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FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 1S72. HOW 70ULDW0MEN VOTE? A sensible woman (Helen P. Jenkins) answers this question so well that we cannot do belter than to transcribe her letter in full for these columns. She says j The question Is frequently asked me: "For whom shall you vote this fall?" There is, I "own, a strong odor of sar casm in this question; yet, after deduct ing the sarcasm, there is, I believe, an honest inquiry as to how the thinking women staud hi regard to the two polit ical parties therefore this question has great significance. "When the men of a nation commence to ask women their candid opinions upon national ami po litical questions, the fact may le set down as an evidence of growth in the women as woll as in the men of that na tion. "When men cense flattering women and take to conferring with them, there is hope for the raee. But this is a digression. I wish to an swer this question which so frequehtly greets us. I do not believe there are half a dozen women among all the "Woman Suffrage women of the' 2?ortfi who would vote for Horace Greeley. A half dozen might do so in respect for the private character of the man, despite his obstinate con servatism, ami forgiving the great injustice he has dono to the women of the laud. No man in the nation has done more to retard the woman movement than Horace Greeley. No man has thrown greater disrespect upon woman, and the thinking women of this nation feel it. He has had it in his power to do this in calculable harm because for a quarter of a century lie has been a Jupiter in the nation, and the Tribune has been to millions an oraclo of infallible wisdom. A loving people fall sometimes to see when the years of dotage have come upon their idol. Thoro will doubtless be many women who will wear the Greeley badge and sport the greelcy fan because their hus bands and fathers will vote for Greeley. But there are women who read, judge, scrutinize, reflect, whose opinions are as well founded as the most profound statesmen, and these women, though respecting 3Ir. Greeley for his chasto life, would resist his election by every means in tliuir power, because he is a disparager and an enemy of the inter ests of our sex. He sees in women mere housekeepers. He recognizes only the maternal func tion, denying to women any individual ity of intellect and any stability of char acter. He openly says ho believes no woman can go out into the world to work for her living, or to work for an idea with out losing her womanliness and becom ing demoralized, lie condemns tlte ap pointment of women to all places in de partments at "Washington, and if he were elected he would doubtless make a clean sweep of all the women employed by the Government and give their places to men. Better in his estimation for a woman to work for thirty cents a day, sewing in some hot garret or dark cellar, than to handle money in the handsome treas ury rooms at "Washington at twelve or fifteen hundred dollars a year. Better that some man should get this $1,000 and buy yio virtue of the woman who failed to keep herself alive on thirty cents a day, than to have placed that woman in a position to honestly earn her own support. Now, these sontimenU of Horace Greeley are no secret. He has avowed them publicly, privately and repeated ly. He has been frequently visited bv ladies, inquiring into his sentiments on these subjects in the hope that lie had gained higher wisdom, but he unhe-i tatingly declares these are his firm con victions. How can any woman with one spark of womauliness in her nature wish to see this man in power? How can any man with reverence for woman and love for justice in his heart be will ing this man should fill the highest place in this nation and become the rep resentative of this people before the na tions of the earth? Jlay the contemner of woman never be the first choice of this free liberty loving American people. And how do the thinking women of me nation leel m regard to tlte othor party? "Well, though Grant has never avowed himself a "Woman Suffragist, lie has never, on the other hand, insulted all wo,meirby telling them the parlor, nursery and sewing shop are the only fit places for them. He has approved of the appointment of women to places of high public trust. He has appointed several woineu postmistresses, and the salaries of women in the Treasury De partment have been raised during his Administration. We have confidence in Graut. x neury "Wilson has put himself on rec ord as one of the staunch est friends of : . womn cause. I remember heariiirr i. mm say. thr v. ... c,., y, three v Hall, New York. j ugu, in otemway .X oca- X 1 . 1 value for myself.' " f. , . 1 sider it &e for tbem t T ,n" time was when ralf' lh did not consider tTLZ for such as I." Henrv vii beforethis nation ,:f-t6Sre! sentative men-self-marfe, Mf-Mlwd firm, fearless, without conceit or narrowl ness, alwaj's on the side of progress ami right. He is a scholar, a gentleman, a states man, a philanthropist, a champion of the right, though the world offers hlui combat; he is just tlio man the intelli gent, thoughtful women of this land would like to voto for this fall, Mr. FairV trial has again been poit jmii1 until September. NOVEL BEADING. A writer in Scribncr1 Monthly truly observes that the novel has become, whether for good or for evil, the dally food of the civilized world. It is given to youngest childhood in Mother Goose and other cxtravagaut and grotesque in ventions, it is placed in the hands of older childhood and youth through the distributing agencies of a hundred thousand publishing-houses and Sun day-school libraries, and prepared for the eyes of the adult world by every maga ziueand weekly newspaper that finds Its way into Christian homes. Among all peoples and all sort of people, of every ago and of every religious and social school, it is the only universally-ac cepted form of literature. History, poe try, philosophy, science, social ethics and religion are accepted respectively by classes of readers, larger or smallor; but the novel is read by multitudes among all these classes, and by the great mui titudo outside of them, who rarely look into anything else. The serial novel is now an invariable component of the magazine in America and England; the French feniUeion lias been so long es tablished as to be regarded as a necessary clement in the newspaper; while in Germany, the land of scholars and philosophers and scientific explorers, the story-tellers are among the most ingenious and prolific in the world. The daily life of the people is not in politics, or philosophy, or religious dis cussion. They eat and drink, they buy and sell, they lose and gaiu, they love and hale, they plot and counterplot; their lives arc filled with doubts and fears and hopes, and realizations or dis appointments of hope; and when they read, they choose to read of these. It is in these experiences that all classes meet on common ground, and this is the ground of the novel. In truth, the novel is social history, personal biogra phy, religion, morals, and philosophy, realized or idealized, all in one. MBS. YOUNG. After a tour of some weeks through the upper Columbia region, Mrs. Carrie F. Young returned to this city a few days ago, and will soon take her de parture for California. As a popular lecturer she has won golden opinions in an places sue lias visited. It is her present intention to deliver a series of lectures throughout California in support of Grant and "Wilsou, and it may be that she will visit several of the Eastern Stales during the month of Oc tober for a like purpose. All the really earnest and prominent leaders of the woman movement throughout the United States are enlisted on that side. Mrs. Young is a. woman who has ability to adorn and elevate any subject that she touches. ON THETEN0E. It lias been n general remark for the last several weeks that the Hullctiti is "on the fenco" on the Presidential ques tion, and very many people are expect ing it to go over to Greeley. Its articles during a month past have had a very i its leaning , cm to have i undorstind strong Greeley flavor, and toward the Greeley side seem surprised some who do not understand that the Bulletin is a mere mercenary sheet, which exists only as a supporter of certain corporation interests. Still we do not expect it to come out squarely for Greeley, simply for the reason that the signs do not point to his election. LADIES BELIEF SOCIETY. PortTLAxn, Aug. sth. It gives the ladies of the "Relief ciety" great pleasure to be able to re- port that "Tho Homo" for the relief of the poor for which the public has .so . generously contributed, is cniircly com pleted, and in readiness for the furniture tfltiili Set nnnncennf r ntif f in n" rL-J Iter order. Trusting that the community is not yet weary in well doing, we arc en couraged to appeal onco moro for help in this quarter. Will the merchants who arc willing to furnish something in their line, car pets, dry goods, bedding, etc, make it known to any mombor of the society, or to the furnishing committee (Mrs. Bur rage, Mrs. General Babbitt and Mrs. Wadhams,) who will most gratefully receive any contributions? Tho ladies are greatly indebted to Mr. E. M. Bur ton, who generously gave his sorvices as architect for "The Home" free of charge, and they would here publicly express to him their thanks. Fanny Ainswoktji, Secretary "Ladles' Relief Society." The treatment of women in hotels is indignantly set forth by one of the sex who says: The register is generally as remote aud no easier of access than if it lay in some oilier city. To go to the olllce Is unheard of; to ask to have it brought into the parlor usually brings the clerk, but not the register, and in reply to his polite question, "Madam, what cau I do for you?" she can only weakly saw "Nothing, thank you," not dnrinrr to repeat the rash question which has once been so completely Ignored. So lior best friends may bo on the floor below her and she never know it, unless she chance to meet them in the hall or on the ele vator. If she stops for dinner only her better half can quickly rid himself of the dust of travel in the bathroom pro vided for crentlemen. There are none for ladies, or if you find water there Is never a towel: and a waiter at the otlice brushes and brooms him till his cloth ing is as clean aud fresh as ever. No waiter hovers around her with whisk- broom in hand as she strolls into the parlor. To bo sure she takes a room, and lor a pitcher of water pays its price for a day. in comes my lord fresh aud cheer ful, but wonders why my lady can't take imngs as they come, as he does, and not n'8i k.so forlorn when ou a jour AlxmZ 0 8i10' poor iUl"S, goes in to clothlnU,l,?resho., ana ""clean, her onouBh6.il,T?5'" hcayy aml Irksome 2Gthof July ...... . ,,al containg two men. IBOM LAUBA GORDON. DelOBOE FROM CINCINXATI TO nAlTIMOEE WOMEN AKD THE DEMOCRACY A POLITICAL COLLAPSE OCAT ASDCItEEI.tT, WILSON AND BKOtTN TOE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ETC The journey from Cincinnati to Balti more over the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road presents many attractions superior to any other route for those particularly who admire the beauties of nature in her untamed and rugged grandeur. Compelled to leave Cincinnati by the train that should havo passed through the most romantic and interesting por tions of "West Virginia in the night, but which was fortunately delayed several hours, wc made most of the journey during the day. On the evening of July Sth wc reached Parkersburg and crossed the famous railroad bridge across the Ohio river before dark. It is a marvel ous structure of solifl stone and iron, gi gantic in its dimensions, being nearly two miles long, and Is considered the pride of all bridge architecture and con struction in the United States. From Piedmont, at which point wc arrived about daylight, to Harper's Fer ry, a distance of one hundred and twenty-five miles, the road wound in and out of the rocky recesses of the Alle ghany Mountains, following closely first the north fork and then the main branch of the Potomac river, affording some of the finest landscape and moun tain scenery to bo found on this conti nent. Tile very beautiful views along the Pennsylvania Central Railroad are poor in comparison to this portion of Virginia as viewed from the cars of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. What makes it doubly interesting is the fuel that so many places along this route en-1 tcrs-o largely into the history of our late war. The blackened ruins of the Gov ernment buildings arsenal, etc. at Harper's Ferry still remain to remind one of the sad tragedy in which John Brown figured so conspicuously, as well as of the late terrible contest between the "Blue and the Gray." Passing Point of Rocks, we thought of Ball's Bluff, not far to the southward, where I the lamented Baker met his fate. At 12:30 i. ii. of the 9th we arrival at Baltimore, five hours and moro behind time, much to the disgust of the fow ' tartly delegates to the Democratic Con vent ion, who fully expected to be pros-1 cut at the opening" session, which hud been held in the morning and adjournal till -1 r. jr. We found Mrs. Dundorc iu waiting at the depot, witli the information that j Susan B. Anthony, that noble veteran j iu the woman cause, aud Mrs. Isabella Bcecher Hooker were already in tlio city and hourly expecting us at the' suffrage headquarters, at the Maltby I House, whither wc repaired at once. At four o'clock proceeded to the Dem ocratic Convention, aud witnessed the permanent organization of that body. The result of its deliberations you are aware of long since, and the only fea ture of interest to the readers of the New Noutiiwest at this time is the work of the AVoman Suffrage delega tion. Our letter to the Convention was refcmnl with others, to the Committee j " Resolutions and Platform without , ocinK rcatl To tnis Committee we ap- j plied for the privilege of presenting some arguments in behalf of our claims. After a long, long debate upon Platform the Committee decided to give our Woman Suffrage delegation a hearing, hut the lateness of the hour decided us to return to otir hotel before the member of the Committee came to Inform us of their desire to hear our arguments, so ; I they were not presented. We were a- LETTER So-loured by a number of delegates, who Werc in favor of Woman Suffrage, that it was ijpoibl0 for them to add to the . cinciminti Plalfornli since Jt ha(l decided to indorse Greeley and Brown ; ' but they said had the Cincinnati Con- ? J'- 'la, l03t track of us. 1 have nt. nH'mmn C(Tm nl.nL- In fOUtld Ollt tlliS Willtcr that tills 1.4 tile ention put aA onian Suflragc plank in lrue T, iont knoH, whcre their platform, the Democrats would Oregon is. It Is annoying, to say the have adopted it just the same. Under least, when you come from a land you the circumstances it was impossible, , ,ovei a,(l nre P1"0"'! to own, whose .,.i . .:ii:,. i .i.n..M i, i romantic scenory, charming climate, and uc were willing It should be so.ia,, fl.rUlo 5ol, ,hou ht , The thought of endorsing Horace Grec- t Ki-0 it a world-wide renown, to have in ley seemed too repugnant to every ! telligent, persons, who have traveled all woman engaged in the cause of cquallyr E"rol,c; r wanted to, ask com suffrage to be treasured for a moment,. 1?" J'' g"' g and we inwardly rejoiced that Woman I have felt that if I were controlling Suffrage did not find a place in the On- agent of tho California earthquakes, I cinnatl Platform. , wouljl turn those subterranean forces on r, . , ,, , , the Rocky Mountains and level them to A few Democrats held out bravely in ,ho pinliw,Just to let the people see the the Baltimore Convention against the beauties beyond. But on reflection, in determination to bury tho party in the . tomb prepared by the disappointed of fice-seekers at Cincinnati, but were powerless to avert their fate, and quiet ly took themselves away from tho great national gathering and organized a "The Old Woman." It was thus, a bolters' meeting, which was but little ! Tow days since, wo heard a stripling of moro than a last gasp of the Dcmoc-1 f'tcon designate the mother wlio bore J, f' , , him. By coarse husbands, wo have racj. Now we find them, with a few beard wives so called occasionally, honorable exceptions, following as their though in the latter case the phrase is standard-bearer the laic nresidin- con- more ortea usc1 endearingly. At all i, f ii,. v tr... , , times,as commonly spoken, It jars upon Tr,bunc' wh0 ,,as so; the ear and shocks the sense. An Ul emphatically declared that "all Demo-; woman" should be an object of reverence crats may not be horse-thieves, but all above and beyond most all phases of hu-liorsc-thieves are Democrats." nowln,anI'' "or very age should bo -her im n.n r,,:..i.... f it , "' " ' surest passport to courteous consldera- aro the mighty fallen! , tjon. she lias fought faithfully "the The two great National platforms aud I good fight," and come off conqueror, their respective candidates arc before ! IPn l,er venerable face she bears the the cou ntry and an Impartial SSS will decide who deserves to be entrusted nfo have becn hc. MaU utoId and with the guardianship of our National I Interests the coming four years, Graut or Greelcy. The former, whatever mis- takes he has made as President, orj,norc honorable and deserving than he fallen short of our ideal iu social or. who has slain his thousands or stands moral matters, has no such record of , nrin,.inn , . , , , f.L ,i,. i upo. acy 10 great principles, iire.,auvo- catcd and then denounced, as the latter has sent out to the world in his Tribune editorials. Grant has appointed four teen hundred tcomcn to postofllccs In tho United Slates and Territories since his Administration began, and favors I the employment of women in depart- j menu wlic they are capable of rv ing; and it is reported he has expressed j himself iu favor of tho effort to gain renresentation In the Government by women, and a hope that they will suc ceed. Whether this be true or rumor, it is true that Greelcy not only disap- proves of women voting, but believes they ifehould not .occupy clerkships-uu-dcr the Government, as he told mo iu so many words not two weeks prior to his nomination. A man with such views would oust every female clerk or postmaster In the nation if he had op portunity to do so, which fortunately there Is not the slightest danger of In II. G.'s case. He can take as many "new departures" as he has crotchets in his fossilized brain, and it will not equal I his departure for Defeated Politicians' laniung up Salt River next November. Senator Wilson, "the noblest Roman of them all," when placed In juxtaposi tion with the nominee for Vice Presi dent on the Democratic ticket, appears a grand moral and intellectual giant. With his fearless defense of woman's claims to the ballot, and his oft-repeated effort;in our behalf In Congress, com bined with his nobleness of soul, his re membrance of the working classes, women as well as men, In his days of prosperity, to whom he proudly reverts as his fellows in early life all these things make him worthy of any position in the Government. Gratz Brown, witli his first advocacy of Woman Suffrage, which we used to refer to so proudly, stands now, like the farcicnl farmer of Chappaqua, charged, by his silence at Cincinnati, with apos tacy to the gospel he once proclaimed and confirmed. With Grant and Wilson and the four teenth plank of the Philadelphia Plat form under them, we shall work for their triumphant march to the White House. Hurrah for Grant and Wilson. Laura. DkFokce Goitnox. Indianapolis, Ind., July 25, 1372. Attention Drawn Toward Oregon ? Dr. Mary P. Sawtclle, in a letter to tiie r. l. irtbuncon uregon, says: I crossed the plains to Oregon twenty years in advance of the Unioii Pacific Railroad, aud know something of the hardships endured by the earl y settlers how much pluck, tact, and perseverance it required to make the trip, when it took tix or seven months. 1 have ex amined the soil with my own hands, and have taken no man's word for it. The whole couutry is watered witli pure, soft water. There is no limestone iu Oregon. It is a diversify of hill and valley, wood- laud and plain. It h:is no largo tracts of land mat must uc irrigated iikc J.ower California. The climate is so mild, so humid, such heavy dews full at night. that everything grows all summer, juat , e same as n we lauirec lucnt showers, ' fterno big SS-'ffi ecr lleard ; of, and it is proof iKwitivc to my mind , that where trees grow, as they do in every part of Oregon, 3GO feet high, with a corresponding circumference, that it takes a pretty good soil to produce them. The people don't put earth on the sunny side of a rock to grow a hill of corn, as they do iu New England. There is more vacant land iu Oregon than would make a State like New York. I belicvo there is no better country iu the world for people to commence settle ments iu. The climate is delightful, with no extremes of heat and cold. We have occasionally light snows, which melt as soon as they fall to the ground. Iu the last two winters I have not seen a lluko floating in the air. We have a long rainy season. Tlio Oregon mitt commences in early fall, and lasts till late spring-time. Jivcrytliinir crown spontaneously there, when once planted. W; third crop before replanting. That, however, is downright robbery of the soil. What we want is ono million enterprising, thoroug-golng men and women, witli a lew capitalists sprinkled in, to develop the resources of the coun try. We don't want any more men coming and leaving their wives behind. Where single men own all the land, wo cannot have school-houses, diuretics and society, representing a high state of civilization. Our heart-heats quickened, when, by aid of the telegraph wire, we heard the sound of the last stroke that connected the East witli its livinr. active, toilinrr millions, to tho mighty West. Now, we ?,!ght', 0,"r ""? will be flooded ZtlSSSSi1! ticipated wc concluded that our friends 5 calmer moods, I concluded that wc had better use them for buildimr pur poses for the stone, fronts in the cities that will grace the plains iu the near future. unknown only to her God and herself, she lias borne incessantly; and now, in her old age her dutv done! patiently awaiting hcrnppointcd timeslio stands triumphant upon the proudest fields of victory, loung man, speak kindly to ,uotier antI even courteously, tenderly o her. Butalittlo time aud you will see her no more forever. Her eye is dim, her shadow falls graveward. Others may love you when she has passed away kind-hearted sisters, pcr- uajis, ursuu wnoiu oi an tne world you choose for a partner she may love you .h'; rMSK children may a?l2,anTOra woman be to you as that of vour old, trembling mother has been.- Keystone cinjnnr. Tho total membership of the Orthodox Quakers at present in tlio United States is 57,-105, being an increase of 71S in 20 year. Abont Hangings "Women. The question whether women should be hanged for those acts which the law makes capital crimes in men seems easily disposal of by the short process of argument; that women should be judgal by the same laws as man. But is not this an unfounded assumption? Why should she be Judged by the same laws? She Is not the equal of men be fore tho law. Not till she is can we justly say she should be held to the same accountability. And if sho were equal In the eye of the law, she has sexual disabilities which prevent her from be ing equal in fact. Who will say that, even if tho law made her equal, the woman would have a fair chance with man in the battle of life? In every stago and ramification of it she would be at a disadvantage. In the strife for sub sistence she must go to the wall. In the perils of the affections, what is sport to man is dcatli to her. Iu marriage she is a subject whose subsistence and hap piness depend absolutely upon her mas ter. If she were to try to compete with man for existence, she must be content that he shall seize on all the best occu- Eations. He allows her no alternative ut that of a defenseless enemy or a sub missive subject. Thus all the'csscntials aro wanting to make it just to hold her to the same accountability as men to the law. But what is it to judge licr by the same laws as men ? If the jumping as sumption be granted that she should be held accountable to the same criminal laws, do we give her an equal chance with men? We hold that man, no matter how atrocious his crime, has the inalienable right to bo tried by a jury. And always it was held the essential quality of a jury that it should be of one's peers that is, equals, of the same rank in life, the same quality, charac ter, and endowments. Thus in Eng land, from which we inherited tins right, the nobleman cannot be trial by a jury of commoners, nor the commoner by a jury of the nobility. Aud a scholar, or other person having the privileges of Oxford University, could demand that half of the jury for his trial should be of men belonging to the University. Foreigners, also, were al lowed to have half the jury composed of foreigners. So carefully did English law provide juries having tlio samerank and general endowments, and sympa thies as tho accused. But Is there be tween nobleman and commoner, or na tive and foreigner, a difference of nature and endowments as wide as between men and woman ? Yet we appoint men as jurors to try women, and still we re iterate that women should be held ac countable to the same laws to men. Thus the touch of investigation shows that even if we grant this shallow as sumption that woman should be held to the same accountability, it condemns our hanging of women; for according to our principle of law they wore con demned without a legal trial. The trial of women by a jury of men is not only a gross violation of the essential princi ple of trial by jury, but it is revolting to the moral sense. How can men en ter into the feelings of woman aud know her cause, her temptation, and her pow ers of resistencc ? Wc might as well or der woman to the bowstring ut ouce, af ter the oriental fashion, as to put her through this mocker' f a trial. Gen erally these cases of killing by women are of men; yet men. who are naturally moved by the Idea that it is necessary to strike terror into woman to retain their own dominion over them, and who perhaps are terrified by aconscious nessof their own sins against her sex, are appoi uted to try her. Thus a womau who has killed a man is before a jury of men, like a slave who has lifted his hand against his master, before a jury of slaveholder. It may be that the woman has taken this way of vengeance upon the man who has brought her to ruin. Can any thing bo more revolting to the principle of trial by jury than to arrange her he fore a jury of men ? How can they comprehend her wrongs or their effect upon her nature? Perhaps some wretch, after long suffering of conjugal tyranny and brutality, has in a moment or frenzy arisen against her master and put an end to his loathsome existence. Js it not an outrage upon the principle ?,LV"ial.bv Jur' ,t0 appoint a jury of husbands to try her? She mav well ilnL l",1 c,ve,5 a-Ulry of women, if they be satistlal wives, are fit for jurors in such a case. Only abusal and heart broken wives are capable of cnterini: into her provocation and into its effect ..Jim. iic-i uttiure. i T1.'.0 mnsnanimlly of man, and his habit of generous sympathy witli the i-uhur is no argument in tills ques tion; for the principle of trial by jury does not trust to the magnanimity of the superior classes toward the inferior. but it requires a trial by one's peers by persons of the same general condition in life, so as to come at the same general capabilities, endowments, character and sympathies. Trial by jury is the reverse of an appeal to magnanimity; it Is a de mand for the judgment of equals. Wc trust that we have said enough to show that this is a question which can not be turned oil by tlio casyalllrmation that woman and man should be trial by equal laws; for that, firstly, the same laws cannot be equal to beings who are so different by nature, and are so une qual by custom: and, secondly, if wc grant this assumption, it condemns our tnais oi women as illegal, it we are to recognize woman as a person, aud to hold her to equal legal accountability with man, it is requisite that we have a separate code of laws for her, and that neither her life, liberty, nor property shall be taken save by the verdict of a jury of women of similar condition. Cincinnati Gazette. A Monopoly. We are constitutionally opposed to all kinds of monopolies. Laud monop olies especially are a curse to any coun try. And we know of other persons be sides the usual class of land speculhtors who may bo legitimately called land monopolists. Au article was recently published in this paper calling attention to the hill lands on the western slope of the Cas cade range, and showing their advanta ges for summer grazing. Wc have since heard of several persons who have be come Interested in that direction, and gone to look out locations for permanent settlement. And in many instances sucli persons havo been met by the scat tering settlers in those regions with tlio statement that there is no vacant land, or that the laud is too broken or barren for settlement. Now, the plain trutli is that lu many instances these settlers have bought a small tract of land, a for ty or an eighty, iierliajis on a school sec tion, paying for It, lu three annual in stallments, a mere nominal price. They cultivate enough laud to raise their veg etables, and turn their cattle on the Government lands, and very carefully inform every stranger who comes to look at the country that there Is no va cant laud. And new-comers who are sharp enough to judge for themselves aud seek locations beyond them, are very often met with petty opposition. Now it is to the interest of ihe country at large, to the Interest of tho immi grant, and to the Interest of these small monopolists themselves If they only knew it, to have all available vacant lands opened to settlement. Tb sell a quarter section of the public lauds to a man who will simply make that his base of operations and feed his cattle ou half a dozen sections, laboring persistently to keep out other settlers, is as gross a violation of the principle of justice and correct public policy as to sell the whole tract at once to some land speculator or give it to somo greedy cor poration. This is one form of monopoly that wc believe lias thus far receh'ed no atten tion, aud we now call the attention of tho people to it. It Is the plain duty of every" man who wishes to see the coun try develop to afford strangers cvery facility for obtaining lands for actual settlement. There are, we are glad to know, generally some persons m a'1 these regions who, for the sake of society and schools, are desirous of having the country settled. We advise persons who arc seeking lands to seek such per sons out aud inquire of them. Hut be ware of the man who builds a brush fence between two spurs of the lulls and tells you there is no land back of it. Willamette Farmer. Oregon. The Liberal Christian, of May 4th, published in New York city, has the following comments on the recent let ters of Mrs. Mary P.Sawtelloon Oregon, which shows that a good deal of Interest Is felt in the subject : Statistics show that the climate is the healthiest of an v State in the Union, the annual death-rate being one to every two hundred and nine Inhabitants. The soil is rich and loamy, all the products of the temperate zone growing in great est abundance. .Such luscious fruits- apples of enormous size, pears that will nmlr in i-nnr mnnlli and swept. illiCV ! if' . ':. I'?! !7t, tuX i.rUa Iiiuin.1 in suuii uuuiiiiuuiv .ii.ii. tut. t enterprises nave occn generously aided ami lend and break Ullder the load, While (successfully conducted to completion; the pqb the delicious wild strawberries. COOSe- I IIc lands have been freely given to actual set tue uuiuous w till straw umi.. bu"-- Uers. immigration has been iwolected and en berries, raspberries, blackberries, ailU curbed, and a full acknowledgement of the huckleberries spring up in profusion on I rights or naturalized citizens secured from hillside nlnin anil villev Farmers are European powers. In the form of National V T.V 1 I I a" Li ' li V : currency, ft has provided for tiie National uui, uungeu to uuy uiuiii ii land. . Once put the seed in the ground, it cannot help trrowillg. The finest and .... t . ' . . LjOVelV. llostllnc VaIIeV. ClOtlied Willi i.t oycrlasting verdure, where deep, rolling evt rivers pursue their onward way, kissing alike the little flowerets and the gray, old trees that stand ou their green banks; vast plains, covered witli luxuriant grass, dotted all over with gray-colored wild flowers that bloom every month in the year, filling the air with their fragrance; grand oltl forests of gigantic trees; silver lakes so transparent that the motions of their finny inhabitants are distinctly seen at the greatest depth; cascades, leaping and tumbling lrom mountain-sides, now over awful preci- I)ice3. and now thruuirh deen. wooded ravines, ever rushing Wildly on to the vaneys uvtow; crystal springs aiure's fountains that send up jets thirty, forty, and a hundred feet, in whose waters is healing for the people; lofty peaks, whose snow-capped summits tower in silent majesty above the clouds. What a paradise for the lover of Nature! Can even the famous scenery of Switzerland surpass this? If tourists in pursuit of health or pleasure knew of half the wonders of our own continent, tlicy would visit the Pacific Slope before ever thinking of Europe. Iu the midst of all this loveliness are thousands of acres of fertile soil lying idle; only waiting to be tilled by the husbandman toyield the richest reward; while iu our large cities multitudes of human being3 aro crowded together, struggling for daily subsistence, without an inch of laud to call their own, and scarcely a cubic inch of the pure air of heaven to breathe. A Sad Cose. Wo are all inclined to judge the erring harshly. Instead of throwing over them the veil of charity, to cover up their short comings, society, as a general thing, hands them forth in all their hid eous deformity. We should treat those who commit an ofi'ense against law and order precisely as the physician does the invalid. Kindness, proper surroundings, sympa thy and love, is what the erring require. Certain offences arc regarded as crimi nal, and those who commit them are spurned by society; the finger of scorn is pointed at thorn, and thereby theyare "'f smi tieeper into iniquity. It is not often that wn input, wifli simli a touching, melancholy rcconl of a lifo of shame, as that found in a late number oi tne Atclilson (Kan.) Patriot. The icuni was only seventeen years of age, a girl of rare beauty, fine education and i-uiiiu manners. About eighteen month.? ago sho was seduced, under promise or marriage, by a young man whose acquaintance sho formed at a public hall. In a few months her destroyer left the place, and she discov ered that she was in a. condition that would soon disclose her shame to the world. Soon afterward she went to Kansas City, where she spe'it several months with some relatives, and became the mother of a child. Crushed with a sense of shame, and her heart broken by uie trencuery oi me man sue loved, she determined never to return to her home. She finally went to St. Joseph, Mo., where she died. Just before the termi nation of her sad career, she wrote the following to her parents: "St. Joseph, July 0th, 1S72. "Dkau Father aji Motiieu: I am dying; life, with its bitter regrets, will soon close, and I shall be at rest. Oh, what an eternity of misery I have found since I deserted you so cruelly. I had thought to keep you in ignorance of nil and to die away from you, for I am un worthy of your memory; but as night comes on, delirious fancy takes me back to uie iiome in which i was onco the : . I 1 , , t . mui, .uui "iiuic i whs once so Happy, and I see father aud mother oh, those j wortis weening aim wondering where I am, and "where Julia sleeps to-nlcht 'Pi... t '.? .. x.iu iis:tuit7 tiiiAra ...w, ..nil i mill C UIO until you know where I am. Alna alone, with none to pity me; iu a house of .shame, ami an outcast bowed down in grief. I am dying yielding up mv young life, the price of my sin, and dying with a broken heart. Oh. mother, how I have longed foronesmilo you no, I must not think of it. Forget me; lorget mat you ever had a Julia, but do not curse me. May God forclve mr for dealing you this blow, and help you to bear it. Good-bye. Your ilvin penitent, Julia." Thus died a beautiful, accomplished and affectionate daughter, whose soul was loo couiidiug, and whose sense of wrong so acute, that under the shame which rested upon her, chose the life of an outensr, to draff out a misorniiin existence. Jicligio Philosophical Jour-1 nal. i i Pltri TTVn fr Tr -v- n!:..- tl' I Wheat 111 the world Is raised tiie pilimp rjesp.e the annual larjre Auctions from the wheat that makes such sweet, light rate of taxation, the imblic debt has been re bread No one with the Cliertrv of a I duced during V. s. (front's Presidency at th un.au. ro out vwiti uie -"-JfcJ " . rateof SIOIMMMWO per year. Affreat financial Sliail need starve in such a COUlltr . !criKislmslJeenaertef,and peace and plenty They have 110 paupers to be supported by 1 prevail throughout the land. Menacing foretell charity nil mil srot their own livill". I difficulties have been lwacefiillyandlionomhly Liiariiy. nil can ,ci. l"r comprised, and the honor and power or the And What Can compare With the Nation kept in a high position throughout the beauty and grandeur of the scenery ? 1 world. This glorious record of the past is the 1 fXl l" I"a- on 1110 Piano- I i'"ncipies snail betrcatlasourilidcnlene- "tt was a young woman with as 1 inVS??m,IT"om we wlu withhold our mau mauy white flounces around her as the V?laS&"Sr plauet Saturn has rimrs that did 11 st worthy caiuii.in gavo the music stool ft whirl or two and llutled down onto it like a twirl of 'soaj suds in a hand basin. Then she nushptl 1 Up Uer CUllS as if ihe Was golllP to fioht b "s' lw -'Bill . for the champion's bolt.-- Then ,she worked'her wrists aim nanus u umuer 'em I suppose, and spread out her fin gers till they looked as if they would pretty much cover the whole key-board, from the growling end down to the lit tlo squeaky one. Then those two hands of hers jumped at the keys as if they were a couple of tigers coming down on a" flock of black and white sheep, and the piano gavo a great howl as if its tail had been trod on. Dead stopso still you could almost hear your hair grow ing. Then another howl, as if the piano hail got two tails and you had trod on both of 'em at once, and then a grand clatter and scramble and string of jumps, up and down, back and forward, one hand over the other, liko a stam paie of rats and mice more than like anything I call music". National Eepnblican Platform- For Pre Wen I, VIASSKS S. GBAXT. " For Vice President, 1IE.VKY mtSOJi. Presidential Kleetora, A. I!. Hrnclinm, of Umatilla County. IV. I. llnrc, or Waolilngton Ponnty. Jn. r. Onilej-. of Donjflns Conner. TIip :iull!mn Party of theVnltetl States aa semljled in National ConvenUoalntiweltyof Plilladelphiii.uii tlieothanU 8th days of June, 1ST.!, a-ain ilwlare Us raltli, appeals to its history, and announces its position njion the questions bctore the country: 1. Daring the eleven years of its aeendaney it has accepted with grand conrnce the colernn duties of the time; has suppressed agUptnifc re bellion, emancipated four million of slaves, decreed the cpmi citizenship of all ami estab lished universal HullYnge. Exhibiting unpar alleled magnanimity. It rrlmlnatiylH)iiUited no man for political otrenses and Fiaswsnnty veleomed all who proved their loyalty by obeying the laws and alealins Justly with their nelchbors. It Initiated a new policy toward the I Indians; the IHciflc Railroad and similar vast . credit, and sustained it under the moet extin- ' ordinary burdens. It negotiated new bonds 1 at lower rates of Interest. The reretUH have iftrcii titrfiiiii v iiiiiifieu nun imniiuiv uiiuiicu. l"J incuse jor me iuiure,im vie people will not entrust thegov- J crnmet to any pS-ty or combination of men. I cominsed of those who chiefly have resisted every step in inn ix-nenctal progress. Cnmpieu liberty and exact equality In the enjoyments r all civil, politleaf and publfu rights should be established and effectually iiialiitained throughout the Union by efficient and appropriate state and Federal legislation. Neither law nor its administration should admitornny discrimination in respect to citi zens by reason of race, creed, color, or previous condition of servitude. 3. The recent amendments to the Xatfonnl Constitution should be cordially sustained, be cause they are right, not merely tolerated because theyare law.and should be carried oat aceonllng to their spirit by appropriate legiela- j tlon, the "enforcement or which can be safely ! trusted only to lite party that secured the ! "TtiIS National Government seeks to main tamun honorable peace with all nations, pro tccllng its citizen." everywhere.and sympathiz ing witli all peoples who strive for greater inxriy. o. Any system of civil i-crvlce under 'which the subordinate jiositlons of the (Government are considered rewards for mere party zeal, Is fatally demoralizing, and we therefore favor a reform of the system, by a law which shall abolish the evils of patronage and make hon esty, efficiency and fidelity the essential quali fications for public position, without practically creating a life-tenure of office. 6. We are opposed to further grants of pnbllc lands to corporations and monopolists, and de mand that the National domain be set apart for Tree settlement by the people. 7. The annual revenue, after paying current debts, should furnish a moderate balance for the reduction or the principal public debt, and except so much as may be derived from a tax on tobacco and liquors, be raised by duties on Importations, which should l adjusted to aid in securing remunerative wages to laborers, and to promote the Industries ami growth and pros perity of the whole country- 8. Wehold In undying honorthe soldiers and sailors whose valor saved the Union. Their pensions are a sacred debt of the nation, and the widows and orphans of those who died for the country are entitled to the careofagener otn and grateful people. AVe favor such addi tional legislation as will extend the bounty of the Government to all our soldiers and sailors who were honorably discharged, and who In the time of duty lnvame disabled, without re gard to length of service or the cause of sneh discharge. a. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Kumxau lowers concerning allegiance, once a subject always a subject, having at last, through the ctforts of the Kepubllean party, been abandoned, and the American Idea oi the right of an individual to transfer his allegiance having been accepted by Ktiropean nattons.lt Is the duty of our (Government to guard with Jealous care tho rights of adopted citizens against the assumption or unauthorised claims by their former Government, and we nrge a continued and careful encouragement and pro tection to voluntary emigration. 10. Tiie franking privilege ought to be abol ished and a way pm-iosed for reductions In the rates of postage. 11. Among the questions which press tar at tention is that which concerns the relations or capital and labor, and the Republican party recognize the duty of shaping legislation so as to secure a full protection and ample field Jot capital, and for labor which creates capital: the largest opportunities add a Just share of the mutual profits or these two great servants or civilization. Ii Wehold that Congress and the President have only fulfilled an important duty In their measures for the suppression of violent and treasonable organizations in certain latelr re bcllloiis regions and tor the protection ofthe ffiMiSS?. ,hey are th debis.Y,f ASniSf .f -?."b? crime. We witness with irwil ibr ",ifi'"uJ the principal of that debt, and of the rates or interest upon the hnlnn S?.Ri expectthutourexcelleut national cumncVwffl payneni! "y " SpeCdy "mpUotHoo ,.J.- T,he KepnMlcun party Is mindltil of lis obligation's to the loyal woiiicn of America for the r noble devotion to the cause or ftMdom- i v v . ; " "mininn.on : ami tho lioiiCfit demnm r of anv - con?hnU C?re.na all rihilf iiL1 Ubi'?u vr,r proposcsto respect as lrnii?M!7i!d by u,e lPle tothcmsefvS, wnT?itbf-r?,".,.OTlnR ev."s bth(' mterferencl IV.i not surrendered by the peonle to either tie State or National Government' i t. . ,1'.e Uuly of tc General Government n ,erh i""""' s 'end to is. w 'lKi'Lcon,.,."creS a,,a shipbuilding; .i.orJLVellevc ''" the modest patriotism. .it . " . l'unoe, souml Judgment, nractleal scmclS,orTVli1.b!e, lnur,, n-riSS crv-icesor I'.KGrant have commended him to victory. ...cw marcn to Platform of the 'Woman Suffrage Party of the Pacific Slope. .iAV iEn5vsAAVe,t.ho representative women of the PMCllic Coast, Convention assemble?! in i".E?.olsc,?',1,u 2ut -of JunevI5J2,bSleV ing the time has come to form a new noHtleal Party.do organize under the name of 'tlfflvSS an Hutrmge larty of the laclllc riiaL ae$,aTCJ!lB following Pla!mr, fprtie1p1e8a.nJ 1st. All men and women are created iVeTnn.1 Xftmi.nre on'-owed alike "Sh rtafn Si. as ii. r7,inTa,eclslon,r'l'e Supreme Court JSJwrVJ1 lmPrtof these Amcndments.and wewlH?Mii;jIWm w?t SS1? tll.c.,e Tlllt- We will also work nini ion i!"81,1.0" r"r ",' ""vision and modl- rcspeJilve States. "s,,lu"u" anu laws 01 ur 1th. All TKrKfkn nlllro lil. ...i iTrk wlt' us.nnd we will vigorously "PPpja KpTctp.e any l"ny PP 7th. -Vs a political party we unite upon this lnm?n Platform, regardless or naiionjinj , sex, religion or condition.