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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1877)
ff fRIDAY DECEMBER 28, 1877. Am will pieces taka Mtln that M la iml las epoa as M pay seprase elnvrgas' epoa eaaJleeeMtataey will eaaieee eras favor bv reaMutse tm ae laroaf a wary . tauw letters. ... UI- CH1IBTM At AID HAPfT IEWTABL. . We bad poised Mr pencil la our tired dig lu preparatory to writing ap tb na na! Cbrictmee end New Tmt g rooting , aooorn pooled by tb usual eoogratala tlooe to reads ra, young and Id, wbti oar eyes Ml apoa a newspaper aeeouat . af the ala, shame, and eulelde of a fair nod bright Toanrrtit laOrttob City, whose destroyer, II la claimed, la a auar- rlad man, for wboaa eriaee tbara la la all the land a puhlahmeut. Tbla yoaog girl we Iberdaagbter.of . reerwetable pa reals, and waa engaged ta b serried to a young aaaa apoa whoa tbe crime of bar rala waa at firetcbnrged, bat who dealee It, and nfflrme tbat ba bad ao knowledge of tba glrl'eeoodltloa tilt lb acwe earn announcing bar death, . Wa bad fait Ilka bidding every reader of tba Nxw Nona west s "Merry Ctrl'tmes" for tba Tuaaday gone, aod a , 'Happy New Year" fur tba Toaaday to -Bat w bar changed oar mind. Wa llv la a aoaotry aod aador a gov erament where tba rlgbt of individual sovereignty la dan lad to wooaaa; where aaaa elalme to ba bar protaator aad ben efactor, an eooatitutaa himself bar lav maker aad executive. Were be what be elaioM to bo, bo woald protoat bar, eveb from bereelf. Bat, alaal wa flad tbat tba. eo-called protected ooe la too oftaa bla vicUm, and tbat bo ebooeee, aa tba objoot apoa which to gratify bia baatlal eppeUlea, tboaa wboaa yoatb aad laa z perieeoe, aa wall aa tbalr anforsad de pendence, sboo Id entitle them to protoe tloa. If aaad ba, evea agalnat tbalr awa dsslrse. . .. It la sot tbat tbara ara not aany good aaaa.- Tbaak bceveat The aamee of each aa would aad do pro loot tbalr bwa loved com from every poaaibla baraa ara I ac loo: bat women's grievance la tbat wbaa bad aaaa etnlUfy tbalr manhood and forswear tbalr prataaea of protoetloa to womb aod troetlog girl, or woman hood, tbara to la all tba load do punish ment that aaa roach tbem--e Joatloa jbat raj jlxt) tlbs wrong. j tha mined Tba poor girl dlad aod gave ao alga or a laa aa to wba waa bar betrayer. Bat, nfupWtbrVa4"!a What tbaa t Coo Id tba law raaeb blm? Would ba ba bald la aay way reepooal bla, except, perhaps, by a paltry floo for tb benefit of the Stater Tblak, ya anotbera, who rejoice I yoar blooaalag tfangbtere, aa tbay enjoy tba glad gtfvaklogor, tbe . (berry Cbrietmaa Una, of tba grief of tbat motnef wbe eeaeeth to bo comforted Bo ca aaa bar. batrayod aad raload oaa to not I Tblak of tba fact tbat wara tba : rtiload ooo yoar owa fair ablld "yoo would bo poworlaao to paalab tba aaaa who should tboa betray har; and thaa tall aa If yoar asarry CbrMosaa aboald wot ba to rood Into atoaralog, tbat woo foa(nttFoofiTtt Tor IBI JiUrsrttfoaniburfrbirpaopiarr'i iW bad Booant to w tab. yoa a bappy Kaw Yoar. Bat wa Want ao fat bar or BOtbar la Amorloa to bo bappy agala aatll pro par panlabaaat aball bo Batad out to Baa wbo taka tba llbarty to bogat offaprtog wblob tbay will wot roeogDlso; aod aaforaa abaaaoaad daoperatloa apoa wofsta wboB tbay will aot protaet. . TE ASSOCIATE ABXOAD. ' A prirato loitar raeatvad froaa lira. Cbbara bafora going to praaa oootalaa " tba folio wIdb1 cbanelarlatlo aeoouot of bar aaa voyaga i . "Froaa tbo Una wa arnaaad f ba baroa Baturday till two A. m. oa Toaaday, I waa aa wratobad : tbmugh eoootaat ratablagaa It waa poaaibla for aaloaiat of a aarrow bortb aa a atorai toaaad , oaaaa ataaaar to boaoma. Katfa'a faV ' bla groaa a bo re By bead added aaaa Blaeratloa to By other Bleeriee, wblle tba deepalrlag walla' fro at oarrawadlag etate-rooma were aaytblag bat aootbloe to a dleordered aloaaeb. . ua UanJir a tinLkmiii afiualn aaoe took Kailo oat oa deck, abd a boat '. tbreo o'clock j lady paaaeager coaxed ' ne oat. I aoceoeded la aabllag toward tba forward deck, wbara I dropped Bla ' erebly I a to a aeal, aetaed apoa a tarred rope, aod eonpaleleely oootrlboted to Neptano. Tbla waa By oaly atteBpt al aoelablllty oa tbo paaaaga. v Tba air af Baa Fraaalaeo la eoft aod balay, tboogb a booty rata fell re- eeouy, Baaing ine atreeta reaeaoie tboaa af Portland. I aaa ao feablo tbat I aaa oalr Boab ar ttenelt a little wblle wltboatreatlng,bataagaJalngatrengtb rapidly elooe tba ateaaer . laaded. 1 will try teeooUot ay ealf aod enjoy life and get wolf before 1 go borne, Indeed, I will never baea tba eooraga teetart o aaa aaala wbaa aa weak aai waa tble tlaa. Erea now I aaa feet tba rtea aad fall of tba blllowa, aaa tbroagb tbo little eqoare window tba white-capped wave over wdiqu iue eeo gone wneei boo aereaam. bear tba ereaklaa tlaberaaad laboring Machinery of tbo l aad . aeeat tbo aaaeeooa odora of tbo aoiay eook-roooa. .Vgkl -We 4e,e recelted hTOOTb-LM"nJ Bbepbord, Boston, "Tbat Wlfa of Mine, " "Hlaawa Uaater," aod "JoetUU Lock," being tbreo cbarnilng etorlea of a eery day Ufa, well adapted to occupy tba leleore botire of a wl'utar'e aeealng or beg a lie tba tlaa oa railroad or eteeeaer. Price, la eloth, 11 00; paper,' M eeoU. To be had at J. K. fJIII'a. It waa the great etraggla for freedoa and equal rig lit a that xpulated Aaer lea with Purltaa aorratry. ' V DOXESTIO SELF. ' Callforala farmere' wleee ara taking Bp tba pea la behalf of Cblneaa labor. One of them lei la much truth la tba fol lowing aoamanlaatloa to the Ban J wee JaVreuvy, wbleb aay apply aa well to tbo Paoifta North waet aa elae where : "A great trial farmere and tbelr wleee ara compelled to eadure la tbo a a re 11a- Ullty of help, eepeclally female belp. Not ooo glri la flfty of tboaa wbo do mead froa twenty dollara a month aad onward , le a tboroogb, eoooomloal booee-keeper. It baa beea my owa e Borteaco, aad tbat of ay aelgbbore, to get glrla, and be compelled, to ,teocb them nearly every thing about bouee work, even while paying Ihem blgb wagaa. It la eooceded by farmere1 wlvea that. glrla require a great deal more wal ti nga poOjjnaraorffrtiOI worklag aore tbaa tbelr wagee Jueliry, tbaa a Chinaman. When. I baea Cblnaaaa doing tba kitchen work, aad dealra breakfaat at any boar, I Barely tell blm ee tba night before, and ba baa It at tbo boar, without any wailing or other trouble. My glrla bava ' never prepared breakfaat autil after ay bua bead baa built tba kltchea fire aad put Iba kettle oo; and tbla meat ba dona for tbaa, however bard or fatiguing bl day 'a work Bay baea beau. . .When ay beblee were young, and I baea aot fell Ilka teklegaa early breakfaat with the family, I bava often bad my breakfaat later. Whoa I have bed a Chinaman doing tbo bouoe-work, he alwaya bad a breakfaat ready for Beat aay time I ia- d looted. When I bava bad a glri or womaa, t bava Invariably prepared ay owa breakfaet, although I bava often beea compelled to bear my baby eereaa while I did ao, and wbea tba meal waa ready, woald feel loo week and nervoua to eat what I bad prepared. ' "The Cbloeee are eceueed of taking tba weening froa white women. Peo ple do not atop toeoueider that with the old blgb prteee paid for waabtng, aot one peraoa of tbo fifty or more wbo pet- rootse the Chtoeee taandrlee could af ford to biro waehlog done. A great many of the pat rone of tbo Chin waab-booaee la Baa Joee ara farmere in moderate eircaaataocoa, wboee wivea bava that bordeo lifted froa tbaa by tbo Cblneeo cheap waablng, and Ood kaowa bow much, they needed tba relief. Aad ao with kltcbea work. Many poor overtaxed boueo-keeper aaa pay Ova o too dollara a month 1o a China boy to llgbtoa ber bardea of work, by dolor elaanlae. dlabwaabln. and aoeb nHnonindrTn6ri7Tn think of aflbrdlog tba twaaty dollara or aaora a aiootb nocoaaa rr to aoeora tba aariaaajaCjuoaiJady-iiaiiaa.kaanar ?Tbaro la not a farBor'a wlfa la tba 8tato wbo would aot prafor whlta to Cblooaa labor, If tba glrla wbo roqalra good wagaa woald A rat fit tbamaolTM to ba good, aelt Dllflo booaa-kaopara. "Glrla. aa a rula, are too food of apt of tba droaa aod appaaraooa of tboaa wba ara waallby,' Ooa girt, to wbom J bjMi J oat paid twaaty dollara, tbat botag al. oat bar oaly twaaty-dollara ta tba world, lavaaiod aata dollara la a laoa aoarf,.Aa artlalo I -would aot, bava tbottgbt for a Booaaot of aftordlbg By ealf. Aad bafora bar aboppiog waa dona, erary aauHraTgooa for juat aoeb tblaga, aod abo waa all or aaaa dollara ia dabV tbAtooay Ja aoma aatof-bar aait mootb'a wag aa - - ABTOEIAIEVg. . T Baje O. P. Henry wrltoa ae ajptcy leUer froa Aatorta, ooaeeraing local goaalp la tba pi aaa tort al city, aoeb of wblob la aol of latoraat to tba general reader euulde of tbat aeaport. We baea ao doabt but tbat ' Aetorla poaaeaaea tba aeerage aaaber of M dlareputable booaea,n 'free drtaka for election daya," eta., bat we do aot aea tba good of aay' log everaocb about the a la tbo public priatawTbero la but ono way to aboliab tbeee aboalnatlona, and tbat la by aa fraaebblag tha wleea and Botbora. lie aloe laforaa oa tbat tbo working bob, la large aaabora, Indulged ro ily In a torchlight proceealoo, aad tbat they bate elected tbelr eotlre aa- nkipal ticket. Juat what good to to ba galaod by ebaaglag offlee-boldere wltb- eul reaogalalng tbo polltleal latereata of tba dlafrtochleed weeaanot aaa, bat It la. natural for tba elotorloua 'party to abuckte, at way a. ,. Wa aball look with Intareat for tl irreet oriboe "Taeblobabla druakc be telle oa at Bat here la tbo beet thing be aayat "All agree tbat tba elty aeeda Improv ing, a ol I kaow of bo better way to da It tbta to belld ecbool-boueee.' . rr THE CIIME OT SEX. . A young woanaa, dlagalaed aa a aaa, baa Utely been working oa a farm near Orrlagtoo, aaye tbo Bangor CbotiNerciof, wbara aba performed ber datlea to tbo eotlre aatiefaetloa of ber employer. Quito recently aba fell III of a feeer, aad tba atteadaat pbyetalaa, apoa dlaoover log bef eei, proclaimed tba fact, aad abo weodiaebargeoWBhebad gleen ber bo bo aa Cbarlea Worka, aad bad been quite a baea aaeog the glrla. Tba rea aaa aba gleee for ber at range conduct ia tbat ber mother, wbo lieea la DUaooat, told ber tbat, aa ber father waa dead, tbay would have to took to ber for aup rt; aad, aa aha coo Id get better wagee by aeeaalng tba garb of a Baa, aba bad done bo. After tbo dlaeoeery of ber eex, aba. left Orringtow without tolling aay of ber deetlnatlon,. aod..Bow-be aewapapera are- poblleblog Ber age, bight, oomplatlon, and peeellarlllfe, aa though ehe were a criminal. We bare reeelred froa aoaewbera a aupplemeot to tbo Christian Cynotr, a weekly paper pabllabed la Chicago al 12 30 per year, la oppoaltloo to aecret enclr'.ifatnia-jaHpylamaot to- qoeatlnw aiaiaa to glee aa elaborately llloetreted e-rpoea of tbo Baaner of Initiating oMmbere Into the ayeterlee aod aaa- ertea af Mneoory aad Odd Felloweblp. EDITORIAL COKEESPOIDUCE. Dbab RcDaaaor raaKewIloBTBwaBTi . Tba aotable wedding of wblob we but weak. made mention came off la Salem before our laet letter waa prluted, there by eurprtalng our balf-loltlated ealf. Colooel Ilied waa la a b ary , aad Jenny CI lee waa ditto. Wa wleb them all Im aginable prosperity aod bapplaeaa, la eluding children, half a acora. We couldn't aak ooraelf for more. ' Tbat tba Colooot aay prove ao broken I lead, and Jenny any sever la-Cline to roe bargaia,aad tbat tbelr wedded life aay bo aa proeperoue aa tha aarrlage eera- mooy waa eoddeo, le tbo eliicere wish of a boot of frtenda. ' Oa Balarday It waa our good fortune tevlelt the State aaylaa for the blind, where, ader Iba matronly appervUioa of Mre. Jeonie Pawoe, the anfortunate vtoilaaof pbyeicaj darkneee baea tba combined eomforta of a home aad edu cation. In addltloa to tbelr regular atudiea, the peplle leara muslo, and fancy and aoaeello workqelte readily, Tha aeylea to a roomy, airy, aod com fortable building, aad forma tha ia itlary foundation for a Aret-ctaaa loeti- lute. But It le aadly la aeed of much of the paraphernalia properly belonging la each Inetltutione, and requlree another teacher to aaelat Mra. Dawoa, whoea oo eupatlooe are ao manifold aa to make ber labor arduoue. Wa hope tba next eaaloa of tba Legislature will I tha appropriation aufllolently to hire a muaio teacher, If nothing mora. On Baoday wa accepted a aeat In cab with Meedamea Maltbewe and Packard, and took a ride to tba pealtoa ttary, wbara wa were abown tbroagb tbo bulldluge and over the groande by aa obliging geutleman, wbo gave ample opportunity to eooveree with the prleooera, all of wbom were healthy, wall clad, and apparently well fed. Mra.Tbora ton, wba la aa deaf aa a poet aad aa no eelfleh aa tba mother of a newly-born babe, vlelU tba prleoa ovary Buoday to teach and preach andlpray eoavlcta, all of wboa eeem vary fond I her. Mr. Burcb, tbo auperluteudent, la a faithful officer, and tba prieooere speak of bla la high praise. Qua young aaa baa learned pbooograpby aiooe bia Incarceration, and baa filled hlmeelf for tba oocupatioa of a reporter, wbea be shall become a free aaa. Otbere, who were wholly .without educatloa wbea committed, are bow very fair ecbolare, for wblcb aany tbauba ara due to Mra. Tborntoa and a few other ladlee, who are denied the fraochlaejrbJcttJJiapriBi wIH7aTniyTbrougb tbelr efforte. ba permitted to regain. Monday. - Fonr r. x., and we leave Utb.t iWUh)Jmdlnnl and UJy-W -too wall-kept Cbeaakata Motel, aad board tbo ateamer "City of Balem," a well- managed boat. Captain Spencer com mander, wblcb piles between Portland aad Corvallla, and aeeoaaodatea the river trade. Mere wa chatted with Aral abo aod ."tbaa another passsnger, galling tha tlao.ae .beat wa oould till tea o'clock, wbea we balled aloagelde tbo dock at Albany, and ware Bet by James Foster, " Jr., wbo gallantly ee- eorted aa to tbo elegant borne of hie honorable aod honored pareate, With wboa wevlalted for several days, aad t4rkeTtf averytbingjmagtaabia, from Iowa goeelp to Womaa Soflrage aad the Centennial,. and fmm theology topolUI Ilea. Fh Oebadilsltedlbil!eoi tennlal and oar cblldbood'a home since wa bad laet bald coovsree, and each bad speolal Ideee concerning tbe great show and lie Influence, .opon tbo world al large, apoa which we deecenled at lelaure. ' . . .. . Albany laa rapidly growing aad thor oughly proa porous town. It boaats ooe dally and two weekly aewapapera, three flooring Billa, aa oil Bill, a twine aad rope factory, aaw allla, planers, etc ate beeldoe dry goodo stores, millinery bexars,-dreeemaker' aad tallora' aad sboemakere'-ebepe, - hotel, boarding beoeea, livery atottlea, and all other branches of general hneioeea. Mere flourlebee the AtUny Collegiate Io sUtute, Profeeeor 'L. J. Fewell, prto- elpal, where Wo bad tbo pleeearo of meeUeg many of onr owa paplle of "ye olden tyme." The Friday after aooa exerclaea were particularly later eeUng, eome of tbo. readlaga of tha yoang ladlea being exceptionally fine. Tba boys of Albany meet look to their laurela,elee tba glrla will get tbo wreath anil haya. , There are many floe reaidennee la tbe city, giving evidence of tbo laereeelng proeperlty of tbo oiUaeae, aa wall aa tbelr re floe meal and taete. Our Tlalt waa too greatly harried to admit of very particular notice of aoeb tbat we ebon Id pleaeed to comment apoo; bat we hope eooa te repeat the journey I hither, at a time when wa aball be Bora at Ulc ere. Suffice H for tba present to aay that maay frleade af daya agooe gave aa gladsome greeting, and though there ara piece aadovacao by deaih tbat ara hallowed to aa by aeored memories, yet aany of tba old eetllera eeea scarcely to bava advanced la age a elogle day. It waa onr good pleasure, oa Friday aventng, to meet a Urge audience la the court-room, where wo bold forth on 'Law aod liberty." Tba progress of the womaa aoveaeet to very noticeable la tbo Increased attendance at tba meet Inge, maay pereoue lending aa tbo favor of a liatealog oar who bad never eared to meet bs la tba lectere-ronm before.- At tbo cloea of tbo address, aad after a goodly aeeeoa agreeably spent la greeting friende and bidding (bea good- nye; we repel red' to the Cometoek Houee to apend tbo Bight, preparatory to tak ing tba five a. K. trala for Portland. Onr good" friend T. . B. Odeaeal, tba landlord, wbo to aa experienced boss at every Intellecteal trade, froa tbo law office and editorial aanctaa to tbo hotel register, assigned Be comfortable quar ters, from wblcb wa were eroqeed. Al.lbe erty fioar"'bee amblUoua blrde ara enppoeed to be after worms. ' A harried toilet, and then Iba train. Tba Are waa not yet built, aod It waa cold aa Oreeolaod. Sleepy travelers here aod there look straight dew a their blue Boeee at tbe cheerless stove, But It' waa aot for long. Tba wood waa aooa aglow with biases, knd tba chill dampness of tbo window paaee cleared Bp la time to give aa tba benefit of a belt-cloudy euo rlee. ... -- Bevea o'clock, and Salem. Agala wa encounter aany glad, bat harried g reel Inge, for wo must bo oft oa tbo ooo r. k. trala. Found business brisk In Balem, for tba holidays were at bead. Mlaa boot of tbo Chemeketa la succeeding ad Blrably with, tbo hotel, which Is fall of gtteete, wbo are well cared for and Wall contented. Tbo only wonder la tba marvelous cheapness of tbo excellent aeoomaodatlooe and focd. If wo lived In Salem we'd not be bothered wltb bo use-keeping, for board at the Cbe- meketa Motel la abeaper tbaa living at home. vby"caniiotPorttand do aa well 7 . - . A. J. Pt i December 23, 1877.. WOK 101 EVEITEODY, : : ' Circulate petltlona for a 18th Amend- meut, to enfranchise tba women, not of one Mat alone, but of all tba States aod Territories. Woman's right to a voice la the government ender wblob be lives le a natural right, and moat be guaranteed to ber by tbe Federal , Con sUtuUoa. Now to our time to knock at tba doors of Congreee. and ptantthi right deep la tbe fundamental law of Uto laud. Petillooafora Blxteeath Amendment, for womaa'a- anfraocblwaent, froa 10,000 Uol ted Btatea cHlaeoa, from twanfy-two Btatea, have been preeeoted ia opea Houee bod Senate by It Bepre- moUllvse aad 29 Benatoreeioce Jaouary 18, 1877. The frlehd of Womew Suf frage la both buusse, wbo Intend to ad vocate tbo A mend men! la , tbo bow Coogrcee, desire lie frleadcto euatala them by mammoth pelllioue from every quarter. Circulate tble petlUoo through tba autuma aad winter jib to January JO, la7r-Obtola th nameeT bTall who bava signed similar petitions to the preeeet Cbogrece, aod aa many mora as poaaibla. Head tba petit loos with aoeb weH-kaowa aamee ae yea wleb to have appear la tba Comgrtmitmai Jtteord. Fill tba blanks for Bute, town, and county, 'tbat members any refer to tbalr awa dlatriete la preeeatlnf peU- Uooa. . Have all tba aaaa aigoed plainly with Ink on two eoplco of tb pell Uoo, ooo for the Houee, aod ooo for tbo Senate. . Aak each aimer to rami I 1st last tsa eentetobwTreoTTnKjWithlbeee facta before as, can we NatloBal Womaa HuQrage Association Mra, Ellea E. Sargent, No. 1.7SS De Jala-atree-3bJnJtoA deftiy";i(rpeueee of elaaotfliaUoa for preeeoUtloB to tbo tith Congreee. 27very aoNM received before Deosaber 1, 1877, will bo cbseelfled with Ita appropriate dlaU aad ooaaty petitions, and anted by tba appropriate Kepreeeute Uve aad Seoator.. Bead with the. peli tloai aaaa aod post offioe addreae ol each ooo who obtains algnataree, ao the officers Bay know tbo workers. . Cut tbla out, aad paste It at tba bead of a sheet of paper aod go to work. Pat tbo aamee of. aea oa tbo right, aod woaea oa tba left of yoar peUUoa, and trace every name carefully la Ink I FETITIOW FOB WOMAN SUFFRAGE. TlAe SettaHamd Hmxf lleprtw- Infiswa. ht -Ofogrrm naarmMif i I In undersigned, elllxens oftbo .TJolted Stetea, reel den tof tba State of county or i ' , town of , earn- eatly pray your honorable body to adopt Beaaareo for ao amending tbe CooeUtHlloa aa to prohibit tbo eeveral Statea from disfranchising United Stales cltlaena oo account af ax. MES. CLAKA K. fOLTZ. Tbla brilliant yoaog womaa, formerly of fiaba. Ore go a, but at prose ot resid ing la Baa Joee, California, receally tee- lured la tbo ally af Oakland, thereby ellelUng very high praise froa tba Oak land preee. Wa copy the followlog no- Uee froa a late laeoo of tba Tranteripti " Wbea Mra. Folia ton tbo pletora teat evening, ehe waa at once surrounded by a large porlloa of ber aadleoce, wbo were profueo and eloeero la congratu lating ber apoa what ail, with ooo ao Mint. oooaldaraJ lha ' nnat Krilllanl apeeob ever dell vered by a lady orator la tbla ally. It waa, la fact, aa addreae ofjnarrelonabeaniy and loglaal foroa, I aad waa delivered with a grace aod propriety-which we bava rarely aaaa equated. Mre. Foltx appaara to have acquired a large meeeere of Wendell Pbcllipe art of cooceallog art, , Ber eteaalion to faulUeea, except, per bapa, a too great preclpltaaoy IB tbo eeora paa slonate passe gee, though every - word to clearly distinct; ber vole to full, musi cal, and feminine, and bar action to singularly aataral, graceful, and appro priate, and, although Intensely dramatic at time, le eaUrely without aay shade af afieetattoB. .The greatest ebara la bar discourse eoueleta la tb tact tbat she apeaka and acta Ilka a woman wbo to thoroaghty la earneet about what aba la eeylng, like the good,lrue, andpure womaa that aha la; tba dutiful daugh ter, tba faithful wife, tba loving mother, aad womao-bearted friend of humanity. Har enemas last Bight, before aa ex tremely ertUeal and exaetlag audience. waa absolute abd a equal I fled, aad tbe brilliant yoaog womaa Bay retaro to bar friende la Sea Joea with tba assur ance tbat aba baa met every expectatloa here aaoLaoqatrcd a-oeuttttadc of aew frleoda wbo believe la ber, aad wbo will rejoice la Iba future eooneeeee wblcb they tblak ber capable of achieving.' A German woman living la Ooodhue county, Minnesota, yoked bereetf along aide of a cow one day last spring, and tbo two together hauled a drag during tbo day eVtorweeeiUr wtitch wacrna try ber BnDaal with a epaB of boreee. Mis. Hooker says that if St. Paul were elite to-day be would be a leader of Wcaaa BuOaglaie. : SHALL THE IIDIAH VOTE 1 To rmm Emtos sr ras Mrw ItosTBVBsrt . -Tbo propriety of placing tba ballot la tba bands of lodlaaa le a matter bow be fore the public mind. We have just no ticed a bill favorably reported aa to tbla eflect by tba BeBalo committee oa In dian aflalra, Tba condltlono proposed, or If aay, w bava aot learned, bat, jodglng froa a knowledge of tbo ad mlesloaof tba aegro aod other claasee to the righte of . oitlxeaeblp, aod tbe Coostllutioo of tbo Vailed Stales, aod of the several Btatea, there are ao eoodl Hone to bo eoneldered. Tble to another bar to woman's eofrancblssmsDt. ' For eigners of all nation allUae tbat flock to ear shores are freely greeted tba bona of eiliseneblp, and none ara dented tbe blgb aad responsible official posit lone of tba government.. The aegpa, juet no somed" . froa life of Ignorance and elavery, waa uncoodlllooaily elevated to Iba aaaa piano of responsibility. But tbla was not enough.' ' Half-civil laed Mexicans, balfbeeeds, druokarda, Mlota, and escaped erlmfuala ara aubec lUtlngly allowed the ballot' Aad bow, while tbe oft-repeated demands of tbe Intelligent mothers, wlvee, aad daogb tare of this ltepublle are being afged for eqaatlty and Juetlce, tba ore w a of eili seneblp to held aloft, ready to ba placed oa tba beadc of Ignorant aad merciless Indiana, the very lowest type of bamaa existence la tba land, while tba fair browa of the wlvea and daughtora-of aea are left a u protected by tba recog nition of tbelr political eoverelgnty. Uawarranted aa all tble may eeem, It to Juat what wa aust expect and endure while tbat aver lavldioue word malt dlegracee oar statute books aa tba basis of repress a tei ten iw the American gov ernment. He evil effects are too appar ent. Tie a poisoned, cankered aore tbat ia exbauellng tba vitals of thla nation, that boasts of Its euperlor wisdom aad Juetlce and blgb literary adrantages, where more lbannbiliiooof dollara are laveeled la eollegee, from wblcb glrlo are excluded, and where millions of dol lara of a public school fund make ample provlsiooe "for tha education of all ber eahjecta, yet tba grand old sacred pi lo ci pise that are tba pillaraof aupportof tbla government principles that have coat tbo life-blood of ao aany of oar beet men, aod tba privation, wore than death, of the loved ona of aany of oar beet women ere gleen late the bands of. tb ignorant means for protoetloa wonder at tbo frauds and corrupt lone la high plaeee, where Juetlce and virtae mora welcoae practice of irTiarracRiatflg kudlndl- vldual aggreadlaeaeBtt Tbe enfrancblssmsDl of tbe negro wee Juet, but to rush bla Into the Immediate ueeof tbo ballot, lo hie Ignorance aad BBOtneee for aoeb a responsible pool Uoo, we bat to bring terror to lbe-peae ol tb nalloa by provldlog aa element of fool to feed tbe Area of party poll Helena, which tb racorda of tbo pact few years loo plaloly ebow, and now, to furnish aa additional element by enfranobleiag the Indian, regardleea of reeulta, while Igaoriag the Juat demands of Intelligent, taw-abidlag, and law-aepportlng women altlMDa, to eefUluiy b mistake, thai our IBW.maamhasanatruIlaAniABnlBtB.U ' rf r-w. leave annetlcsd tbe pre ent consideration of Woman Buffrage la Congreee. We read with . pleaeure lb rmsitwiM vote of the eommltteeoa ptivuegM ana elections, gmetleg a bearing oa tho tb of January, 1878, froa delegatea froa every eeclloo bear ing petition for a Blxteeath Amend ment, wblcb will remove womaa'a dlaa blllUeetolbe ballot.. Yet the Indiana have tb vantage - ground, aad ' will doubtleea step Into tbo political king dom before woman. But our cease ienot bopeleee; theoaUook was aever brighter. Then tot a plead at tbo alter of, tba government tilt Juetlce to Bated oat to all ber eabjeele. H. A. Loco h by. . Amity, December 21, 1877. r-7 roinoir ieti. -' 7 The Port ba Issued a proelamaUoo deposing Prince Milan, of Ber vie. Conetaatlaople dispatches ay It to de clared tbat tba Porte la determined to carry the war to tbe last extremity should tbo reqoeet for mediation fall. , Tbe" arrival of Balelmaa Paeba la wal " paHyrnroaneetoYMtoUnce outrane, mod the Grand Viaier supports bias. . - . . Great dlstreee prevails among the poor of Coaataatlooplev Price of provlelooe ara rial eg, la eoneeqoence of tbo depre ciatloa of tba carreocy. Difflcoltlee are feared If tha price af bread risee higher. Tbe Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce oa the S4lh I net. agreed to memoriallae tbe government to eooUnue lie Beotral Ity la tba preeent war. Oaly two mem bora af tbe Chamber were eppoeed to tbe reeolutloa. . i It la reported froa Paris tbat Very ac tive diplomatic I nUroouree has been go log oo Between Parte and London wltb tba view of establishing an understand ing ok tba Eaatera qoeetlon, aad that tba ehaneee of ibo accomplishment of tble object are rather favorable. . A anew atorat, which commenced o the IStb la Bulgaria and Rou mania, baa beea aaaeaelly heavy. It to feared bandreds of Turkish prleooera aad Rna elan troopeeangbl nq. the march must havsT perished. .Ol a convoy over whelmed at Cotroceoo, a eoborb of Bocbareet, forty borsea and twenty-nine werw 1 1 1 b ,j wesin, Tba Ballot-Box, pabllsbad monthly at tl 00 per year, la Toledo, Ohio, by Mr. Sarah R, Williama, to ooo of our eery; beef exchangee. No womaa can af- geedto-do without Tbe great Legislator af tha Universe bse created men male and female, and give nolo tAene, aod aot But Ate, or Ar, dominion ever all the earth. LETTES FEOX E08EBUE0.' TerasyarroeeevBaXisw Jfoerrawaert .' SI ooe my laet letter to yoa I have visited many of tbetowoee tbo O. A CB.R, and Aad tbat yoa have done good work tble way, aod made maay wart frteoda, At Harrisburg I orgaolaed a teae peranee and literary eoclety with seventy oaasea. At Eugene City tb CoeiV houee waa literally a rant mod at my lecture oa Temperance, Ita eaaad, consequence, and aara." Several ministers and their ladlea war preeent, Judge Walloo pre siding. Oa the following evening I organised a "ladlee temperance aod literary eoclety." Rev. Mr. Oeary pre ferred t have It officered by tbo ladlea, aad while tbo pledge we being el rea ls led tbroagb tbo audlea, be mad eome very teree remarks, uot only a favor of womaa'a taking lb lead oa tbo temperance queetlon, bat be, for oaa, would belong to their ooolety.aad eome to tb front whenever needed. He expatiated at aoma length apoa the re ligion aad moral Influence of eeaeaj especially of asotbers. He.eald hie aotber'a laflueBce wee yek with hliB, though .abo bad many year ago passsd oa to tb borne above; tbat ba firmly be lieved tbat bla aeotber waa welching aver bla, tbat she wa bla guardian angel, and why aolT eald be. There are ao walla, bo barrier to keep oar laved once away. Ha tba appealed to yoaog men to live aa though tbelr moth era were near them all tbo tlaa. Hie wife waa eppolated Preeldeot, aad Mra. Jadklae Vkoe-Preeldent. There to alao a Secrelary wboaa name I havo forgot ten, and Mrs. Judge Walton waa made Treasurer. Pereoo of all aga aay ba eome member by .'signing tba pledge, aad bava tb privilege of partloipatiag ia all tho deliberations. . Recitations, essays, and extempore neoue apeeahea, interspersed wltb music, ara to be the order of eieretoea at tbelr meetlage once a'weekI also bad floe audleoeee al Albaay, Oaklaod, Wllbar, Reeebarg, Creewell, aad aber placee. My Co res ia bow toward Portia ud. 1 1 a tend speak Ing Is every Iowa oa tbo railroad, alao la Browoeville, Lebanos, aad eome of tbo river town before vleitlng Seattle, Walla Walla, Brittoh Columbia, at. I aaaeetlaaa grow weary aad long to get boa to rest, sod tbea I reflect tbat iba world to oar borne, and oar "reel, where we shall bear tba welcome plaudit, "Well done, good aad faithful eerveot." Fbakce A. Looab. Roeeburg. December 18, 1B77. . XE0E1T ETEIT8. sbbwbw ALU Tn V..s' M l . T - - - .b.. .1 U00." Tbe Ineome lax ease of Semeei J. Tii dea ha beea set dowa peremptorily for trial ob Jaouary fitb. Hie eounael aakad thla further poetpoaement. ..-Bar-rooaa .wore pretty efieoteally eloeed laet Baoday la New York aty, end tb esetee taw practtcatty obeyed. V cry few draakarda war vtoibl. Ex-Governor McOormlck, American Commissioner-General to tbo Parte Ea blblUo, will pB aa offleo la New York City Monday, ) a tbe poet office balldlng. Many applleafloae for apace Jready besb recwTT edT a v- . jui.i. mn . i aww vibih wiibwh w om bm I taeueeye: -ltoe tobaoeo eases growlog gntof jelLureeJyeJiiperrLeiir In 1M8, wblob bava beea o trial- tb past week la tbo U. 8, Dletrlct Coart.wero decided la favor of thegoveroaenL Tboamoaat Involved to f 200,000. The Dutch ateaaer f,FrleelaBd,,, from Java for Rotterdam, baa. bee teat. It to believed, wltb all hand, off Capo Fla isterre. 8he passed Oibralter December eth. Wreckage has beea sighted, which there to HtUe doubt came from tbe "Frialaod." The crew numbered about fifty. She bad a paeeengera. laforaaUos baa reached Wsshlngtaa that Baa Franclsoe attorneys of the Cbl aeee com pan lee have aot oaly completed varlooa prialod deeameate la opposl Uoo to tbo propooed Congrealoaal a He oa tb Cbioee qeestloa, bat that aaaerooe oopia will aooa bo forwarded for ase aod dletribuUoo la Congress sad other official eircla. Tbe .Preeldeat'a reoeptloa . December 22d el tbe Catea League Onb la New York waa tbo moat brilliant affair f lb kind ever eeea la tbla ally. . Noth ing couJdLb aora significant tbaa the beartlaea of tb feepoct fur tha Preel deot meairatedby tba Ave thousand gueete, aomprtolng pereooa of all abadee of political oplaloa. . A dispatch from Chicago eeys that a letter received there from Bavaaaah, Oa ridicules tb atatemeot prluted throughout tbe North' that tb reeve I electloa of eighty Independent members of the Slate Legislature la aa outgrowth of tbe President's Southern policy. Tb writer, s Democrat, ays tbat party lloee were aot draws, sad It waa merely a test of peraojial etreeglb. betweea the Democrats, In wblcb Republicans and others took ao part. The lettef aaya It to absurd to el ase tba Independent elected a Ueyee bob. Every, ooe of them to a staunch Democrat. , A Nee York dispatch of December Z3d aaya tbat ander tb bead of "As other Llttl Senator," the Timet1 edi torial baa tba followlog potato: "Tbe electloa of each mea ee Farley, of Cali fornia, la at aa encouraging alga. It to aeotber lndlcatoafabfadasl decadence of a body , wblcb bow rank Roeeoe Cookllog amongst Ita leaders. Te bo ear there have alwaya beea little mea la tb Senate, bat there ara more Hula me bow tbaa ever before, sod tb vast majority f email Senator to aow reinforced la tb moot character toll manner by California. From all aoeoaete It woald appear tbat tbla la loot to tb Senate to aa oncnltared. difficult to BMva by argument aad daw gvroea because of bl Batumi Ignorance aod eelf-concelt, aod. tbla to tbe eort of aaaa wbo will Aod At com pen looab! a la tb U. & Be!." - E0XE XEV8.1 Remember tb Caledonian baU next -- UmJh avonlne. Tb nlaua of tbo new Valtariaa V.narco nave new eeoi mm, t a. a o- Sidnev Dell. Esq.. toft' tbo' laet steamer tor a short uip tehajs Francleeo. , Tba Cbristmaa aervleee la thla city were beaaUful aod Impressive aad welL attended. - propoee I oelebrato tho coming anni versary of the birth of Tom Paine. Tb Waeblnatoa Ooard ball at Tare Halte Christmas eve waa oo of tboee time orgaoisauoa lenote. . About S80 were realised be tha Y. M. ' r . r a tv. fi it ,.. -. S7KM. Market Theater last Tbarsday evening. A rrand ball ander tbo aaeplcee of tbe Scottish etltsenc of Portlead will bo reivco at iara nwitsfii tn- hr IJaoembor Xlat. - ' n Mre. Howard N. Northrop, wbo baa recently boo thrown apoa ber owa re sources ay tee aeaiB or nor Boeoaexi, be bee appointed agent for tbo Pacta Ufa Ineorauce Company, and beguo io' earneet to sol toll poUctee. We wleb tbo Utile womaa perfect succssc ia ber en terprise. B. L. BtoBo'e etook of Jewelry to daa II ae. aUruL and maen.flaent. Everv uptinlB tu nlfi-rB tor aala te Lbs baas at lis , kind, hence bin .patron asay alwaya be - euro of getting wnat may pay io. i oo bolideye are approaching, and tble te tb place to get aui table aod durable preee ate. Corner of First and Morrison etreete. . ,, White tb eteaasshlB "Idaho' we aod wbea only a few alien below tbta. city, one of tbe eteaa pi paa attaebed to tb bead of tbo cylinder buret. Tble temporarily disabled tb ateamer, sod she name to anchor till meralag, wbe a boat froa thla eity wool to ber ae -lalanoe. The damage le Blight. Bloc laet Monday evening "Re Mlebel'rbs bee the atlracUoa ! XV ew Market Tbeater. Tba play te oaa f great dramatic Interest, sod ebould have received better aodiencoa. Mia Oe- Borne Impereooated "lloee" la faltbful manner, and did eome very rood aeUag. Mr. Ward'a "Pierre Michel" waa ooo of tbe beet eflort over pat oa tbo boerde . - vt- "--- -i Tbe Bunnort eoald ecarcely bava beea better, sad s fall boaeo should greet lt - Wo boar talk of a benefit tendered by -Manager Ben, of tbe Now Market Tbe ater, to too Helper Home sod Mre, H. L. MeCord, matron. No worthier ob ject oa claim tb atteaUoa of tbo char itable. Mra. MeCord, bereelf a widow, with four dependent children sod bo baa performed tb arduous deUes af ber office, la sddlUos to ber work for bar inmiiy, ror neany a year wiweii amiarj. .J k. i . ..k. . n k. u 8 h. OUI amiM B HVHMIMI Wmwm M T tervieee from tbo Port lead public, aad IEWS ITEMS. STATB A VSJUUTOBIAIb H ' . . . . W. T Aetre. Polk ooaaty to to bava a aew courV bouee aod Jail built af brick. - Tbe Orgolam aad Atoria each pub lish a double dally ooo a week. A revival meeUng, conducted by Revs. McClaia aod Driver, baa beea golag a at-. Sluelaw. : . r, . : T. Polk aod Laa are tba oaly ooa a Hoc which have yet paid op their Stele taxMlafulU . J Tba ferry acroee Snake Rlver-t Al aot to aow ompleled, sad teaate are eroeeiag every day. . - , , Salem coot offleo for four da. ioe pae wees waa,uo. Tbo EaH OncMmtan wante tb coun i . .. . . , . I ,, himxm ml Wash I i.n. ts of r. astern Uraama annexed to the eew State of Wash lag too. paper oomplalae that heaa lay in m ror Vbrlslmae for lea than alx sad a quarter eeola. . Mr. Thomas Mooree, a reeldeot af tb Paget Booed ooantry for many years, . died at Skagat s few days aluoa, aged forty-Ave year. Tbo Noah Bay sad Qultybate Iadtaaa produce over tiO.OOO every year la fare, eklne, and oil. White neulera are golag i . . . i ii . . there will be a large eeUleasent tbero. It le alleged tbat the Beilloghaa Bay Coal Ooapaay bava sbaodoaed tbelr mine en account of tbo lefertortty of tbo coal. Better ooal to oa tbo market, and tbla, It to asserted, will sot pay for get Ung it out, , - r , . . a . . . m . . waa the eedueer of Mia Laura Ooeley. Tbe Statesman aaya s married aaa sow tving to Balem is aoppoeed to be tbe guilty party, and steps will be token to nave nia orougnt to J net toe. Tba Blue Mounteia Ualversltr altaa- led la LaUraade, which owes til exiet soee mainly to the enterprtee and Integ rity of Rev. Harvey Hi aea, to ra a grat Ifylng stage of progress, profeeeor Car ter aod Mre. Hlaa are engaged la teaeb lag "tb young Idea," ate., aod tbo Boo pie of Eastern OregoB are Justly proud iJlhalrirlmnl - - rA Ilfeboal baa arrived at Neah Bay to be assd by tb llte-eaviag etatloa eeiab--iiehed there. She to built of Iron, be eempartmenta, aod wet g be tbreo aod a half tooe. Counseled with tbe boat to a carriage for beating a mortar for throw, log bom be over a-wrecked vessel for tbo purpose of eendlog nfl a email line lo be metooed to a larger oa board, wblcb io hauled aebore and affords a mease of eeeape lor tboee of tbo wreck. Oa Balarday; tb l&th, at Pendleton,' erttelee of loeorporattea were Bled by the Weeeo, Feadletoa, nod Colombia River Kail road Compaey Jerry Do epaia. Lot Llvermore, W. If. Beagle, C. L. Jewell, Jacob Eraser, B. Rotbeebild, ' aod J. H. Tnroor, looerporatore oaoitel etoek, llOO.Ouu. Twenty-A v tbooaaod dollars etock wa take oa tb spot la s tea to too terminus oa the-Columbia River to about sixty miles, sod tbo road will paa over s coootry where tb grades will b easy, aad owing to tbo eater of tbe aolL It oaa bo a-raded verv - ebeep. Sbaree ara put ap s flfty doi lare sub. sod Umatilla eoouly will be ae vaesed for eubecriptteo. mn tmm mmmm ea neipers LeaaUo Cotaavata street, bstwsse riftb bb Msta. Mrs. MeCord, msAroB. Tbe saora mt tee Hotae eiaa eeoe te ail sanlns womea' oso ehareeter. Board aa mum will be reralsbea at east te tboaa wb bave aseaaa. umm wrnmrn issm wbo aave ao. Temporary wer wlU ae rarBlsbea at lbeHasa,aa4 bsv ib t eltUoos uia tor laeaae-a, Ladlea . beve sewlaa ss But eet, wbe ere le Bet of emsjBUcaal aaraas, or say bis or help, are era te apply a tee Haass, aaa lass ais tbla aoois sOutt lo belp tbelr ewe sss. .K'VrCflt,'B; OeW ae rsstdssee, esat est First eUwA.se- toesa TsmbUI aa Taylor. OpuliJ attss Uea vso, to weasea aa shUdraB esespiatala. Also, (lees Mbmc.vbb Vapob Bavna, seas Mae eilb lUastrlelty.te BeaUae rbeasssUsm