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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1877)
s "" I RIDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1877. --' BT1 C ala will r-'aaaa UK aoUt-e Mial II to real la uau a to pay HfrtM charges apoAj tuatliua sod thaj will cooler a t,rMt mrur I F rBUlUB( IU MS Un BttO7 wa 1 . iaLr4.1 iMtlAra - ' . LAW THAT WJIOT-JCSTIOE. la. accordance with the apjrit of lb ags, His v Honor Judgs Bba.ttuck last vreek decided tbat fallible banu lit tbat would take children from a good mother and canal ga tbui to th ear of thriftless and druokso falhsr should bo eupplaolsd by a higher lav; wbleh nvoold nabla tbo motbe euder aueb circumstance l Claim ana now ur -blldran. Tbe oaao la wbleh lb UeeUloa wu ' rendered waVlbat of 8. B. Vaugba vl Clara Vaughn bla wlf, for th recov ery of tblr eb I Id ran, for some Ua lb aole custody of tbo Jailer. Tbo bus- Itaiiit It annaara haalna- Iltlart failed to provide for bla family, and being, bo . tide, drunk an and abusive, tbo wife, taking tba ehlldreo, left tboir reeldeoce im. "Ilf.tral. ant a ma ta Ihla aite. w lie re, sssisieu y oar laiuerj aue umm i for soms time takeo care of, educated, and provided for beraelf and them. New eonaee tbo good-for-nothing hue band and worthless father, and elalme tbe children 6 coons bo U their father, and, atranga to say, lawyer are found who will undertake to advocate bla uo- 1 I t . . 1.1L..M.I.. 1. Juet and abeurd elalme to bie children, In opposition to the elalme of the mnlhar hut for whons tlirr qrnut-f hs boon totally bereft. of love, care, and maintenance month ago. Doe any one suppose that suob a man wiehe the custody of bla children from motives of fatherly affection and solicitude T Oo tbo eontrary, la It not clear to every one that eucb claim la merely set up because that grave Imperfection, a human law made by men without taking counsel of HIV1IIVI W( . U M..MW. y. .... wwm fw- parlor claim la the control of offspring ". And further, la It not clear that sucb proaecutlon I brought beeauec this Is tbo most vulnerable point at which be attack: and wound a woman who, enable longer to endure the agony of a drunkard's wife, the destitution of a drunkard borne, fled from the place which hie foresworn promise bad a a a a. as 'dered Intolerable aa aa abiding-place Bisters, you tell u that you. have all the light you want; that the law arc good enough for you. Is It apathy or Selfishness that makes you totally indif ferent to the anguish of mother "heart," . h wuuvu u.i mm m u.i www, v the despair of mother a lovlnge yourselves, who fold their empty arms over breaking. heart her and there all over our land, beeauec no bumanejudge luierpoaea msrigoteoa Decision to prw - vent their children from being, torn ' from them by thl same law, wbleh give fathers, however worthless, supe rior alal m to mothers, however worthy? We have not always bad Judge Shat -tuck upon the beoou. We r..n.mlat wuto uia preuecaaaor,. uui liuiu, rendered' decision from tbat exalted 'Utlon. and w remember further of two little children by hi mandate takea from the ears of a kind and lov iua awiuff sua eTen ioi iuw wiw vur todyff the father, -who, following baalaee upon the river, was seldom at " borne, and never bad had an hour's care of tbem during tbelr lives. One night. vwfffi,nf wviam uuui. ui.h mm Iv.la u ...I imaIIiap . nil jli I H m m bitter nigh), and tbey were given sbel av i MS LI i L I.I I A divorce was allowed, and the children given to tbcatber-.Can yon Imagine a more pitiful sight than was furnished by this wronged woman, wstcblpg -around tbc block where hirelings kept Jealoaguard,' by order of the father, ever the children ehc bad borne In sor row and cared for In love, watching for - a giiBBpweot (do bwbj laoea iuii eurvugo all of thalr brief axlatanaa had baan. Matll Ma MAlha.1 -a. mMW MMn Iim nwa The Judge, you aay, should have ran - dered a Just decision, go aay we; and further, we aay the law which backed hi decision, perhaps, aa h thought, eompUd It, should not have placed It la hla tviafar tn ha an heartlalir antnal - T T- I 1 This la wr4netsd of affording protection to the defeneeleas, and meting out Jus tice, as all laws should do, but Increase the power of the- only clase who- need the restraining force -of law the un scrupulous aud the vindictive. A far aa gooa men are concerneo, u is a aeaq letter, ana to uaJ men it la a bulwark or eirangin. All honor to Judge Bbattuek; for whether be will be able to make bis first decision permanent (a new trial being la proe reae at the time of thle writing), or be compelled to revere It, bla first Judgment In the premises show tbat In bis heart be doe not uphold In i - " - "J w.p ImllAL ft fir alnt at t-ann aaa when aanctloned by lawx ' ' vino the above was written, tb Judge has rendered a decision giving the , oldest of the three children, aged eight years, to tb father, and tbc . two younger, aged respectively sis and four ' vaara A I ti ' 1 ii i ... . Thr will be a grove meetlug at New Era oa the last Saturday and BuuJay ol the present month. A number of prom inent speaker have been Invited to par ticipate, and tb general hospitality for which the people of that thriving vil lage and vicinity la noted Insures a Walathaaa ftjk a ft hi -lUnil ' VAmSP"9VHBlaaHaas Un. Deal way started for Eastern Oregon Monday. If tbc weather I favorable she will remain la tbat esc tloa nnUI about tbc first of December, vUlUog Baker City, LaOrande, Union, Fsadletoa, aad minor point In 'that great wooder-land. ' 1. PL1ISJT0SD3. -' A friend, commeotlng upon so edi torial In our laat-iasUe tut ou beaded t'-auaee not Occult," write: "IMaln, pointed, and aearcblng loachiug upon Ihla subjsct I more needed than Upon any other. It Is bard to aay too much, if Mi(t Judiciously.''-This WC baV long felt, and many time have attempted to lay tba great facta therein bint I at bare before tbo public, but aa uiauy times have we turned from the laak or duty, fooling thai the groiiud was u toady because bakn with prejudloe throughout Its entire boundaries, and fwellug further tbat to Utter judiciously aud with suffleleot plslnneaa, so that wo could not be misunderstood, truths tbat arc as unpalatable to persona who live la violation of tbem, a tbej are vital to tbo welfare of the human race, le a. tliaukleas. If not a bopeleae task. That wotpau's subordination lu the great realm of materulty la not euly a personal outrage npoo herself that robs bsr ehsck of Its bloom and her step of it buoyancy ofteu before the confine of youth are passed, but a doubl outrsge upon tbo ehlldreo whose birth-wall Is soy thing but aha mulo that It should be to maternal ears, Is too. well known to admit of reaeooabie dispute. No wonder tbat the regeneration of a badly organised, discordant race le a slow and, at best, a doubtful process, when care concerning their proper generation In the first place leeoentlrely Ignored tbat their very existence le attributable to what 1 considered sad mlacbanec It I beeauae thla principle le so flagrantly violated that Infanticide, gory with the blood of unborn Innocent, rolls up It yearly-Increasing statistics, and, rJoh leg In the gboulieh task, spreads them before a shuddering world. It I In vala to censure mother, to decry fashion, and deplore the follies of the age. .En forced maternity and subjugated moth erhood will continue to bear this ghastly fruit, deaf to the command, "Thou sbalt not kilL" Umpires In lb la realm moth er should be, and until tbey arc eo en throned, the cvlla tbat afflict the hu man family will multiply and grow, and live begotten In disgust or apathy or revulsion will be quenched by dlsna tared crime whenever desperate moth era can And mean for It accomplish ment. .;- ; Fathers, husbands, tbe remedy for this fearful crime I with yen. . The dire responsibility you cannot shirk. Let rn-lcalighloood Hodgment,oot blind ami I nn reasoning passion, be your guide, and, taking counsel of its teachings, right the wroogs la this domain, and Jhe children born to you will have cause to call you blessed. Thee are plain words, pity for the suffering, charity for the tbougbtleea, and hope for tbc enlight enment of the Ignorant, we submit tbm to the candid. - TEE DEFEAT IV COLOEADO. We arc stilt unable le gi ve the details Jof the Colorado election In so'JaraJ they ' affected Woman -Suffrage,' and only know that It was 'defeated by-id W ' t Jfenryl I ' TDiacaweii, wuo, logemer wiiuoiuer ehariplons of tbc righteous cause, la bored in tbat State for several ' weeks prior to tbc election, gives a summary of tbc eatiaee tha tled to defeat, and olasslflsc the voter who said "nay" In L very -comprehenaive manner.' First of those Is mentioned the large num bers of men of foreign birth, drawn thitherward by the mines of Colorado, who brought with thsm and cling tena ciously le the antiquated European ideas concerning the subordination of women, very many of whom uaed the votes thsy owed to American magna nimity to deny suffrage to. American women. Of the colored population, es pecially In Denver and other large towns, It Is reckoned tbat about five per cent, are Intelligent and educated; these voted 'aye;" the remaining nlneiy-flve per cent, "nay." Of tbc Oermana, the educated voted and worked In favor of Woman Suffrage, but the majority went against It. The saloon Interest all. over the State wae thor oughly alarmed and Irritated by the "Murphy", temperance revival, and. In every town and mining camp rallied tbelr friends aad customer against us. This element In a commualty composed largely of nomarrled men I strong. Catholic. roarahJiJwJlillee4y boeuf, and Protestants, equally bigoted, led by Uev. Bliss, of Denver, were mas tered la considerable numbers, and voted solid against na. Bsveral thou and Msxlcsus, most of whom can asllher read, nor write, nor speak our language, man who plow with a forked stick, and treat their women a servant, voted I cording to iostructloos from the priests. There I a Isrg class of ma who, de prived of the society of . respectable women, frequent bouses of prostitution which Infest the towns, and these bave to a man a dread lest "bad women should go to the polls.' Add to those a class of voter who age rang from twenty-one to twenty- five, wbo think that "women do not know enough to vote," and other who arwll meaning, but too timid to ex press an oplulou ss opposed to tbc ma jority, and w bav tb element com piste tbat defeated Worosnjqffrtg jaJtPUin . hi pistol. The-marsharal one wb has given a slight alteuUoo to the matUr will agree tbat this sslimats I fair. f.tirsms onn meet, we ar told, aad thl I certainly the esse as regard th character and standing of men wbo arc opposed to Woman Suffrage. Mia istsrs and debaachee are often of the mlad ea thla point; though, of th former, many ar now foua.f who be lieve la Woman Suffrage, while of the latter, to a man, they oppoee It. ) Aa attempt was made In the Wash ington Territory House of Representa tive week before. Jest to repeal th law relative to disposing of liquor to minora. It Was defeated by a vote of seventeen to alavan i capital rrnraHMiyr. The abolition of capital punishment Is Just now occupying some thought in Washington Territory, probably because the session of the Legislature followed so closely upon the first execution of the death seotcnee within its Jurisdic tion. The nature of puniabment In flicted for crime aud the spirit In which it is Inflicted are characteristic of an age." Tid aiauklnd baud dorn to pos terity no other reoordjban that of their eajmee and the punlabnienta I u dieted therefor, fair inference from thl alone might be drawn of the comparative en lightenment of eauh occeeding age. The nature of crime le the eaiue in all age, iaud progress that nations may bop to make le not so much In the na ture as In the prevalence of crime. There may be nothing In the,character of a' criminal tbat eutitlae bim to a milder form of, puulehin tha,a the death penalty, but there is something In the enlightenment of the people that entitles and impels them te a more hu mane vindication of their rights. The moral law Is not strengthened by being violated In Its own vindication. Tram pling upon the lawe of order Dial disor derly persona may be punished defeats the very end hoped for. Io Inflicting capital puuishmeut, the laws of moral ity and humanity arc at one stroke out raged and avenged. Bach punishment Is an over-sealou and mistaken vindi cation of tbc laws of right. There le something repulsive In the Idea, from which tbo best men turn In disgust, and something In the spectacle to which the worst cling with a sort of morbid satis faction. It violate tb fluer feeling of the hast-me andrritatec the baaest feeling, of th worst.. Its tendency I rather to arous feelings of opposition lo tb law than of respect for the law. The feelinge of men have eo grown away from thle repulsive barbarism tbat in many place It is diflAult to And Juries who will eoovlct even upon suffl eleot evidence, since to find a prisoner guilty Implies tb death penalty, which le contrary to their eouvictloue of right. Many guilty person thus escape all punishment, and the question that pre sents Itself is whether it Is not better to make the law and the peualty of its vio lation so conform to enlightened senti ment Ihst men need have no fear of convicllug a crimioal upon aufflelenl evidence. . We are told somstlmes Ifaat Jl Js a feeble and reprehensible sentiment that seeks to mitigate the rigors of Justly merited punishment; but If this Innate repulsion, experienced Inetantly and In voluntarily when tbc records of an exc cutlon are read, savor of sickly sen tl ;eataTttyfboTrW P"7i nierey, and humanity repre hensible Old records which tell of hangings for tboftaad forgery create nOTJosefluoral principle that allows them a-greater feeling of repulsion lu the light of the present than will our crimi nal records telling of the black cap, tbc last protest, the adjustment of the fatal noose, tbo eprioring of the faUtOrsp, Uhofitorl!ops Llh vlcUibjth cut- M"f ',ow,, mud Onlu t process, all of 'bBbIv lavh At. ata. an. taut. a J....1L..I A .1 w uivu nn tu wiuuhij Uwninovu mh mi .-.a ;.K----a.-ri--SKr-.. a-w.j vanvtivu) VIVfilv m ,UI tit- tore, when this barbarism of "a life for a life" shall be outgrown. - Crime of far greater magnitude than murder are passed over by paltry floe r temporary Imprisonment. Tb law approve" and public sentiment does not condemn, and tb feeling 1 fast gaining ground that If .men must err It were far better to err upon the side of mercy. ' THOSE PETITIOHS. As tb time goes by, and on after another trial for equal right is made In separata Slate, and I as oftsn defeated, It becomes mere and more evident that the Sixteenth Amendment plan I th sursst, speediest, and most fesslbls on by which suffrage can be sec a red t women of the natioowJiere, indeed. Is "Work Tor Everybody," apdagala we urge the necessity for nMmpt and ener getle action In securing name to the Bixtsenth AmsfJuroent petitions. Call ar frequently made upon ss for blauks by those who are willing to circulate These we cannot supply; and refer all applicants to Mr. H. A. Lough ary, Amity. All of our patron can, however, im pro vis Llaoks for them selves, aud so loss no Mm, by culling out (ht WAtdi a! IKa AaIIIIam MKUt. . I - - .-...w -"'v.n.nr4.,.an-. i - west, aod past th sams at th top of a sheet of foolscap. -Women arc well known to exosl la thrift and Ingenuity whea tbey once resolve to work, aad If Just such materials a tbey would Ilk to have arc not available, they usually gat aloog successfully without thsm It le the aisoaiuiee thai aoi, auu w want vry on that can be secured Time passes, and OrSgoo, fourth la line last wlttUrln,lhls work, should not al low bsrself to be outdone Ibis year. ' A dispatch dated Uklab, California, October 30th, say: "Mr. Belle Lynch, editress of the J)ijate was knocked down and beaten 6n the aidewalk I front of the telegraph offlos at noon to day by T. H. Carotbsrs. Mr. Stafford attempted to Interfere, add was told to keep away or be would be shot, Carotb srs st the sams tlm drawing and sx once arrested Carolhers, who entered a plea of not guilty. A ury trial was de manded; trial eel for Monday.' Ib tense exclument prevail. . It I 'thought shoot log will result before night. Aa article In the Dispatch In relation to Mrs. Carol ber waa tb cause of the at tack." Tbl,lady has a! way been cp- nosed lowoanan'a rlehta" an.1 arlll doutitTsa Uk. ber drubbing meekly.' Mr. C M. Foltg dsllvered a Wtare at Sauta CUra, California, aa the evea- Ing of the Hh inaC. which U highly apokea of by a cor res poa dent from that city. We "endorse the esntlment ex pressed by thlseorrespoodeat, who aay: "With careful study bJ dsstlaed Ifl good Ume." ' If EDICIJE AID MOBALITT. i If there is one profession more than another ttist should demand of those who practice It pure minds aud clean bodies, that certainly' la the medical profession; and good women who hold womanly purity above price, and their oB hfxUas as sacred trusts, which H 1 their first duty to preserve nude A led, should sbun'tbe very presence la tbelr sick chambers of libertines and debauch era, worshipers at the shrine f Baochuc and of Venue, men who disgrace the science of medicine' by appending or prefixing sfmrious aad bigh-aouu'dlng abbuvialiooa lo their iiamea. -Womeo, Is It possible that you need to be told that a maa who Is a habitual frequenter of ealoooa, whoss breath Is reeking with lite foulest fuius of tb vilest whisky, whoso appesranee even s b walka tb streets I that of a man w bo Is not druuk, fur ao a mount of even modern tangle-foot can quite destroy hi equilibrium but full f Is It possible, w ssy, that you oeed to he told tbat sucb a man is totally unlit to confide lu as you must confide lu a physician f Is not blsjrery preseuce pollullou ? Adroit smouth-ogueil, full of fulsome oouipli menu, promptsd by bad whisky aud worse principles, hs goee from the sa loon, carry lug its vile odois into the sa cred privacy of your bed-chambers, and prescribing quack nostrum that per chance may afford you temporary relief, be blee him back to the saloon, to for tify bimaelf for another VSafl, laughing to himself meanwhile over your gul libility. ji Wbsf, though he' may engage In a drunken brawl, and with more Ine briate energy than medicalskUI, make sppUoatloa of a bottle, which be bad previously draloed, to the skull of an antagonist f . A compromise may be ef fected, so tbat be may escape open trial la the police court, and ho be on band lor bis morning call with aa much suavity aa though tils language was at aU times the moat correct, and hie ak III with bottles uuqueationed. It may be Impossible to shut your door upon all Inebriate, for, God pity you, tba-prlvlleged nlgbt-key may ad mit thsm; but, womeu.you csnsbut tb door, and that with an emphatic motion that will make the bolt fly in the face or a maa who comes to you in th guise of a physlclaa, reeking with drink, and contaminated by kindred associations. Ill aabame to "th afflicted," so targe a proportion of whom ar women, that sucb a man can boast of bis hundreds of patisoU, even though hi medical skill aad education, were unquestioned.- But when these have un guarantee better than b l o vn.. wt-lZSlSBZ. aoagesTTt I mors than a shame; it Is an outrage upon common morality. iVecaa only excuse women for the lax- to employ as a physician a social leper, with whom they would not think of as sociating lu any other relation, on the ground of tbelr manifold physical uf feflnga-and ibelr enervating tendencies, and we bave thus spoken to them boldly because conscience will not allow us to pass In eilence so. great an avil so fla grant aT'disgrseei .and,-glancing vover wbst we bave written, we hope at least tbat we bave not "strtvso In vain to aet tbie evil forth." A WOETHTEXAMPLE It Is quite refreshing to And men who are not only In sympathy with qual right, but are not afraid nor yet achamed to let their principles b know ven in their buslosss. An tell us of a prominent business firm of Mllwaukls, Wisconsin, Denrnah 4 Co., woe piiot the folloj(Hig on one corner of the envetonaeussd by them. The dectaratlinnthe sams as the one used by tbaVoman'a Right Association of Fmcucc: Woman is Jmld potHtcally to liave no exlal- Dra. - - fvlllH, she to a minor. -la sftariiace, she to a serf. 4a labor, sue is made inferior, and rubbed ot brraarnlngt. . in publis InsirurHna, ah to nrrlfloed to aa. v " On! of marrlacs, she snawen to tbe laulu eommlllad br both. r Ai a mother, abt to drprhred ol berriybt to ber children. Kb to only deemed equallj rvtponalblo, In- tolllenl, and anawerabto la lases aad Crimea. . It would certaiuly aeem that facts so leafly dsroonstrabls ss the would h - -r -. m ju.uc. however latent, tbat exist In any hu man soul, while tbe example of these men In thu using tbelr buaioea facili ties for scattering theee truth broadcast as far a their nam and influence ex tend should suss many men w wot of, wbo are and bave for year been pro- tsd wfrragiU, to regard thtir cow- ordly rNMitlon on' th question with ham aud confusion of face. W com mend the above plaa to tboss wno hon estly desirs to aid la tb establishment of equal rlcht. knd to whom thl thought ha osvsr before occurred. 1 Elliabeth Cady SUutoo furnish tb Ballot-Bo with a list, collected In one week, of bequests mad by women for tb support of cbarches and mlulstsrs and th bullilina of narsonaee. whleh amouuta'to" liw.OOO, and aay by way of comrasDt: "la my awspaprreaJ-l tngtuTn wT Bnd lJOO.QOO gla by woman to cburcbe aod collsgsa, whll lb am paper herald tb gross est lasnlu t those L ear act aakloc for aa equal reeof nllion of their rlgbu In these Institution. How eaa w cul tivate tbe Virtus of self-respect la wom an t AU ever th eouatry yo find wom en etral alag every aerve te build ap cborcbea, aod tb clergy la turn at raid ing every aerve lo keep womea la ub Jeetlen. Now, to my mind, to bu I Id- Nog ap of tru womanhood I a more Important work la every community than church, prleat, or parsonage. Facts like these are curdy sofflcleot aod sulti- Isatly plaia to eaese even apathy to Urt from ber Igaobl repoee, aad kta die laU a aearcblng Inquiry la tbc mind of Intelligent women." ' I ' OTTE'VASEIIOTOI LETTEB. To eu Entroa or vas New NoBTawasT I Waahlngloa Is now putting on It best attire to welcome Congress. Our bouse-keeper on every band ar busied seeking their lodger and preparing (or tba harvest which' follow lb recess. At la a col leg town, to which vacation briugtan entire subsidence of business and disappearance of everything which gave life aud bustle 4 tb, 'streets, and tbe opsitTog of the sesaioo gives auluia- tion everywhere, so in Washington Adjournment narrows us down to tbe purely local affairs f our city, while the re-asssmbtlog of Cougre lufui life luto every channel of business. The Capitol baa been thoroughly renovated throughout, and even tbe Supreme" Coort-roooi, where the vandal house cleaner hardly darrs Venture with more than a brush and broom, has been"re- carpeted,"t1l"nrt time lor many years Bright new carpel hav been put ddwn In tb House, aud, with the, free us of paiot aud polish, presents a real fresh and. tidy appearauoe.' Its system of veutllation ha been wholly remodeled, aud the experimental test lead tb en glueei lo think they hav overcome all former illfllcultUa euoouotered In re moving lb vitiated air which quickly In the peat rendered the House chamber foul and nnbeaitby. Fresh air can now be forced iuto every part of tbe ball; from tbe chair of the member to tbe celling. A large air conduit baa been made from the beatiog-rooma the basement to tbe outside of the large terrace at tbe foot of tbe west fiOnl of the Capitol, and by this means pure air on It will be loroed Into tho-butidmav The supply of air last winter flowed luto tbe beating-room over mouldy debri and rsfuse, and took with It such vapor a damp, dark walls emitted. But new It comes fresh from the beautiful ground of th Cspllol front, sud will be aa pur a Congressional tobacco. whisky, and hydrogen of attenuated trains will permit. The. hand of the architect and landscape gardener ap pears ou every ld Id the Capitol ground. New warks bav been paved and walled with variegated stones, th terrace bav been trimmed with -re newed sodding, and th universal living green encircling tbe Capitol, so strongly in contrast witn the past, Is indeed re freshing. A fw year ago tb Capitol grounds were without beauty or attrao- tlon.-The north and south front wer covered with building debris, while the east and west front' were fllledwlth huge tree, arranged without system, and completely biding tb CspltpUsx - eejiJhe-lomr4rowrthe spectator, un l?!LAt-lti. JUifJ lis Xow..aU tb tree bave been removed, savs an occa sional one, whose presence doe not ob struct the view from tbe d I its nee. The east front has been graded down om twelve feet,-two whole squares bav been added by purchase, and tbc build inga sold aud removed, costfy lamps and status erected, and everything dpu thartasl Could suggest to' ulaksjlwhat It hould he, a "fit urrouudlng for th national Capitol. f Tbo-city-t lowlir flllloc ud with member aud Visitors, aod -a few day more will doubtless find us a Intent eavlng the country by windy speeches andJobby lafltreoce as verfitb past. Tb excltemcut at preaetflcentsrs upon the Speaker of thoHousci and we are greeted by acjffrge and counter charge by the Interested, add all the slnoosltles o W-rolllor and wlre-Dulllo. Mr. ndall aeeme deetlned for the liBDor- tant position, a th opposing Influence now appear unabl to concentrate their vote upon on man agaiast blm.11 le a aiogularly ahrewd diplomat, and for year has playsd an Important part in l :o tigress, inougn possessing none of the arte and grace of ao orator by4 'which masse of men could be led and controlled, aa with Henry Clay, yet bie coolness and adrbltoe servs tb sams purpose, and b has been aa.mucb leader of bl party as Thad Stevens, whom Randall resembles In several personal characteristics. He will win, If at all, by sheer force of will and men tal power. To, Mr. Thompson Is con ceded re-eleetiea aa sergesut-st-srms; bene littl general Interest isexbiblted for the House office beyond tbat of Speaker.'. When Congress convened in 1870 our city waa overrun- with off! Vg1-', litnrOTTrrTTtnTTiin"iT7 and a mor hungry, anxious crowd never' was seen hsuatiug a soup booae or charity Ubl than these seekers aflr govern mentis p. Yst thl year ho sucb crowd I here, and we are entering upon the session with a freedom from them that lead many to think starvation has ssved the country from their futnrs Importunity. v - Felix. Waahlogton, D. C, October IS, la77. Susan B. Anthony lectured at Toledo, Ohio, on tb 7lh of September, on "The Working Man and bis Strikes." An Immense aiidlenoe greeted ber, and bundrede were unable to gain admit tance. Her address, which waa warmly aod frequently applauded, waa closed wltbaa appeal to the working men of tbe country te etiike band with tbe Woman Suffrage advocates, and tbe great' battle would be fought and won an aiiroad and lasttog baae, that would result la the elevation of our common humanity. She baa since been doing campaign duty la Colorado, and write tbat tb bracing air of that State bave bad aa lavlgoratiag affect oa bet health, from wbleh b hope to derlv permanent benefit. . Tbe Manchester Guardian say -that eoe of lb oddest defence vsr mad by a prisoner was offered bfortb Laa easier magistral by a woman named Seward, wbo bad attacked ber baebaad with a poker, aa be lay la bed, and fractured bl Jaw In three place. Mrs. Seward pleaded that abe beat bim tbo to get bim under tbe doctor ante, a be waa killing blmsslf wltb raw whisky. She waa committed for trial at tb aa alt. ' "BECEST ETEIT8. Cliutonvlll, New York, I devastated with small-pox. Th Vatican Is reported to be plotting a proalaasalioa of tbe temporal power of the church. . Tbe , i Woodruff scientific expedition arooad the world will iut depart be fore June I, 1878. ,. It I stated that Hi President liss id If CVNigree pa ears lit bill repealing the resumption act h will veto It. Joos,ef Nevada, lu'troducod bie long- Ulked-of silver bill on Tuesdsy. It was referred to the fluauoe commillee. The troops' etatloned at Mauncb Chunk since the rtoleihav left, tbelr presensf v tt -r: - - - veiug ouusiuervu oo iviiger uecessary. Th board to examine the Washing ton moMumeot will report that the monument may be aafsly completed certain appropriation Is mado to secure the fouudatiou. . . ... A fire in l'ortland, New Bruuewick on the iAHh, destroyed 230 wooden bouses, aitd over 2,000 people, many of whom were sufferers by tbe great St. Johns' fir in Juue. are rendered home less. r ' Tb member of (Vingree ar dis gusted . to discover that tbey ar enll tied to no mileage for tbe exta sesaioo and are. now 'averse -to shortening the session aud 'going botu-at their owu expense. Th debt of th District of Columbl Is fcetwssn $3,000,000 and $24,000,000, Tb asssssabl property of cititeus $92,000,000; amount of Uxeeeoltectod Is -flUllW.tWOre'psbse ortflstrlct govsro ment Is twice tbe amount. Dr. Bliss, of Washington, has been summoned to Indlanapolia by a request from Sonator Morton and family, wb desire - bie-advice and attentlou, al though It le not said ay Immediate danger to the Senator la appreheuded, - Pity the labors of our aolous. .The Time' Washington special of th 23d lust, says : "Th Pimlico races arc more attractive than the Seuale, aud It doubtful If there Is a quorum of Senators to-dsy. 'The am I tru of Repreeen tativee." If8pofford, Eustls, and Butler abould be admitted to the Senate, a seems probable, there will be a tie between tbe twojartlee during -tbe abas dps of Sharon and Morton, In .which Vice- President Wheeler' vol will oouut for tbc Bspubllcana. ; I Th Injunction recently Issued against Uhe - New - Ortsilll schoorbosrd at tb Instance of Paul Trcvlgne, forbidding the basiJ hum stakltsblug niarate schools for whits and colored children, was on lb 23d dissolved by Judge Rit- ter, of tbe 6tb District Court. Tb Bemit mintary affaire committee beard H. L. Barret, Prealdvut of t Columbia mver Salmon r lsblngom pany, lit advocacy of MilcbeJPs'bUl, al lowing It lo occupy frejr military res ervatloo. . The wintnUte referred the matur to thsrcrtary of War to re port. la oo possibility of a short ex Ion. Ther ar elalme and cou- enough before tbc Senate already to occupy It until December, and a flood of bill, ale., I forthcoming. Nearly very Western member ha a bill for repeal of tba roeumeltou aet, aud for the remonetisatioa of theallver dollar. J The-wtttof Job a Itbrop Motley pro- video that all bis book aud personal property be distributed equally among bla daughter. - Th rest of bis propsrty excepting copyrights, be left In trust for tbc bsasOl of bie daughter, and relatloa to, copyright, th trustee ar authorised loarrang for continued pub lication of bla works, the am to be paid over to bl dsughtsrs. Tb World's Washington speclslssyt "Bscaus of Morton' lllosss, tb com. mine io xsmia into urovr' cas has not been able lo report. McMillan of Mloneotalaha been preparing a re port, which, It Is thought, will be Signed by all the member of tb com millee, aud whlel will carpietatyex ouersts Orovsr. The report will not be submitted until tbc December session." rOEIIQJ IEW3. The Itusslsns moved on Ksrs on the MtUr K,lnforcmut ar being pushed for ward lo aid Mukbtar Pasha. Russia baa ordered the mobllliation of all Cossack not yet la active service, Th will amount to nlnety-oue regt- meata. . : : ' Osmaa l'asha baa ordered mil CI rcas- Islaa Irregulai. Bulgarians, uon-com balaota, and Mohammedan to-quit Plevna. - It 1 aonouiMsed from Varua tbst Prince Hassan threaten to withdraw tb Egyptian la oonsequsnc of Ihsir Iguomluloue relegation to garrison. It I calculated tbat within the last five or all wseks the Rosalantin Asia received about 40,000 fresh troops. Th Turkish force opposed lo tbem oa Moo day waa sstimsted at about $0,000 meu, which It probably correal. Aa Eraeroum dispatch, dated. Tuss- dayroiitilns th foUowtagt "Mukbtar Pasba la safe. H oosuplss a slroug po sition at Yculcka, t of Sachem Dagb. Issiaei Pasha's retreat and Junc tion wltb Mukbtar arc eerioualy men A corre pendent la Plevna telegraph tbat tbe Turk ar actively aoaatractlng nw Interior line or formidable de fenie. Came of lckaeaare com sa ra il vsly rare. Provlaiona nvr failed, bat II I Impossible te get fodder for tbc thooeands of xa aad horse. Tb RsisM bav bfor' Kara 70,000 men. Mekbtar Paaha'a army at tb tlm of tb battle did not com oris re than 40,000 men. Among these were II battalioae drawn from the gar rison of Kara. The Ottomaa field army loot at meat a third of lie etreoglh la kilted, woondod and eaplared. . IEV8ITEli8. STATS ASR TtaBlfoKIAI. Tbre are ao vacant bouses in Eugene. The Bute Uolversity building is now complete. , Th M. I- Church Fair at the State Fair Orouuda netted sIkmiI $450. The flouring mills of Kinney Bros., at Salem, ar now running day aud nlgbt. A narrow-gauge railroad from "Xuiily to Dayton, lor tbe treuanunaliou of wheat, is talked of. Rev. O. IMeklnaon, of Salem, baa had 12.000 copies of his seed catalogues priuled for distribution. One hundred "and seventy-nine stu dents are In attendance al the State University at Eugene City. Diphtheria le quite prevalent In seme portions of Washington eoupty, aud in mauy luatauces w ilu fatal results. : - The dry-house lo eonuectlon with the Brownsville wotileii mills wss burned oo KfWey oigUt of Uil weea w, $2,0011. A co'irvlrt iiameil Brady waa, at I he urgenl solicitation of numerous friend, recejilty psrd.Hied out of the peuiteu Hary, ..';.. 1 . . I'tab surnaaaea auv of ths Hlatee In the production of lead, havlug pro.lucd about threo-fourtha of the rehiied sup ply I srt year. On the ISth, Inst., W. R. Dunbar, O. W. C. T., orgaulaed a lodge of liixnl Templars at, Aumsvllle with tweuty elgbt membenit . Ths receipts of the State Agriodltiiral Society at tbe late fair were about tit, 600 , from all source. Ths premiums are asarly all paid. Tba cannery established by Mr. Hume at Oray'a Harbor ha' been doing a auo eeasful business. Ten boats bav aver aged 1,000 fish a night. ' Tb run of salmon at Muckllteo list about stopped. - The whole cateu La been over 140,000 fish, and $,000 cases have been put ap for market. A good flouring mill la much needed In the neighborhood of BouttsOurg. Farmers are corapellsd to haul their wheat to Drain for milling purpose. "Mary' Peak" In Benton county Is, on tb authority of Professor Davidson,' prouounoed tbe, bigheet polul In- lbs Coast Rauge, befog 3,610 feet lu height. Mrs. George Cook, at the lastsxhlbl tlooof tbe HUte Agricultural Society took twenty-three blue ribbons and sev enteen red one on exhibit eutsred lu class "L." ' Dr. McCaulev, charged with causiug th death of Miss Alice Townssud, of Stay Ion, some mouths ago, has been discharged, the grand Jury falling to And a true bill, , Farmer throughout th valley bav beau Improviog th lats beautiful weather io plawiog, the rain of fe w wcks ago having mad th ground lu excellent condition. ' -VOIX TOB EVEBTBODTr -j C4irutBtep6TrnoS '"wr aTotffjTm ment, to sofrauchls tb womsovnof of on. Slat 4 aUmCf-hui -ofartb-State -and Territories. Wwtiiau'a right to a voice In th government under whTCTT" sb II veeje-atiatural right, and must be" -guaranteed to ber by the federal Cou- utlon. Now le our time to koock al the doora of Congress and plant thi right deep In' th fundamental law of theJaod. " '" wl'--"'"''''''''r Ti . Plitlous.fora Sixteenth Amendment. for., womau'a eufiiuVbtsement, from 10,000 JCulted States -clllieus, -from twenty-two Siatos, hav been presented lu open House aod Senate by 31 Repre sentative and 29 Senator slue January IB, 1877. Th friend of Woroso rju -frag In both bouse, who I u tend to ad vocal th Amendment in th usw Congress, desire lis frieiiAs to sustain vthem by mammotli petitlous from every. quarter. Circulate tuts petition .through-' tb autumn aud winter up to January . 20, 1878. . Obtain th uame of all wbo have signed similar petitlous to the present Congress, aod as niany more as posartrl; Head tbe petition wkb ch " well-known namea as you wish to have appear In the Cvnareuional' Jtecont. Fill the blanks for Bute, town, aud county, that member may refer to tbelr own district In presenting peti tion. Hav all tb namea signed plainly wltb Ink ou -two cuple of the., petition, one for the House, aud one for- the Senate. Ask each signer to remit at least leu osuts to the Treasurer of the National Woman Suffrage Association, Mrs. Ellen K, Sargent, No. 1,733 Ds Sat strt,-Wtrtoglon, D. C, to" defray expenses of class! fljation for preseutation to the 45th Congress. L'vrru name received tiefore December 1, 1877, III be claasiOed with Ita appropriate Hlate and county patln,,i.i, ab sented by tbe appropriate Represents- I live and Senator.-Scud with tb ietl- - lion nam aud post office address of each one wbo oblaine signatures, so the officers may know the workera. " Cot thla out, and paste-It at tbe bead of a sheet of paper aud go to work,- Put in name of men on tbe right, and "" i left nf ytttlf pstltlt sod trace vrv nam carefully In ink ; lICTTIOIf tor , NVOMAN SUFFRAGE. To the Scnnte and Jfoute qf Jlrprtfn-' talivr, in Congrt aemLltd l Th uinlerslgDcd, -Clllxeos of the UuiUd WUtes, resideoU of th Stat of , couuty of , town of - , earu- estly prayyour houorabl body to adopt measures, for so amaodloc th Conslllution aa to prohibit tb several SUte from disfranchising Unltd States - cititeus on account of sex. Ii adopting lh "common law of England" bas paassd both houses In the - i Washington Territory Ieglslator. W I wooder whether thl oew (?JcoVlim-.-- I brace tbe cbarmlog' elauss la regard to domeetic discipline, tbat allow a maa lo chastise bl wifa, providing th udgl used shsll be "u thicker than b Is fl uger r ' I f people are got ug to bo rated by tbc law of departed eeuturiee and forgotten decades, wbaa tbc Bs of , modern legislator? Isn't tbelr occu pation, except tb drawing of assembly xoe, about goo's T Wa are tdeanml Ln not a H.'at Hfta 11 ' ft Ia.I,mJ tiaa M tmm -.wt -m . t v" - " " " aw. pvwvtiv mm tv discharged from-itbe- oselam and rs- 'Zfr IOTiid io ber bom la Astoria. ' 1 . Why I a bad bill Ilk a bad wlm- - msr f Bocaaa it can't couUod with tba current, , . 1