The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-17
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
PORT GAMBLE, W. T., ,
Nov. eth. ISL I

PORT GAMBLE, W. T.,
Nov. 9TH, 1871.
Taking passage on board the steamer
9th ult., we bade goodbye to Victoria
i'm Her Majesty's Dominions, with its le-
gion of saloons, its multitude of shops
AS English people style what We call
stOres-leaving its wainseotted, dark hO-
tel, its McAdamized streets, its colored
population, its awkward barouches and
ewe-necked horses; casting farewell
glances of admiration at its well-kept
gardens, substantial improvements and
elegant Government buildings; bidding
goodbye to cheerful friends and gladly
setting our faces homeward, we steamed
out from the docks and up the beautiful
inlet, heading for Port Townsend, where,
on the evening of the 2Sth, we were IA
vored with a good audience of intelli-
gent and kindly disposed people, to
whom Miss Anthony delineated the
Power of the Ballot. Then, on Sunday,
the 29th, she addressed an audience at
Coupeville, milling point across the
Bay, on Whidby's Island, where the
people, having already been prepared by
the Rev Mr.. Greer to accept the new
gospel Of reformation, were particularly
harmonious and wide awake. Again,
on the evening Of the 30th, we held a
meeting in Port Townsend, which was
as well or better attended than the first.
Port Townsend is situated on high,
rolling plateau, overlooking the fine wa
ters of the Bay and commanding Il per-
! feet amphitheater of snow-coVered
mountains, whose grandeur is unspeak-
able. Standing i'm the dooryard of Mr..
Burns, whose cordial hospitality will
/ long be remembered, and looking out
and over the Bay and from thence to
| the bristling array of mountain peaks
that seem to wall the waters, we can
can count, perhaps, dozens of snow
peaks, and as the sunlight quiyers OH
their sides, creating glows Of glories
that give us a foretastc of the Grand Be
yond, and, as we look from them to the
sky overhead, the soul attunes itself to
harmony, and we inwardly eXclaim that
the whole earth is full of greatness. We
have rarely seen a more beautiful situa-
, tion for city than Port Townsend. Its
land-locked bay is a most excellent har.
Dor, and, being near the great ocean, of
. fers inducements for the railroad ter
minus, which are so satisfactory to it:
land holding inhabitants that they claim
I high prices for real estate, which ar,
! sufficient to retard the growth of an!
embryo city of almost any species Of as
4 piration. This real estate fever rage
, all along the Sound, and Portland is no
4 alone in making the great mistake o
r shutting out real estate buyers who ar
not large capitalists. Port Townsen
: gave us IA long list of subscribers to tn
I NEW NORTHWEST, and of course W
Il left the busy little town with an agreea
BILE opinion of the intelligence of its pee
5 pie.
S Our next appointment was at Seattle
I considered one of the most favOre
e places for the terminus. We were hel
V elegantly entertained by Mrs. WiggiI
n whom Portland readers will rememb'
a as n Spiritual preacher of much abilit.
e The carpers who assailed her charact,
+ in Portland by saying that she W;
= "running away from her husband
| ought to look into her cosy home al
lie meet her excellent cOnsort. We hay
a never seen more harmonious coupl
e. Our visit will long be remembered as
if bright phase in our busy life.
As the Seattle HltcUigeaeer gives
L. very good account of Miss Anthony
lectures. and as Beriah Brown gives
5. Characteristic account of the same, '
w choose to print their lueubrations rath
IL than our own.
as We had the honor Of addressing Il
citizens of Seattle on the subject of Tel
lis perance, by invitation Of Rev. Mir. Ba
ley, on Sunday evening, November st
" The fact is, that our view of the Tel
on peranee work was novel one to t
ell most of the audience, yet the intert
ed manifested on the occasion showed th
Dr. they We're quite ready to accept the NJ
be gospel of woman's moral and pecunia
he responsibility and influence.
We Rev. J. +. Damon, of the Congrea
tional Church, also allied himself to /
to cause of woman's enfranchisement. n
he and Rev. Mr. Bagley, of the NfetI
nj dist Church, make strong clerical fol
as in the field of progression.
he The Woman Suffragists of Seattle
he ganized county society during Q
fe. stay, and number of delegates are
he ing up to the Territorial Convention
ng Olympia, on the sth inst.
ith Miss Anthony lectured at Port Ma