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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1874. XOTICE. Agents will please take notice that it is a rn-at tax unoa us to par express charge upon gmall sums, and they will confer a great favor br remitting to us through money orders or registered letters. WOBK DOHE AUD TJHDONE BY THE LATE LEQISLATDEE. The members of the eighth biennial session of the Oregon Legislature have departed for their homes, and their work, good, bad and indifferent, has rassed into history. Justice to them and to our readers would seem to de raand that we now review the work completed and attempted, while in jus tice to ourself we shall make such com ments as we think proper. The majority of the members of the last Assembly were elected upon a so- called "reform ticket," and were from the first designated as the "Reform Legisla ture." If much bagglingnml wrangling over needed appropriations to carry on public enterprises entitles them to this distinction, wc admit the cognomen as well chosen. When, however, we con sider for a moment the light and frivol ous manner in which bills intended to reform abuses hoary with age, and out rageous alike to justice and humanity were treated, we most emphatically de clare the title misiiomer. We will here say that we speak now of the Legislature as a body, and as we are compelled to do, of their work col lectively, and before proceeding farther, will bear cheerful and ready testimony to much noble individual cflort that was put forth by members in both Sen ate and House for the advancement of reform that was not a consideration of dollars and cents. Among the bills passed early in the session, we make mention of the repeal of the "Litigant Act," which originated In the Senate and passed both Houses without dissent. The repeal of this Act was generally, if not universally, ap proved, and certainly tallies one for the reformers. The bill, concerning the passage of which perhaps more persons were inter ested than any other, (except, perhaps, the Woman Suflrage bill,) was the long talked of "Local Option" bill. This measure, a synopsis of whicli was given in the Kew Northwest several weeks since, was the subject of careful consid eration by a competent Committee for some days, was prepared with unusual care, and with the advice of eminent Jawycrs as to its constitutionality, and -was in every regard a good and strin gent bill. After much discussion, It fi nally passed the Huuse, shorn of many of its best proportions, only to die an ignominious death in the Senate. Thus the hopes of those who have for mouths labored so earnestly for temperance leg islation have fallen to liio ground, where they will He until resurrected by the vote of woman. The Woman Suffrajre bill, which originated in the House, gave old fogy ism a splendid chance to render itself ridiculous, and common sense and liber ality an opportunity to strike telling blows forKqual Rights. The numlier of members under the dominion of the former were, however, greatly in the majority. Rut the advocates of the iat ler, though, defeated on the original proposition by a vote of 46 (o 13, had "no thought of flight, none of retreat," but marshalling their force, proposed an amendment to the Constitution striking out the word male, and this time received a voto of 27 for, to against. These gains were substantial and the advocates of Equal Rights rested upon their laurels. A like propo sition came up afterwards in UieSenate, and was defeated Ly a vote of 17 to 12. A bill for the abolishment of cajHtAl punishment, a measure tirat has long been eugaging the attention of hitmani lariaus, was voted down by the band of reformers. We have not the vote on this measure at hand, but, if our recol lection serves us correctly, the majority acaiust it was small. Later in the session a measure pro viding for private execution of the death-sentence was, with unaccustomed legislative dispatch, and owing to the energy of Mr. Reed, of Marion, put through both Houses. The Winuemueca Railroad bill, and the Capitol Appropriation bill, are re garded as among the most important that were passed. A bill abolishing ule office of Assist ant Treasurer passed early in the ses sion, and up to the last minute attempts were maue to re-create the same. The keeping of the insane was left in the hands of Dr. Hawthorne for the ou-' suing fouryears,and Watkiudsisin pos session of the Penitentiary for a like period, although the appropriation for this purpose, $2-3,000, fell far short of his expectations. Numerous towns la the interior were made happy by the bestowal of city honors. All things considered, perhaps the leg islative session just closed has as nearly fulfilled the expectations of the people as has anv of its nrmWpjMorH. Not more than the ordinary amount of stub bornness existed, and It is said that there were fewer bargains made with "third house" members than ever be fore. It is certainly our desire to judge all men charitably, and while we were both surprised and chagrined at the narrow-mindedness exhibited by some members sent to our Capitol as Repre sentative men, we yet hope that they, as legislators, departed to tbeir homes, Mwbife-souled, clean-handed, pure of heart." THE OAPfiPOL APPS0PBIATI0H BILL. The bill aretrrmriatiue $110,000 for the comnletitoi of the State Capitol was re ferred to tile Committee on Public Buildings, vj-ho reported back to the House the following propositions : Mr. Bruce of Kenton reported a sub stitute containing an appropriation of 56,000 for cohering the building with a tern porary riot t Mr. Wright of Union recommended the amendment of the original bill, so that the appropriation should not exceed $37,000. I Mr. I teed hf Marion presented a report recomineudIugth.it one mill of the mili tary tax be pet apart for the completion of the building. This latter report, after mueh dieeus- sion, was adopted, and on the following morning tii4 bill, making theappropria lion, passed the House by a vote of 35 to -! EDlTOBIAL GOBBESPOITDENOE. ' "YOURS TBULY " GETS A LETTEE. Dkaii Headers oPTitr. New Nouthwest: YoureTruly had lust cot settled snugly Again we are compelled to apologize , at the governor's, aud was busy drying Hie bill also met "with strong opposi tion from a few members of the Senate, but was pas- led by a vote of 23 to 5. There is fcrhaps no question as to the fact that the State Capitol building was begun on a Iwaie entirely out of propor tion to the State finances. Rutitstrikes us that to idave the unfinished structure t the morel- of the element?, fit habita tion only for bats and owls, would be a sorry way to correct tiie Iirst mistake. The present unsightly pile of brick aud mortar is but the beginning of a mag- ificent structure tiiat will, when com pleted, be tike pride of our citizens, and will furnish elegant and commodious part ments for various public usee, for enerations yet to come. Economyjis -ery well awl comnionda- bie, but the kind of economy which pro posed to teir down what b,ad already been creeled of the Capitol building and use the tifatcrials so obtained in the erection of a cheaper structure is our judgment of rather a questionable kind. Economy when carried to the verge of tingiue&s is not exactly what wo want. i) small tntitters it isannoying, in largo affairs most! disastrous. While mnny persons inourStnto may honestly ojjpose the completion of lite edifice, that, will be at once a pride aud benefit to tfce State, belie vine that It is an extravagant folly which the people can ill afford, yet not one but will a few years benco regard the building with pride ami pleasure. I seful, substantial and ornamental, the people should bo willing to erect and pay for It. to you for our tardiness in keeping up this department or the People's Paper. We'd like to promise to do better in fu ture, but past failures stare us in the face and make us hesitate. Re patient, friends. Our duties are legion. On Friday evening of Fair week, In company with our liege and such.oJJher friends as could charter conveyances, we repaired to the Oregon Penitentiary for the purpose of lecturing before the prisouers. As soon as our arrival had become known, a convict was dispatched to the stables with our turnout for we (our liege and self) designed to sleep at the Penitentiary. Arrangements were soon made, and visitors and speaker were alike admitted to the prison chapel, where excellent vocal aud instrumental music greeted us from a band of convicts, in whom there must yet linger much of good, or they could not sing so well and feel ingly, or listen with such intense inter est to lectures from their friends, Among the convicts arc some men with minds far above the average men whom we hope to see honorably dis charged from servico soon, and enabled to spend the remainder of tbeir days In joinggood. The time of some of these is nearly up so nearly that wo never expect to greet them again in prison. God grant that wc may meet them else where, and that their names may be come honored in the land as benefactors to their race. Our sleep in a grand chamber with high ceiling aud large windows, was deep and unbroken. The morning greeted us with a hearty, well-cooked breakfast, served by a convict who seemed to delight in the service. After an hour's chat with some of the guard we took our departure, well pleased with the prison aud its management. On the following Sunday, accompanied by Pro fessor Prentice and wife, Miss Fanny Rarkcr and others, we returned to the apples and pears, making beds aud but ter, scouring floors and spoons, and cleaning up the accumulated rubbish deposited about tlio rooms by Dick and Phil, which her dear, patient mother had become accustomed to, and which the governor never did fret about, when her nerves were suddenly unstrung and her temper ruffled by the receipt of the following touching epistle : Salem, Oregon-, Oct. 21, 1ST I. Dear : I lmve Just learned that Mrs. Addle L. Ballon Is mortally offended with your humble servant tor publishing your "critique1 npon her "benefit." She accuses me of being "Yours Truly." Says she has made the dis covery clalrroyantly 1 "Think. ot it !" I thought your criticism was a little too plain in one place, where you spoke of the historic part of her essay and her manner of reading It, but otherwise I did not object to it. Please write something forncxt week's pa pertliatwlll mollify her. I do not want her lecllngs hurt. I shall look for you to do the "handsome" by her In the next North west, and don't forget to disclaim any Intention of casting n filurat her by speaking of "McDonald's organ." I learn that she says the naughty men are making mockery of tho mutter. Have had no conver sation with her upon the subject, forsho is as chilly as an Iceberg. Kvcr your friend nnd Addie's. A. J. Dvkiway. Yours Truly'a first Impulse after read ing the abovo eilusion was to throw It aside and never deign to notice It. She had not said one won! in her critique against which any sensible person could take reasonable offense. Tndeed she felt particularly favorablo to the little "plouecr," so gloriously lauded by the handsome Captain, but couldn't alto gether resist the temptation to poke little fun at the "Triple Thunderer" In his maudlin ecstasies over a very fair, but certainly not extraordinary little specimen of womanhood, to whose tai ents and energy no one bows or would but for McDonald with more respectful homage than Yours Truly. For days this mood of silent, high tempered contempt held carnival over Yours Truly's pen and paper; but "a change came o'er the spirit of her," disposition when last Sunday's Stales man came to hand, bearing upon its . . l I 1. ...... it. l. 41.nTttanf. . . n n . nnnmiTiT Mnn mmrrnM in. ihil iiisu jtu.iii.ii v..... i . , - A WOMAfl'S UrlfliUfl Ui u&niAui "V? --- r. . m,i nn,l nni.in on. ,..! nod willlmr T.TiTrQT. a TfiPQ combative eiemenniowHiv." j" .7 . . ' . - ,,, , an.vi.al noted : they 1 shall follow the plow-sliares ot trum ToTHEKniToitoPTiiENEwXoKTiiwEST: I 1 , . .i .. .i of Hip turnintr neither to the right northeleft- With. indignation J read of the Hip- t uereiore .t ..u.. - , feeling sure that One Avlser than we will t !.n-..i ...hi. ...i.ii. i. i tnrust. wuiuii muj .. , ,. . . ,, , : ' ,, ,. guide anil uirect our cause to its uuat tliemseivesas - t tfliiln T clmil nlioorfllllv , . l l,.i r in f lits I uiuujmu , J juu I t... nrr !.! . to frlnnii Of 11U- lu" XI LUI3 VUilui ''- .. . nancv and ridicule witn wntcn tne Woman Suffrage bill was treated In the House, with the few exceptions no- . . , , . . r ' , ,. 11 1. .1 wIsP liceu in us lavor, 10 nuum ub an uuuui ,mI1 accorded. Wbai a weak argument was inanity, as some of bis utterances won d lend U3 to believe, saysaho.proper relations of the sexes cease Jo set JtAZ were established bv the Almiehtv. I toro me rising 8c.M, --.r- ---- talentJ for the good when I say that the Almighty must be but respond "amen" to this sentiment in this .direction with all tuo strength and wisdom tnat x nave, i ieei that " Our bark Is wafted to the shore, By breath divine. And on the helm there rests a hand, Other than mine." And now may He who holds the des- .... .. . T 1. ,lnnln.n Ilia I - . . , . TT: 1. 1 l. nmn7P.ini ib mnnnpr in which some Willie your inenus uure ucj.. tinIes of Ul3 people suujecb iu -liis mSu men-accept that view of It and conform necessity that existed lor seu- muita- de3ignSf keep an(i sustain you in your accordingly. I wish that "merit-ignor- 1100 mrougn me nui..., noble euortsror tne ueneiuui uuiuamy, ing" member would define those rela- y an agree mat 10 riiuw nutu .u ,3 ,hc 9incere fflsK 01 y0ur ineuu, tions, define woman's duty. Perhaps pass unnoucea, wouiu oniy uaureuM. he could analyze it and save us a world tobelievo that tbey could with impu nity assail you. In conclusion, I would respectfully ask, with all due regard for the opin ions of others, for some one to give a Sarah-H. Hughes. Slaughter, King county, W. T. Penitentiary, whero we were favored with excellent music, followed by another lecture, to which the prisoners J editorial page the most disgustingly ex nstencu wiiu lueirnccustomeu goou De-1 travagant laudations of the little worn bavlor. A general shaking of hands atl( lu themselves sufflcient-when the accompanied by many a hearty "God j B0Urce whenco they came isconsldered bless" and "God speed you," repaid us to bury tho inerary aspirations of any iur our iuuurs. 0ANAL AB LOOKS AT THE 0AS- OASES. 1 The great barrier to the navigation of the Columbia the Cascades has now a prospect of being overcome by enterprise and capital. It is proposed to build a canal and locks at this place; articles of incorporation having been filed for tins purpose by Messrs. A. C. Kinney, U. B. Scott and C. B. .Seely. The capital stock is fixed at $250,000, and it is believed that the proposed improvement can be made for that sum. The incorporators Did wc tell you about lecturing in tho Opera House, in Salem, on Friday even ing, the week before the Fair? Well, j we had a large audience, tho principal members of the Legislature and a gen- pure woman forever beneath the resur recting energies of decent men. Mrs. D., Yours Truly is astonished at you 1 With your well-known proclivity for standing by womanhood in all hon est endeavors to better tlin eonilitinnn of erai representation oi eauors, ministers, BeJCC8 how can you ask ngirlof the judges, lawyers, physicians and teach- period do tbo "handsome" bv a crs being present. We have never had wonJa who ls Iau(led to the skic3 h a a more auenuve or oeuer pieaseu auui- ,.,,. tho nanc ,,,h!ch tory, and were especially gratilicd by the increased voto in favor of Womau Suffrage in the Legislature, after our humble effort- When men become ac customed to the Woman Suffrage Move ment, they cease to oppose it; aud women never oppose it alter they have investigated it. On Friday of last week we went to ask an amendment to the iiicortwralion j fivo mncs distant from Salem, law, granting the right of way one hun dred feet wi.le for the use of the canal. No further aid is asked of the Stale. Tliis work, if completed, will prove of incalculable benefit to the vast region drained by the C'o!umbi:t and iU tribu taries. Kaeteru Orcpou needs ouly an opportunity to prove that her resources arc immense, and this opportunity she will have when railroads and river im provements enable her to jmur her pro ductions into the lap of the world. where we enjoyed a delightful re-union with friends of oilier days. Here was the place where the last term of our girlhood was occupied tu school-teaching; iicre tho last associations of long ago maidenhood cluster, aud, though most of the friends of auld lang sync have gone from thcuco to their long home, or cast their lot in other portions of the green earth, yet twenty-oue years sit lightly upon the brows of the remain ing ones, and as we met and greeted them, we felt that we wereyouugagain. Eola, like many other Oregon towns, Yet it Is healthy and promising, if slow of growth. It contains a good school-house, several stores, a blacksmith shop, post-office, and about a dozen dwellings. Our lec ture was fairly attended, despite a severe rain storm, which rendered traveling uvor Ihe hills both difficult aud danger-Otis. The following morulng was clear, cool Among the most interesting of the "side snows" at the late State Fair, was ! s vory utile of its age. uie " uaoy snow " inaugurated ijy r . a. Smith, who offered the following premi ums: To Ihf prettiest baby under one year old, a life-size photograph; to the next prettiest, a dozeu photographs, card sixe. The J'tdgea apjiolrited wpre J. D. Locey, C. F. Yeaton and Eli T. Perkins. There wrre eighteen entries made, aud it is estimate.) that five thousand per sons were present. After looking about ikAM ts it Is r nt mi ui r li T ita ni'fw - . . . . i... .. .... ... "-j" riciuH witn many rcgreis mat we of connoisseur, me nrt premium was j C0uliln't get time to makea visit. When duly awantc-J by the bachelor com- tjle wome become enfranchlsetl, we'll mittee to James h isiier, a beautiful lit-. visit lor a year or two. Can't afford it tie fellow, aged 9 month?, and the second j no W- j jj. to L. Crooks, aged 5 months. It Is said , cnicm October 22nd. that tne members ami breezy, and we took leave of our of the commit toe speut the remaining days of the Fair in dodging infuriated mammas, aud dis eaating in dolorous tones upon the sor rows of poor old iKidielors. "Tiie Happy Home, or the Husband's Triumph," is the taking title of Mrs. Duiri way's new story which is to be; commenced in tho New JsOrtiiwest immediately after the conclusion of "Auile and Henry Lee." To those who have jferused lite latter story, no com mendation for the forthcoming one is necessary. Permit us to say, however, that for vividness of description, deptii of plot, and practical relations of every day experience, dished up in the mostnt tractrve style, untiling lias ever yet been presented to our readers which is equal lO II. Another instance of the manner in which temperance is often "wounded sore at her own altars and among her friends," may be seen iu the exhibition of envy, strife and jealousy in the camps of temperance made public by the Eelio and Star. Such manifestations are greatly deplored by all friends of temper ance, and correspondingly rejoiced in by its enemies. Wc hope tho Gale will soon blow over. he thU3 extols her, uuconsciousiy ex hibits the basis of bis admiration for literary women in tho following libel upon Susan B. Anthony: Toccil or Natuke. Susan R. Anthony ad mits that she did sit on Theodore Tilton'sknec, and explains why. She says: "All the men said that I was so sour and udy that 1 couldn't Bet a husband, anil I thought that I would show them that I could sit on a young man's lap. Just like any other foolish girl." Ioor dear old plain Susan ! If she ain't pretty to look .it, she has got what is far better, a great, warm, iovinir soul. That one pathetic touch of nature, makes ui Susan's friend, forevcrmore. As you have at other times gracefully permitted Yours Truly to scold you to her heart's content, allow her now to say, .Mrs. 1)., mat Tor a sensible woman, you are far too verdant to be fully' ap preciated by a wide awake girl of tho period. And when Addle L. Balled proves herself tho true woman that wo all want her to be, she will discardihe fulsome adulations of a low-minded lib ertine, who uublusliingly acknowledges that lie bases his "friendship forever- more," for tho sex upon the idea that a woman could be induced "to sit upon the lap of a man." "So, no, Mrs. D. Don't ask Yours Truly "to do the hand some" by a woman whose dearest friends are of the McDonald stamp. She may be a good Woman Suffragist, but the Woman Suflragists of Oregon can't afford to countenance her in that kind of company. The Suffragists which we can allbrd to sustain arc those who stand by the women and the women's paper as Susan B. Anthony does. As to the "naughty men makin mojkery" of what Yours Truly inno cently said about " McDonald's organ," me query is, how did Addle find it out ? Mrs. D., when you can answer that question satisfactorily, and also satisfy tho public that you can ailord to stand by a woman whotn McDonald praises, you may get further light upon Import ant subjects from Yours Truly Mrs. Dunlway takes her departure to day for Eastern Oregon aud Washing ton Territory, where she expects to re main, scattering the seeds of the Gospel of Human Rights as long as the weather will permit. She designs visiting The Dalles. Umatilla, Wallula, Pendleton, Mrs. Dunlway acknowledges the re ceipt of an invitation to address the Woman Suffrage Mass Meeting in j of trouble.' Is it that our plans aro to be forever frustrated ? our judgments at auy time laughed at in derision, or an swered with a contemptuous sniff? Is it that we are to ignore the faculties so bountifully bestowed upon our sex, and to be continually reminded that we are but auxiliaries, and subject loo often to those who' are Ignorant of even the smallest rights due to women ? We have no distinctive rights in our homes; and yet wo must be answerable for every consequence. What lofty notions of masculine authority this man must have ! I wonder if he is not compelled to have au occasional domestic outburst to act as a safety valve to let oft tho ac cumulations of his exacting disposition. Some of the other members try to flatter us by Indulging in sentiment. That is all very nice. We like it in moderate quantities, but If we have to take eo little fair play with it, wc will be content to dispense with Hand take a little more of the latter. This mascu line sentiment does many funny things. It will stand up in ail complacency and place just half as much pay in a worn ait's hand as it docs in the man's for the same -amount of work; at the same time mentally admitting that hers was done tiie most satisfactorily. Other members disgust us with their ridicule. It only makes-us realize more vividly what wc have often felt before, that it is impos sible for a woman to present her wrongs and have them met iu the right spirit. They will answer with a deference with nut contradicting, which is insulting to our capacity, or will try to silence us with ridicule, but rarely meet us ou equal grounds. They will tell us that the mental, moral and physical welfare of all within thosphercof our homes, dc peuds on the proper management of the wife. Although they will invest us with these serious and weighty respond sibilitics, they are not willing that we shall bo responsible agents with the rIghtto guide in Its fairest sense, that over which we are placed to govern. Some of them may intend to be just, but seem to be iguorautof what justice is. Wo hope to show men yet that we may be trusted in all things. Women began very low in the estimation of men, but year after year brings us still higher, and as wo continue to rise we will prove that we aro all the happier and better for our elevation. If woman in tills struggle for right encounters anything uusuited to her capacity, she will be the ouc to find it out. Let us do what we can; the world will be the bet ter for our eflorts. I feel that I could write volumes on this subject, but . fear that this already lengthy letter may trespass upon your time. I did not at the beginning intend this for publication, but you are wel come to do with it as you please. I just felt as if I wanted to give that Chambers a punch iu the rib3, but not beiug near enough to him to do that, I though I would do the next most grati fying anything, give vent to my indig nation on paper. I want him to know that he has roused tho ire of one Port- laud womau. I wisli I was in Salem uow. My other half and myself will probably go. up about next Wednesday or lhursday. Jn tue meantime 1 am yours for Fair Puvy Portland, October 0th. BEOEHT EVENTS. Dismtches report heavy rain storms chapter setting forth the right of any ln many portions of California, aud snow one to infringe upon the rights of oth ers, either publicly or privately- Any one so doing will confer a great favor upon Mrs. J. A. Johns. Salem, October 20, 1S74. PEOM THE PENITENTIABY Dear 3fra. Dunitcay: Permit me, in behalf of my comrades in misfortune, to tender to you our heartfelt and most cor dial thanks for your delightful visits to our institution. AU speak pf your dis- ing in the timber lands along theToIedo, courses la terms of highest praise, and Wabash and W estern Kaiiroad recently. express the hope that you will gladden It Is estimated that 2,000 acres aro on our hearts by coming again to see us. fire, and the country for miles around Is Your discourse on last Sabbath was black with smoke. storms iu Xevada and in the Sierras. Another body of Carlists, numbering 103, belonging to Leozana'a band, have offered to surrender if amnesty bo granted. Martial law is said to prevail in Sump- ter county, Alabama. Hester and Beach, United States detectives, command the military and make arrests without war rants. There has been a destructive fire rag- Let friends send in their orders earlv I Bakcr Cit" Wa,,a Walla' Wal,sbure We shall want to know ... t and Day ton, and should tue weatneroe edition to nriut. . I propitious, will go as far as Canyon The Whiiieniucca Kaiiroad bill passed " both branches of the Icinlalur. nn.i It is but justto Mr. Townsend (Dem.), was sent to the Governor ou Friday. It Senator from Yamhill, to state that he j fact, many but for popularity would at passed the Senate without debate, the !s a uncompromising omau suura- once acknowledge Its just merits and only dissenting voices being Crystal, 8&t( nd would have voted for the pro- Oflield, Owens and Tolin. It liatl a strtiR- l"ed amendment If he nau not, ueen A V0I0E PBOMLANE 00UHTY. To tub EoiTonoPTiiE N'ewXoktuwest: i incioso live dollars in gold coin, which please place to mv credit. Mv family are not willing to part with tho New Northwest under any considera tion; It Is always sought and read first at home, and many of our neighbors iihe very much to borrow and read it. I am glad to know that vou arc mak Ing so noble and honorablo au effort Iu behalf of Human BlchU In Orecon May victory speedily crown your efforts. "Universal Suffrage is a just cause in which no man or woman need be ashamed to labor a uobio cause which noue need be ashamed to advocate. In one of the most beautiful, interesting, and instructive that has ever been de livered In our chapel. Angelic Mrs. Ballou has alone equalled it. She has favored us with a number of her charm ing lectures, for which we feel most truly grateful. The pleasant hours spent in listening to the sweet harmony of your voices, seem like oases in our long desert of silence and monotony. Your names will not be forgotten when we shall have passed beyond tho clouds and gloom of our present confinement. We can nercr forget the dear kind friends who came to us in our darkest hour with kind words of sympathy and hope, to win Us back into the path of rectitude and virtue from which we had wandered. I thank God there are a few noble-hearted women who are not afraid of soiling their skirts by visiting those who are in misfortune. Thoic who have never been immured within prison walls, can form but a faint idea of the ineffable pleasure it gives us to meet a lady who is not afraid to speak to us as if we were men. The reformation of the crimiual is woman'' s work. She alone can accomplish it. I am glad the ladies of tliis State see the necessity of provid ing places where young men cau spend their evenings pleasantly and profita bly, without being compelled to resort to saloons. and worse places to find amusements. But few young men would frequent saloons and other haunts of vice, if there were pleasant places to which they could go, where they might enjoy the society of virtuous ladies. When I was in the outer world all doors were closed to tho stranger, save those of the saloons, which aro ever open, like the gates of hell, to give one a welcome. I hope it will not be always so. I hope Mr. and Mrs. Prentice andMis3 Barker will pardon me for neglecting to mention them sooner in my letter. I cannot express the gratitude I feel In my heart for the sweet strains of heavenly harmony with which they favored us on, last Sabbath. If I could write as splendidly as they sing, I might attempt to thank them forthelrdelight- ful music; but to attempt to do so with my feeble pen would De vain. The United States mails and "Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express were waylaid on the night of the 27th, ucar Pioche, iSe- vada, and robbed of about $2,000. The driver is suspected of the robbery and is now in jail. Two other men have also been arrested on suspicion. The boiler in the rolling mill o'f George Coats & Bro at Locust Point, exploded on the morning of the 21st, demolishing the boiler house, a solid brick structure and chimney 75 feet high, iive men were severely injured ; two probably fatal. Several hundred men are thrown out of employment. Lieut. Fred. Grantand Ida Maria Ho- nore were married on the afternoon of tho 20th, at the residence of the bride's father at Chicago. The wedding wa8 most elegant iu all its appointments. The bridal party left on the same even ing for St. Louis, where they will re main a few days and then proceed to New York and Washington. A dangerous rock was lately dis covered in the Atlantic by Capt. Picasso of the bark Teressa. Tho mystery of the President, City of Boston, Pacific, United Kingdom, and many other noble vessels which have been lost without leaving behind the slightest trace of their fate, has at length received a solu tion in the report of Captain Picasso. The rock is located in latitude 40 north and lougitude G2 west. The recent terrific gale In the English Channel was far more disastrous and wide spread than was at first sup posed. The storm extended to Scotland. The steamer Chusan, from Glasgow to Shanghai, was driven ashore near An- drossan. Fourteen of the crew were washed overboard and drowned. Tho persons left ou the boat, some fifty In number, took to the rigging. Several lives were lost In England. Reports from Hartlepool, Shields, Hull and othn- ports, and from inland towns, bring intelligence of damage to ship ping, factories and other property. LETTER lEOM SALEM. TO THE EmTOKOFTltEXEWKOnTnWEST: If you will permit me to do so, I should like very much to ask by what they will have the kindness to visit us again soon, and often in the future, as well as yourself and Mrs. Ballou, and that I havo not wearied you too much with this prosy letter, I am ever truly and gratefully yours, . Dick Alexander. Salem, October 19, 1874. train from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago. ran flip oilier clnv nt ih avemr-e mIo nt xiojjiii a miie a minute, maKing tiie entire dis tance, 13S miles, including fifteen min utes lost iu stoppages, In just 153 min utes. This is three times the speed of an ordinary passeuger train, and is the fastest run across tue mate ot Illinois i ever made. A man shows himself greater by be ing capable of owning a fault than by being incapable of committing it. become Its champions. But Iong-cstab- nsued customs and decu-seated preju- gle In the House and Its passage was for unavoidably absent while the same was . dices are hard to overcome. Progress, a lime considered doubtful. Amouglhe pending. iff, however, apparent to every cibserv- wise, judicious ed liberal nets of the- "S person. The time Is not far distant Eight Biennial Session of the Oregon TI,C Washington Independent failed I when legislators will overcome their Legislature may be safely reckoned the t0 corac to Umo this week. Bro. Luce j timidity in this regard, and come out passage of this bill. Is probably setting his house In order at j boldly for freedom and the right. Tu . the county seat. i the hope that these things may soon Will our esteemed friend, tho editress j come to pass, I am very truly yours, of tiie Stockton Leader, please uote the The Temperance Star has been en- Martix. fact that Mrs. C. A. Coburn, and not Mrs. , iarged, aud is much improved both in ! Cottage Grove, Lane county. Addie L. Ballou, is associate editor of matter and annearanee. Clackamas county on Fndai', the 0th of the Xi;w Xohthvit ? The latter kidy November, and regrets exceedingly that has Iteen sojourning In Oregon for a few Tho appropriation for tho BHud Instl prlor engagements will prevent' her ac- months paf. but ha? never written' a.i tutjj wai' Sljfjfjo, aud " forUhejDeafrmute cepftance bf'the saniei" ' ''' line ediloriuily for this pajwr. J School, ?10,000. . LETTEE PE0M SLATJGHTEB, "W. T. TOTHEEDrroROFTUENEWXolrnrWKST: T feel that we are one in the great right editors or others throw slurs pub- cause of human rights, now claiming HaIi- nnnii hw n.,o reiinan nnlir fnnif c the attention of someof earth's noblest ...J , J J ' I 1 . . ,., .,., far tiWnr wincprnod. is a diffprnnon a"" "esi, luereiore i wouiu miurejuu j , . ofoninion? as a ucar sister. iNOtoniyis mis b'" rri.t.. i j- - ,. .i. cause cntrasrlnir the attention of the 11119 13 -IU 111 IlllliU 1UII UJUb I a o- o oTiniilil tinf tin t Morif ulnf Tonaf. nnf Iwi leading persons in the nation to-day; ,miM,i , ,i,nt.i Tf to nil tnn but the creat mass oi me peopie are f .i, . i, beintr reached, though perhaps slowly, ' I . . . ,1 t 1... nrant trlltlia worsted iu argument to vent their spite ana agtiaiea ueepu j . or conceal their ohagrin behind a per sonal attack which has no bearing what ever npon the subject under discussion, and serves but as an escape-valve for personal animosity. This species of ar gument (?) this disgraceful retaliation this unearthing of domestic skeletons and private business; has been well il lustrated In the daily press of this city during a period of weeks passed, and the result has been that the the morning paper, wliich when properly conducted is productive of so much real enjoyment, has been, much of It, unfit to be read aloud to family or friends. That this war of words carried on through the public press encourages and develops evil speaking Is an established fact. True, some persons thus wautonly as sailed may console themselves as did the philosophical "Paddy," but this is at best but doubtful recompense for hav ing one's name coupled with vile words or viler innuendo. Besides, all are not possessed pf a serene philosophy that elevates them above the shafts of slan der, aud If they were, the pernicious ef fects upon the public would still exist. I was present a few days since when one of your friends read a paragraph from the Statesman, containing a slur upon yourself, wliich was plainly in serted for the purpose of giving the ed- XEW THIS WEEK. was destroyed by Ore on tho morning' ...!... l,l T . ' . ' ! I ui me ,s. ijoss, insurance, !$25,000.-- v-l The Ogden House at Council BIufTs itor an opportunity to "vituperate" as has'Mely bceu his wdut. Several friends wcr present iwii'6r'u6t 'only we're not po'ssessed'dftlie philosophical disposi- Oro Fino Theater. FRIDAY .VXD SATURDAY, OCT. 30 AND 31. Look Out For BOSCO'S EXPOSE ! t.OF HIS Tricks in Magic I promulgated from the platform of jus tice and equal riguts, The expiring groans.of African slavery still comeback toourearsfrom the early years of the past decade. Woman slavery is dying albeit the death-struggle is protracted and ren dcred almost pitiable by the groans and sighs of those who stand ever ready to thwart the ends of justice, aud are will Hug subjects to the tyranuy of custom With what tenacity ltclings to life, none fleW BOOt and SllOe StOre, III. fa Ma.nnAMMa t ..... ... 11. 1 I ' uuk iia isiijjvacia t u u vv , uui limy JiUUW also that the hoary abuses of the ages will at length have to yield, however ungracefully. We are haviug stirring times in this Territory now, owing to the near ap proach of the election The caiididates.on both sides are upon tho war-path, armed, painted! arid equipped for that bitterest of all strife, political warfare, aud it is both amus ing and disgusting to stand aside, a d watch the maneuvers of tho ppposfng forces. Tho strife seems to be as to who shall have the first plurigo in the cess pool of political iniquity. The waters of this pool are sorely troubled, but if by au I ?.r.av'nB made advantageous arrangements . ... i.- .if' I ?,,h ?ea,CT" ant' manufacturers both here, in' augei, ll certainly tnusi ou oiiu uuecuihan Francisco and tue Eat, I am confident I I1UIU UOUCSt I In my feeble way I am striving to do what within me lies for the advance- mnnr rf mix nniMninn Atltoa rlit rt r n I . . uui v.uuiu.ui. -- b " - ai prices to compensate tiie consumers for caii- tle Here and a little.tuere,,speaklng,a,fii;. A- , . ., .1 , -, . i .. !-J V.;. ? i.l All my.Goodi are fresh, of good material and word in season, and It may, be ,OCCa-l Rood workmanship.anO.the selection embraces atn'nnllv n. Wnnlnni nf wlsnn t 1 "veryming ln tne line. CM. wIEEKU, slonaiiy a -Roru out. or season. r I feel I 110 ... opposite the st. Charles Jiotel, l,0O0!W0BTU OF APPARATIS C1TEK AWAt.t. , And each Trick-explained after the performance. esrFor full particulars, see Programmes. GHR-AJNTD OPEMNGI COR. FRONT MORRISON ST., . Oiwotitc the St. Clinrlen Jiotel. nun UNDERSIGNED OPEN, ON Saturday, October 2 Itli. The above store, with a large and well selected, siogk ox BOOTS AND SHOES. Which will be sold' at prices to salt the times. SUPERIOR QUALITY OF BOOTS AMD SHOES Y