She to Jtcrttoest.
THURSDAY ..SOVEMIJER 2S, 1S7S.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Tills time-honored festival, a strange
medley of social pleasures, Christian ob
servances, gastrotioinlcal feats and culi
nary triumphs has again, by presiden
tial and gubernatorial proclamation and
changing cycles, returned to au un
thankful nation. To say that the day
is, to any great extent, what its name
Implies, is so foreigu to fact that none
will attempt the assertion. But to say
there comes with it, inseparable Is some
degree from it a liugeriug odor of situ
tity such as surrounds cherished mem
ories Is to a great extent true. Its an
tiquity is established by dates which
tell us that the first .Thanksgiving day
in America was appointed by John Car
ven, first goveuor of Plymouth, in 1621,
the specified cause for the appointment
being the abundance of the first crops
gathered by the pilgrims in their New
World home. Turkey was not an In
dispensable feature of this primitive
Thanksgiving feast, but upou that mem
orable day in the first quarter of a dead
century our pilgrim forefathers gathered
around the board and with heads rever
ently bowed waited while the whlte-
.dfaired pastor "thanked God that they
.were permitted to feast upon the
cream of the land and the sea," and
then with a relish, unknown to modern
epicures, they partook of the clams and
eakes made from meal grouud between
stones that comprised the dinner. The
road and tempestuous Atlantic rolled
'eTween the wild and rock-bound coast
upon which they bad taken refuge and
the homes of kinsmen for whose pres
ence tliey yearned in vain. After this
first Thanksgiving, the day had not
regularly recurring anniversaries, but
was only occcasionally observed for
more ban half a century. After 16S0,
tbe day was regularly appointed aud
rtgWiyrobserved according to the cus-
toiMiofitbose times, and has by succes
sive arid easy stages reached the plane
oa wuTcb we find it to-day. Wad
meetings round the Joyous hearth, quiet
reonwus about the restive board, quick
tepplrrtr ,to inspiring strains of music,
devour prayers in the sanctuary, pious
rehearsal of the mauy blessings enjoyed
in tbelyear now gone; these are the
occupations of Thanksgiving day, 1STS.
w OHEOKMATED.
A frteud takes issue with us upou the
qnwrttmt&f the justice of allowing a jury
of women to try a woman criminal, and
triamp"Trantly cites as proof of the cor
rvatuess of his position, the late case at
Salem-wliere a man was condemned for
njorde'rj-aud a woman upon whom the
evidence strongly fastened complicity
in tliei-deed was acquitted. This we
take It,' 'is proof positive that our posi
tion is correct. A woman Is, and should
be, oeld as an accountable human be
lug; with an equal voice In making the
laws to which she Is amenable, she
should be held to as strict a personal ac
countability when she breaks them as
int ISJEie'ld. If men, wbeu they form
a jury-to decide upou her guilt or luno
c nee, fare likely to be swerved from
junticeVby a feeling of compassion be
eausef&f her sex, then they are clearly
Incompetent to act as jurors in her case.
If a penalty attached to a broken law
isajtfstone, framed for the safety and
peace society, we would not have a
wjmari escape it when justly due, any
njorei.tban a man. This is loo much
ljkellie antiquated custom that places
woman in the category with Idiots and
Insane persons. But, while women are
in this category and men fight to the
death (of common sense) any attempt
to elevate them to political equality,
we bold that tliey should not be held
amenable to law, nor suffer penalty
for its violation any more than those
with whom they are classified. "Ab
surd," eselalms some one. Yes, it it
absurd, we know, to treat women polit
ically as idiots and Insane are treated,
in one portion uf the statute?, and In
another to hold them amenable to law;
but we didn't make the law, nor do we
endorse it; we ean stand the cry of "ab
surd" when we are only stating facts
wbleb we had no hand in moulding.
We are not afraid of justice, nor do we
ask favor. Strlet personal responsibil
ity lor all, an equal chance in framing
the laws, and after that, an impartial
administration of them; this is our doc
trine, aud If carried out, would be sim
ple justice to all Intelligent citizens. In
making answer to the triumphant cita
tion mentioned above, we feel
what we trust our friend will con
sider a pardonable desire to exclaim,
"eueekmate."
Comparatively few persons get access
te Mrs. A. T. Stewart's gallery of paint
lugs awl sculpture, which is not only
the bst in the country in private
haatio, but has some paintings of the
dMn school almost without equal in
tf16- ""'a mot costly and elaborate
E'J ln world is at this house,
dW ,?ttor Fri"V 1 oo much
M .',Dk0f,tthat he8enta
K, . " "MWtltlu the ex
hibition, 1S67. so mueh a)9o
owner and her We,. U,iuk of it that
they were obliged to decline entrusting
an Investment of $60,000 i goW( Ma?
out insurance, to gratify the ,illter
Here also are the two great BouiieUrM-l
Rosa's iHorse Fair," aud Auguete Bon-
neurs "u&tiie in Woodlands," wliich
Mr. Stewart appraised at somethlug
like $106,000 apiece. Gerome Is repre
sented by some ot his greatest works, as
the "Chariot Race," the "Fight of the
Gladiators," and the seance between
Coruellle and his actor.
'
The thinnest person on recordflthe
tramp who, when ho hadwjialu,
couldn't tell whether It was 'agoucli)f
the eollc or a backache.
A VITAL QUESTION ABLY DIS
CUSSED. The article referred to elsewhere, from
the pen of Hon. Geo. "W. Julian, in the
Xorth American Jleview, contains so
many gems of thought worthy of repeti-
tton.tbat we cannot refrain from noticing
a few of them, and commending the en
tire to the careful perusal of our readers.
The subject question, "Is the Reformer
any longer needed?" attraots at ouco
the atteution of the worker, aud its care
ful elucidation commands his admlra
tion. "The unbelieving conservatism
uhloh sees only dunger aud disaster in
courageously following the truth," is
controverted by sucli calm logic aud
such Invincible, statement of fact that
we feel a little throb of triumph, think
ing how closely driven to the wall are
our conservative friends who, while ac
knowledging the justice of the demand
for woman's enfrauchismeut, doubt its
expediency. We quote: "The motto of
the social evolutionist is Slow aud sure,'
aud lie exhorts us, as far as possible, to
eliminate the time element from our
reckoning of humau progress, aud iiul
tate nature in iier infinite patieuce in
waiting for the physical world to grow
into comely shape. With him, human
endeavors for ameliorating the condition
of humanity are hindrances rather than
helps, and the reformer is to be regarded
as representing a type of tniud no longer
needed, and as destined soon to disappear
under the law of the survival of the fit
test. After he shall have become ex
tinct we shall patiently aud placidly
took on while evolution does the work
which his Ignorance and fanaticism so
clumsily attempted iu a ruder and less
ad vauced stage of society." "Ttiis new
gospel," Mr. Julian observes, "demands
our atteution, inasmuch as it makes its
appeal in the name of science, has the
support of great names, is plausible iu
its teachings, embodies a measure of
truth, is remarkably solacing to a cer
tain order of minds, and multitudes will
be tempted to embrace it as a scape-goat
for their laziness or moral indilterence,
Arraigning, as it does, all the great re
formers of the world, it would substitute
a sickly moral fatalism for those deeds
of heroism and self-sacrifice that have
glorified humau nature and lighted the
world on its way to a higher truth. We
cannot become oo-adjutators with God
by folding our bauds aud waiting upou
evolution or the cold logie of events, but
by acting well ourappolnted part iu the
fleeting drama of life, by piuuging into
the strife aud struggles of our time,
wisely but fervently tolling for our kind
We have no right to shirk the great
tasks to which we are summoned, wait
ing for evolution to perform for us a
vicarious office w!:!ah we as intelligent
beings should perform ourselves."
In defense of the grouud so grandly
taken, the following aptquotatiou from
John Stuart Mill is given, which must
appeal with a convincing force to the
minds of those who believe in waiting
uiMin the cold logic of events: "Polit
ical institutions are the work of men;
owe their origin and existence to human
will. Men did not wake on a summer
morning and find them sprung up.
Neither do they resemble trees, which,
once planted, are aye growing while
men are sleeping. In every stage of
their existence they are made what they
are by voluntary human agency." Fol
lowing step by step the plea so elo
quently made for reformers, "the world's
great martyrs to liberty," we must ac
cept the lesson of history as stated by
Mr. Motley that "the generation that
plants is not the generation that gathers
iu the harvest, but all mankind at last
inherit what is sown In the blood and
tears of the few." Iu dealing with tills
question it is not possible for the essay
ist to ignore the great reform that has
aroused the energies of so many lovers
of justice iu the past three decades, the
"Woman Suffrage reform," nor does
Mr. Julian show any inclination to do
so. Tracing our governmental policy
step by step, noting what its declarations
are, and how widely ou the subject of
political equality at variance with its
practice, he says : "We have now no
qualifications for the ballot founded ou
race or color or propetty or educational
requirements; awl yet we have twenty
million citizens In tho l ulled States
who are compelled to pay their taxes
and obey the lows, while they are de
nied any share whatever in the exercise
of political power. This is done because
of their sex, and is as hateful and antl
republican a discrimination as can well
be conceived. In the name of justice
and decency, what has sex to do with
the question of moral or political right?"
He stops not to argue the question, only
to state It aud rank it among the grand
living Issues yet to be tried by the peo-
pie; to foretell its place in the future
among the curious and startling barbar
isms of the past, and to declare that
there cau be no stationary place iu wom
an's progress toward her political
equality witli man. He winds up this
part of his subject with the following
words: "When and how this goal shall
be reached, must largely depeud upon
the labors and sacrifices of those who
would speed the work ; for the struggles
and tolls of the abolitiouists might just
as wisely have been renounced, as to sur
render thecauseof woman's enfranchise
ment to the tender mercies of social evo
lution." Speakiug earnestly because
feeling deeply, he exhorts ail to keep
alive their faith Iu virtue, in the
preeiousness ofebaracter, in personal re
sponsibility, for without this faith men
will conteut themselves, with coddling
their own comfort and turning every
good cause adrift, leaving humanity
without God and without hope In the
world. The entire article is replete with
sentiment that must cause the reformer
to thank God and take courage, while
he buckles on anew his armor of faith
and goes forth iu his battle against error
and oppression.
A young man Is made better by a sis
texs love. The love of another fellow'i
sister may do.
ACQUITTED.
Reference has been made several tiroes
in these columns to the case of Mrs.
Leouard, Indicted by the grand jury of
Wasco couuty for murder. Her trial
took place at The Dalles last week and
resulted in acquittal. Both her mind
and body have suffered greatly during
herlongand gruel imprisonment, and we
rejoice with all true friends of bumauity
In her release. Tho LUaml Empire says
of the case:
Nearly a year ago, the good people of this
community were thrown In a stale of eouster
nntlon by tbe report that Itanlel (t. Ieonard,
proprietor of the toll-brttlge over John Day's
Itiver.ln thisconnty.tiad been shot dead while
lying In hi bed. Tbe excitement grew Mil
higher when It was made known thai his wife
had beeu arrested for the erielratiou of the
crime; altolhalone Nathan I J nil say bad been
arrealed as an accessory. There was no posl-
live evidence as lo the commission of the fear
ful deed. The only ground ol suspicion was
thai Leonard and hU wife lived unhappily to
gether, and that he had threatened lo sue her
lor a divorce. Since that time, the unfortunate
woman has been Iu Jail, mi mm tided by criml
nals of every age and reee, a prey lo tbe mou
pain fol sensation. On Monday last her trial
was beenn In the Circuit Court, before Judge
MeArthur. She was ably defended by Hun.
William I Air Hill, or this city, the Stale-llug
represented by Proseealtng Attorney L. K Iton.
From the very onuet. It was apparent that the
Jar) most uenuft the defendant. Tbe evidence
against her was not only fllinay. bnt very dis
jointed, and Hill handled the ease In a very
masterly manner. Quite a number of Jurors
were rejected before twelve men could be
round to try the ease. The speeches of counsel
on Wed re-lay were most exhaustive, but tbe
Jury could find no Just grounds (or conviction,
and rendered a verdict or "not guilty" soon
after tbey retired for deliberation. Thus ends
a very vexations as well as a sad case, for even
though acquitted, tbe prisoner seems totally
broken In spirit. It Is hard to bear.
Here is a woman who has lain nine
months In jail, her companions criml
uals of all grades, the only foundation
for the fearful charge against iter being
the fact that she ami her husband "lived
unhappily together." If all the women
so situated should be treated in a simi
lar manner, wild-eyed wonder would
start buck appalled at the number of sad
faces peeping from behind iron gratings.
The query with us, and with ail lovers
of justice who have any knowledge of
this case, is why could not this "flimsy
disjointed evideuce" have been heard
as fitly In February or iu Mayas in
November, and tbe unfortuuate victim
of bad men's machinations tieeu relieved
from the degrading surroundings that
have "totally broken her spirit?" If
conscience does its work faithfully, what
haunting specters must pursue a mau
whose decisions have subjected an iuno
cent person to mental and physical
wreck, when common humanity de
manded that tlie fierce strain should be
at once removed by settlement of the
matter for good or for ill.
PAETY DISINTEGRATION.
To him who has watched the sigus in
the political heavens for the past few
years, nothing Is plainer tliau that the
old political arlie- areon the eve of ut
ter disintegration.
One of them was born of one idea
amid the clamors of slavery propagan
dists for territory anil power, ami main
tained an honored existence as long as
any work remained for it tndn In its le
gitimate field, but with the surrender of
the confederate forces, the reconstruc
tion of the disallected Slates, the polit
ical rights ol freed men assured, ami the
adoption of the lfith amendment to the
constitution, its mission, its work was
accomplished, aud its existence, except
in name, ceased. Anil as the priuci
pies of the Democratic party at
that date were just the opposite of
those of Republicanism, the triumph,
autl general acceptance of the principles
of one, rendered theexistencenf tlieotber
impossible. And, as proof that these
parties live only now iu name, let the
fact be noted that the fall elections just
past were the firet In the history of the
government where the negro question
in some of its phases has not been
prominent.
Hence, all this talk of a 'Solid South"
and a "solid North" is really uufoutitled,
existing only iu the diseased or dislmn
est brain of politicians. Kvery one
who deserves to be called a statesman
know that those issues of a sectional
character upon which only one section
of the union onuid array lUelf against
tbe other, are settled. Ami it is uot
only unwise, butabsolutely iuexcusable,
for men, as editors, or political leaders,
to persist in representing to thoso who
trust them as political guides, that tbe
name Republican or Semoorat repre
sents any distinct political creed.
Aud, since the now eflete issues that
gave distinctive character to the old po
litical parties should be buried, and tile
vital questions of finance, of snllrage,
of governmental aid to corporations for
internal Improvements, etc., etc., are
forcing their way to public attention,
does it not become the duty of Ameri
can citizens to study them ?
Away, then, with old party names
that can only mislead aud keep up sec
tional strife, when they really repre
sent nothing mean nothing.
Worshipers at the shrine of party
idolatry may, aud doubtless will, cling
with tenacity to the name that has
stood in some degree as au index to
principle, but ilia Impossible to chain
the living needs of tbe present to
the dead issues of the past, aud as unde
sirable as impossible to do so.
Ad interim of the Enterprite is noth
ing if uot poetical. Not satisfied with
painting bis pungent (?) editorials with
high-sounding quotations from cele
brated bards, he essays a poor pun, lu
doggerel purely original.
"As thou art strong In verse, in merer spare."
He counsels us to "have faith," and we
confess we need a little exhortation upou
that point when we see what ninnies
some men are, and then reflect that they
have a vote.
When a man's chin whiskers turn
gray before tbe hair on the top of head
does.it shows which part has done the
most work.
AN fiOTJB WITH CORRESPONDENTS.
Taking up a Ictterpostmarked "Olym-
pla," we find the following Jubilant
query : "What do you think of tbe vote
ou Woman Suffrage In this county?
Only three majority against it ; a major
ity for holding office and local option.
Hurrah !" Aud hurrah, say we, Tor the
men of Thurston couuty, Washington
Territory, all but the majority of three
who hold the balance of power against
woman's political rights. The men of
Washington have done well, and sensi
ble women appreciate them accordingly.
A lady writes from Southern Oregon:
"My husband says stop tbe paper when
the time is up, it costs too much. I tell
him I will stop tbe paper when he stops
tobacco, which in theyear costs much
more. He says nothing, but I think
your chance for continuing my name
on your list is good." It is refreshing
to find a woman who knows what to say
and when to say it, aud withal to say it
with sucli quiet good humor that her
words are sure to prevail. No mau who
Is lit to be a husband would deprive his
wife of her paper ou a score of economy
while ho squandered six times the
amount of Its subscription each year iu
so selfish almbitas that of using tobacco.
A little woman sends us a cheery let
ter written with a nervous hand, which
she closes thus: "I'lease excuse my
writing, as I have been washing all day,
and tlie babies ale romping iu noisy
glee around my chair as I write." Tills
Is one of tlie believers in equal rights
who Is about to neglect home duties and
forget maternal instincts because of
suali belief.
D. W. Cliersman, whom tlie suffra
gists of Oregon gratefully remember for
his work iu their cause in tlie ninth
biennial sesiion of the legislature, writes
"I have mailed to your address, October
number of Xorih American Jleview, in
which you will find a very able artiole
from the pen of Hon. Geo. W. Julian,
which I am sure you will read with deep
interest. It has been my good fortune
toiiave known Mr. Julian for half a life
time. I regard him as one of the ablest
aud truest of men, aud from the incipl
ency of the Womau Suffrage movement
oue of Its most consistent advocates. I
was In his office as a law student when
he wrote tlie first artlclu advocating the
homestead policy written in the United
Stales. These articles appeared In the
Xalionalliia, then printed or published
iu Washington City. He Is really the
father of the homestead policy, was its
advocate while in Congress, aud as chair
man of tlie public lands committee,
favored it with the most scrupulous vig
ilauce. It is most gratifying to find
one so consistent iu political life."
It is always a source of pride and
pleasure to do honor to thot-e who have
found time amid the turmoils of politi
cal life to give constant and consistent
support to the womm movement, and
we cheerfully give a place to the forego
ing tribute to the tabors of Hon. George
V. Julian. When in the decades to
come, the historian shall count up the
nation's jewels, his pen shall longest
pause at those names which stand for
equal rights upon the records of uational
legislation.
Had we needed proof that there are
men lu whose hands woman's cause, iu
in auy calamity however dire, could
with safety be Intrusted, it would have
come to us in convincing force in tlie
following letter from a member of the
Oregou bar. After making Inquiry as
to whether a woman (to whose case ref
erence is made elsewhere) had counsel
to defend her, he says : "I have no time
to waste, the duties of tny practice being
very exacting, but if a poor, uuforluuate
woman needs my professional service to
plead for her life, I have time to stop all
else aud attend to that duty. When I
was a law student I cut out and pasted
iu one oi tue lirst law books l ever
owned, this motto:
"For the cause that lacks assistance.
For the wronr that needs resistance.
For the future In tlie distance
And the good that I can do."
Prompted by this motto, I have made
the above Inquiry. I congratulate you
that, through the Xkw Noktiiwest,
you are doing very much to call atten
tion to the thousand wrongs that need
righting, and I pray that you may con
tinue In. well-doing." "The cause that
needs assistance," the cause that, Im
pelled by a principle of justice that can
not he blotted out, receives a powerful
impetus from such words of encourage
meut, strengthening alike the impulse
that drives the pen aud the spirit that
resounds iu the voice of the earnest, but
ofteu weary advocate of freedom. When
ever we see these opportune but seem
ingly random expressions of sympathy,
we emphatically endorse the sentiment
that "words fitly spokeu are like apples
of gold in pictures of silver."
A correspondent who has an acute
perception of the needsof the times, says:
"It Is said that one of the wants of the
age Is men. While not desiring to dis
pute this trite saying, I will add thatiu
my opinion it wants women as well.
Mothers, wives and sisters who can
sweetly and lovingly adorn their various
positions aud yet earnestly, forcibly
aud eloquently protest against the
wrongs that are apparent on every side,
and plead for 'even-handed justice' for
the oppressed, the beguiled, the Ignorant
ones." We commend this last quotation
to the careful perusal of some hundreds
of women in this city who boast of hav
ing all the rights they want, and sit in
supiue eelllshuess while hearts are
wrung aud lives wrecked ail around
tbem for the want of such women as
our correspondent describes to come up
to the help of the weak against the
mighty. When selfish Indifference and
"sharp-toothed unkiudness" gives place
to that spirit that calls every woman
sister, tbe want of the age will no longer
be "women," for the world will be full
of them and noue will bedubbed as now
superfluous.
Mining prospects in Southern Oregon
are extremely flatteriug.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Obar Headrrh of thk New Northwest:
iou will know, by these presents.
that the undersigned proceedeth slowly
toward the northern stur. The hard
cold before grumbled at, that will uot
down at its victim's bidding, neither
will it up for ail her coughing, compels
us to literally "go slow." Aud yet,
barring the fact that we are always anx
ious when absent from the loved ones at
home, we are having a delightful time.
Our stay at Umatilla was au agreeable
change from the noise and hurry of tho
State Legislature and Arlcultural Fair.
Tlie lectures, though not attended by
packed audiences, as in many places,
brought out a large majority of the cit
izens, which is more than we can say of
New York or San Francisco, where the
halls are filled from the mauy abound
ing thousands.
The good people, for the most part,
keep seasonable hours, and the oue sa
loon iu the place Is more orderly than
many churohes. The school-house has
a new coat of paiut, and Is as clean as
an old maid's dimity apron. We con
fess that we shuddered a little when we
weut there to lecture, bearing our own
candles, bought on the way, when, a
light being struck, we were shown the
bullet-holes in the wall, where, during
the Indian scare, wbeu the school-house,
was the barracks, a venturesome Lo,
who had risked himself as a spy among
tlie pale-faces, had xi!d tbe penalty for
his temerity by receiving the first force
of the leaden missiles, which made him
a "good Indian" for all time, aud left
their Impress under the hlack-boanl as
a memento of the prowess of somebody
who had protected tbe whites by a rifle,
w hile tlie ill-fated Indian was a prisoner
and asleep.
The second lecture was given Iu Mrs.
Wilson's dining-room, and everybody
was happy. Though, for that matter,
for all we know to the contrary, they
were happy enough on the former oc
casion. At any rate, Umatilla gives
more subscribers to the Nkw Nokth
wkst according to Its population, than
any other city in the uniou.
Kadi day, during our visit, the plain
was alive with freight teams. Tlie
merchants, hotel folks aud expressmen
are as busy as bees. As a forwarding
point, this town, as ragged aud wind
worn as it looks, possesses immense ad
vantages. The supplies for LaGraude,
Union, Cove, Ituker, aud Iloise, that are
shipped up the Columbia, are all lauded
here, and are forwarded by prairie
schooners, with mule engiues, to their
place of destination. Mr. J. II. Koontz
is tbe pritioipal merchant, and himself
and many clerks are always busy. He
carries u large assortment of general
merchandise, and deals iu everything
from a mouse-trap to a Baiu wagon,
from a Valienceuea lace collar to a mili
tary tent, or a cambric needle to a bale
of guuny-sacks.
The United States sigual station is
kept here by Mr. Willes; but whether
he be oolouel or major or professor, or
whether he have any title at all, depo
ueut forgot to inquire. Iiul it does not
matter. Suffice it to say that he was
gentlemanly and affable, and took much
pains to explain tlie mysteries uf the
signal service.
Imagine an inverted funnel through
which a" liquid is projected by some
outer force, with such velocity that it
moves spirally, and you ean have some
idea of the walls of atuio-phere through
which the hot air from tlie tropics rush
es, forming a spiral motion, anolagous
to the fluid in tbe inverted funnel. Then
you have the true cause of storms, wbioh
always gel their initus from tlie trop
ics, and everywhere trend westward.
And when east winds come, to freeze
your marrow, pleuse remember tiiut it
is the west wind that does It, which,
obeying the spiral law, aud following
theciraumfreiieeiir the earth, like the
circumlocution iu office which Governor
Thayer so wisely illustrates, mokes u
wide difference, between apparent antl
real progress; or, to make the simile
complete, it were perbap better to say
nppareut and leal motion. Tlie gentle
tuaii instructed us in the Use of the
barometer, buttery, maximum and
minimum tliermometors, windometer,
etc., etc., and we left the otliee after
half an hour's inspection of every tiling
scieniinc auout It, not omitting to no
tice the comfortable room itself, with
a decided Impression that such positions
properly belong to women. Any man
whose labor is all indoors is as badly
"out of liis sphere" as any woman
would be iu tilling tlie soil or wielding
a sledge-hammer.
At five o'clock ou the morning of the
19th, good Mrs. Wilson aroused us from
a dream of home, and we arose and de
parted for tlie steamer "Almota," that
lay alongside the wharfboat, but had
not yet given warning of Iter early de
parture. A gentleman had carried our
baggage to tlie boat "over night," so
we had no baggage but a hand-satchel;
but the dim gray of the morning was
hardly tllsceruable, aud our lonely walk
to tlie riverside was the acme of deso
lation. We thought of Indians and
banditti, and trembled a little, and our
heart beat audibly when a span of
horses trotted by iu uncomfortable prox
imity to the solitary pedestrian. But
we were soon on the loug bridge, and
then we breathed freely, but we were
not wholly at ease till a watchman met
us at the gaug-plauk and piloted the
way to the "Almota's" cabin, and there
we were at home. The water has risen
about a foot since we last wrote, autl the
ugly rocks In the rapids are trying in
vain to show their impudent faces above
the foaming waters.
Nine o'clock, and Wallula. Hut it Is
off day on the passenger Hue, and we
must lie by till the morrow; so we take
our baggage to the Curamings hotel, and
then seek the office of Mr. Peabody
where we visit for a while with the
wife and children, and then proceed to
scrawl this missive, which, because of
its illegibility, we know will make the
typos scold. As we scribble, an Indian
enters, and upon hearing his name, w
realize that we are In tbe august pres
ence of royalty. His Majesty's name is
Homely, aud he is too impecunious to
nav his wav to Vancouver, whither he
is going, doubtless on official business
couneoted with his realm. .Mr. 1'ea
bodv kintllv telegraphs to General
Sprague for tbe required pass, and bis
Majesty, the Indian .Emperor, awuits
its coming, with the air of patience on
a monument. In half an hour the uen-
eral respontls, and the great chief
of the Waliulas is as happy as he is
majestic.
Nobody can imagine tlie growth of
this upper country unless favored with
a sight of the travel, freight and mer
chandise. The freight, both up and
down the Columbia, is enormous. And
tlie travel is often too greut for any de
gree of comfort in the crowded thor
oughfares. A. J. JJ.
Wallula, W. T., November 19, 1S78.
REOENTEVENTS.
Six temperance meetings were held
in New York on the 24th. The Murphy
success is iucreasiug.
About 70 temporary clerks, a major
ity of then) women, have beeu dis
charged from tlie treasury department,
tlie appropriation being exhausted.
Forty armed men took a negro rav
isher from the jail at Lagrange, Ky.,
on tbe night of tbe 21st, and hung him.
His victim was a little girl eight years
of age.
The Vermont legislature has passed
a joint resolution instructing Vermont
Congressmen to use all honorable
means to prevent tbe repeal of tlie re
sumption act.
The work of preparing the annual ap
propriation bills was formally com
menced last week. The general impres
sion Feems to be that tlie department
estimates cannot be very materially re
duced without detriment to tlie public
service.
A conspiracy to defraud tlie govern
mentoutof $830,000 by means of fraud
ulent vouchers in connection with tbe
construction of tlie Chicago custom
house has been discovered. Tbe chief
contractors have been indicted by the
grand jury.
A terrible explosion occurred iu tbe
I Sullivan Pennsylvania coal mine on the
121st. Twenty-seven men were at work
I in the mine at tbe time, eight of whom
I were killed. The miners carelessly
blasted through a new partitiou, and
the accumulated gas exploded with tre
! mendous coucussiou.
The committee investigating charges
of cruelty iu St. Peter's insane asylum,
find the charges sustained, and that
cruel treatment has eaused the death of
two Kitieuts, one man being strangled
by forcing fond down bis throat with a
wooden spoon, and u woman being so
scalded by being left carelessly Iu a bath
that death ensued.
Tlie case of Mrs. J. Anderson, of Chi
oago, who lias beeu ou trial before a jury
of the Trinity Methodl-l Church for
conduct unbecoming a Christian autl a
Methodist, fur reutiiig ground to be used
as a beer garden, was reeently con
eluded, and a verdict rendered of
guilty to both charges, with a recom
mendation of forbearance ou tlie part
of the church.
r0REIQN NEWS.
Russia will send 120,000 men into Bui
garia before the close of the year.
Ten thousand cotton operatives at
Oldham, England, weut on a strike on
Saturday.
Outrages continue to be perpetrated
upon Bulgarian Inhabitants, 320 being
massacred by the Turks recently.
A heavy gale prevailed at tile mouth of
theTagus last week, during which three
vessels and eighteeu lives were lost.
In pursuance of the treaty of Berlin,
the Bulgarian Assembly, composed of
bishops, functionaries ami notables, has
been summoned to meet at Ttruova ou
the 27th of Deeember to prepare organic
laws for the province. The assembly Is
to complete the task in April, and then
elect a prince.
Harper Magazine for December
opens with four old Christmas poems
by Ben Johu9on, Georgle Wither, T.
Colebridge, and Giles Fletcher. Abbey
illustrates these with three remarkable
pictures the Christmas waits, the
Shepherds, and the Madonna In tbe sta
ble. An Illustrated artioleon "England's
Great University," contributed by M.
D. Conway, gives a satisfactorily com
prehensive view of the various colleges
of Oxford, the social life of the students,
the most eminent of the professors, antl
tlie work accomplished by the univers
ity in promoting scholarship In Eug
England. The illustrations are
picturesque antl interesting. The
most interesting paper In the uum
ber because of its humor is tlle
fun-provoking narrative of B. Munn
Chowsou, of Dedham, concerning
the peculiar institutions of Kno
ware au island upou which he is
thrown by shipwreck. The ed
itorial departments are also up to
their uijal standards, being even more
complete in some respects than usual.
This is a publication which no one who
enjoys current literature can afford to
be without, and tlie number uudercon
sideration is one of tbe most complete
and entertaining of a long line.
3"Euoch Arden" will be rendered by a
company of amateurs nt Salem on the
occasion of a Thauksglvlng entertain
ment. This beautiful piece is certainly
very appropriate for a Thanksgivlug
festival, for if ever anyone was truly
thankful for anything, it must have been
Philip Ray when Enoch Arden came
back no more to his "gentle Anuie."
One hour of justice Is worth seventy
years of prayer.
NEWS ITBM3.
BTATB AMD TBUTTOSUJ.
A newspaper winsoon be atarled at
Westou.
Miss SallieBall lias in appointed
postmaster at Sitka.
Lafayette and Hlllsboro will each
hold their elections ou Monday, tbe 2d
proximo.
The actual majority of Brents, dele
gate to Congress from Washington Ter
ritory, Is 1,411.
Hugh Ij. Brown and wife, of Linn
county, celt biatid their goldeu wed
ding lust week.
Land is cettine to be valuable in Xe-
halem. Persons fond of seetusioruliud .
there pleasant homes. fei
Oelazon I)., second son of IjPBate
Hon. Delazon Smith, diet! at iMHbi
homestead in Linn count v on tbe 1' i!
of November.
The late rains have furnished T. 1.
Beck, of Willow Springs, enc-igb water
to wah up some ground-slut -ing done
last winter, which is paying well He
will engage quite extensively ia min
ing operations this winter.
Tbe dam at the salmon-batchiot' es
tablishment on the Clackaoia gave
way several days atro, jenuardizIoaT the
existeuce of half a milliou of l.ltle flsli
that were in danger of betntr washed
away before repairs oould be made.
J. D. Whitney, of Salem, convicted
of tbe murder in August last of Oliver
H ibert, batl the sentence otjdeatb pro
nounced upon him lafl,2tUirlay by
Judge Harding. The dayTpied for th
execution of the sentence flraanusry 17,
1S79; the place, the yard of tbe county
jail.
The main shaft in 1 1 lekisea v i nir-room
of the Oregon City woolerjjmille broke a
short time since, with disastrous result
to tlie machinery, inucnaor which was)
injured before the mill cajjld.'b stopped.
A week's repairs, bowevex, suffice! to
make everything bettefTuan before,
and gave lo tbe operativABrweek's va
cation. rWfi
The teachers' institutes for the fourth
judicial district will be heW at Oregon
,ity uuring nouuay weKuinmmenumg
isecetuuer juiii. t roiegjuru oweii. su
perintendent of publieMniction, will
spare no pains, ou Ii is psttJKo render tlie
institute a profitable oead earnestly
solicits the co-operation' iof educators
throughout the Statel awl especially
iu the district included.
Mail service in OreolfwMI i,e in
creased as follows, toaiair&rrTec' aooti:
From The Dalles to PrlneUle, fr- in one
to six times weekly; ASWand to Lake
View, three to six tiajfijr' weekly; The
Dalles to Baker CitT?Jj!ee three
times weekly. Also tlriJiRjfori .4 new
service: Oakland to iggaten, Oakland
to Fair Oak, ItosehurgJfl, PaHeraop's
Mills, Pilot Itock to ItoMnfSavii.e, once
a week. PS
-
Some of the deacons
owr Kast"
seem to have a bad pra
f snoring
loudly while asleep in
appears to disturb some
Maine patter recently h
b, wbieb
there, as a
1 following
"Deacon
polite notice for one of th
jones is requested ootB - mmeuoe
snoring to-morrow until tjpst-rmon has
begun, as some persons itMate 1 eighbor
hood of Ins ew would lisfg bear tbe
text." f
Now is the time to mall
clubs.
Tbe .Viitiolinl fcc,
It Is estimated that the i0Xu.. .Umsix-s
caused bj the ravages of Inseew .ma worm
exceed SUOMOflOO In the United!- -t' alone.
Truly an enormous loss! YellCi--Ks into In-
sMrnincance when compared with tlie ravage
of that more terrible acou
resumption.
which amoally sweeps hni
1 thousands
at baaaa aools into eternil
e causes ui
consumption are various, del
OK in every
'ti- disease
instance for the ilevelopnv
npon the scrofulous! lathes
'iiipprament.
of the victim. Thus, the
auat which
will produce in one person
k l a ute
disease, or a slight nervoi
1, will
engender consumption In
n of scrmu-
Ions habit. That consnmpl
Im- i ared by
proper treasment will
perceived
when the exact nature of
Is uuJer-
stood, vis.: tbe aceomul;
deposltlou
the lungs.
of scrofulous matter (tu
Obviously , the principal
uind are
It) a powerful alterati
arrest tbe act-umulalloi
pjnfci. to
t'anse the
blood of tbe scroftilou
1 mild
cathartic to expel thedl!
r irora the
system. This course ol
conjunc-
tion with a strict byrlegpi
a p"o si
the most successful mutbo.1 .
till- cu
ease. Dr. Plert-e's ( foldep 3(i
ius. ..v. rv
and Pleasant Purgative Pellel
terative and catharthnrmedlea
lie, and have been alone used I:
of consumption with the
efficacy. Ir. Pierce's Invalid's
lalo, Sew ork, affords special
advantages to consumptives, n
ing the best medical and
treatment, hut having the e
of being situated In a climate w
iiannaie noiaoiy free from th
Horrible to Tlilril
Tbe attention or tbe peon
county la specially cailedo,
death reported In tbe pap
disease, consumption. In
reported to be continually I
be seen by examining the.
all eaosed by not break In
or cold as soon as it app
lly done by using 1Iai.cs
Hor.Nn asd Tak, an art let which was discv.
eredby the late Dr. Hale, a celebrated ph.vsi
clan of Kurope, and used in his prfvale j5c-
present proprietor, believing this markeWf.
i ...Ira just sucn an snieir, uus yurcomru ldc
same at a large outlay, and Is now preparing
It according to the original recipe. And those
who have nsed the article i which are thou
sands) consider it a certain cure for all congnai"
coias, noarseness,uimcait Dreaming, ana ail
affections of tbe throat, bronchial Tubes,
lungs leading to consumption. Sokt by all
druggists, and at Critlen ton's patent medicine
depot, 7 Sixth Avenue, New York City. Prices,
SO cents and St. Ureat saving by purchasing
large size.
Ifome for Homeless Women.
Under the auspices of tbe Band ot Helpers.
location Columbia street, between Fifth and
Sixth. Mrs. Virgil, matron. Tbe doors of
the Home stand open to all homeless women
ot good character. Board and room will be
furnished at cost to those who have means,
and fbbb to those who have not. Temporary
work will be furnished at the Home, and per
manent sltuaUons obtained for iumates. Ladles
who have sewing to put out, who are In need of
professional nurses, or any kind of help, are
urged U apply at the Home, and thus aid this
noble effort to help their own sex.
.SPECIAL NOTICE.
All business letters pertaining to the Nkw
Northwest, and all money due Ibis omee on
subscriptions or otherwise, must be directed to
MRS. A. J. DUNIWAY.
eo Tbe National Gold Medal was awarded
to Bradley Ko lot son tor tlie best Photographs
In the United States, and the Vienna Medal
tor the beat In the world. U Moulcomery
street. San rraseJaro.
31 US. lilt, mint.
Homeopathic physician and electrician. First,
street, between Morrison and Alder. 8-1
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