THURSDAY. Al'RIL 10, 1S79.
GEADUAL BUT EADIOAL CHANGES.
Though In the main it is exceedingly
tedious to wait the slow evolutions of
change in public sentiment, It Is patent
to tbe careful observer that this very
townees is often essential to the safety
of the nation. Suppose that the Con
gress of loyal, patriotic and auxloue men
who fifteen years ago assembled In
Washington, could have looked lorward
to the session of that august body Id
1879? Not only the members of Congress
in 1564, but their entire constituency
would have started up alarmed at the
hhjwI of the present roll-call. The slow
progress of events, however, makes the
country look on with unconcern while
seats In tbe House of Representatives
are filled with rebel brigadiers, and ex
Confederate soldiers s warm the places of
public trust. The Chloago Inter-Oeean
truly says that sacl) a sight would have
led the people of that period to have
Mipposed tbeConfedemleoause triumph
ant, and that the rebel army had
surely captured the national capital and
foreed tbe federal army to terms. John
ston, whose bristling guns IhrwiJeVgd
deetraetloD to Washington, sits lu tbi
House regulating the supplies of tbe
L Jilted States army; Hampton, whose
charges against the Union lines shat
tered but did not force them, speaks
with authority from a seat In the Sen
ate; Withers, who held command over
a loathsome prison pen where many a
hoy in blue met death by starvation
and disease, sits as chief of tbe pensions
committee. And so on through the
long list, the blue is forced to the rear,
and the gray comes to the front glit
tering with Confederate buttons. "And
this occurs," says the journal above
quoted, "In a nation charged with per
heeutlug a beaten foe, trampling upon a
helpless people, and robbing a denfense
loss antagonist of all that makes life
dear." What the sequel will be, what
penalty tbe nation will pay for this un
precedented magnanimity or folly, re
mains for tbe future to unfold. In the
meantime, the world may well pause,
and, Indulging in retrospection for
awhile, marvel at the unwonted spec
tacle, counting no change in public sen
timent impossible. If the result is not
disastrous, then it is idle to prognosti
cate disaster from any gradual change,
however radical in its completion.
Then we trust to hear uo further pre
dictions of disaster from giving the bal
lot to woman because of the "great
change" that It will induce in matters
of public polity. Greater changes than
have occurred in governmental matters
in this nation during the past two
decades have never beeu witnessed,
and Mill the world jogs on, society jogs
on, tbe nation is prosperous in seed
time, jabtiant when it gathers in Its
harvests, Its material Interests ami
prospects boding uo disaster, social, po
litical or financial.
LAOK OP JUDGMEHT.
A friend, commenting upon the re
marks we made several weeks ago w hen
speaking of Mr. Dolph'a lecture in Ma
sonic Hall, says: "You eay that you
'often hear of the unpopular! ty of Woman
Suffrage, and as often reply that it Is
ounopular only with the Iguorant ami
untliiukiBg, and that this eveniug's ex
tx rluient abundantly proved tlieopinion
true,' 2ow, I have only to eay that you
put a very low estimate upon the judg
ment of tens of thousands of tbe best
men and women of our land, as there
:.re many noble, thinking, upright men
Mid women who oppose this great ques
i lun." We oertaiuly must place a low
estimate upon tbe judgment of thinking
persons who oppose the enlargement of
woman's sphere, as in our view no one
tMssessed of logical mind who lias given
ihe subject sufficient thought to enable
him to give an intelligent opinion, can
lar a moment oppose it, much leee pub
lish his opposition. Tbat there are
hose atnoug our beet men aod women
Mho oppose it we know, but we insist
that they have not studied this question,
" its merits, divested of personal preju
dices and stripped of the sophistries of
ustom. If they have done so aud still
render adverse opinion, then they are
.levoid of true nobility of soul, or are
defective in judgment. Good men and
women these last may be, tiolwilbstand
nig this, but Incapable of grasping tbe
I road idee, of universal freedom; persons
io whom the words of tbe Declaration
f Independence are meaningless, how
ever blindly revered. The ignorant
lass whom I'olloek describes as
' M-n who never had a doren thoughts
In nil their Uvea, and never rhanged their
course,
Jut told them o'er, each in It customed
place.
Frum morn till nlgfat, from youth till hoary
age,"
We do not censure; we expect nothing;
rom tbem when great issues are pend
tig, but merely class them, pass on and
wait the tardy action of time to supply
:eir rauks with better material. We
oust demur to oor friend's opinion that
ibe plain statement or facts "will retard
instead of hasten the day of woman's
nfranciiisement." Had it not beeu for
:be pla.ii. p-cn, nution of fade, theeause
.f equal rights would be to-day where It
was in the early days of the century
when all the places of honor, emolu
ment and trust were eonsi.:. red iut'
rightful prerogative.
H'omm'i IIWs, which has been
dited jointly for the past year by Sarah
Andrews Spencer and Theresa Juan
.Lewis, has again passed into the sole
charge of the latter. This periodical
presents an interesting record, ably ed
ited, of what women are doing, and
i hould bo patronized by every woman
who believes in the enlargement of
woman's sphere.
The address of Mrs. R, IS. Hansford is
wanted at this office.
PEEVEETED ENEBGY.
AH who visit our annual fairs see on
exhibition the Inevitable notoh
quilt, deftly wrought in tiny saw-teeth
anti diamond shape bits of calico,
otl,nlw..l . .1.
U,U"U "denier without regard to
harmony of colors, the on! v effort seam
ing to be to get tile most pieces in tbe
least possible space, ami to work as
much euorgy, eye-sight and patience
into me conglomeration as is possible.
We find in an eastern exchange a coun
terpart of tills tedious coiinteriane,
spoKen oias follows:
Mrs. 8Mh Wright has la her possession a
oea qaiu or ner own contriving and hard work
containing 1U,VH pieces arranged In block
containing 106 piece each. It It a curimtty to
raoi ai. ana lead one to wonder how any
woman can have patience enough to pnzzle
her brain and busv her llugen In stitching to
gether m many minute square or calico. We
wonder ir It ever occurred to this lady to think
of the wonders he might have accomplished
In tat. way or study and mental Improvement,
or in benefitting tbe world. In the same time
be spent over thU quilt, which, now It U done,
Is not a whit more useful than a five-cent cal
ico one would be, and probably not any pret
tier; while It certainly cannot be hall hand
oau a a white counterpane. We appreciate
lawnatato maun, but we want lo see them
leant Jo tara their Industry to good advantage.
la aathlng to commend in worthiest.
Wlmve olteu expressed our opinion
OH tWs Subject In language similar to
the above, and every year confirms us
more fully in tbe belief of its correct
ness. In the first place, useless work in
a world where there is so much need of
useful employment is selfish, and to that
extent, wicked. Xiue times out of ten
a starved mentality accompauies this
interminable stitching; physical dis
orders which it is not only to the Inter
est of every individual mother, but to
tbe interest of posterity to preveut, re
sult from tbe cramped iiositlon of the
worker, who, defrauded of God's blessed
sunshine, sits for weary days and weeks
and months, cutting, and fitting ami
sewing; together these inharmonious and
useless bits. Yet other days are spent
days of discomfort and general disorder
in the family In which, the patching
completed, the dizzying maze is
stretched in frames, suspended from tbe
ceiling; or supported by chairs, aud the
needle, propelled by a fretful energy,
glides in aud out, lacerating thumb aud
finger as it goes, tiring back aud side
and arms as the position of the body is
further contorted to make a good
"reach," and after all, a quilt that has
neither warmth nor beauty to recom
mend It, Is taken from the frames,
folded and placed upon the shelf to be
displayed on special occasions as a
marvel of industry. What need to mul
tiply words when the common sene of
every one says the boast Is out of all
proportion to its great cost.
"THE HOME PE0TE0TI0K PETI
TION."
The women of Illinois, alive alike to
tbe claims of women to representation
and the good of the temperance cause,
have circulated a petition with the
above title, the text of which we give
below. Their motto is, "For God aud
home ami native land," and their la
bore, of which an extract published
elsewhere from a Springfield, Illluols,
journal, in the peculiar province in
which they have been directed have
met with a wonderful success. The les
son learned of tbe crusade, In which eft
many noble-minded women spent
months of severe but misdirected labor,
taught tbat moral suasion withont law
is powerless to eradicate a giant evil.
A little evanescent sympathy may be
evoked by groveling in the attitude of
suppliauts at tbe feet of men, but for
the eradication of any deep-rooted evil,
give tbe lstent moral force of the com
munity ower that lici only in the bal
lot. The women of Illinois have struck
the key-note of eaecess on this great
question. Reforms never make retro
grade movements, and the ball thus set
In motion by experience will be kept
in onward movement by the breatli of
enthusiasm and the consciousness of
right, until this moueter evil that des
olates so many homes, making those
who should be high priestesses thereof,
pitiful and cringing suppliants at tbe
hated shrine ol Bacchus, shall be led
captive at tbe will of those who have
Ml lie red at Its bands such foul wrong.
The petition is addressed lo the House
of Representatives of the State of Illi
nois, and la couched in these word:
Wiikrkas, In these years of tem
perance work, Ihe argument of defeat
in our content witli tbe saloons lias
taught us that oor efforts are merely
palliative of a disease in tbe body poli
tic, which can never be eured until law
ami moral suasion go hand in hand in
oor beloved State; and
Whereas. The instincts of self.
protection and of apprehension for the
safety ol iter cblklreu, Her tempted loved
ones, ami Iter home, render woman tbe
natural enemy of the saloons;
Therefore, Your petitioners, men
and women of tbe State of Illinois, hav
ing at lieart the protection of our homes
I rom their worst enemy, the legalized
traflle In strong drink, do hereby twit
earnestly pray your honorable body that
by suitable legislation It be provided
tbat in the State of Illinois the ques
tion of licensing at any time, lu any lo
cality, the sale of any and all intoxi
cating drinks (including wine and beer)
shall be submitted to and determined by
ballot, in which woineu of lawful age
should be privileged to take part lu the
same manner as men when votlug on
the question of lleeuse.
II. C. Bale, ex-slierifl of Yamhill
county, now in jail at Lafayette for em
bezzlement of the county's funds dur
ing his official term, announces that he
returned to that place with the express
intention of giving himself up, and pro
tests that he did not Intentionally
wrong the people, and fully expected to
make all right up to three days prevl
ous lo his departure last fall.
An interesting sketch of the early his
tory of tbe Oregon State Agrieultural
Society, complied by Mr. J. Henry
Brown, appears with tbe pamphlet an
nouncing the list of premiums for the
nineteenth annual fair or the society,
-n.i. r..i. .m i . . .
.a., iu ue tieiu at some uato yet
1 to bo agreed upon in the rail of 1S70.
PBA0TI0AL TEMPEBAKOE W0E.
To the Kihtok op THE New North wkct:
From attendance, attention and gen
eral interest manifested, the open tem
perance meetings iu this city ard a de
cided success, but that a lynx-eyed
court of inquest would admit the cor
rectness of that assumption, I very
much doubt. The exercises are pleas
lug, attendance over-flowing and at
tention good, but that something very
esseutial to the accomplishment of great
and lasting good is lacking, uo candid
person cau deny. Were I a physician
and called upon for aiiolf-hand prescrip
tion for this patient, I'd sy, "Liberal
nud long-continued doses of hii uncom
promising spirit of working reform."
Would I be counted captious if I should
say that there are too many appeals
made to the Almighty at these meet
ing", unaccompanied by the laying hold
of tho means provided by which liilem
perauce may be suppressed ? At times
one can scarcely avoid the conclusion
that, "in tlie opinion of leaders of this
movement, the rum traffic cau aud
should be put down without hurting the
feelings (If they have any) of parties de
riving profit therefrom." Now, this
man-fearlug, time-serving fplril is the
very device by which "the powerful
batteries of the Almighty (our pulpits)"
have been "spiked," and until this spirit
has been thoroughly eradicated and oar
church people, as a whole, come out on
the side of temperance and every other
human reform, but very little of the
good accomplished can lie placed to the
credit of their account. "Local option"
is the route we must travel lo reach
prohibition aud enable a generation
hence to stand up as ou mail, total ab
stinence poo pie, both from habit and
inclination; but so long as our tole vot
ing stock in trade consists of a gener
ation of tlpplors and rum sellers, local
option will fall very far short of giving
us prohibitory laws. Hence, every
nerve should be straiued to have this
one thing essential submitted to an en
franchised nation. Xow, if our temper
ance reform leaders and nor deacons and
divines desire to be considered as acting
without mental reservation In this mat
ter, let them head a petition for local
option to be presented for the consider
ation and ballots of good men ami
women: let them also exhibit church
records from which the names of every
member who directly or Indltectly de
rives a prorlt from the rum traffic shull
have been expunged, no matter If the
guilty pirtles have endeavored to oil
set their net Ions by "a donation of Chin
cony bark" for tbe cure of their victims.
Mere "pledge-taking" Is romemlatory
Indeed, but is food only for babes and
sucklincs. Strongmen require stronger
food, and if our leaders and teachers are
content with "such weak diet," they can
scarcely be surprised If their followers
go into a decline. Tbe Almighty never
does anything by halves, ami It Is folly
to Imagine that he wilt countenance a
movement undertaken under similar
conditions. If the reverend gentlemen
who are so willing to couflde the safety
of our young men In the bands of our
young women will come out squarely
in their several pulpit and lecture
stands for radical temperance reform
aud universal suffrage, our girls will be
better fitted to assume tbe responsibil
ity iu question. Yoors fraternally,
Portland, April S, 1879. II. C. V.'.
A dispatch from Xew York uiftlsr
date of April 5th says: "The businets
prospects of the country tout l una good,
as will be seen from the following de
tails, complied from various sources:
Amcsbury, Mass., is tilling large car
riage orders for California. Nearly all
the Pittsburg g la furnaces are again in
operation. The iron works at Syracuse
report good orders and a better prospect
for fair prices. The first shipment of
canned meats aud vegetables from this
country to India, was made a few days
ago. Birmingham, England, is import
ing hay-forks, clocks, apple-parera and
clothes pins, from Philadelphia. Differ
ent manufacturing interests in this city
give evidence of a marked improvement
in trade. For tbe flmt lime in her his
tory, ! la I Urn ore shipped a cargo of live
hogs, five hundred, to England on Sat
urday. To Canadian lumbermen the
pest winter lias been one of the most
favorable on record forgetting out tim
ber and saw-logs. In Troy, New York,
tbe business outlook is exceedingly
bright. All the mills are running on
full time, and every branoh of industry
is picking up. The Laekawanua Irou
aud Coal Company have doubled their
steel mill force at Scrantnu, Pennsyl
vania, to meet the increased demand
lor that article."
WE KDSTDE0LINE.
The committee or the Odd Fellows'
library at Albauy very politely Invite
us to contribute the Xew Northwest
to that institution for one year. We
give many copied of tills journal away
each year, but we prefer to extern! char
ity lu this directrou to women who
thirst for knowledge and cannot pay for
it, rather than to men who are not ouly
able to pay fori; but who will place the
paper givou whore women have not ac
cess to It. We rfid give the Nkw
Northwest to an Odd Fellows' li
brary not a thousand miles from here,
for awhile, ami found that such of the
members of that order as had "allowed"
their wives to take aud pay for It pre
viously, stopped tbe paper from their
homes, because they read It at the li
brary rooms. Under these circum
stances, and because we are unaltera
bly opposed to one-sex ed Institutions
from principle, we must decline to re
peat the experiment.
Mies Julia E. Smith, the last uf the
famous Smitli sisters, whose resistance
to taxation, followed by the sale. of their
Aldorney cows, has attmeled the wide
spread attention of the people-to an op
pressive system, is in ex eel lent health,
aud bids fair to round up tbe century.
A PEEAOHEE, TEAOHEE AND POLI
TICIAN SPEAKS.
The following letter, which was mis
laid by accident, was forwarded to this
office by Mrs. A. M. Maitln:
Cor. Sec. O. S. HI S. A . Your
canl of invitation to nttoud aud partici
pate In the deliberations of the O. S.
W. S. A., 11th Inst., duly received. I
thank you for tho courtesy, and I appre
ciate very highly the honor. I greatly
regret that my engagements are such
that I will nut lie able to enjoy the
pleasure it would give me to meetyour
orgauizatiou iu council.
Wlille I have not been a noitjf advo
cateof woman's rights aud Woman Suf
frage, I have beeu for many yeats work
ing practically to these ends. The first,
highest and most important right which
I have been claiming for women is that
of an oducatinn In all respects eqiral to
that of men'.
So far as my lulluetioe extends as an
educator, this right is pretty generally
recognized, and lu Christian College we
are putting our theory into practice
with results most tatiifacotry. The
ballot can never do harm In the hands
of au educated woman. Whenever,
therefore, a majority of the educated
women or these United States shall ex
press their desire to have the elective
franchise, I shall be most happy to ex
ert any inlluencc I may have to secure
it for them. The deliberations, coun
cils and labors of your State organiza
tion, co-operating with those of other
States, are educating women up to a
fuller and higher appreciation of their
rights and duties as members of society.
Whether they will, with their advance
ment in knowledge, think it prudent
ami wise to accept the ballot and iwume
the responsibility connected therewith,
Is a matter upon which, with the data
before me, Icaunot decide. In my work
as an educator, I will prejiare those sub
mitted to my care far the responsible
duty of casting a ballot, while your work
iu tho O.S. W. S. A. will be to make
the women willing to vote, and as soon
as you can -report a clear majority Iu
favor of tills distinction, I will most
cheerfully and earnestly labor for their
enfranchisement.
Hoping that your deliberations may
ho harmonious and fruitful of happy
results, I have the honor to le, with
high respect, T. F. Campbell.
Monmouth, Oregon, Februarys, 1S79.
LETTEE PEOM YAQUINA.
To mc Eiirroa or tub Mew North wiot:
I have often thought of writing a
Hue for your paper expressing at least
my sympathy In your efforts to elevate
and improve theconditlon of women.
I well remember how unpopular the
cause was when you first launched your
Journal In the Interest of women. How
slurs, ridicule, and Innuendo were hurled
at your paper by members of almost
every trade and profession. Xow, these
same parties give their sympathy and
support to this great work of removing
the iron-clad customs that have op-
Ipreesed womaii for mi many ages, and
which will ultimately result In her en
lire freedom. A man has no more rigiit
to say what a woman's sphere shall be
than a woman has to say what a man's
shall be. Iu choosing a trade or pro
fession, a woman lias as much right to
her choice as a man has to ills. I u look
ing over the history of the world, we
find that tbe condition of women has
been a true test of advancement and
civilization. Where women have beeu
bought and sold as slaves, tbe condition
of the people has been the most wretched
and deplorable. Thus we trace alone
down tbroiieb till. arm. as women an,
improved humauity Is elevated.
And
now the women of America stand at the
head, as the moat free ami intelligent of
all nations. Then why not give to
women the ballot, so she can use her,
lunueoce ami talent, in reforming and
correcting the ahutes of out govern
ment?
Dependence ami subordination will
take the courage of auy human being.
In the race of life let woman have an
equal show with man and she will ac
complish as much, and often more than
he. Go on lu the good work, and may tbe
good seed that is being sown among the
people bring forth a ricli harvest iu the
interest or humanity, Is the prayer or
your humble correspondent, Zexo
Yaqulno Bay. March 26, 1879.
For the ist forty years Madam Anna
Bishop, the English cnntatrlce, has
been before the public on the lyric
Stage. She lias been three times around
the world, and has sung before more
people than any other artist living.
OuUIde of the Interior of China, there
Is scarcely a town of importance in the
civilized world where she has not been.
Her professional career has caused
more money to change hands than ever
was yielded from the gold mines of Cal
ifornia. When It Is remembered that
she appeared In the Royal Italian
Opera-houfc, London, In 1S39, one won
ders at the remarkable vocal power of
which she is still possessed. A relation
or her adventures would establish the
trutli or the saying, "Truth Is stranger
than fiction."
Mm. Senator Bruce, wife of the col
ored Senator from Mississippi, appears
to be the subject of much solicitous at
tention on the part of the Washington
coriespoudents. Her complexion, her
laces, her silks, and her education are
themes of which they never tire.
The Oregon City EnlcrprUe speaks ol
a Chinese opium den in that city that is
frequeuted by young men of the best
families, and gives warning that the
names of those fouml there hereafter
will be published, irrespective of family
or friendship.
The best explanation we have eeen
for the popularity of pedeetrianlsm, is
that It arises from the fad that It is an
art that requires no braius to carry It to
perfection, either in the. walker or spcc:
tutors.
History of the Hone Protection Petition.
The home protection petition was or
dered at tbe annual tneetlugof the Illi
nois Woman's Christian Tsm
Union at Monmouth, October 10, 1S7S
It was drulted by Miss Willard (willi
the exception or the legal portion, which
was furnished by Laviyer W. P. Black,
pr Chicago), aud was accepted Decem
ber o, by the executive committee of
the State Uulon. The first meetiug at
which it was presented was held by
Miss Willard at Geneeo, December V'
but the petition was not in the haftds of
the public until after the holidays. LM
than one thousand mimes were ob
tained before January 1, and all peti
tions were culled in March 1; so that
the entire work of securing the one
hundred and ten thousand names covers
a space of about nine weeks. That a
response so general should have been
made within u time so brief shows not
only great energy on ihe part of tem
perance women, Christian ministers
and reformed men (for tbeie three
clashes have mainly doue the canvass
ing,) but show alto the strength of
sentiment In favor of woman's teiner
a nee ballot In Illinois. The canvass
was In Chicago largely confined to pub
lic meetings. In Peoria. Ilockford and
several of the lanje towns it was from '
house to hou-e, while iu smaller towns !
(ai Strealor) and in many villages
(uolably Dele van) it was most thor
oughly done. Iu Carthage, mainly
through the efforts of nue woman, tbe '
names of 1,037 persons of legal age were 1
oiMBiueii out oi a population ot 2,500.
This is ouly a fair sample of wbat equal
fiilllifulnem would have achieved in
most towus of tbe State. The educa
tional eflect of such aeaiivRsscan hardlv
be over estimated. It clarifies individual
opinion an I solidifies public sentiment.
It compels a vast amount of thought
ami discussion, and leads to "taking
sides," thus translating great numbers
out of indifference into that arrest of
opinion kuowu as decision.
Tbe sigtiattires to the petition are
pated on strong white muslin,
eighteen inches wide, bound on the
right with red and on the left with blue
ribbon, iu compliment to the two wings
of the reform movement iu the State;
the color of the petition itself svmbol
izes the woman's movement, and tbe
three indicating the national colors,
which are being so rapidly allied to the
total abstinence cause. The length of
the petition is aiiout 630 feet, and it has
an average of four signatures to each
Hue. If there were but one signature
on each line, the length would be 2.800
feet (or about S89 yards). There are
lift)' tliomand names of Illinois voters
on the list, which represent over 460
towns and every Comrres-innal District
In the Stale. Hie weight or the peti
tion Is fifty-six pounds. It was pre
sented to the legislature March 6th by
seventeen ladies representing all Darts
of the Sttte. The following are their
names: iliss irancls willard, presi
dent of the W. C. T. L, Illinois; Mrs.
T. 11. Carse, president or Chicago W. C.
T. U ; Mrs. L A. Hagan. Mra. Willis
A. Barnes, Mrs. C. II. Case, ail of Chi
cago; Mm. Prof. Fry, of Ilioomington:
Mrs. C. II. St. John, of Eureka; Mrs. M.
II. Villars, of Pans; Miss Mary A.
west, of Ualeouurg; Mrs. E. W. Kirk
Patrick, of Monmouth; Mrs. II. A.
Calkins aud Mrs. E. Hiheu, of Peoria;
Mrs. M. L. Weils and Mix. It. Beach.
of Spriugfield. Mrs. J. II Foster, or
iiiuion, town, tne girted laity lawyer,
was present by invitation, aud presented
the legal apeclsnr the case. Miss Anua
Gordon (Miss Willard's private secre
tary) had entire supervision or sending
out the petition, and nutting it together.
quite a Herculean task. Prominent
business men of Chicago, chief or whom
was It. J. Fowler, Eq., furnished the
fund for postage, printing ami amanu
enses. On the evening previous to the
formal presentation or tbe petition, a
raa meetiug was held iu the hall of
the House of Kepreneutali ves, at wbich
time the entire hall was festooned in
graceful folds with Ibe petition. The
lorniat presentation was made to the
House ou behalf of the ladies, by a Dem
ocrat, Judge Hinds, of Freeport, in an
able speech, ami three of thelad.es. Miss
Willard, Mrs. Foiter and Mrs. 3;. John,
addressed tbe Houe at its regular ses
sion by invitation, upon the motion of
Hoti S. Hopkins, a Kpublican, this
being the first time tbe honor has ever
been eij.tyeti by lauies. A'lout April
2d, the ladies will r-t:ru with fifty
! thousand new n es ami liferent them
senate, mis is tioue iy sxlvice
of prominent nieiubrM of tin- fegtsla
tore. Springficic' State Jo.i.-nul.
The Bone and 8inew of the South,
Speaklug of ihe negro exodus from
Louisiana, tbe X Y .rk Tribune says
Plainly it Is no ordinarv di-niNnt
tliut has caused throngs 'of people to
leave tbe frceues dear to th ui fiom old
associations and seek new homes in dis
tant State. They have evidently gnwii
weary or wailing for "the year of jubi
lee," for which they havtajicavt-d so fer
vently in their little Tilde el.ureli in the
woo.li. ine "good tlrmT30inliig" seems,
alas, as far otr as ever. "Hiey wanted to
be treated, like While folk. Ataa-uVr
their hoitesl Th flV: has no i,!cefor
mem. White men, equipped with su
perior brains and euergv, aud aceus
tomed to tlie rigor of the " Northern W
mate, have a ban! time in making- a
smri in a new country like Kansas, un
let they have capital to begin with.
Probably the most emigrants will bit
terly regret tbe hasty step they have
taken. It may be, however, that good
will come out of the movement, if uot
to the poor wanderers themselves.
Planters who have lost hands that were
their sole dependence for making a crop
for there is no surplus labor iu the
Mississippi valley will realise that it Is
for their interest to make the blacks
contented, and may create a public sen
timent that will demand better treat
ment for the bone ami eluew of the
South.
Dean Stanley lectured recently in
Lorn! n on "Milton." He said tbat
Milton's two works, "Paradise Lost"
ami "Paradise Regained," covered the
whole of Eng'iih theology from top to
bottom. It was very surprising, lie
said, when one analyzed his own
thoughts about the creation, the fall of
the angels, aud the entrauee of sin and
death Into tbe world, bow very much of
his thought, actions and words on
tiiese subjects were drawn, not from the
Bible, but from Milton.
The wife of S'tltlcius Garfield, es-rep-reeenlative
hi Coneres nf Wsshinvton
Territory, sues for a divnr.-e on the'
ground oi desertion, au-t iU tl,e eus
tody of her u.iuor cl.uureu. If justice
prevails, the prayer will be granted.
There is uo detail or the work or news
papers that woman has not successfully
managed type-setting, advertising,
press-work, selection or materials,
proor-readlijg the whole range of mc
ctmnteal and intellectual work.
The first Chinaman who came toj
America,.according to theSan Francisco j
CIironMe, waa Chum Ming, In 1847. V
EEOEHTEVEHTS.
Brosseu's oomet has been sighted with
a powerful telescope.
Prospeets are favorable for an abund
ant harvest In Kansas.
Madam Bonaparte, the American wife
of Jerome, 1Ih! in Baltimore on the 4th
Inst.
Subscriptions to the four per cent,
loan, nn the 4th lnt., amounted to $6,
502,730. Cblef-Jtiitice Carter ba denied a
motion for a new trial in tlie Ollver
Cameroii suit.
James Gordon Itennelt awl a large
party of tourists will visit Yosemitethe
coming hummer.
A fire occurred at Philadelphia on
the 6th int,oti Croivn nih! Rare streets,
resulting in a loss ol $750,000.
Tlie Pope declines lo accept the resig
nation of Archbishop Putcell on ac
count of his long service to the church.
The Cheyenne are again n the war
path. They lnje broken away from
camp and gone toward Western Kan
sas. President Hayes will not visit the Pa
cific Coast this summer, as was antici
pated. He will pass the greater portion
of it in Washington.
A straggling band of Indians are raid
ing Yellowstone Valley, running ofl
stock and murdering ranchmen. Troops
from Fort Custer have beeu sent in pur
suit.
A bill, appropriating $350,000 for the
relief of the widows and orphans of those
killed lu the Pittsburg riots in 1S77, is
pending in the Pennsylvania legisla
ture. The army appropriation bill tiassed
tlie House; yeas, one hundred and forty
eight; nays, one hundred and twenty
two. The greenback vote was ten yeas
and two nays.
A call has been issued by niany colored
clergymen, teachers, and social direct
ors or colored people, for a convention
to meet in New Orleans April 17th, to
consider the condition of their race in
Louisiana.
Tlie problem of Chinese Immigration
will not be solved until the return of tbe
American minister rrora China. Nego
tiatlons for the modification of the
treaty must be carried on through our
minister with the government at Pekin
Senator Grover lias ' re-introduced
Mitchell's bill of last session, confirm
ing tbe authority granted by the Ore
gnu legislature to the Portland Bridge
Company, to construct aud maintain a
bridge across tbe Willamette between
Portland and Eat Portland.
Senator Slater, ou the 8th iust., in
troduced a bill for the transfer of the
Indian bureau to the war department.
The bill provides that the Secretary of
War shall have the same power and
jurisdiction over Indian alluire as is
now possessed by the Secretary of tlie
Interior. Offices of special commis
sions, superintendents, boards of ludian
commissioners, aud inspectors of Indian
affairs are to be abolished after July 1,
1SS0. Among other things, it is pro
vided by thli bill that all religious de
nominations shall enjoy the free and
equal right to erect aud maintain church
school buildings on any ami all Indian
reservations, and shall not lie molested
in their religious or philanthropic efforts
to advance tbe Indian in moral, relig
ious and literary culture.
F0REI6N NEWS.
Garibaldi has arrive:! In Rome.
Rinderpest increases hi Bohemia.
A terrible fever Is raging in Morocco.
King Humbert lias pid General' Gar
abaldi a visit.
Tbe Pope has contributed 11.000 In tbe
Catholic school food.
Spain experienced a slight i4oek of
earthquake on tlie 4th.
Thirty thousand Durham Iron miners
are on a strike lu England.
Tbe Pope has sent an autograph let
ter to Queen Victoria, welcoming ber to
Italy.
A British suDtdv train in Sooth Africa
was recently cap'ured hy the Zulus. Tte'
surprise ami slaughter was complete.
The English commission seiisyto.,"
per Jgypt to investigate the, fum
reports several thousand dealbsfrom.
starvation.
Tbe 38th race between tbe Cambridge
and Oxford University crews ok.rtIac
at noon on tbe 5th, resulting in a vjclory,
for the former. ;
West African newspapers confirm thci
report tbat two French gunboats .boil
landed a company of soldiers on tlie
Britiali Island of Matnenng. The BriU
Isli sut nor itiee at Sierra Leon have sent
a gunboat with a protest to the French
officer ee ndneting the occupation. The
French claim that tlie island was ceded
to tbem in 1S78. The Britisli claim pos
session since 1326.
Egyptian officers sent lo break op
slave depots at Bibr, Elgaaal and Kor
doUn, report an engagement with Sulei
uisn, chief slave trader aud owner of
twenty-five depots, in which were found
women al ine waiting Importation iuto
Egypt to the nu:n!r of 10,00(1. The
Egyptian forces numbered 3,000, part
armed with improved rifies, and were
entrenched. Suleiman Willi 7,000 Arabs
made several assaults, hut they were
completely defeat' d 3'id fled in dis -riler
leaving 1& dead.
CertnlH i'sw Tor CHHecr.
Mr,. lr. Mary O. IJ.otrn takes this method or
saving to tbe afflicted that she Is In possession
of a Mire, certain, and painless core for that
most loathsome and terrible disease known as
C'ANcnt, in all its forms and phases. Her
remedy is never known to fall. Address Mrs.
Dr. Mary O. Brown, Oljrmpla, W. T. T-
"My dear little Tommy looks so pale, and It
seems as though that nasty sore on his mouth
will never go away. Now, jnst look at that
liule Walter of Mrs. Drown1; the Mule child
Is the very picture of health." Walter Is a
good Utile boy and takes his dose of Oregon
Itlood Purifier, and his papa gives him ten
cents a week for doing It.
HEWJM0T1MS.
stats and TamarroBiAi
Wheat is worth 82 cents at Buena
Vista.
The academy at Drain taavs been In
corporated.
The total ralnrall at uiympia irarmg
Mareh was 14.41.
Tlie wheat acreage in Polk county is
renter tliad ever before.
The mining season in Josephine
cotiniy is a prosperous one.
Three ocean sleamers ply regoianj
between Con B.y and Sail Francisco.
A lieef was recently slaughtered at
BufeerCily that netted 1,108 pounds good
meat.
One hundred and five ton of potatoes
w ere shipped from Seattle lo San Fran
cisco last week.
John Itankin. a man 76 years of age.
hat Iwen arrested In Salem for selling
whisky to the Indians.
the Bine Ribbon Club in Corvallis Is
in h lion rNb lug condition, ami holds
regular und Interesting meetings.
A portion of the apparatus recently
purchased for the Stale University at
Eugene, has arrived iu good condition.
Considerable lo has been sustained
bv focKers on tlie tributaries of the
Sound on account of the recent freshet.
There considerable snow in tbe
Siskiyou Mountains, so tbat streams in
Southern Oregon will be full for some
time.
Tbe waters in the streams iu Jose
phine county have been higher during
the past two weeks thau for twelve
years previously.
A narsnli) was dug in a Baker City
earden last week tbat measnred twenty-
six and one-balf inches in length, aud
fifteen inches in circumference. .
Col. C. II. Lara bee. a member of the
late Constitutional Convention at Walla
Walla, was recently married in tbe east
to Miss Lillian Turner, formerly of Se
attle.
Judge MeArthur held an extra session
of the circuit court at The Dalles last
week. The business transacted was
principally in connection with the
Leonard estate.
There are yet those who have great
faith iu the silver springs of Wasco
eon nty. Professor Hurley is one of
these, and is confident tbat he has
struck something rich.
We George, charged with horning
tbe M. E. Church boilding at Webfoot,
in Yamhill county, hul summer, lias
been convicted, and sentenced to five
years In tbe penitentiary.
Tbe high water preveuted the wooleu
mills at Oregon City from running to
their full capacity for some days. In
consequence of this, work in the finish
ing department is niueh behind.
Tbe district teachers' institute held at
Albany lat week, was largely attended.
Professor Powell, State Superintendent,
presided. He is showing an untiring
and truly commendable zeal in tbe
cause of education in the State.
The mines on tbe Skagit River, one
of tbe eastern tributaries of Puget
Sound, have been pretty thoroughly
prospected during tbe past few months,
and the opinion is expressed that they
will turn out handsomely, and most
likely prove a second Fraser River El
dorado of mineral wealthy
The Only Way.
The only way to core catarrh Is by the use of
a cleansing and healing lotion, applied to tbe
inflamed and diseased membrane. Snaflsand
tnmigators, while affording temporary relief.
Irritate the affected parts and excite a more ex
tended Inflammation. Besides, no outward
applications alone can core catarrh. The dis
ease originates In a vitiated state of the blood,
and a thorough alterative course of treatment
Is necessary to remove it from the system. Dr
Sage's Catarrh Remedy baa long been known
as an efficient standard remedy for this disease,
but, to insure a permanent and radical enre, u
should be used In conjunction with Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the best
vegetable alterative yet discovered. The Dis
covery cleanses tbe vitiated blood, while the
Catarrh Remedy allays the Inflammation and
heals the diseased parts.
"Buy Me nuil IMt no You Csud."
Reader, In almost every well-regulated drug
or patent medicine store in Xew York City or
county, yon will see upon the show-case, or In
some other prominent post lion, that popular
remedy known as Ham Hootv or Hokb
boi xd ANDTxaVa certain enre for all coughs,
colds, Influents, difficult breathing, and all
affections of the throat, bronchial tubes, and
lanes leading to consumption, and seeming
almost to speak to yon the above plain but
easily to be understood words: "Buy me and
I'll do you good." Try It and be convinced.
Sold by all drugglsta and at Crit enton's, 7
Slxtn Avenue, New York City, at 59 cents and
$1. Oreat saving by buying large aiaa.
IIhm for IteHieless Women.
Cnder the auspices of tbe Band ot Helpers. -Location
Columbia street, between Finh and
4ivth Hr. Y'iotll m t Wk. .1 . .-
- . "n. a c uutiin in
..ism, iuwiuu. toe uuors ol
I lie Home suind open to all homeless women
a v. ' ..'.,.1. l.nill Mill, WU1 Will le
,ijgipiaaeil -at'cost to those who have means,
U fVVptiMgJMfc talMe have not. Temporary
sk. WA)r Usjglrafajhed at tbe Home, and per-
rufe?nrV4 seWtltg Jont "t, who are in need of
Mpisisii iiiiisi nsawo'i ot "y 1 01 neip, are
iLytsAf aneotOgHta Mom, and thus aid t b ix
X"trmrWrtBas'0sn
remains an nndis-
SfcSlSS'-' Wilson Se
Ing Ma-
VBajrMrf.f.nin .... .
j T ana most
W..ttle Mhlne. while the Xew Wilaon toot
. . .... ..,., ,r (r bei
family sewlne machine and !or doing the
greatest variety of work. John B. Garrison
aitent for the Xew Wilson Sewing Machine
Company, Id Front street. o
A CARD.
To all who are suflbtiasr Ann k .
Indiitcretlonsof youth, nervous weabr,... ,..
decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will "..
reelne that will enre nui ntrr ,1.- . ... .
,.uuu v,nAiu.K.
This great remedy was discovered by a mis
sionary in Moutn America. Bend a self-nd-dre-sed
envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. Inrann,
Station P, Bible House, Xew York City. 8-J)
"Ma 'n ma. it looks nesrlhrent iaiw i,..,
children In the spring of the year with their
races all broken ont in fllthy sores. Tell hus
band to bring home a bottle of Plunder's Ore
gon Blood Purl fir r and give the little pet a
dose everv mnrnin& stut von will n 1 .
happy, healthy, blooming cheeks the envy of
an in- ncign ooruooa.
Ketoove.1.
J. Van Reiirden. the Jeweler, tins wiiuwmI tn
t. W. Prentice & Co.'s Music Store, where he
will be pleased to show the nnnli hi.
it' if of Imported and American Watehn..
lilnmonils, and Jewelry: also. Plated Wre
and Clock. Repairing a specialty.
and
prices to sat'iiry.
8-25
av Tli" Xanonal Gold Mt-dui ....i..
to Bradley ft Ru I of son for tbe best Photoeranh.
la the United States, and the Vienna Medal
or the best in the world. i i,nin-..ra
street, San Francisco.
SPECIAL XOTICK.
All business letter pertaining to the Xaw
Northwest, and all money due tbia office on
subscri pt Ions or otherwise, ni ust be directed to
MRS. A. J. DCXIWAY.