The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, January 22, 1875, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text.V , i j ; -v. 1. i- ' -! r - FRIDAY .JANUARY . 1OTS. Agra la wUl pisses Inks 11 IW Kill fiwIM tpM earn nar aiaeaae ahargea a pea 1 WIH II Bllt MI br remitting ha aa ttesagh mw; wtt a r rvwwrnrrTnaT r sautu - eaalalarad . j , 4Ui wa i w - TP aeeotid annual convention of the Oregon State Womaa Suffrage Aaaoola tloo .alii be eooveoed I" tb of ' Portland, on Tuesday, the rib day of February, J873, aud eoulluu la aeaaloa from ,ay to day, ualll lb business lb u ltl l- I Uauaaeted. Popular and logical apeak ere from various km) .Itlsesr expected to address the Cm- ventl A orJtt invitation U it tended t tho frtenda of Equal Right throughout thla Bute, California and Washington Territory to co-operate by presence vole or pen, In too working, - dlsouaetona aod -dellberatlone of tba Convention. ... .in . . '. .. i , , "TH1T THUD TIME THE CHAM." We now, for tba third time, ad vert la Mrs. . Jfcini wsy's Protracted Meeting, Z which baa teen " postponed lor two weak: flrat, on account of lb death of a beloved rotative, and again baoauea of lb recent eold weather. Th lectures thus postponed will be glvea next week In the aante order .aa per former advar- - II arm eat, and tba tleketa already aold ' - for fb course for two weeka ago will ad ,:r nit to this. ' . .. . ----- A:Mrs. IV la. to relate on Monday svaulug tba remarkable personal ex- perleneea that led ber liitu lie piaaaiit . ' mission, aba la aepeclally desirous that : all of tba minister, lawyers, doctors. ' . Judgea, teachers and editors and tbetr -wives, ana nil Btnerawua ikk a deep Interest in tna moral and pbyslcal wel fare of humanity, aball bo present upon that osnaalou. " ' -- KbrwnTato" anawer, on Monday CTenlnf , the following questions, which - wer submitted by a prominent ettli of Portland far tba lectors Intended to be gieen two weeka before: la not MUTHEJUlauB Ills klcbrst Biiaslaa sf It- v Csa woauui bsenms a eaafal sbll srrvsai wltteout Sfslwllng ILili hlb nlufcMi 1 i 1 r . te out Boss lbs sslsiml (plwra of worau t ; 1 - As mm la Iks srssd-wlnaa ss4 asaa. Is U ; sot woau1! duly to Umht tits law-maklnc - - swwrto hta saoOaf Olbar ojuesUoua -bavo Also been al- i ready eobmltted for auhaeqoent aren- -U- Ings, aod member of tba audlenaa will ":: Z! have opportunity at any tima during - tba progrsssof a lerltire to atk, auch . pertinent nuestlona aa may occur to Mrs. V.pramif to make the leetureo amusing, koptt to make them tnstruci Ive, and aspect a crowded bouse every night. Now . U tba lima for lierwell- wisbcra.ttt preva-theit good.wUi.by patronising her llserslly. Cflimna. - Tha Buintim of Tuesday 'gladdened our editorial heart by- declaring that It bad "unfurled IU banner for equality be fore the lair." JIVe are not only rejotoed - at the, strong I'nlon grounds occupied " hythat Joumni In relatiosi to the reeont Iioulalaaa "outrage," batf we repeat, oar J heart 1 gladdened wben-a leading Re- publictiL ntwapapsr aaya, through ltel editor and aorrseposdeuta, that Ita party murt come op to tba vital Issues of tba llmei 6rJ)nytlt aaya, "It ta party get upon Ita feet again, planting -llasU squasoly apaa Just priwolplsa, aad a pollryjls readr to, Its hand But, If , tba Republlcau leadera'caanot ris to the altuatisu;" If they have lost their arlpi lea them glva way ta better men. It baa become apparent that tba coming battle must be fought under the Repub .-s llcan banner. . Thla la no time for Bow r laauea or new parties. To aeek auch ta to ehallenga defeat,' .' . To all of which wa bsartll v sav .saan. But wa would respectfully remind aor Republican brethren that ncpTor are not thf onfy people In thla country who . need the protection that can only be aa cured through "equality before the law." Wa weald tlao remind tbem that ao mlstakahla recognition of thai "wom an's plank" In their last National Plat; form, wbioh waa A plank that floated their last XdtuinlsUratlon ship, U an la aua, and not a new oue, either, which mtasf 6d mef, or tba pary wllidla tba death of sol(-staltlAoatioa,and bury It self la tho oblivion of cowaHlc. If tba . present ' loader lack tba requisite strength la the spinal vertebra to eteud up for tba principles upon w bleb tbey gained re-lsass of power la 1ST3, Wt tbem "step down and out."-That tbe are on tha "ragged edn of despair," and tbat tbey wtUtremsla there unUI tble issue Is forced upon them, Is a sslf-evl-dent act But It Is eheerina- whea a Journal Ilka the Bulltii admila tbat It begin to and, albeit it is only "through a glass, oar i iy." - ' - - - "MT- MU8II08 A r EW FUCIE! If lira. A. J. Duulwsy, desiring to sup ply a popular want which bai often found expression la her audiences at tbe close of bar lectures, when aha baa re cited original poem which wera not In -prlnthaa ventured upon the pub Ilea llou at aa unpretemllng pamphlet, bearing the above title, which U new oat mle at lhl office for tba smn of XS cents per copy. t$ua will also have them la every , Ucture-room for the aoooaamadailoa a porohaaeta, ocw flu order by mall, o receipt of price. The pamphlet I neauy gotteo up and rcflevU credit tpoa Ita pubUahar, A. U. Wallliig, taq. ,,, ' r ' . V ;.. A lone dlaeuaaloa took ptaca In tba tfiuu. 1 1. . IO.L , . . . 1. .... . vm auv bhii is) relieve rrom tatatte the Horn for a- dlgeot Old Ladies, la tha llt riot of Co lumbia, which flually THE L0UI8IAIA OUTIiOB. -.. Wa have tboafcr refrained from mak InVrtlcuIsr onten troablea amoog tba peiiigersnt oooissiw of reLaldom, hscansaiwa wera Interested In watching tba. Kilkenny aaVflgbt be tween our two trig brwthera, tba Port ktod dalltea. and wanted to refrain from stealing their thandof and spoiling their fun. Ilutalnca tba laassr lights of Jour nallam aaa panrtng up as from the In terior, with scarcely a single eseeptloo, aa yet, being able toaea through the po ll UcaJ muddle 4d take alda with tba PortUud B-UettAt Ulchrwe are proud to aay, baa been lu tba right ever since the row began, tba spirit baa moved oa, aad we "rlss to make a speech." ' We nav carsfully gaiberad auch In formation aa WS cs Id from Formetfi Prett and other leading eastern Jnurnala, not forgeUIng that aver ready public servant, tba etectrte telegraph; and from fy pHtUl lHletloi mm osn clasrly sse a prospect for tba apeedy re-eusct ment of tba asms atrfra only tea-told mora bloody and horrible that deluged tba country In common woo In tba last decade, beraoae of Freedom's birth- agony And wa also aaa that the eama man In the north, who cried, 'Peace, peace," when liters was no peace, art bow the flrat to Join in Indignation meetings. and ary out over tba "usurpation of Southern libortlea." The demon of oppression la ikH dead. ft waa a soot died snake for a term of years, and lay dormaut aa long aa tba ItepoMican partr etnoa togemer. Bot tling nobly fur Liberty and equal rights. But when strife arose lu tba party ranka, over tba distribution of the spoils of a man-made and consequently corrupt aod half-made goxernm litlee! battle engendered a warmth that rteuBBlUted-lho oNmanlCufprbaad and rouaad the aleeplng spirit of aecca sion tba same spirit that llrad on Fort Bumpter; thai stole tba munition of war from Uuited Statea arsenals; that called tba compact that guaranteed tho perpetuity of American' Institutions11, rope of aand; that bung men, aa dogs, because they dared speak a word for lib erty; tba same spirit that assassinated Abraham- Lincoln and butchered Col. K. D. Baker; that starved nxto to death In Forts Pillow and Donaldson, and preyed upon tba high aaaa In piracy, waa warmed Into notion through tl cu pidity and sslOsbnsss of Republicans, falsely called 'Independeata,'' who ba- liavad inrnla or ruin. discontent thai has ever gone forth from a disaffected ally of the party that ought to be aver a party of progress, but is not, baa fallen Ilka a tocsin of delight upon ear. - - - When disaffected Republics na that man within their party ranka wera I either recreant to duly, or failed to real ise tKeir paramount (?) claims to Jh emolument of office, Instead of battling for primdpl Ilka mow, and aeeklng, wjtb, raoke cioeed agalutl a common en emy, to porify their political habitation, ttity set to work, Ilka Bamaoo of old, to pull down tba temple, crushing them selves beneath tha rulna, andlettlng loose tba old terpen t of secession, which UI serpei Wlfs hi their own bad warmed Into life. that la to-dsy trying Its faag vpoa Boutbern negroes, and counting human life as slugbt, provided oppression and tyranny may rule. And tba ary bow gosa ap, Ilka-tba toes! a tbat sounded tba protest, "Let u alone," in tb years sgoii; and tha pol iticians everywhere, who are hungering for spoils, ars reiterating tbs proclama- I tton,Awywlth tb. laws of lb, I'nited Statea. Idd armed men resist the action oTTegarotorar an4of ganiislogU Legialatares. Let fear and fraud rule at the ballot-box, or falling here, let armed mobs usurp tba seat Jn Legislative halls." And whan men In Federal au thority resist auch action, tba try goes ap, "Away with them! We only ask to be let alone whUajrjLiiMtfdrJt iiary man who (alia to do ourbldJiiig." Yet man and newapapors eaa aa found In plenty who will pronounce thla demand a Just ana. Klae-tentba of aU of tbeaa will be aabamad of this three moo lbs hence, tea IheNxw KointvnT Is ao prophet -rr r k Y01XE1 WHQlIDEH HEB TIM E. A friend of the woman movement, a tried friend aad true, who bow ranidca la Waablugtow Territory, baa been fre- quently Importuned to take action pub licly for the cause. Thla aba ta emi nently qualified to do, but family ear, (which, la com moo with other true and noble women, aha will "not neglect J, to gether with 111 health and adverse clr- eu mala noes, havo eombinad to keep ber as yet In the background. However, her children aro rapidly outgrowing their babyhood, bar bealUt and elreasa. taaee are Impravleg, and Ilka many aaotber noble woman who has patiently bided bar time, aha will eventually out' live and overcome all obstacles, aod tak ber place la the front ranka with tha world' workers and humjTullarlana, Mb thua expressed herself In a recent letter, which, though private, la sod to kep all to ettfsolf j te say atteatprmg to apeak In pnblle, I will say thai I have aot as yet SBIte reached that BolBt-poaalbty I Barer shall. My hteaa aae as radfaal that my frleada woakj probably be frightened at my preeamptfcm la preaeBUag them. Tbe palltleal arid la the woaaaaVeaaae aaa baea sad hi belagtboemaghly eaBTaaai by ekmaeat baagwea and ready peaa of the and I that teawM Merely add to it aaythlng s mpartanes. ' My partlearar part la tn great raearaa wHI II atrahjht alen the netal Iraeh, aad to traek this problem m the amatalwbaad of Ms em rnpMoai (peartdlng I bad lbs ability te apeak aad write et It as I are HI, I ald be glad re do. Dual rX Mgbleaed, pleas 1 1 ass whb yea m sadtueal reama, sad agree that M Is a ssepoteg atoata; hot will R aloao el re aramad bee paranaal fraedom t rar net. Esewee UM dtarajaaaatad Bnw what yea wl. perhaps tens amatletam, aad bailee Be,e4Berely - Ters raisaBt" . Tba House, ob tha 18th lust, by vote af 14 ta Ta, passed a bill approprt - atlne lAOrj ta dWraV tba exneneea of Klag Kalakaua' visit to, the VulUrd Blatea. '1EAI0I EQUITALETT TO THXII v MOHTl.-. - rbolir iinsirfs rr for our Walla Walla correspondent to acEwawl-' edge at tha cloao of bis towmaotcalloo that womaa's rlghu U not bis BgbUag walbt,H (whatever that may be), aa hi previous assertions that "If tha women of America had reason equivalent to tba rlghu they already possess, there would he fewer divorcee and hum of Ut-fWHe, and less of drunkea ar," and that Mhomea of misery would bsTufoed Into abodeaof gladness and piety, At habita tion for -the gK'r sender H morally J certain that the writer has not given tho subject sufficient consideration to enable bjnv to make a successful tight either for-r -against It. 'It strike us that 'we havs heard this aama mony declaration before ; ludeed. If a Certain story In the Holy Her! pi urea ha entitled to the credence with which we have been tamht to regard t. It la aa venera- ble aa ago aaa possibly make It ; for did not father Adam seek to escape the pun- iahipeut dua his own tranagressioo by the whimpering pta, "the woman be guiled me' Think of It. women to your lack of "reason" la chargsd nearly all of the woea and crimes that afflict and curse bnmaulty. "Itoaaon," foraootbl, A (It subject upon which to tiercla reason Is tits man who reela into lijs borne, an object of terror and dhgust to ber In tha bloom and beauty of ber young womanhood, he promised to love, cher ish and protect, A fit subject is he hero of this Item, which wa clip from the Bulletin of thla city "About ball-put IweUs o-rlork.oa fuarth street, s eertala young BibjiI wue bad eruaw bla Inraably tavaosis niBlir, and b was ceediuclv angry. Whaa flrat boMosiI bs Wss merry.' aha at length broke sway troca blm, aa4 ran sown the atieet. Bb waa soon over takes, and by a sertea ol ilappins auj kit king was foraed to ictum home. Tncdour cloasd a poa the scene, and what eaaued only the two partita know, One man la Washington Territory chargea that reason equivalent to tha Hghtaaod privileges women enjoy Is what la wanting to supprescrlni and render home faappypaud another dt-ui- ten of the aama oommoa wealth pcoceada to prove that women are tba sola cause of domestic broils, by the following tx- blblt of tha rights and free lota that one woman possesses. . Wa' quota from the Vancouver Befftster of the r3tb Inst.: "It Is s summon prartlce for peranns whoaa haad are sold lo slap lham together b keep fiumv!!! rilbjjjisrmJJr1i8p It was Improvlug pn -rmrj noio oi bU hlBt lhmt ndud Utnn.'HUrai la belabor bis wife oa Tueeday auvalog, bspiag taarsfay s saaka It auOrteally warm Bur ber, Tbs pour n didn't 9 regard It, however, and wUh Wllt tip and ttnthat eye preeealed bsr aalf In thajtreontrfs ulnoa and bemad Ibr pro- laellon from ber huabaad.- A warrant brought the dellaiieat duabaad Into Court, and apua belBg arraigned, a plea of guilty was entered. Ko attempt waa made at deteoaa, aot a word offered la exlennatkMi of the act. The beating h aot duos bile Iba mas was under lbs In' aueaoe of liquor.- Jle waa duly aobar. aad aaaant If all. 'The pair have lour children, tba yaaageat being lea thnB.las snoolba old. Thla erallj,,)uiaJtonjMirne In alienee, on Ihe ahlldren'a areoanl, lor eeaernl yeara.At length- It became low baary tt eea ihU haaula UUIa woaaea lo bear, aad aba waa driven 10 aeek the pruteeUouof the law. Hi Hseorder questioned the womaa aa lo ber meana of dlvellhood anoald aha carry her threat of leaving ber baa bead Into eseeaUon. HiUe mesakl aha, 'my ebtldren and my sewing mack laa, aad 1 Willi truat t tud for the real.' Htieaa waa ordered lo give buada ta tits aum of two. haadrsd dol bwa lo keep the peace kx a year, or la defaalt lo g to Jail, lie gave the required booda aad was dlarbarged fraaj euaiody. Tba mlatieaied wife nada a temporary rafuga la tha hoaae of a bind Balgbbor." . j. Cow the question la, Just what amount of res aoa would be in re ass ry ta enable a womanjo endure for year tha martyr dom that tha tjraniiy and brutality ex hibited In these two instances Inflict Trathertban anneal foTrefuire to the dhLT?T ppeal for refuge voice courts t .. i . ; Had woman dqual rlghte before the law, no nutu would thu dare to render her life a bnrdcaxnd a curse. The whole story of the rights of wifehood ant! motherhood, aa held by our lawa, la told In one sentence In tha above recital t "This cruelty baa been borne In silence for several years on tba children's ao eouut" All thla poor womaa asks, of whatever may. hav been jointly accu mulated by tba matrimonial partner ship, that haa been to bar bat a season of martyrdom, la tba custody and care of her clUidren, and tba aewlng machine wherewith to. earn her own aod their llvelUrood; and then there 1 email chance of -bor receiving; yet If aba bad "reason equivalent1 to the freedom and rights aba already enjoys" aha would doubtless be able to transform tha un feeling tyraat who oUla her wife, Into a humane and kindly imtlctrnio, and turn the home which hi violence has aaad a bell Into aa "abode at glad and piety.'' Aad all thla lu eplte of the declaration that tba opponents of equal right bare for year delighted In mak ing, "that men do not. and never will aoiniro women wnosa resaon preoomi- aaira, uu, nmaiiHsc, wuat B jewel thou art T " - -r STATE - TEMP E11ICE ALU1ICE. The frrend of teoiperanee throaghout the State are hereby noli fled that the. Oregon Elate Temperance Alliance will hold Ita annual seaslow' la Hatem on Wednesday, tWITth day of Fob,, lft7V It la sincerely hoped tbat tbe temper ance sentiment of t be H tat may be fully repreaenled at this meeting. lit not an apparent lull deceive any one. The ene my agsinst. wltom we wage war Bleep not. la every city, town and hamlet throng bout our broad land be ta crush ing bis victims and sapping tbe nation's lite blood. Let as not forget that "eternal vlgilaoce ta tba. prWo of lib. erty. . All tern per no soetetiea, churshea, sr boots, runday aclioole and alt f4ber-urganiaed bwdiea whlcb are known lobotu sympathy with , Urn poranca reform are entitled to Bead d-i-egatea, lb baaiaof repreaantatten being os delsnaio for vho orxauliaUeei, and aa for every twenty naeanbers and frac tion exeoedin ten. Tlis f rexa)rr Mteeta) Navlgatiwaj t urnpaay and lbs Wlliaro atte River Transporiles) (oanpany baew genannimy agreed looowvey aviegalaa to 1 and from ho aeaaioa) at baif lto Banal rare, atut w nofie I secure theraama fa vor bow Ik railroad eocnpaBteaC. PraaldoBt Htate Tsmpcraaoe A I Ita ace. II OIEGOfJ ZEPHYK." ' ' The lurklvut which wa related two week jagandwhlch our readers have UlgulOsvl, by tba high title of "Hist hog acrape(n baa awakened so much more comment aaaoiig them than wa had Imagined,' that wa hav yhtlded to, tho Importuultleaofaomeofourcity friends, and hall continue auch reminiscences, aa tbey from time to time may occur to ua, until tha great public, wboaa bambla aervsat wa are, shall ahew some -evidence that tbey have bad enough. W5 have taever liked the bttsrneasvf teikiog of solf, bat wheal ana parson is, and baa been a represeiitslive of all phases of honorable existence In a new country,, and that person Is In a position to ald a mite to the bUtory or sucb aotytftry, by submitting personal etperl- ence for public consideration. It Is, pt-r-bap; fala delicacy that withhold the publication of Important facts. ajprlDg of. '&5, wlille-Wc y Urine on our l.n.hanri'.rlon.MonrUlm. slxteeo miles aoutb of Oregon City, In ... " tba fern and Or timber, w noticed, one afternoon, aa wa wera silting on Ui front atepe, making patchwork; an J watching tha baby, aa she wa playing with tba calf and chicken In the door yard, that a atrange appearing c!ou! began io rise rapidly la the southeastern distance, and mount toward the lieaveue in- faatestlc spirals, assuming gorgeous hue aa It rose and spres.l, and holding Ithln Ita center a volume of tuky btackuese tbat shot great tongusa of dark bees Into tha fiery edge of tbe vast phenomenon. . When wa flrat noticed It, it must have been many mile away.. Ou It came. with a atranga velocity, and we, being young and Imaginative, and never dreaming of danger, arose our ftt, dropped the patchwork and exclaimed aloudjj! have often beard of the chariot of tha Most High. I see thetn now." Tho ominous hu$k Uist precedea the bursting of a mighty storm 'waa -upon the expectant atmosphere, and our volt broke upon the startling all lines like the crack of doom. . - ' Foreaeelng a drauchlnjr rvndatJaurt ouarterof a pectlng Mr. IX to be at borne by duak;tLrttlry Oure waa tha only bouse the wa hurried to bring In night wood and water tha latter being no email task, with the eprlng a hundred and fifty yards away and a steep hill to climb. Nearer and nearer the great cloud came, galherlug blackji In- volume, and wa bad barely tliue to grasp tba baby ami retreat to the cabin, fasten tha door and drop down upon the floor, shielding tha wondering darling with our own cowering form, whan mid night blackness struck tbe at ram Id deaf ening roar and crashing, and the storm alexed tba building, tore tha roof away,' grasped ridge-polee, - loft and rafters, aad whirled tbem aloft ; aent feace rail and clap-boards agatust the door and window, smashing both Into splin ters, and driving fragments into tba op posite wall with auch force ae to embed them -In the 'solid wood ; smashed tha furniture, Jtors down the chimney,, and carredth kitchen intoetemal oblivion. Wa wera aa certain for a white thai wa were deadaa wa anOregnneditorwa wot of ouoe, when a certain Huperinteitdeiit shot blmJa the sua ponder; bntweopened our eyes, not to look upon tli land of the Hereafter, as we confidently expected, but upon a wreck of matter and crush ol timbers that waa absolutely appalllog. The wlnd-clood bad arisen alnvva tha tree-tope bow, and Ihe dgyilght fceamedf upon na through tha roofless cabin, per mitting ua to aea that tha fencing waa ail demolished, tha rag barn torn down y fruit teea ratoed.'whlle tha . "7 """"T,UUI cattle were already wading through and wvitiu upvu uw iranmjiitsff muilai Of m hnrrlcsue with' emotion of apprecia tion. '-',"" '-i ' ' ' Wa retreated to the only covered cor ner Uft la the eabln, and then the ball dear reader, wa cannot describe that hall storm. It beat tha bark oJT tba oak trees, tore down the young apple trees, wisped tha peach trees Ilka straws, beat, tha wheat Into tha earth, and pelted everything In tba house Into ruins. Wa trie to aay a few cncoorsglng words to the wondering baby, as we clasped ber tightly to shield her from tha storm, but found It Impdaaible to boar our awn voice above tba mighty dla of warring elements. - Bbortly after the hall storm waa aver a perfect deluge of rata cam dowa, flooding everything In the bouse and out melting tbe ball tbat lay In heaps Ilka anow-drlfta, and la a law momeuU causing Uie swaled and creek to flow their usual limits, destroying foot bridgra, and abutting ua away from the nearest ce'gh bora. To add to tbe horror, night waa cloao upon us, and wa wera feorfully-abtrsaed leet tba- peoteeting part of thejiousehol J had fallen a vie-1 llril to lb rmvagaa of tha hurrlcaaa tin bla way homeward through tba dan fir forest As soon aa tba rain had partly abated, w sailed a bed quilt the ouly dry wrap the storm bad left ua aad started fopi tb hoeaeof rotative nearly two mile distant, clasping tightly tba astonished baby, and watching naxlowely in the gathering twilight, baif-expectingMo And our liege burled beneath a fallen tree. We earried tba baby aod plodded orr wadlag awalaa that wera ruhalag llks mile-races, kaee-deepla half melted hail, aatll wa reached a (ence, which, ta take advantage of a "cut off" we climbed, leaving lb heavy qui 11 ba eaua too weary to carry It farther, and then eama tba etruacle.. Tba neM bal receatly been plowed, and tha hall and . . . .. i, i. T rain naa naaten toe looee aoti into pulpowa masa. Into which wa piaaged, and throwgh which w blindly bluadercd for nearly half a mile. . W a raacbod tba neighbor a bona Just at dark, ami aaa k osw a upon ll step In pretty nearly aa bad a plight a we were ooce, la Jreara after, when w brok ourssif of helping at th butcher ktg bust a am, aiW having w sit-nigh Uatosur Ufa la prwvlaa; tbat hof kllUag wassf 1 our forte. Mr. O., our huabaud'sslster, Is a little woman, spry as a gaxelle, neat aa a piii, and busy km a bra. Notiag our dotcfut ptlglitsIieattltTtia-bar.rtn her arms, hurried us, half falaUiix, Into the bouse, procured but water, aoap aadjowrla, nod helped ua to get rid of the surplus another-earth wttb which we were weighted down, jler clothes wera much too tnall for iraTjut w MtMrai lemtaiarM avallablo In deed, wecouhlii'tdooi.bfrwlse., " About ten o'clock Mr. D. ramafklong, after having. airlren for several boar to find hi way with a favorite borse throtTgli 'the druse mass of fallen timber Whlt-h lay aero bla road. He balled by the family, and ram la to apea.l the night- They all thought wa wera frlghteaed aut of our wits by tle storm, and tbat wa bad pictured thlnga at home to ault tha vagaries of a arared imagination. Karly tha next morning Mr. I), brought " " " " Ihlad him and repaired -to tho-aeenaof disaster, ha taking pains to Consols us by repeatedly assorting that he "had na Idea trhare waa marh damage dons." JvJa.l see," wa all wa aald, leav ing tba rest to time. We found everything In auch a heap of' rulnajjutt it waa very difficult, after diamouirtiug, to work our way tbrougb the wreck.--- "Old woman,", (we were twenty year old. and tbat apueilatloti la not ta be taken In It literal seose, wa beg); "Old woman, trow didn't irU U half, aald our "jvpuiig man," as he aimlessly whipped bla "trousers with tha hatel switch be had cut for"Old Horral'a1' benefit, and gazed about him in helpless uncertainly, not knowing what to do first H left u alone while he called In the tlgliboea by doaens, sud befors nlgbt the bouse and barn wera re-roofed and ton thousand rails put back - in tUslr places. "The women 'also came " with basket of luneh and wh boards, and It waa not long till many trace of the storm's havoc were obliterated. Tills Is tbe only storm of tha kind we linen ever keen lu Oreiron. allhoue-h a hurricane v Islted ; but there are yet to be seen the trace of It ravage In thetiiu bvr for several mile turougu ccruiu part nfi'lUnlacrabble.'r Wei lived upon tbe "donation claim" for Hire years after that storm, and though uot naturally timid, we never heard 1 IIk7 wind blow bard during all that time without experiencing a iierv ou ague, a- - AI8WEE8 TO - COEBESPOHPEITS . Mr. M Ap "r Halam: Hlsmpe re- eel vJ auJ credited Hmall favors duly appreciated this cold, weather, , V. W. It, HparU: Kubscrlption and postage recet ved e x pla nation sat lafac tory. .In fact, no apology was neceaadry Only wish all - our - friends Were as prompt ; ' v-' : ., I Jsl, 0 Albany xTUaoke ,for , your prompt response to our request for No. X . We dld .uot get to pre last week until Friday evenlug; Cause, too much Ice lu the oOlco,. .. . Mrs. II. A. L, Amity t 'No. 20 of the Nkw NoKTHWurr wa mailed a ususl to our suhacrlbera at Amity. Hop ttiejrwitr yet arrive afely, Hav mailed a copy aa requested. " ' N fOakland, ft.s ffiad tha paper reach you regularly, ami that you are eo-muctt; plesaeit wllh ita eontenta. WIN au'leavor to aompty with yostr quest relative ta tha map soon. iv.,iiayet. Mn. ffht. K.; liafayrtte: Order cam tt'mnnllT w' expwience Tn tbeaa matter cofrohoratc your belief relative to the direction accompanying tit same. Never, mind thee thlugs will ba chaiiged one of these day. Mr, ft If. It, Salem: The changa I mada a directed. While we think lt a poor. poitcjTto aoooomlxa In tba way you speak of, wa have do disposition "to scold," trusting our aubacrlbera to do Iba best they can for thamaelveaand us. . Mr; B. M. K., Alvorado, CaL: Sorry that you have been deprived of tba Nkw woithwut for bo long. . 1 1, ii as been mailed regularly to you at Salt Lake City for the time mentlooed"Youf subscrlptiou oxplred with No. 15 of tbe present foluia. ". . C0R1E8P0IDEICE. . ; Wkaroa Ou laa ftrai 173 MnsIiisiwAT, , . Mnfam t have aeat yoa tw Mtera bad Mils makr thraa aoUfymg yon tMt t do not want yoar papeet eases Ute abeat yea sail a aewepaper yea eoatlnn lo aand It Man I aaa a ra yoa It won Id be s great kladnaat If von do not aend It lo ma hoping thla will I aatlafartnry I venmla Q as Hares tiKOi II VBsA'ir: Your of b 6tb Inst, which you say is the third of It kind which you hav itddreeacd to m,l la at hand. Ita predecessor either tM. never written or have gone to enrich (7 tha literature' of tha dead letter offloe. Yod were quite right In supposing that th oaa received would b ss(lfactory, laaomoch a It kstlafled m beyond a doubt that th friend wbo gav m your name a a' subscriber to tha Nkw KoBTrtWrr wa grievously mistaken when he asanrer.ina that you were k gentleman.' I do not expect sucA gen tlemen trf endorse the principle which U Is my prbl and pleasure to advox-ata through th columns of the New NOBTHwuar anl elsewhere, and In oh. dleitca to a command of Scriptur fvla tlv lo th casting of "pearl before wiue, t Cheerfully etrika your nam from any subscript low Met r. . "z A. J. Dtkiway. -: Portland, Or., January 30, I87J. . The Assembly at Albany, N. on jib Xitl lusL, by a l'rlyvote, adopted reaQiutiubscoudemnlug tha lnt Interference of the military (u Louisiana affair; and eapecialiv coiidernnlpg Slieridan'a ban ditti prnpolocvTproved by the.Sso fwtary of War in thf nam of tba Ad- 1 mTufelratlon, LETTE1 TMM OAITOICITT. T vi Ksatoa ee to K irw XesrrowssT: Tha tlebata tuaJM oosaa Bunrsgw, whtcb baa West Uwb.4alkad of her of Ute.came otTIn tba Court U-um la this place aa tba evening of tba olh Inst Tba Bovclty of tha quistlsn, together with tba fine reputation of the speakers. drew out a Urgw audience, although the extreme Inclemency of tha weather pre vented many tadlea fiout - attending. Tboaa who wera there, bowver, aremed to enjoy t be dlaeuaaloa very much. Tlis speaker on. tba amrmatrva war Hon. Judge Duelln, t'tL U. iU Curry and Major Jos. Magone; on the nega tive. Prof. Olmstead. Hon. 1C I. Jonn- son, tteo. Oundlack, lq., and Mr. V. Metcben. Tbe quest lou was decided In favor of the negative. The rendering of such Judgment can only be accounted for oa tha ground of deep seated preju dice. I have not ana word af complaint agalnat th negative speakers; they all appear em.pear sen ted their arguments In a pleasant and gentlemanly manner; but bow auy sane man or woman could' decide that these argument outweighed tboaa of tha affirmative apeak era, or, were In point bt force and clearnea at all equal to them. I an Innoivable problem,- ex cept upon tbe bypotbeala mentioned. I had for year heard that Major Ma gone waa aa able advocate of Woman HuOVSge, but until this time had never had an opportunity to hear him express himself upon the subject :- It has been my rood fortune to bear Miss Anthony and other distinguished advocatee from abroad, Mrs. Dunlway, Hon. It P. Boise, P. C. Sullivan and other able epeaker la the Wittametle valley, but It la a question ia any wind whether any of then eurimesed tha Ma jor's effort last olghUCougraturatlng hi in upon his-speech, subsequently, be remarked:-"! mad uo speech; that honor I due to my worthy colleague, Obi. Curry, and tha ladles of thla Htate will jret testify tbelr appreciation of bl orthby aendlng him to Congress. The Colonel truly made a good speech, and ovjartbat Will be long remembered by tha ladles Wbo wera so fortunate aa to listen tar blm; but to me, tba elo auenee of tho -Major, toirether with hi earnestness of manner, fairly eutltled htm to Ilia palm. Oh, how lie pictured Floreboe Nightingale, moving through Ihe hospitals during the Crimean Bar, and agal n at th head of tltouaauds upon thuusaud of her country women, pray Ing a only true women can pray, that tba ballot might be given lo them. Let her life and eel f-eaerl flee fortvvr put to Hand the baa calumny that vnty dis reputable women and worse men are cn gagd In thla movement; Lydla Maria Child, and other of th brave, tioble and women I y women of our own land, who fearlessly advocate tbe etifranchlse mend of woman, were mentlonol a a further refuUthni of the calumny to which re f re nee baa been mad. 'la eonctueton, I would aay tbat with eo aiany able aad outspokcB advocate aajirf arrayed upon the aide of.trath and Justice tliat tha oauaa, str caime, which haa for I Is corner atone these Vital pr In at pies, must aarely-triumph, and tnsy pod basten tha dmffr-'- . 1 . u. H. Canyon City, Jan. 0,1875. BE0E1TEYEIT8. .i . Tba Virginia Legislature adopted raa- olutloaa protesting agalnat tba i interferwoc af United Htate troop with tha LouUlana Ieglslalura. r A meetlag of the leading ait I sen of Cincinnati, ou the evening of tba 10th, adopted raaoluUoD coduiBlug tho ra eeut part played by tba military i a New Orloana. -.: A large meeting waa held at Baltl mora ou tbe. Jtb Inst , to protect agalnat the action of tha United Stale troop lu New Orloana. Iteverdy Johnson the principal kpeaker. '" 'J ' Tba .Wctiitt preacher of Boaton and vfolulty; ton tha 17th, passed reaolu tlona endorsing and thanking tha Presi dent aud General Sheridan for their ao- tton la the Louisiana trouble. '' -T. - - - ., ... i A protest against tba adoption of a resolution denouncing the action' of lh fjoverument In tb LouUlana matter, wa adopted by tb Ohligllatura on Ilia l&tb, and entered -on the, Hons Journal by tba rvquent of forty-three members. : . Tbe Beaate bill for the aonstrnotloa of tba Portland, Dal tea aod Halt Lake, Railroad and telegraph, waa called up on tha Eth by Senator Kelly, wbo pro seeded to address tb Senate la favor af Ita adoption. At tba axpiraUoa of the morning hour It waa ald over. ilea. Ord, oa tha 15th I net, received a dispatch from Captain. Heary, wbo commanded tba axpadlttoa todrlvo the mine rs from th Black HII).Tbeonr jMratod waa drive a Into Csmp Itobbins,' MMarmber 18th, with all tbe officer and adlSxMtly fraxea. - Oo wagon was lost Thermometer 40 below aero. Ne raoee of minora found. , From Yreka w find the following dispatch, dated Jan. 1th: 'Taatcrday and to-day have been the coldest known In tble vicinity for eeveral years. Snow is from two. to tbregfeet deep ou the mouutaln Bear ber; In the - vaflry about one font. Present appearances la dicate another heavy storm. It Is re ported there Is four fort of snow on th Hlsklyoa Mountain. . , . - V - , i A dispatch from Helena, Montana, dated Jan, 14th, aaye rMLat night the mercury la the thermometers sll frog. Smalt qantitlea of mere airy In pblsla also congealed. Proof wh laky, placed outdoor, frox otli1a half T hour, yea terday. Four Chinamen who left town at. 4 r. M. oa Tuesday, wera found oa Wednesday ranlB,ha1f a mil from. town, froten to death. The whlaky tbey bad with tUeiuTo email keg wa froaea aolht".!--'-' y- .. -1 . 1 1 1 - ' It to estimated that KUO beef cattle and 1.000 stuck cattle wera driven from' Muuvaua inaa aar, j . ; ( LETTEJl rEOMjriLU W41U. 'tW'AUJt Waixa, Jaia. a, Tor-rag tlorroa er TUtfaw Kosrrawsvti TT!''t fe"lilLi!lga-tfay f tha .e h n. 1 heruionieirr ranges trsm w la ... riaF. I 10 below xero. Tiie climate has put a tremendoua ' head . oo our valley,;. Four luchea of auow form ita beau- - tiful winter garmcut, and there la every ludicai lea of a much heavier if not a a wsrnaer coat Ho far wa hava bad U u "I every mrticular a repetition of tba winter of '61 an.1 u2i but the vuitor, . then o rigid and atehiwlll never agala pfoveaodaatrwrllvotesaatsaaaf tbey--are prepared for all omergenclea. Tha frequent and sudJen changea of tha weather ddrJug the last fl v month nave left a aad mark upon, our grave-yard. Forty-two death In thirty day; among . two thousand oue hundred Inhabitants, tell -a" aad tale. T n aorry to notice ' ' that the most of them that have gone to . their eternal home wera person hoaa liia "prfl'tticcil profound Borrow, both public aud private. W have hero. an Infliction of men and women, whom , J we would williagly consign to Aura. , ham's boaout, but they seem to be loo menu to d,e a natural death, and too cunnffig't) be banged; but Ood'to juat; The Hoildaye pasaea oa oaimiy ana - quietly. Churclies-seemeJ t monopo- llze all Hie attractlnna, Tb Idvaioay r air -realised from their llllte enUrprls . . r $l,i)0U. TlieJrVlaoopals, too, madelOil. Io fact lo every religloua denmlaat law, Ihe plate wa passed around successfully X but the poor, I fear, are altogether lf norod In tb daaxle of religious asaL .i-- Ood pity tba poor," la an empty gift. Aid I needed lu. many desolate and i fatherless families; but of tbe wealthy," " few know ana Jess car for tu poor, lone; aa their churclts are painted audi. thcirpew auh toned. ThisTs ntodecB Christianity, and It walk In boasted - anlsoo with modern clvillxatlon. . . Not anfrequeuily wa uwlioa liUla boya promenadtug the sldswalks at a late hour ith a stick of randy in ave baud and a cigar lu tba other, aad tha doting , father ou th oornera alghlng aa they pass, "God hie tha boya.'ftl iBTia Tli Wall Walla Lyceum, last debate upon , tha Woman Qoa- tln, took Ute name of sundry prominent ladlea lajraln, but Judge Laasator, ana " who know how it I himself, la eplto of all opolilu, ttevldod, after mature de liberation, that a "wouiau waa .human and had a right to tba Ullotl etc I have no objection; but If one-half of tbe womeu In America had"aa aquiva-T lent amount of rvaaoor to that of right . .... and freedom, there would be toss dlvorc t t Ing, fewer houses of ill-fame, less druuk-- ennesa, and houtea of misery would ba turiiol Into abodea of glsdnssa and piety . fit -for god tolohahttrburf"wlltTok"7ir open the bloody xhsatu. Suffice It for m to nay, It can't lie dldV-Wouiau'B - -Right I not my fighting wlgbt- IT; ; ,. ReapeclfuJIy your, ; .Au-A C, B, TttTOK, IEW8.ITEMA.-. avara sno tuiumuu Tha Jackson vl II Sentinel haa entered upon Ita twentieth volume. : The North public school In Corvallle closed oo account of cold last week. There were ihtrty-four marrlagaa aal- emulxed lav - Wasiiliiguui oounly, last year. . . ,t.- .. r ' Klamath Lake, daring tha lata free- ' up, wa covvred with io tea Incbef -. .r. J.... ' ne"CooaTBy wagon road haa bee aold te the Tlfomla compooy for tbo aumof$lK,OiiO. ; - ; . Owing to the fror.en state of the water, tbe Ashland Wooleu Factory was not running last weekT- " ' ' '" Tha Woolen Mills at Salem are closed for repair thl month. Will resume' ' oprrallou February 1st - Mr. J. M. Johns, of Salem, baa tekea the, coo tract lo raise tbe bhoaboao aa;. soon aa tha water raises. . , , . After a full dlscuasion, tha Walla : Walla Lyceum, by Its President, baa J. decided in favor of giving, women tbo ballot. -i j v'i Mr. Chrla. P. Yates will eoon atari upon a lecturing tour through thla Statu In the interest of th Champions af tbo . Red Cruse, . - . . : ..ij -Hon. M. Ellsworth, of t Orande, do- nated to the t'nlon t'nlverslty Asaociaiion at j'.ugeus Uvy,aa a L.nriat- aaaa p - ... j. r Over 141.000 hav been exDended la Improvenienta at'lllllalioro In tba last lxyeara.'-Th- town has doubted Ita -.-is lu that tima, .. . Waahlagton Bounty order are worth Vtfsvr.l eeuu on th dollar. Th shsriaT lias collected f3,2H7 otl of tba tax due la that county this year. The library and reading-room of tb Oregon National History aud Library AsBsoelaiiou, at Haleni, wera opened to the pubiia oa tha 9Hh Inst Th Stat0 Jtmmat learn that Captain (X P. Oaudo.ll, formerly of tb Malta -anrra), baa beam -railed J Washington, r wltb a proapoct of bualusas. . , , Th CemaHMi : Council of forvallla, r , having appropriated lb aum of t&'al towsrda tUe eret tlon of a book and lad-1," dor huusa, tha t'ltigen art called upoato ' subacrlbu tba balaoc. ' " Tlte name of on handrail and sixty two ciUmus, firms aad corporations In ' " Marion ooualy, wImms tax am for lint were bov one hundred dollars,. era published h the Solent per. - Z, ",Itev." Mr." Wlrth,. who l,a "been. preaching to the Baptist congregation at , Oregon tHy for tbs peat year, baa so- ' eepted a emil from tb aasor-lalloo at Se attle, bikI ba renaeved thltlie. . - ' , hTh Jacksonville TlAtee learn tbat tha acltootattoueo near tirant'a Paaa waa " burned to lire ground on tb SJ of !. ceanber, ami Iba eiitire content de-atroje.l.rTh-origin of the tire ia Bn-- knowd. ( . . i , . -, '' -r Tlie Success ca m do w n t he rl verXlael " ' week, having oa board tha boiler ami -asaeliiaery id Uassieaauer Albany, awnk, -. near IdHtg Tom last week. Tu boat BaW' ; a total km, aud 111 b Irft to rot where . JyJJea. -.y.. ' . -. ' A rocelliig of tli prouilueut altlxeaa . . v rrrn viij tnoa piac on tue even ot tne t un ina., lorib purpose of form- lg a library assofWliMt. Twenty the lUlrty-oii members of tb Lqual Rights Club have agreed, U oiler eartala Conditions, to turn the property belong ing to tbelr llbrsryver to lb new aa. BOUiailOaU r-. VI - a. 'V" - . .-5 t - tr TV