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- 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
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- eaalalarad
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- 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.
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, "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. ,,,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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. . ,
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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-
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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.
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