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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1876)
FRIDAY JUNE 2, 1876. NOTICE.- Agents will please take notice that It Is a great tar upon us to pay express charges upon small sums, and they will confer a great favor by remitting to us through money orders or registered letters. HELP THEHELPLESS. Several weeks Bince a Dumber of women iu this city banded tbemselves together, under the name of "Helpers," to rescue from a life of shame such young girls or women as were willing to turn their wayward footsteps again into paths of virtue, and thereafter live lives of usefulness. It were easy to discover in the outset that fearful odds must be eucountered, for women are without money to build or rent houses and furnish them as places of Tefuge for these unfortunates, And, as to woman's influence that boasted tower of strength concerning which men so delight to speak ask of some of these "Helpers" if it has not, in every instance yet tried, proved a "broken reed at best, but oit a spear," with which their womanly instincts and feelings have been cruelly pierced, Laboring under the greatest discourage ments, these humanitarians yet refuse to be discouraged, and, though com pelled by poverty to say to these erring, remorseful creatures: "House or home have I none to offer you," they have supplemented the sorrowing declaration by saying: "Such as I have I give unto you," and, in many instances, have the words of sympathy and exhortation which have followed fallen seemingly at least upon good ground, and will in due time return an abundant harvest of useful deeds. Working without money, without political power, and of course without influence which only one or ooth of these bring, for a class socially ostracized and created by the unbridled passions of men, who have both power and money, is a task so herculean in its nature, so humiliating in its require ments, that naught but the loving kindness and tender mercy that exists in woman's soul would dare to brave, Whether attempting to rescue a young girl from the wiles of a married libertine, asking the purse-holders of the race for money to pay rent upon a tenement which shall servo the holy purpose of a house of refuge, or solicit ing so-called followers of the lowly Nazarene to give work and shelter and aid to victims of misfortune, women have encountered a staring, grinning ghoul upon every corner, a phantom, intangible yet real, that will not down, and, as if iu very mockery of the name they have assumed, its name stands out in staring letters which these noble "Helpers" cannot misunderstand, and it is "Helplessness." .The press in this city and in various other localities has, however, light ened the discouragements under which me ".Helpers" wort by encouraging words, a sample of which we quote as follows. The Daily Olympian of recent date says: The force of circumstances leads to a false step, and the victim Is as effectually excluded from the world as-though the clods of the val ley marked her last resting-place. To admit that such a ban Is necessary to keep woman hood pure, Is to place but little trust In human natui-o. It Is a cruel mandate, unworthy the age. Thousands would reform If but a reason able opportunity could be afforded whereby a virtuous life could atone tor the errors of the past. The efforts of the women of Portland should meet with the cordial endorsement of everybody who expects salvation on the other shore. From a charitable and weli-consid ered article in the last issue of the Ad vocate, we clip the subjoined: A noble "Band of Helpers" has already been organized, and are ready to help In the refor mation of all those who would return to the walks of virtuous life. But these "Helpers" need help themselves In furnishing the means necessary to erect a home and be fully pre pared to take care of all fallen women who re- bent of their ways and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ. We met one of this "Band" upon the street a few days since, and, upon in quiry relative to the success that tbey were meeting with, she replied: "We have no home to offer these women, no money with which to supply their pressing needs, so we can only say to them, if you will turn from the error of your ways, we will do our best toward procuring you work, and will stand by you in your honest endeavors to reform Men stand up for men, and we pledge ourselves to stand up for women who will show a desire to quit a life of sin." This is well is indeed essential but it it is neither promise of food nor clothes These demands must be met, and the poor creature, young, perhaps, with life all before her, and a loathing in her heart for the vile traffic in dishonor in which she is engaged, turns again to the only refuge left her the brothel, We trust that this subject may be ag- itated until it reaches the hearts and pocueis oi tne men or wealth in our city, who, while they believe in " Saving their souls and winter's pork With the least possible outlay of salt and sanctity," yet, where all the congregation can see. drop liberal contributions in the mis slonary box, and forget the objects of charity calling loudly for their assist ance in the highways and by-ways of ine city. There is a paper published at Cha?p City, Virginia, called Young America1 Advocate, which advocates the right of suffrage at eighteen. Its motto is; "Give the young man a chance." In our opinion it will be time enough to consider the rights of minors after their mothers are enfranchised. The space assigned to the New Northwest in the pavilion of the Cen tennial newspaper exhibition is desig- nated by the number 6,202. It will also b3 on file at Pacific Coast Hall and No 1,011 Vine street, Philadelphia. POLITICAL. Again the political cauldron is bub bling at a fearful rate. Again stump orators enjoy unlimited opportunity to air their eloquence at the expense of long-suffering auditors. Again the p read-eagle acclaim of candidates, anx ious to immolate .themselves for a pe cuniary consideration upon tbo altar of their country, is heralded by the smoth ered cry, intelligible only to the in- tiated, Ad captandum vulyus. And, while the smoke ascends from the smouldering camp-fires of the polit ically embattled hosts who metaphoric- Ily slumber till election day within the wigwams of their fancies, and the constantly recurring convocations of the "ganders," make those whose wont it is to visit "hen conventions" glad for the nonce, because of their political nonentity, we, as a chronicler of pass ing events, and speaking from a disin terested stand-point, while taking the same philanthropic view of the case that the woman did whose husband and the bear were in a fight, look on in serenity, and rejoice that the encroach ment of woman upon the borders of the political arena is already felt in the increased moral tendency of political aspirants. Since women have become watchers upon the walls of the political ZIon, men have been constrained to put on a semblance of courtesy and integrity to which, a dozen years ago, they were utter strangers. Sometimes, even now, by packing conventions, some scur rilious specimen of masculine sover- ignty becomes a nominee, and then the ladies are compelled to veil their faces till the political excresence passes by. But, as a whole, the candidates to-day in the field are men of average decency, and a few of them of more than ordinary ability. At least half of the nomiuees of each paity are known to be Woman Suffragists, and, in case of the entire election of either ticket, the vote of the next Legislature against taxation without representation is as sured. In the event of a mixed election, a contingency almost unavoidable, we are not so certain of the vote, but we assure our brethren that we are watch ing them, nor shall we abate one jot or tittle of our vigilance' till victory shall perch upon the banners of Freedom, and all the hosts of political oppression shall be brought low. Lady readers of the New North west, everywhere, a word iu your ears. You ail know the men who arc up for office in your particular localities. Sound them on the suffrage question Talk to your husbands, fathers, brothers and sous, and urge them, on the 5th day of June, 1876, to remember the spirit of freedom that nerved the men and women of the country a hundred years ago. We know that many of you are overburdened by cares and ail ments, the natural consequences of the unnatural lives you lead, and we kuow how hard it is for you to rouse your selves to make extra efforts when it seems to you that the struggle is al most hopeless. But we admonish you to be up and doing. The struggle is not hopeless. Lose no opportunity to attend the political meetings. Listen to the discussions. Weigh what you near. Do not lear to express your opinions. Let men see how earnest you are. Do not depend so much upon the editors of the New Northwest. Like you, we have our own domestic duties, and, like you, must not neglect them. The woman who is only a wife and mother, fails as signally in her whole duty as would the man who could be content to be only a husband and rather. Very soon, under the irrepressible logic of approaching events, you are to become enfranchised. The men who are to be elected next Monday are to act their part in the drama of your lib eration. Whether the individuals so chosen shall be those who are to act wisely or ill, depends much upon you tact and sagacity. Tins is not a ques tiou of party, but of principle. God has endowed you with brains and tongues for a wise purpose. Use them judiciously by urging the election of Woman Suffragists to the next Oregon Legislature and the next Federal Con uress. we depend upon you to do you political duty. Let us not be disap pointed. PLEASE EXCUSE US. We are in receipt of a short commuui tion to which is appended the somewhat familiar monosyllable "Kate," and which we are very modestly asked to "allow space for" in our columns. Now we would say to "Kate" that It would be a gross violation of a long-estab lished rule of journalism for us to pub lish ever so meritorious an article with out being first made acquainted with the author's name. But candidly, "Kate," after a careful consideration of your curious contribution, we are com polled to conclude that we could not, i justice to our patrons, cumber our col umns with it even had the abov prerequisite been complied with. You have attempted poetry, but you would probably have been better understood had you been content to follow the homely highway of prose. At -any rate, we have ignominiously failed to under stand what your subject is, or which side of the same you assume to cbam pion, but that our readers may have an opportunity of seeing that there is an iucipient Hemans or Sigourney even in isolated Oregon, we submit the fol lowing stanza from your manuscript " Not like the blessed master Ne'er taught such doctrines here But called the poor and needy And heeled them by ills word." We have often read of malignant per sons sending infernal macliincs through the mails carefully packed, and directed to some one against whom they held grudge, and since your package is a pro found mystery to us, we dare not tamper with it, Irom rearoritaoeinga moral in fernal machine, designed to injure us or some or our unsuspecting patrons, riease excuse us. A COWARDLY OEY. I Not all the subtleties of ethnologists nor the dogmas of doctrinaires could make the matter of man's descent, from the cowardly progenitor who hid his fault behind a scantier fig-leaf than the fig" tree bears, when he declared, in the presence of his accuser, "The woman gave me and I did eat," more certain. Accuse tiie average man of any misde meanor, witli abundant proof to back the accusation, and he will never fail to shelter his misdeeds behind a woman. Such conduct reminds one forcibly of the history of an ancient army that went into battle with its gods and its children in front, presuming that upon them no gallant army would like to open fight. It is related of a certain Spanish king that whenever any trouble arose he asked, "Who is she?" holding that it was impossible for any man to make a fool of himself unless there were a woman in the case, and he suggested by this question to all men in difficulties to get behind that screen, a suggestion they have been ever ready to accept. Does a man commit dishonor,- barter power for gold, or sell his fair fame for gain? Not a voice is heard to declare that he was tired of honest poverty with its self-sacrificing labors, its struggles, and its needs; that he preferred the corn- forts which wealth ensures, and took risks to get them, because lie preferred them; that lie loved his costly wines, his fust horses, his full bank account, No. But without dissent all will de clare that his wife's luxurious tastes de manded the elegant appointments of house and dress, and to gratify these he fell. Always the vanity of the woman, never the sin of the man. Neither, amid all this gross injustice, do they stop to consider that if woman has in ordinate vanity aud Jove of display, that man is directly responsible for it. That if sho is possessed of pettiness that t is because she is so heavily burdened by iutoleraut custom that largeness of mind is unattainable to her. The men who tell women that they were created for their especial admiration, and then proceed to bestow their time, their at tention, their good behavior upon the well-dressed women, and let the plainly- dressed and quiet woman, who is not so agreeable an object to the eye, nor so pleasant a stimulant to the senses, go to the wall, are directly responsible for the love of dress that they then have the hardihood to condemn. If woman but had her equal place be side man in every department of life, we should hear no more of the cowardly cry, when beset by misfortune or over taken by the legitimate results of wrong-doing, "The woman beguiled me and I did eat." MAKING A CONTRACT UNDER PALSE PRETENSES. The following somewhat contradictory paragraph contains somethings that we believe: The woman that Is a happy wife need not long to be courted again. There is no need- she Is won. Norare many compliments neces sary. Mutual devotion is an ever appreciated compliment. Vet, still, you who are married do not quite forget those old days which drew you to each other. Be lovers always. Many people are; and those who love are safe. The meeting and parting kiss, the kind look, the appreciative word never forget these. Never let marriage degenerate into the common place. So surely as you do, worse will follow for the husband and wife who have no tender sentiment toward each other will become foes. An implicit belief In the first two or three sentences would insure the latter clause of the last. The idea that any woman could be the "happy wife" of a man who regards her as "won," and so sees no "need of compliments," is ab surd. If compliments, appreciation and expressions of tenderness from a man she loves are necessary to the hap piness of a young girl, in her father' house, where care and responsibility are to her as strangers, aud ill-health dim, distant, and unreal, surely they are doubly so to the wife and mother to whom life's cares aud sufferings come so thickly as to "fret wrinkles in her brow of youth." If anything ou earth will cause marriage to "degenerate into the common place, it is the lack of the courtesies that ren dered the season of courtship pleasant, A man who wins a woman's heart with tender words and promises which he fails to repeat aud ratify in the future has obtained a wife under false pre tenses, which no amount of sophistry can render honorable. Again, a woman who takes care before marriage to have always her hair smooth, her dress tidy, and her countenance wreathed I smiles, canuot expect to retain the es teem which these and kindred graces won, if, under cover of marriage, and the idea (as we have often heard it vui garly expressed) that her "market is made," she degenerates into a slattern or a scold. She also has won a position by fraud, whicli she holds, if at all, by force of the marriage coutract. The whole story of many an un forth nate and most miserable marriage is told in the warning, "Never let mar riage degenerate into tue common place." And we add again, so surely as you do, you are living in a condition at tained by false pretenses, which the law alone makes permanent, and all the courage of both parties renders barely endurable. The Spirit of the West, which, by the way, will hereafter appear under the name of the Walla Walla Watchman, makes mention ot a young wife, aged IS years, who drowned herself in a fit of despondency. If, instead of grieving after a husband who "had peremptorily requested her, in a harsh note, not to write to him again," she had gone bravely to work and to make something of herself, she would not have left behind her the cowardly record of asui cide's death, nor by the ill-considered act have gone stained with crime into the land of souls. Any coward can die it takes a brave man or woman to live when assailed by outrageous fortune, A PEOTEST. :V gentleman writing us from Port Blakeley, states that the New North- west containing our strictures upon Its Inhabitants has been very freely circu- Iated among the denizens of the place. While lie takes us to task for publishing the truth, he gives some excuses for the couduct of the citizens toward us, which we are willing they should have the benefit of. He says they are compelled to live isolated as they do, because the mill compauy owns everything. The wages of the men are not sufficient to enable theni to support themselves ; I hence, the "cook-house" must reed them. Two-thirds of the men have 'cloochmen," or Indian women, and the head proprietor of the mills compels every man iu the company's employ to ing the rounds, and credited to the Ore buy provisions aud clothing for the yon Churchman, which is "a fair sample 'cloochmen" at the company's store, The compauy have no use for the visits of reputable women do not want them to visit Port Blakeley. Old Captain Beuton and his wife make bargains for certain men to live with certain Indian . I women, anu sea inem ouiius ior House- keeping from the store at fifty per cent. In it, and makes you wish that the part she oc nremium. If a resDectable lad v were to cupies had run oir at the last switch. She Is ,. .... . . , .... . r ,,.. . , be allowed to lecture before such men, ' 1 9 t . a. at at 1 1 I lueymignt reiorm, auu men tue mi" compauy would not employ them. The legal wives (he scolds us roundly for .: K i , ,, i i as the average. They only need to min- gle with the outside world to get rid of the morbid suspicion of which they are guilty. They are shy of strange ladies because so unaccustomed to see com- pany, etc., etc. all of which only the more assures us that our strictures were strictly true. If men will sell the birth- right of freedom for a mess of saw-mill pottage, they must not get over-angry when women find fault with their wives for becoming suspicious social mon- strosities. LETTER FROM SUSAN B. ANTHONY. To tiie Editor op the New Northwest: Since the National Woman Suffrage Convention, of which you have doubt less published proceedings ere this, I have come on to Philadelphia and es tablished the "National Woman Suf frage Association head quarters" at 703 Arch street, elegant parlors, where Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Guge, and others of us will stop oil summer. Here all the women connected withourmission may feel sure of finding a home ata very rea sonable cost. Our plan is, to hold at stated times receptions, conversaziones meetings, etc., etc. Our parlors will seat 200, and being accessible from all parts of the city, the leaders, and all ti.ora intoroatod in thn BiifTrno-B mnvA. ment, will have excellent opportunity to meet and exchange plans and ideas for a vigorous compaign. Mrs. Gage and myself have just been to the Asso ciate Press' geueral agent and sent off a dispatch, giving the fact of our head quarters, so you will get that in to-mor row morning's papers. Associate tele grams smothered the notice here. Ed. We have coucluded not to join pub licly in the celebration of the Independ ence day of the men, but will, on that day, bold a meeting of the elect in our parlors and shout out our protest at twelve, noon. We shall issue a call for the friends of Woman Suffrage in every State, county, and township, to gather together as best they can, on the same day and hour, and record their protest and mail or telegraph us a copy at once. Do you not see that it would be the grandest imaginable thing if we could have from ten to twenty thousand Fourth of July protest meetings against taxation without representation? No matter if only two or three are gathered together, the spirit of Freedom will be in their midst to bless their efforts and crown them with ultimate success, Then, when the men's Independence day is over, and we have gathered the actual words they shall have spoken at their jubilee, we propose to holdagraud convention In the largest hall in Phila- delphia, and issue our Declaration of Independence. Now, Mrs. Abigail Dunlway, you must forge the thunder for us that shall roll its echoes through the past and present centuries! As the namesake of Abigail Adams, wife of ouePresident and mother of another, and the first woman who asked suffrage for her sex at the hands of the First Federal Congress, we look to you, planted as you are upon the furthest slope of the American Occi- dent, to come over ana neip us until taxation vuthout representation shall be Doue-away. How I wish you were with us now. Bouse your societies and demand of them the financial aid you need to bring you to our councils. They owe you this assistance, and you should have it. Let every man aud woman in Oregon and Washington Territory who feels, a spark of local patriotism forward you one dollar to meet your expenses, and reimburse you for the time spent to represent them, and the work is done. Write us at once, giving your plans, and what you see we ought to do or say at Philadelphia on and after the Fourth Weall feel so unequal to the needs of this hour. Oh, for the fire of Old Otis and Patrick-Henry ! Inclosed find S3 25 in currency for my paper. Mothersaid to me (.1 stopped . . . one night on my way down), "Mrs. Dunlway has got the best story going now of all she has written." Don' t fail to stop and visit heron your way over No. 7 Madison street, Bochester, N. Y. Please send a copy of the New Northwest to head quarters, 705 Arch street, Philadelphia Do urge the Oregon and Washington women to hold their meetings and shout their protests. Remember me to all the good friends of freedom, your own dear children and sisters, and Mr. Duniway. I am re- minded of "specie payment" by the re- membranco of the jingle of half dollars wheu he used to keep door for us at meetings. How the old memories do crowd in! Susan B. Anthony. May 15, 1876. far-fetoSed theories: To the Editor of tiik New Northwest: j ln times past, when our brethren who beld absolute control of the newspaper world saw lit to lecture women upon any subject wiiicu tliey chose, we were compelled to submit to their criticisms and aspersions in silence; but thanks to yur energy and bravery, women have now a channel through which they can speak and obtain-respectful listeners, Tnat this immense advantage Is seen an(l appreciated, is evidenced by the sharp replies that from time to time ap- pear in your columns from women who are presumptuous enough to Deneve that they kuow a thing or two about their own business. We find the following sentiment go- of what an arrogaut individual who edits a Christian paper and fails to ob- serve the golden rule, says of women: It is the first duty of woman to be a lady. Tne vom&n who says that this is making m"cu au noum,B s lue " wno will accost you by name when you enter a car in a tone that introduces you to every person the woman who, under pretext of conversing ... ' ,, .r ,, .,. . . with one or two friends, informs the whole ' company ot her views on woman's rights and her relations with her husband. Good breed ing is good sense, ignorance of etiquette is or- icn Liie result- ui circumstances: uui uuu umu- coarseness of demeanor merits that mild form of restraint called "Imprisonment for life." Now, it is but just that each Individ ual shall be held responsible for his or her own actions, and no sensible or just person will for a moment consider these wholesale attacks upon the deportment Qf women as a class in any other light than that of a cross violation of the "good manners" with which the article, from which the above quotation is made, lis ostentatiously headed. Even ministers, however much they may deplore the short-comings of their ministerial brethren, do not seem to re gard it as necessary to feel humiliated over the matter and mourn the same in sackcloth and ashes, and why it is that they must consider women in general as humiliated by the inconsiderate acts of their sisters, is, I confess, a foggy problem to me. That there are women whose actions in stage-coach, passenger-car, or steam boat, are ill-considered, we all know but a large majority of women behave themselves with becoming modesty and dignity In these places, and to singleou t the occasional one who does not as an example and publish a grave diatribe upon her actions, holding, by implica tion, at least, the entire sex responsible, and declaring them all humiliated thereby, is contrary to trutn anu nonor, It is perfectly impossible for anything which is ennobling to one sex to be de grading to the other. Does Christ, the great examplar, make any difference in the conduct of the sexes ? All teachings that tend to make oral low boys to regard themselves as privi leged lords, in whom immoralities are tolerated, because of their sex, are per nicious; and to teach girls that he- cause they are girls they must not do thus aud so, is likewise pernicious, fos tering in secret that which should be eradicated by proper and fair treat ment. Mks. J. A. Johns Salem, May 10, 1S76. AN E0H0 FROM THE. EAST. To the Editor of the New Northwest: My mother, Mrs. Clemence S. Lozier, M. D., of New York City, is a constant and delighted reader of your fresh and vigorous New Northwest, and course an ardent advocate of its doc trines. The paper of March 31, 1676, contains an article commenting with well-deserved severity upon a sermon recently preached by a celebrated Brook- lyn divine, and containing much whole some Instruction to such admirers of Oriental usages and despotism as him self. We think, or rather fear that the lesson may be lost, and therefore ask you whether you have favored him with a copy of that date? If you have not already done so, will you be kind enough to send us one, and we will send it to him through the mails. We are personally unacquainted with the gen tleman, and well disposed toward him for the good he has done In the great "city ot churches," and feel sure that he represents a large class of men in his profession whose bigotry and narrow- ness are due to a false education aud singularly technical and absurd inter pretation'of the Bible. We would send our own copy of the paper, but we think we cannot spare it and that perhaps you may find one upo your files that you can dispatch as missionary to the Atlantic Coast. Mrs. J. Lozier. Orange, N. J., May 1, 187C. DECISION IN A 0IVIL RIGHTS CASE, Judge Sawyer, of the United States District Court, San Francisco, rendered a decision on the 29th ult., In the case of Green vs. Mag u ire, the plaintiff be- Ing the colored man who was refused admission rjy juaguire into uis theater some months ago, and who brought ac- tion under the civil rights act in conse I mi j f r i l quence. ine uecision was orai, anu in it the Judge declared that the portion of the act of Congress providing that any manager of a theater or similar institu tion should be guilty of misdemeanor who should refuse admission to any col ored person was unconstitutional and void. Notice of appeal was given by plaintiffs counsel. The Semi-Weekly Telegram, pub lished at Independence, is at hand, has "patent insides," and declares itself "free, untrammeled, aud uncontrolled by any body whomsoever." Weshould judge from, appearances the last cluuse in the quotation to be correct, Don Cameron accepts the War Port- folio, and will enter upon its duties in I a few days. TINUED. Sure enough ! The week that I stayed to Miss Markses' the first wrong step was taken, jest asl knowed 'twould be. But I waseut a-going to ruu to the neighbors with it not I; fur I believed they was both good wimmen, and meant to do right, and I hoped they'd see their error afore it was too late; and even now I ain't a-goiu' to tell their real names, so folks what don't know the circumstances won't kuow who I mean nohow. 'Twaseut long afore the whole house as rausacked "from garret to cellar," as the sayin' is, anil all the old news papers, magazines, journals, temper ance tracts, etc., etc., that had been 'cu- mulatin' fur years was brought out and searched fur items bearin' on the tem perance question. I verily believe there was a whole cart-load of 'em and Miss Marks was busy a'most the whole time that she could be spared from her housework, either readin' or writin. I kept at the wool pickin', though she said I'tieedent mind to, but, to tell the truth, if it hadent been fur encouragin' a woman in gettin' out of her proper spere, I should have been real glad to have her mind so taken off her troubles. She seemed real inter ested, and I do-believe it done her great good. Miss Goodwill, she'd run over a while every day to see how the thing was progressln'. She didetit have fur to come, though we conldeutsec her house fur the hills. There ain't many places u that countiy where you can see more'n one nouse at a time, which makes it seem migiity lonesome like till you get used to it. Well, as I was saynr, aiiss ijooawiu came over every day, and her and Miss Marks would take long walks together, and they'd always take what she'd wrote with them, so I knowed Miss Goodwill was a-practicin' ou the lecture. I jest took it into my head to foller them one day towards the last of the week, and see how they was a-gettin' along. watched till I see which side of the spring branch they wa3 a takin', then went down the other side. There was plenty of brush and limber all along the branch, so I could keep hid and see what they was a-doin' at the same time. Pretty soon I been! Mis3 Good will's voice. Then I got a little closer, and sot down under a big birch tree with three trunks to it and listened, She was a lecturin', sure euougb, Miss Goodwill was. She done splendid, too, and I can't deny that she told lots of truths that the men ought to know, 'specially the younger ones, and if I had boys at home they should go and hear her. I never heard a temperance lecturer before that dident try to scare the people into letting liquor alone by tellin' them what terrible things they'd do when they was a-drinkin', how low aud degraded they'd get to be, about the suakes in their boots, etc., which boys never would believe they'd ever come to, and that would be about the amount of it. But she went right to the bottom of the thing, and showed em, (or would if they had been a listenen'), how a little liquor taken every day would intlame the stomach, and the information would go to the brain, and that was how they would lose the power to control their appe tites fur stronger liquor and more of it, till, almost unbeknown to themselves, they would be led into all the terrible things they had ever heard of. That wasent all she told that I never heerd of before, but I can't begin to tell it as she did, and I thought to myself there's plenty of folks 'round here that ort to hear it. But fur a woman to get up be fore a whole house full of men to teach 'em looks awful presumptious. Let them tell their husbands, aud they can teach the men according to the Bible. I was jest a-thinkin' this over when an awful nip jest to the top of my stocking made me holler right out before I had time to think. Then another nip, and laws-a-mercy ! If I wasent right in a bed of big black ants ! I had jumped up at the first nip, and I never stopped runuin' aud hollerin' till I got into the house and out of every rag of clothing I had on and into some of Miss Markses', and I did it mighty quick, I can tell you. The wimmen came a rtinnin', scared most as bad asl was, and I verily believe we found twenty of the miserable varmints in my clothes, Well, I was satisfied with what I had learned fur the time bein'. Then the wool was all picked, so I weut home again'and waited fur sotnethin' more to turn up. I dident have to wait long, either; but I havent time to tell you about it in this epistle. Aunt Patience. Walla Walla, W. T. G00DJ70RDS. To the Editor of the New North west : We cannot afford to dispense with the weekly visits of your paper to our home, hence please find enclosed the amount that will ensure the same for another year. Among the six weeklies and one daily that we take, we find none more spicy and better conducted than is the New Northwest, aud it ought to be placed in every family. I have been an advocate of Woman Suffrage very many years, and I am ashamed to call a man brother who op poses woman in her just right to free dom through the ballot-box. Wishing you success in the cause of right, I am very truly N. A. W. Howe. Creswell, May 29, 1S76. Speaker Kerr is charged with having received through Harney, former door keeper in the House of Bepresentatives, the sum of $4,500 for procuring an ap pointment to the army of A. P. Green in 1866. The accused denies utterly any knowledge or participancy in the transaction, or an acquaintance with Harney. i Decoration Day was generally ob served throughout the East. -Board of Trade. SPEdAI, meeting, may 24, 1876. A snocinl mpptincr of the .Board of Trade was held last evening, for the ob ject of considering the commercial inter ests requiring State legislation, and the course to be pursued by the Board in urging these non-pouticai measuies upon the various candidates in the dif ferent counties of the State seeking election to the StateLegislature,and for similar purposes. The Board was called to order by 3ir. Goldsmith, Vice Presideut, who stated the object or the meeting. Beading of minutes of last regular meeting was omitted. RESOLUTIONS. The- followine preamble and resolu tions were read seriatum, and after con siderable discussion, in which Messrs. Kapus, Green, Gross-, Goldsmith, De- kum, and I'rinuie parucipaieu, were adopted : Whereas, This Board, independent of political views, recognize the urgent uecesstty oi tne various commercial matters of tiie State beiug attended to at the next Legislature, therefore, have liesolved, Aud do hereby earnestly recommend to the various candidates in every county seeking election to the State Legislature, the following import ant subjects for" their careful considera tion, and request tuem to indicate to the Secretary of the Board whether or not they are iu favor or the rollowing resolutions: direct railroad connection. To accomplish which the State ought legislatively, for the general good of all its citizens and without exhibiting par tiality or preference for either one of the threo proposed railroad routes to tne East, unite upon a general bill giving to whichever railroad company or capital ists as shall guaranteo to commence construction within one year and com plete railroad connection within six year?, whatever State assistance or aid is in the power and ability of the people as a State to grant, subject always to no discrimination of fares aud freights in any locality iu Oregon over another, and under the farther condition that no greater through or local freights or fares shall be charged in Oregon than is iu operation in California or elsewhere. immigration. That it is the duty of the State for the developement of its various resources in Eastern, Southern, and Western Ore gon, to uudertake, like all other West ern States, the immigration interests of the country by appointing a non-political board of immigration with sufficient powers and a small annual appropria tion from the Legislature to disseminate information, induce immigrants to come to Oregon, and while here to settle them in the various portions of the State. pilotage and towaoe. That in view of the fact that the in crease of values of our agricultural products depends almost entirely upon the number of foreign vessels which yearly enter the Columbia River seeking freights, it is of the utmost pe cuniary importance to our farming classes for the Legislature to pass such a bill for regulating tue piloting and towing charges over the Columbia River bar as will eucourage competition in shipping and induce vessels to come to Oregon in larger numbers than at present. SALMON INTERESTS. That considering the large annual ex ports of Oregon salmon and the increase in the foreign demand, it is to be re gretted that the run of salmon is not now. so pientilui as in rorraer years; that it is therefore the duty of the State to pass such laws as will regulate the season, time, and mode of conducting this enterprise, so as to increase, instead of decreasing, (as at the present), the tlow or salmon into tne various rivers and tributaries of Oregon. MERCANTILE TRAVELERS FROM OTHER STATES SOLICITING TRADE IN OREGON. Nearly all foreign countries and sister States on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts pass license and other laws to protect aud develop their internal trade and commerce, believing that it is essential for every State to foster and build up within itself manufacturing and com mercial enterprises. In Oregon foreign travelers come from California, British Columbia, and elsewhere, selling their goods all over the State without con tributing directly or indirectly one dol lar of taxes or revenueto the State treas ury, while merchants and traders, resi dents of Oregon, are compelled by law to pay upon their property or goods so offered for sale, all State, county, and other taxes, as well us high rents and other incidental expenses, it is, there fore, the duty of the State to equalize taxation so that such travelers solicit ing trade in Oregon shall pay equally as the resident merchants their proportion or share of taxes, aud thus encourage the internal commerce of Oregon. This is best attained by the mode adopted in other States, which this Board of Trade recommends, of making such travelers procure an annual license from this State. AMENDMENT OF INCORPORATION LAWS. That in the judgment of this Board section 20 of the General Incorporation laws should be abolished, and section 22 be so amended as to allow a majority of the stockholders of an incorporation to file supplemental articles, thereby offer ing greater inducements for tiie invest ment of capital. OFFICIAL WEIGHER OF WHEAT AND OTHER GRAIN. That the State Legislative assembly appoint, as is done by the States of Illi nois, Michigan, aud other Eastern States, an otlicial weigher of wheat, whose duties shall consist of weighing, at the request of one or more of the par ties coucerned, all wheat and other grain sold, or to be sold, or to be deliv ered free on board ship, or otherwise, and whose certificate of weights shall be held in law as evidence of the facts therein stated between parties. That the said official weigher shall reside in Portland, and his remuneration shall be fixed by the State at so much per ton, payable from the grain weighed. Eesolved further, That the Board so licit the various newspapers of Oregon to print these resolutions, and that the Secretary be and hereby is instructed to forward copies to every candidate in Oregon seeking election to the next State Legislature. On motion, the Board adjourned. LIBERAL CONVENTION. The Liberals aud Free Thinkers of Oregon and Washington Territory are requested to meet in Convention at Portland, Oregon, July 5, 1876, at 10 o'clock A. m., at the rooms of the Lib eral Association, for the purpose of per fecting a general organization of the Liberals and Free Thinkers throughout the country, and for such other business as may properly come before such Con vention. It is hoped every community will strive to be represented. By order of the Liberal Asssociation of Portland, Oregon. J. B. Garrison H. B. Nicholas, President, Secretary.