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AsMta will p'eeas tabs aaflsa that M la a
ml las span 9t espeeaa ebarga apoa'
- tail sosaa, m4 they will uater a great fcvor
i br reaalllta la 6a UuMia anaary
fghee4 tattar.
A lUPf OSmOI THAT L1CX8 HOOP
Om of tba main points that sponsors
of Wesaaa Suffrage ralaa and aevk to
main tale aa eobefoslve evidence tbat
oiMi ehoulJ aot ba allowed the bal
lot, g tbot woasea themselves, a
class, do aot dawlro It, aad would sot
aaa It to aa aslant, were tbey privil
eged to do oo. . - -
-a . . ia-.ii.. I
How toe moat ootte inuivtuust woo
aesaa to resse urn aru .row
puny Influence la tbe scale against uel
- vvraal freedom can hope to binge on
argument npon tbla supposition, wo can
scarsely see. , II la, la tho Ant place,
anerely ft Supposition, a theory which
"Jack proof tbarUeouly receive la
tbla Kepubll whoa all barrier la the
political pathway of women are
.. aoeed. Further thaa that, leader fair
trial and antrammeled opportuulty, tbe
' theory were prevea, It would tbea do
eolva apoa ipuropponenta to kbow why
the apathy or indifference of the maaan
ahould ba ailowad to ataad twtwaea
Iboea who- aao tbelr-duty aad loaf: to
. perform It. aad their InaHenaUe rlfbt
to do aa. We are aware of the fact that
It la tba auatoas of aaaay woanea to af
flraa that they -have all tho rif liU tbey
waot;" thai tbey would aot hu If they
ouldf that they care nothing for polU
atawctadindaed, H. would be
at range If It vera not ao, Hw eauld It
- ho otberwlee f . Ilaeo they aot heea
from thel aartltwt Jremrw tutored tn the
echool of depeodeaeeT Brought up fa
tba belief thai a woaaaa'a apbora' la
- bouadod by tba horlaoo of her boose t
That labor beyond tbla, If aot aawotn-
. anly aad degradiDg, la at leaataotas--aoetadof
borf That the cblef aud aad
OL Vr$UoLj J04!afjaetMaJ
la view of tba atambllaf-blovka that
aoatoai haa placed la the way of tba Jo
tellacluai adeaaaaateat of woman, tba
wooder la that ob a large number
haea been nabtadltf eoaa tanrtba
alda of right not that a lafg' aomUr
yet re o-al a la tba rule wore for them by
Iba ewateene-and- prejudloee of . agve.
We bavo heea Uught that' tba Great
-All-Wlee created nothing la eala, aotftv
lag bat what Ha Intended for aao.
Wa Nad woeaea poeeeaaed of reaaoalng
fooulUea, aad theeileteneo of thee la,
at leant, praaumptleaavldeoot tbat tbey
ahould ba need, IneUed of being allowed
to lie dormant.- That women, aaadaaan
wbea tbey eoata' ld lblak apoa tbeae
Batlara, will -refuaa or neglect to per-
foroj aa faithfully the dutloo of lliaen
'hip, aa they nave ever dona the dotlea
arlalng from tba ephera to which they
have hitherto been clrwnteertbed. -we
do aot belleva. At leaat let aa have a
folr trial before It la decided that wa
have ao Intareat la matter, outilde of
homa, or at leaat beyond tba goaalp of a
- Mlghborbeedi aad antll by aetoal focta
aad flg area It can he proven that women
if notwlthtaiwllPmTJIiyTrDOtltlCaJ
prlTtlegeathal may, be acoorded tbeos,
- -raaaala a heme oa eleeilea day a, to
7 gejdleeeef thehlghdirtleaofclUtenahlp,
"let w fcera leas oppoaitloar that la at
- - heat founded apoa aa untried theory.
- And to thoee who go to the oppoaito
- - astreaaa, aaaertlng that poll'.loaTprlvll
;afaawlll load women, to aegUct hooaa
aid eblldren, we would any, let-aot
: loans, be afraid," for ba aaaured, O,
- doubting toula, tbat , "tbla atao . caa
-- womaa do aad not leave the other aa-
AISTIU TO C0EEESP0IDOTS.
Mlae E. &, Foreat Grove: Ordera rI
tlveU paper will be at tended to.. Olad
enjoyed tba "goak." It la Luge.
Hope to aea you aoon.
: lira. .A. A. 8.r BrtTvertont NoU ro
aeteed. wMolngM aeot aeveral week
: ago. Am not peraooalty . acquainted
with, tba peraoaa aamod, but will to
Bteaaed to aervt you If poaidtra. Thank
for kind wlaboaT' -' '. - ."
IIoa. n.11. IXrJiew York: Accept
thaaks for tba honor tendered.- A varU
ety of alrcuaaaunceo render It Im
blo for a to aerve tl eon vent loa la tho
atanoer you jopooa, Flrat and luro
aaoet, our aoeeptaaoa If a financial la.
poaaiMllty. Will write yon at length
whea time permlta,
Ura. M. A."CT, fcornellnai Commaal.
cat loa came too lata for hut week' la
ano, and la out nf date for tbla. Kotload
ItaeouaUrpart In ooeof our elty paper.
A aoaamunlcalloa to loan re luoertlon
tba week it w wrlttea moat coma la aaJJ
JWednoaday. Shall ba glad of .gooJ
lively loiter oh matter of loaal latereat
- ataayUmo. ' . - ; :
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.... Haa hard loo of tba free whit
tnalea' of tba aolg hhoriog eltjr of Van--ooaver
do bar to tabor to protaat Rod
- eapport the woman, to be aura. Be
bow tbe rathleaa cjolll-drirer of the
Htyiiter lay bare the toll and hard.
ahlpa of their daily Uveal
i.l Taamoeer,
, aaaj aa n aaiiqaiaii piapw rar. m tmrnrnf
enrleoa ut kHNac KaVTM etna
daw wo oaw a -, a aaodleerh aatriMr, a aa-
rleen atartn aaarM In Nte MM ef
Mala atieat, while a, aaaaljaraala pimangi
1 the ealaneo ef tmi aaoolaUea anve attaauve
Imair- aa. AanaiealveertaeteHBmraBV
naaaj iae mala taipaaaara r Vaaiaavt. M
la Mil in inr aa iimaiti Mat tbe faaaa a
Tahttlaa OarMwj Um am a two eT m eealtaa-
Tab) - ptetarw will nertalaty Mag
wamea hd have aothlag tado bat waah
aodlroaaadaenibandoookaadaawand
Mod aad Uke oar of tba ebldrai aad
ba aFprf, to a renlixlng ooaa ef
-UMif
ioha Jay, U. & VlnlnWf to Aaatria,
baaaaUadfortbaUaitodgUtaa.
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, A few week sJnee, m eurreaders will
remember, Brother Campos,r.' tlte
Aeseewffer.ladslged la a flinget tbe NW
NORTHWKar, m contemptible as to pro
VoksJ, M which wo rv0,M,J ah 0 win J
that geatleaaT"bariwjttempllng to
throw odium upou Woouii Suffragists
hi general, aad thla Jouroal la particu
lar, be bad not only widaly aliased bU
mark, but bad rendered blsnwa paper en
advertising awed! una for certain pant
phlet of avery pernicious character.
Since tbla Jlltle opleeaantneas" our
gracious brother baa, w praauroe, with
held var eicbange, aa bla paper baa not
reached ua. We, however, have no idee
of being IbiM deprived of Iba boljr teach
ing of the Journal over which our
brother presides, so After Ul ran dlsap
pointaseateaud maeb peraaibtilstion, we
r l. flny daj . Bndin, and
?-nSrrowluf a lopy. Id this T w Bud thai
after a aoloma attempt to play tho part
of Injured luaocenco la reference to the
charge of vnfalnieaa, etc., tbat wa had
truthfully brought agalnat him lq bu
wvr to the eoatomptlble fling aforeaaid,
he gor oa to ay t . .
It mhrht have have tbe ediui of th
aw Monrn went im 'Suri airing kusalBM
ao mm J grave aar(r artlk aarh wlluarittg
aairaaaa to have T4 agal UtafloeaJ la la
-Urrfr. Thrrm la ao la II tha allgtilral
lailautkta I hat Me a4llar of the Xaw Kootu
wbot waa Ihe astaor alt bar of ika mota or the
tbaaaaipblav Dm the edUee kaow aartalaly
that the bartg vho wrote the letter dUI aot dla
Irllmlethaa paatphlataT - "J
W hereby I a fur m oar brother that we
alf raad that locat again,' and that
"etrlnglng together ao " many'grav
chargva' required but little eOort, aa
each waa auggeatod by the local I lac If.
Bo wo beg bo will not feel undue aollcl.
lad about th "flort." Nor did wo
eonatrua bla former 1 language . Into
even tba allgbtoat - Intlmatloa that
tha-adltor of- thla paper waa jthe
author of either tho pamphlet or bottee
Biejdjouajt, Wa did and do think, h w
ever, that tba part of it to whlob wo took
aioaptloa, waa aa laoult to to tbo aoflra.
ffbu of the Plate, making upla cowardly
lauuontlu what It lacked la direct aeeer
lioa; and farther, that it waa an attorn pt
to aully tho faaaa aad erlppTe the lu
fluonco of tbo New 'obthwet, at
leaat 'la the vlclolty of Monroovth, by
mootloa vf ruTJcma In eoaacctton with
a-vllo publieailea. And for tble-wo
hold Ihot Jcother-CampUU owe ao
apology to the Womaa BuflraglaU of
Oregoo. which ba baa aa yet failed to
render. la answer to tba aoncludlng
queaUoa of the paragraph aboe quoted,
wa will any that w do aot know whether
tho peraoa who wrote the letter tbat ba
ft van tba editor of the Jfit mgtr ao
mob needle anxiety la Identical
with tba aaa waa diatribatod the ouJ(
lioaabla pamphlet or not J bnl aa- Wa
have beea reliably Informed thataald.
Individual la a violent and unreasoning
opponent of Womaa Suffrage, wa tblak
It quite likely tbat ho fonod the circu
lation of iba pamphlet quit aa much
to bia tost as other opponent have
found the advertlarment-of he samotoUu Bel,'; ajuQrr. Reld ttsuojndod la a
ba. Then,ofeoure,Bro.Ckuow whom
be got hi oopy from; o, of course, bis
supposition aaxMioU to a eertalntyr We
aasore bla tbat we are satisfied about
tba matter If ba la. , '. ,
jrdrJjiilifaffsui lor Xprll Ti
upon aar table. It contcnU are as
usufd varied aad latereatlng . - A aerie
of aaaora eoUtled tlto "Deacon's House
hold" furnlshee laformatloa of such
practical value to every housekeeper, as
will compeneate many time tba price
of the nagaaina. Tb purity aod -
eel lone af IU literary department Is unsurpassed,-
lis alass are above and be
yond those of aa ordinary fashion snag
nine; yet thl department la sot left
aaaat, bat display numeroaa euta of
stylish aad aorvleeabla garments for la
dle aad eblldren' woar, with aultabl
direetione for procuring patters for tba
earn. It la, la ehort, what every capa
ble and Intelligent womaa needs, for
amusement. Instruction, and recreation.
T. B. Arthur A Bona, Publishers, Phil
adelphia, Pa. Prioe, $2 60 aar annum.
Oeorge Btlnaaa A Co., art-puhlishsrs,
Portland, It., hava presented this office
w Ub a beautiful ngiavlag tntltlxl The
Little Orphan' DmaaE." Tba picture
represents a aleeplaf child lying la all
I the graoeful ahaudon af youthful laao.
aenoe, dreaming of its aagel mother,
who with Uelof'oouate nance and shad-
owy wings beads over placing aa ei
qulalto Illy la tba baada oftba child.
Tba beauUrul dealga together with tba
barmoaloao blending of light aod shads,
eanse tba though t that dwelt la th
mind of the artist to be reflected apoa
thoea who view bla work. Tbe engrav
log h) largo aad well executed, aad
speaks wall for tba flraa tbat sent I tout.
7 ubacripUoa only, at flea
dollars par oopy. Tbo advert laemeat at
thai firm, for agents, la foaud lewbere
la aar aolnma.-':'- . " : '
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Wa bear ao freqaently lne assertion
woBtawouldllot.yot If tbey
eould,'lhat we give tbo folIowlogTwhlcb
shoo id havaaom weight la tba refuta
Uoa ofwiiat wa betlove to be a popular
errofT la England, Austria, Holland
A had tbo Dominion af Canada, Womaa
8aflrag w roeogalied by law to muni
cipal election, at least. la 1874, th
London ArBnaaiarrreferring to sixty -six
municipal oleotiona, stated tbat aat af
all woasea who aa th register enjoy
eqnnl righto with asaa, fiv hundred
aad sixteea wsnt td tba polls, which Is
hut fottyatf bt loss thaa tbo proportlon
ato namber af men. Aad out of Z7,M
waana registered where a eon last eo
arred, 14,414. votod. Of men, 19A7S1
were oa tbo rgjter, and 90,060 voted.
Wa are la receipt of the March Bam-
her of th SUxtiitieiany a valuable torn
pihUtoa of atgwrea, faei aad general in-
fnraaatlna, beat aat asoathly by L P.
VIeCarty, pabllsher, Baa Praaclsca, at
U 00 par aaaaau , .
4Taiatloa without repreaenUUna I
tyranny, ald bar IUvelutlonary fUi
r. And although uoarly a century
haa passed away since the Lrave delara
tioa waa mail, tbey are at ill lauded
for tba eeutlineuUr--i - "
Tasatioa without repreeentatloa Is
tyrnny,'faay tbe women whoa mother
shared the privation aud toil and angiety
which followed the first declaration, only
tbat the beuefiUoTliherty fiually accord
ed to their sous, might be denied their
dangbters; and straightway the ateer
llou 1 met wl.U) scoff and ineult and de
rlsiva laughter from' the sou of the
aire who tlieojaclvea r boiled agaioat It.
' Away on- the aaatcra border of the
Continent are llvlug two women a ho
have bravely aud persistently restated
the demands of the tag -collectors, upon
tlieaTniple aaavoiptipn of tbla great
principle. They have refused to pay
tithes to a government that treats them
aa aliens, and for this their property baa
heeu eacrifleed to rattsfy the duoiandaef
thoao wlioiu pride of place aad power
baa Tendered Insolent; and tho uud I
not yet. Tito oolUwlnr who seized their
cow Id dvfouti otpay ment of taxes, aod
Waa eouv4ulatl uf traonaMi Imfora a loeaJ
Iiuiim. Iiu .iii.HuI ia. . iii.i.m. .ri
, - ...
a nil oLtali,al . iLlalaik t.tM,ln. I It.
Judgiueut .of tlto first -oou'rt. - 'These
wouieu will now 4ako the ease to the
Hopreute Court of the Ktata of Coaneetl.
cut. . ;
- It remain to be sum bow long tb
ens of Justice vrflt ) t sluiuhefju hi
hrraata vf the son of America, before, it
ahall be aroused to accord equal rights
to "her daughters. That any class of cit
Iseus, merely because they ars women,
ahould be compelled to submit to such
flagrant nets of Injustice aa the men of
ouc .country Is oenlury ago pledged
"their lives, their fortunes aud their sa
cred houor1 to resist, not bseauss' they
were'-mcn, but 'because the? Were' tag
payer to a government lu which they
bad no votes, 1a a dlagracclo oar nation.
It seems simply . Impossible that he
rights of womaa wilt be rooeb long or
disregarded. la this age, whan progress
aJrtwellMlhhteea.Miot
much longer , bo. Ignored. Again we
say, all honor to the plucky Sisters
T r
I Smith, of Glastonbury, and may health.
strength and, length of days be given
them., not 6uTy "(hrihey"mylntIhtl
to ftg-tit this gTPt battferbut-tfaat they
may live to enjoy lb well-earned fruit
of victory. -,
i - - TI,. - Bw Tritnm bnilding Waa fotr
mally opened on Saturday tbo lUthlosL,
Tbla waa the thlrty-riflh auulvvrsary
therthdsy-of-tbe gieat uewipper7tThe-bright,-aunny-ds gave place at
the building was vlsitad by crowd of
ttcwole throucbout the dsr. In the af-
j uroooa the editorial aud city staff made
a present nf a magnificent set of silver to
Wbltetaw Held, Inscribed with a pic
ture of the new building, and the mono.
grants, H. lWVWr:i87S.?
Dr. George Ripley mad the presenta
tion speeohgracefully cntnplloientluf
brief but appreciative BiWreaaT
Th editor of th Coo Bag Sew U in
error whoa he aseerte that tlia "people
expect Intelligent legislation" under th
new poetaria wr hlc.lx JijrjusrtyJCoa
demns, li got mora reprehensible aad-short-sighted
than hundreds of others
tbat disgrace our statute-books each
and all the product of one-sided leglsla
tloou Far he It from us to enter the
plea af Ignorahoa la extenuation of Un-
Juatlawythat men year after year cnaoll -
and perpetuate
Tba younger numbers of ear bouse-
noia were made giaa oy tue appearance
of "the March end Apr!Lnumbexor,iM-j
Aine, a charming magaxln for children,
published at Santa Clara, California.
Ilesldee being of great Interest to th lit
tle folks, it is the only publics tioa of its
clam, aa far as .we know, oa the Pacific
noast, aod should be liberally patronised.
Subscription Including postage, f 1 10
per annum. Address, Suiukint, Santa
Clara, California.
- Tba Temjttrane Star has Just entered
Its second year of publication. It Is aa-der-aha
efficient editorial management
of Mrs. I r. Turner, a lady well known
ai an earnest and able advocate of tern
peranoa. Thenar baa been greatly en
largad and Improved aluoa Ha first 4
sue, and merits the support of temper
ance people throughout thla State and
Washington Territory
Mrs. Matlle Gay lord, of Boatou, Mass.,
baa recently delivered several lectures at
different points aphtha, valley, which
have received favorable Dotiee from the
local preeeSh I a lecturer of some
not both la England and tha United
State, and la, wa believe, bow ou bor
tray ta Victoria. Heraot4eot atEugeao
was, Our Olrls What shall we do
with Them."
The will of Mia M ay, dsogbter of th
lat Judges Wycbe, b aa been filed for
probata 15 Ban Francisco. ; Beqaeata to
the amount of $30,000 were mad by bor
to different persona In California, Ore
gon and Washington Territory. It Is
claimed that she waa a minor at the
time af bar death, and tba legality of
the will may be jested on thla point. '
Tba Boston Journal says tbe time baa
com for tba Freeldeot to antiounce. bj
inieuiioa so retire irons omoe at too
elos af the present term.
manly den unci a tioa of such , purpose
would revive the drooping spirits of tbo
party.'. This feeling la entertained by
the beai RepuWleaoe W Maasaehnaatta.
Va Prealdcnt Wilson, who was to
have ssJlsJ for Europe oa tba 17th lost,
baa changed bla mind. Ha baa coa
clnded that ba will aot bw tba first to
establish a ptwaadoat af tba Viae Presi
dent loavlog bla country during tha
tona of office.
EEijoEiiL coixrsroiDncr.
las a s Rs Aocss or ra s K s w Kosrnw : ;
Bine last wajr rots you our peregrina
tion have heea ao constant as to almost
preclude tbo possibility of epistolary
effort.
The meetings si Herriaburg continued
with unabated InUrest to the close.
Then, a letter from tba Corresponding
Secretary of tlto Linn County W. 8.
Aasoriatioa was received, advialog us
that the ExecuttVe Committee thought It
best to post pons the next Albany meet
ings for a week, thus firing as three
days without appointments. Wbera
apoa wa gladly fathered our "traps"
together, hurriedly bid our friends good
bye, and took tbo train for iiomb.
Our vlalt among the dear anea waa aa
pleasaut as auexpected. How busy we
were I and bow wedld drtut to go away
again 1 ' y -
Hut Monday morning found aa again
upou th wing, Louird fur new fields of
labor. - ,-. - ' .
Stopped over at Saleia for a few hours,
where w enjoyed Ibeavulal hospitality
of tha good Graves family at tha Com.
nierclal Hotel. Mine host reports busi
ness lively,, and hi cwi.tply Jkeeoe a
good bouse, fully auaUlnlug hie well-
I earned
reputatioa as a prluceof caterers.
Foils bas re-opeeed her popular
1 - ,
I aira.
board! ug-house near the new Capitol
bulldlnjr, aud seem to be dolog a lively
buslueaa. Ws also aslled upon Mrs. Dr.
Ford, whose fame as a physlclaa bas
gone all over Oregon. ier paUeuts are
legion, many ofihsmostdlfflcultchroule
caacs'yleUlng ' readity to her magic
skill. Trust to a Wona Suflraglat fur
luck. . , : -"V -
Our good friends, the Meachams, are
la excellent health aod sprits. 0lobct
Meacham I succeeding admlrablyrla
the East with his Modocs.aud there Is
doubtless a fortune ia store for bla aa a
reward for tlto misrepresentations and
slurs of which h's has been b Victim H
contemplate a tour of uroe. ;
Tha dry goods store have donnedtbatr
bright spring rob, anl business la be
ginning at a brisk rata., 1
"Wbf u caa you lecture ?' greeted aa
tryJand1iTTila quaUoJuJa
t..b - J
asked ua every where, and often causes
us to catch our breath aad wooder If wa
won'tr get ours If talks out sometime,
so w ciifitay at home and rest aud re-
auporatoBut we'll try to aland -at -th
Il.Ii. Illl M,.luul ! II ,.b- .... t.
Good women of Oregon, we are batlB0n5M
op for jrolupteerfcJlQV many jif you
feel Ilka comlug up to tba work Ilka
faithful-missionaries Tjrh harvest
truly Is ripe aod tha lahowra are few.
ayanlna t ral r.. a I k-
a wwawwea-BvanaW-wovs aTOiaeawwawar wv
twilight to tha equally -bright, aaooo-Jii
ulgbUT Tba railroad ride (rom SaJem la
atl ractl va by day. 1 1 la doubly so apoa
a balmy moonlight night, with tbe soft
apriof hreeses fanoiof ysar tired brow
and the weird abadowa of the wavinf
trees assdutlnf " grotesqse panoramic
ahapea as you glide past, only to watch
new mystlo wonders at every revolution
of the engine' ponderoua wheels.
- Half paat eight aad wa reach Albany.:
Mr. Vackensto, of lbs St. Charles Hotel,
aod Mr. Marshall, f tba well known
Hvsry stable line, meet as with Words of
welcome- and ua ta the
home of our fxlcotlvibe pouters, htr
wv-are-wasy ttila fat tmnTtalklngTip
thelsst suffrage meeUsg In Albany, the
incidents of our lata travels, ate etc.,
and when at hut wa retire to rest la tba
luxurioua depth of th great spar bed
la tbe elegant guest chamber, we are
too tired to sleep, but cur lonely cogtta-
ttonaare peaoeful. and our waklog
dreams full of bopa aad cheer.
oreing .found aa refresh ad
what, though atlll wear. We era wait
ing how for tba CorvsUs stage, our pro
tracts! meeting beginning there to
night.
Wi have much to write that would ba
of mora Interest thaa ibis rambling, per
sonal gossip, but pray excuse ua, this
time, reader. Wo are too badly bar
ried aad, If wa must cotfsss It, too Inert
aud laxy. - Will try to do bettor next
week. :- - -- . . -
' Our postponed meetings la Albany
will be held on Saturday and Monday
nights, 17th aod lth Issu Subject lofj
Baiurday, "Freedom wvvu Respoosi-
NlllyT and for Monday, "An- Everyday
Iteilglon. PrtiuIartof Corvallis
meetings next weekv
A. J, IX-
AprU Xi
la kew York assembly on tba lOlb
II to permit-a wife to testify for or
against her husband la civil action or
criminal trials waa repotted adversely
by the Judiclaiym ml tte, and the re
port agreed to. A similar dlapaaitloa
waa asade of Speaker MoUulre's bill, al
lowing tba wife to testify against her
husband, or ia behalf of another person
la esses of trim eon. It Is probable ao
more efforts (a alter the la wa of evtdeaee
aay way that would afleet- tbe Beecber
trial will ba aaad la tba assembly.-
Tba steamer will hereafter touch at
Crescent City to and from Baa Franciaea
and Coos By till tbs first of November.
Tbe Insurance eompanlee do not allow
tha steamer to touch there la winter.
The Paget Sound Courier save t "The
spelling school mania, which haa In
fested tha people of the East, baa now
become active her. The nrt eraptloa
will take place at tha Preebyteriaa
Church, after which tho. orthographical
bomor will permeate the blood of three
fourths of the community."
Tbe citizen of Wa! tabor. W. T- ars
enutemplatlng tha erectloa of aa oil
tbali
A bold aadT"1 ".i1?" LLV,3r- . A
w"""7 iw imi aaau m ewoaianuai
men of that tee aad neighborhood,
aad IW.OoOor 1 11,000 stock aubseribod,
with a fine prosnect of raising a larger
sum sufficlsot tooouipieiethe eaUblish-
SMSk : .
J. T. Scott writes from. Tremont, TIL,
under data of March 19 r The weather
I excess! vely eoM and atoroty, tba snow
Is falling and drifUoa? fsarfullv. with
tba thermometer down t0Lxero; yester ,
aay it stood eigbt degrees below. Tba
ireiae are DioeSaoaal la the streets bora.
I bopa to reach Portland by tba 90th of
April, If aot before." ,
.ifcnTimTav v 7,
Two light shocks of aarihnak acre
felt la Olyropla en Wednesday of last
Week, - ' - ' - : , '' . , - : '
By theespslslng af a plesur yacht
la tba harbor at Charleston, H. C-, four
of eight persona aboard were drowned. --A
Ura at OraenvtHe, oh Thura
day morning, destroyed a number of
faelorirs, stores and deUlwga.Loas,
fjw,ooa. ., - - '"'Z-
Chsrles Tppau, the last eurvlvlng
member of the well known anfi-alavery
society, died la Washington City on the
Sib, aged 70. - r- .
Tba strike o( loofsboremea at New
York became general on the tli. Steve
dorea aay Dot one of lb strikers will be
re-employed.1- :- ,".,
- A a ex plosion wf bol Ier on t lie 12t h,
la the Gingham Mills" at South Adams,
Mass., killed three persous" and fatally
Injured two others. . ': -'rr
The PreshUnt will leave on the 16th
for Maasaehuaetta to attend the osoten
wiat aelebratioa of the battle of Lexing
ton aa the 10th Inst , - ' '
A heavy snow storm swept over the
?Tew Eugland atrd; f Iddle-Htatee the
ISth lnst; snow fell In some plaoea to
tba depth of nine laches. .
The weavers at Mechanics Mill, Fall
River, taking offense at the discharge of
their overseers, struck on the morning of
tba Mb. Tha carders at Merchants are
'also nut.
. A fir oa the loth at South Bend, Iud.,
burned, a block of frame buildings, In
cluding a number belonging to tbe
Studshaker wsgou factory, pTotal loss,
75,000; Insurance, f ,00O. ' ,
T Ail IJo of a parade la New York la
honor of the law John Mltrhet has beer
abandoned. There will simply he a
funeral oration by Thomas Clarke- Lnbyi
and a
tostlmoolal for Mltehel's family
TbTo-ubo
this spring Is aaprecedeatedty large.
Nine t hooaa ad three bueMtrad bavo al
ready Ult Omaha since Mr;h 11 Ooa
thousand wsnt Weetew tba 1Kb aa a
special train. - ' . '
A fiiat MmeratowBrToorib
morolog of the 12th, destroy evTHogao's
Opera Kouae, tba Genoa a National
Bank, Uodey'e baltdiag aad a number
of stores and teuemeuts.
Loss, about
$l00,O0Ol"Tiisaranc1lgtl
laes -f Delaware. Lackawana and
Wsstern Coal Company of Scrantoo, Pa.,
to decide tha question of a strike,
suited Ib the decUion to oootloue wor
work'
rike7.
by a vote of five to one agalnat a atrik
- Geo-IUr nold. convicted of polygs
at Bait Lake, a few dsya ago, was ou I'll
10th sentenced to one year to t he pen i-
tonUary and 300 fine--Ai the.antiual
church eonferaoo, Brlgham Yo'uug
waa selected prophet, seer.jcavelator and
presiuenb -r r
Tba Imrk "Msggle M." from Cork,
saved tba captain aad 11 men from tbs
slaking Germaa ahlp 'Madura,' bouud
front Bremea to New York. On boat,
with the first and second inatoe aud
men, bad previously left tba ship. One
maa was drowned.
Nation af action has been given lu tbe
Twd Tho-3it-of property attached
embracea every thing known to be in poa-
aamlnnnf Twd at tht tiro JL-ihaax
posure, and which ba passed" Into the
hhndrDfotttctl&i
Tba 7V6un celebrated Ita S5tb anul
versary an tha 10th, by taking poises
sloa of Ita new building and by printing
a ouadmnle sheet with a bWum and d
script Ion of the bulldl nf, giving the
-
figures of Ita circulation, showing aa
average of over 80,000 ooplea dally.
- Patrick O'Shea, wbo foardered'hla
wife. In Match, 1874, waa hsitasd ln the
Jail yard In SU Loots on tha 0th I
la the presence of legal witnesses only.
H made a speech admlttlQg-fhe killing
of bia wife; but claimed H was aot will
ful aad ba was aoMalrly tried. Ha was
perfectly eooljbad collected.
Tba TWewie aaya It la probable bo ob
jection will ba made to tha reception of
lln Tdtaa', tiallniM. wHlr.li K. Am-
f-o- wiu brobablv afler next week.
Morrbv-af the eouasel for Til ton, stated
rerenUyrtht filatltr counsel would
oot ob)ect to tb reoeptlon of br testi
mony, and Judge Nlslson baa already
signified bla wlIllognsseToadmirif If
both sides agree ', ; " : rrr-
, A storm at Little Rock, Arkansas, on
tba 8th InsL, prostrated tho, telegraph
wires In all directions below tba city.
A namber of bouse were blown down,
five rsony killed and aeveral wounded,
About the asms boar the storm struck
Texarkaaa, unroofed tba echoolrboose,
fatally weundlnf ooa, aud slightly
woeadlng -aeveral others-Tbe - water
Ml la torrenta and flooded theetreeU.
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Tba loagsboreosen's strike continues
without bow d vslopmsuts. The strikers
are loafing around th piers, but have
evinced bo Inclination to offer violence
to tba mea employed. Tbe striken are
determined la bold out aud aot work for
lees thaa forty cento per boar. Extra
policemen are stationed along tha north
and of East River. A force of reserve
er held la the station-faous la case of
disturbance.--'?
Th bIU corporations of Lowell scout
tl Idea of treat! of with tba committee
af 'male" spin nor ob tha Question of
Wags. Tbey express a willingness to
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talk with their own enapioyea on. the
subject at any tine, but not with depu
tation of secret aocletlsa. Tbey aay
tby would prefer lo shot down for three
asoathe rather thaa accede to tba da
aa and af tba operative, and tbat tba
Haa la goods would more thai com Den-
sate for the loom. 7-
The penitentiary at RMIuMm i,
bow twel velnmalee, two ol whom are un
der aentewoe for life. The Insane asylum
at tbs same" place haa at preseat orty.
Bioa lamates forty msles and nine fe
..v -J! narolr "soesaary to state
that Ua flrat aamber Mentioned art all
aTatluBal Wcjpaa Sngngf Aaaociatica.
Hie anniversary meeting of the N
llousi Woman Hudrage Association will
U held lo-X'nioa League Hall, w
Vorlu Tueeday, Msy lllh, 187S. - -
As but a single year Intervebes before
the nation's louth birthday, It behoove
the women of tbeaountrr to take wise
counsel together npoa the great question
or their national rvcognmon asiun cut
gens of tbe republic. The celehrai Ion of
the nation' ceuteu ii lal with women uu
eufrsnchlsrd, will b Ihe nation's dis
grsce.y For twenty-seven yeara we have
pubitcy-pmastl our claims lu the light
of thoae personal righU of self-government,
upon the recognition of which, as
underlying principle, our oatloo pro.
fa, to sUud WhraBUiaiiiii
lurv of tho world, has such able, I
earnest and persistent protest gone up
from any class T 'TU Justice aloue, we
ak I.- ' i" .
Tlie great work of anti-el very was
wrought through tba appeele of fret
men; and that despite the cry, "who
would befr mut themselves strike
tl)e , blowT During these long years
womsn hss plead for herself ; has her
self si ruck repeated blows for freedom J
ami' every deuiaud-for the recogulllou of
iter full ltiehip has -been. Just by
court and i'ongreas and press with
siitrs.rcatn and denial. v. Forbidden
to practice in the Supreme Courr, her
plea there, throogli the lips of a man,
hss,-Just -uowr witoo more, been eon
tem pt uUV Iffnored. How debase such
a court I llow false to ita own idea of
right auuh a government I - Men like
thoae no longer . worthy Ihe name of
freemen, no longer tit to wield the des
tinies bf a republic bol serve to presage
IU speedy-.downfall I Fellow citixeus,
do you not see tltechaaoj before yon T
IK you not see Ihe eouutry's rush to de
struction 7 What ha tho war gained
for us? An I'nlted Republic? Not
Ktrapljranotlier filiate of male depotim;
not snore freedom, but less. What is
to be Ihe finsl result T God alone knows t
That blind policy which creates, or dis
criminates between clrixeua, has already
led ns to the verge of another civil war.
M4lo-r. wives - and - daughter who
touTywroUgritrir freedom are thrust
back to make way for unrepentant rebels,
one hundred aud twelve of whom will
hava seats ia the next Congress, there
to make laws for thoae loyal women.
ourselves and to those we holtt
dear, leade as to' cry aloud and spare
mat. Tluirafure. as women, baxcir tn
suited as cilUena wlinoe eiualilT of
righl U ignored ss lor its of our coun
try, to whom ita welfare is most dear
as human being possessing a birthright
of freedom It I us lu eonveuttou asaem.
hlaIolharTrf car com mefciarchlre7
from whence our words will go broad
cast over the land, and again demand
Our rwogultluii 'as self governing el
sens. anl assin press upon
and again press upon our ooun-
U' atteotiuo those great prlncJaWs of
lluatlce upon whose foundations, alone,
i a true nuu permanent rvpuwiie saauv
i The speakers of tha occasion will he
fT.llxabeth Cady Staaton, Kev. . O. B.
A Frothincham. -Malilda JtJyn Gore,
Harrie r. nomnaro, ann ihrw n
Couxens. HfSAS B. Anth.vy.
Chairman Kg. Com. N. W. B. A.
iRochesterv -March,
187V-
4
Fifty Tan Absence from aTounfT uLuxL
TVTuolIsbriba followinarrom tho
Mount Pulaski (III.) Afar, knowing that
It will ba of Interest to lb many friend
of John T. Scott, Esq., -who ha heeu
absent from bla bom la thla State for
tha past two months enjoy inf the se
eiety of nuiocrous. friend and relatives
amid tba scenes of bla early years. Mr.
Boott left Mowtt Pulaski when bu
en teen year of sge, to revisit It again af
ter the laps of half aoentary. -The Jour
nal m.nftnn.ii ,ivi?" ' -s- -
John T. 8cotl (betterltnown a Tucker
Soott)T4a'laitiH(bl nephew and
lr. it. 1- Turley anil Mrs. M. C Beam,
of this place, sfter an absence of fifty
year. xim is me oniy own nncie o ur.
Turley aud Mrs. Beam now llviog,au
tertaln their mother's brother. buta
blessing.
- Uncle Scott' oh vslocnonrv Doftravsa
I picture of afflaenee aud heaUh, and Jus
J puysicat loriu win avuiruupoia two
V hn nifssyf ami
hundred and fort rflve pounds. "A!
though-now la hts alary seventh year
be would pass for a man of only fifty
summers,ami one-wouta set bis ex
peelaueV down for thirl V years hence.
I Ji removed from Taxewell county
. I aT sas ssj a i T as . 1 1 1 saas as wa as si aa q aal - I ri In
irw aril w twYrW fi1W 'b vall aa'lfl'ij IB
Washington Territory, crossing the
plains and mountalna with an ox team.
being six mouths on the route.-" After
living but a few monthe In that Terri
tory, he removed to Forest Grove, Ore
gon, and ha been living there ever
sincsw He haa twenty-four grandchll
dren around hliu at bla occidental
borne, and luherits tha name "uncle"
from a goodly number that b sever haa
bad the pleasure of meeting. He bas
been visiting bis two alaUrsv-oue la
Kansas and the other In Iowa. He also
baa a sitter In Asia as a missionary,
woo iiavuwn tnVTe"
ttieta insnv-veiri"
lie caonoc at preaeot reeait to mem
ory anyf tha "ohl settlers,nio are
llvlng.except Jabes Cappa, James and
itouie fowomg, aaa tue,y were boys to-
geiner. - ?
He baa raised ouite a noted family:
among them is Mrs. A.J. Don! way, who
baa a "world-wide" reputation aa a lec
turer, ami Is editress of the Aw AorfA
eyf, published at Portland, Oregon, and
nas a stwcmh to tno temenniafr Veleont'
tlon. , One of his sons is vlsltlna Wash.
Ington City at present on official duty,
who la Collector of Custom.- -
It la quite a novel treat to hear I'nrle
TtHker relate tbe aotlquated 'history of
una country nriy years ago, and bow the
wol we ami otber wild animals osed to
roam at will aver thir mundane spot.
Hd likes Oregon much better than Illi
nois, and is frank to sky It I a mlnlnsr
eooniry-Mieiesa or aa agricultural one,
and cannot be excelled for scenery. He
proffer to reach his home again by the
20th of April, and we think It will be
long time before another. Pilgrim will
enjoy the regnle ef "oor bret-ics after an
. 1 n. ..I "fin. V.. r. M ! ' .
I Marion eoontv'S' j aonrt-housa was
Hghiatl wllli gss fiuiil tha uateut irT
clilne for the first time last Thursday
night, and presented a brilliant appear
ance.
CI i eater Banlen. charred' with the
murder and rubbery of Daniel McMahon.
In Jackson county, and Wan, Carey,
charged with robbery, are both, heavily
Ironed and securely guarded In lha Jack
son villa Jail., r..
Tbo Beattle Coal Co. are now brine-..
I 1 luA . . . . l . ... T
"a m lau tone oi coai aaiiy, aaa vessels
are in waiting for more. They are also
constructing two large barge for tha
lake that will carrv easily I V) tona ch.
at a load, and when needful 200 ton.
Oa the 2d last, a hoy was drowned la
Milt Creek, near Walla Walla, lis at
tempted crossing tbe creek on horseback
while the water waa at Its highest
point, and tho aurreat ea rrled bia and
tb horse down stream. . Tba boy waa a
son of Mr. A. B. $llley,a member of the
aiormon settlement, aod waa about 14
yeara of age. -'
IEV3 JtIMS.
- statb aan ik.sam.sUa. ' j
Albany Fire f;oinnar7v"XoTT nronosa'
BBTuisa.a7fua ceieuration. '
The March terra of thfrcnlt Court
of Yamhill fouirt cost tl.Oui mt.
The J it or ion aay there la aot a sae k -
of flour to he bad Jo Tillsmooli eouuty. -
"A new stage line has been started oa .
the route between -Walla Walla and
Wallula. - ,' ., . .
Douglaa'couuty las ten teniperanco
ludKes ont more lliaoauy other county
In the State. - .
According to the publlahcd "riorf,"
Olympla owee H,V'i '. and has U 14
to pay aitb. . , . .
At the A m ll v school meeting a tax of
Ji&OO eolu was voted to .build a oew
acbool-bouae. i
R S. Kssrny has tenderetl his resig
nation ssl'nlted Bute Msrahsl for
Washington Territory- --
Hon. War Galloway haa been em.
ployed to tearh the school at Amity
during the coming aeaaou. '
Rev. E. R. Ocary baa accented' a call
from the Presbyterian Church, aud will
soon take up hie realdeuoe In- F.ugene.
A blight shook f an -eartlMtuakewae-
experienced lu The lMUes on Tuesday,
at about 3:5 P. M., and another at 6uiu:
Monetary affairs have Improved con
siderable at The lMl lea si nee t be openi ng rr
of steamboat navigation oa tho upper
river., t .. -
Vegetation haa advanced rapidly In
Wall AV alia valley during the past two '-
weeks. Tha .weather ia delightfully .
warm.--..- . .
CapUlu L, Coffin has received bis
emmision as register In the Land
Oftle soon to be estsbllslied at Tba
Dalles. ' '.
Elder Vsn Horn, of the "Sevei.th Day
Adventists," haa juaC furnished a enurse
of lectures on the "Prophesies," at Wall
Walla : . ' . ... , .
Juanlta Encampment, I.C.K.C, was
re-organlxedat Lafayette by Oraad
Commander ;. - K';rhirrows, on - last
Saturday evening.
r rTi. J . uamwo ciiiuuitiiitu uia
second term of writing school at Eugene
on' Wednesday of lal week. Under very
favorable auspices. .r. --
Since the firvt of April, 1H74, SI, 80S
tons of wheat and flour hare left tha Aa-
toriarFarmera Coinnbny'a wharf, for tba
other aide of the Atlantic.
Dayton, Weuiooi an J Trail le Acad
emy schools gava a public entertain
ment at Ins new acnooi-mroae si war ion
he we
Mr. 1). Bequette, of H0 Francisco,
fbaa returned to Astoria, and will prase.
hi. ft'.... iMM.wc-tl.A MnylnurilA.
of a mercbaut tlouriug mill there thla
year.
DIKDl
In ttaiiaantr. April II, llCV Ur. Jaua Ptnt
lMDd.wH;of ItoOert rVnlland.
- Tha "Rasper whose asms Is Death" haa'saaia
snlered a happy snd lorlnf bouar'hol4. sod
alalamad aa hla amm Ita brlhtat unummt. Urn
T oat Iot4 and ioinr inmaie.- By this ud
event a family fk deprived or Its staler of al
and bamssliy stlanr el a waim ha art ad
h-lend. Tba blight aod balagr day ol early
print which was to her the laat of earth, was
a flUlog type of ts MsBty of her paat Ufa, aa
well as of the glorious promM of a Ilia that
win heaeainrth he ben.
' "Leavaa have Ihelr time to 'fail.
AndthnrarateiwltbrTal I he north wlntTtbreath,
Aad alaMlu aatf hal all, '-'"
Thoa haul all aeaatrtie Utt lltlne owa.O Tteatb.1'
NEW THI3 JV'EEK.;
watt1
Uuuit
WOMAIKlHOUtO MOW."
A Woroa
ooiail't gook shout VomsaJiy aVoaaav
. Slra. c avwi rrcr. ', .
rrvra: frxt.T wobjc or thr ktkd itm
X- "" by a ( la aacaiur la aterr -
i booaehoid I
Ita- entire noT.lt and eminent
S'Mrtttiliw.tlnM tliedrtlrafaaublria m
rllr Infatail. It wilMea In a brave, pare
tyle ftji will llot nnVnd tha tnMft luitrffnui
"t-m" nnv. never iiavp niMt anra an
DuflunilT to make aiou,, uiduuiU. T.
and (ample aliai mailed tree on Immediate
. - ,. uaui I'raudneu. Cak
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'FISIKL A tO BESTS,
T h e 1 1 b ading Clothiers
MERCHANT
TAILORS
IXOKCUO.
rwaH t
rirst aatd WaaaUaigtMl
.ai
SPRINCCobDS I
IMMENSE STOCK
.ST.
flEISCHNER, JL1AYER A CO.f
- Mea. dS aad Itfraal OieawS, .
rORTLAKD, OBEOOX. -
lalalta irTarlrlj, , T
tlrgaat lit Qullty, jZ-
Kiaaastlraa la aiatitr, .
' If xrrptleixT la rrka.
Merebeata from the lalerlor are
uUy
1 " A Is rsll aa siasslas oi
prkvea a fur parebaalag their Bprtag Ooods.
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ATTINTIONt
MILLINERS,
Mil AMlTsHT
'won. MiLLtsaar,
Is BOW
for sale
AT TUC MOOT ftCADOXABLE riUCKJi,
At th satabUahsaeat of Ihs aew Iras of "
FLIUCHJfXK, MATH CO,
, Xoa, it aad st rroat street.
Cail sntt akakcOrour srlaeOoaa. er i
year orders lor Kptlaf miliary.
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