FRIDAY -"NOVEMBER 3, 1876.
XOTICE.
Agents will p!ease take notice that It Is a
great tax upon us to pay expf ess charges upon
small sums, and they will confer a great favor
by remitting to us through money orders or
registered letters. '
SIMPLEISSUES.
The Presidential canvass of tho year,
which has been conducted throughout
with almost unexampled vigor- by both
parties, draws to. a close. Behind the
noise aud fury of the struggle lie mo
mentous issues. It is easy enough to
eliminate the merely extraneous and ir
relevant matter with.which the canvass
has been overloaded, and to" reach the
simple yet immensely important ques
tions actually involved. Much is at
stake, yet it can be briefly stated.
First. The old controversy as to the
relative powers of the States and of the
General Government remains. By one
party there is still a virtual denial of
the fact that we have a National Gov
ernment in the true sense of that term.
This party holds as tenaciously as ever
to the doctrine of a "partnership of
States," out of which grew the great
civil war. Its candidates are men. who
have gone as far as JeflersonDavis him
self in asserting this doctrine. In Mr.
Tiiden's own words, "A State may snap
the tie of confederation as a nation may
break a treaty, and repel coercion as a
nation may repel invasion.". Surely
the man who holds this doctrine ought
not-to be President of the United States,
however fit he would have been for
President of the Southern Confederacy.
Second. The Southern States are agai n
united as a solid political force, and are
moving for a common political purpose.
This new phase of sectionalism is really
as alarming as the old one. In those
States party opposition is not tolerated,
and "the South" is solidified by the
simple process of suppressing by intimi
dation aud force all organized opposi
tion to the Democratic party. Why
"the South" is making such tremendous
efibrta to control the government again
is easily explained when wo consider
the .vast amount of "claims," equal to
the present national debt, which the
ex-Confederates hope to press to pay
ment. Third. The maintenance of the na
tional credit is closely connected with'
this matter. The contemplated deple
tion of the Treasury would lead to the
dishonor of our present just national ob
ligations. Moreover, no one surely can
suppose that these Southern "claims"
can be paid without resulting in com
motion and trouble perhaps civil war.
The proposition is so monstrous that it
will certainly be resisted. Yet we know
. the "claims" are being pressed already.
They will be pressed with ten-fold en
ergy in case the Southern scheme of
politics be successful in this election.
Fourth. Therefore to maintain peace
and enforce justice, the defeat of this
sectional scheme of politics is impera
tively required. Surely the country
does not desire that the doctrine shall
be proclaimed again that the Republic
Is not a nation, but only a partnership
of States ; nor can it be rea'dy to admit
that the constitution! amendments
ought to be multiplied, that sectional
ism ought to triumpth through the ef
forts of a "solid South," or that the
United States ought to pay the ex-Confederates
for their owri act of causeless
rebellion.
"HOW TO DO HOUSEWOBK AND BE
BEAUTIFUL STILL."
We fancy we hear an exclamation of
disgust from some untidy and over
worked housewife who glances at the
above heading; hut then such women
seldom have time to pick up a newspa
per, and their task-masters take good
care that they never get a chance to
take up the New Northwest, so the
very persons who most need to bo told
the magic secret hinted at will doubt
less fail to see it recorded.
We do not intend to paint an imagin
ary farm-house and put therein a model
of delicate womanhood, whose soft rose-
color is never deepened by the fiercest
beat of the kitchen range ; whose fin
gers, "pink and soft as peach-tree blos
soms in April's fragrant days," never
grow brown and rough in the interest
ing occupation of "scraping new pota
toes," or picking and canning blackber
ries ; whose apron is always white, col
lar and cutis spotless, and dish-water
never greasy; whose children never
have dirtv faces or soiled aprons or
holes in their stockings; whose husband
has a happy knack of grooming the
plow-horses and renovating their stalls
without coming in odorous of stable
perfumes, aud whose hired' men are in
variably attired in clean shirts and con
scientiously use the scraper before en-
teting the kitchen door. Nor do we in
tend to leave the realm of fable aud
clothe this in our own language, but,
partly because we are the victim of
combined headache and laziness, and
partly because we can for the nonce
make our scissors more useful than our
pencil, we clip' the magic secret from
the Phrenological Journal, which had
before taken it from a woman, and give
our readers the benefit of it. We hope
to hear from some of the many hund
reds of house-keepers who read the
New Northwest concerning the mat
ter at once. Come, sisters, and tell us
if, in your opinion, "the thing can he
did:"
WHAT'S THEjMATTEE ?
Among the most frequent and exas
perating trials of an editor and pub
lisher is the careless handling of the
mails, on account of which irate sub
scribers are continually writing letters
of inquiry more or less savage, according
to their frequeucy, concerning the non
arrival of their papers. This is bad
euough where subscribers live at a con
siderable distance, but when no farther
away thau Oregon City or Astoria, it is
aggravating indeed. Several of our
subscribers at the latter place make
complaint of this character, and we can
only say that each name on the list is
legibly written on the margin of each
subscriber's paper, and the whole done
up iu stout wrapping paper directed to
Astoria and placed in the post office iu
this city on Thursday evening of each
week. Farther thau this we know not,
but we do know that only by the gross
est carelessness on the part of post office
clerks could papers be lost on this
straight, short, and quick transit. We
don't like to be scolded any better than
other folks, and we hone our post office
officials will look after this matter:
Our rural friends who bewail their hard con
dltion as farmers' wives and helps, and our
city friends who deplore the "circumstances"
which compel them to do duty as kitchen
maids while that of parlor companion would
fit more becomingly their education and ac
complishments, may take courage from the
lollowlng practical hints, administered with
much spice of manner by Matilda Fletcher
"The most beautiful woman I have ever
known was a farmer's wife, who attended to
the household duties for a family of four,-and
also assisted In gardening and the light farm
work; aud yet I never saw her hands rough
and red; I never saw even a freckle on her
nose. 'Impossible!' you say; 'how" did she
manage V I never asked her, but she bad some
envious neighbors who went slouching around
with red, scaly hands, sunburnt faces, and
their hair matted with dust and oil, who let
me Into the dreadful secret. They informed
me with an ominous shake of the head that
she was the proudest minx that ever lived;
that, she actually wore India rubber gloves
when she used the broom and scrubbing
brush, and always when she worked outdoors;
that she had a bonnet made of ollsllk, com
pletely covering the head, face, and neck, leav
lng only apertures for seeing and breathln;
thus securing perfect freedom from sun, wind,
and dust. Did you ever hear of such deprav
ity? She alf-o fastened her dish-cloth to a
stick, so that she need not put her hands in hot
water. For the same reason she accomplished
her laundry-work with machine and wronger.
And then to see her in the afternoon tricked
out in a fashionable white dress, with a bright
colored ribbon at her throat, and a rose in her
hair, entertaining in the parlor, as though she
were the greatest lady in the land, was more
than their patience could endure. And her
husband ? lie had such a satisfied expression
that it was a perfect aggravation to ordinary
people to look at him. He deserved to be
happy because he encouraged and helped her
'to cultivate beauty in herself, her family, and
her home; and I don't .know but her success
belonged principally to him, because he
bought all the new inventions that could
lighten her labors, and all tho delicate and
pretty things she needed to adorn her home,
and when she was sick he wouldn't let her
touch, work until she was well and strong.
"TEIILES MAZE THE SUM OF HU
MAN THINGS."
Life is made up of littlo things which
cost nothing but are priceless to those
with whom we come in daily contact.
The "little foxes destroy the tender
vines;" it is the little worries that em
bitter every-day life; the littlo acts of
thoughtful kindness that cheer and
brighten what else is but a dreary road.
I did not suppose you would mind
such a trifle," was the half petulant ex
clamation of a husband, as a careless
remark caused his wife's brow to Hush
and her lip to quiver.
A "trifle," to be sure; but since trifles
make the sum of human things, we
caunot be too careful about "trining'
with them. Of all the trifles that go
toward making up the happiness of in
dividuals, the one most necessary and
ofteuest neglected or utterly ignored is
appreciation and commendation of daily
acts of kindness. Life becomes a dull,
monotonous round of distasteful duty if
little and constantly-recurring acts of
self-denial are taken as a matter of
course never to be noticed or spoken of
if faithfully performed, their absence
ever meeting witu uuiuiuug reoui?e.
Depend upon It, the most swift, sure,
and complete panacea for tired brain
and body is kind and outspoken appre
ciation of thoughtful aud self-denying
labors wrought. Try it, husband, when
your wife has striven with all her might
to have home pleasanffor your return,
but through a multitude of cares and
hindrances has grown tired and irrita
ble. Try it, wife, wheu your husband
comes home, weary with life's endless
toil aud endeavor, and ready to say
sharp things upon theslightest provoca
tion. Try it, mothers, wheu the little
girl has done her bef-t-to assist you or
the boy suppressed his shout because of
your aching head. Try it, children,
when you don the new garments that
mother sat up late last night to finish.
Try it, and see if the weary look will
not speedily give place to one of pleas
ure and contentment, aud as you wit
ness Its magic effects, resolve in the fu
ture not to be chary of words where
with to express the commendation due
tnose who, necause tuey love you, are
williug to work for your comfort and
enjoyment, asking only appreciation in
return.
NOT SUITABLE FOE A WOMAN.
"I wonder," said a thoughtful woman
THE NEW GAMBLING LAW.
Mrs. Duniway, under date of October
15tb, writes: In two weeks more one
hundred volumes of my poem will be
-bound aud ready for delivery. I shall
Immediately thereafter start for the
Pacific slope. Am to have a grand re
ception at the residence of Dr. Ciem
enceLozieron the ISth. Everybody is
kind and hospitable and I would enjoy
it all very much were it not for my
overpowering home-sickness."
Even the most inveterate opponents
of Woman Suffrage do not pretend to
claim that the voices of its advocates
are silenced by the action 01 the Legis
lature. They simply say thm it "has
received a quietus for two years," it be
ing apparent toevery person of common
intelligence thatthegreat principles un
derlying and prompting the movement
for equal rights cannot be long cast
down, much less destroyed.
Tlie law enacted by the late Legisla
ture to prohibit and punish gambling is
stringent enough in its provisions to
throttle that alarming vice, if legal
power can do so, and If not to obliterate
it, at least to force it into narrower lim
its and cause it to retire to more dark
some shades. The law, of course, meets
with violent opposition from the class
kuown as the "sporting fraternity"
and these will doubtless put their wits
rit once to work to evade its penalties;
but the moral sense of the Common
wealth recognizes in it a just restriction
upon a giant evil which has heretofore
with brazen effrontery aud shameless
face established itself on every corner-
now as an ally of a drinking saloon and
again an accessory to a den where all
that is of evil report walks hand in
baud with crime always a pitfall to en
trap the unwary or to lead the roue
farther and farther into practices en
dorsed by evil aud fostered by sin.
It is said that the law will be evaded
aud gambling be not less practiced, but
only more secretly conducted. This
will doubtless be to some extent the
case, but even that is an improvement
on the "no law" plan, inasmuch as
many who would enter open and un
guarded gates will not so readily, if at
all, find the entrance, securely bliuded
and carefully guarded from possible de
tection and certain penalty. Any army
will sooner or later become depleted in
numbers and finally extinct if recruits
are not furnished for its ranks, and this
enforced circumspection will prevent re
cruits for the army of gamesters from
being so numerously enlisted ana so
rapidly and thoroughly drilled. In
whatever other matter the last Legisla
ture may have been derelict in duty
and merited the just and severe criti
cism of the people, they at least con
ferred a great benefit upon the risjug
generation throughout the State at
large, and in this city in particular, in
the enactment of this law to prevent
and punjsh gambling.
a lew days siuce, "why it is that all
the talk about women's work either
urges women to do what men do, mere
ly because men do it, or exhorts them
to do nothing that men do because they
are women, and should bear constantly
iu mind a sense of their duty as women
lam tired of hearing this endless chat
ter about 'men's" and women's work,'
which is all the shallowestiousense
nothing more."
Friends, is not this a fact? Is not
anything that is necessary to be done,
and that a woman can do, her work if
she choose 'to do it? Is not the same
true of man's work? These distinctions
are both tyrannical and odious and tend
to cramp many energies that would, if
rightly directed, become a power for
good in many walks of life.
A woman should bring the best she
has, whatever that may be, to her work
If this is called out in the ordinary avo
cations of housework, well and good.
If not, it is an idle, not to say a sinful
waste, of God-given power, to cramp
aud bind down her energies and capa
bilities to what is to her the veriest
trifling with time.
This cry of "man's work" and "wom
an's work" is quite as odious in its dis
tinctions as "mine" and "yours" used
distinctively and with emphasis between
husband and wife. Each may preserve
an individuality and yet say "ours,
and tho sound will be surreestivo of
unity and harmony
It has been demonstrated hundieds of
times that a woman may do with her
might whatsoever her hands find to do,
yet preserve her individuality and her
womanhood. If a work is well accom
pllshed and creditable to the laborer, It
is none the less so because that laborer
happens to be a woman none the more
so if the laborer is a man
We agree with humane and sensible
Florence Nightingale when she says :
lou uo not want tne ellect of your
good things to be, 'How wonderful for a
woman!' Nor would you be deterred
from good things by hearing it said,
'Yes, but she ought not to have done that
because it is not suitable for a woman.'
But you want to do the thing that is
good, whether it is suitable for a woman
or not."
EETUEN OF AN AEOTIO EXPEDITION.
Dispatches announce the return after
an absence of fifteen months in the polar
regions of the steamers "Alert" and
"Discovery," commanded by Capt.
Nares. These vessels left Port Foulke
on tho 29th of July, 1875, and entered
the ice oil Cape Sable. Arter a severe
and continuous struggle, they reached
the north side of Lady Franklin Bay,
wherejthe "Discovery" was left In winter
quarters, and tho "Alert" pushed on and
reached the limit of navigation, or shore
of the Polar Sea, the ice varying in
thickness, the berg iu some places be
ing 150 feet deep". Tbe President land
(so called) does not exist. The "Alert"
wintered in latitude 82 27'. At this
point the sun was invisibla 142 days,
and temperature the lowest ever re
corded was experienced by them. A
party with sledges was dispatched
nothward. It was absent 70 days and
reached latitude 83 2'. Another party
readied Cape Columbia, the northern
most part of America, and traced it 220
miles westward from Greenland, aud
also explored eastward. These sledge
parties met with no game and suffered
from scurvy. During sledge journeys
the ice was so rough that it was only
possible to advance u mile a day during
tbe winter. Rich collections in the de
partment of natural history were made,
aud many valuable scientific specimens
taken. Excellent coal was found near
the place where the "Discovery" win
tered. The expedition experienced the
coldest weather ever registered, the
temperature beiug 59 degrees below zero
for a fortuight, and falling to over 101
degrees below the freezing point. All
members of the expedition declare it
impossible to reach nearer the pole than
their northern exploring party, which
penetrated to within 400 miles of it. -On
their return from sledge journeys the
men were in a very helpless condition,
and it was necessary to draw some of
them ou sledges.
Capt. Nares has sent a telegram to
the admiralty containing the following
additional particulars of the voyage :
'The Polar Sea is never navigable. The
ordinary ice averages eight feet in thick
ness. Animal life and the northerly
migration ends south of Cape Columbia.
A memorial tablet was erected to Capt
Hall, of the "Polaris" expedition, at Po
laris Bay. Esquimaux traces ceased on
the west shore at latitude 81 51
whence they cross to Greenland. The
impracticability of reaching the North
Pole was proved. All the neighboring
lauds were examined."
"The melancholy days have; come,"
but they are not those soft, hazy, lan
guid, mellow days that poets and paint
ers are in the habit of immortalizing
with pen or brush. The cold, dreary
drip and drizzle neither pen nor pencil
can adequately portray.
Senator Morton is accompanied on his
California tour by his wife and Miss
Laura Ream, correspondent of tho Cin
cinnati Commercial. The party visited
Virginia City, where Mr. Morton spoke
on Monday evening. He meets every
where with an enthusiastic reception.
ANSWEES TO 00EEESF0NDENTS.
Mrs. E. E. S., Willoughby : Thanks
for favors. Let us hear from you again.
Mrs. R. S., Forest Grove: Noticed
tue custuroance mentioned and won
dered how it came about. Sorrv we
missed you. Better luck next time.
jurs. jh. J. jp., Aioany: Money re
ceived and credit given. Have written
to the person named regarding the mat
ter. Accept our thanks for many favors.
Miss E. W., Vancouver: Sorry yot
have missed eveu one number of tbe pa
per aud hope you will receive it regu
larly hereafter. Many thanks for kind
words.
' Cor. Sec'y Yamhill County W. S. A.:
Your kind invitation to be present at
the meeting announced elsewhere is at
baud. We will take pleasure in accept
ing if possible.
R. M. G., Ten Mile:- Subscription
expires with the present number. Your
complimentary mention of the New
Northwest is duly appreciated. We
hope to hear from you at an early day,
Mrs. C. M. F., San Jose : Will send
statement asked" for soon. Mrs. Duni
way will probably return iuthe course
of two or three weeks. We make uo
definite calculations upon that event at
present. Do not think she will visit
San Jose on her way home.
The Fourth Woman's Congress
The recent session of this august
body, which was held in Philadelphia
during the first week of October, was
by common consent declared to be the
most auspicious gathering of cultivated
persons that was ever assembled to
gether on the continent. The fine audi
ences and appreciative press attest the
fact that women of culture, of refine
ment, and of intellect are abroad in tbe
domain of science, of literature, of poli
tics and of art. ThePhiladelphia Daily
Times gives a long and appreciative no
tice of the Congress and its proceedings,
from which we extract the following :
Never has Philadelphia seen such au
assemblage of womanly wisdom as gath
ered in the beautiful audience-room of
St. George's Hall at the opening of the
Woman's Congress In 1'hiladelphia, on
Wednesday morning, October 4th.
But, much to the disappointment of
the hundreds there assembled, it was a
business meeting, to which only the
members were admitted, and not until
the afternoon session were the doors
thrown open and the outside public
welcomed. Then the women, the girls,
and a sprinkling of men poured in. It
was an unique and interesting sight, the
long, light room, with its frescoed ceil
iug, walls gay with flags and flowers',
the bedecked platform, upon which sat
a small group of women, the centre of
ail eyes. Was it a matter of no signifi
cance that behind the president of this
Congress of women was a picture ot the
woman-ruler ot tne present day just as
cending the throne, while ou either
side .were draped the flags of England
mil America, the nations ot all others
the most friendly to their sex Prompt
ly at the appointed hour Miss Maria
Mitchell, the astronomer, rose and came
forward to the little desk, and, as the
presiding oilicer, lormally opened the
meeting with a brief season of silent
nraver, and then, without further pre
liminaries, proceeded to rea.d her paper
upon "The JNeed of Women in science."
It was a plain, straightforward essay,
dealinc with tbe mutter In a logical.
sensible way, aud yet, looking iu her
strong, .good face, shadowed by gray
curls which soitetied its outlines and
graced it with the beauty which comes
with age, one could uutieel that, though
unspoken, there was a sympathy for
all from whom adverse late had with
held those advantages which she prized
so dearly, and there was a ring of pro
test iu her voice as she said : ".Let no
one suppose that any woman in all tbe
ADVANCE MOVEMENT IN IOWA.
The Grand Lodge, I. O. G. T., of Iowa,
which was held at Fort Dodge in Au
gust, passed unanimously the following
resolution :
Whereas, "Observation has clearly
shown us that the influence of woman
is almost universally in favor of tem
perance; and,
Whereas, We believe their power is
greatly limited so long as they aro de
nied tho right of suffrage; therefore,
Resolved. That we. as Good Templars,
will labor earnestly to speed tbe day
when women may extend their influ
ence by means of the ballot.
The sentiment of the resolution was
so fully endorsed that a discussion was
out of tbe question. Frequently, during
the progress of tbe meeting, the subject
was referred to in a most favorable
manner.
At the close of the session of the
Grand Lodge, a temperauce camp-
meeting was held at Clear Lake. A
writer iu the Woman's Journal, speak
ing of it, says :
The exercises were interesting, and
evinced a deep interest among tbe
members. Earnest words in favor of
Woman Suffrage seemed to come al
most spontaneously from the heart of
many a true temperance woruer. A
poem, written by Mrs. L. Boardman, of
Clear Lake, and read by Mrs. Fletcher,
entitled, "Pluto's Council of War," was
a spicy production, and well calculated
to show the power or the demon ot in
temperance. The following lines give a
part ot Satan's counsel to uis sons,
Bacchus aud Mars, to teach them how
to be successful :
" The first great danger I will quote
or you to areau is woman's voie.
If such a thing should ever be,
Both rum and war would have to flee.
First, you must prate of woman's place-
And modesty's retiring grace;
Tell her. her greatest strength she'll find
In being weak In nerve and mind.
Then, if her way does not sem clear,
Just shout strong-minded' In her ear."
Mrs. Boardman is quite an elderly
lady, but through her writings, which
are many, she is aiding the glorious
work of enfranchisement.
The following resolutions, after being
bitterly opposed by Rev. Dr. Keeler,
passed by a large majority, over half
the negative votes being from the fam
ily of the diviue above named, although
he had said iu tbe discussion that he be
lieved in family representation :
Whereas, The greater portion of
moral influence in all enlightened so
ciety is with the women: unit,
Whereas, God has so signally
blessed her efforts already put forth in
tbis glorious held; therefore,
Jiesoivea, xnai we ueneve tue en
franchisement of woman would be au
important victory for the temperance
cause.
Resolved, That we will, in the fear of
God, do all In our power to open this
avenue of strength to woman in promo
tion of temperance as well as, all other
moral reforms.
It is evident thai temperance people
in other places are begiuuing to catch
gleams of light upon the great topic,
however dimly they may discern its.
dawning rays in our own State.
LETTEE FE0M AST0EIA.
axes' lias had a fair chance in science."
A VOICE FEOM SOUTHEEN 0EEG0N.
To tiie Editor of the New Northwest:
With feelings of pride and pleasure I
see the name of a Southern Oregon rep
resentatlve among the worthy cham
pions of equal rights. The Hon. Mr.
Cbeesman did not. appear to fear the
party lash on the suffrage question any
more than in theSenatorial contest.. The
brave words and acts of such as he must
Inspire hundreds of hearts with re
newed hope aud confidence. As Jack
son county's representative, who voted
against the Woman Suffrage bill two
years ago, was defeated for the position
this year, I feel a little anxious to see
the record of his successor, therefore
hope the ayes and nays will .be pub
lished.
I wished so much to be present at the
Woman Suffrage Convention at Salem
but circumstances prevented, aud seeing
the many good things reported from
there, causes me still more to regret the
necessity for remaining at home.
Equal Eights,
Jackson couuty, October 12, 1876.
LETTEE FEOM SAN JOSE.
To the Editor of tue-New Northwest
I have but just finished reading the
account of the triumphant meeting of
Oregon Suffragists recently held at Sa
lem, and to say that I exulted in their
success and. was proud of their energy,
is stating a truth very mildly. All
honor, say I, to the noble, fearless, and
tireless workers in the "sunset State."
Of them it may, iu tho good time com
lng, be said, iu the words of Whittier
"They set their face against the blast,
Their feet against the flinty shard,
Till the hard service grew at last
Its own exceeding great reward.
The fixed star of their faith through all
I.03S, doubt and peril shone tbe same,
As in the night of storm some tall,
Strong light-house Hits its steady liame."
These words are not more true of the
mmortal Charles Sumner, whose grand,
great life inspired them, than they are
f many whose names are as yet un
written, aud whose brave deeds are all
unsung, who day after day and year af
ter year have faced ridicule aud dared
obloquy, counting no sacrifice too great
that was made iu the interests of free
dom.
Remembering our gallant advocate of
two years ago, Hon. C. A. Reed, and
knowing that he did not hold a seat in
the Legislature this year, I wondered
and speculated much as to the "great
unknown," upon whom his mantle was
to fall, vaguely fearing that there would
be none to receive and proudly wear it;
but my speculations and doubts were
brought to a satisfactory, not to say a
triumphant close, when I saw the'regal
manner in which itadorned Democratic
shoulders, and when I read and smiled
and read again, I felt like proposing
three cheers for Mr. Cbeesman, and re
sponding lustily thereto myself. It is
certainly great cause for congratulation
when we see men willing to risk their
political aspirations, or perhaps I might
more justly say, who have the moral
stamina and courage to stand firmly,
openly, and boldly by their convictions
of right, however unpopular these may
be with the masses. I am truly glad to
see the cause of equal rights so rapidly
gravitating into politics, aud when once
it is fairly into tbe political arena, and
cau be made a party issue, it will gather
strength and impetus that will astonish
its friends and confound its enemies.
I am very sorry to say that California
is lagging somewhat upon the suffrage
question why, I am not prepared to say.
There is certainly no lack of persons
who believe in the great principles
enunciated and set forth by our leaders;
but they seem to lack organized effort,
concentrated force, and lacking this,
they do not move forward as rapidly as
they otherwise .would do. We are
however, liviug in hopes of a genuine
revival iu these parts, and that at no
distant day.
With kindly greetings to erewhlle
friends, and cordial congratulations to
earnest and true workers In the cause of
woman's enfranchisement whom every
where I am proud to proclaim as my
friends, I am, with best wishes,
Carrie M. Foltz
To tue Editor of tiie New Northwest:
While attending divine service at the
Congregational Churchof this place a
few Sabbaths ago, it waS announced by
the officiating clergyman that on the
following Thursday there would be a
lecture on temperance at the same place
hv Airs, finr.ih J. SheDnerd. Being a
thorough temperauce individual, and
also n member of the order of I. O. G.
T., I, of course, as was natural aud
right that I should, decided at once that
E would attend.
Thursday arrived, aud brought a dark,
cloudy, unpleasant evening, with slight
fall of rain in short, a regular "Oregon
mist."
The lecturer appeared at the ap
pointed hour, and after appropriate and
most excellent music by the choir and
prayer by the Baptist minister, Rev.
Mr. Russ, the lady was introduced by
Rev. Dr. Crang, pastor of the Congrega
tional Church.
She at once pluuged into the subject
with arguments unanswerable, bringing
up comparison, incidents, and personal
experience with sucti a pleasing grace
as to completely rivet the attention of
all those present. Her arguments in
behalf of the cause she so earnestly ad
vocated were plain, clear, comprehen
sive, and decisive, clothed, as they were,
in a perfect flow of most eloquent lan
guage, showing at once that ladies do
possess the ability in a marked degree
to instruct and interest in ti most pleas
ing manner.
Right here I would state that I have
been informed by reliable authority that
a certain lady, and, by the way, a Good
Templar, refused to go to hear the lec
ture because the lecturer was a woman.
O, my sisters, you who "have all Hie
rights you want," if you could realize of
what vital importance this question is
that so agitates the minds and hearts of
so many, you wouiu soon cease to
give opposition to this most important
question, that of equality of the sexes.
I need not here repeat that the mani
festation of such disinclination of Inter
est on tho part of at least a portion of
our sex is peculiarly embarrassing and
humiliating to those who see and realize
the great and pressing need of concert of
action on the part of those with whom
they claim a sisterhood.
Tbe lecturer, a woman of experience,
intelligence, refinement, and acoom-
plishmquts, whose years have long since
passed the meridian, fell into as great,
If not a greater error, than that of her
less favored sister.
After exhorting her lady hearers in
most eloquent and pathetic terms, even
moving them to tears, she addressed her
remarks direct to the gentlemen, who
were present In considerable numbers,
stating that in their hands alone rested
he power, that of the ballot. "I ask
not tho privilege," said she; "it is for
you alone to decide, by its use, whether
the manufacture and sale of intoxicants
shall be allowed to continue in our
midst, to tbe great and shockingly man
ifest destruction of so many noble men
aud beautiful boys."
Ah, my sister, in this, our glorious
cause of temperance reform, with all
your beautiful words, pleasing manner,
and winning address, you are far, very
far from striking at the root of this
giant evil, whose alluring form stalks
forth by day aud by night In supreme
security, under the full protection of our
government. I say again, and I make
the assertion boldly and without mental
reservation, that so long as the women
of our country are prohibited the free
use of the elective franchise (and that
the time will come that- they will be
empowered with it is only a question of
time) just so long will there be unjust and
partial legislation and an utter disre
gard of this vital and most important
question now engrossing the minds and
attention of so many at the present day.
I am sorry, very sorry, to see this noble
and energetic sister laboring under so
sad a mistake as she evidently is, for
bow is it possible for women to effect a
change of this character in our govern
mental affairs without this right of the
ballot ? Is it not preferable that the in
telligence of our land should at least
have aud enjoy an equal privilege with
that of rum ? Oh, how much voting is
inspired by rum. My heart aches when
I think of those whose lives have been
more than wasted, prospects blighted,
health gone, family ties broken and
scattered to the winds, and then he
thought comes to me most forcibly, how
easy of accomplishment this momentous
question would be by beginning in the
right direction, that of extending the
ballot to the mothers and daughters of
our land, upon whose lives the curse of
drunkenness falls most heavily. I feel
that the day is not far distant when
that privilege will be extended to us,
aud may the day of its dawning he has
tened, is the sincere desire of
A. Storia
Astoria, October 16, 187G.
EEOEHT EVENTS.
The Women's National Temperance
Convention in session nt Newark, N. J.,
adjourned to meet next-year in Chicago.
George William Barney and his son
Arthur have been appointed attorney
and assistant attorney for tbe District
of Columbia.
Both Houses of tho Vermont Legis
lature passed resolutions requesting Con
gressmen to use their influence for the
repeal of the baukrupt law.
Three hundred and eleven patents
have been acted upon during the week
ending Oct. 30lh, and are Issued bearing
thatdate.
The Herald's St. Albaus special saya
that secret preparations are goiug.on in
Northern Vermont for another Fenian
invasion of Canada this fall or early in
the spring.
The Democrats held a meeting at
Milwaukee, Wis., on the 29th. 4,000
were present. Hendricks and W. F.
Coibaugh, of Chicago, made brief
speeches. There were 1,200 torches.
Secretary Morrill prouounce3 untrue
and without foundation the published
statement that he contemplatesquitting
the Cabinet to enter upon the canvass
for the Maine United States senatorshlp.
Edward S. Stokes, convicted of shoot
ing James Fisk, Jr., was released on the
28th from State's prison, his term of
sentencehavlngexplred. Agreatcrowd
was at the railroad depbt to see'Stokes,
who, with his friends, started eastward.
Theo. Tillon delivered his new lecture
on "Master Motives" on the 23d, in
Chickering Hall, New York, and at
Brooklyn Academy of Music on the
24th, to an immense audience in both
places.
During registration in New York on
the 2Sth; many tramps and non-residents
succeeded in getting their names
on the lists. Three one-story building
on Rosevelt street, occupied as bar
rooms, registered forty names. Repub
licans are active, however, both in New
York aud in Brooklyn.
The Black Hills Mining Company's
mill commeuced operations on the 18th
inst. On the following day they ran
through seveu tons of ore from the Hid
den Treasure lode, which cleaned up
five thousand dollars. Gulch mining is
still in operation and quartz mines are
showing better results every day.
The actress Matilda- Heron has
obtained a verdict for $1,500 dam-
. . 1 i. t-
ages, in the common pieas courtj ue
fore Judge J. F. Daley, against Aaron
Adams,"for injuries sustained Oct. 18th,
by one of her legs slipping into a coal
hole opposite defendent's residence, in
East Seventy-fourth street, New York.
The steamer "Pandora," which sailed
from Southampton for Smith's Sound,
In the Arctic regions, some months ago,
for the purpose of bringing to England
any dispatches which might have been
deposited there by the Arctic expedition,
just returned, passed Cork Haven, on
her way to Portsmouth, on the 30th.
All on board well.
James G. Blaine addressed an im
mense audience at Chicago on the 28th.
Probably not less than 20,000 persons
were seated and standing a3 near the
speaker as they conveniently could, and
far more than that number were unable
to get within heariug distance, and after
lingering a brief time left the building.
His"addres3 was received with marked
enthusiasm, and he was applauded to
the echo.
Election Prophecies.
Speculations relative to the possibili
ties and probabilities ot tbe election of
this or that caudidate for President of
the United States will soon be specula
tions no longer, aud as the time for
prophecy grows small by degrees and
beautifully less, prophecies Increase in
number, plausibility and earnestness
Calcaiatious that are not all specula
tion, however, are sometimes made with
a degree of fairness and candor that en
titles them to respectful consideration,
if not confidence. Of such is the follow
ing careful estimate from theNew York
Herald. The States first named are set
down as sure for Hayes :
Illinois-
Iowa......
Kansas..
Maine.
Wo exceedingly regreat tbe non-arrival
ofv Chapter V. of the story, which
should have appeared in this week's is
sue. S
Sail Jose, Cal., October 22, 1876.
The late Legislature was in session
thirtyHwo days.
YAMHILL COUNTY. "W. S. A.
This Association will meet at Lafay
ette on Wednesday, November 15, 1876.
Officers and members of tbe Association
are using their best endeavors to have
au enthusiastic meeting one worthy of
the advance the cause is making
throuchout tbe State. Suffragists of
Yamhill county, let us have a grand
rally one that will convince our oppo
nents that although our cause was de
feated In the Legislature, the principles
which it advocates are superior to all
defeat and receive additional impetus
from unjust.treatment by our law-makers.
A cordial and general invitation Is
extended to all. Ann M. Martin,
Cor. Sec'y,
Dr. Meares reports the small-pox epi
domic in Ban Francisco dying out. It
ilow attacks only those who are brought
Into direct contact with it, and the cir
cle of tue contagion is daily becoming
smaller.
Massachusetts. .
Michigan. ...
Minnesota-
Nebraska
.21 Colorado 8
,.ll Nevada .
5 New Hempshlre 5
.. 7 Ohio 22
13 Pennsylvania 29
11 Rhode Island 4
. 5 Vermont ..... a
. 3 Wisconsin .10
There is no nossibilitv of Mr. Tiiden's
carryiugany one of these sixteen States,
which have an aggregate ot 101 electoral
votes, or only 2S less than a majority.
If Hayes cau gain 23 votes in addition
to those of which he is already certain,
it is as good as certain be will be
elected. The requisite 2S, if he should
get them, must come from some oue or
more oi ine ionowing oiaies :
New York
Indiana.....
California
35
15
New Jersey .-
Connecticut
Oregon
In this extremely doubtful stateof the
canvass, everything is stauea on new
York, which will be the Thermopylae ot
this Presidential canvass. A Republi
can success is certain if tbey carry New
York, and there are strong prooaDiiiues
that if the Democrats carry it they will
get the twelve addition votes they need
to give Tilden a majority. The Repub
licans have every motive for concen
trating all their efforts In the Empire
State, but the Democrats cannot win
without carrying some of tbe doubtful
States in addition to New York.
A public meeting of th& citizens of
Polk county was called to" convene at
Monmouth last Saturday to discuss the
subject of education and to decide
whether or nut Christian College Is to
be sustained in the future. Tbis is an
institution which Polk county can ill
afford to dispense with, and we doubt
not Us citizens will provide means for
its support.
Talleyrand once complained that the
English had thirty-nine religions and
only one bauce, which evoked the re
tort from a witty Englishman, "And
the French have thirty-nine sauces but;
no religion."
I