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Newspaper Page Textts FRIDAY. JULY 2G, 1S72. 6EANT AND WILSON. FOR rRKSIUKNT. T. S. GKAXT; IX) It VICE rKCfil IEST, HENItY WILSON. "While it is true tbat the great major ity of the women of America did uot get the man of their choice as nomi nee for Presidential honors in the com ing Republican campaign, it is also true that they have not the ghost of a show for political freedom in any other party. "We have not not been wan tins in cour teous overtures of amnesty toward our Liberal Republican, but really illiberal Democratic brethren, who have swal lowed Greeley whole, taken possession of Ids citadel and hoisted him at the end of their banner, from whence he looks down upon them with a self-com placent grimace, as much as to say : "What an honcel Democrat I am ! And when the rebel horde get mc for President, won't I get my pay with usury for all the abuse they heaped upon me in the days of their pet insti tution, aforeryf Isn't it a jolly joke that they, of all men in the world, are foist ing me into power? Of course I'll have to jtromise them onice and all that they wouldn't vote for me if I didn't. Rut then I'm such an honest man that I can clrango my mind or my policy wnen j piease. wneu 1 go uacii on my well-established principles and de clare, in spite 01 records, mat l was never other than a steadfast Democrat you know they will believe me. Oh it's better to have a name for honesty than than anything but the Presi dent's chair!" 0 temjtora, O more.' Now, women of Oregon, let me say to you, gird on your political armor! Old party ties are as nothing. "We hav hadageueral political upheaval. Grant a reformed, reclaimed, victorious Dcnv oerat, at the head of the Republican party, with a plank in his platform upon which the women of America can stand and sip unsalted water gruel the only political sustenance ever yet offered them by any party and Greeley, a renegade Republican, who has bartered his birthright for a mess of pottago (which he wiii never get), as leader of the Democratic cohorts, are in the field to-day, and to one or the other must descend the Presidential toga. The Re publican party declares that our "de mand for additional richls shall be treated with respectful consideration," General Grant has done more for worn en than any former President, and "Wil son (uot our Joe) says (list "woman's claim to the ballot shall le respected," while Greeley thinks it will be his duty to turn every half-paid woman out of office when he gets in and that Heav en has commissioned him to proscribe all women, and Rrown can't see a won an in a Liberal Convention when she presents herself as a delegate. AVoman Suffragists of Oregon ! noble men and women who work for princi ple! two Presidential evils are before you. "Which do you consider the least? I respectfully urge the women every where to form Grant and "Wilson club. Beeomo political manager, dear, dis franchised friends, and wlien the poli ticians learn your real value, depend upon it, they will appreciate you. To-day, at the head of this column, I raise th banner of Grant and "Wilson, and while, as usual, holding an inde pendent position, with the right to think, speak ami act for myself, I shall work till this campaign is over to de foal Horace Greeley and sexual suf frage. And It is u consoling relleclion that tlie Republican party has taken V. S. Grant from tlte depth and mire of Democratic demoralization and made a decent President of him. 11 is also pleasant to remember that 0r proud flat; floats ovr bnive defender. And or I'lywes ne'er surrenders. A. J. Duxnv.vv. THE BALTIMORE IIASCO. Some Democrats who are in favor of AVoman Suffrage do not like the stand taken by such leaders as Miss Anthonv, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. Gordon, and others, ant! such papers as the Woman's Journal, Pioneer and Xew Xokthwest, in favor of the Re publican parly. Had the (so-called) Liberal candidate for President been a wide-awake, thorough-going Progres sionist, running upon an equal rights Platform, there is no doubt but that lie would have commandsd the support n,nw SulrraBit throughout the land. But from first to last the Lib erals ignored the demands of women Then came the Pl,llaUt4plliae0U;i tiou.and although it did not do much :sr u s Baltimore was now the last chance for an unconditional, uneomproniHmr demand for equal suflrage. AVith a demand iu their platform the Demo crats would have placed themselves on record as the progressive party of the country, aud thereby infused new lire into their then decaying aud now dead organization. But, alas, the leaders saw it not. The Convention was sim ply an echo of Cincinnati. To show conclusively, however, that AVoman Suflragists need expect nothing from I the Liberal Republican-Democratic coalition, wc give the following resolu tions which were Introduced at the Bal timore fiasco on behalf of the Woman Suffrage Democrats and were referred the Committee on Platform, but were not allowed to come before the Convention: Jiceolred. That accenting llm Pnnstl- tution as it is. with tho Kniirfr-enth Amendment declaring all persons born or naturalized in the United States, sub ject to the Jurisdiction thereof, citizens. aim concurring in tne opinion or Juuge Taney that a citizen is oue who has entire equality of nrivilcires. civil and I . . . . - . luiuicai, va are logically eompeneu 10 .muni, inai women, oeing citizens, un possessed or the right to vote anil enti tled to national protection in the exer cise thereof. Also the following: Democrats who believe that officers should be encouraged to register the names and receive the votes of women citizens equally with men, leaving the question of the legality of such voters to the decision of the Iiecislatures of the several States, respectfully ask the adoption of the following resolution by the National Democratic Convention : Jlemlvcd. That the Democratic party. true to its name and oriciual purpose of recognizing the sovereignty of the ! I r - . , . ifi,. . uiuiviuuai, dues nuw cunuaiiy uiviie the sympathy, labor and votes of all citizens of the United States, irrespec tive of sex, color or condition, and pledges itself to the protection of women citizens at the ballot box equally with men. The Republican parly is the only one which AVoman Suffragists can consist ently support in this Presidential elec tion. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Sax Francisco, July 20th, 1S72. Drak New Xortjiwiwt : Leaving Salt Lake City, from which place I last addressed you, after having lectured in Brigham Young's Temple to the Mormon faithful, for which I ex pect my man's rights brethren to be consistent and accuse mc of espousing Mormon doctrine, I hied mc onward to this Golden City by the sea, where for one week I have been diligently en gaged in necessary preparation to fling my banner to the breeze for Graut and Wilson, as the nearest exponents in the present political field of the doctrine of equal rights, humanity and progres sion. I was last night greeted by an im mense audience, a fine band of music and any amount of enthusiasm at Piatt's Hall, where I spoke for nearly two hours upon "What I know about politics and Horace Greeley." I hoped to get off to-day on the steam- cr for home, but business which do - nvmds inv iwrsonal attention prevents. and I must remain a few days longer. I am spoiling for the chances of the Presidential row, and must work out mv mission. Tlie chances are that I shall come back to California to stump the State, but will give Oregon the preference if desired. A. J. I). "Joaquin" Miller's latest poem, the "Isles of the Amazons," will com- mencc publication in the September number of the Overland Monthly. This . . . . . inn ill 11 iriliLilit ia i a l.l sr ra a v v i inm inoul In- Tin urnnr o nr 4 w of the Orerland at the rate or $1 50 per line. Most anybody could afford to write "moonshine" at that price. A new flood of nonsense about rolling over and over iu fields of clover and meeting an Indian lover and a straying rover down by the river's brink and over in the waving clover, interspersed witli red kino, brown hands, white palms, golden sands and homed moons llke surly brutes rushing down mountain sides, may be expected. "Sich is fame!" Speaking of the low wages paid to women, Here is tne statement oi a uos ton working-girl : "I can relate a case of a linen suit, all be-llounced and lluted, with oversklrt :imlf(C7e to match, made for the stun of sixty-two cents, and it took two days' steady wonc." Upon this tho Boston InvcMiyator well remarks: "Ministers nreach much airainst the 'social evil,' which will probably con tinue while women are obliged to work for thirty-one cents a day, and out of this sum pay rent, provisions, clothing, etc." Is it any wonder that a few of the vast number of oppressed laboring women go atray? Elsewhere will be found a poetic gem, entitled "Memories." Mr. Maybell, the author, may well be proud of this, his latest production. It is above criticism. There are but few to whom the simple yet eloquent words and fond memories will not come home with thrilling ef fect. Beyond all question this poem shov3 the author to be possessed or jw etical talent of the highest order. Read and judge for yourselves. By the way, remember that Mr. May bell gives a lecture and readings to night at the Masonic Hall. Laura DeForce Gordon is making herself famous in the liist as an ea nest and eloquent pleader for the cause of Human Rights. Mauy nattering no tices of her speeches have been pub lished in prominent Eastern papers, and it is predicted of her that she will yet rival tlie hitherto peerless Eliza beth Cady Stanton on the rostrum. AVe heartily congratulate Laura on her de served and well-earned euconiuuis. Long may she live to do battle for the right. "The AVoodhull" won't exchange her paper with ours any more. AVe reel bad. Ditto "Tillon, the timorous." AVe weep! A colored man has been elected Bish op or the M. E. church. Querv: AVhv may ot a woman fill the same iwsi- tiou. bel,ecla has Grant. Greeley, Mill supports LETTER PEOM LAURA GORDON. DcIOROE WOMAN SCFrCAUK IN 1-lINNSVt.VANIA IIEVCB- I.ICAN I'LATroilM AND irS roUBTEKNTII 'SM.INTIUI" MEETING AT LONG WOOD VISIT to onriiANs' iioMi:, xenia, oiiio kh bal timori:. Leaving New York the same morn ing that tlte editor of the New North west left there for the Boston AVoman Suffrage Convention, a ride of eight hours over the reuusvlvania Central Railroad brought me to Huntington, Pennsylvania, a thriving, pleasantly situated town iu. the Alleghany Moun tains. Owing to delay of letters and failure of telegrams (which are vexa ciously common, by the way), much doubt prevailed in regard to the an nounced meeting, until our arrival at eight o'clock removed it, and about a hundred earnest and Intelligent men aud women gathered in the hall to hear for the first time a lecture upon AVoman Suffrage. Philipsburg, one of the most thriving and pleasant villages in all that roman tic aud picturesque region, is located on the side of a mountain in the Alleghany range at an altitude of about two ihnns- aud feet. The people are healthy, men tally vigorous and decidedly progres sive A large audience was in attend ance upon the lecture. From Philipsburg to Osceola and Charfield pleasant little towns like Philipsburg, and situated in the moun tains on a branch of the 1'ennsvlvania Railroad where we lectured one even ing at eacli place, and met with encour aging success, considering the iguorance or the people in'all that section of coun try upon the AVoman Question. Sub scribers to the New Northwest were obtained in each of the above places. which would prove that the interest awakened by our pioneer lectures was not inconsiderable. All that is needed to be done iu Penn sylvania in order to secure to woman the right to vote is the thorough can vassing of the State by some good lec turer, prepared with arguments and printed documents to rouse the people up to a consideration of the question be- fore the State Constitutional Conven-' tiou, which takes place sometime the coming fall, convenes, of which fact not many of those we conversed with upon the subject seemed to be informed, so little interest in political matters is felt uy me masses oi voters. Returned to Philadelphia in tune to . attend tlie National Kepuulieuii um- , veiition. Found our noble advocate, j feusan is. Alimony, ine oniy oue oi mc ! large delegation or tattles expected ' there, on the ground aud ready for work. Of course that noble and unlir- ing worker required little assistance, except from men who were members of j Weebfoot girl), still I have never seen a the Convention, which Miss A. easily .savage Indian yet. AVhy is this, if they secured the first day in the person ofjaro so plentiful as our friend seems to Mr. Henry B. Blackwell, of Boston, j think? who presented our request to the Com- j Out here our land is better, and our nnttee on Platform, which was nar- rowed down to the negative recognition of our rights contained In the 14th I'htnk-or "splinter" is more appropri A !.,. ...: 1 .l I JJiuiiv, J limsiiiaiiiii, i ini v-i. . I ! few days very pleaantly with some friends known years ago as advocates or all that pertains to Human Rights, aud who still remain true thereto. Lectured here one evening to good audience. Again journeying eastward, in re sponse to an invitation from friends in Philadelphia, to attend the yearly meet ing of Progressive Friends at Txmgwood, Pennsylvania, we had a "feast of rea- the! son," and a season or social and Intel ' lectual enjoyment was entered upon and continued unabated through three days. The record or these annual meetings ex tends through two decades, giving evi dence or the devotion or noble men and women to the great principles or Hu man Progress and Equal Rights. It would be difficult to find as large a pro portion of young men and women In any similar society in tlie country as are to be found in this faithful laml of earnest workers. At this, as at all pre vious meetings, tlie Friends gave their "testimony" iu favor of Peace, Temper ance, AVoman Suflrage, etc., and excel lent shaking characterized the discus sions. Mrs. Livermore, of Boston, who was the officially invited speaker for tliis year (it being their custom to spe cially invite one lecturer for each an nual gathering), was most interesting and entertaining in her remarks. She prefaced her fine lecture on AVoman Suf frage with the facetious remark that to talk to the people there assembled in fa vor or Woman Suffrage was like taking coals to Newcastle, .since it would be but repeating their own views; but none could object to hearing their pet doc trines, however hackneyed by constant discussion, presented in so eloquent and charming a manner, even again and again. Having decided to attend tlie Demo cratic Convention at Baltimore and make a last ctfiirt to have a great na tional party recognize ttncrjuivoctrily our right to vote, we started AVest to visit friends of other days, stayed a few days at Tyrone, the same at Cincinnati, and then to Xenia, Ohio, where wc passed two days at the Soldier's and Sailor's Orphans' Home. Dr. Griswold, the Su perintendent, and his amiable wife, tlie matron, and Mrs. Barlow, assistant matron, are all friends to our cause; and the weekly visits of the Boston Woman' Journal arc fully appreciated there. Will the Xi:v Xouthwest keep it company? Space will not permit a de tailed account of the judicious manage ment and wise arrangement of this Home, but in brier will state that tlie institution is all the word home can convey. The children, girls and boys, ot whom there are nearly three hund red, are the healthiest, rosy-cheeked, happy-faced troop of urchins to be seen anywhere. About one hundred of the children left the Home ou a visit to re lations or friends during vacation, the last day wc remained, and the affection ate leave-takings between tlie teachers aud matrons and the children wcrei touching in the extreme. The little folks sobbed out their "good-byes" with tears, aud their assurances of love for those remaining could not be doubted. The permanent buildings (except three or four cottages) are unfinished, and temporary quarters are now occupied, which renders the labor of the officers and teachers very arduous; but this will end iu a few weeks, as the Home is be ing rapidly completed. In proof or tne excellent sanllarv condition of the insti tution, which is evidence of its superior management, Is the fact that during its continuance, two vears and a half, Willi from fifty to near three hundred in mates, at present but three deaths have occurred. From Xenia to St. Louis for a brief visit; thence here, en route to Balti more. Of its Convention will write you next week. Laura DeForce Gordon. Cincinnati, July 5, 1S72. A WORD TOR OREGON. Some of our Eastern brethren seem to think that our far AVcslern country pos sesses no attractions that could indueo them to give up the glories of Yankee life anil be happv, nay, T mean content ed, in our faraway paradise. Alt, we know that few who have had a glimpse of Oretron will ever bo satisfied else where. AVcbfoot is a wonderful lata even to her children a bright, beautiful land, filled with birds and Howers, and everything else that goes to make up an Eden. One must certainly bo very dull not to appreciate all this loveliness, Again, our Yankee friends pretend to believe that Oregon Is inhabited by the very dregs of creation ; that no person of average ability would be guilty of the sin of living iu our dear little State. Not long since I picked up a paper, pub lished in Ohio, which gave an account of an outrage committed on some white men by the Indians of the Silelz reser vation of Orcson, concluding with the words that it would cause a terrible war, and would very probably end witi the extermination of the whites in that nortion of the country. Now. isn't this x good joke? And why have we never heard of the threatened danger? AVhat a pity our dear friend was so verdant iu the history of the AVest. That's where all the calumnies spoken of Oregon arise with men that are entirely ignor- ant of the fact that ours is even a civil izetl State; who teem to think we liv iu hollow trees, surrounded at all times bv a band of howling savages. Now, this is rich, and goes to prove the intel ligence of our neighbors. I have lived j the few years of my life in Oregon !fiid am tirotid of the honor of belli!? a j fanning is done upon a much larger scale than our Xew England brethren could deem possible. Our grain grows to a larger size, on account of having men or brains to till the soil, as should be done. That is not all; perhaps our Eastern Mends can also boast that. Our soil is richer, much richer, thau that ot any or the Eastern States. Even though wo are so much in advance or our par ent States, we will give the emigrants, one and all, that arc talking or coming here a cordial welcome, and teach them the value or AVcstcrn hospitality. I was almost done when the latest X. A'. Tribune arrived, and in glancing over its columns I noticed a terrible in justice done Oregon, in the shape or a letter rrom a fellow signing himself II B. Perhaps you noticed it also. If so, you can bear witness to the healthiness or this State against tlte misrepresenta tions or this rellow. Where did he go lo have tho ague in Oregon? I'll tell you first to one or those low-down whiskey shops which are tlie only dis grace that can be cast on the AVebreet; next to some swamp, where he laid down on his two blankets, and experi enced a slight touch or snakes running away with him, and arose to find Iiim scir iu an ague fit or delirium tremens. Oh, shame! Another accusation about white men walking the streets or Port land for want or anything else to do, while Chinamen were employed because or their working cheap. Now, I shall not deny that there are more dandies in Portland than are needed ; but let them scatter out and go to some honest em ployment; there is plenty or It waiting for them at good wages. I know this to be a fact, for here in Benton county I hear almost all or the runners complain ing that they cannot get men at any price. Understand, these gentlemen are mot or them rrom older States, come out here to put on style and be some body or importance among the Oregonl ans, nntl are fiir too proud to earn their living by the sweat or their brow. Serves them right, say I, to be obliged to come to that. Again, Mr. E. B., there is another and raiser tale than either I have yet spoken or; it is about the climate or Oregon, ami about the Orcgonians going to the mountains during the awAil hot(?) sum mer season. The climate is mild very seldom do wc have intense heat or cold. True, we have considerable ralu during the winter months, but as to the moss growing so thickly over the house-tops that we have to dig it otr, why, that is raise. Ir, as you say, you have ever vistetl Oregon, why need you go back to New York with raise tales or AVebfoot? Sir, do you remember what the Bible says about tale-bearers? Do not think we are dying to have any r your New Yorkers out here; 'tis only for their takes, not ours, that wc arc urgiug them to come. And I think Mrs. Sawtcllc deserves great credit for her persever ance ; next you may thank Mrs. Duni way. Both or these ladies have done a great deal for tho AVcst. Girsv. ConvALLis, Oregon, July 8, 1S72. Subscribe for the Nr.w Xoktuwkst. Memories. BV STEM! EN XATBM The busy city lies n-drvam Unbroken Kllonce reigiis; Its weary hearts and wwry hcaiU Ollvlons to tliclrpalns Its weary hearts anj weary hontU Oblivious to their woe While I alone tlie vigils kej, And dream of long ago. I walk through memory' corridors Beneath the broad noonday I see n happy childUh group ISeneath nn oak at ploy. And one the mot I recognlzf. The happiest U lie I know him by his merry Ininli. I know him by his glee. I see a family group around The winter hearth arrange; The slro relntes a fairy tale An ancient story story strange And one I know among the rt. Villi childlfh rupture filled, Who llts In breuthlex wonderment, Vhose Interest Is thrilled. And one I see among that group How like a seraph now! She smoothes thai wondering child's fair hair Hick from his waxen brow; She Iwnds and on liU parted 111; She gives the stalnles kls, Whilst from her heart attends tlie prayer Up for his happiness. How pure, how rhate dolh she revl Through these quick tear!-nnd im.w How sacred ami how on 1 inly fair The love-light on her brow! How doth these earthly pavlons dmnp That oncc&eemed faralxive! How shrinks the World to lHtleness Ileslde her spothss love! I see a village churchyard now, Where drooping willows wep Where many a stone keep brief record, Where loved and Iot ones sleep; An humble slab amid the ret, With single word I ee Tisa!mo faded from theslone, l:m iva from memory. I stv u l.mt-ly ruin now. Sad, slliit as the dend; And there, where merry laughter roe, Complains Hie owt Instead, While through thenillcii roof stroma down Pale I.uiih' sliver rays Upon the earth, where gHtliered once The lights or other day. Iloncuth a sunny, eloud lea sky, lTlm lift' broad highway, I eo a yrtith Mep bravely forth Into the huny day; Tlie sunny sky becomes o'eiWHI, The .-(am fade, dim and few, Ami iDrtiml him shrieks tlie wintry Mast A faint If t niggles through. Krom out my rliHinber mirror look A Mllid,nre-wim race, 1"mii trhwv etched ami haggard brow Time many a war dotli trace; Upon wh etched and haggard brow The hairs arc thin ami few; From out KlHr-e features thin and wnn. Tlie grinning skull looks through. Tlie Abbot and Learned Woman. THE AIK.VMKNT. A certain abbot, paying a visit to a lady, finds her reading Greek and I-itin authors. A dispute arises whence pleas antness or life proceeds; viz, not from external employments, but rrom the study ot wisdom. An ignorant abbot will by no means have his monks to be learned ; nor has he himself so much as a single book in his closet. Pious wom en in old times gave their minds to the study or Scriptures; but monks that bate burning, and give themselves up to luxury, idleness aud hunting are pro voked to apply themselves to other kinds of studies more becoming their profession. Antkomos Macsdaiv. Ant. AVhat sort or household stutrdo I see? Mag. Is It not that which is neat? Ant. How neat it is I can't tell, but I'm sure it is not very becoming either a maid or a matron. Mag. Why so? Ant. Bccau.se here are books lying about everywhere. Mag. AVhat, have you lived to this age, and are both an abbot anil a cour tier, and neversawany books In a lady's apartment? Ant. Yes, T have seen books, but they were French; but here T see Greek nnil Ijitin ones. Afnir AVhv! are there no other hooks hut French ones that teach wisdom ? Ant. But it becomes ladies to have something that is diverting to pass away tiieir leisure iiours , . ",s! .inn m ' DTP with wisdom ; pleasure is ladies' bus! ness. Mag. Ought not every one to live well? Ant. I am o! opinion they ought so to tlo. Mag. AVell, can anybody live a pleas ant life that does not live a good life? Ant. Nay, rather, how can anybody Uvea pleasant lifo that does not live a good lifo? Mag. Why, then, tlo you approve or living ill, int be but pleasantly? Ant. I am or opinion that they Uvea good lifo that live a pleasant lire. Mag. AVell, but rrom whence does that pleasure proceed? From outward thing", or from tlie mind? Ant. From outward things. Mag. O subtile abbot, hut thick- .11.1 .,1. !l., ,!,- Imt. I. .11 til " l . " " what vou suppose a pleasant ine to con - L o ISl. ... .... Ant. Win. in clnniiiiirr mill rnnslilli. ami liberty or doing what you please, i ,mj, ... ... ...... .a, ---o wealth and in Honors. Mag. But suppose to all these things God should add wisdom, should you itiv i.lvimtlv then? Ant. What is that you call by the name or wisdom . Mag. This is wisdom, to know that a man is only happy by the goods or the mind; that wealth, honor, or descent neither niauc a mini uappier ur ueuer. Ant. ir that be wisdom, rarewell to it for me. pleasure In reading a good an .nag. .-7uiiijy uim i iiiivu iiiuiu iuui l nan you do In hunting, driiiKtiig or gaming, won't you think 1 live pleasantly? Aut. I would not live that sort of life. Mag. I don't inquire what you take most delight iu, but what is It that ought to be most delighted in? Ant. I would not have my monks mind books much. Mag. But my husband approves very well of it. But what reason have you why you would not have your monks bookish? y Vnt. Because I find they arc not so obedient; they answer again out of the decrees and decretals, out or Peter and 1 jlaV AVhy, then, do you command them "the contrary to what Peter and Paul did? Ant. I can't tell what they teach; but I can't endure a monk that answers again. Nor would I have any or my monks wiser than I am myself. Ala". You might prevent that well enough, if you did but lay yourself out to get as much wisdom as you can. Ant. ott very improperly connect ..le folintr'andsittintr un all ni-lit beintr wise ami living pieasanuy lo- ti,.i Ml IT. wll infi fin-it rva tin nntiutitn. I haven't leisure. AVhy to? Beuausc I haven't time. AVhat! Not at leisure to be No. Prav what hinders you? Lonl? nravers. tlie atlairs of my j wise? Mag. Allt, household, hunting, looking after my horses, attending at court. .Mag. well, and do you uiiiik uiese things are better than wisdom? Ant. Custom has made it so. Mag. AVell, but now answer mo this one tliinjr: Sunnoso that God snouiu grant you this power, to be able to turn yourself and your monks into any sort of animals that you had a mind, would you turn them into hogs and yourself into a norsev Ant. Xo, by no means. Mag. By so doing yon might pre-ent any of them from 'being wiser than yourself. Ant. It is not much matter to me what sort of animals mv monks are, if I am but a man myself. Mag. AVell, and do von look upon him to be a man that neither has wis dom, nor desires to have it. Ant. I am wise enough for myself. Mag. And so arc hogs wise enough for themselves. Ant. A'ott seem lo be a sophistres3, you argue so smartlv. Mag. I won't tell you what you seem tome to be. But whv docs this house hold stufl'displease you ? Ant. Because a spinning-wheel is a woman's weapon. Matr. Is it not a woman's business to mind the affairs or her randl v and to in struct her children? Ant. Yes, it is. Mag. And do you think so weighty an oilice can be executed without wis dom ? Ant. I believe not. This wisdom I learn from HOOKS. Aiit. I have three score and two monks in my cloister, and you will not see one book iu my chamber. Mag. The monks are finely looked after all this while. Ant. I could dispense with books; but I can't bear Latin books. Mag. AVhy so? Aut. Because that tongue is uot fit for a woman. Mag. I want to know the reason. Ant. Because it contributes nothing towards the defense of their chastit v. Mag. AVhy, then, tlo French books that are stutted with the most trilling novels contribute to chastity? Ant. But there is another reason Mag. Let it be what it will, tell me it tilanilv Aut. They are mora secure from the priests, ir they do not understand litln. Mag. Nay, there's the least danger rrom that quarteraecording to your way oi worKin pains you ini tmnuv .via itmv h.ai irtl.. ..it !,.. can to Know anytntug oi Jttin. Aut. Tlie common neonle are or mv mind, because it is such a rare, unusual thing for a woman to understand J-um Mag. AVhat do you tell me of the common people for, who are the worst examples in the world that can be fol lowed ? AVhat have I to do with cus tom that is the mistress of all evil prac tices ? We ought to accustom ourselves to the best thiiurs; and bv that means that which was uncustomary would be come customary, and that which was unpleasant would become pleasairt, and that which seemed unbecoming would seem becoming. Aut. I hear you. Mag. Is it not becoming a German woman to learn to speak French ? Ant. Yes, it is. Matr. AVhy is it? Ant. Because then slie will be able to conver-o with thox that speak l-rcncii. Mag. And why then is it unbecom ing in me to learn Latin, that I may be able tinny to have conversation with so .many eloquent, learned, and wise au thors and faithful couusellers ? Ant. Books destroy women's brains, wno nave utile enough ot themselves. Mag. AVhat quantity of brains you have left I cannot tell: and as formvseir. let me have never so little, I had rather .spent! mem in study than iu prayers mumbled over without mv heart going along witli then, or sitting whole nights iu quailing of bumpers, Ant. Bookishness makes fools mad Mag. And docs not the rattle of you pot-companions, your bantcrer.-, and drolls make you mad? Ant. No, they pass the time away. Ma?. How can it be. then, that such j pleasant companions should make me i mad? Ant. Thai's the common saying. , Unt i ,y experience find quite tho contrary. How many more do we mad Ant. By my faith, T would not have a learned wife. Mag. But I bless my life, that I have gotten a husband who is not like your self. I.ettrning both endears him to me and me to him Ant. Learning costs a great deal of pains to get, and after all we must die. Mag. Notable Sir, pray tell me, sup pose you were to tlie to-morrow, had you rather die a lool or a wise man 7 Ant. AVhy, a wise man, if I could come at it without taking pains. Mag. But there is nothing to be at tained iu this life without pains; and yet, let us get what wo will, and what pain soever wc are at to attain it, wc must leave it behind us; why then should we think it much to lie at some I nnilM for tho limit nroolnna Hi!iinf nil 1 , .. , :., 1 i the fruit of which will bear us company ..,.!.. .,nfi,.,r i;r. 1 J mi rn.uu.ci mi.-. Ant. I have often ltcanl it said that a wise woman is twice a fool. Mag. That indeed has been often said, but it was by fools. A woman who ! is truly wise, does not think herself so. i but on the contrary, one who knows nothing thinks herself to be wise, and that is being twice a fool. Ant. I can't well tell how it is. that , as panniers don't well become an ox, so i iiciincr uoes learning uccome a woman. Mag. But I suppose you can't deny but panniers look better upon an ox, inaii a mure upon an ass or a sow What think you of the Virgin Mary? Aiit. cry highly. Mag. Ant. these. Mag. Ant. May. Ant. Mag. AVas not she bookish ? Yes, but not as to such books as AVhat books did she read ? The canonical hours. For the use of whom ? Or the onlcr or Benedictions. Indeed, what did Paula orl-.tts-do? Did not they converse toehlum 1 with -the holv Scrinttires 1111. Vy, Ulll IIIUI. 13 . liiiU tlllU now. Mas. So was a block-headed abbot i ..i i ... . i ... i . w. in old limes; but now nothing is more common. In old times, princes aud emperors were as eminent for learning as for their governments. And after all It is not so great a rarity as you think it. There arc, both In Spain and Italy. not a few women who arc able to vie with the men; and there are the Mor ites,iu England, and thcBihbald-duka aud Blaureticlcs in Germany. So that, unless you take care of yourselves, it will come to pass, that we shall be di vinity profesor in the school", anil Aut. Mag. Ant. Mag. . i s-ee irrow matt uv Hani (Iniikinir. itiisea- uuu ttiivi luvrj twill iiiir? lumiu 'VujfiU nreach in the churches, and lake pos ition of your mitres. Aut. uou lorotu. Mag. Nay, it is your business to for bid it. For, ir you hold on as you nave begumevengeesethemselves will preach linf.iro tlinv'll endure vou dumb pastors. You seethe world is turned upside down, and vou must either lay aside your Iress, orperfonn your parr. Ant. iiow came i i i '"i" n-nnmii'scnnimnv? If you'll come to see me, I'll treat you more pleasantly. Mag. Alter wnat manner . Ant. AVhv, we'll dance, anil drink heartily, and hunt, and play and laugh. Mag. I can nanny iontear laugning now. Tho above was taken from the Owo- tjuies of liranmu, published in Latin, Iti'i: A. i). JJalley's Kngusit transla tion, Loudon, 1775 A. D. Tlie daughters of Sir thonm Moore. A Sword which Cuts on All Side. The following is a part of a letter written by Mr. Wendell Phillips on the canvass: "A'ott know that T am neither a Re publican or a Grant man. A hotn shall 1 vote lor, or wiieuier suau x voie ai an, I do not know. But certainly as against Greeley, I am for Grant. We have had one Andy Johnson; I will not run the risk of another in iiorace ureeiey. i want a man with some decided princi ples; Greeley never had an3 Besides, I consider Greeley a secession caunuiaie. f believe the nlot to nominate him was hatched by some southern white rebels more than a year ago, and has been mainly nursed b- them. T advise any one who means to vote for him to tintl out first what agreements have been made bv Mr. Greeley's friends with Jell. Davis and his stall as to oilice and patronage. I am perfectly certain that there is a distinct mutual underetand- ng, if not a positive contract between them. If Horace Greeley enters the White House, Jell. Davis will be as truly a part of the Administration as Sewanl was in Lincoln's days. No ne gro can vote for Greeley who values his life or property or cares for his race. Jt bv a frown of Providence he is elected, I shall advise every Southern loyalist to load the revolvers that Grant's arrest of North Carolina Ku-ICIttx has allowed to be laid aside. If he is elected, let the negroes live in snuads of fifty, whom no cowanl will dare shoot down, and show- no property after sunset. Iotieiy men will be shot, and no black will own a mule forty-eight Hours it any reuei knows tlie fact. "As for Adams, I tlo not fear htm an aristocrat bv birth and a Democrat by pervcrseness the love of money makes such a union possible. He is a Demo crat, but afraid lo contess his creed or wear its unitorm. it any party allows him to leatl it, he will lead it to its grave, as all tne .Adamses nave always done. Old John Adams' vauity, bigotry aud bale or Hamilton put the federal party into us tomb. John Quiiicy Adams' administration was the death blow to the AVhig party, then called Re publicans. The light which gutts tne Adamses is that of sunset. They insure defeat. Chatham said Sir ANilham Young's voice was the death-knell of his country. The breath of an Adams' fame has tlie emu ot the ciiarnei-nouso In it. Let them nurse their money-bags like timid misers, and allow nobler and more unselhsh men, whose foreheads arc lit by the rising sun, to help tho world forwanl, undisturbed by their greedy ambition or their querulous crotchets. "For a loyal administration, to pro tect the negro, awe the rebel and give the working men a chance, Grant's lit tle linger is worth a baker's dozen or Greeley's. A'ott rs, "Wkxdeix Phi i.t.i re." I-'rriiii the Seattle Inlelligeneer. The Tides ofPuget Sound. AVhile the tides on the Atlantic slope ebb and llow twice each day with but a slight difference between the two suc cessive high and low waters occurring before and after noon, those or the Pa cific, flowing twice a day also, vary con siderably in height, ami the intervals between" the recurrence ot high and low water are irregular. Shoaling bottoms and the configuration of the Pacific Coast line, no doubt, cause this marked (inference; but nowhere, probably, are there greater variations iu the titles ob servable, s far as periodicy and equal ity is concerned, than the w'aters of Pu get Sound. Here we have a combina tion of about all the different classes of tides known to scientific research usu ally two each day, sometimes only one, and occasionally scarcely any percepti ble ebb or llow. Tide tables, with the exception of giving information as to the extremes between the highest and lowest water, gotten up for this arm of the sea, would alfonrabout as much ex act knowledge of the magnitude and time of the tides at any given place, for each day of the year, as do the predic tions contained iu a comic almanac or the changes in the weather. However anomalous the tides maybe, though, iu their periodical returns and magnitude, the extremes all over the Sound are but slightly in excess on an average with the rise and fall at the principal ports in the State of Massa chusetts, and not so great as at Cher bourg and Havre, in r ranee, aud .Lou don docks, in England ; and nowhere at any of the Sound ports are there, as has been the supposed by many bororo com ing here, such rapid risings and fallings of the tide, or such tidal currents, as render it unsafe or at an dinteuic tor vessels to lay at anchor neither could there well be when the strongest tidal current, at least at this port, does not exceed one mile and a half per hour. The extreme difference between the highest rise and lowest fall or the wa ters at the following ports on the oast side of the Sound, during the Spring Tides, is as follows: Olympia 22 feet (Meeker puts it as high as 24 feet); Steilacoom, 19 to 20 ; Tacoma, IS to 19 ; Seattle, IS; Mukiltoe, 15; Bellingham Bay, 12; and Semiahmoo Bay, 6. Suck extreme difference is infrequent, how ever, and during the eap Tides of course the difference is much more re duced. It will also be noticed that, as we follow the above coast line up the Sound, the hcighth of the tide slowly increases, till at Olympia it attains its greatest magnitude. This is owing to the convergence of the shores, or tho de crease in width of the Sound as it ap proaches the last named point. One as Good as the Other. Talk about the changeable character of wom en! Present her moods and phases in all their variegated hues, and then turn to find their corresponding colors in ev ery slightest tinge and shade in man. True as gospel, men are equally as changeable as women. If the time over comes when women cease to be an in teresting target for men's sarcasm, ridi cule and false charges of inconstancy, fickleness, gossip, frivolity, vanity, co quetry, etc., there will be a dearth or tonics amonsr them. Certainly they cannot then turn to the contemplation ortheirown idiosyncracios, peculiarities, weaknesses aud faults. In woman they have exhausted the subject. A truce to charges aud counter-charges. Men ami women are just as good as anybody else, and neither are as good as they should be. i7ft)i Orion.