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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11

KU-KLUx TRIAL.-INTERFsrlNd REvE-
LArIoNs.-Memphis, Tenn, July l. In
the Ku-Klux trial at Oxford, Miss, to-
day, Joseph G. Davis (colored) testified
that on the night in question, three of the
defendants came to his house and told
him he was one of those radical fellows
and ordered him to follow them, and in
fear of his life he did so. After proceed
ing a short distance they donned dis
guises, and furnished him with one, red
and black, and mule to ride, THE party
went to Pages house, which they entered
and Joe was ordered to tie Pages hands
with rope. A bed cord was cut to
furnish suspender, and the marauders rode
to the woods, a mile distant. Joe and
another man was left in charge of the
horses while the party entered with the
prisoner. In a few minutes they heard
a sound of strife, and the wrctched mar
beseeching his murdercrs to allow hin
time to pray or to see his wife, both Of
which entreaties were denied. After o
short time Joe was called into the woods
where he found Page lying on the grount
beside rude, shallow grave, with a rop'
around his neck, showing that death re
suited from hanging The body wa
tumbled into the grave by Joe and thu
other negroes present, by order Of tn,
leader, and hastily covered with cart
and leaves. The party then stripped Of
their disguise and separated shortly be
fore daylight. The witness underwent
rigid cross-examnation, but the dcfenc
failed to shake his testimony. lie iden
tilted three white and two colored defend
ants as having been activcsin the tragedy
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11

The cathartcs used and approved by the ply
scians comprising the various medical associations
of this State are now compounded and sold under
the name Of Parsons Purgatve Pills.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11
More about the Sewing Machine CasteIs

In reply to the bushel Enquiries since
publishing our article last week on Sew
ing Machine Casters, we will state for the
benefit of our readers that Sargent & Co.,
No. 70 Beekman Street, New York, are
engaged extensively in the manufacture
of them for all styles of sewing machines.
They can generally be obtained of the
sewing machine agents throughout the
country, but where there are no agents
within convenient distance that have
them, it will be we'll to address the man.
ufacturers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11

Why let your pains and aches your comfort
spoil? A cure is sure by using Renne's Magic
Oil. Then don't go scolding round the house dear
woman husband and children blame, "theyro SC
nhuman," but send for Renne's Magic Oil, and
saw, "You Run"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11

SOUTHERN NEws.-Ne,c Orleans, July
g. Samuel Ranny, general bookkeeper OF
the New Orleans National Bank was shot
at his desk, about ten O'Clock this morn
ing and almost instantly killed by VIM.
Boyd. Boyd has been arrested.
Senator Pinchback (colored) has insti.
tuted a suit in the eight district court for
1926, 900 against the Jackson Railroad for
refusing to furnish him passes in a Sleep
ing car on account of his color.
A fatal case of sunstroke occurred here
Yesterday.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11
Western News.

CHICAGO, July 6.
A gang of counterleiters have been dis.
covered in Wisconsin, with their head.
quarters at Monroe, about dozen have
been arrested thus far, and detectives are
still at work.
During a storm in Nebraska last night
a train on the fremont and Blair railroad
was lifted from the track and blown
twenty feet from the rails, An infant
was killed, and a mail agent fatally
wounded
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-11
MARKETS..
Middlcbury Provision Market.

Middebury July 10, 1871.
Current Retail Prices, Reported by SHELDON
CO. Dealers IN uruUEnIE> AND PHUvI--
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
THE DISTINGUISHED LECTURER.

Mrs. Carrie +. Young, NJ. D., has con-
quered victory over the prating SIM
pletons who urge that, "being woman,
she should keep silence in the churches. !"
Rarely have we heard her equal as a lee
turer, and seldom indeed does a man
succeed as well as she i'm taking all hearts
by storm. Elsewhere we give the opin-
ions of the Portland press, which prove
cOnelusively that the old-time prejudice
against the enlargement of woman's
power to work for good is melting before
the genial rays of reason and yielding TO
the magic of successful experiment.
Mrs. Youngs lectures upon temper
ance are logical, practical, analytical,
sensible. Her gift of language is good,
her manner winning, but unobtrusive.
her voice pleasing and her ideas new.
She viii address the citizens of East
Portland this evening, and will again
address Portland audience on Monday
evening next. As the church cellars
are not large enough to hold her conrre-
cations, and as the audience rooms are
not open when there is real demand
for them, her next lecture will be at the
Court House, where the people i'm charge
are too polite to offer the cellar nursery
to distinguished visitors, who find them
selves locked out of the best parlor
These nursery kitchens are well enough
for private church meetings, but there is
little Christian courtesy in keeping the
audience-rOom locked up while hundreds
OF listeners are turned away because
there is no room for admission.
Mrs. Carrie +. Young is no loss noted
for her success upon the suffrage than
the temperance question. Look out.
gentlemen. You'll hear from her soon
Since the above was in type we have
learned that the audienee-room of the
Congregational Church would have been
opened to- Mrs. Young but for the fact
that men would have ruined its elegant
carpet with tobacco. As il was. the
hempen carpet on the basement floors
was injured so badly that the PASTORS
wife will be compelled to replace a num-
ber of soiled places with new.
We mildly suggest to the churches
that until the tobacco nuisance is abated
and men taught manners it would be
better to dispense with costly carpets and
Iuy spittOons.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
TIMOTHY KNowALL's VIEWS.

Mrs. DtmiIody:-I formerly thought
that you were a tolerably sensible
woman. But now you must not blame
me if / think otherwise. What you
advocate the doctrine that women
should vote, hold office, and fill lucra-
tive positions in various sorts of busi-
ness? / tell you, madam, that we
yOUr IOr1s-will allow no snch things
We have held you in due subordination
for ages past, and we will not let you
advance beyond the kitchen, sewing
machine or needle, wash-tub, and some
times in the field. Your intellect, as
women, is far behind ours, and il is for
us to guide the Ship of State and legis-
late for you n all things. We do not
want you TO vote, serve on juries, nor
fill any station of honor or profit. L tell
you that there are just so many offices
of honor and profit in our country, Just
so many lawyers and doctors required,
and just so many competent or incOm-
petent gentlemen needed TO gather all
the crumbs from all sources, and we
NetlA " SlfOiAH WIN
you. Do you hear? You women need
guardians to oversee and manage for
you, and we, your superiors, will attend
to your interests and support you. As
proof that you are not of acute per
celDtiOR, we have amended the COnsti-
tuition Of the United States SO that all
citizens, irrespective of race, sex or
color, are legal voters and can of right
hold Office. We did this to manufac-
ture into use a heavy vote for us-not
for you; and though that Amendment
makes you voters and eligible to office,
yet you have not discerned it, and We
refuse in Congress TO carry out that
Amendment. And though we have
placed the cOlored voters equal with Us,
and have advanced them while you are
away back in the rear, yet you are stir
ring up the question of Woman Suf-
frage, as though il required the Six
teenth Amendment for that purposel
You all have the Constitutional right TO
vote and hold Office already, but YOU
don't perceive it, And, again, we lore
you so well that we don't want to cor
rupt you by letting you vote and hold
Office You see that we are your dear
friends, and so he content!
TIMOTHY KNoWALL,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
"MYRRH.

In another place VIII be found this
production of "Joaquin" Miller's, in
iuxtaposition with the response-"Sac-
rifice Impetro"-which it ELECTED from
the lacerated and bleeding heart of the
suffering woman TO whom it was adj
dressed. These two poems were first
published in June, 1870, shortly pre-
vious to the departure of Miller from
Oregon to win, as he arrogantly ex-
pressed it, "a name among the princely
few" The author of "Myrrh" stu
diously endeavored in it to throw the
blame of separation upon his gifted
wife-nOt by direct accusation, but by
skulking inuendo. Sacrifice Impetro"
is simply the agonizing cry of a wounded
soul over the grave of a buried but
fondly cherished love, the sweet, sad
memories of which are re-awakened
with intense vividness by the cruel
blow aimed at her by her unnatural
husband
In regard to the poetical genius of the
two poems, we believe that Mrs AIiller's
is far superior to that of her truant
lords. If they furnish a true test Of
the ability possessed by the author of
each-which We doubt Motive opine
that the day is not far distant when the
injured and deserted wife of this literary
liOn-of-a-day will give to the world
purer and sweeter and grander poetry
than he ever conceived Of We place
the parting production Of each side by
side and send them forth, fearing not
but that the verdict of time and delib-
Grafton will be in favor of the wronged
wife and mother.
Joaquin Miller evidently believed
that his wife possessed poetic talent of
no ordinary ability, and we surmise
that one reason which induced him to
ruthlessly break the sacred obligations
of husband and a father was that her
'hope of grander meedp might be
brought to naught by the ham rering
cares Of a family of three young chill
dren, solely dependent upon her ex-
ertiOns for food, clothing and education,
and herself stared in the face by power
ty. Indeed, when it is remembered
that this truant husband and father
started out upon his pursuit of fame
with his purse well filled with gold,
leaving his family destitute, there can
be no other satisfactory solution of his
dastardly conduct If such be the case
it will indeed be welcome news to him
to learn that more fortuitous eircum-
stances now surround Mrs. Miller, and
that she is now engaged in writing and
revising volume of poems, which she
intends to soon publish.
In the last stanza of "Myrrh" "Joa-
quin" exclaims:
God help you 10 endure and do
The all He may demand OF you"
That must have been quite a consola-
tion to the woman he left behind
to rear his children. We submit that it
would have been far more noble for
joaquin TO have staid at home and
''helped" to feed his starving babes
himself than to have delegated God to
do it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
WOMAN OOMPOSITORS.

len Years ago, women were generally
excluded from "Printers' Tnions,u be-
sides being prescribed by the "crafti on
general principles. Woman compost
tors at that date had no rights which
men printers felt bound to respect.
employers Were coerced into the pro-
scription and Outlawry of fwoman printers
by the memorable demands of bigOted
men who seem not to recognize that
women had as much right to earn the
abundance of the earth at the printers ;
case as they themselves had. Woman
compositors were frequently rudely
treated and made the victims of the
jests and ridicule of beings whose as
sumed superiority consisted wholly in
the fact that they wore pantaloons
such conduct was a disgrace to the age
in which it was practiced and tolerated,
and certainly did receive the sanction of
but few right-thinking people.
But great change has been wrought.
We now witness a young lady Cores
ponding Secretary of the International
typographical Union, while the subOr-
dinate Unions generally admit woman
printers; and thousands of women COM
positors find ready employment
throughout the country; while there are
IeW men indeed so lOw-bred, dastardly
and mean as to treat them rudely or
disrespectfully.
Will our brother of the Mercury, to
whom we elsewhere devote an editorial,
receive our thanks for the above? And
will he allow his prejudice to bow to his
better judgment and go yet one step fur
tber? Does he not see the goal to which
woman is tending? And is he willing
to risk his future hopes of political pat
ronage and success by a further oppose
ton to the inevitable?
We entreat our brother to repent and
renounce mans rights political doctrine,
lest the fiat of confusion forever after the
election bury him beneath its seething
pillows. Repent We, for the kingdom of
woman is at hand.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
W0MAN'S RIGHTS WITH A VEN
GEANCE.

Under this head the Portland Herald
prints the following:
In the British Parliament for the last
two years there have been discussed the
contagious disease acts which pro-
pose TO place "the Social Evll' IN Eng
land under similar medical supervision
and license as in France. III Is now agl-
tating all classes and Dolh sexes IN Eng
land, the women taking a great inter
est. generally opposing as the men are
generally i'm favor of such acts. The
london Examiner states that fladies
who. a few wears ago, would have blushed
and stammered at any allusion to the
topics here involved, and to whom few
men would have been bold enough IN
hint at them at all, have now no hesita-
ton about discussing them freely in anv
company. Perhaps this is not a circum-
stance to be much or at all regretted
Nothing is really so indelicate as prud-
cry, and the prudery is mischievous as
well as indelicate when it allows evils Ia
tester in society which by wise open-
ness might be mitigated, if not altogether
remOved.n
We fail to see where and how the
"headn of the HeraLops g article is connect
ed with the ''body" thereof, but perhaps
our readers eau discover the connection.
We cannot tell whether the HeraId's
idea of "woman's rights with a ven
geance" consists i'll praise or blame OF
of the above named discussion. The ar
ticle is followed by a quotation from a
New York Worlds London correspond
ent, who is intensely mortified because
women are present at a Royal Commits
sion, where he finds that the opponents
of these acts are in a state of frenzy.n
No doubt this correspondent, who is "a
respectable young man with character
to maintain" would prefer that women
keep still under the unjust discrimina-
tion which degrades their sex still deeper
in life Of infamy, while men engaged
in the same abomination are screened
from detection; but the women of Eng
land are aroused to a sense of mutual
protection, and no amount of badgering
and mock modesty will deter them from
the discharge of duty. To lay the shame
of the social evil at the door of the men
who sustain it is one grand object of
Woman's Rights
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
MANS RIGHTS AND PIETY.

The Mercury is SO terribly exercised
over the woman question. The issue of
August 10th contains about two columns
of fiat sophistry and insipid impossible
ity, dished up into kind Of panada,
which il uses as a sort of weak poultfce
to allay its fears that woman will exer-
else her inherent rights some of these
days, thereby bringing upon the lords OF
creation state of corruption, over
which the gOd-lille and sanctified editor
of the Mercury rolls up his eyes in a
holy horror of CONSERVATION.
The marriage problem is his particu-
lar hobby. He imagines that nothing
but the strong arm of the law keeps
woman in the married state, and fears to
see her exercise public power lest some
of his marital immunities become
abridged thereby.
Now, friend Upton, you who so gener-
Ously devote so much time to the solu-
tiOn of this problem, and evince so much
desire to run the NEW NORTHWEST, let
US tell you kindly that it is intemper-
dnce, and not matrimOny, that the
women of America would exercise
1t is bestiality and inordinate conju-
gal oppression, and not love, esteem and
reciprocity, that we would control.
"Abstractly considered, she Woodhulll
simply repeats truth recorded by phi
losOphers who wrote when Rome was i'm
its glory and Greece was the citadel of
the worlds learning"
Now, if you endorse the above-your
own OpiniOn-why in the name of de-
ceney get crazy over it? We emphat-
ically assure you that the aim of the
movement "is to strike blow at in
Temperance, connubial infidelity, gam
bling and other vices" and your opinion
that we aim to inaugurate and nourish
nameless vices is so horribly absurd that
nothing but yourconspicuous persistency
induces us TO notice it.
Men who deny the divine origin and
authority of the Bible have no right to
set up their own opinions about the di-
vine and holy rite of matrimony. Such
men quote two opinions from the Bible
and exclude all Others: ''The husband is
the head of the WIFE" and "wives sub
nit" etc. We confess that such piety
amounts to nothing but blasphemy.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
INFANTS IN CHURCH.

If there is one thing more than another
that is irritating and mortifying it is a
crying baby in church, and more espe-
clally is this the case when the congre-
cation Is large and the sermon interest
we respectfully suggest to our brother
'he Portland Bulletin that the best
~ hoid am audience of babies in
9u,g1ude ng is to have woman speakers.
's- noung's baby hearers never cry,
,''N.', oe0ause her voice, while doubly attract
I'VE 70 the adult members of the congre-
Cation soothes and treasures the fright
ened babies, making them ,,lav and COO
III suouueu uhdertones that disturb no
body. Never mind, Bro. Bulletin. a good
time is coming by and by.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
THE NEW HERALD" EDITOR.

The new editor of the Herald is a raey
and agreeable writer. His jottings of
his journey Westward are very interest
ing, and we would have an almost unal-
loyed good opinion of him up to this
date had it not been for his silly skim
ble-skamble about Smiling valley"
which he likened unto a weak minded
woman; and from his rhapsodies over
the ridiculous metaphor we judge that
he is of the same namby-pamby mans
rights stamp of egotistical, one-sided
politicians to which John A. Bingham
belongs. Well, well sensible women
must bear with the frailties of editorial
mans rights humanity. The rising
generation of masculine editors will re-
deem the reputation of the present weak
minded fraternity.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
SUFFRAGE LECTURER.

Mrs. Laura DeForce Gordon departed
overland for California on Saturday of
last week, after having, in her hurried
visit through the State, favorably i'm
pressed the people everywhere with her
sterling worth and genuine ability. She
lectured in Portland, Milwaukee, Oregon
City, Vancouver Olympia, Seattle and
other places, everywhere winning golden
opinions, and evoking a column of COM
ment from Beriah Brown, which we
shall interview next week. Mrs Cor
don's constituents were so anxious for
herspeedy return to San joaquin county,
California, to stump the county as can
didate for Senatorial honOrs, that her
stay with us necessarily was brief, but
we expect her back during the fall. Be
riah Brown truthfully says that ''the
woman question has become too formid-
able TO be laughed at"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
THE "ORBGoN1AK" MoRAL1zETH

In justice to the character and respect
ability of Oregon journalism, we are
pleased to be able TO say that the editor
in-chief of the Oregonidn has been una
yoidably detained from his post for pc
riod, and this detention accounts for the
unprincipled attack upon Mrs. Stanton,
which appeared i'm its columns on Fri
day of last week. We presume the ar
ticle referred to was written by the same
delicate-minded local who eulogized the
Nathan troupe.
We suggest to Mrs. Stanton that the
only possible way in which she can have
shadow Of hope to win his praises lies
IN her adaptability to the stage. If she
Will become a prominent actor in tho
nude drama there is every reason to be-
lieve that, ''for the sake of tha oood
name and repute of Oregon in aaneroI
and of Portland in PARTICULAR saids,l'
editor will tender her rousing hanaft
We have never yet seen one of thaso
modest men, who are horror-stricken
over the prospect of woman's political
emancipation, who could see the least
improperly in a woman's appearing in
a nude condition before an audience to
dance and use bad language. We don't
expect our local friend to see the point,
but we know the public can; therefore,
to the public we submit our opinion Of
the kind OF morality that becomes hor-
rified over the proposed visit of pure
woman who practices the doctrines of
the IOWly NaZarine.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25

TEMPERANCE LECTUREss.-Th tai
ented edltress of the WOmots Rtcifc
Coast Journal, Mrs. Carrie f. Young.
delivered lecture ON Temperance, at
the basement of the Congregational
Church, last evening. The room was
crowded 10 repletion, and many were
unable TO procure Accommodations and
went away. The speaker is a lady of
medium height and build, rather dark
cOmpleXinned, prominent forehead.
somewhat angular in features, but with
an expression not unpleasant. She il
aged, Judging from appearances, about
30 years. Her voice lacks that degree
of sOttness and rotundity which strike
the ear in pleasing cadenees. but is fiex-
ible and wellmOdulated. Her elocution
Is quite fair, while her gestures are
easy, free from all restraint of stiffness.
and her language copious and quite
fluent. Altogether considered, Mrs
Young is logical and forcible Ieetur-
ess, and her style cannot fail to elicit
the most earnest attention of her au-
diences. es.-OreqORio
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25

Mrs. CARRIE f. YOUNa.-TbI :,
ented lecturess spoke on the subioottal-, tal-
Temperance last evening in the h'Ir. no ol
ment of the Congregational CbUroIs
The room was insufficient to accomron
date the audience, and many were com
PEELED to go away, not being able to
procure seats. Mrs. Young is quite =
logical speaker, and speaks to the point
Her address was listened to with more
than ordinary interest by her Intelligent
audience. Herald
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
WOMAN's CAUSE ADVANCING.
Here is an evidence of it:
\ L 4 ! 4 L

Here is an evidence of it:
a Methodist Conference in Iowa de-
cided the other day ''that the movement
now being made to enfranchise woman
is both wise and just, the genius of our
Government, the rights of woman and
the good of society, alike requiring it."-
Bulletin.
Our brother of the BptIetiR, since his
conversion to belief i'm the fundamen-
tai principles of harmonious Govern
ment, gives many evidences of genuine
regeneration. We are indebted to him
for the above item, which else might
have escaped our notice.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25

WOMAN's SUFFRAGE.-AIrs. Laura
DeForce Gordon lectured to a small au-
dlenee ON Saturday evening at the
Olympic Hall, on the topic of woman's
rights. She isa very pleasant and fore
ible speaker, and proved that she well
understood the argument on her side of
the question. She went to Seattle ON
Monday, and returned to Portland ON
Wednesday. This lady has received n
nomination to the State Senate by the
woman's rights party in San Joaauin
county, California.-Olympia Tfan-
scripl.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
NEW THIS WEEK.
A RACHEEOR.

OF NEARLY FORTY, has a desire to open a
" coFrres spOndence with plain and respect
able maid, OF near the same age, who is accus-
toned to country lite. object, matrimOny.
4 profession OF religion protested.
Address e. &. LONESOME,
ul7 NEW NORTHWEST office