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Sabin9s Sanhs.

NEST SIDE SAVINGS BASK,
W lN bth av., between lith and l2th sts.
open daily from 20 3, and on Monday W ednesday.
and saturday evenings from TO O'Clock.
The following IL an extract from the report OF an
EAAMlNAIloN OF HIS BANk made b. the Bank
Department Of the state Of New York
Everything relating TO the affairs u the Institution.
books, records, titles. securities SC. In admirable
order No improvement to be suggcstcd n any uirec.
lion"
Money deposited on or before June u viii draw In.
tercst from June l.. T. A. CONkLlSG, President
MM II. AIfpV
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Snstrrttion.

80 n-WRITING, q lessons bookkeeping.
.eBV arltum.tlc, grammar, spelling, anguayes.
Is each. PAlNES Business College, ~ Bowery
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Aliens wifc's "Allegory on woman,s

Aliens Wife's "Allegory on woman,s
Rights" by Mrs. NJ. +. Cook A vounr
lady had sent up to be answered anon9
other interrogatories, the Question
HWhat Office does Ferguson want p,
We replied that he had already farmed
out the Offices in the "new party. - which
he styled tie Oregon Republic-thourb
the name was new to us, we thouobt !,
was the Woman Suffrage party-to Mr.
Boise, Mr.. Sullivan and the Oreoon
Baby. The best we could do for Mr.
Ferguson was to give him the Office OF
dOOr-keeper, with prospects for promo
tion. t-rl OF
Mr.. Ferguson: give baek-sIidden
since last night. Pm back here, by the
door"
Ans: Every well. You had better be
a door-keeper in the house of righteous
ness than to dwell in all the tents of the
Democracy
An hours well received discourse upon
"Women and the Bible" Newby,s
'igoos" again called up. Wasn't so sober
as on the previous evening, so he made
many wild statements. Said that when
the women get the right to vote, they'll
all get drunk with the men on election
days. That women from their very
nature were easily beguiled. That they
needed mans legislation to prevent
them from becoming prostitutes. We
scared the poor "shyster'' with an in
dignant thrust or two, which he was
pleased to consider personal" We de-
elined to discuss the great principle of
Human Rights from a Police Court
standpoint. The "goos'' is indignant.
Mrs. Jacobs was called for. Made a
common sense, practical and remarka-
bly, pleasing speech of fifteen minutes.
in which the "goos" got effectuaIIy
cooked. The easy, off-hand, sensible
manner in which the women spoke was
a matter of great surprise to the masses.
DIR. Watts made an excellent speech on
the topics of the day.
Mr.. Ferguson followed with a very
happy Grafton on the practical workings
OF the temperance movement. As an
easy, pleasant speaker he has few supe-
riors. He'll soon be ready for Woman
Suffrage. He can't help it.
Mr.. Stott made speech in which,
though he started off splendidly, he
made many wild statements. He is a
young man of some promise, but he
spoiled some of his future prospects by
reiterating some of the Newly nonsense.
Guess he didn't mean it, however; so to
save his feelings, for which we entertain
respect, we refrain from repeating what
he said. He's young and will learn.
Meeting closed at eleven O'clock, while
yet the audience were anxious for its
further continuance.
We spent Sunday with dear friends in
the country; Monday with others in
McMinnyille and on this Tuesday,
evening shall address the citizens of this
place upon "WOmen and Politics" To-
morrow evening, we are, for the fifth
time, to speak before the good people of
lafayette; this time upon Temperance
and Politics."
The reunion we have been enjoying
with old acquaintance i'm our old home,
where in auld lang syne for so many
years we toiled and struggled, little
guessing that we should ever engage in
our present labors, is great pleasure,
and long Will he a green spot i'm our
memory. Blessed and hallowed are old
associations. May mortals ever hold
them sacred.
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BOARDING FARM HANDS

Now that the season of hard work or
farms is approaching again, we call the
attention Of farmers, and their wives as
well, TO the following truthful words
which appeared originally in the VIII.
lamette Farmer of Salem:
This is the hardest country in the world IN,
lhe "'women-fOlks" on farms Helm for fi,eTT
f, ~ a. s sc.,Iee ana generally poor and many
farmers wives have entirely too much labor or
their hands for either health or hanniness w
urge farmers 10 build tenant houses for theil
hlFeo neipi quit boarding farm hands birf
married men who can live on the farm viii
lhelr own families, and you will an he rnore
~ ~ 3 i9ie; I'VE longer and have more money
not 70 be all, oflife =" II "us" III
Better advice was never given. The
life Of farmers wife in Oregon. as \
general rule, is little better than that of
a household drudge. In'ploughing and
harvest times the husband has much
additional help, thereby entailing upon
his wife, who already has enough TO do.
great extra labor. In very few cases Is
help provided for the wife at all. and
she, being an impecunious nobody. must
abide the will of her husband. Tn in
+N6 ab 4OuE ana often three
O'Clock, and toiling incessantly until
long after the evening shadows have
erept over the earth, is it any wonder
That in the effort to do the work which
should be apportioned to five or six 80
many farmers wives drop into untime-
ly graves? All, it is not .stbe will of
Providence" that thus early causes the
bloom TO fade on their cheeks, the wrin-
kles TO come on their brows, and the
lines Of beauty to give place to the fur
rows of care, till at last the weary one
finds repose beneath the ccffin-lid.
We have no desire to be unjust to
farmer husbands. The great majority
Of them, no doubt, mean to do right.
but they have never seriously thought
Of the enormous labor their wives daily
perform. Now to all such we saw.
either provide sufficient help for vour
wives, or, taking the advice of the
Farmer, build tenant houses for your
hired help, quit boarding farm hands
and hire married men who can live ON
the farm with their families.
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THE BALLOT.

Chains fall nom limbs, and minds unfcttered
rise,
When men their rights Of conscience exercise.
~ III nerce oppression would make slaves Of men,
Inc ballot stands a very bulwark then
1aAlhSt lyrantS craff, and sounds a wild alarm,
rrseserying thus, the peoples rights from harm
I, ne e ns.iiot . raises bondnen from the dust
A. Il the freeman's weighty, solemn trust
ri rhe Flcn mans guarantee, the pOOr's defense
4, me Zoe Of vice, the means to eminenee.
Tt,ls ~ D,als all taxes not by us decreed-
VIA. strength, bids Progress here succeed
II, = -, NsNe portion in the nations fate
Tle otate doth claim US all-all claim the state:
C, l.S interest, interchangng, binds the whole
a fbn,,ssaa..d anu people seek common goal.
tLoYusand mile-stones on our nations way
vrt'n Yvlrtpcitin the Justice OF the ballots Swayi
Nt-i stops the good, il votes are rightly used
W-I,SiI Iele ehus fhe woe, il suffrage is abused?
7 a. 81 LIeeinen, freemen's duties great fulfill,
-, SoIselenee guidei let right sustain the will
- Iglusr Ilslr reign! let Wisdom rule the houri
Let Iruth prevail, and reap Increasing power!
-tGeo. q A. Rose
80 sings the poet. The word men is
evidently used in the above to mean
both men and women, for if the ballot
raises bondmen from the dust" and
bars all taxes not by as decreed," GER
tainly women should be entitled to its
benign benefits as much as men. But
the whole question of suffrage is summed
up IN the epigrammatic lines,
me state state doth claim us ALL-ALL claim the
mus mus interest, interchanging, binds the whole
Couhtry and people seek common goal.'
what woman can read the above
apostrophe to the power Of the ballot,
ana yet have no desire to possess it?
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AID, think, is still ahead. But must
confess that Iaelt little uncomfortable
for him after the way you showed him
up under the head of ''Mutual Admira-
tion Society" Now account for the
little irregularity in his paper, which he
says was an oversight, in this wise:
That perhaps he had tarried too long at
one of those respectable saloons men
toned by the Oregoniaa in the Repub-
lican platform.
Wouldn't it be joke OH the Herald
should an article appear in that paper,
by way of mistake, favOEing Woman
Suffrage?
In my last letter you know I told
you how these brother editors of yours
were fighting sham battles to make
people believe they were honest. The
editors studiously ignore the NEW
NORTHWEST, and. when You call the at
tention of the taxpayers to the fact that
there are large frauds committed every
day IN this city, county and State, by
which they are robbed of their hard
earnings, these editors, instead of fer
retting out the frauds, persist in talking
about the frauds from New York to
Texas, ETC., etc, evidently trying to di-
vert the attention of the people from the
facts that most interest them.
Now, dear editor, must tell YOU how
it is that haven't written to you sooner.
The fact is just this: / had written n
long letter to you, showing up the ex-
travagance of our municipal affairs,
showing you that it costs more to run
the city government of Portland than
that of any other city of equal popuIa-
tiOn in the known world. And then I
showed conelusively that the litigant
law was not democratic and republican
in its very nature, because it did not
treat you editors all alike. / further
showed that the Police Act passed at
the last session of the Legislature was
anti-demOcratic and an Infringement
upon the rights of the governed, because
it took out of their hands the privilege of
selecting their own rulers. 1 had pre-
pared this letter with a great deal of
care, for l was determined that what 1
might write should be the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
imagined had put some hard ques-
tions to the Herald and the Democratic
party. But judge of my surprise when,
having finished my letter, 1 took up
the Herald and found, on reading the
Democratic platform, that my letter had
been literally resoluted out of existence.
1t looked like a target board after a
shooting match. In fact my letter re-
minded me of the steamer Resolute just
after its explosion few days since more
than anything can now think of.
So was glad hadn't sent my letter
to you, for you might have published it,
and then everybody would have seen
how ragged it looked after coming in
contact with Gov. Curry's resolutions.
1 tell you, dear editor, almost des-
pair of cleansing the 'flthy pool of pol
itics" when 1 see parties assemble in
solemn convention and belle every act
of their lives by resolves.
Yours as ever,
PATSEY.
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LETTER FROM PATSBY.

EDITOR New NORTHWEST:
rye been intending for some time
10 call and have long talk with
you, but my press of business and your
absence have prevented the interview.
so I'm out of luck again. But felt it
my duty to let you know that am still
alive and on the right side of the ques-
tlon- And then you know it's an awful
job for me to write, for Pm continually
perplexed as to what / shall write, lest I
should offend some one of your brother
editors, and that might arouse your ire.
| see, too, by reading your paper that
you have great many, and funny fell
lows they are, too, who say many funny
things. Your brother Ike, of the Her
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THE GREAT MISSION OF WOMAN.

Great indeed is the task assigned TO women.
Who can elevate its dignity? Not 10 make
laws, not to lead armies led, and empires gov
erned; TO guard against the Slightest faint ot
bodily infirmity, the frail vet SpotIess creature
whose moral, no less than physical being must
be derived from her; To inspire those principles
10 inculatc those doctrines. 10 animate those
sentiments which generations yet unborn and
nations yet uncivilized, will learn TO bless: 10
soften flrmneSs into mercy, and chasten honor
Into refinement; TO .eXalt generosity into n
virtue with soothing care; TO allay the anguish
oi the mind: by her tenderness TO disarm pas
sion; by her purity To triumph over sense: TO
cheer the scholar sinking under his toll; to be a
compensation for friends that are perfdoug-
Tor happiness that has passed away. Such is
her vocation. The couch Of the tortured suf-
ferer, the prison OF the deserted friend, the
cross OF the rejected Saviour-these are theatres
on which her greatest triumphs have been
achieved. such Is her destiny; to visit the for
saken; to tend the neglected; when monarcbs
abandon, when counSeliorS befrav Ivhc,, tnsl
lice prosecutes, when brethren and disciples
nee, 20 remain mistaken and unchanged, and
love, constant. pure and ineffabie which in
another we are taught to believe the test OF
virtue.
The above is one of the many men
ideals floating around through the coll
umns of the press. 1t is very pretty-on
paper-and seems to tickle the intel
lectual palates of mans rights devotees
wonderfully. That it is the duty as well
as the peculiar province of woman to
smooth the asperities of life and infuse
into 1t, as only she can, something sweet
and beautiful none will deny. But par
amount to and higher than all this rises
the duty woman owes TO herself. her
family and the State. Her proper sphere
sis TO make laws" in connection with
her brother man, whose beneficent re-
suits will reach and act upon all alike, 1
without regard to color, race, religion or
sex. While always opposed to war, and 4
to it only as the last resort,
woman has always contributed, and will
Away seontribute, as much as man to
BRING il to successful issue for the cause
N which her sympathies are enlisted.
Nay, upon the pages of history it is
-ecorded time and again how women
nave led soldiers ON to victory. But
woman abhors war Give her but equal
POLITICAL power with man among the
lations of the earth, and the sword will
,e converted into the ploughshare and
he spear into the pruning hook right
peedily. Woman will in the fltnra
'overn empires and republics, sit in
lalls of Legislation, administer justice on
he bench, and preach in the pulpit. 7
The old fogy idea of woman's incapacity
5 rapidly vanishing before enlightened
'ublic opinion, and ere long the door of
very profession and avOeation will be
pened as freely to her rs TO man. Then.
nd not till then, will woman have a {
hance to perform the great mission her
'rearor designed for her.
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DR.. MARY P. sAWTILLE.

No doubt the old fogies composing
the Salem Medical Faculty will be re-
jOiced to hear that the lady whose name
heads this article graduated at the New
York Medical College for Women, in
New York city, on the 29th of March
last. We hope she will come back and
demonstrate to the Salem Faculty that
a talented, progressive and ambitious
woman will make a better doctor every
s.ine than an old fogy man, whose only
'eriorl) qualification over her is his
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MRS. VIOTOR,s NEW WORK

"An Over Oregon and Washington, !"
by Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor, is a work
OF decided merit. 1t is one Of the most
valuable publications to circulate with
a view Of securing immigration TO this
far western country that we have seen,
containing observations on the country.
its scenery, soil, climate, resources and
improvements, with an outline of its
early history, and remarks on its geoI-
ogy, botany, mineralogy, etc., and also
giving to immigrants and travellers
hints concerning routes, the cost of
travel, the price of land, etc. The open
ing chapter contains an exceeding
ly interesting sketch of the discovery
OF the Columbia river, which is followed
in the second by succinct account of
the controversy between Great Britain
and the United States in regard to the
northwestern boundary. Various points
on the Columbia river are then de-
seribed, short description Of Eastern
Oregon, Idaho and Washington is
given, followed by a remarkably correct
sketch of the Willamette, Rogue River
and Umpqua valleys. Then follow va
rious interesting details concerning the
soil, climate, geology, mineralogy, land
and land laws, routes Of travel, etc.
Those who have read the "River Of
the West" need not be told that Mrs.
Vietor's latest work should have place
in their libraries. To all we say, buy
copy and thereby not only benefit your
self, but also encourage the meritorous
author in her chosen field of literature.
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EQUALITY OF THE SEXES.

\ EDITOR NEw NORTHWEST:
wish TO say few things through the
medium Of your excellent paper upon
the great question of wOman's equality,
and her consequent right to honor and
office, and a participation in all the af-
fairs that pertain to the prosperity and
general welfare of the community of
which she is a member and of the Re-
public of which she is a citizen.
Going back to the origin of the hu-
man race we find that in the beginning
the Creator made the sexes equal.
''Male and female created He them,"
equal i'm all the radical and essential
elements and attributes of their nature,
physical, intellectual and moral, the
only difference being that of sex. The
right of each to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness was absolutely
equal. The right of woman to listen to
the song of birds, to enjoy the music
and melodies of nature and to particle
pate in the good that God had spread
out in the great field of created nature.
WIS NO-CIAsiA anu CO-GALGUSlN6 Win
that of man. The interests of the sexes
in all that pertains to their general well
fare are precisely the same in every
age, in every land and cline, and the
obligations of each to do all they can to
make the world better and happier
cannot be ignored by either party.
There are duties growing out of our re-
spective situations in life-duties which
we owe to ourselves, to our families, to
our neighbOrs, to our country and to the
world-upOn the faithful performance
Of which our usefulness and happiness
depend. A great truth which mankind
are slow to learn is that just in pro-
portion to the extent that we fail to dis
charge our duties we fail to answer
the end of our creation and to enjoy
the happiness of which our natures are
capable. The vague but very common
idea that we can violate the laws of our
DR. hereafter, escape the legitimate con-
of such violation is like ''the
Daseless fabric of a vision.n 1t is the
fiat of fate, from which no power in the
can deliver US, and a truth
hat ought to be written in lines of liv-
ng light upon every heart and con-
eience, that not a jot or title of the
sreat laws of nature can be violated
With impunity.
But" says one, what has all this to
10 with Woman Suffrage ?" Much,
very way, as we will show in our next.
LABAN CASE.
LUcKIAMUTE, Ogn., April Is, 1872.
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FRTDAY....................A APRIL 10, 1872.
PEOPLES CONVENTION.

The undersigned citizens ofthe United
States, responding to the invitation Of
the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion, propose to hold a Convention at
Steinway Hall, in the city of New York
the 9Th and 10th of May.
We believe the time has come for the
formation of a new political party whose
principles shall meet the issues of the
hour, and represent equal rights for all.
AS women of the country are apt to
take part for the first time in political
action, We propose that the initiative
steps in the Convention shall be taken
by them, that their opinions and meth
DDS may be fairly set forth, and consid-
cred by the representatives from many
reform movements now ready for united
action; such as the Internationals. and
other Labor reforms,-the friends Of
peace, temperance, and education, and
by all those who believe that the time
mas come to carry the principles of true
morality and religion into the State
House, the Court and the market place.
This Convention will declare the plat-
form OF the Peoples Party, and consider
the nomination of candidates for Presi-
dent and Viee-President Of the United
States, who shall be the best possible
exponents Of political and industrial re-
form.
The Republican party, in destroying
slavery, accomplished its entire mission.
In denying that "citizenD means politi-
cal equality, it has been false to its own
definition Of Republican Government;
and in fostering land, railroad and
money monopolies, it is building up a
commercial feudalism dangerous to the
liberty of the people.
The Democratic party, false TO its
name and mission, died in the attemnt
to sustain slavery, and is buried beyond
all hope of resurrection.
Even that portion of the Labor marty
which met recently at Columbus proved
: ITS ineapaeity to frame a national plat
form to meet the demands of the hour
We therefore invite alT citizens. who
believe in the idea Of self-government:
who demand an honest administration:
the reform of political and social abnses.
the emancipation of labor, and the en-
reimbursement of women, to Join with
ms and inaugurate political revoIution
which shall secure justice, liberty and
equality to every citizen of the United
States.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
ISABELLA b. HOOKER,
SUSAN b. ANTHONY,
MATILDA JOsLYN GAGE
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THE PEOPLES CONVENTION.

The call for Peoples Convention,
published in this issue, will meet with
hearty, vigorous response from every
portion of the Union. At last we are to
have a party recognizing the principle
OF government of the people by the peo-
pie and for the people. 1t is needless to
say that organized on such basis it
will sweep the present corrupt party
organizations out of existence.