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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1872)
FRIDAY SEPTEMBEB 20, 1872. EEMOYAL. Tho office of the New Northwest has been removed from the corner of Third and "Washington streets to the Oregomem building ou Start; street. The editorial room will be at our resi dence on Sixth and E streets. Sub scriptions or orders for advertisements will be received at the business office of the Oregmian or at the editorial office. lions. It has been with the greatest dif- j ficulty that I could make these appoint ments over their heads. A point of in tercut in this matter is the fact that out of all the women I have appointed, but one has proved unworthy of the trust, and she was a chronic defaulter. She would not render her accounts without the greatest difficulty to the Tost Office Department, and when forced to do so, her friends would come to the rescue PETITION. We have received a long list of ladies' signatures, which they request us to at tach to the following petition: TO THE OREGON' STATE LEQISI.ATURE : we wouiu respecuuiiy pray your Honorable Body to pass an Act at vour present Session, instructing judges of election to receive and count ihc votes of women in their various precincts St the coming November election. "We desire to cast our votes with our coun try's friends, and thereby lend our in fluence to promote good Government and encourage wiso and appropriate leg islation. HARRIET M. SirAXAIfAN, rresidont "W. S. Association. W. "W. Williams, Vice President. A. J. Dcniway, Acting Secretary. Lad i 08, send along your names as rap idly as possible. We wish to present them in person, as an accompaniment to our Memorial. Would publish the whole list of names if we had room. THE DIFFERENCE. Tho Mountain Sentinel, published at La Grande, out In the beautiful heart of the breezy Blue Mountains, gives us tho following genteel notice of appreciation, to which we reply that, "barring the politics" of Ids paper which Is sexual we wish it unlimited success: Mrs. Diinlirni l a talented woman ami ' makes a readable paper; It Ii hoped she will le able to continue- Its publication without em barrassment. Although Mime of her doctrines ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. I kePfc witu SHCU neatness and order as is I eluded that to be stung by a wasp was rareiy seen anywhere. I mnn tho whole rather a nico thing. mil mil'n m iliu i1f!. an li..t tlm ' '"T "ot Meet with general approbation, Mill ailU make up tile UellClonCJ , SO tliat tlie ,c Noktiiwest Is an appropriate visitor to cv- Govcrnment was ne'cr the loser: but at fp family. Earring the ii"i r the paper . , , ' , it Mipjiorl (iniut we wi-.li It unlimited ue- nv Mere cumpeueu to uitiuiM iiui. cess. Another woman was. however, put in In contrast to the above we annex the her place. This is the only instance of the kind. They have proved better offi cers, in some respects, than men, for the reason that thoy give their undivided attention to it, while men, on the con trary, especially if the ofllce be a small on, do not attend to it themselves, but give It over to the care of a cleric I think, too, many of the offices in the department could be given to them. Where they are capable of filling them, they should bo given to women in pref erence to men. Tho work Is easy, light and every way suited to them, and it is right that they should have them. Tills has been my view from the first, and as I remarked before, I should have ap pointed many more, and to more im portant places, hnd I sufficient influence with the Administration. following growl concerning us from the Bedrock Democrat of Baker City, which is more Eugene Guard-hh than any thing we have seen lately: The editor of the "Gazette can acknowledge all the Female-men he tees tit as his sisters; wo want none ofthem in ours. Wc think they are a disgrace to their sex, and are dolus more to demoralize society than all the yellow backed, obscene works that are published; one we can guard against, but the walking advo cate of demoralization carries itssllme with it and takes all opportunities to parade their false teachings and practices lielore the pul lie. Some sensible woman has jilted that poor mortal, sure, ire's badly riled. If you'd eat a whale, poor, blubbering booby, you might grow a little brain. SENATORIALJELEOTIONS. Ono necessary reform which iscalling loudly to the people for speedy recogni tion is an amendment to the Con stitution, providing that Senators may be voted forat tiiegeneral State elections. I'nder our present regulation in this matter there is more opportunity for bribery, corruption and fraud, and greator chance for defeating the will of the people, than in any other political contest. A man would indeed be a paragon of immaculate perfection who could go unscathed through all the vicissitudes attendant upon the excite ment, aspiration and accompanying trickery of sucli a siege. And one would be more than human who could com placently bear the pecuniary depression consequent upon the necessary outlay connected with defeat. Aside from pecuniary considerations inseparably connected with such a contest, the moral debasement of the whole com munity is fearful to contemplate. Men wlw never before imagined that they could be induced to barter their high prerogative of the ballot, are in theso contests .driven or led, like animals, to trafllclu the greatest right pertaining to citizenship. And when a man is once induced to sell his vote, his moral man hood is prostituted to tho fascinations of gain, and he is henceforth good for nothing bnt to be the tool of any dema gogue who may wish to buy him. ouv of the Tribune,"'! not yet iIiolvcd. There, gentlemen, our esteemed friend I ,iozen nmcSt we i,ave not vet ,i:ecovered .Murphy, oi uie Atanaara, comes nearer , any seK0 or connection in Ids long to uie real "sianciani" oi euuoriai cour tesy than any other editor wo wot of. In another column of his paper of Au gust 3d, which in the uproar of removal was overlooked at the proper time, but which we should now notice at length had not much of it been anticipated and MRS. DUNIWAY'S PLAG. Under this caption the Olympia Trib une discourseth thusly: The New Northwest hoists the Grant and Wilson Das. Mrs. A. J. Uuniway deilnes her position In the leading article, lu which site elves good reasons for the faith that to in her. This leaves our friend Murpliyoul In the cold. Of course the partnership lonned in Olympia, when Mrs. n. eulogized the -Standard" and promised to canvass ror it in connection wiui I. or imimal. now falls In the rrouIliL 1111 not your trust in strong-minded women, John. To which the Standard replies: Not so, friend lrosch. Is It Impossible for you to grasp the idea that people may dlller as to expediency and still agree In principle; may dispute and still lie lriends. Mrs. Uunlway will experience no such difficult, we assure yon. The pannersiup, which cxeiieu m- jrau- Mrs. K. A. C, Nehaleiu: Our clerk says the clippings were mailed us or dered. The whole occurred in our ab sence. Will endeavor to obtain the poem in question for the New North west. Jenny W., Walla Walla: Thanks for the two subscribers and cash. Throe more and your paper is free. If every woman who is interested in our work would do her best to increase our pay ing list, wo should be able to make a better paper than they have yet seen. As it is, we are compelled to exhaust our mental and physical forces with the needle and sewing machine to pay cur rent expenses. But we won't give up the ship. B. A. B., Port Garibaldi: The fault must be In tho pest office. Your paper is regularly mailed from this office. Thanks for subscribers. Dr. Y ., Oswego, New York : We re turn one article. Have room for the other. Thanks for the interest you manifest. Other letters not received o smile at your enthusiasm for the Sage-hen of Chappaqtia. We will "elect him by a large majority" to stay at home. Have seen scores of just such "saintly" specimens of self-righteous ness. Though we had no voice in the nomination of Mr. Grant, and no hand in making the platform, wo hail it as a LITER ART NOTICES. The Orcrland Monthly for September contains ten and a half paces of Joauuin Miller's introduction to the "Isles of the Amazons." Instead of a relinsh of "clover and over and over and clover." ilial"ul,,Scr of the good time coming. which the long suffering public were Grant 1)0 elected by spontaneous i-uuiuiisuuii. men, no ior woman's en franchisement ! Greeley and Brown cannot sea above sexual politics. Mrs. B. R. B., Pekin: Twenty-five cents. Hope to receive your "renewal" soon. Thanks for kind words. Dr. S., Salem: Sorry to learn of the affliction of our friend. Will attend to her request as soon as possible. The world cannot afford to lose her. Don't lot her have time to die. Do not under stand your allusion to our "allowing tlie men to have everything their own way." Dear, unassuming innocents. they have their own way in public af fairs without as much as saying "by your leave." We're only stroking them the right way to conquer them with kindness don't you see? There is no prepared to endure, we have here the changes rung upon "Andes and seas," "river and quiver," "over and eoirr," "seas," "AnY," and so on; and in stead of the Indian maid with a "sun browned lover," we have occasional rhymes and fancies of the following ele vating and characteristic sort : I kiss you, I pay you, we gold, but who has my As we have not had time or patience to , ... .. . . . . - - re:m uie tiling tiirougii atiovo naif a "Sweet Cyprian pan, Lo ! you have my heart T" drawn rhapsodies, but we suppose there must be something of the kind coming In a month or two or our friend Mr. Carmany would not have given the enormous price of a dollar and a half a nflior wnv in mntmtni wiati Tin... .ln.it linn fin Mmm Allllne to 4in ...All 1. 1 - . X V": V lY" "c" """ like vinegar and acnuafortis. but thov do like energy, good-nature, will, power in Orccon to be extensively road, but lie answered in former editorials, our i.Mowa i.0.v n ,in,,ift ,i. i!InPa r friend expresses the following sensible j horse com,try newspapers-excuse tho lueaS. . slmitr: nm.linru Ii: ilin null' nlinian Hint We are a miffnurist from principle, not be- .... ., , ,, cause we expect It to pay, or because It lias - "in uapresa ii aim uius prevail upon E2 Tn,n ?. '.PfJU J,;f,i7n them to puff him gratuitously. To all reemmized by man's party creeds or not. It literary aspirants for faille, We COllfiden- ' .1,.., i-, ti...,..,,!,., nf' forms no part of duty, as mulerstood by us, to ' . , aiuaj S please tllCUlSeU OS first. show any niore repeet ior one sex iiian ine i .."..j oi otvicv miiii um uiciii : other in discussing matters of a common Inter- 0 aj ,j0 likewise, if theV WOllld accept ' J,anvcrs : Ihailks fame Unon such terms. As-itlo fmm l.n , K"-""K. " - "B'- Joaquin infliction, which, by the way, portrays some really fine fancies, that It is refreshing whon so much trash is flung at us by scurvy politicians, ami which is often so insufferably that we cannot notice it, to sec one man, and anu sen-respect in woman, juucli as they delight to prate about "femluine helplessness," they don't really admire it; and even if they did, what then? i .Sensible women do not like it, and sue! and greeting. You are along that "good homo letter full of news." Will write you when we can. Wc were received in a most hosnita- Me manner, and after resting a while and washing off the dust and weariness of travel, supper was announced. Such supper as it was! Vegetables sweet and crisp just from thegardon; fruit and berries just gathered ah, how unlike in their flavor to those that have sweltered for days in the sunny door of the green grocer in town; then the milk unwat erctl how strangely real it tasted: then the cream and the newly made butter, the roasted pigs, the fresh eggs and the tender chickens, and above all the snowy bread and pastry, that wo could eat with the agreeable reflection that no heathen Chinaman's hands had sullied their purity. In spite of our delicacy, Araminta and I never failed to appre ciate this part of our country life. Tlie next morning there is a morn ing in the country I made thestartling discovery that the sun rises there I don't known just when but somo time in the night, I think; consequently the days are ever so many hours longer than they are In town. Of course the first thing forns to do was to explore and, as tourists should, we went through everything in our reach tho poultry yard, the barn, tho spring house, and the green meadow, the wood- lawn spring, and the creek, along whose banks we wandered till we almost for got to go home at all. Every day brought Its scnarate de lights, and we never wearied of the fresh, healthful enjoyments around us. e picked berries ami got torn nearly to pieces hands ami all: -n-n ni;.(.n.i . . . we hope our criticisms will arouse thej "u yo" sPcc,mcn copies oi me .Mniimu.vL' ior (iisiriuuuon. he a Democrat, express himself as being Pumlc 10 m,nt. lue "umber of the Over- I above considering the idea of sex in his land before U3 contains an important i arguments. Such a man we love to uiso on "government burveys," a j uescnpuon 01 uie 'Mention Art J-.xinbi- i tion of 1872," stories, literary notices, etc., etc., which arc really Can't you get up a club? Glad you love our righteous cause. "A fashionable dressmaker" wants to know If "Eastern ladies really wear ... . ! l . : . i .... j i . . i . valuable and ""-n i--a awi-vpnm mu 3iuuh.uk as appie in-os Araminta declares she didn t, and she wouldn't do such a thin for the world. Well, perhaps she didn't. I... 4 TT f ' out i Know nomcbotiy did! r a vne glorious, breezy afternoon I'd been out aloue Araminta had declined accompanying me and I'd wandered everywhere and exhausted every'thin; myseii included ami I came home toward sunset tired and a good deal travel-stained in the shape of mud. briars, etc Far down in the woods I'd found such beautiful mosses that I could not resist the temptation to take them home, and in default of a basket, I just mnde one for the occasion of my straw hat, ri.'iicitatiug myself greatly on my iiiougiitrul ingenuity In so doing, until nearly home, when I discovered that some of my lovely mosses were wet, and the earth and the water and the green ness had run through tho said hat till it looked as if it had been soaked iu a frog pond! I didn't much care, but when I came in sight of the porch, where Araminta sat arrayed in a fresh clean muslin, and looking so clean and sweet and pretty, and so calm withal iu contrast with my tangled hair, sun-burned face and gen erally disheveled not to say dirty ap pearance, a petty feminine spite took M)..ession of me, and I felt an irresisti ble desire to in some way break up that calm rppoo of manndr. I sat down on the door step, and Ara I'nder the shadow of a large tree, re clining upon a mass of flagrant hay, wc were all gathered. That basket, whose dimensions wo had so ridiculed, had proved none too large, its contents being no more than sufficient for such keen appetites. Thus with jest and story and song tlie time nasscd by, till tlie fra grance, warmth and stillness had their effect, and we gradually sank into silence. Hushed and still was.all nature around us as we sat steeped in tlie golden fra grance of that long mid-summer day. Xot a bird twittered in tlie tree above us, and not a leaf stirred. Sometimes a bee hummed lazily past. Far off in the distance beyond tho undulating fields stretched a belt of firs, whoso gloomy shades were softened by distance to a soft purple tint on which tho eye loved to rest; and still farther was a range of mountains whose azure beauty rose till It mingled with tlie azure of the sky. With eyes half closed, I looked and dreamed till I forgot tlie place, the time, and thought only of a day long, long ago when a child I slept upon the hay and half heard tho hum of bees in the clover-top-, thedistant sound of a sharp ening scythe, the chirp of a cricket iu in the grass, when a faint rustle broke up my train of thought, and raising my eyes there lay 'Bastus leaning on his elbow and scribbling with his pencil on a piece of paper. Occasionally he'd slop, bite tlie tip of his pencil and cast admiring glances at Eliza, who, leaning back against the tree, was absorbed in a greasy Ledger from the dinner basket. I H5 suffering witlt curiosity to know what 'Bastus was writing, but I would not be the first to break the charmed si lence. Ourhostesshadgone to the spring with her husband, and Araminta, with face upturned to the sky, was fast asleep. The shadows were lengthening on the grass, and the golden haze of the after noon was deepening around us, when our hostess returned. "I believe you are all asleep," said she. "Hurry up, 'Bastus, be quick. There's the milking, and all the chorea to do, besides supper to get, aud hero it is almost night." 'Bastus sprang up hurriedly, put on his hat, and thrust the piece of paper in his pocket, as he supposed, but it fell on the grass, and I happened to pass that way immediately after, and though National Republican "Etetfonh.- For Prealdent, riWSSES S. fiK.VXT. For Vice President, HEXItY WILSOX. Presidential Electors, A. U. Menchnm, of Umatilla County. W. I). I In re. ofAVashin-ton County. Jus. r. Gnxley. ot Douslas County. The Republican Tarty of the United State bb- scmbled in National Convention in me ciiyoi Philadelphia, on theoth and 8th daysof June, 1SX, asain declares Its faith, nppcali to Its history, and announces its position upon the questions before the country: , 1. Durlns the eleven years of lis ascendancy It has accepted with grand courase tlie solemn duties of tho time; has suppressed nglsantlc re bellion, emaiiciKited four millions of slaves, decreed tlie equal citizenship of all and estab lished universal sufTrase. Exhibiting unpar allcled magnanimity. It criminally punished no man for political offenses and has warmly welcomed all who proved their loyalty by obeying the laws and dealing Justly with their nelehbors. It initiated anew policy toward the Indians; ihe Pacific Railroad and similar vast enterprises have been uenerously aided and successfully conducted to completion; the pub lie lands have been freely clven to actual set tlers; immigration lias been protected and en couraged, and a full acknowledgement of the rights of naturalized citizens secured from European powers. In the form of National currency. It has provided for the Notional credit, and sustained it under the most extra ordinary burdens. It has negotiated new bonds at lower rates of Interest. The revenues have been curerully collected and honestly applied. Despite the annual large reductions from the rnteof taxation, the miotic debt has been re duced during r. s. Grant's Presidency at tha rate of 3100jaiuYA tui rir. A frreat iinanclal crisis has been averted, and peace and plenty prevail throaghout the land. Menacing Xorelgn difficulties have been peacefully and honorably comprised, and the honor and power ot the .aiiun Kept in a lilgli position tlirnugliour. ine world. This glorious record of Ihe past is the party's best pl.-dge tor the future, and we be lieve that the pcoDlewill not entrust thecov- ernment to any party or combination of men, composed of those who chlofly have resisted every Rtep In this beneficial progress. i complete liberty una exact eoualliy in tne enjoyments of all civil, political and public rights should be established and effectually matninnmi tnrougiiont the i nion iiy emcienr. and appropriate State and Federal legislation. Neither law nor its administration slionld admit of auj discrimination in respect to citi zens by reason of nice, creed, color, or pievious condition of servitude. 3. The recent amendments to the National Constitution should be cordially; sustained be cause they are right, not merely tolerated lM-cnuse they are law.and should be carried out according to their spirit by appropriate legisla tion, the enforcement of which can be safely trusted only to the party that secured the amendments. A. TheNntlonal Government seeks to main tain an honorable peace with all nations, pro tecting its citizens everywhere, and sympathiz ing with all peoples who strive for greater liberty. 5. Any system of civil service under which the subordinate positions of the Government, are considered rewards for mere party zeal, is fatally demoralizing, and we therefore favor a rt-rorm ot the system, by a law which shall abolish the evils of patronage and make hon esty, efficiency and tldelity the esaentlnl quali fications for public position, without practically creatinga llie-tenure of office. a. We are opposed to further grants of public lands to corporations and monopolists, and de mand that the National domain beset apart for free settlement by the people. 7. The annual revenue, after paying current debts, should furnish a moderate balance for the reduction of the principal public debt, and except so much us may lie derived from a tax on tobacco and liquors, be raised by duties on importations, which snouiu ue aujusxeu to aia lu securing remunerative wages to laborers, and a sense of honor on which I nride mv- clfrsiranin,l , , ;l .... .) . to promote tlie industries and growth and pros self prompted me to return it unopened, ,K.J-,V ortIl. wllolc eountry. my cuno-.ity was altogether too strong for that, aud I read: meet upon the plain of logic, and hope we shall hereafter be so situated as to lose none of the Staiulartrs arguments in favrir of woman's enfraiiP.hiRrtiiiont- wt....i.rfi..iin-,rm;-&Co..Sanl'rauci?co. Fashionable ladies with moro with mo prettily for tho spoiling of my iisastothe"espetliency"ofworkingto! Oo ley's lady's Hook comes to hand,:"' ,7 7, , . , K I . 7 , ,, ; 1 , , . 8 , f ..uiiinuici luuaroi juice or iiutst, iiiem I " luuruuj , eii-. wiit'ii, iiumKHiiiig interesting. Address John H. Carmany '-,ev do licre?" AVe a ro sorry to Fay minta admired the mosses, and condoled ' mora i lut-itii iui -.no -iuiiiii; SHALL OREGONWOMEN VOTE ? j The Democratic press with one accord, from the Liberal Jiejmblican down to the Eugone Guard aud Bed TlocJ: Dem ocrat and that's a long way down are crying out that the Bepublican party means nothing by its recognition of tlie women of America in its National Plat form. Now we propose to test this matter in our present Legislature. "We learn that a worthy Member has pre pared and is ready to present a bill for an "Instruction Act" to judges of elec tion, requiring them to hereafter receive and count the votes of women. A uumbor of prominent Oregon ladies are petitioning us to grant this boon, that they may vote next November for Grant and Wilson. If it please that Honorable Body we shall be delighted to present this petition in person. Vc assure our brethren of tho Senate and the House that women will do them good and not evil all the days of their lives. "NVe are going into their Councils, not to destroy the law, but to fulfill, and wc shall go, too, imbued with the consciousness that men are not our enemies, but our friends; and that they need but to know the will of the leading minds among Oregon women to grant unto them their just deserts. We ask that no woman shall be compelled to vote, but we do also pray that those who desire to exorcise this duty shall have their right to do so fully recognized. Let Oregon lead the van of States In the onward march of the inevitable, aud thus secure unto herself that well-merited distinction throughout the world which she needs to mako her fame and glory fully appreciated. GENERAL GRANT ON THE WOMAN QUESTION. In a recent conversation with a lady on this subject, the President was asked among other things: 'The women having declared for you, fjonoral.do you think their influence in the political field valuable?" "Well," ho replied, "perhaps they mor BOOtl b" tnlkinK to the people ban they could otherwise ac oomp !.h by voting, t llavc aI been in favor of giving a the chances possible to women in whIcll lo living, and never could any r why tho avenues of business need be cioseu io mum. u is a fact that ,any woiuuii lueurn a simnnw c- theroselves and families, and it i3 also I rue that they have too few opportuni ties to do this. I have appointed over three hundred to office since I have been here, and thould have appointed many more if I bad more influence with this Administration;- but the truth is, mem bers of Congress generally have some political Mend I hey want to put Into tUr wai ofllrxs or other vacant pol- establish this "principle" to which he ( so ganamiy auueres. cannot agree with him that "it would have been wiser lo have waited longor" before committing our cause to the tender mercies of politics. There was no show for us to succeed without making suf frage a party issue, and to get politi cians to taking sides for and against us lreiguted as usual with its feast of beauty, fashion, science and art. Long life to Godcy. Artltttr3 Home Magazine and the CliildrctCn Jfour are regular visitors, and too much cannot be said in their praise as educators of the public taste. Orofutt's Western M'orld, "devoted to awkwardly at street crossings in other to look up, I saw 'Bastus, tho hired man, tho milmnjl n.t l!.w1r.ul ! 1 r was our party's only object in carrying i "V , .m. i-siiiii-i n.bi ,6reat Aest, and information for tour ists, miners and settlers boyond the Mississippi," is a well conducted month ly journal, published in New York, and contains many valuable lessons for Eastern readers. Dcmorcsl, aglow with fact and fancy, beauty and utility, comes along as us ual, each number excelling tlie last. our work into the political field at all, "Wc have never expressed ourselves satisfied with what wo have already ob tained. Quite the contrary; but we as women nave discernment enough to know the difference between a good long step in tho right direction and a contemptuous thrust in the opposite way. Its all very well for our Demo cratic brethren to devour the roast beef and plum pudding of politics, offering us never a slice, while grumbling be cause we take water gruol from their enemies as our only attainable political sustenance; but as tho "proof of the pudding is in chewing the bag," so the proof of our forthcoming political pud- dlutr lies in accenting its forotnstc of fullness In the gruol which Bepublican politicians think wc arc now able to digest. Most assuredly our partnership is not dissolved, friend Murphy; and wo hereby renew our proposition let all our "Woman Suffrage friends who want a decent, live and logical Democratic paper take the Olympia Standard aud New Northwest at $4 00 per year. Our brother's a little weak about the suffrage question just now, but he'll be strong as ever next November when Greeley gets beaten; so send along your subscriptions, friends. The Democratic papers arc all clamor ing for the re-election of Mr. Corbett. Bepublican Members will pleaso take notice that Democrats arc always too sagacious to obey tneir political ene mies, ntfr, their comments on the Louisville "side show." Our friend Colonel Ferrish will please pardon us for so long neglecting to no tice his neat and business-like journal, which has been laid upon our table, but neglected through an oversight. We wisii the Commercial Reporter success. We learn that a change has come over the dreams of the Bulletin, but as that paper does notecnd us its daily in ex change, and as tlie weekly comes too ate to be ot any use to u", we know mining by authority. Front all IVft enii tAn.. 1. - t t? . ... ,diu tim VUlllllli; fctate Fair will be ih i exh fin aS;V?U M tl,e extensive exhibiUonofthe kind ever held in Ore- a ginnd succe. PASHION. We don't know but we should have forgotten our fashion article this week if It hadn't been for the Herald's local. This dapper little darling is so much more at home in describing the mys teries of ladies' toilets than in reporting their spceclies that we have half a mind to set him up in business as a dress maker. Hear him: cities just as they do in Portland When they all get into some remunera tive and honorable calling, they will rise above such untidiness. A trailing skirt Is an emblem of degradation. Edward: our communication will appear next week, "moro anon." ! It. Ilin 1,,..., 1 1 i -r i.i iiiu utiiii-j inu limiting, uilll ill uuce 1 spoke of tho interesting process, tlie gentle, large-eyed cows, and wanted her to go with me to see. Now Araminta is very timid aud nervous, easily frightened and afraid of Thanks. Hope for CV0O'thIng, and she didn't want to go; RUSTICATING. Uiiitou Ni.w Northwest : I wonder if you ever went into the country in summer and had a down right good rest! I don't mean living in a cottage omcc at a fashionable water ing place, with plenty of servants and horses aud carriages, playingat country life, but real life on a farm, as poets say, "away from the haunts of men," where you can sing and shout in the open air, and climb fences, and tear your clothes, aim muuuy juur suocs, aim soil your stockings, and wade the creek, and hunt hens' ones, and run mwa u tili n.n log, and mock the ducks and geese, and It Qmlcnl a,ul sorry, i nastencu to assist I linn niwl ,.T 1 II. 1 . - - A we started "Hold up your dress," T said, "and hurry along." I led her round about through the back yard directly past where, hovering her brood, I knew there sat a most vi cious and belligerent fowl, whose temper I had more thau once thoroughly tested. I went past the corner behind which she sat so rapidly that she had only time to get well bristled up, but at sight of my friend she gave a hurried squall and flew at her In real high tragedy style! Terrified at tho unexpected at tack, Araminta screamed and turned to run; but a few steps anil her foot caught in SOtnethinc nnd sllf foil lip.-idlnnrrT horthe bom-fit of our lady readers we elve the I following fashion notes: .Vvery pretty addition Shlg ... .ue .I.IIC11L- ii 1,11,7 ,,r iwo .-sjianisii orpeneer waists oi pink or blue silk. oranv other liecnm- Imr shade: these urn somi.flmiw lnlil I,, nlalt and sometimes made plain; the plaits may be trimmed witli either white or black lace, or a licliu of white or black lace may be worn over them. These waists have been much worn with wlilte and black silk skirts tills summer, and they will be worn also this winter. Mo rocco belts arc very popular for morning wear, especially thoc which possess all the little conveniences lor holding thimbles, keys, scent bottles, etc., etc. No lady considering her toilette complete nowadays without the vin aigrette, from which it may lie inferred that tlie old fashioned dhenso of nerves has come up again. If any namby-pamby, lackadasiacal, die-away sort of a fashionable belle cau beat that, we'd like to sec her, that's all. A lady at our elbow says fche'd like to order some of those "Spencer waists." She hasn't seen 'cm yet. A polonaise or close cut paletot, with pelerinse capo or large collar, will be the fashionable garment for girls for early fall wear. bark back at the puppies, and ride the horses bare-backed, and fall off a lond ' n f lint ntifl , di.tr linr.iiu n...l T . ........ v. a..j , . wtill, .Lllll lUSf JUU1 non iu the bushes, and be chased by Iclous cows, and play with the dear little Huffy ducks and chickens, and have a real rollicking, glorious, don't-carc-a-pln-for-any thing kind of a time? Why "fun" is no name for it. It's dc-lic-ious! You see, about tho last of July I was ! was taken sick not damrerouslv. you know, indeed, if we come doivn to facts, it was not perceptible to the naked eye. But fashionable people always lose their health about thatscason of the year, so of courso I was sick; and as human life is too precious to be lightly thrown away, I saw the urgent neces sity of leaving town for awhile. Sol said to Araminta: "My dear, where can wc best recruit the extreme fragility of our constitu tions? Shall we go Into the country for Deep flounces are more In favor than ; a time or down by the murmuring narrow ones. hen uotu are useu in i combination, the narrow one is above. Demi-trains are to be adjusted for street wear by means of tapes to loop them up to the waist at the back seams. Large jet or tortoise shell butterflies, with gilt edges, arc worn in the center of a largo bow on the top of the head. Satin and velvet striped silks will be very much worn next season, with plain silk or cashmere overdresses. The general effect in the new style of hair-dressing is Oreciau, but as rough and frowsy as ever. Very long coat-sbaped postillions are lo be worn with demi-train skirts for Indoor toilets. Camel's hair scarfa will be worn next season for the neck Instead of fur tippets or boa. sea?" "Oh, the country!" she decided at once. "I adore country life! Every thing is so green and nice, and I so love the dear little pigs and things!" for the table, you know. Now, all through the early summer I'd been hungering for a sight of old Neptune a dip in his briny waves, but after a long sigh of regret, with my usual amiability I yielded, and into the country we went. I shall not tell you just where it was, for everybody would want to go and my friends don't care to be overpow ered. The- farm-house was a model one, two stories in height, with broad piazzas and wide, spacious, airy rooms, baud pomelv furnWied, and the whole houie Of all the girls before my eyes, lve me 'liie, oh, give me 'IJze; She's cherry lip, and coal hlaek eyes. And then, he makes such lxjrry pies Oh, IJze eyes pies! My hours are spent in longing sighs For one to lair, and yet so wise. With rounded lorm.and 'witching eyes; And when at work, you let she flies Oh, 'IJze wise sighs! I could withstand the heart so wise. The rounded form, with son dark eyes. Hut eant resist siicii berry pies Oh, 'IJze eyes pies! thought the verses very pretty, but I showed them to Araminta, aud she was greatly disgusted, and said "all the ion a man was capable of was con nected with something good to cat." I whispered, "Qualifiy that, my dear, and say come men." It was our last day at the farm. On the morrow we must hasten back to the city and take up again tlie thread of life just where we had lain it down. We had been all over the farm for a regret ful goou-oyo iook, anu now, in our favorite shelter, the porch, we watched for the last time tlie shadow deepening in tlie valley, turning slowly to the dusky gloom of a summer night, as the twilight gradually came and wrapped all things in its absurdity. One of us sang a low plaintive ditty of tho olden time, which harmonized well with the place and tlie hour, and we still lingered till the stars came out to take their place as watchers over the broad creation, while no sound broke the stillness of that summer night. S. J. B. Pouti-and, Aug. 10, 1S72. her, and as she lay on the lounge, not much the worse for her fall, a fit of com punction seized me and I straightway confessed my fault and asked to be for-gh-en. But she was Indignant. "How could you be so cruel?" she cried. "How could you be so chicken hearted?" I answered. "The truth is, Araminta, you looked so provokingiy clean and pretty I couldn't bear It," and j mollified by the compliment, she smiled and forgave me. . I'd not been long in the house till I discovered that 'Rastus lived only in the light of the soft dark eyes of Eliza, tho daughter of our host Six feet high aud formed like Apollo, he would trem ble and look shame-faced if Eliza's glance happened to rest upon him. It had for some time been agreed among us all, that wc would spend one day with the hay-makers. So on a cloudless morning 'Bastus helped us all Into tho blgwagon together with a large basket which our hostess charged him to take care of, anil away we went, rat tling down the lane, across the field. through tho big gate, down into tlie creek, and out again, up the steep bank and there wo were! Before us lay the broad meadow, partly bare and part of It, the tall grass waving in long, lazy sweeps of indescribable ieauty, obedi ent to the wind's least breath. We followed the hay-makers, and raked and tossed the sweet-scented grass, piling it in heaps or spreading It in the sun, and we laughed and sang and quoted "Maud Muller" till Eliza got stung by a wasp, when 'Bastus, coming out of his timidity In the emergency, tied up the swollen wrist with a wet handkerchief, and was so pitiful and sympathizing and tender, we all con- LETTER IROM RHODE ISLAND. PoTTEn's Hilt, 1 Washington county, B. I., r August 13, 1S72. J Kditor New Northwest: I listened to your famous stump speocii given at Steinway Hall in New York city on tho evening of May 10th. It made mo happy to hear you speak so lovingly and so kindly of the men. Every word you uttered I fully endorsed. All the days of my life 1 have been blessed with the society of great, broad shouldered, handsome mem men in whose hearts truth held her queenly sway, and whose bodies were "clothed upon" with -virtue and generous deeds. With tho majority of all well-disposed women I join in the plea for the ballot. Tt must and will be given us, for I have hoped for It and prayed for it ever since tlie days of my pantalets and home made shoes. Three thousand miles of United States soil forbids my listening often to your voice, but I shall avail myself of the next best thing, I shall subscribe for yonrpapcr. Enclosed find S3 00. Lccy AI.MV Babcock. S. We hold Inundying honorthe soldiers and sailors whose valor saved the Union. Their pensions are a sacred debt of the nation, and tlie widows and orphans of those who died for the country niv entitled to the care of a gener ous and grateful people. Ave favor sueh addi tional legislation as win extend the oouniyot me Government to an our soldiers and sailors who were honorably discharged, and who in me time oi uuiy oecame uisaoieu, wnnour. re gard to length of service or tlie cause of such discharge. !. The doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers concerning allegiance, once a subject always a subject, having at last, through the efforts of tlie Republican party, been abandoned, and the American Idea ot the right of an individual to transfer his allegiance having been accepted by European nations.lt Is the duty of our Oovernment to guard with Jealous care the rights of adopted citizens against the assumption of unauthorized claims by their former Government, and we urge a continued and careful encouragement and pro tection to voluntary emigration. 10. Tlie franking privilege ought to be abol ished anil a way proposed for reductions in the rates of postage. 11. Among the questions which press for at tention Is that which concerns the relations of capital ami labor, and the Republican party recognize the duty of shaping legislation so as to secure a full protection and ample field for capital, and for labor which creates capital; the largest opportunities aud a Jut share of the mutual proflt of these two great servants of civilization. 12. We hold that Congresssand the President have only fulfilled an Important duty In their measures ror the suppression or violent and treasonable organizations in certain lately re bellious regions and ror the protection of tho ballot, and therefore they are entitled to tho thanks of the Nation. IX "We denounce the repudiation or public debts, in any form or disguise, as a national crime. We witness with pride the reduction of tho principal of that debt, and of the rates of interest iixii the balance, and confldentlv expect tliatimrexcellent national currency will be perfected by a speedy resumption to specie payment. IL The Republican party Is mlndtul or its obligations to tho loyal women of America for their noble devotion to the cause of freedom; their application for admission to further use fulness Is received with satisfaction; and the honest demands or any class of citizens for ad ditional rights should be treated with respectful consideration. 15. We heartily approve of the action of Congress in crantine amncstv lo those pnmfiH ; in the rebellion, and rejoice in tlie growth ot i peace and fraternal feeling throughout the land. jo. iiii;nriuuinnii jmnj ijjos iu rCSpCCL all rights reserved by the people to themselves, as earefully as the powers delegated by them to the State and Territorial governments. It dis approves of asserting constitutional laws fort lie purpose of removing evils by the interference with rights not surrendered by the people to either the State or National Government. 17. It is the duty of the General Government lo adopt such measures as will tend to encour age American commerce and ship-bulldlng. it. m:iitrc mai me mouesi paxnottsm. TlIE IXDCSTRIAL FAIR. All Sections of Western Washington seem to be alive with preparations for the coming fair next October. We hear of big beets and cabbatres in Whatcom, and of annles almost as large; of mammoth heads of wncat anu rolls ot goiuen nutter in Chchalls; of preserves, jellies, and marmalade in Thurston county; and of a great variety of choice fruits in King, all destined for this first annual fair of the Association. If Pierce aud Mason counties arc true to their promises, we shall havesomeHamplesoftheirproducts that will cause even old settlers to stare. The deft fingers of the ladies are busy witli fancy work of all kinds, and scores of mechanics are preparing specimensof theircraft. This is as it should be. We expect to sco a display next October, worthy the liberal cash premiums of fered by the Committee. Olympia Standard. A child in Indiana has died from tho bite of a rot. the earnest purpose, sound Judgment, practical wisdom, Incorruptible Integrity and illustrious services of C & Grant have commended him to the heart of the American people.and with him at our head we start to-day on a new march to victory. CES. fi BAST'S PRINC1PI.es. "I would sum up the policy of tlie Adminis tration to Is? a thorough enforcement of every law; a faithful collection of the tax provided for: economy in the disbursement or the same, and a prompt payment ot the debt of the na tion ; a reduction of taxes as rapidly as the re quirements, of the country will admit; reduc tion of taxation and tariff to be so arranged as to afford the greatest relief to the greatest num ber; honest and fair dealings with all other people, to the end that war, with all its blight ing consequences, may beavolded, without sur rendering any right or obligation due to the United States; a reform In the treatment of tho Indians, and the whole civil service of tho country: and, finally. In securing a pure, un trammelled ballot, where every man entitled to cast a vote may do so Just once at eacli elec tion without rear of molestation or proscription on account of his political faith, nativity, or honor. V. H. GRANT." Platform of the "Woman Suffrage Party of the Pacific Slope. Whereas, "We, the representative women of tho l"aclllc Coast, in Convention assembled In San Franciseo.thls 21st day of June, 1S72, believ ing tho time has come to form a new political party.doorganlze under the name or the Wom an Suffrage Iarty of the Pacific Coast, and declare tho following platform of principles : 1st. All men and women are created tree and equal,. mil are endowed alike with certain In alienable rights, among which are the rights lo life, lliierty and the pursuit of happiness. ai. We hold that under the Fourteenth and Finecntli Amendments to the ConstltnUon of the United States women are aireauy enirou chlseil and entitled to the right to vote, and are debarred orttieprtvllegeonly through prejudice and misinterpretation of the law. 3d. l'endlngadeeislonoftlie Supreme Court as to the full Importofthese mendmcnts,and In vlewofthe possibility of an adverse decision, wc will lalKir with our utmost zeal and energy for an additional amendment to the Constitu tion to seenre these right-. We will also work with determination for the revision and modi fication oi the Constitution and laws of our respective States. 4th. All persons alike, both men and women, are entitled to equal rights before the law. . 3th. All porsonsand iwrtles who oppose these principles shall be treated as otirwllUeal ene mies, from whom we will withhold o r Influ ence in politics and our P"inS2,,,R of any 6th. AVo will work for the '""J, worthy candidate of v. h'erei jparty who wm work with us, and we r'n7s"oniedto any candidate of any party who Is opposeu io these principles. ,nit unon this 7th. As a political "r nslVonallty, common plutrorm, regardless i rx, religion or condition.