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FRIDAY MAY 18, 1877.
XOTICE.
Agents will p!cae take notice that Jt is a
great tax upon us to pay express charges upon
small sums, and they 'will confer a great favor
hy remitting to us through money orders or
registered letters.
A SPECIMEN ARGUMENT.
If women who got so far from their
self-appointed"- ''sphere" as to neglect
babies and buttons long enough to write
nonsensical and, vapid letters to the
newspapers did 'not always stick some
namby-pamby nom de plume to their
letters, we would take pleasure in occa
sionally mailing to their address a copy
of the Kew Northwest, that they
might see what thoughtful and intelli
gent women think and what they say
concerning equal rights.
When, however, a woman is both a
Granger and Good Templar, and attends
to her duties as a member of these or
ders and finds time to write letters con
taiuingsuch unchristian and irrelevant
bosh as the following for publication,
we are strengthened in our belief that
capable and sensible women can find
time to vote without neglecting their
household avocations. One of the class
to whom allusion is first made writes
thus, and does not record herself as
"ashamed of it:"
I belong to both orders, (Granger and Good
Templars), and am not ashamed of It. I be
lieve in woman's rights In the right place.
don't believe in women going to the polls and
voting and being Judges of courts and masters
ol Granges, etc., but all those who do I think
ought to have an introduction to a good maul
and wedge and some respectable-looting rail
timber.
Overcome with her "striking" simile,
this writer closes abruptly, without tell
ing us why she thinks tins introduction
would be serviceable, and utterly neg
lects to say that she has never known
"a judge of a court" who mauled rails
under penalty of being disfranchised.
That women, as well as men, exist in
large numbers who never go beyond
such trifling and wholly irrelevant ar
guments (?) as the one above quoted is
an apparent and humiliating fact.
There is more excuse for them on the
one hand for their illogical illiberalily
than for that of their brethren, for they
have been all of their younger days
cramped and narrowed by the petty
economies that belong to a subjugated
and isolated station in life, and what
kind nature does not beget in their
hearts is unbegotten there forever.
"I can listen with some degree of pa-
tience when a man argues against equal
rights," said a sorely tried friend upon
one occasion, "but to hear a woman turn
against her own sex and advocate as
right the serfdom that custom has so
long imposed upon woman, makes me
consider her words too contemptible for
answer."
"Don't blame her for what she don't
know," said we, by way of soothing our
friend's impatience.
"But whg don't she know V persisted
tho other. "She will consume two
hours of my time with her illogical and
narrow clap-trap, and when interrogated
relative to facts and figures that the
New Northwest has given to the
breeze for years, she will declare that
she has no time to read. May the fates
preserve me forever from association
with women who have no time for any
thing that looks to their own enlighten
ment, but have ample time to waste the
time of others with their ignorant dis
quisitions upon woman's sphere. Why,
this woman would actually have us be
lieve simply upon her unsupported as
sertion that if women were allowed to
vote they would forthwith have to take
their place at the plow, work tho roads,
etc., while the men washed the dishes
and tended the babies."
We have all of us heard these sHIj
women talk, and felt irritated, even
while we pitied them. Nine-tenths of
all of the women who actively oppose
equal rights bring forward such objec
tions as these objections that have been
answered times without number, and
these are the women to whom our op-
posers among men point, saying, exult
antly, "Women do not want to vote.
Is it any wonder that intelligent, en
ergetic, well-informed women object to
being judged by this standard of worn
anhood and gauged by the capacity of
these women?
A PRACTICAL TEST.
While pettifoggers and shysters are
bitterly opposing the entrance of wom
en into the profession of the law, be
cause iu the event of their presence in
courts these could not then be made the
slums for vulgarity and obscenity that
they now too often are, and learned
judges upon the Supreme bench are de
nying the applications of talented and
efficient women lawyers to practice in
their courts, ostensibly because it will
render them unwomanly, but in reality
because they do not wislt to divide hon
ors and emoluments with them, quiet,
earnest, educated women arc yearly fit
ting themselves for and entering upon
the practice of law as their chosen pro
fession. Those of their brethren in the
profession who "sit in the seat of the
scorner" are quietly ignored; custom is
braved iu its most belligerent strong'
holds; "squint-eyed prejudice" is passed
in silence by, and these women law
yers first prepare themselves thoroughly
and understanding for business, and
then go bravely forward iu its accom
plishment. There are now working
under the firm name of "Perry & Mar
tin" in the city of Chicago, two young
women graduates of the Law School of
Michigan University, whose scholarly
acquirements and legal lore have won
tor tuem already a name auu place m
the practice of law. Misses Fredrika
Perry and Ellen A. Martin entered the
school named in tiie fall of 1873, each
having previously read for two years in
the ollices of lawyers of large practice,
Both had been intrusted with responsi
bilities of office, and one iiad served as
salaried clerk.
Thus to superior natural ability was
added a liberal literary education and
the advantages of practical office work
It is not surprising that, entering school
under these auspices, they should com
plete the course with honor and take
foremost rank iu their class.
A friend who has long known them
says that they "are possessed of more
than ordinary charms of womanhood,
and have relied only on untiring sys
tematic labor for success." They are
receiving both patronage and encour
agement, and have taken their place in
business as serenely as if croakers were
not proclaiming their chosen avocation
"unwomanly," and men in tho profes
sion, lrom the Chief Justice of the
United States to the shyster who ex
pounds in execrable English the local
laws in tho County Court of obscure lo
calities were not rendering themselves ri
diculous and disgusting their hearers by
attempting to define "woman's sphere."
One practical test like this will accom
plish more for the enlargement of wom
an's field of labor than volumes of the
ories, however true and fine spun, can
do. That there are sitting now in the
colleges and high schools of Oregon
young women with comprehensive)
minds and active brains who will, ere
yet another decade shall have passed,
furnish practical test of what woman
can accomplish in this profession, we
know. Tiie brave pioneers who have
gone before them will render their path
more easy and pleasant, but their suc
cess will be none the less sure.
Think of it, girls, and take courage
from such examples of culture and the
success it brings, as arc found in the
business firm of "Perry and Martin, At-torneys-at-Law."
DIYEESITYOF OPINION.
By reading a communication pub
lished elsewhere, and' remembering cer
tain criticisms in "Yours Truly's" letter
published in our last issue, it will be
seen that ladies, as well as "doctors,"
will differ. We also give an extract
from a letter from Seattle, giving facts
concerning the same subject from an
other person's stand-point. We leave
the field to our correspondents for the
present, but assure our readers that we
have an opinion which we will express
in terms unmistakable when we get
ready. "Yours Truly" will probably
send the "hornets" stirred up in her
path, "home to roost" iu due time. We
wait in smiling serenity.
AN OPINION PROM SEATTLE.
A correspondent writing from Seattle,
under date of May 18, says : "I am de-
ighted with the way 'Yours Truly' ban
dies the giant I am Dr. Brcnau in
your last issue. He came here as a
Catholic, gave several very good lec
tures, which were listened to by large
audiences. Most of whom, however.
thought his ideas too advanced fof
Catholic sentiments. Even the Catho
lics took this view of them. Although
his ideas were mostly on the superficial
plane to the mind accustomed to the
searching intothe'whysaud wherefores'
of things or tracing the relations of
cause and effect, yet had he conducted
himself as a sober, respectable man
while here, his first made friends the
better portion of li is audiences, both
liberal and Catholic would have stood
by him. As it was, they deserted him
to his boon companions, the whisky
men and the saloons. His seems to be
a sad example of that old adage, 'It is
easier to preach than to practice.'' But
'Yours Truly' handled him without
gloves, to the great delight of very many
in this quarter."
The Salem Record says:
Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway lectures next
Monday night in Dallas. Subject, "Female
Cussedness."
Mrs. Duniway had llmught to lecture
upon "Male Cussedness," but an inter
view with the editor of the Record con
vinced her that, owing to the poverty
of the English Iauguage, she w iuldbe
unable to do the subject justice; hence
the change.
Theodore Tilton is lecturing in San
Francisco. It has been intimated that
he will visit Oregon before his return to
the East.
The Sunday Welcome, with a display
of unsophisticated innocence beautiful
to behold, says that Dr. Brenan "evi
dently must possess something more
than ordiuary merit, or he would not be
the recipientof so mucli praise from the
press." Will the Welcome please in
form the dear public whether it was the
Doctor's "extraordinary merit" or the
payment by that functionary of so
much "per square" that secured for him
space for the local notice furnished by
the "gifted man" himself, which ap
peared in the last issue of that paper.
"Extraordinary pay" often induces
even that "great palladium of our liber
ties," the press, to do extraordinary
things without regard to "merit," "or
diuary" or otherwise.
A bill authorizing women to practice
law in all the courts in that State lias
passed the Legislature of Minnesota.
The new Court-house in process of
construction at Itockford, 111., fell on
Friday, burying in its ruins aud shock
ingly mutilating some twenty-five
workmen. The building was not yet
under roof, and the workmen were at
the time of the disaster engaged in put
tingiu place the massive stone cornice.
The brick walls beneath gave way, and
the immense mass of iron, stone, mor
tar, and brick came to the ground with
a deafening report. Thorough investi
galion as to the cause will be made, and
another incompetent architect will
probably be brought to the light.
The Russian fleet at !New York is said
' to be under orders-to sail.
EDITOEIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dear Headers of the New Northwest:
Again the compiler of these journalis
tic chronicles fiuds herself afloat upon
the world. Very beautiful is the face of
nature, as, rejoicing in tho smile of
priug, she dons hei mantle of green,
ail variegated with flowers, and sends
her fragrant breath abroad upon the
earth, a very balm of consolation to the
weary wanderer.
How familiar tiie landscape along the
east side railroad line. It seems impos
sible that we should have been absent a
year, and doubly so to the many sub
scribers to tho New Northwest who
cheerfully liquidate their annually re
turning bills and lighten our labors by
bidding us God speed in the ways of
well doing.
The bosom of tho earth is everywhere
rejoicing in the promise of an abundant
harvest. Never did farmers look more
jubilant; never had they better pros
pects. To one who has been travelingso
long among strangers, it is iudeed re-
freshing to meet so many familiar faces.
Salem sits as quietly as ever beside
the winding Willamette, rejoicing alike
iu her clean, broad streets and leafy
shadows, while her church spires point
heavenward as of yore, the left-handed
Goddess of Justice reaches out her re
vered symbol as in days agone, and the
unfinished State-house holds aloft its
skeleton form after its wont, revealing
itself iu unfinished undress as a re
proachful monument of the fizzled ex
pectations of mighty law-makers. J.
visit to the inner temple reveals to us
the sunny face of Governor Chadwick,
the smiling phiz of Colonel Caun, aud
the courteous manners of Secretary
Jackson. Here we also see the carpets
and furniture of the former executive
apartments, denoting economy, and a
fine crayon drawing of the State-house
as it is to be, denoting aspiration. All
of the officials and their employes are
iu fine spirits, except that they express
very natural regrets both over the
Watts-Cronin electoral failure aud
seven-to-eight commission success.
The Professors and students of tho
Uuiversity are making extensive prepa
rations for Commencement, as is also
the graduating class of the Medical Col
lege. What the world -is going to do
with all the talent that Oregon is mar
shalling for the bread-aud-butter brig'
ade in a State where nobody is raisin
farmers is a mystery that time alone
can solve.
The real estate dealers are jubilant i
Marion county. Property is hotli rea
souable aud in demand. Choice homes
can be purchased in Salem at fair fig
ures, .mil numbers are availing them
selves of the present favorable opportu
nitytoown their own garden patches.
Mrs. N. A. Conn is iu the dollar store
again; Mrs. J. O. Beardsiey is flourish
iug in tho millinery business in th
building formerly occupied by Mrs.
Moxiey, who is now a milliner
Portland, and Mrs. Millican has a fine
assortment of everything in this line
that ladies call for. Mrs. Cross is also
in the millinery business, and you can
throw a stone in almost any direction
and hit some business sign revealing
what women are doing for a livelihood
notwithstanding the prevailing idea
that the dear creatures arc supported
and protected by men. Women every
where are becoming teachers, poetB,
painters, editors, salesmen, tailors, and
inventors, in spite of the law, while men
are found in every locality who are
chambermaids, dress-makers, cooks,
laundresses, carpet-beaters, house-cleaners,
dish-washers, baby-tenders, and
tape and needle venders, yet they with
hold the ballot from"women lest tho de
signing creatures may compel them to
exchange occupations with themselves 1
Oh, consistency ! consistency 1 what a
jewel thou must be, yet whither shall
we go to find thee?
The Breyman Bros, are the leading
dealers in general merchandise in Sa
lem, their stock being always large,
complete, aud well selected.
The new water works are to be quite
an institution, all the water being fil
tered through charcoal before leaving
the reservoir.
The Farmers' Warehouse is an im
mense structure on the river bank,
through which wo were shown hy Mr.
Herron, the gentlemanly manager of
the business, who is justly proud of the
great building aud its many improve.
ments for the leception, cleaning, stor
lug and shipping the wheat that is com'
ing in, under the stimulation of present
prices, by tons daily. The main build
ing is oue hundred feet deep aud eighty
feet high, with many additions and out
buildings for the machiuery. We have
not seen better or more permanent ar
rangements for tills branch of com
merce, even in Chicago. There is no
work about the building which a girl of
fourteen could not perform with ease, so
perfect are all the appurtenauces. The
days for man to earn his bread in the
sweat of his face are passing away with
the era when women are ruled over by
husbands. Verily the seed of woman is
bruising the head of the serpent of op
pression and the Scriptures are being
literally fulfilled In spite of all the op
position of the ages. The leading
Woman fautiragists of the city are as
wide awake and earnest as ever, and the
feeliug in favor of universal freedom has
a steady, healthful growth.
On Saturday aftsrnoon the obliging
superintendent of the peniteutiary sent
a hack for us and we made a visit to the
State prison and gave the Inmates an
hour's talk, which seemed to entertain
them pleasantly. Mr. Burch and hisnral
able wife were hospitable and gracious,
and the prisoners expressed themselves
highly pleased with their newsuperiu
tendent. There are at present ninety
five men convicts aud one woman, yet
a very young and obliging employe of
Mr.Burch's, in talking over the woman
question at the supper table, Informed
us that it would be dangerous to entrust
women with the ballot, as they were so
much more liable to run to extremes-
than men that they would not be capa
ble of self-government !
There is one poor fellow from The
Dalles incarcerated here who was sent
for five years because accused of
swearing a lie about somebody's prop
erty. Another fellow is out already
whowasseutup for six months forshoot-
ng and very nearly killing a young
lady In Astoria who didn't want to
marry him. There is grave doubt about
the former's guilt, aud no doubt at all
bout the tatter's, yet men's property is
of much more value In law than many
women, hence the difference iu the two
sentences. Those persons who are rated
law witli "idiots, insane persons,
criminals, and Indians not taxed," are
of but little consequence to law-makers,
because they represent no political or
money value, but men's property is
quite another thing, you see.
The Commercial Hotel, where we
spent a few days, is still kept going by
our good friends, the Graves, who, de
spite the rude hand of affliction which
has been laid heavily upon them, ren
dering their fireside desolate, are cater
ing daily to the wants of the multitude.
We are now at the Chemeketa, the
best hotel north of San Francisco, which
s well kept by Mr. and Mrs. Matthews,
who are certainly meriting the patron
age of the traveling public. Hospital-
ty, plenty, quiet, and cleanliness reign
here, at rates far less expensive than
house-keeping.
Salem boasts three daily newspapers,
each claiming a larger circulatiou than
both the others. There is patronage
here for but one good daily, and in Port
land for but two, but it isn't our fu
neral. Let them all wave. The.re is ai
ways room at tho top for all enterprises.
This afternoou we go to Dallas, where
the Record says we are to lecture on
"Female Cusseduess" whatever thatis.
Guess he must have mistaken the gen
der of the subject; but that isn't to be
wondered at. Men's brains will go
wool-gathering when they try to com
prehend the woman question.
Tiie good people receive "David and
Anna Matsou" in a manuer quite grati
fying to botii our purse and feelings,
and the New Northwest is in con
stantly increasing demand. A. J. D.
Salem, May 15, 1877.
LETTEE PEOM NEW ORLEANS.
i
! fnlks- TTpfA nvprvhnrtv tntrna hla llm.
To the Editor of the New Northwest: Soes S10W ana steauy, Dut never, never
Perhaps a breeze from the sunny hurries. Asa natural consequence, New
South might find a welcome with you; Orleans is far behind the age. Now,
but which one will you have first? for however, that spriug has made her
there are so many different kinds. tardy annual appearance, and political
Political breezes which threatened to troubles have righted themselves, New
become a gale are moderating, for the Orleans seems to be making new bead-
returning board has- dono its work, way, aud a few years more will see
Hayes Is President; NichoIIs is the gov- her one of the first cities of the Union
ernor elect of Louisiana; poor Packard For what with the fertile soil, the genial
is where? and echo answers, where? climate, and all the natural resources
The Ship of State moves on again, Louisiana possesses, it is the fault of the
spite of a lot of old fogy predictions that people if she does not soon play a prom
the country was going to ruin drop- inent part in the commercial interestsof
plug to pieces of its own weight. lle country. Ever thine,
But I didn't mean to talk politics; Cricket.
but you see another illustration of the New Orleans, April 30, 1877
old-fashioued truth, that women do care
auout pontics, ao love their country, "YOURS TRULY" RTTRR TTP' A TTm?
and heartily wish they could serve it to
a better purpose than by being misrep
resented. This much by way of a "few
remarks before speaking," and now for
a breeze from the Mississippi.
Just imagine our party with eleven
trtmlcq nml fniirtoo ham. fmnm nH tnn
after a trip from Canada by rail, and ''V" pass such severe and
t.h.n vn , Hf..., deed unjust criticism upon Dr. Breu-
an'j last lecture, which was merely the
NET'SNEST.
To the Editor of the Nkw Northwest:
After perusing an article from the pen
of "Yours Truly," I have decided to ex
press mine aud numerous other ladies'
regret that the columns of our "wom-
tnen you can understand the restful
feeling that came over us, when we
found ourselves stowed away for a week
at least aboard the packet "Fannie
," (never mind her last name; she
mightu't like it to get in print, you
KUOWJ
The view ail along the river was sim
continuation and conclusions of the pre
vious lecture to ladies
If "Yours Truly" had attended the
full course, she would not have thought
the one mentioned so disconnected and
illogical. I am thoroughly surprised at
ply grand, while on the Ohio and just th,e tenirjce ..Yours Truly" betrays
as we turned the bend into the Missis- when wrllinS of tlle Peculiar pronun
sippi we seemed to be nassinrr throutrh ciation of the 'ecturer's words, which
fire, the banks on either sido ware so delightful peculiarity is only one dis-
liued with trees aglow with the flames tinKul9UiuS mark of his universal popu
nf niitnninr huh om.innii m, niMnra 'arity over the entire continent. Icon-
changed, till we seemed to be taking
the seasons in their reverse order, and
the middle of November found us en
joying another spriugtime. Everything
was fresh aud green, with no signs of
autumn or the coming winter. But we
sider the assertion in retrard to the
blushesof the youug ladies as unfounded
for never has the delicate subjects per
taining to woman been handled on the
rostrum in any more comnrehenslve
and refined language than brought into
had other matters to occupy our time req,ui.sfition b the learned gentleman
besides deliciously, lazily dreaming in
the sunshine. Hunger put in its plea,
and thrice a day it had to be satisfied,
for travelers have keen appetites, and
the sound of the dinner-bell made a
elcome variety to our otherwise mo
notonous days. How beautiful the ta
ble looked, aud what a delusion and a
TO THEPOINT.
"What shall girls read?" is a ques
tion that has been disturbing divers
and sundry correspondentsof theFarmer
for several weeks, and the diversity of
opinion and the confidence which each
feels in his or her own capability to ad
vise is quite amusing. When people
find out that girls are not manikins any
more than boys are puppets, they will
be saved considerable trouble concern
ing what they shall or shall not do, and
pay some respect to individual intellect.
While these discussions are going on,
the sprightly girls are reading all of the
curreut literature that is brought into
the house, and making selections from
the public and Sunday School libraries,
just as if disinterested people were not
trying to run the brains of others
through their own filter.
Girls, as well as boys, have brains
given them for use, and depend upou it
they will use them. Good associations,
correct example, and liberality and
sound judgment in the choice of home
literature, and there is small danger of
young people secreting themselves in
the hay mow to read stolen or borrowed
Lcdqers and dime novels. One corre
spondent thus comes to tho point:
The writers themselves will probably derive
more benefit from the discussion man the
girls will, for girls, as a rule, do not care to read
anything except their big brother's love letters
until they are old enough to select their own
reading matter, and then every discreet
mother will give them that liberty.
never before saw the like of the dishes
they gave us on that boat. We felt like
saying "I pass," as did the Innocents
Abroad in the Egyptian sausage-shop;
but we were finally starved into partak-
ng or tneir queer little messes, com
posed chiefly of rice, red pepper, and
POREIGN NEWS.
The Egyptian government will send
10,000 troops to Turkey.
Works for defense of Constantinople
will be constructed by the inhabitants.
The papers announce that the Rus
sians have withdrawn from Kars, Arda-
ban, Bayazid, and Kageamau.
The largest Turkish monitor on the
Danube, which anchored before I brail
was sunk by fire from Russian batteries
on the 11th.
A fierce battle, lasting eight hours, was
fought at Batourn on Friday. The Rus
siaus were repulsed with a loss of 4,000
killed and wounded.
The Jews in Jassy have been warned
that if they continue prayers in thei
synagogues for the success of the Turk
they will be severely punished.
The Russians attacked on Friday, in
great forces, the position occupied by
the vanguard of the Turks' auxiliary
troops in the vicinity of Batoum. An
engagement ensued, lasting 8 hours, re
sulting in complete rout of the Rus
sians, who lost 3,000. The Turkish loss
is considerable.
Intelligence has been received from
Sulina that on Wednesday the Russians
attempted to cross the Danube at Reni
They threw a bridge over the river, but
were met by the Turkish infantry and
artillery, assisted by three gunboats.
Tho bridge was broken and a larg
number of Russians killed and captured
The Russians were completely defeated
A correspondeut writing from Piu
Creek, Wasco county, says that blacK
crickets are so thick in that region that
it is impossible to step without tread
lug upou them. They have as yet done
no damage to vegetation, and it is hoped
that "bunch grass" will satisfy thei
appetites.
During the fiscal year ending June 30,
187G, this country gained in gold $8,500,
000 and $22,000,000 in silver.
Tweed has laid in a new stock of liq
uors for the entertainment of his friends
in Ludlow street jail.
Hon. W. Carey Johnson has removed
to his elegant new residence in Orego
City.
and if young ladies or married ladies
attended the aforesaid lecture to hear
superficial remarks upon thn subject.
why their expectations were disabused
andrightlyrtoo,
No doubt "Yours Truly" felt as net
tied as did Dr. Thompson at the Doctor
advanced theories in regard to certai
the dinners were ! The world Penomena, and felt as though she must
wrecK vengeance on mm in some un
answerable way, hence her remarks on
the gentleman's personal habits, which
I refute, as havingan acquaintance with
him outside of his profession entitles
me to.
"lours Truly" doubts not but the
1 I If .1 , m . . i .
tomatoes, served up with sole leather u.u " suiucieniiy enter-
steaks and very doubtful coffee minus taineU b tl,e Doclor' but surely not
milk. Appetizing, wasn't it? But woman" ow how silly and iucon-
theydid redeem themselves with good K' , ' reauy turn
biscuits, so we'll drop the vail of charity
over the rest of their numerous short
comings.
.livery day passed about the same.
We ate and dreamed by day, and danced
and slept by night, the dancing being speaks ill of Portland's men.
k
that the gentlemen require as pleasant
aud sesthetical entertainments as
do, and that they should not be pleased
with impurity, and if the lecturer could
please them and not us, why the fact
performed to tho tune of a harp and a
brace of asthmatic fiddles.
Perhaps you are imagining the glori
ous Mississippi with clear blue waters.
I used to do that. But in fact the river
all along looks like an immense mud-
The knowledge that the criticised lee-
ture was given at the request of all th
ladies present on the previous afternoou
must be to the Doctor a flattering ap
preciation of his talented efforts in be
half of all humanity, and sufficient
IX MEAIORIAM.
LINES SUGGESTED BY TUB DEATH OF MATTIE
G HAVES CARDWELL BY A FRIEND WHO LOVED
HER.
Mary calls me, mother dear.
And I would go, at once, to her.
Earthly life is full of woe,
Husband, mother, let me go.
From tbe beauteous realms of light.
Where all is Joy, serenely bright,
I will return and visit you
In atmosphere of love, so trne
That you will feel my presence near,
lase bream or angels in the air.
When all the earth is filled with gloom.
And silence broods within your room,
Close your dear eyes and think of me,
A ransomed soul, from sorrow free.
My father, husband, sisters, all.
To you in still, small voice Ijcall,
As with more love than tongue can tell,
l souiy wnisper, ui 19 wen.'
Within the amaranthine dale,
Where Joys supernal ne'er shall fall.
You, too, transformed, shall shortly dwell,
When you have done life's duties well."
Wo have laid her away where the roses blow,
Our Mattle, so tender and precious and true.
Hut she liveth no more under suffering's rod,
I'or she treadeth the e vergreengardens of God.
Salem, May 10,1877.
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NEWS JTEMS.
STATE AND TERRITORIAL.
Wheat is worth SI GO Der bushel at
Hillsboro.
Columbia countv will shin 500.000
pounds of wool this year.
The wheat lands on the Snake River
are being rapidly taken up.
New-comers are arrivintr at Snoho
mish City on every steamer.
The Imperial Mills and other valuable
property at Oreeon Citv will be sold nn
June 11th.
Astoria has now thirty-two hotels and
restaurants, with as many privateboard-
lug nouses.
The allowance of fiftv dollars to the
Capital Guards has beeu reduced to fif
teen dollars per mouth.
Strawberries are rineninir in Southern
Oregon. It is said the crop of wild ber
ries will be immeuse.
The "City of Panama" brought 2S9
tous of railroad iron for the Puyallup
roau on uer last trip to Seattle.
A Chiuaman who had served out ten
of a twelve years' .sentence in the peni
tentiary was recently pardoned by Gov
ernor Chadwick.
W. R. Dunbar is laboring in the in
terests of the I. O. G. T. iu Southern
Oregon, meeting, as usual, with wel
come and success.
Should all the fishing establishments
on the Columbia run to the full limit of
their capacity, there wiil be 54,840,000
cans of -salmon put up.
The entire Republican ticket was
elected at tbe recent municipal election
iu Oregon City. L. T. Barin, Esq.,
heads the list as Mayor.
Myriads of black crickets are doing a
great deal of damage on the South Fork
and Main John Day Rivers. They can
clean an eighty acre wheat field in
twenty-four hours.
The seasonable rains have materially
improved the before excellent prospects
for good crops this year, aud this, to
gether with anticipated high prices,
renders farmers jubilant.
Oneof the largest establishments ontho
Columbia employs Chinese blacksmiths
to do their work. There is a good deal
of jealousy exhibited by the white pro
prietors on this account, and sensible
people think it an uuwise and impolitic
move on the part of the proprietors.
puddle, being a very decided shade of guarantee of the interest and pleasure
Bismark" brown. This was partly felt by all except "Yours Truly." When
owing to the shallowness of the water, "irs truly" wields her pen In cnti-
the average depth being only about five CIsm again, let us beg her to be just,
feet at that time, so it is easy to see and to rather encourage all eflorts, great
that the pilot had need of all his skill and small, in building up our future
to eleer clear of the numerous sand-bars woman than endeavoring to strip bare
aud snags, which have wrecked more grand achievements for some whimsical
than 0110 unliickv boat on this same technicalities. JUSTICE,
river, let, spite ot ills oest etlorts, we
"stuck" high and dry once or twice,
This incited him to still greater caution,
so that on foggy nights we found our
selves "hitched up" to a tree till day
light should make it tolerably safe to
proceed. This was the life we led for
about ten days. Once we came very
near bringing our journey to a sudden
terminus, or, rather, 11 "land slide"
nearly swallowed us up. Our delicate
mite of a boat gave a sudden lurch, aud
for a minute or two everybody thought
they had breathed their lust; but she
kicked out" (please excuse the slang)
bravely once more, and brought us the
rest of our journey in safety, though
Portland, May 15, 1877.
The
REOENTEVENTS.
Attorney-General has returned
the papers to Tweed, aud has declined
to release him.
Ben Butler applauds Key's action in
removing George H. Butler, Ben's
nephew, for drunkenness and uugeutle-
manly conduct.
Secretary Thompson, accompanied by
several heads of bureaus of the Navy
Department, inspected the condition of
tilings at Norfolk navy yard last week
Grant has withdrawn from the Treas
ury Departmentseveral valuable swords
with considerable fear and trembling ueIJ for Ilim In tbe vau,ta for 8afe keeP"
on the part of the passengers. '"S- ley were forwarded to Pnlladel-
The grand finale to that trip took Phia.
place at twelve o'clock one night, when The jury in the case of Rev. Mr. Bolt,
our "bark" strucit tne JNew uneans 01 i'lillauelntua, cuargeu witli adultery,
levee with a bang, which sent us all having failed to agree, were discharged,
bouncing out of our berths, while the One of the jurors, A. H. Hodgson, was
hosts of mosquitoes, which seemed to held to answer on a charge of declaring
expect a Northern bite, came in and
tendered a hearty, though exceedingly
sharp reception. In other vords, they
nearly chewed us up.
"no difference what the evidence might
be, he would not convict."
Petitions are being circulated among
the people of Washington City for the
Of course sleep was banished for the removal of Fred. Douglass from the po
rest of the night; so we did what we 9tion of the Marshal of the District.
could to kill time and mosquitoes till because of the animadversious of the
daylight bade us go forth to battle with pe0ple of Washington, alleged to have
the liacu-drivers. ioraoout ten min- Deen ma,ie in a recent lecture delivered
utcs we "run the gauntlet," but at last by Douglass in Baltimore.
we came ou, .am,uu, i ,eu uur ProfeB90r Barton, of the college of the
hats, and deposited ourselves bag and dty of New York committe(1 sulcUle
oaggago ill u uurse-uur. xiicii iui uie
first time we felt real homesick. Tiie
rain was drizzling down, and we were
really alono and friendless in a strange
city. We were a solemn-looking set
Everybody wauted to cry, but nobody
would "breaK down" first, so we
laughed instead. But it was a weak
laugh, and hard drawn
At first sight New Orleans gives one
the impression of great age. "Down
town" the buildings (especially in the
rain) have a grim, somber appearance,
which is quite imposing, after a fash
at Hamburg, Sussex county, N. J.,
Wednesday. He leaves a wife, son, and
two daughters. He was a clergyman of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and
had been instructor in tiie college of the
city of New York for a long time.
Tiie I'imcs' Washington special says
the Bmallness of the appropriation for
the Postal Department threatens to be
the most serious of ail those for which
the forty-fourth Congress is justly re
sponsible, since it may result in seri
ously crippling the postal service, and
Unsolicited Testimony.
Fairfield, 5Ie., April 23, ISftl.
Gentlemen Seeing numerous certificates in
the "Maine Farmer," endorsing the merits of
tho Great Lung Itemcdy, Wistar's Balsam op
Wild Cherry, I am induced and I take great
pleasure in giving publicity to the great cure it
accomplished in my lamily in the year 1830.
During the summer ol that yearmy son, Henry
A. Archer, now postmaster in this place, was
attacked with spitting of blood, cough, weak
ness of lungs, and general debility, so much so
that our family physician declared him to
have a "seated consumption." He was under
medical treatment lor a number of months,
but received no benefit from it. At length,
from the solicitation of himself and others, I
was induced to purchase one bottle of Wis
tar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which bene
fited him so much I obtained another, which
in a short time restored him to his usual state
ot health. I can safely recommeud this rem
edy to others in like condition, for it is, I think,
all It purports to be the Great Lung Remedy
for the times 1
The a'ove statement, gentlemen, is my vol
untary offering to you in favorof your Balsam.
and is at your disposal. As ever, yours,
Andrew Archer.
Tonic.
Every one, at times, feels the necessity of
some restorative of tho vital powers, depressed
by mental or bodily exhaustion. In such con
ditions, let every one, Instead ot flying to the
alcoholic or medicinal stimulants, which must
be followed by depression equal to their excite
ment, rcinvigorate his deranged system by the
natural tonic elements of the Peruvian
SxRCf. Sold by all druggists, 32
A Valuable Discovery. Dr. J. P. Miller, a
practicing physician at ."7 Spruce street, Phila
delphia, hasdiscovered that the extract of cran
berries and hemp combined cures headache,
either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous, or sick head
ache, neuralgia and nervousness. This is a tri
umph in medical chemistry and sufferers all
over the country are ordering by mail. He
prepares it in pills, at 50 cents a box. The Doc
tor Is largely known and highly respected.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
TAKE XOTICE.
Mr. Hendee is in town and is taking pictures
in all styles of the art, and has all the advant
ages of easy access to bis Gallery aud tne best
light in the State, and takes as good pictures as
any other man and at as reasonable prices, and
is always ready and good-natured. Please call
and test his ability. Gallery in the middle of
the block, First street, between Morrison and
Yamhill, Portland, Oregon. 6-21
ion; but as we get into the heart of the i' -""'"s ce
city, aud see the beautiful trees and tirely in some branches,
flowers, we begin to realize that New Fred. Douglass publishes a card say
Orleans is justly considered the "garden '"g tu attacks upon him on account of
of the world." remarks made by him in Baltimore are
Thecity Issodifferentfromthoseofthe both malicious and silly. Washington
North that one feels almost as much in a is a great city, not a village, nor a ham
strange land as if he had gone to Europe, let. It is the capital of a great nation,
and the citizens are a very unique type and the manner and habits of its vari
of Americans, being for the most part oils classes are proper subjects for pre
Creoles half French and the other half sentation and criticism, and therefore he
Spanish with a sprinkling of "Yan- is very much mistaken if this great city
kees." They have very little of the can be thrown into a tempest of passion
busy, nervous, bustling ways that char- by any humorous reflections he may
acterizo the movements of our Northern take the liberty to utter.
MAItY F. FOSTEK.
Commission Merchant and Purchasing Agent,
is prepared to make purchases in New York
and other cities, on order, of all goods, Jewelry,
groceries, etc., on commission of 5 per cent, for
S. of I. and 10 per cent, for others outside ot
the Order. West India preserves and Mexican
conserves. Address P. O. Station "D," New
YoikCity.
3IUS. It. A. OWEXS, 31. .
Office and residence, east side First street, be
tween Yamhill and Taylor. Special attention
given to women and children's complaints.
Also, gives Medicated Vapor Baths, com
bined with Electricity, in treatlug rheumatism
and chronic diseases. 5-32
Rattling volleys or Coughing tend as surely,
(though more slowly), to fatal results, as vol
leys of musketry. Quiet them with that sover
eign balsam for the lungs and throat, Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
BS" The National Gold Medal was awarded
to Bradley &. Rulofson forthe best Photographs
In the United States, and the Vienna Medal
for the best In the world. 429 Montgomery
street, San Francisco.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute