Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-27

book keepers. Twenty one of these youne
women are still without employmentL
4 some OF them 8 having, been five months
seeking lit, The moment twas annoanoed
/ that women could be occupied in teacbino
negroes at the South, thousands of annli.
catlons were made to the committees who
haa that matter in charge. Aud eyery
member q srE Der of the Boston School COMMITTEES
Knows that the duty of deciding which
young lady, ont of7a hundred applicants,
sna!l receive, as if it wele q boon, q vacant
position az teacher in the schools ,is q
constantly recprring and most painful du-
.y'g Sqch instances are enough to- show
that there is not sufficient opening for
sne women who have to- earn their own
Let them become servants in families,
tnen," says some one, indignant because
his coffee was badly burned this u5orninsS,
we venture to reply that that department.
az labor, wholly, honorable as il NAV be,
Q1q not provide so large, q relief, as to be
tieptt6te even in this difficulty. a very
large estimate Of thenumber of servants in
the census of 1880. supposes that there
we're 3S, 900 of both sexes in Massachusetts,
tnen. Granting that many Of these were
Incompetent; supposing our churlish friend
persuade his fair countryWomen to take
their places; supposingn that it is for do
mestic' service that We have educated the
pupils of our grammar schools, hiph
schools and normsli ischools-still, it is
evident that after the proposed change has
beenmsde, there will be as MANY women
1nproVidsdU for % there are now; OF that
the competition will cut jNWnthe rates of
wages for such service which, are none
TOO high as things are now. .igilaI 70 na
" WeJwill not, however, be drawn aside
to discuss any details which rest on the
idea that anrunnaturalI .disproportion of
the sexes can be an advantage to either
sexlor to the. community. The simple
point in the Governors address is this.
that reasonable arrangement by which
womer can .emigrate honorably and cheap
y g thSy t0ish to, is simply an arrsgement
for giving to women right which the
most csPious will not deny them The
talk of t'exile," which we have heard from
men who are probably ashamed of it,by
this time, is absurd. There are as manv
women as meR who prefer other climates
to ours: There are in Massachusetts, more
highly cultivated women than men, and
there is every reason why such women
should have the privilege, which they have
not now, of lettering itheit position, if
they wish to. N = 81 lst -sIa,4l'f.. =
Weiupderstand that the Emigrant Com.
missiouers of Oregon and Idaho are desi
rous of bringing to the knowledge of our
citizens the opportunities in those States
for the honorable employment of women.
We have circular before us which shows
thatS 10 Oregon; female domestics earn a
dollar day in gold. besides their board.
In such circumstances we are glad to,kuoW
that the New Eogland, Emigrant Aid, Com.
pany has already dispatched an ageat to
Portland, in Oregon, and, on his report,
will be prepared in the spring to facilitate
the movement of families or of women,
who need escort, in that direction. The
committee of the Legislature ought to have
no difficulty in determining how the Com.
monwealth can assist in these enterprises.