l)t $&m t& litest1
FRIDAY JULY G, 1877.
XOTICE.
Agents trill please take notice that It is a
great tax 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.
WIPE OWNERSHIP.
We find in an old, old paper, bearing
date of January 4, 1800, the following:
Second notice of my wife Hannah Is hereby
given, forblddlng'all persons from harboring
or keeping her, and from trusting her on my
account.
This was duly signed by "Matys Van
Steenbergh," and reading it over and
contemplating even in imagination the
grim and surly Dutchman with the law
and the power aud the public sentiment
all on his side, we wonder how noor
Hannah could dare to leave him, even
wliiiowAfiiiniMorfiniiotiimnrhtQnfiior
stayinjr with him
el
This paper of which we speak was deeu t0 tue parents possessions, be sure
published in Ulster county, New York, tbat " wl De grudgingly given, or to
and contained another m of the pIv- ta,y withheld after the deed is duly
ilization of that neriod. an advertise-
ment headed "For Sale," of a "stout,
active negro wench." At that period in
our nation's historv the wife was as I
much the man's property as was the
r - 1
slave. No person dared to "harbor or
keen her" when, Heeino- for her life
from her irate lord, she sought shelter
' I
and bread elsewhere. Law and custom
alike held her in bondage. The former
took no note of brutality if the husband
practiced it upon his "property;" the
latter smiled complacently, while all
that a woman had
id or saved, from the dren w,,Icb sav witu suou cruel P'ain
i to the web she spun, neS8 "Tho old folka are R nuisauce, I
4 . . l . ii. it i r ... i
children she bore
dved.and wove, belonged to her hus-
baud by right which might created, by
law which men made; nay, even her
nnhnrn ehilri mitrht bv the father be
willed to another, and by that other be
torn forever from the mother's sleht
while yet its birth wail resounded in
her ears.
Shocking and scarce believable as
these things are when separated from us
by the century's changing cycles, we
have onlv to look around to see that
this snirit of "wife ownership' dies
hard, though enlightened public seuti- rather secluded home place alone, their
ment has placed an unrelenting and children, of whom there areseveral, hav
merciless grip upon its throat, aud cus- ing years ago "launched forth in boats
torn impatiently waits to give itsepul- of their own." The old man, tottering
ture. We still occasionaliv find a man w,tu the infirmities of age, is rendered
so lost to all sense of honor or shame
aud so dead to self-resnect as to publish
In flioilnilw nnnora tlink lie linn mmln n
miserable failureas a husband: one who.
not content with having in his undis-
puted possession the accumulations of
years of matrimonial partnership, un-
blushingly publishes to the world that
he intends to keep them for his exclusive
use. The old formula about "harboring
or trusting my wife Hannah" is gone
through with, but it is now a dead let
ter. She can return to her father's
house in security, reside there in peace,
ask "trust" of no one, and go to work
for herself. More than this, the same
paper which for a consideration pub-
lishedthehusband'sannouncementand
warning, finds space, for a like consid-
eration, for a card from the wife, setting
forth facts which more than corroborate
his acknowledgment that, as a husband,
he had mistaken his calling, but which
facts he had evidently forgotten (?) to
mention
These advertisements are not very
mmr. ht. mn,,f in n,.
ing except to display what a man of any
sensibility would much rather conceal,
the fact that he would like to live with
a woman and claim her as his wife
when she cannot endure his presence.
Fancy a man of any self-respect foisting
such a notice of himself as this upon
the public
On the 10th day of June, 1877, my wife, Mary
K. Campbell, without any cause or provoca
tion, left my bed and board and abandoned
l.er nome onune ttiver, in w.urKe COuUly,
mains absent from m'e, and, contrary to my
most earnest protests, is staying in or about
the city of Portland in Oregon. This is to
notuyau persons not lonarimrorconiraci any
nMonrtth lianATi rr nMniint ftcT trill tiorA
after pay no debt contracted with her or any
one else on my credit except upon my written
order. James h. Campbell,
Fancy now the feelings of James H.,
when Mary E. fortifies her position by
the following facts:
One J. H. Campbell publishes me as having
"left his bed and board without cause or prov
ocation." If beating a man's wife with his fist,
whipping her with la gunstlck, breaking a
broom handle over her shoulders, beating
her with a club, and ror long years heap-
ing curses and the coarsest abuse upon
her, which renders life a burthen, is no just
"""" " ri ...
In my old log cabin at Union Ridge. W.
T., then call it an unjust cause, and make the
mostoflt. M. E. Campbell,
Truly, it is an easy thing for a man to
write himself down a tyrant and an im-
becile, and we trust that, having done
so, this one will now sleep at ease in his
wife's "old log cabin at Union Ridge,"
while , she, "seeking happiness else-
where," will find it unaccompanied by
"gunsticks, fists, clubs, broomsticks,
and curses."
The Sunday Welcome excels in quot-
ing sentimental clap-trap about "lovely
woman." These articles, while dilating
In most extravagant terms about worn-
an's angelic attributes, assign to her the
most menial labors. Indeed, the writer's
ideas of angelhood seem tu be a badly-
compounded medley of brooms, dust'
brushes, wash-boards, sick children,
fevered brows, prayers, "glints and
gleams of beauty," "candles of Influ
ence," rocking and singing, careful so
licitude, etc, etc, etc., aa mjimtum.
We more than suspect that the editor
Keeps one oi mese arwcies m type,
wonuug inumiueiua-uuiutts
every third week. They are so exactly
aiiKeanaaresooiienuseamamwouiu
be folly, as well as unnecessary expense
and labor, to distribute and reset them.
President Hayes is ranch pleased with
ms nortnern trip.
XEEP THE DEED TO THE HOME-
STEAD.
Ingratitude, that basest of all crimes,
though ever clad in the most repulsive
garb, never eeems quite so hideous as
when it embitters the closing years of
the lives of father and mother. Hap-
pily for the credit of humanity be it
spoken these cases are comparatively
rare, yet unhappily not so rare, but
that few of us have seen dark illus
trations. In view of these instan
ces, too well known in almost every lo
cality to require corroborative testi
mony, it is passing strange that "father
and mother" havine mounted their
three score aud teu, and "walking
thoughtful on the silent solemn shore
of that vast ocean they must sail so
soon," will cast themselves in their
helpless age upon.the charity and good
wil1 of their children by giving all their
worldly possessions not even reserving
tUe oW homestead Into their hands, in
consideration of care during the rest of
tueir natural lives, iicuuareu cannot
bestow this care without a quitclaim
made and recorded. There is no spec
lac,e that is capable of exciting at once
8Uch Seauitxe compassion and such pro-
louuu Juuiguauuii us to see an ueu cou
P,e' or one of them' after a lifo of toil
, l c ta l
and self-sacrifice for children who now
U'Iory in the strength of vigorous man
hood' and are endowed with the energy
.. r .. .. . .. .. .... i. i ..tu: ..ii
of mature womanhood, sitting aliens
beside their own hearth-stone, com
pelted to endure in silence the Imperti
nence of grand-children and the lower
ing looks and covert grumblings of chil-
wisu they were well out of the way.
A touching instance which was recently
re,ated 10 us ha9 made us thlnk aKaln
wuat we "ave OIen mugUD oeiore,
that il ls inexcusable folly in parents to
deed awav the shelter that the thrift
and economy of their younger days has
provided for their declining years, even
to the best beloved and kindest child.
An old man and his wife each having
passed their eightieth birthday, and
drawn several from the ninth decade of
their existence, lived upon a quiet but
more helpless still by a shock of paraly
8is- and tl,e wife la too feeble to depend
UPOn tO Stay alone With him. The
children are appealed to; some are un
able and some unwilling to return to
the home place to look after the parents
and smooth their rapidly declining path
to the great beyond, but one offers to do
so in case the homestead is deeded to
him. The old people, utterly helpless
physically, proceed to render themselves
in the same condition .financially, and
the shelter that was to keep off the
storms of the few winters that remained
to them was henceforth to be one, if not
01 cnaruy-oi sunerence. a lew montus
sufficed to convince them of this, and
unable to endure it, the mother, feeble
89 euo was. set out on foot to return to
"er old home, now her son's, walking
weary mues to accompnsn me journey,
But. most revolting of all comes tho dis
graceful story in the papers that the
son had beaten the aged and paralytic
father severely, and had been fined five
dollars for the manly exercise.
That this is an extreme case let us be
thankful, but still let it serve as
it
should do as a warning to parents to
hold their own possessions until they
die. There never was a case of this
kind btit that parents had unbounded
love for and confidence in their children
or the transfer would never have been
made. That there are hundreds of cases
where such abuses would not follow
we know, but it is scarcely possible for
there to be ever one where the parents
wUl jeej 8Q serene,y COUSCIOU9 f pos
sessing a home, and the independence
ana liberty mat it brings alter the trans
fer is made.
jf anathemaB would avai, aueh ,
I 1
grates should be followed with them ; if
curses, the ghost of King Lear might be
invoked to hurl them unon their heads.
But these things, nor indeed anything
else, will better the condition of affairs
after the fatal deed is executed, thougl
it is some consolation to reflect that
children who are thus "disnatured tor
ment" to their -own parents will, may
llnP learn when age has sethis signet
on their brows, how
" Sharper thana serpent's tooth It is
To uave a thankless child."
i -nv. a , . ., .
-Tamers uuu inuiuers, maKeyour will
and have it duly witnessed and signed
sivlnir vour nossessions to vour chililren
after you have need of food and raimen
and shelter no more; but while your
earth-life continues, keep the title deed
to the homestead in your own name.
Thus you may, compel the respectful
consideration of your grand-children
or their departure from your house; the
care and attention of your children or
the obloquy which the care of strangers
would throw upon them and a peaceful
hearth-stone and quiet home pleasures
for your closing years. Keep the home-
stead. You will not perhaps need it
long, but you never needed it so much
as now. Keep it, and there will always
bo one spot where your welcome will
not be worn out, and which your chll
dren and children's children will de
light to call "home," because "father
and mother" are there, "Master and
Mistress of the Manse."
Men. and slllv women as well, dwell
Wi.h deliriit unon the weakness of
WOmen, hut earnest and conscientious
women knQw that ag loQg a3,.women
are Weak men wn be wlcked and
that woman's weakness is the cause of
all her ins- Hence the eflort to arouse
her l0 tbe knowledge of her own
strpnirfh? In Hlf nillttonHnn rtf mnral
strength and the demand for political
1 strengtn
TO THE P0I1JT.
In the discussions pro and con upon
the question of Woman Suffrage, much
Is said that is irrelevant, much that is
absurd, and much tbat is pungent and
well-timed. Of the first, most is heard
n the shape of "objections," so-called,
made by opposers of what they regard
as innovation, aud the replies and refu
tations that these call oat from advo
cates of the measure. Of the second are
arguments concerning sphere aud dis
quisitions upon woman's duties, and of
the third is the logic unanswerable as
pungent with which the advocates of
qual rights strengthen aud render im
pregnable their position. An illustra
tion of this last is found in tho follow
ing sensibly expressed Ideas :
A good deal of time is wasted in the utterly
Irrelevant discussion, whether suffrage is a
natural right or not ? Suffrage ls a modern in
vention; hardly, in Its present scope, more
than a hnndrcd years old, and not much more
than twice as old as the right to ride in rail
road cars. If voting is not a natural right, it is
because voting was never heard of in a stale of
nature. All that is necessary to show is, that
the right, whether natural or conventional, or
by whatever name it ls called, is equal in worn
an and man. The proper way to put it ls, that
the woman has a natural right to equality in
the use of the means and weapons of govern
ment, under whatever government, and what
ever processes are employed.
The military argument, as frequently
advanced by our opponents, is thus dis
posed of by the same writer:
A good deal of time ls also wasted In reply
ing to the absurd pretext that men alone must
vole, because men alone can defend the gov
ernment in time of war. Where did this no
tion come from ? I don't believe it is possible
to find, In any constitution, law, treatise on
government, or anything else, a paragraph
from any respectable source which connects
the rights of suffrage with the duty of bearin
arms; if there is any, I have never seen 1U In
proof of fact, during the late war, our soldiers
In camp, the men who bore the brunt of the
war, were not allowed to vote, while the stay
at-homes were, and the people refused to alter
the Constitution so that their votes could be
taken as the votes of soldiers of other States
were taken.
According to this, Massachusetts the
State referred to was at theuanie time
disfranchising one portion of her citi
zens because they could not or did not
fight, and another because they could
and did. Let this fact, aud the incon
sistency that it reveals, forever silence
the tongues and stay the pens of those
who delight to deliver argument aud
essay from the text, "If women vote
they must fight."
We hope that some of our brethren of
the press who never notice woman's en
franchisement but to sneer at and ridi
cule it, will take the above extracts.
which emanated from the brain of a
man who was not afraid to give others
an equal chance with himself for fear
they would outrun him as he passed
swiftly up the way, and refute their
clear, puugent, and "concise propositions
if they can. Let us hear from you
brethren.
THE EE0EPTI01T.
rue beuatoriai sub-committee on
privileges aud electious, deployed by
the United States government to recon
noiter the political situation in Oregon
that haply they may unearth and puu
ish a system of fraud in buying votes
for Senatorial emoluments, a system
which is nothing uew under the sun
the investigation ot wliicn will end in
nothing but whitewash, will doubtless
accomplish much good for Oregon in
the way of attracting the attention of
the average member of Congress to her
vast wealth of undeveloped resources
which only need the completion of a
railroad to place her in active competl
tion with the rest of mankind.
With this idea mainly in view, the
Board of Trade of this city tendered th
investigating committee a public recep
tion oil Monday evening, which was i
every way a brilliant success. Not less
than eight hundred persons were pre
sented to tbe distinguished visitors dur
ing the evening. Following the intro'
ductory exercises was an address of wel
come by ex-Senator Corbett, to which
Senator Morton responded in an abl
and acceptable manner, after which
humorous speech from Judge Strong
put everybody in the humor for a good
supper. Ui tue music, decorations, sup
per, and ball we have only the space to
speak in highest terms of laudation.
The ladies of the Senatorial party,
Mrs. Morton and Mrs. McMillan, are
genial and unassuming, their modest
apparel being a silent yet eloquent re
buke to the extravagant display of some
of Portland's would-be ton.
We learn that it is the intention of
the party to visit all of the main points
of interest in tbe great Northwest when
the "whitewashing" is over, after which
they will be better enabled to represent
"these ends of the earth" at the great
governmental center than they could
otherwise hope to become. Oregon1
election frauds aro fast making tbe
State famous. "It's an ill wiud that
blows nobody any good."
THE FOURTH.
Independence Day, though extremely
quiet in this city, was ushered in by the
usual salute, and accompanied from
early morning till late at night by the
snap-snap-snappiug of fire-crackers, and
the display of bunting. Excursions to
various poiuts were well attended, tbe
eager exodus of the morning being fol
lowed in due course of time by the
weary return of the pleasure-seekers.
looking dejected enough to satisfy the
most patriotic. Tbe attendance at East
Portland park was large, and the pro
gramme there carried out to the gratifi
cation of all. Albany seemed to be the
second place of attraction, while Oregon
City, St. Joe, and Hilisboro claimed the
usual quota. Of course every one. af
firmed his enjoyment of the "celebra
tion," vowing inly the while that "next
Fourth he will stay at home." We for
got last week to wish our friends
pleasant day upon this grand occasion
and can only atone for it by hoping tbat
tbe day was pleasant, despite our negll
geuce.
DEATH PEOM MOEPHIA.
There is considerable excitement in
the neighborhood of Sublimity concern-
ng tbe death of Miss Alice Townsend,
young lady about seventeen years of
age. .Being somewhat indisposed, Dr.
McCauley, of Stayton, was called, who
administered a "soothing powder," from
the eflects of which she died in about
two hours. An inquest was held, and a
verdict returned to the effect that the
young lady had died soon after taking
morphine administered by the above
named physician, but tbat the jury
were unable to decide whether her
death was attributable to this or to con
gestive chills of which she was suffer
ing. The body was buried, but was sub-
equently exhumed for chemical exam
nation of the stomach.
It seems that Miss Townsend, while
n attendance at the Pioneers' He-union,
the week before last, caught a severe
cold, which culminated in something
ike a congestive chill. She was at
tended in her illness by Dr. McCauley,
who administered some powders con
taining quinine and calomel, which had
ine euect to relieve ner, anu sue ap
peared on the Sunday following (the
day of her death) as well as ever.
On the evening of that day, however,
Dr. McCauley, who was visiting pa.
tients in that neighborhood, was called
n to prescribe for a sister of the de'
ceased, who was quite unwell. After
administering to her wants, tbe Doctor
felt of the pulse of his former patient
and examined her tongue, and detected
symptoms of a recurrence of tbe chili.
He fixed up a powder similar in appear
ance to those given her before, but un
fortunately used morphine instead of
quinine.
The powder was administered about
10 o'clock Sunday night, much against
tbe will of tbe unfortunate girl, who de
clared she was well and did not need il,
A few moments after taking the fatal
draught she complained of feeling dizzy,
and of having au uncontrollable thirst,
which she vainly endeavored to quencl
with large draughts of water. About 11
o'clock she became calmly unconscious,
and her jjreathing more difficult, until
about half past 11, when her spirit took
its flight to the unseen world.
INVESTIGATE, THEN PE0N0UN0E
JUDGMENT.
"Westward the star of empire takes
its way;" yet the empire of Woman
Suffrage seems to go from west to east
First it was claimed by Utah, second by
Wyoming, and now Colorado, with all
her proud young vigor, is bearing aloft
the banner inscribed with equal rights,
and when October's holocaust "burns
gold and crimson over all the hills,"
and lights with mimic fiame her wooded
peaks and fertile valleys tbe bloodless
battle will be fought and won for free
dom. Massachusetts during the last quarter
of a century has bad exbaustless labor
and caro bestowed upon her in this di
rection, yet she plods along in the old
ruts, bumping nnd grumbling, yet not
possessing sufficient courage to mark
out a new path, always and in every
thing, except in mustering men to fight
her country's battles, making haste
slowly.
The first great aim of those conduct
ing the campaign in Colorado is to ob
tain for their cause a patient and dis
passionate hearing of the voters. This
done, they feel that they may abide the
result in perfect confidence. Men do
not wish to be unjust in this decision,
and, that they may not beso, women and
workers in that State ask them to lay
aside their prejudices and let their judg
ment aud seuse of justice speak at the
polls. Coercion, If it were possible,
would be undesirable in a matter of
such grave import. First, let prejudice
be laid aside; second, let the subject be
carefully weighed, and lastly, let the
ballot speak. Under these conditions
victory is assured.
JUST STEIOTUEES.
The editor of the Hilisboro Independ
ent has evidently been baptized of
courage lately, and speaks out against
an abuse of which we have often
spoken, in language that is both brave
and just. The examination of scandal
ous cases in open court attended by a
gaping crowd of lewd-minded men and
prurient boys is tbe cause of tbe just
outburst of indignation, and we hope
his scathing strictures upon a certain
case will cause the masculine inhab
itants of Cornelius who, as he says.
nearly all assembled to hearken to the
details of the dreadful wrongs of a wom
an who had appealed to the law for
redress, to blush for very shame. He
advocates tbe trial of scandalous cases
before the justice or judge, the parties,
their witnesses and counsel exclusively,
and says :
Such a law would also protect the woman,
whether Innocent or guilty, lrom the brazen
stare of hoodlums and the lewd ogling or
drunken men, as under the present system no
decent person, man or woman, can go into a
court, even if Innocent, and come out without
some loss of self-respect and the respect of his
neighbors.
Governor Robinson, of New York, has vetoed
a bill authorizing the election of women to
school offices. He says, "The God of Nature
has appointed different fields of labor, duty,
and usefulness lor the sexes." It is a good
thing to have a governor who Is in the counsels
of the "God of Nature," but we doubt if Sir.
Robinson can keep the women out of some of
the fields that men work in. Boston Globe.
This same governor, this worshiper of
"God and Nature," sees nothing incom
patible with the teachings of either In a
revolting crime against woman, but
pardons the criminal out of the peni
tentiary, securing thereby another vote.
If the women of New York State could
vote, they would remember at the next
election the man who thinks it would
degrade women to bold school offices,
but sees no crime In rape.
Ex-Governor Tilden and Cyrus Field
have deferred their European trip for
the present.
EDITOEIAL 00EEESP0NDEH0E.
Sear Readkks of the New Northwest:
One of tbe prettiest towns in ail the
country is Vancouver, on the Columbia,
place renowned in the earlier days of
Oregon Territory as being a trading post
and fort of much importance, and which
still holds its military station, though
the prestige of its military dignity has
departed, and the lovely Si wash no lon
ger captivates the sturdy army officer as
of yore. Instead of tho Indian dance
aud hunt and war song, tbe camas dig
ging and berry gathering of cloochmen
and thearrowmatchesof (enas tillicums;
instead of the wigwam and the smoked
salmom, the jerked venison and bark
canoes, you see a beautifully laid out
town, with neat white cottages and
buildings more pretentious, with
churches aud school-houses and stores
aud shops and offices of every descrip
tion abounding, while gardens and orch
ards flourish on every baud, and vines
and shade trees garnish almost every
dwelling. Vancouver is not a fast place,
iu a business sense, at least. It may be
as fast in its young Americans as larger
towns, and is quite as much an adept in
tobacco smoke and drunkenness as Port
land, making due allowance for the dif
ference in size; but its landlords are con
tent with reasonable rentals, and its
merchants with business that, if slow,
is sure. As this is the county seat,
there is a rush of business in tbe legal
and judicial line twice every year, and
the County Court holds its sessions reg
ularly, so there is paying business for a
few lawyers and tbe usual quota of
county officers.
Fort Vancouver. sits high and dry
upon the plain back of tbe town, and
here you may find one of the neatest
and best ordered government barracks
on the Pacific Coast. The Indians and
the old officers being gone, the present
incumbents are gentlemen in morals
and culture, and the town and its euvi
runs are as staid and orderly as any one
could wish them to be.
Here is the Vancouver Independent, a
weekly journal, edited by W. Byron Dan
iels and published by theDaniels broth
ers, which, as a country newspaper, is a
credit alike to the place and its ener
getic and gentlemanly proprietors. Mr.
Daniels, Sr., though yet in bis twen
ties, has been honored by a seat iu the
Territorial Legislature, whither he will
repair in the autumn, to do valiant ser
vice for the enfranchisement of woman
The public school, under the manage
ment of H. C. Leiser, Esq., has just
closed, as have also tbe Catholic schools
and Mrs. Nicholsou's musical acadetm
Rev. Mr. Stubbs, last yearof LaGrande
circuit of M. E. Conference, and now of
Vancouver, together with his intelli
geut wife, who is also a preacher of abil
ity aud zeal, is much beloved by his
pastorate, and there is strong hope that
he will be retained for another year.
Our friends, the Maxons, still carry on
business at tho old stand, surrounded by
peace aud plenty.
Hubert Daniels, formerly a Portland
schoolboy, and now a responsible "fain
Ily man," keeps a flourishing tin-ware
establisumeut.
Judge Stewart, Captain Small wood
Hon. S. W. Brown, and their families
aud many other friends aud patrons of
our mission, greet the wanderer and
welcome her home again, aud we can
hardly realize that eighteen month
have elapsed since last we met tbe fa
miliar faces of all these old-time friends.
We do wonder if it intends raining all
summery It really seems like it. The
cherries, which load the trees almost to
breaking, are bursting open because of
the rain; vegetables are growing even
larger than is their wont, while the
wheat is falling down, the grass is waist
high, and dog-fennal and roses run riot
everywhere. You' get as wet by walk'
ing in the gardens as you would
by
swimming the Columbia; but the air
as pure and sweet as the breath
is
"Araby the blest," and you draw near
the cheerful fire and thank your stars
that the weather is not sultry, as in 111
nols, nor dusty, as in California. But
it's too rainy, aud the undersigned is too
lazy for lectures, so we visit aud attend
to business between showers, aud cuddle
down in Mrs. Daniels' easy chair when
tired, where we talk over old times in
Yamhill, and cogitate upon the muta
tions of life till dinner time.
Thus the days go on till Saturday.
Many friends patronize the People's Pa-
per and buy "David and Anna" for
their libraries. At one v. 31. we begi
to look for the O. S. N. Co.'s steamer
from the Cascades. It is half-past five
when her whistle blows. We bid friends
good-bye anil go aboard the snug packet
"Vancouver" to await the "Oneonta's'
mooring, while a crowd goes ashore be'
hind a bevy of deserters in manacles
who are being taken to the fort to re
ceive trial, sentence, and punishmen
for attempting to elude the vigilance
army discipline and escape the monot
ony of "soldiering."
Back water from the Columbia gorges
the Willamette at its mouth and fills
the land with Innumerable bayous,
through which cattle wade and swim
while the good steamer plows her way
along the tangled verdure beside Sau
vie's Island, through a winding laby
rinth of passive waters, 'as sheeny as
sea of glass.
It is eight P. ll. when we reach home,
tired and hungry, but content. The
journey has been pleasant and profita
ble, in spite of the rain, and we have
had much evidence that our mission
constantly gaining ground amnug th
thinking, intelligent denizens of tbe lit
tie white city on the verdant, slopi
hill-side that long ago boasted its habi
tations while yet the city of Portlaud
was not thought of. A. J. D,
Portland, July 2, 1877.
James E. Chapman, whose wife aud
four little cbiidren are in an extreme
destitute condition in Medina, Medit
county, Ohio, is wanted. One child
nearly blind aud one a cripple, and all
are suffering for tbe necessaries of life.
Come, protector, step to the front with
supplies lor tne wne ana names.
WOEK OP THE BAPTIST ASSOCIA
TION.
To the Editor op the New Northwest:
A bit of ecclesiastical notes and news
suggested to my mind as a topic
bich may not be uninteresting to some
of your many readers.
I have just returned from a three
days' session of the "Willumette Bap
tist Association," which met at Oregon
City, and a few days previous to that to
similar one of the "Central," which
met at South Yamhill. Baptist Churches
are independent in their government;
each church is its own executive, ac
knowledging no judiciary power above
that of its own common membership,
History records' that the framers of the
Republican principles which underlie
this government borrowed them from
Roger Williams' Baptist Church.
Associations are formed of the churches
for co-operative purposes, each of which
nas a separate constitution; out as
these associations are tbe property of
the churches, their constitutions must
not supersede, or in any way conflict,
with those of the churches.
For reasons of a local nature we have
n Oregon and the borders of Washing
ton Territory seven Baptist Associa
tions whose government, like the Con'
stitution of the United States, is correct
theory, yet has been woefully lame
practice. As far as my knowledge
extends, only a single decade has passed
since the women of Baptist Churches
and Associations were but little more
than nominals. All the business of
these bodies was done by men; all offi
ces filled and the duties performed ex
ciusiveiy by men. The ouiy use for
women at such meetings as I have just
attended was to cook and spread the
sumptuous dinners for the "officiating
brotherhood.
I remember of questioning a number
of prominent Baptists shortly after my
coming to tbe State, concerning the in
consistency of the practice of Baptist
Churches. Some replied, "We had not
thought of such a thing." Others,
Your suggestion is in accordance with
our constitution, but we doubt the expe
diency of the practice."
But the great tidal wave of womau's
equality in all the departments of hu
man life and labor has been beating
upon society, and its power and influ
ence is felt in no portion of society more
than in our ecclesiastic organizations.
Only six years ago I was one of the first
two women delegates that acted in Bap
tist Associations in this State. Miss
Julia Johnson, one of the lady students
of the medical school at Salem, had an
appointment one year earlier, but was
not present. The following year three
churches were represented; the next
seven. The one just closed at Oregon
City, which is admitted to be tbe largest
and most intelligent body of Baptists
ever convened in the State, was repre'
sented and conducted equally by men
and women. This is true of ail th
seven Associations, except the "Cen
tral." Some two years sluce two lady
delegates were sent to that body, but
were not admitted to seats. This new
departure had the effect to stir up that
Association (which, by the way
largely made up of non-progressive Mis
sourians) to insert iu their constitution
the ever invidious word male. That
disgraceful act, which has threatened
general rupture of that body, was picked
up by our locals and inserted in ou
State papers as the sentiment of the
Baptist denomination of Oregon, which
mistake has not before been corrected.
At the recent meeting, I noticed in th
committee-room two men and one worn
an in private session preparing a report
on educatiou; in another part of tbe
room two women and one man prepar
ing a report on Sunday Schools, and an
other on resolutions. Wives were sum
moned from their pews and husband
sides to work for hours in the committee-room,
which thing we most heartily
endorsed and admired, yet all the while
wondering if many of these women were
placed In a jury-box beside men, or shut
up for a few hours with men in a jury
room to determine the fate of som
wronged mother or daughter, would it
not be regarded as an outrage upon so
ciety in general, and on their domestic
relations in particular?
The Rev. J. E. Baker and wife, from
California, were in attendance; he to
represent the Baptist Publication Soci
ety and general Sunday School work for
the Pacific Coast, and she to represent
the "Woman's Baptist Missionary So
ciety for Heathen Women." This so
ciety is exclusively for the poor out
raged and enslaved women of many na
tions where women are in position be
low the domestic animals, where such
is the rule of society that to be born
feminine is to be sealed to a lifetime of
slavery In its worst form cooped up for
man's uses and abuses only. The Chtis
tian women of America are alive to the
importance and duty of elevating tbe
moral and social conditions of these
women. Mrs. Baker is an estimable
Christian woman, possessed of a happy
faculty for the work lu which she is en
gaged, and conducts her meetings in the
mostintelligentand interesting manner.
She is the happy mother of seven chil
dren, the youngest less than three years
of age, all of whom she leaves in Cali
fornia; yet we hear no word of com
plaint from either tongue or pen of
"family neglect," or "ungrateful moth
erhood," because she Is engaged in a
good cause; besides, her children are
well cared for. But as for you, Mrs. D.,
with six children, the youngest eight,
and your humble servant, with seven
children, the babe nine years old
when we go from home as missionaries
to elevate our sex, morally, socially, and
politically, though our children are well
cared for, we are denounced as "ungrate
ful mothers," "free-lovers," and "her
etics." ' All Ignorance and prejudice is not in
heathen lands. In this Christian land
we are very much in need of that spirit
that will render houor to whom honor
is due, and justice to whom justice la
due. L.
LETTEE FEOMMAESHFIELD.
To the Editor op the New Northwest :
Your paper comes regularly to many
homes in this place and meets with a
general welcome. We seem almost out
of the world sometimes, and gladly
greet any news or token of life from tbe
great outside." The weatberbere this
season thus far has been cold and windy,
northwest breeze blowlncr most of the
time'. Many of us have, In consequence,
thought seriously of hunting a warmer
climate, where summers ara at least aB
warm as the winters.
Business on the bay is slack this sum
mer, compared with what it was last.
There are two schooners on the "ways,"
one at JNortn lieud, and the other here,
each workinc a few hands at reduced
wages. A general cry of "hard times,"
nd a depression on account of scarcity
of money exists.
There was, as I wroteyou before, quite
an exodus ot our population to the
Black Hills some months ago. Most of
these adventurers, though they hunted
faithfully, found no gold, and have re
turned aud settled themselves down,
Beemingly content to live as of old. A
number of vacant houses are to be found
in our little city, causing it to present
an appearance which we are often dis
-v . . .
posed to vote as "decidedly dull."
The
title of the town site is still in dispute,
Mr. Luse claiming tbe site and all im
provements. Uucertainty and litiga
tion tend to discourage tbe people and
keep back improvements. However,
our citizens are in general thriving and
industrious, and you know that thrift
aud industry wins in the loner run.
Very many friends would welcome Mrs.
Duniway to our secluded city, should
she again find courage to brave the fa
tigues of the journey and come hither.
The NEv Northwest, silent and un
obtrusive, yet powerful, is tbe only ad
vocate for the rights of women tbat ap
pears hereabouts now, and many of our
citizens hope during the present season
to hearken to the arguments of its senior
editor in support of the doctrines it so
valiantly advocates. N.
Marshfield, June IS, 1S77.
EEOENTEVENTS.
A riot is anticipated on the Erie Rail
road ou account of reduction of wages.
Eight hundred Mennonites arrived at
Philadelphia ou Saturday, from Russia,
immigrating to escape conscription.
Six Russian vessels at New York have
been transferred to American owners ou
account of apprehensions of Turkish
men-of-war.
Two colored men have been appointed
gaugers in Kentucky, being tbe first
colored men tbat have received appoint
ments of this character.
The monument in honor of the de
fenders of Port Moultrie was unveiled
on the 2Sth, the anniversary of the bat
tle. The military display was very fine.
One hundred and seventy men were
discharged from the New York Custom
house on Saturday. One hundred were
clerks, sixty inspectors, aud the re
mainder night watchmen.
In the annual ragetta between Yale
and Harvard on Saturday, Harvard
won by two lengths. It is estimated
that 23,000 persons witnessed the race.
Time, twenty-four minutes, four sec
onds. Lilian Ashwortb, an active leader of
woman's rights, and niece of John
Bright, married Thomas Hallett, pro
fessor of political economy, on the 28th
ult., at Bath, England, according to
Quaker forms. John and Jacob Bright
were preseut.
A delegation of South Carolina ne
groes are preparing to go to Washing
ton to insist upon the recognition of
their race In the distribution of Federal
offices in this State. Their grievances
are understood to be, not that colored
men have been ignored, as that colored
recipients of Federal offices have been
exclusively mulattoes, showing a preju
dice against black men, of whom tbeRe
publican party in South Carolina is al
most entirely composed.
FOREIGN NEWS.
All the monitors now on the Danube
are surrounded by torpedoes.
Telegrams to Paris assert Russian
losses were enormous at crossing the
Danube.
It Is reported that the Russians have
suspended operations against Kars iu
order to re-inforce the army fighting at
Sogbentl and Bayazid.
The Russian government having or
dered the purchase of 30,000 horses, Ger
many will issue a decree prohibiting
the "export of horses from the empire.
It is semi-officially stated tbat this
measure will be solely on the ground of
internal economy, aud not for political
purposes.
The IIerald'8 cable special says the
Turks are devastating a big portion of
Bulgaria for the purpose of preventing
the Russians from provisioning their
army. The harvest has been carried
off, the fruit trees have b'een felled, and
the torch has been applied to tbe large
grass plains. Everything that would
be of any use to an invading army has
been removed or destroyed, aud the
people are left in utter destitution. The
The Bulgarians will flock to the Rus
sian standard. They had as well die
fighting for their liberties like men as
to perish miserably of hunger in their
homes.
Governor Robinson, of New York,
recently pardoned a man from tbe State
prison who. was there incarcerated for
the crime of rape. The same papers
that reported the pardon reported also
the case of two "female shoplifters"
who had been attempting to steal a val
uable shawl, and were each sentenced to
the penitentiary for the term of fourand
a half years. Compare the two crimes
and decide iu your own mind which is
the more heinous of tbe two, and then
tell us honestly whether men "protect''
women.