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 "
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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
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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
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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.-
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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
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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.
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LETTZI rXO&f f AXEJf .
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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-
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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." . - ...
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