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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
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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