Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1875)
JAXUARY 89; im. t. VAI. Tt onle-" tfce Vnr HMnifM ass asaa lUMTij .AakirhlaetatBe-alleUs- adltortsi sssctusi eoatlnsM, toe mMM ef Mm. rMBlwar.ea slrsst, W Ittn Tklrd ss rsaitk. ' tn womii " itjitiage coiteiv ; J .J""TI0H. .r.. Tli' Oregon put Woman Bpflrage AesoelaUon, as U snnouneed la-tb eolama teat are k, will meat la annual MMiMiiloa la tbl eitr ootb fib of February.- - ;Thl rgaaWUon u formed and bold Its first meeting at Or Fin Hall, on th lttb.and loth of February, 1878. Previous Ic this Lima there bad bseo al ia oat be organised Sort for tb nra- nhlaaaaaat of (odmi In OfMVB. Im tba baud of worker, friends and advocate tbat titan and Iber assembled to 'chaos ideas and form plana fur tba peoatalgatl of principle that oderile tb vary foundatloM of Justice, though mail, we rseoiui. An rgaalsalioa waa ffctd, tba llberaTJourbal of lb BuTagavo falrr porta of tba maetiag, and although narrow-minded odltor soesslonally at tempted . tbraadbar Joke concerning "ban conventions," tbey Ml at lite (set "of tba aaaoelatlo powerless and ba 1... aaul tim ulU .1 . . n f 11 Htn r.M. generally received with rsspsctul now SMoraiioa. A'","f? Thl beginning waa followad and en larged upon la February of tha next ..r a ail mlA mmrm will has tatlmny to tb Interest, ability and othuslaam displayed by Ibeadvocate of Wuia Buff rage, botb atao and wemn. Tb oovotie aootioocd In awasloo two day and evenings, with constantly increasing Interest and membership; and affixed to. tb oostltutloa of tbl good, capable, aod loyal mCn and women a ar lo be found la tb But. Tb atoond annual BMtlng I doss at Owing to tb llla of ooomi of tb 101 bar of th EiaoutlraComoj it toe, tb arrangement for tb oomlog . IomIaii am auhA mtmk mil ill lit 1 I if mm little tim bow ram aloe w be rain to ' wrk. Btlll lb officers hav not bean entirely Idle; tb Corresponding Beere- . f'iilnlll - ' ' UJImmmi l-l.. tioa-t numerous dm and wow of ability and culture throughout lb Btat . t meet with and aid tb aasoclaUon la . 1U deliberation. Il will doubtlee be laooaMrouiaot, not to say !u possible, foe . aoai of tbeo to reapond favorably, bat we boo tbat wherever It la at all orae- tloabl our frlevda and aina will momt - If It at eitra eiertloo, and eoat aelf-deoial. - .j eore of wontoa who would gladly aom and work with and for tb aaaoelatlow. wwBiTt ! tuo paiauuat ouuiroi or " tmjm Till Bar ImnaMninilnallir la mi. nJ lta of tb oooeldod mana fo ment of aSalra, and will probably never b bettered UOtll tb noseoslty of oon t ntron advocating Woman ButTrag loager Uta. A n 1 virus in tuw iiuai hiw JHIf , - rooogBlalog th Impoaalblllty of women wb ha no fuoda at tuelr command, paying hotel btlla for ntveral daya, will ndeavoratoUrtaln tbM ai piivat rasldartoaa; o women wbowlab! to com To wilt b your only pea. Com with eoaay, poema, addreia. reaolo- . tlooa la abort, eon to work, for verily Mtk field ar wblu for th harvest. and th laborar ar few." Coma, .all who an rmllil 1 ' ' - Va. tb Umo aad tbla wUlUv tbat aoot f yoa oaa do, by a llttl xtra -rtia and ocooomy and let a bav . aueh a' grand rally of earneet woeaea, -that candid men wlir ateaod bUv that thougblul womea bav not "all th right tbey waal" . Aad let a alee, O tnea and brethren, bav' your aid, presence and counsel la tb great work; wbloh full wall w know w ar power- lea M eeeompllen without you. It. member, alt, tb tlm I Tuesday, tbe -Alb day of February, and lei th eaeov ber f poaalble be en bead. at tea A.Jt. of tb day deaiguated la number eufll- lot to naur a Btlrrlng ' bualoaaa W tak ploaaure la noting tb marked eaterprte and ability displayed la tb managemeet of th weekly JafoHrm. Brother Ireland la a gentleman, aad b la paoer . fully auetala hi reootalioa. Beareh It olamn through aad yo will fan to find that h lake oo mean kjta.niM f 1.1- ... . u - . - alur and abuae tb New XvITHwot, Tk ! IM IkA m t.l a L.. xebange, wblvh will b gratefully re 'memberad loUis aood tiakS Mmltis whoa the woaaea vote. 'f 1 wawpwsjsst ' Our Iscbry mase brother of the Pendle ton 7W6 weep at and blamaa lb New JCoaTHWKar for bavlag bra u authority la making a eertaia mlasUte meat, and then, with maprottlog eonalatency, reruoee lq gtv a credit for making th aometlon which led hlat to a that be, too, bad been mlalnfurmd. Why woa cannot be eoateol with luetr msDapMiuiw (nirra, w lira rows . ar ever .rady to deal J uatly by them, la aa nnfWlhomabl mjtery r C. OL B. aaya: Voura Truly wUb CO.B.U wrlu again, givlag hta ira aaoi and addreaa, '. 11 would reply i - ik.l Itk. h. m - . . io. Neither baa b any doalr I hi 4 ver managed I traafona cow fouadod bachelor (or coeOrmed, be doe aot remember which), I'aU ojoeaT h aaaaot Imaaloa. Porban hae "II lag heart', wa th caaf all thl mb abler; . FRIDAY. rOLLOTIIOTII LE1D OT O'MEAIA. . Our traaclbl brother, W. Laic. Hill, dltor-in-cbief of th Oregomlam, wb persist In gnawing Ilea, notwithstand ing the dWt doth poorly agree with hi Wle, ba eldatly taken coo nasi of hi awtortoua Jooraatlatl prototype, w name appear la tb above eaptioo. Our reader will rumlr tbat while Ma. O'MaaJm woo dUo th is (Weiss, h im rash enough I enter lot a eon troverywlth jhe editor of Ihl paper, and that, la comma with all other of bl Ilk with whom w bav been eom pelled to ovraaur editorial at set, ba got tbe worst of th eoeouoter, and an, In vain attempt to get even, b ubaidd lataaulleanaaa. Then, to wreak bl potty pit apoaoo wboat h found It Impos sible to vanquish la opeo argdment, that theoretic, woman-protecting editor U aued an order to tb loeal upon tb pa- iper of which b wa temporary chief, forbidding our nam to appear In aoy way la th local oolumoa of VU Ifulie tut la aooaeotloB with our publio work. W ipacted notbrtig , bettor of Mr. O'Meara, and it dldu't tak th propria tor of lb Bulletin very long to loam, aided by th lafloeoo of our vol and pea, which go very wbr,that tb aplte ful literary geotleroan waa a dead weight upon llirlr hand; iis-j It waa oom- pellad to "atep dowa and out," greatly to lb dlaeomfllure of Mr. Hill, between whom and OMara bad prang up a flourishing "mutual admiration ao eisty." Tba to Bull! fslll nte ospa. bl hand aad ha aiuc riaan from Its languishing; and. w meet It very wber la our travel now, flourlahlog Ilk a green bay tre. And bow eometh W. Lair Hill, who also ahamefully Impeached ur motlvea, wba he could not meet a In argumest nearly two year ago, compelling us, In elf-defanae, to deal With Itloln kindly aeverlly, although w bad alway re garded him aa a brother, and were keenly pained because compelled to de fend ouraelf from hi wholly ' UDpro- eoked attack. After tbe oflVna aud It pualabatont had been by a forglvea an forgot lea, what doe h do but .blindly blunder Into ib trap that helped to dec pi (al th other editor. Aa I well keMwa,r WMef -lo- turaa, aow Im pmgreaa la thl city, were advertised In th Ortgomlan, and w, In com moo with other patroo of It col- nu, had a legal and moral right,' aud tb publle who depend opoa tbat paper r-mornlng new, tb aame right to aueh notice ad vera or not, accord- tog I tb optloa i tb reporter a other publle leetarer recei v at the band of It man at the blm. ,: : --:v. - Never drawlag thai ib Oreffmiam bad lost all sense of hualaaa honor, we wereaatoolshed to And on Monday morn- I ng that a very I w porUot Jocal police of queatlon that wer to b aoewered at thevoiog lecture, had failed to appear. la ur Implloity, w aoppoeed It th mlauk of a local editor, but npoa aaking queationa, w found, that IbaJ great dltor-lublf of tb Ortgomian, LW.OrHllJEaqO'Meara-llkahad forbidden n tb benefit of tb local eot mnioporiabuetaeee baa!a.Aud tbla, too, to tli faicof tb fact that th Nkw North WEaT'b paid lata th trsssury f tb Orrffonian Publish log Company tbooeand of dollar for paper, preaa- work and omc rent, v W lav the public to draw tbir own ooooluekrna. But If over w get mean mtough to vent apt t la eoch g anoaklug, owardiy ma oner, apoo anybody whom w ana ouraeir uoaoi to ovarroalcu in Joaraallatl argomeut, we'll throw dowa oar pea, deeert the rostrum, aadrdectd that w ar to aarrow-mlndod and dl hoaorabl to b ntruated with the bal lot. . ... i .... Tb man wb would b guilty of ma llcloualy Injuring lb boslncae loleresU of on whom h had faMdtovajDouli la aoiDlellectual oeountr would not hoaiuu to bora or pUUg If b did fear th power of tbe law. -THZ IE1IAL 8 TORT. Loiter by More ar reaching tbl office, containing opinion and loci-' dent concerning Mr. Dnni way's aerial story, "The Happy Horn;'' many of Which are too good to keen. Oo lad v. residing In tb country, a fevrmlte Out from Portland, wa loading tbtory,a la br weekly custom, bofur a gather log of Delghbora, convened for the pur pose, sod wbeo h cam to on of th eanea, wherein the obstreperous broth er and sisters of Matt,i Armstrong ar making provoking ape Sella la tb pre. oo or r. Ilardlog Maule's boa a -as urchin uddaly dlaturbad tbe attention of her audience by crying out la a loud voioa, alluding I Mr. Dual way, T damad old jadlf know aA bm H Off hotutf" us iaay aubocnuer, woo jivea i a neighboring city, wa called opoa hi a" m l later, aot aaknowa t fame or matrlrubn and th lady eaked blm to read tbe story. , II did ao, and then re markvdi "Do you know that I believe that Mrs. Dualwsy Is rstarrtog to m aad my fkmlly r A correspondent, re lating tb Incident, aakk u to Ull ber whether or not MrsvlX lateoded t de pict that preacher and bl horn. W ailed Mrs. D.'s attention to theqeatlon, aad bar reply waa, "I avr aaw that proaelw family, but If tb plot or i appropriate, h m welcoas to It." - Mr. Dualway assures a tbat th try I draws from no pedicular horn e, hut from a great maay garal oaa. 8b write It ap from week to week amid a rush f other care, and th plot unfold Itaelf aa ah progreeses, wlthoat aay premeditated rrmaramaaL 8b If greatly sarprtaed at tb aaec a of beratorles, a ah begaa them merely U fcatlafy alooal want, which has created a da maud far la sm of appiy. Sb dlgn pablishlng Th Hpberos of th Sexaa'Vapd "Th Happy UoaJM la book form, a boom a orncient mibacrtber ar obtained I warraat her I a incurring tb espeose. A Urn number have already voluuteered their name. Psr- ticular a to pries, eU-i will oe glvea eooa.- "THE rOOE TE 'ALWAYS BATE T befrlead lh wb are uftef1ng from th paag of cold, hanger of dis ease, dread trt Out walla, a! ugly or la 'concert wpoa bo" aaaay of, Ood'e eioaturee, afiord the I roast Mtlalaetloa tbat 11 la to th lot f mortal. Our bright, beautirul young PUl baahua wMI sH9fB4sl 9stSyftfAMVvwJp acoorg of bitter, abjct poverty, which ae abound la tb popalou dUee of tb older portion of th countrT. Tbat people are geneiooe and plillanthmpic, ba been often proven by their liberal rpoa to tit call of tb deatltsU trom abroad. .From tb jdrsad but well-re- be rube red was tlmaai wbea Moieties were organised la almost every hamlet to collect money eod lor far tb 8nl tary Commlaelon to tdiabur for tbe bene fit of tb nation' alck and woundad oklit-r, to tb lal rsopoaa of maay of our feUow-cltlten to tb aroeal from tb famlw-trickea denizen of Kaneaa and Nebraska, our people baae ver abowa Ibemselve quick to roapood to tb ry f tb doatitut. - True, some may alway L found, who, when so licited to eoulrihut of their abundance t th poor la other part mt tb land, merely draw a llttl tighter their puree Ulnga ftod juatify tbtjactioo by lb famlllsr quoUtiou, "(Itarlty begiua at boue,u and thee mm ar uaually th last to discover a case of bom charity. Now ami then, however, we har of a case of poverty aad absolute want amoog a tbat appeal to lb y mpslhie of tb people, and doe not appeal la vain. We find la th Bulletin of rrceut dat a recital of au Seringa odurd by a family of emigrant who have take up tem porary roaldenc near Eaat Portland. Tb atory-ruuiaomelhlDgHlhU Wlae"! A maa, with hi wlf and two small children left Denver early la tbe eeaeon forth Willamette valley. Thelrmeaua of conveyaac wa a wagon and two pair f horses. TUcy proa pared 0ly oa their Jooraey until tbey reaehad Fort IUH, wber ooof tharinlmalr. dledl thl waa eooa followed by th lose of two others, aad at Bole City th last cant of money wa gtva for shore, wber by tbey wer enabled to proceed. They tbue Journeyed ITh IHlleat and from tbenc alarted over tb mountain to tbl city; Tbey bad nearly reached tb uoimlt when they wer overtaken by a blinding oow-torm that completely bammed them In ; th bar perished fromoold and etarvatlon, and th family rescued from a Ilk melancholy fat by tb 11 mly arrival of aaalataao whereby tbey wer take) book t the aetllemeota. . Being completely desti tute, the.'r Immediate waul wer eup- PU1 badly.Tbywr-auU. queutly brought to tblalty and Uaded upon H O. H. N. Oompany' doelr, wber their comilt loo waa mad kuown. and d pur of. tweuty dollar contrib uted for their relirCPbv th hackmaa. I draymen and byataaViamapoa tb wbart 1 n mn-wm to work arstly lor a Jiving, eugaging 10 cutvora-.waod ror a getitleman 00. the easUlde, placing bla family meanwhl I la a dilapidated cabin that atood oaar .. He auveeeded In meet ing the not pressing want of bl fsmily, until be bad th misfortune, aom two weeks ioje, to cut bl foot very severely. Thta caused tepaprary uapenalon of hla labors, audtarvatiOo agaia aeemed Inevitable. To add to their distress th cold weather eaioe on, reodering their abode but a hovel wretchedness. J Bom draymen having hear th aituation of a flairs, e' j dlstely set sboot tr render them or suunuriswie. 01a 01 mem oar ' uo eeadetl in collecting a tor- u prvvi- aiona, which I bay convey od across the river oo the to la a alelgh, drawing It by band, and from tbenc traneporllug siwaaei a lsu iiiii -wpW back. A purs containing elgbUen dol lars wa a part of tit donation, and bed ding was subsequently supplied. Those of u who tuokod out litll on ap ao ougly In thoiraoft blanket dur- lug thoa bitter Bights, and shielded tbemr o cararully from th blast or tb north wind through tb day, can per- np.lmgln tb fallngs of the dee pairing parent Ssthey vainly stmts to render their depettdeul one com fort a- bio, themselves numb wlth-eold and pinched with hunger th wbll. But It wer Impossible to Imagine mor Im posslbl to ueacrib lit great throb f gratlt iwie ami tbankruln which atlrrod their bearU when they anderstood tbat dell verauc waSagala St bnd, and that bcavn-born cliarily oooe mor atood ready t mlulater uoto them., If tb re el pt out of -thl timely bounty were by r mad glad beyond doscriptlon, ao also wer Ui oonor rendered happy, for up on divlo authority w assert tbat It 1 va "mor hlssoed to give tbaato 1 -tor .-- .-r- ' It U hoped that th Vice PresideoU of is- ftlsls Aamtsllun In lh. eountle ttih But will b prevared lib carefully written report of tb prog rasa of th eaa la their respective localities. , We expect good reports from lb counties of. Linn, Merlon, Clacka mas, Clatsop, Multnomah and YaaabllL We know tbat there -has beea orgma- I ted, earnest effort la these counties, aod tb oouveation wMI want t hear their experteaees, wneuver ad vara wise. Be to It, Vie Preidbla WF, 'II4 lU Wl tuv jssiwiwrsi. - - 1 I V ' ' - . l r ... I in danger of being suffocated by ths recking fume of JLU foul ImagioatleO, W fear he la goo caa uala som good Beorartlan volaoUer I ran him vigorously aod Immeufatety " It la vi deo t that thl falsely modest Individual devoutly bolter that h wa dug ap unwer tb rose-bush la bl mother's ear- dea. Com to think of It, we gosee be wsa, for certainly a maa bora of woman could be ob a coooammsU fool. ' 1 Our thaaks ar do to Benator Mftcboll for lal file of th Gmgrttotol Ittvorrt. oroibor- VHEIX HE 0TJ1 ITE8 TO COME V- ,riOMT-: Thleouery ba frequenlly beew pro pounded H aoconU Inlendad I alarm womoa who ar determined to oulti vgl their mlada by meo wb seek lo cloak tholr aeiaah motives by feigned solici tude for th welfar and perpetultyf tb rac. To thus who grasp eagerly at y pretest for opwasiog th -pewgr that wooaeo are maklog toward qua Ity with mMvDr. Clark' work, "Hex M-hVlaoation, h ,-raa- ow - end. MGlrta with bloodies kln and Intelligent face may b aeen auy day by thoa whadeslratheapeetafle, among the cboUr of our higher aad normal schools; faces tbat crown and skins that cover curving aptoes, which should be stralgrit, '-and neoralgi nerve that should know ao pala," mya Dr. Clark. No oo will pretend to oay tbat tbl picture i overdrawn, but tell ua truly, U, worthy doctor, la all tbla not attrib utabltotb aexaal slavery tbat their mother, Ignorant of phyaiology and ed oaa ted la th belief that they were bora to b la aubjactlon to their" hua baada, endured, aud to tb eoosUnt and severe labor that left these another ho tlm for books, rathr tbaato the sever mental application of th daughter f - Thousand f womea there ar la our land, who, wbll carrying llttl live within tbelr wn, perform a dally round of fatiguing drudgery,' that would try almoa boyood Ddurano tb boasted strength of maubood,glviog daily the Vi tality that Is th birthright of th uuborn, to tb wash-tub, tb scrubbing-brush and the eok-tov.And thi prooesa baa for years been going oa all around us, with nsver a word of protest from these hu man physicians who ar now ao greatly coucernod for tb perpetplty of the race, Women bav not only been permitted to the wast their life-forces at tb x- xpenee of futur generation without pretear, but bav bora and arrstltf bortod to con 11 no th am rc-de stroyjngproetmjandjt lpniywhcii they com to compete with men" Intel lectually that tb local a of alarm la Bounded, and Ibelrpbyslcal downfall predicted. 1 i iv , Cultivated women ar not lh only one whoa crooked spine and. pale cheeks tell of outraged physical eondl tloo. Msnr then ar so iroorant ss to devoutly bliv that In thus dally Vio lating vry law of tbelr being, they ar Hiring tb place Ood and nalur designed wary steps," sallow - faces, sunksn eye and llstleea .movement bear mouruful wilneaa ofjuflering not born of mental collar, but of bodily outrage : It Is aot tb educated women, but th Ignorant, who ar as a class physical wrecks, and w tsxariiottt-4wsmc fhg To tb assertion that tilne-teutha of. th women, educated or otherwise, who suffer habitually from physical derange- iueutaYare the daughter of mother who constantly violated th law of na ture by over-work, and by yielding to fates iocs of duty, tbe aacrsd preroga tive of their womanhood. Knowledge la powers not-weakusaa, audlt will aurely prov an element of power, atrengtb--aod -aad -iiidl victual ilv t . i tl-t-i,mA o..ri.i?4-12rjfiht ouieu v"Jw"""". mmw j other quarter of a century take It tit ages. , '. ' 1 T0U0HHQ LETTEi. ,1) Uttl unpretending book ot poems hlch w last week launched, all trmb- f'i "Pa the sea ot public opinion, ba awaknd a degree of Intereat among our friend tbat ha truly arpiiscd us. W ar aur our reader will forgl v ua for priotlng tb follow log letter, which, though aot Intended for publication, I nevertheless of public Interest, because J it prove tliat our foe. If w havi auyn era not of. our household t "" -1 "-FoaxarrOKoTk, Jau. Jtff door daughter Your OEM of a llttl book casnc lo hood la do time, lo- Uf ether with a copy of the Advocate, con- taing brother DUIoo'a msch-prlxed In-1 dorsement. Your tender and filial "dedi cation to your " honored father and sngel mother," worked deeply open my afleotlon, carrying me back to, memo ries of loog ago, and forward la antici pation of days' lo com, wbea th world ball bav learned to appreciate you, eveo as I how do. Lt your watchword ever b "onward and upward," and In du tlm yoa beJl reap If yoa falut not. Don't get flattered or discouraged, lie or good cbecr. -r rr" - Ob, how I should Ilk to attend your lectures; but I am. so afflicted with rheumsUam that it I with difficulty that I caa get about at alL . - I teel that I bav served tty day aod getMr ration, and must aooo pass "over tbe rivr Into tb amain sphere, and Iber recei v tbe reward of my earthly stewardship. Through Dl via Iav f bop to ratls tb full frtrttloa of Joy la the spirit world. I have the gratlflcatloa t believe that my family ar filling with credit and honor very useful and important poaitloa la the werld, aad I hope tbey III be prodeoT and firm In all tbat Is ennobling la tb caus of truth and cicnoa. May Ood bless yen, aay daughter, and nsrv your aool spd body to endure the storms ol Ignorance snd oppression, that from tim I tlm assail yu 1 for Just beyond lo ths uoc loaded au nab I a of Hie ternal Justice -ArTectloaaUly.yourotd logy father, ' J. T. Bcorr. Molon," whoa wrIUng hv tws-laad thach aomaveat. In lilry irele of lot, la bob tber thjsf Mia Maml Adama, a toacber la Wlllametu Uaiveraity. Aud aow, the only ques tion that veXe th qamfd artositi f lh reading puhllo, la tb oft-repeated querj, -Wbo I 'Your Truly r " r " Tt elegant refloemrnt which eharac- led la lb allions to th dltov of this paper, la lata laawf aimpl Iswys Imdepfndmt, ewtiraly sorpamn our powers of comprebensloa. pIaomUi r 7 r CIDEE THE IHADOW OF THE OIL j hoj!. i Th gloomy Jal I of our beaullful Cd lal city has for twoatths past shut from the gas f a youthful criminal Uod fro euntlgbL But prtaoa wail are not thick enough, nor bolls and bars strong uhugn to shut out frooi th dnsaied boy" t hudfey mpstbyiinj m paa eovr hnatrred r ma and women, wb look apoq the crime that tbe law I about to commit a surpassing in . ! ... . . i 1 ... surmvy iofc wr iims u.i- rand is ta jay lib Jus Ufa. , . . Think for a moment of tb eondltloo of thl baplee youth, upon whom tb swift vengeance or tb law which man call Justice, will thi day fall with anni hilating power, ao far aa tbla life I coo eerned. Bora la poverty, craJlsd and tiurtarwl lu Ignorance, oTIndlahdeweent, h reached tb tbreshbold of hi man hood, bl nature onrestraloed by eul tore or refinement of any sort, and In a moment of passion, caused the unjust dealing of a man of perhaps twlc bis years, ,ba committed tb dreadful crime of murden Tb crtdftnltyof tb erim aon can deny, neither can It b denied tbat tl clrcumaUncw abov numerated ar to aom exteuf a pallia-lion.- -j " ' v-.'-' i Th cflorts of nob1 man snd women bav been untiringly put forth la th hope to shield th youug criminal from tie full penalty tbat our lawa, tbe ofl spring of frail human Judgment, de clare shall be a "life for a life." Ear neet and falcated men bar sought by legal argument to turn asld IU ven geaice yctThoraaa Gerrand.twio tried, and twice condemned to die, tbe day of bl execution three time fixed, to-day will be led from tbe 'gloomy wall tbat bis eye, sim! suffer tlM extreme penalty which ba forjtuoulhs hang over him Ilk a pall,' abutting tb aunllght of cx-fthly hop fovr from hi sou Oh. sham to man i that b abosld I. I . .1 I I.. . 1 1 . I . k.L.f .ulluirifv IIIUW, 111 L L 4 Iff m vara. MlviUJf rroa-strto biortbiough law of hi framing,' th disposal of a human life. Hhame, that tb diagraeeful decree, "b -1.. II I.. fr.. lh. ii .t 1 1 I,, la I i!I.ri m-i-Z.71-.!1 d,d ntnmmls well dead," should. In tb nam of Justice, -, , J - ' , , . . ' "7, , '.i.a 1 J I polul la th debate, a llttl 1 Judicial ejnttiue. bhanie, that our wise lawmsksrs still refuse to se tbat two wrongs cannot mak on right ; tbat If murder i tuexeuaable In an Ignorant, paealou-bUwded boy, la doubly so In av carsfully worded law. -; . " : -- Ah, when tb "great day for which all other day wer mad" shall finally dawo,ud human beings shall b judged not aiou for 4.h acta of thl ly but for lh motives -that - prompted and the that Induced them, many a poor ereaiur wnos m went out at iiicm decreeofafallibl, yet inexorable human law, by tbodark gstswsy oflb caffold, hall h foond mor slatted against than ainnlag. Aad la day not remote, " lightened 4tuusaaity shall view with wopdor the pectaele that they bow re gard with liorror, th taking of ahumao. BilteoHh above waa la type, the glad uaioga iiav oeen iiaaueo over in couu- tb t)o-ruor has yielded, aod - i - - in wnvim v. . m injiajsv uvnm uss beeo com m uted to 1 m prlsonment for life. 3IEV8 ITEMSV stats Ann TftaarroaiAb. at Alt, I'Uh, wa four feet deep ou mat. : Th li I o thick. In th. Bar at Olympla Nt ths boau canoot run. - - Tb Corvama and Albany atass coach resumed regulaTlrlp on tb 22d Ins Clroult Court Is to comeoos In Beattl. reuruary 1st, juig Jacob presiding. Miss Hattle Lucklt bss been elected Engcoaaliig Clerk or tb Idaho Leglsla- Th lltirarv at lh Forest Orov Unl vrlty coo Ulna botweea 6,500 aod 6,000 volume. .1 During tb year 1874 tb Lafayette money order omoa trauaactd Dual to tbe 1 amount of $9,544 03. Colorado 8 priors boast of fourt doctors, fiftesu lawyers, luirty-ix boteia anu tweive.real eaute agent. Tbe roof of tha new court houa at Ba lem flootled tbe Inside of the bulldtnc ounng mi isie raemng seas . On Monday morning of last week tbe wiud waa so severe at Heattle that email steamers could not Isav that port. A United State paymaster ba gone in mriduiiiMm, w siexioo. wiia $a)0,0(W to b djcquisod amoog th sol di srs. . Under the new law, the spring form of tn Circuit t ourt lor una eoaatv will cooveueon the secood Monday la atarcn. Tbe Becrelsry of the Interior has ommendad n appropristioa of $IS,0U0 for tb erection of a gfl grist aad saw-mill at Bi lots Agency, rteorre II. Bteward ha bee elected City AUoruey at Vancouver at a salary of $00 per annum. Thie I bug It w really muuinoenk Sunday. Jan. 17th, wa tb coldest day of lh st-asou at Vancouver, the mercury varying from two to six degrees below xero during (lie day. - Th saloon keeirf Vancouver ar rentoitatratlng aainat toeorainanoe im posing a taxf$o per quarter a billiard aotf pigeon-uoie lauiea. . Mr. Meacbam and Oeorr Harnev. a Rogue River indisn, with the family of lb latter, nave gone ovvriana r Cali fornia oa their wayjat. recent blrtr-atioda that- have pre- im in wqii imniuna ui nHuiDiisn . . . . ..... . ... 1 . oanfy hav prostratsd a grwal number of Ires. Ike mails la some Mane nsviog been seriously otwlrucie by t neat. - . Tb Odd Fellow' Lrbrary at. Katem coslalu iaia volume uf bovka, beside aunierou periodicals and newspaper. Bit -hundred sod seventy-live huwk wev UkM out daring th year 117 1. ; Brother T. M. Martin, of th lUnYlet fltuirh, at F.ngeo, pressed tbeologt rsl view diderlng- lu ssaoy rvopoot fron thoa entertained by th Baptiat Cliurch, of whtrh he I a minister. A commllte appointed to tak tit mtter under cousldenitloa, ami tbey bV reported Veoiottoo eettlng tb erring brother off from their foid aad revoking his license to ei pound tb Oopt according to th Baptuticai Ida. 800V tut n LETTZI rXO&f f AXEJf . 1 ' - v tarm Kuru ss rsa X w Moarasrasr:. I do wish yw could visit our city ani UmmtA lh full ateaueth trnt rour tnflueuce I - behalf f poor -Tbomaa cmiTll-7W whoa ukrtBBate odllloa appeal to very lover of b a man Ity. Oo' week from th hour la which I writ, th law, which la thl case U but a mockery of Jostle, claims tbe life of a poor, uaedu a ted youth, over whoa head hut Igbtoea ammer have paoaed. Tb facU la 1U caa r well, knows lo moot OT yr rsaoors; vocnnaaDewn don for tb doensrd boy; bl eoowaet have pleaded oaraeally; bl caa has beea appeahid time aud agala to blgb.r ourtaj and. y at, hoping againat hope, nay, hoping aUll la th fac of death, aud under tb gloomy hadoW of th aoaflold, throughout .tit Wugth aod kreadlh of our boauUful Oregon, arnt haarU ar waltlog for tb glad tiding of reprlv or commutation of the dread and roel death aetiUooo. But tb law, sUU lnxorablt dwolars that lit mis guided, Ill-rated youth must hang by th aek uUl B 'f dW. How long, O Lord ! bow long-will thee harbarotta law aod swage hold away f How long moot wicked and cruel revenge, clad la tb atole livery of Juet.ee, triumph over tb fecaveuly trio, mercy, iarlly and love t . -ir ' A debating oteet that took place be tween the Alkaa aad Heeperiana la oar city a abort tioa aioo, mwatod quIU aa Intereat, or, perhapa I aboald my,' a aeu Sslloo. Th quest lo under dlaowsslon was: "Retailed, Tbat capital pualab ateat bould he sboilabed.' Miller O. Royal, of th Alkaa, Ud off la th affirm live, aod to aay. tbat hi argument were capital, and hi polot well made, would give a verynieeblc Idea of the mertU of hi apeecb. I wa really uoa bl to ee bow the gentleman on tb negatlv could find lh org to pro oeod with hi argumentta Oh fso of Mr. Royal's bold aad convincing elo- . - . -m-. VTTTl- svr, reapond; aod notwlthatanding he bad tb mlafortan to represent what waa, la my opinion, tb wrong aide or At potiit la th debta llttl ml, w I torn th falrl mlgtit and doabtle do worship, gav u om mualc from ths piastOi Jak L. Worlmaa tho ad vanced-loth front, pah hooor to tb Praehletit and worthy Judges, and than launched headlong, I bad Ilk to bav eld,tnto hi subject, and I must ay tbat th speech that thl young genlle- maa delivered, both to fore of argu tneat and In loqiience, would hav dou credit to a gradual of classic YaUv-He rerommended th system of compulsory education and reform schools, where Ch rial tan Ity and lor ahall prepar the youth or our laitd who hav fallen Into evil way for future usefulness, tbua preventing tb repetition of crlm by curing, net annihilating, tit criminal. A tli etoqueatyooag orator proceeded, I begaa" th feel omwht alarmed lest bis ergumeota aboald ssUle tboqaeotioa so "com pleUlyrMrsatlsTactortty-that nothing would b left upoa which his eppoaoat eoald baa a aingl argomaot, and per coneequeno tit debato be brought to v untimely close. . W womea are alway taklog thTiigs for gianted7y"tfa now. The duty devolved upoa Mr, Wiley . Alien to suaigb ten h UI,fa' In a speech, which, Jn Justice to- tb I yoaag gentleman, wa a remarkably clvr and abl aflort, and I could -but I regret that b had xpntled a much I loqueooe laad vooaey f th greatest I wrong-which buaaao law inflict. We wer' agala favored with moslc, after which IoderWiThTTatn Val- leatly to tit aid of thdfirasaUy. He prBOehlsd ui subject la a paw light, i qooted Hly Writ to prov his potato, i aod -Wall b sucaeodad. Nrrl R. Cx I eam next, aod was wall up to hi part. Leonid not belpf ihlohlog thalrHl young gntlmaa belonged oo the th Id, aad aa coo vl need that b would hav don bitneelf credit, could b hav ao spoken. - ..pt" " Tb ooatost was elosed by tb princi pal on either aid, who, la their closing argument, displayed, much seal, power and ability.. I cannot Sspram to you my unbounded aurpria at th dscisioii of th boeorabl odg, wbo, wbo tb quevtlon submit ted, decided la favor of tbenega- Uv. ' '" "Joat Ilk ma, was my Involuntary sxcismsllon; bat as I rfletd apoa tb word sf wiedem aad charity with which th arguments en th affirmative re clothed, X quickly sopplsmsnted b eenoure which the sxelamatl bad m piled, by a rerveut thank Ood that mil m are wot nppnaad 14 having Jostle tempered wkli mrcy am) vag dh placed by charity. . - . Hoping that tbl sabjset ansy be dis cussed -nnill reached, and that public aentlmeat wilH not always tolerate poa or otstots lb dark atsla of oapltai pun (oh moot, I am your decidedly, Cau lUUm. Jan. tfCS. A Th followlag Is from tb' B(lrM$ Wall Wall dispatch bearing, data of January 23d t . t . : - - ; From ail direction w bear of mor or Wa lorn of Mock., la soot Inst sues owners mad llttl or no provision for tbslr stork, trust lor lo lock and tn ebaitc for a opoa wis tee to sorry them Uiroagh. lit moat rasas, however, there I pleaty of feed, but there ar a great many whose stock bad at raved way an tney nave see sable lo an them and got them home oioc tb storm. Tbeee astray calll ar gen rally tb one that suffer most and ar dying off th faetost. W also hear of quite a heavy loss (nmr sheets bus too one that she are generally rUbsr add Me or thoa tba have bos, brought into the wan try from abroad last suninr-.ei4 bar not ret beam Oecllmated. In the . - - - ik ml mtimtk is llkls I be awawidarahi and especially so if ws ar t hav much more bad weather be- sa tui urn; aoj iu opening of prlng. . ' ... 1 ,. . 7 - J Republican Beuatom held a caucus en th 23d, oa Louisiana aflaira. , ; , ( t rward Broa. saf manufactory, at Bt. Z3ll IBM. . XJOSS, f.lis. x. Th loose uUlod by merchants aod boin wen jf Msrysvlll by th JU flood amwtaied at ItdNWO. . Tb a peel ahlpmeota to Europ on lbkl lust. amounleJ lo $3,l&s0t, of which S,00,000 were In gold cola. TosJHirillvsr Manufaclariag Com." pany'a mill waa burned oa tb morning of the Sid InsL liOas, f JO. 000; luaursd for $14,000. - King Kalakaus left Bt. lioula for Baa Francisco on tb wanting of lh 90th hut., by special train via lb Missouri Paclflo railroad."- "r . ,. . -Tit Nebraska legislature, In Joint easloo ou th ZM, elected A. B- isd dock, formerly acting Territorial Oover- r nor, V. H. Benator. Landeuburger hosiery mill, at Franklort, Pa-Vcloseil on tbeSd Inst, . bavlug failed.' - Over 1,000 people ar thrown out of work. Two women wbo keep a baby farm tag establish meiil at Holllater, Coon., bav '". been- arrested on a charge or poisoning Hv tofanU wllhlu eight weeka ' " All rumor of lutemled or impeadlng. Cabinet reelgiiatlous ou aooouot of dlf fereuoi pf oplnlol'i lit regard to Io Isl and matter la authoritatively deuled, . J' Flv of lh eleven membsrs of tb .. Committee ou IU act torn ar Ofipoaad t th resolution of th majority to xelud Delegate Cauuon, oT Utah, from his as I, ; Colooel August F. Allen, DemoralU member of Congreaa elect, from tb 134 New Yorhdlatrlot, died at his rUlno atjamratown oa Uis !d last. H waa-- U years. v . . ' . ' Th Appropriation Commltt pleted tb Poat Offloc appropriation ) tb 23d, and gav 1 500,000 to tb Pacta y-for th Cblua ervlos,- but made 00 provision for extra subsidy . Tb Oeorg Washington Bank, of Corning, a prlvat Instltatlon, owned ' and controlled by O. W. Patterson, Was closed by tb sheriff on Saturday, th 23J Inst.-IJabllltlea, $100,000. Maay I depositors sr poor people. It Is stated that deputy collector at New York report tbe selsur of $40,000 worth of silk imported aa cotton goods. It Involves several customs offloc rm. . It la eati mated tUai'th regular Import- tlons amount to over a million. " .. ' " Tbe Senate Committee, on railroad f on Baturday decided to report adversely on lh Northern lacifl3 railroad bill, and all others referred to them pro post sg Oorsromcat aid or subsidi for rail made, except Booll'e Texas paclft bU,-p which was not acted upon, but laid ovr till Monday. ; . General Kmory, In IraAamlltlag bla . report, call attention to tb dJIOoulty , . of lh army In keening tb pac with ,- out the power or removing the cause of .. d'aturUue and ?ecmmndaaTr7 possible, th powers of tb military eommaudr ahall be greatly Increased, " or o me other measure adoptail to obtain th deelred end. (Jnerl Bhrma n-i iforse Uil report, under dot of Jaou- ' ary 4, 1875.. t . ; :. ,T" . ':-J.'.Tl. Tb Kxecutlv Ommttte of the Cal-, Ifornla Btat Orang sent the following . t Beoators and Reprnta- ' Ives or that Btat on tb 22d lnL I "Th Interest of tb But, farmer aod ' -l manufacture would, be greatly pro- , uaoted iy aiding th con street Ion of rr- Boulbern Pactfi Railroad to meet ar. road coming wmt W rwspectfully1 urge you to do so, and thus cur trad ' : 10 Arixona." - .- . - , ! Whit tea Importer generally favor Ulaprnjtiasad I a riff on leas, dealers thl uk- u .111 i.ij nut llttl revenu for a full ' bs-ausa ht lh un Draco- - j.Ut uun.I.Llsa of stock In . New 1 York, and th fact that the new crop ill uav len ui Asians pons oeiore t i uw tariff goes Into sffsct. It Is ; U mated, If the law goes Into, effect ' arch 1st, there will be a slock on hand 3 of 00,000,000 pounds, beside; ths nW croplmportsttons. : - - '" 1 It la reported that Carllat Oencrat ' Trialany la advancing on Barcelona, II : bop to cuter the city by connivance 0 Re publics na. King Alfonso Issued two proclamation oa tb 23d, on fa th la- habitant of th Basqa. prov I bom and ' Navsrrsv lis say h long for pe,--but will fight for hi right. 111 a ' repreeentatlv of th dynasty which tbslr fathers ewor to obey. II Is a Calbotlc, and will ae full Justloa don to tb Church. If tbey will lay dowa their arm, bay, they will see-prosperity revive, and tbey wilt regal tb fesedooi they enjoyed UbdeT Queen Isa bella, He offers full amnesty to alt, wb amply with hi tormaTb other pro ta mat loo la'addrisisl to tb army, from whom th King: demand abnegalloo' A man who left BlouiClty with Colo- f' um (irow'aeompany In (X-tober.retarned v" ! to tbat city direct from tike Black mil oa thvening of lh Slat Install re port a pillows : "Operation ar eon- fined to the southern part of ib hllta, and gold hss been fowtd In jtvery plao proapecte.1, but not In paylquaalli, . 4 tb weather being unfavorable for gulch " 'r mining.. II recently etruck a Idgof gold-bearing quarU, of which b brought ... several aiieclmena. Good Judge my It ' I very rich, and will assay $1,000 to tb ' too. CsHalo Russeira party, which r left there about the sm time; a r lo- ' estsd In a mr central part of tb hllts- snd sr reortd successful. Th lodl- 1 ana wtto cauie Into Colonel Orow's camp reported bMtt son whit mioara la thr t part of thehlll." . ; .r , Mrs. llr F-1 Hoover, of Roaeburg writ: "I cannot do without your ;' .eellent paper. I conaider tb mooey paid . for lis subecrlptioa well spent Ludeod. . lwl "u' ievorB, and may tb Nrw N'ofcTHWksT liveaitd Kroeoer e ver mor. 11 deserve lit Patroasg of very family la tb load." . - ... ... ; .-' . .:. - 14 ,- - -rrp: -v,