The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-01
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


the Portland dock and carried us away,
from familiar faces of friends aud fam
lily, out into the busy world of strangers
Yet the journey has not been devoid Of
interest. Many new friends, whose ac-
quaintance we shall treasure through |
life, have met and welcomed us; many |
thousands of cleaning eyes, into whose
depths we may never look again, have |
beamed in kindly interest upon usi in the
lecture room; many n whole-souled
"God bless you" has accompanied hand
clasping farewells, and many sonl has
accepted the doctrine of Human Rights
through our humble ministrations. All
this is recompense for earnest toll and
many keen privations; and, though our
journey, financially speaking, has not
been a flattering success, yet we hope
that, like ''bread cast upon the waters,n
we shall reap large reward of new sub
scibers to the peoples Paper before
"many days"
Returning to San Francisco one week
ago, we found one bright-eyed member
of our household awaiting us, and her
warm greeting only made us more anx-
ious to see the half-dozen others.
Work was at once planned for us for
Oakland and San Francisco, but the
constant travel and toll of the previous
month had so exhausted us that we
were reluctantly compelled to lie By for
repairs. A whole week has been wasted
because of Illness, and now, as We write,
we anxiously wonder how much longer
we should remain an invalid. Sixteen
years of orthodox seclusion in "wom-
ans spropersphere"o "ofproteeted( (?) drudg-
cry, prior to the espousal Of the much
lighter mans (?) work of lecturing and
editing newspapers, made such inroads
upon our constitution that we are often
ashamed of our present lack of strength.
But enough Of this.
Leaving Nevada City at the close of
our pleasant engagement in Grass Val
ley, and at that place we enjoyed a ride in
a private carriage over the fearful stage
road to Colfax already described i'm a
former letter; and il is wonderful to
note the difference your surroundings
make in your opinion of circumstances.
A splendid team and elegant carriage
transported four of us with ease over
the same mud-holes and bitches through
which our creaking mud-wagon had
bumped and crashed and labored on a
former occasion. Spent the night on a
Pullman ear on the Central Pacific road,
where we formed very agreeable ac-
quaintances, and beguiled the tedious
day by controversies upon the Temper
ance Reform and Human Rights.
There is but very little enthusiasm
here upon the Temperance question. a
few clergymen have put up Corner
on the management OF the reform and
are using the ladies rs cats''paws. \
number of the most earnest of the lady
workers have had critical acumen enough
to discover the manipulations of GER
tain ecclesiastical ring and have quietly
abandoned the field. Others, however
refuse to give up the ship and are fight
ing the breakers of intemperanee witt
manacIed limbs and fettered tongues
a forlorn hope Of entrammeled veterans
whose faith and perseverance are won
derful.
1t would seem that the press ant
clergy of San Francisco have entere'
into conspiracy TO acertain, If possible
"How not to do it." If San Francisc
possessed six ministers in all its border
as Jealous and true to the Temperate
work as are Drs. Lindsay and Atkin
son, and Messrs. Meibury, Izer, Elio
Z and Dillon; or did this great city con
tain four reporters rs truthful, intelli
gent and concientious as Messrs. Balti
more, Boone, Hodgkin and Moreland,
public sentiment might soon be arouse
which would sweep everything before
here just as the same work is going o
in Portland.
Yet the ministers are not all luke
warm or wire-workers. DIR. Wythe, i
] hAlDSEC lilI
day evening in this city, who is now ali
sentin the Sandwich Islands, is very earl
est In thework. The same may be said {
Mr.. Freeman, Mr.. Dunn, and Mr.. OF
Gibson. But DIR. Stebbins has brought il
dignation, MOTTO say CONSERVATION, int
the Temperance ranks by boldly declal
: : ing that man beyond the age of forty
five is in daily need OF intoxicating beN
. erages.
: The other evening at a bushes
meeting of the ladies Temperanc
Union, Major Hoyt took occasion
censure, in very severe language, I'll
d course Of his pastor (Dr. Stebbins) in az
e vocating the moderate use of stimI
: lants.
= A union prayer meeting had been al
nounced for the next evening, and v
moved, at the close of the Major speecl
!, that the conversion of the gentleman
pastor to total abstinence be made
special subject of prayer upon that o
casion. Mrs. Hoyt seconded the m
tion, Mrs. Allen, the president, put Il
vote, and it was carried, clergymi
= whose name we failed to get being Il
~ only opposingvoter. Afterwards, at Il
u request of this minister, we moved
ie amend our motion so that it might i
d. clude "all ministers who need conve
Vi sion," etc. Carried without debate.
." A committee of ladies was then
N pointed to interview the various clerg
IN men of the city to prevail upon the
e, TO nut themselves upon the record as