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CLOSE OF VOLUME THIRD.

The present issue completes the third
volume of the NEW NORTHWEST.
We therefore take this time and
method Of returning our sincere thanks
TO those of our friends who have thus
far accompanied us on our journalistic
career, for the substantial aid rendered
by their subscriptions as. well as the
sympathy and encouragement they have
from time to time accorded, and without
which our task would have been doubly
hard, If not impossible.
And now, friends, as we enter upon q
new volnme with the renewed courage
which augmented numbers and the
progress of our cause gives, while we re-
turn to you these, our sincere thanks,
for favors in times past, We most re-
spectfully ask continuance of the
same m the future, promising on our
part, as heretofore, TO use our best en-
deavOrs 10 give you newspaper in the
best sense of the term, and at the same
time strike as many and hard blows as
may be for Impartial Suffrage.
The beginning of new volume Is q
splendid time to subscribe. Send in the
names, good friends.
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ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN CALI.
PORNIA,

The fifth anniversary meeting of the
first Woman Suffrage Society organized
on the Pacific Coast took place in san
Francisco on the twenty-seventh Of last
month.
1t is represented as having been one of
the most successful and enthusiastic
meetings every held in the State. The
morning session was devoted exclu-
sively to business.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are Mrs. Sarah Wallis, President;
Mrs. Laura DeForce Gordon, Vice Presi-
dent; Mrs Matthews, Recording Seereta-
ry; Mrs. Watson, Corresponding Secreta-
nv, one Vice President for about half the
counties in the State, and a competent
Board Of Directors. Speeches, which
were logical and interesting, as well as
sparkling and witty, were given in the
afternoon.
The evening session was largely at
tended, and the time fully occupied by
several brilliant speakers. The speeches,
though necessarily brief, were so mani
testify to the point, as TO elicit enthu-
siastic applause.
1t is with much pleasure that we
record the harmonious action of the Suf-
fragists in our sister State, and we as
sure them that their earnest endeavOrs
to hasten the day of woman's enfran-
franchisement, meets with the cordial
sympathy and best wishes of very many
workers In the cause in this State; and
10 these we add our own fervent God
speed In all that shall tend To promul-
gate the gospel of Equal Rights
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COUNTY CONVENTION.

1t will be seen by reference 10 the
minutes, published elsewhere, Of pre-.
llminary meeting of the Multnomah
County Woman Suffrage Association,
that a public convention of the same
will be held on the evening of the 18th
at Good Templars' Hall, in this city.
The regular meetings of the Association
have been omitted for several months.
It was deemed advisable by the officers
and managers that this course should be
pursued because Of the time that many
of the members were devoting to the
temperance work.
Now, however, that that work has
become systematized, the Suffragists
have decided that "this also can they
do and not leave the other undone."
1t is true that many Of our good sister
crusaders cannot see with us the vast
Importance of this work to which their
efforts are only auxiliary, but we fully
recognize the fact that it is impossible
for all to see alike, and that all must
walk by the light they have, and are
justified in so doing. We now expect
to have harmonious and enthusiastic
meeting of the Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation, and we hope that it will be un-
derstOOd that every one is invited, and
that specially. Great care will be taken
by the committee of arrangements to
furnish programme that will be inter
esting. Numerous persons have been
invited to take part in the exercises, and
il is believed that good and sufficient
reasons will be given to demonstrate
the justice and expediency of our claims
to political equality. The time is
Wednesday evening, August 10Th, the
place, Good Templars' Hall, corner of
Third and Alder streets, the theme, the
Enfranchisement of Woman, the work,
prompted by the needs of humanity, the
watchword, Equal RIGHTS.
DO not fail, friends, to be on hand, to
help US if you can, to oppose us if you
must; in any case, come.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-14

PUBLIC OPINION on WOMAN SITF-
FRAGE.-The tide is turning as regards
Woman Suffrage. BY and by, when
the atmosphere is warmed up enough-
we shall see the clergy venturing out on
our rostrum. Like greenhouse plants,
however, they require a good deal of
shelter, and are not calculated to meet
or encounter storms. One hardy DIant.
however, came out on Monday evening.
and did not see that it did him anV
harmi indeed, he bore himself brayely
through the experience. The society
sets out on its new career under very IA
Vorable auspices, with excellent officers
ana nice little sum in the treasury.
woman Suffrage is now almost an ac-
eompllshed fact, because it is a neces-
sity which is every day pressing upon
tnoughtful mIndsi men as well as won1-
en- In view of this fact, which ia so
near us in the future, let me call uron
women to be prepared for the trOubIous
times that are at hand, when the 0reat
ship of state, with torn sails and e1eeI--
ing masts, shall seem about to pIunoa
madly into the pillows which vawn 70
swallow her. Then will be yo1r tipoo
o mothers of Israel! Men already be.
gin dimly to foTesee this, and will ere
long look to the prescient inspirations
of woman, divinely inspired now, as she
always has been in times of great peril
and emergency. They will look to her.
| say, to light the beacon lights Of di-
vine inspirational light along the shore
to save them from swift destruction.-
/ Common Sense.
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To substantiate our assertion made
elsewhere concerning the relative prog
ress Of intelligence and Woman Suf-
frage, We reprint from the Toledo Jour
nat sample letter from one of the men
who Is in his own estimation cable to
govern the State of Michigan yet:"
HENRY b. BLACKwELL-Dear Sir:-IoCr card
Is at hand you greatly Mistake the intelligence
OF the peple OF michigan II you think that they
VIII adopt the woman sufIrige proposition the
men OF Michigan Is able 10 govern this State
YET and yer plan OF no representation Is TO
slime lretex 10 need comment so save yer
money Tor your speakers dos your caus more
hurl thnn good we have 2o0 900 ma aJority against
the seheem yer proposition was iaide before
the ladys and they voted as a unite against the
question OF giving woman a wright TO vote so
repeat 10 yer that all money you spend in
sending speakers 10 this state is throne ava,
The voters Of michigan will drop there balat,
like snow flakes against the thing
Yours Truly, ERIN
OsceoIa. Livingston Co, Mich, July ,, 1874.
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RECENT EVENTS.

Bismarck's son killed his opponent in
duel on the 4th inst.
The North Carolina election resulted
in Democratic victory.
A destructive fire, lasting five hours,
occurred at Montreal on the 9th inst
Loss, S250,OOO
The inhabitants of northwestern Iowa
are suffering severely from the ravages
of grasshoppers.
The first election in Canada under the
ballot system took place August 9th,
and resulted in favor of the Govern
ment.
Grasshoppers have eaten everything
i'm Northern and Southwestern Kansas
and totally destroyed the corn crop in
Nebraska.
A. c. Burton, colored candidate for
the Tennessee legislature, was shot and
mortally wounded by an unknown per-
son on the 9th inst.
A fire occurred at Paolo, Kansas, on
the night of August 9th, which de-
stroyed the best of the business part of
the town. Loss, $4,000.
The steamer Pat Rogers was burned
on the Ohio river on the morning of
August 9Th. She had cargo of cotton.
Forty persons are known to have per-
ished by the disaster.
Advices from Fort Laramie indicate
that an Indian war is imminent. The
tribes mentioned who are expected to
engage in the war are the Cheyennes,
Apaches, and many of the Sioux.
The steamer Henry Ames, from st.
Louis to New Orleans, struck snag and
sunk in twenty-five feet of water, near
Vicksburg, on the night of the eth inst.
Four lives are known to have been lost.
The boat and cargo were valued at
sl3O,OOO.
a serious riot occurred in Memphis,
Tenn, on the 9TH inst. Political differ
ences are reported as the cause, and
negro politicians are especially impli-
Gated. Two men were killed, and a
number seriously wounded. The riot
was quelled in the evening.
The Washington journals are discuss
ing the claims of rival candidates for
the next Presidency. General Sherman
is urged as a candidate for the Democ-
racy. Chief Justice Waite's and Sec
retary Bristow's names are mentioned
in connection with the regular nOmina-
tions.
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PRACTICAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

As an Offset 10 the timid theories of
those who acknowledge the justice while
they doubt the expediency of Woman
Suffrage, we respectfully submit the
following testimony of Governor Camp
bell, of Wyoming, relative to its practi-
cal workings in that Territory. This
stauneh and reliable Governor was re-
Gently addressed by the editor of the
Ypsilanti (Michigan) Commercial, and
the following reply was received:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, WYOMING TERRITORY
CHEYENNE, July l, 1874.
Mr. c. r. PATTERsoN-Dear Sir:-In regard
10 your Inquiries as 10 the success of Woman
Suffrage in this Territory. its influences upon
the women and the men, whether good or bad,
and its effect upon the body polite in repress-
ing crime and exalting virtue, would respond
affirmatively in every way. / send you a copy
OF my message OF last November as an express
sion OF my views. Michigan, rich In every ele-
ment-material, Intellectual and moraI-that
goes to make up a State, with her famous uni
versity, and no less famous common school
| system, needs this benehcent reform super
added TO constitute her truly Republican
Union. Wyoming has taken the lead OF the
Territories in adopting this reform. We trust
that Michigan VIII pioneer her sister States.
| Yours very truly, ia CAMPnELL.
From the message to which reference
is made, we make this extract:
The experiment Of granting to woman a
voice In the Government, which was inaugu-
rated, for the first time In the history of our
country by the first Legislative Assembly OF
/ Wyoming, has now been tried for four years
l have heretofore taken occasion to express my
views in regard 10 the wisdom and Justice OF
this measure and my conviction that its adop-
tion had been attended only by good results
/ Two years more OF observation of the practical
[ working OF the system have only served tC
deepen my conviction that what we, in tni,
Territory, have done, has been well done, ana
that our system of Impartial Suffrage is an un
qualified success.
Now, friends, We ask you in all can.
dor, is not few words of plain unquali
fled statement concerning the practiea
workings of Impartial Suffrage, in 10
cality wherein it has been on trial for
period Of years, entitled to more consid
Grafton than the cunningly-devised the
ories of those who are only too glad o
any pretext to doubt its expediency
We cannot see how any candid, sensi
bic, unpreiudiced person can do other
wise than respond affirmatively to thi
question. If the editors who crOwed s
Justify when the Legislature of Wyo
ming, something more than two year
since, passed bill repeating the Woman
Suffrage Act, but utterly refused or he
elected To mention the veto of Governo
Campbell, which prevented the bill
from becoming n law, would displa,
equal energy in circulating this reliabl
testimony, they might perhaps convine
the people that Prejudice does not 81
umpire over their opinions upon thi
great question.
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MULTN0MAH COUNTY W. s. AssO.
CITATION.

a called session of this Association
met at the residence of Hon. o. b. Glib
son on Tuesday evening, August 11th,
The President mentioned the removal
from the county Of the Recording Secre-
tary, A. A. Rice, and appointed c. \.
Coburn Secretary pro tenn.
The minutes of the session of March
10th were read and approved.
1t was announced that the object Of
this meeting was TO make arrangements
for regular session of the Convention
to take place on some convenient even
ing previous to August Goth.
Mr.. b. c. Duniway, from committee
appointed to secure hall, for the meet
ing of convention, reported that Good
Templars' Hall could be secured Oh GER
tain named evenings.
On motion, a Committee on Pro-
gramme for next evening was appointed,
consisting of Mrs. Victor, Mr.. Combs
and Mrs. Duniway.
On motion, Mr.. B. c. Duniway was
instructed to procure the Good Tenn
plars' Hall on Wednesday evening,
August 18th, for public meeting of the
Association.
There being no Committee on Music,
the Committee on Programme was in
structed to invite Mrs. Dalton and Miss
Cardinell, and others whom these ladies
might choose TO invite, to furnish suita-
ble music for the occasion.
On motion, the Convention adjourned
TO meet at the time designated.
Mrs. ]. L. BRIGGS,
Mrs. G. A. CoBURN, President.
Secretary pro tenn.
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ON SLANG

y few friends have taken us very
kindly and plainly to task for our man.
ner of furnishing scurrilous newspaper
attacks upon US which occasionally be-
come so offensive, if we do not resist
them, as to be absolutely uncomfortable.
Well, friends, if calling things by
their right names, using good, hard,
honest Saxon words to properly desig-
nate them, is "slang," We are not only
guilty, but we decline to repent.
When the Forest Grove Independent
uses its columns for the circulation of
obscene personalities, 1t is a sBlut-BaiH.
When the Lafayette Courier behaves it.
self decently, it is public benefactor.
Beth expressions are sound, decent and
applicable, but in no sense ''slangy." If
one is more inelegant than the other, it
is only because one tersely anathema-
tizes wickedness and the other tersely
commends goodness.
If the Commercial Reporter is con-
Quoting itself respectfully, and upon a
basis of truth and fairness towards all
parties as an expounder of correct COM
mercial principles, it is a friend to hu-
manity.
If the Temperance Star perverts the
truth, it is a fatsifer. If it stoOps to
double enteldres, it is turkey buz-drd,
and must be treated as such. The
homely old adage, you've got to fight
the devil with fire." is more applicable
to newspapers than anything else.
If the Standard conducts itself in a
becoming manner, it is respectable
newspaper.
If the Echo bays the moon until ii
can no longer bark, but whine, ii is an
exhausted puppy.
1t becomes our duty in curing those
rabid creatures that attack us merely
because they think they can do so with
impunity, to deal with them according
not only to their deserts and the often
sive nature of their mental maladies
but to apply such remedies as they ear
asssimilate 10 their respective mentali.
ties.
We are working in the very founda
tion-laying Of the great moral structur,
Of human rights. Whatever rises il
our way as an obstacle, however un
pleasant it may be to touch it, must b,
dealt with according to its nature, anc
not ours. This work is not pleasant, bu
it is necessary. You cannot allay til
odor Of polecat with ottar of roses. w
: tried it faithfully on the farm an
failed. The only effectual remedy wa
TO slay the skunk and bury it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-14
THE RECENT FLOOD AT PITTsBURG.

Numerous calamities, costly to life
and property, have recently been visited
upon various portions of the country,
and foremost among them we may
reckon the great food which, without
precedent or warning, swept through
the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny a
short time since. The positions of the
two cities are well-known, they lying
Oh opposite banks of the Ohio river,
which is here formed 6y the junction of
the Allegheny aud Monongahela rivers.
Below this point for many miles are
large aud thriving towns. A great
rain-storm broke over the valley on the
twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth, of
such prodigious force and volume as to
cause the river to burst its natural
bounds, and the result was an overflow
of the two cities, as sudden as it was
terrific, and the mighty torrent went
sweeping down the valley, bearing
death and devastation in its awful train.
1t seems almost impossible to reconcile
the terrible effects recorded to the rain
storm reported. No ordinary freshet,
the result of a few hours rain, could
work such disastrous results. The pre-
vailing theory is that the disaster was
caused by some kind of waterspout.
Otherwise it would seem that the win
dows of Heaven were opened for another
flood. The devastation was so wide
spread that full particulars could not be
given for days.
The Telegraph speaks of it as the
most awful disaster that has ever oc-
CURED in the State, and asserts that in
comparison "all others pale into insig-
nilicance-the great fire, the arsenal ca
lamity, the flood of '32, all lose the ter
ribleness of their grandeur when COM
pared with the fearful sweep of the
Storm King that devastated portions Of
the two cities, and carried more than a
hundred men, women, and children, in
an instant almost, from the happy
scenes of their Sunday evening homes
to the dread uncertainties of eternity"
Hundreds of houses were crumbled to
pieces, the streets in some portions of
the flooded districts were piled twenty
feet high with debris, and total Of two
hundred and nineteen persons were
drowned.
Itis almost impossible at this distance,
and all unvisited by the dreadful calam-
ity that has in the less favored portions
of our country wrought such desolation
and dismay, to realize the full extent of
the suiferings Of many of our fellow
creatures that this awful visitation has
rendered homeless and penniless, and
in many instances bereft of dearest
friends.
And while "with shuddering horror
pale and eyes aghast' we contemplate
this wholesale wreck of household gods
it is meet that our hearts should swell
alike with pity for their condition and
thankfulness for our own brighter lot
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-14

The tenth plank in the platform re-
Gently adopted by the Iowa State Re.
publican Convention is no slender splin-
ter which may or may not mean this oil
that, but staunch, strong, and unequiv-
Ocal, capable Of giving immense aid to
the Republican party in that State, as
well as powerfully advancing the cause
Of woman. We have hopes yet that the
Republican party may return to the re-
iormatory days of it infancy. Here is
the plank:
thA' since the people may be entrusted with
an questions Of governmental reform, we favor
vac maj submission to the people OF the ques-
non oi amending the Constitution so as 10 ex-
s''u '''e right Of Suffrage to Women, pursuant
by. Ne'ief@i -Assein-
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GRATIFYING.

As an evidence of the value attached
to our paper by the gentlemen of the
press who have sufficient ability to APP
preciate it, we subjoin the following
note:
TRIBUNE OFFICE, TACOMA, August 9, 1874.
Please send me your last NORTHWEST. My
exchange did not come. am quite interested
in your serial, as well as your editorial matter,
and cannot afford TO do without even one issue.
With regards, THOs. W. PRosCH.
The paper has been sent, good brother.
Care will be taken that you are not
again disappointed. Long may you
prOsDer
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-14

'INrELLECT OF WOMEN.-The Dean
of Chester recently made a speech in
which he quoted the opinion of the ex-
aminer of Latin at the collegiate schools
to the effect that, comparing the girls
with the boys who had been STUDYING
during the same time, he would give a
verdict decidedly in favor of the girls.
Ihe tendency of modern inquiry is to
show conclusively that the long ac-
eepted theory that sex affects the mind,
and that men are inherently more in
tellectual than women, is erroneous.
When we give women the same oppOr-
tunities in modern society that we give
men, in the way of industry and educa-
ton, what is called the Woman Cues
tiOn will settle itself.H-N. y. Herald.
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The election in Thurston count, w
- On & last saturday, to decide whether
the County Commissioners should he
authorized to issue bonds for $4,000 in
aid OF the Olympia and Tenino Rail-
road, resulted in favor of the measure
Two-thirds OF all the votes east were re-
quired, and the result shows about fort >
more than the requisite number. W.
rejoice with the people of Olympia owe,
their railroad prospects. Washington
Territory moves with the rest of tbs
world.
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SENSIBLE.

Susan b. Anthony is represented as
having thus spoken to reporter who
called at her residence to interview her
concerning the great scandal:
During my whole public career have never
answered any personal newspaper allusion TO
myseli-any scandal, charge, gossip, or mean
thing; not even the charge that was drunk
on The platform In New YoJk last May. And
now that am ifty-hve years OF age, on the
second turn toward the centennial, l shall not
commence"
Sensible Susan, erest-fallen reporter !
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE O.s.w.s.A.

The members of the Executive COM
mittee of the Oregon State Woman Sur
frage Association, are requested to meet
at the residence of Hon. o. B. Gibson,
in this city, on Friday, August l4th, at
5 o'clock P. NJ The object of the meet
ing being TO perfect arrangements for
the special session Of the State Associa-
tion at Salem in September, it is par
ticularIy desirable that full Board be
in attendance.
By order OF the President.
Portland, August 6, 1874.
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Mrs. Theodore Tilton is the mother of
four children-Florence, aged sixteen;
Alice, aged fourteen; Carroll, aged
eleven, and frankie, aged five. They
are said to be very handsome and intel
ligent.
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prosper.

Gratifying To note the attention
which the editor of the Ne1vs is devot-
ing to the NEW NORTHWEST. We invol-
UNFAIRLY form good opinion Of mans
judgment when he studies the Peoples
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-14

A Western preacher discoursed from
the text "How old art thou ?" and the
next day about One-third of the women
of the congregation called to tell him it
was none Of his business.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-03-04
Stockholders Meeting.

Office Of the Alps Silver Mining Company
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Alps Silver Mining Company, for the election of
Trustees for the ensuing year, and for the trans
action OF such 9th business as may come be-
fore the meeting. will he held at the office Of
the company, No. 426 Montgomery street, San
Francisco California, on Monday, the 10th day
of March, 1874, At 2 o'clock p. m.
CT. BALLOON, Secretary.
san Francisco, Feb. 20, 1874. f26-td