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- FRIDAY-
DECEVBEJt r; I87L
Vwa ad tba juaorUgjbonihaMJaaffuj
aion from tba pea of a woman wbo
; bopaa to gain little cheap notoriety by
traducing bar friend In tba column of
t man'a rlgbta Journal. It la well to
jay, by way of explanation, tbat tha
column of tba New Nobth war were
pen foe any respectful eotnmuulceUon
from tbia nian-wonhlpper andjtha)
gooa imw, to aay notuiag. of discretion,
would bar led her to make a denial
if such were needed, m a lady'i -, .
Editor AuUe-?Zi
ilJJSTlha Woman'a HoUtlcal !
.iaktlonAaociaiMMi, waj w
w.UthLi place, aragiren) and among other
llilnn llva namM of the oftWf aud .X-
aouUva Committee are published, and
to ur surprise I And myself mention
a. taa Executive Conirulttee.
rnuonea
I
l arould Ilk fo stale, turougu your pa
rer.
' ()! I mi not, d recent at tba aneetlna.
and tbat I waa placed on tbat Commit
tee without my knowledira of eouerat,
Tbia la truly a Land of liberty, but Ue
liberty of publlablng any IndlvlduaT
name la any aocb connection without
their conaeat U, in my opinion, a liberty
'peculiar;" nor hi niy name the only
one which baa been need In tbla manner.
- Any eauoe which la built op through
deception tha etorme of truth muat err-
- Wa pronounca til abova a groee, n
proTokad libel wpon tba worthy ladles
-l Vareat Ora Boiawatie bf tbetBTwe
do not recoUert wbon propoaed tola
'womaafa nasaaaaaaambarof tba Ezn
wUra Oaffnmlttaa, ant of eonrtasy, repra
aentlng ber aa k woman' who waa foro
Mat lit rafuna BMTeenenU, aud wba
had tba good of aoclety vary much at
'aeart " The lady who reoomaaended her
sadly mistaken,. M IM sequel
proraa. Hat tbia man'a rlgbta eaUrer
-. bad ample epportonity to raalga tba po
sition with credit to herself before the
: minute of tba meeting1 were printed, If
. aha had bean aa dicpoeed, aa wa read Uta
tlantaa t tha eloaa af ear bkit leotare
laaPorest Orore, eight days before they
were pabllabad, and bar name waa there
proclaimed aa a naarahar of tha Exaou
tlra Committee. - Again, tba raaswr wlO
perceive that ber letter to tha BtdUHm
written an tha mha.wjacltymi.aiif
publication day, aad tba paper waa not
sent to Forest Orove nUl the 9th,
showing plalhly that thU Jod-Jbd
premadlUtad . tbla .attack upon ; bar
friends. - She U aa welooma to all aba
aaabe by ber Infsasoua eondnct aaf
poor Judas waa. , r r,:'
. Tba public eaa sometimes forgirt men
who, so far forget their aalf-iaapaai aa to
traduce - their neighbor . women, bat
whea a woman stoops thus low, aba 1
beyond redemption. Wo congratulate
tba ladle of Forest Grove la tbat they
bare anaarthed tbla lper, ,l It la well
wbesi women know whom they may
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wo anna oaw twfrrj te that ref atyla" mat-
baa not Joined ia'tbla attack upon ber
friends, wa conclude tbat aba la worthy
-af bet high position.
...r
yg ynTTimr
: But wa have brought tha facts to tba
front; and these facts show that the
people have been made to pay, by tba
' bad faith and naal-admlnlstiation of our
county officials, "profligate and unwar
rantable" amounU fj money, to men
whose legal fees. Will) out extra allow
ances, ought to be suCWlant to amtUfy.
anybody. uetxua.
: An old woman Uved In tbc bac k woods
aad cultivated a tobaooo patch, by wblob
aba managed to make money enough to
keep her legal protector" In bis necee-
-
rtrpplylAyvwaatbahu
band's wont to wander among tba luxu
riant rows of the growing weed and boast
about bla success IntheTobaow bus
aesa, while bU wife did tbo work and
-earned tbc money which last, a to us
ual, you know, the Id. mar alwajr
- "put la his owa pocket, ,r .-. -j
One year tha tobaooo crop bad boon
unusually large, and tba old
worked night and day to aavc ft from
approaching storms. X neighbor, la
paaalag na day,- saw the crop safely
boused and, entering the cabin, punched
tbo toxy "tord' la tbo ribs with bis
aana, a belay asleep In tba comer, and
7 Halloa, beta I
acnart yoa
been! Tobacco all safe, I
V. '!Oh 1 yea, ludeed I" aaid the old brag
gart, aUrtlng ape "Wt have
'- deral (Tbo whole crop would ha apTJt
IT I bada't been so busy r
K AOIaJmCITT XTlTAIALLrtTO I
V Tba ITfmhL ikmvlBia- toa aurkl trv
" the New yoamwajr at lie tricka of
l" eofanlranoe in county cnibexxlementa.
4 r-' now sot only ralsaa the Matop Ihler1 1
i : - cry, by which It hopes to distract pablie
i . .: atteation from tba facta which we afoae
. " -' are responsible for having collected and
placed before tbc public, but bo patron
i : :.iL.L: Islngly turns to us with tbla sort of soft
sawder t : '' ' -- -
i . r: Tlta elUrasa of thelftW Koktuu xiit
aaa, or late, engaged In an enterprise la
which she baa our moat hearty aympa
c thy. Wa allude to ber exposure of the
: offlclal corruptions of the Kadlcato of
v-uiinoman eouuiy, ana sbe to doing It
1 . most thoroughly. We give ber Wave to
I r- abuse us to ber heart's content, while
e f . aha to engaged In such a good work. Uo
f ' ahead, and may suocees attend voa la
- , tbla ooterprisa. If yon think it adds
force to vour blows to strike throua-h ua.
; why stlu we sayritlt away, the heavier
uk bettor. e are not soman, you see.
. Aai urotaer jkoi were, loo oki a
. bird to ba trapped by chain ., v r
"The 1Udlcala" would never rm! our
blows If wo should strike Ihrouxh you.
, if you tlmt A criminal
.who aaa turaod f tale's eiHdenca ta an
attempt to save hto own Mbaooii' mast
bear bto honors meekly each aa tbey
.are. - . - -
-Why wMywa garble the Urand J-rr
RepartT 1 Why have you not vet nab-
Uabedlt? AsdvhT M Vm .It.Mnl la!
Steal out thunder? , , 1 r
When the:', followed by Hie
fc.roiakM,aoc time ago deqlared that
the Grand Jury Rvr waa VeroiV'?
document, ca up t the f W a
for political Lumw that a ( a.
aaendowtfeSxt WoCd b miH(. lnde
those Iiopubllceua wbo bad been so far
o mindful of their part dutica as to re
gard their higher dutiaa a lira ad Juror
so we bar tbc wean tat ton. Tbj Jftbe
bar. whose bPI--IAuent bar.
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"' FbrrLAKn. Dae. IS. 171.
We. the andenlrMd nwmbere of tba
lata grand Jury of Jd uUuoiaxh eouuty,
atata tbat a document put fortQT aa our
report, by pyivester rennoyer, was not
signed by urn. Wa objected to the docu
ment, and told Mr. lYnnoyer that vt
did not Intend It aliould be submitted to
tba coort In tha ahapa In which it waa
presented, . Wa made no examination
of tba county record, and do not know
whether tba figure preaeated in the
aoruuMnt are correct or not. -" "
The document la not a rcpoft'of The
grand Jury, tort a composition by 1r.
Wnnoyar, which wa aa member of the
grand Jury declined U accept. We went
Into court lor I n-t ructions wilb an un
derstanding tbat we should return te
tha Jury room with the report and eon
aider tba eontenta thereof. " Bat on tba
Court a asking Mr. Poonoyer, tba fore
man, If titer waa any further baarneaa
before tba mad Jury, ba answered, Be,
and the Court dtocharged ' mm for tba
term. ' Trro. J. OotnjL
i V J. K.OHK, -
; ItuiaLMt.
Members of tba Uta Uraad Jury.
owTllfiak equal to signing oaVa
owa deatb warrant T..Wa pity the man
who la aa' jauoh a party slave aa to aV
taeh fata ataas to auob a ttbet upon bio-
-BarrtanOemeii dr;tua. prar7Ery7lW14TWwia ajvquTJUou loiliay
tbo ease baa g too bu- to be diaixmad
of by your feeble remonstrance. Ao
nial o (Ae arte txmtaimed in A Ortmd
Jurg Jtejtori hat oecM wtad. No euch
denial can ba made, for tbey arr taken
from tha official records.": In this stage
of tba aoatrovaray Ulsof but Utile auo
aaent whetber tha Grand Jury IlesMtrt
be a genuine document nr not.- That
Beport called tba atUnUon of tbo Nrw
NoaruwiaT to tba matter of eouafjr ft-
nanoea, and Investigation
than corroborated the statements there-
f In frontal ftwJ.
- t- ovrrr ft r " '
A 1 1 lil
Wa bad several times Imagined some
WoT Binng retmko fbr tho"
Demtrrati reoent oflenetva fling at ua
bat whenever wo would tbfask of It, a
tataptwoabt gat tba) batter of Indigna
tion, and axs wonld glva if bp disgust
How, however, comas forward tba Oro-
gon aaallefan, wbleh proceeds la tba fcl-
bnrlag masterly style to tight tbla bat
tie, and la tbo name of decency wo
thank tbat Journal for tha assistance t
tery exhlUted by tl
iMmoorta la are-
hferringacbariraof tbat charaotor against
us, wa wiu rauaara. uuu in wo two pre
ceding paragraphs of tbo same leading
arucie iron, vaiw vt copy um
Ba IkAWaU
extract tliera U usetf Janguaga. so .broad
ana coarse, ana at ute ciosa or loo nrst
of too two paragraphs, so shockingly
nasi
la hi
onpaMoaabie foul a ass, and awond, that
tha community In which his pans is Is
sued would totoratcft Without indig
nant protest. It Is positively the aaatl
eat BButeaeo wc have ever seen la print
la tba Htate, except ta one ltiatanco-aad
tbat waa wherein the editor of tha saute
1 paper published what ha kn
anotner caitof or anotnor uunnl or-
unnt
wheal
fan printed In Albany, with
he
aad beea la partuei
rshli
p. Yet the per-
i i , V i . i i - . i
the uncottaolonable audacitv to aacuse
ua of indulge ooe la tbo 'Oregon style." I
tf H-a bare a corrodt Idea T6T Hua wfcCT
is termed tha "Oregon style," It to tba
t ooenaive, auurnuoua, - uavioan
language, uuflt fur publtoatloa.
z. Wouett of Oregon, docI you sec thati
when men revile ua and; apeak evil of
aa fatoaiy la tbo public walka of life,
thai pentUmtn aatnralry stand ready to
nil aad Dunlsh them. And. If tbev
defend aa, will tbey not also demand jrowy
O, yo of llttla faith "t Wa carmot oally
tha If w Noarnwwsi with tbo fr4-
tHmoctafa acurrlllty, therefore wc can
not tell you what that Journal aaid. Bat
yon can form a Just opinion of tbo at
tack from tbo jrugcrtwwagiarka; "-vrr
t A woman walked to towa waa dav
this week, a dlataooa of twelve as ilea, to
a ciiarre of asaanit ana battery
agaiaat her bojdiaad, wbo abo: all egad
beating iter tat vears.
after a warraat bad been aseaad, a aaa-
tnal frload arrived aad aueoaodad In
atopplna! tha proceed! nee. lie save
fceaayrebaeyeaos artgbtaned out
er ber wits, and ao one wel onouirh ta-
terest In tbo matter to Had out which
etery ta trao, eer-o'ja. r a
""So one feel- ertovgh latereal In the
mailer lo find but which story to true l
If a man had atade that eomplalat
against his wife a woadei ful axoti
would have rollowed, and ' the ' Whole
thing would, have beea charged to the
aoaouat of tbo "wemaa movemanL"
It la a woman, however, who complains
of harsh usage, It to doe rood a matter of
little conaequeoce, forsooth, because It
aaid that alt to ereay, whea la all
probability If aha ta erajtylt waa ber
huaband brutal treatment that made
Woaaaa af Oregon, with ao asaay ta-
ataaeee kindred to this all thowhlle oc
curring around you, think you that you
have 'all the righta yen waatr' .
- awaasnsBBwaBBBBawsa
I 7: V7 Tit AQUMJ ' ;
The Oreffomlan last Week stated that a
certain Juetioe of the reaca la rbrtland
lAatraascatal ta Insreaslng the
county expenses. Tba Btato casta la
JutlCM CourU la 1870 post Ibe eouuiy
U,9M nat la 1871, HU bV vldoaUy
tbat oiplaaatlon won't da. Try again.
Vvmi lnraa rtf hnnnWttnn tsf tartfef
lh - iw - J
IlarAXCATICaf.
The Herald of last Tuesday waa re
plete ufth full and convincing roof,
rTowL"! thai Ex-Secrt'ery tl f
( at to tba taia of Oreawola tk
if ouU of tlt,a Wc dip the f 7
l t&H It coixmna, tfTSaOrand
oicuneni maava ta i
Jury at fato-jj. GraBJ JurT
u ssantyat tao-sato
ti rover presented the facta ahowlng the
dentalte and embeaalementa of Hautuel
K. May, late Hecartary of tHatc render
nanirai mie.
-Fouretoastaof tbeee thefts wcrclhtfwV
U awaa p, to about alt. UK), aa far
discovered, aud yet, owing to the cou
rused eooditlon of the Ktate aocounto and
tbo aaodea adopted of doing, ar rather
asHtoiag. tbo ttublio buslnsss, tbo as-
eertaiuiuf of all losses to not now poasi
' Tha flra Indictment foaad are a fol
low! - - . t !
' L larceny, of SiSeo 79; taken from
the t-per cent, fund, arising from the
alee of United Htatea public la
L Larceny, of $1,867 ; takomv froat
toe a-per casts. lUM.
a . I li . I
Sk alU
sales of
A Iknbcullng the proceeds of the
seven hundred and fortr-two
cot4a of tbc Code, authorised to be sold
ataa per votame, a4,.i oa. .... .-
a iMtwity of..aLUx 00. School
University fund, arising from the sal
of taiHxa, "
a. Lajeeny of tS,3S Sa, paid to' May
aa Hecretary oa account of an
persons la the lasses Aaylosa, aad mmt
paid to the Treasurer aa the. law, re-
Ottirea. ' -
-Alt the money paid to May aa one of
taa aaaard of Baboal Load Oseu
oracaaaot be now aaecrtalaed.
Board "under Hadioal rule" kept no re
cord of tnclr proceedings as a Hoard,
and no record of the deeds executed by
worn. 4 ,r. r- -
Tbc evidence la aaid to strongly Im
plicate Fx Hevaraer Woada, aa wall aa
May, la the above tranaacUona, E. IX
Foudray, of Jackson county, baa been
thua it goav Sew avldonoa to
ooaUaaally coming to light of the ro
ntoisclcas manner ta which the people
are being plundered by their rooreant
puUle.aarvaata.--ror Weode aad May
there-to no excuscv - But wa have to-day
A IUng at HsJem, composed of the mem
bera of the present BUUGiivrrumant,
by the aide of whose offlotoi tivxiagre-
atoaa thoaa of Woods and May sink Into
comparative obscurity. The time to not
far distant who the deeds of the Ulrg
la power at Baloa will have au atrtag.
! .A
1OTIAL.
; Under tbla head the Albany Xtenaaoroi
ppsceed to scold the Portland dally pa
pers In a beflttlng manner for having
perpetrated a gross outrage upon com
avta decency. Wc think, however, tbat
ear brother abould exonerate the atdVo
eatt and the Nrw Koarra west from
tbelmpUcatloa that they, belag ."Fort
laad cxritaagea.H ware guilty af tbto
abomination. Bays the Demonnli
' Our Portland exchangee last Week
contained a detailed account of Victoria
Woodbuu'a recent lecture delivered
New . York City,, but, tba uttoraaose
therein contained are so utterly at va
riance with common decency that WC re
frain from giving them aa air lax
throurh our columns belle vine s we
do, that neither the family circle nor
aoclety at lanre eaa receive anv benefit
from their persuaLUta lecture waa l
BlgUU4wUU sassl aaasatlng tir7Theuocument
uiMnavuivi wvmtnvnm w iitvu iic fer
tile brain and corrupt . heart of the
Woodhull could devise, and the laa-
nre need cannot fall to shock tba mora
ut "and seiial lire class of people.
The doctrine therein promulgated goes
farther and deeoeuds deeper Into the
slough of free lust than we have before
beard of emenating from the lowest class
or iree lovers." it Is not ouly sicken
ing In Its vile Matltodre but TnolUne
to all Cbrtatendotn In 1Ur ri.toehvn.inT
spired charge and insinuation against
Keered Writ and the teachings of our
lowlv Kavlor. It la a fearful avomrJI.
flcation of tbc oVhasIng Influences of
wuat la called ute "woman movement,"
which la really n "flaak movement" of
IMwjllJtojMnj!B..a frmh tmflng-JuJ
those aarred plaoea where lie has for
the past few centuries found his influ
ence and teachings losing caste. It Is
asmilting the Very citadel of the heaven-
oruatned marital reution and to attack
ing bumanltv in It weakest spots: and
It la strange that the publication of such
Indecent utterances can be tolerated In
commuulUea which claim to beclviilzerL
christianised and Virtuous. T
Our brother aay trnty that ttMiuovi
to a fearful exeupllnoatioa of what f
called the "wemaa nseveasent,' u -
The gueU and pure and noble wives
aud mothej-sof (he jtatkm, wbo have
Bto conaotontloualy to the work of
their own emaneJpatloa In large hara
ber. have jonf aubmrtted to the whnU.
af the Oregea presa; aad it
to a cheeriag dgu of the times whoa one
newspaper of the man'a rlgbta party
faarleaaly-salarnister auob well-timed
robukoa. ? . -'i.ta ii;
' 'WmaBWaammmaamamm"BBj, f . ,,1
a niH. ubl.h.-.m. ill. a
Tbto theft It the hlcheat tolaeea of
trust m our Btato, and atartttng to boa-
et men, ta one invoivloe; the
of the entire beard af Of. leer under the
last Radleal Mate adsaintstraUon. It
Involves Msy to a eertainiv, and almost
aa vxnarnry i( involve w
Tbc above to very true.. It baa been
suggested to aa,. however, thai It will
apply very well In a abort time
who we get the Item la chape
for publication, to certain membera of
the Belea Ring, by merely subaUUiUag
i We propose to act oa the
Cuggeetlon. '. .
a i ii if i i .f j ; J 7
The Orrpiaiaa gJvee the SsaeJl saw-
yers" a 'luiaJlngjaTar the coakr" of rt
wrath for Increasing the county ex
pasaee by huutlngup catUesTTor HHgaT
ttonv while aothlns; to aaid of the big
lawyers engaged la the same disreputa
ble traffic. The Ortffrmiaa't remark are
significant la the premiss aa ledioaUug
that tha "small lawyea"- don't
totbelUag. ' :' -:.:
f-KiciujkArrcri.muLATici
The itan af 'mlaosllaasous" la late
mounted ta ISM S, aad la 171 to tl
014 tX. Oar tBpertanccuaw popnh
Iloa must bo Inorensl ug raplCyii fr
10-
..VIM!.. 1 A.ar
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7 The recaoHs of the Grand
jury . :it.Mr f
ayaaua m I
U .0m ap- jm mm Mn iiftt" v. ww
Ayr vtusLaaddoaotkaorf wht Je
er .e ft ira thereia cootalnei are cut
awtoraC - ..- '
. To show you, gentlemen, tbc manner
In which you perforated) your official
duty granting that trie foregoing to
correct allow as to "f!veyou a litUe
law upon the subject. " '
Rectlona 82 aad M, page 450. of the Or-
egea, Cbde, day t -A ? -LLTk
Bansaaah la adalttentotao aswse
and duty Mescribed la section it the
grand Jury baa power, and It to their
aoty to lacralrer -1 ' i ...x-. c- . wi
. into tbo aoadltloat aad, aaaaage
saent of every public prison la the, coun
ty: and f
1 lata the condition and tbc manage
ment of tbo cAeee psrtaiotag to tbc
courta of Justice la tba coanty. ,
riaLTlux U. Tbey shall be eutlUed
to free ajccesa at all reasonable timea to
tba p rise as and taJhose ment toned In aee
tksa tcL and also to the oxaaaiaafJaxn,
without rbarge, of all pablie r-rerd la
tha coanty, i -".
Tbwa It will be sera that the Grand
Jurors wbo.algaed tbc .recantatloa
la doing ao have algaed a coufesaion of
their own aegtart of jduty , Wh4 a
hameful proredurel " a "7 7a-j
"Their stateaamt also rcoorts atrongfy
a pun the Circuit Jwdge, who, If the
Grand Jury Ihrio ar spurious doou
eseut, maK have beea ta. connivance
with Mr. raaooyer. r- .,j t .
"f There may be atreagth la aumbera,
but Mrtreaatyar,!Lne4Uon
public to much more raviaUe thaa tbat
i : X OITXCXIDIT.O .1
ItUe ITmifrf toat Trhasiay-waa flltod
with eeeeoaU of the dVfalca Uoos of 8.
hV May, Kx rWiretary af Oietuu. We
give that paper fuUL credit aa being Uie
first ouo to authoritatively put the
facta before the public.- When Ute
tSawryoaJMWKOT aasarthad tbo ex
travagant tranaactlona of the' Court
House Rlag la FortUad ' Ute Jftrnld
remained atloat for over a week, aad
tbea had tit audacity to come out aud
clatoa that It ha4 brought the fact to
light," Vow, Bra. Ike, how Would you
like U wore are to come forward and
claim that wo had expaaed tlta misdo
ing y ou talu nnteh j ride ta parad
lag before tlie public T ; tn 1
. The traaget part of the whole pro
cedure te that the BttaUt haa beea aad
to pot bached ap la tbia claim by the
like there waa an agreement
among our editorial brethren to Ignore
net Very Well. ' We eaa stand It. We
aappoao It to aa simplification of the
man'a rights doctrine that a woman It
never entitled to credit, no matter what
er how groat her services. -" -- r-1 .
Kever mind, geatlemea; the time
will cocao ta oar politico aye, aad 1
near at bond Whoa you wilt not Bo
readily Ignore th effort of women, aad
whea yea will, perchance, be sorry that
you over did so.
A BOLD, BAD MAI t
to not
report of
the
grand Jury, but a compos!
lUon by Mr.
rennoyer, which wo aa meuibet of the
grand Jury aeolmed to accept. We wcoi
Into court for asatructione with aa aa
(lent ta ruling tlutt wa abould return to
the Jury room with the report and con-
sMier tue conieaia anreoi. . iui on toe
Court' asking Mr. lWaover, tlta fore
man, if there waa aay fart bar businea
berore ine grami jury, nc answerfXI. Jso,
ami the.
(JOSII
rt alstiltarsTil - fov-the
tersa.--ir Afeaveera of she Lato Oram!
Te cap the climax af all this abaurdl
', then, the sanaating Grand James,
Whea l the documeat in ejaaatloa was
to tlta tVidrtr were audVlenly
slmk dumWtacholog aup
poos) ion tbia tahjhty I'eunoyer aad
made no rcmonstraaca agalast the Be
port being accepted a genuine. ., vt
Ah, iVuiuiy er, you are a bold, bad
man I: To tbiak thai you wumI as de
ceive ywar aaeaupeetiag vtotlass.
pain aft wa the Grand Jury aad the
Coast numiknllM that tby. area
uoomposiUenncf yourownl You should
be abut up la some aafe place for prac
ticing year arte oa nasophlstioated ba
nian, nature, or, better still, be burned
for a witch! . 'A
Mrs. Daaiwav haa asolarad ttrat whea
Victoria Wood bail ahoald bo eleetad bv
tlte woaaaa of tbto eountnr as PrsaiilettL
. 1. . in m .t ' . 1 1
uh auiw 01 iaiTyHMa sooutu oe
tongwr iraM rile once as. collector at
Favtlaad. Of eouvse Mr. Wsodhali to
hat caadldataa C SmUrprim. -
Which to nat true. We did aay that
whea Elisabeth Cody Btaatou became
President somebody might bo reeaeved
from the rurtlaad Custom House, The
Itmyviss, aa usual, to very ecotiosalcal
la Ito aa of truth, a well aa decency
The Orrmmimm ve-publtohee a short
table of county; finaneea from the JTer
old, claiming that It completely eton-
eratca the Ring from all suspicion ; of ex-
travagaaceor dlsltonesty. Oanalderlng
that every- charge a tat made against
the IUng to fully verified therein, the
eflbrt made at JusUfieatloa bjr tta puhrl
oatiou to desperate Indeed, aad the at
tempt to draw comfort titerefrom to
uggcetlvh af vain endeavor U gather
beat from aa Iceberg er aunbaaaaa from
Hcumbera. ... , u.,
1
rxOBLEf I01TED. :
flow much, then, ta k inaa better thaa
abeep 125 11 1 i - ; . ;
Tba maa wlto ruined a gtrl la aeh(te
the Prison for three year.
The man wbeatole a nule to sent for
one year.- -
JVo, th kffal eoae of a young wom
an In Oregon 1 three vulea,. . 4
Pprrui th century."'
Zrrr Tf.!l T" lllaaxn. auV auto. eu7 t-aiaTuui dlmta
btcnTJtnara
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-I LZ2y CAM I v 1 KU."
(By the auCof tboryuaea In the
H?mld, entitled "Wotuau'e Sights aud
r Zr- for which the writer la eorry
jA pardon, ICa. Js'aw NoaTif-
TbeslAbaat:, noneenslcal twaddle
of cur yret immortal Joaquin" often
appeared ta tbo writings of Byron, and
In lamentable fact aaoma to have been a
"Cblkle Harold," who, (the author I
mean) although a mighty genlua In hto
wayi afea gave wito JrpHUl Jieeyl
1 Mute of a lck-bralnef i blld,
Xet ua turn rrom tnal great poeiiiuai
fumlaary, whose lustre time baa scarce
ly yet dimmed, and behold the epheme
ral sky-rocket that baa lately abet fUelf
Into our literary boa vena.' ' '
Our Orrgoulaa Iatoreate, now perched
upon the dixxy pinnacle of fame, mar
vels ut hi own atupendoua genlua, looks
scornfully" down on humanlty and, fee
bly echoing Byron;' sing, ' ! do not
care for men." I 'wonder If It mstters
to men whether you do or no ""But
don't turn the cold shoulder on u that
way, Joaqulu rfoa'fr-'Wa have read
your poetry with njuch patience. ' We
have Buffered much mmrA ' ' Don't aay
you don't care fur ua, Joaquin, for you
afo, though. Just aee what pain 700
take to gain our praise. ' Oh t how you
inch yoor brain ao reaa oM admlra
tloa t ' ITow It doe pleas you td'bear
Jonce of Smith apeak of yo as "th
great Korth American pootP It to for
thla. mv 1 vouner - and IneXtierteacad
friend, that you write. You waat warI,nM bea,, unotber aerial,
write; that we may aee what a great fel
low you are." If we, the public,' wet
not around; If you, like Crusoe, had the
Iwauuy all to wmTfryoy wouldpoi
write a Itnar--t Vim
Pshaw I any musical young man It
waa fur aioa aud their pre to tbat you
became a wanderer from the dear ones
at 'home,' fbraaklag litVe elngto Jewel,
lovet'Te Irvtfev forsooth, and for what?
That you might be reoa aud by whom?
By Wv My dear boy, you have gone
to a great ileal of painX "for mea," aad
you'll find In the future that, like Esau,
yea have 'made a Meat of It Aad you'll
also find, la after year, whea yea have
geowa toot-aero 4a your pilgrfenago to
the ahrlna of Notorietyr that raate-to
but aa amutu bubble after all. And
whea you tuns your thought Inward
and nallxe the lonely deaert you have
made la your heart, whose denotation to
peopled by the phantoms of past pleasu res
thtTverTirreturh!Tthen you
will algh forth almple aad the true of
the long ago, and your heart win bow
down la Its aorrow, and your who! be
ing will eonfee that obscurity were
preferable tothe fame of -Byron, If put-
chased at the price you have been will
ing to "pay for t,l?7:'
"Adten, thy young and inexperienced
Mend, a41eua!!l ant sorry for yoiLJSut
don't -pea drm't-ktiRet anna na any
WMtie each falsehood ne
"t Ar' Mr
-1 "1 a
ww urn. -
,a
,Jli JsATUlaiMal. iv
rOiu oftylaarhaaKrvm "The"
last week by aolitlclana froaa all parts
of the State Vaxtoua minor aa to the
plana adopted tor the campaigt. next
June are afloat. The meet remarkable
oae W hat beard Is tliai a bargain has
beea cfAeted btwoea certain Rlaga, ay
which aarae partlee who are In the habit
of tnanipuUUag 4 Beparfdieaa-polittca
are to aseure the nomination for Con
Creaa to Joe. WlisoaV while cataaalbly
working la the laterost of W. IX Hare
tbea to bring about tha nomination of
Democratic eandidate for Caugroasman.
Tlta BepubUcan Rlag will tbea throw
He Influaueo ta favor of Neeanltk for
Cong rasa, aad a retura the Danocratlc
attqua aforesaid will use their Influence
to secaea the election of the Republican
Binea candidal to the rafted States
Beaata. t la Uta trade the Democratic
twhHrsrrTiitwr'io
Hlierlfr of tbto county. This, If true.
fuUy eorrefcorataa the receat report of
the ootnbiaatloa of Rlaga hamabeata,
taa itaauttfal worfcinga of a
Ring within -mi tUtux. Wvgtva the ta-
aaor for what Jt to nmcib. is -it-tut
- fo am txif.
Ubatandlna: tho nnnaralleled In
clemency of the weather oa Monday
evening, the good people of Oregon City
turned out In creditable number to bear
our aaklrca upoa "women' duty aacit-
liens, and editors duty as gentlemen."
The nlatoat atieotioa aud good feeling
prevaUed.- pa Tueotlax. veiling M re.
Miller waa also greeted with a large but
we regret to aay somewhat disorderly
audlencr.Jv:A. splendid report of her
meeting baa reached us too late for this
Owing to , the reoent anow atom and
the fact that ladle are generally afraid
of attending lectures In. bad
we reluctantly retraced our steps, after
holding a meeting In Oregon dir. re
solved to start again wben tha anow die
appeared. We leant from a letter Just
received from Balem tbat a large audi
ence turned out at that place oa Wed
nesday evening to greet us. Wa aasur
them that had vie known tbat wc should
have had half aa audience we abould
been have on hand ; but there to no fan
In laTklug to empty benchee In a anow
storm, and we thought we wouldn't
risk 1U . Better luck next time. Glad
to learn tbat you are plucky, ladies. -
CTltB MOUXrOJUll", LOQia .
The Orrotmkuk seem to think that
beeauae former county administration
paU an extra aad unwarranted amount
tothe Sheriff and Or, tha therefore
II to all right now. In other word. It I
an right to steal now, becaue aomebody
rtoit btfureL 1: -; ' - ' ; -
' . , ! flf , ..4 Ik ... I .At'--.
A SSEIUrr COT TUtUiJ.
A corresaxIdtar-rSa; ua from
Ruseburg, syya that the eberlfT of the
county aftdtook to get up a dance la
of ToaiCoa t Miss Ahtbony'e lecture at
tUt ptooc, and that- the danoa, aa wall
aa the ppoattloa, was total failure, aa
the people proved themselves ao far aa-
perior o their sheriff a to pay more
need to brain than heels. Well, well;
Hi n mta'a righto aisa way J nat as
well succumb to circumstance. - Tbey
arc mere, pigmies la the wajt ot. human
progress, and their futile CtbrUonly
prove how weak their oiipositlon really
IsT-MVeU ILT. rrlgl.UiJ.lrrlir lo
attend the ttext Woman Saffrago lec
ture and help the public to .forgot what
t ridiculous blunderer ho haa proved
blmself. ' '' -' "v ' i i. "i -i ev
Hay,Mr Bherlff, won't you Cocao out
to hear uv whea we gxi to Hamburg T
We'll .do you good .audiataV avlUw
atc-d earnestly aasur you. ,nf ..t
. ' v- il ij aa. .11 axaaa)1: jij.lir
.1. -I) i. , I ,J ITJBatlD. T. 7
,Wc thla week flnUn Uie story of "jj
dl'th lteld." ThU aerial baa beea baa
tity dashed1 off at lutervals during1 the
past eight' niontba, to suit the demand
of out printer f barla of If having been
Written perhaps In'twenty dlnerent' lo
calities, mailed without the possibility
of revision and published without op
portunity for us to read the "proof. "
It lias met With awst deckled public ap
proval, aa bundretb of letters In our poa-
ssssinii am4yssUfyla J-1
, en til
Ittcd,Ta.
u" 'r rarmerw Wt,ofwhb,h
1 la .u.n huim InlaMllnv than JawrHU
be even more interesting than "Judith
Reld. Kow hrtha time hrWncrrb.
Friend of our causa, awnd ta your name
a' BdneyTT'BecaHUf ttUkStl premium
totyt-"' 1 - -.rf r t -i a.,1 i;
"rTraas'TBaio
' The 'following report of the 'Joint
Committor of the Washington Territory
Legislature appointed for the purpose
stated m tn jvpon, is uui auotner evi
dence of the corruption everywhere
pervading our politic Udayr . 7
Nr. President i The "Joint committee.
com posed or lite commute on ways,
Means ana xxatma at 10c two riouaai
whom are referred the report of
Territorial AmUtor and Treasurer, after
a laborious session, bee leave to submit a
report neceasarily brief on aocowntof the
hrT- f -hJTL.r.l.lr. , .
or ouatueaaincrnwaf toine eioa-
I The committee spent several days In
ekamlnina: and eouiimrina the accounts
and voacliers of the audi tor and treasurer.
Title lob waa malciilly liaaened by the
aim pis ana extremely novel manner
adooted by these aentlemen In keepiua
their accounts. For Instance, whenever
the a editor paid the treasurer his salary,
hia rent or ether Incldentai expenses of
his ornoe, tbat omeer would suggest tbat
there was no Awec-lly foi taking rcoetpta
for the same, and tbc auditor, appreciat
ing tble laboe caving auggoatioii, would
pacefuUy eonacnt, When taa auditor
likewise received hi salary, postage
stamps and etcetera, the aame unique
system swems to have been nifeptedsr And
thua tie ssaantoa rale of donbss' ontry
gave way to M'o aiore imp! oue of uo
eiiir., . . j r "T-.
"The auditor having charred $30 pel
month for the rent of a small room labia
art rata dwellina need as aa office, the
wnrnmillss ressiainiend that hebealiowed
10 per montb for tna us or the same.
A her an examination of the treasurer1
vouchers, tltoeomniltto iwacooded tathe
otTito of hi deputy, to count the balance
on band, as sliowu by taat omccrs re
port to the Legislstlve Asecmbly, ITer
again the lahors of the committee were
greatly cxpediled, for taatead of having
to count tlte several thousand dollars
which shank! have been In the aafe, we
were jxdltrly tnfonrled that "the balance
waa a nemrou one, ami tnat tnera waa
uot really a dollar left with which the
committee could drluk the health of tlte
treasurer , upon bis retirement to the
walk of private life.' The uudttur'a
voucher acre gtncrallji In due fol ui, and
we were unaiti to diaoever any taotance
where the Territory bail paid two bills
lor tue sei 1 ion ivuucreii, bihi TiierCTDn
nciieve mat no iwnmn na been peounl
arllv aacriflced bv tho Territonr-s :
l l.'pon axamiiuttiou of the variouaeoat
bills found iu the auditor's oflloe. tba
coinmittttC were atrucx seeriiieas witb
simi ration at tbc eminent financiering
euiiity or several ex use suertna, unt par
ticularly that of sheriff Carson, of I'kireo.
Thlsoftioer. aa the committee have here-
toiow jTpnrtcuv.waa. able totra4iaporta4
prisoner ait toe way rrom nioiwouom 10
Vanoouver aad bring two back anoia. for
tit insigninoant sura oti,usi. Amoux
tlie numerous items of this bill, we find
that It cost f JO lo go from Hurt land to
Vancouver on the steamer Cascadiw.
Now the reirnavr far was just $&, aud Ute
committee titereiore conclude that sner-
ttl (.'arson, fully imbued with the 1 ra
the
portaiioe awl rtHrnnrof hi official post
tioas ehartored tbc whole etaamer. to tha
admiration of the naiivee of i'ortland
and particularly the OrexQu Htcam, Xav
ion vomnanv. tm. ute return tnn.
we Aud a chanre of at LiiikllghteVa,
nndaalaUtUlghuwtnfbnaath eonunit-
lo tbat be ouly. reeeivett at, it to pea
sumoiJ Uiat this gentlenuui, aympatbia
lug with the rigid economy, of sheriff
(arson, on settlt-metit of tna aeooant.
uetlucted W0 from the bill. We also find
that the aame ameer haa charged for the
keeping- of couuty prisouera, retarnlnx
them aa Territorial, coavlcta to tlte
auditor. 'Your committee further find
that vnen conVIcl 1 ouiur escaped fi
the peaitentiary, aud was aliaeut aome
Uiree nioutiis. that sheriff Carson not
only charged IS per day for hto boaed,
but also brought la a bill for clothing
furnished ilurlnx tbo aame time. The
committee here beg leave to remark that
this practice la in accordance with the
regulations of allotlteT first -class heusi.
no deduetione bains; made for either
hoard .or -lodging unless - the) : guest
noUflea th landlord of the time of hia
departure. . . " '
The Assent Wv will pardon tt-edtrrea-
atoo and permit aa to state that ta oar
opinloathe gravel wastes and Ar solitude
of Pierce caa never afford scope for the
brilliant financial ability and fertile re
sources of tills officer. Let bint seek the
nottoa'a groat atetropoiMV New York,
and We are sanguine that Boa Tweed
will at once band over th belt to the
clamdlrger sheriff.' - - ' '
- Thocxantlrwtlon developed Interest! nr.
phaav in the toulag of tho coettractfor
keelng Ute Insane and repair f tit aay
luiii bulUllnra.Tiitract4r Ilartiton waa
authorised to expend M In repairing
tna buiuunga, ana ao eo ctoaeiy uiowad
InatruAasoa that the account rendered
only amounts to a Uui mors than M,CU&
Tlte committee conclude that daily ass a
elation with tlte luaonebaa randatad the
eaatractor stark mad, aad we await with
great anxiey the next report of resident
ai
nyeietaa item
1 men way,
Jncoucl
conclusion, w reramutend the paa-
sage oi the siwiujny Ut re-olutiutt. '
K. I. r' UiTM, LV CO" ill Co.
wiiaaaaa, VbH K-i-sa Cvc', '
WUKHKAs. Tha exauilnatlon T tlva
Joint committee eppotnted to in vest irate
us, aeeoantoof the lerrHortal Aaditer
oud Treasurer, diacluaea tha fact that
gvoss frauU have been perpetrated Ulioa
the TrvrttorUi rreaaury,' by frauduient
aassua-uKlstsaralmM
tSiaka,olMM,L. lluaa. '
ooaywWnn, That the proaveuUnr attor
neya of the several diatrirta ar hereby
Instructed to com nteaeo aetiavt, at vll or
criminal, or both, against any and all
persons who may have thus frattduiently
or uulaa fully obtained Territorial fund.
I not our fair land cursed with "Inatl
tutloos." wrinaeconrealed aim Is tot fiord
anrebuked llccnae to Just such crime aa
tbia? These grim mausoleums are not
patronised a loner by-tboae unfortunate
victim of mtoplaocd coarkleoen, who, lo
eoueoal a pravtoua violation of the aev
euth eomuaBBKlmoat, desperately raaort
to a reck lea break Uig of the aixtlv- It
were a mercy to inauklud, If ouly euch.
were pensloneva upon these charnel
bouaea. But from line not friendly to
nasty foaaln, w learn that wricnen,
bound by ealemn Vow of wedlock, not
infrequently Invoke the superior aclon
tiflc skill aud professional allvantajrsa(T) -
par
And for what f - Tbat the sweet buds af
prowls may ba nipped with sums subtle
aiLwillan vmiiimIv ' ' If mAlhan will an.
cept a reciprocity treaty with
Itinerant voadere of aefarloua poisons
and murderous, advice, tbey wilt un
doubtedly be enabled to work auarvetoof
rata bukI desolation. There naay be, at
hrst. n ahlvertug aorror at toe. bejoaug
gsstlea of aotng violence to
Desn ana bone; out
to tbo thojf(lit, aud aay gveHto misgiv
ing may anon be stlnitooj. Coasclenee,
waeau tampered ' srtthy Wilt ' pdlly
psychologiae natural atlectioN, aad toad .
duty blindfold to tbc brink of rkttoua re
Itelfion, aud thrust ber down headlong.
Tli auinrestlve picture affords - Just
tnresi
foetl
frleoaaiest rorvboUlngf ' It
that nothUir ' abort af
weald eeeai
dtiutolilacal
Id aattafbe-:
torily account for such dire wickedness:
and a pity It to, that the perpetrator are
not pernritted. like ercaturea similarly
pgmisiiit of obi, to go violently dewa
aoni -SUep place -aud pariah la 4b
waters. I( tlte thundering threats of
Sluai will not deter womanhood from
the perpctratioa of such erlma,iet soci-.
ety arm itself, ami let the glittering
sword of aa avenging pablie opinion be
nasi toathed for tba protect! oa of the la
aooent, The public eoiawdence haa bo
come very maty aad slip-shod upon the
subject, and so attenuated aa to be hardly
recognisable. .- We cannot dlamtoa ao
graraauisttor with a I wad eyuVfniaHwn
phraeocalculatcd to tickle th popular
laate. There Is too much of serious Im
port in it. - Frivolous, pleasure-loving
womanhood haa brought no Into thla di
lemma; practical, conscientious woman
hood an Raid viae some escape therefrom.
What arrumenta will avail to terforata
tba atrong artnof of vemtir apparent-
prodetermlnatioa to avoid the s hackles
maternity t W ara ta tbo .very
midst of ,aa imperiled present, aad it
would be sheer nulary to dwell on the
possibilities or future Utopias. What to
substantially right, and what can vrao-
questTon which should cxerctoe ua. The
world need powerrui revival ormotber-
hood.
There abould baa genuine Fcnto-
costal
of sweet and loving mater- .
aitr. addiaar aaaltitudea of eon verts to
tho order of true wotnanhood. JiatAsn
hood, n Orrriartd Monthly for lMmber,
m .. ' -
low Tarribl DiaaxUr wax lrovcataa.
How a fcarfut rIIroa4 accident wax
prevented to thua toM by a-convspon-ml
yf ths t'tla Jftralif at Ilsrhaesdj
N.Y., where tint accident ha ripened:
Fourfreixht car, heavilv laden with
lumber and , merchandise, - had beea - -
brought to the Junction near tVasvllle,
by a eoei trsra. Theao earn wore earo
leaal y ancouplcd on a grade of elghty
flve feet to the mile, ih Immediately
bevan backing toward - Utlca. Thev -
gained Momentum at a fearful rata, and
all exlerta toatoptbera by throwing raito
and other obatructlonaon tho track were
Ineffectual. A train left Utlca but eight
minute before, and evcrv on waa wall
aware that la a few minute the heavy
freight car would go orUshlng Into ita
rear.' Fortuneatelv tba ona-ina of that
coal Iraiu stood on a switch, and Engta
ccr rerrw at oace determined to gtvo
the flying car a cnaaa. All hand mount
to tha uost of dot yr tho aiavsal 4a atvoa.
and tba race to befrun.Tbera is awful
dangvraliead. for if tii
tit work men should
Dav th rati tirs or tlte
or tlte ffrlnr cam
taeataelve should loavetk track. vrv
man would be In eternity In an lostani
Mile after mile the cliaaa to kettt tin. and
the locomotive gains Inch by luch. At
tost the fuxitlve are overtakenr tKa
critical ruement haa cetna.' A mistake
aud all I over; the flying car wUloaly,.
ba haaleaed Iu their flight by th collu
sion. But tlte fireman and brahemaa
are reaching down from the rear of the
tortdeev one Witb tho drawbe and tat
ether with, tlte eoepllag-pin, The car
touch; tba draw-bar carefully guided
enters the wicket, and the pin dro Into"
Ua place, - The danger la over, tho speed
gradaallr chocked, and ii
tea the engine and rescued care aroagaia
climbing the grade to CaaavUlo, The
deed of the engineer and hto faithful
aasiataata waa one of tree heroima, and
will, bar bo reeaiimhi is J ay those la
th crowded paasangar trala, whioh waa '
but a. few hundred foet In advanea at
them, and whose fives thev baved at tha
mlnent risk of their own. -1 1 X '
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VlXTTB RfVilMD. . A VII . Vuia.
Teuaa. The Norwich JMlrtin aar:
A well-known Justice of tha Pmm -
auratcribed five dollar to th Chicago '
rteilef rund, and returning to tho ado r
immediately reeetyc'l that amount for
marrying a couple, mu s virtu re
warded Another man waa reooeated to '
eoatribarfe, bat declined, and wkhiavtwo :
boors beard tbat bto tnotner-te-iew had -
come to stsr a month with him. Caa
any one beeltate what course to pursuer
Visitor to editor fbrt-klyl "Ahl how -
newt Collecting your arattatedtiaanwhta, -I
ceo. i ., u u. C i -f-.-r - -
Wltor, (niallyV-"Vaax; Just fet-
ling my Idea Into shape. " " . .
Vialtor (regarding n pile of dipplnir).
"eotloet eae'a thoughta scattered tbraaurh
a many papers." i ..... .
Ixll tor fwith aaveritvWMnsr nardon
air, out uits is our busiest
hour. Call . r
again, air call again."
' 1 1 I 111 I I lU llflCl. .
The widow of a paa-enger wbo waa
Hied bv tha axrOoaion of tha aiama.
Weatfiefd brought suit sirs 1 11st the own
ers to recover damage. The remarkable .
ptoa waa act wp by the oYfeiia that tbo
weecaoad had no right . b oa the boat
on Hunday, aa under tlte law of Kew
York traveling on that day to a misde
meanor, la other Words, it served him
tight ta he bkvwa ap! . :. ,... -4 .
-j '. aawaaaaaai-.i 1-.
A rich bachelor of ICewJeraevr--
eeutly died, leaving by will several leg
aeieaef from tea to twenty-five Uicweand
doltofa each, to ladies wbo bad rejected
him. . Ii aaid that they had afUnrards
Town to bo ao uxlv tbat he could not bo
aulHclently grateful. 1 ;
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