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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1876. TO THE VICE PIIESIDEXTS OP THE O. 8. MP. S. A. Yon are urgently requested to be present and aid at the fourth annual Conventlen of the Oregon State "Woman Suffrage Association, which will convene In the city or Salem on Tuesday, the 8th day ot February, 1876. You are further urged to present written re ports of the work In your respective counties. If It is Impossible to be present at the meeting as urged, you will please send your written re ports to the Corresponding Secretary, F. F. victor. Br Order or Ex. Cost, of 0. S. W. S. A. Portland, December 28, 1875. OUE ANNUAL MEETING. Tbe energy and the enthusiasm which the friends of equal rights display in working up the Convention of the State Suffrage Association, which will con vene at Salem on Tuesday, the 8th inst., show the sincerity of their belief in the doctrines they advocate and ren der the success of the coming session sure. Friends of justice, friends of equality, friends of right, put each and all a shoulder to the wheel, and let ua convince our opponents that we are in earnest Remember, friends, we are making history, and let us see to it that this chapter is so brilliant, so logical, so enthusiastic, so glorious, that each of us in after years may read Jt with pride, and exultantly say to our children's children, "I was there, and worked with that convention." Read the eloquent, forcible, and prac tical address of the President, Mrs. J. DeVore Johnson, that appears else where; read the notice of the Corre sponding Secretary; remember the half fare rates on the Oregon and California Railroad; remember the meeting of the Executive Committee at Reed's Opera H,puse, on Monday, the 7th inst., at 12 o'clock a. Jr.; remember the opening session on Tuesday, at 10 o'clock' a. sr., and be out in force, ready to take hold of the business of the Association and accomplish it early in the session, so that the latter part of the meeting may be given to speeches, debates, etc. The Association has secured the promise of Professor McGibeny to give one or more of his wonderful and delightful family concerts during the session. There is to he no lukewarmness about this meeting, friends, but earnest, conscientious, united effort instead. Remember, Salem is the city, Heed's Opera House the place, Tuesday, the 8lh inst., the time, Woman's Enfranchisement the theme, work the demand of the hour. THE W0MEN0F UTAH. One of the most remarkable and, to many persons, the most astounding re sult of a system that holds women in absolute serfdom, is seen in a petition, signed by more than twenty thousands of the crushed, defrauded women of Utah, asking Congress to repeal all laws against polygamy in that Territory. The petition bears upon its face the dark imprint made by the "cursed un godliness of zeal," which binds women to that which woman's nature must ever turn from in horror and loathing in this life, "in order that they may hereafter attain to the fullness of exalta tion." Of the legion of mockeries practiced, and disguises worn In the name of re ligion, none could more belie its sacred appellation than this, built as it Is upon the ashes of all that is dear to woman hoodhonor, purity, and self-respect. Outraging the true and unerring in stincts of wifehood and of motherhood, and bartering for less than a mess of pottage the affections, aspirations, and iudividuality which is the common birthright of all of woman born, this mighty iniquity founded upon man's baser passions and upheld by his supe rior power, not content with crushing beneath the wheels ot Us Juggernaut the souls and bodies of its thousands of Victims, parades their names upon its banner, making them beg for a contin uance of the tortures by which they hope to pass the mystic portals of the "City Immortal," and there exchange the thorny crown of their earth-life for the fadeless glories of Eden. This "impious piety" that makes vas sals of women and rulers of men has so wound its folds around the souls and bodies of its victims as to leave them powerless to resist its deadly embraces, and to cause them to make a merit of their submission to its revolting decrees. The pitiable figure that women as vassals make while bugging chains which in their inmost souls they loathe, is one of the strongest arguments that could be made against the dominion of one sex over the other. How do these cringing, shrinking women, compelled by circumstances and urged by mistaken zeal to petition for a continuance of a condition of con cubinage for themselves and daughters, compare with women, pure because strong and self-reliant, who claim for their sex the same right to the pleas ures of existence that is accorded to men? It is at first scarcely possible to be lieve that women could be brought thus to ask a continuance of a practice that has wrought them and theirs so much suffering; yet when we reflect that these petitionersare, despite the iron hand that holds them down, possessed of the love for children and home which Is strong in every woman's soul; and further, that an enactment of laws against polygamy, or even an enforcement of existing laws, would disrupt their families and turn themselves upon the world without character, influence, money, or strength, we cease to wonder at a servility which at .first thought seemed stranger than the "beaten spaniel's fondness." In -the Ontario legislature, on the 27th ulVji'a bill giving women the right to TOteUn - municipal elections was de feated by a small majority. THE HOSPITAL POE THE INSANE. It is ever the pride of a generous people to kindly care for the unfortu nate and destitute among them, and certainly the means provided for the care of that mpst unfortunate class, who, while living, are yet dead to them selves, their friends, and to society, in the Oregon Hospital for the Insane, situated In EastPortland, and efficiently presided over by Dr. Hawthorne, is and should be a source of pride to our citizens. - It was our good fortune, a few days since, to bo one of a number who ac companied Professor McGibeny and his family to the asylum, whither they bad been invited to give a concert. Arriving at the gate, our party was met by Dr. JJawthorne, and while wild eyes gazed at us from a -hundred barred windows, we alighted from the carriages and proceeded up the walk, through the ball and out into the chapel, where sit ting, some with restless expectation, others with blank indifference, was as wierd and motley an audience as ever gathered together to listen to sweet sounds. Women were there from whom all traces of youth and beauty bad de parted, and men whom it were impossi ble to Imagine bad ever known the pleasures of boyhood and enjoyed its painless play. As the little band of musicians drew with one accord sweet sounds from their violins, and were accompanied by the deep tones of the organ, and the sol emu but joyful words, "Glad tidings, glad tidings, we hail the glad tidings of wonderful love," rose and fell upon the air, many wild eyes burning with the restless brilliancy of insanity were suffused with tears. Some sat with bowed heads, reverently hearken ing; some regarded the scene with laughter, ill-suppressed, some with earnest attention, and a few with stolid indifference. The concert over, the wierd audience (lied quietly out of the chapel, the bolts that shut them securely from the world without flew back at the bidding of the wardens, and once more the different wards of the Asylum were swarming with maniacal life. Under the conduct of Dr. Hawthorne, our party passed through the various wards, viewed the dormitories, balls and dining-rooms belonging to each, and everywhere we found scrupulous neatness and comfort in the arrange ments. The floors were spotless, table appointments appropriate and clean, beds well made, and rooms well warmed and ventilated. Out into the kitchen we passed, where a huge rauge was glowing with heat and steaming with preparations for supper; from thence to the bakery, where loaves of the finest bread, fresh from the oven were found. The best testimouial which Dr. Haw thorne could possibly receive of his kindness to these persons is rendered by themselves, as he passes among them and is by them so eagerly and kindly greeted. The type of insanity which we beheld was of an apparently harmless nature, and differed seemingly as the disposi tions of the subjects di ire red; some be ing exceedingly vivacious and loqua cious, others reticent, or moodily silent. We were informed that there are at present something over 200 patients in the asylum. We did not Inquire the number of women, but, judging from those we saw, presume that three- fourths at least are men. We found among the women several whom we had met under happier circumstances in times gone by, some of whom will perhaps remain in the shelter furnished them by a pitying commonwealth, until the fitful fever of life has ebbed to its close. Having finished a tour of the build ings, which, on account of our limited time, was more hurried than we could have wished, we took our departure, fol lowed by the wild eyes that had greeted us on our coming, divided in thought between pity for the poor inmates, and thankfulness for an institution that strives so nobly and with so good a1 measure of success for the care, relief, and restoration of those who continue to live after all that makes life desirable has vanished. STATE TEMPEEANOE ALLIANCE. The annual meeting of the State Tem perance Alliance will be held in the city of Portland on Wednesday, Feb ruary 16, 1876, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M., at Good Templars' Hall, corner of Alder and Third streets. All tem perance societies, churches, Sunday schools, and all organized bodies which are known to be in active working sympathy with the temperance reform, are requested to send delegates. The basis of representation is: One delegate for' the organization, and one for every twenty members, and one for every fraction over ten. Arrangements have been made with the various transportation companies for the usual reduction of fare to dele gates who attend. W. R. Dunbar, President. January 27, 1876. The Wine and Liquor Herald gives a table showing that there are 3,334 bar rels and 120 half-barrels of whisky on the way to San Francisco by sea. This must be a cheering bit of shipping in telligence to the hundreds of sorrow- stricken- wives and the thousands of neglected, mistreated children of the drunkards that dwell in poverty and destitution in the by-ways and hovels of the Golden City. The list of churches called to the ad vlsory council to be held in Plymouth Church, February 11th, has been com pleted. It comprises 171 churches situ ated throughout the United States, also some or the most noted ministers with out charge. "HEEJ3PHEBE." "Woman's 'sphere Is home," salt! a sapient specimen of the genus homo in our bearing the other day, stroklug his beard with complacency. Now, inasmuch as woman rather glories in the fact that at home no man can usurp her place; that no one like herself con give to home the subtle air of refinement without which it is "merely four square walls, though with pictures hung and gilded;" that to have and reign over home is the delight of woman's heart, we ask why this senti ment, beautiful enough originally, must be so often repeated as to become a hackneyed platitude. - - - The man who is always talking about "woman's sphere" has in his brain a confused jumble of not ideas but myths, which occasionally take form and bubble out in such words as "mas culine women," "protection," "feminine weakness," "discontented wives," "neglected homes," etc., etc., finally winding up with the declaration at the commencement of this article. It never seems to occur to these "sperists" that to many women this declaration is a hollow mockery. Imagine one of them quoting it to a widow who toils away from home from morning till night that her children may have a home I Or to an orphan girl seeking employment ! And will they have the hardihood to say It to the drunkard's wife, as she sits in her meager shelter with crushed and blighted life? Will they say it to the lonely toilers who have struggled on" from childhood to middle age without love or sympathy or opportunity for culture, maintaining all along a wom anly purity and achieving little else than bare food and shelter ? Women who, to save their bodies from starvation' and their souls from pollution, have dared to step outside the circle of home duties and earn not a pit tance, but a competency, can bear the sneers of the iguorant egotist regarding their "sphere;" but mock not these lowly and unfortunate ones with the declaration which is to them as mean ingless as an unwritten page. 00EP0EAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS. The opinion is so prevalent as to be almost universal at the present day, that corporal puuishment in public schools is a relic of barbarism, and should bo banished entirely. Yet every teacher, as well as every conscientious parent, knows that from the depth of perplexity, compounded of a desire to do right themselves and have those under their charge do right as well, they have rarely it may be been compelled to the conviction that to entirely "spare the rod was to spoil the child." Hap pily, these instances are rare in well-regulated families so rare indeed in many as to exist but in theory and vague pos sibility aud, as children who are prop erly disciplined at home seldom make trouble in schools, so corporal punish ment is of like infrequency. The city superintendent of public schools gives some statistics and views upon this subject, which we submit, confident that they will be of interest, not only to the patrons of these schools, but to those laboring In the cause of ed ucation elsewhere: The fact that there was, during the term of five months, ending January 28, 1876, but one case of corporal punishment (dally average) to every six thousand four hundred pupils, Is truly praiseworthy, and highly commend able on the part of the teachers. (One thousand three hundred and fifty-one pu pils attending school during the past term of 100 days, Is equal to an attendance of one pupil 135,100 days. The number of cases of cor poral punishment during this time Is 21, there fore there has been a daily average of one punishment to every 6,400 pupils, as already stated.) When all else has failed, corporal punishment should be resorted to, and thereby compel refractory pupils to obey, rather than expel them and drive them Into the streets, where they would be surrounded by contami nating influences, which would very soon en title them to a scholarship in a reform school, it we had one, or In a penitentiary. Obedience to law civil, moral and physical Is one grand lesson that we must all learn. Ignor ance of law and a rclusal to comply with the requirements of law are the causes of all the Ills and the sufferings moral or physical which hang like a pall over the world, shut ting out the sunlight of love, happiness, and contentment. Our pupils observe the rules of propriety about the school buildings and In the class-rooms from a sense of right and duty, rather than from any of the consequences resulting from misconduct and wrong-doing. The spirit of the pupils toward their teachers is confidential and respectful. . YAMHILL 00JJNTY . S. A. The seventh regular meetlntr of thi Yamhill County Woman Suffrage Asso ciation will be held at North Yamhill commencing on Wednesday, the 16th of February. There will be two or more sessious. Prominent workers in the field will be invited. Friends of the movemeut are urgently requested to be present, and we also ask our friends of the opposing side to attend the meet ing, as a little opposition lends "snice1 to the performances. Come one. come all, and we will endeavor to make the meeting a pleasant one. W. J. Louqhary, President. Lillian A. Cooke, Rec. Sec'y. NOTICE. All persons intending to visit Salem to attend the fourth annual meeting of the Oregon State, Woman Suffrage As sociation, will please forward their names at ouce to Mrs. J. M. McCas Hn, Chairman of the Committee of Ar rangemenls of the Marion Countv Woman Suffrage Association, in order that they may be properly accommo dated by the friends. F. F. Victor, Cor. Sec'y O. S. W. S. A. We call special attention tq the excel lent quality of paper upon which this Issue of the r ewNorthwestIs printed, We have just received an Invoice of the same from the firm of John G. Hodge & Co., San Francisco, and if our co- temporaries desire to look well and cease paying exorbitant prices for the luxury of so doing, we advise them to go and do likewise. TO THE PEIENDS OFJEQUAL EIGHTS. The fourth annual meeting of the Or egon State Woman Suffrage Association I is at hand. You rightly believe that, if well conducted, it will greatly advance our common cause. You are Interested in its conduct, and, we are confident, will aid iu the same. We will first re port to you what has been done to in augurate the meeting, so that you may intelligently co-operate. The Executive Committee has issued invitatious to a large numberof persons to address, or otherwise entertain the Convention. It has appealed for sub stantial aid to the Marion County Asso ciation. -That body responds nobly, and promises entertainment for delegates, the procuring of Reed's Opera House for the meeting, and the furnishing of muBlc and other miscellaneous exer cises. Indeed, knowing what we do of the material of the Marlon County As sociation, and the character of the plans it has undertaken to carry out, we promisayou an exhibition of devotion to our cause which will not only- work wonders of itself, but astonish you, and amply reward you for any aid you may afford. Salem proposes to help the good work in a way that will be unique, in structive, even amusing, aud, we hope, often imitated. The Executive Committee has re quested the County Vice Presidents to present writteu reports, either iu per son or by proxy. It has also, by one of its members, applied to the managers of the Oregon and California Railroad for half-fare tickets for all traveling ou its routes to attend the Convention. The request has been cordially granted with the accustomed liberality of the officers of this road. You see, dear frieuds, what has been done, and what the Executive Commit tee is able to offer you. We must do more and have more, and you must help. Please contribute: First. Your hearty sympathy. If you have backslidden, think, read, observe, and thus renew your faith and alle giance. Secondly. Your Influence, labor with your neighbors. Convert the un believers, strengthen the wavering, In spire the faithful. Use your influence, not only to disseminate our principles, but to urge one to a little practical work for them just now. Say to the people, come to tne meeting. Kepresent tue cheapness of the trip, and the edification and entertainment to be derived from it. Thirdly. Your plans aud suggestions. Every little helps. Every one, doubt less, has one idea of value in regard to carrying on the meeting. Contribute that, and as many more as you can. We are satisfied that the half-dozen of the Executive Committee cannot origi nate as many profitable, novel, enter taining and novel plans as the large number of friends who are interested Let every one help. We appeal es pecially to our County Vice Presidents, We hope that they will Bend or bring their suggestions, without fall. Let every county take pride in sending something. Please address your sug gestions to the undersigned, at Oregon City, or send them in to the meeting of the Executive Committee, in the Opera House, Monday, the 7th inst. As soon as you read this, put your suggestions on paper aud address them. Fourthly. Your personal presence and efforts at the Convention, even at a sac rifice. You will bo needed. You will do good and get good. Is there anything more, friends, that can be said or asked 7 You probably can think of a thousand schemes for help which do not occur to us. Act upon some of them. Among other things, if you know of persons of ability who would address the Convention, or in any way contribute to its interest, who are not known to the Executive Committee, or have been inadvertently omitted, please send their names to Mrs. F. F. Victor, Portland, and they will be properly invited. Work, friends, with a will. Remem ber that success will be measured by effort. We must do grand things in this grand year. J. DeVore Johnson, President O. S. W. S. Association. ANSWEES TO C0EEESP0NDENTS. C. H., Tangeut: Communfcation will appear next week. C. F. G., Harrisburg: Address changed as directed. Name sent entered on our books. Terms satisfactory. W. C. M., Ashland: Remittance re ceived and paper sent as ordered. Will be glad to hear from the lady named. Mrs, D. will probably not visit Southern Or egon until the roads are vastly im proved. C. P. B., Brownsville: Remittance re ceived and properly credited. Mrs. D. will probably visit your locality aud make arrangements for the "general shaking up of ideas" thereabouts within a few weeks. Yamhill County W.S. A.: The editors acknowledge the recelot of a kind invi Nation from your Corresponding Secre tary' to be d resent at the meetlntr of your Association on the 16th inst,, and will endeavor, one or both, to accept. A, A. S.r Empire City: Remittance received. We appreciate and retun thanks for your complimentary men tiou of theNEW Northwest. Wedonot wonder that the Republicans of Coos county are pleased with thechange in the editorship of the Record. Should think all respectable citizens would congratulate themselves thereat. G. W. E., Mill Plain, W. T.: Sorry the good people of your locality were disappointed at the time mentioned Mrs. D.'s arrangements are not made farther than the next week. She, how ever, intends visiting Washington Ter ritory as soon as possible, probably dur ing the latter part of the present month She will write you privately relative to the meeting at Ffsher'a Landing. LETTEE PB0M KANSAS7 ' To tue Editor of the New Northwest: If not intruding too much upon your valuable time, would you have the kindness, at your early convenience, to return this to me with the information asked for? I am thirty years of age, and speak the English, German, and Spanish lan guages fluently, having also a fair- knowledge of the French languagj. I received my early commercial training In Wall street, and have by my former employers always been considered an efficient book-keeper and general clerk. i am unmarried and temperate iu my habits. 1. Do you believe that a man so con ditioned could readily find employment in Portland or vicinity? I do not ex pect to find immediate employment, yet I would not like to remain idle long. 2. When is the busy season in Port land ? 3. In what does the trade mainly con sist? 4. What is the average salary of book keepers and clerks? 5. Is the circulating medium entirely coin? 6. For how much a week can board be obtained? 7. How many inhabitants "has Port land? Salem? 8. Can you give me the present ad dress of F. W. Chad wick, a lawyer? I am aware that I take a great libertv in addressing you, as to you I am a per fect stranger; still, having no acquaint ances in that part of our country, I veu- ture to do so. Awaiting your kind re ply, I remain, Respectfully yours, John F. Gerhard. Fort Leavenworth, January 14, 1876. . We need in Oregon men who are willing and able to fell forests, erect bridges, dig ditches, make railroads, build steamboats, break prairies, train horses, run woolen mills and raise sheep and cattle; dig gold, smelt iron, make wagons, plows, barrows, buggies, rakes, hoes, shovels, pitchforks, reaping and mowing machines, stoves, ranges, horse-shoes, fence fields, and build farm- bouses. Every nook and corner where man can get Ills bread without the sweat of his face is full to overflowing, and likely to remain so. Our educa tional interests are first-class, aud brain, from other parts of the country, is at a discount. Brawn, well backed by In tellect, would readily command a pre mium. If you could see the number of lily-handed, broad-brained young men who come over here from the East every year in the vain expectation that these light occupations are waiting for them, you would not wonder that we fail to encourage you to look in this direction for professional employment where muscle is not needed. Profitable open Ings are yet to be made for engravers in wood and steel, forstereotypers, electro- typers, type-makers, and machinists of every description. Such positions as you name are always filled by favorit ism, everybody who is able to employ such labor having friends or poor rela tions in the East, whom they import for the purpose, if they haven't already reared them in their own homes. We do not underrate the accomplishments you enumerate; but we regret that they are so often procured at the expense of the more necessary qualifications to battle successfully with a life full of hard, enduring energy of body. 2. The busy season in Portland lasts all the year. 3. The trade mainly consists in the exportation of wheat, flour, bacon, bullion, wool, flax, lumber, iron, fruit, salmon, smelt, oysters, beef, mutton, pork, poultry, butter, eggs, cheese, and woolen manufactures. The importa tions chiefly are ardent spirits, tobacco, dry-goods and groceries, boots and shoes, confectionery, stationery, books, paints, oils, furnishing goods of every conceivable description and for every imaginable purpose, machinery of all kinds, and indeed everything that abounds in any cosmopolitan country. 4. The average salary of book-keepers and clerks does not exceed fifty dollars per month. A few favored ones get much higher wages. 6. The circulating medium is coin Greenbacks are always discounted from 10 to 12 per cent. 6. Board can be obtained at from $4 to $6 per week, and as much higher as you prefer. 7. Portland has 13,000 inhabitants, Salem 4,000. 8. We presume you refer to Hon. S, F. Cbadwick, Secretary of State. We do not know a lawyer with the initials you mention. The former gentleman resides in Salem, and is a prominent and reliable official, who can give you any information you desire. We are always glad to receive letters of inquiry in relation to our State and its resources. There is room for every body who will come to cast their lot with us and build up tbe resources of the country, but the supply of profes sors, lawyers, doctors, teachers, clerks, and commercial agents is always in ex cess-of the demand. If you come among us you will find our people hospitable, genial, and communicative. But we do not know of any vacancy to be filled in auy professional line whatever. TAKE NOTICE. All persons attending the fourth an nual meeting of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Associatlou, to con vene at Salem on the 8th of February, 1876, may procure half-fare tickets at any station upon the Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad. Such tickets will be good from February 7 to February 12. F. F. Victor, Cor. Sec'y O. S. W. S. A. John Foster, formerly one of the ed itore of the Daily News, and latterly celebrated for bis life of Charles Dick ens, is dead. The public debt statement for Jan nary shows a, reduction of $1,599,155. XTjE AP YE AE INSPIE ATI0N. The following sensible and racy pro- ! ductlon was furnished and read by Mrs. Virgil, of this city, at the "Leap Year Party" giveu by the ladies of Nonpareil Lodge I. O. G. T., on last Saturday evening. Ed. My frienllswe have invited you to a leap year party, whicli with us means that every lady and every gentleman will feel free to. Invite or not, invite, as the spirit moves them. This Is accord ing to the working of our Order. Of ail places in the world, none is equal to our Good Templar Lodges' to show how men and women can work together on terms of perfect .equality. The men do not,, like the brethren in some orders, admit us only to the portal of the temple, in order that we may be bandy when they want- something good to eat; but they take us into tbe inner courts, into the very mystery of mysteries; and I can say for tbe brethren of Nonpareil that they are generous to a fault, and though they have tbe advantage in numbers, they give us more than a fair share of the of fices, some even proposing on this leap year to give us all the honors. But we do not ask for unreasonable favors; we only accept justice and equality, which we claim as natural rights, taking with them the labor and responsibility there unto belonging. Our men do not, with the insolence of conceit, compare them selves to lofty oaks, and. us to insignifi cant vines, whom they condescendingly permit to dwell in their shadows, while they absorb all tbe sunshine. But they are oaks, though, of a most excellent variety, and they do not object to our being elms or maples, or whatever, nature intended. Together we stand the storms; together we enjoy the sun shine; together we perform the duties enjoined upon us by our Order; working together through evil report and good report, using our utmost endeavors to benefit mankind and honor God. I have written a few verses which I consider appropriate to the subject, and most respectfully dedicate to all the brethren of all the lodges. THE OAK AND THE VINE. Tls said we hear It o'er and o'er That woman is a Tine, AVhlch ever round some sturdy oak Must lovingly entwine. One dark and dreary winter night This vision troubled me: I saw myself a clinging vine, Without a sheltering tree. And though a hundred stood around, I could not lean or lop; The question that would give me one 1 did not dure to pop. Too frail, alas! to stand alone, ' Musi I crawl on the ground t Thus musing sad, I fell Into A slumber most profound. And then I dreamed a dream most strange; Methought I lingering stood Within the dim recesses Of a green, umbrageous wood. And many trees of various kinds Were standing thickly round, Their heads uplifted high In air. Their roots deep in the ground. And many slender vines were there. That beauteous summer morn; And some had found a sturdy oak, And some a stunted thorn. One found a fair young maple. And within his sheltering arms Was safe for many a weary yenr From all outside alarms. One fair young vine, -with artist eye, Saw a fine treo In bloom, With handsome leaves and clustering flowers That yielded Tich perfume. She crept into his sheltering arms, To prove a wife most trne; She found a straggling bass-wood tree. And rotten-hearted, too. One little timorous, trembling thing Was feeling blindly round To And her oak, but chanced to lilt A hemlock old and brown. His top was bald for many a year. His branches bare and dead, And sun and storm came pouring down On her devoted head. I saw one noble-looking tree. Large and straight and tall, Whose vine had died for want of food, For he absorbed It all. I saw some gloomy-looking trees, Some dark and dismal pines; I called them grim old bachelors They frowned off" all the vines. Thus some were left to stand alone Or creep, as best they could; Poor little timorous, trembling things. In that dark, gloomy wood. That dreadful picture frightened me; - I started from my sleep; I said, "I'll never be a vine, To twine and crawl and creep. "I'll be a tree, however small. And lean on my own stem; If none dare stand beside me then, So much tbe worse for them. "I'll bare my "brow to wind and storm; I'll dare the lightning's stroke A maple, elm, or Iron-wood, . , As tough as any oak." NEWS JETEMS. STATE AUD TERRITORIAL. There are only nine firms in Seattle doing business in their own houses and on their own lands. Eight thousand bushels of wheat were sold at Eugene one day last week at 82 cents a bushel. Loggers are now making arrange ments to commence work at different places down the Sound. At a late meeting of Springfield. ijouge, i. u. ijr. i ., in teen persons were admitted to membership. The amount of coal, shipped from Nanaimo in 1875 was 113,000 tons, against 81,397 tons inS74. William Beck, formerly proprietor of me jjonaon notei, uiea at tue Victoria Insane Asylum on tbe 21st inst. The Register reports 300,000 bushels of wheat at Albany, 50,000 bushels at Halsey, and 15,000 busbels at Shedd. Governor Thompson, the newly-appointed executive of Idaho, will proba bly be at Boise by tbe middle of Feb ruary. Mr. J. A. Langworthy, a somewhat noted citizen of Astoria, died of pulmo nary disease of the luugs on the morn ing of the 24th. The Coos Bay vessel "Cordelia," ,so long supposed to be lost, has been beard from. She is in Albion River this side of San Francisco. The citizens of Dllley, In Washington county, are trying to raise funds to con struct a flouring mill at that place. About $4,000 have been subscribed. "WOiTAN. BY AUNT CHAErrr. Woman, with particular stress upon the first part of the word; how well that defines her.- Woman, ever since the time of. Eve, has brought misery and woe to man. With weak brain and shallow mind she now dares attempt to rise to the eminence that is tbe birth right of glorious man. Has her audac ity no bounds ? Ah, me 1 what will she not think of yet? Look well to your laurels, lords of tbe universe; she may attempt to snatch them fronvyour brow during their freshestand .greenest hours. Hold your power with a strong rein, men .or America. - lour nouor. your happiness, yur superiority are threatened. Women are inferior be ings, always have been since the crea tion, when Adam was given dominion over the whole earth.. Keep them in ferior. Inferiority is slavery. Never forget that. What should women do but submit to the truest and kindest of masters, great and glorious man ? Woman, weak and foolish, why will you vex the generous, grand, and noble spirit of man with your puny cries for equality ? Brothers, heed her not. Be firm and do tbe right, keeping her iu subjection. While you mount to tbe topmost round of the ladder,-leave her at .the foot, shading her eyes as she gazes upward at yourdazzling splendor. Sisters, have -you bo far forgotten the object of your creatlou ? You were only intended to stay at home and keep man's hearth'-stone bright; his home a happy and peaceful one; to ward away all clouds from the horizon of his life that life which Eve drove out of Para dise. Do, you forget the debt you owe? you, who .were the sole' cause of tbe downfall of man ? you, who brought sin and death into the world ? Woman, woman, what base Ingratitude ! Down ou your knees and plead for pardon while yet there is time, or man will be driven to desperation1. Heceive it while you may. Surely man's -patience must give way sometime, if this constant clamor- Is forever dinning in bis ears. Keep to your' babies, house-keeping, gossip, and fashions, sisters, and let newspapers and politics alone. You know nothingof such things, norshould you know. Your husband's explanation will suffice for you. Remember you're nonentities. Your husbands will work out your salvation. You will get to heaven If you, by strict obedience' to all his wishes, win ydur crowns. ' I have lived a great many years in the' world, and understand such things perfectly. I have never known trouble to come to any one but that a woman was at the bottom of it. LETTEE FE0M0ANT0NVILLE. To the Editor or the New North west: I take pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of the New Northwest, and also ia distributing it at every point where it is likely to sow the seeds of en lightenment. God knows there is need enough of itamid the blackness of dark est ignorance that surrounds this region. With the commonest topics of the day many are entirely unfamiliar. A friend wbo-is well posted in all lit erary matters lately sent me from New York a copy of "Gospel Songs," as sung by Moody and Sankey at all their meet ings. He says they are upon the tongue of every one, much as the war songs were during tbe late Rebellion. I have showed the book to many persons here abouts, and they had never heard of Moody and Sankey; didn't know1 but they- were some specimens of animals lately discovered, aud belonging to some menagerie. So it is useless to cast such jewels as the New Northwest before quad rupeds of such an entirely porcine nature, though they do take some in terest in the fortunes of "Madge Morri son," which shows that they are not al together to be given over. There are plenty of mines in this sec tion of tbe country, if the people were not too utterly lazy to develop them. The country about here is literally filled wi til gold. I'm tempted to go to min ing myself. We look for the railroad to be resumed through here this spring, and if it is, I think tbe country will be explored, aud will soon develop into the richest mining region in the State. When you get worn out with literary labor, just come down here and we'll go shares in digging gold, only I fear you'd feel as I do, that "Not for gold or precious stones" would you stay lu tbia community any longer than you were compelled so to do. Don't tell me I'm not a Christian, my dear friend, when I keep sending you letters, hoping not to get one iu answer. don't know how you look at such things, but I consider it the height of magnanimity and a certain proof of Christianity to give witli no hope of re ceiving again. R. Canyonville, Oregon, January 28, 1S75. P00ELTJ0E ! The woman question has turned his head I His poor brain, never tbe soundest, and always tbe smallest, has gone completely wool-gathering. This week, after further airing his classic lore at the expense of Webster's Una bridged, he beads a half-column of dia tribe against the editor of the New Northwest with the following para graph, which we commend to all under graduates as model belles letlres. Sorry we haven't room for the whole. You're a classic lyre, A. J. Henpecker, as well as a modern. You're a harp without a thousand strings, or any other number, which, when played upon, makes the souls of Just men Imperfect. You're a regular-built wind instrument, old gal barring the Instrument. In you the arithmeticians are ail convicted li arstwo feet make a yard I You're a buster ! ! You're a voter, Brother Luce, and "a law-maker, and a protector of woman ! But the sheriff will carry you to Dr. Hawthorne, soon. ' The eight-oared race between Har vard and Yale will be rowed at Spring field, June 30th,