughout Oregon generally. We can offer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS to Purchaser!! of Real Rotate. Jfousp I touted. ltrnls Collected, Sloiiey Thinned, Tnxct l'nld. And everything that pertains to the Real Es tate lluslneHS attended to Willi proniplnatK. ICGAt PAPERS WRITTEN AND ACKNOWLEDGED' J. I ATKIXSOX.Xotary Public. L. 3t. PAItltlSir. nl TYI.KIt WOOmr.tltD. EMPLOYMENT 0FFICEJ Xo. SO Front St., American Exchange Unildln?. COXTRACTOItS, Hotel Keepers, Farmers Carpcntors and Bulkier. Families, and In lact all who require help or any kind, will find it to their advantage to call and leave their ad Jrcss. , J. 1L WITIIEUKLL. 1 . s. I have also some (iood Farms and Lots for sale. n; J. R. AV. COBURN & McCABE, BOOK AND JOB. PRINTERS, 5 WASHINGTON' STREET, UP-STAIR", Portland. Oregon. AVoik done at REASONABLE RATES. nl