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REPLY TO A LETTER FROM ORE
CON CITY.

Charles Pope, Jr.-lS6:-YOur letter of
October Goth, which is deemed unfit for
publication, was duly received and an
swered privately by my agent during
my absence from home. In reply to
your inquiry as TO ''who the -- sent'
you my "infernal paper" it is neces-
sary, in defense of myself, or rather as an
excuse for having made such a stupid
blunder, TO say that your honored faith
er, lately deceased, whose obituary APP
peared in these columns, subscribed for
the NEW NORTHWEST, probably in the
forlorn hope that it might make a gen.
tleman of his degenerate son. Had lac
lived, the subscription would have been
promptly paid. You doubtless know
the law regulating newspaper subscrip-
tiOns. No paper discontinued until all
arrcarages are paid.
Yours stiflly,
Mrs. \. J. DUNIwAY.
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them. But we would remind those
whose duty il is, having knowledge of
such wrongful act, to prosecute the
guilty in the interest of Justice and of
the State revenues, that neglect in such
a case is hardly less censurable than the
original offense. Let there be a prose-
cution of the guilty before they escape
and an effort TO recover the money from
sureties before the opportunity is lost.
Now, we ask i'm all seriousness, will
our Democratic officials fail to take adj
vantage of this political spasm of a con-
scientious politician? They certainly
cannot refute the logic of our contempo-
rary. 1t remains to be seen whether
the enormity of a political crime con
sists in the act itself or in its power to
defeat an opposing party. Is it possible
that our Democratic Governor will
stoop to conceal the crime of an eX-Re-
publican official until such time as he
can hope to make political CANNON out
of the exposure?
! Again, as such information has come
to the knowledge of the OrcgoRida as
/ leads its editor to believe that monies
arising from the sale Of public land:
were stolen, it now becomes that jour
nails imperative duty to give the public
the benefit of such information. Is il
possible that so much political virtue
has become accessory to such transac
tion by Withholding facts which tn,
people ought TO know?
Oh, politics! thy name has indeed be
] come pOllufiOu
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Mr.. GRUNDY AND THE DEMOCRAT.

The editor of the Albany Democrat is
jubilating over a little homemade Cos
sip in the following classic style:
Great trouble was last week expert
enced in the Woman's Suffrage Conven-
tion at Olympia, about the proper adj
dress of the presiding officer. Some per-
son insisted upon addressing her as
''Mrs. Chairman :" others suggested
Mrs. Chairmaness - others finally
urged plain mir. Chairman" two or
three vOciferated Mrs. Presidentessess;'
/ but the thing was at last brought to a
head by some antiquated and verdant
specimen of the genus homo arising ma
! jesticallX in his seat and addressing her
as "Old Woman"
We assure him that the women had
no such trouble as he narrates, and, il
the men had any trouble, it was in the
saloon. The President or Chairman
was always addressed as "A1rs. Presi-
dent" and she acquitted herself right
royalty. Sorry for you, Bro. Brown
We're coming to Albany soon to hell
organize a suffrage association and
while We'll allow you to be present anC
participate in the deliberations, depenC
upon it, the ladies will hold the offices
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PETITION FOR SUFFRAGE.-The fol-
lowing petition is now being extensively
circulated Throughout this State for
signatures:
To the Congress Of the United States.
We, the undersigned citizens of the
United States, being fully convinced
that under the original Constitution of
the United States, and by the provisions
of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments, women citizens are entitled to
vote, do most earnestly request your
honorable body to pass a DeclaratOry
Bill that shall guarantee to them the
full exercise of their right TO the elective
franchise in all the States and Terrific
ries of the Union.
In order to more fully carry out the
purposes of this petition the National
Woman Suffrage Committee, whose
headquarters are at Washington, have
appointed, as an auxiliary committee
for this State, Mrs. Laura DeFOrce Cor
don and Mrs. y. \. Sargent, who will
spend the Winter in Washington, and
endeavOr to enlist the interest of Con-
/ gressmen i'm the matter. The friends OF
I the movement everywhere should sign
| this petition, and all who can do 50
should contribute something to defray
/ the expenses of their delegates, and fol
| the furtheranee Of the cause generally
| Mrs. GOrdOn's address for the present,
is MOkelumne, San joaquin Co, CAL
/ San Jose Mercury.
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UNK WEED REMEDY.-The East
Portland Era of a late date says: DIR. a.
NJ. Loryea, one of the proprietors of the
Oregon Medical Laboratory of this city,
left here last week for New York, where
he proposes to establish branch of the
Laboratory and introduce in the Eastern
States the Oregon INK Weed prepara-
tiOns, which he has so successfully man.
ufactured in this State as to give him
the reputation of the "CeIebrdted Unk
Weed Man" As it is well known to
every man, woman and child in this
State, his INK Weed preparations pos
sess all the virtues that are claimed for
them, and they will not lose their valu-
able medicinal properties by being
transferred to the Atlantic shores; and
this being the first remedy that our pro-
life Oregon has offered to the people of
the East, we naturally shall watch with
interest the result of its introduction
and have no doubt that thousands of the
afflicted will bless Oregon for Welding
such an invaluable remedy for the allie
Walton Of their sufferings. There is no
one i'm this State who rs far as medical
knowledge (having occupied thehighest
medical position here) and business en-
ergy is concerned, is so well calculated
to take charge of and introduce OregOn's s
Remedy TO the favorable notice of the
people of the Atlantic States, and with
the well known virtuesO of the INK Weed
and the business abilities of DIR. LOryea,
we have no doubt of its complete success
abroad. Outside of any pecuniary
profits to DIR. LOryea, its success is a
matter of pride to us from the fact that
it is one of OregOIfs productions, and
will be heralded as such abroad, which
will tend to attract attention to our
State and be another evidence of her
fruitfulness.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Evidences OF DIR. AbOrn's Success i'm the.
Treatment of Catarrh and Nervous De-
biIIty.

To THE AFFLICTED Il wish TO say that l
have been afflicted for about fifteen CI5l years
with nasal catarrh. OF late it has affected my
throat and lungs, and prostrated my whole
system 50 that was scarcely able to pursue
any business. I had tried several physicians
without deriving the least benefit. In this
seemingly hopeless condition 1 applied 10 Dr.
Abom about three x,eeks ago, and placed my
self under his treatment, and am most happy
to state that I found wonderful relief within
five minutes after using his apparatus and
medicines, and continued to improve. am
now cured Of the cough and pains through my
chest and body, and, in fact, both mentally and
physically feel like a new person. I have re-
covered frem the nervous debility. The often
sive odor from my breath and head, ,'l --ce
so annoying, has disappeared I hay. .1ar
about eight pounds in three weeks Tre ul--
tor has accomplished more than supposed
was possible to be done in as many r.h..
Truly, NJ. l. DEAN
Nov. Il, ISL Fisk House, Port'arI. a-..
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aHnPE.v THE SOULS ANCHOR.

We call special attention to the racy
letter from our Oregon City correspond
ent i'm this issue. Brother Gerry may
lust as well accept the fiat Of justice
the weakly Enterprise 5may go into
mourning; and the conservative gentle
men who were prevailed upon to ere
quest' the publication OF certain
anti-Bible sermon may hang thell
harps on the willows. Alas p! for them
Their day dream of masculine domina'
ton hath departed!
Sister HOPE, let us hear from you
~
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A WEAPON FOR YOUNG MORMON
WIvEs.-We wait with good deal of
curiosity TO see whether the conviction
of Hawkins in Utah will prove the
death-blow to polygamy it was meant
to be; or, indeed, any blow at all. By
an odd legal whim, the scales of Justice
in that much married community are
placed, not in a blind wOman's hands,
but in those of a wife whose eyes are
sure to be either crooked with jeal-
Ousy or love. As a man can be indict-
ed for adultery only of the suit of his
wife, the decision in Hawkins case has
introduced n dilemma of exceedingly
nice proportions into every family circle
Every first wife sits down to the break
fast-table this morning with the proud
consciousness that she can GUST at will
the whole detested lot of her husbands
affinities from under her roof, as Sarah
did Hagar; but with the slight draw
back of the fact that her Abraham goes
with them; for no man will be likely
to return to the sweetness of loves young
dream for the elderly lady who has con-
demned him to fine and imprisonment
for three or twenty years. After all,
there was, perhaps, no practicable re-
eompense for the Mormon first wives
but that of this possible revenge; the
affection which has stopped over into a
dozen unclean ways cannot be leglSlated
back into its first fresh fountain; it
remains to be seen in how many cases
resentment will induce the wife to give
up the small part she yet.retains Of her
hold on her husband for the sweets of
vengeance. The number, we suspect
will be small. The woman who has
borne daily contact with her rivals in
her own house, is not likely to pluck
courage to wage public warfare against
them. But the law will be 4 terrible
weapon i'll the hands of young wives in
/ future, whose territory is threatened
with invasiOn.-N. y. Tribune.
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HE FAIN WOULD LEAD US.

The Eugene Guard thinks our sub
scribers would he better Off without our
editorials. If we were publishing jour
nal to please the Guard, we'd follow its
example and Gull all manner of eXecra-
bic ofial from papers which we shall not
name, and add a column or so Of "edi-
torial' of still more filthy sewerage
No, no, Mr.. Guard, we can't let such as
yOu lead u.s.
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NOT VET REACHED.

II was announced a short time since
.ii"l a German expedition had succeeded
IA reaching the open Polar Sea, and was
ToInuent = Of being able to sail past the
ioie. Later accounts show this infor-
NATION 10 be incorrect. \ channel free
rom ice has been discovered. however
anu II Is hoped and believed that IL will
lead TO the Polar Sea. This channel is
thought to be the Gulf stream
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-11-24

ARCHITECTURAL KINDLING WOOD
Mrs. Swisshelm, i'm the y. Y. LidcpeRd-
cPf, writing Of the Chicago fire, thus re-
fers to the danger and nonsense of all
ornamentation of buildings:
The people have perfect passion for
drying kindlings on the front of their
houses. They cut them out into all the
conceivable and inconceivable patterns
used in braiding baby clothes, nail them
across the top, close to the roof, in rows
from one to six feet deep; fasten them
around doors and windows, porches and
verandahs, stables and hen-coops; then
saturate them with oil and paint, and
get them ''all good ready" to catch any
brand from a neighboring fire and make
a bOn-fire
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g5e 13ea !a.sort5Sest. &
EP7DAY==.-.NovE,IBER "a, 1871.
MINNIE MYRTLE MILLER,

This highly gifted lady proposes to
lecture before the citizens of Portland on
saturday evening, November 25th. We
hope the people will show their appre-
citation Of her worth and talent by Civ
ing her a reception worthy of her genius.
See advertisement in another column.
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CoPYING CLERKs.-Mrs. Cornelia
Boyle, Il widow lady, of Vallejo, is an
nounced as q candidate for Copying
Clerk of the Legislature. AS there are
two of said Clerks to be elected, we see
no good reason why Mrs. Boyle should
not have one of the places. She writes
a round plain hand, and is otherwise
thoroughly competent. Besides, she is
recommended as lady of unexceptiona-
Bile charaeter.-SdR Jose Mercury.
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LECTURE IN MAYFIELD.-Mrs. Laura
DeForce Gordon Lectured in Maytield,
on Monday evening last, before large
and appreciative audience, ON the sub
ject of Woman Suffrage. She answered
in a very conclusive manner the moral,
social and religious objections to woman
suffrage. Mrs. Gordon is a host upon
the Platforms i'm fact one of the most
logical and convincing speakers in the
field.-.Stua Jose Mercury.
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Mr.. Beecher has contributed great
MANY working proverbs to the currency
of everyday Christian life. But he per-
hans never coined a phrase that sprang
instantly into a wider frequency in the
mouths of men than when he uttered
his famous impression about praying
cream and living skim-milk."
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE RECEPTION.

\ Woman Suffrage reception will be
held at the residence of Mrs. d. w. Will
liams, on Saturday evening, Nov. Goth,
at half-past seven o'clock. Friends OF
Woman Suffrage, ladies and gentlemen,
are respectfully solicited to be present.
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SUCCESSFUL.

y private letter from Eugene City
gives glowing account of Miss Antho-
ny's success at that place. OF course we
shall give further particulars when we
get the Eugene Journal.
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Charlotte Cushman says that a man in
the gallery of theater where she was
playing, once made such a disturbance
that the play could not proceed. Cries Of
"ThrOw him Over,n arose from all parts
of the house, and the noise became furi-
Gus. All was tumUltuOus chaos until a
sweet and gentle female voice was heard
i'll the pit, exclaiming: "No! pray you,
don't throw him over! | beg of you, dear
friends, don't throw him over, but-kill
| him where he is"
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WILLIAM DAVIDSON,
Real Il state aIeI..
oFFICE-No. Oh Front Street,
PORTIANn OREGON
PORTLAND. OREGON

DEAL ESTATE IN THIS CITY AND EAST
IL Portland, in the most desirable localities,
consisting of LOIS, HALF BLOCKS and BLOCKS,
HOUSES and STORES.
Also, IMPROVED FARMS and VALUABLE UN-
CULTIVATED LANDS, located in all parts Of the
State. for sale.
real. ESTATE and other Property purchased
for Cores spOndentS, in THIS CITY and through
out the STATES and TERRITORIES, with great
care, and on the most ADVANTAGEOUS Terms
HOUSES ASD STORES LEASED LOANS NEGO-
TIATED and CLAIMS Or ALL DESCRIPTIONS
PROMPTLY COLLECTED, ana GENERAL FISAS-
CIAL. and AGENCY BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
AGENTS of this OFFICE in all the CITIES and
Towns in the STATE will receive descriptions OF
FARM PRoPEI,TY and forward the same to the
above address. NJ
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Nov. Il, ISL Fisk House, Porrrari. o-..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09
st. Louis Fair.

The regulations OF this Fair, to
open on the End of October, are
very favorable to cotton planters.
All cotton for exhibition will be
transported free Of charge. The
bales must weigh at least 400 lbs
of cotton grown this year, and be
entered by the opening day. For
the best bale of Louisiana cotton
the premium is $500; second
best $3.50; third best 500. There
is also u sweepStake premium of
$1,000, open 10 ali entries.
MeSsrs. $. II, Richardson x
Co, ST. Louis, will give strict ut.
tention to any cotton sent TO
them. They are known 10 us ns
reliable. clever gentlemen, Of good
commercial standing. Either
Capt. Chamberlain, Pic" & Co..
or Mr.. j. T.. Hanna, of this place.
will attend to the shipment OF
any cotton from this section.
without charge to the exhibitor.
The NrcsSrS. Richardson will sec
it is properly taken care of in st.
Ionic
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09
MONROE: MALE ACADEMY.
tu\S. T.. EVANS, PElNClr..l.

The second term OF this inst itut ION will
commence on Monday, ith of Septem Der
next, have engaged the services OF Prof.
$. 4. MCCORMICK. Il. g. OF The Louisiana
State University, and an efficient assistant.
for the primary department..
Regular classes, adapted for preparing
students either for college on practica! bnSi-
ness life, will be organized. Strict discipline
will be maintained, and close att"nti ion Civ
Ell to the instruction and advancement of
pupils.
TUITION:
Primary classes, per mont h. $500: INFER
mediate 800 academic $500 modern
languages, each extra per month, 500; boo k
keeping, extra per month, 5000 inciacntaiS,
per term, Sl.OO.
Boarding can be had in private families
at $500 per month. The scholastic year
will consist of forty wceks-tert months
divided into two terms OF twenty weeks
each Except for protracted illness. there
will DC 10 deduction for absence in tnitio,
from date of entrance till close of the term.
Monroe, Aug. H. 1871. i.-t'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09
Louisiana Levee System.

The Governor has made known
officially that the care, building
and repairs of all levees in tho
State has passed under the con-
troll and guardianship Of the
Louisiana Levee Company. This
Company has Cel. John Ray for
its president, who, we learn, gets
an annual salary of $4,000. 1t
is a stock concern, with, n capital
not to exceed twenty millions of
dollars. The number Of directors
is not to he less than nine, nor
more than fifteen, who are 10 be
chosen by ballot annually on the
LIST Of April. New Orleans is
the don'icilc Of the Company.
The repairing and building OF
leveeS in Louisiana is, therefore,
no longer to be done by The
State, or in the manner that
formerly prevailed. The Louisi-
ana Levee Company, in q spirit
of liberality and magnanimity
hardly to be expected in these
degenerate times, has kindly
proffered to relieve tho legisla-
ture of this duty, and to become
responsible for its faithful dis
charge. But it is not to ba pre-
sumed that this is to be done
without remuneration. IT. being
impracticablc to collect IL tax
from the people for the year 1871,
to maintain the Levee Company.
it was determined by the legisla-
tnre to Issue State bonds to the
amount Of one million Of dollars,
bearings per cent interest, for
the payment Of which, principal
and interest, the faith of the
State is "nnconditionally pledged
to the holdcr.' After 1871, q
tax Of two mills upon every dol
lar of the assessed value OF tho
taxable property of the State, is
to lie levied and collected and
paid over to the Company for
maintaining the levees. Three
millions of cubic feet, at the rate
of 90 cents per cubic yard, is to
be constructed annually, until
the levees are complete. This
arrangement is to remain in force
twenty-one years. We presume
the Company is in readiness to
construct any amount Of levees
Ito be paid for by the people at
60 cents per cubic yard. Send
in your orders.
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Chief Justice Chase.


New YORK, August 2J--A dis
patch from Waukesha. Wiscon-
sin, August &c, says:
here for the last four weeks. He
came to drink The waters OF the
Bethesda Meneral Springs. The
result has been eally astonishing.
When lie arrived here four weeks
ago he weighed one hundred and
forty six pounds. He was weigh
eel IN hour since, and his weight is
now one hundred and fifty-six
pounds. His face looks rs it used
to look, and his step is perfectly
firm. He goes up stairs two
steps ut q time, as he used to DO,
and it is in IL real sense that I
say he is u well man.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09

The New Orleans picavune
has discovered that The cotton
trade OF New Orleans is falling
Oti:-lhat is. while the number of
bales received has increased each
year since the war, vet the rate
Of increase in receipts lack ten
per cent Of cuualltng the rate Of
increase III the crop sent 10
market. Soue day the capital
lists OF New Orleans will wake
up and realize the faci that their
natural advantages will not alone
dictate the course of trade. They
will discover, what has repeated
lV been said. that TO retain their
position they must encourage
people 10 trade with them and
open up now facilities for trans
portation. They must, nj last,
come down to smaller profits,
better trading facilities and fewer
commercial rNactions. They arc
killing the goose that lays The
golden egg. They arc losing the
confidence. sympathy and support
of The country.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09

The Homer Had appears to
be unwilling to take any stock at
present in the Radical split. The
editor is 4 warm admircr of War
moths and makes occasions to
applaud him highly; but then as
to the quarrel, he says:
We will not fight for a dismem-
bcred and strife-breeding party
We have fought too long for
principle to exhaust the remain
der of our energies in behalf of
chaotic factions.
This is i'm accord with Mr..
Blackbnrn'S assertion that he
fell into the Warmoth Convcn-
ton by chance-''aye, by chance"
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Parish Of Vernon.

This parish was created hy an
act of the Legislature at its last
session. IT is made mp Of parts
of Sabine, Rapidcs and Natchi-
tochcs. The parish town is Lees
vile, the lots in which we arc in
formed by our ancient friend,
the Hon. +. f.. Smart, are "rcell-
larly laid Off: and now offered
cat low figures "EmiSraiion,"
the same authority states. is
''respecttnllv solicited" In The
vast waste in the southwestern
portion Of the State there is room
for more new parishes-and more
carpct-bagGcrS. Cal
casieu is nine townships long by
eleven wide-54NG6 miieS-near-
ly six times as large as Ouachita.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09

Among our exchanges this
week, we find, for the first time,
the Rural CarOlinian, IN agricul-
tural monthly of more than Ordi-
nary merit, published in Charles
ton, S. c., at 50 per annum. Ii
ia richly worth that amount.
We also have the Southern
Cultlvator, for September, pub
lished at Athens, Ga, also at the
low price of 50 per annum. We
can commend the Cultivator as y
safe and valuable guide in agri-
culture.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09

\ meeting of the Democratic
state Central Committee has
been called for Il stated day in
November, the particular day we
do not rcrOllect. We presume
the Committee has discharged its
duties according to the best judy
mcnt OF its members. We care
very little about Il State Convcn-
ton. and, from experience, have
no high opinion Of the sugges-
tons of the State Democratic
Committee. We shall urge the
people to take charge Of their
OWL interests and support the
men they know will be true to
them. They can direct the next
TO the ruin Of their
and it is from them
alone we expect relief.