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FRIDAY. AUGUST 22, 1873. "PEOUNIAEY INDEPENDENCE A2TD POLmOALEIQHTS." Under this head the Portland Bulletin discourses as follows: "Political and consequent pecuniary lnde- penuence ior women" nine suujoci oi an urn cle In the Sew XoimiwKST. It would bo pru dence not to base too great hope on pecuniary inaepenaenre ionowingoi course upon point- cal rights. We know several men who have all political rights but never know what pecun- lary Independence id; and of several others who have no political rights who have never theless complete pecuniar- Independence. As a matter of tact one hundred or even one thous and persons reach pecuniar' independence thmui-li other nursults where one reaches it through the aid rendored by the possession of the right to vote ana to noiu oincc. As a political fencer our brother is a decided success. You can no more pre vail upon him to directly face the. great live issue of Woman Suffrage, now be fore the .American people, than you could prevail upon him to declare for the liberation and enfranchisement of colored men before that work was done. But that he does once and a while meas ure lances with us, albeit his thrusts are only fcintt, is to us an ernest of the good time coming, when he, seeing the ne cessity for political salvation through equal rights, and through that channel only, shall be emboldened to demand for woman like opportunity with man for what there is of "pecuniary inde pendence" In political life. We have never claimed that "pecuniary Inde pendence" for all women would "follow of course upon political rights." The proportion of women who would be thus directly benefitted would be about the samo as among men. But, if the one-hundredth or one-thousandth man reaches such independence through the "possess'iou of tho right to vote and hold office," by what rule of freedom or justice shall the one-hundredth or one thousandth woman bo debarred from the same opportunities? "While political rights would not di rectly shower pecuniary independence upon the masses of women any more than upon the masses of men, they would open the way to pecuniary ad vantages of case and emolument, now restricted to the opposite sex, and would enable women to make many laws and regulations for their own and human ity's benefit which men, be they never so magnanimous, cannot afford to open to a disenfranchised class. Our brother has good reason to know of citizens and tax-payers who are not voters, but who are otherwise equal and In some cases even superior to men women who have no "political rights" to bring them pecuniary independence" who have need of nothing but these rights to ensure such "independence." He knows that the Government cannot afford its fat positions to those who have no vote; and' he also knows that persons who have no voice nnd power in the Government, because of their sex, are otherwise possessed of like ne cessities with himself, and that there Is no justice in the unwise legislation against sex-hood, which makes it a po litical disgrace to be a wife or mother. Perhaps one mother in fifty is sup ported by the father of her children, while the forty-nine remaining, ones earn a livelihood besides tho ordering of their households. They are compelled to do so to live; and it Is tho shame of this Republic this boasted land of free dom and chivalry that men monopo lize all political privileges and leave women, in their weakness, to struggle with toil and drudgery, over-taxing their physical strength to thedetriment of the health and mentality of their children supported by men, Just as owners of slaves supported their field hands, in tho days of slavery, upon the chattels' own earnings. Women do not care, any more than do men, to depend upon "political rights for pecuniary independence," but they do claim that whatever of benefit may accrue to man from the possession of stich rights can and ought to be en joyed to a like extent by woman. This women demand, and this, in the on ward march of inevitable progression, they shall surely obtain. We should rejoice if our brother would throw his influence in the scale in this great struggle, that he might enjoy the fruits of the forthcoming victory; but if no chooses to bo left behind iu the race we cannot help it. AH OUTSPOKEN NEWSPAPEE. Tiie Washington Standard, an inde pendent Democratic newspaper, pub lished at Olympia, Is deservedly popular among tiie oman Suffragists of Wash Ington Territory. If all Democrat were like Mr. Murphy, all stigma would soon be removed from the Democratic Idea, and with a party pledged to the Enfranchisement of Woman, they would march straight ou to power. But our friend is out of place in the Demo cratic kennel; even more out ol place than we are in the Republican ranks. He Is so far ahead of his party that he appears to theni as a star of the seventh magnitude, and they don't half appre ciate him. But it makes little differ ence to John. He knows he's right and so he goes ahead. If one hundred pro fessedly Democratic newspapers would take the satue stand for Woman's En franchisement that the Washington Standard takes and maintains, they'd frighten theRepublican papers Into line at once. But old fogyism and selfish ness must be endured until they can bo exorcised. Workaway, brother Murphy. You have the proud satisfaction of being consistent. Success to you. W. W. Beach, of Buena Vista, writes: "Enclosed please flud S3, to apply on my subscription to the 2kw North west. Your friends here look forward with interest to. the regular visits of your paper, and occasionally fight a battle (of words) for you, but the enemy etays within his kennel, and contents himself with an occasional growl." BELIEF POESUTPEBEES. We hear considerable about disburs ing committees, but do not hear of any body being benefitted by them to anj great extent. The excessive "modesty" of our city dignitaries, which causes causes them to "blush" at the idea that any man or woman who may have lost their buildings in which their business was carried on, and without which they are at the mercy of landlord sharks and j real estate sharpers, may receive such substantial aid from abroad as shall enable them to re-build and go on with out the canker-worm of usury forever gnawing at their financial vitals this very excessive and ill-timed modesty is seriously crippling our city interests. The fact is, other cities, which Portland has helped In like disasters, are ready and willing to help her in return. We call upon the Mayor in the name of the people to rise above the idea of "loans" for this purpose, whereby the already plethoric banks may increase their per centage of business at the expense of the toll-laden and fire-stricken masses. Chicago's bank organ did not "blush" when the wealth of many cities, whose terrible trouble has not yet come (al though it may at any moment), was poured unsparingly Into the devastated city to rebuild it. These calamities should be accepted as the common heritage of the people, that the great law of reciprocity may have room to ex pand and grow in the self-corroded heart of humanity. Then let San Francisco and New Orleans, and Philadelphia and New York and Boston help, let Chi cago spare of her fast increasing abund ance and let St. Louis contribute her share. Let the people be put in a way to help themselves and not be bound to repay with usury the relief received to recover me means 01 a uveiinood or competence, lost in a disastrous fire. It is very well for National banks and National bank orceins to "blush" at theBe things, but it's quite another matter when subsistence for the people who have lost their all is wruug from them anew In the form of interest. We have been pleased with the spirit of humanity manifested by our own citi zens as well as those from a distance. Some of the donations are very large and the donors of both largo and small sums are hlchlv appreciated for their well-timed liberality. But a few pota toes and a little flour, a few tools and a month's free rent, will not rebuild ou city, and this, beyond the .first pressing demands of hunger, is what the people need. If capital Is loaned to us to re build, the men disbursing it will makea handsome profit. None except men owning the lots can afford to borrow money to rebuild, and they will, of course, demand a rental for their build Ings which will take all the profltsof an ordinary business, and drive many citi zens away from Portland. Let money for building purposes be given by any city that wants to aid us, not to owners of the soil, but to thoso who are willing to lease the ground for a term of ten, twenty, thirty or fifty years. Let tho conditions upon which such persons receive the donations be that the main buildings are for their own use, and the offices, suites or lodging rooms, etc, wnicu tney snail nulla in j connection, are to bo rented at rates that will merely pay the lease value of the ground they stand upon and a small profit to the person who attends to the business. Then our city will arise from her ashes under the dawn of a new pros perity. Rents iu other places than the burnt district will fall in proportion to the dullness of the times, and others besides bankers and real estate holders I can have roofs to envnr ilmm thai will I not be eaten Into continually by the canker-worm of interest. OALL POE INVESTIGATION. Portland, August 15, 1S73. Editor New Northwest: To-day I accidentally picked up your paper of the Sth ult, and read in its col umns that "n. nipmhor nf flm "Rmmpfc Guards ou the dav of the lire compelled ' a barefooted Chinaman to run through . - . a burning street at the point of the sabre." It was news to me, and if it is true (which I doubt much) tho witnesses of the act are to a very great extent ac complices if they allow the committer of the deed to go free without paying the penalty of the law for unwarranta ble and outrageous cruelty to a human being oven if said person is a China man. Desiring that tho reputation of the Emmets may not bo sullied, even by any prejudiced, unfounded and un proved report of Madam Rumor, I re main, yours truly, Jos. R. Wiley, Captain Emmet Guards. The gentleman who gave us tho re portHand who dressed tho Chinamen's mutilated feet, is called upon to ex plain Kn. Mrs. M. A. Barnes, of Olympia, has invented a washing machine which is about the completest arrangement in that line that we have seen. It is made of zinc and is a combined washer and boiler, with wringer attached. A pat ent has been applied for, and we expect soon to have a complete description of tho inVention. Mrs. Barnes is a bank er's wife, and finds time, in the enjoy ment of her own and her husband's hard-earned wealth, to study out inven tions wherewith to lighten the labors of other women, who not only are not pe cuniary successful, as they have been, but who do not have time or genius for supplying themselves with labor-saving machines. We think that Professor Fowler, if he visited at her elegant home, found ample testimony against his ar gument that women are not inventors. Her houso and grouuds abound with evidences of her practical genius. We are proud to kuowtLat she has not only the brains to do these things, but the necessary funds with which to experi ment upon her Ideas. JOTTINGS ANDJOUENEYINGS. Accepting the proffered hospitality of the Maria Wilkens, E. C. Lakin, Cap tain, a little steamer that plies daily between Portland aiid St. Helens, stop ping anywhere upon tho river bauk for freight or passengers an accommoda tion packet in the fullest sense of the word, which deserves the patronage of the people and receives it we reached the town of St. Helens at 7 r. sr., on Saturday, where arrangements had been made for us to lecture in tho church. Tiie subject chosen fop us by the citi zens was "Equality before the Law;" a theme very much to our liking, and one to which the audience listened with profound and evidently appreciative at tention, although the thermometer tow- ereu alarmingly men. anu me river water, which all must drink because there are no wells in the vicinity, sends up atmospheric beads in tho pitchers or tumblers almost as soon as it leaves the Columbia. But if rocks abound at St. Helens, and niusquitoes serenade you, and the tamest and most amiable pigs run loose in the streets, tho town site is commanding and beautiful, the location healthy, the citizens proverbially hos pitable and the river scenery grand Although the town, to a Portlander, looks wonderfully dull in a business point of view, and decidedly "scatter ing" as to habitations or inhabitants, yet the quiet, peaceful satisfaction of the denizens is refreshing to cojileni plate. F. Giltner, Esq., a merchant of this place, and postmaster as well, deals ex lensively in assorted merchandise. In his store you can find almost anything in his line from garden rakes to two horse wagons, and from real laces to brogau boots. His customers are from the country on both sides of the river and he does a thriving business. . A pleasant-faced wotuan with two babies to take care of, keeps the only hotel, but as almost any lady in the place will take a few boarders, there aro ample accommodations for all tourists or rusticators who wish to avoid the usual rush at more pretentious summer resorts. The bathing facilities are good, nnd are being indulged in very freely during this month by the junior mem bers of our household, who have tanned themselves in the sun and wind and water till they are almost as black as the rocks they delight to tumble over. Sunday was fearfully hot, but the evening was more pleasant, and we had another meeting in the church. Sub ject, "Woman and the Bible." Some questions were asked at the close of the lecture which heightened the interest of tho occasion. The Champions of the Red Cross have a snug hall over Mr. Guttler's store, where they have an organ, appropriate furniture and a good membership. Our sprightly young friend, Mrs. Giltner, who, without seeming to know it, is a first-class leader in almost everything, presides at the organ, or manages the intellectual affairs of the town as though to the manor born. Her mother and sisters are just as wide-awake as herself. In fact, the McBrido family, to which they belong, are noted for their intel ligence and public spirit. Of the nine living sisters, every one is decidedly far abovo the average. There are four brothers also living, of whom the eldest has been to Congress, one is In New York in the Medical College, one an at torney in St. Helens, and tho other is, we believe, at school. It is refreshing' to find an old-fashioned, largo family, and trace the members to their distant homes, in these days when ono or two children only are allowed to have exist encc in so many liouselioliis. 'Hie ven- erable father and mother of the family are living iu St. Helens, and though feeble in health, are yet vigorous in in tellect. Tho family is a very little di vided upon the subject of equal rights before tho law; one, or at most, two members thereof, being opposed, and the others emphatically in favor of tho principle. Those opposed to it may console themselves with the idea that a little opposition only accelarates tho " orh On Monday evening, after an insuf ferably hot day, Mr. Caleb Woods, father of Governor Woods of Utah, came over for us from Columbia City, in his buggy. The ride, through the grand old forest and over rocks and ridges, was one which we shall long re member. Cool, agreeable zephyrs chased away the fervent noon-day heat and fanned our temples that had all day writhed under a racking pain, to a de licious dullness, which we feared would so settle upon our senses as to spoil the evening lecture. "Uncle Caleb," as everybody calls him, talked of human rights and progress, of National affairs and local scenery, of Columbia City and itsprospects, beguiling thedistance with well-digested ideas of men and meas ures, until almost before we were aware of it, we had reached the residence of his son, one of the first settlers of the citv that is to be, whom, with his worthy wife, we fouud to be amiable, Intelligent and social. The new academy, which has been enclosed, floored and temporarily seated, was occupied at "early candle lighting" by a thoughtful and sympathetic audi ence. At this place, as well as St. Helens, we found many friends, both men and women, who are devoted to the causeof Human Rights. Thesubjectof tho lecture, by request, was "Mormon Life In Utah," and was particularly in teresting at this place, from the fact that at least half the denizens thereof are connected by affinity and consan guinity with Governor Woods and wife. We do not know of any subject which brings more clearly before the people the practical results of the subjugation of woman than this one of polygamy as it is. The recital of the lady's story who came to us at the Governors resi dence, to imploro our Intercession with her relatives in Oregon for means to run away from her polygamous hus band, brought tears to many eyes. We also urged the necessity of a Federal Government fund, to be used at the dis cretion of the Governor's wife in Utah, in ameliorating such conditions as the one described, and showed that if men, or even animals, were thus oppressed, princely appropriations would at once be made for their relief; that this Gov ernment was made by men and for men, ana carried on exclusively in their in terest; that the mothers of men are scarcely even an after thought; that our our whole system or legislation tends to degrade women into dolls or drudges; tuat ono condition is as much a vassal age as the other; aud that women as co- leglslators, Congressional . Representa tives and United States Senators, would soon open theeyesof men totheidea that womanhood has equal Inalienable rights with manhood. One old gentleman who was introduced at the close of the lecture, said to us, "I have always been opposed Woman's Rights, but there's no chance for opposing such logic as this. I want tho New Northwest. I want to investigate this matter thor oughly. Go on, and God speed you." A half dozen urgent invitations to ac cept the hospitality of the villagers were regretfully declined, and embark ing at a late hour in an open boat with a crowd of St. Helens friends, we spent an hour in a sail upon the heavintr waters of tho mighty river, and heard his dashings in the dim distance as his white waves lashed the beach in sullen, moaning agony. Miles away, across tho river, loomed up In the ghastly night a burning forest, whose great tongues of lurid flame leaped heaven ward, and whoso black volumes of heavy smoke hung over the mighty rocks as If in mute, yet eloquent grief over the wanton work of the fire king. But if our surroundings were gloomy in their wierd magnificence our party was gay enough to atone for the gloom. "How do you fare in the steerage?" queried one lady, who, seated at the stern or cabin end of the little sail-boat, pretended to put on airs. A wave suddenly lathed our craft, aud treated the members of the middle seats to a delightful shower bath. "Bail the boat," sang out the gentleman at the sail. A tin pan was pressed into service as both pump and bucket. "An attorney isn't permitted to go ball," replied the lawyer of the crowd, who boasted that he could constitu tionally endure a reasonable amount of ease. "Look out for that log, captain!" but it was too late; we were already upon It. Its black sides scraped our keel, and tilted us fearfully, first to one side and then the other, but we cleared it with out capsizing, and bounded merrily on in the darkness. Suddenly the fickle wind took a whim of pouting, and left us becalmed on the water. "Dave" and the nttorney manned the oars, and literally worked our passage for half an hour. At last we reached St. Helens the ladles with wet feet aud bedraggled skirts, nnd the gentlemen one at least with a lame wrist, the result of row ing against current and tide. Some of our party were sea-siek, but we were all merry; yet as an individual we cannot say that wo enjoy open boat rides on the Columbia upon moonless nights. Our education iu that lino has been neglected. Tuesday morning at six o'clock, and we were again on board the Maria Wilkens, homeward bound. Stopped on the way for passengers aud frieght, and once at a dairy farm for live or six gallons of delicious buttermilk. Reached home by eleven o'clock, tired, warm and yet refreshed from our original style of entertainment and traveling, as well as the financial success, hearty sym pathy and hospitable appreciation of old friends and new ones. We hope soon to visit these points again. A PLEA TOR WOMAN. nr miw. o. r. paxiklh. "Domestic happiness! thou only bliss Of Paradise that has survived the fall. Though few now taste the unimpaired and (roe, Or tasting, lone enjoy thee, too Infirm Or too Incautious to preserve thy sweets, j Unmixed with drops ot bitter." Woman's sphere, her Influence, her domestic obligations and duties, have long formed trite themes for many an essay, sermon aud tale. How long have the pulpit, the press, the teachings of society and publicsentimeut, enforced the sacred obligations which rest upon her, to make the homes of men over whicli sho may preside Edens retreats from the turmoils and perplexities of man's outer life retreats where his soiled and ruffled garments of care and annoyance may bo exchanged for the robes ot comfort and repose ? How oft and how feelingly is she reminded that trifles make the sum of human things, and therefore sho should ever be a wake fulentinel upon the watch-tower of do mestic life, guarding from the intrusion of malign aud disturbing influences the sacred hearthstone? It is well that the daughters of Eve shall be taught their duty to sooth man's troubled spirit, smooth his care worn brow and brighten his rough and toilsome pathway with those gentle ministrations, heroic forbearances aud unfading love and servico whicli ren der them helps meet for him. I will not attempt to add either suggestions or in structionson this well-worn theme. But, assuming that her brother man has been too much overlooked in suggestive hints on domestic education, I would call his attention to some of those trifles which make the sum of woman's life, and which carry their influence iuto the domestic circle no less inpressively than those so frequently urged upon her consideration, and which have their own weighty Influence in the comforts and discomforts of home. May these whispers, though faint, reach the ear of those husbands whom custom and teachings havo educated to tho belief (even against tho suggestions of their better natures) that the smiles andsym pathles, the forbearances, little atten tions aud services, which should be golden candlesticks around the home altar, are to emanate exclusively from woman, while they have but to warm and comfort themselves by these cheer ful love-lights. Shielded behind the reputation of good husbands, and in tho consciousness of aiming to be such, a suspicion may never have intruded for a moment upon their merit to the title in its largest and fullest import. House, food, raiment, all the comforts and appliances of life, may have been freely and lavishly be stowed, and yet what is more prized by true womanhood withheld, namely, sympathy, attention, consideration in life's daily wearying cares and duties, and in petty trials. Start not in disgust, lest it be asked of you to concede to her an untried and unwomanly sphere of action, or to relinquish to her the scep ter of legal and social supremapy which amid the agitations and conventions of the day you now grasp so feebly. Let other pens plead for woman the unprac ticability of the extension of her sphere and the augmentation of her duties and burthens. Be mine the humbler task of asking a lightening of her tolls, some mitigation of her cares, more economy in the trials daily made upon her strength and nervous energy, the out pouring of sustaining sympathy and considerate help in her multifarious wearing and exhausting duties. My plea is for woman as house-keeper, mother, wife, nurse and teacher; for her as the main-spring in the home ma chinery, whoso mornings press hard upon the footsteps of noonday; whose name less cares accumulate as tho shadows of evening invite men to respose; refresh ment for her whose work it is to respond to the multiform demand of home and hospitality, of chil dren and .ocicty; who keeps mid night vigils with restless and sickly childhood while "Nature's sweet re storer" is renovating man's muscles and nerves for less onerous duties; I would plead for frail, sickly, care-worn moth ers, who all over tho length and breadth of our country aro yearly dropplug by thousands silently, mournfully away into premature graves ere the first flush of maturity has passed from their brows. And T would whisper this plea In his ear who is oftentimes slow to learn her value, but in tho bitter experience of her loss, when his motherless ones call in vain for her ministrations, and he mourns iu bitterness that those price less services and energies were not more carefully husbanded. The great Hungarian orator says: "The petty pangs of small dally cares have often bent the character of man." Thrice often have they that of woman, and bent her form aud robbed her cheeks of their youthful bloom before life's noon deprives her spirit of its freshness and her heart of its ardor. Far more wronged has sho been by man's inaptitude to sympathy and his inattention to the real wants of her na ture to what he may deem littlethings than by a denial of co-equality with him in the public walks of life more crushed by unallevlatcd care3 than by the Iron heel of his despotism. Far be it from the writer to plead for woman an exemption from the toils and stern self-denials of those who, with faces heavenward, tread the checkered and thorny path-way of an earthly pilgrim' ago; but is it the design of Providence that she should be as burthened with cares of family and children as she is, or that she should so early droop and fade and pass away, leaving those cares and burthens to others? Is there not much that is wrong, first in physical trainitig aud next in the exaction and claims of society and family, much ne glect and short-siglitcducss Iu the legal and self-constituted head? His was a wic policy as well as a thoughtful af fection who every year took his wife from the confinement and cares of a largo family, sparing neither pains nor expense to provide temporary care-takers for the little-ones, and leaving his large and pressing business, traveled with her to remote and various places, cheering, entertaiuing and drawing out both mind and aflections to himself; men returning with her to her home. refreshed in body and mind, composed and invigorated iu nervous energy, ex hilerated aud regenerated, so that she could perform her life-work more effect ually aud thoroughly. When asked how lie could afford to leave his hnxin. he replied that he could not afford to have his wife wear out. When mm. plained of for depriving his children of maternal care, lie said "they hail better miss that care a few weeks in the year than be deprived of it during whole years of motherless life." All cannot uo as he did, but all can eraulato bin spirit and apply his principles of sound economy in such ways as Providence may place within their reach. N ear Salkji, August 15, 1873. "WBIT OF SPECIAL ELECTION. To the Sheriffs of the several counties within the Slate of Oregon: Whereas, At a general election held on the third day of June, A. D., 1872, the Hon. Joseph G. Wilson was duly elected representative of the State of Oregon in the Forty-third Congress of the tinted States; and Whereas, Since the said election. said office has become vacant by tho ueain oi said incumbent; and Whereas, By provision of the Con slitution of the United States, and the laws of this State, it has become the duty of the Governor thereof to issue Ins writ of election to fill such vacancy. Now, therefore, I, L. F. Grover, Gov ernor of the State of Oregon, do hereby command you and each of you to notify the several judgesof election within and for vour several counties, to hold special of representatives in Congress to fill the vacancy aforesaid, on Monday, the thirteenth day of October, 1S73, and that you cause all proper notices to be riven thereof according to law. Given under my hand and the seal of the state or Oregon, at Salem, l. s. this tenth day of July, A. D., 1S73. Xj. p . uboveiu Attest: S. F. Chadwick, Secretary of State of Oregon. ANSWEBS TO OOEEESPONDENTS. M. J. R., Salem, writes: "I see in the last New Northwest a declaration that leads me to strongly suspect you of leaning towards Spiritualism. Now, dear Mrs. D., I do hope you will not al low yourself to be humbugged by such a fallacy. Wo have had hard work to remove the taint of 'free love' from the Woman Movement ; don't let us make the mistake of accepting the devil's agent, which comes into the world call ing itself Spiritualism." Our friend need not worry. The religious belief of our patrons is nono of our business, and our belief, outside of our political work, ought to be none of theirs; but, inas much as editors aro expected to believe to suit everybody and to have no private views of their own, we may as well state, once for all, that we believe in tho inspiration of the Bible. We also be lieve that the eternal law which ren dered that inspiration possible, exists to-day, yesterday and forever; that if it was possible for angels, under proper conditions, to talk face to face with Abraham aud Jacob and Moses, with Joseph and Saul and Paul nnd John, it is equally possible for them, under proper conditions, to do the same to day. To destroy the idea of the possi bility of the one would destroy our be lief iu the reality of the other. That there is a wonderful amount of knavery, humbuggery and nonsense passing cur rent in the world as angel ministrations, and that many men and women have sought, under tho cloak of "Spiritual ism," to do wicked deeds, does not prove that the principle- of Spirit return or control is in itself false or wholly evil, anymore than does the fact that clergymen have sometimes sought, un der cover of their calling, to do dark and damnable deeds, prove that there is no truth or good in Christianity. We have seen sufficient evidences of the surper-muudaue power of disembodied spirits to satisfy as that if "we die we shall live again;" and what is more, we know that any reasonable person who sees as much will be equally satisfied, and that any honest seeker after scien tific facts can receive the same knowl elge, if lie Is willing and will try. We look upon Spiritualism, not as a relig ion, but as a science, yet in its infancy, which will in the near future be ac knowledged by the Christian world everywhere, and be brought into con stant acquisition to prove the immor tality of the soul and the necessity of pure and unspotted lives upon earth, if we would enjoy tho full fruition of de served happiness in the world to come. We also know that much which we formerly believed to be the teaching of Spiritualism is nothing but idle preju dice, as unfounded and silly as the mis representations afloat concerning the Woman Movement But 'our friend need not worry. We belong to no Bociety or order of Spiritualists, and neither shall we. But we aro ready and willing to investigate the phenomena when we have time or opportunity, just as we in vestigate astronomy, the law of gravita tion, tho diurnal and yearly revolutions of the earth or the circulation of the blood. Wo know that there are good and evil in all things with which mortal man has to do. Spirit manifes rations are no exception to the general rule. Like begets like. If you honestly desire truth and diligently search for it you shall find it. If you are not lion est, but are willing to deceive others you need not be surprised if you are yourself deceived. We do not agree with you that "we have had hard work to keep the taint of 'freelove' from the Woman Movement." It is an odium which lewd-miuded men have tried to cast upon the movement, but they have failed, and women have simply doueby them as the moon did by the puppy gone on as though nothing was bark ing. MB.COBWIN'S SMALL-POX EEMEDY. Now that the small-pox Is in our midst, we feel it a duty the journalist owes to humanity to make known the value of a remedy that robs the disease of its fatality as well as many of Its loathsome accompaniments. Peter Burke, the first man who tried the remedy, was not confined to his bed at all with the disease. When his wife was attacked, a physician was employed by her frightened friends, who deter mined that the patient should die, or live, according to the books; so ho refused to give her Corwin's remedy aud failed to save her life. We are reliably informed that of some thirty cases in the city that have been kept from the knowledge of the doctors or police officers, that they might have opportunity to depend upon this rem cdy, not one has died; none are marked or pitted seriously, aud the members of the family who have taken the remedy as a preventive havo In all cases failed to catch the contagion. We learn that Mr. Corwiu labors un der two difficulties in introducing this speciflc The first is the press, which he cannot afford to pay for sufficient ad vertising or editorial matter to insure the public confidence, and the second is the physicians, who, like the lawyers, are determined to adhere to old usages until driven to do better. We have taken nains to learn the truth of what wo are saying and have no interest in Corwin or his remedy be yond tho benefit that may accrue to the people through his chemical antidote for small-pox, which is being used with such wonderful, though unostentatious success, in saving human life from the most loathsome, contagious and fatal disease in the world. Eleven thousand women signed an address thanking Mr. Disraeli for his general good offices to the Woman Suf frage movement In England. In reply, Mr7 Disraeli says he Is soperauaded of the Injurious character of the present restrictions against female participation in tho franchise that he hopes they will be removed by the wisdom of Parliament. A "WASHINGTON TEEEITOEY SCHOOL TEAOHEE. A member of the voting sex, whoso occupation as a pedagogue, judging from his own account thereof, is not alto gether unaccompanied with little dis turbances, wrote, under date of June 4th, 1869, the following letter, whicli we nrint verbatim et literatim, the original copy being now in our possession. Tho reader will pardon us for omitting names and precise locality: Friend. B Pardon my Boldness fur thus addressing you as it is amater of importance That Prompts me to take such a step hoping Thare fore that this note will not oflend you or at Lest Cnnsn von Pain i am Surprised 'that you are not Sadisfide With my school what is the matter you must havenown I havo takened Pertickler Cear to Pay attention to your studies and i must say i have not Been Suvere or even Had the painful task of reprimanding you and after just Starting to maid ness Come lay all form aletys aside and Con tinue thrae the school i must say I am Loft to loss as good Choler as you ar. Be side Miss, B you must consider that the horisen Cannot all Ways Be Clair Thear must sometimes Comethun- der Storraes over hour horisen thare fore you must Consider the trials of a teacher He has more to do and more to see to than would set Julls Ceasor Craised thare fore you must not get ofeuded at one Cross look With out a Word Be sides it Was not you hoo i thout hard of it Was hour friend Miss B g tho exquisite I think It was very rude one hir Part to do as she did do Thare fore I have resolved to joke With her no more all tho Bell did not intend to do me ingry thare fore friend B 1 hope to see your fase anu greet vou one Tusday next at my school house on the Hill Nelly R tells me you in tend to leave the school and all so savs she has orders frbme you fur your Books I told nelly that i thout you would be consisent and come JsacKe thare fore if vou still Presist one stoping Pleas send a note fur your. Books and thev shall Be prompley sent to you But i must Sav that I Would much rather you Would Continue to Come to School as fur Bell and raolissa they must not disturb your studes Hoping that you Will excuse all Baid riteing and this unneat note Tho angry Wind lioulds down frome tho tops of the fur trees to day as the mone trouble aud discontent a splendid index fur thev state of mv mind Hark The Bell sounds one oclock and I must to Work Hoping these few lines mav find you jist as hapey as. a. Big souc flower I remain Yours With Regard B. A. E. Whether the "mone-ing Winds" quit their "hould-ing," and the "fase" of our erudite pedagogue's longed-for Dul cinea greeted him on the following "Tusday" we are not informed. EEED'S PANOEAMA OF OEEGON SOENEEY. This wonderful work of art was ex hibited in Masonic Hall upon three evenings of last week to crowded houses. To say that the paintings are superb would fail to do them justice. With the exception of a few foreground scenes which mar the exactness of the work, they arc simply true to nature, which is the highest praise that can be bestowed upon a work of art, Messrs. Towl & Hawkins, the gen tlemanly proprietors of the Paonrama, deserve great credit for having con ceived the plan of this work for the pur pose of inducing immigration to our State, as well as for their sensible appre-ciationofthemeritsofCol.Reedasascen-ic painter. We learn that it is their inten tiou to exhibit the Panorama at the dif ferent towns in Oregon and Washing ton Territory aud at the State and Ter ritorial aud county fairs of the North west, prior to going to San Francisco and the Atlautic States. It is a penal offense to sell newspapers in Hamilton, Ohio, on Sunday; but slanderous gossip is allowed to circulate freely without punishment. Hamilton is religious in its way. OUR AGENTS. The following persons are duly authorized to act as Agents for the New Noimiwjtsr : Horace H. Day .New York City JIB.S. M. .Miner. Last Chance Mrs. Mary Bybee Lower Clear Lake, Cal Mrs J. It. Foster Albany Ashby Pearce Benton county Dr. Bayley Corvallls A. A. Mantling- . ..Olympia SIlss Virginia Olds McSIlnnvflle Hiram Smith .Harrisburg Mrs. J. W. Jackson Eugene City M. W. Beach Buena Vista Her. Win. Jolly Hillsboro Hou.T. W. Davenport Sllverton Mary J. Stagers Gervals A. W. Stanard Brownsville H. II. Claughton Lebanon C A. Reed .Salem Mrs. O. T. Daniels .Salem Mrs. Nellie Curl -Salem P. C. Sullivan Dallas Mrs. M. F. Cook - Lafayette Mrs. M.CCIlne - ..Kalama Mrs. It. A. Vawters ....Waitsbum Mrs. B. B. Bishop..- ..... Hev. J. F. Damon ltev. D. Bagley - Mrs. Jane M.Wilson Philip BItr P. D. Moore John Holten Mrs. M.J. Ensign Femlleton ... .....Seattle , Seattle. Walla Walla Walla Walla ..Port Townsend .Phenlx, Oregon .portiaou O. li. Blood Traveling Agent Traveling Agent , .Washington county Traveling Agent Lafayette Albany -Salem Dalles Forest Grove Mrs. M.Jeffries...... H. II. Welcn Dr. J. W. wans . Mrs. St. Kelty A. J. Arnold a. W. Lawson- M. P. Owen Mrs. C A. Coburn - Mrs.J. DeVore Johnvon . Thos. Parsons It. pentlaud- Miss Sallle Applegatc Miss B. A. Owens J.T.Scott, Esq- Sirs. A. i' Corwin Geo. Engle - Oregon City Milwaukle .The Dalles - Yoncalla ..Roseburg Forest Grove Nehalem Traveling Agent Eugene San Francisco J. W. Jackson- L. P. Fisner Mrs. Laura DeForce Gordon California Miss Nellie Mossman. Olympia L T. Msulsby Vancouver G. W. Brock ..Union Klilge. W. T n. W. Barnes.. Ochoco Valley J. X. Gale. Sirs. E. Oakshett Mrs. J. C Hayes . Washington Territory .Traveling Agent - . Gervals. Oreeon James Vance. Yreka, California Sirs. I. E. Whttmore. Sacramento, California Mrs. Sarah Harry Stockton. California Sirs. Sarah Wallls Mayfield, California Mm. Chapman Yates .Sun Jose. California "Woman's Journal" .Boston, Massachusetts Charles w. Tappan .sail LaKe uny, u. t Sirs. 1 M. Howell Ashland, Oregon- SIis. M. J. Pcnland Halsey, Oregon Mrs. SI. A. Dimick Hubbard, Oregon D. P. Porter Shedd's, Oregon Other parties desiring to act a& Agents will please forward their names. We want Agents at every postofflce throughout Oregon ant Washington Territory.