The New Northwest from Portland, Oregon • Page 2

THURSDAY- MARCH 0, 1679. THE YETO. The feellug of opposition to the Influx of the Chinese lias been bo steadily growing In the l'aolfic States for years past tbat now there can scarcely be said to be two opinions on the subject. Iu-deed, so potent have the evils arising from 'their presence become, tbat tbe question of regulating their immigra tion Is now generally regarded by tbe citizens of Ibis State as second in Im portant to none other. And, it beiug understood that our Stato authorities were powerless in the matter, and that we must seek a remedy at the bands of tBe federal government, perhaps It is not too much to say that tbe recent legislation of Congress looking to ibis ob ject was regarded by people here with more anxiety and Interest than any business that has claimed tbe attention of tbat body for years.

Hence, It can not be wondered at that when, after careful consideration and lengthy and heated debate, the bill passed both Houses of Congress by unlooked-for majorities, If tbe people who have been compelled for years to live face to face with this degraded and unprogressive raee were ohagrined when the President Interposed bis high prerogative and da9hed their hopes to tbe ground, let, while we share tbe general regret at tbe failure of this very Important measure, we are not disposed to question the President's motives, nor join the popular clamor against him; for though be may have erred iu iudgraent, we cau readily conceive it possible that he may have aetetl from conscientious convic tions of duty. Then, is it not possible that His Ex celletiey (or Secretary Evarts) may have possessed clearer views of constitutional law than any of tbe gifted Individuals wbo supported the bill? tbat some of tbe objections urged against it may have been valid ones? If this really was tbe case, it certainly was better tbat tbe measure should be slaughtered outright than tbat it should support an uneertain existence for a while, delud ing tbe people into the anticipation of grand results, to disappoint tfiem all by being smothered as it surely would be if vitally defective at tbe hands of the Supreme Court. Tbe i lends of such legislation should not be discouraged, however, as it is clearly but a question of a few short months when legal means will be found to modify tbe objectionable provisions of tbe Barlingame treaty, or to abrogate it altogether. ME. DOLPHJS LECTURE.

The subject, "Our Country, Its daugers and destiny," was handled In very atole manner on Friday evening at Masonic Hall by Hon. J. X. Dolph. The audience comprised tbe most thoughtful and Intelligent denizens of the city, and tnetr appreciation of the speaker's ideas and tbe eloquent lauguage in which he presented them, was evident both from the respeetful attention and tbe frequent applause given.

"Truth no years Impair," and tbe eulogies upon the institutions born of liberty after eight years' anguished travail, make, and ever will, responsible eehoes In tbe hearts ot those "wbo blush alike to Ue or have a slave." Mr. Dolph has long been known as an earnest believer in equal rights, and we, together with a number of oth ers, listened intently for what we felt sure we would hear when our country's destiny was being prognosticated by him, an unqualified avowal in fuvorof woman's enfranchisement. And we were not disappointed. Bringing his audi enee step by step to tbe poiut, each one was prepared when it came for the declaration wblcb evoked the most enthu siastic applause that "The rock upon wblcb all government must be founded to withstand tbe assaults of its enemies and the mistakes of its friends Is equality before the law, and whatever valid ob jections may be urged against universal null rage, tbe right once conceded in popular government is not likely to be surrendered." Coueedlug that sullrage is not likely to be restricted in the United States, the speakereontinued, "will uot tbe safety of the republic be promoted by extending it to tbe only class of citizens now deprived of tbe right tbe women? Tbe truth probably is tbat enfranchisement of tbe women of the United States would bring Into political uflalrs a conservative, purifying element that would In a single decade do more to pu rify politics and rid the country of moral evils than will be accomplished In half a century without that influence." We often hear of the unpopularity of the question of Woman Sullrage, and as often reply tbat it is unpopular oulv with the unthinking, tbe vicious and the ignorant, and this evening's experiment abundautly proves this estimate true. The women of the State -will greatly appreciate this unqualified espousal of tbe eause of equal rights by Mr.

Dolph. We do not wonder that respectable people are disgusted with the name "llberallst" and with tbe Institution of "Liberal Halls" when we see the narrow llllberallty tbat so often rules tbe first and tbebase uses towlueh tiie second are frequently lent. One loud-mouthed and Irreverent babbler can do more In a single course of lectures to retard a wholesome progression of ideas than a dozen earnest and reverent seekers after truth can overcome with pen and voice in half a decade. A bride InBeloIt, shot herself on the morning after the wedding, on learning tbat her husband had another wife; but tbe wound was not serious, and on recovering she look the less tragic course of prosecuting blm for bigamy. A MINORITY BEPOET.

I Early In 1S7S a bill asking for a constitutional amendment tbat should remove political disabilities from woman was presented to the Senate of the United States, This bill was referrpd to thecommitteeonnrivlIPfrpndM.nnnHcl9e. The committee concede that worn- and after slumbering until June was re-i i ported back with a recommendation by a majority of the committee that it be indeflnltely postponed. Tbe objec tions tbat accompanied the report were so trite, so puerile and had been so often answered by both logic and experience that It would have been deemed an insult to present a number equal ly weak upon any other matter tbat claimed tbe attcution of the Senate. We gave a synopsis of them at tbe time, and most of our readers have doubtless a recollectiou of the points made. We now have a minority report ofsald committee upon the question which was ordered to be printed wltb tbe majority report, a wise measure, and one that suffragists will greatly appreciate, as tbe opportunity thus given to compare tbe true with the false Is unsurpassed.

The latter report has the honored signatures of Geo. K. Hoar, of Massachusetts, Argus Cameron, of Wis consin, and John H. Mitchell, of Oregon, attached, and in all the brilliant Congressional record of these gentlemen, their names are affixed to no more just and logical document. Did our space permit, we would be glad to print the two reports side by side, that both friends and enemies of the cause might sec the ground whereon the great ques tion stands.

We give a brief summary of the arguments of tbe majority, together with an answer to the same as made by tbe minority, and ask tbat enemies of equal rights will pause, read and pronounce judgment without pre judice. Tbe majority of the committee state the following as their reasons for the conclusion to which they come: First. If the petitioners' prayer be granted, It will make several millions of women voters. Second. These voters will be Inexperienced In public atlairs.

Third. They are quite generally dependent on the other sex. Fourth. They are incapable of mili tary duty. Fifth.

They are without the power to enforce the laws which tbelr numerical strength may enablu them to make. Sixth. Very few of tbem wish to as sume the irksome and responsible duties which this measure thrusts upon them Seventh. Such a change should only be made slowly and In obedience to a gen oral public demand. Eighth.

Theroarebut thirty thousaud petitioners. Ninth. It would be unjust to impose "the heavy burden of governing, which so mauy men seek to evade, on the creat mass of women who do uot wlsb for it, to gratify the few who do." Tenth. Women now have tbe sympa thy of judges and juries "to an extent which would warrant loud complaint on the port of their adversaries of the aternersex." Eleventh. Such a change should be made, If at all, by States.

Three-fourtbsof the States should not lorce It on tho others. In any State in which "any considerable part of the women wish for the right to vote, It will be granted without auy intervention of Congress." Tbe first objection of the committee Is to the large Increase of the number of the voting population. We believe, ou the other hand, that to double tbe numbers of the constituent body, and to compose one-half tbat body of women, would tend to elevate the standard of tbe representative, both fur ability and manly character. Tbe objection of Inexperience In public atlairs applies, of course, alike to every voter wben he first votes. If It be valid, It would have prevented any extension of the sullrage, and would ex-olude from tbe franchise a very large number of masculine voters of all ages- That women are quite generally dependent on tbe other sex Is true.

So It Is true tbat men are quite generally dependent on the other sex. It Is Impossible so to measure this dependence as to declare that man is most dependent on woman or woman on man. It Is by no means that the dependence of either on the other afiects the right to the suffrage. Capacity for military duty has no connection with capacity for suffrage. Tbe former is wholly physical.

It will scarcely be proposed to disfranchise men who are unlit to be soldiers by reason of ageor bodily Infirmity. The suggestion tbat tbe country maybe plunged Into wars by a majority of women who are secure from military dangers is not founded in experience. Men of tbe military profession and men of the military age are commonly quite as eager for war as non-combatants, and will hereafter be quite as Indifferent to its risks and hardships as their mothers and wives. Tbe argument tbat women are without tho power to enforce the laws which their numerical strength may enable them to make proceeds upon the suppo sition tbat it Is probable that all tbe women will range themselves upon one side In politics, and all the men on the other. Such supposition flatly contra dicts the other arguments drawn from the dependeoceof women, and from tbelr alleged unwillingness to assume politi cal burdeus.

So men over fifty years of age are without tbe power to enforce tbe obedience to laws against which the remainder of tbe voters forcibly rebel. It Is not physical power alone, but power aided by tbe respect for law of the people on which the laws depend for their enforcement. Tbe sixth, eighth, and ninth reasons of tbe committee are tbe same propositions differently stated. It Is tbat a share in the government of the country is a burden, and one which, In tbe judgment of a majority of tbe women of the country, they ought not to be required to assume. If any citizen deems the ex- erclse of this franchise a burden and ikilT a privilege, such person Is under no constraint to exercise IL But If It be a birthright, then it Is obvious that no other person than tbat of the individual con cerned can rightfully restrain Its exer- "UK-" lu Minimum i i.

I -t. 1 1 1 nlale ceraole part oi tue women uesiru u. i uis is a pretty serious confession. What has be come of the argument that women are unfit to vote because they are dependent on men, or because they are unfit for military duty, or because they are inexperienced, or because they are without power to euforce obedience to their laws? Tbe noxtarguraeut is tbat by the pres ent arrangement the administration of justice Is so far perverted that oue-half tbecltlzens of tbecouutry have an advantage from the sympathies of juries and judges which "would warrant loud complaint" on the part of the other half. If this be true, It is doubtless due to au instinctive feeling on the part of juries aud judges that existing laws aud Instl- tions are unjust to women, or to the fact that juries composed wholly of men are led to do injustice by thelrsuseeptlbllity to the attractions of woman.

But cer tainly It Is a grave defect lu any system of government that it does not admiuis ter justice Impartially, and theexistetice of such defect is a strong reason for preferring an arraugemeut which would remove the feeliug tbat women do not have fair play, or for so composing juries tbat, drawn from both sexes, they would be impartial between tho two, The final objection of the committee Is that "such a change should be made, if at all, by the States. Three-fourths of tbe States should not force it upon the others. Whenever any considerable part of the women in auy State wish for tbe right to vote, it will be granted without the Intervention of Who can doubt that when two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths of the States have voted for the change, a considerable number of women In tbe other States will be found to desire It, so that, ac cording to the committee's own belief, it can never be forced by a majority ou unwilling commuuities? Certainly history gives no warning tbat should deter the American people from carrying out the principles upon which their governments rest to this most just and legitimate conclusion. Thoso persons who think that free government has auywhere failed can only claim tbat this tends to prove, not the failure of universal suffrage, but the failure of masculine suffrage. Like failure has attended the operation of every other great human Institution, the fam ily, tbe school, the church, whenever woman has not been permitted to contribute to them her full share.

As to tbe best example of the perfect family tbe perfect school, the perfect church, tbe love, the purity, tbe truth of woman Is essential, so they are equally essential to the perfectexampleof theself-govern-ing state. WOMEN LAWYERS IN SAN PRAN-0IS00. Clara M. Foltz aud Laura DeForce Gordon had a hearing before Judge Morrison, San Francisco, on the 21th in which the former asked for a writ of mandamus to re-instate her in the Hastings' Law School, from which she bad been excluded ou account of sex. Her prayer was simple and straightforward, setting forth succinctly the facts that she, being of good moral character, 21 years of age, well qualified in all respects and rightfully being entitled to the privilege of the Institution, a branch of the University of California bad been excluded from the Hastings' college of law.

Her argument, In which she was supported by Mrs. Gordon, was able and exhaustive. Tbat of the attorneys opposed to her recounted the old objections to the admission of women to the practice of law, the principal (or the respondents closing his argument by reading the decision of Judge Ryan, of Wisconsin, when Mrs. Myra Bradford applied for admission to the bar of that State. This document, It will be remembered, declared most emphatically the Impossibility of women doing just what Mrs.

Bradford and others are now doing, aud so Is no doubt considered conclusive. The Judge took the matter under ad visemeut, nud we shall soon look fur another "opinion" from a legal source defining woman's sphere. THE MeGIBENY'S IN MICHIGAN. From the Citizen, a journal published In Jackson, Michigan, we learn that the McGibeny family were there rendering their popular "sonc service" on tbe Sth carrylug all hearts by storm. The Kalamazoo Telegraph says of their recent sacred concert in that city: "Over twelve hundred people Wreiu Union Hall last evening to bear the song service of the McGibeny family.

Everything passed oil" in tbe most satisfactory manner; tbe selections, both vocal and instrumental, were In good teste and appropriate. -The sweet songs of the little ones, and the beautiful harmony of their singing and playing, delighted every one. It was the most refined and delightful sacred service ever listened to by many present last evening, and it adds not a little to the interest that all feel after having ouce heard tbem, to know that they are a refined and Christian family, and worthy of the respect and esteem of all." As a friend of public decency, we earnestly entreat Governor Thayer to save the good name of an innocent lady, if In his power to do so, by denying tbe current scandal at ouce, thereby preventing a repetition of the Beecher-Tilton abomination, the publication of which bas caused Incalculable destruction of good morals. He will understand us. THE CHINESE QUESTION.

The feeling of tliTpeople of this city, which upon this question Is an Index to tbe sentiment throughout tbe State upon tbe Chinese restriction bill nud Its veto by the President, was expressed by a mass meetlngof citizens at the Courthouse on Saturday evening. Governor Thayer presided and advocated earnest measures against the Influx of Chinese to this coast. The meeting was ad dressed by Hon. J. F.

Caples, Chief Jus tice Kelly, Judge McArthur and Dr. Brenan, each orator growing eloquent as ho detailed tbe evils which tbe unrestricted immigration had already brought to this coast, aud emphatic in the declaration tbat it should and must be properly restricted. A committee on resolutions submitted tbe following, which were unanimously adopted and ordered telegraphed at once to Presi dent Hayes: Resolved, Tbat it Is the universal entloient of the people of theStuteof Oregon, wtllioal record to patty affiliation, that tbe Immlgra- lloii or Chinese to thl count In Inimical to every Interest or our ienple and dangerous lo tbe well being of our commonwealth. Hesolved, Thai the Chinese are now, have always been, and will ever remain, alien to every principle or American el vlltsailon, foe lo tbe lutereslor our Industrial population who have not aslmllatedandcau tteverassiititlale with our Hllieix, who bring wltb them all tbe debasing vie or their effete Mdal life, wbo contribute nothing to the wealth of our coun try, and who serve as a constant drain upon our tending away to China all the wealth they can hoard by living In hovel. llemlved, That this I uot a question between capital and labor, properly considered, bnt It rife farhlstierand becomes a question of supremacy a social problem or tbe greatest national Importance, wherein, If such Immi gration Is fostered or permitted, the Chinamen will have all the advantage over the Is bo ring classes that the grasslHipper lias over tbe fields ot the unresisting farmer.

Hesolved, Thai while we recognize the prln elple that free America Ik and always shall be au asylum or the oppressed of all nations, we are unalterably opMsed to the application of that principle to a foreign raee which Is hostile to every principle tbat make us free and ren ders that freedom permanent. Resolved, That we believe this to be a question that belongs peculiarly to the people of the If Ibelrunanlmous wishes shall be disregarded, a war of races may be precipitated upon us. We therefore respectfully demnnd, In behalf of our people, that this bill shall be approved by the President. Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting be requested to telegraph these resolutions and the action of this meeting at once to the Pres ident of the United States for his considers lion. On motion of Mr.

Caples, the meeting formed In procession and marched through tbe principal streets to show to those who did not attend how large a number did manifest iutereat in tbe Important subject. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. If the sentiment of the meeting was not that the "Chinese must go," it certainly was the "Chinese must stop coming." TO THEPOINT. The following statement we reproduce from an eastern journal, being extremely appropriate forconsideratlon at the pres ent time here: "Not many centuries ago, almost all the crimes now punishable by Imprisonment, were punished by death One by one these crimes have been res cued from tho law of extreme revenge, and assigned to that of a medium char aoter. It is not even pretended that such crimes have increased by the change thus made.

Nor is it true that in States and countries where the death penalty has been abolished longenoug): to test It as au experiment, that ruur llave Increased Indeed, Rhode Is land and Michigan, where the death penalty has not been enforced for years are not alllioted by more murders than are other States In which it is still en forced. It is as well established as any thing ran le, that hanging does not lessen the number of murders. Just as many murders occur as there would if the death penalty were abandoned and a mire humane one more I accord with au enlightened, Christian age adopted. Beside-, we have uo right to take what we cannot give. Ood clveth life Iet tile uatural action of is laws alone take it.

But to eon sider haueinir or other method: of taking life, judicially, from till standpoint only, is to take a very narrow view of the whole subject. The present aud immediate effects form small and very unimportant part of th real evils of the practice. It has been frequently observed it almost alway: happens that following a hanging, th children play to hang. Can such a thing exert other than tbe most baneful effects upon tbe plastic minds and Busceptibili ties of the young? It must necessarily causa them to have a leas sacred regard for life. There can be uo doubt that th lessening of this regard has In some, if not in many Instances, been the direct cause of murder, by those who have been thus made familiar with the tak Ing of life and led to feel a lets regatd for life itself, by the familiarity.

Noth ing could tend more certainly to prepare the way for murder by those iu whom th capacity, under any circumstances of passion or revenge, to murder exists, than to familiarize them with the Idea tbat It is ever justifiable to take life at all. If the State cau punish or avenge itself by murder rightfully, then it is to be expected that the Individual Will argue that he may do the same under the necessary provocation." GOOD NEWS FROM NEW ERA. To the Editor of tub Smr Northwest: The anual school meeting pased oil harmoniously in this village. A full attendance of legal voters, both men and women, were present. Seven women who pay taxes voted, most of them for the first time.

Some of the noble lords objected to the said tax-payiug women voting, but they will get used to it by- and-by. Yours Truly, A Voter. New Era, February 3, '79. Boston University has had during the past year GG7 students, 171 oftheso being young women. Of tbe four new trus tees chosen by tbe board, two were womenMrs.

Augustus Hemmeuway and Mrs. Mary B. Claflin. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE, Dkar Hkauckh or tub New Northwkst: The Albany Aid Society, of which we last week made mention, should have been styled the "Ladies' Aid," as ladies lone are engaged In Its management. The festival before alluded tn accorditigto tho local papers, mak- net patronage in meals and entrance fees of 1,1 4S quarter dollars.

But how the ladles did work I And such marvels of cooking as were displayed, and such genial hospitality as was shown to visi tors can nowhere be excelled outside of Albany. Iudeed, the ladies there are golug ahead in every good work. Dur ing our stay they were engaged iu cir culating local option petition, and were very successful In obtaining signatures. Mrs. Colonel Thompson kiudly showed us her petition on the day pre vious to our departure, aud It contained the names of several hundred persons, more man two-minis or wnom are women who will be voters by and by.

When we left Albany eight years ago to remove to Portland and take up this mission for woman's freedom, ladies only figured In public as ornaments to grace men's festivals, or as cooks to pro vide delicacies for men's epicurean tastes. Now, they "talk right out iu meeting," the came as tbelr brothers; ami the time is not far distant when the "side degree" will uo longer coit tent the aspiring soul of the most lie voleo "Rebecca" who has faithfully toiled in woman's way to help raise tho fuuds to build aud furnish tbe uew aud elegant Odd Fellows' Temple, that rears its three imposing stories on the priuol-pal thoroughfare and holds aloft its long enshrouded mysticism. an emblem of the old idea of masculine superiority, which is fast breaking down under the con stantly increasing growth of woman's intellectual knowledge. The churches of Albany, like those Portluud, are more fully attended than formerly; and much of this increased interest is due to the eudeavors of the Young People's Christian Association, Surely such a society Is badly needed iu Portland. Where are the young peo pie who will lead lu this work? There Is no creed In It, no sectarianism of auy sort, ami only a united endeavor to in stil the precapts and example of the living Christ into the minds of all who attend.

If ever we are to have a mil leuulum on tbe earth, It must come through tbe abolitiou of creeds, the breakiugdown of sectarianism, and the active co-operation of the young people, who are the only hope of both church and state. Women not ouly Isnd public sent! meut lu Albany, but tl.ey are rapidly taking tbe lead iu many business enterprises as well. True, they have been for so short a time iu (lersonal control of funds that they have uot yet accumu lated capital for gigantic enterprises. but they are fast making it, their work being mainly oonll tied asyet to medicine, millinery, furnUblng stores, picture galleries, school teaching, printing, paint ing, music teaching and the inevitable boarding-house. We are also pleased to mention Miss Maggie Foster, the intelligent, modest, capable and pretty book-keeper at the huslne-s office of the Magnolia Mills, whose sensible father has wisely given her the pn-dtiou over all outside competitors, and whose equally sensible mother puts a Chinaman lu the kitchen, at less than half professional bimk-keeper's wages, aud thus gives the young lady the opportunity that her many accomplishments merit to become familiar with the ins and outs of an immense mid profitable business, into which she may yet be admitted as partner.

A dozen vears ago such an innovation uooM ai shocked Albany. To-day the city IkmsIh of it. Miss Kin Pax ton also assists her father in his photographic nailery, and like himself I ami expert in her line. Miss Ilettie Thompson is suceessfiilly engaged in sehool teaching, ami Miss Mary Hantiou finds profitable employment as a music teacher. Girls like these will not be in lmte to accept the penalties of matrimony.

A free and independent woman would not marry a king unless she could herself be queen. And we note with pride that fathers of such daughters invariably appreciate the situation with quite as happy exultation as the mothers exhibit. Small danger that such girls will fail to make good house-keepers when such work falls to their choice. And, should they always prefer a professional life, they will never be compelled to follow a distasteful occupation slmp'y Iwcause they are women. Albany Is to have water-works.

Negotiations are already pending with a Philadelphia firm for tons upon tons of irou pipe, the well-known capitalists, Messrs. Crawfonl aud Foster, being tbe projectors of the movement. This enterprise will beof vast utility as a sanitary measure, the surface draiuage now imbibed by tho Inhabitants from shallow wells beiug the cause of fever, ague, diphtheria and many chronic Ills. But our visit at Albany, like all terrestrial things, must end, aud we haven't had time or strength to even call at half the homes where we are expected to visit. Business, home and duty recall us to Portland, where we arrive Satu rday in time for the open temperance meeting ami two acts of the "Sea of Ice." Portland, March 1, 1S70.

A. J. I). Those who for long years have Wandered on through don tits and fears," And now glancing backward, behoid the lengthening shadows that tell of the decline of life's sun, will understand this little sentiment clipped from the Looking from life's west windows, We know we would not again Look forth from the eastern lattice. And live over ail life's pain; Though life's sunlight be brilliant, lu tun-set Is sweet.

Since It brings longed-for rest to our weary feet," Now is tbe time to make up clubs. LETTER FROM SAN JOSE. IothbEditoroftueNbwNobthwbst: Probably San Jose has been held up many times for the admiration of the readers of the New Northwest, for if ever there was love felt for their little city by those most interested, that feei ng is cherished by this same San Jose. pleasant feature of its social and in- telleotuol life is its mauy literary societies, und prominent among these is tbe Ladles' Reading Circle, remarkable for the strong chords of love and good-will which bind Its members. Its founder, without whose genial presence tho meet ings have not been considered quite complete during the whole four years of its existence, has Just left for your city.

She ever reminded us of the lessou so hard to learn, tbat chronic good nature Is a mighty weapon In our hum-drum lives. That this society has uot shared the ephemeral fate of most societies formed for that purpose Is perhaps due to the entire absence of all laws restricting its members. The only officer is the president. After a grand entertainment, we are told what the elegant Miss S. wore aud how Miss B.

was dressed, aud but for tbe want of space you should hear of mental elegancies noticeable here; suffice it that one finds here the embodiment of high culture, ready wit, true refinement, forbearance and kind ness. Most of tbe members see clearly in tbe direction in which you have so long led, but a few yet grope In darkness. Your occasional quotations show that you share the feellugs of most of the papers of the Pacific coast In a full annreciation of the Mercury. The ladies of tho Reading Circle, with some others, remembering their indebtedness to its editor, upon the occasion of its removal tn a new aud more commodious build ing, appointed one of their meetings at the home of the editor and presented blm with a Hag aud streamer, certain that it would only be uufurled iu tbe cause of justice and equal rights. M.

Sun Jose, Februaiy 20, 1S70. F0REIGNNEWT3. There is fifteen feet of snow in Sehles-wig. The Russians have taken measures to frustrate the design of Bulgarians to burn Adrianople. Four million five hundred thousand pounds are asked for on account of Bos-uiau occupation of '79.

Russian forces occupied Arabia Tabia the second day after Roumauian evacuation, and are dismantling it, In accord ance with the treaty of Berlin. The rebellion against the Chinese gov ernment in ivasugar lias been com pletely crushed, aud tbe remnants of the defeated force are returning to Russian territory. The mayor of Sheffield, Kngland, states that in one district of that town there are 4,000 persons destitute and 400 families actually starving. The relief fund, except about JES00, bas been extended. The cotton masters of Lancashire recommend that the Blackburn standard list be generally adopted for the regulation of weavers' wages.

The change implies a reduction. Two thousand weavers at Cnugle'on already refuse tn submit. Princess Louise Margaret, niece of the Kmperor of Germany, has given her farewell reception previous to starting for England to wed Prince Arthur, duke of Connaught. The wedding was post poned one month In consequence ol tbe death of Princess Alice, ami will take place at Windsor, March 13th. RE0ENTEVEHT3.

It is estimated that for tbe week end ing Friday next, 100,000 bales of cotton, Incluillug 50,000 for Russia, will be olenred from New York. The veto message accompanied by the Chinese bill was returued to the House of Representatives on the lt lust. An attempt to pass tbe bill over the veto failed. Yeas, 109; nays, 95. The national Congressional greenback committee have resolved that it Is not advisable to call a national convention prior to the holding of suoh to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President.

An ex-member of the stock exchange, who ten years ago was a millionaire, and who In bis prosperous days gave 5100,000 lo New York churches, was sentenced by the court at special session to five days in the city prison for theft. A disastrous fire occurred at Reno, Nevada, ou the the 2d Inst. The entire business portion of the place wasburued. Five lives are known to have been lost. The gale prevailing at the time carried pieces of blazing timber several miles.

Reno Is now a suburb without a town. MARRIED. Our good friend aud gracious coworker, Mrs. S. lu Knox, of Sau Jose, has shaken oil" the weeds of widowhood and taken upon her shoulders the toggery of matrimony.

She will hereafter be Known as Mrs. Knox Goodrich. Hor husbaud, who ought tobe knowu as Mr. Goodrich Knox to make the equality complete, Is a gentleman of means, phl- luuuiiupy ouu intelligence. We con gratulate the worthy couple upon their good sense in choosing each other.

May their days be long and happy. and may their future be distinguished as their post has been, for their zeal and knowledge In the cause of human rights. May they prove the declaration of Paul that "he that marryeth doeth well," and disprove that bachelor sophistry of his that "he that manyeth not doeth bet ter." What a delightful fact that children are divinely free Irom those prejudice, preferences and narrowness of class, seel, natiou, creed and party with which we older creatures hem ourselves In, and bow sad that we so early set ourselves about tbe task of drawlug tbem within these narrow circles. NEWSITEMS. STATB AMD TERKlTOKUIi.

There are ten prisoners in tbe King county jail. Wolves commit great depredationa-on the sheep in Jackson eounty. A uew schooner, the "Santa llnxas;" was launched at Marshfield oatb26th ult. Captain L. S.

Scott has lieen appointed postmaster atSalem vice T. M. riialetier, resigned. Many children In tbe vicinity of Hay Creek, Whm-o couuty, have died of tbe diphtheria since last fall. The scarcity of water will prove a great drawltack to Southern Oregon mining interests this season.

Winter is virtually over in Lake couuty. Grass is sprouting finely, slock has done well aud roads are improving. The snow at Hood River was three Inches deeper than at The Dalles, crushing iu roofs and establishing geueral block ade. Goods to the amount of $25,000 have been manufactured ami sold at the Ashland woolen mills withlu tbe gt nine mouths. David Cams, of Waterloo precinct, Liuu county, aged 8S years, last week led to tbe altar Mrs.

Susan A. Pieher-nell, of Brownsville, aged 35. Durirnr the prevalence of a hieli gale in Walla Walla ou Monday of last week, the bell tower was blown down, killing one man and severely wounding another. A ship Is being built at Seaheok. Her length is 210 feet, breadth of beam 43 feet, and dentil of hold 17 feet.

She is a single decker, ami will carry, wbeo fin ished, from lo leet oi lumber. A co-npany has been formed and articles of incorporation filed for tbe purpose of eouetruetiug a rail or tram road from Shoalwater bay to Ilwaco, ou the Columbia. The amount of capital stock is $15,000. Leonard's bridge aeross tbe John Day's River in Waseo couuty was sold at executor's sale on Saturday of last week. W.

LairHllI, of Tbe Dalles, was the puruhaser, paying therefor Jas. G. Clark, of Canyon City, has been placed in charge of tbe property. The family of Mr. M.

S. Crisp, of Hay Creek, Wasco eounty, bas suite red great misfortune during the past year. One sou, John Crisp, was brutally murdered by the Umatilla Indians in July last; three have since died of diphtheria, and the eldest sou is now laid up with a broken leg, caused by his horse falling. Gold mines have recently been discovered uear Palouse City, and In the vicinity of Farmington, Whitman county. So far as developed, tbe new discoveries give good prospects for valuable diggiugs.

The people of tbat section, however, should not be too ready to abaudon their grain fields for less certain enterprises. During the recent high water, the log gers of the Snohomish River have lent very heavily. At least one million feet of logs have been washed out to sea by tbe rapid rise and swift current or that river. One man lost a boom containing six hundred thousaud feet, by tbe break ing of boom chains. Several parties lost smaller amounts.

In this couutry, to be a citizen is to be a sovereign, if a man, a subject, if a woman. Every mau Is tbe sovereign of himself aud bis mother. Of himself be is sovereign because he bas never surrendered bis right to self government of his mother, because because because well, perhaps because sbe is unlit to be her own. Iu fast, when one tries to assign a reason for man's government, of himself and his mother for giving mau tbe powers of a sovereign citizen aud restricting his mother to the sphere of a citizen subject, one fails to Hud sueh a reason as is eutlrely satisfactory. Denver Mirror.

The only manuscript of a work by Charles Dickens tbat exists in ibis country is believed to be tbutof "Our Mutual Friend." It is owned by George W. Cbilds, of Philadelphia. Adtlce to t'oiiHiimptiieM. The celebrated physician. Dr.

Paol Memeyer. gives the following valuable suggestions to persons suffering from long aOectlons: -The patient most with scrupulous conscientiousness insist upon breathing trash, pore air, and most remember tbat the, air of closed rooms Is always more or less bad. No man, however uncleanly, would drinSc mnddy, dirty water. A party which occupies a room for boars, breathing the same air, might be compared to a party of bathers drinking the water In which they bathe. Tbe patient must keep the window or nis bed-room open.

Night air Is fresh air without daylight. In eloae.crowded rooms, the patient suflertng from lung complaint breathes consumptively." By taking these precautions and using Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and lleasant Purgative IVllets, fully one-half of tbe cases of lung complaints would be cured In six months For cough and irritation of the lungs do not always indicate the presence of consumption, although It may result In that disease, and If consumption bas already become deeply seated tn the system, this Is the most efficient course of treat men that can be pursued outside of any Institution that provides special facil ities for the treatment of this disease. Dr. Pierce's celebrated Invalid's Hotel Is such an Institution.

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