The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-10-19

other side, but he was soon convinced
by fhe logic Of the lady President. who'd
was assisted by her baby. young lady
of shout six months, apd as the mother
informed Jus, g candidate for the suf
frage. The most interesting remarks
on this occasion. were made by the &C. :
centric J5B F-Wolf. from Denver, for 7
meriy Methodist preacher, but now a !
Spiritualist and a disheherer ofChrist- !
ianity. His hair is red, shaved close in |.
front and on tor, with long ends hang !
| ing over his shoulders, face. shaved
clean, having the rough dress of a |
Mountaineer. His wife. he says, did /
not marry him for his beauty, but
because was he a preacher, and could
stalk If he has ceased preaching, he
has not ceased to talk. He IS full of
ideas on every imaginable subject, and
has no lack of words in which to clothe
them. His voice is very loud, there is
no hall in the country it cannot fill, (I
don't mean with people, but with so
nus. and to keep it in practice he gives
it free play in conversation. His spec
ial hobbies now, are Woman's Rights;
Indians Rights; Childrcn's Rights;
Rights of the laboring man; Spiritualism
and Temperance, on all CT which SUBJ
iects he will Instruct you for the hour
together if you will but listen. He
would like to do you all the good in his
power. He is very anxious to reform
III ,or11 he - Oh
very first steps is for women to vote. He
also thinks he could be brave, if the oc-
casion required it Mrs. President, he
said, never would shrink from doing
my duty, even at cost of the last drop of
blood in my arteries, and if deem it
necessary, / could expose my fragile
form in support of woman's emancipa-
ton to the BLAST of trumpets, a shower
of eggs and a storm Of bullets > but he
does not insist on wearing the crown of
martyrdom, it appears, for the last thing
be says is, ''let us have peace Other
interesting portraits Of these peculiar
reforms, may be reserved for a future
letter when times are dull. rs4srg5 s5FsC q.
IS .s@aa T. W. C. IA azEf0.s - ~
/ The Women's meeting OF last evening
for the purpose of organizing Woman's
place at the rooms of the Y. NJ C. was
so largely attended that the rooms
could not accommodate the number,
} consequently. their beautiful ,commodi-
ons hall above was open for the pur-
pose. and the audience adjourned there
to. This. Hail. is the only public ball
or lecture room in this city, ut all wor
| they of National Capitol. It will ac>
, comm odate $4,000 people; and til e in
clination of the rows of seats from the
! back to the front gives almost as good
( view of the platform TO those furthest
from it as to those near. Mr.. Hall,
Seer etary z NJ. c. A.. being requested
by the ladies to preside, assumed the
, charge and after singing, and most
i fervent prayer by Mr.. Butler, in which
? the Father was thanked for the influence
q of the christian women and the aid they
! had afforded in the war referred to in
touching termes, explained the object of
= the meeting, stating that the organiza-
8 ton Of the Y. NJ. C. A. already in opera
), ton is not exclusively Tor young, men,
Il as it's name would indicate, that it nun
i. bers among its members both old men
:. and women, but that since the eyes of
), the christian women, have recently been
: opened to the terrible need existing in
t this city for work particularly among
q the unfortunate of their own sex. they
!, have felt the need of an organization
i among themselves to be in a sense sep
l. crate from that of their brothers, and yet
n co operating with, receiving aid from
e that in sympathy. counsel and material
/ means The dcsirability Of seperate
: organization is felt to be, partiularly in
+ the necessity for quietness and privacy
e in much of their work, that the feelings
If of delicacy, either of the victims Or their
% helpers may not be wounded by any I'M
: necessary publicity. One of the most
= noticeable features of the meeting was the
9, absence of anything like an appearance
e of Observation-Disclosures on the part Of
r. tue ladies, their, evident determination
II being to impose upon the gentleman
: present all the responsibility OF the con
& duct of the meeting. For, although
1T the gathering was peculiarly OF ladies
8, snd for the purpose of organizing ;
4 society to be composed exclusively O
ladies, the public had been invited {
large number of gentleme en- were in The
audience, and several distinguished
1T christian philanthrophists occupied thu
id platform. The Gentlemen in the audi
e. ence, however, dill not presume to vot
: in the matters pertaining to the organ
ization OF tue Association, and conse-
re quently am sorry to say, there wa
II very little voting done. st;st.e8 81
Il After adoption. of an appropri at
:, constitution and bylaws, by which til
~ organization is to be governed. AM
re effecting addresses by Rev. DIR. Butler
i'd Mr.. Holland and Gen O. O. Howard
OF the meeting adjourned to meet. on mex
a Saturday evening.
q ~ sal'asHu ssSuU3 20 II 11F .f.H
,e PUBLIC DOMAIN.
is Commissioner Wilson of the Genera
~ Land Office, has received the returns, Q
= the survey of three additional township
in Nebraska on the North Fork of Lou
river, about sixty miles north of For
Kaarnex and fifty north vest of c Fan