She fer$ JSorfhajesi FRIDAY.. .MAY 31, 1872. THE NEW YOBK CONVENTION. At length wo have tidings from the Now York Conventloir. The telegraph operators or managers did not see fit to give us any news-, and so tho mails have broucht us the first reliable information. A report was published in the Portland papers a short time ago that the New York Convention had nominated Vic toria Woodhull for President and Fred erick Douglas for Vice President. Vpon the strength of this the chivalrous and courteous?) members of the man's rights pressof Oregon have been indulg ing in the most outrageous misrepresen tation and obscene remarks, not only about the Convention in general, but also about Oregon's representative there in particular. Although these slanders aroall proven tobe without the slightest foundation in truth, we hardly expect, judging from the past, that they will be recalled or apologized for. "We have not room this week to give full particulars of the Convention, but will in our next issue. Suffice it to say that Mrs. Woodhull, the ambitious and erratic leader of the free lovers an communists, not being able to use the Convention to suit her own purposes, withdrew her forces to another hall, and were by them nominated for the Presi dency, with Fred Douglas for Vice President The Convention to whicl Mrs. Duniway was sent did not nominate her -in fact virtually repudiated her. Will our Oregon brethren of (lie presi make the correction or not ? Mrs. Woodhull has been, in conse (jiionce of her extreme and erroneous views on the marriage and other social questions, a source of weakness to the cause. We are glad that she has left us of her own accord. Tiie ew lorl; Convention, if it diil nothing else, has been a great success on account of this one tiling. For more detailed information see "Editorial Jottings" and "Mrs. Wood hull's Departure." THE WOODHULL "DEPARTURE." As long before this reaches our read ers they will have heard of another split in the Woman Movement, they will ex- lecl me to throw some light on the sit uation. It is difficult to understand dif ferences thousands of miles from the scene of action, especially for those un acquainted with the persons and priuci pies of the leading actors. J5ut Willi a knowledge of all this, and in their midst, I soon saw division between Vic toria Woodhull and the enthusiasts and extremists that surrounded her, and the more moderate women who have led the Woman Suflraire Movement for aipjartcr of a century, lial been, in spite of both, inevitable. In issuing a call for a Political Con vention, it was the intention of such women as Mrs. Stanton, Gage, ITooker and Miss Anthony, taking the ground, as they do, that women are al ready citizens, possessed of the right to vote, to rouse them to some prepare tion for their duties as such to the study of National questions and the consideration of a party platform. Knowing, by a review of the history of parties, that this Presidential Cam paign brings the nation to ono of those crises, of which we have had several be fore, of general political disintegration, when many new combinations will be formed and several candidates run for tho Presidency, they thought it a good time for further agitation, to share in some direct way in the general excite ment and party re-organization. It adds interest to an old work to propose some new methods of doing it. It was the purpose of these ladies to hold a large, enthusiastic, dignified Conven tion, uniting many reform elements, in whioli all the great National questions on which parties should act might be calmly discussed, and delegates, backed by numbers, intelligence and influence, appointed to attend all the nominating Conventions, and demand recognition of each in turn ; and after they had all spoken, to call another Convention to ratify the best nomination, or inaugu rate a better party than either. Mrs. Woodkull's plan, however, dif fered widely from this, and her action defeated the whole purpose of the com bination. She proposed an immediate revolution of the Government, a new Constitution, a new party, a new plat form that should cover every extreme political and social is-uo, and all to be crowned with herself for President. This plan was precipitated on the Conven tion, which had been called for the con sideration of the initiatory steps in the formation of a People's Party, and dis solved in the twinkling of au eye the elements that Mrs. Woodhull, on the one side, and Mrs. Stanton, on the other, had been trying for months to bring to gether. The result was the withdrawal of Mrs. Woodhull's forces to Appollo Hall, leaving the National Woman's Suflrage Association to conduct its de- noeiauon in its own way in Steinway Wall. ,w r ., AnU,0y was elected Presi dent or tlie Asociation for the comimr year, and is m,, OIWIn,1l" vitations to the ablest women In the old world and the new for the next annual meeting here, it to hoped that wha was proposed for this Convention um bo consummated in the next. Our ablest women will select subjects oecupyinc public thought, such as our statm and philosophers are considerinir n- pare themselves throughly and make a clear presentation of the results of thei research, in what might bo properly called a Congress or women. This would be a grand educational work for woman, and help to fit her for the gave responsl bilities that must be hers as a citizen of the I 'lifted Sltiles. Such, in brier, is the present result or the National Convention. But we have yet other work to do. Before starting I for the West, and after holding a series of meetings in New York, Brooklyn and Boston of all of which you shall be duly apprised I shall go to the Phil adelphia and Baltimore Conventions in company with many other leaders in the movement, and it is possible that we shall yet get the first principles of the Declaration of Independence iu some platform of some organized party. If not, now that Woodhull and her in fatuated followers have sloughed and run off from the legitimate work of Woman Suflrage and National Itefomi, we shall have opportunity to work, un trammeled by the extreme views of avowed free loveists and the ignorant marauds of rabid Internationals. A. J. D. Nkw York, May 13th, 1S72. EDITORIAL JOTTINGS FBOM THE EAST. Tkn-aflv, New Jersey, May 12, 1S72. Dkar New Northwest: Sitting here, at the desk of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her grand, quiet home in' "the blue hills of Jersey," I seize my pen to write of some of the many vicis situdes of my life In the last fortnight. I reached New York on the morning of Friday, May JOth, one day after the opening of the Convention at Steinway Hall. On Thursday I had procured a conv of the New York Tribune, in which I saw an advertisement stating that the "Convention of Radical Reformers had adjourned froinSleinway to Apollo Hall and would meet on Friday and Satur- dav the 10th and 11th." On repairing to the hall, saw large posters announc ing the object of the meeting. Found about two hundred men anil women in the hall, one or two gray-haired Bohe mians at the reporter's table, an empty platform above them, and not one fa miliar face. Asked the handsomest of the gray-haired reporters where Susan B. Anthony was. He "didn't know." Asked t'other fellow for Elizabeth Cady Stanton. "Didn't know." Asked a be nevolent appearing old lady, with deep furrows on her face, the same questions. Kindly and promptly she explained that the National Convention was yet in Steinway Hall, and this was the 'Bolting Convention." "Ah, I see! A roic, cli?" "Not just that, but a division." j the reporters table besule a nervous, "What! Can't you all work .together?" , fidgety doctor, who was plethoric with "Wc ought to, but it seems" we can't." a huge resolution. "Well, I'll go over to Stcinway Hall "Who is that villainous, great fellow, and see what's the matter." with a red face, neck like Hercules, and Was there in five minutes. A small eyes like a salmon's, sitting there tak boy met me at the door with a "dodger," ing notes?" I asked, on which was printed the words : "Con- "That's tho reporter for the New York vention adjourned to Apollo Hall. Vic- j World," was the reply, toria C. Woodhull and other eminent" j "And who is that man with iron-gray and so on. A large group of ladies J side locks, narrow skull, pop eyes and were standing at the door, wondering whether to believe the" boy with the dodgers or mount the stairs. I told them to come on. They followed. Perhaps five hundred men and women were seated near the platform, while upon it, reading a letter from Elizabeth Avery Merriwcalher, of Tennessee, stood Isa bella Beecher Hooker, and occupying the Chair was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the venerable, and by her side Susan B. Anthony, the irrepressible. Mrs.Brink erholl, of Michigan, occupied a conspic uous position. Laura Deforce Gordon, of California, was seated by her side, and Jane Graham Jones, or Chicago, near her. Also Miss Kate Stanton, or Rhode Island, Mrs. Lillie Devercux Blake, Matilda F. Weudt, editor or the German A'cw Era, and many others whom, in the hurry and confusion occa sioned by my unexpected advent, I railed to remember. I shook my finger at Miss Anthony as I went up the aisle, and she and Mrs. Gordon left the platform and repaired to the ante-room, followed at Intervals by the other dignitaries, until wc began to fear that my advent would interfere with the business of the meeting. So I was led upon the platform, introduced to the President, and after a short, able and eloquent address to the' audience by her, was introduced, and.tired, exhaust ed and travel-soiled as I was, made an extemporaneous address or which I re member nothing farther than that it brought around me a perfect throng or smiling, tearful, enthusiastic friends, whose sympathy and congratulations made my head swim, and my heart throb until I felt that my emotions would choke me. As in other and more carefully pre pared articles I shall givo a history of the proceedings of the Association, I shall not here go into detail. At the evening, session, after several eminent ladies had spoken, I was intro duced and spoke but fifteen minutes, promising an Oregonian protracted meeting next week, which Idea "took" immensely; and then, seeing there was no political work upon the tapis, I re paired with Mrs. Belva Lockwood, of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Curtis, the California farmer, to Apollo Hall to get a glimpse behind the scenes. Victoria had finished her speech. There was a noisy, enthusiastic crowd iu the hall. In the aute-room to which Mrs. Lock wood led me were Moses Hull, Stephen Pearl Andrews, Laura Cuppy Smith, Tennie C. Claflin, Col. Blood, and prom inent among them all, Woodhull the Victorious, in a furbelowed suit of black, and high hat with broad ribbons, her beautiful face shining with a deep hec tic, her eyes fairly starting from their sockets, and her nervous organism in a state of unnatural and evidently un healthy enthusiasm. With much eclat X was introduced to the "Presidential nominee of the Equal Rights parly," and, having an eye to huhiness, spoke then aud there for the position or Secretary or War during her Adminlstration-at which she smiled benignly, but I am not sure that the or fice was promlbed. Said I, "Do you have any Idea that this thing will succeed?" Said she, "Of course I do. A legion or spirits are back or it. i knew hJx months ago that it would terminate iu this way. But what do you think of Fred Douglas for Vico President?" she asked abruptly. "I think he's splendid!" I answered heartily, and then there being but one step from the sublime to tho ridiculous I could scarcely help adding, "Go the whole hog or none!" But you know it would have been a pity to mar my over eagerness by bueh an exclamation. Mrs. Woodhull spoke freely or the abuse and misrepresentations of which she had been and is yet the victim, but says these persecutions have purified her, and that they would not have been allowed by her spirit guides if they had not been needed. She is a woman of ex cccdingly flue form anil presence, and possesses a sort of magnetic power over the ignorant rabble who flock to her standard. It is not surprising that her winning ways and matchless conversa tional powers hold wild sway over mem hers of Congress and other notables. Next I was introduced to Col. Blood, who was excessively glad to see the edi tor of the New Noktiiwest, whose pa per he said was, without a doubt, the spiciest and raciest publication in the United States. Returned the compll ment by praising the undisputed ability of Woodhull ami Claflin's Weekly, at which its evident though unacknowl edgedhead smiled radiantly. Was urged to take a seat on the plat form. Respectfully declined. MetTennieC. Claflin. She is not so beautiful and refined as her sister, gives unmistakable evidence of Irish origin and "lops" from one side to the other very much as she walks, somewhat like a corpulent Jewess; but she is pleasant and amiable, and If I could believe her pure in morals, I should really like her. As it is, I like her just as well as any man whom I unwillingly suspect of un mentionable peccadilloes. At 9 A. M. on Saturday I repaired to the Westmoreland hotel, where Stan ton, Hooker, Anthony and Jones were domiciled, and it was decided that I should accompany Mary F. Davis, wife of the renowned Andrew Jackson, to Apollo Hall. Mrs. Davis, who takes no stock in the woman-negro nomination, took a scat in the gallery i and I, bent upon discov eries, but otherwise agreeing with her, stepped forwanl and seated myself near black eye-glasses sitting besido him?" "Oh, lie's reporter for the Tribune." "And that sort-looking fellow, with pouting Hps and feebly sprouting mous tache who's he?" "Reporter for the ihi." "And that florid-faced follow, with a bushy head and great, club-like hands whose reporter is he, pray?" "He's not on the regular line. He's a rat. Reports for the Star or any other hungry sheet that will employ him." "But why don't newspaper men em ploy reporters or at least average abil ity? These men can't comprehend an idea." "Men or brains wouldn't do reporter's duty for such wages as the daily press arc willing to give." "I see." Mrs. Belva Lockwood read a well pre pared aud logical discourse on the legal status of women. Wish every woman iu the land would read it. It is to be printed in Woodhull's paper. Saw Laura DeForce Gordon sitting in the back of the hall, and, curiosity be ing satisfied, joined her and Mrs. Davis, and was introduced to Andrew Jackson Davis and Col. Fox, or Chicago, editor or the Present Aac, a Spiritual paper. "What do you think or all this?" asked Andrew. "I don't know what yon think," T an swered, "but think it's a consummate raree." "I think so too," he replied, "or I should be on the platform among the workers." "So should I," said Laura. "And I," continued the Colonel "So the Spiritualists are divided, I see," commented I. "Yes," said Laura; "poor Vicky is crazy. Like George Francis Train, she's making a fool or herself. I'm sorry, for she's done much for Woman Suflrage in the way or violent agitation, but the idea that a woman, herself not a voter, and not eligible to tlie office on account of her youth and foreign birth, to say nothing of her sex, imagining that she is on the immediate road to the White House is perfectly absurd." But I am forgetting the more import ant matters or our own legitimate work, or which I must prepare fall details. Intend calling on Horace Greeley to morrow. Will write again in a few days. A. J. D. OUB POLITICS. The Lafayette Courier says we are "opiwsed to the Democracy." The writer intends to convey the idea, we suppose, that we favor the Republican party. For about the thousandth time wc assure him and everybody else that we are perfectly independent in politics. Wc are just as much Democrat as Re publican, and vice vena, for we do not and will not belong to either organiza tion. WHEBE THETOAH BE HAD. A week or two ago wc inquired where some copies of Mrs. Victor's work, "All OverOregonandWashingtoiiTcrritory" could be obtained. Williams & Myers, 93 Front St., have a quantity of the books on hand. So none need go without. CALL For a Pacific Slope Woman Suffrage Con vention. ' To the friend, of Woman Suffrage re- ?.iir,o. i . c, ,i 'ivrr tor cs or . . - . the Piciflc Slope- 1 Impressed with the very great import- .. .1 auce of securing the ballot for Woman, f as an eflicicut instrumentality in her l..,.iini w industrial and od- ueation.il. rnnml nd social condition, ninl nt Hin oomn timo t nhtain for the i rcfinlng and purifying presence and in fluence, that the debasing, demoralizing and corrupting tendencies of party politics may be arrested, and legislative, judicial and executlvo integrity, estab lished: and feeling that the time has arrived, and tho cause attained such a sulfation, mutual understanding and organization, and for the adoption of a plan for future operations, that there may be a oneness of purpose and har mony of actlou throughout the entire coast, with a view of securing such local and national legislation as shall be deemed necessary to secure the results desired and iu furtherance also or a desir expressed by tho Pacific Slope Woman Suflrage Convention held in San Francisco the ICth, 17th, 18th and 19th or Mav. 1871. that the Boanl or Control call a Convention in 1S72, the members or the said Board or Control therefore, officers or the California State Woman Suffratro Association, and others whose names are hereunto an- nexed, unite in invltim: the friends of woman's political enfranchisement in all the States and Territories of the Pacific Slope, to meet in Convention In Mercau- tile Llhrary Hall, Bush street, between Montgomery and Sansome, in tho city or San Francisco, California, on Tuesday the ISth or June proximo, ISTii, com mencing at ten o'clock a. sr., to remain iu session three days, or longer IT the oc casion shall require. Woman Suflrage Societies all over the coast are respectfully requested to send delegates: and individuals favorable to tho objects which this Convention Is designed to promote, residing in locali- ties where no working organization exists, or existing fails to commission I a representation, are earnestly invited to l. ,.r.,,t. n.,,1 ivrftoinaln ill its pro- ccedincs. Distinguished advocates of Woman Suffrage, botti in tue l'acitic ana tue Atlantic States, have been invited to be present to assist in its deliberations. Signed by Hon. John A. Collins, Presi- dent or the Boanl or Control, and the various officers. Also by Mrs. C. M. Palmer, President or tho California Woman Suflrage Association and the various officers. The undersigned unite with the Board or Control and officers of the California State Woman Suflrage Association in the above call for a Pacific Slope Woman Suflrage Association : Hon. . Nevada co. ; Hon. C. B. Denio, Solauo co.; Mrs. -h. b. bargent, Nevada co.; Hon. T. G. Phelps, San Mateo co.; Mrs. Thorndikc Newman, San Bernardino co.; Mrs. Angle S. Dcuio, Vallejo; Hon. J. W. North, Riverside Colony, S. Cal.; Mrs. J. W. North, Riverside Colony, S. Cal. ; Judge Palmer, Nevada co. ; Mrs. II. F. M. Brown, San Diego; Hon. M. M. Shafter, Marin co.; Hon. J. A. Camp-1 bell, Gov. Wyoming Territory; Hon. J. W. Kingman, Associate Justice U. S. Court, AVyoming Territory; Hon. S. M. Bonucfieid, Virginia City, Nev.; Hon. T. V. Julian, Winnemucca, Nov.; Hon. D. li. Hastings, Silver City, Nev. ; Mr. Geo. W. Fox, Battle Mountain, Nev. Mr. C. W. Tappan, Salt Lake City, TJ. T.; Mrs. Mary Godbo, Salt Lake City, U. T. ; Hon. John Helmsly, Idaho Tor- ritory; Hon. John E. Benton, Alameda co.; .airs. a. j. juuniway, i'ortland, Ore gon ; Mrs. Rosina A. Dupee, East Port land, Oregon ; Hon. CS. W. Lawson, Sa lem, Oregon ; Hon. C. A. Reed, Salem, Oregon; Mrs. M. F. Cook, Larayctte, Oregon; Mrs. A. M. Martin, Lafayette, Oregon; Mr. Ashby Pearce, Albany, Or egon ; Mrs. Ruth Scott, Forest Grove, Oregou; Mrs. H. L. McCord, Seattle, W. Mrs. Virginia Mix, Walla Walla, W. T. THE ALABAMA TBEATY. The Washington Administration, not- withstandiiig the bold front it first pre sented In regard to the Alabama Claims, appears to be backing down. The claim for indirect damages Is to be indirectly withdrawn by a supplementary treat. This is a decidedly humiliating piece of business, to say the least of it. Tho roar of the British Lion has scared the mericati Eagle-degenerate bird!-for once COMPLIMEHTAEY. A Republican paper up the valley says that Mr. O'Meara's knowlcdtic of the tricks or the Democracy In the past ena bles him to expose them, etc. Rather a questionable compliment that, consider ing that Mr. O'Meara's polities up to a late date were Democratic But what ir the Democracy were to expose Mr. O'Meara's tricus in me past, to say nothing or the present? GIVE US A0HANGE. Friend I'pton, or the Lafayette Courier, has "Investigating Report" on the brain Every number of his paper comes to us nearly filled up with it. But then wc suppose he is short of "copy," and must have something to print. We will send him a "Pub. Doc" ir he desires it, so that he can give his readers a change once in a while. WOMEN LN00LLEOES. Women are now admitted to fifty col leges in America. A gratifying result when compared with the action of these educational institutions a few years nince. ElrVTrtasci;ifS bfiir "horn I- nTvitel a Republican SSSlSKSSi nth Amendments or the Constitu- ticket, while honest, since, members PLATfORSl. Ui- THE WOMAN SUP- TRAfVP. PATJTV luo ionowmg is uio platform pre- be -m r . - i . "3 "V '. " auy "- tAn in Tim vv tininti'o wn rmnA i i "" " ""'""s -tuawia- wo women ciLizens in tim tt..:.ii - .,, V,: ' " . ' T " . . . ,0,," BV"1" -un,, l0.JUst gov- e"im. ! . ... . ... "erecoguize me equality 01 ail .be- a ofGovernmentlnlts dealings with the people to mete out equal and exact jus- tico to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, sex or persuasion, religious or io- litical. We pledge ourselves to maintain the union of the States, and to oppose rranchised the slaves and the women or the nation. 3. We demand the immediate and ah- solute removal or all disabilities now imposed on rebels and women, believ ing that universal suflrage nml universal amnenty will result in complete purili- catlon in the family, and in all sections of the country. 4. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with the public order, for the State self-government, and for the nation adherence to the methods or peace, and the constitutional limitations or power. . We demand a thorough civil scr- vice reform as one or the pressing neces- sitles of the hour. Honesty, capacity rand fidelity, without distinction of sex, should constitute the only valid claim to public employment. The first .step In this reform is the one-term principle, and the election or President, Viee-Prcs- ident and United States Senators by the whole people. C. We afllrm that no form of taxation Is just or wise which puts bunions upon the people by means of duties intended to Increase the price of domestic pro- ducts, and which are unnecessary for purposes of revenue. Taxes should not he laid on the necessaries, but upon the luxuries or life, that the rich and not the poor may bear the burdens. 7. The highest consideration of com- merciai morality and Honest govern- ment reouires a thorou"Ii reform of tl.o present financial system. The intereLs I of the people demand a cheap, sound, uniiorro, abundant, and elastic cur- rency, to be a permanent measure of value, based on the wealth or the na tion. This will be found in the Issue or currency, or certificates or value by the Government for all duties, taxes and imposts whatever, which shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private; such currency to be the lawful money of the United States, and convertible at . , , , . the option of the holder into Govern ment bonds, bearing a rate or interest not exceeding 3 per cent, and to be re- convertable Into currcucy at the will or tho holder. 8. We remember with gratitude the heroism and sacrifices or tlie wives, sis ters and mothers throughout this Re- public in the late war; the grand sani tary work they did in the hospitals, on the battle-field, and in eatherintr in the harvests at home, have justly earned for the women or the country the generous recognition or all their political rights by every truo American statesman 0. Wo aro opposed to all grants or land to railroads or other corporations. Tlie public domain should be held sa cred to actual settlers, so that home steads can be secured to every man and woman. 10. We believe in the principles or the referendum, minority representation, and a justsj-stem or graduated taxation. 11. It is the duty or Government to regard children and criminals as wards or the State; to secure to the one the best advantages of education, and for tho other more humane legislation and better methods or reform. 12. We hold it is the duty or the Gov ernment, in its intercourse with foreign countries, to cultivate the friendships of peace, by treating with all on just and equal terms, and by insisting on tlie set tlement or all differences by a congress or nations. 13. For the promotion or these vital principles, and the establishment or a party based on them, wc invite the co- operation or all "citizens," without dis- tinction of race, color, sex, nationality or previous political affiliations. PBESIDENTIAL PBOSPEOTS. . The Presidential campaign seems rap idly narrowing down to a contest be tween Greeley and Grant. Of course 8UC result depends entirely upon the I f 1 1 . . T-V I". I , i . . i-uuiM.- ui iuu wniucnicy, .tmiouiu uree- ley be the only candidate against Grant, a itepuoncan victory will be by no means certain. THE L00KS. The voters or Oregon should see to it next Monday that legislators are elected who will show no favors to the present canal and locks ring, but require them to fulfill their contract In good faith The contest is between the Grover and Holladay rings, and both should be checkmated. THE TONE 0FTHE PBESS. How mild the partisan press of the State Is lust now in its tone! Such en dearing epithets as "liar," "scoundrel," "perjurer," "villain," "thief," etc., are about tho most gentlest words known Somebody guess he's not posted thinks the Oregou style is improving. CREDIT. The article entitled "A Gondola Ride iu Venice," which appeared in our col umns a few weeks since, should have been credited to the Ptcijic Journal of Healih. I ...... rt .nnnmtir nr flirt nllriQftmia unttl.l I IllrcI fil ttir. w.:l.....l . I . . . t r I linn, tviiiLit tjii.iiwi'iii..i .- .- I'tiuv. wmi i.i-iiuuueau returns ME. HOLL ADAY .AND. .THE PEOPT.T!. Iu another column of this miner will found an article in reference to Mr. uoiiatfay from the pen of one of the loremosi writers ami nereioiore strong- . . , , est Republicans In the State. Asa , .!,. . ..-, im-umroviTOuie biaitmiuui 01 me or the one-man power now threat- em"S Ule P"P' r Oregon it deserves the candid, impartial and honest-con MeraUon "f every voter who shall cast ballot on Monday next. It is well in this count v and oilers fo r.,rH.r tin. interests of Mr. Holladav and stifle a free expression of the opinion of the people. By a lavish use of corruntion funds and intimidation the primaries of me .siuitnoniah Republicans were car- ried by a horde or irresponsible crea- dating back to the days or Fremont and Day Ion, were denied a voice simply be- cause they refosed to bow the knee to the railroad king. Honest people or Multnomah county and or the State or Oregon, do you wish to see this man triumph over you iu your next Legisla ture? Do you wish to see him still ftirther possessed or power, which he only uses to benefit himself and over ride the will of the people? If not, there is oniy one remeay. Tiiat one remedy is to vote for candidates who will not do Mr. Holladay's bidding, and on whose ears the tinkle of his money will have no alluring sound. Not only do not vote for men who are opposed to him now, but who will continue opposed to him to the end, .spurning all his bribes and braving all his threats, Citizen", look to your interests. A VILE SLANDER. There H still another 1'ivslileiilnl ticket in tlie Held composed f a shameless proIliile And a m-gro, put In nomination by the Woman Suirrafi.!s , who met in New York a few days flince.nnd in whieh the Staleor Oregon was rep resented by an hliotlr female woman by the name of Dimiuay, who would lie of the same striW with Woodhull if she could Induce any man under the sun to notiee her as Woodhull in noticed, which sheennnot. KueeneGuard The above is a piece of malicious falsehood so far as it relates m any way to the editor of this paper, and as a spec imon of vulgarity and obscenity does not even find its peer in tiie licentious columns of the Day's Doings or Police J"ic"1' Ihmiuou on eiu.ur y Mi- 1 : i 1 of which papers would be just the thing for the sensual-minded editor, provided ho had brains and decency enough for tlie position. Had Mrs. Duniway been at home to defend herself the writer would not have dared to pen such a libel about her. Even though she be "an idiotic female woman," ho has a wholesale fear or her caustic pen, aud, cowanl-like, only hurls his shafts of vtinnr,,Hnn pninmnv n,i niwnnniti.- nf. , . ' , ,. 1 . J. I lid lillf 1IUM1U iiUU lilUIU HUM ilU 1111- agincs he is out of harm's way. Is il not a burning shame that such libelers upon truth aud humanity are tolerated in the communities in which they live? ANSWERS TO COBEESPONDENTS. J. 1). L., Oregon City: Accepted. Will appear next week. A. A. M., Olynipia: Yours of the 2-jth inst. received and attended to. Mrs. E. D., Nehaletu : Have not yet had time to find out all you wish to know, and will postponea fartheranswer until next week. C. F. Y.f Silver City, I. T.: Article re ceived and will appear in due time. D. N.,Saleni: Your article will appear in its "turn." MBS. OABBIE P. YOUNG. This lady is at present lecturing in Idaho on Temperance and Woman Suf rrage. Shoisan indefatigable worker, ;uid deserves success. An article from her lien will appear next week. It was unavoidably crowded out or this number. Mrs. Young's Pacific Journal of Health i .i -v- vmwtHiTor ...tit i. cm., and the :Nk oktii est will be scut to any address iu the United States on the receipt of $3 GO. As both should have a place in every home on the Pacific Slope, we hope to receive a large nuinlier or orders for them. MBS. DUNIWAY'S ADDEESS At present is 301 West 34th St., New York city, care Mrs. Dr. Lozier. Tiik Common Sciroou I believe in colleges and academies and select and high schools; but I would rather see all or them perisli than to sec the com mon school. I would Iain have the ' common school made so strong and so good, so large aud lunitnious, so fall of tlie marrow of good things, that they who dwell in the neighborhood of it, no matter how rich they may be, cannot allordtosend their children anywhere else. Make that which you do for com mon people better than that which can be done by select classes in the commu nity for themselves. They are are do ing this in Massachusetts, and especi ally in Boston. Make such provision for the education or the commonest peo ple that the richest uncommon people will come suppliantly and ask for their l. ,.!... .1... - i r MbAr;..4:.1.. uiuitiri-ii me priviu';t; ui jiariii;JXKiii"& in the advantagesor the common school. And keep it common. Bring every body to it, and let them learn each other's brotherhood. And thus society, begin ning and passing through the common school, will form sympathetic associa tions which will go on unfolding them selves afterward, and which will no more be forgotten by men than the wide-spreading branches of a tree forget the routs from which all their magnifi cence draws sustenance. U. i . JScccier. Tho wifo or a New York hleratcur thinks it is very nice to have an author for a husband. Whenever she reels rest less he reads her something lie lias written, and in a few minutes she is in a profound and refreshing slumber. In the electoral college of - 357 votes, this year, the foraicrdavchoIiUng States willliave 134 votes, the V, estern States 102, the New England and Middle States 100, aud tho Pacific States 12 votes. A Missouri husband obtained a divorce because his wifo insisted on naming the baby "Forney." ' i t - - , A "WayA of?Escape. FIT GAIL HAMILTON. There are physical and avoidable causes of nervous irritation which wo might be learned and call objective, in distinction from those which spring from personal infirmity, and which may be reckoned as subjective. But irrita tion and alienation are always painful, whether you can help them or whether you can not. Sharp words arc not sweet words, though your friend did not say them to wound you, but to relieve him self; and, if a little isolation, separation, self-protection, would prevent the men tal or nervous disturbance that breaks forth In these verbal irruptions, we are verny looiisii not to niaKe m ourseinsn ness a fine art. A young man and maiden fall very sincerely and profoundly in love with eacn otner, and, in tue suuuen impulse of seir-surrreuiler, think they never can oe suiiiciemiy one. wnen leanuer stands waiting till Hero has quenched uer inirst, tnat he may nave tne devout and solemn joy of drinking from tho glass her lips have touched, it is a suffi ciently innocent thing. When they go to ciiureli and sit together, and conspic uously flourish the same pocket-handkerchief, the carping observer may sug gest that their aflectlon borders upon tlie obtrusive; still there is no harm done. But when tbov aro married: when they have establibhed themselves as housekeepers; when the novelty is gone, and they are brought down to the granite rock of character woe is me ir tliey Have not elected to distinguish be- iMtcu mine aim mine. .Sot tliat love must.be evatio&cont, or that housekeep ing is Us sworn foe, but oneness is chiefly of the spirit. Tlie twonre one in heart, in purpose, In taste, in iuterest, but in clothes and closets and bureau drawers they are two. In the common place of life they are jus' as dual as if there had been no unity, and it ia by strict obedience to tlie law or common place that life is lifted out of the spliero of commonplace. After a year or two, I suppose, Leander never dreams of drink ing from If ero's glass. If he uses it, ho does it without dreaming, because there is no other near. It it not that he loves Hero less, but he is firmly and in a thousand ways conscious of her nearness and her love, and in a thousand ways has assured her, and in a thousand ways has perfect freedom to assure her, of his devotion, and therefore needs no pres sure of the unconscious glass to testify. But if two or three times, at the mo ment of tooth-brushing, his toilette-cup is absent from its place, the whilom sen timental swimmer lifts up a great and bitter cry to know where in the world that cup is always going to, aud why does lie liave to run all over the house (masculine for stepping across the room) every time he wants to brusli his teeth? Aud Hero's heart is broken, for it was she who took it for the unstiflcning of her two crisp laces, and swiftly she flies for the missiii"- cun. as intcutas lie when he crossed his Hellespont. But why 1 are not sucii little skirmishes prevented b" "'Ple expedient of a double set absoiutc ownership a'nd independence? j Oneness of spirit is so powerfully served , by twoness ot loouing-giasses: "un, my ! u;ar-" ro' .!ji?r to,he " zuv ui uci aiuuuiu .mil &1HJL1U&3 iniycric, rutnicssiy tumuieu uy Lanuer's re morseless hand roving around the drawer for a fresh handkerchief. But is there anything in the Vuioii as it was, or tho i Constitution as it is, which makes the marriago vow less binding, unless Lean- dor's slight and savage impedimenta be superimposed upon tlie elaborate gros samer finery of Hero's more advanced civilization? Why not devote some humble corner or the bureau, or perhaps tho whole or the washstand drawer, to his exclusivo use, and teach him that he meddle with any other locality at the peril or his lifo? Only wealth can .fur nish a separate suite of rooms to each member of the family, but a very little foresight and thrift, combined with strong self-respect and delicacy of per ception, canallot to every oneanamount of individual ownership and control suf ficient to keep the peace, permit Chris tian developments, and minister won derfully to calmness and happiness. In a novel which I rend long ago, a young wife, in a domestic emergency, rushed into her husband's library with out knocking, and, indeed, without thinking, anil was shocked a day or two after, to find tlie key turned upon her. Of course the man was a prig; but she had married him, and the discovery came too late, and, after all, came to mo alone, I believe, and not to her. Besides, she was convinced that in his heart he loved her, although he had committed the horror of locking tlie door against her. But she was a wise woman, and instead of making an ado about it, she said nothing, but went quietly to work ' ali proved li'erseir not only so fond and I faithful, but so discreet aud efficient a ' wife, that she took the fortress bv storm. Tlic husband not only unlocked his door, .. T ,, iZ.ararr imir books, ink, library, and all, into her dressing-room, and no doubt made her life a burden by being perpetually un der foot, though that is not recorded in history. At any rate, lie opened wide all the doors of his heart, and took her forever and completely into his most in ner confidence. And of such istheking dom of Heaven. One would not insert in the marriage contract a clause that young wivca should knock at the door or their hus bands' libraries before they enter on pen alty or being locked out; but there is more danger that Impulsia Gushingtou will rush in too unreservedly than that she will approach ' too formally; and it ble that husbands and wives should not have their library or boudoir, or some nttlo nronhet's chamber on the wall. : where they can command an inviolable solitude. No nature is strong and sweet that docs not sometimes crave, and none can be satisfied without securing, easily and at will, an absoiutc seclusion. There aro preachers or a new gospel who maintain that it is the per sonal pronouns winch make all tho trouble in the world. But iHo me were instructed the commission of securing to life all the sweetness and sanctity of which it is capable, I would far sooner abolish the world than abolish its per sonal pronouns. The joy of givingmust lie proceeded by tlie joy of owning. There is no pleasure in community that' does not spring from spontaneity. He belongs most benignly to others who beloiiKS most completely to himself. Hater's Jlazar. There are two words in tlie Enirlish language which are the cause of more annoyance to newspaper writers than all other words combined. These words are "stratcKic" and "impostor." The ablest or compositors and proor readers have strtiEcled with them in vain. "Strategic" is sure to conic out in print "stracetic." and "impostor" almost in variably confronts the reader in this shape, "iniposler." There are several other words, such as "lose," "bouquet" and "biscuit,71 which get into print in lantasiic shapes, but their transiorma tions are not to be compared with the ravages committed on "strategic" and "impostor." If every typo in the country would raise money enough to procure a copy of these wonls in a cor rect form, and then paste them in his hat, he would be doing himself and his country a service. Eahtnye.