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Announcing Candidates.
For State OGcers 30 Oo
For County w
For Municipal OfHcsrs Scv. %
Sfarrsages nnd HDrsaa2as.
Notices Of the shove character win be In
serted free Of charge. Obituaries Snd trio
utes of respect inserted At 81 90 per square
H6T Advertisements IN Local Column 81
additional line.
e<9S Voluntary Communications, contain
ing interestir,, news, solicited from any
quarter News letters from "estern Ken
tuozy and Tennessee especishy desired.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
WOMEN AS AMENUENSES.

The San Francisco Bulletin, in an ar
ticle entitled "All about Photography"
speaks as follows of Mrs. H. A. john
stone. The lady mentioned is a candi-
date for Engrossing Clerk of the AS
sembly in California:
There is, however, at the present mo-
ment, field open to women as aman-
uenses. Several in the city are earning
considerable money at the profession,
although but one is what might be called
a good amanuensis. This one, Mrs. H.
\. JohnstOne, deserves special mention.
She has employment much of the time,
whenever there is a crowd of work; and
being one of the best, if not the best
amanuensis of either sex i'm the city, has
the preference over all the Others, and
/ her services are in almost constant de-
mand. She has had long experience in
| Washington and in the New York Leg
! islature. She is qualified TO report tes-
/ timony or public speeches, and has done
much of this; but she can and does earn
ten dollars per day as an amanuensis,
and prefers to take this rather than tC
enter into the sharp lists of competition
for work at first hands. She writes
long-hand with exceeding rapidity-
and reads her notes with such ease that
she scarcely takes her pen from the pa
per to decipher her shorthand. Hel
long-hand manuscript is exceedingly
free from errors, and is written in /
plain, bold and elegant hand. OfcOurse
she works hard-very hard-and i.
sometimes exceedingly fatigued. Tel
hours at a desk, writing, even to earl
ten or twelve dollars, is what very few
women can endure, although there ar,
many who would willingly work fivl
hours a day for five dollars, and could Il,
it without injuring their health. On,
or two women in Stockton are learning
the legal business there calling for adj
ditiOnal amanuenses.
On reading the foregoing no one cal
help being impressed with the ide;
7 that there are thousands of stout, hearty
men employed in this field of labor
while multitudes of women who coulC
perform its duties just as well ar,
obliged to work i'm harder avocations
How much longer will the strong op
press the weak?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR FAME.

On Thursday and Friday evenings of
this week, Mrs. B. Brown, the celebrat-
ed lecturess and tourist, delivered a lee
ture at the Court House in opposition to
"Woman's Rights Other duties de-
prived us the privilege of hearing her,
but we are informed that the house, OH
Thursday evening, was not rendered un-
comfortable by the thTonging multi
tude. Owing TO the shOrtness Of notice,
or the dilapidated condition of their
purses, we presume, but one anxious
listener, a young man of official notori-
ETY., was able to be present, and he, we
understand, had been employed as door
keeper. We are not appriZed as to the
nature of the lecture, whether curtain
or otherwise, but understand that the
audience was very orderly and well-be-
haved.-COTUdUis Gazette.
So it seems Madam Frost is not alone.
Who this Mrs. Brown is we do not know,
although it is announced that she is
celebrated lecturer and tourist" We
presume, however, from the evident pop
ularity of her lectures, that she will not
fail to come TO Portland and demolish
the -heinous work done here by that
emissary of wickedness, Miss Anthony,
in teaching women the pernicious doc
trine of equal rights, since Mrs. Frost's
failure to perform that
task. Mrs. Brown, it is need
less TO state, is opposed to woman's
speaking in public, which probably ac-
counts for the fact that she is not gener-
ally troubled with much of a "public''
to speak TO.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
Proceedings of the Seattle Woman Suf-
frage Convention.

At a meeting held in the Brown
Church at Seattle on the Sd inst, by
resident ladies in favor OF organizing a
Society with view of lending their aid
toward securing to their sex the right of
suffrage, after addresses by Miss Susan
B. Anthony and Mrs. Duniway, the fol-
lowing proceedings were had:
Miss Anthony, taking the chair, stat
ed that motions looking to permanent
organization of Woman Suffrage Soci-
ETY. i'm Seattle were in order and would
be acted upon. WhereupOn a motion
was made and seconded that a commit
tee be appointed for the purpose of re-
porting the names of suitable persons as
officers of such society.
The motion having been carried, the
following ladies were apwointed on said
committee, viz: Mrs. A. NJ. Tweed, Mrs
;. B. Yesler, Mrs. =. T.. Snyder, Mrs. p.
l.. Price, Miss Lizzie PEBBLES and Mrs.
NJ. o. Brown, who soon handed in their
report, recommending Mrs. s. B. Yesler
for President, Miss l.. NJ. Ordway IN
Vice President, Mrs. Jacobs for Treas
urer and Mrs. Nellie Higgins for Secre-
tary.
The report of the Committee was ac-
cepted and adopted, and the respective
officers took their seats.
\ motion was then made for the ap-
pointment of an Executive Committee.
consisting of three members, which was
carried, and Mrs. A. NJ. Tweed, Miss
Lizzie PEBBLES and Mrs. NJ. o. Brown
were appointed as such committee.
The meeting proceeded to the election
of six delegates to the Convention to be
held at Olympia on the Sth Of Novem-
ber. Mrs. NJ. o. Brown, Mrs. Virgins.
Mrs. Laura Hall, Mrs. l.. NJ Ordway.
Mrs. 5. b. Yesler and Mrs. May were
duly elected.
On motion, the Hon. John Denny,
Rev. J. L. Damon and Rev. Daniel
Bagley were elected as additional dele
gates, their consent thereto having been
first obtained.
Several addresses were then made,
and a vote of thanks was rendered to
Miss Anthony for the aid she had ex-
tended to the society, and also to Rev.
d. Bagley for the use of his church.
Whereupon the meeting adjourned.
Mrs. :. B. YEsLER, President.
Mrs. NELLIE NJ. HIGGINS, Sec'y.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
THE "GATEwAYs TO THE POLES. "

An expidition sent from Germany has
reached the open Polar Sea which was
seen by DIR. Kane. The expedition is
confident of being able to sail directly
past the Pole. Whales and water fowl
abound in this open sea. Thus is an
other triumph of science achieved. 1t
will be remembered that this expedition
followed the Gulf Stream by way of
Nova Zembla. Further particulars will
be awaited with interest. The "Gate-
ways to the Poles" have been passed at
last
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
THE BASIS OF SUFFRAGE.

Tie Port Townsend Argus wants none
but intelligent women TO vote. II says:
Put the right of suffrage on a basis of
intelligence, with a proper qualification
so that the voter would know what
voting meant and have personal interest
enough TO make him vote highland
then let the women who have the quail
ifications have the same rights rs men.
Such a plan would eflectually shut out
corruptiOn, and would be reform. We
resDectfullV offer this amendment TO
woman suffrage to Miss Anthony and
her co-workers, and if she and they see
fit to adopt it, we Will put ourself beside
Brother Murphy and go in 10 make il
win.
To which we reply that "basis Of in
telligence," to be applied to all, would,
we suppose, be objected to but by very
few, provided that it could be satisfae
torily adjusted. But while all men are
allowed the ballot, We most emphatic
ally claim that there should be no dis
eliminating rule giving only the most
intelligent women the right to vote.
There should be the same test for all.
A property qualification would often
cause injustice and hardship. \ person
possessing property sufficient to vote,
may on the very day after election lose
all that property. In that case, which
has voted, the person or the property ?
If intelligence is to be also basis, il
will most assuredly conflict with any
property qualification. The mind
should vote, and not mere dollars and
cents.
The editor of the Argus wishes the adj
vocates of Woman Suffrage to demand
the ballot only for women possessing the
qualifications he has named, and prom
ises, if they will, to put himself by the
side of Bro. Murphy and ego in to make
it win" If this is the ultimation We
are afraid his services will not be accept
ed. One rule for all, Bro. A5gus.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
THE LATEST CASE OF MoNOMAEIA.

This time it is the Walla Walla In
ion, the editor of which is scared to
within an inch Of his life for fear the
women Of Washington Territory will
have the chance to exercise their inher-
ent right to the ballot. He has resorted
to the old experiment, so often tried bv
batfied mans rights advocates, Of en-
deavoring to beslime those who are op-
posed 10 him with blackguardism. When
such tactics are adopted in lieu Of argu-
ment, the case is generally very desper-
ate, and appeals TO our commiseration
rather than to our anger or indignation.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
JOAQUIN" MILLER.

A snort time ago paragraph appeared
in the NEW NORTHWEST under tbe
above heading, which has called forth
various and conflicting opinions and
statements from the Oregon press. The
information contained in the paragraph
was not intended by Mrs. Miller for the
public, and we are sorry it was not 50
understood.
Elsewhere is published letter from
Mrs. Miller, in which the charges made
against Joaquin Miller of failure TO
provide for his offspring are abundantIy
Neriiled- We are not in the least dis
posed to do Mr.. Miller Injustice. as has
Oeeh charged. That his noatrv has
lueil' we nave never denied. but that its
construction and sentiment are aIiI-o oe-
Ten deserving Of severe critio;sn, -.
Arihiy believe. Much of bis -. -
success Is owing to the noyoI,,l .r9s"' -
scenes presented-in whi.l, ~ VI 'iie
ana wierd and rugged in nature 90 wiz i-u
eral on the Pacific slope, always H. hos.s gen Il
leadlng part-rather than to sroo,,'-- q
OF thought or depth of sentiment rT-.
accounts for the fact that Mr. Mill =
more favorably known as a poet i'm tbo
Old World and in the Eastern state
than here in Oregon, his old home. We
who live here ned no poet to sing to us
Of glorious old Mt. Hood and stately
Jefferson, for those mountain giants as
we gaze at them are grander poems than
Were ever penned, and battle all de-
scription, Neither do we care to have
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

sung the ripping flow of the beautiful
Nx-iIIop,atte as il travels on as if to some
s.f,ir Mecca" till it joins the "mighty
Oreronp as he marches down to meet
the sea. Mr.. NIiller's descriptions are
generally good, but these subjects are
in themselves so surprisingly grand
that it need not be wondered at if he fail
to do them complete justice. 1t would
take Homer or a Milton indeed to do
that. In the Old World and the Eastern
States, where sketches of this far West
ern country read like romance, "Joa-
quin'' Miller's poems have ELECTED very
commendatory criticisms, while in the
West they are not so favorably regarded.
Hence we infer that much of the lauda-
ton bestowed upon our poet by the
press of England and the Eastern States
is made in the enthusiasm of the mo-
ment, and cannot be considered the de-
liberate judgment of the critics.
But Joaquin Miller will soon b,
among us. Contrary to the practice o
some of our contemporaries, the opin
ions we have passed upon him while
abroad we still hold to. Whatever ma!
be his talents, whatever fame he ma!
achieve, his conduct towards his dis
carded wife and his almost starving
babes will always tarnish the bright
ness Of his poets crown. We think Mrs
Miller entirely too lenient in her judg
ment of the conduct of her inconstan
lord. No man or woman has the righ
to fame, when the price is marital ant
parental neglect.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

from the week-old baby to the girl on
the verge of womanhood; of all nation
alities and every shade of color; but
harmonized and attuned by the strong
will and loving heart of the genius of
the home.
"Aunt Mary" was not the slave of
tradition; she had no inieXible theories
about government. She managed one
child this way, and another that. A
self-satisfied, ObstTeperOus boy was sent
to the pubIic school to find his level and
learn subOrdinatiOn, while a shy, sensl-
tive little fellow was sent to be cuddled
and made much of at little private
school, kept by another spinster with a
warm, mOtherly heart. As the years
went by, some were fitted for college,
and others apprenticed to learn trades
some of the girls fitted themselves to be
housekeepers and nurses, while others
learned horticulture and telegraph 10
develop each one according to the best oil
his genius, to find out what was in him,
and make the most and the best of his
powers, this was the purpose kept
steadily in view. The only two things
that Miss Mary set her face resolutely
against, were sewing and teaching. No
girl of her training, she said, was to take
the bread out of any other wOman's
mouth by entering these sadly over
crowded departments of work.
What has this woman missed by being
mother to these children instead of
bearing children of her own? Will she,
think you, in the hereafter find her
wOman's nature impoverished by not
having the experience of maternity?
think, rather, that when she passes 10
her rest, and her works follow her to be
compared with the work of ordinary
mothers, the verdict passed upon it will
be, "AIany daughters have done well,
but thou hast exceeded them ALL"
CELIA BURLEIGH.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
SEVERE.

The Golden city, the leading literary
journal of San Francisco, has the fol-
lowing severe paragraph about "Joa-
quin" Miller, which is in decided con-
trast to some of the fulsome flattery be-
slowed upon him in the East:
Joaquin Miller, the rhyming rhapso-
dist, is still in this city-lionized by n
few sol Distant poets, impecunious Bo-
hemians and gunny-bag aristoerats.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
BRIGHAM IN TROUBLE.

1t is reported that Brigham has left
Salt Lake City, bidding it a final adieu.
His power seems broken. The Mormons
no longer believe in him as heretofore.
His infallibility, like that of the Pope's,
amounts to very little when applied to
temporal affairs. The institution of
of which Brigham was the
founder and chief exponent, is in rapid
decline
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
THE ELECTIONS.

Elections have just been held i'm New
York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota,
Maryland and Virginia. The Repub-
licans have carried all the States men
toned except Maryland and Virginia.
The Tammany frauds have undoubtedly
done much to produce this result. 1t
is hardly probable that the Democratic
party can survive the overthrow OF
the Tammany Ring, which has been for
years the great central power Of the
organization.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

Our position is one easy to understand.
We propose to dcteot, If possible, eUery
candidate We shall
leave no honest measures umtried to ac-
cOmplish this. Opposition to Woman
Suffrage is opposition to a wOman's
right to ownership of herself f-Ownership
of her legitimately born minor children
to her control of her own prOperty-tO
her having a voice in the laws by which
she is gOverned-tO her trial by a Jury of
her peers-tO her having a representa-
ton when she pays taXes-in short, to
her being lifted out of the minority,
guardianship, childhood and inferiOrity
to which the partial and One-sided leg
islation of the world has doomed her
from time immemOTial. 1t is idle to
tell us of the goodness Of a man who
stands in this attitude to woman. He
may not be a thief, burglar, or a GRIM
inal of any grade, but he is unjust to
woman; stands in the pathway of her
development, and must not be backed up
in this position by the suffrages of peo-
pie Boston VOmdifs Journal.
Ohio expended this last year in an ed
no
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
THE PIONEER. -

Our California contemporary comes to
us freighted with good things as usual.
DIR. Hollands iniquitous bill to regulate
the social evil has received n rough
handling in its columns, and its incon-
sistencies and immortality have been
made plain to the comprehension of all.
The Pioneer deserves success, and
should be well sustained by the friends
of Woman Suffrage in the Golden State.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
THE REVOLUTION.

This sterling journal has passed into
the hands of J. \. Hallock, New York
publisher, and has been enlarged and
improved in various other ways. Mr..
w. I. Clarke, well known and popular
journalist, succeeds Laura Curtis Bull
lard as editor. The ReUolution is to the
Woman Suffrage Movement what the
New York Tribune was to the anti-slav-
cry movement. 1t is an indispensable
co-worker, and the evidences Of its pres
ent prosperity are gratifying in the ex-
fren1a
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

At the recent session of the Grand Di-
vision OF the Sons of Temperance of Cal
lfornia, held in San Francisco, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimousIx,
adopted:
Resotued, That We commend to the
sons and Daughters of Temperance the
Won.dhs journal, published by Brother
william }. and Sister Carrie L. Young.
expressing confidence i'm it as an expo-
piles. Piiii0i
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

\ late number of the Corvallis Gazette
endeavors to be exceedingly faeetious
over a typographical error which ap-
peared in the local columns of the NEW
NORTHWEST a short time since. We
commend TO the astute editors consid-
Grafton the following dastardly assault
upon the English language which oc-
ours in the same number of the Gazette:
Inc general laws of the Government,
iranee i,a George l. Woods, that man-fear-
~ al Ailileriean statesman has been placed
az r;to one mead as chief executor of the Ter
ii.Oly' Is being rigidly enforced.
Ihat fellow should be principal of
grammar school.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

Doctor" said a wealthy patient to
his physician, 81 want you to be thor
ough. Strike at the root of the diseasepI
We'll, ] WILL" said the doctor, as he
lifted his cane and brought it down hard
enough to break into pieces bottle and
glasses which stood upon the side-board.
lt was his last professional visit to that
house.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON,
H q al H tate Dealer.
oFFIcE-No. "a Front Street.
PORTLAND. OREGON.

DEAL ESTATE IN THIS CITY AND EAST
IL Portland, in the most desirable Iocolities
consisting Of LOIS, HALF BLOCKS and BLOCKS
HOUSES and STORES.
Also, IMPROVED FARMS and VALUABLE IN
state, for sale.
REAL ESTATE and other Property purchased
Tor correspondents, in THIS CITY and through
out the STATES and TERRITORIES, with great
care, and on the most ADVANTAGT,OTs Terms
HOUSES AND STORES LEASED, loans NEGO-
IIATED and CLAIMS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
PROMPTLY COLLECTED and GENERAL. FTNAN-
CLAL and AGENCY BUSINESS TRANS ACTED.
AGENTS Of this OFFICE in all the CITIES and
Towns in the STATE will receive descriptions OF
FARM PROPERTY and forward the same 10 the
above address. M
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

MIS- Laura DeFOrce Gordon ..-..-.... 4 "A IifOrnfa
Other parties desiring to act as Agents will
please forward their names. We want AGENTS
at every pOstoffice throughout Oregon and
Washington Territory.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

Ohio expended this last year in an ed
ueational way 81, $50, ,56O,OS.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10

Subscribe for the NEW NORTHWEST
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-10
OUR AGENTS.

The following persons are duly authorized to
act as AgenLs for the New NnRrHMEsr
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-18
The Coming Elections.

The follwing are the comfy important cleo
tions to be held in the United States prior
to the Presidential election.
On Thursday, October 26, West Virgin
ia will close the elections of the month by
the election of delegates to the COnstitu-
tional Convention, which the people voted
in August to hold. On the same day the
State will choose the members of its Leg
islature, and county and township Off
GERS.
November maryland, election of
Governor, State officers, and Legisla-
ture.
November Massachusetts, election
of Governor andLegislature.
November 7.-Minnesota, election of
Governor, State officers, and Legislature.
November mississippi, election of
Legislature.
November New Jersey, election of
Governor and Legislature.
November Illinois, election of Con-
gresham at large.
November New York, election of
State officers and Legislature.
November 7.-Wisconsin, election of
Governor, State officers and Legislature.
November 7.-Nebraska, election of
State officers, if new Constitution shall
have been adopted at the election Septem
Der 49,
November Virginia, Legislative cleo
ton.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-18

THE ADVANTAGE OF PRINTING.-Mr.B
q. well-known Metropolitan printer, once
told us that on one occasion an old woman
from the country came into the printing
office with an old Bible in her hand, II
want said she ''that you should print it
over again. It's gettin' little blurred,
sort of, and my eyes is not what they was.
How much do you ak ~
Fifty cents"
.tCan YOU have it done in half an hour?
Wish YOU would-want to be getting
home. 1 live good way out of town."
When the old lady went out, he sent
oro,nd TO the office of the American Bible
Society, and purchased a copy for fifty
{" Tor, sakes a massa ~ exclaimed the
old lady. when she came to look at it,
" how 90 cd you've fixed it [ never see
nothin; so curious as what printers is"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-18
THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE,
Important to insurers.

BRANCH OFFICE 4ETNA Insurance Co.,
Cincinnati, Oct II, 1871.
The following is the latest information from
Hartford as to the losses of the Etna Insurance
Company by the Chicago fire:
Chicago agents advise us that our losses
there are less than two million dollars. Our
losses will be promptly paid, and the Company
viii still have its capital of three million entire,
with surplus besides of million dollars"
Our Agents will please accept this as an an
swer to their inquiries, and as the best assurance
we can give of the soundness and strength of
the Company.
Our cash assets will be four million dollars
when all losses are paid.
- 7-H f. c. BENNETT, Gen'l Agent
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-18
Newspapers.

The prosperity of place is always indicated
by the general appearance af its newspaper.
For example, the South Carolina papers are
small and look shriveled up and weakly. The
Western North Carolina papers look as if they
had been printed hundred years ago. Several
conservative and as if they had pIoughed along
in same furrow for very long time, The At
lanta papers look young and new. The Memphis
papers are large and wooden, while the Nash
vile papers are somewhat inclined to the same
style only in a smaller degree.