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DIVORCES.

Mr.. CranOr, from Linn, has intro
uueed a Bill, the principal provision Of
"hich provides that in all applications
ior dissolution of the marriage contract
the testimony shall be heard orally in
open court, the trial also TO he bv ;nrv
1t is thought that this act will Iosso,,
the number Of divorces, as neither nart,,
will desire TO make their private tro,,,-
les publicly known. We sineerelv -.
this Bill viii be considered in the Ii1.t.
Of human reason and be set aside IT.
idea that unfortunate victims of the;r
own folly shall be compelled, like vic
tins of some heinous crime enduring
the lash Of law and vengeance, to re.
main under a CALLING yoke Of hymenea
bondage, begetting children in DISCUS
and bringing them up in hate, whil'
the very brutes refuse such thrall, is to-
absurd to be tolerated for a moment by
sentient beings.
Aud now, while men and women 0
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-27
MARRIED W0MAK'S PROPERTY
BTIT.

We call the special attention of our
many readers to the Bill for an act re-
lating to the rights of married women,
which appears elsewhere. While we
look upon this Bill as a step in the
right direction, it does not by any
means meet the difficulties of the case.
The old idea that man must specially
legislate for 1COD0n breathes through
every section, and while the women are
grateful TO their friend, Mr.. Webster,
for his well-meant endeavors i'm their
behalf, they beg leave respectfully to
say to him and all other law-givers that
what they want is the absence of all
special legislation i'm business affairs in
regard to sex. They want the marriage
contract recognized as a full eO-partner-
ship in which neither party can claim
marital rights" (see sec. 7th) above
the other; that each shall i'm all re-
spects have perfect freedom to do what
ever he or she or both may deem most
conclusive to the family welfare; that
each may have full and untrammeled
privilege to hold the other to all bar
gains in which both are equally con-
cerned in precisely the same sense as
other partners conduct their peeuniary
affairs. In brief, let special or sexual
legislation be consigned to the other
relics of barbarism, and let no wife or
husband be compelled TO comply with
any special provisions Of any Legisla-
tive Act, to receive such powers as are
theirs under the great principle of inal-
ienable rights and equal and exact jus
tiee to all parties.
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JURIES.

Mr.. Corwin has introduced a Bill to
abolish the Grand Jury system. This
is a much-needed reform and will, we
hope, receive the attention it merits.
Under this system Of secret espionage it
is a great wonder that we do not have
more cases Of false indictment than we
do. We should be glad to see the whole
jury system overthrown. The people
have out-grown it. The age is i'm ad-
vance Of it, and under the stupid under
standing of the ignorant dozen who can
be detailed to try a case only because OF
their ignorance, justice too often be-
comes a mockery and equity sham.
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Platform of the Woman Suffrage Party OF
the Pacific Slope.

WHEREAS We, the representative women M ol
the Pacific Coast. i'm Convention aSSelnole1 III
san Francisco, this DIST day Of June Io'z, pe!ieN
ing the time has come 10 form q new poIitlcaL
party 10 organize under the name OF tnc w ON, OIh
an SufTrfge Party of the Paclnc coast anu
declare the following platform OF prlnclpIes
Ist. All men and women are created lIeS anu
equal, and are endowed alike win ceIl1in III N
alienable rights, among which are the Tlshts "
life liberty and the pursuit OF happiness,
2d. We hold that under the tourtetuIHI I q s'il, y :
Fifteenth Amendments TO the CONSTITUTION VI
the United States women are already eIlL - -
chised and entitled 10 the right 10 Vote anu ~
deharred of the privilege only through pre- uuiS0
and mfsinterpretatiOn Of the law -,
Sd. Pending a decision of the supreme co,-lS ~
as to the full import OF these Amehuliie ss,
in view OF the possibility of an adverse 9eclsioi,
we will labor with our utmost zeal anu elst 81
for an additional amendment 70 tne SOlistL.Ii Oi-
ton to secure these rights. We viii aiso WI
with determination for the revision ana inoul- &
hcation OF the Constitution and laws OF out
res espective States. .,,,
4th. All persons alike, both men anu HOiAi'l-'
are entitled TO equal rights before the law. -,
5th. All persons and parties VINO Oppossi 49, 49,
principles shall be treated as our polllcsi ~ IL
mics, rom whom we will withhold our ItsS iLille
ence in politics and our patronage IN Dlst s,,I,
6th. We will work for the electlOi, 10 viii
worthy candidate Of whatever party " oS,noss
work with US, and we viii ~ ',,SSroseCi TO
any candidate of any party VINO - W
these principles. ,,, ,nfte upon this
common platform, resalu'''
sex, Ieligion or CONDITION
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The Lincoln, Neb., Herald gives the
following reminiscence of OBaldwin,
the prize fighter: "About year ago
o. Baldwin was i'm Lincoln for a few
days-the wonder of the metropolis. He
returned east by way of Nebraska City,
and while on the railroad made n most
pitiful exhibition of himself rs low,
unmannered blackguard. While in the
ear, he noticed lady seated a few seats
behind, and deliberately got up and
walked to her seat and stared fixedly at
her for two or three minutes, and then
advancing nearer, coolly asked her to
sew button on his shirt. The lady, in
mortal terror, excused herself on the
ground that she had no needle with her,
and the great lout and bully went back
cursing to his seat. The lady had no
friend on the train, and the passengers,
fearing 10 have an encounter with him,
sat passively in their seats and let the
insult pass unnOticed."
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WHAT To DO.-A writer in a house
hold weekly gives some excellent advice
to women who want work and its wages.
In describing The vain and weary search
of the traveller for cleanly, simple, and
palatable meals along railroad lines, he
suggests that good hOusekeepers who
need employment should keep neat eat
ing houses where such meals could be
found We wish that somebody would
accept this suggestion, and make some
thing Of it. \ pleasant, airy room, free
from flies, where plain dinner of good
materials, nicely cooked, could be got,
would be very haven of delight to the
public, and golden nest-egg to its pro-
prietOr. Let there be no attempt to serve
diabOlical pastries and horrid messes
with French names; no human being in
his right senses ever eats such things.
such dining-rOom anywhere, would
make more money in month than a
poor governess or mill-wOrker sees in a
year. To women who know how to
cook and who are sensible enough to do
1t, II they want to, we commend this
idea. Exchange.
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LETTER FROM ROSEBURG.

RosEBURG, Oregon, Sept. 70, ls72.
EDITOR NEW NORTHWEST:
Since your lecture in this place, the
subjects you discussed have been the
general topics Of conversation. Some
burlesque and try to ridicule them; oth-
ersi who did not listen to you, argue
that free love and the woman question
are the same, while the more sensible
minds reflect over your words and see
the plain truth clearly. The minds of
the people are becoming more unpreju-
diced, and you now can speak of Wom-
an Suffrage without being Knocked and
ridiculed. Indeed, / think you made
many converts during your short so
jOurn in this place. People are becom-
ing more enthusiastic for Grant, and
they will help to east the electoral vote
of Oregon for him and thereby aid in
our cause. Many admired your manner
Of supporting Grant, not eontradietine
or going back on what you have hereto
fore said about him, either in speech OF
through the columns of your paper,
while at the same time justifying your
self READY.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-27

Il would sum up the policy OF the Admins
tration tn be a thorough enforcement Of every
law; a faithful collection OF the tax provided
Tor; economy in the disbursement Of the same,
and a prompt payment OF the debt OF the ma
uon; reduction of taxes as rapidly as the re-
quirementS of the country viii admit; reduc-
TO afford the greatest relief to the greatest NUM-
ber; honest and fair dealings with all other
people, TO the end that war, with all its blight
ing consequences, may be avoided, without sur
rendering any right OF obligation due 10 the
United States; a reform In the treatment OF the
Indians, and the whole civil service of the
country; and, finally, in securing a pure, un.
trammelled ballot, where every man entitled
TO cast a vote may do so just once at each cleo
tion without fear of mOlestation OF prescription
on account OF his political faith, nativity, or
honor. L. = GRANT
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REMOVAL.

The Office of the NEW NORTHWEST
has been removed from the corner of
Third and Washington streets to the
Ore0onian building on Stark street.
The editorial room will be at our resi-
dence on Sixth and f streets. Sub
scriptions or orders for advertisements
will be received at the business Office OF
the Oregonian or at the editorial office.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-27

The Golden Age publishes the follow
ing very just criticism of itself, from its
own correspondent:
Can you imagine with what disgust
sean its pages now that its light has
gone down in the darkness of the Gree
ley campaign? You have left the field
where your triumphs were achieved,
the field of freedom in thought, religion,
and government, TO mingle in the tur-
moil of presidential politics. And for
what a candidate? For man whom
you have repeatedly had occasion to
oppose, sometimes for his wild eXtrava-
gance i'm the cause of rationalism, some
times for his bigoted opposition to it;
whose last connection with you, before
his nomination at Cincinnati, was in
the character Of a rabid and unreasona-
ble opponent of woman suffrage man
whom every sober and undeluded indi-
vidual in the country forsees will bring
in with him an era of vacillating,
wrong-headed and rash government.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-27

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING
We have always advocated the right of
women to vote from principle, although
We have had serious doubts as to the
policy Of il being adopted. The abstract
right or theory of this much debated
question is undoubtedly on the side of
the Woman Suffragists, but the great
bug-a-bOo is, "How will il work in prac-
tice ?" "How would you like to have
your sister vote alongside of a drunken
rowdy ~ The falacy of this species OF
argument has been thoroughly exposed
by Jeremy Benthem, Sidney Smith and
other logical writers. Yet is now used
against the freedom of women as it was
against the freedom Of the negro, only
in a different light. In both instances
il was a slur upon our sisters. In one
case it was supposed they would marry
the African as soon as the law would
permit, and in the other it is taken for
granted they would linger i'm the COM
pany of the depraved. 1t is only a
wonder that omnibuses, railway coaches
and street ears have been allowed to
exist. Why is it that these fastidious
gentlemen do not cry out against the
heterogeneous cOmmingling of races,
sexes and cOlOrs brought about by legal
iZing such methods of travel. The lady
who puts her vote in the ballot-box does
not come in any closer contact with
Tom, Dick and Harry, than she would
in stepping into the average street ear
It is 10 the credit of the press of
Wyoming that it has almost uniformly
favored the acknowledgements of women,
and in doing so it has been sustained by
an enlightened popular sentiment. To-
day if the question was submitted to
either sex they would not favor its
repeal. or let either party adopt a
resolution to that effect in the next Ter
ritorial convention, and defeat would
surely come TO the one opposed to the
newly acquired right of the women of
Wyoming.-LdrdBiie Independent.
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A portion Of the Democracy is Just
now supporting Mr.. Greeley because he
was an "original AbolitiOnist.n Yet
Wendell Phillips says of Horace: 81
need not tell you, my friends, what
Horace Greeley is. We abolitionists
knew him only two well in the weary
years Of our struggle. He had enough
clear moral vision to see the justice OF
our course, but never courage TO confess
his faith. If events had never given
him courage he never would have had
principle enough to risk anything fol
the idea"
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$50 FINE.
Such items as this we often clip, but
seldom comment upon:

seldom comment upon:
Al the Liverpool police court young woman
was fined SO, or, in default, one months i'm
prsonment, for offering herself a. a domestic
servant with a counterfeit certificate Of charac-
ter
Does anybody believe that that
woman would have been fined for ply
ing the trade of prostitute with a
counterfeit certificate of character >"
1t seems that the whole masculine
idea Of legislation tends TO dragging
women down to dependence upon the
sale of their persons as the only legiti-
mate way TO keep the wolf from the
door. This rule applies alike 10 the
wife of the wealthy citizen and the
mistress of the poor mechanic. Both
sell themselves for bread.
How long shall these things be?
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\ fine picture of Boston is given by
Wendell Phillips, in one of his recent
lectures on labor reform: "BOston is q
city i'm which every tenth person is q
criminal and every seventh a pauper.
Three quarters of our farms mortgaged
for drinks; two thirds of the pulpits are
filled with drunkards and the bench oi
justice is nearly vacant because one-hali
of the judges have died drunkards.n
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TIE AGE OF PAPER.-In Boston now,
they advertise paper suits of clothes for
siXty-twO and half cents a suit. This
is cheap enough, though if a person
wearing one of them should get caught
in the rain we imagine he would feel
still cheaper. They ought to be cool
and comfortable, especially if they are
made of wrapping paper, but they would
hardly keep their shape with the Their
mOneter at thirty-five and one hundred.
We are not informed what sort of paper
they are made of, but they might be
the means of disseminating n cheap lit
erature; one could wear a small volume,
so that he that runs could read. 1t
would be economical to have the suits
printed on both sides, so that they
could be turned on the second day, and
a person could i'm this way wear a serial
through the week, ''tO be continued be-
ing stamped on the coat-tail.
On Sunday, he could put on good
clothes, with a sermon, or religious eX-
tracts from the secular papers, printed
on them. There is no end to the va
riety in costume that can be attained in
the use of paper, or to the good that can
be done. Business men will come down
town to their offices in the morning in q
suit of morning daily, cool and fresh;
and sure that they have the latest, be-
cause the telegraphic news will be on
their backs. They will thus be the
means of spreading information where
ever they go to nOn-subscribers. sum
mer clothing will not hereafter get out
of style, but it will get out of date, for a
mans old suit will be at once reeog-
niZed. Instead of being pointed at as
having old clothes, he will be noted as
having old news. We are evidently
only in the beginning Of our discover
les OF the uses of paper.-Christid1 IN
! ion.
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They claim that Geo. F. Train is in
sane. What n pity that his type Of in
sanity Is not contagious. 1t must have
been a remarkable lucid moment with
him when he got off the following, to-
wit: ''rhe Cincinnati Convention was a
killed Judge Davis, and the other NOR
tally wounded Greeley; the kick
knocked out what little brains there
was in the Democratic party"
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One of the saddest things about hu.
man nature is, that man may guide
others in the path Of life without walk.
ing in it himself; that he may he pilot
and vet q cast-a-way.
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A Paris shopkeeper lately posted oyel
his door q notice that as his daughter
had "made a splendid match, he would
sell goods at reduction OF twenty-five
per cent. for week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-16
Maternal Care In France.

One might be disposed to conclude,
remarks an exchange, that French
women of the present time are any
thing but good mothers, If one were to
judge from the number. of children
cent out to wet-nurses as returned in
official reports. In Paris alone q 1853
babies are farmsd out every year, and
the middle aud higher classes are re-
sponsib.e for more than one half of the
total. These figures are so much the
more striking in that French families,
as rule, are not nearly so numerous
as are American and English families
seldom exceeding four children. and
reckoned at an average of two. Mater
nal insensibility and fashion are the
two cause.-the latter, perhaps. more
than the former. 1t is the fashion, or
rather the custom, in all ranks of
French society, that mothers should
intrust their children to strange hands
the baby l. hurried away to the coun-
try with its wet-nurse, and does not
reappear at home until it has reached
its third year. After this there is
nothing astonishing in the fact that
the rate of mortality among children
from one to three years should be so
high as 1t now unquestionably is in
France
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Formulation and Size of Berlin.

The population of Berlin in one hum
dred and seventy years has increased
tenfold, and its limits cover n radius OF
nearly thirteen miles. When Frede-
rick the Greats ambition desired q
city, he first inclosed vast sandy plain
with walls, and ordered that his vas
sails fill the empty space with houses.
The people being few, were in conse-
quence somewhat puzzled how to full
fill the wishes OF their sovereign. They
at last hit upon plan of geometricsl
triangles, and commenced raising two
storied hotels, having as many as
twenty-five windows In a line. The
streets thus made beautiful and wide.
The site Of the city is fiat, and conse-
quently much expense has been incur
red In order to make the dlainage any
way approaching perfection.
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HOW THE BONDHOLDERS BOUGHT
GRANT. ..-

From the Speech Of Hon. T. A. HecdrS ks, at In
dianapelis, on the 21st July.
"The practice, on the part of General
Grant, of taking great presents, has also
been justified in our midst, and the peo-
pie are asked, by their votes, to say that
it is right and proper. You would pun
ish with great severity, under our GRIM
inal laws, him who would give or take
bribe. How near akin to that is it, if a
person interested in public business
makes valuable present to another who
has control of that business, or is likely
soon to have such control? And how
deplorable is the state of our public
morals if the people sanction it? Gen.
eral Thomas refused large present,
and said that his country paid him for
his seSyices. But the defense is that
General Grant received his presents be-
fore his. election as President, except,
perhaps, a cane, pipe, and box Of
cigars. 1t is not of canes, or pipes or
cigars am speaking. Such presents,
of trifiing value, may be given and re-
ceived because of personal. friendship:
1t is of equipages, of houses, United
States bonds, of such large value as to
make himavery rich man; and 1 suppose
they were all given after it was under
stood that he was to become President.
Indeed, on the 18th of February, long
after his election, and only two weeks
before his Inauguration, General Grant
seems to have written the following
letter
WASHINGTON, D. c., FEB. u, 1867.
Dear Geneyut-Your leIter OF the 18th lneis :
sing me the handsome testimonial OF the citi-
xens Of New York, with the names of all the toe
generous contributors to il, is received.
Through you 1 wish to thank the gentlemen
whose nlmes you have inclosed TO me indiyid-
have the honor to be your obedient servant,
u. S GRANT.
The Handsome testimonial" thus
acknowledged to Gen. Butterfeld was
not any "pipe or box Of cigars" but is
understood to have been money, United
States bonds, and other securities Of the
value Of one hundred and fire thousand
dollars; more than the salary allowed
by the Constitution and laws to the
President for four years. Some Of the
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o. THE GARIBALDIiNS. -s
Preparation for q New Expedition.

Authentic information received this
week from Genoa, Venice and Rome
leaves little room for doubling that the
Garibaldians are preparing for a new
expedition. EnrOllments are being
made openly at the old offices of the
party, mLre especially in Venice, and
q correspondent of the Bie,a Public,
vf Ghent, telegraphs that thirty Carl
baldians left Rome on June II for
Spain. We confess we are at present
unable to state whether their de5tina-
ton ne Spain or Nice. There is great
agitation at the latter town, and Rad
ical newspaper there has just been BUS
pended for declaring too boldly for
"Union with Italy," The "Hero of
Aspromonte ahd Mentana'' has always
openly declared that, after Rome, Nice
to revolutioniZe. 1t Is quite possible
that the Italo Prussisn alliance may
be openly proclaimed against France
soon, and that q Garibaldian invasion
of Nice may be the first step planned
by Prince Bismark toward the further
dismemberment of France, by strip
ping her of Nice and Savoy.
The Piedmontese Government has
been working hard at fortifying the
Riviera between San Reno and Genoa
and several German military men have
been lately inspecting the country.
Should the Garibaldians land in France
we may expect to see the French Pom
tifical Zouaves reformed, and the two
old enemies face to face. If they are
left to fight it out, without the interfer-
ence of Prussia, we have little fear as
to the result. But the correspondent
of the Biaa Pubtic and other well-in-
formed persons in Italy, believe that
some point in the south of Spain is the
"Rendezvous," and that on the abdi-
cation of Amadeus, which it is expect
ed will shortly take place, an attempt
will be made to proclaim a republic at
Cadiz. Thus Spain will be menaced
by q second Italian occupation, and
this time an armed one.
If this be the case we may again ex-
pect to find the old enemies-G Garibaldi
and Zouaves-face to face; for, while
1t is understood at present that King
Charles VII. is unwilling to accept the
services of any foreigners it his attempt
to drive out the usurper, yet it will be .
different question when he has arrayed
against him ten thousand, perhaps, of
the scum of the Italian ports and of
Alexandria, in addition to the numer-
Gus troops which the Spanish Republic
cans can now undoubtedly raise. How
ever, "forewarned is fOrearmed," snd
whether the Garibaldian levies are
destined for the TyroI, for Nice, for
Spain, or fer the Vatican, we trust the
Catholic associations of Europe and
America will be ready, and that when
the inevitable hour of action comes the
"red-shirts" will find the "CrCsade-s"
prepared to meet thhm.-Londoa Cru.
sdder, June 22.